Enjoyer Of Tri Force Heroes and Twilight Princess

The past five years I've participated in the whumptober challenge! I did half of 2021's for lu, and in 2022 and 2023 I did all 31 days for lu! You can find the list for 2021 here, the ones for 2022 here, the 2023 ones here, the ones for 2024 here and the ones for 2025 here (or find them all on my ao3 (see above), as well as some ao3-only bonus scenes!).

Kitty Wind, which is exactly what it sounds like. Wind touches Twilight's crystal, and finds himself as... a cat. A tiny, fluffy, adorable little cat. Needless to say, he isn't thrilled. You can find it under #kitty wind or read the fic on ao3!

LU Star Wars AU is also exactly what it sounds like, it's just a star wars au with the lu boys (and other zelda characters yaaaay). Not a lot yet, but three chapters are out so far (on tumblr and ao3).

A Royal Castletown Wedding is basically just me borrowing the my little pony wedding episode and turning into a goofy lu fic. Nearly finished!

Accidental Domestication, silly stories about the chain and wolves and them being Disney princesses, basically.

Scales and Gills, a collection of Mermaid Legend fics.

The Twilight Turns (true form au), which is a fic in which Midna returns to her true form much sooner than in canon. She and Link's relationship changes a good bit because of this. On ao3.

Pup is only two fics for now, but I have more planned for this idea! Dark Link goes back in time, and after the chain when they're too small to defend themselves. Unfortunately for Dink, he doesn't bet on them having protectors in the form of their predecessors.

Many Courses of Love which is a series of loz fics exploring the different Links and how they're loved (mainly zelink, but a few other ships, as well as familial love too :)

Up in Arms, a hyrule warriors fic in which Link loses an arm in the fight against the Dark Links.

Botw Dark Link AU, an AU I don't talk about much, but post-botw the Yiga decide to make a Dark Link in order to defeat Link himself once and for all. They, of course, screw it up.

Downfall IAU is just the incredibles AU only angstier. Much, much angstier. Here's the big ol' masterlist.

A fearsome battle raged, more terrible than any of the ones that came before it, water and steel and blood. It’s said the very earth trembled from the force of the clash, and from the strength of the evil that was freed.

But finally, right when it looked like they would lose, the Zora and Hylians together sealed the evil away, never to be seen again.

And with its defeat, the war was finally ended, after years of bloodshed and death.

The Zora may have come together with the Hylians against a greater threat, but their relationship was never the same. The land itself was scarred from the fighting, the rivers changing course, Hyrule flooded in areas that had once been dry. The Zora retreated fully to the waters of Hyrule, while the Hylians moved further inland, away from their former allies and enemies. Even the Zora split into factions— there are three tribes now, one in the river upstream, one in the ocean further south, and one deep in the swamp.

Peace has settled in the many long years since, though tensions still lurk. Scars from the war run deep, and Zora and Hylians still remain separate, interacting only in necessity.

...

“...And so you see, young guppies,” a wizened old Zora told the circle of children sitting around him, listening intently to his tale, “that is why we stay in the swamp, and keep our distance from Hyrule and the Hylians. My tale is finished.”

An awed silence followed his words, round eyes still fixed on the old Zora as he leaned back on his wooden seat. A bird called from somewhere outside, wind rustling vines and leaves on the trees outside where the little Zora sat, and one suddenly grinned.

“Except for Link!” he hollered, and the whole group burst into giggles and poorly-muffled laughter. All except one, who crossed his arms and pouted as he looked at his feet.

To be fair though, he had good reason, seeing as he was the only child in the circle who didn’t sport scales or gills or fins of any kind. Just light, squishy skin, and blondish hair that tended to get in his face.

Link was a Hylian, the only one in the entire tribe of Swamp Zora.

“Yes yes, except Link. That’s enough, that’s enough,” the old Zora said, waving his cane around to quiet the giggles. “Any questions? Ones unrelated to Link?” A webbed hand shot into the air. “Yes Trouyt?”

“What was the evil the Zora and Hy-leens fought?” he asked, bright red-orange fins twitching.

“Nobody truly knows, those details have been lost to time, I’m afraid,” the old Zora hummed. He tapped the reed-matted floor with his cane. “But we know it was a big enough threat to unite two warring peoples, which means it must have been a grave danger indeed.”

“Mister Viyne, why did a Zora start the war if the Zoras and Hylians were friends?” another asked, speckled head tilted in confusion. “Wouldn’t the Zora like them?”

Viyne sighed, tapping claws on his cane. “I don’t know, child. But resentment can be a powerful thing if fed, and when blame begins to be pinned... things get ugly.”

