1. Hero material?

I'd like to thank RyoshiMorino, Blizzaga Saga, Magus and a certain Lil' Taurus for giving me the muse to work on this story and I urge anyone reading this to read their collaborative story Release my story will be taking bits of lore from it. I appreciate any feedback or ideas.

Lemons/sex are on the following chapters: 10, ...

Everything seemed to shift and waver morphing from shape to shape as Link dreamed, a spiral slowly curling in an arc before the it began to sink starting from the center until the spiral resembled a deep hole. As he stood on the edge of the deep hole the ground seemed to rumble before the very depths filled with a shifting black mass that quickly flew up and into the sky. With each sharp whoosh produced Link could see that they were actually black scales, although with the sudden surge of their ascension the ground at his feet crumbled and he fell into the blackness.

As everything became solid black a bluish white light appeared far in the distance that seemed to waver this way and that as it came closer small wings could be seen on it as the fairy began to fly towards him. With a sudden rush the fairy flew into his face and everything became pale blue as he stood in shallow water not even high enough to cover his boots. While it wasn't deep the water reflected the room in it making it seem endless before his deep blue eyes fell on a single bit of land within the center of the huge room with a single withered tree standing in the center. However as he made a single step forward, the ripple traveled ahead of him and as it hit the island the ripple would spread out from the mass of land but it was now turning the water black. Before he could do anything the blackness had trapped his feet and a black figure rose out of the water before him and as it slowly opened it's eyes, a red abyss could be seen, which would flash sinking him into a void.

The red void seemed to suffocate him like it was blood trying to drown him as he sank deeper and deeper. However as he began to slow, the crimson started to form into shapes, humanoid shapes, with long limbs and a central body. It made up four distinct bodies standing around him as he stood on a wide platform overlooking a whole town while the giants stood to the North, South, East, and West. In unison they brought their arms up into the air as if praying which drew his eyes to the sky above him where the angry face of what looked like a moon was falling fast before a golden flash rang out.

The golden light seemed to blot with black revealing a sky of gold with black clouds crawling across it while black specs seemed to float up into the sky where chunks of earth seemed to float in place. It was then that he became acutely aware that he was being held in a sitting position, down around his chest were arms with skin that was toned black and blue with straight glowing blue patterns etched across the skin. The dusky pigment caused his eyes to gaze up along the being's shoulder where nearly neon orange hair fell across the skin beckoning the boy's eyes higher as he shifted to look behind him at the being holding him. Her face was the same pale blue as her hands with pale purple lips turned up in a gentle smile, then he'd find her eyes, sharp but soft as she looked at him with red irises framed by yellow sclera hooded by the same purple over her eyelids. Her appearance was stunning, otherworldly and the sound of her giggle seemed to echo around him hanging in the air around him before her lips parted speaking soft. "What's wrong? Am I so beautiful you've no words left?"

"Link?" Her voice reached the boy once more but his vision began to shift and waver once more.

"Link..."Her voice repeated again though the sound of his name began to waver like an echo as everything became distorted like the reflection in a pond as the water rippled.

"L...i...n...k..." One last faint echo hung in the air as it all fell away... and he woke up.

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"LINK WAKE UP!" The harsh gravelly voice of his brother boomed as his massive hands shook the blonde in his bed earning a tired and annoyed growl as he rolled away from him.

"Leave me alone... pretty blue girl..." Link muttered under his breath burying his face back into his pillow. Although the sudden silence should have been the first clue that something was wrong before his bed suddenly shifted from a horizontal position to a vertical one throwing link out onto the floor. "Dammit bro really?"

"Damn right!" The blonde glared at his brother as he smirked and set his bed back down on the floor. "You know the deal, no sleeping in on hunting days, get your stuff together."

