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Ok so now I’m gonna post a fic lol. I wrote this a while ago and reread it yesterday and I actually think it’s good enough to post! So uh, here!

Miss Vai Battle Pageant

Based after a battle from Age of Calamity with a lot of creative liberties added in! In Zelda’s pov! Enjoy!

Zelda was admittedly concerned when she got a message from Lady Urbosa, telling her to arrive in the Gerudo Desert as soon as possible. She didn’t know why Urbosa needed her so quickly, but too many possible scenarios plagued her mind. Was there something wrong with the Divine Beast? Were there too many monsters for the Gerudo to handle alone? If either of these things were to be true, then why did Urbosa specifically tell Zelda to not bring Link, and only to bring Impa? That made her think that Urbosa was planning something, which scared her even more. Urbosa was a wise and focused Gerudo chief, but she gave herself moments of mischief when she desired it. Either way, Zelda didn’t know what to expect.

When they arrived at the desert, Urbosa led them to their rooms where they would be staying, and Zelda immediately noticed that it wasn't just her and Impa that were invited, but Mipha and Riju were here as well. Oh dear… it was something mischievous wasn’t it?

“Get some rest girls,” Urbosa told them before she left, “You’re gonna need it for tomorrow.” and with that, Urbosa left with a little skip to her step.

The first thing everyone did was interrogating Riju, she was the one always near Urbosa, she should know what she was up to. But alas, not even the young chief from the future knew what was happening.

“I guess we should get some rest as Urbosa suggested then,” Zelda sighed. Whatever was happening, they’ll have it figured out tomorrow.

When tomorrow came, Urbosa gathered the ladies into an empty Gerudo town, and the girls anxiously awaited whatever was coming their way.

“Hang on, where is everyone?” Impa asked, after noticing the empty town.

Urbosa smiled and tilted her head, “why, they’re all hunting for molduga guts of course.”

“All of them?” Riju asked with concern in her voice.

“Yes. You see, I brought all you vai here together because I wish to uncover something.”

“Uncover what?” It was Mipha’s turn to question the Gerudo chief. Urbosa smiled at her in response.

“I wish to uncover who is the mightiest vai. You will all fight each other, and I will watch and see who is the strongest. If you get knocked off your feet out of the area, you are to stand by me, if you come out on top, well…” Urbosa gave a slight giggle, Zelda knew what that giggle meant. “I guess we’ll see what happens after.”

Zelda sighed. Just great, if there was one thing that she wasn’t, it was a fighter. She’s gotten better at defending herself but she wasn’t raised as a gerudo warrior like Riju, she wasn’t a Sheikah guard like Impa, and she wasn’t raised to fight with a spear like Mipha. She wasn’t gonna win this.

The others stared at each other awkwardly, they certainly didn’t know how to begin to fight each other, which gave Zelda some hope. She knew that Urbosa wasn’t going to stop this, but the other girl’s reluctance could be used in her favor. She didn’t know about Riju, but she knew that Mipha was too gentle with her friends to make the first move on them, and she knew that Impa wouldn’t do any harm to her. She was too protective, so if Zelda were to use the reluctance that Impa and Mipha had against them, she could easily come out on t–

A sudden gust of air blew at her sides and she almost fell over. She stood up and gave Impa a shocked expression. Oh yeah. She forgot that Impa was very competitive, and would do anything to come out on top if it meant winning, no matter what they were doing. So, With that, Impa attacked Mipha, who responded in an annoyed cry.

“Impa!” She shouted, and Impa shrugged.

“I want to win! Sorry Mipha!”

With the first move made, the four girls fought each other with Urbosa watching. It was difficult for Zelda to keep up with what was happening, she landed a few good hits on everyone, but there was only so much she could do with her Sheikah slate. She simply wasn’t strong enough against the three warriors in front of her, and she finally was hit out of the boundary.

“Zelda! You’re out! Come over here!”

She stood up with a huff and went to where Urbosa was. Just as she expected, she lost.

“Nice work little bird,” Urbosa said gently.

“I lost, Urbosa. How did I do good? I’m not strong enough against them.”

