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Shadowed by Gia_D, notfreyja
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
13 Oct 2025
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Wind is no stranger to monsters.
Two adventures taught him more than any boy ought to know about them. About the way they fight, the way they think. About what it takes to make a monster.
This third adventure wants to test that. All across time there are monsters that are worse than they ought to be. Stronger. Smarter. Faster. Harder and harder to kill.
Still, Wind is no stranger to monsters. Which is why when a ninth Link joins the Chain, he knows that there is something… wrong.
Something very, very wrong.
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we'll hoof it home by LostAndDowned
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
05 Oct 2025
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Twilight pathetically tries, "This ain't what it looks like."
Time locks eyes with the Rancher and then, pointedly, looks down at the thrashing child in his arms.
"No, I think it is."
[or: sheepdog twilight rounds up heroes part two: electric boogaloo]
[or: Or: Shadow is taken to his kidnapper's lair. His boyfriend(?) is there. More at ten]
Series
- Part 2 of You've Goat to be Kidding Me - the goats series
- Part 25 of Wild and Wolf - [LU Complied 2025]
- Part 4 of Whumptober 2025!
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Not Quite a Hero of Light by Shylighthi
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
15 Sep 2025
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Shadow found these people odd. Admittedly, if they all didn't have swords and magic items that were making Shadow's head sore, then he would truthfully think they were harmless, but it seemed pretty obvious that they weren't. The magic of Hylia herself drummed off these people. It reminded him of Link..
LINK! Shadow needs the Four Sword! He darted away from the group again. He needed to learn how to ignore such simple distractions, Zelda was going to wring his neck out when he gets home… but she also wouldn’t appreciate him letting strangers walk to their deaths.
Zelda was NOT going to believe him when he tries to explain that the goddess stole him away for a quest instead of Link.
Aka.
Shadow takes Four's place in the chain by complete accident. -
Not Truly a Hero, Not Truly a Monster by Avunaaa
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic), The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords
26 Aug 2025
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Years ago Four had changed. He hadn’t escaped his last adventure the same person.
Quite literally.
Now Four acted for all to see, only mourning in private. But one night, after months of constant acting, he’s caught beside their graves. Wind knows Four is not who he claims to be but what is he instead? Four wouldn’t say it but maybe the ghosts that surround him will.
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Four and After by serbii
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
08 Aug 2025
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So here’s the dealio.
Once upon a time a group of time travelling weirdos gave 10 year olds Link and Zelda a shadow crystal thingy so that Shadow’s future Heroic Sacrifice™ might be a little less… sacrificial.
And it was great! For like, more than a decade they all got to grow up together all alive and happy! But things fall apart as they do, and Link died, and some time loop scheme Shadow honestly wasn’t paying that much attention to (he tried, okay?) has been enacted.
Now Shadow’s joined the time travelling weirdos, and one of them is a Link who’s years younger than his who never managed to save his Shadow.
Things are messy. Things are stressy.
But they have a time loop to close to save Shadow and maybe to save Link, and whatever.
He’ll wing it.
What could go wrong?
Series
- Part 3 of Alterity
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Art Show by across-violet-skies (Glittercat34)
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
16 Jul 2025
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Four and Shadow attend an art show.
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- Part 6 of Linked University AU
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Love That Transcends Time by lulimation
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
05 Jul 2025
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At the end of their adventure, the four heroes of the Four Sword must become one yet again. Unexpectedly, though their bodies became one, their minds remained separate. With sadness in their hearts over Shadow's sacrifice, they (primarily Vio) research ways to bring him back. They manage to bring him back, and they live a normal life together for awhile. That is until a portal brings them on another adventure with many other "Links" from across time.
It was very concerning for the colors when suddenly, while walking with the chain, Shadow states, "something's wrong." before disappearing from their now shared body. It was even more concerning for the rest of the chain when Four collapsed to the ground a moment later, completely unresponsive.
Where Shadow ended up though was definitely not what anyone could have expected. He appeared in a group of people who all claimed they were in a romantic relationship with a Link. Now, with no other known objectives, they have to search for the chain as they continue traveling through different portals across time.
