Legend of Sol (Modern Legend of Zelda)

"Perhaps another day Ace. Today we shall meet and enjoy a meal with the woman who stole Sol's heart away. And if by chance he is simply lying about there being a woman to... Get out of what he and I were talking about earlier, then I would rather he not have more time to come up with somebody to play along with any lie he would have spoken to me."

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"First day and already you're not paying attention Zalor? I understand that this math class is in no way fun, but we cannot have every class a student takes be about magic or any sort of interesting thing. Oh no. My job is to ensure you all can survive the day to day life. Even if this math is not used for every aspect of life, it is something required if you are to pursue a position of being an engineer or something." The teacher asked, getting closer and closer to making a scene in front of the whole class and having Zalor be the center of everything. "Now, to answer your question, the question I want you to answer is the question on the board. There is but one I have written down. Something you should know from last year. I do recall it being on the final after all."

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Sol had fallen asleep. In his dream though, Sol stood upon the open fields of Hyrule. Ahead of him were dark clouds that steadily moved closer to him. The lands caught underneath the shadow of the clouds almost looked to be devoured by the darkness that crept forward. The clouds stopped themselves above Sol, the shadow cast from them almost touching his feet. The dark abyss in front of him seemed endless.

Behind Sol a light shone, pushing back the darkness and the clouds. Sol didn't turn back to look at the source of light. Somehow he knew exactly what it was. A feeling deep down told him what it was, even though Sol himself was unable to repeat this knowledge.

As the clouds were pushed back, a silhouette remained. Even with the light pushing back the clouds and illuminating Hyrule this silhouette was not repelled. On the contrary it went from a formless shadow to something else. Something big. There were no noticeable features, nothing that would distinguish this shadow from something else. The shape was that of something anthropomorphic. It had a head, two arms, and two legs. Nothing to give it any actual features, except for one thing. On the hand of the shadow was a shape that shone just as bright as the light behind Sol. It was a shape of myths, something believed to be created when the goddesses left Hyrule. This shape, this sacred triangle, was incomplete though. Only one triangle properly shone. The other two triangles were outlines, indicating that this sacred object was incomplete.

Looking down at his own hand Sol could see the same shape began to illuminate itself onto him. The very same light that pushed back the darkness had revealed itself to Sol to be part of him. Unfortunately for Sol, this revelation was not a good part of the dream. No sooner had the image appeared on Sol's hand the dark figure moved. It reached out to Sol, seemingly being able to entirely encase Sol with one hand.

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There was a loud thud in the classroom. It woke Sol up from his dream, though not in the way one would expect. As he slept, Sol's head slipped off of its resting place that was his hand. This, in turn, caused Sol's head to come crashing down with his desk, waking him up just as the shadow seemed to envelop him in his dream. The entire room was silent as everybody's attention was suddenly focused on Sol. "Are you okay Sol?" The teacher asked.

Sol simply looked towards the teacher while having a look of staring off into space. "Umm... Ow. That really hurt." He rubbed his head. "I apologize for the interruption. Do you mind if I step out to the nurse's office?"

"Not at all. Go right ahead." The teacher spoke.

"Thanks." Sol spoke as he quickly gathered up the things on his desk, grabbed his weapons from the teacher, and left the room. In his rush to gather this things, there was something that escaped Sol's notice. The list of girls he was writing down. That happened to slip away from him as he gathered his things before coming to rest on the floor. Too far away for either Impa or Zalor to have noticed it, the consequences of somebody finding it would most likely lead to rumors about Sol spreading about and then result in many girls trying to vie for his attention.

 

"I know that... But I'm not gonna be an engineer, I'm gonna become a greater swordsman than my father," Zalor said, "Oh okay that question... just a sec," Zalor said as he quickly pulled out a piece of paper and pencil and wrote the problem down.

As he wrote the problem, he heard the loud thud from Sol and quickly drawed his attention to his best friend, "Dude Sol you okay?!" Zalor asked as he saw Sol get up. After he saw Sol walk away he went back to writing down the problem.

GOOD LORD! That woman is always on my back... And of course of all the problems to pick it was from the finals before the break, just my luck. And sol manages to get out of everything. I envy him sometimes. Zalor thought to himself,

 

>Let's try getting back to the time consistency of the Demon Lord being almost nothing but a legend anymore, shall we?<

The king sighed. "It has been a very long time since darkness last gripped Hyrule. In this length of time it is hard to know which parts of the Demon Lord are real and which parts have evolved into legend. That being said, I unfortunately find it unsurprising that remnants of an evil army still exist. Hyrule is vast and there are many shadows with which to hide things. And creatures empowered by dark magic long forgotten are not above using these shadows to wait for a master who is long dead. These Iron Knuckles are not the first mention of creatures with a tendency to fight in aggression towards Hyrule, although I shall admit that in modern times these monsters do nothing but attack unsuspecting travelers. I will have to see to it that the Iron Knuckles that have been discovered are destroyed, lest innocent people get hurt due to inaction."

