Chapter 1
It was about breakfast time. Actually, breakfast would be almost over by now. But Link didn't care. He began to make his way to the breakfast hall, just coming back from a ride on his horse, Epona. "I should be just in time for some toast and a couple of eggs..." he thought to himself, as he entered the castle grounds. He greeted the gaurds as he walked past them, and headed straight for the food. He was starved. When he got there, there was a huge commotion. "What the--?" he said to himself, and headed toward Princess Zelda to ask what was going on. As he neared the center of the disturbance, he could see a girl, perhaps a year younger than himself, being forcefully held to her knees by two gaurds. The girl was crying. He reached Zelda and asked, "What's going on?" Zelda looked at the girl, her eyes blazing with hate, and said, "This young woman has stolen a very vauluble jewel from a shop in the market. We are just now deciding what to do with her." The girl cried louder, and when the gaurd on the right kneed her in the back, she fell to the floor shouting in a high-pitched voice, "I'm innocent! I didn't do it!" Until the gaurds picked her up with relative ease, she was so skinny and under-fed, and again the one on the right hit her in the back of the head. The girl stopped screaming, but was now sobbing louder and shaking uncontrollably. "That's enough of that, Viscen!" Link said to the gaurd on the right. "Yes sir..." the gaurd mumbled. For the first time, the girl looked up at Link, revealing her beautiful hazel eyes. Link stared into her eyes, as if mesmerized. Though the girl was wearing peasant's clothes and was very dirty, with mud all over her, even in her brown hair, Link couldn't help but think her innocent. "Zelda, how do you know that she did it?" Link asked the princess. "Viscen saw her do it. Viscen never lies, Link. I know she did it," she replied, not taking her eyes off of the girl. Link walked over to the girl, whose arms were still being held behind her by the gaurds, and said to her, "Is this true? Did you steal anything?" Link looked directly into her eyes. "No. I may need the money, but I would never steal anything. Ever!" she said without blinking or flinching. Link stepped away from the girl, turned to Zelda, and said, "She's telling the truth." "How can you be so naive? She obviousely speaks a lie, can't you see it? Look how she is dressed and how under-fed she is! She obviousely couldn't get money for herself, so she--" "Zelda, just because someone isn't too well off does not make them a theif!" Link scolded. "Well, maybe she's convinced you, but I will not be fooled. She is a lying theif, and I will have her executed for it!" "Zelda! Listen to yourself! You've never had anyone executed in your life! Why would you do such a thing?!?" Link practically shouted at the princess. Zelda was taken aback. Nobody had ever spoken to her like that before. She looked away from Link. "Execute her!" she shouted to the gaurds that held the girl. "NO! PLEASE! I DIDN'T DO IT, I SWEAR! PLEASE--!" the poor girl shouted until Viscen silenced her by hitting her in the head once again, but hard enough this time to completely silence her, leaving her barely consious. "Zelda!" Link shouted. "What has gotten into you?!?" Zelda just turned and walked from the room, ignoring Link. Link threw his hands in the air. "I give up on you! Ever since Ganon was defeated, you've acted so strangely! I'm sick of it!" Link yelled. He was so frustrated with her that he didn't know what to do. "I don't believe her!" he muttered to himself as he walked down the hallway, following the gaurds who took the girl to be executed. She was taken to an arena-like place out-doors, and didn't notice the guillotine that was obviousely for her. Infact, she didn't notice much, as she held on to only a strand of consiousness. The gaurds dragged her toward the guillotine, which she now seemed to notice, and hung limply in their grasp as she started sobbing again. As they placed her into the guillotine, she destroyed her face with tears and closed her eyes tightly. Link suddenly noticed there were a lot of people in the "arena", and all were laughing and throwing things at the girl, who didn't seem to notice. "I've got to stop this!" Link thought, and rushed up to the platform where the girl was, and demanded the girl be released at once. "Sorry sir," sneered Viscen, "but I