"This is a tale that you humans have told for many ages, generation to generation…But there are other legends, long hidden away from memory, that are intertwined with this tale."- Fi


The first day of autumn was a bleak afternoon. The cool, velvet breeze rippled when the sound of thunder roared in the distance. A black haze fixated the heavens and over the vast fields, as if an ominous premonition will begin.

Deep in the Lost Woods laid a hidden encampment, where a rebel resistance plots against the kingdom of Hyrule and it's people.

Their leader was a cruel and ruthless warlord whose goal is to usurp the Kingdom of Hyrule. He discovered rumors of the ultimate power that resided strictly within the kingdom's royal family. Convicing a collection of followers that contained thugs, bandits and criminals who wanted nothing more than to obtain and dominate.

The place was rambunctious, threats were being planned and strong drinks were going around,

"Intruder! There is a spy amongst us!" one of the men yelled out,

Suddenly it grew quiet as the spy was flung onto the hardwood floor with a grunt. The faint lanterns showed it to be a Hylian guard.

The guard had secretly followed the group to their hidden spot, he had his suspiciouns and entered, listening to their plan of an invasion that will happen that very same night. His appearance was unfortunately easy to spot by his pointy ears and Hyrule's royal emblem imprinted on his armor under his thick cloak.

He was now in the middle of the room surrounded by drunken madmen. Tension was thick as the sound of heavy boots made its way in the circle of men that surrounded the trespasser.

Heavy built glad in an armor suit, slit-like eyes were a clouded and his skin as dark as his soul. A deep-throated chuckled surfaced, the sentinel found himself being held roughly by the neck, lifting him a few feet from the ground, struggling and grumbled in pain trying to distinguish his enemy.

The tall man peered down on him his eyes a sickening shade of yellow.

"You, sir, have the misfortune of infiltrating into our site," he spoke in a sinister voice that would give any bystander cold chills, his gloved hand squeezing tighter around the soldier's neck causing him to gag a bit,

"You…you won't win this battle, guh…Ganondorf!" the soldier wheezing his words out as his throat was enclosing inch by inch, spitting out the man's name like toxic in his mouth.

"I desire for power. That is something a mere mortal who serves a feeble king will never understand..." said the gerudo, and with a quick thrust of the sharp end of his dagger meeting the man's abdomen, before he quickly descended to the floor, lying dead.

The scent of metalic blood and alcohol filled the room.

"Let us leave that for now," Ganondorf scoffed at the lifeless corpse, collecting his sword and raised it before him, "and let the vermin of Hyrule understand that it is already too late to take action."

The men then roared a hearty shout and readied for the invasion, gathering their weapons and horses setting course for their destination.


That same evening, residents in Castle Town took shelter and shops closed early due to the incoming storm clouds already overhead, some elders complained their bones ached due to the sudden weather change.

King Daltus and Queen Athina were blessed with a beautiful daughter and princess to her country, Zelda.

Although the queen was married into royalty she was a remarkably beautiful woman.

Her hair was a strawberry blonde color, held up by her crown in fancy braids and curls. Her soft eyes seemed to sparkle whenever the light touched her thin features, and as such so was her precious gem of a daughter, Zelda, even at the tender age of three.

Mid-evening came and the wind seemed to have picked up. The patter of rain continued to pour in the kingdom, while the little princess, fed, bathed and tucked in goodnight by her nursemaid slept soundly in her ivory silk bed canopy.

That is until the sound of an earsplitting, crackling boom woke her up abruptly letting out a little gasp. Her messy light-blonde locks bounced on her shoulders, she twirled her head looking out her window and heard the rain thumping against the glass. Tightening her covers near her chin, alarmed that there was no sight of lit candles to ease her fear of the dark.

Another unsettling crackling boom came again, this time frightening Zelda so much she wailed for her mother.

Insead her nursemaid, Egorowa, came as she was only a door down the princess' chambers and had heard her cries dashing madly out of her own bed to the little princess' side.

Her light blue eyes glazed, continuing to whimper for her mother's company.

Egorowa did as requested and without hesitation Athina was instantly by her child's side while Egorowa lit a few candlelit lanterns around Zelda's room.

Athina then handpicked a small leather booklet that held her daughters favorite bedtime story sown in gold embroidery as the two snuggled near each other while she tucked her in, and began to read quietly out loud.

The queens' voice was as soothing as a melody. During in the middle of the story the little princess' eyes slowly started closing them, despite the storm. The lit candle on the nightstand Egorowa had lit earlier had waned, leaving a puddle of molten waxy liquid cased in a bowl of sapphire and gold.

