Hello, fellow writers and readers. I am V-Fanfics. I am new to this site and writing, so please bear with me if this isn't as good as you pleased.
This is a continuation of the beloved Four Swords Manga I'm sure some of the readers have read at least once. This fan fiction has major OC participation in it, so if you don't like it, go ahead and read something else. Also, this is written in my word documents ahead of time, and since it is almost complete, I decided to begin posting it to see what everyone thinks about it.
Also, I will be updating with one or more chapters per day, if I keep up my game and don't procrastinate. Or if I'm not busy. Or if my mom doesn't drag me everywhere she decides to go. Or many other things. However, I will try my hardest to update every single, solitary day!
Anyway, without further ado, enjoy "Elements and Prophecies" chapter one!
Chapter 1: The Festival of Five
Four years...
It has been four years of traveling for the Four Sword heroes. They traveled together to the elemental kingdoms of Earth, Fire, Water, and Air. Now, they are adolescents of age 14, ready to go back home to the bountiful kingdom of Hyrule. They all gathered their traveling supplies and their belongings, setting off for the open forests in between the five kingdoms.
"Oh! You guys are finally here! What took you so long?" The green Link, named Green, says to his copies–no, brothers from the sword. The determined and courageous one smiles to the other three, earning smiles back. He could see it in their differently colored eyes how excited each of them was to go back home.
"Yeah, of course we'd be here! I mean, of course they needed my help, but we're here in one piece!" The Link in blue, of the name Blue, brags. The over-confident and bull-headed one earns a laugh from his friends. "What? What's so funny?"
"Goddesses I miss Hyrule! I'm sooooo happy we're going back to Hyrule!" The optimistic Link in red, Red of course, says as he cheerily hugs all three of his friends, earning a slight glare from his blue clad friend. However, he doesn't smack him. Partially because his arm is trapped in Red's strangling hug.
"It has been quite a while, hasn't it? I sure miss Hyrule." The intelligent Link in violet, Vio, struggles to say as he is in a tight grip of his red comrade. "Red… We can't… Breathe…"
"Oh! I'm sorry!" Red apologizes as he quickly releases his grip from the three. Green, Blue, and Vio all try to catch their breaths for a short while…
"Well? Let us make haste and head to Hyrule, I cannot even fathom what awaits us." Vio says shortly after regaining his breath. The other three nod and get their bags on their backs and sides and head north to Hyrule.
"That's funny, since not too long ago you sere saying how we shouldn't go back to Hyrule. You said that we wouldn't be accepted back and treated as criminals for taking the four sword out again!" Blue said, trying to prove Vio wrong. Unlike always, Vio didn't retort with a complex explanation of why he still thinks so.
The four, after their long walk and reminiscence about their last journey, finally reach Hyrule Castle town. The streets were bustling with children and adults, all laughing, playing, and talking happily and peacefully. Ever since the heroes had destroyed Vaati and Ganon, with Shadow Link's help of course, Hyrule has been much calmer and quieter. However, today was completely different. It was the fourth anniversary of the Four Sword Hero's triumph over Vaati and Ganon. It was dubbed "The Festival of Five" by many. This was the fifth anniversary, and a special one at that.
"Yay! We made it!" Red shouts a bit too loudly. The residents of Hyrule look at where the shout came from and immediately recognize the four heroes. Before Blue can open his mouth to shout at Red, the residents surround the four Links, asking for autographs, cheering, and chanting their names.
"Oh my goddesses! It's the Four Sword Heroes!"
"Look! The Heroes!"
"It's been so long!"
The four Links back away due to surprise and slight fright of their screaming fans. Children and other adolescents run to them and ask for the Links to sign their hand-drawn portraits of them and other things such as fake swords and fake bows and arrows and other false weapons. As they were being crowded by thousands of fans, the heroes began to work their way out of the entrance, where most of the crowds were.
"We need to get to the plaza! That's the only place where people will be too distracted to notice we're even here!" Green shouts to his comrades, getting nods from all of them. They all raced out of the hordes of children, teenagers, and even adults that wanted to get a peek of the heroes. Soon enough, the heroes finally managed to get through the huge crowds, and find themselves in the plaza. The Links looked around carefully, making sure that no one had followed them from the entrance.
Thankfully, no one did. Each Link sighed, leaning on the other's back and sliding down to the floor in exhaustion. Each of them knew that what they were going to live through if they stayed out in the open any longer. So after a bit of rest, the Links got back up again and began to walk around the plaza, examining any merchandise.
However, something stops them before they could walk a few steps further into the plaza.
"Look out! The Elemental carriages!" A little boy yells, pointing behind the four Links. Confused and shocked, they look behind to see huge carriages coming towards them as the coaches show no sign of stopping. The Links shout and fly to opposite sides of the line of four carriages.
