TITLE: The Legend of Zelda: My Love Lives on
AUTHOR: SilverStarFox
GENRE: Romance/General
RATING: PG-13, for romance, violence, and language
CATEGORY: Story, and a bit of poetry too ^_^
SUMMARY: Link and Zelda have gone on countless adventures and battles together. Each one they have conquered and their bond grew with age. Over time, new feelings developed and they found themselves miserable without one another. But as soon as they realize this, they also discover love is not easy. Please read! Poems in this story too!
DISCLAIMER: The plot and the poems are my property, but the Legend of Zelda characters are not..... There. ^_^
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: MY LOVE LIVES ON
I'd give everything to you, Whatever you wish, I'd give up a lifetime, For just one kiss.
Your eyes are like the heavens, That I've adored so much, I'd give up forever, For just one touch.
I love you, did you hear? I don't know if I could bare the answer, Because you know what I fear.
If you love me too, Then I'll lend you my ear, To play me your song, On that harp I long to hear.
I'll be waiting.....
Princess Zelda crumpled up the letter and threw it on the bathroom floor. Quickly she snatched it and smoothed the creases out, to read it again. Crinkling up the poem, she suddenly felt the urge to read it over to make sure it was real.
"Stop!" She whispered quietly to herself. She ran her hands through her long golden hair in distress. A love poem, addressed to her! Zelda found the whole concept very amusing, for she had never experienced this before.
About two weeks ago, Zelda found out from her father, that she had been betrothed from the day she was born. Her husband to be was Prince Keith, son of the King of Metrion, some way away from Hyrule. Zelda's father and Keith's had decided it was best if they chose for them when they were young so they would not have to fuss over it later, and possibly choose the wrong person. Zelda was quite shocked, and to top it off, now that she is nineteen, she must meet him. Her father was very excited, but Zelda was quite frankly devastated. She just knew that she couldn't love him. And now with this love letter, it made things even more complicated.
Last night, Zelda had thought of playing her harp, meeting her mystery man, and having him take her away before she would have to meet Prince Keith. Zelda knew in her heart that she would never be that courageous. Zelda thought that she could never be wild and free. She would always return to her princess roots, and be all stuffy. This was the reason why she loved being around Link. It made her feel feral, and not the proper, prissy, princess, that she surrendered too. She could truly be herself around him.
She and Link had been best friends for eight years. Since they met when they were eleven, until now. Link was a very handsome blond haired blue eyed Hylilian. He was a pleasure too look at, and Zelda certainly did love to look at him. Link was very spontaneous, exciting, and fun. He was truly a free sprit.
She did not tell him yet of the news of Prince Keith, and was afraid to. Link was the hero type, and he would probably come up with a whole big scheme to get out of marring him..... But Zelda honestly did not feel like doing so. Maybe her Father was right and it was best. Maybe it was time for her to settle down.
But.... Zelda was almost positive that she loved Link. It was just a big confusing circle. Love was so complicated.
"Zelda!" Zelda quickly stuffed the love letter in a drawer. "Zelda, are you almost done in the bath? Keith should be coming in a couple of hours, and I know how long it takes you to get ready!" Zelda felt the urge to roll her eyes.
"Yes Father, I'll be done in a minute." Zelda said combing her hair through one last time. When she was certain her father was gone, she climbed out of bath and draped a towel around her naked body. She finally decided that she would keep the love letter a secret from everyone, Keith a secret from Link, and her feelings for Link a secret. There. That should work.
Prince Keith came, followed by forty blowing trumpets. The Royal Family of Hyrule met him in the courtyard, as soon as he stepped down from his carriage. Probably he was handsome, Zelda thought, but he was too far away to tell. He had dark hair and broad shoulders. She couldn't tell what color his eyes were. She would have to wait until they sat down for dinner. Zelda's Father graciously introduced himself, his wife, and his "Beautiful" daughter, Zelda. Keith kneeled down on one knee and kissed Zelda's hand.
"You are beautiful," He said smiling. Zelda tried to grin and say thank you without showing her true feelings. She hated men who used that as their opening line. Of course it was sweet, but how many hags has he said that to before?
"Why don't we go inside? We can talk more over dinner." Zelda's mother suggested. Keith walked behind Zelda trying to undress her with his eyes.
"I've been to Hyrule before. In fact I've been almost everywhere! You name it, I had an adventure there! I'm just a man of action!" He laughed. Zelda smiled politely and took a sip of her water. Yes, but were you at Ganon's tower, fighting for my life? She thought. The visit seemed to go on forever. There was lots of wine, fake laugher and boredom.
"........And that's when I put the horrible monster to sleep with my banjo!" Zelda's parents looked ecstatic.
"You're going to put me to sleep with your voice," Zelda muttered.
"That's excellent! Zelda plays the harp! Maybe you two could play together!" Zelda's mom smiled.
"Yes, what an excellent idea! Zelda, why don't you play us your lullaby on your harp?" Zelda almost nodded but then she remembered her love letter. "Play me your song on that harp I long to hear.... I'll be waiting." What if her mystery man came through the window or something? She could not risk playing her harp!
