Bittersweet
by Guinevere
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***Author's Note: This is my first fanfic, ever, so please, please be easy on me.
I wanna dedicate this story to Candy, for inspiring me to start writing Zelda fanfic.
I also wanna thank Candy for leading me to this site through an e-mail. Thanx Candy!
And good luck with your epic. Please R and R, and enjoy the story.
WARNING: This is a Link and Malon story, so if you don't like the idea of those two
together, just don't read my story, okay?
Disclaimers: I do not own Zelda or any of the characters. So if you wanna sue me, well,
then that's just too bad for you.
Now on to the story....
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The beautiful sun was slowly descending, leaving traces of crimson, violet and gold in the
sky. The ball of fire settled behind the the massive rock, known as Death Mountain, to wait until the next day, when it would rise anew. It was one of the most breath-taking sights in all of Hyrule, and Malon was here watching it --------alone.
Malon jumped off the log she had been sitting on and sighed. At the age of 17, she had
practically given up on ever finding love. By Malon's age, her mother had already settled down and had given birth to Malon. Malon's parents had married when they were both 14. It was typical for couples of this era to marry in their early teens, considering most passed away by the young age of 35.
Malon whistled for her horse, Penelope, and climbed on. It was dark now, and her father would be worried. He would probably lecture on how Malon had better things to do than sit around Lake Hylia, and watch something as common as the sun.Penny was a magnificent steed. Her mother and father were both pedigree thoroughbreds, raised to be champions. In fact, Penny's mother, Dahlia, had been Malon's mother's personal favorite horse.
Dahlia only had one other colt, Epona. Epona....
Suddenly, Malon was overwhelmed by memories of "him." He had come one day to the ranch to visit. Upon first sight, Malon recognized the man as the innocent little boy she had met all those years ago, while she and her father were delivering milk to the castle. Malon was intrigued by him. She had never met anyone from the forest before. If only she knew he would turn out to be so handsome, she would had stayed in touch throughout those long seven years...
When he came back to the ranch, Malon was stunned. He was no longer the little, innocent
"fairy boy", she had befriended. He was a warrior now, looking as if he had endured many strenous battles, with many more to come. Yet, he didn't frighten Malon, even though her head did only go up to his shoulder. To this day, Malon shamefully dreamed of his charming
smile, his chiseled chest, his perfect blond hair, his sapphire blue eyes, and some other "things" of him that would not be appropriate to mention in this story. (Hehe, naughty, naughty, Malon.)
The day they had spent together was absolutely perfect. He was the one who had first shown her the sunset at Lake Hylia. He shared Malon's love for horses. He even remembered Malon's mother's special song, she had taught him, all those years ago. Best of all, whenever he was close, Malon forgot all her problems. She stopped worrying if her father was safe at Lakeside Laboratory. She stopped obssesing that the horses weren't happy enough. Most of all, she forgot about Ingo.
That whole day, Malon did not worry if Ingo was going to beat her again that night. So far, Malon had evaded Ingo when he was drunk. There were a couple of bruises from his cruel beatings, but Malon had never let him have her innocence taken away from her. That was one thing Ingo could not have. He had even tried to kiss Malon once, but Malon wouldn't stand for that. She had hit him over the head with a crate, punched him square in the eye, and knocked him unconscious. She wasn't raised on a ranch for nothing.
But, Ingo was mad the next morning, when he awoke in the stable, with a black eye and a
humongous bump on his head. Instead of taking his anger out on Malon, Ingo took it out on Epona, whipping the poor defenseless horse into a bloody pulp. Epona was in the stables for weeks, and Malon had cried even longer, knowing that she had caused her beloved horse all this pain.
But, with "him", Malon forgot all this. All she could think about was him. She felt safe and protected. Malon truly believed that he was the one had been waiting for. He was everything Malon could ever want: courageous, honest, caring, charming, polite, kind, caring, and not to mention absolutely gorgeous. Malon knew this might sound crazy, after only spending a day with him, but then again, she had known him for seven years... But, Malon knew that she loved him. And not l-u-v love, but love, love. As in the real thing.
Yeah, it had only been a day, but so what. There was such thing as love at first sight. Besides, don't soul mates recognize eachother instantly? Malon wasn't sure if he recognized her as her soulmate, but Malon truly felt he was hers.
