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'til we both see the light by FryOfTreachery
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
14 Jun 2025
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Wind is very curious about the ghost. Whose ghost is it? How does it seem to exist in every Hyrule? Why are Time and Warriors being so avoidant? And, most of all, why does the crankiest member of the chain have to be so darn observant? Wind just wants to be a ghosty boi in peace.
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- Part 1 of The Chain is chaining
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Link knows he will eventually have to face Demise's Curse, and has been training obsessively for 11 years in preparation. Even armies of monsters aren't much of a threat anymore.
But when the Master Sword is cursed so badly it can't even be put to rest, and people are being attacked by monsters all over Hyrule, despite the fact there doesn't seem to be any monsters roaming around for the Hero to fight, and with part of the population being more hindrance than help because they don't believe in either the Hero nor the Princess, Link and Zelda find themselves faced with nothing but unsolvable problems and very little to go on. And the Enemy has more unpleasant surprises in store yet...
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FIGHT! LIKE! HELL! by GeorgiDynamo
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
09 Mar 2025
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It has been one year since the Hero of Time disappeared... and eight years since Ganondorf has taken over Hyrule. In her desperation, Sheik revealed herself as Zelda and tried to lead the Sages in a final assault... but it was all in vain. The Sages were gone now... and she had been captured as a trophy of Ganondorf’s triumph...
All hope is lost... until someone began ascending to Ganon’s Tower...
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- Part 3 of Tales from the Realms
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When a Hero sheds tears, it is those of failure of those he loves- the people of Hyrule. One Hero feels the agony of all the others, and his is the burden of Hyrule for all eternity.
That Hero has been through much and seen more, but he never expected to fail his Princess, dooming his world to Ganon's rule.
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mending a gentle heart by cryingtulips
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
29 Nov 2024
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“It’s too much,” Link admits. “It’s too much all at once.” I don’t know how to deal with this, he does not say. He doesn’t have to, not when the silence overpowers the layout of the area and the house is forever one chair empty, a family portrait that will never be complete anymore.
Link buries his head into his arms, ears pinned back and shoulders tense. “I want things to return to how they used to be.” The words are rasped out, as if they are something to be ashamed of. “Before that cursed island, before the Oracles, and before Agahnim.”
Nima has nothing to say to that last sentence, for she knows nothing about going on adventures or being a hero, nothing about fighting or having the weight of a whole kingdom rest on your shoulders, or the sacrifices needed to be made to ensure everyone’s safety. She hates how she has no words of comfort or advice to offer.
or, Nima is not blind to how Link struggles after his travels. She can't watch as he deteriorates, as the sweet young boy he once was is washed away with someone unfamiliar and haunting. One day, she approaches him with the promise of company and a shoulder to lean on, and can only hope it's enough.
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- Part 2 of Come Home (To Me) Little Soldier Boy
- Part 2 of Linked Across Timelines
- Part 1 of loz event works
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show me how to lay my sword down by cryingtulips for LobotomiesAllAround
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
21 Oct 2024
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Nayru looks at the statue, hand keeping Link in place, and she continues her message. “The journey ahead will be unpleasant, and you're going to be bitter and angry for many years. But I need you to remember it’s all worth it. The memories, the laughter and tears, it’s all worth it.”
There's something ancient in her words as she regards Link, as if this is a message she has foretold countless times before. “You will live a happy life, but only if you fight for it. And Link, you always need to fight for it.”
Or, Legend forgets he can lead a happy life, but only if he lets himself. He needs to open up and trust those around him, but it's hard when all he can think of is how he's destined to fail as a hero, and that in the end, everyone leaves.
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- Part 1 of Linked Across Timelines
- Part 1 of Come Home (To Me) Little Soldier Boy
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Cloak Snatcher by Archivist_13
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
05 Jul 2024
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Before Zelda can step out onto her own adventure, she must reflect on herself and her relationship to the Hero of Legends. Also she technically committed the medieval fantasy version of sweater stealing and that's adorable and makes my Zelink shipping heart very happy.
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The Fallen Time by freezingwhitefire (Kara_Eclipse)
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
17 Jun 2024
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The Hero of Time fell once, but how? How did he fall and how did Ganondorf become simply Ganon? Surely the Sages and Zelda would have trapped him in a weaker form instead.
Link knows the answer even if he doesn't remember it.
