So I finally got started on the prequel to Zelda Heroes. Welcome to Zelda Adventure 2! I'd write Zelda Advenure 1, but I don't have that one, so 2 is just as good. I own nothing!


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Chapter 1: Confusion, Pursuit, and False Imprisonment

Monday, 07:42, Hyrule Castle Town

Link stretched and yawned as he went over to collect his complementary meal that the inn had given him for staying the previous night. He wouldn't have bothered, but his trek across Hyrule had taken him to Hyrule Castle Town in time for night to fall and, rather than sleep on the ground outside, he decided to check into the local inn. After eating groggily, reviving a bit over a cup of coffee, he returned his key to the innkeeper and thanked him for his service before scratching his head and heading for the door. No matter what, he just wasn't a morning person, as he had been reminded on numerous occasions.

As he stepped outside, it became clear that something was amiss. Come to think of it, the innkeeper had been a bit nervous, and the inn's eating area had been a bit more crowded than usual. Maybe he should have paid attention to what they were talking about. The streets seemed fairly empty and there was the sound of explosions on the other side of town, as well as signs of military activity.

Wonder what's going on? He wondered. Suddenly, several Hylian soldiers ran up, garbed in their usual mail and helmets and armed with their usual spears. Link was about to ask them what was up when they shouted at him and pointed their spears in his direction.

"There he is! Get him!" one of them exclaimed.

"What? Hey!" Link dodged the foremost soldier's charging thrust. "What are you doing?"

"Get that devil!" the captain barked as the other soldiers charged.

"Yikes! I'm outta here!" the hero said, dodging the strikes and running off down the road. The soldiers were in hot pursuit. "I've heard of training drills, but this is ridiculous!" he quipped, dodging into an alley and sprinting past several garbage canisters, knocking them over as he went. Some of the soldiers tripped and slipped, but the rest bounded over the obstacle and kept going. "Uh, oh!" Link ducked a couple of chucked spears and then turned a corner, leaping off of the nearby walls to get to a rooftop. "Man! What did I do this time? Did I take Zelda's shampoo or something?" Another spear narrowly missed his arm and he decided to ponder this later, taking off along the roofs. He jumped a gap and sprinted along the next rooftop.

"What do you think you're doing?" the captain shouted. "Get him!" He ushered his troops to the roof. "You!" he pointed to one of them. "Go get backup!"

"Ahh!" Link slid to a stop as several soldiers jumped out from behind some chimney pots and other roof paraphernalia.

"Got ya!" one of them shouted. Link dodged his spear swipe and kicked him into his mates, making them collapse in a metal heap, and ran off as they were trying to right themselves. "Blast!" the guards shouted after him. A few spears soared over his head as several soldiers jumped over the edges of the roof and tried to hit him. He dodged with a few handsprings and kept running.

"Hurry up and fire!" a captain shouted ahead as his troops set up a cannon.

"Holy Goddesses!" Link exclaimed as the cannon fired with a boom. He quickly sprang off the side of the roof and ran along a street with the Pegasus Boots' trademark puffs of smoke coming from his heels. "These guys are crazy!" More soldiers were waiting up ahead behind a makeshift barricade. "Farore's Wind!" He fired a burst of air from his hand and scattered the troops backwards before bounding over the fortification and speeding away down the street as they tried to rally themselves.

"Get him!" several more squads joined in the chase around this point.

"Oh, man!" the hero whined, ducking down another alleyway.


Link finally collapsed behind a pillar in the center of town, panting and sweating. He had been giving the soldiers the runaround for a couple of hours, and he finally seemed to have lost them, or, at least, convinced them to take a break, too.

"Why are those guys after me, anyway?" he muttered, gasping a bit. Suddenly, loud, clinking footsteps met his ears and a hard impact smashed into the pillar he was hiding behind with an almighty crash. He leapt away and saw a large, armored figure, swinging a hefty ball and chain over his head in continuous orbit. Link rolled to the side as the Elite Soldier threw the weapon again, smashing into the building behind him. "Oh, great…just my day…" The ball went flying back into the ES's hand with a quick jerk and he began swinging it again. Link drew his sword and shield. "Looks like I'll have to take him down," He jumped over the ball again and ran up to the large soldier, taking a swipe. The blade glanced off of his mail and the hero had to backflip out of the way as the ball came back again. Rolling to the side, again, as the ball came smashing down, fracturing the pavement, he aimed his sword. "Din's Fire!" A fireball shot out and exploded against his face, temporarily blinding him and causing him to drop his weapon as he clutched at his hot helmet in pain.