"Oh, I'm sorry, I lent my harp to a friend..... I don't have it with me!"
"Oh, nonsense Zelda! You can use mine, I'll go get it!" The Queen stood up and left. They all smiled uncomfortably and waited for the Queen to return.
"Here you are Zelda, love!" She smiled, and Zelda took the harp. Taking a deep breath, she decided to take her chances. She closed her eyes, and played Zelda's lullaby beautifully, despite the pressure. Keith's eyes widened.
"That was wonderful! I am very good at playing the banj-....... Do you hear that?" Keith raised his eye brows and looked around for the source of the music. Zelda clapped her hands over her mouth. In the distance, they could hear the echo of the Zelda's song from somewhere.
"It sounds like.... maybe an ocarina?" Her Father looked at Zelda. Zelda shrugged and listened to the music. It was beautiful. Simply beautiful.
"Well, that was unexpected, but it was very pleasant," Zelda's mother smiled. Things were quiet after that, and eventually, Prince Keith took his carriage home.
Zelda sat in bed, reading, when she heard a light rap at her door.
"Come in," She said not looking up from her book.
"Princess," Impa bowed.
"Oh! Impa, hello!"
"How was Prince Keith?" She asked sitting on her bed.
"He was boring, and boastful.... No one special."
"But he was handsome, right?"
"Well, of course..."
"But not as handsome as Link?"
"Exactly!"
".... I saw Link tonight."
"What?! When?" Zelda asked putting her book down.
"He was the one outside of your window, playing that beautiful music. I don't know why Princess, but there he was with his horse, and fairy, eyes closed with the ocarina."
"Oh, Impa!" Zelda clapped her hands together. "Link sent me that poem!"
"What?"
"He sent me a love poem, as anonymous." She gave Impa the poem to read. "Of course I suspected it to be Link.... But I may have been in denial....." Impa looked up from the poem with a mischievous smile.
"Go to him."
"What?"
"Go to him!"
"Link?! Right now?!"
"Yes, right now Princess!"
"Impa! This is so unlike you!"
"Love makes you do crazy things, what can I say? I will tell the King you do not want to be disturbed."
"Thank you Impa!" Zelda hugged her, and stood by the window. In a flash, she was her alter ego, Shiek. She climbed down the window and saddled her horse to leave.
A/N: That's it for chapter one! Please, please, please review!! Chapter 2 will be up soon (I hope -_-;;) But in the meantime, please see if any of my other stories interest you! SILVERSTARFOX ^_^
AUTHOR: SilverStarFox
GENRE: Romance/General
RATING: PG-13, for romance, violence, and language
CATEGORY: Story, and a bit of poetry too ^_^
SUMMARY: Link and Zelda have gone on countless adventures and battles together. Each one they have conquered and their bond grew with age. Over time, new feelings developed and they found themselves miserable without one another. But as soon as they realize this, they also discover love is not easy. Please read! Poems in this story too!
DISCLAIMER: The plot and the poems are my property, but the Legend of Zelda characters are not..... There. ^_^
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: MY LOVE LIVES ON
I'd give everything to you, Whatever you wish, I'd give up a lifetime, For just one kiss.
Your eyes are like the heavens, That I've adored so much, I'd give up forever, For just one touch.
I love you, did you hear? I don't know if I could bare the answer, Because you know what I fear.
If you love me too, Then I'll lend you my ear, To play me your song, On that harp I long to hear.
I'll be waiting.....
Princess Zelda crumpled up the letter and threw it on the bathroom floor. Quickly she snatched it and smoothed the creases out, to read it again. Crinkling up the poem, she suddenly felt the urge to read it over to make sure it was real.
"Stop!" She whispered quietly to herself. She ran her hands through her long golden hair in distress. A love poem, addressed to her! Zelda found the whole concept very amusing, for she had never experienced this before.
About two weeks ago, Zelda found out from her father, that she had been betrothed from the day she was born. Her husband to be was Prince Keith, son of the King of Metrion, some way away from Hyrule. Zelda's father and Keith's had decided it was best if they chose for them when they were young so they would not have to fuss over it later, and possibly choose the wrong person. Zelda was quite shocked, and to top it off, now that she is nineteen, she must meet him. Her father was very excited, but Zelda was quite frankly devastated. She just knew that she couldn't love him. And now with this love letter, it made things even more complicated.
Last night, Zelda had thought of playing her harp, meeting her mystery man, and having him take her away before she would have to meet Prince Keith. Zelda knew in her heart that she would never be that courageous. Zelda thought that she could never be wild and free. She would always return to her princess roots, and be all stuffy. This was the reason why she loved being around Link. It made her feel feral, and not the proper, prissy, princess, that she surrendered too. She could truly be herself around him.
She and Link had been best friends for eight years. Since they met when they were eleven, until now. Link was a very handsome blond haired blue eyed Hylilian. He was a pleasure too look at, and Zelda certainly did love to look at him. Link was very spontaneous, exciting, and fun. He was truly a free sprit.
