Chapter 1: Show Time
A/N: Okay, so this is the revised version of "You Wanna Be Somebody" which is now "Take Back the Halcyon Days!" I hope you enjoy it, because this one has an even thicker plot than the other version was going to have, so yeah. Sorry for the wait, forgive me!
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers.
"Tch, it's only been four years and I've already forgotten where the hell the stupid stadium is." Zelda sighed as she looked at the map of Smash City. "Damn, the fighters are probably already in the waiting room." The Hylian bit the tip of her thumb in frustration as she frantically looked from side to side trying to find some kind of indication that she at least somewhat was close.
"Zelda is that you?" A gentle voice asked.
"Peach?" Zelda squinted her eye as she tried to put a body to the voice. Ever since Zelda lost her left eye, it's taken longer to focus on a singular target.
Princess Peach ran to the younger woman and pulled her into a tight embrace. Zelda felt awkward, she wasn't used to human contact anymore. "Uh, hey." The Hylian slowly but surely wrapped her arms weakly around the blonde. Peach pulled away slightly still keeping her arms around Zelda's neck and looked her in the eye. "Where have you been all this time?" The Mushroom princess's eyes were glossy with advancing tears.
Zelda looked away from Peach feeling ashamed for abandoning her best friend for so long. "Well I…"
"IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S MATCH PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE STADIUM, PLEASE AND THANK YOU! A man with a megaphone interrupted as he ducked and weaved through the crowd.
"Shit! Peach can you please take me to the stadium? I have absolutely no idea where I'm going!" Zelda begged clasping her hands together
The Mushroom princess giggled at her Hylian friend, "Okay, but you owe me an explanation after the fight."
"Right, of course! Thank you so much, Peach!"
It was the 100th annual Smash Brothers Tournament and all of the fighters were getting psyched up to make this year the best. Master Hand decided to change up the normal routine of the past victor fighting the current one into a fans favorite and least favorite battle. The lineup for the battle that is going to kick off the tournament is the most loved Samus Aran, the second most loved Ike, the third most loved Fox McCloud, and lastly the most hated Zelda. Everyone busted out into laughter and boo's when they saw Zelda being the most hated, that was something they all could agree with. The girl was weak and everyone hoped she'd just disappear from Smash Brothers forever but they would soon regret ever thinking ill of the princess.
"Damn Fox, guess who's on top a fuckin' gain?" Samus gloated pointing both thumbs at herself.
"Fuck off already Samus" Fox barked trying to hold back his anger for being third most liked. "Anyway aren't you nervous about seeing Zelda again after so long?"
"What are you asking me that for?"
"Well your long term crush is coming back to the tournament after 4 years of absence after all. Anyone would be feeling a little flustered."
"Tch, don't worry about things that don't concern you, fuckin' Vulpix."
"Vulpine, Samus, vulpine."
"Shut your whore mouth!" Samus roared being thrown off her game by mentioning's of the past. Every time Zelda's name was brought up Samus felt her stomach being invaded by an army of butterflies. She fell in love with Zelda as soon as she saw her but before she could confess the princess had disappeared for four years leaving the mercenary heartbroken.
Ike listened to the fighters and simply shrugged off the two's arrogant behavior but couldn't help smile knowing that he was second most loved in the battle lineup today. "Still where the fuck is that got damn princess? The fights 'bout ta start not like I'd care if she came or not, she'll just be the first to go down anyway." Samus laughed while swimming in the arrogance she began to emit again. "How the hell should I know, probably killed 'erself from seeing that her first day back she'll be seeing you." Fox smirked. "Don't worry I tried but the noose broke." Zelda spat her words oozing with sarcasm and malice. The three fighters stared in shock at the princess with their mouths wide open, surprised at the person that stood before them. Samus couldn't help but get an eye full of the sexy dessert that stood before her.
Zelda looked much different from what everyone was used too, she wasn't wearing a dress nor was she wearing her beloved crown. She was wearing black cat suit pants with grey knee plates, and for shoes she wore black knee high cuffed boots with a metal band on the foot. Between the cuffs in the back of her boots is a white ribbon with a black three headed dog and a pair of angel wings behind it. Around her waist was a worn out burgundy waist cape that has a giant golden triforce with another giant three headed dog on the back. On her torso she wore a black sleeveless cat suit shirt that buttoned together on her left side giving it a mad scientist look. Her left arm was covered in bloodstained bandages and her hand in a black cuffed fingerless glove that went up to the middle of her forearm. On the wrist of the glove is a silver bracer with a transparent orb that transitioned through monochrome colors that ooze with a dark power and her fingers were completely bandaged. Her right arm had bandages up to the elbow, while the shoulder down was covered in tattoos that were ancient runes no one could recognize. She wore the same black cuffed fingerless glove on her right hand and the bandages on her fingers started from the proximal phalanges up, but the back of her glove was cut out into a square shape so that the triforce on the back her hand could be seen.
Around her neck she wore a long royal blue scarf with golden ancient runes and glyphs scrawled upon it which went down to her knees. Over her shut left eye she had three long scars that started from her forehead down to her chin and she had another two scars that went from her cheek bone, over her nose and ended at the end of her nostril. Her hairstyle was different as well her bang went diagonally over her right eyebrow and completely covered her left eye. The length of her hair was to her mid back and she had a long braid in the back that went down to her knee which was wrapped in a forest green cloth tube and the tip of the braid had a sharp black crystal with a pair of black wings protruding from each side.