"Curse you!" the man's muffled voice came. Link dashed up and cut through his chest plate with a Jump Slice, also causing the ES to stagger backwards as the armor fell, with a heavy clunk, in two pieces, revealing the chain mail beneath. "Urgh!" he drew a weighty blade and took a swipe. Link deflected the blow with his shield, but was knocked back, arm throbbing, from the impact. Jumping away from another impacting blow, Link countered with a shield attack to the face and a Helm Splitter, performed just right to destroy the helmet but not hit the guy's head. Landing behind him, he used a jump attack to stagger him forwards. "Why you!" he spun with his heavy sword. Link ducked and jumped up, bashing the ES in the face with his shield. The man looked dazed and then fell backwards, landing with a loud thud.

"Whew!" Link wiped his forehead and put his sword and shield away as he backed up a few paces. "Glad that's over, now to make my heroic esca-Huh?" He shouted, seeing a sudden flash of blue light and a spurt of blood.

"Gah!" the ES shouted before going limp.

"What the Dark World!" Link grimaced. Atop the dead ES, holding the hilt of the two-handed sword that was plunged into the man's chest, was a man with lilac hair, topped with a droopy pointy hat. He bore a stark resemblance to Link, but his tunic was blood red with black mail underneath and black slacks. His gloves and boots were a light blue and his eyes were crimson. "You must be the reason that those soldiers were chasing me! Who are you, anyway?" The doppelganger sneered and held up a glowing, white jewel that was shaped in the likeness of the light emblem. "That's a Sacred Jewel!" Link shouted. "What are you doing with that?" He drew his sword and shield, charging at his double. "Say something, you fake hero!" He vanished in a blue flash before his blade could make contact, causing Link to have to stagger to regain his balance. The hero turned, looking around agitatedly, before spotting the doppelganger a couple of yards from him, blade in hand. He's fast! he looked at the glowing jewel and remembered the blue flashes. No! He's using the Sacred Jewel and warping!

"My name is Knil," the look-alike declared in his dangerously soft voice. "I am the world's ultimate being!" He charged forward, putting away the jewel, and took a powerful, two-handed, downward strike. Link blocked it, feeling his arm go numb from the force of it, and retaliated with a spin attack. Knil vanished with a blue flash and reappeared behind him.

"Wha?" Link spun as Knil raised his left hand and exuded a magenta aura.

"Anti-Energy Cannon!" he shouted. A beam of iridescent energy fired from his outstretched hand and tore through the air. Link rolled aside as it destroyed the pavement it passed over and tore through several buildings, leaving nothing behind but the wreckage of the rest of the structures as they collapsed.

"Holy…" Link scowled, face twitching a little with shock. "Blast you!" he turned to Knil. "What kind of monster are you?"

"Hmph," Knil fired a volley of energy blasts at Link as the hero charged forward. He deflected them with his Mirror Shield and took a series of swipes at his doppelganger. Knil deftly blocked them and kicked Link in the face with a roundhouse kick. The hero flipped and landed on his feet as several more energy balls came flying at him. They exploded in series as they struck around him, barely missing as he hopped skillfully from spot to spot.

"Din's Fire!" Link shot three fireballs at Knil, but he exuded a yellow aura and they exploded harmlessly against him. What is he? Link thought angrily. Knil raised his hand again and glowed magenta. Link braced himself for the attack, but Knil suddenly stopped and looked over his shoulder.

"It seems that the time for our little game has expired," he smiled malevolently. "Farewell," He vanished in a blue flash.

"Hey!" Link exclaimed, taken aback at the sudden departure. "Get back here, Fake!" What seemed like the whole Hylian Royal Army suddenly came surging into the area. "Uh, oh…"

"Surrender now!" the commander demanded. "If you don't come peacefully, we will resort to force!"