have orders from the princess." "I don't care! Release her now or-- or you'll have to face me," Link said, drawing his sword. The gaurds looked at one another, remembering his title, "Hero of Time", and released the girl. Link sheathed his sword and helped the girl to her feet. The crowd was silent. "Show's over, people! Get out, nothing to see here!" Link shouted to them. The people shuffled out. Link looked back to the girl, whose name he still didn't know, and said softly, "Are you alright?" "I'm okay, I think," she replied rubbing her head where Viscen had struck her. "I'll just need to go home and rest for quite a while--" "Do you have someone to look after you? A mother or father, or something?" Link asked. He was never really the articulate type... The girl looked down at the ground. "Um, yeah, I'm staying with, eh, my, my aunt! Yeah, and she'll look after me! ...Um, yeah," she said. "You're really bad at lying, you know. That's something we have in common," Link laughed. "Well, you'll stay here for a while, just until you're better. Then we'll--" "No! I mean, no thank you. I'm b-better already...!" she said quietly, her eyes a bit out of focus. "You're still very bad at that. But why wouldn't you want to stay here?" Link queried. "Well... i-it's because of t-the princess..." she stuttered. "What do you mean?" "She k-kind of scares me..." "She what? Look, there is absolutely nothing to be afraid of. Believe me!" Link said smiling. "Yeah, except for the fact that she has everyone in the castle under her command..." she muttered under her breath. "What was that?" "N-nothing." "Well, I won't take no for an answer. You're staying here, and that's final!" Link said. "No, r-really. I don't--" "I don't care if you don't want to! You're staying!" "I'm going home!" she said back. Link looked at her, astounded, and said, "What did you just say?" "What?" "What did you say?" Link laughed. "Um-- I dunno, I wasn't listening! Wait..." Link laughed and said, "C'mon, I'll show you to a vacant room." "No, really, that won't be neccesary. I'm not staying." "Yes you are, even if I have to carry you there!" "You wouldn't--" "Oh, wouldn't I?" With that, Link picked her up easily and started to walk to the opposite side of the "arena". "Sheesh, you're lighter than my sheild!" "Very funny. Put me down!" "Will you walk on your own?" "Yes, right out of this castle! Now put-- me-- down!" she yelled, hitting him weakly in the arm. "Sorry. You're staying, and that's that! By the way, that doesn't hurt," Link laughed. "Do you want it to?" "Such a temper! Calm down, eh, what did you say your name was?" "I didn't say, and I won't!" "C'mon!" "No!" "Please?" "No!" "I'll give you a cookie!" "Put me down!" "No!" Link laughed. The girl slapped her head. "Ow..." "Yeah, not a good idea." "Ya think?!?" "Please tell me your name?" "...Only if you put me down." "Will you walk to the room on your own?" "...Maybe." "Maybe yes, or maybe no?" "Just maybe, okay?" "Okay. But you know I can run faster than you, right? Just thought I'd give you the heads up!" "You know, you are so unfunny." "Am I?" Link teased as he put her down. "Now then, your name?" "It's Daria. I think I already know yours." "Right. Well, are you going to walk, or do I need to carry you again?" Daria didn't say anything. "...Well?" "I'm thinking..." "About what? It's not a very difficult question!" Link said. "I'm thinking whether I should run past you or behind you," she thought. "I don't have time for this!" said Link, as he picked her up, yet again, and carried her down the hallway that they were walking along. They were almost to the room. "No! Put me down!" "I don't think so. Besides, we're almost there!" "I really don't care! Put me down!" "Fine! We're here anyway!" Link said as he placed her gently on the ground in front of a huge, golden door. "What's this?" "Your room," he said, opening the door for her. It was a beautiful room. It had a pink canopy-bed and white and pink furniture with golden knobs. Daria stood aghast. She'd never seen a room like this before. "Do you think you'll be comfortable enough here?" She didn't answer. "Hello? Daria, are you with me?" "What? Um... yeah! It's f-fine. Just fine..." she answered quietly. She was still staring at the room. "Good! Well, my room's next door, and Princess Zelda's room is two doors down. Call me if you need anything." "Yeah, thanks." Link walked away and into his room.