“You’re strong in more ways than one. And besides, you haven’t lost. Not yet.”

Zelda looked up at Urbosa confused, and the Gerudo chief gave her a mischievous grin. She looked down after a moment and watched the rest of the battle. What else was Urbosa planning?

It didn’t take long for Riju to get knocked out of bounds as well, and she glumly walked over to where Urbosa and Zelda sat. It was now just Impa and Mipha. Zelda knew who would win, Impa was far too competitive for her own good, and Mipha was too gentle, Impa would easily take her out.

And as the battle commenced, it was as Zelda expected. Though Mipha fought back well, she didn’t want to hurt Impa, so in a moment of weakness, Impa was able to kick Mipha and push her straight out of bounds.

“WOO-HOO! I did it!” She cheered, with all the others watching her glumly. “I won!”

“Not yet.”

The girls looked at Urbosa confused as she stood there with a big smile on her face. “That battle wasn’t the only test. NOW!”

Urbosa leapt out of the way only for a girl they’ve never seen before to appear and begin attacking them. Zelda yelped as her shield hit against her, and she fell backwards.

“Oh come on!” Riju yelled angrily.

Impa went straight to Zelda and pulled her out of the way before the girl could do anything else. She wore blue Gerudo clothes with a veil over her face, though she clearly wasn’t Gerudo. She had fair skin, blond hair and bright blue eyes. Who was she? Have they seen her before?

Impa helped Zelda to her feet and the four of them stood before the strange girl. Riju in particular looked angry at her.

The Mystery Vai looked around, as if looking for someone, uncertainty in her eyes, which slightly confused Zelda. Why did she look so unsure of herself?

“That veil that she is wearing belongs to a dear friend of mine,” they heard Urbosa say from Din knows where. “Try to take it from her.”

They looked back at the Mystery Vai, and Zelda almost saw a hint of fear in her eyes. Impa yelled a battle cry and started charging towards the girl, and the Mystery Vai fled. Riju yelled as well and followed after them, leaving behind a baffled Zelda and Mipha.

“This is getting out of hand!” Mipha sputtered, and Zelda laughed in response.

“We might as well play along! I haven’t seen Urbosa this happy in a long while!” And with that, the two princesses ran after the other three.

The Mystery Vai led them all throughout Gerudo town. She was fast, and when Impa would get her hands on her, she was somehow able to get her off, and she would continue to outrun the group.

“We won’t get anything done if we keep chasing her like this!” Zelda yelled. They all slowed down and looked at her for guidance. “We need to corner her, me and Mipha will go one way, while Impa and Riju will lead her to us!”

“Where will we corner her?” Riju asked.

Zelda thought for a moment. “How about the sand seal station? Not a lot of places to run.”

The others nodded, and Riju and Impa ran to find the Mystery Vai, while the two princesses ran to the station. The plan worked perfectly, it didn’t take long for Impa and Riju to herd the girl into the sand seal station. Impa chased after her, and when she tried to dart out of the way of the station where Zelda and Mipha waited, Riju came by to hit her with Patricia. The vai gave a (surprisingly deep) yelp and landed into the sand seal station, fumbling to her feet, only to run right into Zelda and Mipha. She was cornered.

“GRAB HER!” Riju shouted, and Impa jumped in and wrapped her arms around the girl, holding her down. The mystery Vai lurched forward, and Impa almost lost her grip, but Mipha and Riju were able to help Impa hold the girl down. She struggled for a bit, but gave up when she realized it was no use.

“Let’s see who this mysterious Vai is, shall we?” Zelda asked the girls. They all cheered in response except for Riju.

“It’s Link, guys,” She simply said.

The other three froze.

“What?”

“It can’t be!”

Zelda grabbed the veil off the girl only to reveal a very annoyed looking Link.

“I don’t believe it!” Mipha cried, and immediately let go, looking embarrassed.

“Told you guys.” Riju let go as well, crossing her arms with a playful smirk.

Impa let out a loud laugh and gave him a little squeeze. “No wonder he was so hard to catch!”

Link let out an oomf as he was squished by Impa, “You lot are terrifying when you’re chasing after something, you know that?”

