First the copyright stuff so I don't get sued or get kicked out of Fanfition.net on my first story, I don't own Zelda. Next this is my first fanfic, though I have planned the whole story and where it's going to go. I rate it As u can deduce from the title, It is about a war, and how Link and a new character of my creation are the ones who unite all the countries together, and is centered around Link and his most powerful warrior friends. It's not going to be an easy victory, and luck will not be on their side so no cheap victories and no easy fights here. This is a Zelda/Link romance so sorry Malon/Link fans (Shit there's a lot of you around eh? Your fanfics are pretty interesting though). I have included a Dramatis Personae (character list) so you know who is who but if I get enough people asking I will include a separate fanfic about the histories of my characters. Also, if this story gets popular enough, I will make another few fanfics about Link's journeys across the land and Link's journeys with Malon and co since my story leaves a void in those times. Please R&R, and please criticize, I want to know what I can do better to make this a masterpiece. Enjoy!
Khrisna
After a 10 year old Link returned after defeating Ganon, he left Hyrule to train to be ready if ever Ganon ever came back. That's when the events portrayed in Link's Awakening, Majora's Mask and the Oracle series took place, Zelda 1, 2 and A Link to the Past were all the same story just re-released if u think about it and played the games. He spent 2 years journeying across the lands before returning home to serve Hylia and became a knight (though clad in his traditional tunic). In the past four years, Link and Zelda relised their love for each other. Now, a 16 year old Link taking a holiday at Lon Lon ranch may be too late to save the king he swore he would serve to the death.
The Time War Saga
Part 1
Dramatis Personae
Aidyn - Male Elf, Prince of Zandoria
Ankhris - Male Human, ?????
Ifrit - Male Human, Arch-Mage of South Andris Fire Magician Academy
Corin - Male Half Elf, Prince of Zandoria
Impa - Female Sheika, Guardian of Zelda
King Hyrule - Male Half Elf, King of Hyrule
Link Hyrule - Male Half Elf, Hero of Time/King of Hyrule
Link (Little) - Male Goron, Link's adventuring party
Malon - Female Half Elf, Worker at Lon Lon Ranch/Princess of Zandoria
Stalkid - Male?, Link's adventuring party
Undine - Female Human, Arch-Mage of North Andris Water Magician Academy
Tatl - Female Faerie, Stalkid's faerie
Zelda Hyrule- Female Half-Elf, Queen of Hyrule
Prologue (10 years ago)
Link picked up his pace, pleading his trusty horse Epona to gallop faster. He could see the city gates in the distance, nearing his goal. He had felt a premonition earlier in the morning, yet Zelda had forced him to take the day off from his duties.
The divinations that Link felt were part of the power and responsibility of being Hyrule's Hero of Time. However, Zelda had commanded him to take the day off at Lon Lon ranch. Despite the impending danger, she believed her boyfriend needed some rest, which Link had deprived himself of. While it was true that he had worked 16 hour days in the past month, and while it was true that Hyrule had some of the greatest guards in the known world, he couldn't shake his feeling of impending danger. Now the king was paying for him not working today. He could sense the battle even from outside the city, for whoever was attacking the city possessed magical powers that equaled (or maybe even exceeded) Gonon's. Link could still remember the dark aura that Ganon surrounded himself with, and even 6 years after the titanic battle, Link still felt shivers in his spine.
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The King deflected the straight jab with his shield. It had been many years since he had last battled, sparred, or even practiced, and now he has facing the consequences, struggling just to dodge the simple techniques his adversary was employing. `He is toying with me,' he realised. This man had already used magic that blew away all his guards in mere seconds, and he seemed to have an uncanny control of his body, making him an incredible warrior. He chose to use the most basic techniques however, taunting the King of Hyrule, even slapping him with the flats of his blade several times. Finally, the mysterious man grew tired of the charade, and blasted the king in the chest with a bolt of sizzling energy from his hand. The man chuckled, his cocky grin mocking the king.
He picked up the Ocarina of Time from the ceremony casing it was brought in, and started to walk towards the Door of Time. The king, watching the man while clutching at the wound that the ki blast had caused couldn't suppress his laughter. `He means to capture the Triforce, the fool doesn't realise that blowing on the Ocarina wont work, he needs the Song of Time.' The man paused and looked back at the king, as if he had read his mind. In fact, he just did, due to his psychic abilities. He could've pried the song from the king's mind, but he didn't need to, he already knew it. His smile grew wilder when - to the king's amazement - the stranger played the song perfectly. Not a single note off and without going out of beat.
