It wasn't long ago that Castle Town once stood tall.

A diamond on an emerald landscape.

Now a ruin. It has Nothing even remotely resembling it's former grandeur. It's former grace. Importance and Life.

Except a neat, wooden stable freshly constructed.

"Wow, they got it done in a single day." Zelda gasped, pointing to the Castle Town ruins from the Castle's Gate. "Link, these Carpenters are amazing!"

"They drain my wallet." The Knight deadpanned, walking next to her, different from his usual place behind her. "It's like clothing or armor that is so elegant and grand, but drains your rupees away."

"That sounds...familiar." Zelda blinked in surprise.

"Hmm...Yeah, you're right. It kinda does."

They shrugged it off, walking past the fountain and to the stable.

The building was almost the exact same as the many other stables across the land, hinting that maybe Bolson also helped build those before settling into Hateno. The only noteworthy difference was a large sign saying "Castle Town Stable" hanging above the counter, replacing the huge Horse-head that normally towered over everything.

Next to the Stable was a humble, but spacious two story building with a stone frame and wooden walls. A sign saying "Castle Town Inn" hung on a sign over the door.

Amazing, just like Zelda had said.

Their attention was drawn to a carriage stopped next to the stables, in the seat sat a Hylian Woman holding a toddler in her arms. Balancing gracefully on the cloth covering the back, was a Rito with black and blue feathers. Two children were poking their heads out the back, looking around in curiosity.

Just nearby, near the stable counter, was a Hylian man with a thick beard, and a blue Zora man, both were talking ith Bolson. The carpenter noticed them and pointed the mysterious people in their direction before taking his leave.

"Where is he going?" Zelda asked, the men walking towards them.

"Probably back to Hateno." Link shrugged, putting his hands on his waist. "Or he's going to go build something else. Job's done anyway."

The Hylian and Zora walked up to them, the former taking off the straw hat he was wearing. "Are you...really Princess Zelda Hyrule?"

"I am." She smiled and bowed her head. "And this is my Knight Link, how may we help you?"

"Link!? The legendary hero!?" The Zora gaped. "My older brother talked about you! I was just a baby when you were around."

Link shrugged. "Well, I'm around now. Like she said, what can we do for you?"

"Well..." The Hylian bit his lip. "We heard that the Guardians are passive now, or at least won't hurt the good guys anymore. So we came to settle."

Zelda's face lit up. "That would be wonderful!"

He seemed surprised. "Really?"

"Yes! We just had the Stable and Inn constructed, we need someone to run both." She stopped. "If you do not mind it."

"Well, that's splendid. We came for the express purpose of opening a stable. Lilren here," He gestured to the Zora. "and his buddy Vira, the Rito back there, could run the Inn. Is that alright?"

The Zora folded his arms, jaw set in contemplation. "Vira, would you like to help me run the Inn?" He turned around. The Rito gave him a lazy look and nodded, hopping down from the carriage.

He turned back. "That's a yes."

The Hylian put his hat back on. "Princess, thank you so much-"

"It's nothing." She held up her hand. "Save your thanks for when Hyrule is fully restored. For now, I need you to get the Stable fully operational."

"Also, you should put up flyers and notices for Builders and Soldiers." Link crossed his arms. "We need to get the Castle fixed up and build up an army."

"Alright, I'll see to it." The Hylian wiped his brow. "Um, Let me introduce you, uh...My name is Tarin, that," He pointed to the woman. "is my wife Jennifer and our daughter Alica. The two boys in the back are our sons, Tacks and Nail."

"Creative Names." Link chuckled.

Tarin laughed, scratching the back of his head. "Her family made them up, they are silly if you ask me."

He waved goodbye and walked back to his family to help settle in, Lilren and Vira did the same, walking to the Inn.

Zelda clasped her hands together, smiling brightly. "This is how it begins, Link." She turned to the Hero. "This is how Hyrule rises from Calamity."

Link stared at her for a second, blinking. "I won't lie, Zelda." He visibly cringed. "That was very, very cheesy. Try to save that for speeches or something."