"Okay, okay…I know when I'm beat…" the hero sighed, dropping his sword, shield, and belt packs. Several soldiers charged in and tied his hands with tough cord, though with more force than necessary. "Ow! Watch it!"

"Quiet, you!" one barked, smacking him on the back of the head. "You're in no position to talk, murderer!" Link grimaced at the name.

"I hope I'll, at least, get a fair trial," he said, attempting a misplaced joke.

"Not if we have anything to say about it," another soldier growled. "My friend would be enraged if he thought that his killer might get off scot-free!" Link exhaled and decided not to try and set them straight. Who would listen to him, anyway?


Monday, 13:21, Kakariko Village

"Magie!" Romani came rushing into Lucius's room at the Kakariko Inn, her red hair flying behind her, with a copy of the Hylian Newsletter in hand. The mage looked up from the book that he was reading, looking at the young woman, clad in her white and blue blouse, purple dress, and basic archer's shoulder plate and torso guard with a quiver and bow held on her back by the same leather bandolier that held the guards.

"What is it, Romani?" the blonde mage inquired, smoothing the front of his faded robes. He had red eyes and long, blonde hair that was bound with a piece of cloth. "Did the price of candy fall again?" He smiled slightly at his own joke.

"No, no! Look!" she shoved the newsletter in front of his face. He took it and examined the headline.

" 'Known Hero, Link, Arrested For Crimes Against The Kingdom And Wanton Burglary and Murder'…" he read aloud. "…killed 11 civilians and 23 Hylian soldiers…stole the white Sacred Jewel from the Hyrule Castle Town Museum of Natural Art…taken to the Desert Prison, a maximum security prison…"

"Grasshopper would never do any of that!" Romani insisted passionately. "We have to save him!"

"Romani," the mage replied, calmly setting the newsletter down on the table and looking at her. "Several eyewitnesses saw him do it, and-"

"That doesn't mean anything!" the woman snapped with watery eyes. "You can't just-"

"I don't believe that Link would do those things, either, but we cannot simply break him out of jail," he continued placidly.

"Why not?" a silver-haired Gerudo came through the door. "Can't see a problem with a good, old-fashioned jail break," He smiled in his cocky, self-assured way.

"Of course you wouldn't, Zlon," Lucius looked at him, seeming quite unperturbed that the short-haired male Gerudo had been eavesdropping outside the door. "As doing illegal things doesn't perturb the average thief,"

"Hey! There's nothing average about this thief!" the Gerudo replied, looking mock-hurt.

"A-HEM!" Romani interrupted. "We need to go rescue Grasshopper!"

"Well, I refuse to condone an illegal action," Lucius crossed his arms. "We need evidence that he is innocent and then we can petition for his release,"

"Too messy and time-consuming," Zlon objected with a distasteful expression. "How about this? Me and Romani will go sneak in and steal a key from the warden, and then we can let him out and escape,"

"How do you intend to do that?" the mage inquired with a quizzical tilt of the head.

"Uh…well, something will come up," Zlon answered assuredly.

"That is completely reckless," Lucius had to struggle not to hit his own forehead.

"Well, Romani's going for it," the rancher girl declared. "It's better than sitting here fighting!"

"That's the spirit!" Zlon agreed loudly, holding a fist up. "Let's go!" They nodded to each other and turned to leave.

"Wait," they turned as Lucius stood, taking his aged wooden staff in hand. "I'm coming too,"

"I thought that you didn't like illegal stuff?" Zlon teased with a smirk. The mage shrugged.

"I'd be worried about you, otherwise," he sighed. "Best keep you two where I can keep an eye on you," Romani giggled.

"Well, thanks for worrying about us," she said with a smile. The mage simply shook his head and lead them out, locking the door, and went down to the large rowboat that sat out front.

"All right, get in," he stepped aboard, sitting in the back seat, next to the tiller. The other two boarded and took the front. "Okay…liftoff!" the boat ascended into the air at a quick pace and shot off into the distance.

Here we come, Grasshopper! Romani thought, staring determinedly ahead, despite the stinging air rushing by.


