A/N: So I decided to write a LoZ fanfic with an actual PLOT!! Don't expect this one to be updated as often as my other LoZ one, but I'll do my best to get it updated every day.

This Fanfiction was not my idea. Blame Tyler. It's his fault. Review me if you want to blame him and I'll pass it on.

Disclaimer: No ownage of LoZ for me. I only own Maurus.

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It was midnight, and all was silent in Hyrule Castle. A lone figure, clad in a sapphire blue hooded robe slid from shadow to shadow, looking around warily as it slunk out of the castle. It left the castle, running across the lawns and dodging guards. The figure jumped off the small cliff that led to the path leading to the market place. From here on, the path would be easy.

The figure prowled down a dark alley until it came to a run-down old door. It entered, closing and locking the door after it. Then it slipped its hood off.

"I was wondering when you would come, princess," A decidedly masculine voice spoke from the corner. "I was about to give up!"

"So sorry I'm late, Maurus. I had to avoid all the guards, and father insisted that I stay after dinner to view possible suitors," Zelda rolled her eyes as she took off her cape and gloves. "Let's get this over with," She said, sitting in the chair across from Maurus.

There was a snap as Maurus' tarot cards were shuffled. When they were shuffled, he split the deck into four smaller decks and took the top card from each deck. All the cards were blank, only the blind who had the Second Sight could see them. He felt the first card, his blank eyes staring straight ahead.

"Ahh, Two of cups. Symbolizing Love, Healing, The Meeting of Hearts and Reconciliation." He felt the second card. "Ten of cups. Happiness, Love and Fulfillment." He felt the third card. "The Lady. Fertility, Abundance, Passion, Creativity, Sensuality, Nurturing, Motherhood, Beauty, Happiness and Healing. I'm no expert, but I'd say that you should expect to be falling in love soon!" Zelda blushed at this comment and looked at her hands. Maurus shuffled his hand over the last card. He broke into a grin. "Ah, lassie, it's been a long time since I saw this card. The Lovers. Love, Fulfillment, Union, Choice and Surrender. Tell me, love, are you getting married soon?"

Zelda looked up. "My father wants me to, but I don't much like any of the sutors,"

Maurus put the cards back in the deck, shuffled them again, and pulled the top card out of the deck. "Prince of cups. Idealistic, Empathetic and Romantic," He said. "Remind you of anyone?"

"No, unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless Link comes back," Zelda sighed. "I miss him so much. I'll bet he doesn't even remember me!" She bit back a sob, tears streaming down her face. Maurus patted her hand.

"There, there, Lassie. He would have to be a fool not to think of you. Don't you worry your pretty head about it. You'll get a good man, even if it isn't this Link fellow." Zelda gave him a watery smile.

"I should probably go now. Thank you for everything," Zelda got up and put her cloak and gloves back on.

"Come back and visit soon," Maurus called after her. He shook his head, chuckling. "That girl would go through The Fires and back for that boy..." He got up and searched for his crystal ball. "It would be a shame to let her suffer like that...Ah, there you are, old girl! Ready for another spell?" He put the crystal ball on the table and lit candles. He was ready...

Link rode through the forest, barely staying awake. He and Epona were almost ready to give up and go back, when he felt something. It brushed through his body and immediately he was alert. Epona's head went up, too and she spun around and started galloping. They didn't know where they were going, but wherever it was, they needed to get there quickly. They rode for days, breaking the gallop only for water and food. Within a week, they were in Hyrule again. Then Epona tripped, throwing Link off. He hit his head on a rock and went out like a light.

When he came to, he was lying next to Zora's River. He got up and shook his head, then looked around. He spotted the castle, and started trotting towards it. He entered Hyrule market, and something compelled him to go into the back alleys. He kept walking, as if in a trance, until he got to a run-down old building. He opened the door and entered, locking it behind him.

It was a dimly-lit room, with a small table and a chair set on the opposite wall to the door. The crystal ball on the table flashed red for a moment, then went dark.

"Well, Link. What do you have to say for yourself?" A decidedly masculine voice asked from the shadows.

"What? Where am I? Who are you?" Link grabbed for his sword and shield.

"You're in my home. I would appreciate it if you didn't kill me or break any of my items. As for who I am, that's not important. What is important is the fact that you abandoned your lady-love. What do you have to say about that?" Maurus asked, sitting in the shadows.

"Lady-love? Who..?" Realization dawned on Link. "Zelda? But we're not--"

"Now he's catching on!" Maurus interrupted. "You may say that you aren't in love, but the truth is, when you left, Zelda never really recovered. She's mourning you even now."

"Mourning? But I'm not--"

"Dead? You are to her! She loved you from the first moment she saw you when you met in the garden!"

"But we were just children!" Link protested. "And how was I supposed to know that she loved me?! She never said anything!"

"Of course she didn't!" Maurus crowed. "She didn't want to burden you!"

"Burden me? How would she--"

"You're not very bright, are you?"

"Wha--"

"Either you can't see it, or you don't want to! You faced all the monsters Ganondorf could throw at you, but you can't face your feelings! When are you going to be a man?"

"But...Huh?"

Maurus sighed. "Zelda loves you. If you don't act quickly, she's going to be married off to some prissy, well-to-do bastard and be miserable for the rest of her natural life, which won't be long after her marriage." Maurus hummed as he consulted the Futures about what would happen if Link didn't go to Zelda. "She'll die in childbirth. Neither she nor the child will survive. And the Lord she was married too will grieve for a day and then find himself a new bride. Do you want that fate for her?"

"No, but--"

"Only but allowed is the one that's attached to you," Said Maurus coolly, then tossed Link a potion. "Drink that, it will change your appearance for one day. When it wears off, come back here and I'll give you more,"

"No! I'm not...going...to..." Link trailed off as Maurus came out of the shadows and glared in Link's general direction with his blank eyes. "Drinking the potion, yes I am..." Link drank it. Then, his body started tingling. Then it felt as though he was being torn apart. He started screaming. Then he blacked out.

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A/N: How did you like that? I'll probably update again either later today or on Friday. Flame me, praise me, give me shameless ego strokings...all of them help me write! Free Triforce cookies to everyone who reviews!