I would like to thank ALL OF YOU for the reviews! I wasn't sure how this one was going to turn out, but I'm glad that people are enjoying it! I'll try to get updates up as soon as I can now that spring break has offically started! yay five days of bliss without calculus!
I don't the Legend of Zelda, Nintendo has that honor. :)
That night, Link lay awake in his new bed, his eyes staring blankly up at the ceiling. He did not sleep, for though he knew he was safe, his subconscious told him not to sleep yet, that sleep would come after the danger was gone.
He tucked his hands behind his head and thought about his new master, the princess Zelda of Hyrule. She was so beautiful and kind. The way her features moved when she spoke! How it made his heart beat quickly. He didn't like that he thought of the princess in such a way already, but she was enthralling, her expressions constantly changing in the blink of an eye. He wanted to spend time memorizing every single movement in her facial muscles.
He rolled over to his side and looked out the large window in his room. It faced the south courtyard, where a small, beautiful garden sat. It looked so serene in the dark light of the moon. He wondered if he would be allowed to walk through there….
'I don't see why not…' he thought to himself. 'Princess Zelda did say that I was free to do what I wanted.'
So, Link shoved the quilt that covered the bed off and leapt to his feet. He didn't bother to slip on his shoes and quickly exited his room into the dark corridors. He then laughed to himself.
'I see why Zelda said I would need the cloak,'he thought. It was probably easier when you could blend into the dark around.
He wasn't too sure of where he was going, but his feet seemed to have a mind of their own. They carried him to the next hallway, where the carpet—though he couldn't tell what color it shifted to—seemed to darken in color. He saw a large, baroque wooden door that was more than likely Zelda's door. Link walked very slowly by the room, certain he would not wake her.
With a little help from the torches on the wall, he managed to reach an arched door that looked like it reached the outside. He pushed on the metal bar and found that his instinct had proven correct. He was in the garden that he had seen through his window over. Looking around, he saw that the garden, however large it was, was set like an 'H' around the castle. The princess's room was on the opposite side of his own, but the lacy curtains were drawn so he could not see into the chamber. A wall closed the other half and the final side was open, leading to a very beautiful courtyard. He looked on and saw that the courtyard lead to the main castle grounds, which extended far beyond his line of sight.
It was stunning.
"You like?" a voice asked from behind him. Link started and turned to see Zelda sitting beside the fountain in the middle of the garden.
"Oh, princess! I'm sorry…!"
Zelda giggled. "No, no, not at all! I come here a lot at night to think, actually. You are not at fault for being curious!"
They looked at each other for a quick moment. "Would you like to sit with me?" Zelda finally asked, motioning to the fountain ledge beside her.
Link was almost afraid to approach her, but his heart wasn't reacting from adrenaline; there was another reason for his pumping heart…
He did sit beside her, only farther away than she had motioned to. Zelda raised an eyebrow, but allowed his distance. After all, she knew nothing of this amazingly fetching boy. Perhaps there was a reason for his behavior.
"Tell me, Link," Zelda began, "where did you live before here?"
Link shrugged. "Around."
She took his as a sign that he didn't want to talk about it. Of course, she couldn't help but be curious. But she did not press him further.
"How often do you come here?" Link asked her after a few moments.
"I come here almost every day, but I come here at night when Ganondorf has paid me a visit."
Link looked at her, surprised that she was being honest. He cocked his head and leaned in closer. "Why?"
"I don't really know, to be honest. I just need more time to think after he had shown his face…It's unnerving to think that I may one day end up marrying that man. So I like to think about the possibilities."
"Of…?" Link pressed.
She looked at him; her cornflower blue eyes burning into his cobalt blue ones. "If, perhaps, I fall in love with someone else. Someone who is not Ganondorf."
"Ah, I see," Link mumbled, looking at the grass under his feet.
"I just don't want to marry him," Zelda whispered. Link got the feeling that she was saying that more to her self than to him.
She looked up to the stars, visible over the tops of the sakura and peach trees that surrounded them. How she wished to have someone else sweep her off her feet, so it would be that much easier to ignore Ganondorf's advances. She wanted to love someone naturally, in time rather than by force…
Link's eye suddenly caught light bouncing off of something on Zelda's chest. He looked and saw a three-stone necklace sitting peacefully over the plain nightdress that she wore now. One stone was an emerald green, the other crimson red and the last a cerulean blue. The colors caught his eye, and he found himself staring at the necklace.
He didn't ask her about it, not yet. Something in him kept his mouth shut for the moment. Maybe it was serenity in their silence, how comfortable it was just to sit beside this princess and not speak. Perhaps it was that. Or maybe it was the way she looked longingly at the stars, almost praying for something to come in and change her destiny.
He hoped that something would.
Wonder what that something is? hehehe This was more of a starter chapter for the LinkxZelda relationship, showing how their reactions will be toward each other. Link is definately the shier of the two, for reasons that he won't seem to explain yet. We'll just have to see where this goes! .
