Some doodles from during the war of eras, plus a bonus wind being a nosey gossip (based off him asking the worst relationship questions during the Phantom Hourglass manga)
- In terms of fairies, Proxi is very fast. She's able to cover a lot of distance to relay information in a very short amount of time.
- Proxi was the one who started with the nicknames for Time and Wind. During the war she called Time "Masks" or "Young One" and Wind was "Sailor" or "Sea Boy". When she meets the entire Chain she recognizes that the Wind she knew hasn't existed yet and calls him "Little Sailor". Time she outs as Masks right away.
- As a fairy, she's able to detect traces of magic. And despite Wars having a whistle to call for her that she can hear from wherever (similar to Twilight's horse call), she was at the Chain's exist rift before anyone could start figuring out who's era they're in.
- Proxi knows how old Time is. She won't disclose it unless Time says she can.
- Fairies don't "die". After a couple hundred years they are reborn as a young sprite and the cycle continues. They can remember only the life they had just previously lived, not all of their previous lives.
- Proxi is able to sense traces of Navi's presence on Time even after all these years. As a kid he asked her why Navi would have left, and not even she knew why.
Warriors is confronted by three, worried friends.
A couple notes here!
a) this is part 2! Part 3 is going up tomorrow! If you haven't read part 1 though, I think you can manage without it.
b) you get all of these updates because I promised I would upload two chapters this weekend if Warriors won the tumblr sexyman contest. I'm sure you know the result if the first of two updates this weekend.
c) I changed Artemis to Athena because quirkle gave me the strength to. No, it's retroactive yet, but it starts here.
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To the castle now?”
Warriors nodded. They've been in his era for a few days now and they've yet to find anything that warranted a band of experienced heroes. Sure, a few bokoblins here and there, but those battles turned into a competition with some of them trying to find the most surprising way to kill the bokoblins. So far, Wild was winning – he killed a couple with a mop. A mop. He knew Wild was good with a wide variety of weapons but damn, that was something else.
“If there's anything weird happening in Hyrule, Athena and General Impa would know. We should be there sometime tomorrow.”
Time nodded. He knew how it was.
“You looking forward to it, old man?” Twilight asked. “You know Athena and General Impa from the war, right?”
“I do miss Athena and Impa,” Time said with a smile. “I especially miss Proxi though.”
Warriors only hummed. Time would miss the one person who would let him get away with all of his crimes and even help him commit said crimes. He missed Proxi too, along with Athena and Impa, but he wasn't sure he could face any of them at the moment. Even plastering a fake smile for the others was hard and he was pretty sure that he wasn't fooling any of them, but they didn't ask.
He didn't miss the way Time looked at him with a frown when he failed to add anything to the conversation. It was difficult to talk to any of them when Warriors kept thinking about how he one day might tear one his brothers' throat out with his bare teeth. It was all too easy to imagine one of them laying on the ground, bleeding out from his neck, instead of the traitorous woman.
Maybe he should just stay at the castle and let the others leave without him. What right did he have to stay with any of them? They would just insist he come along despite the dangers he posed because they were too damn kind for their own good.
“Warriors?”
“Hmmm?” He wasn't even sure who was addressing him.
“Are you alright? You've been really quiet and out of it since you ate all of that hemlock. Are you sure it didn't do anything to you?” Wind asked with a pout.
“Ah, it's not the hemlock. It's something else, but I don't want to talk to about it.”
And those were the words that would get everybody off his back. If there was one thing they all held close to them, it was their thoughts and their secrets. There wasn't a whole lot you could keep to yourself when you travelled with a bunch of people but they had their thoughts and secrets – until those secrets blew up in their faces, of course. Until then though, they kept their secrets close to their hearts and nobody pried until they really felt it affected the group.
The rest of the day went with everybody leaving him be.
They reached the castle by late afternoon.
And that's when it all began.
A guard was assigned with guiding the others to their rooms for the evening while Impa and Proxi dragged Warriors away for a meeting with Athena. What kind of conversation would be just between the four of them? If it was about the monsters, shouldn't the rest of them be with him? Surely, Impa and Proxi recognized Time and Wind?
