What Is Meant to Be
Just a few months ago, my son, Cody found out about the past that my wife, Zelda and I never told him. About three months have passed, now. He seems to control his powers a little better everyday. My father, Angelous, also known as the Fierce Deity, joins me in teaching my son. Everything was going smoothly. Cody was adjusting to his powers at the correct speed. However, I could feel it ... something was going to happen. It's not as if I foresaw it coming. I hadn't had a premonition about life threats since Ganondorf was sealed in a bottomless pit in the Dark World. The only times I got premonitions anymore, was if Cody got into trouble at school, or Zelda needed me for something. Out of all the experiences that I have experienced as the Hero of Time, not one of them had every scared me to a point of death. Well, that was soon about to change. The next mission that I had to go on ... it had to be my last ...
It was a day just like any other day. The sun was shining, patchy clouds flew by, and the temperature was not too hot, but not too cold. It was just right. Zelda, Cody, Angelous, and I were all in the main court yard of the castle. Zelda watched as Angelous and I tried to teach Cody how to control his psychic powers. I found it hard to concentrate because I think I may have caught a little case of spring fever. I kept thinking how beautiful Zelda looked with her hair glistening in the sunlight. She wore a new pink dress that she had bought the day she and Melon stuck me and Shawn babysitting Cody, while they went shopping. It wasn't usual for me to catch spring fever. This meant that some of my extra (psychic) senses were picking up something. Suddenly, I felt a rude punch on my shoulder to wake me up from my daydreaming.
"Dad!" Cody exclaimed. The punch I felt on my shoulder was from Angelous. He hates it when I do that, especially if I'm at work.
"Link, you're not giving your best shot here." Cody nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, Dad. You're supposed to be helping me!" I knew I couldn't focus anymore.
"How about we take a break and start from this point tomorrow?" Angelous could tell that Zelda and I wanted time to ourselves, so he made an offer for us.
"How about I take Cody to the Heavenly Palace with me?" Cody looked at him in fright. Zelda and I smiled.
"That would be very nice. Thank you, Angelous." Zelda said. I nuzzled her hair. Cody, on the other hand, was not thrilled.
"Hey, what if I don't wanna go?!" Zelda and I looked at each other. Angelous looked at him.
"You saying that you don't want to spend the afternoon with me?"
"It's not that, Grandpa. I just –"
"Don't worry, Son. You'll be back by dinner. Your mother and I just want to spend some time by ourselves." Cody didn't answer right away. He hung his head and groaned, not being very happy about the whole situation. Finally, he nodded in agreement. Angelous smiled at his grandson.
"Very well, then. We shall be on our way." Before Angelous had the opportunity to thunder them to the palace, Cody rushed into Zelda's arms. Zelda knelt down and kissed her son on the cheek. Cody tightened his grip around his mother.
"Do I have to go?" Zelda pulled away and looked Cody straight in the eyes.
"Listen, your grandfather and you are going to have so much more fun then you would if you were with me and your father. Just give it a try. Okay ... for me?" Zelda smiled, which made Cody smile back.
"Okay, for you, Mother." Zelda and Cody hugged again. While they had their long good – bye, I had to talk with Angelous.
"Uh, Angelous, don't teach him about anything until I have a chance to teach him myself. Angelous raised his eye brow at me. He didn't understand. Uh, okay. If Cody asks you to help him with his powers, then try to ... I don't know ... change the subject, or something." Angelous continued to stare at me.
"Link, whatever you just said ... I'll try." He smiled.
"You better take extra special care of him, Angelous. I mean it. One hair, on the head, outta place, you and me ... issues."
"More then what we have now?" He joked.
"Angelous! This is –"
"Fear not, Link. I promise to take care of him. Don't I always?" I had to admit, Angelous was good at taking care of Cody. When Cody was a baby, we had him stay the entire weekend in the Heavenly Palace with Angelous. Cody returned to Angelous' side.
"Bye, Mother! Bye, Dad!" Zelda and I waved good – bye as Angelous thundered them to the Heavenly Palace.
"So ... what's next?" I asked. Zelda smiled at me.
Up in the palace, Cody was amazed. The only time he saw the palace was when he was a baby. He had never seen anything so mystical, or beautiful. Hyrule Castle was nothing compared to this. There were clouds everywhere. That seemed to be the material for the furniture. The spiral stair case that went all the way to the highest floor was gold and silver. The walls were metallic colors. It was a sight to see. I have to admit that every time I stayed there as a teenager, I did have a good time there. Cody looked out the window and saw an entire heavenly city, where all the gods and goddesses from every culture lived. "Wow!" Was the only thing Cody could think to say.
