I have a plan!
And it only took me two years and some change!
And that's not the only thing i've done in the last two and a half years! (that would've been a very boring two years) I can walk AND talk! And through these new skills (which were a pain to get let me tell you! Learning to walk left. So. Many. Bruises.) I had discovered all sorts of things!
I had confirmed that I am in fact a princess, we do in fact live in a castle, and that I am indeed a Hylian.
That knowledge had sent me into another one of my depressingly common panic attacks, but it wasn't all bad!
My new skills led me to the discovery of, (drumroll please) A LIBRARY!
Oh sweet literacy how I missed you!
I may have given my parents the mistaken impression of being some sort of baby genius or something, but in all honesty I was just desperate to be able to read again. Again being a baby was very very VERY boring, and my rationale thought and impulse control had honestly been worn down by the lack of intellectual stimulation! I was sooooooo bored of baby babble.
Also it wasn't exactly out of character for the cannon zelda, she had repaired / created an incredibly advanced guardian as a child which was not only capable of showing a personality planing and a facsimile of emotion, but also TIME TRAVEL.
Should I have pretended to be the average three year old because I'm not actually some sort of genius? probably. Will this have consequences for me? most likely. Will I regret this later? Almost certainly. Do I care right now? NO!
Consequences can suck it!
Mama needs to feed her addiction!
Also it wasn't like I had just started to read books bigger than my head either, I'm still learning to read Hylian, it's a whole new language writing system and alphabet! I'm still stuck on baby books and basic words, but it's better then nothing!
And sadly the little i can decipher of the Hylian writing system is also more advanced than the nothing that real three year olds know. So I'm now the castle's little genius, mom and dad are absolutely brimming with pride. Honestly it's too much attention placed on little ol' me but if it's a competition between too much attention or not being able to read, I'd choose to read every time.
I'm currently trying to figure out a rough chronology for the events of breath of the wild and all of its proceeding events. (assuming I'm not in the age of calamity: Hyrule warriors timeline, but that timeline only exists as a split off of the original timeline so for now i'm assuming I"m in the original timeline. Prepare for the worst hope for the best and all that rot. Also I'm not stupid enough to assume that i can be a baby genius and just yha know MAKE a time traveling guardian) so that I can best implement my plans. Here's my rough ROUGH timeline.
10,000 years before the start of the game Gannon attacks and is sealed away by the hero and princess with the help of the 4 champions, the Divine beasts, and the guardians.
At some point after that the Sheikah become distrusted due to their powerful magic and technology and are banished.
They split in two the Yiga who hate the royals of Hyrule for their betrayal and join forces with Gannon, and those who remain with the spirit of the Sheikah and give up their great skills to remain serving the crown
98,983 years later princess Zelda is born. Shortly before that link is born
At some point a prophecy announcing the return of calamity Ganon is made.
At some point Zelda's mom dies making her unable to learn sealing magic from her.
Zelda is pressured into praying and praying and praying to unlock her sealing magic, at one point even collapsing in freezing water nearly losing her life if it wasn't for Urbosa saving her.
The Sheikah rediscover the Divine beasts, guardians, and Sheikah slate.
Zelda helps to study these ancient artifacts to the disapproval of her father
Link finds the master sword
Link is appointed zelda's personal knight
The champions are chosen
Zelda goes to the spring of wisdom on her 17th birthday and Gannon returns
The champions, king Bosphorus, and thousands of innocent people die when Gannon turns the Divine beasts and the guardians against them
Link is mortally wounded and Zelda unlocks her powers.
Link is sent to the shrine of resurrection
Zelda returns the master sword to the lost woods and goes to face Gannon alone for the next 100 years
100 years later Link wakes up with no memories and the events of the game commence.
In the end my plan is quite simple. Make sure my mom doesn't die. All of Zelda's problems stem from her mom's death, Gannon could only wreak havoc because Zelda's mom wasn't there to teach her the sealing magic or deal with calamity Gannon herself. At best my mom could teach me the magic and we could seal Gannon away together or she could do it or I could do it, at worst I can use the magic because I'm not actually the girl who is meant to be the zelda incarnation of Hylia. Either way Gannon gets defeated, bada bing bada boom no great calamity no destruction of all i've come to know and love.
Does it sound stupidly simplistic yes. But in all honesty it needs to be. There are too many variables at work here to have a twenty step plan and have it all go accordingly. Life is messy and unpredictable and not exactly amenable to complex multi step plans that rely on everything going a certain way. There's a reason that the saying 'the best way to make God laugh is to tell him your plans,' is so popular. This isn't a game any more, stuff happens, free will is a thing. I can't rely on what I think I know. Who knows how much the butterfly effect has already affected things. So simplicity is the name of the game, it allows for the flexibility a rigid multi step plan would not.
So my plan really only has two components: learn sealing magic as soon as I can, And make sure my mom survives.
simple but hopefully effective
I toddeled determinedly through the halls ignoring the bemusedly indulgent granny trailing behind me.
