AN: If you haven't noticed already, there isn't a whole lot of dialogue in this story so far. That's because proper dialogue (proper in my eyes) is extremely hard for someone like me. Each story has a special tone, each author their own special way of writing. This is partially conveyed by their characters and dialogue. It's hard to put a tone of voice, an expression, and just pure emotion into words being spoken out in text form, for me at least. Each word affects and displays how a character acts, talks, feels, thinks, etc.
I truly look up to the authors and writers that can display such well-based characters and make them seem so lifelike, so genuine in their acts that you can't help but think they're real people. Something that's been stressing me out the most is Miss Kei's dialogue. She's an OC, a blank slate that I've slowly been molding into shape. If you look back and isolate parts of Miss Kei's dialogue and actions, you'd see that they're pretty generic and standard, and I really just don't like that. It's a godsend to me that Link can be mute or just not talk a lot, as his expressions have already been formed and a foundation of his character is already set for me.
If anyone has any advice as to how to make proper character dialogue, please feel free to review or PM me.
In a distant cave on the Isle of Patch, a distinctly large Beowolf was resting on it's forepaws. It was an Alpha, and it's age was shown by the scars that decorated it's fur. The multitude of spikes that jutted out of pitch black fur and bone armor it had built into it's torso and legs. The most notable part of it's body were the intricate designs of it's bone-mask. It was a peculiar thing, red lines that was akin to paint dotted and framed it's face. Around it were it's pack in their den of oddly colored rocks. It was a strange den, but it became one they called Home. It was almost sundown, the hunters of the pack getting up to make their nightly hunt.
It was then that the Alpha noticed the pack missing three of it's young, only confirmed by the rest of the pack as they noticed and searched. They had gone out prematurely it seems, wanting to test their mettle. Although the Alpha mentally praised them, it knows that it has to keep them in line with the pack. The pack hunts together, they strive off of each other.
Just as it was about to signal some of the hunters to search for their missing kin, a slow gust of wind echoed throughout the den-cave. It resonated with the oddly colored rocks and brought in something foul to them. Light, a heavenly voice bringing news of a great battle, of a great and holy Power.
Before they could react, a sudden red streak of light burst from the Twilight sky above, almost unseen in the orange lighting of the sky, reaching into the cave and ricocheting off the rocks. The rocks shone and reverberated, shaking the walls of the cave itself with the intensity of an earthquake. The Alpha quickly jumped to all fours and snarled, telling the pack to leave their home. It was time to move, and the pack knew it. The pups were carried by their mothers' fangs, with the hunters leading the way.
As they were leaving, the color-rocks started imploding, shaking with such an intensity that the wolves felt the vibrations in the air on their fur. They started imploding in sets of one, then three, then eight, then 10, and more and more kept imploding. Red streaks of light trapped the Alpha as they bounced from rock to rock, it being powerless against the force as it tried to push it back with willpower alone. The Light burned it's flesh, searing in another set of scars along it's fur.
The Light started coalescing, completely enveloping the den-cave as the last of the rocks imploded, the remains of the rocks started resonating with a strange new power. The Beowolf howled in agony, it's pain and plea for it's pack to run far far away thick in it's voice, so the pack Ran.
As the pack fled, the light began to dim, a silhouette being shown in the midst of it all. Out of the fray came a horrific beast. The Beowolf-no-more had it's fur singed off, it's black skin slowly turning to a stone grey. In place of it's spikes and armor were shining red Crystals, all oozing a primal sense of Power. It now stood on it's hind legs, as it's forelegs had been maliciously deformed to the red Crystal substance, acting as pesudo-arms. What changed the most was it's face, the bone-mask now having juts and stalactites of Crystal running along where the red lines used to be on its now broken mask. Dark Red eyes gleamed with agony, pain, and hunger.
The Beowolf-no-more hunched over, the crystal-arms being too heavy for it's new form, and the monster huffed. It needed to feed. It needed Power.
"Alright team, I propose we split up into teams of two!" After Link played his song for the family, they decided to help him as best they could. So with an energy and mood that Link didn't think they could muster at the time, the broken family rushed on into the surrounding forest, eager to start looking for anything that might belong to the boy. It was only when they realized that said boy wasn't following them and they didn't know where he could've lost his stuff. They quickly ran back to see Link staring right back at them with a deadpan.
