You had once heard of the wanted criminals of Hyrule, a 6 member group of criminals who had done terrible things to innocent citizens and Hyrule in general. You had never thought you would ever meet them.

That is, until one night with your friends, you had decided to play a little contest.

With the setting in Hebra, everywhere you went was cold as ice. You and a couple of friends had decided to go out and find the secret hideout that the gang had set up and lived in, and stay there for the night without running away.

"Y/N, do you think one of the members would creep up on you and chain you up?" Riju asked. You shrugged her question off as you ran through the snow, eager to just get it over with. You weren't ever supposed to agree to this little contest, but Sidon and Riju just dragged you along. They were the mischievous two of the group of three, both always up to no good. So it wasn't really a surprise when they had implied that they wanted to go to a secret hideout.

Sidon followed in front of the trio, looking for an obvious looking secret base. After about 3 hours of hiking up the mountain, he whisper shouted to you and Riju.

"Hey you guys, I think I found it!" He sounded prideful of his discovery, crossing his arms while you caught up to the tall fish.

"C-Can we go back? I'm not sure about this..." You shivered and spoke in a low tone, starting to regret coming here in the first place.

"Don't worry, it's only one night. And plus, they could just be doing whatever they do as criminals. They might not even be home, for Hylia's sake!" Riju explained, trying to ease the tension you had built up.

You shakily sighed, walking to a cave with the Hylian Crest on it, although it was turned upside down, like what the Yiga did for the Shiekah. You walked in after Sidon and Riju, then coming to a very dirty place. Broken lights were hanging from the cave ceiling, with scattered papers and wood all over the place.

"Woah! Look at all of these broken things! Better not step on them!" Riju tiptoed across to the other side of the room.

"R-Riju, let's go back. I don't think this is the perfect thing to do with our time..." You tried to protest with her, yet she still ran to the next room. You held your breath, not wanting to be caught or trapped. Although Riju and Sidon were crazy, you still stuck with them. They needed you to supervise them so they wouldn't go full on maniac mode, like what you were doing at the moment.

"It's going to be okay Y/N, it's not like we're going to be-"

Sidon was interrupted by a shriek from the room next to you. The one that Riju went in.

"Wha- RIJU!" Sidon called after his friend and rushed past you to search in the other room. You reached to grab his hand to prevent him from going, but he was out of reach.

"S-Sidon. No!" You ran after him, knowing what was probably in the room. Once you went around the corner, you had witnessed 5 different people tying Riju and Sidon up in ropes. You covered your mouth and stepped back, not wanting to be caught in the mix either. Before you turned around to report the situation to the nearest person, you had bumped into someone else, who was awfully close to you.

"I wouldn't leave if I were you, unless you want to die?" The man spoke from behind. You shivered from his hot breath on your neck. Your life was on the line now, as well as Riju and Sidon's. You had to do whatever he said. You hung your head low while the man brought you to where your two friends were, and you squeaked a tiny bit when he dropped you and let his other members tie you up.

"I think you all deserve a punishment for sneaking around at our base. You know, just to let you see how much of a mistake you've just made." The man spoke with an intimidating voice, which sent shivers down your body.

"P-Please, we're just reckless people, we didn't mean to come here and snoop around!"

"Y-Yeah, if you let us go we won't tell anyone about what happened! We'll do anything!" Sidon and Riju both protested, but knives were held up to their throats.

"Hush now, before you're killed in an instant." That one sentence was enough to shut them both up.

"Anything you wanna add to the protest?" The man from earlier bent down in front of you and lifted your chin up. You stared at the man, looking at his dark golden locks and his darkened blue eyes. Scars were batted all over his face while he wore a tattered and ripped up tunic with worn out trousers and chains wrapped around him.

Your breath hitched. This was Link Hyrule, who went missing about 4 years ago. Even though he had scars and a bad looking outfit, he still looked really handsome.

As for Link, a blush almost appeared on his face as he caught a glimpse of your silky H/C hair and your bright E/C eyes. You wore a F/C tunic with brown leather boots which went along with your S/C skin. He had never seen someone so... beautiful.

"Enough of your lovey dovey staring, you two. The three still need to be punished." A cold voice came from your left. Turning your head, you saw the 5 other gang members who had tied you and your friends up.

As you looked around the room, you remembered the time Riju had talked to you about wanting to go to the hideout.

"The criminals aren't any ordinary people, they're the ex-champions of Hyrule! I heard from my mom that they all couldn't take the harsh training and the fight of Calamity Ganon, so they moved to the dark side, knowing that they would never win against his strong forces. That's why they had to recruit us as the new champions! You know, that's why I kinda wanna go to the hideout, so we can investigate and track down their hideout so we can report it to the new royal family!"

Even though both of your closest friends were the most reckless people you knew, they always had a good reason for doing it. They have been training to become the new champions along with you, Yunobo and Teba. Hyrule also has a new Royal Family, which were close relatives of King Rhoam and Princess Zelda.

Remembering all of their names, they were Revali, Mipha, Urbosa, Zelda, Daruk and Link. These were the people you have been searching for for ages!