"Oh sweet mother of god!" Samus thought in her head completely awe stricken at how delicious Zelda looked.
Zelda walked further into the room and took a seat on the couch in front of the TV that was headlining what was going on outside. She slumped over and rested her head in her hand and began to stare off into space. "Uh, Princess?" Ike asked cautiously.
"Whadd'ya want Ike?" Zelda asked roughly, her eye still staring at an invisible canvas.
"The match is about to start." Ike answered taken a back at the roughness of the once elegant princess's speech.
"Yeah, yeah," Zelda said waving her hand signaling Ike to go away.
"Now, where are your manners princess back in fuckin' Hyrule?' Samus asked with an arrogant and sarcastic tone snapping out of her explicit Zelda daydream.
"I could ask you the same thing Samus." Zelda retorted condescendingly, thinking about calling out how obvious Samus was while checking her out a while ago but decided against it and began to get ready for the match instead. "Keep it in your pants soldier." Zelda thought suppressing a laugh but was able to keep a neutral facial expression.
Zelda grabbed her sheathed long katana and clasped the two straps that hung off her sword onto the back of her belt that allowed her sword to hang freely. Her sword is about 5 feet 3 inches, and on the buttcap 3 skulls with horns protruding out of their foreheads and their eyes wrapped with black ribbons hung down. She then took out a tiny pouch that contained a red salve which she dipped her thumb into and ran it over her left eye vertically then horizontally. She used that ointment because there is no eye there anymore, she wants make sure that the intensity of battle doesn't allow her to open it leaving it vulnerable to infection. Many people wonder why she won't wear an eye-patch but Zelda doesn't want to feel like she is ashamed of her appearance so she just keeps it closed.
"Zelda looks like she's ready to play," Samus smirked crossing her arms and shifting her weight onto one foot.
Zelda ignored the woman, much to Samus's displeasure.
"Hey, I'm talkin' to…"
"Save it." Zelda interrupted touching the orb on her bracer summoning a manacle to her right wrist and shackles onto her ankles with 4 chain links hanging off of them.
"ATTENTION ALL BRAWLERS, ATTENTION ALL BRAWLERS! IF YOU ARE SCHEDULED TO FIGHT TONIGHT PLEASE HEAD TOWARD THE PREP ROOM!" the intercom instructed.
Samus gritted her teeth while summoning her armor and stormed off; Fox cocked his gun and smirked at Ike and Zelda as he turned to leave. Ike placed his hand on his heart and closed his eyes as if he was praying and once he was done he left. Zelda stood still looking at her name under "Most Hated" on the TV; she felt rage exploding like fireworks in her chest. She raised her right hand to her face and recited a silent spell which caused the poor TV to explode into smithereens. Zelda scoffed and flicked her bangs in satisfaction at the pathetic sight and left the waiting room.
She exited the waiting room and went towards the prep room, feeling the presence of her inner demons clawing at her sanity. "Will you even be able to win?" a demonic voice purred in her head. "Damn right I will. I have too." Zelda growled back. "Let's hope your sword doesn't falter this time." The demon chuckled with a seductive tone to it. She winced and shook her head of the disgustingly alluring voice and entered the prep room.
"You look quite different Princess Zelda did something happen?" a nurse asked. Zelda hummed her response ignoring the second half of the nurse's observations and sat down on the checkup table. "So how have you been these past 4 years?"
"I've…" Zelda trailed off plagued by the tragedies that unfolded during the past four years.
"Princess?" the nurse asked a little concerned.
Zelda snapped out of her dark reverie and gave a gentle smile to the nurse, "I've been fine, thank you for asking."
"Uhm, okay, I'm glad to hear it." The nurse chuckled awkwardly trying to wash her mind of the scary face Zelda was making just seconds prior. The nurse ran just a couple of tests, checking vitals, heart rate and other minor things that mattered not to the still aloof woman.
"Well princess everything checks out, I'm glad that you've taken such good care of yourself over the past couples years and I'm even more so glad that you decided to compete in the tournaments again. I hope you dominate the competition this year." The nurse said with a giant smile and a double thumbs up hoping she could brighten Zelda's mood even if just a little.
Zelda leapt off of the table and bowed her head at the nurse before exiting the room. I wonder if she was mocking me or if she was being genuine…" She shrugged off the thought before it grew into something bigger and was thankful to hear the fanfare of the intercom cut into her thoughts.
"OKAY, CONTESTANTS SAMUS, FOX, IKE, AND ZELDA PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE TELEPORTATION DOCK TO BEGIN YOUR MATCH!" The intercom instructed once more.
Zelda clenched her hands into white knuckled fists and made her way to the designated area. She opened the door and saw a glowing circle on the ground which she assumed was the teleporting mechanism. She entered the room and stood atop the glowing circle, she then punched her fist into her other hand. "It's show time." Zelda said with a giant grin across her face before being teleported into the stadium.
A/N: Okay, so I pretty much kept my original Zelda model except she doesn't wear a headband, her eye is still blue and her is brown. Sorry for the wait I'm going to get back on track right away! *Salutes*
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