DISCLAIMER! Hiromu Arakawa and...uh...Nintendo?
WARNINGS! hm...hints of elricest?
A/N! This is Fullmetal Alchemist crossed-over with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Yes, I have officially achieved new levels of crossover WEIRDNESS! Now I can be in the hall of fame with that one girl that crosses over stuff with Disney movies! YOSH'!
-PLaY-
CHaPTeR oNe: THe LeGeND oF LiNK
Edward Elric sat up late this night staring through the window at the stars from the Rockbell's home in Risembool. He thought it was a perfectly LOVELY night- the prettyful moon shone bright, the crickets were making noise, the temperature outside was just UBER, and most perfectly of all- they had just gotten his little brother's body back earlier that lovely day and ya know what? Just nothing could ruin his happiness.
He thought.
So with his green jammies and night cap, his kissed his already asleep otouto goodnight and crawled into bed. It wasn't too long before the vertically-challenged alchemist was nearly fast asleep, and then he heard it...
Help me...
He blinked his eyes rapidly, fully awake now. What was THAT? He listened again for a minute, and when it remained completely quiet save for the crickets and Al's steady breathing, he closed his eyes and let himself start to drift off again.
Please help me...
"Okay! I know I heard it that time!" he yelled, springing up into a sitting position. Alphonse turned onto his side, letting out a soft whine and mumbling, "...nii-san...lower..." in response. Edward jumped out of bed and shook Al awake, "Aru! Do you hear that!"
The younger but slightly taller boy was jerked awake by his brother's rough shaking, "EH! Wha?"
"Shh! Aru! Listen!"
The two sat in silence for a while, and Al was about to comment on Ed's weird behavior when-
I am a prisoner in the dungeon of the castle. My name is Zelda.
Al's eyes bugged out, "OMG, Nii-san, I CAN hear something!" Edward put a hand over his brother's mouth to silence him again, waiting for the voice to continue. All the while his mind was racing- Who's voice was that? What did they want? Was this some sort of prank? And what castle? Since when were there any castles near Risembool? Or in all of Amestris?
The wizard, Agahnim, has done...something to the other missing descendants. Now only I remain...
...okay, this was getting weirder. Wizard? Ed glanced down to see Al looking back up at him, trying to gauge his aniki's reaction. A flash of light illuminated the room for a moment as lightning struck outside and rain started to pour down hard from what was just recently a clear sky.
Agahnim has seized control of the castle and is now trying to open the seven wise men's seal. I am in the dungeon of the castle...
Lightning flashed again. There was noise downstairs, and in the dim of night the brothers swore they saw a shadowed figure outside the window. After a final crash of thunder it got eerily silent, and the voice's final plea was nearly a whisper.
...please help me...
"Nii-san, I'm scared. Something bad is going to happen," Alphonse said softly after removing Edward's hand. He nodded, "Let's go downstairs, see if anyone else heard it."
Together the brothers tiptoed out of their room, down the hall and the staircase, hands held firmly as if to not loose each other in the darkness. The rain had started up again, not as intense but now seemed to be dispersing. Ed could tell from his view through the front door. Wait, the front door was open? "Aru, this way," he whispered, pulling him along. He peered out, Al taking a glance over his shoulder, and they both definitely saw someone standing out in the easing rain. They appeared to be looking at the sky? They squinted for a closer look, and Al mumbled, "...Winry...?"
At hearing that, Ed did a double take. It was indeed Winry, in her nightgown, wrench in hand, and now that he noticed, Den was at her feet. They rushed over to her, Ed especially- he was worried. She looked if she was in a trance, even if he couldn't see her face. Sure enough though, when they reached her she just kept staring at the sky.
"Winry...?" Al asked timidly. Ed grabbed ahold of her shoulder and shook it slightly, "Are you okay?"
The mechanic never once adverted her eyes but at least she made it clear she acknowledged their presence. "Look..." she whispered, and raised a hand, pointing at the cloudy sky. The rain was letting up, but the clouds seemed to be gathering rapidly, growing darker.
"Nii-san...is that...?"
Ed nodded slowly, eyes narrowed and face turned to a frown, "The gate."
"W-what do we do? What's happening!" Al panicked.
"I don't know Al. But I think maybe we should get inside," Al nodded and the both of them then tried to pry Winry away from her spot. They made it a few steps before they were swallowed up by the darkness, and everything around them went black.
"Nii-san!"
