Sup people. Ever wonder what it'd be like if Link was a demigod? No? Okay, just me, got it *coughs uncomfortably* This story is heavily based off of Percy Jackson, but I did tweak it a bit. And before you start, no, Link won't be Zeus's son. I've considered it a lot, with the Loftwing stuff and the Skyward Sword, but in the end, decided on something else. And yeah, Zelda will eventually appear in here. Eventually.
Well, I obviously don't own Legend of Zelda or the Percy Jackson series, or else I wouldn't be on fan fiction.
A hooded figure went up the dimly lit mountain, going at a leisurely pace. The sky was dark, clearly night time, and the only light came from the torches placed around the mountain's trail. Upon arrival at the mountain's top, he entered the elaborate temple built there and approached a blonde, muscular man in his late twenties. The man was shooting arrows at the target's bulls eye effortlessly, almost as if he was bored. The fire on the lamps around him flickered whenever he let the arrow fly, dimming the room every ten seconds.
"Lord Apollo, it's time to claim your son." The hooded figure announced to the young man. The god kept shooting arrows, ignoring the other's presence. The hooded man coughed irritably to get the man's attention.
"Already?" The god asked, still shooting the seemingly endless amount of arrows in his quiver.
"Anymore time left alone and the boy would be swamped with monsters." The figure answered in his gravelly voice. Apollo stopped shooting, setting down his weapon.
"Wouldn't it be better to leave him? Then the prophecy may never come true."
"The prophecy will still happen, it's just that he will not be around to save us if we leave him." The other snapped.
"I'll get to it then. What's the boy's name again?"
"Link, my lord."
Far off at a boarding school for troubled youth, it was morning, and the school year was just starting. A blonde teen was sprawled on his bed, completely tangled in his sheets, fast asleep. A stampede of boys ran past his dorm room, causing enough noise to shake his room.
"Hey Link, wake up or you'll be late again!" Keet pounded on his door. Link opened his eyes slightly, adjusting to the sudden light before shooting straight up in his bed and detangling himself from his bed frantically. 'I can't be late this year, it won't be like last year!' the boy thought as he threw on some clothes and ran out of his dorm, not even bothering to comb his hair.
Now here was the thing; Link wasn't a troubled boy at all. He was an average student, and hadn't been in trouble once…not counting his endless number of lateness. The only reason he was there was because he was an orphan. No relatives to speak of either, so the government simply dumped him at this boarding school. And unlike most kids, Link didn't become a troublemaker to fit in. He stayed as he was, and at first glance you would think he was his parent's pride, had many friends, and got all the girls.
He probably would…if he wasn't at an all boys school. He might've been his parents pride, if he had any he knew of. He would've had friends…if half of the school wasn't filled with absolute jerks and idiots. So far, Link had only one person he could loosely call a friend, and they barely even talked. Link wasn't fond of his own voice…in fact, the sound disturbs him, and forget about speeches.
Link raced into the classroom building and sprinted down the hallway. He halted outside his class and peered in. The teacher's back was to the class, writing something on the board. 'I have no idea when he'll turn around though.' Link frowned, and then backed up. 'Maybe if I roll in, I'll be too fast for him to notice' he thought as he threw himself in. Instead of sneaking in however, he knocked his desk over and called all the attention to him.
"Late again, Link." The teacher didn't even bother to turn around; he already knew it was Link. Link grimaced and put his desk upright as quietly as possible.
"Morning sleepy head." Keet smiled as Link sat down next to him. The blonde sent an awkward smile back at him, and Keet, well used to Link never replying to him, turned back to the board and continued to not take notes.
"String bean's late again, STRING BEANS LATE AGAIN!" Groose sang, referring to Link's habit of wearing green. Link rolled his eyes and continued to take notes. "What's wrong leaf head? Cat got your tongue?" Link's eyes narrowed. He sat up before looking Groose dead in the eye.
"Nice hair." Link flicked his eyebrows toward Groose's ridiculously styled red hair.
"What'd you say about my hair?" Groose glared at Link.
"Quiet down the both of you." The teacher snapped. The bell rang, and everyone got up and left for gym. "Link, stay after class." The teacher said as the teen packed up. 'What'd I do now?' Link looked up worriedly at the teacher. "You aren't in trouble, I just needed to talk to you."
Despite the teacher's words, Groose and his cronies, Cawlin and Strich, jeered at Link as they left. The teacher stared at them with the most dead look he could muster before sighing and muttering under his breath.
"This lateness has to stop Link. I could kick you out of here, we can't start with these latenesses again this year. I don't want to have to send you back to the orphanage, believe me, you're the only decent student, but damn, get here on time!" The teacher slammed his fist on the table, startling Link. He composed himself, shaking his head slowly. "That's all, go to your next class."
Link nodded and sprinted out of the class. 'Crap, I'm going to be late for the next class now. Couldn't he have just written me a note? No, he was being considerate by talking to me face to face…still, now I have to walk over to the gym alone. Please no monsters. Actually, I don't mind the monsters…I just hope he's not here…' Link thought as he ran across the lawn to the gymnasium.
