Prologue

Before the concept of time or language existed, there was nothing. Only a void filled by three celestial beings. Din, Nayru and Farore. The three beings ruled over the void for eons. Until, the three goddesses decided to change that. They gathered their power. Din – the most powerful – crafted a land of red earth, placing fire in its core. Nayru – the wisest – created the law and order to the chaos of the land. Farore – the most courageous – designed every living creature and being, breathing life into the world. When their job was completed, they left behind the Triforce and hid it in to mortal realm, maintaining the balance over the land.

However, they grew tired. And in their exhaution an evil threatened their creation. Demise. He searched the land for Triforce they left, and manipulated some of their creations into aiding him. Demise was the most ambitious, and was a demon who wished to strip the goddesses of their most devoted. He left them with no choice but to send the young goddess Hylia to deal with them. After Demise was banished, along with those who feel to his corruption, the goddesses left the Triforce with Hylia and instructed her to craft a blade that would be known as evil's bane.

But the goddesses thought towards the future and the chance that one might aim to claim the Triforce and disrupt the balance again. Hylia was powerful, but even she had her limits. Farore was distraught at the idea her creations could be destroyed by greed, while Din's ire burned at the idea of the destruction that would follow. Nayru remained calm and thought. Eventually, she had a plan.

They would choose three, powerful and worthy mortals to wield a piece of the Triforce each. One who was powerful, one who was wise and one who was courageous. They would be the guardians of the realm with Hylia and would stop every attempt to steal the Triforce. With these champions of the goddesses, the Triforce and their creation would be safe.

It did not go to plan.

Hylia fell for a mortal and shed her divinity for him. The seal over Demise weakened, and when the reincarnated mortal defeated him he cursed their future incarnations with his own. The three goddesses acted quickly at the news. Naryu granted Hylia's incarnation with the Triforce of Wisdom, seeing as she was the wisest of the three. Farore granted the mortal the Triforce of Courage, as despite his mortality, he still managed to be brave in the face of evil. Din granted Demise's incarnation the Triforce of Power, to hold back Demise's influence over him as much as possible.

The goddesses watched their battles over the Triforce. Each lifetime they'd reincarnate and repeat. Occasionally one of them would manage to get their hand on the full Triforce. But the battle continued, seemingly for eternity throughout three different timelines.

Until something strange happened. Something unexpected. Something that caused the goddesses to take action.

"So, the Gerudo Prince abdicated his throne? Why would he do that?"

"Apparently, he only wants the throne if his people are certain he has the discipline to rule. It's a smart move for someone his age – he's very young. Not that much older than Zelda, really."

The King and Queen of Hyrule looked over to their young daughter at that. Princess Zelda had managed to convince Sheik to play dolls with her. The current game involved the story of a pirate named Tetra, who faced off against a somewhat adorable stuffed squid named Bellum (though anyone who asked the princess would hear that Bellum was meant to be a giant evil eyeball monster, not a squid).

Sheik, who was only older than her by three years, didn't seem to mind. They had been trained by Impa, and seemed interested in joining the her in guarding the royal family. They considered it their job to keep the young princess happy and safe.

Someone knocked on the door, and after the king stated it, entered the room. Zelda squealed in delight before she ran up and wrapped her arms around Sheikah woman. Sheik nodded respectfully at his guardian. Impa, after she managed to get the princess to release her, bowed at the two rulers.

"Lady Impa, you're back earlier than we expected. Any news?" King Daphnes asked.

"I'll deliver my full report in a moment. First, I thought the princess would be interested in meeting someone I met during my travels" she turned her head back towards the door, "Come on, Little Wolf."

There was a pause for a moment. Then the door opened slowly. A young boy walked into the room, head down and avoiding eye contact. He looked up only for a moment locate Impa, before he latched onto her and hid behind her legs. His tear-streaked face did not go unnoticed by anyone in the room.

"'Little Wolf'? What did he do to earn that nickname?" the queen asked.

Impa chuckled, "You'd understand if you saw him eating, Your Highness."

The king nodded, "Fair enough. Is he able to talk, or just shy?"

"Just shy it seems. Though the only words I've gotten from him where when he was asleep" the Sheikah answered, "Go on, Little Wolf. You can't stay attatched to my side forever."

The young boy looked up at her with large eyes before he slowly moved away to stand next to her. His gaze was at his feet, but it was an improvement of what he was like before. Zelda approached him and introduced herself and Sheik, before trying to see if she could get his name from him. Impa decided it was alright to leave him for a moment and approached the king and queen.

"There in nothing left of his village expect a massacre and very few survivors. That was the disturbance in the north. I've decided to take care of him until he states that he wishes otherwise" Impa whispered.

The queen looked at the boy again, this time with pity for the recent orphan. The king merely nodded before he turned towards his daughter, "Zelda, why don't you show this young man all the spare rooms we have. He'll be staying with us for a while, so he can choose which room he wants."

"Okay" Zelda smiled, "Come on, the rooms are this way."

A/N: What? A Legend of Zelda fanfic?

Yeah, I'll admit, I've been wanting to do one for a little (long) while. And since my 'beta readers' for Ninjago have said that I need to reconsider a few things (they won't let me kill anyone) I decided that now would be a good time to start. Anyway, this story isn't based around a specific game - it'll have characters from quite a few games and an original plot unrelated to the games (while keeping the elements fans love, obviously).

Since most reading this don't know my writing, I've been told that I'm great at making stories funny, fluffy, heartbreaking and action-filled. I actually have studied multiple martial arts and own a bow. So you know a lot of things will be written from actual experience. Updates are a bit random due to my life being pretty busy (occasional family issues and university right now) but I'll try to make each update worth it.

Also, sorry for this short prologue. The next chapter should be longer.