Translation of Track 9 of the "Sound and Drama" ALttP soundtrack CD. Translated by Zethar-II at request of TSA and Mak. *horse galloping* *sword fighting* LINK: I have to hurry! Princess Zelda is inside the tower! If I can't defeat Ganondorf’s henchmen in time, I wont be able to save Princess Zelda! *sword fighting* LINK: Is this it? Is this world going to be subjugated by the Lord of Evil, Ganondorf? *sword fighting fades out* *panting and running footsteps* ZELDA (echoey): Link! I’m over here! Link! LINK: Zelda?! ZELDA (echoey): Link! Liiiiiiiiiink! GANONDORF: *laughing* LINK: ZELDAAAAAAAAAA!!! *LoZ theme starts* LINK NARRATOR *slowly*: The Legend of Zelda: The Prologue of the Two LINK NARRATOR: I’m Link. When I first met Princess Zelda, the land of Hyrule was at peace. Yet, a wind of disturbance was beginning to sweep over the land. Yes, it was when my father Banzetta, and my mother Loretta, both died. *more music* *galloping horse* BANZETTA: Loretta! Be safe Loretta! *baby crying* LORETTA (gasping heavily): Link. Don’t worry, your father will be here shortly to save us. Link.... BANZETTA: Loretta!!! LORETTA: Dear! BANZETTA: Just hold on Loretta! LORETTA: Honey, make Link a knight like you.... *exhales last breath* BANZETTA: Loretta? Lorettaaaaaaaaaa!!! Damn you Ganondorf and your underlings!!! *baby Link crying* LINK NARRATOR: My father was a man who fought to protect the Triforce. So I wouldn’t get in the way, I was put into the care of the nurse, Egloa, who also took care of the Princess Zelda. She was born a year earlier than I. *birds chirping* *baby laughing* EGLOA: You... you’re going to the battlefield again? BANZETTA: I may not come back this time. If I take him with me he will most certainly die. Thus, if I am to fall as a loyal retainer, I ask that I leave him in your care. EGLOA: Banzetta.... BANZETTA: Undoubtedly, Link will continue in my footsteps after I am gone. EGLOA: I understand. My husband Alfon and I will look after him. BANZETTA: Farewell... Link.... *running footsteps fade away* LINK NARRATOR: My father Banzetta journeyed for Hyrule’s safety, and to avenge his wife’s murder. *LoZ theme on piano* LINK NARRATOR: Since then, ten years time passed. Without even knowing about my father, I grew up into a boy who liked to brandish the sword. *fighting sounds* ALFON: Is that all Link? You’re wide open! *more fighting* *Link loses* ALFON: *laughing* You’re form is sloppy Link! EGLOA: Honey! Link! It’s supper time! ALFON: Okay! We’re coming! LINK: Take this! *Link hits Alfon* LINK: Yay! I did it! I did it! ALFON: That’s cheating Link! Get back here! *winces in pain* EGLOA: *laughing* Link sure is getting better. He can even take you on now. ALFON: Yup, he is strong. It just goes to show you what being the son of the greatest swordsman in Hyrule is all about. EGLOA: Zelda is even saying that Link will become a hero! ALFON: Hmm.... *birds chirping* LINK NARRATOR: From a young age I was made to believe that I was Princess Zelda’s knight. Zelda believed it too. ZELDA: *giggling* Hero Link, if something were to happen to me, would you come and save me? LINK: Of course Princess Zelda! On my life I would protect you. ZELDA: I govern wisdom. And you, Link, you win courage. In all of your courage, I now present you with the title of knight. LINK NARRATOR: Egloa used to just smile as she watched these exchanges between me and Zelda. But I had believed Zelda’s words. *walking footsteps* ZELDA: Link. Come over here please. LINK: Where’re we going Zelda? ZELDA: Beyond these doors lies the legendary treasure, the Triforce. LINK: Tri... force...? ZELDA: It is that which conquers power, governs wisdom, and disciplines courage. Holding these three emblems, the Triforce can only be touched by a true hero. LINK: A true hero? ZELDA: Yes. He, and only he who holds the Trifoce shall be granted absolute power from the gods. LINK: As long as I have the power to protect you Zelda, I don’t need anything else. ZELDA: Link, you are noble. But the world is not full of people like you. The Lord of Evil Ganondorf is after the Triforce. LINK *with hatred*: Ganondorf. ZELDA: And now, on the brink of Ganondorf’s plans, the people of Hyrule are not safe. LINK: If anything happens to you Zelda, I... I.... ZELDA: Link, you are a true hero. I will open these doors, and grant you courage. LINK: Of course! *door opens* *sparkly Triforce sound effects* LINK: *gasp* This is the Triforce? ZELD: Now Link! Go! Remember to hold the emblem of courage! LINK: Yes! *more Triforce sounds* *music* LINK NARRATOR: That was the secret me and Zelda had. There was no way I could really check if the thing I held in my hand was really the Triforce. But I believed that I been granted responsibility over courage. But a while after this, that abominable event happened.... *people raiding village* ZELDA: *scream* Father! Father!!! HENCHMEN 1: There’s the Princess! ZELDA: You killed my father! HENCHMEN 2: So, what’re you gonna do about it? Under Lord Ganondorf’s orders, Hyrule’s king has been slain! HENCHMEN 3: We also have orders to kill anyone else in the castle. But don’t worry, we wont kill the princess. HENCHMEN 2: She’ll be an offering to Lord Ganondorf! HENCHMEN 1: Now, get over here! ZELDA: *scream* Let me go! *Zelda is carried off* LINK NARRATOR: I had been forced to hide with Egloa, but when I heard Zelda’s screams I jumped out. I believed that I had strength, and courage! LINK: Princess Zelda! HENCHMEN 3: There’s still people in the castle! HENCHMEN 2: If we leave him alive, Ganondorf will have our hearts! Get him! *sound effects* EGLOA: Link, you must escape! LINK: No! I have to save Zelda! EGLOA: The castle is on fire. Fighting here would be pointless! Use this secret passageway to get outside of the castle! LINK: Let me go! I’m going to rescue her! EGLOA: You still don’t have that power! Hurry, run to Alfon! *galloping footsteps* LINK NARRATOR: Egloa and I rode a horse, and ran to where Alfon was. LINK: Let me off of this horse! I’ll fight them! *horse galloping* EGLOA *panting*: Link. You get off here, and go straight to Alfon. There you must wait. Wait until you hear Zelda call to your soul. LINK: When she calls to me soul? EGLOA: Link, a true hero is someone who knows when to use power, wisdom, and courage in the right manner. LINK: Aunt Egloa.... EGLOA: Just fighting does not make you a Hero. Now wait for the time to ripen. LINK: I understand! EGLOA: Now this is goodbye. Yah! *reins snap, horse gallops* LINK: Goodbye? Aunt Egloa! Aunt Egloa!!! *riot noises* LINK NARRATOR: That was the last I ever saw of her. *explosion* *screams* LINK NARRATOR: Aunt Egloa lured Ganondorf’s henchmen into a cave, and together they were wiped out as she detonated the explosive. LINK: Noooooooooo!!! *sad version of The Goddesses Appear plays (also known as Fairy Fountain)* LINK: *crying* ALFON: Link... Link! LINK: Uncle Alfon. ALFON: Egloa did what she did knowing that one day you would save Zelda from Ganondorf’s vile grasp, and bring peace to the world. She knew that you were a true Hero! There is no need to be sad. No, if there was time to be sad, then there is time to become stronger, Link. LINK: You’re right. LINK NARRATOR: Not a day passed when the explosion that robbed Egloa of her life left my ears. *sword fighting* ALFON: Link, there is no longer anything I can teach you with the sword. LINK: Uncle Alfon? ALFON: What you need now is not training of the sword, but training of the soul. LINK: Training of the soul? ALFON: You must not let hatred take over your soul. Settle your heart, and train with only the intention of love, and you will be able to hear the voiceless cry. LINK: The voiceless cry? EGLOA *echoey and flashbacky*: There you must wait. Wait until you hear Zelda call to your soul. *waves* LINK: What can I do? I can’t forget my hatred? How can I not hate Ganondorf, that which killed my Mother and Aunt Egloa? EGLOA *echoey*: Link. LINK: Aunt Egloa? EGLOA *echoey*: Have you forgotten what the power of a true Hero is? LINK: What? EGLOA *echoey*: The Hero’s strength, that is love. *fades out echoeying the the word “love”* LINK NARRATOR: That night, I awoke to a nostalgic voice, one that would lead me on a great journey. ZELDA *echoey*: Link! LINK: Zelda!? *Zelda theme plays* ZELDA *echoey*: Help me, Link. Please, help me, Link! LINK: I’m coming Zelda! Zelda! Zelda! Zeldaaaaa!!! *running footsteps* *theme fades out*