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As Eizo was being escorted to the castle, queen Zelda was also heading towards the castle after wandering throughout the grounds. "Good day Eizo." She spoke as she gracefully bowed to greet the Sheikah. "What brings you here so suddenly and unexpectedly?"

"He seeks an audience with His Majesty." One of the guards escorting Eizo spoke.

"Of course." Zelda spoke, looking as though she had unconsciously touched a stone that was part of a necklace that she was wearing. "He is in the guest study right now. You do not mind my accompanying you, do you? I have some business with him myself."

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Impa watched Sol leave the classroom in a hurry. Although she was concerned as his "injury" she could not help but stifle a laugh as to what happened. Getting smacked around like that could only serve as a lesson for Sol. But Impa could still not help but question as to whether or not whatever dream he was having somehow caused his head to slip, even though in reality the dream had nothing to do with it and the injury was purely coincidence. This did remind Impa though to inquire about Sol's dreams at a later point; a point in time where they would be alone and she had the chance to ask.

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"An injury on the first day? And not even an hour into the first class. That is surprising." The nurse spoke as Sol walked in.

"Yeah. I banged my head on the desk. It hurt a lot more than you would think."

"Funny. You don't look hurt."

Sol sighed. "Admittedly my head doesn't hurt anymore. To be honest I was hoping I could get some rest here. I've been having trouble sleeping the past few days."

"I see..." The nurse muttered. "And would you like something to help you fall asleep?"

"No thanks. I would rather not take something that would make it difficult to wake me up. I'm not gonna try to get a lot of sleep. Just enough to get me through the rest of the day."

"I never expected to have this sort of conversation with Prince Sol."

"Please don't tell anybody about this. After all I'm not the type of person to cut class. Ever."

The nurse laughed. "Don't worry Sol. Your secret is safe with me. You rest up now. I'll wake you when the first class is over so you won't be late to your next class."

 

Zalor finished the equation on the sheet of paper and handed it over to the teacher and sighed in relief. He sunk in his chair in relief and wiped his fire head with his back hand, and then quickly repositioned himself. He looked around, nervously waiting for the teacher to respond.

I sure hope Sol's alright, honestly, I wish I was sent to the nurse's office, better than this class. But... When is Sol ever sleepy in class. I mean, sometimes he is but not to the point of slamming his body into the ground. Maybe I should check on the guy,. Zalor thought to himself.

 

"Safe travels Ace." The king spoke before Ace left.

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"Of course Eizo. It is always a pleasure to be in your company, even though your visits do not always include more positive and preferable topics." Zelda spoke before the pair walked into the castle towards the king's location.

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The sound of people talking did in fact wake Sol up. Without having to open his eyes he could tell who it was that entered the office. "Her timing is impeccable." He thought as he pretended to remain sleeping. "I wonder what she's doing here. Damn, if she hears what happened I'll never hear the end of it. And why would she be the first person I hear waking up after that dream? Surely it is coincidence, right? After all that was just a dream. What happened doesn't actually reflect on us."

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The teacher looked at Zalor's work. "Well done Zalor. Although you did take some extra unnecessary steps you did solve the equation correctly."

The remainder of the class period was uneventful. As the classroom quickly emptied all the students were noisily chatting amongst themselves. And the list of people Sol was writing had disappeared, picked up by an unknown student.

>Yeah, not much this time. Just trying to move things along. Also, FYI, Sol is referring to a different dream this time.<

 

Zalor, when class ended, immediately dashed out of the room an ran towards the nurses office, ignoring the chit-chat of the students. He wasn't sure what they were talking about, he was focusing on Sol at the moment. He came to a quick halt as he came to the door to the nurse's office. He regained his composure and knocked on the door calmly.

 

"Hey Sol is my best friend two! I'm here for two reasons, one, to give him notes, and two, to check on him! He is my best friend and I have about 7 minutes before my next class," Zalor said as he followed in. He watched Ace wink at the nurse and Jos who was apparently in here as well, and watched Ace shoot a fireball at the royal behind of the royal. He couldn't help but chuckle when the fireball was released.

 

"Ace, you know how bad it is to assault a student, right?" The nurse spoke, tossing a clipboard in the fireball's path. The clipboard was destroyed, but the fireball itself was stopped before hitting Sol. "Especially when the student in question is our esteemed prince. Now shoo! Quit disturbing my patients."

"It's okay." Sol spoke, sitting up. He looked at his audience quietly. "So much for some peace and quite. I never do get much privacy, do I?" As he quietly wondered to himself, Sol did something fairly uncharacteristic. Without giving any sort of warning or chance to be stopped Sol teleported away from the room and away from the crowd.

