Tales of the wild

a X-over between

Breath of the wild/Tales of Symphonia

Disclaimer: I do not own Tales of Symphonia or Breath of the wild.

Before you start: please note that English isnt my first language. It is possible that there are mistakes in this story. That said, have fun reading :)

Shorter chapter, will be followed by a pretty long one. Please consider leaving a review or a nice comment (Thanks so much for thinking along, EMP!).

Kratos did not much like how long the ride took. It was still faster than walking of course, but still, the temptation to just take the horse and go rose. But he chose to ignore this. It seemed the people were struggling as is. He wasn't heartless.

Finally, they stopped at the building shaped like a horse's head. The stone structure close by had an interesting shape, but what really caught Kratos his eye, was the giant bird sitting on the very top. The red beam seemed to originate from there.

"That's Rito village, alright. Watch your step on the bridges, it could still be a long fall." The merchant said.

Kratos just nodded and walked to the first, long bridge.

"Thank you for your help, stranger!" The man waved.

There was no look back, or even a gesture from said stranger. He just went on to cross over. None of the bridges were a real problem.

He didn't bat an eye at the deep, deep ravine down below. Kratos was used to these kinds of heights after all. To his surprise, a harpy greeted him by the entrance of the village itself. No, not a harpy. This one was more bird like and much taller.

The bird raised up a feathered arm, Kratos drew his sword in response and held it up to the creature's neck.

"Wow, easy there."

A monster that can talk. How interesting. But Kratos did not back down, staring intently at this creature.

"Have you seen a boy, around seventeen, messy brown hair and almost the same color eyes?"

"That sounds like... the one who helped us out with the Divine Beast."

Kratos held up his sword even closer, gracing the bird's feathers. He audibly gulped as a reaction.

"Where?"

"H-he left. Towards the volcano area." The bird held up his feathers disarmingly.

There was a volcano, Kratos had spotted it while he was flying. It was far to the east from here. Damn, why did my wings stop working? This could go so much faster!

"There is a good chance he'll go to the water domain after that. Maybe you have a bigger chance of meeting him there," opted the clearly scared bird.

"Which way is that?"

Anyone should know that. Of course, the Rito didn't say this out loud. It may as well cost him his head.

"South-east. Follow the river upstream. You can't miss it."

"Good. Now die, monster."

Kratos reeled back his sword for an attack. The bird fell to his knees and began to beg.

"Please, no, have mercy! I am no monster. None of us are! Please, I have little chicks. Now that we are finally free, I can show them the word. I promised them as their father."

What? Kratos looked passed the creature. He spotted a few chicks running around, trying to fly and laughing cheerfully. This was certainly not the behavior of a typical monster.

Slowly, he lowered his sword. Lloyd had a good heart, too good for his own. But he helped these creatures out, somehow. There must have been a good reason for that.

East it will be than. I am not going to keep chasing after him. Instead, I will be ahead, waiting. He'd better have a good reason for all of this.

The Rito sighed with relieve when the man turned around and left without saying another word. Sure, he was used to fighting of evil creatures, but this was something completely different. This man just had that very powerful feel about him. Hopefully he didn't mean any harm to their savior.

The road to the Lost Woods would be terrible for anyone. But not for Shade. Even the Guardians seemed to leave him alone. So, he got there pretty fast.

He tied the horse to a tree, close to the entrance. It of course wasn't happy, but he didn't care. He was loathing what was ahead. It was going to be a real pain. It better be worth it. That sword better be there.

The fog was faint at first. But it got thicker up ahead. It really was true to its name, this place. Laughter could be heard. Shade knew those were the annoying little seeds of that foolish old tree.

He was in no mood for puzzles, or walking around aimlessly. So, he listened for that laughter and sneaked closer. With a quick grab, he got a hold of one of the little coroc seeds.

The little thing struggled in the tight grip, but it was useless. Widely grinning, Shade looked down on it.

"Point me to your old man. If not, I will let you and all your little brothers suffer." With his hand, he applied pressure.

The seed made a high pitched noise. It was not a strong creature, so it was not able to take much. After a bit, it pointed a tiny finger in a direction.

"Don't you dare trick me." Shade snarled while he followed where the seed pointed.

The laughter had faded now, probably scared off by this shadow's appearance. And warning the big tree. That didn't matter. It was not like that thing could run away.

Sure enough, out of the fog, a path showed up. A lot of roots were running around it, even going up above. This was a sure sign the tree was up ahead.

Shade, still holding the seed, followed the path while being on his guard for anything. Only shaking seeds watched him walk up to the clearing.

The big tree was right in the middle, his leaves covering up a lot. Branches and shaped in the wood made out a face, mostly heavy eyebrows and a mouth. In front of it, a stone slab, that was a bit overgrown, was within the grass. Right in the middle of this, was the Master Sword, thrust into stone.

"You, dark being, you have no place here. Begone!"

It almost seemed Deku didn't recognize the shape of the hero. Oh well. Shade cared little about it at this point. Tossing the coroc aside, he flat out ignored the tree, setting foot on the stone and stepping closer to the sword.

It looked beat up and rusted, having none of its former glory. Could it be because it hasn't seen action in some time? Was it reacting to the malice?

"You will never obtain it." The heave voice of Deku shook the ground.

But the shadow figure still went for it, grabbing the purple colored hilt that seemed to be wrapped in a vine.

A paralyzing pain shot through Shade's hand, quickly up his arm and the rest of his body. Like being hit by lightning, fire and ice, all at the same time.

Everything became a blinding white of nothingness, going on forever and ever. A voice began to speak. It didn't sound human, but at the same time it was female.

"This is not your right form."

A shape appeared in front of him. It was like a woman, yet not really. Everything seemed to be connected on her, bearing the same colors of the sword that was holding him instead of the other way around.

One side of her was blue, the other purple, lined perfectly in the middle. Instead of arms, she had a flowing cloth, which always seemed to be moving in the non-existent wind. Her legs were lined with 'X' patterns and topped off with heels. On her chest, was a very noticeable, big, bright blue gem. Her face was the same color and even her hair and eyes were all the same, is if they were all one, smooth as can be.

"It seems you are lost in the darkness. Come back to the light."

Finally, shaking off some of the paralyzes, Shade shook his head. He tried very hard now to let go of the sword, being in total agony while attempting this.

"You are the Chosen Hero of Hylia. Personal knight, barer of the Triforce of courage. Do not allow this darkness. Or the whole world will be put in it as well."

"Nhg, no! Damn you!"

Shade yelled out while the sword finally let him go. Immediately he backed away, holding his left hand, which felt like it was outright burning. The cross pattern of the hilt seemed to be burned into his skin.

It was a mistake to come here. Scrambling, the shadow turned away and hurried the way he came. The mist was meant to keep you out, so walking into it, just put him back to the entrance of the woods.

Holding his hurt hand and cursing, Shade left the thick forest, only to curse even more. Where did that damned beam come from?! It was from one of the Divine Beast. Why he knew this? He just did, somehow.

"Who, how even...? God fucking damnit!"

Shade yelled furiously at the sky, aimed straight at Hylia.

"I hate you. And all of your damn tricks. You have too much working for you. I will find this new champion of yours and I will make him suffer, I swear!"

With a hard tug, he broke the harness of the horse as he got up on it. Shade was pretty sure the next stop would be Goron, since this was the closest. And he'd just have to find the fool who was carrying the Slate.

With eyes burning ever so brightly, filled to the brim with fury, he kicked the horse to get moving.