Lyall: Yay, my first Legend of Zelda fanfiction! I've always wanted to write one of these, but I could never really nail down Link's personality. I had to read the manga on Zelda Infinite and the Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess games helped. Wheee...
Anyways, this story takes the overworld of Ocarina of Time, but I'm incorporating Twilight Princess provinces and stuff as well (such as towns in TP that don't appear in OoC, like Ordon Village).. Basically it's a OoC/TP mix. I think there might be some Majora's Mask and Minish Cap.
I'm gonna make Link an Ordonian and he still can transform into a wolf for reasons described later. And Linky (my nickname; haha) knows he's the descendant of the Hero of Time, he knows Princess Zelda, people know he's their savior, yadda yadda ya. And I haven't finished Twilight Princess, so some things may not be correct. And I'm sorry if personalities aren't spot-on. I'm also going to make Link able to use magic. WHY, NINTENDO, WHY NOT INCLUDE A MAGIC METER IN TWILIGHT PRINCESS?!
This story is in omniscient third person, for those who care.
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"Link, over here!"
Link sighed heavily. "Okaaay...!"
Link turned Epona over to where Fado was, who found the stray goat that was lingering in the shadows. He then commanded Epona to gallop over, as he was eager to get his farmwork done. Just when the goat was finally uncornered...
"Liiiiinnkk!" Beth shouted.
"Hu-uaaaah!" Link got thrown off-course and accidentally hit the goat into the side of a fence. Snorting out of its nostrils, it tackled Epona, which sent Link hurtling several feet over, facefirst into a sandpit.
"Link, stop goofing around! Are you done yet?" Beth asked impatiently.
Link mentally slapped himself."Yeah, almost done...," he muttered as he pulled himself up and dusted the sand off of his clothes.
"Good! Talo wants you to show him how to use that Clawshot thing."
"Oh. Okay, ten more minutes...," Link yawned as he got back on Epona. "C'mon, girl, time to herd that last goat."
"Thanks again, Link!" Fado applauded and handed Link a glistening red rupee, which was worth twenty green rupees.
"Ya know, you really should stop feeding those goats happy pills," Link said as he rotated his left arm in its socket.
"Not my fault they're darn stubborn," Fado mumbled.
"Heheh, anyways, see ya tomorrow." Link waved good-bye and led Epona out of the ranch.
Once in the village, Link nearly got hit in the head with an arrow.
"...Talo...," Link said slightly menacingly, twitching a bit.
"Uh, sorry, Link?" Talo said sheepishly.
"You really should get a restraining order from these things," Link muttered as he snatched the bow and quiver from Talo.
"Link, Clawshot time!" Talo exclaimed, his eyes gleaming.
Link sighed. "You better promise me you won't kill some bystander," Link moaned while slapping the side of his face.
"ALL RIGHT! WOO!" Talo danced around. "Heya Link, I'm gonna head on over to your house now! C'mon, Beth!" Talo grabbed Beth and dragged her to Link's house.
"Aw jeez, and you'd think they'd run out of energy sometime...," Link moaned as he groggily mounted Epona and trotted over to his house.
"Finally, Link!" Talo shouted as Link came up the road. "Why are you so slow today?!"
"Shut up, Talo!" Beth admonished and hit him on the head. "Link was working at the ranch!"
"But he does basically every day, and he's never like this...," Talo mumbled as he held his head.
"Sorry, Talo. I just slept late," Link said while rubbing the back of his head.
"Oh. ...You're still gonna teach me, right?" Talo asked.
"Uh, sure, lemme ju--" Link started, but then a voice was heard.
"HEEEEEEEEEYYY!!!"
"Mailman!" Beth exclaimed.
"I got a letter for Mr. Link!" the postman said while jogging in place. Link dismounted and the postman handed him a letter.
"Thanks," Link said as he looked at the envelope. It had the crest of the Royal Family. Suddenly Link's mind was swarming with questions.
"Off to deliver!" the postman jogged back down the road.
"Who's it from, Link?! Who, who?!" Talo jumped up and down.
Link didn't answer as he opened the letter. 'Why would Princess Zelda mail me...?' he thought.
"What does it say?" Beth asked.
Link read aloud:
To Master Link,
Princess Zelda has summoned you for an urgent dilemma. Please depart as soon as possible. We are sorry if this creates inconvenience.
"Master?! Cool! And wow, that's awesome! You get to go to the princess!" Talo shouted. "You're real important, huh?"
"Aww, I wanna meet the princess," Beth sighed.
"We're not important enough," Talo shrugged.
"Oh come on," Link said, mildly irritated. Both kids quit talking. "Well, I guess I have to leave, then. You two go tell Mayor Bo I'll be gone for a few days, possibly a few weeks if something serious happened," Link said as he climbed up his house's ladder. Talo and Beth ran off down the path to Ordon Village.
In his house, Link got a knapsack and packed his weapons, some log books, and extra clothing, including the Hero's Clothes. His instinct told him something grave was going to or already occured. Sighing yet again, Link changed into a simple white long-sleeved shirt with dark green pants.
The thumps of the two kids' footsteps echoed off of the desolate pathway. As they were about to enter the village, they saw Ilia coming their way.
"What are you two in such a rush about?" Ilia asked.
"We're gonna tell your dad that Link's going to be gone for a while," Talo said.
"...What?" Ilia seemed a bit shocked.
"He just got a letter from Princess Zelda!" Beth said.
"C'mon, Beth!" Talo grabbed Beth's hand and ran off.
Ilia stood dumbfounded for a few seconds and then ran down to Link's house as quickly as she could.
Glancing at his shining blade and shield, he thought, 'I might need these.' After placing the Ordon Sword's sheath and Hylian Shield on the belt that ran diagonally vertical on his chest and back, Link smoothed out his clothes and walked outside.
Just as Link mounted Epona, Ilia came running down the road.
"Link!!!" she shouted.
"What are you doing here, Ilia?" Link asked.
"Is it true you're going to be gone?" Ilia asked a tad sorrowfully.
"Well, the Royal Family summoned me...," Link said, somewhat disturbed of how Ilia sounded.
Ilia looked at the ground while twiddling her thumbs.
"So why did you come?" Link inquired.
"Eh? Well, uh, I came to give you...this." Ilia handed Link a small box that was wrapped up.
"What is it?" Link asked.
"It was just something I found in the forest one day. It was really pretty, and it was glowing a little. Since you can use magic, I thought you would find use in it," Ilia said sheepishly.
"...Thanks," Link smiled his catching smile and put it in a pocket that was attached to his belt.
"Oh! Uh, Link...," Ilia blurted.
"Huh?" Link had a look of mild confusion.
"Just be careful, all right? Don't overexert yourself."
"Don't worry, Ilia." Getting back on Epona, he whistled and Epona ran off.
When Ilia didn't hear Epona's hooves clop on the forest earth anymore, she quietly whispered, "Good luck, Link..."
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Lyall: Aww, how sweet is Ilia? This is still LinkxZelda, though. WOOT ZELINK!!! And I'm sorry if this is a crappy intro. All stories need an intro, right?