It was about breakfast time. Actually, breakfast would be almost over by now. But Link didn't care. He began to make his way to the breakfast hall, just coming back from a ride on his horse, Epona. "I should be just in time for some toast and a couple of eggs..." he thought to himself, as he entered the castle grounds. He greeted the gaurds as he walked past them, and headed straight for the food. He was starved. When he got there, there was a huge commotion. "What the--?" he said to himself, and headed toward Princess Zelda to ask what was going on. As he neared the center of the disturbance, he could see a girl, perhaps a year younger than himself, being forcefully held to her knees by two gaurds. The girl was crying. He reached Zelda and asked, "What's going on?" Zelda looked at the girl, her eyes blazing with hate, and said, "This young woman has stolen a very vauluble jewel from a shop in the market. We are just now deciding what to do with her." The girl cried louder, and when the gaurd on the right kneed her in the back, she fell to the floor shouting in a high-pitched voice, "I'm innocent! I didn't do it!" Until the gaurds picked her up with relative ease, she was so skinny and under-fed, and again the one on the right hit her in the back of the head. The girl stopped screaming, but was now sobbing louder and shaking uncontrollably. "That's enough of that, Viscen!" Link said to the gaurd on the right. "Yes sir..." the gaurd mumbled. For the first time, the girl looked up at Link, revealing her beautiful hazel eyes. Link stared into her eyes, as if mesmerized. Though the girl was wearing peasant's clothes and was very dirty, with mud all over her, even in her brown hair, Link couldn't help but think her innocent. "Zelda, how do you know that she did it?" Link asked the princess. "Viscen saw her do it. Viscen never lies, Link. I know she did it," she replied, not taking her eyes off of the girl. Link walked over to the girl, whose arms were still being held behind her by the gaurds, and said to her, "Is this true? Did you steal anything?" Link looked directly into her eyes. "No. I may need the money, but I would never steal anything. Ever!" she said without blinking or flinching. Link stepped away from the girl, turned to Zelda, and said, "She's telling the truth." "How can you be so naive? She obviousely speaks a lie, can't you see it? Look how she is dressed and how under-fed she is! She obviousely couldn't get money for herself, so she--" "Zelda, just because someone isn't too well off does not make them a theif!" Link scolded. "Well, maybe she's convinced you, but I will not be fooled. She is a lying theif, and I will have her executed for it!" "Zelda! Listen to yourself! You've never had anyone executed in your life! Why would you do such a thing?!?" Link practically shouted at the princess. Zelda was taken aback. Nobody had ever spoken to her like that before. She looked away from Link. "Execute her!" she shouted to the gaurds that held the girl. "NO! PLEASE! I DIDN'T DO IT, I SWEAR! PLEASE--!" the poor girl shouted until Viscen silenced her by hitting her in the head once again, but hard enough this time to completely silence her, leaving her barely consious. "Zelda!" Link shouted. "What has gotten into you?!?" Zelda just turned and walked from the room, ignoring Link. Link threw his hands in the air. "I give up on you! Ever since Ganon was defeated, you've acted so strangely! I'm sick of it!" Link yelled. He was so frustrated with her that he didn't know what to do. "I don't believe her!" he muttered to himself as he walked down the hallway, following the gaurds who took the girl to be executed. She was taken to an arena-like place out-doors, and didn't notice the guillotine that was obviousely for her. Infact, she didn't notice much, as she held on to only a strand of consiousness. The gaurds dragged her toward the guillotine, which she now seemed to notice, and hung limply in their grasp as she started sobbing again. As they placed her into the guillotine, she destroyed her face with tears and closed her eyes tightly. Link suddenly noticed there were a lot of people in the "arena", and all were laughing and throwing things at the girl, who didn't seem to notice. "I've got to stop this!" Link thought, and rushed up to the platform where the girl was, and demanded the girl be released at once. "Sorry sir," sneered Viscen, "but I have