Unexpected | Zelink (modern AU)
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  • Time 8h 28m
  • Reads 68,112
  • Votes 1,687
  • Parts 20
  • Time 8h 28m
Ongoing, First published Sep 24, 2017
(Cover by @Zelinkie) - (Art by finnichang on tumblr)
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Zelda's eyes were glued to the page of the old, tattered book, her eyebrows burrowing deeper into her brow. 

"Blessed by the Goddesses, Zelda and her companion Link the Hylian champion, had once again defeated the great evil and saved this land. Thus, this ends the journey with the Princess and the Hylian champion once more, another adventure to be expected once again in a new generation."
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If you see someone being turned down in the middle of the park, would you go and comfort the person that got turned down? Not really, right? Well, what Zelda had done was comfort the poor boy, known as Link, from a heartbreak she never experienced. But that's all she had done, she didn't expect that their relationship from strangers would turn out to be bigger than that; she never expected that the person she had met will be the start of something new emotionally and mentally. 

As well as put the fate of their own land into their own hands.
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This is my first Zelda fanfic plz no flame, but I will take criticism. Comments and/or votes alone really keep me going, so if you enjoyed the chapter please let me know with one of those.
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