She burst out laughing, drawing him into a hug. she did love this Link so much more than the Silent Knight that stood behind her all the time.

"I..was being serious..." He blinked, confused by the embrace.

"I'm sorry, I just...Oh, never mind." She let him go and brushed her tunic off. "The supplies going to Lurelin Village are due in Three to Four days. You'd best find Twilight and be off."

"Be off?" He repeated. "I can just warp there with-"

"I'm keeping the Sheikah Slate." Zelda silenced him. "I've found that Warping too often can have detrimental effects on people."

Link gulped. "They...can?"

She narrowed her eyes. "How many times have you warped in a row?"

Instantly, his thoughts rang back to helping build Tarry Town...

"Um..Only five times, at the most." He lied, changing his tone to one of unconcern.

It seemed to work, Zelda muttered an "Oh" and let it drop.

"Well, It is gonna take a long while. But I think we can make it there." He set his jaw, glancing at the lush green hills. "He said he was going to be in Hyrule Field right?"

She nodded. "Yes, so I guess you should look for him there."

"So, while I'm doing that, What are you going to do?"

Zelda put a finger to her lip in thought. "I am going to help these folks settle in, then I'm going to tend to the Castle for a moment, then go to Hateno to meet up with Impa and Paya."

Link looked up to the sky, sapphire eyes contemplating the clouds. After a moment of consideration, he reached into his pack and pulled out a book.

King Rhoam's diary.

Zelda looked down in confusion as he handed her the book, she flipped through it, scanning the pages. Her eyes widened in realization.

"This...this is..." She gaped. "This is my father's journal! How did you find this!?"

"It was in his room, I found it and took it. I thought the Battle with Ganon would damage it if things got out of control."
He shrugged. "To be honest, I forgot about it until just now and decided to go ahead and give it to you."

She looked through the pages, words hardly damaged by time. That was an after-effect of their battle, time all around the Castle froze as forces of good and evil fought.

"Link, I-" She nearly lost her voice, emotion swelling up as she read her father's words. "Thank you so much for this. I mean it."

"No problem, Princess." He smiled. "I'm off, tell Impa I said 'Hi'."

He whistled, but Epona did not appear. His brow furrowed in confusion. "That's odd."

He whistled again, still no response. Frowning, he whistled once more, this time in a different tune. A horse with blueish fur galloped from over the hill and up to them.

"Is this your horse?" Zelda asked, eyeing the beast up and down.

"Yep, this is Natz." He grinned, hopping into the saddle and bringing the horse around. "Found him north-west of the Great Plateau, just near the Colosseum. He's a bit more Wild than Epona, but he's fast."

"Oh, like you said..." She said. "Horses have different temperments and personalities, right?"

He blinked, surprised that she remembered that. "Well, 100 years and you still remember my lesson." He chuckled, giving a farewell salute. "I'll see you soon, Princess."

She waved goodbye and he snapped the reins, Natz galloping down the cracked road. He passed through the ruined Town gate and past the Knight Ceremony ruins, along with manuvering around Guardian Stalkers that decided to go across the road at inconvient times.

He went through the Mabe Village ruins and went off the road towards the castle, just between Passeri Greenbelt and the Hyrule Garrison Ruins, and east of the Central Tower.

There he saw Twilight, sitting in meditation with corpses of Yiga Assassins littered about, their bodies contorted by dark magic or bisected by swordplay.

In front of the former hero, who still wore his Ordon attire, was an elegant glowing sword, crafted to such perfection, that it seemed worthy of being in the hands of a Sage.

Which Link knew was true, since he'd seen illustrations of them wielding such a blade.

He slowly galloped up, dismounting and patting Natz's mane. He carefully approached his mentor, careful to not step on the bodies strewn about.

"Sup, Green?" He chirped, putting his hands on his hips. The former hero's sharp ears twitched, his right eye, the only one Link could see, lazily opening.

"You are so damn lucky I just finished the prayer, Wild." He said, sounding annoyed. "But still, I don't like being interrupted nor do I like being called Green."

