Chapter 1

A New beginning

Link paced back and forth through the hallway outside Zelda's room. Impa had shooed him out until the delivery was fully finished. He was nervous, no doubt. He was mostly concerned for Zelda. He had known how her mother had died, and he wouldn't be able to bare it if it happened to her.

That was the reason he was so reluctant to have children. If anything were to go wrong, he wouldn't be able to live through it. Zelda was his life, and if these were her last moments, he wanted to be with her.

Sweat broke on his forehead. Goddesses, he was so nervous. If anyone had seen this, they would probably laugh. The Hero of Time, big, strong, muscle man now ready to break down over childbirth.

The door to Zelda's room creaked open. Link's eyes shot up to see who had opened it. Impa was standing there, beaming with pride. Link stared at her expectantly, waiting to hear the news of his wife.

He could tell it was good, since Impa was the one to hardly show any emotion, and she was smiling. "Congratulations! It's a girl.", she exclaimed proudly. Link let out a sigh of relief from knowing everything was going okay. Impa motioned him to come inside.

Link walked in, smiling from ear to ear, to see Zelda lying in bed holding a beautiful, new born, baby girl. He crouched down to get to Zelda's level.

She looked absolutely exhausted, but also very happy. Zelda held out her hand for him to take. He took her hand and squeezed it lightly. She squeezed back, acknowledging him.

"Well, Link, you were right. It's a girl. That means you get to name her.", said Zelda with a smile. Link grinned, remembering their conversation a few months back. They were arguing about the baby's name, so they came to an agreement. Link had thought it would be a girl, and Zelda, a boy. Whoever had predicted right, would be able to name the baby.

Link thought for a moment, trying to come up with the best name possible. For months he had made lists of great names, but at the moment, his mind fell blank. He tried hard to remember the list. Then it came to him.

"Adah. That will be her name.", said Link happily. Zelda's face scrunched up, thinking on the odd name.

"Adah?", she asked. She never heard that name before.

"It means 'beautiful addition' .", explained Link, looking happily down at the newborn. Zelda smiled at this.

"That she is.", she whispered. She held the baby up close to her now. "Adah, you are the princess of Hyrule. This is your wonderful daddy." She looked up at Link. "I love you."

Link smiled. "I love you too.", he said followed by a short, but sweet kiss. Impa watched the happy family from a crack in the door. She sighed inwardly. Never did she expect to live as long as to see Zelda have a baby. One, single, joyful tear escaped her eye as she slowly closed the door to leave the new family at rest.

Zelda straitened herself up in bed, still holding the child. "Can you believe it, Link?", she asked cheerfully. "We have a baby."

"I almost can't.", answered Link. His dark blue eyes gazed down at Adah, imagining how the years would play out, and how she would grow.

"Link, would you like to hold her? I believe I should get some rest after the tiresome labor. You don't mind, do you?"

"Not at all.", he said as he gently took Adah from her arms. "You should get some sleep. Impa has set up a cradle. I'll put her to bed. Don't worry." Zelda gave him a weak, but thankful smile, and quickly drifted off to sleep.

Link sat down in a chair next to Zelda's bed. Adah was already sleeping in his arms. He felt so blessed to have this child. Life was perfect. He had Zelda, and he had Adah, that was all he needed right now, and that's all he cared about.

He wondered how you could love someone so much, when they had just come into your life. What a quiet baby she was. He never even heard a cry from her.

In a hushed voice, Link talked to the sleeping Adah. "You will grow up as beautiful as you mother. I know it."

With that, he decided to put Adah to sleep in her new crib. Link had also decided he would sleep in another room to let Zelda have her rest. Quietly, he closed the door to her room and walked down the hallway to a guest room.

As he walked he thought, 'This is start of a new beginning .'

Alright… yes it was short. …BUT…things will deff get longer. Don't worry, if you read my story "runaway" I will alternate the updating and as fast as I can. Hope you enjoyed. REVIEW!!!