She did not tell him yet of the news of Prince Keith, and was afraid to. Link was the hero type, and he would probably come up with a whole big scheme to get out of marring him..... But Zelda honestly did not feel like doing so. Maybe her Father was right and it was best. Maybe it was time for her to settle down.
But.... Zelda was almost positive that she loved Link. It was just a big confusing circle. Love was so complicated.
"Zelda!" Zelda quickly stuffed the love letter in a drawer. "Zelda, are you almost done in the bath? Keith should be coming in a couple of hours, and I know how long it takes you to get ready!" Zelda felt the urge to roll her eyes.
"Yes Father, I'll be done in a minute." Zelda said combing her hair through one last time. When she was certain her father was gone, she climbed out of bath and draped a towel around her naked body. She finally decided that she would keep the love letter a secret from everyone, Keith a secret from Link, and her feelings for Link a secret. There. That should work.
Prince Keith came, followed by forty blowing trumpets. The Royal Family of Hyrule met him in the courtyard, as soon as he stepped down from his carriage. Probably he was handsome, Zelda thought, but he was too far away to tell. He had dark hair and broad shoulders. She couldn't tell what color his eyes were. She would have to wait until they sat down for dinner. Zelda's Father graciously introduced himself, his wife, and his "Beautiful" daughter, Zelda. Keith kneeled down on one knee and kissed Zelda's hand.
"You are beautiful," He said smiling. Zelda tried to grin and say thank you without showing her true feelings. She hated men who used that as their opening line. Of course it was sweet, but how many hags has he said that to before?
"Why don't we go inside? We can talk more over dinner." Zelda's mother suggested. Keith walked behind Zelda trying to undress her with his eyes.
"I've been to Hyrule before. In fact I've been almost everywhere! You name it, I had an adventure there! I'm just a man of action!" He laughed. Zelda smiled politely and took a sip of her water. Yes, but were you at Ganon's tower, fighting for my life? She thought. The visit seemed to go on forever. There was lots of wine, fake laugher and boredom.
"........And that's when I put the horrible monster to sleep with my banjo!" Zelda's parents looked ecstatic.
"You're going to put me to sleep with your voice," Zelda muttered.
"That's excellent! Zelda plays the harp! Maybe you two could play together!" Zelda's mom smiled.
"Yes, what an excellent idea! Zelda, why don't you play us your lullaby on your harp?" Zelda almost nodded but then she remembered her love letter. "Play me your song on that harp I long to hear.... I'll be waiting." What if her mystery man came through the window or something? She could not risk playing her harp!
"Oh, I'm sorry, I lent my harp to a friend..... I don't have it with me!"
"Oh, nonsense Zelda! You can use mine, I'll go get it!" The Queen stood up and left. They all smiled uncomfortably and waited for the Queen to return.
"Here you are Zelda, love!" She smiled, and Zelda took the harp. Taking a deep breath, she decided to take her chances. She closed her eyes, and played Zelda's lullaby beautifully, despite the pressure. Keith's eyes widened.
"That was wonderful! I am very good at playing the banj-....... Do you hear that?" Keith raised his eye brows and looked around for the source of the music. Zelda clapped her hands over her mouth. In the distance, they could hear the echo of the Zelda's song from somewhere.
"It sounds like.... maybe an ocarina?" Her Father looked at Zelda. Zelda shrugged and listened to the music. It was beautiful. Simply beautiful.
"Well, that was unexpected, but it was very pleasant," Zelda's mother smiled. Things were quiet after that, and eventually, Prince Keith took his carriage home.
Zelda sat in bed, reading, when she heard a light rap at her door.
"Come in," She said not looking up from her book.
"Princess," Impa bowed.
"Oh! Impa, hello!"
"How was Prince Keith?" She asked sitting on her bed.
"He was boring, and boastful.... No one special."
"But he was handsome, right?"
"Well, of course..."
"But not as handsome as Link?"
"Exactly!"
".... I saw Link tonight."
"What?! When?" Zelda asked putting her book down.
"He was the one outside of your window, playing that beautiful music. I don't know why Princess, but there he was with his horse, and fairy, eyes closed with the ocarina."
"Oh, Impa!" Zelda clapped her hands together. "Link sent me that poem!"
"What?"
"He sent me a love poem, as anonymous." She gave Impa the poem to read. "Of course I suspected it to be Link.... But I may have been in denial....." Impa looked up from the poem with a mischievous smile.
"Go to him."
"What?"
"Go to him!"
"Link?! Right now?!"
"Yes, right now Princess!"
"Impa! This is so unlike you!"
"Love makes you do crazy things, what can I say? I will tell the King you do not want to be disturbed."
"Thank you Impa!" Zelda hugged her, and stood by the window. In a flash, she was her alter ego, Shiek. She climbed down the window and saddled her horse to leave.
A/N: That's it for chapter one! Please, please, please review!! Chapter 2 will be up soon (I hope -_-;;) But in the meantime, please see if any of my other stories interest you! SILVERSTARFOX ^_^