A songfic? Yeah well, I guess it was time to try out something new and different. So read, review and try really hard not to laugh. Now that, that's out of my head…on to the next
I don't own Zelda, Sarah McLachlan, but I do own a house - Go me!
Time
by Achitka
Link looked out over the field, the grass swayed quietly and he cherished the silence. He'd had so little of it since returning to Hyrule.
Time here,
all but means nothing,
just shadows that move across the wall
They keep me company, But they don't ask of me
They don't say nothing at all
It was the same as it had been for hundreds of years. He turned and looked back at the castle. She wanted his answer. He didn't have one.
And I need just a little more silence
And I need just a little more time
He tugged off his hat and ran a hand through his hair. He felt it again, the eyes that always seemed to watching. He knew why he would never be happy here, Link jut wasn't sure he'd be able to explain to the Princess. Being alone and on his own since leaving the Kokiri Forest, Link liked his solitude. Still he never felt more alone than when he was surrounded by a gaggle of courtiers.
But you send your thieves to me
silently stalking me
Dragging me into your wall
He had avoided coming back, but he said he would someday.
Would you give me no choice in this?
I know you can't resist, trying reopen a sore
He pulled out the Ocarina and stared at it for a while. After a while, he sat down and played a song he had learned in Termina. Turning it over in his hands, he thought he really should return it for good this time. She had insisted it was his but, what if he didn't stay?
Leave me be, I don't want to argue
I'd just get confused and I'd come all undone
Once they fought together. Sheik and the Hero of Time. Wisdom and Courage. That was then, a then that thankfully had no chance of being.
If I agree, well, it's just to appease you
Cause I don't remember what we're fighting for
He pulled out a small gold ring. It shined in the bright morning sunlight. Link was never even sure she had meant all the things she said. When she gave it to him, they were children and it was a token of a promise that they would meet again someday. Now though, it taken on another meaning.
You see love- a tight, thorny thread that you spin in a circle of gold
You have me to hold me, a token for all to see
captured to be yours alone
A promise made had to be kept right? Still….
And I need just a little more silence,
and I just need a little more time
Just as beautiful as he remembered, but a Princess. He knew if he did this it couldn't last, they were just too different. He was very sure of that. He found palace life too stressful. He had no idea how to deal with all the politicking and had no wish to learn.
The courage to pull away
there will be hell to pay
the deeper you cut to the bone
Pompous Lords, with their wives, consorts….mistresses. It was a world he didn't understand and didn't want to be part of. Link also knew that if he did go back…he would never leave. He'd look into those beautiful blue eyes and be lost for good. Perhaps it wouldn't be too bad, he thought briefly, but he knew better and almost angry he played Epona's song and waited.
Leave me be, I don't want to argue
I'd just get confused and I'd come all undone
If I agree, well, it's just to appease you
Cause I don't remember what we're fighting for
Epona approached and he held her muzzle to his face and said, "Why couldn't I have been born a horse?" The horse nickered and pushed him backward. "Yeah, yeah, I know." Children playing near the drawbridge drew his attention.
Time here,
all but means nothing,
just shadows that move across the wall
Opening his hat, he placed the Ocarina and the ring inside. When the children recognized him, he was greeted with intermittent shouts of "Play tag with us!" and "Please?"
They keep me company,
but they don't ask of me
they don't say nothing at all.
He did play with them and late in the afternoon when the adults called them back, he stopped the oldest of the group. "There's something I need done, can I rely on you?" The boy nodded.
Leave me be, I don't want to argue
I'd just get confused and I'd come all undone
"Take this to the castle. Show the guard this," he said handing him the letter of introduction Zelda had written for him so long ago, "and they'll let you into the castle." Link handed him the hat with the Ocarina and ring. "Give this package to the Princess Zelda. No one else." Again, the boy nodded. Link smiled. "Thanks."
"You're leaving? Are you coming back?"
If I agree, well, it's just to appease you
Cause I don't remember what we're fighting for
He hopped up onto Epona and looked at the castle in the fading light. "Someday."