Hi there, folks! So, the prologue. If you didn't notice any differences from Wind's Breath in the Characters, you certainly will here!
Just so you know, the intro (and this story in general) WILL NOT BE EXACTLY LIKE WIND WAKER! Like the Wind Waker intro, it will summarize Ocarina of Time. HOWEVER, my intro will summarize Ocarina of Time and Four Swords Adventures. Why? Because this is going to be a series, called Legends of the Warriors. It's going to go through five, possibly six games, them being...
1) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Legends of the Warriors: What Time Begun) (THIS IS A POSSIBILITY)
2) LoZ: Four Swords Adventures (LotW: Moon of the Fourth)
3) LoZ: The Wind Waker (LotW: The Winds of Change)
4) LoZ: Phantom Hourglass (LotW: Life in the Sands)
5) LoZ: Spirit Tracks (LotW: Spiritbound)
6) LoZ: Skyward Sword (LotW: The Skyborn Clan)
Now, you may be wondering a few things. One is, What Time Begun is a possibility. AriaSnow has already done an Ocarina of Time/Warriors novelization crossover. And MoonscarOfDuskClan had started one as well, before it (unfortunately) was taken down. I don't really want to do it again, but I am given enough motivation to try it out, I probably will.
Next, the inclusion of Four Swords/Moon of the Fourth and Skyward Sword/Skyborn Clan being at the end of the timeline instead of the beginning.
BECAUSE I CAN.
Okay, no. That's only partially why. I kind of wanna try something new. I like the whole idea of Four Swords/Moon of the Fourth, and I really want to include it. (Plus, it was the first or second Zelda game I ever knew about. I don't remember. If Four Swords was the first, then Wind Waker was the second, and if Four Swords wasn't the first, then switch Four Swords and Wind Waker around.) Now, about Skyward Sword/The Skyborn Clan. I dunno, I wanna to mix it up a bit. Again, trying something new. The timeline's kinda odd anyways. Sue me. No, wait...DISREGARD THAT LAST SENTENCE!
Legends of the Warriors: Winds of Change
Prologue
Listen well to the story I'm about to tell you.
Once, long ago, there was an ancient, prosperous kingdom. It was blessed with beautiful forests, rich waters, and great, rolling fields. The three Leaders who watched over this land had left a gift for the cats who tread upon the ground. A great golden power, sealed away to prevent those with blackened hearts from reaching it.
The attempt was far from succesful.
A great evil cat found the golden power and took it for himself. He used the great power to seize control of the land and make the cats of the kingdom suffer for reasons unknown. But in the kingdom's darkest hour, a green-furred hero rose from the ranks of the people to combat this evil. His collar shone with the light of the Evil's Bane, and with its power, he managed to seal the dark one away. This hero, who had traveled between two times to save the land, was given the title 'Hero of Time'. And for many years, the cats of the kingdom rejoiced.
But the dark storm was just beginning.
Swiftly and suddenly, the great beast form of the evil broke its seal, with the help of an enraged wind sorcerer. It rose from the depths of the earth, and continued with its dark designs through the sorcerer. The last sighting Hero of Time had been hundreds of moons before. A new hero must rise. And one did. A new hero, green-furred like the first, had used the power of the Fourth Charm that rested upon his collar, and split into four. The four-who-are-one worked together to defeat the wind sorcerer and the great beast that had been his master. The four turned back to one, and the new hero was given the title 'Hero of Four', because he had split into four to save the land. And many assumed, with both the cat and beast form of the evil defeated, that they could finally live in peace.
But the storm hadn't ended yet.
Those who treaded upon the blessed land had forgotten the original evil, the cat, had only been sealed. All seals will eventually break.
Hundreds of moons after the Hero of Four's death, the evil managed to crawl back to the realm of the kingdom, and immediately resumed his unrelenting assault. The first thought was to find a new hero once more. The cats searched and searched, but there were very few who dared to challenge the evil. Those who did were easily slaughtered. The spirit of the Hero had abandoned them. Desperate and out of options, and with their destruction at hand, the cats of the kingdom could only appeal to StarClan. As their doom drew nigh, they left their future in the paws of fate.
What became of that kingdom?
None remain who know.
Rain bombarded Outset Island, the home of BreezeClan, and thunder crashed unessesarily loud, accompanied by bright flashes of lightning. Inside the Nursery, two twin kits were playing around with each other, and old enough to finally leave the den. But this was not a happy occasion. In fact, if anything, the parents were petrified.
The mother, a meadow-green she-cat choked, her emerald-green eyes brimming with tears. Her mate, a light brown spotted tabby, could only look on with fear and sympathy. Twins. He almost shuddered just thinking of the word.