"Right. I suppose so." Link sighed and stood up, taking another look down at you before being interrupted by talking from the other two friends.

"LET ME GO!"

Riju struggled in the ropes. "Or you'll never see daylight again."

"Oh is that so? I heard your mother is the chief of the gerudo, Miss Riju." Urbosa walked over to a table, where she picked up a packet of paper. There held all three of your identities and everything to know about you. Your eyes traced the papers to read that everything on the paper...

Was true.

"If you were wondering, dear Zelda here hacks into Hyrule's works and brings out information about what we need." You looked over to the ex-princess of Hyrule, with her hair chopped off and her green eyes now dull and lifeless. "So now you have nowhere to run, champions in disguise." Urbosa smirked, seeing the surprised looks on your faces.

"Now, for your punishment..." Daruk's loud voice boomed all over the cavern, making it shake and crumble.

"Lower your damn tone." Revali groaned, crossing his arms before looking away.

"Calm down Revali, let's just focus on the main task at hand. Now..." Link bent down to take a look at you three. "How about... The Zora dude and the small cheiftess or whatever the fuck, just put them into a locked room or something.... and this one with me." Link took your hand and basically yanked you out of the room. You yelped in pain from the sudden shock in your arm. You were being pulled through a dark hallway, with nothing to see except the criminal right in front of your eyes.

How did you get in this place in the start? Why did you even agree on coming to this place? You would blame it all on Riju and Sidon, but how were they to blame? You should've stopped them from coming to a secret place all the way up the Hebra Mountains. Oh, this was such a mistake.

You started to breath quickly as you were brought into another room with Link. "Are you..." Link heard a shaky whisper, then faced you once more. "Are you planning on killing us?" You shut your eyes tightly so you could imagine something other than the situation you were in right now.

He reached to your face and pulled strands of hair out of your face. "I would usually want to kill the people that I catch, but you could be some sort of exception..." Link caressed your face.

"G-Get away from me."

"Oh really?" He pulled out a gun and pointed it at your forehead. "How about now, champion?"

You couldn't take it anymore. You broke down in tears, not caring to wipe them or cover up the quiet sobs. You shook with fear and anxiety. Link kept the gun at your forehead. "B-Be... caref-ful... please..." You couldn't cry, especially not in front of your enemy. You were a champion, the last person who should be crying in a crisis like this! Get it together Y/N!

Link's cold glare softened as he pulled the gun away from your face. "Aw baby, I didn't mean to make you cry. Please don't cry, this'll all be over soon." Right on cue, there was a gun shot from the other side of the cave. Your eyes widened as you shook with the fear of one of your friends being killed. More tears fell down your face as you looked down, mouth agape.

"Shit. Uh.. Calm down please, I'll be right back." Link got up and walked out of the room, locking the door from the outside. You cried a bit louder than before, not wanting to be alone but relieved that you weren't in the presence of a criminal. You were helpless without your weapons, and still being a champion in training, you still had yet to witness worse than this. Your anxiety rose as you heard footsteps coming closer. As the door unlocked, you saw two very familiar figures standing at the doorway.

"Come on Y/N we're escaping!" Riju urged you out of the room.

"W-wait what? But I heard gunshots back there." You were confused to what had just happened, but you got your answers once you saw your friends pull out the guns that the criminals wielded.

"Oh." You nervously laughed, then ran with Sidon and Riju out of the building. Once you got out, you looked back at the upside down hylian crest. That was one interesting trip, especially when you were in the room with Link.

"OMG Y/N YOU CRIED?! WHO DID THIS TO YOU I WILL RUSH BACK IN THERE AND BEAT UP WHOEVER DID IT!" Sidon protested, still frightened from the whole situation. He got to see his sister, Mipha, after 5 whole years of betrayal.

"Relax, Sidon. I'm okay. Let's please rush out of here before we're caught again." You slid down the hill as quick as you could.

- Link's POV -

"Should we go after them, Link?" Mipha walked up to the front of the broken window, that where I watched the three new champions escape the hideout. I looked back at the cute H/C haired champion.

"I'll let them go for now, but we'll capture them again, I promise..." I told my group. Zelda put her hand on my shoulder and pointed to them.

"You like them don'tcha? It's pretty obvious." A visible smirk appeared on her face as my face went a slight pink.

"Woah there I woulda killed em if it weren't for you guys being dumb fucks and letting those other two shit heads shoot Revali." I glared at the bird, walking over to him and examining the bandaged wound on his arm.

"Don't fucking bring me into this conversation." Revali death glared everyone in the room, then walked away.

Urbosa gave me a small smile of comfort before the rest of the gang walked away. I looked back to the snowy mountains for one more time, trying to see their face again. I shrugged the feelings I felt off my shoulders, then slumped back to where everyone else was gathering their things to move to the next hideout, not knowing if those champions were going to report us to Hyrule's forces.

Whatever the case, Link was going to do everything he could to capture the pure looking hylian again.

After all, criminals have feelings as well...