"Do you want to go for a walk, Cody?" Angelous asked. Cody looked at him.
The two of them walked around the Heavenly City. Cody held onto Angelous' hand so as not to get separated. Angelous seemed to know most of the gods and goddesses that said hello to him. "Grandpa, how do you know all these people?"
"It's a price to pay when you're a member of the most powerful family." He smiled. Cody looked at him in awe. Just then, Angelous stopped walking and looked at Cody in the eyes. "Cody, why did you not want to spend this time with me?" Cody looked away from Angelous, but he turned Cody's face so that he was facing him. Cody could tell that Angelous just wanted an answer.
"Well ... at school, I learned of what you've done in the past." Angelous' eyes opened wide. "And ... I guess that I'm afraid that something's gonna happen that's gonna make you lose your temper, and you'll try to destroy the world again." Cody looked away. So that was it. Cody had a little fear of Angelous. The one thing Angelous couldn't stand was member of his family fearing him. He rubbed his face and kneeled down next to Cody. Angelous put his hands over Cody's ears.
"Cody, you have no reason to fear me. I have done nothing wrong in years. I have grown as a person because of those experiences, and I am much wiser now. Even though I am the God of War, I want nothing to happen to you. That's why I try to keep you safe. Also, because you're my grandson, and I love you."
"... What?" Angelous forgot about his hands being over Cody's ears. He chuckled to himself and removed his hands.
"You don't have to worry, Cody. Nothing is going to happen. I promise. I won't let anything happen to you."
"So ... you won't turn on me?"
"Of course not." Angelous and Cody spent the rest of the afternoon together.
That night, right after dinner, I was telling Cody a story. "So, then I stabled the monster that held your mother, and watched him crumble into a million pieces! But then ... it got up!"
"Wow! Go on!" I giggled.
"No, gotta save some for tomorrow."
"Aww, but Dad! –"
"Don't give me that! You've had your story for tonight. Now get some rest." Cody yawned.
"But ... I'm not sleepy."
"Then why are you yawning?"
"... I'm bored."
"Well, getting some rest can help relieve you of that boredom."
"No it can't ..." Cody said. Then, he was out. I silently shut the door and went to my room. Zelda was already in her nightgown, reading a book. When I came in, she jumped and held a knife up.
"Oh, thank the goddesses it's just you."
"Yeah, it's just me. Don't tell me you're reading horror stories again ..."
"... What do you want me to tell you ... Dear?" I rolled my eyes and took off my shirt. I went over to my dresser and got into my pajama pants, and put my glasses on.
"Those books are going to give you nightmares."
"That's okay. After all the monsters and demons that we've fought, I would like a book to try to give me a good scare."
"And the knife in the hand wasn't a signal that you were scared?" Zelda didn't answer. She decided to change the subject instead.
"Sweet – heart, will you go get me a glass of water?"
"Water? Why go get it when we have a washroom right there?"
"I can only drink the kitchen water before I go to bed. Please go get me some." She begged. I sat there, looking at her with my arms folded.
"Give me one good reason I should go get water for you." Zelda came in close to me. She started licking my ear, which made me surrender to her, and she knew it.
"There's more for you when you come back." She said in a seductive voice. It was futile. I gave in.
When I got to the kitchen, I found Harold, Hilda, and Kaya, all sitting around the main dinning room table.
"What are you all doing up this late?" Kaya took a sip of her drink.
"Getting drinks. It's a family tradition that we drink a glass of water from the kitchen before we go to bed.
"Whatever ..." I responded, going over to the kitchen.
"What's the matter, M'boy? You look a little fed up." Harold announced. Harold wasn't the world's best father – in – law. He always had a way of saying things about me that sounded rude to everyone else, but not to him. He didn't notice it.
"Nothing. I just have to get this water back up to Zelda fast. You people sure have weird traditions." Kaya snickered.
"You've lived here for years now, and you've just now figured that out?" I rolled my eyes.
"No, Kaya. The only thing I've figured out is that it's been very interesting having you for a sister – in – law." Kaya made a face at me. I turned around to get Zelda's water. When I turned around, everyone was frozen. 'Did I do this?' I thought to myself. No, I would have known if I used my powers. I waved my hand if front of Kaya's face. She didn't move a muscle. Neither did Harold or Hilda. "What is going on here?" I asked myself.
