Fire Emblem: The Three Blades

Chapter 1: The Three Warriors

Ordon Village

Link sat by his high window, staring out into the sky. It had been two months since he defeated Ganondorf, and Midna had left, now somewhere in the Palace of Twilight. Hyrule is at peace now, but that leaves the question: What does a hero do if there is nothing to save? He pondered this question frequently. He'd been to every corner of Hyrule, and to even another realm. He no longer possessed the Master Sword, and it he has not worn the hero's garb in weeks. Is he finally living a normal life? No Bokoblins attacking, and no dark dungeons.

Thinking about life, he slowly became drowsy. How late was it? He became drowsier, and drowsier, until his eyes closed, and he fell back on to the ground.

Unknown Realm

Link jolted up. He was clothed in the hero's garb and the Master Sword was sheathed on his back. Wherever he was appeared completely white, even the ground he stood on, almost as if he was floating. Two other figures faded in and out, as they began to wake up as well. One was in a dark robe with lacings of gold on it, in contrast to his pail white hair. The other person had blue hair, and was also wearing dark clothing, but had armor reinforcements and a draping cape. He carried a large sword, which did not look like it was of Hylian design.

When they were fully awake, they did not notice the presence of Link. They did not show any signs of distress, seeming like this has happened to them before. All Link could do was watch.

The Mind Link

"Alright, the mind link worked. Naga should be here," said Chrom.

"Why did she want to talk to us this time?" said Robin.

"Perhaps she can tell you now," said Naga, who slowly faded into the white room. "The sensitivity of this event has too high a risk of being exposed, so I must use the most private form of communication that I can use."

"Very clever. Only we can get in?" asked Robin.

"At the moment, yes. I must mark those who I allow in here with a symbol of trust in order for them to be here," she answered.

"Very covert, I must say," said Chrom.

"Now, on to business, I suppose," said Naga. "Time is a very sensitive thing. When it is tampered with, there can be, holes per say, through the universe. If someone were to follow through a hole, then they could end up crossing worlds."

"Holes in time and the universe? So we go to a world where Grima was permanently killed, or where I was, well, I don't know, a girl?" said Robin.

"I do not know. Despite my power, I cannot risk going through one of them," answered Naga.

Naga then looked to her left. A blur of waves emanated in the form of a human's body, like the waves from heat in the air. She was confused, as to what it was.

"Naga, you look a little distracted," said Robin.

Naga ignored Robin's comment and continued to stare. Robin and Chrom looked, but to no purpose. They couldn't see anything except for themselves.

"Pardon us, but I don't think there is anyone her except for the three of us," said Chrom.

After a brief silence, Naga finally spoke.

"It appears we are not alone," she said.

The Mind Link, Link's POV

Link was caught by surprise when Naga noticed him. He had no idea who these people were, except for Naga, who appeared to be a goddess. He listened in on their conversation, and became even more confused as Naga explained. How was it possible that he was in the Mind Link? Only those who had her "symbol of trust" could be here. As for the holes in time, he wondered if that is how he got here.

"Hold out your hand, whoever you are," said Naga.

Link held out his hand. The Triforce of Courage on his hand glowed. The light then rode around the outline of his body, fully revealing him, and making him visible to the three of them.

"A spy?!" said Chrom. He gripped Falchion harder and pulled it up.

"Wait, do not attack him. He is not hostile," said Naga.

"If he was, he probably would have attacked by now," added Robin.

Link and Chrom both eased up.

"How did you get here? You haven't received the symbol of trust," said Chrom.

"The mark on his hand maybe?" suggested Robin.

"Hold it out again," said Naga.

Link held out his hand again, with the backside of it facing Naga. The Triforce of Courage shined. Naga then grabbed Link's hand and it glowed bright enough to make everyone close their eyes.

"This is a mark of, great, courage," said Naga. "Power like this is greater than a simple symbol of trust. Tell me, what is your name?"

Link stood silently. They waited for a few seconds.

"Do you not remember it?" asked Robin.

Again, he was silent.

"If you wish to continue the silence, then maybe I can do something," said Naga.

She placed her hands on Link's temples, and pulled them back.

"Now, think of your name," she said.

"My name, is Link," he thought.

