Please Note:
1) This contains LinkxZelda, if you are a fan, good, if you are not a fan of this and really don't want to read about it, leave now to avoid disappointment. I doubt this is the case however because I made the title the way it is so it would be easy to find if someone was looking for a ST ZeLink FanFic. Also that was the best part of the ST story =P
2) If you have time and want to make this story grammatically better, copy and paste what I have, correct it, and send it to me. Also post Corrected By: ***** so you get credit.
3) This typing is Zelda's thoughts. This is Link's. This also indicates reading
This is a tale told in Hyrule of the great heroes Link and Zelda, the heroes who, after defeating the Demon King Malladus, had a great adventure. It is a tale in which the past met the present and they had to face the same troubles as their ancestors. This is a tale of adventure and romance. This is the Legend of Zelda: Reawakening.
This story begins in the princess, Zelda's headquarters…
"Oh so that boy definitely wasn't pulling my leg then?" Teacher asked.
"That's right, Teacher he was telling the truth. I thought you believed him; why else would you try to find me?" Zelda replied, as she signed another piece of paper.
"I-I what?" Teacher stuttered "How on earth did you know that?"
"I told you, I was a spirit; I was with him the whole time…well most of the time. I think you must have met him before because you seemed to recognize him."
"I see…." Teacher said "Zelda….you wouldn't happen to be pulling my leg, would you?"
"Of course not, Teacher! There's no reason for me to make up something like this!"
"You're quite right, Zelda." Teacher said "And I will admit it has been a rumored for a while the Spirit Tracks have been disappearing, and a youth riding the fabled Spirit Train has been restoring them."
"See? We've been telling the truth!"
"Hmmm yes…I suppose you are. All the same, a Demon Train? That sounds quite preposterous!"
"It's real, I tell you!" Zelda exclaimed "What about those dark trains that stopped the other engineers from doing their job? Those were real!"
"Hmmm…you are proving a good point."
"Oh! And those items from my story! The Lokomo Sword and the Bow of Light…Link still has them, I'm sure! He's still riding the Spirit Train too! And if we go back to where the Demon Train crashed, you can still see its pieces lying around."
"Couldn't those be from any ordinary train crash?" Teacher asked skeptically.
"These are much bigger than any ordinary train parts, MUCH bigger, you would know if you saw them. I can show you if you want!" Zelda exclaimed. Teacher paused, and after awhile he finally said
"Well….you have me convinced."
"Really!" Zelda asked excitedly
"Why of course, if you're willing to give me undeniable evidence I must assume you're telling the truth…and anyway I still haven't heard from Cole, maybe we need a new chancellor…?"
"I'm fine without one, to be honest." Zelda said.
"Yes I quite agree you're capable on your own. At any rate I am sorry for distracting you from your work, forgive me."
"Don't be…" Zelda said darkly looking at the huge amount of paper work. She had fallen far behind since she had lost her body. Teacher chuckled at this remark and spoke once more
"Zelda…are you going to tell the kingdom what you have told me?"
"Well of course I am!" Zelda said "Link worked tooth and nail to save me, at no personal gain, he deserves some credit!"
"I agree, but I must warn you to be careful how you tell them this. You're still young and shouldn't expect them to readily believe what you say."
"I know," Zelda said "that's why I'm trying to convince you first, I need an argument ready." Teacher nodded and continued to watch Zelda do her paper work. He wasn't always around when she did this, but sometimes the princess would have trouble and need help understanding certain things. Now that she had a lot of work, Teacher decided to stay with her until she finished it all, as she was more likely to need his help. As it so happened Zelda stopped on something and asked "Teacher…what's this?"
"Hmm?" Teacher looked at the document Zelda was holding, it was titled 'Royal Bodyguard' "Ahh…yes…well the kingdom has become more concerned with your safety since the incident with Cole, and quite a few have asked that we set up a bodyguard for your safety."
"I'm not a little kid!" Zelda cried "I'm fourteen years old! Why on earth would they think I need a bodyguard!"
"Don't fret; you don't need to pass this!" Teacher explained
"That's true but what if they're persistent with this? Then I will have little choice if I don't want to upset them."
