Her Knight, His Princess (Farore x Fierce Deity)

By: Lovely girl 10

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Legend of Zelda. I only own the story.

Full Summary: Farore is feeling lovesick for her own knight in shining armor, but she doesn't know if he loves her in return. To celebrate her anniversary of saving Termina, her sisters plan a masquerade ball to honor the masks that she and Link collected. But on the night before the three day masquerade ball was going to take place, the Fierce Deity wants to play a game with Hyrule's Goddess of Courage. This story will be a three-shot to go along with the three days in the game.

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Chapter 1- The game

Farore did not like many boys. She doesn't hold anything against them on many things but they were nothing compared to her chosen hero Link who is kind, benevolent and loyal to his country, and she wishes that more people would be like him. She would always pine for him and loves to watch her hero make yet another successful journey to save his kingdom of Hyrule. She also didn't like how some of the boy deities of Hyrule would boast about her being their trophy girlfriend, whether in a teasing gesture or not. She knew that Dekru, the minor deity of the Deku Scrubs and the Kokiri, was patient and cautious when he hangs out with her much like how he protects his Kokiri children as the Deku Tree. Some of the deities thought that they could be together as girlfriend and boyfriend, but Farore wasn't interested and Dekru was fine with that arrangement. Volgo, the deity of the Gorons, wasn't a good choice for her to have a love life with since he had eyes only for her older sister Din. He is a hothead when he throws his temper tantrums and he easily boasts about how he can get the girls better than the other boys put together. Jabun, the deity of the Zora's, was more of a strong silent type of god in Hyrule and even though Farore would have liked to have a relationship with him, he was clearly interested with having the water as his own company. He said that girls talk to much when he is trying to play by himself. She does suspect however that he is trying to impress Nayru with all of the work he is doing to keep his waters clean for her to swim in.

So for a long time, Farore thought that there would never be someone for her who would be her equal in courage and in treating her like she was his own princess. She sometimes dreamed of having her own hero sweep her off of her feet, much like how her youngest sister Hylia did with her chosen hero until she decided to become a mortal to live with him. She was perfectly fine with pining for her hero Link from afar.

But there was once a time she was swayed from watching and dreaming about her chosen hero to look somewhere else. A time in which she found someone more... cunning, determined, and fierce. That person was none other than the Fierce Deity, the god of war, death and of the moon in Termina.

Their meeting happened when she followed her chosen hero to Termina to help guide him in his time of need. That was when she discovered that the Four Giants were trapped in a curse from the demon Majora, who wanted to usurp the powers of death and destruction from the Fierce Deity to destroy the land. After when Link managed to destroy Majora for good with the help of the Fierce Deity mask, the soul of the Fierce Deity broke free of his chains that were placed on him by his nemesis. She had heard from the Four Giants that Majora grew jealous of the Fierce Deity and his duty to guard the land with his life, so he tried to seal him away in the mask and try to destroy him and her hero by killing two birds with one stone. After when she and her hero left the world of Termina, she didn't think that she would get a chance to see him again. He left shortly after Link destroyed Majora with his help and vanished without a trace. It is presumed that the Fierce Deity was working on rebuilding his domain and cleaning up the mess that Majora created. She shouldn't be bothered with it, but it stuck to her like a wood tick on her skin. He could have given her a thank you for helping him get out of the mess he was in. She shook her head at the memory, determined to try to be patient until he would come to tell her personally of his gratitude. But as the years passed and Link has fully grown into adulthood, she didn't think that she would get to see the Fierce Deity again.

It was that way until one night.

It all began before her anniversary of her journey to Termina to guide the hero as he went through his trials in battling against Majora's masked henchmen. "Okay, Din, this better be a good performance." Farore said, a little tired from all of the excitement she was getting from hanging out with her dearest sisters in arms. She watched as her beautiful older sisters busied themselves with making the anniversary perfect for her. It was Din's idea to host a Masquerade Ball to cheer up her sister. Din with her luscious red locks of hair that seem to be on fire whenever she danced and Nayru's gorgeous flowing hair reminded Farore of the water where Nayru was created from upon her birth. Farore thought that her two sisters were the most beautiful out of the other goddesses with the way that they blend in and adapt to their elements of water and fire. But for her, she found herself to be overshadowed by them because most people would rather pay attention to them and not include her.

Some of the Hylians believed that Farore shouldn't have been a goddess at all since she commanded something that is not needed like power and wisdom, but whenever Din and Nayru heard something like that happen, they struck down anyone who would dare insult their sister. Din and Nayru often tell her that she should be proud of her gift of courage and not mind those who dare insist that she should vanish from the land.