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The Shadow Of A Friend by Anonymous
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords
28 Jun 2025
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One week after leaving behind the chain after they’d saved the timeline, Wild finds herself with a feeling she’d never felt before.
She was lonely.
But-
Maybe-
She doesn’t have to be lonely-
Well-
Alone.Note: Most people in the tags are just mentioned. Only Wild and "The Horned Statue" actually talk.
Series
- Part 10 of Round & Round We Go (All Linked Universes)
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Shards of escape by Worried_Mouse
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
15 Jun 2025
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Having fallen into a thieves hideout, Four has to rely on Shadow to escape. But what can he possibly do when he's stuck in the mirror shard?
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- Part 2 of Shards of friendship
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this is a (kid)napping by LostAndDowned for Passerine44
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
05 Jun 2025
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Slowly, Twilight circles the camp.
The feeling doesn't abate. If anything, it only gets worse.
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Hylia probably thinks she's real funny.
Twilight thinks she might be a bit funny too.
[or: Twilight finds the tenth Hero in the funniest way possible.]
[or: Or: Shadow joins the chat and immediately fails an attempted robbery. Then, he gets kidnapped.¯\_(ツ)_/¯]
Series
- Part 17 of Wild and Wolf - [LU Complied 2025]
- Part 2 of Legend of Linkfight (June 2025)
- Part 1 of You've Goat to be Kidding Me - the goats series
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you are not alone (i've been here the whole time) by LostAndDowned
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
15 May 2025
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Things quickly stop being fine. In truth, the shadow isn't sure they ever were.
It's hard to think like this.
(or: the shadow is not having a good time. legend is not having a good time. the ghosts are not having a good time. bad time all around, honestly.)
(or: Or: the shadow is cursed. and haunted. also, who the hell is Vio?)
Series
- Part 2 of this town ain't big enough for the…FIVE of us? [Four DID fics]
- Part 14 of Wild and Wolf - [LU Complied 2025]
- Part 2 of Maylancholy (May 2025)
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Buttered Pesto Toast by Illegible_Handwriting
Fandoms: Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
04 May 2025
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“Please don’t bite my head off," the Shadow drawled, rolling his eyes. "Let’s just try again. Okay. So here’s the deal. You have something I want. Clearly, I have something you want. Let’s just truce.”
“What do you have that I could possibly want?” Warriors spat.
The Shadow smirked. “Hands, my friend. I can get you out of there. You’re not looking too good, though. You considering losing the legs, or what?”
Warriors just snarled.
“Look, I’ll get you free. Minimal damage, and you can just walk away. That’s that. But I want you to tell me what you know about Link.”
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Deep in a labyrinth underneath Twilight's Hyrule, Warriors gets separated due to a cave-in. Injured, trapped, and alone, he's got one last ally that he'd sooner rip his own face off than accept help from.
aka the Shadow and Warriors fic that's been rotating in my brain for weeks now
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Guardian “angel”. || Linked Universe. by orphan_account
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
30 Apr 2025
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He’s always watching, hidden in the shadows.
TW: Mentions of murder, swearing.--
Author notes: nobody dies!!! don't worry!!
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Wow I just completely forgot a summary when I posted this.
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“What…what’s going on?”
“I need your help, Shadow,” he admitted. “I’ve heard about you, you know. What you’ve done. I could use your expertise.” Shadow’s blood ran cold, but he wasn't done. “However! Before we get into the nitty–gritty, I have a gift for you. It's right behind you.”
Shadow turned slowly, trying to keep half an eye on Dark. He didn't like the guy one bit. There was just something…off about him.
But when he turned around, all other thoughts left his mind. Because lit by a flickering brazier behind him, just like the others in the circle, was Link.
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Shadow gets resurrected by Dark Link, who figures he's on his side! Yay!
The LU boys are also there. Much less yay!
