So... I'm a bit nervous.
Why? Maybe because this is the first genuinely good idea I've had in a long time, and people haven't let go yet.
I didn't really try much in the case of a new story last year, party because they fell flat, and partly because...
It's not coming back. You know what I'm talking about. Stop hounding me about it. I lost my interest for it, and it's been two years, so get over it.
...
Okay, that out of the way, I'd like to introduce you to something new.
If you were to ask me what my favorite games are for the Switch, it would be Splatoon 2 and Breath of the Wild.
Seeing how I've clocked over 300 hours into Splatoon 2 (and about 75 hours before I even touched Botw) I really like the characters.
This story will be about Breath of the Wild, but with a twist. The main characters that is. It should be obvious.
This story will be far from a "What if" kind of story re-written with inkings, but it will follow a lot of the plot points from Breath of the Wild, so expect spoilers.
Hmm, I think that's about it for now.
Big shout out to Danuelragon34 from FA/DA for the cover image.
Splatoon and Zelda are property of Nintendo, and aren't mine. Trust me, if Splatoon was mine, there would millions of more content.
Anyway...
"Here I go!"
And nothing was going stop him.
A young, male Inking was making his way through the back alleys, rushing through to make his way to the new Inkopolis. Ink Sword in hand, he slashed through the many old crates that stood in his way, leaving behind a trail of blue ink.
The name of this Inkling was Kyo Icefang, and now that he was at the age of sixteen, he felt that it was a good time for him to set off and make a name for himself.
"Not to mention, my parents were driving me crazy."
As he rushed through the alleys, he took out his custom squidphone and snapped pictures of himself and the area around him. He almost ran into some objects, but he had lightning-fast reflexes, leading him to jump over, dodge roll, or slip through the obstacles around him.
"I'm gonna be the best squid on the block, I just know it!"
Ahead of him was a launchpad, one of the many set within a few hundred feet of the city. There was no turning back for him, not that he ever had the thought.
Entering the launchpad as a squid, he was shot hundreds of feet into the air, his destination, Inkopolis Square. Returning to his kid form mid-flight, the wind rushed against his face, and the morning sun above him shone bright.
He felt free, and a little bit more grown up.
"Inkopolis Square, here I come!"
At least, that's what he thought he was going.
Mid-flight, a bright light appeared around him, slowing him down, and eventually freezing him where he was.
What the…?
He was just hovering there, and he couldn't move a muscle.
"...o"
He swore that he could hear a faint voice coming from somewhere.
"..ro…"
Yeah, he knew he couldn't be imagining this.
".. n..d you…"
The voice was getting clearer, but his attention was snatched away from the voice due his squidphone suddenly vibrating violently.
"Hero…"
The word hero was the first word that managed to become clear, and with the voice getting louder, he could tell that it was the voice of a girl.
"Hero… We need you…"
To say Kyo was confused would have been an understatement.
"Hero who possesses the Sheikah Slate, without you, all of Hyrule will be engulfed in darkness." The voice called out. "We need you!"
Kyo couldn't reply, and his squidphone vibrating was getting out of hand. He had very little time to process what was going on, and before he knew it, he saw the lower half of his body being shrouded in a light-blue glow, that light soon covering the rest of him.
"Wwahh!"
He lightly felt someone smack his back as all of this was happening, but he couldn't see who it was due to being unable to move.
"You are our final hope…"
A flash of light was the last thing he saw before arriving in a strange place.
He fell to his feet, seeing how he was no longer frozen in that mid-flight position he was just in.
The room he was in was rather dark, and in the middle of it seemed to be some kind of pod filled with a glowing, blue substance.
"Wah!"
That cry made him jump, and looking behind him, he saw that there was another inkling there with him; a girl with orange hair.
"What's going on?!" She asked, clearly freaking out from the sudden change of scenery. "I was superjumping, and I saw you just floating in the air, and I ran into you!"
She looked around frantically.
"Where are we?! We were just in the air a few seconds ago!"
"Woah woah! Slow down, I'm just as confused as you are!" Kyo replied, taking off the custom squidphone that was on his waist. "I have no idea what's going on either, but freaking out right now isn't gonna help us."
Despite being relatively calm, Kyo had a million questions on his mind.
He looked at the inking girl, she was wearing an orange sun visor, an Eggplant Mountain Coat, a pair of long pants with a skirt, and a pair of brown Moto Boots. Looking at himself, he was wearing his Birded Corduroy Jacket, a pair of long pants, and a pair of Blue Moto Boots.
Yeah, and my fake contacts…
Both Kyo and the female were soon looking back at the pod in the middle of the room.
"Think we can open this?" She asked, now taken by curiosity instead of panic.
The two of them looked along the device, but didn't see any way of opening it.
"It kinda looks like a casket…"
Kyo looked back to his custom squidphone, and somehow, to him it looked like that it kind of blended in with his surroundings. The walls matched the color of his device, and on the walls were runes that glowed the same blue and orange lights.
"The device you hold is the Sheikah Slate…"
Kyo jumped a little.
He looked back over to the other inkling, who was still looking around.
Does she not hear that voice? He thought.
"I don't know how you have one, but it is proof of a champion." The voice continued. "Touch the slate to the pedestal, right next to one residing there already."
