So, Hello all! I've re-done this fan fic. Why you may ask? Well I re-read this story and I found that the first chapter went a little fast. Then the second chapter wasn't all that great either. Sure it'll be a bit slow in the first chapter, but, that means more plot development, more description, and possibly a different view on my fic. Not much will change, I have all the same characters, and all the same places, but with more description and more backstory and more character building. I'll be continuing this fic for a while, hopefully faster than I did before and with better grammar and better spelling. *Blushes*
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Zelda Characters or the enemies. I do, however, own all of My O.C.'s Also if you have a problem with the way I explained how Ocarina of Time went, don't whine to me okay?
Don't flame please, if you do, the Kokiri will be sad because you burned down their forest.
Warning!: With the help of my friend Radeh, I have decided that I will be changing this story to Slight Yaoi (Boy x Boy). It will happen in later chapters and will only occur between two people; Link and Dark Link.
Now instead of reading about me rambling on, how about I start with the new and improved New Legends, Old foes?
Chapter One - Eyes fully Opened-
In the land of Hyrule, there wasn't much turmoil. The fields were lush green with plenty of wildlife frolicking about, minding their own business. The skies were blue and the clouds were puffy and white. To the south, Lake Hylia glistened, almost like the lake was giggling with light from the bright sun that shun over the fields. A forest, with deep greens, flourished to the east, which held many creatures. To the west, like a mirage, a desert was taking hold of the land. And a large castle was to the most northern part of Hyrule, towering over the small town that was just south of the stone building. All of this silence wasn't always here in Hyrule. The one Hylian who knows this bet is none other than the Queen of all Hyrule, Queen Zelda.
Zelda sat on her large bed, brushing her long blond hair, thinking about the past. Her crystal blue eyes stayed glued to one spot on the white brick wall as her mind reeled on the past. It was only 20 years ago that her kingdom was over thrown by the Evil Lord Ganondorf. 7 years before that, she had met the evil king who was bowing down to her father. She could tell that that man was evil, and that he didn't belong in her father's castle. That was also when she met Link, a little ten year old who had the most innocent eyes, wore the Kokiri tunic, even though his blood had no Kokiri in it at all. She knew he would meet her that day, her dreams told her so. When the boy came walking up to her small pedestal she knew it was him, and warned him immediately about Ganondorf.
Soon after he was warned and left her father's castle, Impa had stolen Zelda away, running from the evil King, who had killed her father and stole the crown. She intrusted the Ocarina of Time to Link, in hopes that he would be able to open the door of time and wield the Master Sword. And open the door he did, but he had to be put to sleep for seven years, being that he was too young to take on such a task of saving the world. During the time the Hero was asleep, Zelda prepared herself for the long road ahead of her. First, she asked Impa if she could be part of the Shiekah tribe and to be change into a male. Remembering back, she had once looked at her refection in Lake Hylia, the darkened blond hair and sparkling ruby red eyes came to a shock at her first, but she grew accustomed to it. Secondly, she had to become Ganondorf's trusted assistant, to be as close as she could be to keep tabs on the older Link.
Seeing Link for the first time in the Temple of Time, it was burned into her memory; it will never be forgotten for as long as she lives. She stood there, as Shiek, just talking about good evil and that Link will prevail…
-Flashback-
"Link, There is something you must know about me that you never knew…" Sheik looked down at his hands. 'Am I really going to go through with this?' He fidgeted with his fingers, something he used to do when he was Zelda. Link tilted his head in confusion.
"Shiek you know you can tell me anything." He gave him a big lopsided smile, he trusted his guide to the fullest. Sheik sighed and looked deep into the Hero of Time's bright blue eyes. A small blush crept up Links cheeks as Shiek stared at him.
"Link…. I'm not who you think I am." Again Link tilted his head.
"Huh?"
"Let me show you…" Shiek took a couple steps back and put up his right arm, which showed that he wielded the Triforce of Wisdom. At the same time Link's Triforce of Power resonated from his left hand. Link looked down at his hand in shock and quickly looked up at Shiek, just in time to watch him be engulfed light. He was going to dash at him but what he saw next made him stop in his tracks. Zelda slowly walked out of the light with her eyes closed, dressed in her normal pink outfit and the golden crown atop her head. She opened her eyes slowly to see the reaction of her Hero, and wasn't disappointed. His beautiful eyes were wide with surprised, his lips were parted in slight awe, and his posture was one she had never seen before, open. She smiled slightly to him and nodded.
"Yes Link, it is me, Zelda. I've been following you around as Shiek, to help you on your way and to make sure Ganon didn't know it was me. I've been under his rule for a while now, doing his bidding every once in a while. But now, since you've awakened all the sages, freed all the temples, and have finally made it back to the temple of time, I've deemed it worthy to show myself to you, in my true form." Link straightened his posture and looked Zelda in the eyes.
