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Part 16 of Hyper Light Heroes
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2025-05-27
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2025-11-08
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Press On (For Every Moment is Precious)

Summary:

A collection of one-shots set in my Hyper Light Heroes AU

Loads of fluff, angst, hurt/comfort, and extra scenes ahead!

Chapter 1: Table of Contents

Summary:

Yes I did get the title from Indie Cross. What of it? (Go watch it on YouTube if you haven’t; it’s peak)

Chapter Text

Crossover One Shots


 

1.  Another Year Your Heart Keeps Beating — Fluff, light hurt/comfort

Summary: Wind’s birthday is coming up, and Hyrule and Drifter have no idea when theirs are. Clearly this must be remedied. 

Time frame: Set between “Establishing Competence” and the first chapter of “What Doesn’t Kill You (You Learn to Live With)”

 

2. To Think, To Be, To Dream — Angst

Summary: Sky has a strange relationship with dreams; so does Drifter. Sometimes things line up that aren’t supposed to.

Time frame: Could be set anywhere before “Give Up Your Faith for a Fleeting Relief”

 

3. The Fickle Will of Gods — Extra scene

Summary: Twilight walked through the portal with Wild, and emerged alone. But is he really? 

Time frame: Set during the first half of chapter 4 of “What Doesn’t Kill You (You Learn to Live With)” 

 

4. Drink and Be Merry — Crack, mild hurt/comfort

Summary: Blu have a very low alcohol tolerance, and Hyrulean beer is potent. The Chain finds this out the hard way. 

Time Frame: Set between “Throwing Goats” and “The Festival of Colors”

 

5. Great Minds, Greater Powers — Extra Scene

Summary: Dark Link attempts a deal with Judgement.

Time Frame: Set between “Hyper Light Heroes” and “What Doesn’t Kill You (You Learn to Live With)” 

 

6. I Know Things I Shouldn’t, I See Things Not Meant to be Seen (Part One) — Angst, some hurt/comfort

Summary: Wind sees ghosts; he wishes he didn’t. 

Time Frame: NOT CANON TO AU, set between "A Dragon is a Goddess to the Lizards Below" and "The Person Who I Used to be Wouldn’t Recognize Me Now"

 

7. Hydrophobic — Fluff

Summary: Blu don’t swim, and Drifter is no different. Legend doesn’t swim for completely unrelated reasons, and Wind just wants to have fun with all his brothers.  

Time Frame: Set between “Hell on Earth, and the Demons Who Live There” and “A Dragon is a Goddess to the Lizards Below”

 

8. Dance Around the Kitchen Like it’s the Only Place on Earth — Fluff

Summary: Time really needs to stop bringing home skittish stray cats; Malon is running out of room in the house (maybe just one more is okay though).

Time Frame: Set between “A Dragon is a Goddess to the Lizards Below” and “The Person Who I Used to be Wouldn’t Recognize Me Now”

 

9. Walk a Mile With Someone Else’s Feet — Angst

Summary: At the bidding of a very inconvenient wizzrobe, someone else gets to learn what it’s like to be Drifter. 

Time Frame: NOT CANON TO AU, set between “Dear Fellow Traveler” and “Give Up Your Faith for a Fleeting Relief”

 

11. A Sniffle or a Cough — Light whump

Summary: Judgment’s isn’t the only illness out there (and only Drifter wears a mask). 

Time Frame: Set any time before “The Festival of Colors”

 

12. Species Extirpation Angst, hurt/comfort

Summary: Twilight needs to take better care of his laundry; Drifter is not amused. Warriors has no idea what's happening until it's far too late.

Time Frame: NOT CANON TO AU, set between “Dear Fellow Traveler” and “Give Up Your Faith for a Fleeting Relief”

 

13. Higher Beings, These Words are for You Alone — Extra Scene

Summary: A discussion between a goddess and an extrapersonal force.

Time Frame: Set immediately after the final chapter of “Give Up Your Faith for a Fleeting Relief”

 

14. Song of Solace — Fluff

Summary: Time and Drifter want to do something together for bonding’s sake. Neither of them are great at communicating, nor planning, but it works out.  

