HELLO PEOPLE! WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL 'HERO AND THE MOON' REWRITE! BECAUSE JESUS CHRIST IT WAS PAINFUL TO READ. Seriously speaking, as I read this fic again, I winced. I know I can do better, so I am going to rewrite it! Plot itself will remain the same, but more detailed and better explanations… something that was painfully lacking in the last one.

LET US BEGIN!

Castle town.

Link, the hero of the twilight, sighed happily as he walked towards his quarters in the Hyrulean army's barracks. 'How did I even end up here, anyway? ... oh right. Zelda.' After the events of the Twilight, Princess Zelda decided that his courage and skill would be better suited in the army than as a farmer. Frankly, he'd been pretty reluctant, not to say flat out against it, but his friends prodded him to pursue a career in the military, which Fado and Bo said would be better for him than just being a farm worker. Link disagreed with that point, but it was obvious the others weren't going to relent. 'Whoop-de-doo for peer pressure…'

That had been roughly a year ago. Today, Corporal Link of the Hyrulean Army was going to get ready for a Leave of Absence, authorized by the princess. Well, more like ordered, for reasons he couldn't understand. But hey, he wasn't going to complain either. It meant no more annoying training sessions with his fellow soldiers (who started trembling as soon as the green clad hero drew his sword).

"Hey, Link! Over here!" The green clad hero turned to see one of his fellow soldiers, Fledge or something like that, hurrying towards him with a large box in his arms.

"Hm?" As usual, he avoided the use of words. He found it troublesome to go around speaking out loud all the time, when a simple, well aimed grunt or hum combined with a nod of the head could have the same effect.

"Thank the Goddesses I found you…" The poor boy looked pale. "Look, I have an appointment with the medic shortly and I was ordered to take this to the archives. Could you do it for me, please? You know how the doctor gets if you miss an appointment." Distress was palpable in the soldier's voice. Of course Link knew what the medic was like. The cranky old man would refuse to even look at anyone that arrived late. Link sighed, and put out his arms, not bending in the slightest under the intense weight of the paperwork. "Thanks Link! See ya!" and with that, he ran off towards the hospital.

With another sigh, Link set off towards the archives. 'Come to think of it, I've never entered the archives. Didn't Zelda say it was off-limits?' He got the place quickly enough, since it was only two buildings away from the barracks, and the archivist gave him a bored look before signaling him in.

"Put those on the floor at the back. I'll organize them later." Link nodded and carried on, silently thanking the goddesses he didn't have to work here. The endless stacks of paper and boxes around him were staggering. He deposited the box near the back wall, when the mark on the back of his hand pulsed. At the same time, a small box, wrapped with a silvery ribbon, pulsed in tandem with the symbol. Confused, Link approached the shelf.

'Come on, Link, curiosity killed the wolf…' he thought as his hands were already working on the ribbon. Inside the box laid a single, silvery triangle, along with a letter. Not one to leave a job half done, the hero opened the letter.

"Dear Link…"

That single sentence set him on edge. The letter was addressed to him!? He shook his head and continued reading.

"Dear Link

I hope this finds you. With all that's happening, it would be a blessing from Farore if it does. I want you to know, I would have liked nothing more than to be there at your side, watching you grow into a great man. But it would seem fate has other plans for me. I am very sorry, my son, but my time runs short"

Link's hand trembled. This letter was… written by his father! He had met his old man in his spectral form, the Hero's Shade, although he didn't know who the man was until their last meeting.

"You probably don't know this, but I was a Hero. The great Hero of Time. I fought the evil Ganondorf across the stream of time, alternating between my present and 7 years in the future. When he was defeated I returned to my own time, to try and live in peace. My wish came to happen… mostly. I met two beautiful women in my lifetime, one of them being your mother. Her name is Artemis and…"

His reading was interrupted by the sound of approaching footsteps. Hurriedly, he closed the box and threw it and the letter into his magic pouch, and winced when he heard the box land on something hard. 'Thaaat must've been the ball and chain in landed on…'

"Corporal Link?" Link turned to find the archivist, who held out an envelope. "Here, the leave authorization papers. I was supposed to deliver them earlier but…" he motioned the unholy amounts of paper around him. Link nodded sympathetically, understanding the issue. "Well, that would be all. Enjoy your leave, corporal." The man saluted Link before returning to his desk. Link stared at the envelope before pocketing that too, and decided to leave the archives before someone realized he'd taken an item. He wasn't going to leave the box – and the letter – that were rightfully his in the archive. He said goodbye to the archivist as he left, heading towards his room to finish packing up. Try as he might, he couldn't shake the feeling someone was watching him. The glares he could swear he was getting from the paintings of previous rulers weren't helping at all.

A few hours later, Hyrule field.

Link sighed as he rested his head against a tree. It had taken him longer than expected to gather his belongings, and since Epona was carrying so much stuff on her, he decided to go at a slow pace, causing the normally short trip to Ordon to drag on for hours.

