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    “We never discussed ground rules,” Zelda said matter-of-factly. “And we really should have.”

    Link didn’t say anything, waiting for her to continue.

    “Obviously, no one can know it’s a ruse,” Zelda said. “If anyone finds out, my father will call off his blessing, and both of us will be back to square one.”

    Link nodded.

    Zelda suddenly felt too warm, and she decided to shuffle over to her desk, which was a good distance from Link, and dig around for a piece of paper and a quill. “It’ll be good for us to write it out,” she said, more for herself than for Link, who sat on the other side of her desk expectantly.

    Why did he look like he was waiting to get marching orders? Like he might have been almost eager for it?

    She focused on writing out the first rule. “Rule number one, no one can know.” She penned the words carefully. “We have to look genuinely head over heels for each other.”

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    It has been 100 years since anyone has seen a champion. There are rumors that have spread throughout the land of what exactly happened to them. Did they fall in battle? Did they run away together? Did they lose themselves to corruption? Whatever the answer may be, the state of Hyrule has been shaky ever since their disappearance. The story goes that the Princess was able to seal away the Calamity, hold it at bay before its metamorphosis that would have ended Hyrule altogether. But the Calamity’s influence is felt throughout the kingdom regardless. Monsters plague the land, ancient technology has started to turn against its creators. As the years have gone by, the Princess’s grip on her powers has begun to loosen, and the world needs the Champions more now than they ever did before. Our story begins in a pool of water, in a dark room, with a voice calling to you. “Open your eyes. Wake up.” The water begins to drain, you open your eyes. Where are you? Who are you? And who are these people lying next to you?

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    [Originally called 'Guiding Winds']

    A reimagining of Hyrule pre-calamity centered around Hylians and Rito.

    ‘Rito are not known for staying still. It is in their nature to allow the wind to guide them to their next home. It is not uncommon for them to find a place to make their own for a few months only to then leave everything behind when the winds beckon them, there is a high likelihood that a Rito will never nest in the same place twice during its lifespan.’

    So why did it seem like the new flock in Hebra weren't planning to leave?

    With his flocks winds having settled, Revali finds himself having to adjust to a completely new lifestyle as they stop migrating.

    Meanwhile, Link and Zelda are enamoured by these new creatures yet don't quite understand that Rito aren't just feral birds.

    However, Link is quick to realise that these people aren't animals when he ends up a little too close to one than he'd planned. Will Zelda be able to save him whilst balancing her role as an obedient princess?

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    ‘If I promise to stop getting stuff in my hair, will you braid it again?’ Link asked ‘like, more often?’ hopefulness was laced in his eyes.

    Revali slowly turned to stare hard at Link, dots slowly connecting in his mind. “If you’ve been purposefully dirtying yourself because of that, I’m going to throw you out a window”.

    Link’s guilty chuckle was not a good answer.

    And that’s why Revali was trying to throw Link out the window when Teba arrived to ask where the basin was. No Teba, Revali hasn’t snapped and proclaimed war on the hylians, just the one. No Teba, Revali’s not going to kill him as soon as you turn your head. Yes Teba, the hylian was asking for it.

     

    In which Link is not a knight, and the things it changes.

     

    A/N: I'm not dead I swear! (Jan 20th)

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    Link has fallen hopelessly in love with the princess of Hyrule, and has decided to express his affections the only way he knows: by cooking her delicious meals, while letting her think it's just the work of the castle chefs. Surely she won't find out.

    A very low-stakes fic where Link serves Zelda various meals just to watch her enjoy them.

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    The Prince of the Gerudo has finally come of age to find a bride. But Chief Urbosa's baby brother has no intention of ruling anytime soon. Invoking tradition, he chooses to travel Hyrule instead, despite the looming calamity. Written 3rd person travel log style, the story takes a bit to get moving, but danger and intrigue soon meet the royals head-on!

