"Ah ha ha ha!"
"Quiet sis! Remember, we're supposed to be hiding from Mom and Dad." the older Hylian grinned down at his younger sibling, whom was using both hands to cover over her grinning pink lips, stifling out the giggles here and there. Wind chuckled at her and held his finger to his lips, wide smile just like his father's.
Wind looked exactly like his father, except for lighter hair and slightly more sun-kissed skin for being outside so much more often than him. His left pointed-ear was pierced at the lobe with a small dark blue hoop. He had his mother's nose, and his hair's blonde tone matched hers with it. Of course, the fact that he often wore a green tunic didn't help Wind and Link's close resemblance. Wind sometimes even used this to his advantage at one point, tricking some clueless citizens that he himself was the Hero of Hyrule as a young boy.
Both young royal Hylians then held their breath at the sound of feet stepping down the halls, familiar laughs of the King and Queen emitting just outside the hiding place of their hidden children.
"Oh darn, they're really good at this game... I'm getting too old for this, dear..." the female laughed tiredly, making her husband chuckle.
"That means they're just as good at it as we were, Zel." The kingdom's Hero answer her simply, making Zelda smile fondly at him. Every single smile she made, he just grew more and more in love with her, no matter the years that passed by.
"Well Link, you were always the pro at climbing." She folded her arms, narrowed her eyes with the playful smirk.
Link laughed at that response, "Oh, excuse me, princess-" He earned a light smack for that phrase, "But you were a pro, too."
"All I did was go in the secret passageways!" she laughed as she was being pulled into his arms.
"Nah," Queen Zelda shrugged, raising a brow up at him as she draped her arms around his neck, "You were a lot better, with your sly little self..." She blinked slowly, their lips drawing closer.
"Ah, okay okay!" Wind yelped out, the painting on the wall swung opened, revealing the Hylians' children, elder brother with his hands up in surrender, the younger sister had her arms folded, pouting up at him.
"Aww, Wind we could have won!" she whined, arms flailing as her father had helped her back to the floor, the young male jumping down after her.
"Yeah, until you started to slip in the tongue-"
"Wind-"
"So gross, sis, you should know what Mom and Dad do behind closed doors at night-"
"Wind!" the King and Queen interrupted simultaneously, red blush growing on their cheeks, the youngest Hylian just blinking innocently as her preteen brother smirked up at his own parents, and innocent bright blue eyes of the Princess looking up to her family.
"Ah... Go to your room..." The Hero of Hyrule grumbled to his son, pinching the bridges of his nose in frustration. Zelda could only form a straight thin line with her lips, arms folded over her chest as she forced her blue eyes to the side. Wind smirked smugly at his embarrassed and blushing parents, merely walking off to follow Link's orders and head to his room, fingers folded behind him and chin raised in the air. Sometimes the fact that Wind was just as mischievous as his father when he was younger wasn't always a good thing, but he was a hero and did what was right when needed, just like how they raised them. Though Wind, just like Link, when he saw an opportunity, he couldn't pass that up.
"...Thadea, sweetie, why don't you go off to the library and do some reading, hm?" the Queen suggested with a nervous smile down to the ten-year old Princess. Thadea's blue eyes, that unmistakingly matched her father's, brightened at the idea, her bright smile that also matched his widened while she nodded.
"That's a great idea, mom~!" the girl chirped before skipping off, leaving the two Hylians to sigh in relief.
Thadea shared both her mother and father's feature's evenly from the smile and eyes of Link to hair and nose of Zelda, much like her elder sibling. Though, their appearance is similar, their personalities are nearly polar opposites. While Wind was mischievous, he was more of a boy t act first then think. Thadea was more of the 'Let's stop and think about this' kind of girl. Wind enjoyed shooting arrows and slashing his sword, riding a horse or digging maybe. Thadea was the type to practice magic, shoot an arrow once in a while, but most of all read.
To put it simply, Thadea and Wind were exactly like Link and Zelda as kids, though everyone had that coming.
As Thadea walked into the wide library, she giggled to herself while skipping to her favorite chair after catching the thick novel tossed to her by the elderly librarian very much used to the Princess's company, since the both of them spent most of their days here. "Thank you, Mrs. Ima!"
"You're very welcome, Princess." the elder greeted to her with the sweetest smile.