He took a couple steps forward and lifted a gauntlet covered hand towards Zelda's face. "So beautiful… and you had to hide it…" Link frowned at the realization that she had to live as a man for years because of him, because he wasn't strong enough to hold the Master Sword when he was ten. "I'm so sorry…" Zelda was leaning into his touch, eyes closed, when her cheek hit some cold and hard. She opened her eyes and saw Link in a shade of pink, his expression changed drastically from slight sadness to desperate. Zelda looked around and noticed she was encased in a large pinkish coloured rupee, and it started to float in the air. Link pounded on the pink crystal with all of his might, trying to get the thing to crack or to shatter, something to get the princess out.
"Link!" Zelda screamed, hitting the crystal as well. As she floated up, she stopped at the top of the Temple of Times roof and hung there for a moment.
"I knew it. I knew if I followed the kid for a while, you would show yourself Zelda." A voice, seeming as it came out of nowhere, bellowed in the large temple. "But to think! You were Shiek, my loyal servant! The one I trusted most! Shame on you, Zelda." As that was said, Zelda disappeared and re-appeared in a whole different room. She was still in the crystal but was just above a large organ. A figure, as big as a moblin, sat at the organ playing an eerie song.
"Boy…I should have killed you, those seven years ago at the castle gates…" The figure said. "If you truly want to save the world, come to my castle and reclaim your princess. She won't be here and whole for long. Hurry…[i]Hero[/i]." The man spat the word Hero and turned to Zelda who gasped loudly.
"Ganondorf!" She exclaimed as Ganondorf smiled sadistically.
"Hello my dear. And how have you been?" He asked in a conversational tone. Zelda turned her head, not wanting to talk to this man. "It pains me that you were able to deceive me so well these past 6 years."
Zelda crossed her arms and turned her whole body around, not facing this evil man. "Link will kill you."
"What was that? I'm a bit hard of hearing" Ganon help his smirk.
Zelda turned her head and yelled the words with much hate. "Link. Will. Kill. You." She turned back around and she could hear Ganon laughing like a mad man, mumbling about link and how he can try and he wishes. Zelda felt tears beginning to form in her eyes. 'Hurry Link, you must save Hyrule.'
A few hours had past and Zelda's will was diminishing rapidly. She had time to survey her surroundings; she determined that the room was, for the most part, empty, besides the organ. There was a large door, about twice the size of Ganondorf himself, and looked extremely heavy, maybe it was made of a type of metal. Ganon was continuing to tease Zelda that her Hero will never come, he was too scared, he wasn't strong enough and it was hitting Zelda hard. Once she felt like there was no hope, the large door slammed up and in came her Hero.
"Link!" She pressed against the glass, desperate to see her Hero of Time. Link barely looked at her and kept his face hard to battle Ganon. Ganon looked up at Zelda.
"You have no need to see this." He snapped his fingers and she was in darkness. Zelda still doesn't know how long she was in solitude for, but it felt like forever. She couldn't hear or see and the only thing she could feel was the cooling touch of the crystal.
Then all of a sudden she was back in the empty room and Ganon was on the floor. The whole room was shaking and looked like it was falling apart. Link was hunched on the ground panting. Zelda ran to him and put a hand on his shoulder, what he did shocked her slightly. He jumped back still holding his sword and relaxed when he noticed it was Zelda. She approached him again and placed her hands on his shoulders, seeing that he was all bloodied up and tired, she focused some of her energy into palms of her hands and healed the Hero. He jumped slightly and nodded to her help as Zelda looked around.
"Link, we need to get out of here, it looks like Ganon used the rest of his power to make the castle collapse!" Link nodded, grabbed Zelda's hand and lead her down the tower.
-End Flash back.-
"Zelda, Dear, Its time for supper." A voice came from her bed room door. Zelda shook her head, forcing herself out of the memory.
"I'll be down in a minute." She heard the footsteps walking away from her door and sighed. Sure Link killed Ganon once he awakened again, but, Zelda had to put him back to his original time. Link, the sages and herself are the only ones who can remember what happened those faithful years, and the sages deemed him worthy of watching over the master sword and pass it down to his children. If Link hadn't been a commoner, Zelda would have asked her father to marry him, instead of the Prince he chose for her.
Dace, the most handsome man in all of Hyrule, every woman wanted him. Except Zelda, she wanted someone else. Sure Dace was handsome; he had chestnut wavy hair, emerald green eyes, was taller than most men, had an amazing body, and charmed you with one smile. The one problem… he wasn't Link. Zelda knows she shouldn't be thinking of different men when married to one, but Dace wasn't her first choice.
