Legends do not fade into myth.
That itself is a myth.
Or is it a half-truth?
Heros have faded into legend, their names forgotten.
Only known as the Hero in Green.
So we remember them...
But how many Hero's have worn green?
Link frowned at the first page of the book, it was titled "Cryptic Clues of the Heroes of Old". But honestly, it just seemed they were padding it out. I mean, who honestly says the word "green" that many times in a single sentence?
He huffed, tossing the leather-wrapped book onto the table, his chair creaking as he leaned back with his hands behind his head, tugging at some knots in his messy bed-hair.
It had been 2 and a half months, and the cold of Fall had begun to settle in over Hyrule Castle, chilling the blood of workers and guards alike. Just as discussed by Zelda, efforts had been put in to restore the military forces and castle guard, along with gathering builders and workers for reconstruction, hence their presence all about the place.
Unfortunately, the latter was more successful than the former, with over two hundred different workers, compared to the smaller, yet quickly rising royal guard. Which led to some irony when the first thing the workers did was fix up the Training grounds, and to Problems with the guards being stretched thin around the Castle grounds and the nearby growing town.
Then there was the food shortage, which wasn't too much of a problem and was quickly rectified by ambitious farmers from all around Hyrule who took residence in the old Ranch ruins. They themselves rebuilt it from the ground up and began to care for Cows, Goats, and Horses, along with using the nearby fields to farm.
The Ranch Tower, previously used for storage a hundred years ago, was renovated and used by the Hunting Guild as a headquarters of sorts to monitor the migration of potential game around the kingdom. Link and Twilight were both frequent visitors to get updates on the best hunting spots year-round.
Link himself had contributed to the cause by cleaning and polishing old, rusty weapons in his spare time and going out and collecting weapons from all around to stock the empty armory. He also, along with Twilight when he was free, and the few Guards and Guardians, ran security around the Castle to keep the workers nice and cozy.
Yesterday, the underground rooms of the Castle had been fully cleaned, repaired, and furnished. All that was left was the Guard Houses/Chamber, Dining Hall, and Observation Room.
This of course, was only step one in the grand scheme of things. Zelda had noted that they still had to repair and fortify the walls on Castle Grounds, and later the Castle Town Gate and it's walls going around the entire Castle Moat.
So, despite Progress, there was still much to do. Which she had acknowledged with giddy anticipation, bouncing on her heels.
Link noticed Zelda had taken ruling quite well, despite her inexperience in that regard. She was always willing to help and was benevolent and kind to those who came to her for advice.
Twilight, on the other hand, had gone out of his way to discover the "Informant" the Yiga who nearly killed Link had mentioned, moments before being decapitated.
Several times, Link had been sent for by Stable hands across Hyrule since there was sightings of an teleporting Wolf or there was a brawl involving someone who looked like him, concluding with said person vanishing.
But today, the Princess had dragged Link and Twilight out of Bed, leaving both very disgruntled. Now they were in the Library, looking through old historical books and whatnot to keep safe while the Library was renovated.
Bluntly put, the two heros were bored out of their minds.
"The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess." Twilight read the cover of a book with a black strap on the spine. "Who in the fuck writes this crap!?"
"Heh...I'll admit most are quite...fictitious." Zelda laughed lightly, reaching up to grab a book with a green cover. "They do have compelling stories however."
"Compelling? I'd rather watch a goat eat grass." Twilight said flatly, tossing the book away. "Also, 'The Legend of Zelda'? I was in that Story too! It was about my adventure, it should be the 'Legend of Link!'"
Zelda gave him a grin. "Like anyone would care about a former-goat herder turned swordsman."
"Sure as hell is a better story than a Royal sitting on her throne all day." He rolled his eyes, plopping back into his seat and crossing his arms.
Zelda opened the book and looked through it's contents, eyes widening at the words it held. "Hey, Link. Come look at this."
He hopped up from his chair and walked over to her, looking over her shoulder and reading from the book.
"Have you ever heard of 'The Minish' before?" She asked.