"Amazing, I can hear him. It's like I can hear his thoughts," said Robin. "Now that we can talk, Link, who are you exactly?"

"I am the Hero of Time, from the kingdom of Hyrule," he thought. "The triangle mark on my hand is the Triforce of Courage, which is only given to those worthy of it. There are two other parts to the Triforce. The Triforce of Wisdom, and the Triforce of Power."

"Hyrule, that doesn't sound familiar. It must be far from Ylisse," said Chrom.

"I've never heard of your kingdom either," thought Link.

"Your sword, it looks of eloquent design," said Naga.

Link pulled out the Master Sword. A metallic sound played as he took it out, while the light shined off its glistening edge.

"It is the Master Sword. It can only be wielded by a worthy person who has gone lengths to prove their courage. But to be quite honest, I returned the blade to its pedestal deep within the Sacred Grove. I do not know why I have it. I wasn't dressed in these clothes either," thought Link.

"That sounds much deeper than Chrom's sword," said Robin.

"Indeed. My sword Falchion is branded towards me and my descendants. Naga blessed it, and it then had the power to slay the powerful dragon known as Grima," said Chrom.

The three of them continued to talk about Hyrule and Ylisse, until Naga interrupted.

"Being the Hero of Time, you may have been placed into our mind link because someone else wanted you here. Perhaps, a god or goddess from your world?" suggested Naga.

"I'm not sure why I would be called here, but I'm sure about one thing: either your world or my world needs each other's help," thought Link.

As soon as Link thought that, he began to tense up and started staggering.

"Link!" yelled Chrom and Robin.

"This isn't good, his body in his world is in distress. I'm closing the mind link!" yelled Naga.

"Wait, don't!" shouted Robin.

Chrom and Robin grabbed on to Link as he lay in pain. The mind link closed as if someone turned the lights off, and they were in the real world when it was all darkness.

Ordon Village, Link's House

Link lied on the bottom floor of his house, right by his front door. A gaping blade wound ran across his entire upper body, and a small pool of blood sat right next to him. He was still alive though. He could just lie there, and wait for someone to come. Until someone came in, all he could here was the sound of his fireplace crackling and his slow, slow heartbeat.

Creek. The door opened a crack. In came in a blurry figure, with pale hair. Robin, perhaps? Link couldn't tell, and the room was getting darker. The person began to whisper to him or herself, but it was too quite to distinguish.

The question remained, which is who or what attacked Link while he was sleeping? Something with a blade, or a claw.

Link's House, Robin's POV

"Damn!, Link is out cold, and he has this huge wound on him. If only Lissa were here," said Robin.

Robin began to rummage through a small sack he was carrying, tied to his waist. The bottles clinked as he looked through. Then he pulled out a blue one, filled with some liquid, otherwise known as an Elixir. Robin slightly opened Link's mouth and poured it in.

"This will serve you better than it would for me," said Robin. "I wonder if whatever did this is still out there. And where's Chrom, still in Ylisse?"

Robin got up, and left Link on the floor. He stepped outside, into the dawn of the day. Down the ladder was Chrom, lying down, presumably unconscious. Robin put his hand on his arm, trying to wake him up.

"What, where's Link?" said Chrom.

"In there. I think we got transported into Hyrule," said Robin. "I gave him an elixir, so that should help with his wound. More importantly, what caused the wound?"

"I don't know, but we need Link to wake up. He might know," said Chrom.

They went back inside, and waited by the fireplace for Link to wake up.

So basically I wanted to make a Fire Emblem and Legend of Zelda crossover, but my knowledge of Fire Emblem is limited considering that the only game I played was Awakening. So we're gonna have to stick with the cast of Awakening and the characters from Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (my favorite Legend of Zelda game).

As for Fire Emblem pairings, I'm probably gonna have Chrom paired with Sumia, and other characters that I paired together in my Awakening playthrough. As for Link himself, he probably won't be paired with anyone from LOZ or Fire Emblem.

The whole thing with Link talking with his mind, but not actually speaking, is gonna be for this chapter and maybe a few more only. I needed to get him to communicate some way, but in later chapters I'll have other characters speak for him (then again, there were dialogue options in Skyward Sword).

-Kaz