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A Bird Has Swallowed the Sun by cleverjade
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
24 Apr 2024
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They lay side-by-side on the floor of the Forgotten Temple for some amount of time, lost in regret and devastation and heartache, before Impa wiped her cheeks with a sniffle and pushed herself up from the ground. “We’ll need to start our work immediately if we’re to get her back, then,” she said. “Go wash your face, and I’ll put the kettle on.”
He blinked. “Impa, the glyphs say it’s not possible.”
“Oh, Link, old friend, I don’t care what the Zonai thought was possible. Perhaps they didn’t know of a way to reverse the draconification process, but that was so, so very long ago. Think of the legends we’ve recorded over the centuries since, all the many ways that Hyrule has been saved from ruin by unimaginable power — do you think the Zonai really knew everything that would ever come to be?
“It will be hard to find, certainly, but I believe wholeheartedly that there is something in this land that can bring her back. So unless you don’t think we owe it to our Princess to try, I suggest you get up off the floor, wipe the tears off your face, and get to work.”
A lore-adjacent explanation for how Zelda might have been restored at the end of Tears of the Kingdom.
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Post Tears of the Kingdom by TheAngelicStoryteller
Fandom The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
28 Dec 2023
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Dear Hero by thecagedsong
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
08 Sep 2023
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Link has returned to Ordon now that Twilight has settled, but Zelda doesn't let something as small as distance keep her from confiding in the one person that has a chance of relating to the pressure she's under. As long as he's willing to read she's willing to write.
Link isn't quite sure what's going on, but he can answer some letters . . . and teach her messengers the sword . . . and spend some holidays with Zelda so she doesn't feel so alone . . . and-
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- Part 1 of Dear Hero
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- English
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- 120,278
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- 31/31
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Reading Between the Lines (../.-../---/...-/./-.--/---/..-) by louwhose
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
27 Feb 2023
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Such an unusual statement made him curious. They wanted to catch a hot footed frog. How peculiar. A telegraph operator, an adult. He could understand a child or perhaps even a teenager wanting such a thing, but he wanted to know why an adult might want to…
So, without really thinking about it, he began tapping out a response.Written for Zelinktines 2023 Day 27: Anonymous
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The Promise by ZeldaElmo for louwhose
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
12 Apr 2026
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An old promise forces Link into a betrothal with Zelda, the daughter of his father's friend and the center of Castle Town's rumors. At the end of the winter solstice ball, however, he makes his own, rushed promise to her. He soon discovers she might be worth holding it no matter the trouble that seems to follow them like a shadow.
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The Fairy Queen by Im_Something_Of_A_Hero_Myself
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
11 Aug 2025
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"King Link of the Fae was not to be trifled with, but her father, King Rhoam of Hyrule, went ahead and trifled anyway. He encroached on the Kokiri Forests and took the resources without consent of the people living there. He ignored their requests to cease, but was unprepared for their military might when they met in battle. The Kokiri forces brought the Hylians to their knees, and would only stop if king Rhoam gave into their every wish.
One, he would never take from the Kokiri Forests without consent ever again.
Two, the Kokiri could travel freely throughout Hyrule.
And three, king Rhoam had to give up his daughter to be King Link's bride.
Zelda’s father had no choice but to give into their wishes, and Zelda had no choice but to agree. And so, three days ago, two Kokiri guards arrived to escort her to the forest."
Zelda is forced into marriage with the King of the Kokiri after he beat her father in war. She must navigate new experiences such as unexpected motherhood as she gets to know her new husband and realizes that he is not as he seems and puts everything she has ever known about her own parents into perspective.
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A little on the short side by ZeldaElmo
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
01 Apr 2023
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Request for a follower milestone: The shrine of resurrection made Link just a lil bit taller. Link thinks it has to be a huge difference and he's very proud and excited for zelda to notice the change! Link creates all kinds of situations to get zelda to notice, but she just doesn't... 😆
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Park Rangers and Other Complications by Bhujerban
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
26 Jun 2020
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‘She glances at the park ranger again. Link, his nametag reads. His skin is tanned from the sun and a charming splattering of freckles dust his high cheekbones. A wild pretty boy, she concludes. Not one who could understand the scientific importance of the work they were doing here.’
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When the field season started, archaeology graduate student Zelda expected the regular challenges associated with field work: clueless undergraduates, rainy weather, and long hours at the site. What she didn’t expect was to meet Link, the quiet park ranger who shows her that there can be more to life than research.
BoTW ZeLink Modern AU.
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This Guardian has a Flower Crown by socksock
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
20 Jul 2021
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Link wakes in the shrine of resurrection with no memories and a guardian protector, who has more personality than necessary.
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What's Said Between Us by rune_cat
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
24 Jul 2023
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Zelda has a very special bond with Link: a bond that allows her to speak with him telepathically. What if this ability was one that came to her much earlier than the rest of her powers? This story is an exploration of how this ability began and evolved over time, for Zelda and also for Link.
