AN:

So I got Breath of the Wild for my birthday and have completed everything but the stupid korok seeds. I love the game and even spent graduation money (you know that shit that's supposed to be spent on stuff for college) on the expansion pass. So, like two million other sad people, I have decided to write a fanfiction. I may be able to vote for the leaders of my country now, but that doesn't mean I am too mature for shitty fanfiction. So, have fun…and I don't own Legend of Zelda.

An Ancient hero, a Calamity appears,

Now resurrected after 10,000 years.

Her appointed knight gives his life,

Shields her figure, and pays the price.

The princess's love for her fallen knight awakens her power

And within the castle the Calamity is forced to cower.

But the knight survives!

In the Shrine of Resurrection he sleeps,

Until from his healing dream he leaps!

For fierce and deadly trials await.

To regain his strength. Fulfill his fate.

To become a hero once again!

To wrest the princess from evil's den.

The hero, the princess – hand in hand –

Must bring light back to this land.

'It seems Link has become the hero he was born to be.' Kass notes as he sees the castle clears of malice and the light surrounding Hyrule field depleted mere hours after Vah Medoh shot a strong beam of light towards it.

"Daddy! Can we go back to the platform?" Kheel asks. "The mean light's gone!"

"Not today. We want to make sure that it isn't coming back." Amali informs her children.

"It won't, not for a long time." Kass says joyfully.

-oOo-

AN: After this point, it will all be from Link's point of view.

"Thank you, Link…the hero of Hyrule," Princess Zelda gives me a small smile. "May I ask…Do you really remember me?"

I don't know what to do. She's here, she's alive. It takes a few moments, but I manage a nod. The princess looks ready to burst into tears of joy. She takes a step forward and reaches out a hand, before realizing what she did and placing on her chest.

I look around us, finally breaking my eyes from hers. "It looks like rain, we need to find shelter."

"Link…" She wines. What? Rain, I can't climb anything and you are in a 100-year-old white dress.

"Um…"

"Never mind, before we leave I would like to see if any of my belongings survived." She drops both of her hands to her side and starts walking, and I naturally follow. We eventually make it to what was once her bedroom and study. She collects her diary and research journal – which I may or may not have read –, but hardly anything else is salvageable. I grab the Royal Guard's bow from atop her fireplace and lead her out as carefully as possible.

We pass through the front gates of the castle and turn around. This is the first time Princess Zelda has left that castle in 100 years. We eventually tear our eyes from her prison and start to walk away, but something makes us turn once again, a feeling of a weight lifting off my shoulders envelopes me.

"I think…" She starts. "I think they are finally at rest."

"I believe so."

"Now what?"

"There's a stable just on the other side of the field, for now, that's our goal." I explain. "There we can eat and sleep."

"That sounds lovely." She sighs.

"We'll discuss what we do from there in the morning."

"Yes, in the morning."

"Follow me, I have a horse over here." I lead her over to Epona and get on, before pulling her up after me. She wraps her arms around my waist and leans heavily on me, apparently losing whatever adrenaline was keeping her upright. "It won't be long, I promise."

She makes some unintelligible sound in reply and I head towards the Riverside Stable.

-oOo-

The next day the princess doesn't wake until around noon, to be fair I only woke up maybe an hour before her. "Good afternoon, your grace."

"Afternoon?" She stretches.

"You've been asleep a while." I shrug and hand her a plate of simmered fruit and a glass of water.

"Thank you." She begins eating. "Have you eaten?"

"Yes."

"So, do you have a plan?" She stabs a slice of apple with her fork.

"We should probably go to Kakariko Village, see Impa."

"She's alive?" The princess stops and stares at me with her fork halfway to her mouth.

"There are three Sheikah left from before: Impa, Purah, and Robbie."

"You've seen them all?" She begins to smile.

"Couldn't you see? I thought you watched over me."

"I did, but it was more…I don't really know how to explain it. There were times that it was fuzzy. Sometimes I could see and hear, specifically when you were on the Divine Beasts. Most of the time, I could see something, not much, but I could always feel what you were feeling. I felt your pain, your…you didn't seem to feel much else." The princess has ceased making eye contact with me. "I am sorry."

"It isn't your fault. It isn't your fault that this was our fate, our lives had been decided for us before we were even born."

"That doesn't make it any easier." She murmurs.

"No," We sit in silence for a few more minutes while she finishes her breakfast. "We should get going, I've got a horse for you."

"Really?"

"I can have up to five, then the stable system cuts me off." I explain.

"How many horses do you need?" She laughs.

"All," She continues to laugh at me, and I go to get our horses. They bring out a pure white horse which I had decked out in the Royal Outfit.

"Incredible," The princess breathes. "She looks just like…"

"A descendant."

"Amazing that she is still pure white."

"Her name's Luna."

"It's perfect." The princess grins. "Mind helping me up? This dress isn't very easy to maneuver in."

"Yes, your grace." I help her up, hop onto Epona, and started leading her to Kakariko village.

AN:

I don't know when I'll update, I'm sure I will at some point. I have a long, boring Summer ahead of me.