Whumptober Day 9

rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated

presumed dead | (blind) rage | tears

the further you fall - A Link Between Worlds story | part 2

warnings: desperation, taunting, death mention, grieving

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The heat in Lorule had been increasing slowly for weeks now, and it was starting to become unbearable. It was as if her entire kingdom had been reduced to nothing but a crumbling desert, and the worst part was that she’d somehow come to inherit this. How long Lorule had been falling apart was unbeknownst to her, but they’d passed it on anyway and gave her very little guidance on what to do with it. Her parents had long since disappeared. She didn’t know if they died, ran off, or strayed too close to the people that’d lost all faith in them, but they never came back. She was left with scorching sands, disassembled buildings, and ruins of a once powerful nation. 

Princess Hilda gently set her cup back in its saucer, her eyes never leaving the sad sight outside of her window. Perhaps the worst part of all of this was that she was shouldering this alone. She didn’t have to, but she’d chosen to as soon as those regretted words left her mouth.

Whumptober Day 3

sticks and stones may break my bones but...

taunting | insults | “who did this to you?”

kingdom come - corrupt!zelda au part 2 | part 1 | part 3

warnings: gaslighting, manipulation, death mention, cursing, survivor’s guilt

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From what little he could remember, Princess Zelda was nothing short of lovely. She was the sort of kind that came from a genuine place, unlike the fake kind that so many had offered him because he was the one burdened with the sword. Even when she was mean to him in the beginning, he could see the good in her heart, the passion in her voice, the brilliance in her mind. She was a girl willing to do anything for her kingdom and for people who didn’t even bother believing in her. She was so painfully human beneath the crown and the gods and the sealing power that it was impossible not to like her. The only thing she wanted above all else was to save her people.

And now, a century later, she was nothing short of cruel. 

For days, Link could not go outside of the Sanctum for fear of Zelda setting the Calamity loose on him. On Hyrule. 

“You can go,” she’d told him from her seat in the throne, looking every bit the queen she was always meant to be, “but he will follow you, and wouldn’t it be a shame if the Calamity was brought about by the very hero destined to slay it?”