After that embarrassing turn of events, Link led the search group to the shore he washed upon and they were mesmerized by how beautiful the setting was. The Sun was high in the sky, and only just started setting from it's high noon, and it reflected it's light upon the bay. The sand was a bright white, the sunlight pronouncing the granules. The crystal clear waters glistened as they slowly washed in and out, small waves caressing like furls over the sheets on the bed that is the ocean.
It was here Link communicated with Ruby yet again in another intense session of Charades, the Xiao-Long side of the family looking at the display awkwardly. Ruby, being the sole "translator" for Link, was examining him with rapt attention, his every motion a thousand or more words computing into her little brain. It was Link that suggested they split up, Ruby just taking the glory of the idea for herself unintentionally.
Yang, with her, *ahem*, admiration for the boy quickly shone through, "Hey Sis! How about you and Dad make a group and I'll go help Wonder-Wind over there." The blonde suddenly but in with a wink, on hand on her hip with the other hand in a fist with the thumb used to gesture to "Wonder-Wind" who was standing by with a blank look on his face. The over-protective and slightly overbearing father that was Taiyang was obviously skeptical about the idea, and was quick to try and separate the two.
"Did you just call him 'Wonder-Wind' dear? And no, Link will be going with me while the two of you go look for his stuff at the other side of the bay."
"Daaaad~" two voices drawled out in exasperation, used to his instant protective nature for them, especially when they were around boys.
"Don't you talk back to me young ladies! Now come on, Link's waiting." The Sisters looked over to the blonde boy, seeing him sitting against a half-buried boulder, looking out to the ocean with a lingering sense of longing. They were confused, was his stuff all the way in the water? He noticed them looking at him patiently, so he got up and dusted his tattered clothes off. It was time to get to work.
He was paired with Taiyang apparently, and he was hoping that his recent help with the house chores had eased his relationship with the older blonde. Tai noticed the boy's uneasiness around him and was struck with a pang of guilt. He had not meant to act so harshly to the boy, it was just in his nature as a father who lost too much. He didn't want to lose his daughters as well after all. Placing a strong, rough hand against Link's shoulder, hoping to convey to him that he meant well. It worked, and the boy's spirit was lifted with a goofy grin and a laugh. He quickly said two words that the father could clearly make out surprisingly, surprising him even further with a cheerful voice.
"Thank You!"
The child-sailor then pointed towards a thinning crest of the bay, wanting to start from there it seemed, and ran over to the spot with a childlike glee. Taiyang could only watch him in bemusement as he himself calmly followed after the younger male through the sand, the sea breeze caressing him with a gentle and cool touch. Here was a boy they hadn't even known for a week yet, but he already affected their lives in such a drastic undertone whether or not he knew it. Tai swore he would protect and help the boy in any way he could from now on. It was the least he could do.
"This sucks!" Complained a blonde haired brawler, kicking at the sand and rocks despondently. She had wanted some alone time with Link! They had moved towards the opposite crest of the bay, now looking amongst the rocks for anything that might've washed onto shore.
"C'mon Yang, it's a scavenger hunt, for weapons! I can't imagine why you'd be so upset, think of all the cool stuff Link probably has! Maybe he has a rocket hammer that can pummel crush metal like a tissue! Or a cool magic sword that shoots lasers! Ooo, Ooo! What about a special mechanical bow with a million different combinations of dust arrows?! Or or..." Yang Xiao-Long droned her sister out as she went on another tirade about weapons. She was used to them, and she loved her sister very very dearly, but she couldn't keep up with the weapon talk at all. The little Rose forwent with trying to find weapons, eager to speculate about just what kinds of weapons their Blonde tenant could have.
Yang sighed as she looked forlornly at the other side of the bay, only to see Taiyang laughing as Link tripped over a rock and face-planted into the sand. They were getting along, she realized with a small grin. She might as well have fun if they were. She called upon the Ruby Rose shushing method, a special shushing method she used whenever her little sister went on too long with some random topic that was usually weapons. She took her by the shoulders and shook her little sister up, knowing that the vertigo would go away with the help of Aura.
"C'mon Rubes, how about we actually go find the weapons?" The Big sister asked her smaller counterpart with a big grin, gesturing to the pair across the beach. Ruby quickly stopped talking, used to the Ruby Rose shushing method (as much as she opposed said method) and quickly looked over to see link on the ground, laughing with her Dad that was hunched over him. She smiled at her bigger counterpart, ready to keep on looking for any cool things that might belong to Link. It was then the Rose caught a glimpse of Forest Green in the corner of her eyes.
