(Z-Gen) Dr. Suess's Legend of Zelda (G)

This was the title I had originally given the story, but a reader some time ago pointed out that this is not really like the work of Dr. Suess. I agree, but still, I like the title. Anywho, I hope it brings some entertainment.

Dr. Suess's Legend of Zelda

There was a boy in green and a girl in pink.
The girl was Zelda and the boy was Link.
One night in Hyrule it began to rain.
That is when the Gerudo man came.
He said to Link, “Fight me boy, if you dare!”
The man was big, but Link didn’t care.

The battle was quick, with Ganondorf the victor.
“Foolish boy, I could kill you now,” he said with a snicker.
“But no, I will let you stay,
So that yo may look upon Hyrule another day.
As for your precious little princess…
Well away with her to a world of darkness!”

And with that the two were gone.
Link remained. Crushed that he had not won.
But a kind voice did sound that brought him ‘round.
It was a sage; a kind man of great age.
“Link, you must come with me.
Together we will consult the Great Deku Tree.”
Away they went, on a mission to make evil repent!

Off to the Deku Tree the two did flee
Off in a hurry went the sage and he.
Upon arrival the Tree did speak:
“Ah, it is the boy that I do seek.
Come and I will tell you what you must do.
For you are the hero, mighty and true.
Inside my belly a treasure doth lay.
Inside you must go, not a moment to delay.”

Link entered the Great Deku Tree.
In search of a pendant; one of three.
Inside many monsters did play.
But with his sword did Link keep them at bay.
In the depths he did find the queen.
She was cunning, but Link was quite keen.
In a minute he did lay waste to her.
And now, Link was the victor!

One pendant down, two to go,
The sage and Link traveled to a mountain of snow.
To see their hero arrive the Gorons were pleased,
Although their smiles did freeze.
“Will you save us from this blizzard that snows thus?”
The city did proclame, for Link and his legend were a thing of fame.
“Aye, I will show this bringer of snow
That evil cannot stay on this mountain today!”
With that, Link traveled to a cave where monsters did thrive.
Only he could ensure the Gorons would survive.

A dodongo here, a keese there,
None survived when Link’s blade cut the air.
Cutting this way and that he left no trace.
That day, monsters were banished from that place.
At caves end the king he did find,
A bull with a rather large behind.
The bull did run hard, but Link was on guard,
And as quickly as the battle had begun, as so it was done.

The sun again did shine on that Mountain,
Pouring its rays like a glorious fountain.
The snow did melt and in front of Link every Goron knelt,
“We are thankful that you have brought warmth to us all,
Amung the Goron legend you shall stand quite tall.”
Two pendants down, one to go,
Link continued hoping his fatigue would not show.

In a swamp is where the final pendant did sit,
In a dungeon littered with filth and grit.
The creature infested swamp made Link feel out of luck,
But the sage helped him get through the muck.

In the dungeon were creepy hopping things.
Tektites they are called, as it seems.
He did battle with everything from Armos,
To Lizalfos and Stalfos, even Baby Dodongos.

“I’m near the end,” he began to think,
as just then, he had to battle Dark Link!
They seemed to match each other blow for blow,
Only our hero Link was a bit slow.

Every now and then the dark one would land a scratch,
It appeared he would win the match!
It was then the Sage decided to attack,
He shot with a light arrow into Dark Link’s back.

A bright flash and a POOF was the end of that Dark Link.
As for our hero, he was close to dead. Nay, on the brink!
From a satchel the Sage did pull,
A faire to revive Link. Man, how cool!

Back on his feet and full of vigor,
Our hero had never felt so much bigger.
He raced through the dungeon,
Killing all while moving on.

In a giant room he had found,
A humongous eyeball which shook the ground!
He quickly began to poke and prod with his sword,
But this eye was tougher than an entire Moblin horde.

Quickly he remembered the Sage’s bow,
And so he snatched it from that old man and let an arrow go.
Into the creatures pupil it did fly,
And that was the end of the humongous eye.

From it’s belly came the third pendant.
Link had earned it, one-hundred percent.
With three pendants in hand he did leave,
Knowing there was no goal he could not achieve.

To the Dark World the Sage did direct,
“with these jewels, our worlds can connect.”
So Link would now have to face Ganondorf.
Perhaps into Ganon he would morph?

