Story notes
This is meant to be read after reading the original fanfic, though I suppose that (with some confusion at first) it can stand on its own.
This is not simplified bonus material, it is a full fledged and drastically alternate version of events, a full 11 chapters, about 21,000 words total.
I tried to follow the logic and lore I set up last time, but eventually in some places I let the story tell itself rather than try to mirror all elements I included last time.
To avoid confusion I will be labeling each chapter with letters vs. numbers
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Prologue
The story is exactly the same up until the Temple of Wind and the face off with the fire dragon, after this point things take a tragic turn in this new second half of the story.
the ice dragon Yubreit was heavily wounded and unable to recover from his injuries after the battle with the dragon of fire, he was able to follow the group as they progressed further into the Temple of Wind but was helpless in the next battle.
Without the ice creatures assistance, the fight against the Fire Demon went drastically wrong.
The battle went mostly the same, up until the demon got ahold of Links son.
When Chirin was captured it was not Yubreit who came to the rescue.
Zelda in the warrior form of Sheik tried and failed to rescue their son, quickly rendered unconscious with a blow to the head.
Chapter A
Link with his power as a Tenshioni fired an ice attack before swooping in to try and free his child from the Demons grasp, As Link stabbed into the beasts paw it lashed across the heros back with it's free hand, talons tearing through his armor with devastating force. Its claws bit mortally deep into Link's flesh, the demon's dark energy seeped into the Kings blood through the vicious wound. Link gasped and recoiled from the pain and shock, a hot gale force wind from the beast sent him and his freed son to the ground. Chirin spread his wings wide and landed on his feet but Link hit the stone floor with a sickening thud feathers scattering, the King had succeeded in freeing his son from the Demons grasp but the wounds inflicted left him helpless to fight or even stand.
Upon being freed Chirin managed to strike the demon in the face with a blast of light energy, blinding him at least temporarily if not forever. The giant beast tore violently through the room trying to find the boy who blinded him, crashing into the walls and clawing at the floor. All the while Chirin was scrambling to get his father and Sheik onto the back of the ice dragon who at best would be able to help them escape out of the temple and into hiding back at the cave where Yubreit and Chirin first met.
Damn you! the creature of fire roared
Chirin and the Dragon made their way out past the Demon as silently as possible
Damn you! It roared again You cannot escape, even if you evade me here and now fate will still haunt you! The demon of black feathered wings will arise, born of a mother dead and mothered by a devil's child." the flaming demon rumbled again this time with a growling laughter that stayed deep in its throat. "One day soon he will come, and as the Hero of Time and The Child Chosen by the Goddesses rest in their untimely graves the world shall come to an end at his hands!"
The beasts words echoed in Chirins mind as they slipped past the monster.
The group swiftly made their way out of the temple, Yubreit pushing his wounded body to function and carry his precious load, Chirin working to be sure neither dismounted as they exited the Temple of Wind and made their way back to the dragons place of hiding.
Yubreit half laid down, half collapsed as they reached the depths of the cave, Link and Sheik slid off onto the cold slick floor. Kaeporas ghostly form appeared before the young prince who was somehow managing to stay calm and collected as he tended to the wounded.
The dragon was alert but his breathing was abnormal and course, wounds that had almost closed from the battle the night before with his fiery counterpart had reopened, oozing blood. Link was in terrible condition, the amount of red across the dragons back where Link was just moments before alarmed the boy, but at least his father was awake
Mom! Chirin said shaking the form of his mother cast in the masks guise of a Sheikah noting the blood on the back of the warriors head. No response, panic raced through the boy as he checked to be sure Sheik was breathing, he let out a sigh of relief Mom is out cold the boy announced as he got up.
Dad, I will be back, I am going to go find you a pink fairy Chirin said, making haste as he turned to leave the cave.
Kaeporas heavy voice reached his ears It will not do any good.
The prince turned, his eyes were fearful as they met the gaze of the ghostly form of Kaepora.
Navi was in the winged heros hand as he laid on the cold earth "Even if we could call upon the help of my fairy sisters" the little glowing being said in a shaky voice "they cannot help him now, last time the healing hardly helpedthe way his Hylian and Tenshioni forms are bound resists the power my sisters have"
Chirin's winged form melted away has he returned to the Kings side, kneeling amongst his fathers feathers. The child's pleading eyes looked up at the sage.
Kaepora sighed, his voice somber as he spoke If the demon had perished, if my true form had been restored I would have been able to perform a risky move, binding your fathers two forms, saving his life at the cost of his true self, he would have had a fighting chance but in my current state there is nothing I can do nothing can help, not even a healing fairy.
The sages next words fell heavily
Chirin, your father is dying.
The prince sat there, unable to speak through the torment his soul now faced.
The Sage could not even bring himself to meet the young boys gaze as he delivered his next words the wounds inflicted on you are not natural, like a poison the creatures dark energy will continue to seep into you, with each passing moment the pain will greaten I am afraid you have been cursed to suffer an end far from peaceful
As the news began to sink in all fell still and silent.
The tragedy at hand struck Link less harshly than his son, as The Hero of Time Link had prepared to meet death every day of his life in the future that almost was. The King turned his head as best he could to look upon his queen in the guise of Sheik, hoping Zelda would awaken, that he could at least speak with his princess just one last time.