"ARU!"
eVeNTuaLLy SoMeWHeRe
When Edward came to he was lying in a forest, his face pillowed by the soft grass. He wanted to lie there a little longer, not really caring where he was or how he got there. Eventually though, he forced himself to roll over onto his back, and he eased himself into an upright position with a hand to his head.
"What in the..." he paused, eyes widened and he gasped. It suddenly came back to him. "Al?" he called, "Winry?" Searching frantically, he found no one. Ed jumped to his feet, and noticed he was wearing brown boots. The night before- or at least he assumed his last memory was the night before- he had been barefoot, coming straight from bed. And he felt a heavy weight on his back too. Investigating this, he found he had a...SWORD AND SHIELD? He grabbed the sword hilt with his left hand and pulled it out to examine it. Oookaaayyy...but there was always time to worry about that later. What had happened to Alphonse and Winry?
He put the sword back and was about to start searching in some random direction when a feminine voice said, "You are awake." A...familiar feminine voice.
He spun around, "WINRY!" and he was about pounce on her with happiness when the blonde gave him an odd look and said, "Win...ry? No, you must be mistaken. My name is Hylia (1)."
Ed looked crestfallen, "But...you're Winry..."
"I'm not," insisted the Winry look-a-like, and the alchemist almost thought she was going to pull out a wrench in her frustration. Much to his surprise, however, she simply kneeled to the ground and set down the bowl of water she'd been holding.
"I found you lying here this morning. I wasn't strong enough to carry you back to the village, so I tended to you here," she straightened, smoothing out the wrinkles in her nice foreign white dress, "Are you sure you're alright?"
He stared blankly at her before registering he was supposed to speak, "...uh, yeah, I'm fine. Are you sure you're not Winry...?"
Hylia twitched, obviously willing herself not to beat on the boy, "Yes, I'm sure." She tried to gather her composure again, asking politely, "Now I've introduced myself, be so kind as to give your name?"
"Oh! Right, I'm Edward," he replied, "Now, could you tell me if-"
"Edward," she repeated, as if trying to memorize it, "Edward."
He gave the clone a funny look, "Uh, yeah. Anyway, I was wondering-"
"You're the one, aren't you?" she asked hopefully, clasping her hands together in front of her, cutting him off again. He was really starting to get pissed at that. Being around a polite Winry was worse than the normal violent Winry, and a hell of a lot more confusing.
"Um, the...one?"
"The legendary hero, of course!" she said, "You will save us from Agahnim!"
Edward's mouth dropped open, "I WHAT? Oh nonononono, I'm going to find Winry, and Alphonse, and we're going to find a way home!" He turned around and started marching off to God knows where, when she voiced softly, "The Golden Power will help you find your way..."
He stopped and gave her a sideways glance, eyebrow arched, "The golden power?"
Her gaze lifted from the ground, more hopeful now that she had his attention again, "Yes! Legend says the Golden Power can grant any wish to the person who touches it. It's rumored that Agahnim has gotten his hands on the Golden Power and with it has enslaved our land!" she rushed forward and grabbed his left hand. At such close proximity you could see the height difference, and that was bugging Edo too. His eyebrow twitched as she continued, "Legends say when the Golden Power falls into the wrong hands a hero will appear! Clothed in the green of fields, the hero will appear wielding the blade of evil's bane and once again bring peace to the land!"
Green of fields? He glanced down at his pajamas. Oh...crap. "No, no wait. I-"
"You...are him, aren't you?" her tone was almost pleading, with a hint of discouragement, "Y-you fit the description! Green clothes, blonde, left-handed..."
Left-handed? How did she know he was- oh, she must've seen him handling the sword earlier.
"...though I guess you're a little small, even if the prophecy never specified an age..."
Oh that did it. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING-"
"NO!" she screamed, and Ed was taken aback, tantrum forgotten. It was usually him that frightened other people. "Gods, no. Please, my brother does that. I hate it."
Ed stared. Brother? "Brother?"
She nodded sadly, "Yes, my younger brother, I haven't seem him in so long. He was kidnapped by Agahnim!"
Remembering back to the mysterious voice, before he realized he found himself saying, "One of the missing descendants..."
Hylia nodded vigorously in response to that, "Yes! So you know! You MUST be the hero, after all!"
"Actually I-"
"Won't you help us Sir Edward?" she asked, then added, "...we'll reward you greatly!"
