A/N and a bit of history: In Norse mythology it was not unheard of for man to wed an elf. Also in Norse mythology elves where tall as humans and beautiful, they were thought to be ancestral spirits.
Also, a few things have been changed, I think they will make the story better. I'm going to keep the title the same when you click on it but change it in the story. There are also a few minor and major changes to the story itself; for instance we no longer know Links original name his Norse father gave him, though there is a chance we'll eventually learn it if I can find something more suiting, and I've completely deleted chapter 1 because I think it takes away from the story.
Thank you all who reviewed and for your patience.
The Long Road Home
Prologue
The natural sounds of a village waking with the dawning light of morning were broken by a resounding cry of sorrow echoing throughout the small Norse village. The men become fully alert, searching for any danger. But the women knew what that cry meant and they felt the lingering fingers of grief reach deep into their souls, for that was the cry for a lost child.
Some of the women stopped what they were doing to make their way to the source of sorrow, in hopes of giving the poor woman comfort, only to fall deeper into the grief as they reached their chieftain's hut. This was far worse then they thought, for the chieftain to lose his son was a terrible tragedy and omen.
The grieving mother ran from the hut, throwing her hands to the sky as she screamed to the heavens, "Come back with my son!" Then she fell to the ground and wept, "Give him back to me!"
One of the women stepped forward to comfort the distressed mother. All she understood of the chieftain's wife mumbling and weeping was "…appeared…nowhere…woman took him…disappeared…only son…he's gone…"
The mother was playing over and over in her mind what had happened as she wept for her lost son, trying to fully understand it.
The beautiful Elvin woman had just heard her son stirring and was on her way across the large room to attend to him when out of nowhere there was a flash of light next to him. When the light dissipated the blonde woman was stunned into inaction, paralyzed by the site before her, for standing in the place of the light was a tall woman in the strangest clothing the Elvin lady had ever seen. She had long dark green hair and was holding what looked like a tall stave.
The strange woman looked over the little boy and smiled tenderly. "Hello young Prince. I have been waiting for you. I have come to take you to where you shall stay till you can go to where you truly belong." With that the mother watched as her only son was lifted from his bed before disappearing with the strange woman in another flash of light.
"My son, why has she taken you?"
Sailor Pluto held the nine month old child close as she passed through the time gate, knowing what significance he held for both the world she was taking him to and the one he had just left, only much later in time. She walked up to her time and dimension screen and began searching for the world she needed while the child in her arms played with her long hair. After she found the correct world gate she looked down to the happy child and saw his bright blue eyes staring up at her. He looked very much like his mother, with her blonde hair and pointy ears prominent.
"You, child, have a long journey ahead of you," Pluto smiled and touched his nose then laughed when the little boy blinked and giggled, too. "Your father gave you a very fitting name, you know, it will suit you for several years to come, possibly your whole life. It seems criminal to change it, but there is no choice." Pluto was thoughtful for a moment, then sighed and looked back at the gate. Before stepping through it she regarded the boy once more. "Where you are going your given name will be considerably out of place.