"You may be able to avoid this if we add more guard positions." Teacher suggested
"That's true…" Zelda said "But why are they so upset over one little incident!"
"Zelda, you frightened us to death when you disappeared, but that's not all. You see your grandmother Queen Tetra had many bodyguards, indeed these guards founded the kingdom with her. She lived a long healthy life before dying, in contrast your mother Zelda the first, had no body guards. She died young, so the people of our kingdom are thinking…" Teacher trailed off, looking at Zelda who seemed upset. "I-I'm sorry Zelda, that was incredibly insensitive of me."
"It's ok…" Zelda said thinking of her dead family and how she became an orphan.
"R-right….a-as I was saying…the people of Hyrule are afraid you may end up…well-"
"The same as my mom?" Zelda finished
"Y-yes." Teacher said.
"I see…well they have a point, so I will leave this one for now." Zelda sighed.
"Good idea." Teacher encouraged. There was an awkward silence, then Zelda returned to her work without further interruptions. Meanwhile a similar conversation was being held by Link, Alfonzo, and Niko. Link had given his account of the story, showed them both the Spirit Train and all the weapons he had gathered on his adventure. To his surprise however both of them accepted what he said without question, even before he started supplying evidence.
"You've convinced us already, Link." Niko said "Why do you insist on more evidence? Do you think I would have made all that artwork for your story if I didn't believe you?"
"I know you believe me." Link said "I just don't get why."
"You've changed, that's why." Alfonzo said. Link looked confused, Niko elaborated.
"Link, you're a very different boy than when I last saw you. You have always been a kind young lad, but before you were stubborn, lazy, and irresponsible. Now look at you, a hardworking responsible young lad. You've proven yourself truly worthy of the name Gonzo gave you: Link!"
"What's so special about my name?" Link asked.
"Link was the name of my old friend, and the first king of Hyrule. He was a brave young lad who saved our leader Tetra from the clutches of the vile Demon King…oh what was his name?"
"Malladus?" Link supplied
"No…no this was a different evil king….ahhh yes Ganondorf!"
"My grandfather said his name was Ganon…." Alfonzo said
"Well yes…that was also his name, at any rate this young lad had put his life on the line many times and had shown true bravery. He rescued Miss Tetra from Ganondorf and set off and founded the land of Hyrule. He claimed to have had a second adventure with Tetra but I think he was dreaming…nevertheless a good show of art if you would like to see it."
"Erm…not now, Niko."
"Oh yes I'm getting ahead of myself." Niko said "Anyway after fighting many battles and saving our beloved leader he set of to found the land of Hyrule…along with yours truly!"
"Wait wait wait…you founded Hyrule!" Link asked incredulously.
"Sure did!" Niko said with a smile. Link looked at him skeptically for a few moments before Niko added "Well…I was a part of the crew and so was Alfonzo's grandfather. Won't let an old man have his pride will you? Oh well back to my story…Link founded Hyrule and as an honor we had our officials and guards dress like he did. For some reason the recruits bear the most resemblance." Niko said looking at Link's clothing. "But you see after all of his valiant deeds, our young hero preformed his bravest deed ever…do you want to hear it?" Link nodded, his interest rising. "Very well...the brave thing Link did….braver searching the unknown for Hyrule…braver than defeating the evil king was…marrying the princess, Tetra!" Niko finished laughing like crazy at his last sentence. Link had no idea what was so funny about this, apparently neither did Alfonzo who barely chuckled at this. "You don't get it do you?" Niko asked still laughing a bit. Link shook his head "Well…I suppose you wouldn't would you? But trust me if you met her you would know why that was such a brave thing to do."
"Why? Was she not pretty?" Link asked thinking of Zelda and wondering how this could be possible.
