Hello everyone, Darthflores here making a comeback, due to the Covid-19 pandemic that's going on, I have free time to do whatever I want until this thing blows over. Because of this, I have decided to attempt a Zelda fanfiction. Now I only recently got into Zelda by playing Twilight Princess, Breath of the Wild, and Ocarina of Time. But this won't be any Zelda Au, I decided to take a crack on the 'Link raised by the gerudo' fanfic and put my own twists on it. So please enjoy my first time writing a Zelda fanfic.
But first a couple of starters. In this fic, Link will be around 10 years old while Zelda will be 17 so you can guess this won't be a shipping fic. I apologize for any Zelink fan out there who are disappointed over this. Also unlike other "Gerudo Link" AUs, Ganondorf won't be his adoptive father, I can't see him as the fatherly type so he'll be the antogonist of this fic. Also several characters from previous Zelda games will make an appearance including a certain happy mask salesman who may or may not play a bigger role in the story. You never know. And finally, the Yiga are in this fic and they play an important role. Now this fic takes place in the Child's Timeline, hundreds of years after Twilight Princess. It's not gonna be a long fic, at most 15 to 20 chapters long.
Note, I don't own the Legend of Zelda series, all rights go to Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma and Nintendo.
Summary
When the chosen ones appear, they are always born into Hyrule in perfect balance. That is the destiny of the chosen. That is the fate decreed by the Goddesses Din, Nayru, and Farore. The only path for those who bare their crests. When Hyrule is visited by the one chosen to be it's next protector, know too, that it will also be visited by one of that carries Demises's curse. This is the story of Prince Link, of the Gerudo.
Let's get started.
Chapter 1: the prince's birthday
Today was a very special day for the Gerudo. As they all gathered around the camp fire in the center of Gerudo town, celebrating, singing songs, and dancing, one might ask what's the occasion. Well today is the Prince's Birthday.
Prince Link, or Link for those closest to him, was very happy for today. Though Link May look nothing like his people, having more Hylian features like messy blonde hair, blue eyes, and light skin, and was pretty short for his age, being 4 ft 10, but he was still treated fairly, then again being royalty really helps. Link wore a traditional deser voe set, being spaulder and trousers, with a head band on his hair.
As Link blew out the candles on his cake that said 'Happy 10th birthday Prince Link Dragmire' everyone cheered.
Link then spoke "I am very happy to have you all here today," he addressed his people, "as another year goes by, I can happily say that this has become my favorite birthday."
Everyone then cheered as Link sat down between his mother and Father.
King Gabriel Dragmire was a large but fair King. He protected the Gerudo no matter what. Though he may be in his early 40s, he still looks young for his age. He looked like the other Gerudo, having red hair that he kept short, hazel eyes, a goatee, and dark skin. Gabriel was also quite large, being 8 ft 7, very muscular, and wore light chest armor, desert voe trousers, and a cape.
"You always say that Link." Said Gabriel, laughing a little as he stood up. "My sisters, as my son has come of age in our tribe, i would like to take a moment to thank the Goddess, Eris, of the Desert. May she continue to bless us years to come."
Gabriel finnished as everyone cheered for their King's speech.
"Great speech honey." Said Link's mother, Tia Dalma.
Queen Tia Dalma Dragmire was the definition of beautiful, according to Link of course. She had long vibrant red hair which she kept tied in a pony tale, tanned skin, was in really good shape, being only 8 feet tall, possessing abs of her own, and possessed green eyes, a rarity among Gerudo. Like her husband, Tia Dalma was also in her early 40s and she also looked young for her age. She wore a breastplate, two shoulder guards, a black scarf she wore as a skirt, and wore a crown on her head.
Tia Dalma then turned to her son, wrapping her arm around him and kissed his cheek leaving a blue kiss mark. "Not a day goes by that I haven't been more happy that I have my son around-"
"Please mom, not the speech again!" Link begged. It's been a tradition for Tia Dalma to make the same embarrassing speech for his birthday.
"Live with it honey." Said Tia Dalma. "As I was saying, and to think I though you girl at first, but as I saw your boyish feature, I knew the goddesses blessed me with a son." Tia Dalma finnished, leaving Link embarrassed, as girls his age started giggling. Tia Dalma then turned to her oldest daughter next to her and said "Aayalha, would you like to give a speech."
"Sure mother." Said Link's older sister, Princess Aayalha Dragmire, as she finnished eating her slice of cake. Aayalha was the crown princess of the Gerudo tribe, and as such, had a lot of responsibilities thrown on her. But today was a day for her to let loose. It's not everyday your brother turns 10. Aayalha was 18 years old, was 7 feet tall, had long braided red hair, tan skin, had her mother's green eyes, was in really good shape and like her mother, was extremely beautiful. Though chances are when they visits Hyrule castle town, 9 times out of 10, most men seem to ogle at Tia Dalma.
Aayalha cleared her throat, "Link, while any other day, I may look like I don't tolerate you, don't forget that I still love you, and I'm happy to call you my brother, happy birthday." Everyone clapped at their future queen's speech.
"Thanks Sis, I think." Link said questionably, while he and Aayalha did have squabbled, she wouldn't hold that against him for too long. Just a day or too.
As the night went on, more and more Gerudo retreated to their homes until it was Gabriel and Link. They went to the Gerudo palace throne room only for Link to see a present sitting on Gabriel's Throne. "Link before I hand you this present, I want to tell you that this is a very important weapon passed down in the Dragmire family. It was first given to me by my mother when I turned 10, and now I am passing it down to you. May this new sword help you in your future journeys when your ready to leave this town one day."
Gabriel then handed Link the present. As Link opened it, his eyes shot wide open as he saw the Scimitar of the 7 heroines of the Gerudo. Link felt honored to hold such a sword.
Gabriel the bent and hugged Link, "happy birthday son."
"Thanks dad," said Link as Gabriel let go of him. "I promise I won't let anything bad happen to it."
Later that night link placed the sword against the wall in his room, for tomorrow, he was going to enjoy training with his new sword. Life was good in Gerudo town.
Outside the town however, a man in red wearing a mask with an inverted Sheikah symbol on it. The man then laughed as he threw a Deku nut on the ground and disappeared.
Hope you enjoyed it. I'm not too good with first chapter but chapter 2 will be better. I assure you. And before y'all, yes Tia Dalma is heavily modeled after Urbosa, the only thing that's different is the color of their skirt. I thought it was a good idea. Urbosa had a very motherly relationship with Zelda in Breath of the Wild, so I wanted a similar character to have that relationship with Link in my fic. Anyways have a nice day. This is Issac Flores, signing out.