Ima was Thadea's personal teacher and first friend. Despite their large contrast of age, they shared the same favorite interest, which was reading. Sure, Thadea had plenty of admirers, she was the sweetest girl you can meet, and one of the most beautiful already in the kingdom. But Ima to Thadea was like a second-mother, not that Zelda was upset by that. They often joked about how the other should share Thadea more often. But the Queen had seen the relationship between Thadea and Ima distinctly similar to that of a certain Sheikah she had known in her own childhood.
It's still depressing Thadea never had a chance to meet Impa. Wind was not even three yet when he had last seen the past Royal Family's servant before her noble end - Impa died saving Zelda while she was expecting with Thadea after all.
"You are reading through all of these advanced novel so easily, Princess!" the librarian/teacher smiled cheerily to the Hylian, whom was nodding in agreement.
"I do love them!" she commented with a laugh, plopping a seat in the large, cushioned, and all-too familiar chair in the middle of the room, sapphire hues scanned over the text on the cover. "One Girl... In all the World?"
"An autobiography that was written by the 'Mercenary of the Galaxy'. Samus Aran, have you heard of her?"
Thadea's eyes brightened considerably and nodded excitedly. "Aunt Samus? Of course! Her and my mother are very close friends! Mother and father told me they met in the... Ah... The World of... Medals...?"
"Trophies." Ima corrected her with a chuckle, "The World of Trophies."
"Samus, I have no idea how you do it." The Hylian Queen said blankly to herself really as she was sitting in a stool, staring at the strange device that she had set on the desk. It was a gift that the Space Soldier had given her very long time ago that Zelda had been procrastinating in even touching it. After much impatience from the Space Warrior, she decided to write a letter of instructions to the female Hylian, which was such a drag. Writing.
"What is it, my love?" the Hero clad in green peeked into the room when hearing a groan of frustration, seeing his wife with her face planted on the desk next to the device.
"Samus is trying to rush us into centuries of the future, is all." Zelda answered in a monotone.
Link furrowed his brows then walked in, leaning on the desk and gently picking up the small technology machine thing that seemed fragile. "...What is this?" he finally questioned, raising a brow at it.
Zelda, rubbed the back of her head after she picked it back up, shrugging once. "She called it a uh... 'Cellphone.' "
"Cellphone...?" Link repeated in confusion, placing it back down after he chuckled lightly. "Well, what does it do?"
"It uses some sort of magic to communicate with people without them being there."
"...So like telepathy? That's amazing!" he grinned to her.
"Yes but telepathy is so much simpler. I have no idea how Ike can live with these things with her." she laughed along with her husband.
But knocks on the door cut them off, and both cleared their throats. "Come in," Zelda called politely, a soldier then walking in with even steps, a hand holding out a letter to the King.
"The sender is anonymous, sir." he informed, Link nodding to him.
"Yes, thank you, dismissed."
Both rulers were silent as the king read over the writing, the muscles in his cheek twitched when he grit his teeth. "...What is it Link?" Zelda murmured, having a concerned expression. He said nothing, only handing the letter to her.
When the child meets her coming of age, it will be the end of you and your Kingdom.
"I won't let them touch you." Link reminded her of his promise, his eyes stern.
Zelda could only smile faintly, her face gently touching the side of his face. "It's not me I'm worried about Link."
They silently stared at one another's face, Link's face hard and Zelda's holding the smallest smile. Then the door burst open again.
"Mother, Father, can we take Epona around the field? Please please please?" Their children began their expert begging, making only the Queen laugh.
"Of course, be careful," she answered gently.
"And take your sword Wind." Link said in almost a murmur, but audible enough to understand.
"Yes ma'am! Yes sir!" Both said simultaneously again, laughing together as they started to dash out, Wind being the one to call 'Race ya to the stables!'
Silence once more. "We have some years to prepare, Link." Zelda added, attempting to ease his worry.
"In that case we begin now." He glanced down briefly with folded arms before walking out, Zelda's faint smile still plastered on her lips. "I'm not risking anyone, especially you.
Was this just a threat, destiny, or a promise?
Hi everyone, EndlessDreaming here, and I would like to thank you all for bothering to red this horrid Prologue xP Trust me, my writing gets better. So, I'm going to start off with that this story had Thadea as the main character, so take in all the Link and Zel while you can. Trust me. ^^" If you don't like Original Characters, please don't bash, thats all I ask. Don't like don't read, simple as that guys :3 But if you likey, please continue reading and leave a comment on what you think, thanks!