#multiple readers

“Put that down. Come.” She charges at you. She takes the bucket, spilling over the edge, and plants it in the dirt.

“Yes, mother, I only–”

“Hush. You’ll do best to be quiet.” She hisses.

You’re disconcerted by her demeanour. She’s never so brusque. Never unkind. You can feel in her grip as she takes your wrist that she is not herself.

You stumble to keep up with her as she drags you around the front of the cottage. Your sisters are there too; your eldest sister’s husband and your brother. Your father scratches his bald head as his two hirelings pick at their callouses.

Your mother brings you next to your sisters and tugs your arm until you’re still. There’s a carriage with an emblem painted on the door and silk curtains peeking through the windows. The horses lazily chew strands of grass as the driver yawns. A soldier stands near the wheels, a hand on his hilt.

Behind them all is a wooden cart covered in canvas pulled by two broad donkeys. You can’t fathom who these men are or why they’ve come. They look far too rich for the dairyman and his brood.

“That is all?” A tall man dressed in deep red looks down his long bent nose.

“Yes, my lord.” Your father answers. “That is all.”

“Mm. I come in the name of the archduke and am met with sloth,” the man retorts. “Pray this trek has not been at the archduke’s expense.”

The man sniffs and steps up to your father. You lean forward to see him. It’s then you notice the bruise on his cheek and swelling beneath.

The stranger struts down the crooked row of you all. He narrows his eyes at your brother and the hirelings, lifting his chin at your sister’s husband. He stops in front of your sister as she rubs her growing stomach. He tuts.

“Be away with her,” he points between your sister and her husband.

Canton, your brother-by-law, takes Lilian’s hand and backs away cautiously. The man in the red jacket huffs and continues to your next sister, Mercia. He grabs her chin and turns her head gruffly back and forth. She whimpers.

He grumbles and continues on. He jabs your mother’s shoulder so hard she grunts and stumbles back. “You, away.”

She looks between you and Mercia. “My lord–” she begins.

“Do not squawk at me. Away before I have you dragged.” The man snarls.

Your mother lets out a weak breath but obeys. She turns and follows your sister and her husband to the house. The man steps up in front of you. He grabs your jaw as he did Mercia. His lip curls and he grips your shoulders instead. He spins you around.

“This one,” he lets you go. “She’ll do better than the skinny one.”

You turn but before you can understand what’s happening, the soldier seizes you. He hauls you forward, nearly taking you out of your clogs, and herds you toward the cart. A loud slap cracks in the air and your father grunts. You look back as he cradles his face.

“The archduke will be content in his levy. By his grace, you may continue your noble work as his vassal.” The man remonstrates. “On his land, as it were.”

Your father looks at you grimly and backs up. He drops his hand. “Daughter…”

“Not another word or I’ll have you lash her yourself.” The man barks. “Get her in the cart and let us carry on.”

“Father, what is happening?” You call out as you dig your heels in. “Father?!”

“Quiet,” the man in the red coat comes to swat your head. “The archduke owns these lands as he does you. Bite your tongue and obey.”

You whine as the soldier shoves you toward the cart. Your stomach hits the wooden edge. He pushes until you climb up under the canvas. You shake as you crawl across the wood and fall against the wall. 

A sniffle draws your head up and you push yourself straight, ducking just under the canvas. Another sits in the corner of the cart, her head down against her bent arms. You feel a brew of tears bubbling in your own chest as she sobs.

“Are you… um….”

“Hush!” The cart is hit from without. “Now, let us be gone from these filthy peasants.”

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Poppy

Dust plumes over the fields as a distant rattling draws you from your basket of beans. You squint to see over the expanse. Verbena knocks into your elbow as she rushes past you.

“Ho, where are you going?” You holler after her.

“Don’t you see?” She points as she runs ahead. “Who d’ya think that is?”

“Ver,” you grunt at the weight of the basket as it swings on your arm. “Don’t–”

“Come on!” She ignores you.

You sigh and follow her, not running, but briskly lifting your feet. You pass several other labourers as they snaps beans off the stalks. They are tolerant of Verbena but not entirely amused.

“Silly girls,” Brant mutters as you pass. He isn’t incorrect.

“Verbena!” You call after her. “Please, slow do—”

The sudden blast overrides your pleas as heads pop up from the fields to look toward the source. The horn that calls workers in from the fields is blown three times. It is much too early for that but that makes everyone all the more attentive to it.

Your basket is jostled again as others move to follow in Verbena’s stead. You come out ahead of the rest and catch up to your errant friend. She wiggles as you latch onto her wrist.

“Ver, what–”

“That is the archduke’s sigil,” she points. “What d’ya suppose he’s doin’ here?”

You swallow and set down your basket. You’ve not filled it halfway and you need to do so three times over to meet the day’s stipend. You frown.

“Nothing good,” you whisper. “Verbena, please, we should–”

“Aye, you all, get to the stable.” One of the earl’s men orders as he waves his club. “No more chirping, little birds.”

You look at Verbena as her eyes sparkle in the direction of the carriage. Your own linger on the cart behind it. Covered and drawn by snorting donkeys. You squeeze her and follow the train of labourers toward the stable.

“I’ve a bad feeling,” you say.

“Do I have dirt on my face?” Verbena asks.

“Does it matter?” You say as a man you don’t know stops you and points you away from the three men that pass you. He’s a soldier in the archduke’s livery.

“Oh, how exciting. Do you think this is about the feast?”

“Feast?” You echo.

“Yes. I heard Drake speaking of the feast for the Duke’s name day. Would he invite us?”

“Hm, I wouldn’t think.” You utter. You look over your shoulder as more women follow in your stead, the men flowing to the other side of the stable. Your chest tightens. “Ver, what d’ya hear of the archduke?”

“Well, he’s got lotsa gold,” she chimes.

You exhale and shake your head. You’ve heard things about the archduke. Things that make your flesh burn and your inside storm.

“Try not to bring notice,” you chide her. “I don’t think this is an invitation.”

A man in a red jacket paces back and forth as the soldier directs the earl’s men, who in turn point and push the younger women into a row. You and Verbana nearly tumble over as you’re put into line.

