Chapter 1
Risen
Chamber of Sages
A bright glow of blue light. Darkness. A sage of light. "I see that you have returned and what reason is that?"
Fixed, crystalline blue eyes. "I have a reason but it is for me to keep to oneself. There something that is held at the brink of destruction and many lives at are stake."
"But I am a sage. Surely you would need my help?" Suggestion.
"I will, when the time is right. For the mean time I will return to one heart that has waited for me." Love.
"Is that so?" A chuckle. "It is you that should be waiting for her. She, too, has yet to return."
Sadness drifts into ones eyes. "She has not yet returned to the castle which awaits for me?" Return.
One shakes head. "No, I fear not but by your regards I will allow her to leave and I, for the meaning time will look after the others."
Happiness fills ones eyes. "Truly, you are telling me the truth?"
Nod. "Yes."
A smile. "Then that is good. For the righteous, the both of us has to reunite for the sake of the land…."
Darkening eyes. "So this is your reason. The evil has once again risen. Is this also the reason why you have drawn the sacred sword. For if you have, that evil you and her had sealed years ago has return. Thus, you are meaning that an evil that is threatening is different from that years ago?"
Nod. "Yes."
Sage takes breath. "Then it announced. You will need the sacred sword and the leader of all sages. The evils will tie and join together, working as one and that is what your duty is. Be one with the Leader of the Sages. Work together and you both shall prevail the evil and save the land. Do you have any idea what this other evil is or is from?"
Fixed cerulean eyes. "I have some vague idea where it is from but I have no idea what existing form it takes."
A nod. "Right. Now she will return. Watch over the Triforce, yours and hers, watch over one another. Follow your hearts."
Clenches fists. "Thank-you, sage."
"She will now return. When you have returned to the interior of the Temple of Time, she will be there, by your side. Then do whatever you must do." Bright light. Unconscious.
Had I returned to the temple yet? Was she there, just like the Rauru, Sage of Light had said?….
"Awake, Hero. It has been such a long time since I have last since you. And I see that you have once again drew the sacred sword from Pedestal of Time. As you were talking with Rauru, I know that this is an extremely important reason."
Slowly, I opened my eyes and found myself gazing up to the most beautiful face that I had waited for so long. "…Zelda…." Was it really her? But the Sage of Light would never lie. Abruptly, I sat up and embraced her. Her warmth that I was longing for, her smell that was always pure.
At first, her muscles had tensed up but after a few moments, she had given up and fell into my arms, comfortably. "Link," she had whispered my name longingly. I pulled my head back and looked down at her face with her gentle face features. "Is it true what you have said seven years ago?"
"Link, you belong home. Home, where you are supposed to be, where you are meant to be. I will send you back to your time period, I am terribly sorry that I brought you into this."
"No, you don't have to be, it was fate that brought me into this."
"… Okay then. Link, once I return you back to your time period that was before, I wont be around anymore."
"You wont…?"
"…"
"Why not! Zelda… I…"
"Yes?…"
"I love you…."
I stared at her softly. "You would like to know if that is true?"
"Yes," she breathed quietly. "Do you? I mean… not the kind which is in families and friends but that ones… the ones that lovers carry? Link, tell me, is it true?"
Of course, I thought, it is. "Zelda, I would answer that but this is not the time for love." I remembered when Ruto had said the same thing to me in the Water Temple. She had a thing for me but she wasn't the one that I was for me. Yes, she was sincere but she wasn't like Zelda. I was looking for one… well I was looking for Zelda. I didn't tell her anything more.
"Link?" she asked with worry. "Is there something that I said made you like this? Link?"
Slowly, I shook, my head. "No, there isn't. I was just thinking whether I should answer you this moment or not." All this, I was just waiting for the right time to tell her. How was is that I knew if she felt the same or not? It seemed so that she is somewhat in interest me but how was I to be sure? All I had to do was to set this aside, tell her when the time is right. And, for the mean time, we would go pay her father a visit, informing our returns and set out where the evil was set free.
"Link…"
She had said my name a lot now thought I liked how she said it: sweet, rolling of her tongue. "Zelda, stand. We will have to inform your father that we will be leaving to set out." We stood and headed for the exit where I had confronted her as Sheik.
"Where is it that we will be going to?" Zelda asked in a mere voice. "I have missed so many things that I am unsure what to think." She stayed close to my side as we walked out of the temple walls. Strangely, people gave us glances as we walked by them. Even the two lovers at the fountain stopped their gentle whispers to one another and looked at us.
I gave them a cheesy smile and waved as if nothing was happening. Was is me that they were staring at, or the princess?… Or was it the both of us? Zelda and I didn't talk much as we headed for the gates which the gaurds standing by. They gaped at us as we approached them.
"Sir… is that you and the…"
Abruptly, Zelda walked forward and talked in a bold voice that was so familiar of. "Yes, it is us. I, Zelda, princess of Hyrule and this, Link, Hero of Time. We have returned after our duties were somewhat dealt with. Is my father still the one who is inhabiting the castle?"
The guard nodded solemnly. "Yes. Is this something important that you all have to discuss with because I think that it might ruin his mood for your returns."
"No matter what the cost is, we have to talk to him…." She didn't seem to know what to say next and so I helped her.
"Zelda and I have something very important to fulfill. If you just ask questions and keep up with this, time is wasting and your lives are at stake. If you want all us to die and the land of Hyrule to vanish, then continue. However, if you shut your mouths and let us through then doing so, the land will have a better chance of returning to peace. This is the Princess Zelda that is standing in front of you and it is her father that we need to see."
"So please, just let us through," Zelda added. "I do not want to make both of you unconscious."
The guard nodded and we made our way through the open gates.
Zelda sighed as we walked up to the drawbridge. "I have missed this place…"
"Is that so?" I remarked.
"Well, I missed you too…."
Silence. Did she really feel the same? Through those long years of war and battle I knew and felt that there was no time for the such thing, love. Had put my feelings aside and finally told her after, and just when we were about to part ways. That was a foolish act, I had thought to myself. Why had I done such I thing? Besides… some Elvin male like me didn't had the standards to be with her…. But now… I did have a chance. I was quiet and to quiet that it made her worry.
"Link?"
"Yes?"
"Well, if it makes you feel any better, I think I like you."
My heart leapt and skipped a beat. "No, if it makes you feel any better, I think I love you."
I walked ahead and avoided eye contact. My cheeks flushed while I heard her nearby footsteps behind me. Did she understand now, or did she think that it was a joke? But I was sure of one thing, this wasn't a time for love.
.CrossFireSage.
Author's note: I don't know if Linnea is going to kill me for doing another one but yeah, I just wanted to help out this "community" of ficcies. There are good ones but I just wanted to help out on the romance sections. Oh, well, hope you guys like it! Now go ahead and review!
