Zelda: The Shadow of Fate
"Link is in grave danger."
Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda. If I did, it wouldn't be fanfiction, nor would I even bother myself with fanfiction...
Inspiration: The song, The Best of Me, by The Starting Line. It is an awesome song. I love the vocals, they actually have a melody, harmony, and the lyrics are very cool.
Chapter One:: Into the Darkness:
Looking out at the moon, Zelda sat in her room. Her own soldiers were tredding through the darkness. They had been told to march off as soon as possible. One group would begin to search in Kakariko Village, the other would begin at Lon Lon Ranch. Restless, the soldiers wondered about their Queen's reasoning as to why they had to find Link.
"I should be sleeping right now!" a soldier complained, "Why does she send us out so late?"
An older man, one of the Captains answered, "Do you not see the look in her eyes when she speaks of him? It is the very same look you have when you are talking of the pretty girls in town. She is in love with the Hero. It's in plain sight. Now that she is Queen, she will have to marry eventually, she'll take her chances with the Hero."
"Does she really? I hadn't noticed anything about her, when she talks about the Hero," the first soldier said.
"Yes, she really does. Now, we must begin to pay attention to what is going on in the darkness," the Captain said.
The soldier turned to look up towards the castle. He wondered how Zelda would have fallen for the Hero. The Hero had disappeared at least two years ago. Rarely was he mentioned in a conversation, unless you spoke with a sage.
'It's odd. Suddenly I feel some odd kind of bond, with him. I can feel him, I know that he's still in Hyrule, somewhere... Link, if you can hear me, somehow, where ever it is you are. Then please, please let my soldiers find you,' were the closing thoughts of Zelda. She fell into a deep sleep, one of which many fear. Not so deep as death, but deep enough that a nightmare can grip you so fiercly that you would wish you were dead.
"Wake up. Wake up, my dear. Queen of Hyrule, I must tell you something. Something I know that you will want to know..." a kindly voice spoke, as Zelda woke. "Do not worry, all is safe, my dear. You know me, and you know me well. You may trust me. You can also trust my friend.
Zelda's eyes creaked open, as if she woke from a deep sleep. Sitting on her bed was a woman. Standing next to her bed was a girl. Both of whom had green hair.
"How dare you enter my rooms! How did the guards not catch you! What are you doing in my rooms?" Zelda was startled beyond all reason.
"We did not pass any guards, silly!" the green-haired girl said. The girl was giggling, as if Zelda had the most distorted face.
"What!? How, how could you not pass any guards!? You odd creatures..." Zelda was in a blaze of confusion. 'This... this MUST be a dream! I hope that this is a dream!' Zelda began to pinch herself, realizing that this, was in fact a dream.
"I told you, my dear, you can trust us. I will not reveal either of our identies. If you think hard enough, you will remember both of us. I have urgent news, this was the only way I could reach you," the woman said clearly, and calmly.
Zelda then said, "You enter my dreams and disturb me so, just to give me news? I hope that this is truly important."
The forest girl began, "It is about my friend! He is your friend too! Link!"
"Why Link! Why didn't you simply say so?" Zelda asked.
"We couldn't get a word in," the woman smirked.
"Link is in grave danger. I know it is hard to believe, that such a Hero could ever be in danger. He still has the Ocarina of Time, it is important that you be the one to save him. You are the only one who can. I can not tell you his exact location. But do as you have already ordered your soldiers. Search the Shadows. You must search in every single one, and search for the clues of the others who effect Fate," the woman said, "I can't tell you any more than that. It is simply the clue of one. There are two others who effect Fate, find them."
The woman and girl slowly began to fade from Zelda's vision. Then Zelda's vision slowly returned to reality, as she awoke.
The rooster began to crow; it was dawn. Zelda jumped from her bed, she needed to ride. Now that it had become her task to find, and to save Link, she had to catch up with her soldiers, and group them together. As she ran through the palace, many servants stared at her. She hurried to the stables.
"Sir! Stablemaster! I need my horse and five more ready in two hours, please! Thank you very much sir, I'll be back then!" Zelda had given the orders. Thankfully the stablemaster was awake enough to hear them in the loft.
Zelda ran quickly back to her room. She dressed herself, and packed a few things. Then she hurried down to the Commander's office. Servants still stared at her as she went around the palace halls.
She burst into his office, not minding her own business. "Sir, I need five men. I'm going to join the soldiers who are searching for the Hero. In my stead, while I am absent, the girl, Malon, from Lon Lon Ranch will take care of all things I would normally take care of. I can not explain to you why I am going to help them search. Nor will I listen to any protesting my leaving, it is purely something I must do," she spit out, seemingly in one breath.
AN: I apologize for these things:... the shortness of the chapter, the LATENESS of the chapter, and the abrupt ending.... I hadn't checked the email I have up for this account in a while and BOOM 7 reviews!!! More than I've EVER gotten on one chapter... So I just scuried to write SOMETHING, I had to you know... But now I seem to have a small form of writer's block. sigh. It will be gone soon, don't worry. I will write again!!!