The horn blows again. You quiet. You peer around. Where are the men?

“No speaking.” The man in the red jacket commands. “I come on behalf of the Archduke, Lord Stark, and you will take my will as his own.”

You squeeze Verbena’s wrist as she squirms. Her head swivels back and forth. She’s not listening.

The man in red approaches the end of the line. He tuts and takes a step, then he snorts. He spits on Marly’s skirt and continues onward. He puffs with agitation as he gets closer and closer. He stops to tug on a woman’s arm, raising it over her head, then grumbles in disappointment.

He has Alice step out and turn. Then he shoves her into the dirt and steps over her without a care. Verbena lunges out and you stop her.

The man in red looks in your direction. You shield Verbena and blanch. He marches past the few bodies left between you and him. He pulls you away from the others and you lose your grasp.

He grabs your chin and moves your head as if it’s not attached to your neck. He hums and hauls you away from the other women and girls.

“Take her. She’ll do–”

“Not her! Please. Poppy!” Verbena cries out.

You look back as she’s caught by the soldier in his black and gold livery. “Ver, please, don’t–”

“Quiet!” The man in the red jacket strikes your cheek. “I bid you to keep your mouth shut.” He turns and points to Verbena. “Take both.”

You’re ushered onward by two of the earl’s men as your thin soles slip over the dirt. Verbena whines behind you as the soldier drags her. Rocks scatter and you peek back as she falls to her knees in her struggles.

“Where are we going? To the feast?” She asks, confused and panicked.

You close your eyes. She is so naive.

“Up,” the soldier forces her to her feet. “The archduke does not like his goods bruised.”

You wilt and keep your feet moving. The canvas on the cart is thrown back and you’re tossed inside like a sack of beans. Verbena follows, crashing into you hard enough to knock the breath from you. There’s a gasp as your head hits something on your other end.

The canvas is dropped and you’re plunged into shadow. A hand touches your hair. “I’m sorry.” A small voice whispers.

You sit up and blink dumbly. You grab Verbana and pull her with you as you huddle against the side of the cart opposite the other woman. She is sitting crouched under the canvas.

“It’s… I’m….” you try to speak but your voice catches.

“It is best to be quiet,” she says.

You nod as Verbana whimpers. “Are we in trouble?”

You hush her. She nudges you, then leans against you. She points past you, the outline of her arm just visible. There’s another figure in the corner, all balled up, not making a noise.

Even if there’s four of you, you feel awfully alone.

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Primrose

You rock in the corner of the cart. Your neck hurts from where the man grabbed you. Your heart aches from what he did to your father too. You can still smell the iron of blood.

You bring your arm over your head and slump down further. There’s scuffling around you. The canvas ripples as a head brushes against it. You haven’t looked up since they shoved you in the cart.

“I’m scared…” one of the others says.

You snort without meaning to. Silence roils around you hotly. Another voice rasps over the clop of hooves and creaking of wheels.

“We’re all scared,” another says.

You stay just as you are. You want to disappear. You want to be nothing. That’s what you have left.

“Do you think… we’ll go to the feast?” One of the women asks.

The other hushes her.

You gulp and shudder out a breath. “We’re the feast.” You sneer.

“Pardon?” Another says.

You sniff deeply and cough around the lump in your throat. You turn your head sideways so they can hear. “Don’t you know what the archduke does… with his poppets?”

“Poppets?” One hisses. “He plays with those?”

“Us.” You snap. “Don’t be silly. It won’t save you.”

One of them whines and another shushes her, cooing at her.

“You’re not helping her neither.” You warn.

“And you don’t help,” another rebuffs. “What do you know of the archduke?”

“Enough,” you turn your head and lift your chin to rest on your arms.

“I’ve heard…” the one sitting closely to another woman begins. “He is…”

“Bad. Evil. Horrid.” You finish for her. “He’ll have what he wants and throw us in the dirt.”

“Are we….” the other of the pair babbles without end.

“Why would he do this? We did nothing wrong? My father is a cheesemaker?” The lone one argues.

“We are planters’ daughters. We work in the fields. We only pick beans…” The other, less squirmy one says.

“All the better. No one will miss any of us.” You scoff.

They’re quiet. They hang their heads and join in your grim acceptance. The one on her own picks at the wood.

“What about you?” She asks.

You sigh again. “My father was a merchant. He owed the duke a debt.” You slowly sit up. “I am that debt.”

They look at you. Even through the shade of the canvas, you sense their gazes. You close your eyes and lean back. Your shoulders ache from hunches. Your eyes are raw from crying and your ears clogged.

“He is not a benevolent man so do not pray for it. Pray for yourselves,” you mutter.

The air shifts as the road evens out. You sense the change in scenery as it looms over you. The loud groan of metal fills the void and opens up to a menagerie of noises. Metal clanking, voices clustering, more hooves tramping all around. You must be at the castle.

The other women feel it too. They might not know what comes next but they are sensible enough to be afraid. You close your eyes and resign yourself to it.

The cart rumbles to a halt. You sit and wait. Footfalls clamour around. The man in the red jacket snipes at the soldier and the driver. A door closes heavily.

The canvas is peeled back. You’re in some sort of barn or stable. It hardly matters.

“Out.” The soldier commands.

No one moves. He growls and hits the floor of the cart. You move first.

You get up and cross the cart. He grabs you and drags you out. You exclaim and wriggle free of his grasp.

“Eric, if you need, get your dagger.” The man in the red coat growls.

You stop and stand still. The soldier shoves you aside. You stare. He repeats his order, “out.”

The others scramble to the edge. They are put next to you. The soldier grabs a linen bag. He puts it over one of their heads. The woman squeaks. Then he does the next, and the next. Then you.

After all that, your wrists are seized. You know you can’t stop what’s coming but it doesn’t make you any less terrified. They bind your arms in coarse rope and push you blindly through the dark. Large hands on your shoulders push you down to the ground. You sit in a pile of hay as the others nestle close around you.

“Go. Have them ready the chamber.” The man in the red coat sneers. “Perhaps boil some water at that. They stink.”

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Verbena

You quiver between Poppy and another girl. The one who sat across from you. You’re all quiet and quaking. Blinded to the fate ahead of you.

