Saina was raised in anticipation of the end-and-beginning of the Cycle, a closed loop of time, but she dreams of crossing the impassable horizon and escaping to an open-ended timeline. The world beyond is a wider and more dangerous place than she could have imagined... and soon she will find herself on the losing side of a hard-fought war. [Part 2 of Sword of the Goddess.]
After the events of Twilight Princess, Link is left with questions he cannot answer and a tale he cannot explain, until a dream seems to offer him a way to find them. But where will it lead, and what will it mean – and what will it show him?
During OoT. Link leaves the forest for the first time, believing it will kill him but determined to carry out the Great Deku Tree's dying wish. The land he finds outside is at once peaceful and haunted, abandoned fields and empty villages silent testament to the vicious war fought barely a decade before, and the bones of the children less lucky than Link still rise each night...
As Link travels on his endless quest, seeking a friend who cannot be found, a thousand variations of this story are told a thousand times. But each time, it ends the same way. [Post-Ocarina; Twilight Princess Timeline]
Two students at the Knight Academy take part in a traditional graduation ceremony, utterly unaware that the events of centuries ago echo and reflect upon this very day. The battle the goddess could not win so long ago must now be fought again, only this time with her powers renewed and her chosen sword reforged to an unstoppably keen edge. [Retelling. Pt 3 of Sword of the Goddess]
It's finally over, Ganondorf's dark rule ended, the man, or the monster he became, sealed away in the Sacred Realm. It is time to lay the Master Sword to rest, to close the Door of Time. With her dreams as a warning set against the thing she has wished for with all her heart for seven years, Zelda once again makes a choice that will determine Link's entire future. AU, L.IV series.
In the graveyard behind Hyrule Castle, a half eroded, weatherworn monument can still just about be read: "The cursed swordsman... sleeps... before the sacred tree..." - Yeah. ABOUT that. A song covering the span from the end of Ocarina of Time to more or less the end of Twilight Princess, focused on the Hero of Time.
While waiting to see Link safely across the Gerudo Desert, Sheik has another of his strange dreams. He knows it means something important, but what? OoT-onwards AU: L.IV