Striding across the rocks carefully, her agility thanks to practice with her semblance, she reached the rock the cloth seemed to be stuck on. It was the same color as Link's shirts, she realized, but fully intact and only slightly wet with sea water. Curiosity growing, she pulled it out of the rocks with some effort, careful not to rip the fabric.
It seemed to be some sort of pouch as she held it out in front of her, but it was a strange one. It was conical in shape, with the bottom tip of the Forest Green pouch fluttered softly in the sea breeze. Slightly dismayed at not finding a weapon, she decided to call upon her older sister for any useful insight.
"Yang, come look at what I found!"
The girl was already on her way, wondering what Ruby could've possibly found. It looked like some sort of weird stocking that was clearly Links, maybe he had that sort of fetish? He did wear those weird tights underneath his shirt and tunic. As she mentally filed that bit of info away, she examined the cloth more carefully, puzzled by what she was seeing.
"Is this a weird bag or something?" She asked Ruby with a scratch of her head, only to get a reply in the form of a shrug.
"I dunno, but it looks cool! What if it's some sort of magic bag?! Link's gotta have a magic bag!" The little weapons-connoisseur tried to dig through the cloth, looking for any sign of it being Link's magical bag. Alas, her efforts were for naught as all she was awarded with was a slightly wet hand and a slightly crumpled "magic bag".
As Ruby sulked over the loss of over her magic hand, Yang sighed and shook her head in slight exasperation. It was then she saw a glint in the rocks, the bright sun reflecting off a golden surface. Was it buried treasure?! Were they going to get rich?! With thousands of thoughts streaming into her mind, the girl clumsily ran over the rocks of the bay, hoping to find some booty.
Well it wasn't booty, but it sure was something. As she neared the glint, she noticed that it was a pair of rings, bracelets not unlike the ones on her hand with one leaning on top of the other, both shining in the sun. Teenage curiosity peaked, she walked on over to the bracelets, only to find some sort of break in the rocks she was approaching. Reaching her destination, she peered down and her jaw dropped at what she found.
Calling it a simple hammer was doing it injustice. The rod that was holding it up was at least three feet long and separated into three sections. The first section was a hilt wrapped in a bright green ribbon overlapping itself, with a silver hunk of metal that was crudely attached on to the bottom tightly. A base wood rod was the next section, obviously somehow keeping the whole thing intact with the last section being layered in a cone of the same metal as the one attached to the hilt. What was the most defining part of it was the fact there was a Giant Skull that seemed to be molded into the hammer, it's mouth a flat chunk of the same metal as before, except for the fact that it seemed as deep as the length of her arm.
It was huge! Slightly morbid if anything, but still just as awesome. She could only assume it was belonged to Link along with the very shiny bracelets. It was nice to see a boy with a good taste in fashion, she noted, so she took the bracelets and stored them in her vest pocket as she tried to carry the humongous Hammer, only imagining the praise she'd get from the boy. Luckily, Yang was a prideful woman, and she took pride in the strength cultivated into her growing career as a huntress, so when it didn't budge an inch, she looked down at the Weapon in anger and annoyance. There was no way in hell she wasn't bringing this back to Link, potentially losing this chance to gain some points in his book! (Assuming he even has a "book".)
She channeled her anger, violet amethysts eyes turning an angry crimson with Golden hair radiating flickers of flame, and heaved the mighty Hammer with almost little to no trouble. Grinning to herself in satisfaction, she ran all the way over to her little sister, swaying in unbalance as the hammer shown it's weight once more. Looking at her sister as she approached, she was happy to note that if this was a cartoon, Ruby's jaw would've dropped all the way to the ground and her eyes would be bulging out of their sockets.
In fact, the little brunette seemed to be drooling a bit, crouching low ever so slightly with a glazed look in her eyes. That was weird, it was almost like she was about to jum-
Just as they were about to finish up with their search, Link and Tai heard Ruby cry out in frantic tone, and hurried over as quick as they could.
"Ruby! Yang! Is everything alright?!" Tai shouted worriedly, rushing over to where he last heard the voice with Link hot on his trail and his Wind Waker poised at the ready. It was when they saw Ruby drooling over a slightly grotesque Hammer and Yang groaning on the ground that Tai realized what happened. Going over to reprimand his daughter, he stopped in his tracks as he heard a boyish shout of joy, looking over to see his younger male companion running over to Ruby.
