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I bet some of you are thinking that this is the leaked cover art of a new Legend of Zelda game... Well...

GOTCHA! Sorry, but no. This is something I thought up last night.

HOWEVER, if I find time, I might make it into a comic or, if I can learn a bit more programming, a fan-made fanart game.

Okay, here's where I got the idea for this. After playing Spirit Tracks, I got to thinking; what is the one piece of transportation they don't have in the Legend of Zelda world at this point? They have ships, trains, balloons (that traveling item shop), and several self-propelled non-rail based land vehicles (although they're used by the enemies in spirit tracks).

What are they lacking still?

Fixed-wing aircraft.

So, I came up with a storyline to this little idea as to why and how the airplane came about. It starts off like this...

About thirty years or so after Spirit Tracks, a large earthquake shot through the land of New Hyrule (the location of Spirit Tracks). Deep canyons were torn into the earth and mountain chains shot up from the ground, taking several towns with them (including Hyrule Castle). The spirit tracks remained, along with the tower of spirits and were still more or less functional. Their range however was now much more limited due to the winding peaks, making it difficult for shipments by train to continue. This prompted the development of the world's next technological marvel; the airplane; a machine that could take off, fly to a location, and land again.

Although the rails still run for passenger transit, aircraft now soar through the air above New Hyrule, transporting people and cargo to these now elevated locations.

The Link and Zelda we see flying here are the son of the Link and daughter of the Zelda from Spirit Tracks (however no, they are NOT siblings or related at all). This Link lives with his father (the Link from Spirit Tracks) near the village that houses the elder Link's train. This younger Link has a fascination with flying, and even managed to scrounge up enough money and parts for his own small bi-plane.

With his father's approval, Link (junior that is) headed out over the landscape towards one of the closest cities to them; Castle City, New Hyrule's capital. Upon arriving at its mountainside airport, he met up with a young girl about his age who was just a fascinated with flying as he was. He didn't realize it at the time, but this was the daughter of the land's ruler, Princess Zelda.

The two headed up for a plane ride in Link's aircraft, all the while being watched from a distance by an evil entity; the ghost of Cole (one of the villians from Spirit Tracks). This small demon's ghost had survived the fight between Link and Zelda (seniors that is) and now wanted revenge for destroying him and his demon master, Malladus (whose ghost was now being held in place by the spirits in their sky realm instead of on earth by the spirit tracks).

With what power he had left, he captured Zelda's daughter (in order to get a hold of the spirit power that all of Tetra's decendands have). This time however, he needed something that could reach the sky bound spirit world, so with a pulse of dark energy, turned Zelda (junior) into a bird.

Now, it's up to this new Link to save the day and return his new friend to normal.

Anyway, that's just a quick version of the story. I'll write up the full thing later.

The Legend of Zelda (c) Nintendo

Description
I bet some of you are thinking that this is the leaked cover art of a new Legend of Zelda game... Well...

GOTCHA! Sorry, but no. This is something I thought up last night.

HOWEVER, if I find time, I might make it into a comic or, if I can learn a bit more programming, a fan-made fanart game.

Okay, here's where I got the idea for this. After playing Spirit Tracks, I got to thinking; what is the one piece of transportation they don't have in the Legend of Zelda world at this point? They have ships, trains, balloons (that traveling item shop), and several self-propelled non-rail based land vehicles (although they're used by the enemies in spirit tracks).

What are they lacking still?

Fixed-wing aircraft.

So, I came up with a storyline to this little idea as to why and how the airplane came about. It starts off like this...

About thirty years or so after Spirit Tracks, a large earthquake shot through the land of New Hyrule (the location of Spirit Tracks). Deep canyons were torn into the earth and mountain chains shot up from the ground, taking several towns with them (including Hyrule Castle). The spirit tracks remained, along with the tower of spirits and were still more or less functional. Their range however was now much more limited due to the winding peaks, making it difficult for shipments by train to continue. This prompted the development of the world's next technological marvel; the airplane; a machine that could take off, fly to a location, and land again.

Although the rails still run for passenger transit, aircraft now soar through the air above New Hyrule, transporting people and cargo to these now elevated locations.

The Link and Zelda we see flying here are the son of the Link and daughter of the Zelda from Spirit Tracks (however no, they are NOT siblings or related at all). This Link lives with his father (the Link from Spirit Tracks) near the village that houses the elder Link's train. This younger Link has a fascination with flying, and even managed to scrounge up enough money and parts for his own small bi-plane.

With his father's approval, Link (junior that is) headed out over the landscape towards one of the closest cities to them; Castle City, New Hyrule's capital. Upon arriving at its mountainside airport, he met up with a young girl about his age who was just a fascinated with flying as he was. He didn't realize it at the time, but this was the daughter of the land's ruler, Princess Zelda.

The two headed up for a plane ride in Link's aircraft, all the while being watched from a distance by an evil entity; the ghost of Cole (one of the villians from Spirit Tracks). This small demon's ghost had survived the fight between Link and Zelda (seniors that is) and now wanted revenge for destroying him and his demon master, Malladus (whose ghost was now being held in place by the spirits in their sky realm instead of on earth by the spirit tracks).

With what power he had left, he captured Zelda's daughter (in order to get a hold of the spirit power that all of Tetra's decendands have). This time however, he needed something that could reach the sky bound spirit world, so with a pulse of dark energy, turned Zelda (junior) into a bird.

Now, it's up to this new Link to save the day and return his new friend to normal.

Anyway, that's just a quick version of the story. I'll write up the full thing later.

The Legend of Zelda (c) Nintendo