Link and Zelda's Married Life

Chapter 1- The Playful Prince

Disclaimer- Nintendo owns Zelda I don't.

Once upon a time in a mythical land called Hyrule, there was a beautiful princess by the name of Zelda. She was around twenty years old, somewhat younger than her brave husband, Prince Link. Link was not always a prince, though. He was born to a Hylian knight of the king who died in battle, his mother fleeing for her life and her son's. Link's mother died in front of the Great Deku Tree, so the boy was raised in the Kokiri Forest. He only learned later, when he traveled in time via the Ocarina of Time, that he was a Hylian. After he had boldly defeated the evil Ganondorf, he was sent back in time to when he was a boy, about ten years old. So he and the princess grew up together, Link going on journeys with and without Zelda. When Link was about nineteen years old, he married his long-time friend Zelda, making him the prince of Hyrule. So he left the forest behind him and moved into the grand castle. But even having the title he had didn't turn him into a perfect gentleman...

Link galloped across Hyrule Field, atop his noble steed, Epona. His golden hair was flying in the breeze and his face was covered in dust from making sharp turns. He kept riding in circles as fast as he could drive his horse, ignoring the fact that the grass was being pulled up.

Princess Zelda, accompanied by her body guard, Impa, watched the young prince from in front of the draw bridge. Once in a while Link would stop in front of them, and playfully kick dirt in Zelda's face. However, right now, he was too busy trying to get control of Epona-who had gone crazy.

"Look at that horse go," Impa marveled, shading her eyes.

"Yeah, and Link with her," Zelda said, amused. "He's gonna fall off any second."

"Serves him right for trying to show off," the sheikah body guard grumbled.

Princess Zelda laughed. "Yep, he certainly does a lot of that." She started to fan herself with her hand. "Well, it certainly is getting hot, isn't it?"

Impa wiped the sweat off her forehead. "Hyrulian summers are always like this."

Suddenly Epona started galloping toward them at top speed. Link was struggling to get back on the horse's back so he could get control of her. He grabbed one edge of her saddle and trusted himself up, starting to panic a little. Seeing that he was heading right toward his wife and her body guard, he tugged on the reins with all his might. Epona halted right in front of the two, spitting on Impa's face. Because of the sudden stop, Link went flying off the horse and landed hard on the cobblestone pavement, right in front of Zelda. Somewhat shocked, he just laid there, his hat lying up against the pavement.

Zelda laughed, "Link are you alright?" she asked, gracefully bending down at his side. She kneeled right next to him, staring down into his blue eyes.

Link looked up into the princess's eyes, detecting a hint of worry and amusement. "No," he fibbed. He felt a little sore, but he wasn't terribly injured.

Zelda could see through his masquerade. She knew that he was pretending to be hurt so she would kiss him. "Alright," she said, holding back laughter. "Maybe this will help." She gently placed her hands on his dusty cheeks, brought her face down to his, and kissed his lips with passion.

Impa stepped back, wiped the horse spit off her face, and said, "If that won't do it, I don't know what will."

Link could feel his wife's warm breath on his face, somewhat healing the scratches he had got from trying to control Epona. He shut his eyes and brought his arms up to hold the princess.

When Zelda had finally finished, she gently thrust her face from his because she knew that he could go on forever. She smiled tenderly at him and asked sweetly, "Now, Linky, are you alright?"

Link smiled. He quickly jumped up, bringing his wife up with him. "Yup, just perfect! Why don't we go play in the garden, best friend?" he asked excitedly.

Zelda took his hand. "Sure. You certainly haven't grown up much, have you?"

Link nodded enthusiastically. "Nope." He wrapped his arm around her and started to walk with her towards the gardens. "We would always play together when we were young," he said wistfully. "It was so much fun."

Zelda giggled. "Yeah. And Impa would always get angry at you when you tried to kiss me." She gently laid her head on Link's shoulder.

Link sighed. "Yeah, I remember that. She still seems to mind when we kiss now." He lightly kissed the top of her head."

Zelda closed her eyes for a moment, remembering the past. "Navi was so angry back then. I'm so glad she finally got over it after we got married."

Link halted in front of a daisy bush and picked one of the delicate flowers. Then he placed it in her golden hair and put his hands on her shoulders. "You're beautiful," he told her sincerely.

Zelda looked into his sparkling blue eyes. "Thanks," she told him softly. "I'm so glad I'm married to you."

Link tucked a strand of his wife's golden hair behind her pointed ear. "And I'm glad I married you. No matter how hard Malon and Ruto and even Navi would bug me, I knew they weren't the one. You're the one. You're my right girl."

He gently placed his hands on her delicate cheeks and brought his face up to hers. He nuzzled her nose with his and gazed into her beautiful blue eyes. He then told her a soft voice that he loved her and was about to press his lips against her's when a sparkly fairy darted between them.

"Hi guys!" Navi greeted. "What'chu doin'?"

Link looked at her with mock crossness and replied, "Well I was gonna kiss my wife before you so rudely interrupted."

"Oops," Navi said blushing. "I didn't know."

Zelda nodded and said sarcastically, "Sure you didn't know."

Navi refused to leave, so the three spent the rest of the morning in the gardens, talking about the past.