Your eyes singe with the threat of tears but you can’t let them fall. You don’t understand why the archduke would treat you like this. Why would he take you from your home and treat you like cattle? What could he want of you?

You always wanted to see the castle but still don’t think you will. Not with a bag on your head. You’re being treated as a criminal. You are only a loyal subject to your lord. You always have been.

You shift as your wrists chafe. As you wriggle, Poppy elbows you.

“Ver?” She says.

“I’m sitting on my foot,” you whisper back.

She doesn’t respond. You wait for reprimand. You only hear the donkeys. You can smell them too.

As you writhe and untangle your leg from beneath you, you feel something sharp poke you. You grunt and feel it again as you try to get comfortable. You flick at the straw with your throbbing fingers, the rope too tight on your arms.

“Stop that,” the other woman bids. The one who says you’re doomed.

“Something’s poking me,” you argue.

“Probably just straw,” Poppy says.

You harrumph but still yourself. You can still feel it. You lean slowly and slip your hand down. You angle yourself back and slide two fingers around the sharp item. You pull free the bent nail and hold your breath.

You grip it as your heart thumps. You squeeze before you get your wits about you. You shouldn’t but your mind won’t stop yelling at you.

You turn the nail and aim the point at the braided rope. You poke into it and tilt the end. You use it to pick through the strands, one by one.

“What are you doing?” The gloomy one hisses.

You don’t answer and let her answer hang. She sighs. The others sniffle. You keep going, bit by bit.

The rope slackens. You nearly jump up, managing to only twitch instead. You tug on your wrists until the binds fall free. You tear the bag from over your head.

You turn to Poppy as she sits in the pen next to you. You touch her arm and hush her. She flinches but doesn’t move.

You pull her bag up and look into her eyes. Her lip quivers. You raise yourself on your knees and peek over the slats that pen you in. It’s just the cart. You turn back and signal with a dip of your chin.

Her throat tightens visibly and she gets up to her knees. She turns and you untie her. You set a foot down and she stops you. She points to the others. You can’t leave them, can you?

“Don’t make a noise.” Poppy says as she gets closer to the other. She takes the bag off her head.

You approach the other and mimic her warning. You take the bag off. The woman looks at you with tortured eyes. Her cheeks dimple hopelessly.

“We won’t get far,” she says.

“We have to try,” Poppy insists as she unties the other.

You tug at the knot and get the rope loose. Poppy helps the other up but your own hand is ignored. You stand and the other woman keeps low as she does the same.

“I’m Verbena. This is Poppy,” you introduce.

“Jasmine,” the one next to Poppy says.

The one with no light in her eyes shakes her head. “Primrose. Doesn’t matter. We need to go.” She looks around. “And we can’t just go out the front door.”

“There might be… a door. For the waste.” Jasmine intones. “We keep goats.”

You look at her then at Poppy. You both shrug. “Worth a try,” you say.

“You mean for shit?” Primrose sniffs.

Once again, LTTPY/n was leading the group to wherever yet no one dared to question her. It seemed like mere seconds before they saw the other half of them.

“Ooo! I see them!” WWY/n points out causing their group to turn their heads in the direction she was pointing at. “Ugh great, there’s more” FSY/n mumbled, “Oh! You found LOZY/n” BOTWY/n smiles as she walks over to that Y/n.

“Hi!! It’s been a few days!” LOZY/n waves happily, “Oh, I see you also found FsY/n” BOTWY/n side eyes the short tempered Y/n

“Got a problem?! Kiss my ass if you do!”

“What an interesting…bunch.” Time overlooks each version of Y/n so far, “I can say the same for you…they’re pretty well behaved so far” OOTY/n comments, “It’s not a shock that each version of you is chaotic” Time smirks while OOTY/n smacks his arm in retaliation.

“Eugh, don’t tell me their flirting” FSY/n groans earning a snicker from Four, “Hey, let the happy couple be…if they are one”

“I’ve experienced too much! First LOZY/n with…Link and now OOTY/n with another Link…” FSY/n scratches her head and groans, “Tell me you guys have separate names for eachother”

“Of course we do, I’m Four”

“Oh really? How creative—“

Four covers her mouth with his hand, she grumbles into his hand as if protesting, “Shush! Let me introduce them one by one without you interfering”

Four points to each one, revealing their names to FsY/n and once that was done, vice versa FsY/n decided to label each Y/n with their nicknames.

“Has anyone seen SSY/n..?” Sky spoke up which caused everyone to fall silent, a small commotion rose between the two groups of Y/n before BOTWY/n shrugged, “Not yet, but we will find her. We won’t leave anyone behind” Sky slumped a bit which he knew wasn’t necessary…but he was worried for his Y/n.

A hand was placed on his shoulder which belonged to OOTY/n, “No need to fret, if there’s one thing I know from travelling with each of these girls, they’ll always be safe because they are capable of doing so. They are strong women so you boys don’t have to worry one bit” OOTY/n smiles which eases Sky just a bit.

“Yeah, I know…I just really want to see her again”

“Trust me, you will…She must hold a special place in your heart, huh?” OOTY/n’s smile had a hint of mischief to it.

Sky grew bashful but before they knew it—

“Can you read this, FSY/n?” LTTPY/n asked as she showed the sign from earlier to the Y/n.

“Specimen transported to the castle” FSY/n reads clearly, “She must be there, To the castle” BOTWY/n points to the large castle from afar.

“Ughhh!! More walking!” WWY/n groans.

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The group stands out in front of the castle, a few feet away as they analyse it.

“No ones guarding…should be a easy way in” Wind says as he squints his eyes, “No doofus! It could be a trap” WWY/n says, sticking her tongue out earning a sour expression from Wind.

“Little twerp is right, they must be inside guarding.” FSY/n says, tapping her finger against her cheek.

“Why?” Twilight questioned

“Well…for instance, they have a dragon?” FSY/n huffed at the audacity of asking, she thought the reason was obvious.

“So, where should we enter from?” Warriors asked with a raised brow.

“Well, like I said guards would probably be guarding from the inside because of the dragon, so we need a way to get in secretly”

“So a window?”

