-Refractions: a Legend of Zelda Fanfiction-

Heya!
So, I thought of this Legend of Zelda Fanfiction/Headcannon thingy, and I thought it was worth writing, so... here we are!
I have done a ton of research on The Legend of Zelda franchise, just to make sure I've got everything right.
Constructive criticism is allowed, as always!
I hope you like it. :)
(Sheikah Slate Eye credit goes to Kindpng.com)
This fanfiction takes place in Breath of The Wild.
== Prologue ==
Deep in the forest, a boy with hair the color of a raging fire was walking through the woods.
He appeared to be subconsciously looking for something, His amber eyes flickering from tree to tree, from ledge to ledge, from stone to stone. 
But what any onlookers didn’t see, was a secret.
A secret, that, in fact, was being tightly grasped in his right hand.
Then the boy noticed something.
A stone wall. looking like any other ruin that you might see in the forest, but this one was different. 
Small, eye-like markings were engraved in the stone, just beneath the mass of vines covering it from top to bottom.
The boy ran his hand along the markings, knowing that he had found what he was looking for.
He circled the ruin until he saw the unmistakable doors of an ancient shrine. 
It would have been an easy task to open the doors with a Sheikah Slate, but the platform where he would have normally put it was noticeably worn and broken from many, many years of dormancy.
So, with no other visible option, he began to shove the rusted doors open. It was no easy task, for shrines were built to keep out thieves and intruders, and the boy had to take many long breaks, but after many minutes of labor, the doors yielded a latter down into the shrine.
Confusion split across the boy’s face for a moment, as shrines usually had an elevation that would take the person down into the shrine, but this shrine only had a creaky, rusty latter. 
After a moment of hesitation, the boy began to climb down into the shrine.
As he entered, the unmistakable smell of moss and various vegetation tinted the room. The boy’s eyes cautiously scanned the shrine’s core, he noticed that it looked incomplete; there were half-finished ramps on one side of the room, and stone slabs lie on the floor in front of him. Scaffolding ran up and down the walls, and in the center of it all, was a woman, staring at what appeared to be a map.
With out any other hesitation, the boy stepped forward. 
“Whomever enters this shrine, beware, for there is more than treasure lurking-” She looked up from her map. “Oh. It’s just you.” The boy took no notice of this, and took another step. “Chie Kuma. I’ve been looking for you.” He said, carefully stepping around the unfinished clutter. “I have something...” Chie Kuma held up one wrinkled finger. “Boy... it better not be one of those-” “Chie Kuma, I didn’t bring another River Snail! Although their power and prowess is beyond my recognition.” The boy muttered under his breath. “I have... the thing you’ve been looking for.” Chie Kuma squinted. “That could mean two things, boy. It’s either that nail I’ve been searching for all week, or it’s...” Chie Kuma opened her eyes to see what the boy was giving her. The boy smiled and placed it into her palm.
“Trust me.”
== Chapter One: No-Name ==
It was a truly beautiful day for flying.
The soft colors of twilight were melting away into the sun’s rays, casting a warm glow across all of Hyrule.
And a young, gray-blue Rito was just trying to enjoy it.
As she soared over the mountain tops, she saw the kingdom of Hyrule. Once apon a time, it was certainly a sight to behold, with its mountainous structure and its glorious sheen.
But now, the Rito wished she could have just erased it from view, like a smeared bug on a glass pane. She caught a glimpse of one of the many corrupted guardians, and forced herself to take a different route. Huge, walking robots plated with iron and various metals. Tasked with one job: protect. Somehow, Ganon had turned the guardians against the people of Hyrule. From what she had heard of that battle long ago, she knew that these heroes-turned-monsters were a force to be reckoned with.
She sighed and attempted to land on a ledge high above Hyrule, and slipped several times. To other Rito, landing was a breeze, but this Rito wasn’t exactly like the others.
She had two sets of wings.
Whether this made it easier or harder to fly she didn’t know, but she had learned to live with it her whole life. Landing, however, was starting to get harder to do as she aged.
The top two wings were bigger and broader. They were strong, but she couldn’t get off the ground without flapping her front pair first.
The people of Rito Village had complained about her being a mutant, an outcast. Others said that they just didn’t feel comfortable around her, and that she scared the children.
Before long, the Elder had no choice, and had exiled her from the village.
So now she was alone.
But she was okay with that. The people of her village didn’t understand her, but maybe someone else would, someday.
She leaned her head back to look at the land. The vast forests, the sunny plains, even the small camps of Bokoblins littered here and there. All of it was beautiful. Special. She closed her eyes and whispered a silent prayer.