Yes, Link was afraid of monsters. These were not the monsters you used to check under your bed for though. These were monsters Link faced ever since entering sixth grade, very much real. Enough to make him wish he still believed the ones that hid in his closet were the only ones he had to worry about. And these monsters only came out when he was alone
Link froze as he saw movement from his peripheral vision, and turned to see a small, goblin like creature smiling sinisterly at him from the side of the lawn. 'At least it's just him, all he ever does is try to scare, steal, and annoy me.' Link thought as he continued to run toward the gym. 'Hopefully he'll leave me alone.'
Seeing that the locker room was completely empty, Link burst into a wide grin. 'No awkward nudity!' he thought happily. Changing quickly into his gym clothes, he quickly ran and sat on his gym's floor spot.
"Alright boys!" The coach barked as he paced the floor, red ball in hand. "What time is it?"
"Adventure time!" The kids laughed. The coach face palmed.
"No, argh. Try again, what time is it?"
"It's vampire fighting slaying time!" One kid called out. The coach's eyes narrowed.
"Perhaps I should give you a hint…" The coach launched the ball at the boy's face. Rebounding off the boy's face, the ball left a large red mark on his face.
"Dodge ball." The boy groaned before falling backwards.
"Exactly!" The coach smiled sadistically. "Set up into teams!"
Link heaved himself off the floor and walked over next to Keet, figuring it'd be less awkward to stand next to a person you're kind of friends with. He smiled as he got into position; dodge ball was his favorite sport here. It was basic motion skills, dodge and hit. That's where learning how to roll actually came in handy.
"Hey Link, mind if I use you as a shield?" Keet laughed. Link grinned back and nodded jokingly before turning back to the net. As soon as the whistle sounded, both teams launched the ball at their opponents. Cawlin, Strich, and Groose tried extra hard to hit Link, focusing all their power on him. Despite the fact that he was targeted, Link continued to dodge everything thrown at him. Running across the gym, He stumbled as something tugged at his leg and forced him down. As Link face planted on the floor, two balls immediately bounced off his head. Glancing back irritably to see who tripped him, he turned to face the dwarf like creature from before.
Looking around in disbelief, Link still couldn't believe that no one else could see the thing standing over him, despite the fact he already knew that he was the only one who could see them. Jumping when he heard a loud screech, he looked over and saw Groose cowering in fear, staring straight at the monster. 'He could see it too?' Link wondered as he felt something slipping out of his pocket. The monster jumped off him and ran out of the gym, cackling like a maniac and waving Link's wallet around in the air.
Link's eyes widened, and he got up and sprinted off toward the monster, shouting his apology to the coach. Chasing the monster for five blocks, the monster halted at an open sewage entrance. It giggled as it waved Link's wallet over the opening, taunting him, then dropped it in and left laughing. Link groaned and started down the sewer's ladder.
'Well this is wonderful.' Link thought as he slumped through the murky waters, looking for his wallet. Spotting it floating around nearby, he raced toward it eagerly and raised it triumphantly. 'Why is the entrance closed?' Link frowned as he approached the exit. Hearing muffled laughter from above, Link fumed and turned to go look for another open sewer exit. 'The little creep sealed me off!'
Brightening up at the small bit of light up ahead, Link ran faster toward the new exit, stopping as a glint of light in the water caught his eye. It was a sword embedded into the gunk in the water, still shiny despite its resting place. Link frowned as he spotted strange characters on the sword's blade, and turned his head to try to read them. At first, it looked like a completely different language, but then after a while it morphed into readable words.
"It's dangerous to go alone! Take this." The sword read. Link gave it a disturbed look before turning away from it. 'I don't like swords that much; I prefer a bow and arrow. Well…it did say to take it though. No, I should leave it here.' His eyes widened as he saw the words scramble slightly and gave a new message.
"It's a present from Lord Zeus. I think you should take it." A voice resonated in the tunnel. Link grabbed the sword and held it offensively, as if someone was about to attack him. "Relax, I'm not going to hurt you." A young man stepped out from the shadows and gave Link a friendly smile. The man had a strange sort of staff in his hand, and wore a mail man's bag. "You do know your mythology, don't you?" the man raised his eyebrows as Link gave him a confused look.
"You know, Zeus, thunder guy?" The mail man asked worriedly. He sighed in relief as Link nodded. "Good, it would've been awkward if you didn't know. Anyway, I'm here to assist you on your quest man. I'm Hermes." The man grinned.
"What quest?" Link asked in a low voice.
"You have to go to Skyloft. It's the training camp for people like you. You know, demi gods. All you have to do is find the three flames; one for each of the Big Three: Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. Once you get all three, you can come. I left a package in your dorm to help you out, because I doubt the clothes you have will be up to the task of intense adventuring."
"Whose son am I?" Link asked curiously. Hermes shrugged and turned to walk out.
"He'll claim you later, I can't tell you. It'll ruin the surprise!" He called over his shoulder as he disappeared. Link frowned and looked down at the sword. 'What'd they give me the sword for? Is it to kill the monsters? I don't even know how to use a sword' he thought as he climbed out of the sewage path.
'What the heck am I supposed to tell the coach when I get back? That I had to go after the little green man that stole my sword? You know what, I'll figure that out when I get there.' He thought as he walked back toward campus. 'Or maybe I should just skip and stay in my dorm. Yeah, Hermes did say he delivered something for me anyway, better go to my dorm and ditch these clothes.' Link grimaced as he looked down at his sneakers and grey gym pants.