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Hopeless Romance

Chapter 1

"I've been thinking about this for a while now. I need to take a break from us." The young prince told the princess.

The air was pleasant and crisp out in the courtyard. The flowers were just starting to bloom and a few birds were chirping in the trees. The sun was almost to the point of setting making everything turn to gold. It was almost perfect.

The princess stared blankly at her boyfriend. "What do you mean exactly? Are we still together?"

The prince looked away. "No…I'm sorry."

"Wh…why? Did I do something? What did I do?"

"It's not you, it's me."

She sat there motionless and silent. Trying to hold back her tears, the princess sat up and ran back into the castle. The prince got up after her.

"ZELDA! Please wait!" He yelled out but it was too late, she was already gone.

Arriving in her room, princess Zelda threw herself onto her bed and smothered her face with a pillow to drown out her sobs. They had a great relationship, or at least she thought, with few to no arguments. She was the happiest ever than she ever was in a long time, until now. He traveled far from his own country just to visit her and take her to their "place".

Shortly after isolating herself from the world, Zelda's mother, the queen of Hyrule, came into her room. "Zelda! What on earth is going on? The servants said that you were running in the halls hysterical and I even noticed Marth walking away quite hurt." She said while sitting down next to Zelda.

Zelda didn't answer at first since she was still crying. Once she tried to calm down she started to talk. "Marth…Marth broke up with me!" Zelda couldn't contain herself as she started sobbing again, but this time on her mother's arm.

"Oh dear! I'm terribly sorry. Everything will be alright. Guys come and go; you'll find someone much better than him anyway." Zelda's mother tried to comfort.

"You're wrong mother! I won't be able to find anyone like Marth again! We were even talking about marriage. I swear he was the one…"

"Oh honey…it'll be ok…please calm down."

"I CAN'T! I was just dumped for no reason!"

"It'll be ok dear…I know it hurts now, but things will get better I promise." She kissed Zelda on the forehead and walked out.

Zelda watched her mother leave the bedroom. She was a bit more calm now but her eyes were still tear filled. This whole event came as a shock to Zelda. She thought that Marth, the prince of Argonia, was coming over for one of his usual visits where they would go horseback riding and have lunch on the beach of Lake Hylia. When Marth had arrived that day he seemed a little more disturbed to Zelda than normal. Now she knows why he was like that.

The sun was almost gone by now, as Zelda noticed while looking out of her balcony door. A soft, smooth breeze flowed by the curtains making them dance. Zelda continued to sit on her bed and wondered why this was all happening.

Ithad been a week since the incident. the next morning Zelda awoke when the sun peaked through the trees and tickled her face. Zelda sat up, stretched her arms, and gave a huge yawn. To her surprise she actually fell asleep instead of staying up all night crying and being depressed. But what didn't change was that she was still hurt and heartbroken. Zelda straightened out her nightgown and walked on over to her vanity. She picked up her silver plated hairbrush and brushed out her knotted hair.

As quickly as she picked it up, Zelda slammed down her brush and ran out to her balcony. The dew was still on the grass though the sun was starting to get higher. Zelda drew in a deep breath of stimulating fresh air. Looking down onto the ground Zelda could see the sundial that was placed in the middle of the courtyard. It was half past seven. She sighed and walked back into her bedroom.

"Wait a minute!" Zelda said to herself. "I should pay a visit to Link…I haven't seen him in like forever! I wonder if he still has that girlfriend of his."

At that Zelda ran into her closet, dressed herself and ran out the bedroom door. Throughout the halls she made sure that she was quiet and that no one saw her. Her parents hated the idea of her going outside the castle grounds…and they don't know about Link.

…The sun was now very high in the sky and the air was sticky. Zelda placed her arm over her stomach when it started to growl. Why didn't I pack anything to eat? She asked herself. Luckily she was almost to the entrance of Kokiri Forest, where Link resided. While continuing to walk along, Zelda stared down at the ground since the sun was extremely bright.