Time Frame: Set immediately after "Dance Around the Kitchen Like it’s the Only Place on Earth"

 

16. Hope of the Hopeless, God of the Lost — Extra Scene

Summary: Time has a god in his pocket, kept as a last resort. He’s more than just that, though, and might be just who Drifter needs at the moment.

Time Frame: Set between “Give Up Your Faith for a Fleeting Relief” and “Bury My Grief and My Friends Along With It”

 

17. Primary Sources — Extra Scene

Summary: Wild seeks out Khavel once more; he has a few questions for her. 

Time Frame: Set during the beginning of chapter 4 of “The Start of Apoptosis”

 

26: Forces and the DivineComing Soon!

Summary: The Jackal communes with three goddesses golden, and a world-altering bargain is struck. 

Time Frame: Set just before “Hyper Light Heroes”

 

 

HLD Only One Shots


 

10: In the Meantime — Extra Scene

Summary: Kial hasn’t seen Drifter for a while, he hopes they’re okay. 

Time Frame: Set anywhere between “Hyper Light Heroes” and “I Walk The Halls of this Once-Loved Place (And See You in Every Shadow)”

 

18. Titanfall — Backstory, worldbuilding, angst

Summary: When the Titans touched shore, everyone thought the world was ending. For Dazarel, it might as well have.

Time Frame: Set long before "Hyper Light Heroes."

 

21. Armistice IndefiniteComing Soon!

Summary: Three souls meet in the midst of battle, two on one side, one on the other. Somehow, they all make it out alright. 

Time Frame: Set long before "Hyper Light Heroes."

 

22. Untouched by a Word, but Tangibly ThereComing Soon!

Summary: Moments of care between two broken people, finding solace in each other as their blood flows pink in tandem.

Time Frame: Set shortly before "Hyper Light Heroes"

 

25: Victim of SuccessComing Soon!

Summary: Running from the army and racing against time, Khavel becomes The Librarian.

Time Frame: Set long before “Hyper Light Heroes”  

 

 

LoZ Only One Shots


 

15. Sword Without a Spirit — Backstory, worldbuilding, Angst

Summary: Link pulls the Four Sword a total of three times; the third, he does not survive it. 

Time Frame: Set long before “Hyper Light Heroes,” during and after the events of Minish Cap, Four Swords, and Four Swords Adventures

 

19. I Knew You, Long Ago — Coming Soon!

Summary: Wind becomes Tune, and has to live with the consequences. 

Time Frame: Set long after the events of the series, during and after the events of Hyrule Warriors

 

20. The Calm Before Calamity Coming Soon!

Summary: Snippets from a life, cut short and unremembered.

Time Frame: Set long before "Hyper Light Heroes," before the events of Breath of the Wild. 

 

23. Hot and Oh So Cold — Coming Soon!

Summary: Life is tough in the Era of Decline, and opinions of the hero are as varied as they are strong. Some see him as their last hope and reason for living, others…not so much. 
Time Frame: Set long before “Hyper Light Heroes,” during and after the events of LOZ1 and LOZ: Adventure of Link

 

24. The Hands of the Clock Turn Backwards; My Heart Beats in Time With the Ticks — Coming Soon!

Summary: Three days, four years, and a mask. 

Time Frame: Set long before "Hyper Light Heroes," during and after the events of Majora's Mask

 

27. Ocarina, Origin — Coming Soon!

Summary: Dark Link stumbles across an item that will change the course of history.

Time Frame: Set about a year before “Hyper Light Heroes” shortly before all the Links met up

 

28. Wake Up Little Dreamer, You’ve Fallen Asleep Again — Coming Soon!

Summary: Link falls asleep, wakes, and learns to love the world again somewhere between.

Time Frame: Set long before "Hyper Light Heroes" during and after the events of Link's Awakening.

 

29. You Took Everything From Me; I’m BackComing Soon!

Summary: Link hates the Master Sword, then he meets the Master Sword, and nothing everything changes. 

Time Frame: Set long before “Hyper Light Heroes” during and after the events of Hyrule Warriors