M.S.K: Minna-san! Konnichiwa! ^_^ This is my first fanfic for Legend of Zelda. Precisely for the Four Swords category. I'm a really big Four Swords fangirl ever since I first read the manga adaption. In this fanfic, Link and the company won't be taking place on dry land. He and the rest will be a family who lives deep underwater.
Link, Zelda, Navi, and his clones: Huh? Really?
M.S.K: Of course! And yes. This story will be based on fairy tale story. But, I had an OC to go along with them. I do hope you're going to be enjoying this. So, uh. . . Who's going to do the disclaimer for me?
Link (Green): Well. . . I think I'll. . .
Red: Oh! Oh! Me! Me! I wanna do it!
Blue: (Pushes Red aside) Oh! Excuuuuuse you! If anyone's doing it, it shall be me!
Red: (Gets up) But, I want to do it!
Blue: No! I'm a hero too, you know! So, I shall do it!
Link: Come on, Blue! Don't be so mean to Red like this all the time!
Blue: Back off!
Vio: (Clears his throat) Actually, the one who's in charge of disclaiming for the authoress goes to me.
Blue: Not you too!
All Four Links: (Start squabbling about who shall do the disclaimer.)
Zelda, Navi, and M.S.K: -_-. . . .
M.S.K: I think those guys are busy right now. So, Navi? Will you do it?
Navi: Sure! Sure! Kaoru doesn't own Legend of Zelda: Four Sowrds. It rightfully belongs to Nintendo! She only owns her OC.
M.S.K: Thank you. Now, on with the story!
All Four Links: What? We didn't get to do the job!
M.S.K: (Ignores them and starts playing Zelda's Lullaby on an ocarina.)
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords in Ningyou Hime
Introduction: Deep in the Ocean. . .
Long, long ago, neighboring the magical kingdom of Hyrule, was the great blue ocean. Over various times, when sailors sail out on the ocean, they know that nothing around Hyrule was as it seemed. Yes, Hyrule has various races living in the surrounding areas. But, some didn't know that there's a race in the ocean that's somewhat similar to the Hylian race but also a friend of the Zoras. That race living in the ocean are sacredly known to be the Mer-Hylians.
Deep in the waters of the Great Ocean, far deeper than any anchor can reach, there stood a magnificent glowing palace, surrounded by a prosperous village. It's a Mer-Hylian kingdom, which is scarcely known as Hylia. It's remotely similar to Hyrule from above but the only difference is that it's deep in the depths of the ocean.
The palace's walls were built from coral reefs, the windows were mounted with amber, and the roof was ladened with seashells and pearls which shone brightly inside the palace.
This kingdom, Hylia is ruled by a powerful King, whose name to be known by all of the Mer-Hylians, Thor. He had six children. Four young princes and two princesses. All of them are born with strong will, pure hearts, courage, and wisdom, according to their blessings from the Three Goddesses of the Triforce. Since the King, himself is usually busy with his duties, he had six ocean maidens to take good care of the children as their nursemaids.
The Four Princes were first to be born before the two princesses. They were known to be the Royal Quadruplets since they share the same face, the same hair color, and the same eye color. But what's different about each of the four is their tail color.
The reason why they're identical quadruplets is when the baby was first born, it used to be one little boy. However, when Thor prayed to the Goddesses to thank them for their blessings, the most unexpected, yet remarkable thing happened! Once his thanks has been accepted, the Goddesses bestowed their blessings unto the baby in a very special way. By their power of blessing, the baby boy split into four. The four who are once one kept the same features, even though the only difference is the color of their fish tails. Filled with joy for having a fulfilled wish of having four healthy boys, King Thor thanked the Goddesses again for their miracle.
The First Prince's name is Link. He had a tail that's in a bright green color that can match the color of young seaweed. Although he is brave, loyal, gentle, and courageous, he's practically a focused and motivated boy. As a prince, he's pretty proper. Even if he forgets some of the things on being a proper prince. To avoid confusion, his other brothers call him Green while his sisters call him by his real name.
He had a special talent on sword fighting and he'll easily send evil mer-hylians back to their lords. He's also equipped with a boomerang that can hit and retrieve anything. He was the first mer-hylian prince to be born under the Triforce of Courage.
The Second Prince is to be known as Red. His name resembled the color of his bright tail. Many young girls in the kingdom fall deeply for him because, although he has a few struggles on being a proper prince, he is the innocent optimist among his siblings, for he has quite a happy-go-lucky personality.
He had a very big heart for his friends and family, which is the strongest trait for him. But sometimes, he can be a bit of a crybaby among his brothers and sisters. It's the only trait that most mer-hylians find to be the weakest about him. But, still he's a wonderful and impressive prince. He is the second one to be born under the same Triforce of Courage. Although he's skillful with the sword, he has two special weapons. A Fire Wand for battling above the surface when he has to, and an Ice Wand when he has to freeze an enemy or two in the water.
The Third Prince is called Blue. Just like the sky and the ocean waters, his tail matches their same color. Like the rest of his brothers, he shared a great skill on sword fighting as well as using a magic mallet. He's about as strong as Link but, he can sometimes be over confident, pushy, and aggressive. Especially around Red.
