11Legend of Zelda: Twins of Fate
Chapter 1
It was a beautiful morning. The weather was nice, birds were singing, and everything was at peace. In a simple house somewhere in a simple town, a blond girl was sleeping in her bedroom. Her room was decorated typically for a teenage girl: a lot of stuffed animals, posters of boy bands, and books on the shelf. The girl stirred at the sound of footsteps approaching, then suddenly opened her eyes and jumped away from her bed, just in time as a woman in her thirties with white hair, pale skin, and red eyes landed a punch on the pillow where the girl's head had been barely a second before.
"Mom! Why can't you wake me up like a normal person?" the blue-eyed girl snapped.
The mother smirked.
"Honey, this is part of your training. If you want to survive in this cruel world, you have to be prepared," the mother said, throwing another punch at her daughter, which the girl avoided.
"I'm going to film school, not to the army! I don't need training!" she snapped.
While mother and daughter battled upstairs, downstairs in the kitchen was a young man with blond hair wearing a white shirt, green jacket, jeans, and a pair of black tennis shoes trying to get ready to start the day. He was pouring himself a cup of milk when he heard the commotion upstairs, shouts mingling with the sounds of priceless family heirlooms being smashed to pieces. He sighed in exasperation.
"Not again," he muttered, annoyed, before drinking his milk.
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The warning bell rang as all the students of the local high school were going to their respective classrooms. The blond girl and boy were already sitting at their desks. The girl still looked annoyed.
"Every single morning!" she muttered. "Why can't mom wake me up like a normal person? Better yet! Why can't she wake up you like this more often?"
"It's not that bad, Linkle," the boy responded with a nervous smile
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"You only say that because she's not as hard on you as she is on me, Link!"
The blond teens are Link and Linkle, twins in their senior year of high school. For as long as they could remember, their mother had always been hard on them when it came to their education, especially on Linkle. They don't know who their father is, but they don't really care. They have their mother and their best friends to make up for their missing father.
Their best friends are Red and Lucina. Red was a very unique teen; not because he had beautiful crimson eyes and black hair, but because he was completely silent. He used to talk all the time when they were kids, but he suddenly stopped when they were in middle school. No one knew why. Red still communicates with his friends through body language, sign language, and text messages. He's been a very good friend to the twins since kindergarten, and Red's father is their godfather.
The twins' other friend, Lucina, is the police chief's daughter and Linkle's closest friend, dating back to their first year of pre-school. She has long, dark blue hair and blue eyes. Lucina is the polar opposite of Red; she loves to talk, especially to Linkle about boys, bands, and romances. It looked like she had at least one of these subjects on her mind as she entered the classroom and quickly took her usual seat behind Linkle, and the blond girl was sure she knew why: Everybody was eager because the school would be hosting prom in a few days and the seniors were all very excited about this final milestone before graduation.
"Hey Linkle," Lucina called behind her. "Who's gonna be your date to the prom?"
Linkle gave her a happy smile and answered that it would be Pit. Lucina raised an eyebrow at this news, both amused and surprised. She knew Pit had had a crush on Linkle for quite some time, but he'd always been too shy to talk to her. She was happy for them. She knew Pit was a good guy and she was sure he would show Linkle a good time at the prom since it would only be a few weeks before they all went their separate ways and headed off to college.
Prom would be the twins' last real chance to hang out together. Link had decided to go to a medical school in New York because he loves helping people and wants to be a doctor to help others as much as he can. Linkle couldn't say she really understood how he felt; personally, she couldn't stand the sight of blood. Instead, she had a great passion for movies and cinema, and that had lead her to decide to go to film school in Los Angeles to be a film maker. She was happy that Lucina would be going to the same city as her, even if she planned to go to a different college. But lately Linkle had been getting the odd feeling that fate has something very different in store for her and she felt like she wasn't going to like it.
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In the inky darkness of an unknown dimension, a shadowy figure was sitting on a silver and black throne, looking out at his minions.
"Have you found the reincarnation of the Hero of Legend?" he growled.
"Yes, sir," said one of the minions. He looked like a human crossed with a boar in armor. "Our Wizzrobes discovered that the hero is actually in another dimension."
Then, a small Wizzrobe dressed in blue stepped forward and used his magic to show his leader an image of Link and Linkle at the prom. The shadowy man frowned at the sight of the blond man.
"Bring him to my dominion," the shadowy man ordered. "It seems he has no combat experience. We need to use this opportunity before he becomes a problem!"
"Yes, sir!"
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Link and Linkle's mother was in her room drinking her tea in bed when the cup suddenly cracked. The older woman's eyes widened in horror.
"This is a bad omen."
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Back at the school, the prom had already begun, and everybody was having a good time. On the stage, Link was playing a guitar, Red was playing bass, Lucina was playing a keyboard, and Lucina's cousin Owain was the drummer. Link frowned at the sight of his sister Linkle dancing with a boy from their class. He really wanted to push that boy away from his dear sister. The only reason he didn't was because Red was giving him his infamous death stare.