orders from the princess." "I don't care! Release her now or-- or you'll have to face me," Link said, drawing his sword. The gaurds looked at one another, remembering his title, "Hero of Time", and released the girl. Link sheathed his sword and helped the girl to her feet. The crowd was silent. "Show's over, people! Get out, nothing to see here!" Link shouted to them. The people shuffled out. Link looked back to the girl, whose name he still didn't know, and said softly, "Are you alright?" "I'm okay, I think," she replied rubbing her head where Viscen had struck her. "I'll just need to go home and rest for quite a while--" "Do you have someone to look after you? A mother or father, or something?" Link asked. He was never really the articulate type... The girl looked down at the ground. "Um, yeah, I'm staying with, eh, my, my aunt! Yeah, and she'll look after me! ...Um, yeah," she said. "You're really bad at lying, you know. That's something we have in common," Link laughed. "Well, you'll stay here for a while, just until you're better. Then we'll--" "No! I mean, no thank you. I'm b-better already...!" she said quietly, her eyes a bit out of focus. "You're still very bad at that. But why wouldn't you want to stay here?" Link queried. "Well... i-it's because of t-the princess..." she stuttered. "What do you mean?" "She k-kind of scares me..." "She what? Look, there is absolutely nothing to be afraid of. Believe me!" Link said smiling. "Yeah, except for the fact that she has everyone in the castle under her command..." she muttered under her breath. "What was that?" "N-nothing." "Well, I won't take no for an answer. You're staying here, and that's final!" Link said. "No, r-really. I don't--" "I don't care if you don't want to! You're staying!" "I'm going home!" she said back. Link looked at her, astounded, and said, "What did you just say?" "What?" "What did you say?" Link laughed. "Um-- I dunno, I wasn't listening! Wait..." Link laughed and said, "C'mon, I'll show you to a vacant room." "No, really, that won't be neccesary. I'm not staying." "Yes you are, even if I have to carry you there!" "You wouldn't--" "Oh, wouldn't I?" With that, Link picked her up easily and started to walk to the opposite side of the "arena". "Sheesh, you're lighter than my sheild!" "Very funny. Put me down!" "Will you walk on your own?" "Yes, right out of this castle! Now put-- me-- down!" she yelled, hitting him weakly in the arm. "Sorry. You're staying, and that's that! By the way, that doesn't hurt," Link laughed. "Do you want it to?" "Such a temper! Calm down, eh, what did you say your name was?" "I didn't say, and I won't!" "C'mon!" "No!" "Please?" "No!" "I'll give you a cookie!" "Put me down!" "No!" Link laughed. The girl slapped her head. "Ow..." "Yeah, not a good idea." "Ya think?!?" "Please tell me your name?" "...Only if you put me down." "Will you walk to the room on your own?" "...Maybe." "Maybe yes, or maybe no?" "Just maybe, okay?" "Okay. But you know I can run faster than you, right? Just thought I'd give you the heads up!" "You know, you are so unfunny." "Am I?" Link teased as he put her down. "Now then, your name?" "It's Daria. I think I already know yours." "Right. Well, are you going to walk, or do I need to carry you again?" Daria didn't say anything. "...Well?" "I'm thinking..." "About what? It's not a very difficult question!" Link said. "I'm thinking whether I should run past you or behind you," she thought. "I don't have time for this!" said Link, as he picked her up, yet again, and carried her down the hallway that they were walking along. They were almost to the room. "No! Put me down!" "I don't think so. Besides, we're almost there!" "I really don't care! Put me down!" "Fine! We're here anyway!" Link said as he placed her gently on the ground in front of a huge, golden door. "What's this?" "Your room," he said, opening the door for her. It was a beautiful room. It had a pink canopy-bed and white and pink furniture with golden knobs. Daria stood aghast. She'd never seen a room like this before. "Do you think you'll be comfortable enough here?" She didn't answer. "Hello? Daria, are you with me?" "What? Um... yeah! It's f-fine. Just fine..." she answered quietly. She was still staring at the room. "Good! Well, my room's next door, and Princess Zelda's room is two doors down. Call me if you need anything." "Yeah, thanks." Link walked away and into his room.
