Upheaval of the Past (Tears of the Kingdom Reader Insert)

Chapter 5 -÷- Lookout Landing

It took a couple hours before the two of you finally approached the entrance to Lookout Landing, where you spotted two people set up as guards, who also spotted you. The moment you and Link entered their sight, their jaws hit the floor. A man with a blue tunic who's name was Drozer started, "Link? (Y/n)? It's you! You're back! Wh-where have you guys been!?" The next guy, Burwar, responded, "Last that anyone saw of you two or Princess Zelda was when you went to investigate the gloom... And then the castle rose into the sky, and everyone's been so worried about what happened to you three! Purah has nearly worn herself out trying to figure out where you three went."

Burwar then turned around and pointed to a large building with a straw roof with a telescope built on top of it, "Purah is working in the main building." "Please, report to her right away! She'll want to know you're all right." Finished Drozer as they parted to let you two in. The area was still looking rather new as people bustled about with different tasks, and some were even giving orders to others. As you and Link quickly made your way through the main area, people quickly turned and looked at you two, about as flabbergasted as Drozer and Burwar.

As you headed up the stairs to the main building, you saw a young shiekah woman peeking in the window. She then turned and ran up to the two of you, mostly looking over Link, "That hair! Those eyes! Duh... DUH... DOC! Doctor Puuuraaah! The swordsman! The swordsman has returned!" "I'm here too." You quietly said, a little annoyed that you were so easily ignored, but you were kind of used to it. After all, Link was often referred as a legend around Hyrule, of course he would catch more eyes.

You were broken from your thoughts however as several noises could be heard coming from inside the building until a woman in her twenties wearing a loose shiekah lab coat and goggles threw open the door, panting heavily. As she caught her breath, she spoke, "OK... Now where have you been!?" She then straightened her goggles and pointed a flute right at Link as she continued, "Linky, (Nick/name)... You're not ghosts, are you?"

"I mean, last I checked, no." You said as the woman looked at Link's arm from a distance. "That looks interesting..." She said as she recomposed herself and placed the flute to her chin, "One step at a time. What exactly happened?" She then removed her goggles to reveal her glasses underneath. Despite the odd reintroduction, you were happy to see Purah, the Head of Lookout Landing.

"Alright... Let me explain..." You said as you did your best to catch Purah up on everything that had happened since you and Link went below Hyrule Castle with Zelda, and after quite a bit of explaining and even having to drink some water, you finished up as she recapped.

"So when you, Link and Princess Zelda go beneath Hyrule Castle... you discover a mysterious mummy... which suddenly reanimates. Then Zelda falls into a fissure and vanishes. That must have been when the castle rose and the ruins fell... Then later you both wake up on a sky island, saved by the arm that was stuck to the mummy. You get the Purah Pad from an unusual creature... and learned that Link's new arm belonged to someone named Rauru. The Master Sword disappears. You hear the princess's voice...and find your way here." Purah finished.

"Yep. That's pretty much the summarization of it." You said as you took another sip from the cup of water you'd gotten. "Then..." Purah said as she suddenly jumped back and looked to the Great Sky Island, "Are you saying you came from up THERE?" "I don't know if there's any doubt about it." You replied. Purah then thought, "This Rauru you met... I think that's what the first king of Hyrule was named. Are they one in the same? So much of this doesn't make sense--yet."

Purah readjusted herself and slapped her flute into her free hand, "But I'm certain that mummy you found under the castle must be related to the Upheaval." She then looked to the castle, "The castle rising up... The ruins falling down from the sky... The mummy must be connected to it somehow. And then there's the most important detail of all. You're sure that you heard the princess speak to you? And she gave you a clear message to find her? If that truly was the princess, that means she's alive! Maybe she's trapped beneath the castle and needs help..."