“Not necessarily, we don’t want to risk getting caught because there may be guards at every possible point…except going underneath” FSY/n mumbled as she walked around…The group of girls followed after, the boys all glance at each other and followed along.

Soon FSY/n stops at a trap door just a few yards away, it was covered in leaves and dirt to disguise it but FSY/n easily finds it.

“Hm, good observation” Time compliments, FSY/n huffed, “it’s nothing, I found this on the first day, they forgot to cover it back up. Dumbass’s”

Once the trap doors were opened it was pitch black, FSY/n gulps, “welp since I was the one to discover this I say I’ll stay up here and watch out for anything unusual—AHH!!” LTTPY/n pushes her down causing a little thud down at the bottom and a ‘oof’ from FSY/n.

LTTPY/n lights a torch and turns to everyone, “C’mon, sooner we go in sooner we come out.”

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As they venture through, LTTPY/n taking the lead as she was the only source of light she stops at the end as it was another trapdoor, she opens them and it reveals a dungeon.

She walks forward since she’s the only one with a light source, she walks up and looks around.

“All clear”

One by one, everyone hops out from the deep tunnel and looks around, “Sketchy” OOTY/n says softly. “Be careful now, we don’t know what traps could be set here” Time warns everyone.

“We should split up, we’ll cover more ground and we can make this an easy and fast mission.” FSY/n says.

“I don’t think that’s a good idea, like you said, guards are everywhere and we can’t risk any of us getting caught” Twilight says earning a eyebrow raise from FSY/n.

“I don’t remember asking for your opinion, I was talking to my group anyway! You boys can stick together, I don’t give two shits about what’ll happen to you” she huffed, Twilight growled as he glared at her.

“Cut it out, we don’t need any conflict right now, we find the dragon and leave” Time states earning nods from the chain and a few of the girls…except for FSY/n of course.

“I didn’t ask for your opinion either—“

“Ah! No back talk, miss. If I hear another complaint from you…you won’t like the results, you hear?” OOTY/n says sternly, staring FSY/n down as FSY/n scoffs and turns away…reluctantly agreeing.

“Well? Chop chop! We got a dragon to save!” BOTWY/n tries to push past the tension and recollect everyone’s attention.

The whole group was walking down the long halls of the dungeon, hoping to find a clue or even a dragon at this point.

“We’ve checked this whole floor, it’s empty” Hyrule comments, “looks like we gotta go up” LTTPY/n says. “Ooo!! I wanna open the door—“ “WAIT!!”

LOZY/n grabs the handles and opens the large wooden door…and there was a whole heap of guards.

“Uh…Hi!” She smiles awkwardly…there was a pause until— “GET HER!!” She gasped and she couldn’t react in time and the guards snatched her. “Crap, LOZY/n!” BOTWY/n leaps in…”Wait!” Wild leaps in after her, “Cub! Don’t be reckless!” AND twilight follows suit.

Others were going to hop out and try to save them but FSY/n and LTTPY/n block the way, “Hide! Before we all get captured” the boys reluctantly agree and hide out of view. A guard steps down a step and looks around, couldn’t see anything out of the ordinary so they brushed it off.

“Nothing, keep moving.”

Once the guards were gone Legend was the first to move out, “what was that? The others got captured and we hid? We should’ve gone after them!” Legend says Morley aimed at FSY/n.

“No you idiot! We would’ve all been captured and that wouldn’t be a good situation! Think with that scrawny brain of yours!” FSY/n jabs back at him making him grit his teeth.

“So far, listening to you hasn’t been a good idea at all! We got ourselves stuck here trying to save your group and got some of our group captured! I’ve been on many missions and this is by far the worst because I had to meet you.” Legend growls.

FSY/n was going to snap back until Sky pushed him back a bit, “Calm down, Vet. We’ll get them back” Sky reassured as Legend scoffed.

“Hey, take a breather. Stay calm” Four says to the bad tempered Y/n, “I am calm!” She grumbled.

“Now, in order for this to work we have to come to terms with each other, just for now. I don’t care what you have against one another but you make up and deal with this later.” OOTY/n scolds the two of them…or everyone for good measure, FSY/n and Legend flicker their gaze to the older Y/n and huff…

“Fine.” “Whatever.”

“Hmph…That was easy” OOTY/n smiles to herself, “it’s your motherly instincts.” Time smirks earning a slight snicker from her, Wind and WWY/n share a look…

“Coast is clear, we should head off now before they come back” Warriors say from at the top of the stairs, the rest follow.

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Walking down the hallways, checking each room and discovering nothing the group carries on.

“Man no treasure or anything!” WWY/n whines, “would’ve been cool if there was a chest in every room…” LTTPY/n sighs.

“One can only wish” Hyrule chuckles a bit as he sheepishly adds himself into the conversation.

Warriors was at the front of the group, leading the way with a serious expression…making sure every corner they turned was empty before continuing on.

However…

“Over there! I see them!”

“Over there, over there!”

“Get them!”

Guards from in front were blocking them as they were running towards them, Warriors looked to his left, Guards. Right? Guards. Lastly he looked back and realised they’ve been cornered…With a desperate attempt we went to draw out his sword making everyone else alert and went to grab theirs until a bright light flashed with the sounds of guards yelling and groaning in the background, once the light adjusted again a person stood in front of them, guards unconscious on the ground…

A H/c woman…oh it seems like it’s another Y/n—Warriors eyes widen..a spark lit up in his eyes, It’s not just anyone’s Y/n, it’s his Y/n.

“Of course you were about to result to violence…you haven’t changed one bit, Knight.” The woman smiles as she turns to look at him, those e/c orbs that were staring into his eyes, he let out a sigh of relief.

He was reunited again.

To be continued…

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With the others…

“Well…! This is new” LOZY/n says as the following of BOTWY/n, Wild and Twilight all followed the guards as they were chained.

“You opened the door too fast, you didn’t wait for discussions to end” BOTWY/n gave her a light scolding which made LOZY/n grin sheepishly, “My bad!”

“You guys didn’t have to jump in for us” BOTWY/n says as she looks back at the two boys, “Eh, Can’t leave you all alone now, can we?” Wild grins as he tilted his head a bit, “I’ll have you know I am capable of doing things on my own, Mister!” BOTWY/n giggled slightly.