"Hey there!" A voice shouted.

Zelda shot her head up to see who it was. It was Link! He was on his horse, Epona, and had just happened to see her.

"Hey! Long time no see!" Zelda ran up to Link and the horse.

Link jumped down and grabbed Zelda to hug her. He picked Zelda up and spun her around a few times. "So how's my princess been?" Link asked after setting Zelda down. Her smile instantly went to a frown. "What's wrong?" Link asked as he put a hand on Zelda's shoulder.

Zelda looked up at him. "Marth broke up with me, and for no apparent reason either!"

"Oh! I'm sorry to hear that, princess!" Link's arm instantly went around Zelda's shoulders.

"I mean…he gave me the two lamest excuses ever! First he said that he 'needed to think things over and take a break', then he said 'it's not you, it's me.'" Zelda couldn't hold it in and started to cry.

"I'm really sorry, princess. To me he sounds like a real jerk." Link wrapped his other arm around Zelda to give her a tight embrace.

She sighed after trying to stop crying. "I guess so. I'm just so sick and tired of guys right now…" Zelda rested her head on Link's chest.

"I hope you're not sick of me."

"Of course not…you're my best guy friend."

Link smiled and turned a bit red. "I'm glad. I'm assuming you were coming to visit me since you're all the way out here by yourself."

Zelda nodded her head. "Yeah."

"Well…I was on my way to get some supplies for my weapons. That's why I'm out here with Epona."

"oh…well…don't let me stop you from what you were doing." Zelda blushed like mad.

"It's ok! It wasn't really important anyway. I was just bored and thought I could do that to catch up on some things."

"Oh…I'm sure it was important."

"Nah…not as important as you."

Zelda's stomach began to fill with butterflies. "You're sweet."

"Thanks. So you want to come to my place and talk or whatever?"

"I'd like that."

Link nodded at the answer and helped Zelda onto Epona. Since they were so close to the entrance the ride was short. After they had made it to the entrance of the forest, Link tied Epona up and led Zelda into the small village.

The Kokiri were a race of elfin children who never grew up, except for Link. Actually, Link is really a Hylian but just chooses to live in the Kokiri Forest. The residents greeted Zelda with a huge smile and a wave as she and Link walked to his tree house. When the two finally made it a thought struck Zelda's mind.

Link seems to be extra "flirtish" today…I wonder what's up. She thought. "So how are you and Malon? Still together I presume." Zelda asked as she climbed the last few rungs of the ladder.

"Oh…that…we're not together anymore. She dumped me a few days ago." Link's cheerful composure suddenly turned dismal.

Zelda felt embarrassed. "I'm sorry, Link."

"It's ok. Her loss. We can both look forward now, since we're both single." Link winked at Zelda, making her blush.

Link had always been a ladies man. No matter what he did it always seemed like he would cast a spell to make everyone fall in love with him. Link just had that charm to him.

He and Zelda met two and a half years ago in Gerudo Valley. Zelda was exploring the vast places outside of Hyrule while Link was trying to do some business with the Gerudo women. She had spotted Link out of the corner of her eye. He was relaxing and sitting on the ground in the shade of his horse. Zelda introduced herself and the rest was history. She started to like him more as they would meet up various times to talk and explore. It turned out that he had a girlfriend at the time despite that Zelda herself was single. But no matter the circumstances, they were still great friends.

Though the two were good friends, talking and spending time together started to get sparse as time went on. They had their own lives and relationships and to a point almost forgot about one another. But to Zelda there was always something in the back of her mind that would remind her of Link.

Zelda laughed. "I guess so." She leaned onto the ledge of the porch and stared out at the surroundings. Little did she know that Link was doing the same thing.

"We've known each other for about two years now and nothing really big has happened between us." Link commented. Zelda looked up at him and felt the butterflies grow when Link was giving her a look of interest.