I hate having to keep my secret from everyone. The outside of me, the thing people first see is not what I am. The prophecy says a boy with blond hair and blue eyes shall bare the sword and strike all evil... I'm most of that but not all.
The evil in the land of Hyrule strikes and a hero must rise to bare the master sword and defeat Ganondorf. I never wished for these life or to do any of this. I must pretend that I'm something else just to save the people I care about. Fate is cruel but I must deal with it.
I'm thinking this while sitting by my camp, my quest is almost over and I have to defeat Ganon tomorrow. Everyone believes that what they see is true but everyone has a secret, but I'm afraid that mine can change what happens to Hyrule if someone finds out. I have always been alone because the people of Hyrule know the prophecy of the hero and I'm the living vision of that. When the hero is found war always breaks out in Hyrule and the hero has to stop it so anyone I lived near stayed away, fearing for their lives.
If only this life wasn't mine...
I get inside the castle the next day after fighting off hundreds of monsters, climbing stairs and getting stabbed in the leg. I can barely walk now and the stores full of potions are stripped from locals healing their families. I can't blame anyone for this but I'm short on supplies and might keel over right now.
I slowly open the door were Ganon is and see Zelda in a crystal and Ganon on the throne. When I get in I get ready to fight and he shoots a ball of light towards me. I dodge it but get scraped by the next. It hits the same side as my hurt leg and I fall. I can hear Ganon coming towards me but no matter how much blood I leak I will not give up. I try to get my sword but he steps on my hand, breaking it in the process.
"What is the matter hero? Can't fight anymore?" Ganon says and laughs afterwards. I take my shield and hit him he stumbles and when I try to get him with the sword using my other hand he hits me in the face. I cough up some blood and Ganon comes back, kicking me in the head to make me black out.
I pick up the hero and was surprised to find him so light. I know that traveling will make you thinner but this is an unhealthy thin. I make Zelda go to the dungeons through a spell knowing the hero can't get her out in his condition. I won't kill him though, because I know that the heroes never chose to be the way they are so why kill them for it.
I Get him to an extra room and as I put him down I see the wound on his leg. No wonder why he fell so easily. I think knowing that one of my spells hit him in the same spot. He starts moving so I go and start wrapping his hand. I probably shouldn't have broke it but it was easier to take him out that way. When I'm done I leave to get some clothes and when I get back Link is sitting up in the bed. He is scratching the cast on his hand and I stop him from doing that immediately.
"Stop doing that or it will take longer to heal," I say and I guess I said it the wrong way because he backs away from me. I hand him the clothes. "Do you need help to change or can you manage with one hand?" I ask knowing it would be difficult. His face pales at that and he nods taking the clothes and pointing to the door.
I leave but I know the boy isn't mute because he can make noise. Also it seems like he is hiding something but he can't do anything at the moment so I'll find out sooner or later. I go down the hall to get a potion from my room being that it is the closest to Link's. I come back in to see that he managed to get the clothing on right and is back to picking at the wound. I give him the potion and he looks at me.
"What you don't want it?" I ask wondering why. He lefts up the broken hand and shacks it a little but when he does his eyes water. I open the bottle and then give it to him and he drinks it. As I get a better look at him he looks a lot like a girl and that would somewhat explain why he is so thin. I might get a servant come and find that out later but for the moment I will try and get him to talk.
"Link do you have any other wounds?" I ask and he nods. "Where?" He won't say.
"Will you please talk it will make everything so much easier on me," I say and he still doesn't say.
"Just tell me already!" I shout and he scurries back as far as he can away from me. He has tears falling down his face and feel a little sorry.
"If I have a servant come to treat it, will you tell them?" He thinks for little while then nods. I had a servant wait outside for this and I wait till they are done. I got bored so left and came back a few hours later. When I do the servant tells me something I didn't expect to hear.
"I think the hero is female your highness," she says.
"Why do you think that?"
"Well he has a warping around his chest and when I was treating his back he wouldn't let me take it off. Also his voice is a too high for a male." Now that explains why the he wouldn't talk to me. I go in the room to find out myself and she backs away from me as I get in.
"Are you a girl?" I ask thinking it was a stupid question but she pales and starts crying. I'm shocked because this was not how I was planning on this going but I go over to try and comfort her. She doesn't want any of that and throws a pillow at me. I leave knowing that at the moment I'm not the one to be in there with her. I head to bed seeing that it is already night and I need to find out what to do with the princess and the hero.
The next morning I go to check how the heroine is doing and despite on her injuries she is up and doing thing like picking the lock on the door. I open it and hit her in the face because how was I to know that she was up and trying to get the door opened? She tries to not show the pain of landing on her broken wrist until I tell her to get back in bed and rest. She does so I'm guessing because she knows that she can't do anything while she is kept in the castle.
"Are you feeling better?" I ask her hoping she will talk. She doesn't but that doesn't stop me. "I know that your a girl but can you tell me why you were pretending to be a boy in the first place?" I hear her mumble something and ask her to repeat herself.