"Pretty? Why she was beautiful! But…she was scary too, believe me! And where were we? Oh yes your name! Well you see fourteen years ago my old friend Gonzo had come to pay a visit to introduce me to his grandson Alfonzo. While he was visiting a small basket washed up on the ocean. Ahh this was nostalgic, the ocean, our origins…at any rate we looked in the basket and saw a small baby child. Blonde hair, blue eyes….this was you, Link! Gonzo and I looked at you and both thought of our late king Link. I decided I would take you in as my roommate, and raise you. Gonzo decided to name you after the great hero, hoping you would be as brave, and because you looked a bit like him. And that's that, that's where your name came from." Niko smiled and looked at Link "My goodness you do look like Link, Link."
"I guess I do." Link said looking at himself, although he would, of course, have no idea what Link had looked like.
"Nice to see that you didn't fall asleep for once too." Niko said "Ahh I should have brought out my masterpieces!"
"It's ok, Niko." Link said, he knew the old man could go on forever when he had his artwork out. There was a sudden knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Alfonzo called.
"It's the postman!" The postman replied "I'm here to deliver a letter to Link!" Link opened the door. The postman smiled his buck tooth smile at him. "Hey Link! I have a letter from the Captain of the Guards, I think he needs a delivery or something, oh and he has a new training program ready. Say are you a soldier and an engineer? Would that be like a soldgineer? Oh—sorry I got carried away, here's your letter!" The postman handed Link his letter and took off. Link read the letter:
Dear Recruit
The princess Zelda has foretold the possibility of more soldiers being added to Hyrule's forces. Since you're an engineer as well as a castle guard I decided I would leave it to you to pick up materials for new weapons. Come on over to the castle with at least twenty blocks of iron. When you're done you can try a new training program I have just for you. Can't wait to see you
-Russell
"Looks like I'm going to the castle." Link said.
"Is that so?" Niko said "Well, see you later, Link!" Link boarded the train and waved goodbye to Niko and Alfonzo, who waved back. Being unable to choose between engineer and warrior, Link had become both. With the Spirit Train and rumors of his adventure with Zelda, Link was known as a legendary engineer and (less known) swordsman. Whether people believed Link or not about his adventures he was definitely the fastest engineer in the kingdom. This was due to the fact that Link and Zelda had never told anybody else about their ability to warp the train. Link intended to keep it this way; it kept him far ahead of the game and earned him more rupees. He felt guilty at times keeping it a secret but he had figured it out on his own and the words telling one how to use it were still there. Link felt justified and letting them figure it out for themselves. Using a few of these short cuts Link found himself at Goron Village in no time. A few of the Goron kids were in the hot spring and they waved at him. Link waved back and headed west. He found the metal he was looking for and purchased it. With some help he managed to load it up on the train. Taking a short cut through the tower of the spirits Link made it back to Castle Town.
Link made his way to the Castle Guards near the front
"I made the delivery Russell asked for, mind helping unload it?" Link asked
"You got the metal we requested? Excellent! But I'm afraid we can't leave our posts for the time being, hang on let me call some free guards." The guard replied. He called out and immediately guards came forth. They went to unload Link's train Link went with them but was called back. "Hey I suggest you make your way to Russell instead, don't worry we have the delivery taken care of. I think he's been meaning to see you for awhile." Link nodded and headed towards the training room. If he was honest with himself he had been hoping to see Zelda, if even from her window again, he had highly doubted that he would see her but it was still a disappointment all the same.
"There you are, recruit!" Russell called "Come on over here, I have a new training program for you. Oh and how did that delivery work out?"
"All went well, thank you." Link said "So what's this new training program?"
"Glad you asked. You see these three men?" Russell asked. Link looked in the direction he was pointing and saw three guards.
"Yes."
"Well these are our most serious, highly trained, soldiers."
"And you want me to fight them?" Link asked
"Now that's the spirit!" Russell said "Let's see if those stories about you are true. Come on men, show no mercy!" the guards nodded. Link couldn't tell what was different between these and the guards he normally fought. Although soon he found they were indeed as Russell said, stronger than the average guard. They immediately surrounded Link poised for battle. "Erm…wait you were only supposed to face him one at the time-" Russell trailed off as Link used a spin attack, the guards all blocked it but slid back a few feet from the impact. Link ran to an individual guard and began slashing at him, he managed to block all the attacks and the other two were coming to enclose Link in their circle. Link quickly ran back to avoid this, although this turned out to be a bad move. Now, all three were in line ready to back him up against a corner. As Link was backing up he decided he better truly give his all and began to send sword beams at the guards. He caught the first one off guard and it resulted in the soldier losing his weapon, the other two learned from his mistake and were able to fend off the attacks.