"Don't you worry about a thing little sister, it is going to be good." Din states as she practices her dancing poses from balancing on her toes to twirling in a circle with her one leg stretched out. Her eldest sister enjoys doing some dance moves while her younger sister Nayru uses her singing voice for the occasion on any particular event that is forever bound in the history of Hyrule. At one point while they watched the destruction of the flood in Hyrule in one timeline, Nayru sang a lamentation song for the loss of their beloved kingdom they watched over as they allowed their people to escape to higher ground on the islands. Another event was for when Din discovered that her piece of the Triforce was stolen by Ganondorf, to which she made a dancing ritual to forever curse Ganon into having trouble with controlling his newfound item. Din and Nayru also dedicated the event where Hylia died in the fight against Demise and got reborn as a mortal by playing the "Goddess Ballad" music on the harp and drums while Farore played the flute to their beloved sister. "And I think that it will cheer you up a bit. You look like you are a lost puppy looking for love where there is none. C'mon, Farore! You need to dance with me!"

"I don't do well in dancing as you do." Farore told her sister, trying her best to sneak out on dancing and singing with her sisters. She personally thought to herself that no matter how well she dances or sings that she will always be in her sisters shadows. Din was breathtaking on her dance moves and Nayru has a really beautiful voice that can make even the male deities who want to stay silent in the Sacred Realm to sing along with her. She didn't mind being secretly hidden away from prying eyes, in fact she loved to keep her secrets to herself.

Din wasn't buying into Farore's apprehension and tsked her sister by wagging her finger at her. "You just want to get out of it early so that you don't embarrass yourself on your special event. Come on, Farore! Don't tell me you are losing your courage already. You are never afraid to show what you can do."

"I think she feels a bit homesick over missing someone from her journey." Nayru states this as she gets her head out of her books on planning the anniversary and headed over to her sisters. Out of the three of them, Nayru is the wisest among the goddesses of Hyrule while Din is the most powerful and stronger sibling and Farore is the braver one who uses actions better than words can describe.

Farore glanced down to the water in the pond as she studies her physical appearance. Her deep emerald eyes hold some mixtures of both light and dark green colors, they are to symbolize her bond with the earth and the forest where she was created from. Even some of her short, thick green hair holds some of the leaves as if she were once a tree herself. Her fair skin, soft as a flowers petal. Her strapless green tunic dress reach only to her kneecaps and her gold bracelets, like the purple ones that Hylia once wore when she was alive, adorned her wrists and her ankles. Her feet remain bare and she prefers for them to be that way so that she can touch the earth and restore the life in the land whenever it was spoiled and destroyed.

She nipped her lip in embarrassment over Nayru figuring out her secret. "It is nothing for you girls to worry about. I have already made my peace with the fact that I won't be able to see him again. He has probably forgotten about me a long time ago now, now that he is back to where he is supposed to be in Termina." It was a lie she was trying to tell herself with each passing moment to try to not go back over to the moon and see if he is alright. He probably doesn't want her attention. If she did, he would have done a lot worse than Majora in making his point clear that he doesn't like having unwanted company whenever someone tries to sneak in his territory.

"Now that you mention it, I did have a chat with the Giants in Termina a while ago and I heard that they were working him hard to right the wrongs that Majora did to their land." Din wrinkled her nose and rubbed her hair for a bit.

"But don't forget that it is for the good of everyone that the Fierce Deity would have to stay away from anyone who could spark his anger." Nayru states this as she opens her book and studies on how to go through the situation without getting into any trouble. "You do remember how easily Volgo offended him when he caught Fierce Deity in a bad mood? His outburst scared Volgo so much that he fled to the deepest depths of the volcano to keep away from him like he is a deadly snake waiting to bite his victim the moment someone gets too close. Even Jabun thinks that the Fierce Deity is someone you don't want to mess with in a battle."

"Yeah, if you thought catching him in a bad mood was bad enough, think again." Din agreed. "Remember the time when the war with Demise and Hylia was finished and over with..." Farore ignored the rest of what Din had to say about what the Fierce Deity did when she thought that she was the most powerful deity in the Sacred Realm until he made it look like it was child's play. She didn't want to hear her sisters talk about how deeply afraid they were of even getting close to him. Ignoring the rest of their conversation was more easier than picking a fight with her sisters, Farore knew that she would not be able to get her sisters to change their minds about him.

But she was glad that she doesn't have that fear to bring her to her knees.

Leaving her sisters to their chattering about getting the anniversary party ready, Farore disappeared from her sisters line of sight.