“Hm…that’s strange, the other groups were supposed to meet back up here…” One of the guards said, “Dave, stay here with the prisoners until we come back” another guard informs the one in front.

Without a response, The guards take off, “They always do this!” ‘Dave’ grumbles.

“That’s not very good teamwork! You’re supposed to be a team and stick by one another!” LOZY/n says, “Hey…I don’t think it’s a good idea to talk to the guard” Twilight whispered to the cheerful Y/n.

“Ugh! Thank you! Someone that actually understands me!” ‘Dave’ says with a sigh of relief, this earned a few shocked faces from the trio behind LOZY/n.

“I completely understand! I’m totally on your side, communication is key for both sides! Now what was your name again? Dave?” “It’s actually Daven but no one’s…ever asked me that before…our commander just gives us nicknames—you’d be lucky enough if you get your full name really!—“ as the guard rants on, the trio decide to use it to their advantage.

“Keep talking to him, keep stalling for as long as you can” BOTWY/n whispered earning a subtle nod from LOZY/n. LOZY/n winks as the three snuck away while the guard was turned around and ranting.

“Oh yeah, let it out, Daven!” LOZY/n encouraged.

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The trio roam the halls silently, “It’s very quiet…no guards nearby too” Twilight observes as BOTWY/n and Wild check nearby rooms.

“Completely empty…as if they’ve already been wiped out or something” Wild says, making BOTWY/n think deeply.

“Well…in this time we can get to TP—Erm, D/N…just need to find what room they would’ve put her in” her little mess up didn’t go past Twilight…but it did for Wild.

Soon, Twilight's ear twitches, “Hide, I hear footsteps!” The three of them rushed into a room and hid behind or underneath furniture inside.

“What a rare specimen! Dragons were just legends but now we have one! A real living one!” A voice says with excitement.

“It’s pretty tame..Maybe someone owns it?” “No way! A magnificent beast like that shouldn’t be tamed! Well, run a test on it and figure out what to do with it. To hell with its ‘owner’” the voices were faint but audible.

Twilight growled lowly at this and once the people were far enough he got up, “We have to save her, C’mon” Twilight says determined as he looks outside, once it was clear he exited.

The BOTW duo stand up, “he’s more determined to find that dragon than we are” BOTWY/n comments.

The trio venture forward when they come across a gate, “Great…now how the hell do we get it open?” Twilight grumbled as he looked around for a lever, chest or anything.

“You have your sheikah slate..?” BOTWY/n asked Wild who managed to get the message through his brain and pulled out his slate, selecting the magnet symbol, he grabs the metal bars and pushes his slate upwards making the gate lift up.

“Nice” BOTWY/n comments as the three all walk through , Wild dropping the gate once he made it through.

Now as they were opening another gate, this one being a wooden gate the boys looked around just to make sure no one was there. Once the gate was open…their eyes fell on the big creature in the middle of the room, D/N. She was tied up all around her body but there was someone near her, covered in a cloak that covered the person from head to toe. 

When the person looked back a small gasp was heard, “How did you get in here? Guards are everywhere” The voice was familiar to BOTWY/n but right now she couldn’t put her finger on who it was.

“Who are you and what are you doing with D/N?” Twilight asked, a bit on edge. The person lowers their head “I’m trying to set her free” “Oh yeah? How do we know you aren’t lying huh?” Wild raised a brow at the stranger, The person slowly takes off their hood and smiles sheepishly, “Well, I’m an ally of BOTWY/n so I don’t plan on deceiving either her or her friends” BOTWY/n makes a ‘o’ with her mouth and soon smiles. “Hey! SSY/n! Been a while huh? Have you been with her this whole time?” 

“Only recently, I’ve been waiting a while for the people to leave so I could free her as fast as I could but you guys came in and I froze up” SSY/n says softly, looking away shyly. 

“Well…No time to stall, let's get her out and find the others” They all crowd around the dragon, Twilight at the front, holding the dragon's snout as the dragon huffed tiredly. “Don’t worry girl, we’ll get you out” he pats her snout making her lean into the touch a bit.

“Does he know her?” SSY/n asked curiously as they cut at the thick ropes, “No clue honestly, he’s been on edge about her this whole time.” “He must know her secret…Who is he anyway?” SSY/n asked curiously, “A Link” “A Link?” SSY/n repeated just to clarify. “Yup, Like that one over there–” She points to Wild who was distracted with cutting the ropes.

“He’s a Link, There's a whole heap of them, 9 to be exact” “similar to us.I take it that means each of them is from the same timeline as each of us individually?” BOTWY/n was impressed “Just exactly that, great guess!” SSY/n grew bashful but she knew one thing…she didn’t want to see her Link.

“There, ropes are done” Wild says as all the ropes that were holding the dragon down are off but the dragon still wouldn’t move, “She’s tired, she won’t move” Twilight says, the dragon made weak attempts to get up, “Does anyone have anything in their bag…a herb or..potion?” Wild pulls out a green potion and is immediately snatched from his hands. “Hey!”

She walked up to the dragon with the potion, popping off the cork of the bottle she held it near, “Is that safe for her to drink in this form?” Twilight asked cautiously, BOTWY/n gave him a look when he said ‘form’ “We have to try either way, if it can get her to move then so be it” BOTWY/n says as she bends down, Twilight takes one last look at D/N before helping by opening the mouth of D/N. BOTWY/n pours the green substance down D/N’s throat before moving away with an empty bottle.

It didn’t take too long for the effect to happen, D/N stood up letting out a low hum as she moved around in the room, everyone let out a sigh of relief. “Had us worried there” Twilight smiles at the dragon who walked over to him and leaned down into his arms, Twilight hugs against her snout “I missed you, girl.” Twilight whispered–

“Okay…I don’t know if this is concerning or not” Wild grimaced a bit as they were awkwardly standing behind the…two.

“Well, since you’re standing on your 4 feet…I’m sure you can lend a ride?” BOTWY/n grins as the dragon huffs but she bends down enough for everyone to get on.

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Back with the others…

Where have you been all this time? Why couldn't you reach out? Did you regret leaving after that day? Did you miss me?

