Dragon Goddess
An Ocarina of Time – Warcraft crossover fic
Disclaimer: I'm not sure who created Legend of Zelda, but all credit goes to them. I think it's Nintendo… Warcraft is a Blizzard Entertainment creation.
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Something was watching Link from the shadows as he was running through the forest. The full moon glowed brightly overhead in the starless black sky. Link was growing tired and began to slow down. The thing he was running from quickly grabbed the child's ankle and pulled him into the dark shadows. Before he lost consciousness he yelled, "Help me please! I need help!"
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Link slowly blinked open his deep blue eyes. He sat up quickly. Pain shot through his right ankle where he was grabbed. There was a soft linen bandage stained with blood. Link nervously looked around. He was in a large earthen den of some giant beast. There was a mass of pale torn flesh at the entrance. It looked like a severed hand with long, sharp claws.
That must be the hand of whatever grabbed me.
There was a soft rustling sound behind the boy. He looked over his shoulder, fear evident in his eyes. "Who's there?"
"Peace, young one. I will not harm you." A large white scaled paw slowly moved into the sunlight. It had the symbol of the Triforce on the back of it and its long black talons were wet with blood. "I am a friend of the Kokiri. I saved you from that thing." The creature's head moved toward Link. It was a large serpentine head, about three times as long as Link, with a pair of long black whiskers and proud gold antlers. A single white eye looked at Link. The right eye socket was empty and shredded. "I am Jaina Proudmore, the Goddess of Time, Fire, Life, and Death." She smiled and pointed at the torn hand. "That thing is called a Floormaster. It's just a hand really. They're vicious and attack without warning."
Link quietly listened to the Goddess as she spoke. "You must be Link. The Great Deku Tree told me much about you. He told me that you are different from the other Kokiri, that you don't have a fairy. You look tired." Jaina lowered her head. "Climb on and I will take you home."
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"So, Mido chased you out, huh?" Jaina asked. "He's always been trouble for the Great Tree. He thinks he's the top dog around here. The other Gods and I have had no luck in trying to control his erratic behavior."
"This isn't the first time he's chased me out either," Link said quietly. "Every time he sees me anywhere near Saria he yells and chases me out. I seem to be his favorite target." The boy hugged his knees. "There's nothing I can do about it. He's always pushing me around or pushing me away. I can't even so much as look in the direction of my best friend when Mido's around."
Jaina sighed and gently nuzzled Link's cheek. "Don't worry. You have something none of the other Kokiri have, and that's valor. I can't think of anyone more willing and honorable than you. That is what makes you unique." The Goddess looked behind her and noticed Mido hopelessly trying to impress Saria. "Hah, the poor sap doesn't understand what the word no means. He's getting the Silent Treatment." She laughed. "He'll never understand."
"Don't say that," Link begged. "Mido may not like be but I don't want anything bad happening to anyone, even him. I know you have the right to be mad at him but please don't do anything that might upset him."
"Hmm… You aren't mad at him? You should be. You have more of the right than I do. After all, it's you he's been picking on your whole life. He's done nothing but make you miserable from day one. Yet here you are having mercy on him. You are noble. You could go on to be someone great in the near future. You have that feeling about you. Your aura is a rainbow, violet being your dominant color. That means you have a hero's soul with qualities of royalty and common folk. That is the best kind of true aura there is."
Link blushed slightly at Jaina's complement. "Thanks." He looked into Jaina's eye calmly. "You seem to understand me better than anyone else in the forest. Not even Saria knows that much about me."
"Saria knows more than you think, child. But she never shows it. She knows who you are better than you know yourself, if only she could fit the pieces together and see the whole picture. Most Kokiri can't even figure out there are pieces. Superstition runs a Kokiri's life in this forest. Not even Mido is brave or foolish enough to leave the forest." Jaina laughed again. "But that's not to say he won't. You never know. Someday he might decide to up and leave, high-tail it out of here. That's what I want to see one of you do. I want someone to leave the forest and broaden their horizons, to explore and learn new things about themselves and the world around them."
The Goddess crawled to the ground and spread her wings. The rainbow feathers seemed to glow in the midday sun. "I'll be taking my leave now. Stay safe and don't be afraid to speak your mind to Mido if he bothers you again." With that, Jaina took to the sky and soared away.
There will be mentions of Warcraft-related themes in future chapters, but for now it's just LoZ stuff. Oh, but the name Jaina Proudmore is the name of a Warcraft III character in the Human Campaign.