Her Knight, His Princess
By: Lovely-Girl 10
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the story.
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Chapter 2- Puzzling feelings
"Did you think you can hide from me?" The Fierce Deity said to the purple poe, who he remembers is named Meg from when Link was the Hero of Time, as he took down one of her clones that tried to distract him from the real one with a flick of his sword. "You may have made it difficult for the Hero of Time to get past you, but this is a piece of cake for me." Powering up his double helix sword for a ultimate slash attack, he swings it toward the ghost and manages to make her surrender the purple flame from her torch so that he would be one step closer to getting what he wants.
Throughout his adventure in the Forest Temple he was impressed with how Farore presented the Poe sisters to be more of a dangerous threat than what Ganon did in the past. He wasn't at all worried about the Stalfos and the Wallmasters when he went through just about every single room to figure out the puzzles Farore intended for him to master. The Stalfos were foolish enough to think he was weak, and they paid the price for their idiocy when he ended their lives. The Wallmasters thought that he would be easy prey, but when they tried to clamp onto him and pull him back to the beginning, Oni just places his hand on them and sucks away their energy to loosen their grip on him. Thanks to him looking through Link's memories about the Forest Temple, Oni manages to pin point what had changed and what he is expected to see.
He didn't need to search for the keys to get behind the locked doors. When something is in his way, he just rips it off from its seams and throws it to the side with only one hand. He also didn't need to fight against the monsters that tried to get in his way; he only needs to grab them on their head or by their own weapon and grinds them to the ground.
Right now he has managed to find Meg and Beth. Beth was the first Poe he found in one of the hallways where Link first found her, and Meg was hiding in the other hallway where Joelle was supposed to be. He wasn't at all intimidated by how Beth tried to deter him from trying to get her blue flame when she tried to fill up the whole room with water from head to toe. He wondered what the Poes thought when he showed them that he can be dangerous in the water as well as on land. He was incredibly agile and fast in the water to the point where Beth could hardly keep up with watching out for his attacks.
He began his next search for Joelle and Amy to find out where they were hiding. Remembering that there was one room where the green poe once challenged Link to figuring out a puzzle piece to form a picture of her, he went underneath the temple grounds and found her in the exact same position as she once was. Studying the picture closely before he saw that the picture vanished from his sights. He groans in annoyance as he rubs his forehead. This was the third time he had to search for the green Poe when it decided to vanish from him to make it more difficult of a puzzle game.
He shrugged, figuring that he can just go after the other Poe while he tries to find out what to do to lure Amy out into the open. He went back to the room where the elevator to the basement is and started his search for Joelle.
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Farore watches him going through her challenges. The wind gently blows her hair as she brushes some of her bangs away from her face. She knows that he will be finished with her puzzles pretty soon and she knows that he will stop at nothing until he got what he came here for. But will he be able to find out where she is hiding? If he knows her love for things that are in the forest, the first place he might look for her will be in the Lost Woods.
Why would he keep going through it all for her? It couldn't be because he wants her for himself. Farore thought this to herself as she thought about what the other deities and what her people had thought about her. Many of them thought that Din and Nayru were very beautiful, they even thought of this for Hylia before she left the divine world. But for Farore? All they could whisper was that she will not be able to outshine her sisters in their beauty. For many centuries, Farore would wonder if this was all true. Especially since some of the boy deities wouldn't take their chances with her. They would rather go for Nayru and Din. All they would ever think was that she is nothing more than their shadow. Din and Nayru try their best to cheer her up and tell her that she is just as beautiful as any of them, but Farore was to depressed to tell them that she will never measure up to what they have.
All what Din and Nayru would tell her is this to signify that whatever anyone else said doesn't matter. "You are one of the Golden Goddesses of Hyrule, and there is nothing they can do to throw you off of your throne."
Even the Four Giants would come to her defense, each of them saying that Farore is as awe-inspiring as the ocean and the forests. However, Farore isn't so sure that she believes them. She thinks they were just doing it to be nice when they seriously meant it.
She trembled from the cold, hugging her knees to her chest as she resumes watching the Fierce Deity going through the Forest Temple.
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He finally figured out the best way to lure Amy out in the open was to use the shadows from the walls along with the vines to fish the Poe out from her hiding place. He was just one more torch away from being done with the puzzle game Farore made for him. Joelle was a bit of a challenge, but he liked it enough to keep her alive for a while until he ended her and took her torch. The new flame tricks she did really perked his interest in the fight. She was the third Poe to defeat before he sets his sights on the last one.