When he came back the next day, Malon was overjoyed. Malon thought he was actually
interested in her, or so she thought.
He came in, said hi to Malon quickly, and walked away as if he had some other important
business to take care of. He went directly to Ingo and took up his challenge. Malon figured that
he must of heard last night about how he kicked Talon off the ranch, and how he took over and
treated the animals, and not to mention Malon, cruelly. Now he had come to rescue the ranch!
Malon was so touched!
Well, he did save Lon Lon Ranch. After he beat Ingo at his own game, the ranch returned
to normal. Talon's father came back, and Ingo came to his senses, and everything was alright
again. Malon should be eternally grateful for that.
But then again, everything wasn't alright. He had broken Malon's heart. After he had
won the stupid race, he jumped the fence with the horse, never to be seen again. Malon truly
believed he would come back, yet he never did. She would sit every night at her window, and
pray to sweet Farore to return him to her. But he never did.
After a couple of months, Malon finally gave up. She knew he wasn't coming back. It had
been 2 whole years since that glorious day they had spent with eachother, yet it felt just
like yesterday. She knew now why he hadn't come back. He was too busy recovering the medallions and awakening the Sages. He probably just led Malon on to get Epona. Besides, all warriors needed steeds, didn't they?
But still, he could have at least visited. At least let Malon know he was alive, instead
of letting her worry herself sick over him. It wasn't very nice to lead Malon on like that,
and then never speak to her again.
But then again, Malon did owe him her never-ending gratitude. He had returned the ranch
to normal and had saved her from Ingo. He had even saved the whole of Hyrule from the evil
Gannondorf! He was the freakin' almighty "Hero of Time", for the Triforce's sake!! The entire
kingdom of Hyrule owed him their thanks.
Besides, he was hanging around in the castle with his stuck up, concieted, wussy, "Princess
Zelda", now. As soon as Malon, thought this, she gasped and looked around in fear. She had just committed a crime of treason. Even if it was only in her thoughts, people with telepathy could pick it up her thoughts. Nah, Malon thought. Why would they bother with a simple ranch girl like me?
Anyway, he had better things to do. He was a the most famous person living in Hyrule,
probably more famous that the monarchs themselves. Probably too busy living among royalty to
even bother with a simple 'common' girl, such as she. Why was she even bothering to think about him anyway?
Malon sighed once more. Lon Lon Ranch was coming into view. She should forget about him.
Tommorow was a busy day, a day for celebration. Tommorow was exactly a year since the great "Hero of Time" defeated Gannondorf, banishing the evil from Hyrule. Tommorow evening, Malon was going to Hyrule Market with her father to watch the fireworks. This meant double the chores, in half the time. Malon sighed for the third time. She needed all the rest she could get.
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The next afternoon, Malon was mucking out the stables. And it was not a pleasant job. Not a pleasant job at all. It was raining and thundering outside, and the horses were beginning
to get nervous. Malon hoped the storm would clear up soon. She was looking foward to the evening ahead.
Malon then remembered the latest gossip. Rumor had it that Gaston, the son of the man
who owned the shooting gallery in Hyrule Market, had fallen in love with Malon. Malon had heard it from Josi, the cucco lady from Kakariko. Gaston was planning to woo her with his so-called "charms," into marrying him.
Malon shivered in disgust. Malon wouldn't marry Gaston if he was the last person in
Hyrule. First off, he was concieted. He believed that Malon would fall for him for sure. Fat
chance of that ever happening, Malon thought. Second of all, he was rude, unkind, ungenerous,
hated animals, unemotional and spoiled. Raised as a wealthy man's son, Gaston thought he could have anything and everything he wanted.
Kind of like Zelda, Malon thought. Malon blushed as she remembered yesterday's act of treason. Face it, she mused to herself, you were jealous of the princess. "Oh well," she said aloud, "it's not like anybody cares."
She then remembered Gaston. "Uggghhhh!" She was talking to herself again. Gaston didn't even like to get his hands dirty. He was a little baby who had never done any kind of labor in his life. How on Hyrule did he expect to get together with a ranch girl?! Finally, Gaston, was BUTT-UGLY!! But that really didn't matter. The above reasons were enought to make Malon dislike Gaston with all her might.
