So here is the first actual prologue/ Chapters 1 and 2 put together. So Like I said I have a poll up about the main pairings, if anyone wants to use this story idea then go for it and I want to thank you for the support you guys are giving it.

For those taking the challenge, basically Jaune is a Link and is trained by his past life/lives in that distinctive world. No Mary Sue or OP Jaune and nothing like a Young Prodogy or a Neglectful Home kind of background. Keep Jaune's main character intact but make him more confident and competent like season 3-4 Jaune.

And finally I want to wish everyone a Happy 2018...

I Do Not own RWBY or Zelda, they belong to Rooster Teeth and Nintendo respectively.


"Tell me... Have you heard of the legends, those silly myths that you people tell to your children?"

A cloaked figure stood above a woman with a single silver eye whose light was fading. "Why... what are you?! she yelled before the figure slammed his boot into her torso, earning a bloody cough from his opponent."

"Tales of the Land of the Gods... a paradise where there was peace... wealth... wonders of romance and adventure"

As the figure kicked the woman on her stomach, he let out an annoyed grunt.

"The legends of Hyrule... where many races and wonders coexisted..."

As the figured turned away, he didn't seem to notice the woman get back up, bleeding from her injuries. Picking up her spear-like weapon, she charged to continue the fight.

"A place with a swordsman... and a princess..."

*Squelch*

The woman's breathing became rapid as she stood their, slowly suspended in the air by a spike made of a pink-like goop.

"A place where monster are born from hatred... despair and malice..."

"W-Who... what... are..." the woman gasped out as the cloaked man silently grabbed her by the throat. She could see his face beyond the cloak, it being covered by a mask with a strange symbol. A red eye crying a single tear...

It was upside down... the mark of the Yiga.

"A place cursed by a monster from a dark past..."

"Summer Rose..." the cloaked man said, his tone deep and distorted as he smirked wickedly behind his mask.

"A land, that faded when the hope for it died out..."

"And thus... I kindly scatter" he mocked before the woman was evaporated into a trail of red mist

"A land that was forgotten by those who wanted a new beginning."

In another location, the same figure approached a younger woman with similar red cloak to the older one's former white one. As the girl tried to get up and jump away, she was knocked back by a fierce kick and slammed into a boulder before getting up and glaring at the cloaked man.

"They wanted to wash away the past... their hope built on ruin and arrogance..."

"I... I won't let you get away... not anymore..." the girl growled as she held her weapon, a scythe and charged. As a spike of pink energy came up to impale her, her body disburse into rose-petals and maneuvered around him to take a shot from the gun mechanism on her beloved weapon.

"There came two brothers from two nomads of the Shiekah..."

the cloaked figured jumped back and shot a claw made of the pink substance at her. the girl dodged and spun before ricocheting off the ground with her weapon's gun propelling her away from the sea of Malice.

"The relics enhanced by what remained of the true power of the Royal Family..."

As she landed on a boulder, the Malice was absorbed into the large stone, creating a Stone Talus as skulls of varying monsters formed from the large pool. Jumping back, she shot an explosion at the Talus and destroyed it before she landed on a dead tree and glared.

"The wizard's curse was broken"

As her eyes glowed a clear silver, she slammed her scythe down and in a flash of light, the Malice and the monsters were all eliminated.

"...You show much more skill than the woman before you..." the cloaked figure complimented before the girl readied herself.

"The Pawn became a Queen to be sacrificed for the King"

The young woman prepared to charge before a howl echoed in the area and a yellow furred wolf emerged in front of her, it's fangs bared at the cloaked man.

"All that remains before the King now is..."

"J-Jaune?!" the woman called out

"So, you survived Majorelle?" the figure asked as he was taken back by the appearance of the beast. As the beast howled, it transformed into a human man with blond hair, cerulean eyes and a symbol of three triangles on the back of his hand.

"Is the Knight and his Queen..."

"You okay... Ruby?" he called out to her as she nodded, noticing his injuries and joining him to fight the masked figure.

"We thought you... how did you?" she began as Jaune smiled weakly before pulling our a magnificent sword, one that radiated power and light, earning it's power as the Sword of Evil's Bane... the Master Sword.

"We can talk later, You ready to fight... Crater Face" he asked with a small smile. The woman however blushed before smirking.

"After you... Vomit boy" she called back as Jaune blushed under his hood.

"Great... back to that again..." he muttered as he honestly kind of deserved it. The cloaked figure merely glared and snapped his finger before Malice began spreading under the ground.

"This Story will have no happy ending..."

The shattered moon above them started to turn an eerie crimson red as Grimm and other monsters appeared before them. All created from the Malice.