The Fierce Deity concentrates on the shadows around the room, using some of his dark magic to command the shadows to do his bidding. A minute later the shadows managed to drag the last Poe out into the open as she struggled to get away from the vines.
"Strike four and you're out!" He said with a cunning grin as he charged up his double helix sword and swings it in Amy's direction. The energy blast from his sword electrified the ghost and she disintegrated into the dust while leaving behind the last torch that he needs to complete the game.
He took the torch and moved it with his mind to where the light was supposed to be and watches in satisfaction that the light was coming back to the room. He very much thought that this room was more comfortable than Odolwa's game room back inside of the moon. At least, the Forest Temple had a lot more challenges than all of the moon children's game rooms put together.
The elevator came up from the ground, opening the way for the Fierce Deity as he jumps in and allows it to lead him downstairs in three seconds. Of course, he knows that he has to work on getting in to the last room by shuffling the walls in order to get to the switches hiding behind the gates.
It should have been easy for him to figure out exactly where the switches are, since that Link went through it before, but he could tell that when he finds the first switch it was blocked when it shouldn't have been. "Farore probably switched those around as well." He thought to himself and smiles devilishly. "You didn't disappoint me at all little blossom. Well played!" Of course he knew all along that she would never disappoint him. That was one of the things he loved about her.
It took him a few minutes to memorize where each switch was and which ones had a gate on top of it. He managed to find out that the third switch, which was saved for last when Link was there, is put first. Then he found that the first switch was the second one to press and the second switch was put in last. Once he was finished with the switches, he fixed up the corridors once again to its rightful place and went over to the big door at the finish line. But he knew that he was far from finished in the temple. There was still one more room to go through before he finds his little blossom.
He opened the door by pulling it open with his hands and he let himself into the dark room where Link once battled against Phantom Ganon. He snickered to himself as he looks through the memories Link had when he first battled the monster in the temple. To think that he knew how to play tennis with his ultimate nemesis was something else. He wondered if he and Majora could have done something like this, but then again, it would be better if they didn't do something as ridiculous as that. He couldn't see how that was going to work with him and Majora, especially since he killed that demon where he won't be able to come back in one piece.
Once he got to the center of the room, he looked around to see that the paintings, which were supposed to be just a forest path, are all changed to different locations around Hyrule; one was a picture of the Death Mountain, one was Lake Hylia, one was the graveyard, one was the desert, one was Hyrule Field and the last one was of the Lost Woods. The pictures were also mixed up beyond recognition where he couldn't tell where the bottom half of the picture is supposed to be. Some of the picture pieces were simply put somewhere else while others were turned upside down.
He sighs as he studies the pictures carefully. Farore wasn't joking one bit about giving him a puzzle game. The Death Mountain picture and the desert were the easiest to put back together. The graveyard picture did put up a challenge when he was trying to figure out which gravestone belonged to where, but he managed to finish it in a minute. The Lake Hylia picture along with Hyrule Field and the Lost Woods were a thorn in the backside for him because the grass pieces of the puzzles were either in the wrong place or they switched with each other so that he was forced to take one out and exchange it for something else. If the puzzle piece didn't merge with the other pieces, he would know that he put it in the wrong place. He had to do this once or twice with them.
As soon as he got the last piece in, a note from Farore can be seen on the floor in a flurry of leaves inside of the room. The leaves spelled out what he needed to do next. "Where do you think I am most likely to hide?"
Not in Death Mountain or in the desert, for he knew that she doesn't like to be in a place that is terribly hot. At least that was what she told him a long time ago back when they first met. She even complained a bit about how humid Ikana Canyon was. The lake, while it is a very beautiful place, she would rather prefer something more private and peaceful. He learned of this from when she told him that she gets bored easily when she is surrounded by water. She even mentioned that she didn't like to spend that much time in the Great Bay when she was in Termina. He turned away from the Lake Hylia picture to study the others. The graveyard wouldn't be the perfect place for her to hide in, he thought to himself as he shook his head at the picture. The graveyard would be more likely his line of work than what Farore does. So then it left Hyrule Field and the Lost Woods.
