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Sometimes It Takes Death To Make The Truth Come To Light by the_au_collector
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
16 Sep 2024
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Summary
An assassination attempt leaves the Chain searching for a cure. Fortunately or unfortunately, truths are revealed about the Hero of Time.
Series
- Part 13 of Collector's Sicktember 2024
- Part 1 of The Adventures of Uncle Alfon
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Bookmark Notes:
Ch1
Legend glares until they disappear, only stopping because the Holodrum Oracle grabs him by the arm next. “What, don’t trust my sister Oracle?” she teases.
“I do ,” Legend insists. “It’s Ralph who I don’t trust.” To the Links more than his friends, “He got us stuck four-hundred years in the past once. I’m not letting him live it down.”
Sky looks off to the side. “Don’t I understand that one…” he murmurs.
There’s some laughter at Ralph’s expense, and at Sky’s, but it dies off as the King and Zelda pass by.
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Time looks, and sees the man massage the back of his own hand, which is wrapped tightly in a bandage.Time narrows his eyes.
Legend openly gapes, and then is throwing himself at the man. “ Raven !”
The man laughs (it sounds a bit like a mix between Talon’s laugh and Alfon’s chortle), swinging Legend about as the younger man hugs him about his waist. Legend is speaking, words spewing from himself a mile a minute even as the man puts him down to get a good look at him.
“Who is this?” the King, sensibly, asks.
Legend goes silent. The man frowns for a fraction of a second before putting on a smile Time has seen Malon do a million times before. It’s the customer service smile, with a side of southern charm.
“My name is Raven,” he introduces.
“He was my mentor when I was in Holodrum,” Legend explains, “He’s a great knight.”
“I wouldn’t call myself—” Raven begins.
The King’s eyes narrow further. “I don’t seem to recall any—”
“Grandfather,” Fable cuts in suddenly. “Lord and Lady Saylor?”
“Yes, yes,” the King remembers. “Link?”
Legend visibly deflates, but still puts on a convincing smile. “Right.” He smiles at Raven, hugging him once before letting himself be dragged away. “We’ll catch up later, right?”
“Absolutely,” Raven promises. He urges Legend to go, and Legend reluctantly lets his grandfather show him around the ballroom. Fable follows behind them, smiling once to Ravne before hurrying on.
Alfon steps up to Raven. “So you’re the famous Raven. Link talked about you a lot.”
Raven smiles, and— that’s Malon’s smile . “So he did. And you must be his Uncle.”
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“These are Link’s current traveling companions,” Alfon answers. “Heroes from the past and the future.”Wild waves.
“We call ourselves by our hero titles,” Sky explains. “I’m Sky and these are Warriors, Four, Hyrule, Wild, Wind, Twilight, and—”
A scream erupts across the ballroom.
Time looks up instantly, in just enough time to see the crowd part and Legend crumple into his grandfather’s arms. Blood is already coating the floor, a dagger laying forgotten as the assailant—a young man dressed in servant’s clothes—hurries toward the doors.
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“Start talking,” Time demands of the assassin.The assailant grins, mirth written in his eyes. “A Lon traitor doesn’t deserve to be on the throne.”
Lon? That’s Time’s name— Malon’s name !
Time barely recognizes when his hands tighten around the man’s throat. “ What do you mean ?”
“Any descendant of the failed hero is a traitor!” the assassin spits. Actually spits right into Time’s face. Time still doesn’t let go. “And you’re one too for defending him!”
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“I should have known this would happen,” Alfon laments, putting his face in his hands.“There's no way we could have,” Sky tries to reassure but Alfon just shakes his head.
“It’s in our name . I should have known Link would never overcome it.”
Name. “Is that what he meant when he said Lon traitor ?” Time wonders.
“ What ?” Twilight asks.
“What about a traitor?” Wild asks.
“The assassin said something about Legend being a Lon traitor,” Time clarifies.
Alfon weeps .
Raven huffs, putting one hand on his hip and looking away detesftfully. “Four-hundred years and it seems nothing has changed.”
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Bookmark Notes:
more prince Legend!! :D