Fortunately, Talon agreed. When Talon heard the gossip, he went straight to Malon and
told her she was forbidden to marry that piece of cow manure. You see, Talon and Gaston's father were not exactly on good terms. So even if she wanted to marry Gaston,(which she didn't!) Malon wouldn't be allowed to.
Still, Malon was still stuck without a significant other in her life. If only he had
come back, Malon thought to herself once more. Then I wouldn't be stuck in this situation. Penny neighed affectionately.Malon stopped mucking and leaned on her shovel. She took out a carrot from her pocket and fed it to Penny. She then patted the horse fondly. Penny had always been her favorite horse.
Her second favorite horse was Epona. Penny and Epona looked exactly alike, only Epona was older. Still, Penny was the calmer, more gentle one, while Epona tended to get wild sometimes, and craved for speed. Epona definitley had her father's blood in her.For some reason, Penny always reminded Malon of "him." It was probably because Penny looked so much like Epona, the horse he had rightfully won. Sometimes Malon wished she had gone after him. She should have searched for him.... Just to make sure he was all right.
"Oh Nayru, listen to me! I sound so pathetic." Malon was talking to herself again.( If you haven't noticed by now, Malon has a very bad habit of talking to herself.) "Din, I should just forget about him! It has been two whole years! For Farore's sake, I should just get on with my life!"
But for some reason, deep in Malon's heart, she knew she just couldn't. She still felt
something there.Just then thunder clashed very loudly, frightening Penny. Penny jumped back on her hind legs and neighed. Malon dropped the shovel she was holding, and quickly calmed Penny down. She reached down for the shovel she had just dropped, and the next thing she knew...
She was staring into the most amazing, yet familiar, sapphire blue eyes she had ever seen in her entire life.....
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Dumdumdum!
Yes I know, I hate to leave it at a cliff hanger, but I have to start the next chapter!
This story is way longer than I planned. Sorry :(
Anyway, please, please review my story!
You could even email me at assEnineCHICK@hotmail.com if u wanna.
And remember, be nice! It's my first fanfic.
But if you really thought that this was abunch of crap, don't be afraid to tell me, so I correct my mistakes!
Anyways, thanx for reading! The next chapter should be out very soon!
That's all of my big mouth you'll be hearing for now! BYEEE!!
by Guinevere
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***Author's Note: This is my first fanfic, ever, so please, please be easy on me.
I wanna dedicate this story to Candy, for inspiring me to start writing Zelda fanfic.
I also wanna thank Candy for leading me to this site through an e-mail. Thanx Candy!
And good luck with your epic. Please R and R, and enjoy the story.
WARNING: This is a Link and Malon story, so if you don't like the idea of those two
together, just don't read my story, okay?
Disclaimers: I do not own Zelda or any of the characters. So if you wanna sue me, well,
then that's just too bad for you.
Now on to the story....
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The beautiful sun was slowly descending, leaving traces of crimson, violet and gold in the
sky. The ball of fire settled behind the the massive rock, known as Death Mountain, to wait until the next day, when it would rise anew. It was one of the most breath-taking sights in all of Hyrule, and Malon was here watching it --------alone.
Malon jumped off the log she had been sitting on and sighed. At the age of 17, she had
practically given up on ever finding love. By Malon's age, her mother had already settled down and had given birth to Malon. Malon's parents had married when they were both 14. It was typical for couples of this era to marry in their early teens, considering most passed away by the young age of 35.
Malon whistled for her horse, Penelope, and climbed on. It was dark now, and her father would be worried. He would probably lecture on how Malon had better things to do than sit around Lake Hylia, and watch something as common as the sun.Penny was a magnificent steed. Her mother and father were both pedigree thoroughbreds, raised to be champions. In fact, Penny's mother, Dahlia, had been Malon's mother's personal favorite horse.
Dahlia only had one other colt, Epona. Epona....
Suddenly, Malon was overwhelmed by memories of "him." He had come one day to the ranch to visit. Upon first sight, Malon recognized the man as the innocent little boy she had met all those years ago, while she and her father were delivering milk to the castle. Malon was intrigued by him. She had never met anyone from the forest before. If only she knew he would turn out to be so handsome, she would had stayed in touch throughout those long seven years...