The king's eyes grew so large that they almost popped out of his sockets. The stranger proceeded to the Master Sword and pulled it halfway out of the pedestal of Light. He stopped however, just to look back and taunt the king. `How is it possible for him to take the sword, only the Hero of Time can!' He soon remembered what his daughter told him about Ganondorf. "Don't pull it out, you'll release a being with more power than you can ever imagine!" begged the King of Hyrule. He realised that he had no other choice, and began powering up his most powerful spell, as well as praying that Nayru, Farore, and Din would guide Zelda as the ruler of Hyrule. The man just shrugged and said in a mocking voice "that poor fool Ganon? When I fought him for his Triforce piece, he lasted about three minutes." He pulled the sword out before adding, "That was a record though."
A flash of light blasted into the chamber, and the king had to cover his eyes, the stranger just stared right into it. Suddenly, Ganondorf himself emerged from a portal, his body crackling with energy. The stranger stepped forward to greet him. "You fools!" screamed Ganon "you have released the seal binding me to that prison realm. Now suffer, SUFFER LIKE LINK SHALL." The stranger confidently strode forward.
"I'm sorry you pitiful fuck," the stranger laughed, "the pleasure will be mine. Though I will promise you, I will torture his body and soul until he begs me to send him to hell for a reprieve." With that he strode forward, extended two fingers and shot Ganon with an immense ki blast. Ganon was bathed in a bath of pure, destructive energy. The beam blasted through the back door of the temple, and disintegrated Ganon's nody until not even ashes were left. The stranger wasn't even breathing hard.
Suddenly, from where Ganon was standing, a ball of coruscating energy appeared, in its center was the symbol of the Triforce, the Power part of it shining brighter than the other thirds. Suddenly, the stranger detected an incredible power level behind him. Thinking Link had arrived, he turned, instead seeing the King screaming at the top of his lungs. He finished charging his spell and immediately released all the energy he had stored.
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Link had unsheathed his sword and shield and was running up the pathway to the Temple of Time when the explosion happened. He blacked out for several seconds, and when he came to, the stranger was inspecting his hand and the Triforce mark. "I see the Power one has gone to you," he said, yet again with that mocking tone, "too bad you couldn't save the King, all he ended up doing was destroy his temple, the portal and my original plan. Oh well, I'm not interested in Hylia anymore but I will come back specifically for you." He stranger got up and walked away. He stopped and said over his shoulder, "my name is Ankharis, remember that name, it's the name of the man who will end up killing you." Ankharis started off again, but couldn't resist adding, "bitch." Link passed out again
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Link felt guilty about leaving, knowing if he left, Zelda was going to have to rule Hyrule by herself. He knew she could do that, but he didn't know if he could protect her if Ankhris came back. He had failed, and it was going to cost him the life he knew, but then again, his whole life changed the day Navi came to him…
It turned out that the King's suicidal effort ended up destroying the portal to the Sacred Realm, so they would never have to worry about anyone trying to mimic Ganon and retrieve the Triforce. The Master Sword was not destroyed though, and he retrieved it so he could once again use the brilliant blade. Link would never be able to face his love Zelda after the failure though, and so he only left her with a letter explaing why he was leaving.
Dear Zelda,
I hope u understand that I am leaving to leave you with the burden of the country. I just feel that I have failed you, and the people. What is more, Ankhris has promised to return specifically for me, and I will not be responsible for more deaths. My idea is that when I encounter him again I will be nowhere near anyone, so it will be my death, no one else. Don't expect to see me again. Forgive and forget me, but know that I will always love you.
Link
He said his goodbyes to all his friends before he left, Malon and his biggest fan the Goron Link being the most vocal in trying to convince him to stay. Malon's plea almost getting him to reconsider, but he was determined not to let anyone else die. He left Epona at the Ranch, Epona was a good a friend as any of them, he asked Talon for a trade in.
