Falling In Love
Chapter 01
Peace Once More
A/N: This has been on my hard drive for God knows how long. When I opened it, I noticed it was half finished. So, wanting to write something Nintendo related, I decided to finish it, and to be honest, I'm proud of how this came out. Hope you enjoy!
Summary: It has been ten years since the war against Hyrule started, but when Princess Peach goes to Hyrule to sign a peace treaty, she meets Link, and realises what love is. Link/Peach. Ike/Zelda.
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Princess Peach was packing to head to Hyrule, the kingdom that declared war against the Mushroom Kingdom. She was going to Hyrule to sign a peace treaty but was getting nervous as it could be a trap.
It had been ten years since the war started, and it was responsible for her parents' deaths. She was just ready to sign this treaty and end the violence once and for all. After all, violence was NOT her cup of tea.
She remembered before the war started, she had been friends with the Princess of Hyrule, Zelda. She remembered when they played with their dolls, and always fought over which one to chose. Besides that, Peach and Zelda used to be the bestest of friends.
But then the war started, and everything went to hell.
Countless lives were lost, almost everything was destroyed, and people were suffering from poverty, death and starvation, as Hyrule destroyed the docks so the ships from Isle Delfino, so the kingdom had no access to food.
As the war progressed the princess changed her look. She wore a plain, dark pink long sleeve dress which reached her ankles, matching flats, and wore her hair in a pigtail, which went down to her thighs. She wore a locket which held a picture of her fiance Marth, which went missing a few months back.
Ah, Marth. The man Peach got engaged to last year, how could she forget? She had grown attached to the young man at fifteen when he visited the kingdom to apply as a knight. After that, their friendship grew into something more. And here she was, engaged to someone who might be dead.
"Do you really have to go?" Peach asked her fiance, tears beginning to fill up her eyes.
"Yeah, unfortunately, but don't worry, I'll be back soon." He spoke, trying to reassure his future bride. He was leaving to go to Hyrule to fight in the war.
Peach started to cry. Why did he have to become a knight in the first place? She thought, as she cried more.
It was then that Marth pulled her into a comforting embrace. "Hey, hey. Don't cry now, I'll be fine." He spoke as he stroked her hair.
"Hey, Marth, we have to go now!" Spoke his friend Ike.
Marth caressed Peach's cheek and pulled her into a soft kiss. "Goodbye, Peach. I love you." As he ran to the carriage, she felt her eyes well up even more than they did a minute ago.
After the carriage left, Peach fell to her knees and cried like a little girl who had lost her mother in the supermarket.
That day never left her mind.
And as it did, she started to cry again.
"Princess?" It was Toadsworth. "I'm here to inform you that your carriage is here. We should get going." He spoke.
"Thank you, Toadsworth." She spoke as she grabbed her suitcase and left her bedroom for the carriage.
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As Peach arrived in Hyrule, she looked out of the window to see if it was just as she remembered it. It was anything but. It was in a worse state than her kingdom was in. Oh God blessed be She thought. This was far from what she expected. She expected the beautiful Hyrule flowers to look as dazzling as they were ten years ago. Said flowers were now wilted and the petals were hanging in all different directions. She expected to see all the beautiful buildings. Most of them were destroyed, and some of them were run down.
It was then that the carriage stopped. The castle was just as she left it. But she was still truly upset about what happened to the people. As she entered the castle courtyard, she was greeted by two guards who led her to the throne room.
"I'm sorry you had to witness what has happened to Hyrule, Your Highness." One of the guards spoke.
"It's quite alright. My kingdom is just the same. I just want this whole war to end." She then replied to the guard.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Well, here we are. The throne room." The guard spoke as he opened the door for Peach to enter. She was greeted by purple decorations with the some strange symbol which Peach knew to be the Triforce.
As she walked to the throne, she saw a tall figure sitting on it. She had brunette hair, which was tied into a pigtail, and wore a very fancy dress. As she got closer, she then realised who it was. Zelda.
"Peach." Zelda spoke in a polite manner, as if she hadn't even missed her. But, she then realised there was a camera recording. She wasn't trying to make a scene.
"Zelda." Peach did the same as Zelda.
"Glad you made it here safely." Zelda spoke as two figures approached her. One with the treaty, one with a quill. "If you would sign the treaty."
Peach read it first:
I agree, in front of Hyrule and the Mushroom Kingdom itself, that this war be put to an end. And that these two worlds may find peace once more.
Signature: P Toadstool
And once the camera stopped recording that Zelda lunged herself at Peach into a tight embrace and said, "I'VE MISSED YOU SOO MUCH!"
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A/N: Well, this is the first chapter. Hope you enjoyed! And don't worry, Link will be in the next chapter! (;
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