Young Justice: Hero of Time

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Author's Note: Hiya guys! Here's another chapter and the offcial name of the fic; YJ: Hero of Time! Some of y'all PM me asking if Link's gonna be mute in the story, and the answer is no. He will begin to talk soon in later chapters.

Also just to give everyone a heads up, throughout the story, Link will be getting newer and more awesome powers! Like new armor, more advanced swords and shields, etc. But anyway, enjoy the chapter.

2 YEARS LATER

NEW YORK CITY

JULY 4, 2010 8:00 AM

In New York City many people were running away screaming for their lives as a car was sent flying and exploded on another car. The New York City Police Department all came and looked at the cloud of smoke and saw a very large hulking figure walking towards them. They took out their guns, all aimed at the figure.

"Solomon Grundy. Born on a Monday. Christened on Tuesday. Married on Wednesday."

The figure stepped out of the smoke and revealed himself to be the zombie super villain Solomon Grundy. He stood at a giant 10 feet tall. He had decaying pale white skin, black eyes with yellow irises, and he wore shredded clothes.

"FIRE!" The Lead Officer shouted as he and his Forces fired at the undead villain, though the bullets kept getting bounced off every time they landed on him.

Apparently, the villain didn't like that as he growed at them. He then roared as he charged at them, making the Police run for their lives as Grundy crashed their vehicles. A family was about to get crushed by the incoming car as they held onto each and closed their eyes, not seeing a blue crystal appearing around.

The car hit the crystal as it bounced off of it and hit the streets. The family opened their eyes as their eyes widened in awe at seeing the sparkling blue crystal that surrounded them. The crystal disappeared as a figure of a boy flew over their heads, making everyone look up as their eyes widened and smiles appeared on their faces as cheers erupted from their mouth.

"Blizzaga!" The boy fired his level 3 ice magic at Grundy, making him freeze his entire body as his expression was that of surprise.

Cracks appeared on the ice as the villain roared in anger, shattering it in the process. Grundy looked around, trying to find the one who froze him. He heard a whistle and turned around, glaring at the young boy, who is known as Link, the Hero of Time.

Link sure has changed a lot. He is now 12 years old. He now has long blonde hair, with two side bangs on either side of his face, and deep ocean blue eyes. He wore a green vest, with a golden zipper on it and gold lines on the sides, forming a yellow circle around the arm area. On the waist of the vest, he wore two brown belts. He wore long floppy green hat that has a gold line going along the tip as it circled just around it.

Underneath the vest was a black shirt as it was over a white turtle neck T-shirt. There were small green lines circling around the sleeves of the shirt and the collar of the shirt has an 'X' on it. He wore brown gauntlests, both having the symbols of the Triforce.

And finally, he wore light brown shorts and brown boots.

"Grundy hates Green Boy for freezing him!" Grundy yelled. "Grundy smash him!"

Grundy charged at Link and reared his fist back. Link back flipped away as Grundy's fist slammed to the street, making a fist sized crater. Link then charged at Grundy, just as he stood up, and he took out his Bomb Arrows and fired at him.

The bombs impact on Grundy's chest as they exploded and it made him stagger backwards as he screamed in pain. Grundy growled at Link before he charged at him again. Link dodged every punches Grundy sent his way and he was making goofy faces at him, making the zombie villain angrier by the second.

"GRUNDY KILL YOU!" The zombie slammed both fists to the ground as Link jumped up and landed on them.

The Hero of Time got in Grundy's face as he aimed his palm in front of him. "Firaga!" He fired his spell, and Grundy cried in pain as he held his face and backed away.

Link finally took out his sword and shield as he charged at Grundy. He jumped in the air and stabbed in the chest area, where it is stitched together. He pulls back just as it opened up slightly and Grundy began to cry out.

Link jumped out of the way as Grundy tried to grab him. He reached into his Pouch and took out his Goron Mask as he put it on his face.

"WAAAAAHHHHHH!"

In an instant, Goron Link appeared and he seems to have changed as well. He grew bigger and got incredible muscle mass. He has markings around his stomach and arms. Instead of the usual green man skirt, he always wore, he now wears a larger version of the vest he wears in his normal form.

"Goron Link!" A little boy, wearing Link's green tunic, exclaimed as he held onto a toy version of said transformation.

Many people cheered at seeing the familiar form from two years ago while Grundy looked confused. Goron Link took the confusion as an advantage as he punched Grundy across the face multiple times before uppercut him in the chin, lifting him off his feet as he flew backwards.

"THAT HURT! GRUNDY SMASH YELLOW MAN!" Grundy roared as he charged at Goron Link, who rolled into a ball and then turned into a ball of spikes.