'I'll rest here for a while…' He thought to himself, setting his hat up as a pillow and laying down. That's when the clouds above him parted slightly, allowing the moon's light to fall on him. Link looked up into the small tear in the cloud barrier, and saw the full moon staring back at him. Ever since he could remember, gazing at the moon made him feel stronger, wilder, and yet it also gave him peace of mind. He never really understood why, but he guessed it might've had something to do with his wolf form. 'I wonder if dad was the same… oh right, the letter!' He quickly bolted up right and dove his hand into his pouch, digging out the paper sheet to continue reading. 'Now where was I…? Ah right. Her name…'

"… Is Artemis and let me tell you, she taught me what love at first sight was. We met one day in the woods, while I was taking a stroll. She was hunting, and let me tell you, her skill with the bow was unparalleled. I saw her strike down not one, not two, but THREE white wolfos with a single arrow. She was the most perfect woman I had ever seen… Sadly the first sight thing wasn't exactly mutual. She fired a volley of arrows at me when she saw me. As it turns out, she really didn't appreciate someone sneaking up on her. Or men. And she especially didn't appreciate a man sneaking up on her. It took me a while to get her to stop shooting at me, and sweet God-desses, she really didn't give me an easy time doing so."

Link noticed how the word Goddesses had a scratched out letter between the third and fourth letters. Must've been a mistake from his father's part. He turned the page around to continue his reading.

"She really didn't like me at first. Honestly I don't even know what changed her mind. Her whole demeanor changed a few days after she helped me drag a drunken woman to her house. You have no idea how hard it is to carry a passed out person, particularly when all they're doing is swinging their arms back and forth yelling rather obscene things. I guess your mother thought someone might want to take advantage of the girl or something. Anyway, we met up every few days after that, and would go hunting. Months passed, then years, then one thing led to another and next thing I know I'm holding you in my arms. Your mother had to leave shortly after that, for she was… well, it'd be better if she explained it to you. I'm not known for my eloquence. Take the token in the box and let it bask in the moonlight for a moment. Assuming neither of us messed up, it should take you straight to her. When you find her tell her… Tell her I love her with all my heart.

Love

Link Hyllus, Knight of Termina

P.S. When you meet your mother, I suggest you stay away from her huntresses. Their dislike of men is… slightly stronger than Artemis's. The arrows I got on my shoulders are proof of that."

'Wait, what?' Her read the postscript a few times, confused. 'H-Huntresses? A-arrows to the shoulder? What kind of woman is my mom!?' He half expected a sarcastic quip to echo from the back of his mind, although he knew that it would never come. 'What would Midna say… "She's one tough lady! I guess you must take after your dad!". Yeah, that sounds about right.' Link chuckled before moving over to the box. Inside it lay the object that would finally let him meet his mother. 'Is she even alive? I mean, Dad was pretty… well, dead when I last saw him.' The young man shook his head, forcing away the negative thoughts. 'Don't be like that! I'm sure mom will be delighted to see me!' And with that positive thought in his head, he opened the box, letting the moonlight reflect into the little silvery triangle. He heard Epona's panicked whinny as a bright light engulfed both of them, forcing Link to shield his eyes.

A few minutes earlier

'I messed up… I messed up more than I have ever messed up in my entire life…' Percy sulked as Dr. Thorn dragged him and the demigod siblings he was supposed to pick up. After dancing with Thalia (An event caused by Grover giving him a panicked nudge), he'd bolted off after the siblings. Now he had a poisonous spike embedded into his shoulder, and was being dragged along by a very cranky manticore.

"Come on, move!" Dr. Thorn (the manticore) yelled at them. Percy knew he had to stall…

"I… can't… my arm it… it hurts…"

"Bah! My poison inflicts pain, but it doesn't kill! Now MOVE!" The manticore pushed Percy forward, right next to the twins.

He looked at the two comfortingly. "It's gonna be ok. My friends will be here soon…" he winced, not entirely out of pain. 'I hope…'

"PERCY!" His prayers were answered when Thalia's spear sailed through the air, impaling itself into Dr. Thorn's arm. The creature screeched in agony as electricity coursed through him, allowing Percy to rip out the spike in his arm and lead the demigods to safety.

"Finally!" He yelled when he reached his friends. "Gods, for a second I thought you weren't comi YEOOW!" The Son of Poseidon yelped when Thalia shocked his arm.

The Daughter of Zeus glowered at her friend. "Now I know why Annabeth calls you Kelp head! What the hell were you thinking!?" Annabeth and Grover were both glaring at him just as hard as she was. He thought about his answer for a second…

"… I got nothing." He admitted before turning back to the manticore, drawing his ever reliable sword Riptide. The beast roared, rage adorning his rather hideous features.

"You fools! You will all DIE!" He was about to charge at them, when a single sound made him freeze. Piercing the silence of the night, a hunting horn echoed, followed by howling wolves. Thalia groaned loudly.

"Oh Gods… please not them…" She hung her head in defeat when a silver arrow was embedded into Thorn's thick hide. The beast roared, glaring at the small army of bow women that broke through the foliage.

Thorn growled. "Direct intervention! This is against the ancient laws!" One of the girls, with auburn hair, whoexuded an aura of power, answered him, her voice sounding far older than her body appeared.