Chirin sat silently with his father, hands on his shoulder, numb to the world around him. As time past Links strength began fading fast, the pain ever growing, his numbing fingers fumbled over the clasp holding the Ocarina of Time to his belt.
The King held the sacred instrument to his chest
Chirin, I know this is so much to ask of you but, please, you know the songs face went white, his heart raced, the words drifted through his mind I the song of healing/I Chirins desperate gaze drifted to the still motionless form of his mother clad as Sheik. The poor dragon could sense that the spirit of The Hero of Time was fading, and understanding the bond these three shared was nuzzling the listless form trying to rouse the unconscious warrior.
Link said once again, he calmly grasped one of his childs motionless hands, the boy met his fathers sad peaceful gaze.
Son I am so very proud of you. his voice wavered and yet at the same time was strong and calm My life was incomplete until you and your mother came into my world and brightened it I love you both so very much. Every day during that future that almost was I lived on the edge of death, ever prepared to have my life snuffed out I am relieved that death avoided me long enough to have you in my life
A wave of pain from the cursed wounds across his back caused Link to tense with agony, Chirin seemed to snap out of his shock and grasped his fathers hand. The intensity subsided and Link relaxed, ever weaker than before It grieves me to be unable to say goodbye to your mother but I can feel the spark of life quickly fading within this broken body of mine, the curse is tearing at my soul, and we have no idea when Sheik will wake up.
The little blue fairy was sobbing in his palm Links voice was sweet Thank you for taking care of me all these years, but now you must take care of Chirin. The fairy looked up to him, forlorn. Reluctantly Navi left his hand and settled atop Chirins hat, still sobbing softly.
The pain rippled through him again, this time worse than before. As Links tattered body relaxed his reassuring voice broke the silence of the cave.
Please son the songs purpose is to ease such suffering
He dared not say it to Chirin for the weight of seeing his father suffer from such a fatal wound was already so much but the song held another purpose: to heal ones dying regrets. Link regretted that with the Fire Demon still alive he would be leaving such a heavy burden for his son to carry, that he would be unable to fight alongside and protect his child any longer regret lingered over the fact that time did not allow him to see Chirin grow, find love and form a family just as he did Regret haunted the fact he would be unable to live long enough to become a grandfather.
Tears came to Chirins eyes but he quickly wiped them away and silently took the ocarina from his fathers hand.
Thank you. Link said weakly, using the very last of his strength to wrap his child in the loving embrace of his arms one last time.
As Link lay back to the stone floor strewn with blood and fallen feathers, the young prince began to play the uplifting and yet sorrowful tune of The Song of Healing.
Link smiled weakly at the irony of this song applying to him, after he himself had issued such kindness to ease the pain of Terminas finest heros.
The Kings eyes closed softly as the weight of his torn body melted away.
The heros form vanished into a swirl of dust and feathers with a clatter a mask bearing the face of a Tenshioni hit the floor, white feathers drifted slowly into a circle around it.
Chirin crept forward on his knees and dearly picked up the mask. The young prince held it to his chest and silently wept.
With the death of the King the ghostly form of Kaepora vanished, the Sage was only able to speak in spirit form through Link for the hero had taken within him the essence of the medallion of Wind.
Moments later an owl came silently soaring into the cave and landed alongside the grief stricken prince. Kaepora was once again restricted to this one form... the Wind Sage was also once again rendered voice-less, unable to communicate to all through spirit form and unable to ever speak again with the one being that could ever understand his words in this cursed form.
As day progressed into night Sheik awoke alongside the dragon who was still breathing coarsely. Head throbbing and eyes blurry it took a while for the Sheikah to make out anything in the dim light cast from Navis glow. As Sheiks gaze met the form of Chirin sitting silently in the corner with the owl leaning against him the first emotion to strike was confusion.
the Sheikah questioned quietly upon realizing he was not with them.
Chirin, heartbroken all the further by the sound of his fathers name let out a shuddering sob.
Sheik crept over to where Chirin was sitting and realized what the boy had his arms wrapped around.
the strong voice cracked.
Sheik stood in shock for a moment, unable to believe what this mask signified. As the red eyes met the tearful blue of the prince Zelda removed the Sheikah mask and fell to her knees at Chirins side, embracing him. The boy began to cry loudly into his mothers shoulder, Zelda doing all she could to comfort him but she herself needed much consoling.
They had failed in their quest, and Link, the King of her country, her greatest love, the father of her child, had paid for their failure with his life.
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Author's notes:
..Okay I warned ya'all it starts off tragic ._.
(seriously though I dunno how I can stand to write some of this stuff... my muse is evil I swear.)
After, jeeze, just over 2 years since Winged Ones ended I was suddenly inspired to do this.
I am perfectly happy with how my other fanfic went and in many ways still like it better, but man did I ever swing for the "happily ever after" outcome on a lot of things.
This time let's take a darker turn into what could have happened.
I hope you fans of my last fanfic enjoy this project, I gave up like every ounce of my free to time to get these words out of my head, words which popped up oh so suddenly when someone handed my writing muse a cup of coffee and woke her up.
This fic is done already but it may take a few days to get it fully posted. I wanted to be sure I had a full story before posting, I myself haaaaaaaate when I am following a story and then the creator(s) just stop and never finish ;A;