Hyrule Field seems to be way too easy. His gut was telling him to go to the Lost Woods. That place he knew always set up a puzzling challenge of walking through the woods without getting lost. With all of those nasty twists and turns, making mortal men's heads hurt from trying to find a way out. He smirked at the thought of looking in that place for her. Farore has always been at home in the forest and that was where she could relax and be herself. To listen to nothing but the crickets, and feel the wind in your face.
"I'm coming for you Farore." He whispers as he jumps into the picture of the Lost Woods, leaving the Forest Temple behind as he goes to where she is hiding.
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He appeared in a flurry of stars to the entrance of the Lost Woods, blinking his eyes in suspicion he wondered where he should start in finding the girl. Normally in Hyrule if you are in the Lost Woods, you have to find your way around without getting lost and if you did you would turn into either a Skull Kid or a Stalfos. It was no problem for him after all. He did find her once, and he can find her again by using the stars and the moon in the night sky to help him locate her. He starts walking through the wood tunnel on his left, going backwards from the entrance to where the Forest Temple was and then he went right to go through one more tunnel before setting his sights on the one to his right.
He found her hanging around on a huge tree, her bare feet hanging freely while the winds gentle breeze filled the air. "So you finished my game. I hope it was to your liking." She comments as she looks down and holds his gaze while he looks up to her. Her green hair, how luscious it would be for him to caress it. He could already taste those lips of hers on the tip of his tongue, even when he hasn't done so yet. For a moment, he thought about backing away from her and leave her in peace, but he scolded himself in his thoughts. He had come too far to lose his chance with her.
Farore watches as he begins to tread closer and closer to the tree and then climbs it till he reaches the top and sits down on the branch next to her. "I took my time to admire your game. It is much more better than what the Moon Children had in my domain." Oni comments.
Farore groans in annoyance and shyly looks away from his gaze. "You ALWAYS think that whatever I have is better than yours. It wouldn't hurt you one bit to tell me that I am not good enough for you."
"And why should I? You are more than good enough for me." Oni argues back, although he did it more gently than he usually does when he is with someone else. He could never find it in his heart to yell at her. Let alone make her cry in front of him.
"But why would you choose me Oni?" Farore asks, her voice doesn't sound convinced of Oni's answer. "There are plenty of other Goddesses of Hyrule who are much more prettier than me and are much more worthier of your attention than I do."
He didn't speak for quite a long time as he looks at the stars for a moment and then turns his attention to her. He raises his gloved left hand to cover her cheek and holds her gaze with his. "You never faltered in my presence. Even when I lost my temper. That is what made me choose you, not only because you are beautiful but you have the courage to face what the others do not wish to face." Back in the day when they first met, he wasn't on good terms with her, for he thought that she would be like all of the other deities who would run away from him. She managed to be as stubborn as a statue whenever he got into his outbursts. The only thing that she said after he calmed down was this, "Is that all you got?" He knew there was something special with her after she said that.
"But why me? Why not Din or Nayru or the others?" Her voice broke as she tried to hold it together. She half expected for him to turn away from her and never look back. She had often heard the stories from the minor goddesses of Hyrule that Oni would take someones heart and crush them in his hands, how some of them believed that he is incapable of love to anyone. Farore personally didn't think it is true. She reasoned with herself that he can be as charming as her hero Link if he chooses to, but he rarely shows it to other people.
He scoffs, holding back a snicker as he pushes her playfully off of the branch, but he held her close while he hanged upside down on the tree branch. "Those girls are nothing compared to you!" He could detect that his little trick surprised the goddess in his arms as he relished over having her in his embrace. "When I see them I just shrug it off and keep going on about my business, but when it is you I always get this incredible urge like my brain switched itself to a different task than the one I wanted to do a while ago." He leans his head close enough that their foreheads touched and then he closes the gap by smashing his lips gently against hers.
All of those dark thoughts Farore had about being beautiful to the Fierce Deity had melted away within his kiss and she wanted to drown in it forever, not wanting to let him go as she wraps her right arm over his shoulder and her left arm went above his waist. She could feel him raising his hands to her head and caresses her head, brushing his fingers through her hair. Once she finally let him have control over the kiss, he pulled her closer to him as his fingers moved to the back of her dress. It was not enough for him to have her lips, he craved to place his lips over the rest of her body.
"Ah isn't this meadow nice in the nighttime honey. I would bet that Farore built this place specifically for people who want to have some peace and quiet." A woman's voice echoed in the forest as Farore and the Fierce Deity were forced to stop what they were doing and look to see what was interrupting their moment. It was two of the mortals from Hyrule Castle Town, a wife and her husband, who were just taking a nightly stroll through the forest.
