Author Chronicles: Return to Hyrule

a fanfic by charity236

Quick Notes/Summary:

After his time- and season-travelling adventures in Termina, Holodrum and Labrynna, Link has decided to come back to Hyrule. But all is not what it seems - a curse has been placed on the land. People have changed personalities, and in a way, so have the different parts of Hyrule (Kokiri Forest almost looks like Gerudo's Fortress!). But it wasn't Ganondorf who did this - it was a wizard.

Now Link has to journey through four different lands to save the world again by collecting the Spirit Sprites. But this time, he's going to need a lot of help, particularly from his new fairy wings. And a certain bottle of gold dust keeps stuffing up his plans...

Sounds good eh?

Rating may go up to PG in later chapters - haven't decided.

Please review, don't sue, and enjoy!

Oh, and flames will be given to Rauru to melt his chocolate coins (don't ask!).

Dedication:

All of my fanfics are now dedicated to the 3,000-plus innocent people who were killed in the World Trade Center and Pentagon terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, 2001. They will always be remembered. God Bless America, death to terrorists.

Disclaimer:

All Zelda and related characters are trademarks of Nintendo and Shigeru Miyamoto. Not me (waaaah!).

Any characters/items/etc. not in Zelda games are creations of my own (yay!).

I didn't write/sing the song "Hero" by Chad Kroeger feat. Josey Scott.

I wrote this for PURE FUN. No profit-making plans involved with this fanfic. No commercial purposes. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH MONEY. Okay?



Prologue: And They Say That A Hero Could Save Us

Some time after his time-travelling heroics in the land of Hyrule, Link was sent to the lands of Termina, Holodrum and Labrynna to destroy the evils there. He kept travelling, but soon wanted to come back home. Riding Epona through the grassy plains, over the rough mountains, splashing through rivers, he found his way back to Hyrule.

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The sun was setting as Princess Zelda looked out of her bedroom window (in the tallest tower of Hyrule Castle) at the rest of the land, as far as she could see.

'Link... will you ever come back?' Zelda asked no-one. 'All of Hyrule needs you. We... no, I need you...'

Zelda held in her hands a small framed picture of Link that she had sketched herself. She looked at it and a single tear fell down from her face, onto the chest of the Link in the picture.

Then she sang to herself part of a song that had come to her in a dream the night before.

(Author's Note: this is part of a real song - Hero by Chad Kroeger feat. Josey Scott, which was for the Spider-man soundtrack. I just thought it'd make a nice touch to the fanfic, hehe.)

I am so high, I can hear heaven

I am so high, I can hear heaven

Woah, but heaven... no,

Heaven don't hear me.

And they say

That a hero could save us

I'm not gonna stand here and wait

I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles

Watch as we all fly away.

'I better write that down,' Zelda thought. She found a scrap of paper and wrote down the whole song (not just the part she'd sung). 'It's a lovely song. I do not want to forget it.'

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That was a bit boring, but it gets better! Trust me!

Next chapter: Curse Of A Wizard

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