When he came back to the ranch, Malon was stunned. He was no longer the little, innocent
"fairy boy", she had befriended. He was a warrior now, looking as if he had endured many strenous battles, with many more to come. Yet, he didn't frighten Malon, even though her head did only go up to his shoulder. To this day, Malon shamefully dreamed of his charming
smile, his chiseled chest, his perfect blond hair, his sapphire blue eyes, and some other "things" of him that would not be appropriate to mention in this story. (Hehe, naughty, naughty, Malon.)
The day they had spent together was absolutely perfect. He was the one who had first shown her the sunset at Lake Hylia. He shared Malon's love for horses. He even remembered Malon's mother's special song, she had taught him, all those years ago. Best of all, whenever he was close, Malon forgot all her problems. She stopped worrying if her father was safe at Lakeside Laboratory. She stopped obssesing that the horses weren't happy enough. Most of all, she forgot about Ingo.
That whole day, Malon did not worry if Ingo was going to beat her again that night. So far, Malon had evaded Ingo when he was drunk. There were a couple of bruises from his cruel beatings, but Malon had never let him have her innocence taken away from her. That was one thing Ingo could not have. He had even tried to kiss Malon once, but Malon wouldn't stand for that. She had hit him over the head with a crate, punched him square in the eye, and knocked him unconscious. She wasn't raised on a ranch for nothing.
But, Ingo was mad the next morning, when he awoke in the stable, with a black eye and a
humongous bump on his head. Instead of taking his anger out on Malon, Ingo took it out on Epona, whipping the poor defenseless horse into a bloody pulp. Epona was in the stables for weeks, and Malon had cried even longer, knowing that she had caused her beloved horse all this pain.
But, with "him", Malon forgot all this. All she could think about was him. She felt safe and protected. Malon truly believed that he was the one had been waiting for. He was everything Malon could ever want: courageous, honest, caring, charming, polite, kind, caring, and not to mention absolutely gorgeous. Malon knew this might sound crazy, after only spending a day with him, but then again, she had known him for seven years... But, Malon knew that she loved him. And not l-u-v love, but love, love. As in the real thing.
Yeah, it had only been a day, but so what. There was such thing as love at first sight. Besides, don't soul mates recognize eachother instantly? Malon wasn't sure if he recognized her as her soulmate, but Malon truly felt he was hers.
When he came back the next day, Malon was overjoyed. Malon thought he was actually
interested in her, or so she thought.
He came in, said hi to Malon quickly, and walked away as if he had some other important
business to take care of. He went directly to Ingo and took up his challenge. Malon figured that
he must of heard last night about how he kicked Talon off the ranch, and how he took over and
treated the animals, and not to mention Malon, cruelly. Now he had come to rescue the ranch!
Malon was so touched!
Well, he did save Lon Lon Ranch. After he beat Ingo at his own game, the ranch returned
to normal. Talon's father came back, and Ingo came to his senses, and everything was alright
again. Malon should be eternally grateful for that.
But then again, everything wasn't alright. He had broken Malon's heart. After he had
won the stupid race, he jumped the fence with the horse, never to be seen again. Malon truly
believed he would come back, yet he never did. She would sit every night at her window, and
pray to sweet Farore to return him to her. But he never did.
After a couple of months, Malon finally gave up. She knew he wasn't coming back. It had
been 2 whole years since that glorious day they had spent with eachother, yet it felt just
like yesterday. She knew now why he hadn't come back. He was too busy recovering the medallions and awakening the Sages. He probably just led Malon on to get Epona. Besides, all warriors needed steeds, didn't they?
But still, he could have at least visited. At least let Malon know he was alive, instead
of letting her worry herself sick over him. It wasn't very nice to lead Malon on like that,
and then never speak to her again.
But then again, Malon did owe him her never-ending gratitude. He had returned the ranch
to normal and had saved her from Ingo. He had even saved the whole of Hyrule from the evil
Gannondorf! He was the freakin' almighty "Hero of Time", for the Triforce's sake!! The entire
kingdom of Hyrule owed him their thanks.
Besides, he was hanging around in the castle with his stuck up, concieted, wussy, "Princess
Zelda", now. As soon as Malon, thought this, she gasped and looked around in fear. She had just committed a crime of treason. Even if it was only in her thoughts, people with telepathy could pick it up her thoughts. Nah, Malon thought. Why would they bother with a simple ranch girl like me?
Anyway, he had better things to do. He was a the most famous person living in Hyrule,
probably more famous that the monarchs themselves. Probably too busy living among royalty to
even bother with a simple 'common' girl, such as she. Why was she even bothering to think about him anyway?
