I don't own Legend of Zelda. If I did the games would tie in together better and there would be a few different ones added in.
This is the sequel to 'Trapped in Termina'. Don't read this without reading that one first, otherwise this won't make any sense to you. Sure, I give a rough summary of everything that happened before the start of this, but still actually reading the first part would be better. For the record, this fic will incorporate elements of both the games and the mangas but will still have some parts original to me. Best way I can make it work. Enjoy and please review.
Part One: Oracle of Seasons
Chapter One: Welcome to Holodrum
Link of Hyrule had done many things in his life one would not have expected of him originally. He was the first amongst the Kokiri to try and leave the forest in who knows how long, he had saved the entire Goron race from starvation, and had saved a Zora princess from being digested by her own guardian. And that had all happened while he was ten years old. Then he did more impossible things, like time travel and going from one corner of Hyrule to another within a year to save six people, most of which he already knew. All of this in order to save the country from a tyrant. And when he succeeded, he got the chance to live his life normally again.
Sadly fate had other ideas for the young boy and gave him another job to do. Circumstances forced Link to leave Hyrule and go to a different country called Termina, which had only three days left to live when he got there. In that time he had to detoxify a sickened swamp, thaw a frozen mountain range, calm an irate ocean, and cleanse a cursed canyon, all while lending a hand to the people in the central town. It was tough but he did it all, and he thought he would be able to leave and go home when he finished, but fate wasn't done with him just yet.
Unable to return home for a set number of years, Link had to find a new one in Termina. He found one at the Romani Ranch with the two occupants Cremia and Romani. For four years he lived with them and enjoyed himself, and even helped Romani learn to be a warrior herself. Then when the two were fourteen, another disaster struck the country. Link went into action yet again, but this time with a partner. The two won their battles but lost Cremia and their home in the end. And if that wasn't bad enough, three goddesses told the two that they had three more jobs to do before Link could finally return to his home country.
As you could imagine, Link did not sleep well that night.
When dawn finally came, Link started waking up but tried to fight it off a little longer. Lucky for him he felt nothing more than the sunlight trying to wake him up right then anyway. Romani was still sleeping next to him and Tatl wasn't trying to coax him awake, like Navi used to sometimes. So with no disturbances, he just laid there under the blanket with his eyes closed.
'I don't wanna get up. I mean, Romani and I just spent several weeks traveling the country and fighting monsters and we even lost Cremia at the end. And now we gotta do the same thing in three more countries until I'm 18? Starting today? After this I ought to retire from the hero business and try something less eventful.'
Without really trying to, Link slowly opened his eyes. He caught this and tried to close them again, but he knew it was a futile effort now. One habit he had been forced to learn while living on Romani Ranch for four years was that when you woke you, you stayed awake. So he settled for yawning and sitting up while stretching his arms, careful not to disturb the young girl right next to him.
When Link actually looked at the area around him, he noticed something was really wrong. Even with the buildings turned into rubble, Link would recognize Romani Ranch anywhere, and this definitely wasn't the ranch. For one thing, the ranch was surrounded on all sides by trees, not one side water and the other side open valley.
Link stood up and tried to get his bearings. He was next to some kind of lake that looked about the size of Lake Hylia if he had to compare it to something. Romani was still sleeping where he had been, which was about five meters from the shore. Judging from the position of the sun, they were on the eastern shore, and everything to the east was flat grassland with some scattered trees. The other side of the lake looked like it had more trees. And in the center of the lake was an island with a wooden bridge to it that connected to land almost right next to them.
Link sighed and looked up at the sky. "Y'know, when you three said you wanted us to get started today, I kinda thought you would have had the courtesy to let us know before you did anything." He then turned to look at his red-headed partner and friend. "Wonder how I'm gonna tell her we're not in Termina anymore. The blunt way sounds so wrong."
He let her keep sleeping, but Romani later woke up much like he did. When she saw they weren't at the ranch they fell asleep at last night, she knew something was up. "Any idea what's going on here, Grasshopper?"
"Well, just a guess, but I'd say that the three goddesses didn't want to wait until we woke up to get started on our next job." Link told her.
"So... we were warped to some other country last night?" Romani asked as she looked around again, then realized something was missing. "Hey, where are Tael and Tatl?"
Link noticed the two fairies were absent and looked over the area too for them. "I don't know. Tatl? Tael?" He shouted out for them but got no reply. "Maybe they weren't brought with us."
"So it's just you and me alone in another country?" Romani asked, then smiled. "Great. No supervision this time. We can do whatever we want Grasshopper?"
Link arched an eyebrow. "Did you have something specific in mind Ladybug?" He tried to ignore some more mature thoughts that came up with that statement, and sat down to avoid having any natural reactions be visible.
Romani blushed and brushed some hair out of her face. "Not exactly. Not yet anyway." She said, covering the fact that she had the same thoughts herself. They were both about fifteen years old and quite close to one another. It was only natural they thought such things about the other. Especially since both loved the other but had yet to admit it.
Romani took a deep breath and stood up, flexing her legs. "So, any idea what we should do for now?"
Link stood up with her and helped her put away their blanket. "Well, the first thing we oughta do is try to find a village. Or at least a suitable campsite where we can get food and water."
Romani glanced over the lake. "I don't think we need to worry on the water part Link. And I'm sure there's something edible nearby. After all, why would the goddesses put us in a foreign spot that wouldn't be able to help us? Surely they at least had the decency to do that."
"Here's hoping, and don't call me Shirley." Link joked, making Romani chuckle.
With that, the two young warriors got started on their first day in a new land, wondering how long it would be until they were called to battle again.