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Title: It All Must Start With Us
Prologue
Author: Sailor Song
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In the moments after, the sky was crimson, and Link's heart sank at the thought that a Blood Moon might return the beast for another round. He gripped his sword and readied himself for the battle. If he could distract it for long enough, it should give Zelda and the Divine Beasts a chance to recharge.
Gradually, the sky turned blue and the sun broke through and dissolved the clouds. His second nature kicked in, and he surveilled for additional dangers. They were in Hyrule Field. near the castle where the biggest danger were guardians. He spotted them moving slowly towards the castle, their light no longer pink but now the same blue as the freed Divine Beasts and the Sheikah towers and shrines.
"I've been keeping watch over you all this time." He heard a voice pull him from his thoughts, and for the first time, instead of a fragmented memory a real feeling of familiarity struck him. As though that had happened many, many times before.
She stood in the field, facing the castle that was no longer surrounded by the fog of Malice. Although she was no longer surrounded by a golden aura, he still walked towards her with caution. Reverence might be a better way to describe it, for she was a goddess. Who was he to approach her with such familiarity? He was a no one, he didn't even know his family name. Until this battle he had felt like nothing more than a rusty sword and shield.
"I've witnessed your struggles to return to us as well as your trials in battle. I always thought - no, I always believed - that you would find a way to defeat Ganon." She turned to face him, and he was grateful that he had left his Hylian hood drawn for his ears were burning hot. "I never lost faith in you over these many years."
He didn't know what to say to this marvel standing before him. From her sandals to her dress, she looked as he remembered, or at least as she did in his snapshot memories. One hundred years had left no marks or scars that he could see.
"Thank you, Link... the hero of Hyrule." As she spoke that last part, a pair of green-blue eyes shyly rose to meet his own, causing his heart to race as though he was back in the heat of battle. Yet it was the next question she asked that brought him to his knees. "May I ask... Do you really remember me?"
AUTHOR'S NOTE: To answer the question "Do we need another Breath of the Wild memory fanfic?"... yes, yes apparently we do. Perhaps not, actually, but I'm having massive writer's block on my own original story and after starting a new game, this idea came to me. Although the memories are central to this fic, I do not plan to rehash them in part or in their entirety unless it is integral to the plot. The reason I was so interested in exploring this story idea is I wanted to know what happened either before and/or after the memories, and of course, how Link would actually respond if he wasn't kept neutral for the player.
Mature rating for sexy times (not smut) and violence