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Fortuity by serbii, Whitewinterstar for Gia_D, undertheopensky
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - jojo56830 (Webcomic)
16 Mar 2025
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When the nightmare scenario happens in Hyrule’s era, and Ganon is set to rise again, Four steps in to interrupt the ritual at the last moment.
Results are mixed.
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and the ghosts say what you already know by LostAndDowned
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
13 Mar 2025
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"Your magic is different," Hyrule says curiously. He leans closer, his fingertips brushing the skin of the shadow's forearm. His magic weaves a gentle net around Four's, exploring the shape of it from every angle.
"A curse?" someone else asks, strained.
(or: a shadow wakes, not for the first time. it is the first time it's woken around others. it...doesn't really know what to do.)
(or: Or: before shadow was "shadow," he was "the shadow." this is what that looked like.)
Series
- Part 1 of this town ain't big enough for the…FIVE of us? [Four DID fics]
- Part 11 of Wild and Wolf - [LU Complied 2025]
- Part 4 of Whumps of March (March 2025)
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Two gremlins meet more gremlins by Linkedpiece_961
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
03 Mar 2025
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After the final battle wild and shadow have been living normal (as much as that’s possible for two little shits) farm lives. Taking care of the cows, goats and horses they keep. As wild got sick , shadow needed to go get medicine for him.
But ohhhh boy he wasn’t prepared for what he found when he got back home.(It’s the continuation to “two gremlins and an underpaid wolf” so I would recommend to read that first and chapters are rather short and it isn’t an ‘one chapter 1hour fanfic’)
IMPORTANT: this fanfic is on hiatus due to personal reasons I will definitely update it some day I just don’t know when it could be a few weeks or a few months Sry :(
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- Part 2 of Two gremlins give a wolf a heart attack
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As It Appears by Violoafforprez
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
09 Feb 2025
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“It’s your shadow! It’s got fangs-”
“-And claws-”
“-And piercing red eyes!”
Warriors, Wind, and Hyrule called out.
“It must be from the moon’s reflection.” Four reasoned, “The deep red of the Blood Moon is being bounced around the cave walls.”
But Warriors wasn’t convinced, because he knew real shadows didn’t work like that.--------
Inspired by this lovely piece by entouragelver75 on tumblr!Series
- Part 16 of Legend of Zelda short-shots
- Part 11 of Linked Universe
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Four is Four and is Four (what does that mean, idk make something up) by Violoafforprez
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
15 Jan 2025
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Link didn't think they'd be deposited in another world when they went to check on the Four Swords Sanctuary, but here they were. And of course it was on the one day Vio didn't leave a note for Shadow.
They would't be gone for long though, what could go wrong?————————
You! Yes, you.
How would you like to name the next chapter?
Drop in and start saying random shit!Pls i’m running out of things to put in the AKA sections of my chapter titles!!!!! (Chap 7 is just called ‘Ggg’ rn help!!)
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- Part 8 of Violoaf is a slut for Vio/Shadow
- Part 7 of Linked Universe
- Part 4 of Current WIP’s
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A Study of Darkness (and its Light) by FloatingNebulas
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Linked Universe - Fandom
03 Jan 2025
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When Shadow shattered the Dark Mirror, he had expected to die. That had certainly happened. It was very painful and he would really like to not do it again.
What he hadn't expected was to wake up on the floor of a very creepy castle, be mistaken for a severed portion of Dark Link's reflection of the Hero's Spirit, and essentially be coerced into working for Ganondorf to attack the group of time-traveling heroes that Link had apparently, somehow, joined.
Shadow was only supposed to survive for long enough to figure out where the mirror that Ganondorf probably had his soul connected to was, and how to get back to Link. He wasn't supposed to get attached to Dark Link. He also wasn't supposed to start seeing a younger version of himself, from before Vio came crashing into his life, in him. He especially wasn't supposed to start trying to teach Dark how to live beyond the confines of the battle he had known for so long.
Or, Shadow adopts a new kid/brother, pulls a Vio (in more ways than just spying on the enemy from inside), and has way too much fun mentally cussing out Ganondorf.