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anadorablekiwi · 2 years

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‘Ello y’all, i come bearing a short introduction fic to my newest OC 💜💖

Princess of Courage (and Recklessness)

Word count: 1833

Contents: humor, canon-typical violence (she gets hurt and a fight happens but it’s not descriptive at all)

Zelda pulled her white face mask up over her nose and tied the top part of her long blonde hair back. Word had been spreading of a mysterious dark magic portal-looking thing out in the woods, and despite everyone’s best efforts, that word had made its way to her ears. She dug out one of the notes she had written up and laid it on her bed for the maids to find, the envelope addressed “To Queen Zelda.”

Quietly as she could, she slipped out of her room, stopping by the library on her way out. Another envelope, this one addressed “To Link <3.” was placed on one of the tables. With that done, Zelda slipped out the library window and made her way to the woods.

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As the walked through the woods in the reported direction of the weird thing, a little hummingbird flew up to her and began hovering around her head.

Zelda giggled. “Hello there, Zippy. I’m investigating some dark magic thing. Care to join me?”

The hummingbird chirped scoldingly.

“Oh hush, I’ll be fine. I already know what Link would say.” She straightened her posture and did her best Link impression. “No Zelda, that’s dangerous. We need to thoroughly research it before diving straight in. You’ll get hurt, or worse. I won't let you have any fun.”

Zippy let out another scolding chirp.

“Okay fine, maybe that last bit isn’t true, but you know he’d just try to stop me. It’ll be Fine! Besides, so long as you’re with me I’m not alone! Isn’t that right, Zippy?” she held out a finger, allowing the hummingbird to land on it. Zelda brought her other hand up and gently stroked the tiny bird’s head. Zippy chirped happily, then flew up and settled on her head, chirping as she walked.

Finally, they reached the object in question. Zelda walked up to it, careful to not get too close. Yet.

“Hm, that definitely looks like a dark magic portal to me. Hey Zippy, where do you think it leads? Someplace fun, I bet.”

A concerned chirp, then Zippy started flying around the portal, finally stopping to hover right in front of Zelda’s face.

“You know fully well I’m gonna walk into it, Zippy. I don’t think even Link could stop me. I don’t want anything bad happening to you though for following me… hmm…” She thought for a moment, then brightened. “Oh! Why don’t you chill in my bag while I go through? I’ll let you out once we’re on the other side.”

The little bird chirped in affirmation and flew straight into her bag as soon as she opened it. With that settled, she squared her shoulders and walked through the portal.

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As she exited the portal, Zelda took in her new surroundings. All in all, not too much had changed. She was still in a forest, although she could tell it was not the one she was familiar with. Not seeing any immediate threats, she opened her bag to let her little friend out.

The small hummingbird flew out and circled her head a couple times before settling on top again. Zelda chuckled. “Hey there, Zippy. Looks like things are okay! And look, I didn’t even get hurt! Now, let’s see if we can figure out where we are, yeah?”

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Zelda growled at the monsters surrounding her and clutched her sword tightly, ignoring the pain in her left arm. “Zippy, these guys are a lot stronger than I thought they would be. See if you could find some help. And don’t worry about me, I can hold out just fine.''

She dodged out of the way of a Moblin’s attack, using the momentum to swing her sword into its side. The moblin bellowed in pain and swung again, missing by a few inches. Zippy flew off, and Zelda rolled out of the way of a bokoblin club. Ugh, there are too many of them. If they were just normal strength, I’d be fine…

The next few minutes were spent entirely dodging the various attacks aimed at her. Fortunately, the archers were normal and she had been able to take them all out already. She managed to down another bokoblin, scowling at its black blood. I’ve never seen monsters quite like this, much less ones this strong. A bokoblin swung a red stick in her direction and she rolled to the side to avoid the fire that came flying out.

Distantly, she heard footsteps. Fast ones, it sounds like. Hopefully that’s help Zippy found and not backup for the ‘blins. She dodged a bokoblin with a sword, but had gotten distracted and failed to notice where the Moblin was. With rising dread, she whipped around and tried dodging to the side again.

Unfortunately, the Moblin she had inevitably dodged into was not planning a downward strike. Its club hit her side and flung her across the clearing, hitting the dirt hard. Zelda’s vision went blurry and she groaned, fighting to stay awake and get up before another thing hit her.

She fought for her eyes to just focus again, and managed to make out the silhouette of a bokoblin bearing down on her. Unable to move in time, she closed her eyes and braced for the impact.

Only to hear a ‘Hyah!,’ numerous footsteps, and the familiar buzzing of hummingbird wings. “Good boy, Zippy,” she groaned, opening her eyes again to spot the little bird hovering worriedly in front of her.

An unfamiliar and authoritative voice called out. “Hyrule, do your thing and help her. Sky, Time, guard them. Everyone else, take a monster.”