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"Ah, Prince Sol!" A surprised voice exclaimed as Sol reappeared elsewhere on the school grounds.

"Huh? Oh, my apologies Aya. I didn't think anybody would be here at the moment. Did I hurt you at all?"

"N-n-not at all." She spoke with a definite aura of shyness. "But you sure are amazing doing something like that. Everybody says teleportation magic like that doesn't exist anymore. W-w-where did you learn such magic?"

"Where did I learn it? Well... Umm... Good question. Anyways I should probably let you get to class." Sol began to turn away.

"Wait. Umm... Before you go I have a question." Aya quickly blurted out. "I-i-i-is it true that you made a list of all the girls in school in order of your preference? They said that Joselyn wasn't even listed near the top so a lot of girls were wondering how they ranked compared to the others, t-t-that perhaps they had a chance. I-i-i-if it isn't too much of a bother, c-c-c-could you tell me where I was o-o-o-on the list?"

"I have never and will never make a list such as that." Sol quickly spoke out. "Wherever did such a rumor–" Sol stopped in the middle of his sentence, a sudden feeling of dread and realization overcoming him. It felt as though death's cold embrace wrapped itself around him. He put his hands on Aya's shoulders. "Aya, we have to stop this rumor right now. Where did you hear it?"

"F-f-f-from Malon. She said that she was told that a girl in your class found the list. E-e-e-everybody was talking about it. I think the entire school knows by now."

"Oh no. That isn't good." Sol sighed and stepped back, his head beginning to droop down. "Umm... Crap." He looked back up at the girl. "Can you do me a huge favor? If you ever find out who is in possession of that list will you please let me know?"

"O-o-of course Prince Sol."

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"Milord, your presence has been requested by both Her Majesty and Eizo of Kakariko." The guard spoke as he reached the king.

"How strange that Zelda feels the need to request an audience with me. Although she did mention something of needing to talk to me at some point soon. As Zelda did before, the king reached up and touched a stone that hung from his neck similar to Zelda's. "I see. Well, as they are together right now, bring them both in."

"As you wish sire." The guard bowed before stepping out again.

He quickly returned with both Zelda and Eizo. "May I present Her Majesty Queen Zelda and Lord Kikaro Eizo."

"Thank you. Although you need not be so formal." Zelda smiled.

"But I do not wish to show any disrespect." The guard bowed before leaving.

"Good day to you Eizo. And to what do I owe your sudden, though not unwanted, presence?"

 

"I'm surprised that the Gorons have not attempted to investigate this matter to procure any more concrete evidence. That being said, there is no reason for us to doubt them. Especially considering recent reports concerning the recent discovery of monsters other than moblins and bokobins roaming about the fields of Hyrule. I will organize a team to set out to Death Mountain and meet with the Gorons. But it will take a bit of time. Equipment with which to investigate the inside of a volcano is something we are in short supply of." The king answered for Eizo's request.

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"Hey Prince. To what do I owe the honor of you running towards me like that? Have you come to confess your love to me in front of the entire school?" A red headed girl grinned as Sol quickly ran up to her.

"Nothing like that Lucy." Sol answered as he took a moment to catch his breath. "I'm looking for something."

"Like what? That list of future concubines you misplaced? Gotta admit that was pretty bold of you making such a list. If I were you I would've kept it locked up safe in my mind. Or at least the bottom drawer of my dresser underneath a fake bottom next to all the dirty magazines. I will say though that I'm honored you would consider me to be one of your future lovers once you're king. But if I could make a selfish request could I possibly be either the queen or the concubine you prefer over all others?"

Sol blankly stared at her for a moment, surprised how she could unashamedly say such things. "Oh gods is that what the rumors have spread into?"

"No." Lucy grinned. "I figured I'd say that to see how you'd react. Naw, the current story is still that of the list being the order in which you favor each girl. And the fact that Joselyn isn't on it is making some of the more... Ambitious girls eager."

"Ambitious about what?"

"You really are a virgin, aren't you? Ambitious about being the one to become Prince Sol's girlfriend. Whoever hooks up with you gets a one shot ticket to being the most popular girl in school. And gets the award of being the girl who Prince Sol chose over Joselyn."

"Is that so. And tell me, where do you lie compared to the list of those ambitious girls?"

"Next to you. Or at least that's the plan. If that list really is who you like or if it is something platonic doesn't really matter to me. I plan on trying to steal your heart anyways, even if you don't have those feelings for me."

"At least you're honest about it." Sol sighed. "Something I'll be sure to keep in mind. Anyways, do you know who has the list? Especially since you were in that classroom?"

"Nope. I'll keep an eye out for it though and give it back to you. For the proper amount of compensation, of course." She winked at Sol and then walked away.