Link looked back at the bodies. "I can see the former one..."

"What do you want anyway?" Twilight inquired, straighening up, placing his hands on his knees.

"First, what are you even doing?" Link eyed the sword. "Isn't that the sword of a Sage? How'd you get your hands on that?"

Twilight looked at the sword, and with a wave of his hand, it popped out of the ground, hovering over into his waiting hand. He held it out for both of them to see, then laid it across his lap.

"Back when it was my time to be the Hero, Ganondorf, the human form of Ganon used this Sword to spread darkness, Twilight, across Hyrule. I stopped him...But I learned something about him too." He gazed up with his blue eyes.

"Which was?"

"That is was all bullshit." He said bluntly. "I learned from the Princess, just before his and my final duel, that all three of us were just reincarnations of another Link, Zelda, and Ganon. It was all pointless. So, when I killed him, ran him through with the Master Sword...We all stood there in silence, our heads bowed in respect for one another."

He looked back to the blade. "So, every anniversery of his defeat, I come back here and pray. For him, for Zelda, and for me. That one day, this damned cycle ends."

Link blinked in surprise, that was rather...deep for his snarky ancestor. Hopefully, the Cycle did indeed end with Calamity Ganon, but like Zelda said, he may be back one day.

"Well, come on Hero." Link echoed, kneeling down. "Hyrule needs you again."

Twilight rolled his eyes, snapping his fingers. The glowing sword disappering into black particles. As he stood up, he glanced down at his hands.

"Hmm...My powers are weakening." He mused. "I'll need to replenish them."

"How do we do that?" Link crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow.

"Ever heard of a Fused Shadow?" He asked.

"No?"

"Exactly." He whistled, Epona galloping up from a distance. Link noticed a slight difference, being that her saddle bore the mark of Ordon.

Link scowled. "So that's where she went."

Patting her mane, Twilight turned to him. "So where are we going and what are we doing?"

"Lurelin Village." He replied, mounting Natz.

"The Supplies? Aren't those due in, what, three days?"

"Three to Four actually, might as well get some hunting in along the way."

"In that case..." Twilight squared himself out, snapping his finger again. His Ordon clothing became covered in black, then shattered away to reveal his green tunic, the green cap appearing on his head as well.

"Y'know it isn't impressive when you do that." Link deadpanned, leaning in the saddle. "The Sheikah Slate will can do that too, I just like putting on my clothes like a normal person."

"Oh shush." Twilight scoffed, jumping in to the saddle. "Let's ride!"

He galloped off, Link rearing back and taking off after him. They got onto the road and followed it the nearby ruins and around Lake Kolomo, past the Forest of Time, and eventually riding up to Proxim Bridge.

"Question." Link called up to Twilight.

"Shoot." He replied, slowing down to a trot as they went across the bridge.

"Well, you can teleport anywhere, right?" Link slowed down as well.

"Warp. And yes, If I've been there already. It's much more powerful than my original ability."

"So...can't you just warp us there?"

"Nope."

"Why not?"

"I can only warp myself without draining my strength, and some objects without too much strain." He flexed his hands. "But, if I can boost my powers, I could probably warp people, maybe two or three."

"Well that doesn't-" He halted instantly when someone called his name. He looked over the edge and into the River, seeing Sidon and ten other Zora warriors.

"Hello Link!" He said jubilantly. "I hope you are feeling better after your outburst! We are heading to the Bridge of Hylia and will be patrolling the Rivers between there and Lurelin Village!"

Link gave a thumbs up, which the Prince returned, diving back into the Water and leading the warriors away.

"Outburst? Do tell." Twilight gave him a look.

"Not my finest hour." He shrugged. "I'm alright now."

"Wild, I'm you." He stated the obvious. "and I've said the exact same thing before."

He continued trotting away, Link followed after him, noticing another group of Zora swimming down the river.

It was sunset when they reached Dueling Peaks Stable, they decided to stay there for the Night and head to Hateno tomorrow.

