Hundred Year Hope (BOTW Link X Reader)

Ch.2 First Battle With A Stick

Link and (Y/N) paced themselves as they darted straight towards the Old Man. He is sitting near a wooden fire, looking up at the two with a slight hope in his eyes. Seeing people on the plateau has him knowing Hyrule is finally saved.

"Ho ho!" He barks out a burst of tiny laughter, leaning up to see both of them. "It's rare to see a soul out here. What are the likes of you two doing out here?"

Link stopped just short of a few inches, gasping for breath. His body still feels drained of life. "We came from... a cave."

(Y/N) rolled her eyes, "Wow. Might as well have said we took a sword from an old man in a cave as well."

The Old Man laughed as Link glared at her. "That would have been exciting." He glanced over his shoulder and nudged in the other direction. "I don't know where you're heading, but the temple is just up ahead."

"Temple?" Link asked.

"Temple of Time. It's a sight to behold. There are monsters up ahead so be careful young ones."

"Thanks," (Y/N) pushed Link ahead, making him stumble. "We'll go on ahead and leave you alone."

Link walked along as they said their goodbyes. Once they were out of eyesight, Link revealed an apple from behind his back.

"Whoa, when did you get that?" (Y/N) said, looking at the baked apple in Link's hand.

"I got it while he was talking. It was on the ground so I figured he didn't want it anymore." Link said, taking a bite out of the apple.

(Y/N) stopped on the middle of the path and looked at Link, glaring at him and snagging the apple away from his hand. "You can't just take stuff from people! I know you're probably hungry because you just woke up, but you're going to have to scavenge for food on your own."

Link sighed, walking past her and picking a stick up along the path. "Thanks. I didn't mean to take it, I was just so hungry my mind wasn't thinking in the right place." He paused, looking back at the faint glowing edge of blue around her figure. "Don't you need to eat as well?"

She rolled her eyes as she started to glide, floating around the winds breezing past them. "Didn't you listen back in the cave? I've been awake for one hundred years. I haven't eaten, or drunk, anything for that long. I guess I'm a spirit... though I feel just as alive as anything else would ever be. I could try eating something... but not that apple, it's been on the ground."

Once they stumbled upon some ruins, they heard cries in the distant. They both stopped moving and knew there was a monster nearby. Link's heart started to pound, sparse memories of how to fight were coming back to him. His left hand holding the stick grew tighter as he smiled with determination.

"I'm going to test my skills out." Link crouched down and slowly edged his way towards the monster.

"This is going to be good." (Y/N) smirked and drifted upwards, lurking in a nearby tree to watch.

The monster had its back turned as Link slowly came out of his position, and lept forward, smacking the tree branch on the monster's head. It flew forward and hit the ruined wall, but it reacted quickly. It became agitated and charged Link, but Link responded in time and swung the tree branch left and right, hitting the monster's ribcage with pressure and force. The tree branch broke soon after Link destroyed the monster as it disappeared into dust.

Link was too busy looting the guts and the club the monster left when another one begin sneaking behind him. (Y/N) watched, but was hesitant on reacting. She didn't know if he noticed but knew he didn't once the monster smacked him behind with the club. She heard Link gasp and smack into the wall in front of him.