Blanket Disclaimer: I do not own the Legend of Zelda series, or its characters. That belongs to Nintendo. Original story developments are obviously my own, but more or less I'm just playing in their sandbox.
Blood and Gold
Prologue
It floated in the abyss, bodiless, at the mercy of thoughts it couldn't comprehend. It felt no feelings of any discernable nature, no pain or regret or confusion, no will to understand the images flashing through its conscious being.
Memories.
It recalled happiness vaguely. The notion of a smile. Silhouettes of relationships long since passed. Trials of hardship. All these things were recognizable, and yet so very far away. Without meaning.
A single sound whispered, pulled at its very essence. A song of disorienting familiarity. A call of purpose from across the cosmos, cradling it, begging its return.
Link, it heard.
Hero.
It almost wanted to remember.