Hello, and thank you for reading my very first fan fiction here on Fanfiction! I will always keep author's notes short and sweet, so bare with me.

So why a Zelink fanfic? I just really like the couple and felt like writing a story about them.

And now the disclaimer!

I do not own these characters, settings, or anything involving The Legend of Zelda franchise, and disclaim any of them as mine.

Thank you, and enjoy!

Link ran through the woods of the surface with a furious pace. All the trees were just green blurs as he rushed by them. His chest was heavy, not from exhaustion, but from the sick worrying feeling that was in his heart. His wife was missing.

Link had already searched everywhere in the village, so he could only think of one other place she could be. He finally stopped at the edge of a large cliff that overlooked a blue lake. It was named Freefall cliff, where everyone took off to ride their loftwings.

Link stared off into a darkening sky as an ominous wind blew in from the north. A storm was coming, and he was running out of time. He felt his heart sink as he searched through the empty air, and then it stopped when he saw her azure bird in the sky. It was struggling to fight the wind, but managed to touch down to the earth safely in a matter of seconds.

"Zelda!" He grabbed the goddess from her perch on her bird, and pulled her into his arms. Zelda let out a surprised gasp. "Link! What are you doing here?!"

Link pushed Zelda away a little to look her in eyes, holding her shoulders tightly. "Me?! Zelda, what are you doing here?! Are you insane?! Why were you flying?!" He was upset, and she knew why. Link had forbade Zelda from flying, and, in Link's eyes, for a good reason.

"I-I. . . I don't know. . . I just really wanted to fly."

Link just stood there, staring into Zelda's worrying blue eyes. She looked so innocent, Link felt bad that he was upset at her. His legs became weak, and so he fell to his knees. Zelda started to panic a little until he simply nuzzled and wrapped his arm around Zelda's distended belly.

". . . So, Zelda. How is our baby doing in there?" Link asked.

He could feel the child within his loving wife moving as he caressed her tummy.

It had been seven months ago that the couple had found out that Zelda was pregnant with their child, and ever since then Link had become a bit overprotective.

Zelda couldn't help but smile a little. She just worried her husband to death and he still wanted to hug her. He held on so tightly, and his hands, though tattered and worn down from battle were gentle.

"Link, the baby is fine."

The two were hit with a hard gust of wind, and rumbling was heard in the distance, and it was getting closer.

"Zelda, we need to go."

Link held the goddess' hand tight as he led them quickly through the woods to the village that was settled after defeating Demise.

Zelda was worried. Link had a serious face, and she had never seen him mad before. She stopped dead, resisting Links pull. He too stopped, and turned to his bride with a confused look. "Zelda? Why'd you stop?" Zelda looked to be near tears. "Link, please don't be mad at me. I-I never mean to make you worry about me. P-please-" She had broken down to start crying, but Link was quick and pulled her into a comforting embrace.

"Zelda, don't cry. I was worried about you, not mad." He looked down to the large bump on Zelda's tummy that put a wedge between the two. Link smiled, because even though he couldn't hug Zelda as close to him as he wanted to it made him feel that it was like hugging their resting child too.

"I swore on the day I found out about this baby that I would protect the both of you so that you can have our baby safely. You and this baby are the only family I have left, and you are certainly very precious to me." Zelda knew he was right, and she understood why he would have been upset with her. Link kissed Zelda's hand that he was holding, and then gave her a smile to show that everything was alright.

"Zelda, you need to be more careful. You're in a very delicate state."

"But, Link, how me riding my loftwing dangerous?" Link thought for only a second, but Zelda could see it in his widening eyes that in that single second Link probably thought of numerous things that could have gone wrong during her flight. Then he thought of all the things that could happen to her if he simply left her alone for an instant. Such was the mind of Zelda's hero, dedicated to protect the woman he loved. Zelda felt that she had just asked a stupid question, because she didn't like to see Link worry about her. He had already done enough worrying in his lifetime thanks to Ghirahim kidnapping her.

The sky rumbled above them, and fat rain droplets started fall. Link quickly picked up his wife bridal style and headed back to their newly settled surface village, Faronreach.