"You can struggle, you can pretend this is where the Hero kisses the Princess..."

As the monsters began to lunge at them, They were attacked themselves as several figures appeared to destroy them.

"Huh? wait... guys?" Jaune asked as he saw Team CVFY, NPR, WBY and several others approaching to fight off the Grimm.

"More insects to crush" the cloaked figure muttered as he snapped his fingers and the Malice formed and gave rise to a beast resembling a Boarbatusk.

"But in the end... we all know what happens next..."

"Alright... everyone ready?" Ruby asked as he hand had the identical symbol of three triangles on it while Jaune smirked.

"I'll deliver the final blow and Ruby will seal him away!" he declared as the others nodded and charged.

The cloaked figure looked to his own hand and saw the final symbol of the Triforce... Power, Wisdom, Courage... the only and true power of the Old Gods...

This is the moment they sealed him away...

This is the moment they were swallowed by the darkness...


"It's true that Remnant was built on a ruined land by people who tried to abandoned the memories of darkness... more so is it that you forget that the light of that kingdom lives on. You do not need a magic sword or a powerful relic... you do not need magical powers or the power of the gods..."

"All you need... is the spirit to push forward."


Several Years Earlier:


Jaune Lincoln Arc, brother of seven sisters and only son out of his generation of the Arcs, smiled as he received his invitation to Beacon.

"Congratulations, Jaune" a voice in his head called out to him as the young man smiled.

"I really couldn't have done it without you guys... eh... guy" he replied out loud, earning four other laughs. Jaune laughed alongside them, after everything they did for him...

"Regardless, it was your hard work and drive that pushed you, you have gained great courage since the day we met you" one voice said as Jaune smiled.

"Thanks... Time"

"But don't forget... no one is invicible... do not get cocky in battle" another voice, one called Wilds said as another voice spoke up.

"We know you'll do great" Twilight said as another voice spoke up.

"Just don't sleep in class... trust me, as boring as it could be..." warned Sky as Jaune nodded.

Sky, Time, Twilight, Wilds... the four current voices of Link in his head... or rather subconscious. He still remembered how he first met them...


Jaune Arc, age ten moaned as he woke up with a headache, looking around, he was confused as he found himself not in his bed but rather in a spiritual white void. Before he could say anything, he noticed four men around their late teens talking before they stopped and looked back at the boy.

They all looked the same except some differences here and there before one of them spoke.

"...Hello" said one of the men, who happened to be Sky while Jaune looked scared.

"W-where are we?" Jaune asked scared as another one, named Twilight, answered.

"We are... well, we are inside your heart and mind" he answers gently, reminding the young boy of his father as he looked at the young kid with his similar blue eyes.

"My... heart? am I dreaming" he asked as Time spoke up.

"In a matter of speaking... I guess you could say you are dreaming" he said, trying his best to calm the kid down. "I guess we should introduce ourselves... we are... well-" he started before Wilds took over.

"We are all named Link. But you can call me Wilds" he introduced as Jaune nodded slightly.

"Wilds... but why are you all named Link?" he asked as Twilight spoke up again.

"We are... incarnations of the same soul" he said as Jaune looked confused before Sky spoke up.

"Think of it like a ham and cheese sandwich... I'm the ham ... Time there is the cheese, Twilight is the mustard and Wilds is the pickles."

"Who puts pickles on a ham sandwich?" Wilds spoke up confused as Sky looked away embarrassed, It was a dare from Groose once, and after he did it, it became a guilty pleasure that only Groose and Zelda, despite her protests to stop doing that before... "Alone Time," knew about.

"...I don't like pickles" Jaune said bluntly as Wilds agreed.

"See, even he doesn't like pickles..." Wilds said as Time spoke up next.

"Why am I the cheese?" he asked as Twilight shrugged

"I really don't care about being mustard... I guess" he said as Time smirked.

"Well... I guess after that time with Illia~" he teased as Twilight glared at his once-mentor and grandfather in embarrassment...

"If you're going to bring that up, old man then that little wedding gift from Skull Kid..." he trailed off as Time twitched and stayed quiet, wondering if it was possible to hit that annoying imp from in here.

"Look, the point is we're all apart of the same soul" Sky said as he pointed to himself. "I came first... but when I died, Time was born with me inside his mind, like we are you"

"So... I'm you guys?!" he asked nervously and in disbelief as Wilds nodded.

"Yeah, something like that, you aren't us, but you carry us inside you. We are your ancestors and we're here to help you." That was all Wilds said as Jaune nodded hesitantly.

"I guess... what do you mean help with" he asked as Time spoke up once more.