“Link!” Athena called out as they entered her study. She wrapped him a tight hug as Impa closed and locked the door behind him, then went as far as to close the windows as well, pulling the curtains across to darken the room. For a moment, the only source of light in the room came from Proxi and Athena's fireplace but thankfully, Impa was quick to light up some lanterns. Of course, the three of them would be considerate enough to close the curtains, but he really didn't need them to fret about him that much. He could handle indirect light, but he appreciated the thought nonetheless. “I've been so worried about you.”
“I've missed you too. I write when I can but I never know when the letters will arrive when I'm in another timeline.”
“It's not the letters I'm worried about. Please, have a seat.”
He almost didn't because it made him nervous, but she was his superior so he did as he was told. At the table, her guest table where she discussed reports with him sometimes, there was a steaming teapot and several cups. It made him wonder if she was expecting him.
“Tea? It's still warm.”
“Thanks,” he mumbled. She filled one of the glasses and he took it, bringing to his lips for a sip. It was unexpectedly fruity.
“We had a report of a strange murder from a town we know you frequent,” Impa started. He felt the blood drain from his face. Of course, the messengers were quick on their feet in peacetime and not when he needed them to be quick during the war. “Stabbed through the heart with a stake but the guards who reported it suspect it was the heavy trauma to the neck that killed the victim. Although I did not go see the body, the descriptions led me to believe it was the work of a vampire, and the stake was to prevent the victim from becoming a vampire themselves. Care to explain yourself, Captain?”
“She was a traitor,” he mumbled quietly, barely loud enough for him to hear over his roaring heart. He took a deep breath through his nose and let it out through his mouth, trying to calm himself. He never expected the murder to get back to the castle. He really should have hid the body. He thought it was good enough to just make sure the other Links never found out. “She tried to poison me and my companions with hemlock. I'm very aware of how it tastes at this point. I wouldn't care if it was just me but she put eight other people in danger and most of them had nothing to do with the war.”
“I'm not concerned so much with the reasoning, Link. I know you don't kill unless your life or the life of somebody you care about is threatened. It's a decision you don't take lightly. I understand that part,” Athena said quietly, putting one of her hands on top of his own. Warriors almost pulled away in case she was preparing to kill him with her magic. It was the first time he found himself afraid of her, afraid of what she would do now that she knew what he did. “But what happened? Why did you use your powers to do it?”
“I...” He clenched his free hand tightly into a fist. His cup of tea went ignored.
“Link, please, we're just worried,” Proxi said. “You never talk about the vampire stuff. It can't be good for you to bottle it all up.”
“What is there to even say about it? Nobody's found a way to get rid of the curse and nobody knows how to help me. We can talk about it all we want, it wouldn't do anything.”
“Link-” Athena started but all his frustration was starting to bubble over and when he was frustrated, he started rambling.
“I wish I could tell you what happened, Zelda, but I really can't. I was going to drink her blood anyway because I wasn't going to let her get away with trying to hurt innocent people and suddenly, I'm just covered in blood! I don't fucking remember tearing her throat out, I just know that I did. I didn't want to go that far! I just have this... fucking blank in my memory and there's absolutely nothing that can be done because I'm just some monster that everybody pities! Hylians can't help because they don't know what it's like and vampires can't help me because I'm just different enough that they don't understand what it's like either. I don't even know why I keep trying!”
He didn't realize he was crying until the tears splattered onto his pants. Proxi nuzzled his cheek.
“I don't belong anywhere, Zelda, I really don't. I thought I fit in with the other heroes but if I kill one of them too? What if I can't remember doing it?”
“Link,” Impa started. “All of the people you came to the castle with know you're a vampire, correct?”
Link nodded weakly, trying in vain to quell the tears in his eyes, to stop the tears from rolling down his cheeks. All he managed to do was silence the sobbing though. He couldn't fight the tears, apparently.