The girls all laughed.

“I guess we were a little intense…” Mipha said softly, looking down.

“Say Link,” Zelda started, stepping closer, “Why are you here? I didn’t think you’d agree to do something like this!”

“I didn’t agree to do anything! I was just walking around when I got bagged and carried all the way here!”

Zelda sighed. Oh Urbosa. “I’m sorry Link, but it’s done now.”

“Heh, thank Hylia, I wanna go home.” He let out another noise as Impa gave him one last squeeze before letting go. They all laughed again before walking to the main plaza.

“You’re not hurt anywhere, are you Link?” Mipha asked, almost bashfully.

“My pride is a little bruised, but other than that, I’m perfectly fine.”

Mipha smiled and Impa patted his head. They were glad that they didn’t seriously injure Link.

“Wonderful!”

The girls stopped at the loud voice of Urbosa, who was standing outside the throne room.

“You vai did the second challenge with ease! Good work.” Without warning, Urbosa sprinted towards them, grabbing Link before they could even react. She was standing at the entrance, her sword drawn in one hand and a shocked Link in the other. “Your last challenge to determine who’s the mightiest vai is to fight me, and rescue the hero.”

“Urbosa I didn’t agree to any of thi–”

“Silence Link, you’re my hostage now.” She gave a laugh and ran off with Link being dragged behind.

“Oh great,” Impa pouted, “We lost Link.”

“We must find him! A-and rescue him!” Mipha stuttered slightly, if she could blush, Zelda would assume that her face would be as red as her scales right now.

“Where would Urbosa even take him?” Zelda wondered out loud, she went out of Gerudo town, but it would be dangerous to venture out into the Gerudo desert with the Yiga out there, not to mention the moldugas that are being hunted by the rest of the Gerudo.

“I bet she’s taking him to the throne room, or to her bedroom…” Riju said, staring at where that would be.

“And why would she do that?”

“To throw us off. There’s an entrance to the side where she could enter through, without us seeing.”

They all stared at the throne room for a moment, Zelda nodded.

“I think Riju is right. I don’t think Urbosa would want to lead us out into the desert. Come on, let’s try to intercept her.”

The others nodded and ran towards the side of the throne room. It was empty, but they heard noises, so they ran up to where the bedroom was. Sitting on the bed was Link, he was slouched over with his head resting in his hand.

“Hey,” he greeted, and the girls smiled, until Urbosa ambushed them.

Impa, Riju, and Zelda jumped out while Mipha lunged straight for Link. Ok, Link was accounted for… good.

“Don’t let Urbosa grab him!” Zelda yelled after her, and Mipha nodded in response.

“Alright, let’s see how strong you vai really are!” Urbosa shouted, glee spread all over her face. It was a difficult battle being in such a small space, but they fought back hard. Urbosa swung her scimitar and Riju deflected it with her shield. They fought with each other for a moment, Urbosa pushing down on Riju.

“I cannot fail!” The Gerudo chieftain yelled.

With a loud cry, Riju pushed as hard as she could and ducked under the weapons, slamming into Urbosa as hard as she could. Urbosa nearly fell over but stopped herself, and in one swift motion, she charged after Zelda, and although she was tasked with keeping Link safe, Mipha jumped in the way, blocking the attack with her spear. She never could stand to let anyone get hurt.

“We need to get her out of this room, I think there’s a boundary drawn that we don’t know about!” Zelda yelled at the girls fighting.

“Leave it to me!” Impa yelled back, and used a gust of wind to push Urbosa back. She stumbled for a bit, and when she got her footing back, Impa vanished and reappeared suddenly above her. Impa kicked her in the shoulder,and was able to push her further.

“Everyone, push!” Zelda shouted, and they all ran towards Urbosa to shove her out of the room.

With enough force, Urbosa was pushed out of the room and down the stairs. When she stood back up, the four vai blocked the path, ready for her to fight back, but she didn’t. She laughed out loud and put her weapons away.

“Good work you four. I’m impressed.”

The girls relaxed and gave Urbosa room as she walked up the stairs. “Now follow me, I know now who the mightiest vai is.”