Grundy stopped his running and held his arms out in an attempt to grab the ball of spikes, but Goron Link stopped rolling and punched his face, making the giant fall on his back. Goron Link then came up to him and removed his chest, throwing it away, as he stared at the glowing yellow heart that was beating just behind the bones. He then removed his mask, changing back to normal and took out his sword.

"RRRRAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Grundy roared as he instantly sat up, causing Link to jump off of him, before he landed on the street and charged at him, putting his sword away. "GRUNDY HAD ENOUGH!" He grabbed a car and threw it at Link, but the Hero grinned at that.

He jumped up and landed on the roof of the car, taking out his newer modernized Bow and took out an arrow, as it charged with large amounts ofnelectricity at the tip. He jumped off the car and aimed directly at Grundy's heart as the monster looked on with wide angry eyes.

Link fired his Thunder Arrow at the heart as it went full speed. The arrow hit the target as Grundy began to scream in immense pain and agony as he also got electrocuted.

Link watched as Grundy stopped screaming and stood still.

"Grundy...doesn't...feel too..." The large zombie fell backwards.

Link smirked as he rubbed his thumb across his nose. He heard wild cheering as many people clapped for him and called his name out. Some of them even took pictures of him with their cell phones. He waved at everyone, smiling before his eyes widened.

"Oh yeah! Today's the day for them!" Link thought to himself. He then used Farore's Wind as many SWAT Members appeared around Grundy.

WASHINGTON D.C.

JULY 4, 13:55 EDT

Black Canary stared at the Hall of Justice from a distance as many news reporters were waiting for them. She was waiting for a certain someone and was starting to get worried. She was gonna head out to get him but she stopped the moment she saw a glowing green ball appear next to her.

In a second, Link appeared as looked up at her with a smile on his face as he took out a pen and notepad.

"There you are. I was worried something bad happened to you." Canary told him as he rubbed his head sheepishly. "How did everything go with Grundy?"

"Taken care of. SWAT Team came and began to take him." Link wrote on the paper as she smiled and nodded at him proudly.

"Great job." Canary praised as Link gave her thumbs up and wink. A worried expression appeared on her face. "Are you hurt anywhere? Grundy is a powerful villain after all."

Link shook his head and showed her the notepad. "No, I'm fine."

Canary nodded. "Okay, as long as you're fine, that's all that matters."

Link smiled happily at the older woman as the two turned and looked at the Hall of Justice in all it's glory.

"Two years passed...since I came to this dimension." Link thought as he closed his eyes and thought back on the past two years as Dinah became his guide.

After the meeting was dismissed, the heroes, aside from Dinah, Batman, J'onn and Red Tornado, went home. Batman told Link to follow them to a lab where they can do some research and tests on him, which Link found no problem. They were surprised when they saw how ripped his body was from all the training he did after the battle with Majora. Though it was kind of weird to see a child, a 10 year old no less, having muscles like that. Not even Robin is like that.

Then they went to the sword and shield, where Batman examined them and was surprised to see them in good condition along with material his sword was made from.

Next was the pouch.

Link went to a table and took out what was in his pouch, shocking Dinah for a moment when she discovered he had a bag full Bombs. He showed them the hookshots, the one from Termina and the one he got from Hyrule. Next was the potions he carried with him. He explained that Red Potion can heal any injury he has in an instant, the Green Potion can refill his magic whenever he runs out, and the Blue Potion does both.

After hearing what the Red Potion does, Batman took a sample of it, to find out what the materials were made from, so that if he or any League Member gets critically hurt, they can be healed in an instant.

Link then took out a Boomerang, a bunch of empty bottles, the swords he had collected during his journey, shocking them, except for Red Tornado, as the swords he had came in many shapes and sizes. Some looked to big for him while others look they fit him with one hand.

He then took out his giant wallet and showed everyone the Rupees he has, shocking them all again as they saw many hexagonal gemstones in many colors and sizes. Link explained to them about the Rupees and that they are the unit of currency back in Hyrule, surprising as they found out it was his money. When he asked what was wrong, Dinah explained that in this world with that amount of money he's basically the youngest most richest multi-billionaire in the whole world.

Batman asked where he got the Rupees from and Link explained that they can be found everywhere in Hyrule. He told them that the monsters he kill always drops them, cutting down tall grasses and bushes, throwing rocks, smashing pots, and they can also be found in chests, surprising them even more.

The next thing he took out were his transformation masks. When he did, J'onn could feel the dark pressence surrounding the Fierce Diety's Mask and Batman narrowed his eyes at it, silently thinking what he should with it. He could take it to Kent Nelson and have him seal it in the Tower of Fate, but then again, he don't know what would happened if he touched it.

The last thing he took out, was the Ocarina of Time itself. Batman narrowed his eyes further when saw it, the instrument that can control time and space. From what J'onn told everyone this instrument is so powerful that it can turn day into night an instant, speeding up the flow of time. He can also slow down time.