More questions about the story were asked, Viyne patiently answering each one, but Link stayed unusually quiet throughout it all, his chin resting in his hands. Normally he’d pipe up along with everyone about whatever story got told, and ask tons of questions, but this one had made him feel... weird.

Had the Zora and Hylians really had a big war? Was that why some of the Zora didn’t like him much? And what was the evil thing they’d sealed away?

“...Link? Did you have anything to add?” Viyne asked finally, the other children having all said at least something.

Link looked up, and pushed some hair from his face, frowning a little.

“Could the big evil the Zora and Hylians sealed come back?” he asked finally, voice small.

Viyne blinked, then chuckled.

“Of course not, Link. Don’t worry about it,” he reassured, then looked at the group. “That’s enough for today, I think. Time to head home, youngsters.”

A chorus of disappointed noises went through the group, but at Viyne’s prodding, they all slowly got up. Link stayed where he was for a bit longer, waving absently at his friends as they left, but then Viyne pointedly tapped his cane, and Link stood as well.

“Thanks for the story mister Viyne,” he thanked, and the old Zora nodded, giving Link a pat on the head and a wink as he walked by.

“Of course, Link. Heed my words, and have a nice day. Tell your Mama I said hi.”

Link nodded, then scampered out of the hut.

He still had a lot of thoughts about what he’d heard, and so he took a longer way home, walking a little further out from the village than he was technically supposed to go. But he wanted to think things through some more before his mama asked what he’d been up to, and he always thought better when he was alone.

Besides, she kept inviting that Gillian guy over, and while Link liked him, he always seemed sort of nervous around Link.

...Maybe because Link had accidentally sneezed in his face the first time they met.

Link shook his head. Well, whatever. He liked when Mama invited friends over, even if some of them did give funny looks. And Gillian was nice.

Plus Mama was always really happy when he was around.

A chorus of frogs and bugs sang as Link took a meandering path through the swamp, walking across tree roots and occasionally hopping across water with the help of some roots or logs. A flock of white birds in the water caught his attention as he got closer to home, and Link sat next to where they were swimming, and thought while he watched them.

Viyne told stories about Hylians sometimes, though not a lot since some of the bigger Zora didn’t approve of them. The stories had always been interesting, but this one had made Link feel weird, and he didn’t know why. Was he scared?

He thought for a second, then shook his head.

No, he wasn’t scared. That had happened ages ago, and Viyne had said the evil wouldn’t come back. And anyway, even if it did, the swamp would keep them all safe. Nothing could get very far in here, and nobody knew the swamp like the Zora. And if some darkness did get in, a swamp cat would probably eat it!

Link giggled to himself as he looked up at the trees, then out at the water, and smiled as he watched the birds swim away.

Yeah. It would be fine.

Weird stories or not.

Link stood and headed the rest of the way back home, knowing his mama would be done with her afternoon chores and be home waiting for him. And sure enough, he walked around a tree and saw her kneeling on the ground beside the house, humming as she sorted some piles of things.

“Mama!” he said eagerly, and she turned towards him, a bit of surprise on her face. It it turned quickly to warmth though, and she smiled brightly.

“Hi Treasure!” she called, and stood and came to greet him. “I didn’t think you’d come from that direction! You know, I do like it if you bring someone along with you when you take the long way home,” she chided a bit, but still kissed his head.

“I wanted to think,” he explained, and his mama hummed as she scooped him up.

“Well, it must have been something important. What was it you were thinking about, Treasure?” his mother asked, peppering his hair with little kisses. “Did you have a good day?”

“Yeah,” Link replied, snuggling up to her cool scales. At least his mother never cared he wasn’t a Zora. Most of the other kids didn’t, but... some of them did. And comments like the one earlier always stung a little, even when they were funny. “It was good. Viyne told us a scary story.”

His mother’s face creased. “Is he filling your head up with moss again?”

“No! He told us about a big war, with Zora and Hylians and a big scary evil,” Link said, squirming in her grasp. “It wasn’t like his silly stories, Mama. It was real.”

Her fins twitched a little. “Maybe so, but he doesn’t need to be telling you kids about all that. We’re at peace with the Hylians right now— they leave us alone, we leave them alone.”

“...Except me?” Link asked, and his mama smiled and squeezed him again.

“Except you. You were a gift, and I’m very glad I didn’t leave you alone,” she said warmly, nuzzling his head. “Now then, enough of that sort of talk. Can ya help me sort my treasures while you tell me about the rest of your day?”

“Yes ma’am!” Link said as he wriggled in excitement. He was squirming to get down before his mama even fully finished speaking, and she laughed as she swung him around.