"Screw you!" Link called after his brother as he ran out of the room presumably to get his own gear ready. With a deep sigh he lifted himself back onto his bed sitting up as he rubbed his face from the forceful expulsion of his bed. With tired sapphire blue eyes he looked around his room before looking down at himself, clad in simple white shirt and underwear for his sleepwear. A low groan slipped from his lips as he pushed himself up from his bed stretching while he felt the cool air drift in from his open window. Moving over to his closet with maximum effort link rummaged through it for his hunting gear; a simple green tunic with matching hat to blend into the brush, chain-mail in case of the hunt going bad, tan denim, and leather boots.

While he was getting himself dressed a small clatter could be heard behind him and the blonde whirled around in a flash bring back his left arm armed with his right boot poised to hurl it at the intruding rodent or insect, while he only had the right arm of his tunic on. While he was correct about it being a rodent, it wasn't a rat just his brother again holding his bow ready and a quiver full of arrows.

"Well... you're the very image of courage aren't you Link?" While his older brother smirked at how the blonde looked, Link took the opportunity to throw the boot at him anyway which thunked against his barreled chest before falling to the floor while he continued to dress himself rolling his eyes.

"Thanks for the arrows, paying me back for all the shots you made me miss last time?" The blonde smirked at his brother giving him his own sleight as he adjusted the tunic and chain-mail before fastening his belt and taking the quiver from his brother first to set it around his torso before finally grabbing his left over boot form the floor and slipping it on.

"Nah I just think you're such a bad shot that you need the extra ammo." As brother always do, they fought while he tossed Link his bow before leading the way down the hall and descending the stairs leading to the lower floor and the entrance to their home. While his brother's large build filled the hall with muscle as a thick as trees a feminine voice sounded from one of the lower rooms.

"Link, are you and your brother heading out?" The soft voice asked as the two teens reached the bottom of the steps. As his brother motioned for Link to stay he exited the house just before their mother came through one of the doorways leading further into the house.

"Yeah Ma, it's hunting season and you know how he is if he can't be the big bad hunter." As he spoke the woman's green eyes twinkled as she giggled before hugging him. While she was just slighter than Link himself, both her face and hair betrayed her youth as well as her vigor for life. Link knew their mother had adopted each of them very early in her life, probably no younger than sixteen as he was now, but she fought and raised them like a wild Ordon goat.

"Look over your brother Link, his heart is in the right place but he doesn't always look where he steps." Her soft smile reminded him of many of the young women he had seen in the streets of the kingdom to the north. Although her sheer will and strength made the knights look like children when she was mad.

"I will Ma, see you after a while." With a quick peck on her cheek, Link slipped outside to join his brother who was heading towards him coming from the barn after making sure to feed the animals. "Ready?"

"Are you kidding? I was born ready." Clad in rough black chain mail with black armored gloves covering his arms, his brother wore two massive swords on his back while he wore black leather leg covers and black greaves to match the gauntlets. Link had always though his style was tacky, it was like he was trying to imitate a Darknut from the ghost stories that the elders told children to keep them out of the ruins around the countryside. However after Link rolled is eyes he caught sight of a set of claw marks along the left gauntlet which brought to mind his memories of when a Ordon Grizzly had snuck up on Link during a hunt and the fact that his brother threw himself into the bear to save him was the only reason the blonde was standing there today.

"Well... Come on then." His blue eyes rose to meet the gold of his brothers before motioning towards the woods that surrounded their small village, the woods of the Ordon province were relatively average compared to the massive jungle that the Faron region had grown into. Although the village of Ordon laid along the border between the two regions, the brother's own village of Kokiri that sat on the Eastern edge of Ordon. According to the tales told around the village it had originally been populated by a race of forest spirits but they gave their homes to them out of good will and disappeared into the forest.

"Hey you okay Link? You don't usually drop our little exchange out of the blue." While Link didn't have expected his brother to catch a shift in attitude he could attribute it to the years they had spent together.

"Yeah just hoping to find something fast, I wanna go back to sleep," While it wasn't a lie, Link's words bellied a bit of humility from his brother's act to protect him. "Remember, Ma told us to look out for new plants to harvest on the farm."

