Dreams of the Kingdom [Link x Male!Reader]

Chapter 16 - Dreams of Hope

A/N: Lyrics for Zelda's Lullaby by twilightstorm1994

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The sun shone over the sparkling water, but the world was silent save the lapping of waves. Suddenly, the silence was shattered by the roar of the Light Dragon as it climbed back into the heavens. You and Link stood at the tip of the spiral Rist Peninsula, staring at the dragon – no, Zelda – rise into the sky. Silent Princesses grew at your feet. Tears rolled down your cheek. The final memory played over and over in your mind.

Link squeezed your hand. "We'll get her back. We'll find a way."

You wiped your eyes. "Yeah." You felt the piece of the Triforce that had washed up on the beach pulse in your hand. "Yeah, we'll find a way."

You stood with Link for a little longer. With one more shuddering breath, you steeled yourself. "First, we need to find a way up to the Li... to Zelda. The Master Sword is waiting for you." Link nodded. "The question is how."

"We can try getting up to a sky island and dropping down as she passes, maybe the Sokkala Archipelago? Not sure if our gliders will make it though, and we're out of wing capsules. We'll need to- wait, what's that?"

A low drone filled the air. Both you and Link searched around, expecting to see approaching monsters, but none were nearby.

(Minigame - Parasail - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)

"Mr. Pri-i-i-nce! Mr. He-e-ero!" Both of you looked up. A rickety biplane buzzed through the air. It was a mix of wood, leaves, and repurposed Zonai parts, just barely held together by ropes. Somehow, it managed a smooth landing on the sand. "Ya-ha-ha! We found you!"

"Captain Hollo?" You said in surprise. "What are you doing here?"

The Captain and his companions saluted. "Your majesty, we're here to help you! We've been practicing, and we've made our first successful prototype for you!"

You tried not to focus too hard on the word "first". The biplane, despite being held together by hopes, dreams, and rather thin ropes, was just big enough for both you and Link to ride on. "Do you think it's strong enough catch up to a dragon?"

"A dragon?!" Captain Hollo followed your eyes up to the sky. "Um... isn't it dangerous to get close to the dragons?"

"It's really important," Link said. "We need to get up there."

Captain Hollo did his best to look brave, but he and the other Koroks trembled. "Well... if you're sure. It should make it, just be careful not to fly to fast otherwise it might break the wings..."

"That's not exactly comforting..." you said, "but thank you. Link, let's go."

"Right behind you." You clambered up onto the aircraft as the Koroks waddled to the propellers. "Wait... these don't have capsules, how did you get propellers?"

For wearing a leaf mask, it was surprising how easily you could see Captain Hollo blush. "Well... we might have took it from one of the shrines Sir Link's already finished..."

Link tried to hide his groan. "To be fair, you don't need them anymore," you offered, even if it was a bit worrying how seriously the Koroks took their materials.

Instead of focusing on that, you watched the Koroks adjust the leaf flaps and climb on each other's backs to reach the propeller blades. With a mighty heave, they forced the blades down. "Contact!" The Koroks shouted as the propellers spun to life.