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• Heroic Doll by MistressofInsanity19 for ajsci_co

  Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors  

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  06 Sep 2025

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  • Four & Hyrule & Legend & Sky & Time & Twilight & Warriors & Wild & Wind (Linked Universe)
  • Malon (Legend of Zelda)/Time (Linked Universe)
  • Cia (Legend of Zelda)/Warriors (Linked Universe) one-sided
  • Midna (Legend of Zelda) & Warriors (Linked Universe)
  • Legend & Warriors (Linked Universe)
  • Four & Time (Linked Universe)
  • Twilight & Warriors (Linked Universe)
  • Impa & Link (Legend of Zelda)
  • Impa & Fi (Legend of Zelda)
  • Impa & Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
  • Artemis/Warriors (Linked Universe)
  • Warriors (Linked Universe)
  • Cia (Legend of Zelda)
  • Sky (Linked Universe)
  • Time (Linked Universe)
  • Wind (Linked Universe)
  • Twilight (Linked Universe)
  • Four (Linked Universe)
  • Hyrule (Linked Universe)
  • Legend (Linked Universe)
  • Wild (Linked Universe)
  • Midna (Legend of Zelda) mentioned
  • Impa (Legend of Zelda)
  • Artemis (Linked Universe)
  • Lana (Legend of Zelda)
  • Proxi (Legend of Zelda)
  • Epona (Legend of Zelda)
  • Creep Cia (Legend of Zelda)
  • Warriors (Linked Universe)-centric
  • Warriors (Linked Universe) Has a Bad Time
  • Gift Fic
  • Inspired by Fanfiction
  • Sky (Linked Universe) Has a Bad Time in the Background
  • The Whole Chain Having Varying Levels of Bad Times
  • Whump
  • Bathing/Washing
  • Dolls
  • Past Trauma
  • New Trauma Incoming
  • Excessive Amounts of Emotional Whump Incoming
  • Tags Are Always a Mass of Confusion & Madness
  • Self-Esteem Issues
  • Ken Doll Warriors (Linked Universe)
  • Linked Universe (Legend of Zelda)
  • Challenge Fic: Making Cia Gen Rating Appropriate
  • Mind Games
  • Negotiations
  • Past non-consensual kissing
  • Forced into a 'Romantic' Relationship
  • Playing 'House'
  • Manipulative Cia (Legend of Zelda)
  • Legend (Linked Universe) & Fi (Legend of Zelda) are Siblings
  • Warriors (Linked Universe) & Midna (Legend of Zelda) are Friends/War Siblings
  • Legend (Linked Universe) & Midna (Legend of Zelda) Have Incredibly Similar Personalities
  • Legend (Linked Universe) is a Grumpy & Stubborn Cat/Bunny
  • Hyrule (Linked Universe) is Sneaky
  • POV Alternating
  • Literal Sleeping Together
  • Warriors' (Linked Universe) Girls are his Fairies
  • Ballroom Dancing
  • Puppets
  • Adding Lore/Explanations to the Four Sword in LU
  • Brain Fog
  • Headaches
  • Coliseum Battling
  • Aka Shoving Warriors into his Adventure Mode Master Quest Map
  • Sort Of
  • Dissociation
  • Artemis (Linked Universe) Has Prophetic Dreams
  • Impa (Legend of Zelda) is Big Sister
  • Fairy Hyrule (Linked Universe)
  • Horses
  • Rotating Through the Stages of Grief

  Summary

  She just wants a doll...

  This is what Wars kept telling himself as he gave himself over to the newly revived Cia, in order to protect his brothers, after everyone but Sky was captured.

  She just wants a doll...

  But what will it take, what will it cost, to BE that doll?

  Aka: What might've been happening to Warriors during ajsci_co's "Running Ragged"

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