Her thoughts were interrupted by something hard and smooth hitting her on the head. She yelped and stumbled, trying to use her wings to maintain her balance. “Hey!” She said as she caught herself. “Who hit me?” Her mind immediately went to Bokoblins and she narrowed her eyes. She picked up the rock and crept closer to the edge. “Sorry!” A voice that sounded tired and weary answered her. “I... I was just tryin... trying to see how far... away the edge was...” The Rito didn’t know much about Bokoblins, but she knew that they definitely didn’t talk. “You’re a Hylian, aren‘t you?” The person behind the voice tried and failed to stifle a laugh. “I guess you could say that. Can you... Please help me?” The Rito snapped to her senses and looked over the edge. A small Hylian boy, around the ages of 12-15, stared back at her. He was wearing a very green floppy hat with a lime-colored lining. His tunic was the same color, and his only accessory was a sword and shield strapped tightly across his back.
“Who are you...?” She asked him as she pulled him over the cliff-side. “Link.” He said after he had caught his breath. “I... don’t think I can tell you more than that. I think.” He beamed up at her. “Anyway. Thanks!” The Rito had her second pair of wings tucked tightly against her back, in fear of him noticing. “What were you even doing on that cliff anyway? You can get seriously hurt that way if you don’t have enough stamina.” Link looked down at his boots and kicked a pebble. “I got overzealous... I thought I could make it... I was wrong.”
The Rito rolled her eyes. “You Hylians need to stop being so reckless. Seriously. One day you guys are going to accidentally release Calamity Ganon- Oh wait.” She glared at the fallen kingdom. “That princess says she’s holding him back, but if you want my opinion, he’s holding himself back just to spite her. Then, one day, he just decides, ‘Yeah, today seems like a pretty good day to rule Hyrule.’ I mean...” She couldn’t stop herself from rambling about the things only mushrooms would wait to listen to. “Y’know... Just... knowing the guy.” Her face suddenly fell. “I kind of feel bad for her, now that I think about it. Her knight supposedly got fatally wounded. I wonder how this story is going to turn out now...” The Rito looked at Link to check if he was actually still listening, but to her surprise, he looked like he was hanging onto every word. "A princess? What's her name? Who's her knight? What's Calamity Ganon?" The Rito helpfully shrugged, much to Link's disappointment. "Do you even know what your name is? I sure don't. Gee... Wonder how that could have come into play..." The Rito flicked her tail feathers at him, and he giggled. "Don't get snappy with me. I don't have a name." Link stopped laughing and looked up at her again. "Why?" The Rito frowned at him. "You really don't wait for anything, do you?" "Sorry." Link quickly apologized. "I don't really get to talk much back home."
The Rito sighed. “I’m... an outcast. Outcasts aren’t worthy of names. The Rito’s rules, not mine.” The Rito sat down on the ledge and Link followed. “I’m an outcast because of these.” She spread her two back wings for him to look at. Link stared at them with awe. “But that’s so mean! Those are really pretty and cool!” “Not to the Rito.” She shifted her shoulders uncomfortably. “I’m fine without a name, really.” Link frowned at her. “So what am I gonna call you then, just the Rito all the time? Wouldn’t that get confusing?” The Rito looked off into the sunrise. “I guess you could call me Silver. I really liked that name, but nobody in my village dared to agree with me.”
Then, a buzzing, mechanical noise in the forest below made her look toward it. A guardian was roaming through the forest, searching for any Hylians. Silver quickly stood up, and started to back away. “What’s wrong?” Link asked, and the guardian jerked it’s rotating head a little in their direction. “A guardian. Be quiet.” “A guard- hey!” Link said as Silver pulled him onto his back. “This might be a little uncomfortable for a bit- hold on!” She said to him as she sped into the air. Once she was far enough away from the guardian, she looked back to make sure it hadn’t chased after them.
But the guardian was gone.
== Chapter Two: A Warp in Time ==
Silver looked frantically from side to side.
“I-I don’t understand. Where did it go?” She asked herself. “Where did what go? What’s going on?” Silver looked at her back, and saw Link, who she had completely forgotten was there. “A guardian.” She started to explain. “They hunt just about anything that moves. They‘ve been corrupted by Calamity Ganon.” Silver gave him a quizzical look. “How come you don‘t know that already? You‘re a Hylian. You should know about guardians!” Link opened his mouth to answer, then shut it again. Silver looked at him again, still confused. "Do you... Not know anything?" Link looked towards the kingdom of Hyrule and gave a small sigh. "I know some things-" He began, but was interrupted by a twig snapping not that far away. Silver narrowed her eyes. "Sounds smaller than a guardian..." She mumbled to herself. Silver turned to Link and briskly said "Stay quiet." to him. Link nodded and tightened his grip around her. 
Silver landed and briskly pulled out a small sword-looking knife out of her bag. “Show yourself!” She commanded, her unblinking stare locked on the trees. A moment passed, but before long another Hylian with blue eyes and an even bluer tunic came out of the shadows, inspecting what looked to be an ancient screw. When he looked up and saw them, he instinctively brandished the spear on his back. “Oh, it’s just another Hylian.” Silver said to Link. The Hylian exhaled and put the spear back. “Don’t scare me like that. I thought you were another one of... those.” He nodded towards the woods. “What are you doing all the way out here?” Silver inquired. The Hylian shrugged. “I dunno, really. Let’s just say I woke up and now I have to do a bunch of things.” He looked over to the Great Plateau for a moment. 
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