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Farore left the Sacred Realm to hide behind the comforts of her favorite place in the whole wide world of Hyrule; the Sacred Forest Meadow. She usually hides in that place for when she wants to be alone with her thoughts while her sisters Din and Nayru love to go to their hiding spots in Lake Hylia or on Death Mountain respectfully. Farore loves to listen to the quiet chirps of the crickets as the wind gently blows on the flowers in the meadow. It was nighttime and she knew that everyone in the forest would be asleep except for her. She looks up for a moment to see the full moon shining down on her.

She sighs, hopelessly wondering if he was watching her or not. He probably is way too busy over cleaning up Majora's mess to set his sights on her.

She walks over to the little tree stump where Saria usually goes to when she plays her tunes for the forest spirits, treading cautiously on the grass with her bare feet. She sometimes likes to sit there when no one was around in the Sacred Forest Meadow, it is where she could play with her flute and let its music echo in the forest. She was just about ready to lean toward the tree stump to sit down-until she stopped when the sound of a sword was drawn and the edge of it came in front of her chest to keep her from going anywhere. Before she could fight back, someone clasped his arm around her waist, keeping her arms to her sides as the person pulled her to him in a fierce grip. Farore didn't feel frightened one bit, especially since she is the Goddess of Courage where she can't feel fear in her heart. But for now she felt uncertain of what was going to happen to her, and from what she can tell, this person doesn't want to hurt her like how Demise or Majora wanted to hurt her. His grip, while strong and muscular, felt gentle to her instead of the other way around.

She didn't turn to face him, instead she calmly responded. "Oni. Its been a while since I last saw you."

He snickered behind her. She could probably guess that he was just trying to scare her. "You haven't forgotten me at all, little blossom. Been fantasizing about me have you?" She shivered over his cold breath on her neck. Sometimes it irked her how he always plays his tricks with her, but she figured that she would rather deal with him instead of Majora's trickery any day. Majora claimed that the Fierce Deity was more evil than him, but Farore could tell that he was lying to save his own skin so that he would continue to wreck havoc on Termina. Fierce Deity more evil than Majora? Not so much. However, he was more powerful than Majora. The Fierce Deity usually is modest about how much dark magic he uses to fight against his enemies and he doesn't go around and abuse it like how Majora did with his own. He also knows when to act serious and when to loosen up a bit.

"Oh really," She pretended to not know what he is talking about as she gently struggled in his grip. "What made you guess that?"

"You've been staying out at night for a while. You usually went out in the daylight before you met me." Oni said as he raises the sharp end of his double helix sword to touch her right cheek and uses it to turn her face toward his. She didn't flinch when the sword was pressing into her skin.

Her deep emerald eyes met his crimson ones. Back when he was cursed inside of the mask, his eyes were only white with no pupils, but after when he escaped his imprisonment he is free to have those eyes back whenever he wanted since it made him look more terrifying, but in reality they were red as the marks on his cheeks. His hair shines like the moon he had came from and the blue mark on his forehead was shaped to be a diamond split in half. He still had his armor on from the last time she saw him and she very much preferred for him to stick to that look. She can't imagine what he is like without it. She wouldn't dare.

"I thought I made it clear that you shouldn't be trying to give me a fright." Farore said as she managed to break free from his grip, either that or he decided to let her go so that he could play with her. She unsheathed her own sword from the tree stump. "It seems like you always want to play games with me. I, personally, am not in the mood for it now. State your business, Oni! What made you come to see me of all people?"

He shrugged, playfully while giving her his devilish smirk. His smile would normally make mortal men fall on their knees and flee for their lives when they see the mischievous glint in his eyes, but it didn't frighten Farore one bit. "I've been longing for your company little blossom so I decided that if you won't come to me, I shall come to you. That is, if you still think you can outwit me in a game. How about it for old times sake?" As he said this, he outstretched his hand to her and made a gesture with his pointer finger telling her to come closer to him. She was tempted to do just that, but why give him the easiest route when he should fight to get to her like how she did to free him in Termina.

Farore tried to resist the urge to blush and complied to his demand while standing her ground. "We are not going to be playing good guys versus bad guys right?"

He laughed out loud over that suggestion. "What do you think I am? Majora? Only he would think of something as foolish as that! He didn't even stand a chance in his own game and he got blown up over it." Farore understood his meaning behind how Oni easily dealt with his opponent like he was nothing but a bug that tried to save itself from being squished. "And I am not in the mood for any hide and seek games ever since Majora ruined it for me inside of the moon." He made a sneer when he mentioned it.

"So what do you suggest?" Farore cocked an eyebrow.

"You pick, sweetheart. Give me something I can get a challenge from." Oni suggested, grinning at her in a way that almost made her shiver from the cold. For a moment, she couldn't understand what it was about him that made the other deities like her sisters cower in fear whenever he appears to them. The way he did that made her want him all the more since he matches her in bravery and fierce determination to do what is right for their land.

