Legend Of Zelda Fan Fiction / Starcraft Fan Fiction / Batman Beyond Fan Fiction ❯ Tassadar's Legacy: Rebirth ❯ Concept Story Board ( Chapter -1 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
Setting - Terra 1999 AD - Pavone house in Seminole, Fl - Roughly Midnight
Situation - Attack on Subject Matthew Imminent. Lightning storm of massive proportions used as cover.
Stalfos Commando sent in to eliminate Subject Matthew. Operative Sheik dispatched for rescue.
Sheik's previous mission - Reconnaissance of Subject Matthew. Months long.
Matt is awakened by storm.
Matt muses over the time.
Matt is startled by house shaking.
Matt discovers house is empty.
Matt is assailed by Stalfos by front window.
Stalfos knocks out Matt before he can defend himself.
Sheik arrives just in time to prevent Matt's elimination.
Matt blacks out.
Setting - Sheikah Fortress - Midafternoon.
Matt slowly awakens; is disturbed by slow recovery of memories of night before.
Matt opens eyes and is shocked to discover dream was real.
Matt assesses surroundings and chocks it up to a medical ward.
Matt discovers movement stimulates head injury in worst way and cries aloud.
Matt is scared, and gets out of bed to be further panicked by nudity.
Matt frantically rummages through bedside dresser to find clothing. Attempt failed.
Matt is interrupted by sound of footsteps outside far door.
Matt panics and hides under covers.
Aunt Beast enters room to investigate cry of pain from unknown origin.
Aunt Beast discovers Matt cowering under covers.
Matt glimpses Aunt Beast from under covers. Matt is terrified of Aunt Beast's appearance.
Sheik enters by closer door and sees Matt cowering.
Sheik tactfully whispers that he'll take care of the problem. Aunt Beast leaves.
Sheik reminisces over watching Matt and expresses desire to take care of him.
Sheik touches Matt's leg; leg retracts and is visibly shaking.
Sheik scoops Matthew up in his arms and starts rocking him.
Matt is paralyzed by fear; visions of alien abduction and Stalfos haunt him.
Matt slowly realizes he's held by a human.
Matt relaxes coupled with realization of safety and deepest desire coming true.
Matt starts feeling light headed from lack of oxygen.
Sheik feels Matt tense and correctly guesses reason; folds down comforter from face.
Matt closes eyes to hide; slowly relaxes
Sheik finds rocking Matt enjoyable and starts humming Zelda's Lullaby
Matt's eyes snap open in surprise at fave song; eyes stay open in shock
Matt recognizes Sheik and examines his appearance.
Sheik continues to rock Matt till he's almost asleep.
Sheik is aware of Matt's vulnerable state and resolves to bath Matt; carries him to bath.
Sheik removes cover and lowers Matt in water
Matt is slightly alarmed; Sheik shushes Matt
Matt stacks bath and rocking as surreal; allows final barrier to slip; Let's Sheik in completely.
Sheik finishes bathing Matt; is surprised by Matt's sudden clinging and relaxed demeanor.
Sheik dresses Matt in soft white tunic.
Sheik helps Matt walk to dining hall.
Aunt Beast has already laid out food on table.
Matt is delighted by food and eats till full.
With food, surrealism fades, and silence is broken for first time.
Matt starts asking questions.
Sheik explains location, reason for attack (mysterious plot set forward by Ganon to find and destroy certain individuals a year ago ), Status of Link, Matthew's mysterious power similar to Link's wound ( no time limit )
Matt alarmed by status of Link and resolves to help him
Sheik explains Great Deku Tree may know more about mysterious power.
Matt finds with food, weakness almost completely gone.
Sheik fetches some items from Link
Matt horrified by sight of Link.
Sheik notices outside of room and holds Matt.
Sheik is surprised by small stirring in heart for Matt.
Sheik leads Matt to armory tower, pondering over feelings.
Sheik equips Matt with chainmail, kokiri sword, boots, and gauntlets.
Matt expresses doubt in own abilities.
Sheik reassures him and distracts him with sword maneuvers.
Aunt Beast meets Sheik in front of dining hall before they leave; Matt afraid.
Matt and Aunt Beast reconcile differences.