Just before the Sun dipped into the Horizon, Link dragged Twilight off to the nearby forest to do some hunting.

"I hate to be the bearer of bad news." He murmured, crouching down next to him. "But your tunic glows in the twilight."

"I can't help that it's the only thing I have currently." Link muttered back.

Twilight looked at him for a moment, then wave his hand. Link felt like his clothes were squirming independently of him, flowing like water down his body. He then realized that his Champion's tunic had been replaced with an exact replica if Twilight's green tunic.

He realized he even had the cap!

"Don't worry, I've got your Blue tunic for safe keeping." He said. "The dark green will help you blend in more."

Link gazed at his attire, then glared at Twilight, who morphed into his Wolf Form and lay flat on the grass.

He grudgingly hunted several deer and boars, along with some goats and birds. Twilight helped him track the bigger ones, and even took down a few in exchange for a raw drumstick.

Which Link still found absolutely disgusting.

Soon it was pitch-black, but they still hunted some more. Eventually coming to rest against a big oak tree.

"You know what, screw walking back to the stable." Twilight yawned and stretched. "I'm sleeping right here, and you can't tell me otherwise."

He layed down, head on his paws and began to snooze away. Link would've protested, if he wasn't tired also. Soon, he decided to not even bother. He pulled the Hylian Shield off his back, along with the Master Sword, and set them both to the side.

He leaned his now unprotected back against the tree, breathing out peacefully from the relieved weight.

The next day, Twilight woke up to a something heavy laying on his side. He remained silent, blinking unperturbed by the fact Wild was using him as a pillow.

He also noticed the Hylian Shield and Master Sword discarded thoughtlessly.

"Lucky nobody took them." He muttered, shuffling awkwardly because of the weight. "Goddesses, he weighs a ton! How much does he eat!?"

"Shut up..." Link yawned unexpectedly. "I eat a quarter of my body weight, thank you very much."

"Tell that to the meat skewers you love so much." Twilight snarked. "I like a juicy apple anyday."

Link laughed, right arm on his stomach with his left to the side. Twilight just remained quiet as he giggled madly.

"Alright, get up. I'm getting cramped with your fatass weighing me down."

"Ugh, come on! Your so soft and fluffy!" Link teased him.

"Call me soft Or fluffy again..." Twilight growled, barring his teeth. "and you'll know why they call me the Blue-Eyed Beast."

"You're no fun..." Link yawned, sitting up to let him up. "Man, is it morning already?"

"That's how sleep works, idiot." Twilight stretched.

"MmHm..."

Grabbing the Master Sword and Hylian shield, they journeyed back to the Stable. While the people there were confused by his change of outfit and the presence of a supposedly domesticated Wolf, they paid no mind to it.

They cooked the meat they had gathered and ate a good breakfast, selling the pieces they didn't eat.

Twilight simply walked alongside Link, who rode Epona, while guiding Natz along with a lead. They passed the East Necluda Region and arrived in Hateno Village.

They stayed there for another day, Twilight morphing back to Human form so they could spar a little.

The next day, they hiked down onto the Beach and walked along the shores. Going around Cape Cales with some careful mountain scaling and going along the rest of the shore, getting to Lurelin Village with a day to spare.

They met up with a dockworker, who confirmed that the Supplies would arrive in the morning the next day.

"I'll tell Zelda." Twilight said as they walked back to the Inn.

He warped away for about thirty seconds, during which Link waited patiently. When he got back, they entered the Inn and rested up for the next day.

When the woke up, they were amazed at a huge Galleon in the Harbor, sailors of different races, mostly Hylian and Zora unloading an enormous amount of cargo onto 4 carriages.

"Thinking of backing out?" Twilight asked, hands on his hips.

Link breathed out a breath he didn't realize he was holding.

"In your dreams." He walked up to the first Carriage, hopping into the driver's seat.

"Hang on." Twilight chided, walking alongside him. "I can just warp this over to the Castle."