"They're frozen." A voice said. I turned around and saw ... me. This guy was me, only ... his eyes were a blackish – blue, his hair had some white in it, and he had wrinkles under his eyes, like he hadn't slept in years. I held my hand up, ready to use telekinesis at any given second.
"... Who are you?"
"Easy, I'm not a monster, and I'm not a demon. I am you." I looked at him. He rolled his eyes when he saw my confusion. "From the future."
"Apparently not very far in the future ..." I added.
"Just listen to what I'm about to tell you!" I lowered my hand. Listen, in the morning, you're gonna receive a premonition that you've gone into battle, and that you will die." My heart stopped at the word 'die'. "When you get this premonition, you have got to die. Death wants you."
"What are you talking about?!"
"Listen, you have to die when you go into this battle!"
"Why?"
"Because if you don't, death will keep trying to get you, until it misses, and kills Zelda and Cody instead." My jaw dropped.
"But ... how is that possible?"
"Well, it's like ... look, don't argue with me! Just know that when you get that premonition, you'll enter battle, and you have to die if you want to save your wife and son."
"What if I can change it?"
"Hello! That's what I tried to do! To change destiny! Destiny isn't meant to be changed." He started coming closer to me. "If you try to change destiny, you're gonna end up with my world. Here, let me give you a little preview of what's gonna happen." When he touched my head, I saw a shadow figure, holding some kind of energy ball, and throwing them toward me. I reflected it with my sword, while the shadow figure reflected it with his palm. Zelda and Cody came running behind me, and were both hit by the ball. I screamed my lungs out.
"NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Then I came to, breathing heavily. I couldn't believe what I just saw.
"If you don't die in that battle, you're going to experience my reality. That's why I came back in time. To change the past, and save my family." I was still breathing heavily. Before I jumped into action, I had to make sure that this being was really my future self.
"Give me proof that you are in fact, me." He rolled his eyes and took off his glove. There, I saw the scare that I received from Ganondorf the day I met him when I was a child. No one could imitate that scare. It was created by magic that could no longer be accessed.
"Okay, now I'm a believer." He put his glove back on.
"Listen, when you get that premonition, no matter how much you try, you have to die. It's the only way to save your family." After those words, he disappeared, and everyone was unfrozen. Zelda came down to where I was standing, shocked at the information just given to me.
"Link ... are you okay?" I just stood there ...
To Be Continued ...
Just a few months ago, my son, Cody found out about the past that my wife, Zelda and I never told him. About three months have passed, now. He seems to control his powers a little better everyday. My father, Angelous, also known as the Fierce Deity, joins me in teaching my son. Everything was going smoothly. Cody was adjusting to his powers at the correct speed. However, I could feel it ... something was going to happen. It's not as if I foresaw it coming. I hadn't had a premonition about life threats since Ganondorf was sealed in a bottomless pit in the Dark World. The only times I got premonitions anymore, was if Cody got into trouble at school, or Zelda needed me for something. Out of all the experiences that I have experienced as the Hero of Time, not one of them had every scared me to a point of death. Well, that was soon about to change. The next mission that I had to go on ... it had to be my last ...
It was a day just like any other day. The sun was shining, patchy clouds flew by, and the temperature was not too hot, but not too cold. It was just right. Zelda, Cody, Angelous, and I were all in the main court yard of the castle. Zelda watched as Angelous and I tried to teach Cody how to control his psychic powers. I found it hard to concentrate because I think I may have caught a little case of spring fever. I kept thinking how beautiful Zelda looked with her hair glistening in the sunlight. She wore a new pink dress that she had bought the day she and Melon stuck me and Shawn babysitting Cody, while they went shopping. It wasn't usual for me to catch spring fever. This meant that some of my extra (psychic) senses were picking up something. Suddenly, I felt a rude punch on my shoulder to wake me up from my daydreaming.
"Dad!" Cody exclaimed. The punch I felt on my shoulder was from Angelous. He hates it when I do that, especially if I'm at work.
"Link, you're not giving your best shot here." Cody nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, Dad. You're supposed to be helping me!" I knew I couldn't focus anymore.
"How about we take a break and start from this point tomorrow?" Angelous could tell that Zelda and I wanted time to ourselves, so he made an offer for us.
"How about I take Cody to the Heavenly Palace with me?" Cody looked at him in fright. Zelda and I smiled.
"That would be very nice. Thank you, Angelous." Zelda said. I nuzzled her hair. Cody, on the other hand, was not thrilled.
"Hey, what if I don't wanna go?!" Zelda and I looked at each other. Angelous looked at him.
"You saying that you don't want to spend the afternoon with me?"