After he put everything back in his pouch, well except for the wallet because Dinah told him she was gonna take him some place where he can cash the Rupees in. He asked why, but then Dinah explained that they don't use Rupees here and she showed him the green paper Icicle Sr. had.

She explained that the green paper is a dollar bill and people back on Earth use it to buy stuff, much to his surprise, now knowing why the ice villain had it. He was stealing.

So after everything was done at the Watchtower, Dinah took him back to Star City in one of Green Arrow's hidden base. She asked him if he knew about Bank Accounts and he replied yes since during his time in Termina, he met someone who kept hold of his Rupees, whenever he travels back to the First Day, making her smile which was good, she didn't have to explain about savings and what not.

So in a couple of months, Dinah showed Link everything about this new dimension. For one thing, technology is definitely advanced as they had things called TVs, Cars, Video Games, Cell Phones, Computers, etc. He also learned many of Earth's history as Dinah took him to the Library, while wearing a disguise and something to cover his ears.

He learned about the many countries across the globe as many of them spoke different languages to each other and cultures.

He also learned more about members of the League and was shocked and surprised by the results. He couldn't believe that Superman and Martian Manhunter came from different planets! It was incredible to learn that there were other life out there in the stars. He was surprised to find out that Aquaman was this universe's version of the Zora back home called Atlantean.

"Look, there they go." Black Canary said, tapping Link on the shoulder.

He looks to where she pointed at and saw Batman, Robin, Aquaman, Aqualad, Green Arrow and Speedy.

There was another thing, when Dinah told the Hero of Time that Batman, Aquaman, Green Arrow, and The Flash all had sidekicks named Robin, Aqualad, Speedy and Kid Flash, he was surprised that they were mentors, especially Batman of all people. He sometimes team up with Speedy on few occasions back in Star City, but he also met up with the others in their respective cities and always hung out whenever they were doing the hero business or not.

Link smiled at seeing his friends. He wrote on his notepad and showed it to Dinah. "I'm going to meet them up ahead. You coming?"

"No, I have to take care of something at Star City." Dinah smiled. "You go on ahead."

Link nodded and flew to the entrance of the Hall of Justice, when he did he gathered a lot of people's attention.

"Hey look it's Link!" One of the people exclaimed. "The Mute Hero!"

"No way! What's the Green Knight doing here!?" Another asked in excitement.

"Could he be with the sidekicks?"

"What are you talking about? He's no one's sidekick!"

"Yeah, did you forget about what happened last year?"

About a year ago, Link tried many times to come up with a super hero name for himself but he couldn't, so he just gave up and stuck with his normal name. He had also gained world wide recognization as the Wandering Child Hero, seeing how he travels and stays from various cities and villages, saving them from crime, the villains who were attacking them and natural disasters. He also team up with various heroes, some in the League while others not.

He gained popularity from just about everyone in the world. From grown-ups, teenagers, and especially the young children.

Hell, Link even saved the President of the United States from an assassination attempt on his life and beat the bastard up. After that, Link's popularity sky rocketed further. A day later, on live television, everyone tuned in as Link was awarded the Medal of Valor in front of thousands of people who were there, including the Justice League.

It was at that moment, when Link shook hands with the League, Link telepathically told Superman that he wants everyone to know who he really is and that he wants him to tell them his origins, which brought surprised reactions from most members.

Supeman and especially Dinah wanted to make sure if he was okay with it and he was. Plus he was also annoyed about everyone coming with those stupid names, especially the Peter Pan one.

So, Superman went and told everyone about Link and his origins and the many things he's done back in his world. Link also showed off his Deku, Goron, and Zora forms as Superman told everyone that they were few of the many species in Hyrule.

Needless to say, everyone were amazed, shocked, and awe-struck from what they learned about the new Child Hero, hell even the sidekicks, who were watching in their homes, were amazed as well.

After finishing the story and congratulating Link once more, the crowd had erupted into large amounts of cheering. When it was over, Batman figured that Link would one day reveal the truth of his origin to the public, so he made him a watch that can change his appearance with just a push of a button.

Now look at him.

Just two years ago, he was all alone in this strange new world, but now he found himself great friends, and he felt like he can call this place home. But he does miss Hyrule a lot. All his friends back home were probably wondering what he was doing right now. And Zelda...Link somehow had the feeling that the Princess of Hyrule knew he was gone. Then there was Navi. He hoped she was okay by herself in Hyrule but Link knew she could take care of herself.

"Hey Link!"

Link blinked and noticed that Batman, Aquaman, Green Arrow, The Flash and their protégé were walking in front of him. Robin and Kid Flash ran up to him and gave him double fist bumps.

"Dude, we were wondering if you were gonna show up!" Kid Flash exclaimed.