The girls were buzzing with excitement as they entered the room, sitting at the bed where Link stayed put. Though Zelda didn’t know who it could be, she knew deep down that it wasn’t her. She didn’t do much of the fighting. Sure, she came up with ideas, but that was nothing compared to the strength the rest of them had. Either one deserved the title of the “mightiest vai”. She smiled slightly, she would be happy for whoever got the title, regardless.

“So… Link… I’m curious about your opinion, who do you think was the mightiest of them all?” Urbosa leaned against the wall, eyeing the group on the bed.

Link’s head rose and he got a nervous look on his face. He fidgeted his hands and looked at each girl. “I-I’m not sure… they were all pretty strong.”

“Oh come on Link! You gotta pick one!” Impa blurted out. “It was me, wasn’t it? I was clearly the toughest wasn’t I?”

“No! I fought harder than you!” Riju protested and the other girls laughed.

“I won the first challenge!”

“That doesn’t mean anything!”

Urbosa raised a hand to quiet them all.

“Well his opinion doesn’t influence what I have determined…” She assured them.

Zelda looked down.

“And what I determined, the mightiest Vai… was all of you.”

Zelda’s head shot up.

“What?” Mipha exclaimed .

Urbosa smiled at all of them. “I watched each and every one of you during those challenges, and to simply put it, you are all mighty and strong in your own ways. Impa, your fighting was unlike anything I’ve ever seen, your physical prowess was admirable, even to a Gerudo warrior, and your undying loyalty makes you dependable. Mipha, your compassion and kindness towards others makes you fiercely protective, you help everyone however you can, that is a trait that I do not see often. Riju, your determination and unwavering spirit makes you a powerful leader when you are needed, you refuse to give up, which is an important mindset to be in. And Zelda,” Urbosa stared at the princess of Hyrule with the most warmth and love in her eyes. “Your wit and ability to see the world differently helps you find ways to win, ways that may seem hidden to others. It makes you a natural born leader.” Urbosa stared at her for a long moment, just to make sure the message was sent, before looking away, “You are all strong in your own ways, and you shouldn’t compete against each other or anyone just to see who is better. You’ll only focus on your weaknesses, instead, you should work together to win, to strengthen each other. Which is exactly what you did today. You girls used your strengths and made up for your weaknesses and won against me. That is the sign of a mighty vai. So that title does not belong to one, it belongs to all of you. I’m so proud of you all.”

Zelda couldn’t help but smile. It was nice hearing that from her. She tries so hard not to compare herself to everyone around her, but it is a difficult challenge that she can’t seem to overcome. Impa and Link would always fight so valiantly while she did nothing, Mipha was a beloved princess for her people while she felt like a failed and hated princess, and Riju was so young yet wise beyond her years. Zelda felt as if she couldn’t compete with anyone, since she was so below everyone else. But Urbosa was right, she must only compare herself to… well… herself. She looked at her hands, she truly has come a long way. Maybe, her power will awaken within her if she’s kinder to herself.

The room felt warm and comfy as the girls felt pride within them. Even Link had a small smile, though he wasn’t addressed directly.

“Come on vai, there is a prize for this, a great Gerudo feast. I’m sure you all will love it.” Urbosa said with a smile.

“Oh thank goodness, I am starving!” Impa huffed while leaning back.

“Link is invited to right?” Mipha asked, “I think he deserves it after what you put him through.”

Link scratched the back of his head bashfully. “It’s no big deal, really.”

“No, Link, you’re invited to feast too. Thanks for helping me with this.” Urbosa gave him a wink, and he smiled back. They talked for hours after that until the rest of the Gerudo returned, a stronger bond between the group forming. They all saw each other in a different light, strong and powerful women who could lift each other up with their own strengths. Even the princess of Hyrule saw herself a little differently. Maybe, she wasn’t a failure after all…. But until Calamity Ganon is sealed away for good, she’ll never be fully convinced otherwise.

#legend of zelda #age of calamity #hyrule warriors age of calamity #I don’t like how I wrote some of the characters #Impa and Link in particular #but the lesson of the fic turned out really well!#I enjoyed it!#smiles writes

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