Hey all! So ever since my surgery (I'm healing great by the way, thanks for all the get well wishes!) I've had writer's block and have had trouble with the next chapter for Hero of Hyrule, and I'm so so sorry about that. So I decided to get my creative juices flowing again by writing some Zelda short stories for Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess and Ocarina of Time, since those are my favorite Zeldas. They'll be based off scenes from the games, information I got from Hyrule Historia, the comic books, and art I've come across. Some (such as the story bellow) will be crossovers of the three stories.

Don't worry, I'm not discontinuing Hero of Hyrule, just taking a short break.

I hope y'all like them! Thanks for all of your support!

The Spirit of the Sword

Ocarina of Time/Skyward Sword

Link stared at the spot the where the Sheikah boy, Sheik (Sheik. What an original name. Really, his parents must have been very creative.) had disappeared using a Deku Nut. He was still blinking his eyes from the blinding light. What a strange Sheikah...

He looked down at his new, taller and more muscular body. He still had on a Kokiri Tunic, but it was much bigger than his previous one. He'd never fit in that now. He was a lot bigger. After all, it had been seven years. He'd been trapped in the Sacred Realm for seven long years. He was an adult now, and strange enough, he felt like one too. Though technically he had a 10 year-old's worth of experiences and thoughts stuck in a 17 year-old's body, he no longer felt like the Boy-Without-A-Fairy. He felt like... well... the Hero of Time. With the fate of Hyrule on his shoulders.

Speaking of Hyrule, Link thought, what had become of it in the past few years? If Ganondorf really had claimed the Triforce of Power, then it must be in a sad shape.

And what about all of his friends? Were there any survivors? Saria, Malon, Dampé, Talon, Anju, that kid that hung around the graveyard, Ruto (if you could call that spoiled princess a friend...), Fado, the Know-It-All Brothers. Heck, he was even a little worried about Mido...

And Zelda. Where was she? Was she okay? Had she managed to escape Ganondorf and find a safe haven? He was sick with worry for the princess.

"I can't wait to see Saria again!" Navi chirped from her perch on his shoulder. "I wonder how much she's changed..."

Link laughed. "She's a Kokiri Navi. They don't change." He winced at the topic of the Kokiri. It was now painfully obvious he wasn't one of them. He was probably Hylian. Mido had been right all along. Suddenly a wicked grin split his face.

"Why are you smiling like that? Stop it. It's creeping me out." Navi frowned.

"I just realized I'm bigger than Mido," Link said, still smiling. "A lot bigger. I could easily pick him up and throw him in the pond! That'd sure serve him right!"

Navi rolled her eyes. "Oh come on, he couldn't have been that bad."

"Trust me Navi, he was. You only saw a sample of it," Link replied bitterly. He shook off the thought of his childhood bully and put on a smile for his fairy partner. "All right, let's get going. The sooner we get to see Saria the better."

"Okey dokey." Navi fluttered towards the exit. "And hey, you never know, maybe you being gone for seven years has changed Mido's opinion about you."

Link highly doubted that, but he nodded and followed after her anyway.

Master...

He stopped short. The voice was barely louder than a whisper, but he could make it out easily. It seemed to come from behind him, as if the Master Sword was talking to him. An image popped into his mind, triggered by the strange monotone voice. A graceful woman with blue hair and skin. Her eyes were closed, but Link knew she could see him. She reminded him of the Master Sword for some reason... because she was the Master Sword... he'd missed his former companion...

Fi...

Navi turned back to see what was taking her fairy partner so long. "What's wrong? You look like you've just seen a ghost or something."

Link snapped out of it at the sound of her voice. The image was already fading, the voice simply made up in his mind. He was forgetting. "Um, no, I'm... I'm fine. Did you say something a second ago?"

She frowned with concern. "No, I didn't. Link, Are you okay?"

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine." He smiled to reassure her. "Just thought I heard something. Must've just been my imagination, my nerves are too frayed."

Navi smiled sympathetically. "Yeah, mine are too. Now come on, off to Kokiri Forest! Home, here we come!"

But as the Hero of Time and his fairy partner stepped out into the bleak remnants of Hyrule Castle Town, the Master Sword on his back glowed with a warm blue light. Her consciousness stirred at the presence of the reincarnation of her former Master. She smiled in her eternal sleep. Her wish to meet him again had come true. Once again she felt that emotion... what the humans call... happiness...