Hello everyone! It is Rytex, once again. I am here to unveil my new series, which currently has no name. I will be replacing this post when it actually has a name.
In the meantime, this story basically is a MaLink novel. It will introduce my fictional land of Cryonia to the readers.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Legend of Zelda. If I did, we would have a timeline out and open to the public by now.
Chapter 1: Return
Link got off the ship, sighing in relief.
It felt good to be home.
He stretched very luxuriously, then led Epona off the ship after him.
The docks had been constructed as part of Hyrule's continuing expansion. They had soon hit water, and thus they needed a harbor. So they built it, then decided to build an entire town around it. The resulting town, Harbor Town, soon became about the same size as Castle Town and Kakariko put together. While Castle Town was the political capital of Hyrule, Harbor Town was by far the cultural and economic capital as a result of sea trade. After seven years of searching, he had finally given up hope on finding Navi, so he decided to return to Hyrule. The ship had taken him here to said town.
He mounted Epona and she trotted slowly along the streets. He was clothed in a dark cloak with a hood pulled up. He couldn't risk the Royal Family finding him. Zelda might understand and empathize, but King Rolynd wouldn't.
He slowly made his way past the endless shops, buildings, stalls, and businesses until he found himself on the main road.
He dismounted when he saw a scrawny boy his age knock over an older woman's stand when she said something he didn't like. He had two large, burly men on either side of him. His hair was rather oily and brown. When he turned his head near him, his face was discernable. It had many freckles, and he bore a striking resemblance to Mido.
Link walked up to them.
"Is there a problem?" he asked in a low voice, standing between the two.
The boy laughed very unpleasantly.
"This is no matter of your concern, stranger. Now go or I will let my guards at you." he said menacingly.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." he said.
"Pfft. You don't scare me. Now move."
He shoved Link with one hand, but Link didn't budge. Then he pushed more forcefully. Nothing.
Finally, he reared back and was about to punch Link, but Link batted the hand aside effortlessly and elbowed him in the gut. The boy collapsed, gasping.
"G- Get him!" he groaned.
The two men advanced.
Link laughed.
"This is hardly fair!" he complained.
"I don't care. Get him guys." said the boy.
"Not the outnumbered-ness. It's just, they don't stand a chance."
By now, a small crowd had assembled around them.
One man threw a punch at Link, which he dodged. Then he kicked the man in the left side of his rib cage. He was rewarded with a sickening crunch, which meant that he had broken four of his true ribs and a false rib.
The other connected a punch to his left side, which he shook off and countered with a kick to the groin.
The man groaned and collapsed.
The first man had gotten back up and spat out some blood.
"Come on. Is this all you've got?" Link taunted.
The man pulled out a set of brass knuckles and put them on, but didn't see Link put his Iron Boots on.
Link batted another punch away, then kicked both the man's shins, totally destroying the bone.
The man collapsed, and continued shuddering.
He walked over to the second man and stomped on his groin. The man cried out.
Then Link looked back at the boy, who had a look of fear on his face.
"Don't hurt me!"
"You just sent your men to hurt me. If I were you, I'd hire better guards."
He grabbed the boy's shirt and pulled him up against the wall.
"Don't let me catch you doing this again."
There were shouts from people who wanted him to punish the boy. Apparently, he was a source of trouble.
"Hey! You! Put him down!"
Seven guards were running at him.
Link cursed, then punched and dropped the boy, removed his boots, and ran back to Epona.
Once he was on her, he spurred her toward the East Gate.
He made it out of the city quickly and rode off toward Lon-Lon Ranch. No horsemen pursued him.
He sighed with relief and slowed Epona to a trot.
He followed the road until he saw familiar land in Hyrule, namely, the Hyrule Field he had explored.
He smiled and rode to the ranch slowly.
As always, R&R please.