Through the ages, many heroes have arisen to save the kingdom of hyrule from peril. His name was always Link, and through most of the ages and wars, he was but a boy, barely of age if at all. He was gifted by the goddesses, and saved the land, and many others like it, from problems, over and over again. Now, a school has risen, to train young prospective heroes in the way of the sword, in hopes that one day, another Link may rise, to marry Zelda and father a whole new era of Hyrule. This is the story of that Academy, and the true Link. What lies the one known as the true Link? And who is the true Link?

Aliah stepped through the large gate, a smile upon her lips. Several months of travel, three to be exact, to get from her home country of Ysel to train at the fabled Hyrule Academy. For two hundred years, this school had stood strong. The campus of the school was vast, a separate part of the kingdom, and almost the same size as the kingdom itself. There were seven main parts, each after a major sage, each one vastly different, the seventh being the center part, modeled after a castle, this is the main campus area, where the tests are taken, and the freshman roam. Within the other sections, replicas of the challenges the heroes might face rested, guarded by the class Sages, or sages in training. Aliah knew she couldn't become a Link, that was a Hylian male role only, but she hoped to train to become stronger. With deep red hair, bound in a low, loosely bound ponytail at the base of her neck, and olive toned skin, she could almost pass for a Gerudo thief, had she not had deep blue eyes, the color of ice. She wore the common garb of women in her country: tanned pants, loose and baggy, but bound to her ankles; Black strip of fabric wrapped around her chest to restrict the movement of her breasts; black plain shoes; and a white head wrap to keep her head cool. With a bag over one shoulder, she stepped through the large, golden gates of Hyurle Academy with a grin. A boisterous laugh came from her lips as she remembered her mother's reaction.

~~~~Flashback~~~~

"You are doing WHAT!?" Her mother had exclaimed.

"Relax Mother, I'm going to Hyrule Academy in Hyrule." Aliah had explained, while lounging in her chair. Her mother had almost dropped her dish in the basin again.

"why on earth would you want to go to that fancy academy? We cannot afford it!"

"Relax, mother, I have a system to get there and get into the academy. They've agreed to allow me to go there as long as I work part time in the school."

"Young lady, you are not going to an academy so full of ruffians!"

~~~~present time~~~~

"Ruffians my ass, we're the ruffians." Aliah muttered to herself. Gazing upon the large castle, she began to walk forwards towards the school signs. There was a sign that said. "ADMISSIONS" along with an arrow pointing towards a small temple like building. The school building's structure was large, as big as Hyrule castle itself, and the grounds were beautiful in the central area, clean, cut grass, stone walkways, iron lanterns hanging in the air, Aliah couldn't help but marvel at the beauty. Her own hometown was falling apart, old, and decrepit, all the houses were falling apart and dilapidated, nothing compared to the beautiful stone buildings the school was infamous for. She walked slowly over to the admissions building and stepped through the large wooden door. There, behind a large wooden desk was an older woman.

"Yes? Hello." She said, smiling.

"Hello, the name's Aliah of Yselia?" Aliah said, looking around the office.

"Aliah, Aliah..." The old woman said, opening up a drawer in her desk and thumbing through the files.

Aliah looked around the area, stopping at a book shelf with a painting on it. In the painting, two young women sat next to each other, one short and one tall. "hunh, twins." she said simply, looking at the picture. "hey who are these two women? the tall one and short one in this picture here." Aliah asked the old lady behind the desk.

"Oh? that old silly painting is one my father did of me and my twin sister." The old lady replied, moving to another drawer to look through the files.

Aliah set down the painting and moved on, gazing upon the many paintings in the room, some were of tall, regal looking men, others of animals, like a giant boar and some kind of walking pig thing. "A boar?" she asked, looking at the picture of the giant pig.

"Ah, yes. Aliah of Ysel the country, hello!"The old woman said, pulling a file from the drawer, "my name is Impazzi, a descendant of the great Impa. We are glad to have you at our school. Here, at Hyrule Academy, we believe that neither age, nor gender, nor garb or race should dictate greatness, only what you do with it." Impazzo held up a small stack of papers and handed them to Aliah. "This has your freshman schedule, and the few rules about Hyrule Academy you should know. The freshmen are now making their way down to the grand colliseum where you will be given your first speech

by your superiors. And it is where you will be assigned your dorm. Go on, make your way down now, and have a lovely year here. I expect great things from you." The old woman smiled and looked at Aliah with a stunningly intuitive gaze. Aliah took the papers and nodded before backing out and walking out of the door. As she was walking, she bumped into something, and several papers went flying.

"Whoa there!" She exclaimed, looking at the small male on the floor. "sorry, didn't see you there little dude!"

"It's alright, nobody ever does." He said, standing up. He then began to gather all of his papers. Aliah leaned down and started to help him.