"I've lost." The soldier who had lost his weapon said backing away as Russell yelled
"What the heck was that, Recruit! You didn't tell me you could use magic!" And he began to laugh. Meanwhile the remaining two were continuing to close in on Link. Link decided it was time for the great spin attack, in a whirlwind of blades Link knocked over both guards; another lost his spear and gave up. Link returned to the final soldier on the grounded and pointing his sword at him, the soldier chuckled.
"I guess we lost, huh kid? Gee they need to think about giving you a promotion huh?" Link laughed and the soldier smiled as Link helped him up to his feet.
"Outstanding job, recruit!" Russell yelled despite the fact he was a mere two feet from Link. "I say you could outdo the legendary Alfonzo one day, if not now!"
"Thanks Russell." Link said "Need anything else from me today?"
"Not today, recruit, you worked hard so get a good nights rest and come on over tomorrow." Link nodded and set off towards the train station, he passed Teacher who set off immediately to Russell and began to have a conversation, Link couldn't catch anything they were saying, and he only saw Russell shake his head a few times. On his way to the train station Link looked at the stair case leading the area were he had his ceremony. Only one door after that and he would be in Zelda's headquarters. Link sighed; he missed Zelda very much and was wondering if perhaps she simply forgot about him. No Link told himself there's no way she would forget something like that. Perhaps she didn't want to see him because of his lower class? Come on, you know Zelda isn't like that so don't even kid yourself! Link took his bag and began to look inside it, after searching through old letters and various weapons Link found what he had been searching for: The Spirit Flute. He had forgotten to give this back to Zelda and had been meaning to mail it for awhile but hadn't gotten to it. Maybe I could go into her headquarters now and give it to her?Link thought. No…that's just ridiculous; don't make a fool out of yourself. You simply don't barge in on a princess because you have something to give her; she's probably very busy and doesn't want to be disturbed. Link sighed pocketing the flute and set off for the train station, on his way there though someone called his name
"Hey, Link!" Link turned and saw the postman with another letter. "I have another letter for you from the princess Zelda. I was thinking when she gave me this 'wow another letter for Link' you must be a popular guy huh, Link? I was wondering where I would find you; you engineers are ALL OVER THE PLACE! Good think I found you here though, saves me a lot of work…oh and before I get carried away here's your letter." The postman, done with his monologue, handed Link his letter. "Well see you later!" The postman said and walked off. Links heart pounded a little faster as he opened the letter which said:
Dear Link
How are you? I'm sorry I haven't kept in touch with you over the last few days, I have been very busy and Teacher has been keeping me at it. He left just recently so I'm taking the time now to write you this letter. Hopefully I will be able to get it in a letter box before Teacher comes back, otherwise I suppose I will have to sneak out and do it at night, tee hee. I was wondering whether you would like to spend the day together five days from now. Teacher reckons I should be finished with my work (for the time being) in five days. If you would, please meet me in my headquarters at noon in five days. I will tell the guards to let you in. Knock first before you enter! I hope you come, I will be there nevertheless. I will work extra hard to be sure I'm ready.
Much Love
-Zelda
PS: I think you still have the spirit flute, would you mind bringing it? I want to have it back, thanks.
Link read the signature several times "Much Love, Zelda…" Grow up, she didn't mean it like that.Link sighed, but smiled. Zelda had not forgotten about him, and he would get to see her in five days. He should have known she would be too busy; she had spent a lot of time out of the castle after all. Now humming to himself, Link boarded the Spirit Train and set off to Aboda Village.
Minor spoilers: I do not intend to Star Wars this and make Link and Zelda brother and sister or cousins. I just think Link's the only person Tetra would go for and she had to find somebody seeing how she had a family.
