Years had passed since the day that Link and Zelda's daughter was kidnapped and the war still raged. Link and Zelda had two sons but never stopped the search for the daughter. Periodically, Ganondorf would send a message saying that they would hear from her soon. Recently though, a lot of attempts on people's lives had been made. This caused worry among the higher classes and nobility. Worry that was justified. The would be assassin never missed a target and a note with the words, 'Compliments of your friendly neighborhood assassin' or something along those lines would always be found with the body.

Zelda placed royal guards at every assembly and whenever there was a large group of people. Despite the increased security, the assassin still hit his mark.

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Maximus was now 15 and despite being beaten weekly and frequently being deprived of food, she managed to grow to 6 feet. Maximus had pale silver blond hair and eyes and bared a mild resemblance to both of her parents and was punished by Ganondorf because of it. The reason he gave her was that he was helping her stay away from the evil ways of her parents who abandoned her as an infant. These beating led her to hate her biological parents and Ganondorf. She did learn compassion from the man she considered to be her true father, Shitsuya. He treated as if she was a person and gave her hope that she would one day escape Ganondorf.

From the time that she could stand, she had assassin skills beaten into her. They became a second nature and she could use them at will. Maximus hated the way that she was instructed. She hated the burns, stabs, choke holds, and pressure points techniques applied on her. A man named Jaffar would demonstrate the technique on her then she would perform it on s live prisoner. Maximus was also taught stealth techniques. Those were the easiest of all. She was taught to never show pain and to always complete every mission, even if it cost her life.

She strangled and killed her first man at age 6. She remembered everything about it. Getting the fool to believe that she wanted to play a game with him, telling him that the guitar string was a necklace, asking him to demonstrate how high he could jump, then tying the string to a low chandelier while he was in the air. In the end, it was his own weight and stupidity that killed him, the string only tightened when he pulled at it and he believed that a child would do him no harm. Yes, the Happy Mask Salesman was a fool indeed.

Today she was in Hyrule Market. She memorized every nook and cranny in Hyrule and was deployed their on most of her missions. Her task was to kill their agricultural specialist, thereby lowering Hyrule's ability to make food. He was scheduled to appear in two hours so Maximus was shopping to waste time. She came to a comic stand. She reached for her favorite comic, 'Future Space Adventures'.

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Addryan's ocean blue hair stood out in a crowd of mostly brown haired people. He was now 17 and due to a lack of family members willing to take him in, he was adopted and employed by the Hylian Royal guards.

He began as a sword polisher and after seeing his skill with a blade, he was formerly taught to use one the king and queen's guards themselves. After taking him on a hunting trip, the guards noticed that he had remarkable talent when it came to stealth. From then on, they trained in the art of assassination and he was their best yet.

Today, he was at the Market enjoying a day off . He walked up to a comic stand and reached for his favorite comic, 'Future Space Adventures' . His hand touched another and he looked up. It was a girl as tall as he was with pale silvery hair and eyes. He handed her the comic and grabbed another. "Another fan?" he asked

"Yeah," she said with a smile.

"There aren't many comic book lovers out there, it's always nice to find someone else though. What other comics do you like?" he asked. She really reminded him of someone.

"I like 'Plumber Guy', 'Portable Monster Friends', and 'The Tale of a Princess'" she told him.

"You like 'Tales of a Princess!?' I love 'Tales of a Princess!' " she was really interesting. "Hey, do you want to hang out today? I'd really like to get to know you."

"I don't see why not. But I have to leave in a few hours. I'm here on a business trip." she said.

"That's fine. I was just going to listen to a boring speech about agriculture anyway, but we need it so, I guess it's ok." they paid for their comics and Addryan led them to a small park. They took a seat on the grass and talked for two hours about comic books, and their favorite characters and issues.

"Well I must be going, but it was nice meeting you. Maybe we could meet up again." she said. "Oh, my name's Maximus, I didn't get yours." she remembered.

"It's Addryan. Nice meeting you." he said with a smile. Maximus walked away. "What a strange name for a girl," he thought. Her name prompted him to remember another Maximus. An assassin and a deadly one at that. He heard stories that claimed the assassin could sever a mans head without him realizing, and that he wasn't a real person but death itself. It obviously wasn't the same Maximus of course, the one he had met was female.

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After leaving Addryan, Maximus went back to the marketplace. A crowd was gathering around a stage. She could make out the faces of the king and queen as well as Addryan's. She walked around the back of a tall building and using the windowsills as platforms, she climbed to the roof. She had previously hid a bow, a quiver of arrows, a pen and paper there.

She waited for the Agricultural Specialist begin his speech. As he began talking, Maximus took out the pen and paper and began to compose a letter. 'Compliments of your friendly neighborhood assassin' she wrote and impaled the note on the end of an arrow.

She took aim for the man's throat. She drew the arrow and string back, waited until he exhaled, and released. It darted through the man's throat. He remained standing for a second, then he collapsed on the podium. Before anyone realized what had happened, the Agricultural specialist was dead.

Pandemonium broke out. Everyone screamed and ran for their lives. The king and queen were taken away. Maximus climbed down and dumped her bow and arrow in a nearby bush. She used back alleys to get to the forest where her attendant was waiting for her. "Your father requests an audience with you. He said that it was urgent." he said.

"Alright. Let's go."

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A/N if you want meet to add a chapter from their childhood, I'll do a flash back.