Hey guys, this is my first fanfiction and i'm very exited about it, I've had this story in my head for a while and decided to put it down on paper. I believe this will be the average chapter length and i hope to post a chapter every week or so (depending on my studies)
Please review, I'm a new writer and need some constructive feedback on the story and my writing. is it well paced enough? any grammatical errors? and is their anything else you would like me to add to the story, I'm always open to suggestions.
for a little bit of back story this is set 3000 years after the events of skyward sword the timeline of Hyrule works as the Fairy Tail worlds back-story before the age of dragons and Zeref (who will make an appearance). Skyward sword Link has been sent forward in time by the goddesses to cure the land of a threatening evil. For now this story is just Erza and Link but i will definitely add the rest of Fairy Tail and possibly some LoZ characters too.
I've rambled enough, On with the story.
It had taken all morning for Erza to climb the mountain. She, once again, was on a mission for Fairy Tail. The mission was simple, travel to the extinct Verdant Volcano in the south of Fiore and clean out the monsters residing there. Natsu and the team were frustrated that she had decided to go alone but every once in a while she enjoyed the solitude that being on her own provided. She had spent the morning searching for the encampment of the monsters so she could destroy them at the source and quickly be finished with the mission.
Erza had arrived at a large ledge roughly two thirds up the extinct volcano, the place was covered in tents and small, makeshift huts, ahead of her was a door indented into the edge of the mountain. The door was covered in various carvings, the centerpiece being a large circle accented with two crescent moons on one side. The encampment was deserted and eerily quiet. The red head prepared herself summoning an angel blade, knowing something was wrong. Step by step, Erza cautiously approached the door. With every step she listened for when the trap would be sprung. Below her the ground had turned from brown dust to grey stone she looked down to see a strange circle that was slightly raised from the ground baring the same insignia as the door. The quiet got quieter as she finished her step, stopping in the centre of the camp.
She then realised her suspicions had been confirmed as many short red goblin like creatures swarmed all around her each brandishing carving knives and other crude weapons. Before any of the monsters could attack her she yelled "Requip Heaven's Wheel Armour". She felt the magic energy surround her replacing her standard heart krauz armour with her far more dazzling heaven's wheel armour. The creatures seemed to shy away from the use of magic but were not perturbed for long. Summoning a second angel blade she commenced the attack.
The goblins never stood a chance as she flung them left and right trying to cut down their numbers in a dance of death. After a minute of fighting she discovered that there were no less of the fiends than when she started. She quickly shot up into the air and summoned 8 blades that suspended themselves in the air, surrounding her in a circle formation. She called out "Dance my blades" and they shot down at the goblins clearing a large chunk of them. The goblins began to wail and retreated, smiling slightly in victory Erza lowered herself to the ground to finish the remainder of the force. Then she realized her mistake. The ground had begun to shake and all of a sudden a huge red goblin burst from the ground behind and stabbed her in the back of the leg with a long spear.
Collapsing onto one knee due to the pain. Erza scowled annoyed at herself for being too overconfident. The rest of the goblins had retreated in fear of the boss. Before the leader could finish her she leapt forward towards the odd door whilst turning to face her new foe. This goblin had huge girth and wielded a metal shield and a spear. The goblin swung at her hitting a lot of his own in the process. Quickly figuring out a weak point she requiped into her black wing armour and swiftly moved to skirt around to the back of the goblin. The goblin had predicted this and swung his spear against the direction Erza was running. Erza easily jumped over the spear but on landing, her previous leg wound caught up with her and she fell. The goblin saw his opportunity and brought his spear down on her.
Time for Erza seemed to slow down. How could she possibly be defeated by such an ordinary monster. She told herself this couldn't be the end and attempted to dodge but her legs had stopped obeying her. She could feel it now, paralytic poison. She cursed and watched as the spear came down on her. She prepared to defend switching to her adamantine armour. But some thing happened that she didn't expect, she heard the ring of metal slicing through air and saw a flash of green slice through the spear.
As the dust settled on the attack, a man stood with his back to her clad in green. She was shocked to say the least, this boy couldn't be older than herself. Before she had time to take in anymore he was on the move again. The boy sprinted straight at the goblin, she could have yelled at him for being so reckless. Then she saw why; the boy had used the goblins shield to jump over the goblin slashing at its head mid-somersault making it scream in pain and drop to the floor. The boy quickly turned. For a fleeting second Erza saw the boy's face. He had long light brown/blonde hair and pointed ears hidden behind an odd hat, but what captured her were his eyes. They were wild, feral, almost wolf-like and a piercing shade of blue, eyes filled with determination.
The green warrior jumped at the goblin spinning in mid air and raising his sword to finish his foe. The goblin turned quickly raising his metal shield. The clash sent vibrations up the boys arms and he backed off hiding behind his own blue kite shield. The goblin stood up and drew a large carving knife from its belt. The two combatants circled around each other until the boy's back was facing the strange door. He had a plan. The goblin charged at him going in for a horizontal swipe. The boy dodged under the blade and sliced across the hip of the monster. The monster performed a back slash hoping to catch the boy on his return up but the boy blocked it with his shield before being knocked back by the impact. The positions had now been switch the boy's back was facing the world below. This was it. The goblin, enraged, once again charged at the warrior who simply dropped both his sword and shield. Erza yelled "What do you think your doing you idiot!?" The boy just looked at her and winked which made Erza fume with rage. Refocusing on the charging goblin who was grinning at the surrender of his foe, the boy readied himself. The collision was over in an instant. The boy grabbed the hand wielding the knife and avoided the blade by a hair's breath, at the same time he dropped onto his back placing his other hand and both feet onto the metal shield and pushed with all the might he had. The goblin went straight over the boy and was forced into the abyss below. The victor got up off the floor dusting himself down and picked up his weapons. He looked solemnly at his blade before sheathing it and approached Erza.