Malon sighed once more. Lon Lon Ranch was coming into view. She should forget about him.
Tommorow was a busy day, a day for celebration. Tommorow was exactly a year since the great "Hero of Time" defeated Gannondorf, banishing the evil from Hyrule. Tommorow evening, Malon was going to Hyrule Market with her father to watch the fireworks. This meant double the chores, in half the time. Malon sighed for the third time. She needed all the rest she could get.
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The next afternoon, Malon was mucking out the stables. And it was not a pleasant job. Not a pleasant job at all. It was raining and thundering outside, and the horses were beginning
to get nervous. Malon hoped the storm would clear up soon. She was looking foward to the evening ahead.
Malon then remembered the latest gossip. Rumor had it that Gaston, the son of the man
who owned the shooting gallery in Hyrule Market, had fallen in love with Malon. Malon had heard it from Josi, the cucco lady from Kakariko. Gaston was planning to woo her with his so-called "charms," into marrying him.
Malon shivered in disgust. Malon wouldn't marry Gaston if he was the last person in
Hyrule. First off, he was concieted. He believed that Malon would fall for him for sure. Fat
chance of that ever happening, Malon thought. Second of all, he was rude, unkind, ungenerous,
hated animals, unemotional and spoiled. Raised as a wealthy man's son, Gaston thought he could have anything and everything he wanted.
Kind of like Zelda, Malon thought. Malon blushed as she remembered yesterday's act of treason. Face it, she mused to herself, you were jealous of the princess. "Oh well," she said aloud, "it's not like anybody cares."
She then remembered Gaston. "Uggghhhh!" She was talking to herself again. Gaston didn't even like to get his hands dirty. He was a little baby who had never done any kind of labor in his life. How on Hyrule did he expect to get together with a ranch girl?! Finally, Gaston, was BUTT-UGLY!! But that really didn't matter. The above reasons were enought to make Malon dislike Gaston with all her might.
Fortunately, Talon agreed. When Talon heard the gossip, he went straight to Malon and
told her she was forbidden to marry that piece of cow manure. You see, Talon and Gaston's father were not exactly on good terms. So even if she wanted to marry Gaston,(which she didn't!) Malon wouldn't be allowed to.
Still, Malon was still stuck without a significant other in her life. If only he had
come back, Malon thought to herself once more. Then I wouldn't be stuck in this situation. Penny neighed affectionately.Malon stopped mucking and leaned on her shovel. She took out a carrot from her pocket and fed it to Penny. She then patted the horse fondly. Penny had always been her favorite horse.
Her second favorite horse was Epona. Penny and Epona looked exactly alike, only Epona was older. Still, Penny was the calmer, more gentle one, while Epona tended to get wild sometimes, and craved for speed. Epona definitley had her father's blood in her.For some reason, Penny always reminded Malon of "him." It was probably because Penny looked so much like Epona, the horse he had rightfully won. Sometimes Malon wished she had gone after him. She should have searched for him.... Just to make sure he was all right.
"Oh Nayru, listen to me! I sound so pathetic." Malon was talking to herself again.( If you haven't noticed by now, Malon has a very bad habit of talking to herself.) "Din, I should just forget about him! It has been two whole years! For Farore's sake, I should just get on with my life!"
But for some reason, deep in Malon's heart, she knew she just couldn't. She still felt
something there.Just then thunder clashed very loudly, frightening Penny. Penny jumped back on her hind legs and neighed. Malon dropped the shovel she was holding, and quickly calmed Penny down. She reached down for the shovel she had just dropped, and the next thing she knew...
She was staring into the most amazing, yet familiar, sapphire blue eyes she had ever seen in her entire life.....
**********************************************************************
Dumdumdum!
Yes I know, I hate to leave it at a cliff hanger, but I have to start the next chapter!
This story is way longer than I planned. Sorry :(
Anyway, please, please review my story!
You could even email me at assEnineCHICK@hotmail.com if u wanna.
And remember, be nice! It's my first fanfic.
But if you really thought that this was abunch of crap, don't be afraid to tell me, so I correct my mistakes!
Anyways, thanx for reading! The next chapter should be out very soon!
That's all of my big mouth you'll be hearing for now! BYEEE!!