"…The end" she closed the small leather booklet and noticed Zelda had her head leaned against her torso sound asleep. Athina giggled softly at the sight and brushed away any stray hair from her face.

Athina caressed the unnoticeable bump on her belly lovingly as she wondered when she would announce her second pregnancy to her husband. Her mind had nothing but good thoughts, she had always wanted big family.

The storm looked as if it had settled leaving the calming thud of rain hitting the gabled window in bedroom.

A few moments later, she suddenly heard many footsteps shuffling loudly outside the door, turning her attention toward it. Listening to loud whispers outside he door that escalated into shouting in an alarming tone.

There was a stern knock at the door. Athina felt knots in her throat she began feeling an uneasy sensation at the pit of her stomach.

The door opened finding it to be Egorowa, her once flushed face was now pale as a ghost,

"Y-your grace, please, the castle, it-it is… we must find a safe haven for you!" giving a small bow, her voice shook with a quickend breath as if she was about to burst.

The queen scooted away from her sleeping daughter carefully trying to to disturb her. Gliding to the gabled window seeing with wide eyes, below near the castle gates of what looked like a large mob of angry men carrying torches' and large weapons, shouting and yelling trying to break in and others trying to climb over the walls.

The queen's lips parted placing a delicate palm over her mouth.

"Egorowa, what is happening?" Athina whispered loudly as to not wake Zelda, but before the nursemaid was able to speak, another loud knock was heard as they turned to see who it was.

Closing the door behind her, standing tall was a middle-aged Sheikah woman, the royal family's trusted adviser and body guard, Impa.

Suddenly there was a thunderous bang on the first floor of the castle. The sound of glass breaking and swords clanging as more shouts and screams echoed hauntingly into the hallway, the situation had worsened.

"You're majesty," she bowed, her voice grave yet calm, "We haven't much time. It seems that we are at the brink of an invasion, led by Ganondorf."

The news made Athina's blood run cold when she heard who was responsible.

"W-where is my husband?" Athina asked Impa, swallowing hard praying inwardly that he was safe.

"The king, as we speak, is leading our troops to protect the castle. However I'm afraid a few men have broken in. Your grace, we must leave immidiately, they are looking for the one who posesses part of the triforce." Impa responded, inching closer to the slumbering child with an unreadable expression on her features.

Athina noticed Impa's gesture and glanced back at her child.

The hairs behind Athina's neck prickled in realization, she already knew who they were looking for now…

Ever since the birth of Zelda, Athina had a strong feeling that her daughter possessed something very special but wasn't sure what it was and assumed it was her motherly love. Although Athina was not born a royal, she knew Zelda holds the royal bloodline from her father and as the next heir to the throne, the life of Zelda was more important reguardless.

"Your highness," Impa said, interrupting her train of thought, "What is your wish?"

The queen's gaze diverted downward, her once bright-lit eyes now darkened and narrowed. Athina was not one to be weak, ever since she wed Daltus, she knew her responsibility as the next queen of Hyrule would cause her to make major decisions that would affect her people and sacrifices for her new family.

And that was just what she was going to do.

Athina walked toward the bed and carefully yet firmly carried her child, who was wearing her favorite lavender night gown, stirred a bit in her sleep. She shushed her quietly as little Zelda nuzzled into the crook of her mother's neck Athina caressed her sweet child and kissing her forehead lovingly.

Athina's eyes began to sting but fought back any tears that threatened to spill down her slender cheeks. She will be brave for Zelda, brave for her husband, and brave for all of Hyrule.

The commotion began escalating. Some of the men from the rebellion began making their way up the stairs as a handful of royal soldiers were fighting them off best they could. Time was running short, as they were only a couple floors below Zelda's room and they knew they didn't have much time left. Knowing well that Ganondorf's men would be ruthless and will kill anybody in sight.

"My daughter will not become a child of war," she declared, cradling the toddler in her arms dotingly, slowly walking towards Egorowa.

Athina's voice was full of determination when she spoke, she had a plan...

"She won't grow up in the middle of death and misery. My daughter, my Zelda shall grow up in peace." Looking down at Zelda one last time and carefully handed the child to Egorowa, gazing still at her child then closed her eyes breifly.

Athina faced Impa with a stern expression.

"Impa, you are to protect this child with your life, I trust you to help the king raise her to be the next ruler of our country, is that understood?" she sternly claimed

"Y-yes...of course, my queen" Impa bowed, inwardly confused at what she meant but dared not to utter a question about it.

