Hiya! Okay, I will finish this story! Mostly because it's everything I like to write... I'm sorry for my absents, I've been busy on DA. Sad excuse, I know... Er... I won't give away much, but this'll be the first trilogy I ever do... So, I really hope you like it!
Princess Zelda shook her head at the bizarre request of her dear green-clad companion: The Hero of Time, Link. Her mind buzzed a bit at his theory, the possibility was certainly there, and the countless hours he spent in her personal library were extremely credible. But this was just too insane. "Link, I honestly can't believe the risks involved would be worth the possible outcome. I could never just hand you my most prized possession on some wild bet." Her regal tone set a thousand knives in the ever-complex plan of the hero, forcing a crease in his brow and begging quiver in his voice
"Princess, I've searched for months! How could you deny me this? We could find another passage, we could see her again." He paused, setting his jaw and letting his blue eyes turn to ice. "We owe her our lives. If she had this chance, you know she would take it." He clipped every word, trying his best to drive the point.
She stared at him, wondering what had gotten him to become as hard as he had. One year ago he wouldn't have been so doughty, his expression wouldn't have held so much malice. Several minutes of contemplation, and something of a staring contest, the princess found that she simply couldn't turn him down. "You are an imbecile." She paused, raised her eyebrow and held out her hand. "Do what you want, but swear to me that you will return it."
He nodded vigorously, swore on his life and entwined his fingers with hers. Beastly eyes squeezed shut as he lips form the time-old spell, forming a ball of light around their joined hands. One small twinge of pain, blinding flash, and he let out a content sigh. The oddest sense of calm and warmth spread through the otherwise stone-cold room.
Spinning, shining, giving off some odd aura. Triforce, one of courage-given to the chosen hero after birth. Wisdom-granted to the current ruler at coronation. Power-taken from the evil king Ganondorf after death. Sitting there now, in front of the two current owners, every bit of life seemed to reflect of a seamless surface.
The green hero took a step forward, unblinking he reached out for it. Something crossed his face, and his hand shot back. "This will work." He seemed to be speaking more for himself than force his point on the princess. "I've been through every book. There are no records of a single being touching it. Hundreds of legends on what would happen, although none seem very likely. I did find one though, and I believe in it."
He reached up, thrusting his hand straight through the perfect golden face of the relic. His brow scrunched, he dug his teeth into his bottom lip as a bead of sweat trickled down his jaw bone. His shoulders nearly touched his ears as he curled further into himself. The princess put a hand over her mouth, paralyzed by fear.
Just as it seemed his plan was about to fail, something sparked. His eyes shot open, pupils shrunk so small they could pierce steel, mouth silently opened with a nonexistent scream. And then, he was pulled through, straight through the very Triforce they'd worship all these years.
Wind picked up from the corners of the room, forming a cyclone into the golden figure, picking up papers and sending them through. Heart pounding, something tugged at the princess, a lurch in her chest that forced her to put her hand through the 'portal'. Why had she done it? She didn't have the slightest idea. It was a if something possessed her, sending her into what wasn't supposed to exist.
Her eyes creaked open, Hyrule flying underneath her airborne form. She gaped, frozen solid and moving a thousand miles an hour. The Gerudo Desert was there and gone in a matter of seconds, the Peak Province, Zora's Domain, Death Mountain... All went flying away, free birds on open air, soaring by without a second to waste. All the places she ruled, yet had never seen, then white.
White... Then pure, blinded black.
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"Zelda! Zelda, are even up?" The oddly high-pitched female voice took a moment of mercy, pausing as footsteps echoed up the stairs. "Zelda? It's Beth... Feeling any better?" A door creaked open, adding to all this cursed noise that kept pocking and prodding at a delicate sheet of sleep over Princess Zelda's eyes.
Groggy, like she'd drank to much ale the night before. Memories slowly seeped back through the haze; Triforce, Link, something deathly blinding and then black. She knew his plan wouldn't work, she must've lost consciousness and been found by one of the many servants. Although, this 'Beth' truly lacked proper training, addressing her by her name and barging into her room. She never pushed formalities, but it was strange to have someone that didn't use them...
A small hand cupped over her shoulder, shaking away the mist in her head. "Zelda!" Beth. This maid was certainly going to get a chiding. Ah, but she sounded young... Perhaps she was never taught, and that was forgivable, and something that seemed to be happening more recently... Something would need to be said about that and- "Zelda!"
The princess waved her hand and slowly sat up, wriggling in her surprisingly heavy dress. She resisted the urge to ask the girl where in Nayru's name she learned her manners and sat up. One clouded blue iris peeked out and met the freckled face of a teenage girl, hovering over her tired form. "Finally!" Sothern drawl, auburn hair and bright blue eyes did not fit the mental list of her personal maids, and she knew each by name. "You'd better hurry up, Fado wanted help with the goats. You know how he gets."