Erza still annoyed at herself for appearing so weak and forced herself to get up changing back to her standard armour. Fortunately the paralyzing effect was wearing off, she looked up at the boy who had reached out his hand to help her. Embarrassed at herself she took it, not being able to look him in the eye. The boy noticed this and spoke.
"Are you ok?" he then began to rummage in a tiny back pouch and brought out a rather large bottle. "Here drink this it will make you feel better."
Erza realized she was still holding his hand and quickly ended the contact. She took the bottle and looked at it. It was filled with a rather viscous red liquid, it looked vile. Uncorking it she took a sip and was surprised to find it tasted incredibly sweet, like strawberries. She smiled before taking another gulp looking up to thank the boy, he just smiled at her. She felt tingling down back of her leg and her wound had closed up amazed she stood up and flexed her leg to test that the potion had worked.
The boy grinned widely and held out his hand for a shake. "The names Link."
Erza took the hand and said "Erza" finally looking on his face.
That was the first time Link had got a proper look at her face and rather rudely he gasped and began to stare.
"What are you looking at?" Erza said menacingly, she didnt appriciate his reaction to her.
Link shook his head realising he was being rude. "Sorry its just … you look like someone I used to know."
Erza frowned but dismissed it, much to his relief, and handed back the bottle.
"So there must be a reason your up here in the middle of nowhere." Link said
"Yes, I was on a mission from my guild." Erza replied
"Guild?" Link looked confused, he had never come across the word before
"Do you have your head in the sand, guilds are everywhere. We are collections of mages that perform jobs for the general public. You must be in a guild if you possess that amount of strength." She stated enquiringly.
"Urm, actually I'm not in a guild at all, but they sound fun."
At that Erza smiled thinking of her comrades and the time they have spent together.
"Yes it is fun." Erza said reeminiscing her times with Fairy Tail. "I'm from a guild named Fairy Tail and was sent on a mission to clean out the area of monsters which I guess you completed for me."
"Hmm, sorry about that, you seemed like you needed help. You must really love your guild if you talk about them like that."
"Yeh. So what about you why are you up here?"
At that Link panicked slightly "Urm I'm here to … Take a look at the view…" He said unconvincingly, hoping she would believe him. She glared at him and he sweat dropped for not thinking of a better excuse. "Truth is I was told if came here I would find what I would need"
"Told, told by who?" Erza enquired something was up here.
"Doesn't matter, but I guess what I'm looking for will be through this door. Give me a hand." Link walked over to the large door and traced the motif in the centre with a slight sense of nostaligia. There was no doubt he was in the right place.
Erza wasn't quite satisfied with his answer but decided not to pry and walked over to help; she was more than curious as to what was behind the door.
They both approached the door and tried to push it open to no avail. Link frowned and thought for a moment. Looking behind them there was the small decorated circle on the ground with the same insignia as was on the door. Link walked towards it and told Erza to stand back.
"What are you going to do?" She asked confused.
"Just watch." Link replied as he reached into the tiny pouch. He pulled out a golden harp. It looked very similar to the hand harp Lucy's celestial spirit Lyra played.
Link closed his eyes and played the tune he knew best on the harp. The song played by Zelda on the day of the wing ceremony and the one she played when he had to leave. Erza thought the song sounded beautiful. It was so sweet and simple but at the same time strong and powerful. It was only now Erza got a good look at Link. He wore a green tunic with a matching hat, peeking out underneath the tunic was silver chain-mail. He wore leather greaves and gauntlets as well as a steel shoulder guard on his sword arm. Across his back was a standard sword and a blue kite shield decorated with a red bird and three golden triangles. He looked so calm as he held the harp close to his chest. With his eyes now closed, the ferocity that was there before had totally melted and she noticed out of the corner of his eye there was a single tear. She could tell this song was important to him and all to soon to soon it had ended.
Erza felt a whole mix of emotions "Link, that was beautiful." She almost whispered. But Link heard and smiled at her in thanks wiping away the single tear.
The markings on the door began to glow a bright green. The ground rumbled and the doors opened. Link walked to the entrance gazing down the new staircase a new look of determination came across his face as he stared into the darkness. Erza just stood there looking at the boy. Link raised his head looked straight into Erza's eyes.
He grinned and said "So, Are you coming?" Instictively Erza nodded and ran to his side looking into the depths. With one last glance at each other they descended into the darkness.
So that was the first chapter. Please tell me what you think, just in case you didn't know the song Link was playing was the ballad of the goddess, i realise the moment was cheesey but cheesey fluff is the best, expect more.
thanks for reading and i'll see you next chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or the Legend of Zelda or any of the characters and settings that will appear in the entire story. they belong solely to those who created them.