Athina brushed passed the Impa making her way to the door, until Egorowa made a small noise that stopped her in her tracks.

"Your highness, please, If I may be so bold... w-why do you say such a thing?" Egorowa asked bravely as she gulped down a nervous feeling while cradling Zelda,

Athina stood silently, her fists clentched against her sides and her expression was unreadable. It stayed like this for what felt like forever until the queen broke the tension,

"It is Zelda he is after. It is she that is blessed with the gift of the goddess and I...I will take her place and falsely claim to Ganondorf that I possess part of the Triforce" the queen said, Impa let out an audible gasp and Egorowa almost felt her body go limp while she heard this. Why, why was she doing this?

"My queen, please be reasonable! I-" Impa tried, no, she begged Athina to come to her senses but she held up a firm palm to stop her there,

"I've made up my mind, Impa. When they take me to Ganondorf, I will lead him away from Hyrule and by then he will soon realize I am not the rightful bearer. No doubt he will afflict the answer out of me...that is when I will lead him to the temple and seal him into the sacred realm along with his army. And since I am not royalty by blood, I may join them as well," she said

The room became so tense it became suffocating as Athina explained her insane plot.

"I only hope that will hold Ganondorf and his men off until the time will come again for the battle of light and dark to emerge once again." Athina bit her lip, trying to calm her own breathing.

Impa clenchted her jaw while she and Egorowa stood speechless still processing what their queen just said.

"I will go now to take my fate willingly. Pray Zelda stays safe and hide her well until all is calm." The queen then turned to them, her features stern yet her eyes showed a glint of remorse, feeling a warm tear escape her left eye but kept her composure swallowing the lump in her throat.

There was no going back.

"I bid you ladies farewell and may the goddess' watch over you all." Athina then opened the door towards all the commotion and dashed out of the room.

tThe queen faintly heard the cries of Egorowa and Impa in the room, inwardly asking them to forgive her.

Impa's heart beated against her chest like a winged caged bird and decided to run after the queen.

"Egorowa!" Impa urgently yelled to the nursemaid before heading out, "Hide with the child! In the wardrobe is a secret tunnel open it and stay hidden until I come for you! Now hurry!" And with that Impa ran to fight off the men invading the castle grounds to catch up to her queen to make sure her requested plan went as done.

Egorowa was then left alone with Zelda, who began to stir in her sleep. She knew she had to think fast, those men would be coming in here soon.

The small princess opened her sleepy eyes expecting to see her mother but was in the arms of her nursemaid. Confused and uncomfortable she began to whine for her mother again. Egorowa tried soothing the child by rocking her while doing what mistress Impa had instructed her to do.

Opening the closet doors to the wardrobe she removed any belongings desperately trying to find any kind of hidden doorway. She could hear the men's voices getting closer.

And sure enough she spotted a door frame on the side of the closet that was against the stone wall pushing the frame and entered it with the sobbing princess.

Closing the closet doors behind her hearing the thrust of the doorknob. Listening Ganondorf's minion's yells outside the door as they entered Zelda's room. Egrowa could hear them breaking her things while searching for a body, no doubt to make off for their own sickly pleasures.

Egorowa and Zelda were out of sight.

She sighed in releif thanking the heavens they weren't spotted. She saw ahead of her seeing a small dark hallway lit by small candles at the end of the hallway were a set of old wooden staircase that led up to the castle's tower.

Clutching Zelda close to her chest as she continued to whine in her nursemaids arms, while she walked ahead.

The muffled sound of a distinctively familiar high-pitched scream was heard above the sounds of metal colliding. Silent tears ran down Egorowa's cheeks knowing well the fate of the queen of Hyrule was now done.

Egorowa then quietly began to sing the lullaby passed down by the royal family's ancestors, in honor of the queen. Zelda, unaware of what was happening, felt a wave of tranquility wash over her. That was the same lullaby her mother sang to her, and fell back into a deep sleep dreaming of sweet nothings once more in her nursemaids' arms.

The rain had never poured as hard as it did that night, almost endlessly.


Da-da-da-daaaaaaa!

Woo, my first ever Zelda fanfiction :) i'm super in love with this series right now.

my story will have the combination of SS, OoT and TP (i just can't stick to one era)

Poor Athina :( i'm so cruel - I'll let you guys imagine what happened next I found it rather painful for me to fully type out the details to that.

Hope this chapter is a decent beginning. I'm not even close to finishing most of the stories I have on here and I have the nerve to post a new story, sigh, why? i dont know.

Anyhow, keep your eyes peeled for the next chapter~ till then guys enjoy!

xoxo - Gabzgirl