Even if Red didn't use his voice, his eyes were more than enough to convey the message: "Don't even think about it." Link pouted in response.
Meanwhile on the dance floor, Linkle was dancing with her date, Pit. Pit was a very sweet boy who'd had a crush on Linkle since their first year of school together, and he was very happy when his crush had accepted his invitation to go to the prom together. Admittedly, Pit started the night feeling nervous that he'd do something to embarrass himself when they got out on the dance floor together, but as the evening wore on and nothing bad happened, Pit started to relax and gain some confidence.
Feeling particularly bold in one moment, Pit lead Linkle into a twirl, caught her, and muttered playfully, "You look so beautiful in that dress, Linkle." Linkle blushed a little bit at the unexpected compliment.
"Thanks," she smiled. Linkle was wearing a floor length dark green dress with an open back and white gloves.
Even though she didn't return Pit's feelings, they still continued to be friends, but Pit still held out hope that someday Linkle would return his feelings for her.
Linkle was happy. The night was perfect; everybody was having a great time. As she kept dancing, she blinked in confusion when she caught sight of her mother entering to the gym. On stage, Link's guitar playing faltered to a stop as their mother looked around with a concerned expression on her face before finally locking eyes with Linkle.
"Mom?"
Suddenly, the whole gym started to shake. Everyone fell to the floor as the shaking grew stronger and caused pieces of tile to fall from the ceiling to the floor, almost hitting several people. The students were crying in fear, not knowing what was happening.
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Outside of the school, bystanders were shocked to see the high school become encased in a dark energy field before the whole building vanished into thin air, leaving a giant crater behind.
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When the shaking finally subsided, Linkle opened her eyes and gasped in horror when she saw that everyone in the auditorium was trapped inside of crystals, including Red, Lucina, Pit, and Link. She found herself unable to move and looked down to find that she was also trapped inside a crystal.
"W-what's going on...?"
Then, she saw her mother using a large, two-handed sword to fight with some monster that looked like a huge werewolf wearing armor. Linkle didn't understand what was happening; she couldn't hear what they were saying, but she could see that her mother was simultaneously pissed and panicked.
"I won't allow you to take these children to your dark lord, demon!" shouted Linkle's mother.
"You can't stop the King of Darkness, Sheikah!" shouted the demon dog. "We already have the Hero of Legend in our grasp!"
Linkle's mother turned around and saw Link being taken away to a portal by several Wizzrobes in green. She tried to rush to stop them, but the demon dog used this distraction to stab her from behind. Linkle could see the blade coming out of her mother's chest.
"Like I said, Sheikah bitch, you can't stop our king," he muttered into her ear as he removed his sword from her body.
"L-Link..." she said before she fell to the floor, a pool of blood quickly forming around her body. The last sight to fill her vision before everything went black was Link being taken away.
Linkle couldn't believe what she just saw; her mother, her dear mother, had just been murdered right in front of her. The demon dog looked confused. Was it just his imagination, or had one of the sealed humans just moved? No, that was impossible; all the prisoners of the crystal cages had their movements completely restrained. However, when he got closer, he could see one of the girls he'd sealed away starting to move.
"Mother... mother... Mother!"
Suddenly a mark appeared on Linkle's hand and glowed in a bright golden light. The light was so intense that it blinded everyone in the room, even throwing the demon dog away, slamming him hard agaist the wall. The light was strong enough to vaporize the weakest demons in the room. But the biggest shock to the demons was that the crystal broke into several pieces; Linkle had just freed herself from the prison.
The dog demon could not believe what he saw. "Th-that's impossible! No one could free themselves from one of the crystal cages!"
That's when he saw the golden mark on her hand: the mark of the Triforce of Courage.
"The girl is the real Hero of Legend!" cried the dog demon. "Get her!"
A bunch of Wizzrobes appeared in the air, but before any of them could touch Linkle, the sound of gunshots rang through the air. Each Wizzrobe turned to ash as they were struck by bullets. The demon dog and Linkle turned their heads toward the direction the gunshots had come from and saw Red with two small pistols in his hands.
"Red!" Linkle cried in relief.
The demon dog growled in irritation; the power of the Triforce had set Red free from his crystal, as well.
Red wasn't the only one freed from his crystal prison, either; Lucina had been released, as well. Unlike Red, who wore a look of murderous intent on his face, Lucina was totally terrified. She had no idea what was happening around her. And since when did Red have guns?
"Linkle, what's going on here?!" the blue-haired girl cried out.
The demon dog growled. This couldn't be happening! Why did this girl have a piece of the Triforce? He cried out in frustration and rushed to attack Linkle; however, despite her petite appearance, Linkle was able to lift the demon dog, who was triple her size, and throw him away from her. She rushed to her mother and placed a hand on her back. To her surprise, she could feel a heartbeat. It was faint, but it was definitely real. Her mother was alive!
"Red, Lucina! We have to get out of here!" Linkle yelled.