Zelda sighed and stood up, brushed off her light blue dress and walked to the dining hall. The castle was large but she knew her was around with ease. She entered the dining hall and smiled to her husband.
"Good evening Dace"
"Good evening Love."
"Hello mother"
Zelda turned to the voice she heard and smiled towards her only daughter.
"Good evening Tetra." Tetra smiled happily at her mother. Tetra, Zelda's and Dace's 17 year old daughter. She held her father's smile, her father's hair colour and her father's charms. She had Zelda's long flowing hair, pretty blue eyes and her slender body. Zelda couldn't help but wonder what Tetra would have looked like if it had been Link to be her father. She would have his blond hair, his lopsided smile, and his charms. She shooed that thought out of her mind and sat down to eat.
"Zelda, Love, I would like to go into the castle town, soon, if possible." Dace smiled to his wife.
Zelda nodded. "I would like that as well." Tetra popped her head up.
"May I come along?"
"Of course Tetra, when haven't we taken you with us?" Dace chuckled at his daughter. Tetra blushed slightly.
"Never…"
"Exactly. So Zelda, how about in four days? Then we can browse the stores and see our people." Zelda nodded. Dace was real King Material, so why does she continue to think of Link? Plus, Link has already found a wife, Malon, and has a son of his own, Kaiden. Link has written to Zelda for years, but she always kept it a secret, she shouldn't even have known Link if it weren't for Ganondorf.
"Mother?"
"Yes?"
"Can you tell us the story of the Hero of time as we eat? I Love that story." Tetra had fallen in love with Link as well, through the stories that Zelda has been telling. She didn't use her name as the princess, but instead used the name Yuuki to keep her identity safe.
"Alright, Tetra, where would you like me to begin."
"How about when Princess Yuuki revealed herself to Link?" Tetra sighed at the story, loving that part the best.
"Alright, Tetra. So here was Yuuki, dressed as a man in front of the Hero of time, Link…"
Kaiden had awoken to the sound of someone knocking on his bedroom door.
"Kaiden! Open up! It's Saria!" Kaiden groaned and turned over to his other side.
"Go away!" He yelled. He really didn't want to be bothered, he had horrible nightmares. His long ear twitched at the sound of his door opening and the small footsteps traveling into his room. "Saria…" He opened an eye to see the short Kokiri. She smiled brightly at him, her green eyes sparkling with excitement.
"But Kaiden! It's your 18th birthday! You need to be up!" She bounced up and down, her shoulder length green hair bounced with her. "I wanna play with you, so do the other Kokiri children."
Kaiden sighed and sat up, and all he was wearing was his sleeping shorts. "Saria, if you don't mind, may I get dressed?" Saria nodded quickly and exited the room, closing the door behind her. Kaiden sighed, ran his fingers through his golden hair, which was in a loose pony tail in the back, and stood up, walking towards his dresser. His room may have been small, but he couldn't ask for more; a bed in the corner, a dresser, and night table. He lived with his parents in a little homemade cabin in the Lost Woods, It was the life. On top of his dresser was a large mirror which he looked at every morning. He looked closely at his purple eyes. None of his parents had purple in their eyes, but he had them. Other than the purple eyes, he looks almost identical to his father. Golden hair, toned body, pointed nose and ears. The only thing he got from his mother was her slender body, which the other Kokiri children made fun of him because from the back, he looked like a girl when his hair was out of its pony tail. Kaiden bent down and opened his drawer, pulling out his most favourite tunic; the blue one, with a hat. His father told him once that this tunic held secrets, like breathing under water. He was always too afraid to try though. He took out his back undershirt and pants and slipped into them quickly, throwing the blue tunic over his head. He grabbed his black leather boots, gauntlets and belt and fixed all in their rightful place on his body and secured his pony tail inside the long blue hat. Once he was done, he made his bed and cleaned up a little to make his room look as good as new.
Today was his birthday, the day he turned into an adult, and today, his father was taking him out to the castle town for the first time. He walked out his room, closed the door, and walked down the hall, where he could see his father and mother sitting on the couch talking.
"Hello Mum, Dad." Both Link and Malon looked up at their son. Malon smiled, her blue eyes full of happiness being next to Link. Her Red hair was draped over her shoulder, under Link's arm which held her. Link's eyes lit up at his son's entrance, he was very proud of him. Link had taken Kaiden out to hunt on plenty of occasions, and as much as Malon hated it, he taught him the way of the sword at an early age.
"Good morning Hunny" Malon kept her smile. "Happy birthday."
"Yes, happy birthday." Link stood up and picked up a wrapped gift for Kaiden. It was long and heavy as he gave it to his only son. Kaiden took it in awe.
"T-thank you, Dad." He sat on the floor and opened it quickly, revealing what he expected to be a sword. A very well made sword.