The carriages are different colors, but the same as the Link's tunics, green, red, blue, and violet. A girl's head pops out of the violet carriage, her long hair following suit. She spots the heroes, narrowing her lavender eyes. Soon, she widens them in disbelief. She turns her head to the front of her carriage, calling out, "Stop the carriages!"
Unfortunately, her almost quiet voice isn't heard. Soon after her plea, another girl's head pops out of the blue carriage, shouting with a very loud voice "HEY! STOP THE DAMN CARRIAGES!" The coaches for each carriage jump and stop the horses the second the girl shouted. Two other heads from the green and red carriages popped out, looking at the girl in the blue carriage.
"Nice work, Sapphire," the one in the green carriage whispers. The girl from the blue carriage, Sapphire, nodded and smiled proudly.
The four girls rush out of the carriages, each wearing something extravagantly fancy, possibly the same age as the Links. The girl from the green carriage, the first to leave, has medium length hair, somewhat light and green eyes like emeralds. She is wearing a semi-long teal colored dress that looks somewhat like a regal gown with a tiara holding a radiant, green gem in its center. "Oh goddesses! I never thought we'd meet the heroes of the Four Sword!" She says. "I'm Emerald."
"This is Sapphire," she points to a girl that came from the blue carriage. Her hair is noticeably shorter than Emeralds, going right above her shoulders. It is a dirty blonde, showing off much of her tomboyishness. Standing next to Emerald, she appears taller, more like a 16 year old. Her eyes are a sharp and bold blue. Unlike Emerald's regal dress, Sapphire's oceanic blue dress is shorter by an inch, and has more of an intense gleam emitting from it. Her tiara has a blue gem in the middle, much like Emerald's tiara.
"This is Ruby," Emerald continues. She points at a girl, shorter than the rest, with low pigtails and slightly lighter blonde hair. Her pigtails are tied with ruby red bows that are very large. Her eyes are a light rose, and her dress is the shortest, with bows and a wide bottom, also with a tiara and a red gem in it's center. Compared to the other three girls, she looked like a doll.
"And that one is Amethyst," Emerald finishes. Amethyst has the longest, lightest hair, going right behind her knee and shining in the sunlight. Her eyes are a light lavender and her dress is the most sensible, being long and a perfect violet color, wearing another tiara with a purple gem in it's middle.
"So, you guys are the heroes? I sure hope you guys are stronger than you look…" Sapphire greeted, shaking her head almost shamefully.
Blue stared at her for a second, then shook his head and responded quite loudly and rudely, "Of course we are! How about I say that you aren't as smart as you look?"
Sapphire quickly got angry and yelled, "You're lucky that you're a hero or else I would've pounded your face in!"
"Hi there! Like Emerald said before, I'm Ruby!" Ruby says with an awfully cheerful tone. She goes to shake their hands and Blue starts thinking that Ruby is a girl version of Red. Red smiles at Ruby and blushes when she shakes his hand. Fortunately for Red, Ruby doesn't notice.
"Greetings, Four heroes. It's an honor to meet the four that saved Hyrule from destruction on their own." Amethyst says in a quiet, but still audible voice. She curtsies, bowing her head. Just as she picks her head back up, the carriages shake.
"YOUR HIGHNESSES!"
Four men exit each carriage, all of them looking different than the one next. Each of them bore a scowl on their face, almost disgusted at what the girls were doing. Each of them make their way to the princesses, one for each kingdom. The first one, clad in forest green, grabbed Emerald by the arm, dragging her back to the carriage. However, Emerald kicks him square in the gut, not wanting to go anywhere with the man.
"Chancellor Valtore! You leave me alone!" She yells at the man. He gets up and tries to reason with Emerald, but she refuses and walks toward the green Link in the front. The chancellor gives up and gets a man, probably another chancellor, from the blue carriage.
He is a bit younger and more bulky. He goes to Sapphire and grabs her arm, attempting to pull her as well. However, he picks her up on his shoulder rather than just pulling her. Yelling a wave of curses, Sapphire kicks him in the groin and shoves him into the blue carriage, causing it to tumble, but not fall. The chancellor from the red carriage looks away from his Princess, and sees Sapphire. He quickly gets back in and lets go of Ruby, frightened at the intimidating girl.
Ruby runs behind Sapphire, screaming, "Help, me Sapphy!"
Sapphire rolls her eyes and points to Red and Blue, ordering, "Keep her away from the chancellors, or else I'll make a better use for you as a weapon, ya hear?" Blue glares, but obeys. Red becomes frightened, but does the same, keeping Ruby away from the other chancellors.. The Links and three girls hear a scream. Amethyst.
They immediately turn their heads and look at what is going on. Amethyst is struggling against a huge man in a violet tuxedo. He is very bulky with a large black moustache and his face is scrunched up into a scowl. Amethyst looks to Sapphire and makes a face, which itself says 'Help me out a bit here!' Sapphire knows and becomes slightly worried, knowing what will happen if that chancellor ever got a hold of her. She runs to the chancellor and kicks him. He goes tumbling to the ground and lets go of Amethyst. Amethyst runs to the four Links, Sapphire following suit.