Questions filled Warriors mind as he stares at his Y/n with too many emotions surging within him. He feels like he can burst right now, he needed answers.

"I know that look, You have questions and that's understandable but that will have to wait until after. I'll answer any questions you have, it's the least I can do" HWY/n says softly soon she scans the area of the fallen guards. "They won't stay down for long, I put a stun spell on them for a temporary moment" HWY/n explains.

"Huh? She can do magic?" Hyrule muttered in slight awe, "The only one out of us all that can, she's a one of a kind gal" OOTY/n winks playfully at HWY/n making her chuckle "Oh you flatter me"

"I'm really not keen on watching you two compliment each other but can we hurry this up?" FSY/n grumbled, "Oh don't be like that, firecracker. Someone will compliment you one day" HWY/n teased the short tempered girl making her irk and Legend cackle. "She's my favourite one so far, she's got spunk" Legend whispered to Warriors who chuckled a bit, "Yup...She's full of it"

The group walks along the hallways, Warriors walking beside HWY/n and he was being stiff which everyone could notice. "Why so stiff, knight?" HWY/n teases as she looks over to him and he subtly blushes, "Just...making sure there are no threats so I need to be firm" "Mhm" she hummed, not believing him at all but turns away.

"And you'd think the pretty boy has charms, he sucks at flirting" FSY/n says, "This isn't like him, he can make a woman fall to his feet with a few words but...he's so awkward and shy around her" Four whispered as the two watch the two in front of them.

Soon the ground started to rumble under their feet, "What the hell?" LTTPY/n muttered as she looked towards the ground, "AHHH!! Hold me!" WWY/n jumped into Winds arm making him yelp and stumble even more.

Warriors reaches out and grabs HWY/n by the waist to secure her, "Hm, learnt manners I see" She chuckled, Warrior felt his confidence ride up and he smirks, "Only for someone worth impressing"

"Why are they choosing now to flirt?!" FSY/n irks as she tries to keep her balance.

The rumbling kept getting louder until a big (F/C) dragon stops just in front of them.

"Hey! Welcome to dragoness express! Jump on board for a bumpy ride!" BOTWY/n grins before she turns serious "No but seriously, get on so we can get out" "Ha, Don't need to tell me twice" LTTPY/n says as she moves to the side of the dragon and hoisted herself up, one by one everyone managed to get on.

SSY/n made sure not to make any contact with the boys but- "Y/n?" Sky called out making her internally sigh, she turns around and smiles shyly, "Hi, Link" She says softly. "Aw how cute, we're all reunited and happy as a whole" OOTY/n says as Time was seated next to her stiffly, "Loosen up, Link. It's only a dragon ride" OOTY/n teases earning a slight glare from Time.

"There they are!"

"Bring me back my specimen!"

"These people are crazy!" FSY/n looked between the two groups coming towards them, "Yup but we're crazier! Hee-Yah!" D/N roared before charging towards a dead end and a small ass window. "Are you trying to get us killed?!" FSY/n yelled as she hung on for dear life.

With no further explanation, D/N lowers its head so it's horns were going to come in contact with the wall first, D/N broke through the wall and jumped out...expanding her wings as she flew upwards making everyone hold onto each other as BOTWY/n was the only one with a secure grip around D/N's horns-

"OKAY WE'RE HIGH ENOUGH GO DOWN!"

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"I'm not doing that ever again!" FSY/n collapsed on the solid ground as soon as they had landed, they were in the forest far from where the castle is anyway. Once everyone hopped off the dragon, Twilight had a little pep talk with her before she flew off.

"Wha- We just saved the damn reptile now it's going?!" Legend grumbled.

"Are you okay? hurt anywhere..?" Hyrule asked as he approached LOZY/n who smiled brightly, "No! I'm fine, really...Thanks for worrying though" She said softly, Hyrule scratched the back of his head bashfully.

"You aren't hurt, right?" Sky asked SSY/n who gave a small smile, "I'm fine, You don't have to worry about me"

Soon from the bushes they heard the bushes rustling and out revealed the last of the Y/n's "Finally! I found you all...Oh! and a few extras..?" TPY/n tilts her head as she looks between each Link. Twilight just went forward and hugged his Y/n with glee "Oh! It's nice to see you again too, Link!" She chuckled a bit as she hugged him back gently. "Words can't describe how much i've missed you" "Oh Link" TPY/n melted at his words.

Bewilderment and disgust was everywhere on FSY/n's face, "I'm not being a part of this, why is there so much romance going on?!" She had a mild meltdown, she was sick and tired of this all. Four sat down next to her and patted her back, chuckling a bit at her being a drama queen.

"Yay! Groups back together! I have an idea...we should all travel together!" BOTWY/n suggested which a few agreed to, some not too keen but their opinions didn't matter to BOTWY/n. "Well that was the plan after all, these boys need us...or well he does, I need to keep him in check" OOTY/n teases as she points over to Time.

"Sounds good to me"

"I guess so..." WWY/n rolls her eyes as Wind shoves her playfully.

"Now then, that's sorted so what should we do now?" Warriors asked "We continue on, once we find a suitable place, we'll rest for the night" Time states. Once everyone was on their feet and ready to head off, a big portal forms from under their feet and they all fall in a few yelps and screams before the portal closes and it's quiet again...

THE END.

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Finally finished this series, thank you for everyone supporting and I love reading every comment that's on any post of mine. Ask box is going to be put up soon so get those request ready!

"That girl has balls, am I right?" Legend says, striking up a conversation with Sky who hummed in agreement, "It's been a while since I've seen my Y/n but she's nothing like her, she would never lash out...But she can rip a god's arm off with her bare hands!" Sky smiles like it's a normal thing, Legend subtly shuffled away from Sky no longer wanting to be in a conversation now.

“So...Do all of you get along?" Twilight asked you which you nod, "Majority of the time but of course we get sick of each other eventually but we make up in the end, we're a team" You say which earned a hum from Time. "Teamwork is important, probably a bit more difficult with girls." You side eye him and frown.

