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

Chapter Twenty-Five: The Reunion

"I want to know if my child will be able to join our ranks. Yes, he will live with an adoptive family, but I eventually want to let him know who his real father is..."

"What of his mother?"

"I'll be blunt about her undoing."

"I wouldn't mind letting little Alex in, but that is up to my son, Maxus. Once he becomes leader the rules might change. I don't have that much longer, Lex... Get on Maxus's good side and we'll see."

"Thank you, sir."

My child, Alexander Arrowheart Jr., will now be intrusted to a couple over in Zingi. However, sooner or later he needs to learn of his real parents...

The death of his real mother will hit him hard, but I'm optimistic he'll be happy knowing he still has a father. He needs to join our ranks. I'm the only one that knows...

My titan powers have passed on to him, or at least they will.

I assume they will arrive by the time he reaches age twelve. Then... then, he'll be ready.

twelve years later

at the Scout HQ after Link defeated Annie

Link's Point of View

"...the main thing that's bothering me is that I don't feel like I've lost an arm. Every now and then I'll try to grab something with my nonexistent left hand and completely forget. No matter what, it's like my brain won't register it..."

That's definitely weird...

"I've felt the same," Eren says from the other side of the table. The light from the curtains shines onto his face as he joins in on the conversation.

"Well, in Trost, I lost my leg to a titan out of nowhere, and crashlanded onto a roof. It hurt like hell, but... that's it. It just hurt. Like a small cut, or something. I mustered up the strength to save Armin from a titan, and in the process, part of my arm was bitten off as well before I was swallowed... All I felt was anger. I didn't care I had lost my arm and leg. After that... I guess I went titan for the first time."

"So you're saying it's because you're a titan?" Alex curiously asks.

"I don't know, I guess... It didn't start to grow back until after I went titan, so I don't know how it is to stay with a missing arm or leg. I don't know, just a thought."

Could it be...?

No, no, no. That's absurd.

Alex, a titan... heh. What a weird thought.

present day

One moment I'm locked in a dark vehicle, and the next I'm lying on the street. Between those two moments the unmistakable blinding light of a deku nut caused me to almost lose consciousness.

For a bit, I'm convinced I'm dreaming. I'm already hazy and my vision is blurry, and what I can almost make out in front of me doesn't make sense. As I stand up, glaring at the figure in front of me, I hear a voice... a familiar, soothing voice, yet filled with worry. One I've known for a long time.

"W-who are you?" I sputter out. I reach for my sword, but realize I don't currently have it.

The effects of the deku nut wear off. I identify the figure in front of me.