AN: Youtube recommendations showed me a speedrun of BOTW, and I got an idea for a short story.

I don't own Breath of the Wild.

How was he winning? She had seen everything, not that there was much to see. Link, the courageous fool, came directly to the castle. He barely had proper clothes on! He took down the four Blights that killed the other Champions like they were nothing.

He was fighting the Calamity, and it hasn't even touched him yet. NOTHING has. Did protecting her hamper his skill THAT much? Then she noticed something very important. She didn't see the Master Sword. The Blade of Evil's Bane. He came here without it. Was it possible to win without it? It shouldn't be. Her sealing power and the Master Sword were both needed to properly seal Calamity Ganon. It shot a beam at… A pot lid. Link deflected it with a POT LID. It wasn't the first time she saw him deflect a Guardian beam with a pot lid, but this was the Calamity.

It burst. He won, again. The Malice was seeping out of it as it writhed and shook. He did it, without the Blade of Evil's Bane. With a Pot Lid.

Then she felt it. It wasn't over. It was forming outside the castle. She dredged up her power, and warped Link to Hyrule fields, near his horse.

"Ganon…" She needed to let him know what he was facing. "Ganon was born out of a dark past. He is a pure embodiment of the ancient evil that is reborn time and again. He has given up on reincarnation and assumed his pure, enraged form. If set free upon the world, the destruction will be unlike anything ever seen before." She focused her light, he needed a proper weapon. "I entrust you with the Bow of Light, a powerful weapon in the face of evil. Link… You may not yet be at the point where you have fully recovered your power or all of your memories. But courage need not be remembered for it is clearly never forgotten."

Link mounted his horse, and rode forward, grabbing the bow. He took a wide path around the Beast, preparing to loose an arrow. "That energy covering Ganon's body is Malice. None of your attacks will get through as he now is. I will hold the Malice back as much as I can, but my power is waning. Attack any glowing points you see!" The last help she could give. She forced the Malice down, creating bright lights in the weakened darkness. Link near instantaneously shot Light Arrows into the openings.

Link rode and shot. It didn't last long. It seemed that the Dark Beast Ganon was an easier fight. The Dark Beast collapsed, its eye opening on the top of its head. Link leapt from his horse, and loosed a Light Arrow into the eye.

It was vulnerable. She could finally end this. She had been restraining it for so long. She released herself from her confines within the Beast. The Malice was weakened, she could feel it, and her light growing at the sight of her Champion. The Beast collapsed, shaking the ground. As she focused her power, Zelda released a pulse of light, testing her strength. The Beast shricked, the Calamity fleeing the form and returning to a miasmic cloud. It howled in the sky before coming back down. It was getting ready to strike. She waited as it approached, she only had one chance. It was ready to consume her.

Zelda lifted her arm, unleashing the sealing Light. A sphere of Light formed, consuming the Malice. She did it early, the Calamity was trying to escape. She spread her Light. Zelda expanded the Light, pushing more of the power out. She didn't feel strain yet. Not like the past, not like 100 years ago. The Malice was fading, it was almost gone. She heard the Calamity scream, then it was silent. It was over. She pushed more Light just to be sure, then collapsed it, containing it, controlling it. It was tiny, sealing it away.

It was finally over. They won. The Calamity was defeated. Some of the Light still permeated the air, and Zelda could feel Link moving through it. He was walking toward her.

"I've been keeping watch over you, all this time. Why did you come straight to the Castle!?" Zelda turned to face him. Why did she love this idiot? He put himself in massive danger. "You did nothing to prepare! All of the Blights came together! You didn't restore any of the Divine Beasts! What were you thinking!" Now that the fear was gone, now that she had no concern of Ganon or Malice, she was now able to think about how insanely reckless Link had behaved. He came for her

Link stared, silent with a look of shock on his face. Okay, maybe she could have said that better. "... uh, you said I must hurry?"

How did they not get destroyed? "I… I apologize. I just thought… I just believed that you would find a way to defeat Ganon. I just didn't expect that. For you to come for me so quickly. You don't even have the Master Sword. You don't even have a shield, you have a pot lid."

"...My other shield was broken?"

Zelda felt a chill down her spine. Link was being far more talkative than normal. Did he not remember? He had to remember her, why else would he come so quickly, without preparing, if not because he cares for her? "Do you… Do you remember me?"

Link shook his head. "Sorry, I don't remember anything. I just knew you needed help… So, I helped?"

"You just came straight here for someone you didn't know?" Zelda's chest ached. He didn't remember her, and he was so good that he came to save a stranger.

"I did stop to help Mina and Mils, but other than that I went straight to you."

AN: So, what do you think? Should I continue?