What in Hyrule's name was she talking about? If anything, she would've expected to get up and be told she was needed in the chambers, not the goats. And there wasn't a single servant by the name of 'Fado'... Whatever was going on, someone was to hear about it, this she could assure.
A hand was waved in front of her face, signaling that Beth was not the patient sort. "Zelda!" Her eyes refocused on the sunbathed face and she quickly jetted out of bed. Beth put her hands on her hips, gaining a look of a disapproving mother. "You've been acting weird all week, I suggest heading to the ranch before you start spacing again." She ushered the princess down a rather crudely made latter, through a door and into the blinding sunlight.
Zelda paused, going over her list of known facts. She was no longer in the castle, and by some bizarre prank she'd been sent to one of the forest provinces. This Beth had an awful sense of time, saying she'd been 'acting weird' all week was impossible. She was wearing the traditional Ordona Province dressing attire, therefore adding to her confusion but solving the issue of where she was.
Something inside told her not to mention anything, just let this girl lead her to the ranch and hopefully get some more information from Fado. Now there was a string of thought that was never supposed to come into her mind. In all honesty, there was some relief. She was still in Hyrule, and so far hadn't needed to do a single bit of explaining.
She shimmed down the very last latter and found that her residents had been a tree. Of all the places in Hyrule: A tree. Suddenly, every piece fell into place, and for a moment, the princess feared she'd taken the form of the hero. Although, one look at her small, slightly dainty hands sent that thought to the ground.
Although, one thing caught her eye. A small, chestnut colored triforce, no longer holding the Wisdom she'd had all her life. Now, a single glowing mark of Courage painted in a golden light smeared over her pale skin...
Beth waved a hand in front of her face, signaling the end of a long line of patients. Cyan eyes refocusing, Zelda took in the already familiar sight of the ginger-haired girl with her hands on her hips, foot tapping in displeasure. "You know, you're really spacing today... Ugh, c'mon; If I have to drag you, I will." Her lips shut tight and she scooped up the princess's hand, hauling her towards village noises.
The light faded as they passed under a canopy of trees, stealing away every thought and leaving the former princess to swim in the shadows as she was dragged through a moment of peace. The sun light that crashed into her face on the other side was a sad change, leaving her back in reality, being hauled off to a ranch.
As the village spread out around them, every theory of this being an extremely elaborate trap shattered on the soft, Ordona earth. Children laughed as they chased each other through the wispy grass, a cat was batting at a river in an attempt to catch a fish. Ah, that was an amusing thing... A cat trying to catch a fish. Impossible.
One short, rather odd looking boy stopped in their path, momentarily glaring at them before resuming a never ending game of tag. A creaking water-wheel seemed to add a chorus in the sweet song of the town, providing a perch for any quick-flying birds. The clomp of boots that used to be fine heels knocked the admiration from the princess, and reminded her that she wasn't dreaming, and was being dragged over a bridge by a girl she didn't know.
The bridge ended and they passed a comparably large house, two gate post, and ran up a long dirt trail. The hill made the princess's shins ache, but she chose to ignore it and follow Beth. Speaking of the ginger-topped girl... She didn't seemed to mind the trek at all, further pushing the fact that this was all happening and this girl wasn't just an actress.
Of course, if she was, she was very good.
A rusted metal sign cast a shadow over the sun-burnt grass, a sign that shouted to the world that they were entering 'Ordon Ranch'. Wonderful. She was in a place that Link had spent so much time talking about, that it was practically a solid image in her head. Yet, she still hadn't recognized it. Ugh...
Beth came to a halt and finally dropped her long-held hand. Bones popping themselves back into position boasted the farm girls strength as Zelda rubbed her hands back and forth, trying to examine the triangular pattern. Unfortunately, she missed Beth huffing off into the barn and dragging back a half-drunk looking man.
The teenage girl let out another puff and tapped the princess on the head. A dumbstruck look hit her features as she stared a the unshaven man and the freckled girl. Beth simply sigh and got a mocking look on her face. "Excuse me, am I interrupting?" Such a tone. Was it really needed? Zelda gawked for a moment and shook her head, still unable to find words.
"Look, Zelda, you can stare at the back of your hand later. Fado is... Not in a good condition to herd the goats..." Beth grimaced as 'Fado' toppled onto her. She simply scoffed and shoved him back into a somewhat straight position. "Look, your horse is in the barn... I gotta go." And with that, the red-headed girl fled the ranch-yard and ran down the mountain.
This left the former princess to shy away from the drunken farmhand, something she did not assume she'd be doing. Ever. But, approaching the barn to find a ginger horse running up to her, all ready to herd goats, the length of the day was guaranteed to expand.
Okay, it was probably confusing somewhere in the middle, and the beginning wasn't very well written. But, that's 'cause I took like, a two month break and got a little better (I hope!)... So, I promise the other chapters'll be better, so please come back! Thank you for your interest!
~TheTwilightWarrior