This will be 100 fics (rather short ones…) about Link from Legend of Zelda. I stole the chart from fanfic100 community on Live Journal and would post it there, but Link has already been claimed. So instead I'm doing it for myself and whoever ends up reading it here. I'm doing this because I've been extremely lazy lately and really, I want to post something. I thought this would be a nice exercise.
If you want to see the chart and whatnot, I'm also posting this to my LJ – ldrofscrats . livejournal . com. Obviously, take out the spaces.
Title: Beginning
Prompt: 001. Beginnings
Word Count: 208
Summary: Just a little piece about Link realizing the reality of battle and the start of his journey.
001. Beginnings
Beginning
The sword clattered to the floor as Link's knee hit the ground, his hand too numb to hold it anymore. This was the third day straight, third day of waking up to Navi's warning, fighting through lunch, and tiredly finding a safe spot to grab a quick bite to eat before falling asleep from exhaustion. Throughout the days he was lucky to simply find a corner to rest and recover some strength without being discovered.
Three days and he still hadn't found the source of all the trouble in the Great Deku Tree. He wasn't sure if he could continue on. Before now, he had never held a real sword, never swung a practice one for more than a few moments. He played with his sling occasionally but it was no where near as demanding as the sword was.
Carefully, he picked the sword up with his deadened fingers and pushed himself back onto his feet. His right arm was sore from holding the shield and taking all the abuse, his back ached from all the times his slipped or was attacked from behind, his eyes were fogging over and it was hard to focus. But the Great Deku Tree needed him and for that cause, he could handle anything.