"It's not that, Grandpa. I just –"
"Don't worry, Son. You'll be back by dinner. Your mother and I just want to spend some time by ourselves." Cody didn't answer right away. He hung his head and groaned, not being very happy about the whole situation. Finally, he nodded in agreement. Angelous smiled at his grandson.
"Very well, then. We shall be on our way." Before Angelous had the opportunity to thunder them to the palace, Cody rushed into Zelda's arms. Zelda knelt down and kissed her son on the cheek. Cody tightened his grip around his mother.
"Do I have to go?" Zelda pulled away and looked Cody straight in the eyes.
"Listen, your grandfather and you are going to have so much more fun then you would if you were with me and your father. Just give it a try. Okay ... for me?" Zelda smiled, which made Cody smile back.
"Okay, for you, Mother." Zelda and Cody hugged again. While they had their long good – bye, I had to talk with Angelous.
"Uh, Angelous, don't teach him about anything until I have a chance to teach him myself. Angelous raised his eye brow at me. He didn't understand. Uh, okay. If Cody asks you to help him with his powers, then try to ... I don't know ... change the subject, or something." Angelous continued to stare at me.
"Link, whatever you just said ... I'll try." He smiled.
"You better take extra special care of him, Angelous. I mean it. One hair, on the head, outta place, you and me ... issues."
"More then what we have now?" He joked.
"Angelous! This is –"
"Fear not, Link. I promise to take care of him. Don't I always?" I had to admit, Angelous was good at taking care of Cody. When Cody was a baby, we had him stay the entire weekend in the Heavenly Palace with Angelous. Cody returned to Angelous' side.
"Bye, Mother! Bye, Dad!" Zelda and I waved good – bye as Angelous thundered them to the Heavenly Palace.
"So ... what's next?" I asked. Zelda smiled at me.
Up in the palace, Cody was amazed. The only time he saw the palace was when he was a baby. He had never seen anything so mystical, or beautiful. Hyrule Castle was nothing compared to this. There were clouds everywhere. That seemed to be the material for the furniture. The spiral stair case that went all the way to the highest floor was gold and silver. The walls were metallic colors. It was a sight to see. I have to admit that every time I stayed there as a teenager, I did have a good time there. Cody looked out the window and saw an entire heavenly city, where all the gods and goddesses from every culture lived. "Wow!" Was the only thing Cody could think to say.
"Do you want to go for a walk, Cody?" Angelous asked. Cody looked at him.
The two of them walked around the Heavenly City. Cody held onto Angelous' hand so as not to get separated. Angelous seemed to know most of the gods and goddesses that said hello to him. "Grandpa, how do you know all these people?"
"It's a price to pay when you're a member of the most powerful family." He smiled. Cody looked at him in awe. Just then, Angelous stopped walking and looked at Cody in the eyes. "Cody, why did you not want to spend this time with me?" Cody looked away from Angelous, but he turned Cody's face so that he was facing him. Cody could tell that Angelous just wanted an answer.
"Well ... at school, I learned of what you've done in the past." Angelous' eyes opened wide. "And ... I guess that I'm afraid that something's gonna happen that's gonna make you lose your temper, and you'll try to destroy the world again." Cody looked away. So that was it. Cody had a little fear of Angelous. The one thing Angelous couldn't stand was member of his family fearing him. He rubbed his face and kneeled down next to Cody. Angelous put his hands over Cody's ears.
"Cody, you have no reason to fear me. I have done nothing wrong in years. I have grown as a person because of those experiences, and I am much wiser now. Even though I am the God of War, I want nothing to happen to you. That's why I try to keep you safe. Also, because you're my grandson, and I love you."
"... What?" Angelous forgot about his hands being over Cody's ears. He chuckled to himself and removed his hands.
"You don't have to worry, Cody. Nothing is going to happen. I promise. I won't let anything happen to you."
"So ... you won't turn on me?"
"Of course not." Angelous and Cody spent the rest of the afternoon together.
That night, right after dinner, I was telling Cody a story. "So, then I stabled the monster that held your mother, and watched him crumble into a million pieces! But then ... it got up!"
"Wow! Go on!" I giggled.
"No, gotta save some for tomorrow."
"Aww, but Dad! –"
"Don't give me that! You've had your story for tonight. Now get some rest." Cody yawned.
"But ... I'm not sleepy."
"Then why are you yawning?"
"... I'm bored."
"Well, getting some rest can help relieve you of that boredom."
