A New Save File

Chapter 1

A/N
This is my first fan fiction I've written so I'm sorry for poor grammar/punctuation/etc
I hope you enjoy it
Oh theres swearing, minor gore, hints towards depression and abuse btw

3rd person view

(Y/n) sat, thinking about the past few years, slowly dragging himself into a pit of despair as tears threatened to pour down his face. He was calm and collected despite being constantly bombarded with bad memories, once in a while... It would grind him down until he buckled under the pressure and with one final thought... He broke...

2nd person view

You cried yet not a sound was heard, as you continued to cry silently, a sound erupted from your bag making you jump out of your skin, screeching "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!?" snapping you back to reality

You had finally bought a Nintendo switch and you being a very introverted person, opted to buy a game online and download it instead of waiting in a long queue only to find the game you wanted was sold out and after watching so much of The legend of zelda: breath of the wild and all of its theories surrounding its lore, seeing the environment, all of the enemies, watching bits and pieces of players freeing the divine beasts and hearing such good praise months after its release, you had to try it out but of course you were in no mood to play at the time

After a few moments of silence, you get up to see what had made the noise... it sounded like... a chime but softer than what you'd normally hear coming from wind chimes.
As you open your tattered brown leather bag which you loved, you see your switch had turned itself on, thinking it must have landed on the power button, you reach inside to grab it when it suddenly shocks your finger tip making you back up abruptly from both pain and fear of it blowing up

You think to yourself "I only just got this... no way is it broken already.."
Slowly but surely reaching back in, you grab it hastily expecting another shock to course along your hand, thankfully it didn't as you let out a breath you didn't know you were holding in.

Flipping it over to look at the screen, you noticed that it had opened up the game... you hadn't noticed that you were staring at the words "new game" until a thought reminded you that you were falling back into that pit of despair again, deciding that starting it up is better than crying all over again, you select new game and wait for it to load.
...
It didn't..
You just sat there... waiting for something to happen
You let your head drop down as you'd basically given in, thinking the whole world is conspiring against you when suddenly another chime erupted making you jump but not as badly as before.

You look up slightly expecting the classic tune everyone knew and loved to start playing, instead there was a line of text on the screen now...
You snap yourself put of your thoughts and read it
Are you ready?
Yes No

"What the..."
You didn't recall this happening... at all, despite all the red flags screaming at you, you click yes wanting to just play and forget about the shit show that is your life

Little did you know... you had just signed up to something you could have never comprehended

As you wait again for the game to start, just as you think all is well... you suddenly pass out, falling back against the wall and sliding down into a heap by your bed
There's... nothing.. darkness... no.. it wasn't dark at all, it was.. empty.. almost like a void..

Before you can recall what had just happened, you were flung forward with a great force to it and then you were falling to the ground.. and fast
With a loud thud and a crack, you hit the ground, before you can scream out in agony, you scrape across the ground, sliding of the lip of some elevated ground and again, hitting the ground and this time that crack now sounded like a sickening crunch
As you lay there, winded and shaking violently from the surge of pain along your arm and ribs, you hear a scream... it wasn't human, that was obvious enough

Out of fear, you sit up, hissing at your now throbbing side to see a familiar sight leaping at you, a bokoblin wielding a boko club, ready to end your life.
you swallow your fear just enough to grab the threat by the tuft of its hair and its arm and in one swift move, you use its momentum to throw it against the rough and jagged wall of elevated ground behind you
Just like that... you had impaled its head on a sharp piece of rock. It stumbled back, tripping over it's own feet, falling backwards and blowing up into a pink and purple cloud of smoke as you stand there now wheezing and coughing whole clutching your broken arm, just as you think you're alone.. you see 3 more screeching while charging towards you

"I'm gonna die..." in a moment of clarity, you fall to your knees and chuckle sadly as if you were more or less ready for whatever awaits you after death. You close your eyes and wait.

The bokoblins screeching turns from blood curdling rage to fleeting cries, confused and losing consciousness, you try to look but your eyelids felt like they were being weighed down.
"W-why cant i.." as you think about what's happening, you feel a warm sensation trickling down the side of your chest.
With one last attempt, you manage to get a glimpse at your chest.. you wish you hadn't looked as two ribs were protruding from your chest and bleeding heavily.
You're about pass out.. everything is hazy and muffled as you're lifted up by someone, you cant tell for sure who's helping you but you have at least enough of a conscious to know you're being looked after as your hoisted up onto a horse

You could no longer stay awake as you lay slumped over the horse's hind.
You come to but only momentarily, you raise your head, you try to at least. You can see a bustling plaza and dozens of people cheering in joy at whoever is riding the horse but it soon turns into concerned looks and whispers
"Who is that behind him?"
"Oh gods, that must be painful!"
"W-what happened?!"
*gasp* "look at his ears"
"What is he wearing?"
Just as you're about to pass out again, you hear a voice, it's not clear but its obvious this man does not like being around large crowds as he orders people to clear a way.
You can no longer keep your head up as it falls back down and shortly after your eyes close.

Links p.o.v

You rode along a narrow path, enjoying the peace and quiet away from the glorified cucco that is revali

The two of you were paired together to find shrines but of course he had other plans and they were to brag about being the better adversary and how he should be the one wielding the darkness sealing sword

For now you just pushed forward and hoped that he'd shut up at some point
As you think about how much of an annoyance it is to be around him, you hear a loud thud along with a spine tingling crack, slowing your horse to a halt, you witness a strange looking hylian fall down ahead of you and looking in rough shape

You then see a bokoblin racing towards the injured hylian, unsheithing the master sword, you prepare to defend him
What you witnessed next was both amazing and yet shocking as the hylian rammed the bokoblin into the rough cliff face with elegance as he tripped it up and then using its leap as a means to cause extra damage.

Soon after more came and you took over, soon after they were dealt with, you helped the hyli- wait, hes not hylian... what is he wearing??
You shake your head, that doesn't matter, right now this person needs help and fast
Just as you mount your horse: epona, you hear the incessant ranting from none other than revali
He lands nearby, ready to rip into him for taking so long but he then stops in his tracks, clearly shook at what he was seeing, a... hylian?.. in a worse than rough state and bleeding heavily over epona
Without a moment wasted, he was taking flight, heading straight for hyrule castle to notify mipha of your arrival with the person shrouded in mystery.

As you arrive in the plaza, you get a plethora of cheers and smiles but soon the majority of the crowd was concerned about the unfortunate hylian behind him and you couldn't help but silently agree with the crowds hushed questions

Who is this man?
Why is he wearing such odd clothing?
Why was he flung so violently down to the ground?
Who did that to him and why did he take out the bokoblin in such a way?

So many questions rushed through your mind
All you could do was hope that he'll make it through this.