Attack on Titan/Zelda crossover - To Hyrule and Back Again

Chapter One: New World

To Hyrule and Back Again

Part 1: Annie's Return

Link's Point of View

Ah... this. This all seems familiar.

Parting ways with someone you've felt like you've known forever in the blink of an eye.

I, and my fairy companion, Tatl, have gone our separate paths. At least I've almost gone my separate path - back to Hyrule.

Currently underneath the Clock Tower in South Clock Town, I take a good look at my surroundings before I officially leave Termina. I'm going to miss this place, I really am - but I really want to return to Hyrule, and take a break from all of this adventuring. Who knows, maybe I'll come back to Termina again to see how things are going.

But I don't know if I'll even be able to return at all, I think, as I stumbled upon this world by a mere accident, tracking down the creature that robbed me of my horse, Epona, and my precious Ocarina of Time...

...and I ended up saving this world in the process.

So I walk towards the large metal door I entered Termina from and attempt to force it open; it doesn't move. I try again a few more times, but no luck. I consider my options. Is there another way to Hyrule? Or maybe I can pry this door open with something other than my hands...

My thoughts are interrupted by a low sound emitting from my left hand. I look at my hand to see the Triforce glowing. That's odd...

This only happens when another being that holds a piece of the Triforce is near...

Suddenly, the metal door slides open and behind it lies a dark, twisted hallway. There's a sparkling light at the end of said hallway. I hop back onto Epona, pat her on the side, and slowly move forward. Withered bricks with vines crawling through them dominate my surroundings; the atmosphere is gloomy, the air is chilly, and it's very dark. Reminds me of the Shadow Temple.

Once I reach the end of the hall I realize what the sparkling light is - a floating torch. There's a torch floating in midair in front of me. I'm initially confused when an idea hits me: the Lens of Truth. Maybe it's an invisible being...

I shuffle through my bag of items and find the lens. I bring it to my eye and see it.

It's a stalfos covered in golden armor, looking down at the ground solemnly. In its right hand is the torch, and its left...

...is the Ocarina of Time.

I immediately shuffle through my items bag and find my ocarina lying at the very bottom. What the hell?

I look back up without the Lens of Truth and see the stalfos glaring straight at me; I flinch, then unsheathe my Gilded Sword. The stalfos does nothing but peer at me for several moments.

Then, I rise the Lens of Truth to see if the stalfos would look any different, and once it's aligned... I see it. I see me, as an adult, in the same golden armor the stalfos was wearing. Tears are rolling down my adult face, and my face is filled with scars. I remove the Lens to see the same stalfos wearing the same armor, and when I look through it again I see the adult version of myself, still crying.

What the hell is going on? I think.

I close my eyes. I convince myself I'm in some sort of dream. After rubbing my eyes for a few seconds I open them, and see yet another peculiar sight.