Stare. Sir Edward? Winry called him Sir Edward. Wtf...then his eyes lit up, "Reward?" and he shook his head soon after, "No, I don't need any reward." At Hylia's disappointed expression he added, "Fine, I'll help you. All I want is Alphonse and Winry back."
"Yes! As I said before, the Golden Power will grant you anything you desire, once you take it from Agahnim."
He rolled his eyes, "Right. The golden power."
Suddenly the clone grabbed Edward's hand again and started dragging him in a random direction. Well, random to him anyway. This girl probably knew her way around.
"I'll take you to Grandma!" she said cheerfully, "She'll know what you need! You probably need to see the village elder. Unfortunately he's in hiding right now, what with all the evil," she glanced back at Ed who gazed back at her skeptically, "D-don't worry! I'm sure Grandma knows where he is!"
SKiP aHeaD! >THaT ViLLaGe PLaCe
The two made their way through the 'forest', which Hylia later called the Haunted Grove. Edward shuddered- yeah, that was a fitting name. It didn't look too scary, but that eerie music...
Eventually they reached a clearing, and in the distance they spotted a large wooden sign. Ed tried to make out the words, "Ca...ca-cu..."
"Kakariko Village," Hylia said dryly. Edo put a hand behind his head and smiled sheepishly, "Uh, yeah. That's what I meant to say."
She muttered under her breath, "Of course it was..." and pulled him along. Entering the village Edward saw colorful homes scattered about, with a paved path weaving around them. Hylia let go of his hand and broke out into a run towards the long hut on top of a hill. Ed followed.
"Grandma! Grandma!" she shouted, throwing open the front door, "The Hero has come to save us!"
A withered old woman with pale pink hair tied into a pointed bun looked up from her reading, pipe in hand, "Hero, eh?"
Ed blinked at her as she in turn seemed to be sizing him up...no pun intended. "Pinako?"
"Eh? Pinako?" she took a drag from her pipe, "I'm afraid not. Never heard the name before."
"Don't worry Grandma," Hylia reassured, "Apparently he gets names confused. Kept calling me Winry."
"Ah."
Edward put up his hands, "Okay, but this is getting too weird. I might be able to believe there's someone else that looks exactly like Winry. But Pinako too? Who's next, Roy? You gotta be pulling my leg."
They blinked at him, "Why would we pull on your leg?"
"It's an expression!" he 'hmph'ed and sat down on a wooden stool next to a wooden table. Come to think of it, everything was made of wood. "You guys are really big on wood, huh?" He received no response, so he said, "Alright, I agreed to help you. Now what am I supposed to do?"
"Oh! That's right!" Winry- er, Hylia- clasped her hands again, "Grandma, we need to take Sir Edward to see the Elder! Don't you know where he is?"
Another drag, "I do indeed. Here," she got up from her chair in the far corner and took an old-looking map from a tabletop, "I'll mark the place on this map for you. Go there, and talk to the Elder. He'll tell you what you need and where you can find it," she finished scribbling something on the old parchment and handed it to him, "I hope you make it, young man. Not just for the poor children Agahnim has captured, but for all the land of Hyrule."
Ed twitched. The land was called Hyrule? What kinda dumb- "Right. I'll, uh, get right on this."
"Here," Hylia turned to him again, handing him a satchel full of food, "Take this with you. Watch out for guards and...be safe." She pushed him out the door but before shutting it, she smiled warmly and said, "May the way of the Hero lead to the Triforce."
After the girl closed the wooden door in his face, he stood there for a few minutes. First- when did Winry ever smile like that? That was creepy in itself, proof enough that wasn't really her. But then his mind wandered onto what she'd said. Triforce? What the crap is a triforce? He shook his head and, opening the map, started walking towards the south exit of the village.
-PauSe-
1- I had NO idea what to call her! Zelda is the ONLY girl in the entire game! At least the OTHER games all have at least ONE more girl's name I could use! Well at least I didn't just make up some word, Hyrule used to be inhabited by people called the Hylia. And then there's Lake Hylia. REMEMBER? BE HAPPY I'M NOT MAKING HER ZELDA OKAY? Unless you're a EdXWinry fan, then you can just be sad.
A/N: Okay, okay, so I stole a few lines from the legend of Wind Waker. So what? A Link to the Past gives me little to work with. And the whole Zelda thing at the beginning is COMPLETELY WORD FOR WORD what she says. WELL, almost. I changed "girls" to "descendants" because as you can see I want some of the descendants to be boys. So...
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