Link narrowed his eyes. "But I thought you said-"

"I can't warp People." He corrected. "It's a bit more complex when warping a person, who're quite fragile in comparison to objects." He eyed the carriages. "But...I think I can only do a few of these before my strength is depleted."

"If you miss any, we'll just drive it there." Link said, hopping off. "But are you sure you wanna do this?"

"It'll make it easier, so yeah!" Twilight nodded, cracking his knuckles and flexing his hands. "You better stand back." He called to the sailors who stood close by, they wisely shuffled away.

He held out his index finger, pointing at the lead cart. A bolt of red/black electricity shot out of his hand and enveloped the cart. He grunted in exertion, and what sounded like pain, then shot his arm up. The cart vanished into black particles.

"Yep...that is...very exhausting." He huffed, stumbling a bit.

"Can you do the rest?" Link asked with concern, putting his hand on Twilight's shoulder.

"Yeah...I can." He brushed Link's hand away, walking down the other carts. He did the same thing as before, warping the second and third cart before outright collapsing onto his knees.

"Are you alright?" Link helped him up, bracing him against the last cart.

"Yeah..." Twilight winced, breathing heavily. "Man...That's what I get for trying to take the easy way."

"What?"

"I...don't think I...can manage a warp for...a while now." He stared at his hands. "Dammit...we'll just have to make due."

Link frowned, helping the drained Twilight onto the last cart. He grabbed a Knight's bow he had bought and placed under the Driver's seat before taking the reins. The black-furred horse drawn to it began to gallops as he snapped the reins.

As they went along the road, they began to notice some Zoras in the rivers and some Gorons along with road, among other things.

Thankfully, Twilight's powers hadn't seemed to fade completely. He snapped his fingers experimentally, a bow with a wooden frame and steel grip appearing in his hands. It almost looked familiar.

He set the bow between them, ready in case it was needed. The rest of the way, he just rested with his cap over his eyes.

This was a smart move, because as Link maneuvered them through the Jungle and towards the Bridge of Hylia, two arrows embedded themselves into the cart, just next to his foot.

Jumping in surprise, he whirled around to see a group of Yiga on horseback, armed with Sickles and Duplex bows. They were gunning right for them.

"Twilight!" He barked.

"On it." Twilight said instantly. Link turned to find his ancestor had done a complete 180 spin in his seat and scored a clean head shot off a blademaster.

"The horse can guide itself right?" Twilight inquired, nailing an Assassin in the gut.

"Yes, but there's a fountain that might be difficult for-"

He was cut off when Twilight spun back around, this time shooting five bomb arrow all the way across the bridge and turning said fountain into a flat stone pathway.

"Nevermind." Link gaped.

"Good, now get up and help me." Twilight jumped up and into the back, balancing on the Cargo. Link stood up, remaining in the driver's seat. He retrieved the Knight's bow and prepared his own arrows.

No matter how many they hit, more and more Yiga kept appearing from the hills and path.

"Nayru, how many morons joined this cult!?" Twilight growled in frustration.

"I don't know, but it's a lot apparently. I've killed hundred of 'em!"

"And I was there for about 90% of it!" Twilight cackled.

"You got me there, but at least I don't-ACK!"

A lucky shot led to an arrow digging itself into Link's shoulder, he cried out at the unexpected pain as it's sharp head tore through an artery. Twilight whirled around. "Wild!"

The distraction allowed another arrow to streak across the bridge and into Twilight's back.

"AGH!" He snarled in pain. "In the damn back!"

He whipped back around, to see the group had grown bigger, following closely in a column to fit on the bridge.

"Fuck this!" Twilight yelled, snapping his finger. His bow disappeared and in it's place, a crossbow.

"Where did-" Link began, teeth gritted.

"Shut up and pull the damn arrow out!" Twilight yelled, standing tall on the cart.

Blue lines glowed bright on the crossbow's side, a faint whirring picking up tempo until it was a low-pitch whine as it built up energy. He took aim and let it fly, arrows shooting out of it faster than anyone could possibly load them.