In the dark realm all was black,
But Link could sense an attack.
He quickly jumped to the side,
To find that in the dark is where Ganon would hide.

The huge hog beast attacked the young boy,
Catching him, scratching him, then tossed like a toy.
Link landed seeing stars above his head,
But he had to keep moving or end up dead.

He grabbed his Master Sword from it’s place and waved it in Ganons face,
“Get back you creature from heck, or I’ll slice right at your neck!”
Link’s words had not shaken the evil creature,
He now revealed his most hideaous feature,
A pair of fangs as long as a knife,
Surely he meant to take Link’s life.

He growled and snarled at the boy in green,
“Now come closer, so I can gut you clean!”
Link charged at his foe,
Swinging his sword to and fro.

In the end it found its mark,
Killing that evil king of dark.
At last our hero Link had won,
And so the legend would continue on.

That's... awesome

I want to know too- how long did this take?

Seriously, great job, A_H. Like you said, not very Dr. Suess-y, but still very cool.

Also- exactly which Legend of Zelda game is this based on? Doesn't seem like any I've played... or did you just make up your own plot?

Dang dude that was fricken' awsome! who whould have thought of dr. suess? lol the rhymes were cool. i did get a little lost during the story though

Originally Posted by Malo and Talo

That is really cool! Awesome stuff- how long did that take you to write. It must have taken a while, becuase the rhymes were really good and the beats were almost always perfect! You should do another one, maybe on Twilight Princess.

Thank you very much! :XD It actually didn't take me very long. I spent about an hour to an hour and a half with each half (I originally wrote it in two seperate halves spend about a week in between each writing session). It was just a little something I did to help break my writers block I was going through when writing my "main" fic.

Originally Posted by Grass

That's... awesome

I want to know too- how long did this take?

Seriously, great job, A_H. Like you said, not very Dr. Suess-y, but still very cool.

Also- exactly which Legend of Zelda game is this based on? Doesn't seem like any I've played... or did you just make up your own plot?

I didn't really base it on one game in particular really. I took elements from A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time.

Originally Posted by Tywar

Dang dude that was fricken' awsome! who whould have thought of dr. suess? lol the rhymes were cool. i did get a little lost during the story though

Sorry for losing you a bit in the story. That's the last thing I ever want to happen in my writing; I always strive to pull the reader in so that they are able to visualize things in great detail. However, this story wasn't really one of those that was intended to do that. It was more for fun. So, I apologize for losing you. To make it up, perhaps I can post what little bit of a continuation I began to write for this story. Please keep in mind I went about a different rhyming scheme and that I haven't written anything more than the following in a LONG time.

For years Hyrule had been in peace,
All things evil had come to cease.Link worked his farm till he perspired,
living out his days there, retired.

"No one can guess the stress of cleaning your mess." thinks Link while disposing of the decomposing manure that reeks like a sewer. His fat sow and equally obese cow wallow in the mud and chew thier cud, leaving more droppings; which Link hated above all things.

"Link! Come quick! Zelda, the princess, she's sick!" cried a boy from Hyrule running past a mule. "She dreampt of a world unkempt; evil reigned, the malicious gained..."

"Boy, you feign." Link said in disbelief, but the boy gave no relief.

"No sir, she demands you come hither, but do not slither. Fly and be quick for I tell you she is sick!"

Link ran as fast as he could but should the story be true, he must worry for he knew not what to do. Sure enough, Zelda lay in bed, a bead of sweat atop her head.

"Link be that you?"

"Zelda, is it true?"

"Aye, the dream has occured, but the worsed has yet to be heard."

Link sat and listened, while Zelda told of what she had imagined:
Ganons return, the world a-burn, death and decay, torture and dismay...

"I understand, but lack the strength of hand; too old to carry a sword now, I'm no better than my fat cow.”

“But the ray of hope in my dream…”

“Do you mean…?

“Your son…he is now the chosen one.”

OOhh these are good...the ryhiming in the first on was incredible and the ryhming in the second one was interesting...the plot for the second one seems like it'll be good

Originally Posted by me_link

OOhh these are good...the ryhiming in the first on was incredible and the ryhming in the second one was interesting...the plot for the second one seems like it'll be good

Thank you very much! To be honest with you, I like the style of rhyming I was going for in the second one. It seemed to flow better and sound a bit crazier.

heh yeah, also in teh first i loved how you kinda mixed it up instead of just ryhming the original story that was so cool