Chapter Seven: Titania

Professor: Ok, this is the last of the character set up chapters! (Secret surprise for the Exceeds lol.) I think it will be fairly obvious what race Erza chooses, but you should read anyway. It'll be fun. Hopefully. Anyway, please review.

'The Hero is a Kokiri named Link!'

Erza was more than awake enough to hear what Mr. Dragmire had said, although she didn't know if her teammates could say the same.

But it did give her a starting point in her quest at least.

'Name:'

"Erza Scarlet."

'Scanning physical parameters.'

Erza was still as a statue as the light scanned her, wanting to get through the preliminary set up as quickly as she could.

'Physical parameters set. Username:'

"Titania." she said. Everyone at home called her that anyway, may as well use it here too.

"Accepted. Please choose a race."

'Kokiri.'

'Hylian.'

'Sheikah.'

'Goron.'

'Zora.'

'Gerudo.'

Erza gave them all a quick once over, looking at all of the summaries. Choosing which ones Natsu and Gray would've taken was almost embarrassingly easy. Wendy would've been the Kokiri, she was sure of that. And Lucy? She would've done the same thing that Erza was doing now, process of elimination.

Now the only question was which one did Lucy think Erza had taken? None of the remaining options really seemed like what Lucy would like, except perhaps a normal Hylian. That left only Sheikah or Gerudo for her.

Erza's mouth became a tight line as she assessed her options.

Something Mr. Dragmire had said rang through her mind at that moment.

'The Evil King in this game is a powerful sorcerer called Ganondorf who hails from the desert. It is there that the Gerudo live. He is part of that secluded race, their leader actually.'

If the villain came from the desert, maybe the Hero was making his way there?

With only a small moment of hesitation, Erza called out, "Gerudo."

"The Gerudo Tribe, a race of thieves, lives secluded in the Gerudo Desert. Not much has been heard from them since the Hyrulian Civil War. They worship the Goddess of Sand and guard the Spirit Temple, which lies at the far reaches of the desert. This race consists of only females. One male is born every hundred years and that male becomes the leader of the Tribe. Masters of agility and swordplay, often wielding two swords at once."

'I'm a thief?!' Erza thought in shock. She shook her head. Well, that wasn't going to last, "I choose Gerudo."

"Accepted. Magic type:"

Erza blanked at the question. She couldn't use requip! Her weapons wouldn't be brought into the game!

"W-What kind of magic do Gerudo use?"

"The Gerudo race very rarely uses magic, and when they do, it isn't always obvious. Most common types are either stealth or enhancement magic since those are the most useful to the race of thieves."

"Enhancement magic then." she sighed.

"Accepted. Weapon choice:"

Her instinct was to call out 'every weapon!', but she knew that her character wouldn't be able to handle that without a Requip space. Sighing again, she simply said, "Standard weapons." Well, at least she wouldn't stand out too much. That would be helpful.

"Accepted. All data received. Please wait a moment."

And then the world came to life around her. She was in an empty stone hallway, and she surprisingly felt very comfortable.

Looking down, she found her attire to be strikingly similar to her Clear Heart clothing in style with white baggy pants and the short purple top. Her red hair was in a high ponytail and she found herself holding 3 weapons. A tall spear and 2 scimitars. The only shock was her skin tone. It looked like she had fallen asleep outside and gotten an incredible tan! (This was something she had secretly always wanted, but couldn't have due to being an easily sunburnt ginger.)

After becoming aware of all this, Erza began walking down the hallway, turning a corner. As she did, she ran face-to-face with another Gerudo, only she had short red hair. Slightly behind her was a tall man with his hands bound in front of him, who shamelessly ogled her breasts.

"What are you doing?" the Gerudo woman snapped at her, "Are you on a patrol, new recruit?"

"Um, yes!" Erza decided to go along with whatever this woman said. Making an enemy right off the start didn't seem like a good idea.

"Well I'm changing your orders." she huffed and handed her the rope that was attached to the bound man, "You're officially on guard duty."

"Guard duty ma'am?"

"Yes. We caught him and a few of his carpenter friends trying to sneak in. How they even got across that broken bridge is a mystery to me."

She shook her head and gestured to the end of the hall where Erza assumed a cell was waiting for the man.

Erza grabbed the rope tightly and the woman began to walk away. With an inner sigh, Erza began to lead the man to his cell.

She was going to have to be more stealthy around here than she thought.

Professor: And now we get to start the actual adventuring! Yay!

And special shout out to MorriganFae for some inspiration for this chapter. After your joke, I just had to include it lol.