You finally make it to the spot they found you in and it was what you expected...No dragon, you sigh and look around. "You sure she was here before?" "Yes, this is where we found you both" Wild says and you walk over to the sign that was dug into the ground, it had words you couldn't read so with a few tugs you took the sign out of the ground.

"Well...I can't read this but I'm sure one of the other girls can" You grin, You begin to walk off in a direction, "Well? C'mon!" The boys shared a few glances with each other and soon followed behind.

You all made it to the camp you and the rest were at but surprisingly it was empty...but there was one Y/n there.

LAY/n.

"Oh hey, I was just going to come find you" LAY/n says nonchalantly as she takes a bite out of her apple, she was resting on the nearby stump. She was wearing a dress with a corset dressed over the top of her waist. "Where are the others?" "HWY/n went to find them, I volunteered to stay here" She took another bite of her apple.

She finally looks behind you and tilts her head, "Who are they?" The boys stood stiff at her gaze, "Well, to put it in simple terms they are all Links but just like us they have different names to address themselves which they can tell you later." You say which earns a simple nod from LAY/n.

You hold up the sign and hold it up towards her, "Can you read this?" LAY/n squints her eyes as she looks over the foreign letters, "No, not my specialty but I'm sure if we find FSY/n she'll know" You huff at the mention of that Y/n...

"Well! Let's get to it! You said they were in the city-"

"No, I said HWY/n was in the city to try find the others"

"Which means they are in the city, so let's go!"

LAY/n huffs but nods, "Lead the way, sis"

POV CHANGE: Third person

The boys follow behind the two Y/n's, reminds them of their own Y/n's in a way but they can tell they have different personalities.

Once they made it into the city it was loud, bustling and full of people. Merchants trying to scam some buyers, people begging for spare rupees. BOTWY/n turns to the boys, "Be careful around here, we have a few thieves around these parts since it's busy it's the best time to steal when everyone is distracted."

"They aren't robbing much" Four sighs, LAY/n chuckled lightly at that. "Okay...Plan is to ask around if they've seen (H/c) haired women with (E/c) eyes" BOTWY/n says, "Wouldn't it be quicker if we split up?" Wild suggested, The y/n's look at each other as if having a silent conversation and they nod, "Yeah It would, We'll split into two groups, half of you go with her and other half go with me" BOTWY/n informs earning a nod of agreement from Time.

BOTWY/n team; Time, Wild, Twilight, Wind, Sky.

LAY/n team; Warriors, Legend, Hyrule, Four

(This chapter is going to have BOTWY/n's team)

POV CHANGE; Second person

"We'll regroup later, be careful." Time says as LAY/n and the boys walked off into a different direction. BOTWY/n was already looking around for clues, "Hmmm, If I was me where would me be..." You thought as you looked around.

"Ya sure we can rely on her? She doesn't seem like...the smartest of the bunch" Twilight whispered which made Wild turn to him, "I never said she was smart."

"Aha! I know! I'd be at a fancy cuisine eating anything I'd want!"

"Y/n...We're trying to find the others, stop thinking with your stomach" Wild teases, You grin, "Well, That's where I'd be if I needed to be found!" "Come, I'll buy you a snack and then we'll continue our search" Wild grabbed your hand and pulled you towards some stalls.

"Who wants to bet that they're dating~" Wind grins, "You have nothing to bet" Twilight chuckled, Sky looked over to Time who was staring at BOTWY/n and Wild, "You okay? You look like you miss a certain someone" Time turns to Sky with a slight confused gaze, "Pardon?" "Well it's just...You probably had a tough break up back in the day and maybe that's why you aren't as open because...You're afraid to get hurt again" Sky says remorsefully, it takes a few seconds for it to click into Time's head before he laughs out loud.

"You really expect that of me? My...I'm quite offended" Time joked, "No need to hide it, I'm sure we've all endured similar pain" Twilight sighs, "We understand why you were so secretive back there about your Y/n..." Sky says softly, Time has to put on his best poker face so he makes sure not to laugh. "Now, I didn't reveal who my Y/n was to me because it wasn't an appropriate time but if it will get you all off my back, My Y/n is my-"

"Hey! We're back!" You slurp up your noodles you got from a stand as Wild holds you by the waist. "My wallet has been damaged" Wild sighs which made Twilight laugh and pat his shoulder, "Have to make a sacrifice once in a while" Wild playfully shoves him away. Twilight stumbled back a bit hitting the wall behind him, a sound of paper crumbling caught his attention.

He turns around and looks at the paper.

‘Agoir city’s rodeo challenge!’ Twilight chuckled at the paper, “Hey look, they do rodeos, wouldn’t hurt to go check it out right?”

You take a look at the paper and nod, “Actually…There might be another one of me there! One of our Y/n’s in our group had experience with a bit of bull riding!” Times stare hardened.

“I’m sure I know which one. C’mon, Let’s go.”

They made it to the outskirts of Agoir city and spotted a pretty large group of men surrounding the rodeo arena, cheering and whistling.

“Sheesh, didn’t expect a massive crowd!” Wind chimes in as he looks around, “hm, keep your eyes peeled for…A (h/c) haired woman” you squint your eyes as you scan the area, “we could ask around if it’s easier” Sky suggested and you nod.

After a few minutes you all re-group you were greeted with a grumpy Wind, "Someone stole from me!" You raise a brow, "What did they steal?" "My wind waker!" "Wind what?" Wind groans and he crosses his arms over his chest, soon he begins to feel the wind pick up and he looks around...His eyes settle on a familiar figure.

His eyes sparkled as he watched the Y/n that looked around his age and was swaying around with the familiar baton in her hand. She hummed a little tune as Wind ran up behind her and tackled her to the ground, "Hey! Don't you have some decency?!" Wind chuckled as tried to grab his wind waker back from her, "Give it back thief!" Wind grins.

WWY/n giggled as she tried to keep it out of his reach, flailing around on the ground. "That's...3/9 Y/n's! including me and LAY/n" You smile proudly as the boys just stare at the younger ones with a soft expression, "Ugh! Okay I've had enough, get off!" WWY/n pokes the baton up his nose making him wince.

"Hey! Be nice, WWY/n" The little brat only pokes her tongue at you as she drops the wind waker baton and gets up, "You can't tell me what to do, You're not my mother!"

