Zelda blinked, her vision was a bit blurry. She fell to the ground and rubbed her head.
"W-where-" Her eyes widened and her head shot up. "Y-you!" She glared at the violet haired wind sorcerer. He chuckled.
"You don't seem happy to see me princess." He smirked, "Aren't you happy I freed you from that stone prison?"
She jumped up, a bit dizzy. She pointed at him, "Now I remember! You're the man who ruined our festival and broke the Pircori Blade!" She shouted at him enraged. "And you ruined my time with Link!"
Vaati blinked at her, then laughed. "My my Zelda, that was such a long time ago. Five years to be precise." He began walking over to her.
Zelda's eyes widened as she started backing away slowly. "Y-you're lying! Link-"
"Link won't be bothering us anymore." He looked at her, his voice cold.
"W-what do you mean?" Tears appeared from her eyes, "I still don't believe you but.." She looked away. "If it's possible that what you're saying has the slightest bit of truth in it-"
"He gave up." He said simply.
She looked at him, "Will you stop lying?! Link would never give up! He's always tried no matter how hard things got!" She paused and blushed a bit. "That's, what I love about him."
Vaati snorted a bit, "My former master pushed him too much for too long." He placed his hand on his chest. "Just like he did to me."
Zelda stared at him, tilting her head, "Your former master? What does that have to do with Link?!" She stomped her foot. "T-this isn't making any sense to me at all!" Tears fell from her her eyes again.
He quickly walked over to her and before she could protest, he wiped away the tears under her eyes gently. "Link was pushed too hard, thus he gave up. It's simple as that."
She pushed him away slightly. "S-stay away!" She opened her eyes slightly, "If he gave up, you must've gotten what you wanted! Why am I still here?!"
He looked at her. "This force, I wanted, is inside you princess." He pointed to her.
Zelda stared at him, her eyes widened. "I won't give you it!"
He walked over to her and grabbed her hand gently, "I said I wanted it." He loked at up at her, "I wanted the force to prove to my master I was strong, but then I saw Link break under him. And I realized," He closed his eyes, "Why would I wish for someone like him to approve of me?"
Zelda tensed at his touch, but she didn't pull away. She looked at him, almost pitying the wind sorcerer. "If you don't want the light force anymore, why am I still here?" Her expression showed confusion.
He gazed into her eyes, only causing her to become more confused, "I knew you sneaked out of the castle that day." He rubbed her hand he was holding gently, "They wouldn't let you go."
Zelda's eyes widened, she blushed slightly at how gentle he was being, she pulled away. The fact she had found slight pleasure in her enemy touching her sickened her. She remained silent and turned away from him slightly. "T-that doesn't matter, I'm the princess, I have duties."
"But did you want that?" He walked closer to her once more, but didn't touch her. "Do you want that?"
She looked back at him, she thought for a moment. 'Do I want that?' She stared at him for a few moments. then turned away, "...No." She said quietly under her breath.
He smirked slightly, "What do you want?"
She glanced at him, then looked down, "..I want, to be able to go outside when I want to. Do what I wish, I want," She sniffled, "I want to be a normal child, a normal girl, I don't want these duties." She started shouting, "I NEVER wanted them!" She began wiping her eyes as the tears started falling again.
Vaati snickered a bit, "You know, you're not exactly a child anymore princess."
Zelda looked down and gasped. Her hair was longer, the ground was farther from her, and her...chest. She blushed. "I-I see that now."
Vaati laughed a bit, then stopped, "Princess, if you no longer wish to have those duties, why not stay with me?" He smiled slightly.
Her eyes widened, she thought for a moment, "I-I," She shook her head violently, "A-as if! Link will worry-"
"I already told you, he gave up on trying to rescue you." He glared at her.
She tried to speak, but nothing came out. She turned away and ran out the door, not knowing where she was going.
But she needed to get away from this.
Away from him.