"My name is Aliah, what's your's little guy?"

"I am Rink, and I'm not little, for your information, I'm 18 years old."

"No way!" Aliah exclaimed, jumping back, "I'm 17 and I'm probably double your size!"

"I know, I know." Rink said before scurrying off.

"oh shit! Colliseum!" Aliah exclaimed, before running towards the large building.

She made her way into the large colliseum, eyes wide, mouth gaping at the sight of the building. It was about the size of her country's castle, which was a mere mansion in comparison. "oh boy!" she exclaimed before making her way through the crowds to find a seat.

"hey, you can sit here," A guy's voice said from behind Aliah. She turned to see a guy, taller than her, with feathered black hair and deep blue eyes.

"Ah, thanks dude." Aliah said, plopping down.

"So, what are you, Gerudo?" he asked, looking up and down at her. He took the seat next to her. His clothing was a white shirt, buttons running up one half, of the top, the first two or three were unbuttoned, revealing a perfectly toned chest. He wore black pants, skin tight to show off his nicely toned legs too. He smiled, exposing perfectly white teeth. Like most Hylian males, he wore a ring in one of his pointed ears. First impression of him: Too damn flashy. "Name's Valkyrie. Yes, like a winged woman. No, I am not secretly a woman. You can call me Val or come up with something."

"I'm not a Gerudo, I'm a foreigner, from Ysel. My name is Aliahana, but everybody calls me Aliah." Aliah replied, looking around the coliseum. It held more than a thousand students, all eagerly chattering away like birdies. No wonder it could, the whole structure was made of metal, iron as far the colors were, so she deduced. In the center of the coliseum was a large round stage, where people could fight. This stage was big enough to hold her entire hometown populace and everyone would have enough room to sit down comfortably. Aliah didn't want to seem awestruck, but this whole school was chock full of money. She then frowned slightly, the wealth of this nation was vast, and they were wasting it on flashy things like big buildings and coliseums. She was going to say more but a loud drum sounded.

"When the earth began, there was nothing but chaos and fire. The three goddesses, Din, Farore and Nayru, descended from a Distant Nebula and began creation of what would become the world. Din cultivated the land and created the red earth. Nayru poured her wisdom onto the earth and gave the spirit of law to the world. Farore produced all life forms who would uphold the law.

"With their work completed the Golden Goddesses ascended to the heavens, and the mythical Triforce, an object capable of granting any wish, was hidden in the Sacred Realm, waiting for someone to find it and bring complete prosperity or ultimate destruction to the world. Seeking this power, the interlopers used the powers known as the fused shadows to take control of Hyrule. The goddesses created the sages, to combat this evil, and forced the evil beings into the twilight realm. A hundred years later, a twilight being named Zant tried to take over Hyrule, using Gannondorf as his god. He too, failed. Each and every time someone attempted to rule Hyrule, other than the true royal family, a hero, always named Link stepped up to take his place. This school was founded on the hopes that a true Link would be found once more." A woman's voice boomed through the Coliseum. Aliah turned and looked at the woman. She looked just like Impazzi, but taller, much taller than her. Her twin. A tube was attached to one end, which connected to the many different bronze tubes to carry her voice. "we here at Hyrule academy hope to see bright, shining faces and hope that all of you will achieve greatness in your endeavours. Now, all of you proceed to the different lines, there should be a letter on the top of your schedules, proceed to the booth with your letter. And may the goddesses bless you with their favor!"

"I guess I'll see you around then, Val. We're bound to have some classes together." Aliah said, before standing up. "At the very least, we can meal together." She then looked at her schedule, written entirely in Hyrulean, of course,and looked at the letter. "uhm... Which letter is this?" She asked Val.

"That is P. You can understand our language but can't read it?" He said with a laugh. He looked at his own page. "Hey, same letter. I'll guide you to the line." He took her hand to pull her along the crowd. Aliah jerked her hand away and looked at him.

"Hold on there Cassanova, I just met you. Don't be breaking the wall of personal space. Just take me to the line." She said, before pointing.

He gave Aliah a soft chuckle, "Slow down Duchess, I just didn't want you to get lost." Val said, before holding up his hands and guiding her to the line. "this is it." He said.

She then stood in the line, behind him when someone about half her height stumbled face first into her bound chest.

"Sorry, Sorry..." came the soft high pitched voice.
"Oh, little dude! Erm, Rink? Wassup?" Aliah exclaimed.

"Oh, hi Aliah. Just making my way to the P line, I can't see the letters..."

"This is the P line little guy." Val said, smiling. "come on and join us little bro."

"Oh, okay thanks. But my name is Rink." Rink said, a little hostility in his voice.

"Ah, Rink. Cool name, almost sounds like Link." Val said with a laugh. "Come on, I'll show you to the P."

With a few minutes passed Aliah had made it to the front of the P line.