"A bit feisty that one" Twilight sighed as he scratched the back of his head, "That doesn't matter, who were you here with?" "Hah? What's that supposed to mean?" "It means what it means damn it!" You groan as you tug at your hair.

"Make sense!"

"I bloody do!"

"I'm telling you said that word!"

The bicker continues back and forth and Time looks between you two repeatedly before he grumbles, "Both of you, cut it out. Now." His voice was stern and he looked between the two, WWY/n crossed her arms over her chest, "Hmpf! You don't get to tell me what to do-" she pauses when she looks up at his face and sees his reaction which is...one of disapproval, she looked down trying to avoid his gaze.

"He's scary! Who the heck is that?!" WWY/n whispered to Wind who got up and smirked, "That's Time! We call him old man because...he's old!" "He certainly is old-" She peeks up to see his gaze was still on her, his expression unreadable. She didn't like it one bit.

"He gives me the creeps! I'm outta here!" WWY/n runs off, "Ah! Wait for me!" Wind chases after her.

"Hah! You'll be a great asset to our group, Time! She has a bit of a mouth so having someone like you who immediately shut her up is perfect!" You give Time a thumbs up which he only returned with a subtle nod.

"Poor man, scares off kids and women" Twilight whispers to Sky who sighs sadly for their older companion. "I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that." Time huffed

"Hm...maybe there's another Y/n here-"

Soon a loud horn fills the air, catching the attention of many.

"Get ready folks! For our superstar of the day...OOTY/n!" Cheers filled the air, startling you lot, however. You lean against the fence and await for the show to start, the boys follow suit.

Soon the gates open and out comes the bull with the rider holding on tightly as the bull tries to buck it off but unlucky for the bull the rider wouldn't get off! The rider wore a set of pants/shorts and a plaited (f/c) shirt.

"Yee haw! I feel like a real cowgirl! Been a while since I've ridden something...I ain't just talking about animals either! Hah!" The rider was just talking to herself without paying attention to what really came out of her mouth.

"There she is!" You point as the bull was rising its front legs to the sky like how a horse does, she took her hat off and let out a laugh, Once the bull made it back down it started up its bucking again, running around wildly around the arena.

"How long do Rodeos last?" Time asked, looking down at you with a hint of concern, "No clue but hopefully not too long, We do wanna get out of here as soon as possible" You really weren't fussed about how long you'll be here for, Time on the other hand...

Soon the bull's bucking started to get tired from bucking and reluctantly slowed down so the rider, OOTY/n got off and walked around the arena. Soon her eyes finally settled on you, she smiles and walks over to you all.

"Hey! You lot alright?" OOTY/n asked, her motherly instincts kicked in, Twilight, Sky and Wild all responded with a bashful 'Yes ma'am' While Time was just glaring and frowning at the older Y/n. She caught on and raised a brow, "What's wrong, 'Fairy boy' I swear you always have that expression when it comes to me." She crosses her arms over her chest.

"You promised you'd take it easy"

"It's been months since!"

"You're still recovering, Get over this fence right now...Please."

"I will not!"

The bicker between the two were like two kids fighting, The boys, including you share a look between you all before Twilight clears his throat.

"I'm sure whatever you two are arguing about can be continued later but we really need to get our...friends back" Twilight persuades, the two older ones look at each other before looking over at him, that's when OOTY/n looks confused, "Where are the others? Didn't you re-group back at camp?"

"No, TPY/n and I got hunted on our way there, apparently I was wounded and TPY/n was nowhere to be seen so she must've ran to get help or something- While D/N stayed by my side" You give her this look that made her immediately understand.

"Later, I was found by my Link and I was brought back to a camp filled of other Link's and they were cooperative enough to help me and LTTPY/n to find the others!" You finish explaining, after a few seconds she nods, "Alright, I'm sure WWY/n is around here somewhere. If you've already seen her then great, go find her for me and I'll just finish up." She looks at Time who was about to speak up, "No objections." she points to him.

"Y/N!" Time still tried his luck but his call went unanswered. "Damn woman, I swear when we're alone...-" Time cleared his throat, "You heard the woman, Let's find the youngsters." Time begins to walk off, searching.

"Hah! So obedient to his Y/n" You snickered, whispering the the other three boys who chuckle in response.

After wandering around the place, making sure not to bump into anyone, you finally managed to see the blonde and (H/c) duo.

"There they are" Sky points out as you all walk over to the two who were currently trying to steal a group of mens rupees! "WWY/n!" You called out making her let out a little 'eep!' catching the attention of the men.

"Oi! Little brat, What are you trying to do with your hand near my pockets?" The mans voice was low and clearly he wasn't playing around.

"Well...You had a bug! I was trying to swat it off you!" WWY/n tried to lie but she was frightened by the stares the older men were giving her, "Hey! Back off, she did see a bug and she did try to swat it off you!" Wind defended WWY/n but when he looked up and really got a good look at the group he pauses.

"Two lying little brats, huh? You were trying to steal from me weren't you? I'll show you-" One of the men grabs her by her hair and lifts her up. Time lunges forward and was prepared to strike at the man until a angelic voice cuts in.

"Excuse me, but please put my child down, you are scaring her." OOTY/n was in her everyday (F/c) dress, a forced smile was on her face as she seemed, the men smiled and placed the WWY/n down. "Ah~ Such a pretty little thing you are, may I take you out sometime? We can get a drink...Or skip to the fun stuff-OOF!" OOTY/n punches him in his abdomen making him curl over and groan.

"What the hell was that for?!" He coughed out, "One for holding my child by the hair, two because I simply wanted to" She finishes him off with a kick to the face making him curl into a ball on the ground, OOTY/n helps WWY/n up and placed a hand behind Wind, "Are you two alright? We can get ice cream later" "REALLY?!" OOTY/n chuckle at the young duo's reaction and nods.

The two grew excited, OOTY/n smiles at the others, "So! Shall we head off now?" earning eager nods from the others, off they went.

To be continued...

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A/N: SORRY FOR THE LONG update, I always ran out of ideas but I've got it under control now so don't worry! This chapter ain’t edited properly so if it’s crappy, my fault.

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