A/N: This story was written as part of the tumblr zelgan big bang of February 2016. So there are illustrations! Sorry I couldn't integrate them into the text, but that's not allowed on this site... If you want to see the illustration, it was done by tumblr user yappatan. Go to her blog or you may see it on the big bang page zelganbb.
To the eyes of one from the past, the current kingdom of Hyrule would appear strange. Most of Eldin province was abandoned in a terrible war centuries earlier, which caused the Hylian people to push west into the lands of Lanayru and Faron. The monster at the center of the war was unknown to Hyrule, and for the first time in recorded history, all three of the Triforce Bearers fought in unison to stop it- Wisdom, borne by the King of Hyrule; Courage, borne by a horse knight from the forest; and Power, borne by the Queen of the Gerudo.
The ensuing battle cost the lives of many citizens, and mortally wounded the Bearer of Courage. As a final act of bravery, the Bearer of Courage drove the monster into Death Mountain and sacrificed his piece of the Triforce to seal it, bringing an end to the war. In honor of the Hero's sacrifice, the Hylians and the Gerudo put an end to their differences and created a formal alliance between the two nations. The Gerudo used what resources they had to help the Hylians recover, and helped the Eldin refugees find homes. In time, the two nations became as close as the land and the sea.
With the sacrifice of the Triforce of Courage, the holy balance between the relics was broken. Now that the nations representing Power and Wisdom were at peace, there was no longer any reason for them to worship the Triforce in the same way as their ancestors. After determining that they were no longer needed in this world of peace, the remaining Triforce pieces faded away and eventually returned to the Goddesses. But should the power of the Triforce ever need to be called upon again, the Goddesses continued to point out which souls were blessed enough to bear their power.
One of these souls was born to the Hylian Royal Family under what their scholars called a "blue spell", the very rare occurrence of a blue moon on Nayru's Wisdom Day during the Year of Lanayru. Such an event only has a chance of happening once every twelve years, if it even happens at all. Not only was this child born on a day bathed in blue, but she was also blessed by the Goddess herself as the chosen descendent of Wisdom. She was immediately recognized as a child of destiny, and given a name befitting her appropriate ancestry. The girl was christened Princess Zelda Nohansen, descendent of the Bearer of Wisdom.
The significance of Nayru's blessing was not wasted on the Hylians. Their culture was deeply spiritual, and actively worshipped the three Golden Goddesses. In the midst of researching the circumstances of the princess's birth, scholars came across a prophecy buried in their texts, a prophecy referencing a child born under a blue spell...