"Picori." Twilight corrected instantly, staring bored out the window.
"Sounds familiar, aren't they like, really small?" Link said, ignoring him.
"Tiny, can barely see them." Twilight corrected again.
Zelda gave him a glare.
"Alright, then you tell us about them."
"Fine! Sit down." He huffed, spinning in his chair to face them.
Once they sat down, he began.
"The Minish, known to us as "Picori", are a race of tiny mouse-like people no bigger than your thumb." He said. "It's been said they came from the World of the Minish and gave a Hero, probably another Link, the Picori Blade to fight evil."
"Was there a Zelda?" Link asked.
"Hell, probably. Anyway, Adults cannot see them, only good, well-behaved Children can." He gave Link a glance. "That means you."
"Funny, do they do anything?"
"They're supposed to leave items in the grass, or under rocks for people. Hearts, Rupees, ecetera. They did when I was on my Adventure, but they seemed to have stopped." He scratched his head. "Either Ganon wiped them out, or The doorway that's supposed to appear has been blocked."
Zelda frowned. "Doorway? Where is it?"
He shrugged. "It appears every 100 years in the Castle Courtyard."
"Well, let's find it!" Zelda sat up, a worried look on her face. "We need to see if they need help."
"And if they can help us." Link also sat up. "If they leave items around the world for people, that could be extremely convenient in the future."
They both hurried out of the library, leaving Twilight sitting at the table alone.
He blinked. "Yeah, let's just assume he can't see them. Whatever, I need to find a fused shadow."
He warped away.
"Link, we've looked everywhere, but such a door didn't exist." Zelda sighed, hands on her hips. "Perhaps the door was in another castle? There have been many..."
She looked to sky for a moment, contemplating.
Link continued to look, eventually resting next to a stump. A rock was place precariously on top of it, which was odd in hindsight. Who would place a rock on a stump?
He grabbed it an tossed it away, looking back to the stump.
"Alright Link, Let's go..." Zelda turned, walking into the Castle.
She got down the hallway before she realized that her appointed Knight had not said a word, nor had he even been following her. She rushed back into the courtyard, looking around in a panic. He was nowhere to be seen, out of sight and mind.
"Link?" She called. "Link! This isn't funny!"
She carefully walked around, hand carefully reaching for a small dagger on her belt. She walked next to a stump in the corner of the courtyard, and nearly fainted when Link appeared in front of her from out of nowhere.
"WHAA!" She yelped, falling on her butt. "Link!? Where!?"
"Whoa! That was Awesome!" The Hero exclaimed giddily, smile fading upon seeing the Princess. "Princess! I shrunk down!"
"What!?" She unintentionally yelled. "Ahem, sorry. What?"
"I said I shrunk down!" He held up his hands. "I think I found out where the door is!"
He pointed at the stump, or most notably, an unnatural dark x-shaped notch in the middle. Curious, she crawled over and inspected it. It stood out from the wood, and was obviously put there intentionally. But this stump had been around for ages.
"I found a rock on top of it, so I touched that X and all of a sudden, I was tiny!" Link explained.
Doing as he said, she touched the dark spot with her fingers experimentally. Her stomach suddenly flipped as wind whipped through her hair, the sensation of falling overtaking her senses.
But as soon as it happened, it stopped. She didn't even have time to scream before she landed on something soft.
"What..?" She opened her eyes, looking at the thing she landed on. It was big and red, with white spots on it. It smelled horrible...like...
"A mushroom?"
It dawned on her.
"A Giant mushroom!?" She yelled in confusion and glee.
This is kinda short, but so will this Saga. It will probably be just 3-4 Chapters since the 3rd Saga is gonna be EPIC.
Since I've never really done or even thought about a Minish Cap Fanfic, I'm going in blind here with only my gaming knowledge. I'll use what I have I guess, but if you have a suggestion, please let me know! It'll be really helpful!
Who does write that crap, though? It's called "The Legend of Zelda." Yet 99% of it revolves around Link.
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