Prologue: The Champions' Ballad
"...Lead our Champions, Princess. And together, protect our kingdom from the threat of Calamity Ganon."
Zelda sighed inwardly. She would've done so out loud, but that would've caused Urbosa to investigate…
"Hmph." Zelda drew her gaze away from the slate to see Revali before her. "This is the Sheikah Slate, eh?" Zelda could feel Urbosa and Mipha looking over her shoulder as Revali pulled the slate from her hands.
Zelda cleared her throat. "It is. Apparently there are more uses for it than we originally thought. Sadly, we've yet to decipher all of its secrets."
Revali passed it over to Mipha, who turned it over in her hands curiously. Urbosa leaned in, a smile playing across her lips. "The princess showed me something strange recently. Somehow it can create true to life images."
Mipha looked up at her curiously before returning her gaze to the slate. "Oh, wow." She said softly, awe in her voice. She looked up at Zelda. "I would love to see it."
"Um, Princess…" Zelda smiled, and Mipha continued. "May I ask a special favor of you?" Mipha cast her gaze towards Link and Daruk, who were listening silently in the background. "Perhaps we could do one of these true to life images with… all of us?"
Zelda glanced warily at Urbosa before turning back to Mipha and nodding. "Of course."
They called for Purah, one of the sheikah experts on the slate, to take the picture. The researcher agreed quite enthusiastically.
The Champions stood side by side in front of the sheikah woman. "Keep your eyes on the Sheikah Slate, everyone!"
Daruk stood in the back, standing tall above the others. "Daruk, can you crouch down a bit? You're as big as Death Mountain!" Purah chuckled.
Daruk blinked, looking bashful, before crouching down.
"What's with the glum face, Princess?" Purah cooed. Zelda blinked. I wasn't trying to look glum. Zelda felt a tap on her shoulder before looking up at Urbosa. The gerudo woman gave her a reassuring smile.
Zelda sighed and turned back to Purah, trying her best to smile.
"Revali, move your tail closer to the group!" Zelda glanced at Revali, who was standing confidently, facing away from the others.
"Ugh, fine." Revali turned and resumed his confident stance.
"Mipha, you look so tense!" Purah gasped. Zelda turned. Wow, Mipha did look tense. Really, really tense. "Deep breaths, okay?"
"Right…" Mipha relaxed her shoulders and breathed in deeply.
"Perfect!" Purah smiled. "Just like that! Smiiiile…"
Just then, Zelda felt the wind whoosh behind her. "Click, snap!" Purah sang.
Zelda yelped as Daruk's arms crushed them all in a bone-breaking hug. She felt that knight crash into her on one side, Revali and Urbosa into the other. Poor Mipha was flung out in the front from the impact.
After that, everyone stood and brushed themselves off. Zelda looked at Purah to see her snickering.
"Purah? What is it?" Zelda walked over and peered over Purah's shoulder.
Oh. Of course. Zelda internally face palmed. Instead she managed a sigh of exasperation.
Purah doubled over in laughter.
Hi there! I'm Ari! This is my first story, so there may be a few mistakes. I try to take care of those, but everyone misses something sometimes. Review! If this is liked, then I will continue! Thank you for your time! Constructive criticism is welcome!