“Then trust your companions to help you. You may have been brought together to fight a common foe, but you should take any opportunity to learn from new people and new environments. If you're not comfortable with us, then trust them. Surely, nine minds are better than one.”
“Most of them rely on me for all their vampires facts.”
“Maybe that's what you need – people who don't know,” Athena said simply. “A fresh perspective might help. You need to tell them what's on your mind though. They can't help if you don't let them help, if you don't tell them what's going on.”
What if he did tell them that he was scared of hurting them and they finally rejected him? What if they did what he wanted them to do – to be careful around him, to be wary of what he could do – and decide that the risks outweighed any benefits he brought to the group? Warriors wasn't sure he could handle it. He viewed them all as brothers. He let himself get attached to all of them. The rejection, even if it was the best for them, would hurt. It would hurt a lot.
“I don't know,” he mumbled.
“I know you have a hard time accepting help sometimes, but you need to put your head in the game and stop feeling sorry for yourself. How can you work in a group if you have such concerns and can't bring them up?”
Warriors had a couple of responses but he bit his tongue.
“Impa, that's enough.”
Impa hummed but otherwise stayed silent. Warriors took the moment to try to collect himself as Athena took both of his hands into hers.
“Link, no matter what, we're here for you. You're always welcomed here. We just want to help if you will let us.”
For a moment, he didn't know what to say, so he raised his teacup again and downed half the cup. It wasn't the way he liked to drink tea, he preferred to take his time with it, but he was desperate to just do something other than cry. “Thank you. I appreciate it.” It sounded basic, but he meant it. It wasn't like he had any other home to miss. “What of the body? Does Lady Elena know about what I did?”
“We haven't spoken but I suspect she's aware. However, the general population doesn't suspect a vampire so you're safe in the regard. They suspect a monster, so Lady Elena won't try to murder you, I'm sure,” Impa answered. “Although it's unusual for a monster to go for the throat like that, it's not entirely unheard of. It only screams vampire to whoever is already aware of the existence of vampires.”
Well, they weren't wrong about that. It was a monster. As if she read his mind, Impa pinched his ear and twisted. He hissed and swatted at her hand.
“Stop it. We're not here just let you wallow in self-pity.”
Athena cleared her throat. “Lady Elena might want to have words with you, so I would advise that you head to the manor next if possible. In the very least, she might know something about how to prevent something like this in the future. Of course, you and your companions are welcomed to stay here for a few days to rest and collect your thoughts.”
“The real reason why we're here is for any suspicious monster reports.”
“How about we talk about that tomorrow?”
“But Zelda-”
“Seriously, finish your tea, and get some rest. If not for you, at least for the rest of them, got it? I'm not going to let you fight monsters when you're so troubled.”
He supposed she had a point, so he downed the rest of the cup and put it on the table. If it was one of his soldiers in his spot, he wouldn't put them in a battle because distracted soldiers were bound to get themselves or somebody else hurt. If a fight broke out now, he wouldn't be able to focus on it and that could be disastrous.
“Okay, tomorrow.”
“Good. Go get some rest or take a walk, alright?”
With that, he and Athena hugged it out again and he took his leave. Proxi followed him out of the room, nestling herself in his scarf as he walked towards his room. He wasn't sure where the others where placed, exactly, but he had his own room regardless.
“You know you can talk to me about anything, right?”
“I know. I know you always have my back,” Link said softly.
He knew the others did too. He just... wished he could be honest with them.
for your possesive fairy hyrule fic sholdn't time, warrios, and maybe wind all have a fairy mark on them already considering they've had fairy companions?
Yes actually! Time is already a claimed Hylian, and he bears Navi's mark with pride :)
Since Wind's fairy friend was from a dream though, he doesn't :(
As for Warriors, Proxi asked but he declined :(
Warriors has issues with people trying to claim him and stated as much. Proxi, as a fairy who cares deeply enough for him to want to claim him as her Hylian, understands that. She will still verbally claim him as hers if another fairy/fae tries anything, but she respects his wish to remain unclaimed .