Monday, 07:22, Sacred Temple of the Triforce atop Mt. Power

It was a tall peak, situated in a remote corner of Hyrule, part of the Snowpeak mountain range, they called it Mount Power. Atop this lofty peak, wreathed in cloud, was a large, stone shrine. Several yards tall, it was, and the top was only reachable by a long set of stairs. Those who ascended could see the source of the golden glow at the apex. Of course, this man was not normal and had no need of stairs. He could fly, and landed, quite easily, at the top of the stairs, with a rustle of his robes. He had light gray hair, which hid his right, red, eye, and wore a dark blue, pointed hat, adorned at the crown with some gold and a red jewel, that drooped into his long locks. His tunic and pants was a light purple, bound with a gold belt with a clasp that looked oddly similar to his eyes, and his short pants were red. On his feet were intricate, red sandals that were held on with three interlaced straps. He rounded the whole ensemble off with a dark blue cape that was clasped with a round, golden brooch over his chest. He grinned in childish glee of a youth that had found a secret candy stash and wasn't going to share, as he gazed at the sacred relic in front of him. Three large, golden, spinning triangles that were floating together in midair.

"Ahh! Here it is! The Triforce!" he said with glee. "This relic is completely for someone like myself!" He stepped forward to claim his prize, but someone stepped in front of the brilliant radiance, holding a thin blade.

"Stop right there, yeah?" she warned. The woman, known as Ashei, had been the guardian of the Triforce for a while, and wasn't about to let this wind mage, with his constantly moving hair and cape, take the relic on her watch.

"Who are you?" Vaati demanded, taking in her greaves, metal shoes, red pants, metal lower torso armor, bulky metal armguards, metal gloves, quiver and bow on her back, black hair that fell down the sides of her face, and set, brown eyes.

"I'm Ashei, the guardian of the Triforce," she replied coolly. "Get out of here, if you know what's good for you, yeah?" Vaati chuckled.

"You won't stop Vaati from getting a treasure," he grinned evilly. "I'm the greatest thief and treasure hunter in the land!"

"Humph, yeah right," Ashei scoffed. With a childish giggle, the mage fired several energy balls at the guardian. She deflected them with her sword and charged, taking a swipe at him. Vaati flew backwards and threw a mini-tornado at her. She jumped back and pulled the bow off of her back, firing a fire arrow. The mage barely dodged it, but was caught in his right shoulder with an ice arrow.

"Ow!" he fell to the ground, barely righting himself in time to land on his feet, his shoulder covered in ice, and pulled out the arrow. Ashei was on him quickly, swinging at him with her sword. He whipped out he blade that he had hidden under his cape and deflected the blow before firing a burst of air into her stomach. She reeled through the air, righting herself at the base of the stairs.

"Not bad," she admitted, feeling a bit winded. Vaati grinned, but stopped when he looked up at the shrine.

"Hey!" he shouted. Ashei turned too and saw a greenish-skinned, red-haired man with a prominent nose, dressed in black armor, complete with a red cape and a yellow jewel on his forehead. He held the Triforce triumphantly above his head.

"This will work much better than the Sacred Jewels or, at the very least, will let me find them if my compass-" he began to monologue to himself.

"Ganondorf!" Ashei exclaimed angrily.

"So that's Ganondorf…" Vaati added calmly, arms crossed.

"I'll be taking this, if you don't mind!" he barked, starting to fly off with the artifact.

"Not if I can help it!" Ashei declared, firing a light arrow. It missed Ganondorf and, instead, hit the Triforce. Several glowing white cracks appeared in it and twenty-four fragments went flying in all directions. Vaati let out a cry of dismay.

"Agh!" Ganondorf growled, looking around in vain for the missing pieces. "Well, no matter, I'll just go after the jewels like he said…" The Gerudo King flew off in bad temper. Ashei glared after him, but her attention soon shifted as Vaati seized her by the collar.

"Look what you did to my Triforce!" he yelled, shaking her. She forcefully slapped his hand away.

"It's not yours, yeah?" she retorted, turning away and crossing her arms. "Besides, if it's in pieces, I can restore it. Go home, yeah?" She took off down the mountain.

"Hmph…I'll do no such thing…" he grumbled. "All the world's treasures are mine to keep!" He flew off down the opposite side of the mountain.


And so an epic begins! Chapter 2 is written already, so it should be up soon (if not immediately). R&R!