"How about a puzzle game? Try to use your knowledge of the foundation to reach where I will be hiding." Farore said as she jumps up to the entrance where the Forest Temple is hiding. "The rules are simple, the whole building where I will be hiding is going to try and trick you in order to make sure that you don't find me. If you manage to succeed in getting all of the puzzles solved, then you can meet me in the end. I can't promise any prizes for you, because that will have to remain as a secret between us."

He shrugs his shoulders. "Fair enough. Can't wait to see you soon." Farore nods as she goes inside of the Forest Temple and makes sure that she accommodates the surround traps and tunnels to be more challenging than the ones that Link had gone through in his time as an adult. She switches the hidden buttons that make the water go down or up to be up on the vines instead of on the ground. She summons the Skulltula's and the Stalfos to be positioned in the twisted hallways and in front of the eye switches so that it would be more difficult for her competitor. She kept the Poe sisters in their same positions, but added in their own attacks to make the challenge more difficult like giving Joelle some fire rings to throw at the Fierce Deity and Amy would have the ability to disappear in a flurry of leaves and appear in another room so that he would have to go find her. Beth would get to have the ability to fill a room with water that will fill up to the brim inside one room so that he would have to dive down and attack her from there. Meg is kept the same, except her mirror clones will be doubled to not four but twelve. She went downstairs on the elevator to the one room where Link battled against Phantom Ganon and wondered what she should do to change up the room for her friend.

She thought about how she could make the pictures into a pattern game for him. Try to keep up with the matching rhythms that she designed. She frowned, thinking that it would be boring for him since he doesn't have very much patience for pattern games. Perhaps she could make the pictures be like puzzles with different designs on the landscapes and shuffle the pieces to see if he can get the picture back together the way it was supposed to. She smiled at the thought. That would be the most suitable arrangement for when he is finished with all of the other hard challenges to test his strength and durability.

She heard from another room away the sound of the door opening on top of where she is hiding at. He has reached the center room where the elevator is, and he most likely got passed the four Wolfo's she left to guard the outside of the temple. She quickly jumped through the picture to where the meadow is and shuffled the pieces around before he would think to come into that room and find her.

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"Too easy!" The Fierce Deity exclaimed in disappointment over the Wolfos predictable moves on trying to attack him. He has made it to the one hallway in the entrance of the temple after waiting for a couple of minutes to allow Farore the time to set up her game for him. He is sometimes not very patient in getting what he wants, but he knows when to keep his distance until the time was right. However, it felt like what he is doing should have been done a long time ago when he and Farore took out Majora together. Well, he did, but she let him borrow her hero with her permission as she protected him from Majora's corruption magic that was trying to destroy both him and the little boy.

Back when he was stuck inside of the mask, he could feel a strong presence right beside the boy who had the mask in his possession at the time. He was a little bit frightened over the fact that Majora could try to destroy him at any given moment, but when he saw the beauty before him, he immediately calmed down. He never would have thought that he would fall for someone like Farore, who is always the most brave and humble goddess of Hyrule, but he did the moment he saw her. He never had very many friends besides the Four Giants who are his mentors, that is usually because nobody was brave enough to stay on his good side. Those like Din and Nayru and that troublesome Volgo are always too scared to face him and break the ice, Farore was a different story since she was the only one courageous enough to get close to him and that is one of the things he loved the most about her besides her beauty. He very much preferred roses with thorns instead of the kid friendly ones.

He wanted to just keep her with him in the moon where no one would be able to retrieve her, but he knew that he would only get into trouble from her sisters, so he relinquishes that thought. He was always pretty bored when it was just him in the meadow, with no one to keep him company. His hunger for the Goddess of Courage only grows each time when he thinks about her.

He licked his lips, wondering how good her lips would taste. He opened the next door to the center of the temple where the four different colored torches are lit in a small glow. He remembers some glimpses of the temple and the situations that Link had gone through when he possessed the boy, so he wasn't too surprised over finding the torches. The poe sisters were going to be too easy for him.

He thought wrong. The moment the flames went out and vanished inside of the floor, he couldn't keep an eye on where exactly the flames went where. The blue flame went in the opposite direction from what it once did to Link. The purple flame danced across the elevator in a fast circular pace to make it grind down to the ground. The red flame fly beside him for a moment before it disappeared into the door where he came from and the green flame went underground. He pondered on going through the door he entered from, but he shook that thought from his mind. Instead, he went through the rooms where the blue, purple and green flames vanished into.

To be continued...

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