"Made it myself, took me a year." His eyes focused on the sword. "Treat her well."
"I will…" Kaiden held the sword gingerly.
Malon got up and hugged her son. "You're all grown up," She kissed his forehead. "but you are still my baby."
"Kaiden, go get the horses ready, it's time for us to go." He tossed something large at his son, who caught it easily. "Sheath your sword, and get the supply's from the barn near the stables, I want to get there quickly." Kaiden nodded, sheathed the sword, adjusted it to his back and started to get to work. He walked outside and saw both of the horses; Epona, who was still burnt orange and big browned eyed as ever, his father horse, and Shadow, Kaiden horse. Shadow was pure black, besides the white mane he carried. Shadow neighed at Kaiden, knowing they were going to go on a long trip. He smiled at Shadow and walked past the homemade stables into the small homemade barn, where all their supplies were. Saria was waiting for him in there.
"Kaiden… You didn't come and play!"
"Yea… sorry about that." Kaiden rubbed the back of his neck in shame. "How about when I come back, I promise."
Saria frowned and nodded. "Oh alright…" She looked at all the luggage that was to be put on the horses and got an idea. "Hey Kaiden, Do you need some help with all that? Cause you're going to town soon right?" Kaiden nodded.
"Then I wanna help!" She smiled to Kaiden and started to help, but on the inside she felt weird, and sad, like the time Link left the forest for the first time.
"Saria? You okay?" Saria shook her head and noticed she was stopped dead in her tracks.
"Hah ha, sorry, was lost in thought." She kept her smiled and helped Kaiden load the horses. Epona got less luggage then Shadow because she was getting old, and Link wanted to put as little stress as possible on her. What they had in the luggage was all the necessities they needed to travel; Wolfo's skins for blankets, some flint for wood, water and Wolfo jerky to keep them full. It was going to be a long trip, about 4 to 5 days from where they were. Once the horses were all packed and ready to go, Kaiden lead them out of their stables and brought them to the front of the house and Saria decided to leave.
"See ya later Kaiden!" Kaiden waved his goodbye and watched as she vanished into the woods.
Link walked out in his full green tunic outfit, matching Kaiden, besides the colour. He also had his sword and his shield on his back.
"I thought that this was going to be a calm ride to the town?"
Link nodded and pointed to his sword. "You never know what might hit us on the way, Ganon may be gone but there are still some creatures that may attack us." As he pointed, Kaiden noticed that it was his 'special' sword he had in his sheath. Link had once told him that someone very important had intrusted the sword to him. Kaiden smiled to his father and gestured to the horses.
"They are both ready for travel Dad." Link nodded and Malon came out of the house.
"You two be very careful now." Link walked up to her and gave her a long kiss and hug.
"We will Malon, no need to worry."
She put her hands on her hips. "You're my boys! Of course I will worry!"
Link smiled then his lips changed to a frown quickly. Malon followed his expression. "What is it?" Link turned his head to look at Kaiden and walked next to him.
"What is it Dad?" Link said nothing and knelt down to the ground, putting a long ear to the ground and listened. Kaiden had learned this technique from his father; it was a way to hear footsteps from far away. Link quickly got up and walked briskly towards Malon.
"Malon, get inside."
"What is it?"
"Just get inside and lock the doors."
Malon said nothing else and walked inside, doing what she was told. Kaiden copied what his father did and his mind went blank. What he heard on the ground was large thumps on the ground like a stampede of some sort, with large creatures in them. He stood up and looked at his father who was already in fighting stance pointing in the direction of where the horde was coming from. He jogged towards his father, un-sheathing his sword.
"Dad… what is that?" Link shook his head.
"It may be a large group of Wolfo or some other creature."
Kaiden nodded and waited. As the group got closer, Link face blanked. "It's not Wolfo's…" He whispered
Kaiden looked to his father. "What did you say?" As he said that he could feel the ground beginning to shake under his feet.
"It's not Wolfo's," Link said a bit louder. "It's something… bigger…" Just when he said that, both horses neighed and ran into the forest, and 3 large Moblins appeared from the thick forest. Kaiden had never seen one of these before, but he was scared stiff. The monsters were about seven feet tall and had arms the size of watermelons. Their faces were pig like with a golden ring in their nose, they wore large chainmail everywhere and carried a large wooden club in one of their hands. One of the moblins, he was in the front and seemed like the leader, let out a deep breath through his nostrils, which steamed. Kaiden took a couple steps back in fear.
"W-what are those things?"
"Moblins…stay strong Kaiden."
Kaiden nodded and stood next to his father. "O-okay…"
"And Kaiden, if I say run? Grab your mother and run and far as you can."
Kaiden hesitated for a moment then nodded. "Alright Dad."
"Alright, let's do this." Link lept off of his left foot, jumping into battle.