Chapter 11

Father

There was a vacant house in Hyrule Market that Raven knew of. Nobody lived in it for 12 years. There used to be a young married couple with their son living there, but the parents died and the son disappeared. Can you guess whose family that was? Raven opened the door. It was really dusty in the house and full of cobwebs.

"This place will do." He set Link down and went over to the bed. It still had the blankets on it. He pulled them off, took them to the side and shook them off. It was really dusty. Link needed somewhere to sleep though. He'd clean up the place more. After he shook out all the bedding, He put it back on the bed and went over to Link. The moment Raven picked him up, he woke up. "Oh you're awake. I'm glad."

"Wh-who are you?" Link asked, sounding so tired.

"My name's Raven. I'll be taking care of you from now on." Raven said.

"Ok." He had the tiniest voice. Raven carried him over to the bed and set him down, putting him under the covers. "Where's my mama?"

"She's gone. She has been for a long time. I'm sorry. You won't have to worry. I promise to protect you. And I plan on keeping it this time."

"Mmhm." Link's eyes slowly fell closed. Raven smiled. He stood up and walked over to the window to let some fresh air in. He took off his hat, set it down and started cleaning. He started with the kitchen.

~Few hours later~

Raven managed to clean as much as he could. It smelled very dusty, but it would hopefully clear out soon. He kept on sneezing because of all the dust.

"Damn allergies." The place was cleaner, that's what was important. Link woke up and looked around. "Finally awake again, I see."

"This place seems so familiar. Where are we?" Link asked.

"We're in Hyrule. This is a house in Hyrule Market. How are you feeling?" Raven asked.

"I feel better than earlier." He got up out of bed and Raven walked over.

"Good. How about we go and get some food, ok?" Link nodded. Link looked like he was wearing a night gown with that shirt being the way it is. It was so long it went passed his knees. Raven started walking to the door and Link followed. "Stay close ok? The market is very busy." Link nodded and stayed close to Raven. Raven walked to different food stands and bought some. Link picked out a few things to play with. Once back at the house, Raven put the food away.

"Raven?" He turned to Link. "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"What's my name?"

"You're name's Link. It may seem like a weird name, but it is given to a child who is destined for great things. It's quite an honor in my opinion."

"Since when did that become a thing?"

"I'll tell you the story later if you want. How about some supper?"

"Ok." Link sat down and played with his toys while Raven worked on dinner (Back a long time ago, Dinner was Lunch, and Supper was Dinner. So more often than not, they'll probably say supper). It wasn't long until it was done.

"Link, supper." Link got up from his toys and walked over to the table. He sat down across from where Raven was sitting. "Tomorrow I was thinking about getting you some new clothes, what do you think?"

"Ok." Link took a bit of his food and looked around the place.

"He's probably no older than five. Seems like he has no memory of Ordon, or his adventure. I'll probably wait until he's much older to tell him. If I ever can. I'll raise him to the best of my ability." Raven got a good look at Link's eyes. "He seems so distant from me. We were so close… I hope we can be just as close or even closer as the years go by." Link looked back at Raven.

"Why do you keep looking at me like that?" Link asked.

"Looking at you like what?" Raven didn't think he was looking at him a certain way.

"I don't know. You're just looking at me funny." Link said.

"Oh. Well I'm sorry if I'm making you uncomfortable."

"It's ok. It's fine." Link looked down at his food and took another bite. Raven smiled and ate some of his food too. "Raven?" He looked up. "Why is it that you're taking care of me?" Raven didn't really have a good answer for him that he wouldn't understand.

"You're important to me. I can't quite explain it, but I will take care of you."

"Ok." Link went back to eating, so did Raven. They ate in silence. Once they were done, Raven cleaned up and Link went back to playing with his toys until it was time for bed.

Though a storm was coming. It woke up the youngest boy with a scream. The scream woke up the eldest. Raven got up and went over to Link who was sitting up in his bed and crying.

"Link, are you ok?" Raven sat down next to him.

"S-Stay away from me!" Link got up and ran over to hide under the table. Raven felt a little hurt, but he got up and walked over.