"Good evening miss. Here is your dorm information, and the voucher for your meals. Also, you are the foreign one, yes? The Gerudo looking one? Here is your payment information and the jobs you will be working. Please report to principal Impazzo before you get settled into your dorm room." The woman said. "I am your counselor, Nabu, a Gerudo descendant."

"Thank you." Aliah said, before walking away. She looked around for a few minutes for either of her new found friends. When she didn't spot them, she moved on, shrugging it off. "oh well, flashy boy probably found some pair of legs to chase."

She stumbled into the principal's office eventually, where a tall, regal looking woman stood in front of a window, her back turned. "It took you a long time, Miss Aliahanna. It is to be expected of someone who can't read our language." The woman turned to face Aliah. While she had the same face as Impazzo, she help nothing else in common with her twin. "Do you really want to live and learn at this foreign academy?"

"Yes, Ma'am, with every fiber of my being, I want to learn to be a good hero." Aliah said, sitting down in one of the chairs.

"I see, and you will have to work extra hard, due to the fact you cannot technically read or write. While most of the professors know of your handicap, most of them won't be so... Sympathetic of it. Can you really deal with that challenge?" The woman said, her eyebrow lifting as she spoke.

"Ma'am, I can deal with anything this academy throws at me. I have made a few friends so far that can help me, as for my tuition, I will try my best to work off my debt to you." Aliah said honestly. And she meant it, she would do anything for this school that was so kind to allow her to escape her own doomed country.

"Don't worry of your tuition. You have enough on your hands, you do not need to be troubled with such problems as working. However, you do indeed have certain obligations to me. As long as you study and work hard, you will always be welcome at this academy. In order to keep diplomatic negotiations with Ysel alive, we have allowed you here. Note this: No spies are allowed in our school, and as such, your letters home will be heavily surveilanced, and you will be unallowed to go outside of the academy borders. Also, these dorms are not gender separated, so you may end up staying with a young man. Please do try to keep your hands to yourself, I know how lower world countries can be... Am I making myself perfectly clear?" Impazzo said, giving Aliah a cold look. Aliah had to stop herself from gasping, her, a spy? Whatever. What made Aliah began to tremble though, was the sneer the older woman

"Yes ma'am perfectly clear." Aliah stood up.

"you are dismissed, you will report to me first thing tomorrow. And do try to wear something more... Civilized." Aliah walked out the door before gritting her teeth. What a fucking bitch! Oh the god awful things the boys back home would do to that stuck up old crone! Aliah thought to herself.

After an hour of wandering around the castle, attempting to find her dorm, she had finally found it, thanks to several different people giving her instructions. The dorm was a few feet into the courtyard, and a tall, white building with ivy growing on one side. The large doors were golden, but closer inspection could reveal they were actually wood, and painted gold. "Wow, I'm staying here?" She asked herself before opening the door and going in.

"WELCOME!" Came a peppy voice. "My name is Serias, I'm the dorm matron. Welcome welcome welcome!" The peppy blonde haired girl said. She was shorter than Aliah, and twice as bouncy. She then stopped and looked at Aliah. "Ew, you're like a gerudo or something right? Your room is 344. Go away before someone sees your ugly tanned skin."

"Excuse me!?" Aliah exclaimed, she raised her fist. "you want to talk about ugly skin huh? I'll hit you hard enough that not even your mother will love your hideous face!"

"Ladies! You wouldn't happen to be picking on my best friend here," Valkyrie came out of no where and wrapped an arm around Aliah.

"Oh em gee! Vallie is a friend of your's Gerudo girl? Why didn't you like say so in the first place! Go on to your room!" Serias said, giggling.

"so, what's your room number?" Valkyrie asked.

"334." Aliah answered, blinking as the smell of freshly burnt wood came from him. It wasn't an unpleasent smell, more warm, and soft than anything else.

"What a coincidence! That's next to my room! Come on." He led her through the white halls, covered in paintings and signs, to a room marked with strange letters.

"Don't think I owe you anything. And I'm not your best friend." Aliah said, opening her door and slamming it shut before he could respond.

Her room was amazing! It was almost the size of her whole house! The walls were a dark blue, with the top half being painted like the night sky. The carpet was white, like sand at night. On opposite sides of the room, mirrored from one another, was two beds, two desks and two closets and dressers. One side was already inhabited, covered in knicknacks from what looked like a forest. The other side was understandably bare.

"Ah, hello there, you must be Aliah! My name is Ana, I hope we can be good friends!" The female said, falling from her bed in an attempt to get up and greet Aliah. "my name is Sari, I hope to be a forest sage."

"oh no need to get out of bed! I'm okay right here." Aliah said. "I hope we can be good friends too." Little did Aliah know, that some friendships last through many lives, Sari and Her's being one of them.