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    “Princess!” he yelled after her. “Where are you going?”
    “Back to the castle,” she replied without stopping.
    “Not by yourself you’re not!”
    “I’m sorry,”—she whipped around—“I didn’t realize you were my father?”
    “Your father, the king, would execute me for letting you travel by yourself.”
    “Oh, so this is about self-preservation?”
    “Yes. Yours. There are monsters all over Hyrule now, Your Highness.” Blue eyes pointedly looked her up and down. “And by the looks of it, you’re not equipped to handle that.”
    She mirrored his scrutiny and scoffed. “What, and you are?” She gestured to the cairns beyond the trees. “Are you going to protect me as well as you protected them?”

    Calamity is here.
    The Goddess Hylia appointed but two children to prevent the end of the world. The powers they were promised don't come easily, and after years of failure, Princess Zelda can't help but wonder if Hylia chose wrong. It certainly doesn't help that the boy fate has tangled her with makes her seethe.

    NEW CHAPTER EVERY THURSDAY

    [This story is set in a fusion of BotW/TotK, with a couple tweaks and some familiar faces'n'places from older games joining along the way!]

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    Just a short story about Mipha and Link. Pre-calamity. The champions are now able to pilot the divine beasts, Mipha brought Link on Vah Ruta.

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    What will you do with what you've been given when the story forever tolls the same way?


    Link and Zelda, the Calamity, and their tale of inevitability and doom, and most of all, of love.

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    When an unexpected light appears after the ceremony in the Sacred Grounds, Zelda has a momentary flash of hope that she's awakened her powers somehow—but she's disappointed and startled when it forms into the shape of a man and a child before disappearing.

    The man immediately stands between them and the little girl, and Zelda is startled to see how familiar he is.

    He looks just like her newly appointed knight. Almost, but not quite: He’s older than he should be, for starters.

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    On Arina Enara Hyrule's 26th birthday she receives the best birthday present of her life, a visit from her lover Urbosa.

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    These past few days, he had tried to act normally with her, but every glance she cast on him, every sound that came out of her mouth and every movement she made troubled him even more than before the evening of the ball. Zelda was in front of him, lying under blankets they shared and she had just said that he destabilized her as much as she did destabilize him. He entwined their fingers together.
    "You know, I was thinking that maybe we could try something..." she said shyly, "When we're sure we're alone."

     

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    The princess Zelda and her appointed knight Link explore their love together.

     

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    This work is a translation from french to english.

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    Link ‘s PTSD gets the best of him.

    This is ongoing, stay tuned!

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    Her father had cornered her in a way where the only way to save herself, and the life of another, would be to condemn herself and her born-in-exile bodyguard, Link. So that's what she must do.

    And pray to Hylia that her father follows Hylia's law about such matters.

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    We make our decisions based on what we know best at the time, Link rationalized. That boy did what he thought was right at the time, that boy did the best he could. You can't make good decisions with no good options.

    "You did well, Link, and you're still doing well."

    He wasn't sure if he would believe that this time, or even next time or the time after that. But if she kept talking to him in that voice, with the weighted look of love in her eyes, perhaps he could learn to.

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    Five times others make assumptions about Link and Zelda plus one time they figure out what their relationship means to them.

    Or, Link and Zelda in a QPR.

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    Zelda Bosphorus Hyrule the seventy second was born to the death tolls of a girl who never got the chance to live.

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    In which Demise has cursed the goddess to reincarnate without end, leaving the Hero's bloodline to bear the heavy dual burdens of both the Blade of Evil's Bane and the crown.
    Hyrule Kingdom, anticipating the return of the Calamity, must search for the Goddess Incarnate of their age. Their dutiful prince, meanwhile, seeks to protect his people by unearthing the Divine Beasts.
    A farm girl wants to help him do so, but can she do so without her protective father discovering it?

    Completed 3/4/2024

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    Link is madly in love with Zelda, but his Royal Guard oath prevents him from accepting his feelings. However, there is something inside him that prevents him from walking away from the woman he loves, no matter how hard the people around him try.

    Should he fulfill his oath as a Knight or follow his heart's desires?

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    A rumour about Link and Zelda gets out of control and he is sent to his hometown to clear things up. Aryll and Granpa don't help at all, unfortunately.

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    Hylia demanded she protect the Bloodline from extinction. And She didn't really give her an option in the matter when She used her supernatural power on Zelda's fiancé during his weakest moment.

    But it's already been done, and now she prays Hylia's desires don't lead the Kingdom to ruin

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