Dreams of the Kingdom [Link x Male!Reader]

Chapter 8 - Sage of Water

(Water Temple (All Phases) - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom)

Once again, you found yourself in the skies, but this time the air felt eerily still. The Great Wellspring floated miles above the Domain. Gravity was stunted and leaping between the floating islands was nearly effortless. The only sound was the roar of the fountain filling the massive carafes. Your trio had only one of the faucet locks left to go before you could wash away the belching source of the sludge.

"I don't think I'll ever get used to this!" You kicked your legs as you fell tantalizingly slow back to the temple floor. The strange low gravity was disorienting, though Link and Sidon seemed to take it like second nature. The latter made sense, as he nearly swam through the air. The former... well, your knight was simply amazing. Even with the power of the Triforce with you, it seemed hard to keep up with him sometimes.

"No offense babe, but maybe I should take care of this one?"

You glared up at the switch crystal hidden in the spinning tower. You groaned, but flashed Link a thumbs up. "Go for it."

Link looked up at the tower. "Do you have an extra Hover Stone?"

"Uh, yeah, here." You tossed him a device capsule from your pack.

"Thanks!" He caught it and grabbed several other pieces of junk with his Ultrahand.

You watched as he started to build something that looked needlessly complicated. "It's a good thing Link isn't evil. I sometimes worry how long Hyrule would last if he decided to embrace chaos."

"Who knows?" Sidon mused. You nodded but snapped back in a double take. Your friend was replaced by a tall, light blue Zora – but a species of Zora that you recognized from ancient artwork, not one from the modern day. He was flecked with turquoise scales, and had deep, dark blue eyes with swirling starry specks. You rubbed your eyes and he changed again, this time looking more sharklike than usual with a tooth necklace and a bright yellow surfboard under one arm.

"Sidon, what happened to you?!"

"What do you mean?" Sidon asked. Suddenly he had returned to normal. "Are you feeling okay, [Y/n]?"

You took a few deep breaths and rubbed your eyes. "I-I-I don't understand. You were different! You were..." Your voice trailed off as you saw the concern on Sidon's face. Your voice dropped to a whisper. "Sidon, am I losing my mind?"

"Hey now, I'm sure you're not... but why would you think that?"

You thought back over the past few weeks. "Seeing things that aren't there... dreams of another time in another body that's not mine... hearing voices and whispers from Ganondorf..."

"My friend, you've been under a lot of stress lately. Maybe it's just your body telling you that you need to rest?"

"How can I rest when it's in my dreams too?" You groaned. "It's... oh man, Sidon, I know it sounds crazy, but it feels like this isn't supposed to be happening."

Sidon stared at you and motioned to the waterworks.

"Yes, I know that everything with the Demon King shouldn't but... if feels like something is wrong beyond that. It feels like time itself is wrong. It's like I have multiple sets of memories all fighting to be correct."

Sidon thought for a moment. "Do you think, perhaps the Demon King can alter time itself?"

"I have no idea how. As powerful as the secret stones seem, I don't think they're powerful enough for that alone."