"In our time, we were all renown swordsmen and were gifted... and cursed with a great burden. We won't get too into it but you carry our blood within you and we know that you can become a great swordsman..."

"You mean, become a hero like dad?" he asked as Twilight smiled.

"We were known as heroes ourselves... it's a long and troubling path but one that anyone can walk" he said as Time smiled, his words and lessons showing as did his experience. before they could talk more however, they sensed that they were beginning to fade.

Jaune was about to wake up, any second now.

"Well, I guess we have to go soon" Sky said as Jaune looked at them, confused? scared? they didn't know but Sky smiled. "You're waking up, so we'll probably see you again soon..."

"Wait... you guys said you are heroes... what did you mean?!" he asked confused as they all smiled.

"Because we all have faced our trials and stood victorious" Sky said.

"We have made mistakes and stood to amend them" Time spoke.

"We each faced the darkness and walk upon the light" Twilight smirked.

"We have all seen our mortality... and would fall if it meant to protect a friend" Wilds grinned.

"A hero isn't one who is invincible, or the strongest... a hero is one who does not falter"

"He is one who will protect others through hard work and sacrifice"

"One who can see the light in the darkness"

"One who learns from others and both relies and supports others"

"That is what a hero is... that is what anyone is capable of..." Sky finished.

"So, are you a hero, Jaune?" Twilight asked

"Do you hold courage within you?" Time questioned

"Will you surpass us?" Wilds asked before Jaune heard one last thing.

"Will you take the sword and burden as the next Hero?"

Jaune woke up with a snap of his eyes and getting up, the first of many dreams... and one that would change his outlook forever...


Jaune smiled, seven years later of training within his subconscious and with his father. While not a huntsman, he was a swordsman

from a small village and helped trained him, eventually after constant pestering. It has been a long and hard experience and even more so to discover and learn his semblance, something that the Links inside his head helped him in. Pocket Space... the abilities to store things in a pocket dimension.

And now he was about to head to Beacon, in just three weeks...

"Jaune... we need to talk" Sky said as the future student stopped his mental cheering and closed his eyes to meditate, soon he found himself in the Ghostly Ether, seeing the four others looking at him in faces of pain, sadness, but strange enough... acceptance.

"What's wrong you guys?" he asked, worried as Time spoke up, breaking the ice.

"Our time is up" he said as Jaune looked at them confused. Time was up, what did that mean. Seeing the befuddled look, Twilight sighed.

"Jaune, remember when we all said that we came here to help you... because you are our reincarnation?" he began as Jaune nodded. "While you contain our Heroic Spirit... you do not contain our actual souls... and now it's time we returned to our rightful place."

"Huh?... wait, you mean you're going to-"

"We are going to go in peace... back to our family and friends" Time finished with a sad smile, one that showed his years of a father and a warrior.

"...I see..." Jaune lied, heartbroken at the fact he was losing his four mentors. Wilds spoke up however.

"You are a wonderful hero, kid. You can do great in Beacon" he said as Jaune looked at them and soon saw them begin to fade.

"Before we leave however, we will grant you something... our memories and experiences..." Sky said as Twilight continued.

"If you ever need help, call upon our memories, remember our lessons and know we will always be with you..."

"Remember to continue your training, to grow and better yourself" Wilds said as Time was the last one to leave.

"A sword can do anything, so long as the hand that holds it has courage... we pray to the goddesses for your success..." he said before fading away.

"Go... and do not falter" was the last thing he heard before the visions came.

Back in reality, Jaune grabbed his head, memories pouring in before it started to settle down. after twenty minutes of a migraine, Jaune got back on his feet, feeling the tears start to fall. Looking out at the window, he wiped them away with a smile. He would grieve... he would cry... but he wouldn't falter into despair.

He would see them again... until then however, he would make them proud. He was Jaune Lincoln Arc. The successor to the Hero's Spirit that dwelled inside him.

And that was a promise on his name, one that he would never back down from or break.

There were three weeks left before Beacon, three weeks to prepare and spend time with his family. And then... his true journey would begin.


And cut, So any advice, suggestions, criticism or thoughts are welcomed. Again I want to thank you guys and also inform you that as of now... out of the people that voted...

Jaune x Blake

Jaune x Pyrrha

Jaune x No One

Jaune x Yang

Jaune x Velvet

Each one has at least one vote. So for those who want some of the other pairings to have a higher chance then keep on voting. And finally, I want to know... Should Jaune encounter some other Zelda characters... Some will make an appearance... but others might be just a thought?

Also, for a spoiler... Jaune's weapons are going to mostly consist around some classic Zelda Items like his Sword/Shield, his Bow, his Bombs and maybe some other items down the line...