Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Legend of Zelda series. They belong to the great Nintendo inspiration Shigeru Miyamoto, and the other colleagues of Nintendo.

Author's Note: This story takes place 1000 years after the Windwaker series, which includes Phantom Hourglass, and about 2000 years after the Ocarina game. This story also involves the elements from the following other Zelda games- Twilight Princess, Four Swords, Minish Cap, Link to the Past, Oracle of Ages and Seasons, and the original Legend of Zelda. The name of the story came from one of my favorite Dir en Grey song, "The Fatal Believer", which also gave me the inspiration. Also, to cure any curiosity, some of the characters I borrowed in this fiction come from other video games that I have played. The rating may change. The first chapter is merely a prologue and intro to the story told in Link's point of view. I hope you all enjoy.

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The Legend of Zelda: The Fatal Believers

Fate…what is it really?

For centuries, the same occurrences kept repeating themselves like a never ending song. It was all about fate. Before time began, three goddesses descended upon the earth, bringing life to these lands. The goddess Din, who was the most powerful, created the land and dirt from her magnificent fires. The wisest goddess, Nayru, gave law and order to the world. The most courageous and loving goddess Farore gave life to the forest and all living creatures. This world that the goddesses put their creativity and love into became known as Hyrule. After their work was done, they again ascended into the skies and left behind to the inhabitants of Hyrule a golden treasure with mystical powers granted by the goddesses themselves.

This treasure, which became known as the Triforce, is meant to grant the wish of the person who held it. Being as powerful as it was, there was a struggle between the many races and tribes of Hyrule to obtain this treasure. The goddesses did not like the instability of their creations, thus they broke the Triforce into three different parts. Din blessed her emblem with Power. Nayru blessed her emblem with Wisdom. Farore gave her emblem piece courage. The Triforce was spread across into different areas of Hyrule, waiting to be brought back together once again.

As the pieces again found each other, a man whose mind was filled with greed reached to touch the Triforce. However, his cruel heart was not enough to contain and control the Triforce, thus it broke apart again. The man kept one of the shards of the Triforce, being the Triforce of Power. Legend has it that if one touches the Triforce, the piece that the beholder most believed in having, kept that shard while the other two split. The other two pieces disappeared from his reach into two new beholders.

The man who obtained the Triforce of Power became known as the King of Evil…Ganondorf. It is said that the Triforce appeared on the back of his right hand, with the top triangle glowing more brightly amongst the others. Where were the other two Triforce emblems? The man was determined to find out.

According to Legend, the Triforce of Wisdom found it's way to the royal family of Hyrule. It is said that there was a young, beautiful princess, with wisdom beyond the eldest men, whom was chosen to obtain the sacred triangle. Her title became to be known as the Princess of Destiny…Princess Zelda. She was loved by all of her people, and was gifted with the ability to have prophetic dreams. Every female who was naturally born into the royal family was to be named Zelda. Every few hundred years, an heir named Zelda would have the left triangle emblem embedded on her right hand, and it was destiny that she would be the focus of danger as well as the guide to the beholder of the Triforce of Courage.

The Triforce of Courage, unlike the Triforce of Wisdom, entrusted itself within an ordinary boy, who usually didn't have such nobility as the Princess. This boy was often confided with the mission to protect the Princess of Destiny from the King of Evil. He was granted a mighty sword by the goddesses, the Sword of Evil's Bane, also known to Hylians as the Master Sword. Together along side Princess Zelda, and the Seven Chosen Sages, the boy set out to defeat the King of Evil and keep Hyrule at peace. The boy's Triforce was embedded on his left hand, giving him the ability to easily wield the Master Sword with his left hand and defend with his right. This boy was named Link.

This is a repeating cycle as told by ancient scriptures.

They say that the first Link and Zelda had battled against Ganondorf over a period of seven years. They say that similar events occurred over and over, once involving the Minish race, and another time involving the mystical Four Swords. Legend also had it that once before, the goddesses Din and Nayru fought along side Link to save Zelda when he obtained the instruments to control the ages and seasons. About a century later, the reincarnations of Link and Zelda fought against Ganondorf when the kingdom of Hyrule was taken over by the Twilight realm. The cycle didn't end there. Over time, a great flood overtook the kingdom of Hyrule. The royal family was helpless since the princess was a newborn, thus didn't have her Triforce of Wisdom awakened yet. The people looked up to the gods, hoping the hero they believed who would save them would appear. However, the hero did not appear. The King of Evil broke the seal set on him by the seven sages and escaped the Sacred Realm, taking control of the evil winds. The mighty kingdom of Hyrule had fallen under the seas.

Centuries after the great flood, the survivors relocated on islands above what became known as the Great Sea. With the kingdom of Hyrule forgotten, the citizens lived a prosperous life as if there was never a Hyrule to begin with. The Zora kept their domain under water, while few Zora migrated onto islands and evolved into the Rito race. The only remaining Sheikah abandoned their loyalty to the Royal Family during the great flood, thus began living isolated on an island for the passing hundred years. The Gorons kept to themselves on the top of the mountains since the great flood. The Kokori race evolved into never dying trees while staying under the watchful eye of the Great Deku Tree. The Hylians grew up, never changing, on the islands, developing new technology. During this time of peace, another boy named Link drew forward the Master Sword against the King of Evil once again, after his fateful meeting with a pirate named Tetra. They say that Tetra was the incarnation of the Princess Zelda who was sealed away as an infant during the Great Flood by the King for protection. After learning of their forgotten past and defeating Ganondorf, the King of the Red Lions, who was really King Harkinian, gave them the obligation to set out and find a New Hyrule of their own above the Great Sea.

And they did…

After years of searching, Link and Tetra found a whole new country and dubbed it New Hyrule. They settled here, bringing inhabitants of other islands to settle with them. As years passed, new technology evolved. There was no longer a monarchy unlike the forgotten Hyrule, but only a forming democracy. School systems were built and decade after decade brought an industrial revolution. The population grew, villages become towns, and towns became metropolitan cities. Long after the death of Link and Tetra, people forgot their existence. The Sheikah finally began merging themselves with the Hylians after many years of hiding. The Zora started to migrate to New Hyrule, as well as Gorons and Rito. What ever became of the Legend of Zelda and Link? None remain who know in full detail. What became of the Triforce and the Master Sword? Some say they are lost forever and that it was all nothing but myth.

Will the Hero of Time, Princess of Destiny, or King of Evil ever rise again? Will the Master Sword ever be drawn again to fend of evil? Will Hyrule ever meet its promised Golden Age as promised by the goddesses? Will the Triforce ever come together again?

Only time can tell…

My name is Link Tanaka...and here's my story…

Yes, it is me darlings, after a long period of absence. I got a new job, thus haven't been doing fanfiction at all. I'm deciding to re-edit all of my chapters in this story for much dire improvement. I hope you guys bare with me on my work. Read and review please?