Sheik and Matt leave fortress via Minuet of Forest.
Setting - Sacred Forest Meadow
Sheik and Matt appear on stone warp point in Sacred Forest Meadow.
Matt slightly lightheaded from transport.
Sheik leads Matt down stairs and takes out Moblin leader with Kunai.
Sheik takes out a Moblin at 4 way turn and leads Matt up ladder.
Sheik has Matt wait and leaps down in hole to collect 2 fairies.
Matt thinks about Sheik and wonders how Ganon doesn't know Sheik is Zelda.
Matt asks Sheik this question when he returns.
Sheik covers Matt's mouth; explains only Terra knows certain secrets of history.
Matt understands and doesn't bring it back up.
Sheik leads Matt to entrance of Lost Woods.
Matt requests to take out Wolfos; Sheik grants consent.
Matt destroys Stalfos with only one injury.
Sheik heals Matt with fairy.
Sheik takes out Lens of Truth and tells Matt to stay close.
Setting - Lost Woods - Early Evening
Sheik leads Matt through Lost Woods
They are attacked once by Deku Scrubs and a Stalfos
Matt is assailed by vine that pulls him away from fight at high speed
Sheik is unable to free Matt
Matt finally hacks vine off and is lost
Matt is very afraid and ponders hopelessness of situation
Matt suddenly thinks to warp to Sacred Grove
Matt whistles Minuet of Forest, but nothing happens.
Matt is even more afraid and whistles it again, closing eyes and mentally asking to go
Matt senses no change and falls to knees in despair; below knees is stone
Matt opens eyes in astonishment to find it worked.
Matt hurries down stairs in joy only to be injured by Moblin leader with hammer.
Matt extremely confused as to why it's still alive; watches it fall and die.
Matt sees Sheik running towards him after Moblin falls.
Matt embraces Sheik in relief; Sheik embarrassed and relieved; feeling appears again
Matt asks why it's still alive; Sheik explains Ganon only powerful enough to reincarnate mobs
Sheik and Matt go back to Lost Woods and are more careful.
Sheik and Matt make it to Kokiri Forest safely
Setting - Kokiri Forest - Past midnight
Sheik and Matt enter Kokiri Forest and are met by a blonde female Kokiri
Sheik and Matt are convinced to stay the night due to exhaustion
Matt and Sheik stay in Link's house.
Matt enters first and immediately surrenders the bed and falls asleep curled up in corner
Sheik takes off outer robe and picks up Matt
Sheik snuggles with Matt in bed using outer robe as blanket
Setting - Kokiri Forest - Midmorning
Sheik awoken by Kokiri girl
Sheik wakes up Matt
Matt thoroughly embarrassed by situation and realizes he's never slept so well before
Matt watches Sheik put on outer robe trying to sort out feelings
Sheik puts on outer robe contemplating reason for sleeping with Matt ( “he's too young” )
Sheik and Matt exit Link's house and are treated to breakfast of fruit, nuts, and berries
Sheik and Matt go to Deku Tree Sprout
Deku Tree Sprout explains Matt's power can be discovered via temple in the Vareshi
Deku Tree Sprout explains how to find temple via markers to west
Deku Tree Sprout warps Sheik and Matt to the Vareshi
Setting - Vareshi - Lost Woods Forbidden Area - early afternoon
Sheik and Matt immediately hide
Matt examines Vareshi (nightmarish, death, stench, monsters, 3 inch deep muck )
Matt decides to pay attention only to Sheik
Matt and Sheik head west and find path to temple
Matt spend much time sneaking to temple to avoid monsters (closer to temple more there are)
Matt and Sheik get to temple
Sheik opens it and closes it quickly at sound of monsters
Setting - Ancient Stone looking Protoss Temple - evening
Matt and Sheik are dead silent in case of monsters in temple (too dark can't see)
Sheik has Matt stay put while he recons
Matt is afraid and starts hearing things; edges along the wall to get away from noise
Matt accidently steps on something that crunches
Immediately Matt is assailed by unknown enemy
Matt screams Sheik's name, only to be embraced by attacker who is Sheik
Matt and Sheik embrace each other in shock and relief
Matt feels a tingling down his spine and touches the wall on reflex
Light suddenly pours out from sides of chamber
Matt and Sheik discover magical fire producing the light (stone pillars on fire)
Sheik identifies a warp gate in the room
Matt identifies symbols from warp gate all over the walls and floor
Sheik is stumped on how to start it
On a whim, Matt touches the warp gate to see if it'll work suddenly too
Matt and Sheik are shocked Warpgate actually starts up
Sheik makes Matt back up to the side
Warpgate opens portal ( it's a Stargate… )
Matt and Sheik look at each other; they walk through the warpgate together
Setting - Shakuras - Protoss secondary home world - Warpgate Temple - late evening on Hyrule (Shakuras in perpetual twilight)
Matt and Sheik arrive on the other side of the warpgate feeling rather sick
Sheik recovers first. Matt is instantly assailed by mental noise and covers ears.
