A/N: This is the first LoZ fic I ever wrote seriously. It actually was started about three years ago and has been finished on and off after having survived through three hiatuses and a serious consideration of scrapping. But I decided to give it another chance, and am actually quite pleased with the results. Rated PG-13 for violence and Link's surprisingly dirty mouth; warnings include angst, sadness, violence, Link/Zelda pairing (no citrus), and alternate realities. The timeline I'm basing things on is a quasi-alternate-reality of my own creation: I base most if not all of my Zelda fanfiction on the idea that all the deeds done and chronicled in the Zelda games (with the exception of the Wind Waker for obvious reasons) were the deeds of one brave young lad chosen by Destiny and the three Goddesses as the Hero of Time, the Legendary Hero. Oh. And I don't own Linky (more's the pity) or Zelda or any of the game's other characters. They are copyrighted to Miyamoto Shigeru-san and Nintendo, the lucky bastards. I own, however, sole copyright of each and every one of my original characters. Steal them and I will hunt you down and break your elbows. Remember: A vague threat is no one's friend.
-Act IV-
Convergence
13
Fifteen minutes after they had entered the palace armory, Kate and John were armed with several various implements of pointed warfare. Kate had a quiver of arrows and a plain Hylian shield strapped to her back, a rapier around her waist, and a longbow in her right hand.
John had taken a more typical route, shield on his back and broadsword strapped over one shoulder.
"Do you ever get used to this?" Kate asked, trying to move both the quiver and shield around to a more comfortable position.
Link shrugged. "Kind of," he replied. "It takes a while, though. You ready?"
Kate and John both nodded.
"Then we should go," Kiron said. "Best to keep moving. We've got a lot of castle to search for the Queen."
"No," Link said suddenly.
What?"
"We can't go to her first. We have to make sure it's safe before we bring her out into the open. The last time she came out into the open so quick it almost got both of us killed."
Kiron said nothing for a quiet moment, and finally nodded. "All right. We go for Ganondorf?"
Link nodded. "Straight to him," he affirmed.
"Why does that worry me?" John murmured, leaning over to Kate.
Kate gave him a wry glance. "I don't know," she said quietly, with a wry note in her voice.
-Act IV-
Convergence
13
Fifteen minutes after they had entered the palace armory, Kate and John were armed with several various implements of pointed warfare. Kate had a quiver of arrows and a plain Hylian shield strapped to her back, a rapier around her waist, and a longbow in her right hand.
John had taken a more typical route, shield on his back and broadsword strapped over one shoulder.
"Do you ever get used to this?" Kate asked, trying to move both the quiver and shield around to a more comfortable position.
Link shrugged. "Kind of," he replied. "It takes a while, though. You ready?"
Kate and John both nodded.
"Then we should go," Kiron said. "Best to keep moving. We've got a lot of castle to search for the Queen."
"No," Link said suddenly.
What?"
"We can't go to her first. We have to make sure it's safe before we bring her out into the open. The last time she came out into the open so quick it almost got both of us killed."
Kiron said nothing for a quiet moment, and finally nodded. "All right. We go for Ganondorf?"
Link nodded. "Straight to him," he affirmed.
"Why does that worry me?" John murmured, leaning over to Kate.
Kate gave him a wry glance. "I don't know," she said quietly, with a wry note in her voice.