Tears of a Broken Kingdom
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Tears of a Broken Kingdom ~
{After OoT/MM}
now C O M P L E T E ~~
Ganondorf has been executed but trouble is beginning to brew in the land of Hyrule once again.
Zelda is left alone when Link suffers from the hand of fate and she has to stay strong for her country and her son.
Din and Farore have turned against Hyrule, and when Zelda makes a shaky decision, it could spell the end for Hyrule.
"You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?"
>*<
Disclaimer~~ This story contains torture, death, blood/gore, grieving/depression, symptoms of PTSD, mild self-harm, and mention of suicide.
Please do not read if you don't want to see any of this. Thank you!
Most of the story has mainly the grief and PTSD aspect.
All rights go to Nintendo for the characters, world, etc.
Cover design by~~ me
Cover drawn and colored by~~ my amazing friend, @legendofbink , thank you so much! ^^
Story is complete, I won't be editing yet
>*<
~ 7/26/18
First Published ~ 8/31/18
Finished ~ 1/5/19
Final word count ~ 34,890 (short, I know)
~ won 1st in the 2018 Zelda Watty's Dark Fic
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