Link grinned and gave them a thumbs up. He turns to Aqualad and ran up to him shaking his hand.

"Hello Link, it's good to see you again." Aqualad smiles at the young boy as he nodded his head.

Link then went up to Speedy ad gave him a high-five.

"What's up Little Guy?" Speedy smirked.

The sidekicks had to admit, they were pretty jealous of Link. He's like the only Child Hero that doesn't have a mentor and he has a lot of respect from everyone including the League. But it was understandable seeing how he's a Hero that came from a dimension that's totally different from their own. It actually makes them wish something like that were to happen to

Link nodded as he gave Speedy a thumbs up. He and the others turned to the entrance of the Hall. Once they entered, they saw large statues of the founding members of the League with J'onn standing there waiting for them.

"Oh...maybe that's why." Robin muttered.

"Robin. Aqualad. Speedy. Kid Flash." J'onn smiled. "Welcome to the Hall of Justice." He looks down and saw Link. "And hello Link."

"Hello J'onn." Link thought.

J'onn led the sidekicks, giving them a grand tour of the Hall of Justice. Link has already been here before, so he pretty much knows the layout to this place but still that doesn't mean he can't be a tour guide along with J'onn. So after touring, the groupe of sidekicks made it to the Library to settle down, except for Link and Speedy.

"Quick debrief to discuss the coincidence of four ice villains along with Solomon Grundy attacking on the same day." Batman said. "We shouldn't be long."

After he said that, Link thought that he was done here and decided to leave. He turns around and walks out just as the computer started to speak. So...what should he do now? Maybe he should head out to Star City and help Dinah out with what she's doing.

Link was cut off from his thoughts as he heard faint yelling.

"And what about Link, huh?! Even though he's younger than us he's been a hero back where he came from! He had no mentors and he was never a sidekick! Everything he's done, he did all by himself! So how come he get's respect here and is treated as a real hero while we don't!? I already know that when he first came here you brought him to the Watchtower!"

That sounded like Speedy's voice. Link flinched and looks back. Looks like Speedy found out about the Watchtower and that the Hall of Justice is a front. He face-palmed and shook his head.

Arrow and his big mouth.

But Link could've sworn they were going to tell them someday. Guess that day is now since Ollie opened hilA sigh escaped his lips as he continued on his way, flying in the process. But seriously what was he going to do? Whatever, he'll just go and get some sleep. Not like there was anything happening right now.

What was he doing? His friends are probably sad and hurt right now that their mentors didn't trust them. He turns around to head back to try and comfort them but then stopped as he sensed a dark presence before it disappeared.

"Hm?" Link narrowed his eyes. He then looks around as his eyes widened when he saw everyone was frozen as if time stopped, never noticing his Triforce of Courage symbol glowing on his hand. He then blinked in confusion and shock as everything began to shift and change all around him.

"W...What's this!?" Link asked in shock and horror as he looked around, seeing that he was in some sort of destroyed ruins and some temples were set on fire.

There were also dead bodies everywhere and they looked like monks. He saw a large shadow hovering over him. He slowly turns around and his eyes widened in disbelief as he saw a giant red demonic man standing there.

Link slowly backs away but then noticed a young girl in white, looking all around as tears fell from her eyes. She then looks at the demon as he grinned evilly at her. Link reached behind him to take out his sword and shield but gasped when he felt they weren't there. But he then noticed his hand glowing as the Triforce of Courage was there still glowing.

The Hero of Time closed his eyes as the glow got brighter till it covered him.

Link opens his eyes and they were widen again as he saw he was back in Washington D.C. and time returned to normal. He looks at his hand and saw that the Triforce was gone.

"What was that?" Link asked himself. He heard flapping noises and looks up, seeing a raven fly across the sky. He scratched his head before he shrugged and went to the Hall of Justice.

Link was inside the Library of the Hall and he had a half-lidded expression on his face. He was watching a video recording of what happened earlier. He couldn't believe that Roy would just up and leave like that. He was surprised when he heard that Project Cadmus got set on fire and that Wotan was using an Amulet to block out the sun at the same time.

The League went to deal with Wotan as Batman told Robin and the others to stay put. But even though Project Cadmus was on fire, this also gave Batman a chance to investigate it but he didn't. He and the League have to deal with Wotan.

After they left, Link was right about his friends being upset and hurt that their didn't trust them enough to tell them the truth. Robin had hacked the computer systems so that all three can learn about Cadmus. The three then went to investigate Project Cadmus themselves and has been gone ever since.

"Oh great..." Link sighed to himself. Knowing those three they are probably in trouble right now. Now he has to go and save them, so much for a getting a good sleep.

He just hopes that they're okay.

Chapter 3 End

Author's Note: Yeah it more or less took me forever to figure out how to work out this chapter. But I managed to get it done. Hope you guys enjoy