Link began bowing before Ruby in the same manner as before, with Ruby not noticing as she seemed to be molesting the hammer. Taiyang groaned as he raised a hand to his forehead. Where did he go wrong with raising his daughters? No no, wait. Blame it on Qrow. Always blame it on Qrow.
Somewhere in a bar located in the City of Vale, a gruff man that was in the middle of drinking suddenly sneezed into his mug, inhaling the rest of his beverage by accident and began choking. It was a sorry sight.
Back with our search group, Yang recovered from the surprise attack in the form of a jumping Ruby Rose, only to see the boy she so admired praising her Sister for all of her hard work! Wait a minute girl, you still have his shiny bracelets! With this new thought in mind and hoping not to come behind her Sister of all people in Link's book (again, assuming he has a "book"), she quickly composed herself and tried to get their attention with a cough. It worked, and in time too as Ruby started giggling to herself with a faraway look.
Link stopped halfway in his praising ritual, Taiyang a few feet behind him while muttering weird things to himself. Something about kids? Anyways, he looked at the Blonde girl that was handing him a pair of golden bracelets with a smile. With another one of his Goofy grins he was quickly getting known for, he jumped onto his feet, took the bracelets and proceeded hugged the girl in thanks. Yang could only file this away as a victory as she melted into the smaller boy's strong arms, a heavy blush and a satisfied, distant smile on her face.
Taiyang stopped his muttering to check up on his kids, only to see another weird sight. Ruby was back to giggling at the Hammer, her hands surveying as much as of the surface area of the Weapon she could whilst drooling profusely over the skull at the same time. Only a few feet away was his other daughter in Link's arms, eyes glazed over with a beet red face and a slightly perverse smile as he hugged her in thanks. He did the only thing he could do at the time. He brought both hands to his face and he wept.
AN: Time to answer some questions you might be having, like for instance, why is Yang of all people swooning over Link so much? To answer that let me do a brief analysis of Yang's character in the anime, cartoon, web show thingy that is RWBY.
Yang Xiao-Long is a brash and prideful woman, with a motherly instinct cultivated for taking the place of Summer Rose as Ruby's mother figure. She's also a heavy flirter and maker of really, really bad puns. She's headstrong and she knows what she's got so she flaunts it and likes to show off. It's obvious that she's used to males chasing after her, and uses it completely to her advantage in a variety of situations.
Keep in mind that this Yang Xiao-Long is 14, if you somehow didn't piece that together already. She's getting to the age of her... growing stages and she's having yet to adapt. Boys are starting to be seen as cute to her and Link just happens to be perfect for her. She hasn't had to grow her flirting ways yet, and is unsure of what to do with boys. But she's still prideful and she works for what she wants, as is shown (hopefully) in this chapter. The sheer ironic nature of Yang swooning over a boy is hilarious to me, as I could never see it happen no matter how infatuated she would seem to be.
The next question might be how exactly am I gonna fuse the two universes together. Well, hypothetical and disembodied person on the internet, I'm going to be grabbing select elements from the Zeldaverse as a whole, as the concept of space-time can explain everything. I obviously won't jam a whole lot into one package, like having Midna show up or something, but it'll be subtle. The setting is of course, The World of Remnant.
That brings me onto my next hypothetical question that is probably most likely to be asked in the back of your head, am I going to be doing a lazy time-skip (No offense to any writers who have done this, it's just how I see it) to Beacon? Well, no.
I wanted to make a Wind Waker crossover, and Link being the age he is (which is 13 just to clarify, in this story at least) is part of what makes Wind Waker the game it is. What's the point in bringing him over only to have him grow up three years later all of a sudden?!
I can easily see the appeal in having Beacon as a foundation for a RWBY fanfiction though, it is where most of the show has taken place after all. But the fact that A. There has been countless of other fics all placed in Beacon and it's kind of insane. B. Legend of Zelda is also made up of it's exploration as was shown in big parts in both Wind Waker and the new release, Breath of the Wild, so what's the point of having him settle down in a school just waiting for things to happen? And C. I've always been fascinated with the World of Remnant, with it's intricate history and the mystery of what's yet to be discovered because of the Grimm, it appeals to me. It's why seeing the season 4 character short and intro hyped the shiz outta me.
I also plan to take a break soon, as I've been tossing chapters out left and right and it's obviously a new and tiring experience for me. Hope that's enough of an info-dump, because that's all you're getting for now. Just know to look out for what I mentioned, and leave a review or any sort of advice you might have. Thanks!