"What are we going to do?" A dark brown tom, the father's older brother, asked.
"I don't know!" The mother wailed softly. "I just can't watch them be killed by our savage leader, Cyron!" She stared at her two kits. One had her green fur, with the light brown of his father on his hindpaws and forelegs, while the other one was black, with white on his hindpaws and forelegs.
"We can't keep them here," The father agreed. "The Clan has kept quiet about this, but we can't keep them here for the rest of their lives, or until Cyron dies."
"Once they step out, Cyron will see them." The older brother noted. "We're lucky that he's lost his mind and avoids the Nursery at all costs."
"Then what should be done?" The mother whispered.
"...We must separate them." The father murmured. The mother stared in horror. "I know it's hard, but what other choice do we have? If I take one kit and run, and you keep the other kit and his soon-to-be-born sibling, all of us could live safely."
"As much as I hate this idea, it's the best one we've got," The older brother sighed.
"Very well. I'll take Shad." The father bent down to pick up the black kit, who squealed in surprise and protest at being carried away from his brother. The father touched his nose to his other son's forehead, and whispered, "Goodbye, my son. Maybe I'll see you again one day..."
The mother licked Shad's forehead. "Bye Shad...be a good strong warrior for your mother, okay?" Shad mewed pitifully in response. The father picked up Shad once more and padded away from the den, toward the small wooden boat on the shore of the island. In moments, both his and the kit's fur was drenched and clung to their bodies. The older brother, his fur just as wet, joined him on the small craft, intending to return to the island of his birth.
The mother, with no one left to turn to, curled up with the green kit snuggled by her side. She stared forlornly and sorrowfully at the retreating silhouette of her mate, his brother, and their kit.
"Say goodbye..." She whispered to her kit. "Say goodbye to your brother, Link..."
"It's almost his time..." The meadow-green she-cat murmured. She was in a forest of stars, fitting for her starry pelt, and staring into a sparkling pool, which showed a green tomkit with her own pelt, but with brown hindpaws and forelegs. Her emerald-green eyes sparkled with a deep affection and the silver leaf-like mark on her forehead shone as if reflecting light. A starry she-cat, this one pale red with a silver flame-like mark on her forehead and ruby-red eyes, padded up to the Starpool to sit beside the meadow-green she-cat.
The red one humphed. "This is your chosen one, Emeraldstar?" She asked, voice clear with doubt and contempt.
"Yes. Yes he is," Emeraldstar replied.
"But he just turned six moons today! He's younger than the Hero of Time!"
"The Hero of Time started out six moons old, sister."
"But he finished his quest at the age of twelve moons!"
"True, but the only reason that happened was because we had put him asleep, so he would be mature enough to take on the role of the Hero when he woke up, Rubystar."
"Exactly!" Rubystar hissed. "He's barely old enough to be an apprentice! He's way too young to be a Hero!"
"Maybe you should be a bit more open-minded, Leader of Power," Emeraldstar joked.
"Well, Leader of Courage, where were you when your chosen Hero was born?!" Rubystar retorted.
"She was down there, watching him," A gray-blue she-cat with sapphire-blue eyes, a silver raindrop mark on her forehead, and the starry fur of her sisters replied. "She was always there."
"Wait, you mean you're-!" Rubystar cut off her own sentence, unable to finish the thought. She turned to the blue-gray she-cat, and hissed accusingly, "And you knew about this, Sapphirestar?"
"Well, it's quite easy to connect the dots if you think about it," Sapphirestar responded. "Emeraldstar didn't need to tell me about it. I figured it out on my own. It was a bold, foolhardy attempt. Have you learned from it?"
"Definitely," Emeraldstar smirked. Sapphirestar nodded, seemingly not noticing the smirk, and swiftly left the Starpool area, with Rubystar on her tail, leaving Emeraldstar to watch the pool alone. But she didn't mind. In fact, she'd rather watch this alone than with her sisters. It was the first time she felt that way about anything she did. They'd been a threesome in everything and anything, but now...Rubystar obviously didn't believe in her chosen one, and though Sapphirestar tried to hide her doubt, Emeraldstar had seen it in her eyes. Emeraldstar was the only one confident in her choice.
And frankly, she didn't care if they doubted her choice or not, because it was her choice, and her choice alone. She'd made the choice long ago, and it was far too late to change it now.
The Starpool showed the meadow-green tomkit sitting beside a smaller, pale blue she-kit and a white apprentice with silver points, listening to a pale blue elder tell a story. Her eyes softened with innumeral amounts of affection. "You'll prove them wrong, won't you my son?"