He was leaving by the Lake Hylia route, so he could see his favourite spot one last time. The tree that was on the Water Temple island was where he would stare and think for hours upon hours. Suddenly 2 figures on horses and one short and stout figure appeared on the bridge. He saw that the little figure was Little Link (Goron Link's nickname) and one of the riders was Impa, the other being Malon on Epona.
"I told all of you already that I'm not staying," said Link, getting up to confront his friends
"We know," replied Malon with a mysterious smile "we've decided to come with you."
"WHAT??!!" screamed Link, this was not in his plan, "Impa, Zelda needs your guidance, who will help her?"
Impa, with her normal unemotional attitude replied by saying "My presence was imposed by the Queen herself, she sends you much money and a letter, as well as me. She needs to know that your alive more than she needs my guidance Link. She still loves you very much."
Link accepted the letter with a sigh. He moved on to the young Goron, "you do know that my path is dangerous and you don't even have a horse"
"I know big brother," piped the Goron "but you need Goron muscle. Dad sent me to see the world, and as for a horse, I can just roll." Link hated the rolling ability the Gorons possess, he had run into many accidents, but the young Goron had started to grow on him.
Lastly, he turned to his dearest friend in the world, Malon. Malon held up her friend before Link could say a word. "Look, I brought Epona for you, trade him for Surd," she was referring to the horse Link had brought. "Link I had to spend hours trying to convince my dad to leave the Ranch, it wouldn't seem right to just walk up to him and say that plan's changed. Besides, I have to explore the world, and I want you to teach me to fight. We don't care if you say no either, we'll just follow you anyway wherever you go." Link just stared at them all, seeing as he wasn't going to convince them, and seeing as he needed backup and friends on his trip he had to accept.
Later, when everyone was sleeping (he thought about leaving while they slept but he realised Impa would've been able to track him down), he read Zelda's letter addressed to him.
Dear Link,
Please, we haven't talked after that disaster, don't leave me like this!
No, I know I won't be able to make u reconsider, but I wanted you to look after the kingdom. I wanted you to look after me! I want you to be at my side, even if you do bring that murderer back. I just wanted you to know I don't blame u for you father's death. I hope that somehow, you can ease that guilty conscience that you seem to have. Hopefully you'll return to me without any guilt in your heart and with the realisation that not everything that goes wrong is you fault. Remember, that I will never love you any less because you left, you thought of my safety and the safety of my people. Know that I still and will always love you,
Zelda
Link felt a sudden easing in his heart when he realised that Zelda didn't blame him for the disaster and that she still loved him. Though his conscience was still tugging at him because of the safety of his new companions. But all of them (except Impa) always wanted to learn more about the world, wanted the taste of adventure. It looked like they were going to get their wishes.
The next morning, The four of them woke and gather their few belongings (and the thousands of rupees that Zelda gave them) and set off for distant lands. Malon sped up and rode alongside Link so she could ask him a question that had been bugging her since she had left her father behind, "Link, do you have any idea where we are going to go?" Link had already planned that since last night. As one of his Hero of Time given powers, he could stake awake all night and not get tired. After he was sent back in time by Zelda, he spent two years exploring the lands to train against Ganon before he returned to Hyrule. He had thought about his journeys to the distant lands of Termina, to Holodrum, to Koholint, to Lybrana and to Zandoria. Hell, he had even charted an undiscovered island the captain of the vessel had called Pedan, and had explored the Divided Lands unscathed. "We are going to Clocktown in Termina, but we're going to go the long way through Galatia," Link replied. "I don't think you'll like going through the Great Desert, a captain owes me a favour at Port Pados, and he sails to Port Helios often, so we'll sail there, hope you have sea legs."
Malon was more than happy to have some new experiences, but asked Link, "why are we going to Clocktown, I've never heard of that place, why not Termensil?"
Link actually smiled for once and responded by saying, "we are going to Termensil to train you and Link there, Termensil's king also owes me one, but first, I want to catch up with an old friend in Clocktown."
And over the hills leading out of Lake Hylia they went, 3 riders on horseback and a young Goron rolling along behind them, the half-elven warrior leading them.
* * * End Flashback, Present Day * * *
Over the hills leading into Lake Hylia, rode 5 riders on horseback, a golem plodding ahead, and a Teenage Goron rolling along behind them, the elven prince leading them.
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