She didn't need to say it twice. Soon, the trio was running through the hallways toward the front exit. The demon dog growled as his eyes glowed red with fury.
"Get them! Do not let them to escape, especially the blond girl!"
A bunch of creatures started to chase after Linkle and her group. Lucina whined as Linkle kicked off her slippers so that she could run faster.
"Linkle! What the heck is going on here?!" Lucina cried out again. She cried even more when she saw a group of monsters in hot pursuit.
"Red! Do you have anything that can stop those monsters?" Linkle asked.
Red reached into the inner pocket of his jacket and fished out a small grenade. Red used his teeth to tug off the pin and threw the rest in the direction of the monsters.
Bang!
The monsters burst into clouds of smoke from the impact of the explosion. Lucina decided in that moment that she would have to remember to ask Red how he got a grenade and why he had it with him at their senior prom later, when they weren't running for their lives.
Linkle and her friends kept running, Lucina cried out with joy when the exit of the campus finally came into view, but when they pushed through the door, they were surprised to find that the school was suspended in midair... and they had managed to run several steps away from the building before they noticed this. They screamed when gravity finally pulled them toward the ground, but luckily they fell right into a lake, softening the fall. Linkle swam to the water's surface first, still holding her mother in her arms.
"Red, Lucina, are you alright?!" Linkle yelled worriedly, looking for her friends.
Linkle was relieved when she saw Red and Lucina emerge as well, perfectly safe. When they looked around, they were nowhere near the school grounds anymore. They were now in the middle of a lush, green forest and there were no monsters in sight. Before they could question the unexpected change in scenery, Linkle heard her mother moan in pain.
"Guys! My mother is hurt! I need your help!"
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The demon dog quivered in fear as he kneeled before his master's throne. He didn't dare meet the king's eyes because he knew the man didn't tolerate any kind of failure. He was well aware that he'd most likely be killed by his leader for his mistakes.
"I really should kill you for letting the girl escaping from you, but I won't... for now." Then, the dark king placed his hand on the crystal which had Link sealed inside. "This misunderstanding can be useful to us. Even though this child is not the reincarnated hero, he still has his bloodline."
The demon dog was relieved that he wouldn't be killed by his master, but he was still furious that a girl- a weak, small girl- had beaten him. He gritted his teeth and balled his hands into fists.
"You will pay for my disgrace, Hero of Legend!" He promised himself he would make the girl pay for his failure to his master and the disgrace to his honor.
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Linkle's eyes widened in horror when she saw the damage her mother had taken from fighting that demon dog. Blood... There was so much blood, everywhere, all of it gushing from a hole in her mother's chest. Lucina had to rush to the nearest tree to vomit; she had never seen so much blood in her life. Red was also shocked; any normal person would have died from this kind of damage a long time ago, but Linkle's mother was still breathing. However, Red knew she wouldn't be alive for much longer.
"L-Linkle..." her mother grabbed Linkle's arm as she coughed up blood.
"Mother, don't talk!" she cried. " We... we'll get help! Just hold on!"
Linkle knew she was being naïve; there was no way her mother would live long enough for them to get any help. And her mother knew this, as well.
"T-There's no time, Linkle. You need to know the truth, your fate..." she tightened her grip on Linkle's right arm.
"M-My fate?"
Her mother started to explain her real name was Impa and not Delia Greenleaf. She was a royal guard to Hyrule's Royal Family. In the past, she was a friend of Link and Linkle's real mother and the one who carried on the hero's bloodline. Impa also told her that their home village was attacked by monsters, who killed her mother shortly after she gave birth to the twins. Impa saved them from the monsters and ran away with them to a safe place. She knew the King of Darkness wanted to kill the new Hero of Legend before he could become a problem, which was the reason why Impa took them to another dimension, the Earth Realm, away from the Dark King's influence.
"I.. I admit, at first I thought it was Link who was the hero. All the past heroes were men, after all. But when I saw the mark of the Triforce appear on you... after you defended Lucina from a bully when you were a little girl, I knew... You are the Hero of this era... I was going to tell you after the prom, but... the Dark King's army made their move... All I wanted was to give you one more night to be a normal girl..." Impa paused to cough up more blood, and her vision started to blur. She needed to hurry. "Linkle, find Princess Zelda at Hyrule Castle... She will help you through your journey..."
Impa's body went limp, and she took her last breath. Linke started to shake her mother's body, begging her not to leave her. But Linkle knew it was useless; her mother was death. Her mother's body glowed a deep shade of violet and slowly faded into glittering sparkles, being taken by the wind. A howl of pain and anguish echoed through the forest.
"MOTHER!"
End of chapter.
So, how was it? Did you like it? I admit, writing the first chapter was complicated, especially since I am new to the fandom. Did you like Red and Lucina being there? Ah, they won't be the only ones in the story. I plan to add other Nintendo characters as special guests in the story. Please, do not forget to leave your review here. And suggestions are welcome.
Next chapter, Linkle, Red, and Lucina are go to Hyrule Castle.
I want to thank Flock o' Seagulls for beta-editing this =D