Fun fact about being a princess, you don't get any alone time. Ever. i am constantly being monitored, be it by granny, spots, father, mother, or some other random sap assigned to guard duty. Literally the only times I am left alone is when I head to the restroom or am put to bed for the night.
It's only mildly infuriating.
Mildly.
But anyway, at this time of day I would usually be at the library attempting to read some of the less difficult books or in my nursery playing with my toys under the watchful gaze of granny or spots, but today I have a mission. I was going to get my mom to start teaching me sealing magic if it kills me. I had found the perfect excuse as well. An old story book depicting the great matrilineal line of queens and their unique gift bestowed upon them by Hylia herself. Now to enact my plans and deploy my greatest weapon. puppy dog eyes.
I stumbled my way into the office where my mom was going over various papers with a serious look upon her face. "Mama!" I cried practically throwing myself into her lap. McGuffin clenched in hand. "What is it my little bird" she smiled blessing my day, watering my crops, clearing my skin, and healing my wounds. "I found something i don't understand!" I chirped, squirming myself into a more comfortable position, book tucked into my arms. "Oh and why didn't you ask Ila?" (so that was granny's name, huh.) "mhhhmmm i wanted to ask you!" que puppy dog eyes version 37 bright, cheerful, innocent. Work that toddler arua!
Mother chuckled while granny rolled her eyes behind me, I saw that missy! Don't give me your sass! "Oh and what didn't you understand?" PLAN IS A GO "mama what's se-al-ing magic? Why does the book say I have it? I'm not magic!" I pretended to pout indignantly, flipping to the page in my book that referenced it.
"Sealing magic baby, is the reason our line has ruled Hyrule since the Hylians lived amongst the clouds, it's a special gift from Hylia herself." hook, line, sinker. "Really?!" "yes my little bird, it's a special magic that lets us seal away bad guys, banish evil, and protect our kingdom. It's proof that we descended from Hylia herself" as mother said this she raised one of her hands allowing for it to be bathed in an ethereal golden glow, bathing her in light and making her look like something genuinely devine.
Before this there had always been a little part of me that had been denying the truth. No matter how often it was mentioned in books or stories. No matter how many things had pointed to this being the Hyrule of stories, a small part of me had been screaming that magic isn't real and that the legend of Zelda couldn't be real. But now, bathed in divine light and witnessing true honesty to god magic for the first time I could no longer deny the truth. Normally this confirmation would chill me to the bone and cause hysterical fear, but the power before me was warm, comforting, and at the same time incomprehensible. I could not fear when this light this power was here to bolster my spirit. I had never been adamantly religious before, but in the face of this light, for the first time I truly believed in the divine.
As the light faded away and I blinked spots out of my eyes I reaffirmed my mission. I needed to learn how to do that. Yesterday.
"Teach me! Teach me! Teach me!" I chanted practically vibrating where I sat, eyes wide in wonder and awe. "Now now little one, not so fast!" my mother chuckled, ruffling my hair.
"Why not!" I asked indignantly and was a little worried. I NEEDED to know sealing magic for my plan to work. It wasn't safe to put all your eggs in one basket. No matter how hard i would be working to save my mother regardless of calamity Ganon.
"You're not old enough yet, my little songbird." NOT OLD ENOUGH! I WAS 17 YEARS OLD BEFORE I DIED WOMAN WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT!? "I am old enough! I know how to read and everything!'' I frowned, doing my best not to show the inner turmoil starting to boil.
A little of it seemed to show on my face with the way mother immediately began to sooth me "zelda that's not what i mean." my eyes searched hers, they were uncommonly serious. "Our magic is powerful and dangerous. There is a reason i can't teach it to you yet. Your not yet old enough in body or mind to be able to withstand the strain that kind of magic would put on your spirit." my face must have still looked mutinous because she continued on. "Beyond just that, your power is not developed enough yet even if you could withstand the strain. You wouldn't be powerful enough to actually use your sealing magic."
This is bad very very bad. "When can i learn it?!" mother chuckled at my assumed enthusiasm "Numbers hold power baby, when you turn seven you can start your lessons."
Seven, SEVEN! That's years from now! The remaining calm and serenity from the glow of Hylia's might drained from my body.
"Now i think it's time for your nap! Come on little bird i'll put you to bed, maybe afterward you can sing me a song hmm?"
Why do the gods hate me?
so this chapter hated me.
but were out of the baby era! I'm so exited guys!
THANKS TO
laurenalyse24
Lleu
Heitor
for reviewing! you guys inspire me to keep publishing these chapters
to laurenalyse24 this is specifically the original time line but i have at least 4 books in this continuity planed one of which is the warriors time line lets see if i ever get that far!
Lleu little bird is zeldas nick name in BOTW
heitor thank you for informing me! i'll get to that as soon as possible! and you dont need to say a lot for me to appreciate your reviews, just you reading this story is more then i ever expected!
