***So lately I've had a spiked interest in the Zelda games. Not sure why, I've always loved Zelda games since I was a kid but recently I've been having thoughts/ideas on what would happen at the end of the Twilight Princess game. So this story takes place right after Midna breaks the mirror. There's a bit of OOC-ness but who cares!
ZELDA'S P.O.V.
The mirror cracked.
I turned to look at Link. The expression on his face showed he was as stunned as I was, if not more. I wanted to go over and hug Link, he looked as though he could burst out into tear at any moment, I'm not sure the last time he's been hugged or for that matter I've been hugged, but Link wasn't really like that. So I decide not to. Then, it really starts to hit me and I feel tears coming out of my eyes. I'll miss Midna, my home is destroyed, but most of all because of Link. He just lost the only person who went through this whole thing with him, and I really feel terrible.
I look up at Link and I see he's crying, lightly but still...
I figured we wouldn't be leaving anytime soon so I sit on the little pavement. Link sits, too. After about a half an hour of weeping, I broke the silence.
"Are you ready to go?" I asked quietly, I didn't want surprise him.
"Where?" he asked.
"Back to Ordon, unless you had some place else in mind."
"I guess we should be going."
"We can stay if you need more time."
"No, lets go."
It took a couple of days to get to Ordon. I could tell Link was just as exhausted from all the walking as I was. I was happy that I was going to Ordon, though. I hadn't been there since I was about 12. As we were approaching the village, you could see people doing there everyday mundane tasks. Fishing, gardening, tending to farm animals. I turned to Link to ask him a question.
"So you're sure it's okay for me to stay with you?"
"Of course." Link replied.
Link's P.O.V.
"Of course." I replied. I was a bit shocked to think that she thought I would mind her staying with me. Her home was ruined and it was the right thing to do, besides I wouldn't mind spending some more time with her.
I was a little bit nervous as we walked through the gate to Ordon. I mean it's not that I wasn't excited to see everyone; Ilia, Collin, Beth, etc. It's just that I was so drained from everything that had happened over the past couple of weeks. I was nervous because I just wasn't ready for it, I knew people would come up to me with a million questions and honestly all I wanted to do right now was sleep.
"Link?" I heard someone shout.
I looked up and saw Ilia staring at me in disbelief. She then ran towards me and embraced me. I stumbled back a little, she had charged at me with full speed.
"Ilia." I whispered in her ear. It was so good to see her.
"I thought you were dead. Link you had me so worried. Please don't ever do anything like that again."
I stroked her hair and said:
"I won't, I promise."
We both pulled away from the hug and by that time at least half the village was standing next to Zelda, Ilia, & I. I couldn't make sense of anything really, there was so much movement and everyone was talking- some even yelling. Finally Mayor Bo broke through the crowd and bellowed:
"Everyone please settle down. I know you are all excited upon the return of Link. It was most unexpected but please, the boy must be very tired so I would like you all to get back to your work and let Link get to his house peacefully."
Apparently, he hadn't noticed Zelda, or for that matter no one really noticed her. I was a little surprised because she was still wearing her formal clothes. I looked around and saw everyone had gone back to whatever they were doing before we arrived, and now I noticed they were staring at the Princess. Some were even pointing. I looked over at Zelda and she met my eyes.
"Come on, I'll show you to my house."
Zelda's P.O.V.
"Come on, I'll show you to my house."
We walked a short distance to what I guess was Link's house. Link lead us into the house and up the stairs. I looked around. There wasn't much to see. A couple knick knacks here and there, but it was fairly plain. I'm not sure why but this isn't what I was expecting his room to look like.
"Hey, I'm going to take a shower. You can take one after me if you'd like. I'm sorry I only have one bed and we'll have to share. I'm sure we can make it work though." He said with a grin at the end.
He went into the bathroom and I looked over at the bed. It was a small bed. Definitely made for one person. I decided to start looking about the room. There were a couple of vases with wilted flowers and I was surprised that there weren't any pictures of his family. I walked over to the other side of the room and found a small mirror. I couldn't believe how I looked. My face had a huge bruise on the right side. I had a cut right under where my hair line started, too. I had bags and dark circles under my eyes, my hair was matted and filthy. And to top it off my dress was ripped and I hadn't had a shower in at least a week.
"Wow." I thought. "I'm attractive."
I arrived at the conclusion that I would put my hair up in a loose bun. I also took off the the top part of my dress, so that I was just wearing the slip. I then sat on the bed to wait for Link. After about 2 more minutes of waiting he came out. I was startled because he came out with only his pants on. I didn't like to admit it, but Link's looks were just other-worldly. After a couple seconds realized I was gawking at him and started blushing profusely. I'm just glad it was dark out. I looked down quickly and said:
"I'm going to take a shower in the morning."
"Okay, that's fine."
Apparently he hadn't noticed me staring at him, or if he did he didn't say anything. He go into the bed next to me and tried to leave as much room as possible for me. The only way we could both fit was in a cuddle position. My head was on Link's chest and his arm was around me.I think Link was so tired he didn't even care. After a matter of minutes, we were both out.