Around her, she could hear sounds of fighting, but the shapes were still blurry.

A new face appeared at her side, and she could make out brown curly locks. Hands extended out to her side hesitantly before a distant voice called out.

“Don’t you dare Hyrule, we have plenty of potions!”

The face next to her huffed. “Whatever.” he fished something out of his bag (one such potion, presumably) and she heard the pop of a cork.

“Here, drink.” a gentle voice accompanied gentle hands, easing the bitter liquid into her mouth. Her vision began to clear up finally, the pain slowly subsiding. She took the bottle from the hands of the boy kneeling next to her and chugged the rest of the potion, then shot a grateful smile at the boy.

“Thank you.” She handed the bottle back to him and sat up.

Around her, the battle was wrapping up. She saw a tall man take out the Moblin with one fell swing, then looked around. Seeming satisfied with something, he turned and started heading towards her and the boy. (Hyrule, was it? What a strange name.)

As the man turned around, Zelda let out a soft gasp. Is that- no, it can’t be, what are you thinking? But- maybe it's just a costume. Worn by someone who looks exactly like him. Definitely probable.

Hyrule turned back to her and tilted his head. “What’s wrong?”

The tall man walked up and knelt down beside her. “Hey, you alright?”

This close up, she could see his face much more clearly. Okay that’s it, I’m either dead or dreaming. He looks exactly like the portrait in the library.

Said person in question knit his eyebrows in concern. “Miss?”

“I-I’m fine now, thank you.”

The rest of her rescuers gathered around, nine of them in total. She turned to the hummingbird perched on her right knee and reached out to stroke its feathers. “Heh, you certainly did a good job getting help, Zippy.” the hummingbird chirped happily.

The tall man glanced at her right hand and gasped. Oh, oops. Looks like I forgot my gloves.

He cleared his throat and smiled. “May I ask your name, miss?”

She went to stand, only for Hyrule to stop her. “Hold on a second, I still need to clean the wounds.”

She settled for sitting and smiled at the group nervously. “May I, uh, ask your names first?”

Looks were exchanged, and a couple of them shrugged. The only one among the men and boys wearing full plate armor nodded. “Go ahead, Warriors.

The man next to her spoke. “Would you believe us if I said we’re all named Link?”

She looked around at the group in shock, only finding serious faces. “Th- then that means-” she said in a hushed voice, eyes settling on Warriors. Or, she supposed, the Hero of Warriors. Her mouth dropped open slightly and her thoughts turned to a jumbled mess.

“Um… is she okay? Why’s she looking at you like that?” a young sounding voice asked.

She shook off the astonishment and averted her gaze, cheeks tinted pink. “S-sorry. My name is Zelda, and I’m guessing that portal I went through had something to do with time travel?”

•=|=====>

After more shock all around, the oldest one who goes by Time insisted they set up camp nearby, and save questions for after. Zelda busied herself with helping to set up camp, grateful she thought to pack some overnight necessities such as a bedroll. She seemed to be avoiding Warriors, but he tried to not be hurt by it. Time simply chuckled and insisted answers would come later, with that frustrating knowing glint in her eye. How does he know more already?? She hasn’t even spoken since telling her name!

Soon enough, camp was set up and dinner stewing over the fire. Warriors sat down first, surprised to find Zelda sit down next to him, cheeks tinted pink again. Once everyone was settled, Wind piped up.

“So, if your name is Zelda, how do you have the mark of the triforce of courage? Do you have a Link? Does he have wisdom? How does that work?”

Zelda chuckled and smiled fondly. “I don’t know why or how exactly, but yes. Link possessed the triforce of wisdom on our adventure, and I the triforce of courage.”

Twilight tilted his head in curiosity. “You know, you kind of resemble Warriors.”

Time smiled knowingly again, and all eyes turned to examine the similarity.

“Hey, you do! You’ve even got a scarf like him!”

Zelda stared at the fire and flushed a slightly deeper shade. Things began clicking in Warriors’ mind.

She cleared her throat and spoke. “Ah, yeah. That’s, uh, probably because I’m his… successor. Yeah, successor.”

Warriors spoke, voice soft. “I’m guessing that you’re the princess of your time?”

She nodded.

The final pieces connected in his mind, and a realization hit. “Wait, if you’re a princess, and my descendant, that means- I- ” his face flushed red.

Legend smirked. “Looks like Pretty Boy won’t be so hopeless at romance forever, after all.”

Twilight grinned mischievously. “So, think you’ll have the guts to ask Artemis out on a date now next time we’re in your time?”

Warriors’ face turned a deeper shade of red and he glared at Twilight.

Time chuckled. “Welcome to fatherhood, Captain.”

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#the kiwi bird writes #kiwis ocs #zelda princess of courage #Time figured out the resemblance and reason pretty quickly because hes smart like that #he also noticed how her outfit seemed to be a combination of Wars’ and Arty’s

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