Many opposing mer-hylians feared him for he not only has an aggressive attitude, but also a fiery temper. He can get angry very easily and has a hard time being patient with things. He happens to have trouble being a proper and respectful prince, that he forgets his manners very often. But still, he's praised to be a gallant and brave prince. Sometimes, he will often try and pick a fight with one of his three brothers. Under the same Triforce, he's the third to be born with the same courage as his brothers.
The Fourth Prince is greatly known as Vio. He had a violet colored tail and because of that, his father gave him the name 'Vio' for the name Violet happens to be a name for girls. Just like the rest of his brothers, he's also very skillful with the sword. But, not only that. He's a professionally skilled archer. His arrows are as fast as the winds of a maelstrom and he never misses a target. Unlike Blue, he's the most patient of all four princes. In fact, he's a very calm and collective prince. He's not only knowledgeable on the arts of combat, but also a few other things too. He's usually seen carrying a book that contained information on almost everything around the palace. Since the palace itself, has a library, he goes there very often to study. He was a very intelligent prince and that's simply the reason why a lot of mer-hylian girls around the kingdom of Hylia were going head over heels for him. He's the last mer-hylian prince to be born under the Triforce of Courage.
Now, the first mer-hylian princess was about a year younger than her four brothers. Everyone in her family call her Zelda. She is not only a princess gifted with beauty but also pure wisdom. Her wisdom from her heart and soul was so pure, it happened to resemble the wisdom and love from Naryu. That's according to the fact that she's born under the Triforce of Wisdom. For this, many subjects adore her and many mer-hylian men wanted her hand in marriage. Unlike her brothers, she prefers to learn the arts of magic from the Three Goddesses and her magic is very strong.
She had a wonderfully beautiful figure, consisting of long sunshine gold hair that can dance under any light, shining through the water, whenever she's swimming delicately. She also had pale blue eyes that are like sapphires or blue force gems. Her skin was soft and delicate and she always wears a pink tank top to match the gems of her tiara and tail. The thing her father adores the most about her is her bright, gleeful smile.
Finally, the last princess was practically the youngest of all the siblings. Her name is Hoshimi. A mer-hylian mermaid who is about a year younger than Zelda but, two years younger than Link, Red, Blue, and Vio. She also had a beautifully gorgeous figure like her sister. She had eyes that are in a lovely hue of a deep aquamarine color. Her hair is in the color of medium ivory and on each side, she had two thin bundles of strands tied into side plaits. On each side of her bangs, those sides were silver colored highlights. The color of her fish tail was in the hue of starlight white and most of her scales were in a glittering silver color. They will always glisten and reflect under the sunlight whenever she swims around and about in the sea.
All of this about her appearance made her resemble her name's meaning. The beauty of the stars. Because of this spectacular beauty, many mer-hylian men want her to become their bride too. What the Six Maidens love about this princess is that she's the free and adventurous daughter of the King, and she's very loyal, gentle, brave, playful, patient, and thoughtful. She would often swim out to the frolic among the outskirts of the kingdom.
She enjoyed living at her home in the ocean paradise, but the thing she enjoyed the most was music. She loved to sing for that she is born with a gifted singing voice. Whenever she sings, her vocalizing music will always ring out happiness throughout the whole kingdom. She also wanted to master the magic arts of the Three Goddesses too. But since, she's the youngest child of the family, she wasn't fully professional yet. She still has a lot to learn before she can be as good as Zelda. She even happens to be a favorited child to the King, himself.
However, there's something mysterious about her that everybody in the palace knows. When she was born, the Six Maidens informed the King, her father, that she is very different from her brothers and sister. Unlike them, she's not born under either the Triforce of Wisdom or Courage. She happens to share a certain part of the Triforce of Power. The fact about this concerned the Six Maidens. They know the fact that anyone who's born under the Triforce of Power should have its complete power and control of it, once they're born. But the problem is, Hoshimi doesn't have complete power and it can make her chances of using her magic unstable. However, what they told him is that somewhere in Hyrule, another part of the Triforce of Power is missing and it should be brought back to its rightful user so, that it can be complete.
When Hoshimi is growing up, she hasn't realized anything about the flaws of her Triforce trademark. She only knows about the courage and wisdom that's given to her siblings. At that, the issue of the Triforce of Power remained a secret among the entire Royal Mer-Hylian Family.
But sooner or later, when the Goddesses know when the time is right, the discovery will change the life of Hoshimi and her family. Perhaps, it will also change the perspectives of all those who live in Hyrule and the Great Ocean as well.
Vio: Hold on a moment. This is an introduction for the distribution of us and your character.
M.S.K: Of course. The real first chapter will be coming.
Red: Wow! I never knew living in an ocean as a merman can be so wonderful! :D
M.S.K: Isn't it?
Zelda: Who are the antagonists?
M.S.K: I think you all know them. So, they'll appear soon. I hope you like this distribution. I'll be putting up the first chapter as soon as I can. At that, do wish me luck by sending me a comment or a review. Jya na!
Blue: Now, can we do the disclaimer?
M.S.K: It's already passed. We're now off the air.
Blue: Mou! By the Goddesses! Why did you decide to give it to a small fairy?
M.S.K: You're all going to take turns. Besides, I gave it to her first because, you're all busy fighting like always.
Blue:. . . .
Link: What a brilliant idea.