Tears of a Broken Kingdom
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bookworm6310
Complete, First published Jul 26, 2018
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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
All Rights Reserved
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The Legend of Zelda: The Magician

22 parts Complete Mature

Link being sent back in time didn't save Hyrule. Ganondorf is still refusing to give up his attempts to take over Hyrule and Link is tasked with finding a powerful magician to stop Ganondorf's advances. However, they're too late, and darkness sweeps over the land once again. Link and this magician must now save Hyrule and bring it back to the light by repeating what he had done before; cleanse all the sacred temples and put to rest the spirits of the six sages who guard them. Yet, Link can't help but feel that this magician is familiar to him; and, oddly alluring. But does the legendary hero have time to stop and think on his feelings for this tempting magician? Or will submitting to his feelings cause the land to be soaked in its hero's blood? ~~~~ ~ Watty's 2020 FanFiction winner! ~ Wattpad's Featured FanFic's Ambassadors Pick of 2025 at #1 in Fanfiction Ambassador's "The Ultimate Fanfic Anthology" under the chapter "Ambassadors Picks | January '25"! ~ Featured on Fanfiction Ambassador's "Video Games FF" Reading List 2025! ~ Featured on Fanfiction Ambassador's "LGBTQIAP+" Reading List 2025! *Highest Ranking*: #1 in ghiralink - 2021/01/02 #1 in Ocarina - 2022/01/10 ~~~~ [WARNING] This book is still not immaculately edited. While it has been through some rounds of personal editing, there still may be spelling/grammar issues, flow oddities, etc. I plan to edit it more but other life responsibilities unfortunately place this lower on my to-do list. But I will get there eventually! ~~~~ [!DISCLAIMER!] I do not own 'The Legend of Zelda'. All rights go to Nintendo and the respective creators of this game franchise. However, I do own the rights to any original plot ideas and characters within this story. So, please, don't steal any of it.

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