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- Part 1 of Time Adrift at the Beginning
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Sacred Blades by randomhighfive
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
07 Mar 2024
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Link was never religious, not in the traditional sense anyways.
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Fragment by kellerdiccless
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
04 Feb 2024
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Sheik is the last male Sheikah that remains in his Tribe since the Hero of Time fell to Ganondorf 55 years prior to his birth. He has never seen or dealt with the conflict of war in his life, sheltered from all violence to ensure the future of the Tribe, but as the Golden Goddesses may have it, he has always had an important role to play—just not the one he and his people previously believed it to be.
It was said that the priceless artifact stolen from Hyrule Castle was split into three fragments.
Per Unseen64: an "origin story of the Master Sword. Within the bad ending of “Ocarina of Time” exploring the last male Sheik’s (after a genocidal ethnic-cleansing) journey transforming into the Master Sword. All while the Dark Gerudo are giving their 100 year birth to Gannon."
This fic was written for the Harp in Shadows (HiS) Zine: A Sheik Zine, of which proceeds were donated to the GATE charity!
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The Sealing War by Sorio99
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
26 Apr 2023
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“From the ashes of war, a child is born.
A child shall grow and bring together the sages of a new age.
The hero of time will call forth the power of the spiritual stones, and he shall draw forth the blade of evil’s bane.
With that blade, and with the power of time, he shall decide the fate of all Hyrule.”
The prophecy of the Hero of Time never stated he would succeed.
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What happened when Link was defeated, and how the people of Hyrule lost and rewon their kingdom.Series
- Part 3 of The Lost Histories Of Hyrule
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A Link From the Past by venowiv
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
02 Apr 2023
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The spirit of the Hero of Time wanders Hyrule Castle after his death at the hands of Ganon. Soon history will repeat itself.
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Cleaning Up The Mess by Back_Alley_Muse
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
26 Nov 2022
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After some revelations, the Hero of Legend and the Hero of Time have a talk.
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A Hero Until the End (And Beyond) by MythicalNarwhal12
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
19 Oct 2022
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LUtober #18: Buried
When discussing their placements in the timeline, Legend reveals that the hero before him died.
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- Part 18 of LUtober 2022
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We'll see each other again by LinktheDemonofHyrule
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
27 Aug 2022
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During the final battle with Ganon the Hero of Time is slain. And in his final moments, makes a promise to his princess.
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Linked Universe fic. Wild spirals after Legend gets injured defending him in battle, and Time and Wild have a long overdue talk.
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No One Mourns the Wicked by Rose_of_Pollux
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
08 Oct 2020
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[Fallen Hero timeline, post-OoT, pre-LttP]. Despite slaying the Hero of Time and claiming the entire Triforce, Ganon was sealed away in the Sacred Realm. He was convinced his fellow Gerudo would band together to find a way to free him. He could not have been more wrong.
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- Part 4 of October 2020 writing challenge
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Four Swords: Fallen Timeline (DISCONTINUED) by SingingVio
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
11 Jul 2020
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After the Links get split up, what happens? What if they failed?
When dreams make continuing his peaceful life with his family in the Gerudo Desert impossible, a now adult Green sets out to find the reason behind it, which lies hidden in his forgotten past. And once he finds a frozen kid in a cave, what he previously thought he knew slowly unravels. And everything just goes downhill from there...
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Meanwhile life for Shadow is good, with his victory years ago he got everything he's ever wanted and his knowledgeable companion makes sure life is never boring. But then he get's bad news that a new dark force is present... one that makes his army disappear, including Ganon and Vaati, who, to be fair, Shadow hated anyway. So now, he had no choice but to get his rivals back into a team, with new allies, to get rid of this new evil that even he can't stand.Series
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The Fallen Hero by OrphisTheDragon
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
29 Dec 2019
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Link thought that switching the Triforce with his loved one would save him and Hyrule from it's dark fate...
Oh, how wrong he was.
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- Part 1 of Fallen
- Part 1 of GanLink - Verse
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put away all the gods your father served today by orphan_account
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
05 Aug 2019
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The Hero of Time was destined to die young, in the heat of the battle with Ganon, but not quick. No, the Goddesses were not that merciful. They let him die agonizingly slow.
And then, they didn’t quite let him die, either. They say Hylia is a loving goddess, but She has cursed Her champion. Where is Her mercy when he needs Her the most?