Or, 5 times Zelda initiated telepathic communication with Link, and 1 time Link was able to reach out to Zelda.
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"Do you know how the gossipmongers refer to you? They're out there at this moment whispering amongst themselves."
Zelda knew coming back from Uni and stepping into her Princess role full time was going to be a tough adjustment. To keep her ailing father out of the gossip papers Zelda becomes a party girl in order to gain the attention of the Great Fairy Gossipmonger. It'll be easy to lose her guards, act up, while going on her official Tour of Hyrule, until Link is appointed to head her security detail.
The very same one she had hooked up with a hundred days ago.
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The World Will Only Darken Without Candlelight by Redisaid
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
11 Jul 2023
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Zelda is in for a disappointing summer. She failed to get the highly competitive internship she wanted in the final round. She's exhausted from the early morning flight she took back home to Castle Town. And worst of all, she's agreed to work at her father's renaissance faire one last time, to be Princess Zelda for yet another year in a row. Only this year isn't shaping up to be like all the rest, especially not with this weird new knight who keeps following her around.
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a Hallmark Channel movie. It’s an episode of Scooby Doo. It’s a modern retelling of Breath of the Wild, but one where everyone works at a kinda shitty renaissance faire.
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Dressing up in the Ancient Hero's Aspect is one thing. Getting stuck in it and transported to another time while a group of men chase you down as a monster is another. Wild is having a BAD DAY.
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Meet Wild, but he's stuck wearing the Hero's Aspect and the Chain think he's a monster.
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- Part 1 of Hero’s Aspect AU
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Gratitude (Twelve Days of Winterfest) by DeiliaMedlini
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
31 Dec 2021
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With the upcoming Wintersday and Hylia’s Feast in the midst of the kingdom’s preparation for the Calamity, Princess Zelda leans on her closest friend for support. And no-- to her greatest surprise-- it’s not Urbosa, but rather the Appointed Knight she’d hated until just a few short months ago. Neither had realized how important they’d become to each other. But for that relationship, they were most grateful.
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On Propriety and Unconventional Avenues of Communication by Advocaat
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
30 Jul 2017
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(Post BOTW.) In which Link develops a very curious habit and Zelda is confused.
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- 5/5
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Zelda has convinced everyone that she is under no circumstances attending the three nights of the masquerade ball. This means she has complete anonymity when she arrives. Complete anonymity, except for her annoying personal guard, who spots her immediately. He just better not disrupt her flirting.
For the Zelink Prompt: Ball
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Subtleties of a Suitor by AshleysWrittenWords for intangibly_yours
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
22 Aug 2020
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Pre-calamity AU where Zelda’s powers awaken in time, but not everything is back to normal after Calamity Ganon is defeated.
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She paused her pen strokes and glared at the page, willing herself to connect thoughts to words and words to paper."We don’t meet anymore, we haven’t since before the monster was sealed away. Even though the night prior haunted my dreams for weeks following my expressed wishes to cease these small moments of privacy. No matter how sweet and innocent they could be. As you know, in my heart of hearts I can’t bind him to me when-"
When Zelda could never be his. When, in times of great enlightenment and prosperity, their fates have crossed and her father now sees him only as a valuable combatant in his army. When destinies have been fulfilled and they were no use to one another.
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with every drop of rain singin' by michpat6
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
20 Sep 2022
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Her eyes are as green as Faron’s forests, and they glisten with tears.
“Do…Do you really remember me?” she asks, her voice shaking as she begs, “Please, please say that you do.”
Link stares at her, at this beautiful girl he only remembers in thirteen fragments, and shakes his head. He doesn’t remember that much about himself, but he knows that he’s not a liar. “Not all of you, Princess.”
Something in her face changes, her eyebrows on the verge of furrowing. “Princess?”
Frowning, Link nods. “Princess Zelda. I…I am getting your name right, right?”
Right? He doesn’t remember hearing it that much in his memories but it’s what Rhoam said on the Great Plateau, that his daughter is Princess Zelda and that he had to save her as soon as possible-
“Is it?” she asks. “My…My name is Princess Zelda?”
“What…” he trails off. “What do you mean? You don’t…You don’t know your own name?”
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Link finally saves Zelda from Calamity Ganon's clutches, desperate for her to tell him who he is. It turns out she doesn't know him, either.
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- Part 2 of divergence
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- English
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- 33,358
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- 3/3
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Despite Her Best Efforts by leadernovaandthemacabre
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
26 Apr 2023
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Princess Zelda comes up with the brilliant plan to uproot the Hero’s presence from her day-to-day life: she will disgust him by pretending to be in love with him!
Despite her best efforts, they become friends instead.
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Lord Floria's Anthology by leadernovaandthemacabre
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
15 Apr 2023
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In her preparation to ascend the throne, Princess Zelda’s father introduces her to the concept of looking for a companion with the intelligence, resolve, and aptitude to rule at her side.
Meanwhile, the Marquis of Faron’s little sister steals his private poetry and sends them to Princess Zelda after she hears she’s looking for a man.
Link begins to sweat.
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