"Come on out. I'm not going to hurt you. It's ok." Link scooted back further. He sighed. "Stay right there." Raven found the Ocarina he bought at the Market. He walked back over and sat down in front of the table. "When I was your age, I was scared of storms to. A friend of mine would play a song that'd help me not feel afraid." He put the Ocarina to his lips and started to play. It was Saria's song. It was happy and cheery. Link looked at him curiously. He started to crawl out from under the table. When he stopped playing, he looked up and saw Link. He smiled. "She always knew how to make me feel better. It's going to be ok, ok?" Link nodded. There was another flash of lightning and roll of thunder. Link jumped up and clinged onto Raven. Raven hugged him tight. "It'll be ok. The storm will pass. I'll be right here for you." Link eventually fell asleep and Raven put him to bed. The storm soon passed,

And daytime came. Raven woke up before Link and got started on breakfast. He had some hope that everything will turn out alright. Link woke up to the smell of cooking food and sat up. He looked over and saw Raven cooking at the stove. He swung his legs over the side and sat there watching.

"Raven seems interesting. I know nothing of him, yet I feel like I've known him for a long time. He's so nice. I don't know why he wants to protect me so much. Isn't a mommy supposed to do that? That song he played was so pretty though." Raven looked over and saw Link was awake.

"Good morning, kiddo. How you feeling?"

"I'm ok."

"Good. Breakfast is almost ready. I hope you like eggs." Link got up and saw the Ocarina sitting on the table. He went and picked it up. He tried to play it, but the notes didn't come out so well. Raven heard him and smiled. He put the eggs on bread and put them on plates. Making sure to cut Link's in half. He turned around and walked over to the table, setting the plates down. "I can teach you how to play sometime if you want." Link jumped when Raven spoke. Link looked a little scared and set the Ocarina down.

"I'm sorry. I should have asked." Link was a bit tense around Raven, no trust between the two from his point of view.

"It's ok. No need to apologize." Raven's smile put Link at ease a bit. He wasn't used to this life. As far as he remembers, he was living with his mom just recently. His father was always busy being a Hylian guard, so it was mainly him and his mother, then suddenly he's in his house with a complete stranger. "Breakfast is ready. Go ahead and sit down." Link nodded and sat down. Raven sat down too. They started eating. They ate in silence once again. Raven cleaned up the mess and turned to Link. "So, what do you want to do?"

"I don't know."

"Want me to teach you how to play the Ocarina?"

"Sure."

"Let's go get another Ocarina, ok?"

"Ok." They went to the market and found another ocarina, smaller for Link to use, as well as some better clothes than just a long shirt. Link put on his new clothes and the two sat down in the middle of the floor. Raven wrote down all the notes for songs that he knew and wrote down what holes on the ocarina were which notes. Raven and Link worked on it. Link didn't get bored, he stayed with it. He wanted to learn.

"Hmm, I wonder what I'll call this hidden skill. Haha." Link was getting better. He didn't know any songs yet, but he practiced enough to try and learn them some other time. "Link, I need to go somewhere. Will you be ok by yourself?"

"Yea, I'll be fine."

"Ok." Raven left the house. Link sat down and started playing with his toys.

~Raven~

Raven left the house and started heading to Hyrule Castle. He was going to join the Hyrule army so he can earn money to support Link and himself. He walked up to the castle. The guards saw him coming and raised their spears, but lowered them when they realized who it was.

"Hello. I request audience with Princess Zelda."

"Follow us, Sir Raven." Raven followed them inside and they made it to the top of the castle where Zelda was once again reading the book. He walked forward a bowed. She looked up.

"Oh, you're back." She set the book down and stood up. "I trust everything went alright."

"Yes. I managed to get him back. However, something happened." He explained everything. "It's my fault that he's a child again. I ask you if I could be part of the Hyrule army in his place."

"If you so wish. First, you need to show what you've got. Follow me." Raven stood up straight and followed Zelda. She took him to the knight training center. "Show what you can do." Raven nodded and went up to a dummy. He waited a few seconds with his hand on the hilt of the sword, then pulled it out and sliced. He then performed the back slice, Helm splitter, and great spin attack. He couldn't perform the shield bash or the final strike. One more hit and this dummy was going to fall apart. "I think you qualify. Come with me." Raven followed Zelda back to the throne room. She pulled out her sword. Raven bowed down. Zelda placed the blade of the sword on the shoulder. "I dub thee, Sir Raven, High knight of Hyrule." Raven's ear twitched. After the blade was moved, he looked up.

"High Knight?"

"You defeated Ganon twice and saved Hyrule. You saved the Hero despite what he's become now. If I need you, I'll call for you. Spend as much time as you can with Link. He deserves a capable father like you in his life."

"Th-Thank you, your highness." Zelda smiled and Raven stood up.

"You are dismissed Sir Raven." Raven quickly bowed and then turned around to leave the Castle. "Thank you for your efforts, Sir Raven. You didn't need to prove your skill. I just wanted to see the Famous Hero of Time's moves."

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