"Guys, we need your help. Those are the chancellors and they can't get any of us at the moment. Do you have a place where we can hide?" Emerald asks the four heroes, hoping and praying that they could help them in this situation.
Green, Red, and Blue look at each other and shrug, not knowing where they should hide. Vio face palms and quickly answers, "Yes, we do." He turns to his other three friends, "The cottage." The other three Links remember and are thinking the same exact thing. They forgot to see the new cottage they were offered as a reward for saving Hyrule.
Emerald says, "Thank you, all. We are so grateful!" Green nods and leads everyone to the cottage while no one in town notices.
They begin to walk out through an alley in the plaza, looking for the cottage. While they walked to the cottage they were given, Sapphire groans, saying, "How much longer until we get to the damn place, already?"
"Hey, how come you curse if you're a pretty little princess?" Blue asks mockingly. Sapphire gets enraged, her face turning red with anger. Amethyst quickly notices and puts a hand on Sapphire's shoulder, shaking her head. It was as if she was saying 'Don't start fighting, it's useless anyway'. Sapphire sighs and calms down, not before giving Blue a glare that can scare a ghost itself. Blue chuckles and crosses his arms, while smirking victoriously of course.
"Ok, ladies and not-so-gentlemen," Green paused, looking directly at Blue, who gave him a glare back. "we're here!" Green exclaims the added portion a bit louder just to get everyone's attention. Of course, since everyone else is too busy with their own conversations.
The girls look to the cottage and sigh in relief, Sapphire making the loudest one. Emerald and Ruby walk in first, then Sapphire. The boys soon trample over each other trying to get in. Amethyst hears something odd and looks behind her. '…I could've sworn I heard something… But what was it? It sounded like… a laugh.' She thought. She was quickly taken back to reality when Sapphire yelled,
"HEY! AMETHYST! GET YOUR ASS IN HERE!" Amethyst jumped and went in immediately, not wanting to provoke her hotheaded friend.
"It looks so adorably simple! I love it!" Ruby exclaims with yet again a cheerful tone. The cottage was lined with pictures and paintings of the Links, taken before their leave to the four sword. There was a large chimney, already lit and blazing peacefully. Next to it were large bookshelves, which caught none other than Vio's attention. The couch was wide, cornering to almost cover up the area around the chimney, having a small coffee table in front of it. There were stairs next to the couch, leading to the bedrooms and bathrooms. The dining room and kitchens were beyond an archway, which was sided by two hanging spice racks.
Blue, again, thinks that Ruby is a girl version of Red, and begins ploting on how to stay as far from her as possible. Red nods and smiles, as if to say 'Thanks sooo much!'
Amethyst looks toward the four Links and asks, "Excuse me, but you haven't yet told us what your names were. Care to inform us?" Her voice, which is solemnly heard, is soft and quiet, as if she didn't want it to be audible.
"Oh, sure! O-of course, your highness!" Green answers, making the four princesses flinch.
They reply in unison, "No need to call us that! Just the names!" Each of them shake their heads and hands strongly.
Green nods and replies, "Okay then, I'm Green, and this is-"
"I'm Blue! Everyone knows that I am the most awesome of all of us, so don't bother wasting your time with those three!" Blue cuts Green off as he points to himself and poses. Vio rolls his eyes and mouths to the four girls 'Don't listen to him, he has no idea what he's saying.'
"I'm Red! Nice to meet you!" Red exclaims cheerfully as he has always done. Emerald, Sapphire, and Amethyst look at Ruby and think the same thing. Red is the exact male version of Ruby.
"I'm Vio, short for Violet. It's quite an honor to meet the four Elemental Princesses." Vio says in a calm voice, making Amethyst look at him. She studies him and nods, smiling just a small bit.
Emerald looks at the four Links and remembers something. "Oh! Girls, we forgot to tell them about… the pre-arrangements." Ruby's smile quickly disappears at the word "pre-arrangements". The Links look at eachother, then at the first one to talk.
"Oh, true. Do you boys know about the ball at the end of the festival?" Amethyst asks. They nod, and Amethyst continues, "Well, we have set partners, whom we need to... Marry after this. On top of that fact, they are worse than the Chancellors themselves. They are the opposite of us; cruel, cowardly, and evil. We hate them with all of our souls. So, we need someone else to come with us." The Links look at each other, wide eyed and thinking the same thing.
They will be accompanying the four Elemental Princesses to the ball…
Well! Didn't expect that, did you?
...I know. You did.
Anyway, that was only chapter one! It'll get much better as we go through, trust me! I wrote this many months ago, same with chapter two, when my writing was at it's bottom quality. I assure you, my writing will get better as we advance into the story! It will get very interesting, I promise! So, without further ado, chapter two awaits!
Review if you liked it, and I can take very harsh criticism if I must!
~V-fanfics