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LINK
I woke up to my brother, Jerome, shaking me violently.

"Link! Come on! You're gonna be late for work!" He yelled.

I groaned. "I thought it was Sunday..."

He laughed. "Come on! Did you forget? It's the Twilight Festival!"

My eyes shot open at this remark. The Twilight Festival was in honor of the Hero of Twilight who saved both Hyrule and the Twilight Realm almost 200 years ago. It lasted a week, and everyone in Castle Town would be there. Even people from the outside villages came to visit, so business jumped up by a lot.

Sometimes, the royal family will come down. They'll look at the stalls, and occasionally buy something. If they buy from you, you instantly become legend.

"Alright, let me get up, and get ready. Shouldn't be more than a few minutes." I said, still half asleep.

"You sound tired. How about some tea?" He offered.

I accepted his offer, and threw myself out of bed. I threw on my favorite green shirt, and some jeans that happened to be at the top of my clothes drawer. I looked in my closet for a moment, before deciding to grab my lucky hat. I got it from my father, just before he left to go fight in the war that would kill him. I left to the bathroom to shave, and brush my teeth.

"Tea's ready, when you're done!" Jerome called.

"Alright, little cub. Don't strain yourself." I said.

"It's not my fault your to lazy to do it yourself." He teased.

I let out a soft chuckle, and walked into the main room. The room composed of a small kitchen, a dining area, and a lounging area, with a bookshelf, two sofas, and a fireplace.

I went to go sit at the table, and began to drink my tea.

"What are we selling this year?" Asked Jerome.

"Mostly fruits and vegetables, but maybe some leftover pies from yesterday, as we didn't sell them all."

He simply nodded, and started to walk to the door.

"Where are you going, little cub?"

"To get a head start on the other stalls." He replied.

"I thought I asked you not to strain yourself." I told him.

"Sorry, can't hear you over the people with nothing to buy!" He called out.

"There's no one out there!" I tried to tell him, but he was already out the door.

I quickly finished my tea, and left to go follow him.


ZELDA
I woke to my head maid, Impa, opening the curtains on the window in front of my bed. "Time to rise, your highness."

"I thought I asked you to call me Zelda, Impa."

"If I did that, your father would have my head." She said, simply.

"I doubt that."

"Perhaps your right. Either way, it's a risk I'd rather not take."

I nodded, and pulled myself out of bed, and onto the floor. Impa had already laid out the dress I had asked her to the previous night, and I quickly changed myself. Father had said that I could go where I wanted this year for the festival, so I wanted it look my best for the people who come.

I went down to the royal dining hall, where my mother and father were already. It was built at my great-grandfathers request, as a way to keep the royal family close, which I always thank him for. He'd also risen the age for suitors to the princess to 23, so I can thank him that I'm four years away from that as well.

"Good morning, my dear." My father welcomed.

"Good morning, father. And thank you again for letting me go off on my own this year."

"You're a 19 year old princess. You can handle yourself."

I ate my breakfast quickly, wanting to head out to the festival as soon as possible. It was pancakes with syrup. Not exactly Hylian, it was Termian, but nonetheless, it was my favorite.

"I'll be off then. Goodbye, father, mother."

"Goodbye, my dear. Oh, before you go, I've assigned Ignavus as your guard."

I sighed. "Yes father."

The only down side to going on my own, was I need a guard.

And with that, I left.


LINK
The stall wasn't much, just a medium sized stall. The way we managed to do so well was because I had my storage crates enchanted to keep my food as fresh as possible for as long as possible, so I made a pretty decent living off of it.

I arrived just as the people started to arrive. Jerome and I were calling out things like "Fresh food for sale!" and "Best fruits and vegetables in Hyrule over here!" We had some usuals, like my friend Tyson, and Jerome's girlfriend Grace, and we had some people all the way from Kakariko Village.

After about a few hours or so, the unimaginable happened. Princess Zelda came to my stall. I just gave Jerome a break to spend some time with Grace when she came.

"Hullo, your majesty. What can I do for you?"

"Who was that boy just now?" She asked.

"My brother. He'd been working since this morning, so I gave him a break."

She cocked her head to the side a bit. "Since this morning?"

"Our parents died a while ago, so we do what we can. We've actually done pretty well for our selves, although he's a bit of an over-achiever."

She smiled. "It's good to see there are young men in this world who care more for work then women."

I returned the smile. "Indeed Your Majesty."

She looked down to see our wares, when she noticed my right hand.

"What's that?" She asked.

"This? It's a scar. I got it while saving my brother from a fire."

"It's a big scar."

"I had to jump, over the flames to get to him."

"That was very courageous of you. Anyway, I'll take an apple." She said.

"Of course. That'll be two rupees."

"Thank you..."

"My name is Link." I told her.

"Thank you Link."

"You're welcome anytime, your majesty."

She placed the money on the table, and I have the apples which she took, and walked away, all the while eating it.

Just then, Tyson walked up, dragging his jaw along with him.

"Was that- Is she-" He stammered.

"Close your mouth, you'll catch flies." I laughed.

"Link!"

"Yes, that was Princess Zelda."

"You lucky son of a bitch."

"Blame the cap." I said, pointing to my head.

I looked up, and saw the sun setting. It was time to close shop for the nightly games.

"Time to close up shop."

I closed the crate of apples, and hung up my closed sign, then turned to Tyson.

"Let's go find Jerome and Grace."

He nodded, and then we left.


So, that was it. Chapter one.

UPDATE: This chapter has been spell checked.