"No it can't ..." Cody said. Then, he was out. I silently shut the door and went to my room. Zelda was already in her nightgown, reading a book. When I came in, she jumped and held a knife up.
"Oh, thank the goddesses it's just you."
"Yeah, it's just me. Don't tell me you're reading horror stories again ..."
"... What do you want me to tell you ... Dear?" I rolled my eyes and took off my shirt. I went over to my dresser and got into my pajama pants, and put my glasses on.
"Those books are going to give you nightmares."
"That's okay. After all the monsters and demons that we've fought, I would like a book to try to give me a good scare."
"And the knife in the hand wasn't a signal that you were scared?" Zelda didn't answer. She decided to change the subject instead.
"Sweet – heart, will you go get me a glass of water?"
"Water? Why go get it when we have a washroom right there?"
"I can only drink the kitchen water before I go to bed. Please go get me some." She begged. I sat there, looking at her with my arms folded.
"Give me one good reason I should go get water for you." Zelda came in close to me. She started licking my ear, which made me surrender to her, and she knew it.
"There's more for you when you come back." She said in a seductive voice. It was futile. I gave in.
When I got to the kitchen, I found Harold, Hilda, and Kaya, all sitting around the main dinning room table.
"What are you all doing up this late?" Kaya took a sip of her drink.
"Getting drinks. It's a family tradition that we drink a glass of water from the kitchen before we go to bed.
"Whatever ..." I responded, going over to the kitchen.
"What's the matter, M'boy? You look a little fed up." Harold announced. Harold wasn't the world's best father – in – law. He always had a way of saying things about me that sounded rude to everyone else, but not to him. He didn't notice it.
"Nothing. I just have to get this water back up to Zelda fast. You people sure have weird traditions." Kaya snickered.
"You've lived here for years now, and you've just now figured that out?" I rolled my eyes.
"No, Kaya. The only thing I've figured out is that it's been very interesting having you for a sister – in – law." Kaya made a face at me. I turned around to get Zelda's water. When I turned around, everyone was frozen. 'Did I do this?' I thought to myself. No, I would have known if I used my powers. I waved my hand if front of Kaya's face. She didn't move a muscle. Neither did Harold or Hilda. "What is going on here?" I asked myself.
"They're frozen." A voice said. I turned around and saw ... me. This guy was me, only ... his eyes were a blackish – blue, his hair had some white in it, and he had wrinkles under his eyes, like he hadn't slept in years. I held my hand up, ready to use telekinesis at any given second.
"... Who are you?"
"Easy, I'm not a monster, and I'm not a demon. I am you." I looked at him. He rolled his eyes when he saw my confusion. "From the future."
"Apparently not very far in the future ..." I added.
"Just listen to what I'm about to tell you!" I lowered my hand. Listen, in the morning, you're gonna receive a premonition that you've gone into battle, and that you will die." My heart stopped at the word 'die'. "When you get this premonition, you have got to die. Death wants you."
"What are you talking about?!"
"Listen, you have to die when you go into this battle!"
"Why?"
"Because if you don't, death will keep trying to get you, until it misses, and kills Zelda and Cody instead." My jaw dropped.
"But ... how is that possible?"
"Well, it's like ... look, don't argue with me! Just know that when you get that premonition, you'll enter battle, and you have to die if you want to save your wife and son."
"What if I can change it?"
"Hello! That's what I tried to do! To change destiny! Destiny isn't meant to be changed." He started coming closer to me. "If you try to change destiny, you're gonna end up with my world. Here, let me give you a little preview of what's gonna happen." When he touched my head, I saw a shadow figure, holding some kind of energy ball, and throwing them toward me. I reflected it with my sword, while the shadow figure reflected it with his palm. Zelda and Cody came running behind me, and were both hit by the ball. I screamed my lungs out.
"NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Then I came to, breathing heavily. I couldn't believe what I just saw.
"If you don't die in that battle, you're going to experience my reality. That's why I came back in time. To change the past, and save my family." I was still breathing heavily. Before I jumped into action, I had to make sure that this being was really my future self.
"Give me proof that you are in fact, me." He rolled his eyes and took off his glove. There, I saw the scare that I received from Ganondorf the day I met him when I was a child. No one could imitate that scare. It was created by magic that could no longer be accessed.
"Okay, now I'm a believer." He put his glove back on.
"Listen, when you get that premonition, no matter how much you try, you have to die. It's the only way to save your family." After those words, he disappeared, and everyone was unfrozen. Zelda came down to where I was standing, shocked at the information just given to me.
"Link ... are you okay?" I just stood there ...
To Be Continued ...