Sheik can't hear mental noise and doesn't understand pain Matt is in.
After a moment, Sheik can hear whispering in the room.
A voice silences the mental noise, allowing Matt to be free of the pain.
Matt examines the inside of the temple (replica of Hyrule Gate room, except made of blue glowing crystals with light gold decoration)
Zeratul steps forward and greets Matt and Sheik (greets Matt as Tass)
A number of Protoss bow to Matt and only add to his confusion
Zeratul senses confusion and disperses crowd after mentally probing Matt a bit
Zeratul takes Matt and Sheik up to a Terran room.
Zeratul and Sheik let Matt take a bath to relax from the strain earlier
Zeratul and Sheik discuss information on what they know of Matt
Matt enjoys one of the best bathrooms ever imagined
Matt finishes and finds Zeratul has left
Sheik informs him Zeratul will be back soon and takes a bath himself
Matt dresses and wanders into the kitchen, admiring the architecture and appliances
Matt eats a bit of food while Zeratul has come back and watches invisible
Matt grows uneasy in the kitchen and enters the main bedroom
Matt looks out the large window over the large Protoss city
Zeratul decloaks and talks to and asks Matt some questions
Zeratul provides some options for Matt to gain new power and find out about himself
Sheik finishes and dresses and enters when Matt decides to go to Xel'naga Temple
Together, they travel outside shield and illusory barrier protecting city
Zeratul reveals they were followed by another Protoss, Artanis
Artanis makes his introductions and voices confusion over the supposed appearance of Tass
Zeratul informs him that all is not as it seems
Artanis and Zeratul lead the way to the Xel'naga Temple
Matt examines the temple
The 4 approach the side of the temple
Zeratul and Artanis each touch Matt and Sheik and touch the side of the temple
The 4 are teleported inside
Setting - Shakuras - Xel'naga Temple - Midnight on Hyrule
Zeratul and Artanis lead the way through a maze of corridors, hallways, and chambers
The 4 finally reach a dead end and Matt is told to touch it himself
Matt finally touches it and is transported through, with the 3 right behind
The 4 are in a chamber deep in the temple.
The 3 watch as Tass walks in a trance between two large Kyahardin crystals
Tass is engulfed in a white light and is lifted off the ground
A bright flash temporarily blinds the 3
Matt is lying on the ground after flash fades
Meanwhile, Matt is walking an endless white plain
Tassadar introduces himself to Matt via disembodied voice
Tass explains to Matt about his past (he'd be dead w/o him, history)
Tass helps Matt through decision process (won't change, gain exp memories and knowledge)
Matt accepts offered transformation
Matt feels full, empty, and many things flash before his eyes, before he blacks out
Matt wakes up lying on the ground
Sheik is hovering over Matt, with Artanis and Zeratul in background
Matt feels strange at first and doesn't know anything has changed
Sheik asks if he's ok
Matt assures Sheik he's ok
Matt has sudden thought and knows how to heal Link, and realizes it's almost too late
The 4 hurry outside the temple
Zeratul has already called two shuttles
The group parts
Matt, Sheik, and Artanis get back to temple
Artanis activates warpgate and bids farewell
Setting - Hyrule - Ancient Protoss Warpgate Temple - almost dawn
Matt and Sheik quickly recover from transit.
