Dreams of the Kingdom [Link x Male!Reader]

Chapter 9 - Moonshot

(Hyrule Castle Courtyard - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)

"AAAHHHH!!!" You screamed. You bolted upright in your tent in a cold sweat.

"What's wrong?" Link said, bursting into the tent. He ran over mid-bath, hair soaked and towel around his waist. "Was it the dream again?"

You gulped down air, trying to get your heart to slow down. "No. It was a dream, but not that one." Link gave you an inquisitive look. "It was awful! I lived in this crappy shack in the middle of nowhere. One day I end up finding this magic pool, but then this creeper called Mr. Rupee appeared and took all my money! Then he turned me into a Tingle – whatever the hell THAT is – and made me work for him!"

Link blinked slowly. "Okay, no more crepes before bed."

"I had one, you had five."

"It's called bulking," Link said, puffing up his bare chest. "You don't expect me to take on the Demon King without plenty of energy, right?" You had to admit, he was looking bigger in all the right spots.

"Go finish your bath, show-off," you said, throwing a blanket at him. "I'll be fine."

He, of course, caught the blanket without a problem. "Seriously [Y/n], you need to take it easy. You haven't slowed down since... well, since you woke up a century in the future. These dreams might be a way for your body to want you to rest."

"Sidon said the same thing, but I can't. Even if the dreams are meaningless – which we know they aren't if I was dreaming about the Demon King!" You snorted. "I can't rest, not until we know all of our people are safe."

Link took your hand. "We won't stop, just slow down a little bit. Running ourselves into the ground isn't going to help anyone. And maybe we could spend some time just to ourselves?"

"Easier said than done," you groaned.

"Hey, we promised we'd be there for each other, no matter where our adventures take us. You lean on me, and I lean on you."

"You're right." You couldn't help the little smile. "Actually, Link... I've been thinking about these dreams. One of them was about a monster at a palace in the sky, and then I got that weird rock on the Stormwind Ark from Colgera. Then, I had this dream of transporting this strange ore that couldn't be out in daylight without melting, and then we found another rock in the Central Mine in the Depths. I think these dreams are leading us places, but I don't know why. Doesn't help that the other weird rock I found with the Yiga in the Depths still makes no sense either."

Link thought for a moment, sitting next to you on the bedroll. "Do you think that, uh, 'Mr. Rupee' is a sign?"

(Courage - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)

"No, pretty sure that one is just me having a random nightmare." You explained each of the other dreams to Link in as much detail as you could recall, all the while combing his hair and braiding it back through his favorite hair band. "Some of them seem pretty clear, like the one with the Gorons probably has something to do with Death Mountain, and the one with the Arbiter's Grounds probably means we should stop by on our trip to Gerudo Town. But the others? I'm not so sure."

Link nodded. "That first one could be the Deku Tree, but then again, maybe not. Then that one where you were a Zora... does that mean we have to go to the moon?"