"Princess!" he yelled after her. "Where are you going?" "Back to the castle," she replied without stopping. "Not by yourself you're not!" "I'm sorry,"-she whipped around-"I didn't realize you were my father?" "Your father, the king, would execute me for letting you travel by yourself." "Oh, so this is about self-preservation?" "Yes. Yours. There are monsters all over Hyrule now, Your Highness." Blue eyes pointedly looked her up and down. "And by the looks of it, you're not equipped to handle that." She mirrored his scrutiny and scoffed. "What, and you are?" She gestured to the cairns beyond the trees. "Are you going to protect me as well as you protected them?" Calamity is upon Hyrule. The Goddess Hylia appointed but two children to prevent the end of the world. The powers they were promised don't come easily, and after years of outright failure, Princess Zelda can't help but wonder if Hylia chose wrong. It certainly doesn't help that the boy fate has tangled her with makes her seethe. Devotion, heartbreak, inadequacy. Faith, perseverance, and courage. This is a story of finding what lies within. [This story is set in a fusion of Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, with a couple tweaks and some familiar faces'n'places from older games joining along the way!] Thank you for the #1 spot in the Zelda tag! 💗 And thank you for #1 in PrincessZelda, LinkxZelda, Zelink, Midna and BreathoftheWild tags!! I'm so floored! All art courtesy of Hiyukee on Bluesky/Instagram!

A young girl born as a bastard, Forsaken as the town's pariah, A lending hand that comes unexpected, The door to a new life opening, Visions calling for the destiny's hero, A divine call for one to rise. This is the tale of the Brave Maiden, the legend of Zelda.

Season 3 of the YOU series

A fanfiction based on HYRULE WARRIORS: AGE OF CALAMITY. (Cover by @Nebulace on Instagram) On the princess' birthday, three years after the Calamity's defeat, Link offers an unique and timeless gift to her, clearly unveiling his true feelings towards her. While this confession remained unanswered, a few months later, and with Link's birthday coming soon, Zelda decides to answer his yearning feelings with hers. But coming with a gift as grand as the one received from her knight? This task will prove to be more challenging than she thinks.

A year has passed since the fall of the Calamity Ganon. Things are reliving in the kingdom. Zelda thought that things would have returned to normal between her and Link, but Hyrule's hero seems to carry a burden in these peaceful times. The princess wonders if she is the one causing him to be so distant and silent once again...

Zelda has her future written down to the last detail-but not by her. As the daughter of a powerful political figure, she's expected to be perfect: perfect grades, perfect image, a perfect path into the life her father has already chosen. But the only place she feels like herself is in her mother's quiet bakery or working in her world of biology. Link feels the weight of a future that could fall apart at any moment. As the school's star football player, everything is riding on him: scholarships, scouts, expectations he can't afford to disappoint. One mistake could cost him everything. And failure isn't just a fear, it's something he's known before. There was a time when things were different. Before someone important was just...gone. So, he keeps his head down, says little, and never lets anyone close enough to see the cracks. He doesn't talk about his past. He doesn't let himself want things he might lose. They never expected their similar worlds to meet. Link transfers to Hyrule High and starts showing up at the bakery, and Zelda slowly begins to see the true person behind the reputation. And Link, despite himself, starts growing closer to her, despite every instinct telling him not to. What starts as something small turns into something neither of them can ignore. But the pressure only builds. Expectations tighten. And the closer they get, the more everything else begins to slip. Because Zelda is being pulled toward a future she doesn't want, and Link is terrified that if he lets himself love her, he'll lose her too. Now they have to decide-if loving each other is worth risking everything... and if they're brave enough to choose their own futures. Mature warning: Minor attempted SA scenes, but no sexual content. Romance is clean for everyone. Fighting, violence (semi-descriptive), and death (not graphic)