"Yeah yeah I know it's not like we haven't scoured the whole forest for fruits and vegetables over the years, I'm more interested in finding new meat." As his brother spoke Link could hear the smirk on his lips earning another roll of his eyes before he reached a strange set of fresh prints in the earth they looked like hoof prints but they were bigger and deeper than any animal in the area even an Ordonian goat's, but something else was wrong it seemed like there was only a set of two feet... that couldn't be right.

"Quiet... Something is here." With the quiet command his brother crouched low following Link's lead, after years of hunting he knew Link was the more trained tracker trusting his instincts. In a simple fluid movement, Link moved his bow down his arm to grasp the handle while his other hand reached back into his quiver for an arrow before setting it and continuing forward following the tracks as they began to sink even deeper into the ground. The soft trickling of a river could be heard ahead and easily explained how the tracks sank further into the wet soil, slowly coming to the river's edge covered with loose sand and stones. A faint sigh escaped Link's lips as he stood again rubbing the back of his neck, the tracks had came to an end as if whatever had made them had vanished into thin air.

"What is it Link?" His brother questioned him confused, through all of their hunts they had never come across tracks like these before, neither the size, pattern, or depth; the set closest to the water even having a small amount of water pooled into the bottom of them.

"I'm not sure... I know these tracks are fres- what?" Link's words were cut off as the water in the print began to shimmer and tremble, just as quickly as the water had began to ripple the ground itself started to rumble as if something was moving underground.

Or charging...

"SCATTER NOW!" Reacting on pure instinct Link jumped to the side of the river, his brother mimicking the movement but away from Link as a massive creature narrowly missed them both with a massive spear as it dashed out into the river spraying water everywhere as ti swiftly adjusted its body with a sharp turn as it faced the brothers. The beast was easily two feet taller than his brother while it's upper body looked like that of a man and it's lower half being that of a goat with giant powerful legs that matched the tracks they had following however it's face was hideous like something mixed between a goblin and a boar as a pair of yellow tusks extended from it's drooling lips and it's glowing yellow eyes shifted between the two while Link readied his bow and his brother reached back pulling the twin great swords from their place on his back. "Be careful, this isn't some animal it was smart enough to use a false track to get the jump on us."

"Some giant pig isn't going to take me down!" His brother yelled as he charged the monster who now focused on him and readied it's spear to charge him. Despite the current it rushed through the water with a speed that was unbelievable for it's size though Link was slightly quicker, with a strong draw and fast aim the sound of an arrow slicing through the air could be heard of the thrashing water before being followed by a roar from the creature as it faltered in it's charge and reached for Link's arrow pulling it free from just above it's left eye, though at that moment the monster set it's raging eyes on the bowman only to receive a grin.

"Checkmate." Link lowered his bow s his brother laid into the monster with both blades across it's torso with enough power to launch it a few feet into the water face first, darkening the water with it's black blood.

"Oh yeah! I knew we had it Link, why were you so worried?" While his brother laughed proud of his kill, Link made his way over to him watching the body the whole time taking note of the black color adding to the river from the monster's open wounds.

"Well let's see, it had a weapon, it tricked us and ambushed us, oh and it's bleeding black." Link retorted before looking back up at his brother but what he saw made his arms go weak as he dropped his bow into the water and his eyes went wide.

The monster was charging again.

In that single moment Link could see that the wounds it took had barely cut through the skin let alone the hardened muscle beneath and the rushing of the river had drowned out any noise it had made as it climbed back to it's feet and readied it's vicious spear. Reacting on a dime Link threw his body into his brother shoving him backwards just enough to be out of the target zone.

"Ganondorf run!" The words were silenced as soon as they had come out as the monster rushed by the red haired Gerudo and it's massive spear tip sank past Link's chain-mail and into his side, the force of the charge alone sending the teen flying back to the river bank as a sharp crack to the back of his head made his world cut to black.