Legend of Zelda: The Hero Twins
Prologue: Legend
Eons and Eons ago
Zelda looked at the setting sun, the water color sky, the forest below. Even with the impending danger of starting a new life on the Surface, she finally knew true peace at this moment. She and Link stood on the statue, holding each other's hands, wondering. "You know, Link, I like it here. The clouds above me, the land always being here to support me... A new land, for us and anyone who wants to join...
"I'm staying here on the Surface. What are you going to do now that the world is safe?"
Link just smiled, and nodded his head. Never wasting his words. Instead he wrapped his arms around her shoulders, and smiled even broader, "The world is ours now, isn't it? We can rule from right here if you want to. Up high, and on the ground. The perfect balance.
"Hey, wait... High Rule... Hmm.. High Rule..."
"Hyrule." Zelda confirmed, "We'll call our new land that. Hyrule."
"Then that leaves one thing to figure out."
"And what's that?" Zelda asked curiously.
"Are we ruling as co-rulers, or King and Queen?"
"Oh... Link..." Zelda smiled, "King and Queen, sleepy head."
Link suddenly chuckled, and the two pressed their foreheads together, "Well then, get used to hearing my voice... And I'll get used to hearing yours." He kissed her, and the seconds ticked by, on top of the statue, where only the Loftwings could reach. Zelda caught Link's eyes with a giddy smile, as the two forgot the world, and lips met again.
And so, the Legend of Zelda and Link continued. From a Fallen Warrior and a Goddess to a Knight and Headmaster's Daughter, to a King and Queen, Link and Zelda had come far, and yet the journey would continue until time ended.
Author's note.
In anticipation of the Wind Waker rerelease and aLbtW, my old Zelda fic got rediscovered. Aaannndd, I remembered the backstory to it, and that's where Hero Twins comes in! They were a part of a trilogy after Twilight Princess.
Explanation copied from Deviantart:
... For some reason, I find Link's speech a little odd... And this is what I think happened at the end of Skyward Sword, since we don't hear if Link speaks or not. I imagine that they started Hyrule, got married, yada yada, romantic fairy tale-ish stuff.
NOW! I shall explain the entire backstory HERE!
The Hero Twins (HT) takes place in the Child Timeline, sometime after Twilight Princess, probably a hundred or so years. Here's what happened to Link after being sent back in time: the events of Majora's Mask; probably finds Navi at some point; comes back to Hyrule around age sixteen, with Navi; since all the monsters and danger are pretty much eliminated, Link returns to Lon Lon Ranch with Epona, and starts working as a farm hand. At some point, one of his eyes gets put out (The Hero's Shade in Twilight Princess is confirmed to be him, and he has an eye patch, so forgone conclusion. I imagine it was a Wolfos attack where Link got cocky and didn't keep his guard up.) Also, I think he married Malon (TP!Link is a confirmed descendent of OoT/MM!Link, and what other character runs a farm, with a horse named Epona?) Lon Lon Ranch became Orodon Ranch after a town started to build around it. Link, or maybe his son if Link were too old, probably was elected mayor, because, hey, the kid that warned the Royal Family of Ganondorf's betrayal MUST be a good guy. He'd probably be upset that no one but him remembered him saving Hyrule through nine grueling, sadistic dungeons, and fighting Ganondorf, but they remember him as the kid who happened to say the right thing at the right time. Thus, when he dies, he becomes a Stalfos (Red eyes on the Hero's Shade model, like a Stalfos) and waits for a descendent of his to come along with the mark of the Triforce.
So, Twilight Princess happens, we all know this story.
With Queen Zelda (Remember, she was going to be crowned right when Zant attacked) ruling, things went well, Hyrule was prosperous, but there was something brewing. Anyone else notice that TP!Link was the only one with Hylian ears, the rest had rounded ears. (This could be explained by the whole EE or Ee means rounded, ee means pointed, but that's too scientific.) By the time that HT happens, Hylians, aka pointed ears, Sheikahs, who were almost dead anyhow, and Gerudo are pretty much dead races. They have tiny numbers compared to the rounded ear Humans, or as I call them, Hyrulians. There's also some sort of xenophobia going on, because Hyrulians don't particularly like Hylians and Gerudos - Probably because the 'Gerudo King' kept trying to kill them, and Hylian Heroes never let them save theirselves. That Leads to a very bullied HT!Link, because he's not only Hylian, he's pretty small too.
It'd be better if you followed this on deviant art because I give extra information on characters on there because I can submit the character drawings! Plus, you'll see concept art and the comics that act as openers for the phases.