Right after she said that, a pedestal that neither of the inklings had noticed had lit up, and glowed an orange light.
Kyo walked up to the pedestal, tapping his slate onto it as instructed.
The pedestal went from glowing orange to glowing blue, and the area near the pedestal opened, revealing another room.
The two of them poked their head through the door. The room was still dark, but there was another orange pedestal at the end, along with another door.
"Huh?" The girl said. "Our ink tanks, they're gone!"
That said, Kyo quickly reached behind him to see that she was right; his ink tank was no longer on his back.
Normally that would be worrisome, but Kyo's Ink Sword didn't need ink to work; though it would be weaker, and wouldn't be able to spread ink like other weapons.
Holding out his hand, his ink sword appeared.
"Okay, at least I still have it." He said, holding it in place.
"What kind of weapon in that?" She asked. "I don't think I've seen one of those before."
"It's an Ink Sword." The male inkling replied. "It's a special weapon from where I'm from. I don't need ink to attack with it, but it can't spread ink without it; also it's attacks aren't as strong. Normally it comes with some Ink Shurikens as a sub weapon, but I can't access those without my inktank."
He looked back at her.
"What's your name?" He asked. "I'm Kyo."
She flinched.
"Seriously?" She asked. "Kio is my name."
This time Kyo flinched, but he smiled soon after.
It wasn't often when you come across someone with the same name as your own, and he was mildly amused by this.
"Ugh… I think I dropped my Roller when I ran into you mid-flight…" Kio said, sighing. "Great…."
The two of them fully stepped into the next room. It was longer than the one they were previously in, and it in was a bunch of boxes and broken barrels.
"Here, take my Ink Sword." Kyo said, holding it out for Kio to take. "We have no idea where we are, so it's best if you have something on you to defend yourself with if we run into any trouble."
"What about you?" She asked, taking the sword, and the blue handle shifted to orange. "What will you do?"
Kyo would be lying if he said he had an answer to the question, but he just smiled again.
"Heh, don't worry about me," He replied. "I'll… uh…"
Looking around at his surroundings, he saw a small, metal sword sticking out of one of the boxes. He pulled it out, and held it above his head like some videogame character.
"I'll use this!"
"Kyo, that sword is all chipped and rusty," Kio replied back. "What if it breaks?"
Kyo put away the sword by making it vanish with a blue light.
"Then I'll find another one." He replied, walking towards the pedestal by the door.
"Also, how do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Make your weapon vanish and appear like that? How is that possible?"
Kyo chuckled, waving his slate.
"This squidphone lets me do it." He explained. "It's a custom, and has all sorts of functions."
The inklings huddled close as the male started up the device.
"It's quite advanced. My parents got it for me about a year ago. I can hold all of my clothes in it, weapons, hell, it even lets me store meals. Look, here's some cookies I made a couple days ago that I put in here."
Kyo clicked on the picture of the plate of cookies, and the plate appeared on the ground right in front of them.
Kio kneeled down and inspected the plate.
"Woah!" She said, smiling. "These… These are fresh!"
The two of them each took one off the plate, taking a seat and enjoying themselves.
"Yeah, I only found out recently that normal squidphones aren't like mine. I do wonder where my parents got it from." The blue inkling said, putting away the rest of the cookies. "Once I got to Inkopolis, I was gonna see if there was anyone who could replicate these, because I think everyone would want one."
"I know I would." Kio replied, the two of them standing up and eyeing the next pedestal. "Well, looks like another door. Ready to head out?"
Kyo nodded.
He tapped his slate onto the orange pedestal. Like the last one, it also went from orange to blue, and this time when the door opened, out came pouring a bright light that severely contrasted the dark area they were just in. The both of them had to cover their eyes due to being adjusted to the dark for a bit.
Daylight!
After a second of getting used to the light, the two of them saw stairs leading upwards to what looked like the exit to the area they were in.
Partway going up though, it seemed that the stairs had been broken due to a large rock.
Kyo stopped for a second, but Kio had just started climbing the rock.
Well, I guess there are cracks and spurs all over the thing. The male thought, putting his slate back on his waist before climbing it himself.
It didn't take more than thirty seconds to get over the rock, and soon the two of the inklings were outside.
The sun was shining bright, lighting the view extraordinarily. The two of them gasped at the sight after running to the edge of the cliff that stood meters away from the exit from where they just came.
Looking off the cliff, the first thing they noticed was the forest area beneath them. Ahead of them in the far distance was a castle and what seemed like an active volcano. Apart from those, green grassland was pretty much everywhere, along with many rocky cliffs like the ones they were on now.
The two of them literally had no words.
Well, Kyo did.
"Kio, we're definitely not in Inkopolis anymore…"
Well, here we have two of the three main characters.
Gotta say, despite the complaints I might get later in my DMs, I'm actually excited for this. I've already planned out the next chapter, so it shouldn't be more than a week until it's out. Also for the people waiting for ESR, I'm already halfway done with that chapter too, so it should be out soon (Maybe today if I'm not lazy).
Well, that's it for now. Hope you guys like. I'm gonna do my best to post a lot more this year.
Thoughts and Opinions?