"The hunting of wild beasts is within my sphere. And you're a wild beast." She said confidently. One of her flanking archers stepped forward.

"Permission to kill, milady?" She asked respectfully.

The auburn haired girl eyed the creature. "Granted." The other girl, who was dressed just like the other archers except for the silver circlet on her forehead, nodded and readied her bow…

Only for it to be whipped out of her hands. The creature had moved faster than she's thought possible, zeroing the distance between them. In a second, she'd been disarmed and lifted off her feet, being held by the neck. She couldn't even whimper as the Manticore's tail dug into her back. The other archers took aim…

"ah ah ah~!" The creature said tauntingly. "One false move, and I'll inject so much poison into her she'll die out of pure agony. Hand over the two little demigods over there, and she lives." The girl continued to struggle, her constricted windpipe forbidding any sounds to exit it. The impasse continued for a few seconds, no one noticing the flash of silver in the woods. The auburn haired girl looked troubled.

"… Very well…" Her words shocked the girls around her, and the one being held hostage managed a choked 'No!' "You can have the Demigods, just let her…" Before she could finish the sentence, a wolf flew out of the foliage, biting into the Manticore's tail. With a forceful yank, he severed the tail from the monster, forcing Thorn to release the girl he was holding hostage. The Manticore was pelted by arrows, forcing him to jump off the cliff and onto the chopper that'd been waiting for him. The auburn haired girl ran to the one wearing the silver circlet. "Zöe, are you hurt?" Her words held a motherly tone. The girl, now identified as Zöe, nodded.

"Verily, Lady Artemis. Thanks to this wolf, however, it was not as bad as it could have been." She turned to the wolf in question, who was staring at her with its deep blue eyes. Zöe felt like she could drown in those eyes… She scratched the wolf behind the ear, not caring about the blood that adorned most of its head. "Thank you for rescuing me." She said simply, giving it a small kiss on the forehead. The wolf seemed startled and backed away, its front right paw glowing brightly. For a second it was covered in what looked like pure shadows, and the next it cleared out, revealing a young man in green robes, a few years older than Percy, blushing slightly.

"I-it was nothing, really! I just saw you in trouble and thought I should…" He was unable to finish, since an arrow nicked off the tip of one of his pointy ears. "… help?" Zöe was blushing so intensely she could've lit up a Christmas tree.

'T-T-T-THE WOLF WAS A… WAS A HUMAN!? A MALE HUMAN!?' All coherent thought left her head. She'd petted its head because she thought it was just a wolf! A simple, stupid hunting beast! Not a human man!

Who, might I add, had been dodging and blocking arrows fired by Zöe for the whole time.

"YIKES! H-hey come on, what's the big ideaAHH!" An arrow had come close to his chest, forcing him to throw himself on the floor. "WHAT IN DIN'S NAME GOT INTO YOU!?"

"Din?" Artemis said in a low whisper, remembering where she last heard that name. "… Wait, Zöe! Hold your fire!" Said girl, still blushing, turned to her mistress.

"B-b-but milady! T-that man he… I… he…"

"The great Zöe Nightshade, speechless. I'm shocked." Thalia said sarcastically, but her comment went unheard by the blushing huntress. Artemis approached the young man, reverting to her adult form as she did (Much to the shock of said young man).

She studied his features for a few moments, making the poor hero nervous. "I thank you for saving my lieutenant, but tell me, boy, what is your name, and why are you here?"

The young man blinked a couple of times. "Huh? M-my name? Uh…" He gulped, still reeling from seeing a little girl turn into a grown woman in seconds. He heard the other huntresses say stuff like 'typical of a man' or 'stupid like the rest of them'. All those comments stopped when he finally answered. "… M-My name is Link Hyllus II. I-I came here looking for my mother." The girls all looked at him, confusion in their eyes.

"Link Hyllus?" One said.

"Wasn't that Lady Artemis's friend?" Asked another. Ignoring them, Link pulled out the letter from his father.

"My… my father left me this, explaining how to find her. Y-You wouldn't happen to know her? You have the same name as her." Everyone, except the two demigods Percy's group had come to retrieve and Artemis herself, gasped when he said that. "I guess I might be looking for a tombstone though… my dad was already dead when I met him… I found the letter and the token by pure chance." He absentmindedly fiddled with said token. The last thing he expected was Artemis to hug him.

"Oh Chaos… I can't believe it's you…" The woman was sobbing quietly as she hugged him. "I wanted to come see you… I really did, but my father wouldn't let me…"

Link looked at the woman, confused. An expression shared by her lieutenant.

"M-Milady? Dost thou know this man?" Artemis nodded, still not letting go of Link.

She sniffled slightly "Yes Zöe… He's… He's my son." Every demigod, nymph, monster and spirit around stared with their mouths agape.

"WHAT!?" Was the collective scream of all the Huntresses.

AAAAND THAT'S IT FOR NOW!

Like I said, the old fic's dead and this new series of Moonborn Hero will take its place. Pairings will stay the same, but I plan to make this version vastly superior to the original. This is BladeOfThePoet, logging out!