"The prophecy says that the hero will be a boy, no one else was even close to looking how the prophecy said the hero was and I'm the closest person. No one wanted me near them and word got out about me being the heroine so I left my old town and moved into Castle Town as a boy," Link says looking away and her voice sounds sweet.
"Really? You pretended to be male because of a prophecy?" I say making sure I heard right.
"Yes, I could do nothing else to try and fix the prophecy unless you have a better idea on what I could have done?" I know that her question was a rhetorical so I don't answer it.
"Alright then well sense your willing to talk now I wanted to make you a proposal," I say hoping she will make this easy.
"Want kind of proposal?" At least she is trying to be open minded.
"You stay here and work for me and I don't kill the princess and destroy all of Hyrule," I say. I wouldn't destroy Hyrule anyway just because I would have nothing to rule over at that point. I look to see her eyes get wide.
"Fine... but how do I know the princess is even alive," Link counters. At least she isn't dumb I think. I use a spell to let use see inside the dungeon to see Zelda trying to open the cell door. Is everyone trying to break out today?!
"See she is fine... good thing that door is sealed with magic so she can't get out but do you agree or not?" I say putting the spell away.
"Yes I do but I don't see how I can help you with a broken hand and torn leg."
"You will rest and when your better you will start working but in the mean time I'll get rid of the princess."
"I thought you said you wouldn't kill her!" Link shouts as I start to walk out.
"Who said I was going to kill her? I'm just putting her in a farther country so I don't have a rebellion." She seems content with that answer and goes back to bed. I hope she doesn't see this as a chance to escape because I really don't want to deal with making her stay put.
I go back to sleep when Ganon leaves. What did I do to deserve this? I will try to make him happy so that Hyrule doesn't end but I wish it was someone else. I just hope that the other servants are as nice as the one I saw already, she was really kind and I don't want to be forced to work with horrible people. I guess I should thank Ganon for not killing me even though he had every opportunity to do so. My wrist fells like it is on fire and my back aches like it is broken. I would ask for a potion but I'm afraid that he will get angry and break something else on me!
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It took about two weeks for my wrist to heal and a few days for my back. I haven't seen Ganon sense the day he asked me to stay here and I wonder why but I could care less. The servants would bring me things I need and a few extra things here and there but I was alone till meals were brought. Today they told me I could start doing things and I can't say that I'm looking forward to it, the servants are all strange were they speak another language to each other and not say much to me. I start to try and find the kitchen but end up getting myself lost. I give up and head the same way I came. I found my room easily but I hear yelling from outside.
I look out the window to see guards running around looking for something. Then I realize that they are looking for me after I spent and hour trying to get to the kitchen. Oops. Oh well I guess I could wait here encase they check back here for me. I start to read a book when my door opens violently. I see Ganon there but I'm not surprised at the least.
"What happened to you?" He asks with a shocked look on his face.
"I tried to find the kitchen but couldn't so I came back here waiting for someone to come and show me the way."
"I thought you were trying to escape also if no one knew where you were why not leave?"
"One that would make you destroy Hyrule and two it wouldn't help me anyway without a weapon of some sort." I tell him not really caring about what happens to me at this point in time.
"Well come on I'll show you to the kitchens." Ganon says starting out the door. I follow worried that something bad would happen if I didn't.
After I found Link a sense of relief washed over me. I don't know why but not knowing where she was made me worry in a strange sort of way. I throw the thought away and head to my room. I have a study attached to it so I know if anyone comes into the room thinking that I'm not in there. I have a bunch of papers to sign and documents to read so I might as well get some of it done. I think back to when Link was talking to me, it sounded as though she didn't care about herself anymore and it is the last thing I would expect from her.
Not trying to leave or hide but actually following what I said. I thought it would be harder to make the hero listen to me but it seems it took no effort at all. Was it because I knew that she was a girl, the thing she was trying to hide from everyone? I mean that is the only thing it could be. She burst into tears when I asked her if she was a girl but after that her spirits seemed to lessen day by day. Maybe I should talk to her and she if she acting this way because of it. I live in a race of only females so it wouldn't bother me if she was one but in her society women have a lesser power then the men so I can see it bothering her.
I managed to finish the papers and it is night time already. I didn't know I was hungry till I stopped what I was doing and went to the dinning room. I get in to see Link eating with her hands at the table. I was raised with dignity so it was a little out of the ordinary to see this. She hears me come in but doesn't seem to care and is still eating what looks like chicken.
"What are you doing?" I ask her coming closer.
"You made me eat with a knife and fork for weeks so now I'm going back to eating a more efficient way," she states dropping the chicken bone and wiping her hands and mouth.
"It is not proper," I say wanting some food of my own.
"Well to you it isn't but to me it is. Also all the chefs are gone so if your hungry you need to make it," she tells me starting back to her room.
"Why don't you make me something?" I more like command seeing how far I can push her.
"Why don't you know how to cook?" She mocks turning around.
"I do know how to cook."
"Then why don't you?" She goes back to her room and I'm left there to find out how to make myself some food to eat. I guess I shouldn't have said that I did know how to do this when I don't so I give up just go to bed. I just hope tomorrow isn't as annoying.