The Yiga were surprised by the ancient weapon, and even more surprised when a hail of arrows dug into their ranks, killing more than they could replace.

Even more surprising was when a Blademaster shrugged off several arrows, only for Twilight to shoot him in the head with a bomb arrow, turning his head into a fine mist.

Another Yiga, an Assassin managed to dodge the hailstorm, closing in on the cart and swiping at Twilight's foot with his sickle, slicing through his boot.

"Ow! Prick!" Twilight hissed, aiming the crossbow down and shooting him clean in the forehead, cracking his mask down the middle. The assassin's limp body tumbling off the horse and under the carriage wheel, which jolted and broke off the axle.

By then, Link pulled the arrow out, only to find them flipped up into the air. Time seemed to slow as they flew off the bridge and hung precariously over the water.

Time slowly sped up as they approached the water. Link caught one last glimpse of Twilight, flung a bit further into the Lake since he was at the edge when the cart flipped. His ancestor caught glimpse of him, blackness swallowing his whole body.

While blackness swallowed his vision.

He woke up, waterlogged and coughing on the riverside, a dock was nearby. The current seemed to have carried him to safety, or so he thought.

He caught glimpse of movement, looking up to see a Yiga Assassin clambering out of the water, in much better condition than him. His mask was gone and his face visible, black hair flowed down his face as he looked over to the fallen hero.

He scowled, drawing his sickle, intent on finishing the job. Desperately, Link reached for the Master Sword, only to grab air. It must've gotten lost in the lake.

The assassin approached him slowly, soon standing over him with satisfaction.

"How the mighty have fallen." He chuckled. "We almost didn't know about the shipment at all until our informant told us."

His grin was sarcastic and smug at the same time. He raised his sickle. "Goodbye, Hero." He said the last word with contempt.

Link winced, shutting his eyes to wait for the inevitable.

SLIRK!

A wet, slicing noise met his ears. But it wasn't from him, he felt fine. He chanced a look and opened his eyes, finding the same Assassin standing over him, breathing desperately.

Twilight stood behind him, wearing what appeared to be Ancient Zora armor, with a black cover over his mouth. In his hand was the Master Sword, the edge stained with crimson and dripping blood onto the grass.

The sickle fell from the Yiga's hand, he collapsed to his knees, his head rolling unnaturally. It rolled backwards...

Then toppled off his neck, leaving a clean-cut, bloody stump. His now headless body slumped backwards, rolling down the small hill and into the water, tainting it with a reddish-brown hue.

Twilight only stared ahead. He pulled his face-mask down, a smirk of satisfaction and pride in it's place.

"Bitch, please."

SUMMER BREEEAAAAK!

I got so happy, that I wrote this all in about...IDK, 4 hours? It was worth it! :D

I'll probably go back and revise it if it isn't up to par with previous chapters. This does hearken back to the 1st and 2nd chapters, which were a bit longer than usual.

Also, I'm now holding a little QnA! Ask me any question about Routine! I'll even give you a shoutout in the next chapter. :D

Anyway, Twilight's Powers are basically Midna's. But since he's a Hylian, he has limits. Now he could just not use them for about a year and be fully replenished, but he isn't what you would call a "Patient" man.

(For perspective, Twilight needs 0.5 outta 10 power to conjure an item (Weapon/armor). His power was at 5 when Link found him in Hyrule field, when he was warping the carriages, his power was at 5. It requires 1.5 power to warp a carriage loaded with goods. So after everything, he still has .5 power remaining, which isn't good.)

If you want to follow Link and Co. on their adventures, there Is an interactive Breath Of the Wild map on the ZeldaDungeon website that I use to find River/Mountain/Location names. I try to be obvious, but it's just a suggestion.

Twilight summoned the Hero's Bow from Twilight Princess (Duh) and then the Crossbow from "Link's Crossbow Training." which was actually kinda fun tbh. I want that Crossbow in an Actual Zelda game, it's like an Arrow Machine Gun! :D

And that's how you end a rescue. "Bitch, Please!"