Sheik grabs Matt and makes a weird sound
Matt and Sheik are transported back in front of Deku Tree Sprout
Sheik hastily apologizes and keeps hold of Matt and transports back to Sheikah Fort
Setting - Hyrule - Sheikah Fort - Almost dawn
Sheik and Matt reappear in front of door to Dining Hall
Matt and Sheik rush to medical ward
Aunt Beast is using healing magic to help
Link is on his last legs
Matt hurriedly approaches and uses PSI on the wound
Matt sucks the cursed wound out of Link and heals him
Matt finishes, smiles at a job well done, and passes out
Setting - Hyrule - Sheikah Fort - midmorning
Matt wakes up in confusion and half awake
Matt wanders down hall and past dining room
Matt pauses in front of blank wall and passes his hand over it
A door appears where Matt's hand touched
Matt enters and finds Sheik asleep in a separate room
Matt, half asleep, quietly walks up to the bed and passes out on the edge
Sheik doesn't even awaken, and unconsciously pulls Matt against him
Setting - Hyrule - Sheikah Fort - Evening
Matt awakens in a soft warm bed with sheet over him
Matt doesn't know where he is and looks up to spot Sheik in front of window
Matt vaguely remembers coming in
Sheik and Matt talk a little (“Did you know you talkin your sleep?” “What's your name now?”)
Matt realizes he now looks like 17 year old
Sheik and Matt come to an understanding over identity, Matt now known as Tass
Sheik and Tass fall asleep together
Setting - Hyrule - Sheikah Fort - Midmorning
Tass awakens to Sheik lightly playing with his hair
Tass doesn't say anything and ponders over feelings
Tass with his new knowledge, starts to realize he has confusing feelings about Sheik
Sheik has come to accept that he likes Tass
Aunt Beast enters with a giant breakfast
Aunt Beast is flustered/pleased at finding Tass and Sheik together like this
Tass does not miss the pleased part, which only adds to his confusion
Aunt Beast leaves and returns with a second giant breakfast
Sheik and Tass eat quietly, with Sheik occasionally hand feeding Tass food
Tass is embarrassed by sharing food, and decides to shelve confusion for now
Sheik talks with Tass a little about things they like (philosophy, art, stories)
Sheik gives Tass a massage at learning he's not had one before
Aunt Beast returns flustered (early afternoon) and informs Link is awake
Sheik, Tass, and Aunt Beast go to dining hall
Link is digging into food, but stops and gets up to greet Tass and Sheik
Link hugs Tass; Tass ribs squished
The 4 of them have lunch (Tass and Sheik don't each much)
Tass keeps shooting Link glances, but can't think of anything to say/ask
Lunch is spent in silence
Silence is short lived and destroyed by large crash down the hall
The 4 rush to investigate
Josh and Terry are fighting
Link manages to break them up
Josh and Terry notice crowd and starts asking questions
Sheik gets them to join for lunch with promise of answers there
Due to Link's presence, Aunt Beast and Tass answer questions and Sheik stays quiet
After lunch, Link tells story of what happened in Water Temple
Aunt Beast informs Sheik of the book she found and tells the others the legend of the 13 sages
Medallions are passed around to the sages who need them
Josh and Terry are convinced by the magnitude of danger to help
Tass is fingering his medallion and touches the dim yellow light on the edge of the medallion
Suddenly Tass' mind is whirring across space to another planet, with his body not far behind
Setting - DBZ Earth - Time of the Cell games
Tass checks surroundings and watches the Cell games from afar in shock
Gohan is getting the crud beat out of him by Cell
Tass muses over everything that's happened so far and decides that he's not surprised by much anymore
Tass watches as Gohan's kindness float away and suddenly his power triples
Gohan is now beating the snot out of Cell
Android 18 is knocked out of Cell; Cell devolves
After more Cell beating, Cell starts self destruct timer
Tass has been watching this and realizes Gohan is one of the sages and tries to figure out how to approach him; when Goku approaches Cell; the memory of teleportation is remembered and opportunity presents itself
Tass interrupts Goku's sacrifice, and takes Cell to a far off dead planet
Tass returns to find all the Z fighters in various states of shock
Before they can even ask anything, they all sense Cell vanish
Goku thanks Tass