Green, hurt from his fight with Shadow, is rushed back to the Great Fairy fountain to be completely healed. The heroes spend the rest of their evening unwinding after a long day with food and games, but Vio and Green are haunted by the aftermath of the fight.
The princess searches the palace for Vaati after completing her latest assignment. She stumbles upon him and the dark hero, learning the truth about Shadow's origin.
Tags & Info
Chapter Specific Tags: Body Horror, Demonic Possession, Self Harm (willingly done for a spell), Blood
Chapter Word Count: 10,645
Fic details below!
Fandom: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Link & Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Blue Link & Green Link & Red Link & Vio Link (Legend of Zelda), Vaati & Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Shadow Link & Vaati (Legend of Zelda), Link & Shadow Link (Legend of Zelda)
Characters: Link (Legend of Zelda), Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Vaati (Legend of Zelda), Shadow Link (Legend of Zelda), Green Link (Legend of Zelda), Red Link (Legend of Zelda), Blue Link (Legend of Zelda), Vio Link (Legend of Zelda), The Maidens (Legend of Zelda), Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda), Original Legend of Zelda Character(s)
Additional Tags: Action/Adventure, Memory Loss, A rewrite of FSA using the game as the main inspiration, Some manga inspo too (but very little), The twist is Link's copies don't remember anything about him, Green/Link remembers everything, Red and Blue remember nothing, Vio remembers most things and lies about it, Zelda is not a damsel in distress, Shadows actions are atrocious and irredeemable, Vaati does bad things to do good, Ganon is straight up evil, The four heroes learn to work together to save the maidens, Vaati becomes Zelda's magic teacher, Shadow slowly figures out his body never belonged to him, No Romance, Character Study, Minor Character Death, POV Alternating, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Behavior, Canon Divergence, Expanded lore, Magic has consequences, action has consequences, Post-First Adventure Trauma, Psychological Trauma, Trauma Recovery, Demonic Possession, Body Horror, Implied/Referenced Torture, cult imagery, Implied Sexual Content (Background Characters), Four Sword Splitting, Identity Issues, Burden of Heroism, Denial of Feelings, Angst and Humor, Team as Family, Team Dynamics, Found Family, Character-Driven Plot, Themes Over Romance, long fic, slow burn plot, Prejudice Against Magic Users, Dark World, Moon Gates, Game Inspired Puzzles, Boss Battles
Word Count: 132,982
Summary: Link becomes the hero of Hyrule again when Shadow kidnaps the princess and the six maidens as they attempt to check on the four sword. He pulls the magical blade to intercept his evil twin, but he's shocked to find three more copies of himself. Worse, his clones don't remember his past except for one! Green (Link's nickname), Red, Blue, and Vio adventure across Hyrule in search of the maidens. They learn to work together and uncover the origin of their personalities throughout their journey.
Zelda is held prisoner in the Palace of Clouds with her past assailant, Vaati, the evil wind mage. She struggles to call her magic abilities to escape, but she finds an unexpected tutor in her captor. The princess doesn't understand why he's helping her, but she intends to use him just as much as he plans to use her.
The heroes rescue the maidens through rigorous battles against deadly huge monsters across the land. They finally find their way to the Palace of Clouds, but discover an improbable ally to aid in their final battle against Shadow and Ganon.
I've slowly been working on a monster hunter stories au Shadow and Green are rangers/team leaders for a branch of a guild that acts like the scriveners
Vio is an attendant to an elder dragon, he's also a mountain hermit until shadow (with help from green) mange to convince them to come help with their investigations