ZELDA: LOST REALMS-PROLOUGE by Link'o'Man - mscheuem@telusplanet.net In the great land of Hyrule, Link ran across the great Hylian plain, chasing a mysterious figure who had just stole a chicken from Lon Lon Ranch. Just as the man thought he lost Link, Link dove at him and brought the man down hard to the ground. "Ow!" the man whimpered. Link grabbed the man by the neck and raised his fist in anger,"You take back that chicken right now, you thief!" The man laughed,"Ha ha ha! You chased me all the way out here to take a chicken back, you fool! Ha ha ha! Link sneered,"Yes, now you will give it to me or I'll do something to you very unpleasant!" "FOOL! Let go of me or I'll kill you!" the man said. "How are going to do that?" The man gave Link a frightening look under the heat of the noonday sun. "With this," the man replied. He suddenly broke free of Link's grip with amazing stregnth...like none Link had ever seen before. The man suddenly reached into his shirt and pulled out a ruby emerald, red and gleaming. "See this, fool?" the man asked,"I can destroy anything I want with this! Ha ha ha!" Link pulled out the legendary master sword from his sheath and tried to strike the man...but a red beam of light shot out across the field at Link and struck him with enough power to send him flying backwards. 'What is going on?' Link wondered as he hit the ground with amazing force, and knocked him outcold. Link's head spun as he remained unconscious in a dreamless slumber. As Link lay helplessly, the man grabbed the chicken he stole, and turned towards Gerudo Valley and broke into a run. 'Now its time to take what is mine,' the man thought,'The Triforce, and better yet...Hyrule...' TO BE CONTINUED IN- ZELDA: LOST REALMS-BOOK ONE