"Bah! What good has she done to deserve being called a Goddess of Hyrule? She is a useless one for all I care." The husband grumbled to himself as he goes through the forest with his wife.
A sudden shift in the Fierce Deity's chest made him tense up and look down at the mortal who said something bad about his little blossom. All Farore could do was wait and see what was happening. She knows that once he gets angry at something he doesn't stop until he brought his own form of justice on the mortals who seek to blasphemy against a deity of Hyrule.
"Now honey, that is not a nice way to say to the Goddess of Courage," The woman said, fully ready to defend the Goddess, but her husband raised his hand as if to tell her to keep quiet.
"Courage is not going to help us one bit. She should not have been a goddess at all. Why couldn't we just have Nayru and Din is beyond my understanding, but they should just disown her-" The husband couldn't finish his rant as he tripped over one of the Fierce Deity's shadows that were hanging around in the woods. Farore could see that Oni was holding his hand out, commanding the shadows to obey him and make the man humiliate himself in front of his wife.
"You should watch what you say dear. You may never know when the Goddesses are listening to what you are saying." The wife warned sternly as she picked up her husband off of the ground and helps him out of the forest. She was unaware that Farore and the Fierce Deity were there in the forest listening in on every word.
After waiting for a couple of minutes until it looked like they won't be disturbed, the Fierce Deity relaxes his stance and looks back at Farore. "That old man is nothing but a fool to think you are not important enough to be a goddess." He said in order to try and cheer her up.
Farore wasn't convinced as she shook her head in dismay. He could see that whatever the man said really hurt her with his words and he wished that he could teach that guy a lesson for bullying his princess. He wanted to cradle and sooth her until all of those words were erased from her memory, but he knows that if he did any such thing it would only make her spirit falter and become fragile. He rather likes it when she has a backbone in taking care of her own problems.
"Courage is not sought after as much as Power and Wisdom." She mutters.
"Power is okay when you have a straight head on what you are doing with it, but too much will cause someone to go insane and corrupted in the wrong hands." Oni notes as he uses his shadow puppets to picture Farore's sister Din and Ganondorf, who although Oni has not met in person but he heard the stories and saw the memories of Link battling against him in Hyrule. "Wisdom is good for many people to heed and take advice on when they are fully educated in the art, but even that quality has its limits when some people choose to turn it around and use it for their own selfish ends." He next makes the shadows picture Farore's sister Nayru and switches out the picture of Ganondorf to the princess of Hyrule. "Courage, while it may not be the best quality that people should search for, it is there and it cannot be moved no matter how many times someone tries to break it down. It stands strong and shows what you can do if you choose to act on it." Finally he changed the shadows to make it show Farore's picture with Link to set it as an example of what he is saying.
"You really think so Oni?" Farore questioned, trying not to blush at the comment. She held onto him as he lets go of the tree branch his legs were hanging on to and he quickly back-flipped to land on his feet in the grass while holding her close.
"I don't think Farore, I know." He whispered huskily as he pulls her in for another kiss. It always seemed to him that each time he kisses her it just leaves him wanting more. "I love you just the way you are."
Farore relents to his touch, letting him erase her doubts within the kiss. It was until she felt him starting to rip a bit of her dress, mainly the top piece, she jolted back in shock as she tries her best to shield her chest from his prying eyes. "Oni! You know you are going to get in trouble for that right?"
"Oops!" He pretended to act all innocent, but his smirk is still written on his face. "Did you not want me to show you how much I want you?"
"We'll have time for that when we officially declare ourselves a couple. But wait until after the end of my Masquerade ball celebration." Farore begged gently as she tries to fix up her dress, all the while covering it up with her left arm.
"Oh that's right. I heard stories from the Giants that your sisters are hosting it." Oni muses. "I suspect that your sisters don't want me to come and ruin their plans for you."
Farore tries her best not to blush in embarrassment, "My sister's wouldn't expect you to show up, but I would want you to show up. This honor is not specifically for me, it is for you too in my book. But Din and Nayru don't know about me inviting you so I kept it a secret until I could see you again."
"You naughty little girl, inviting me where I am not wanted by others." Oni chuckles darkly as he puts his left hand over his mouth to hide his smile. This was just too interesting to pass up. "When would you like me to show up and sweep you off your feet?"
Farore gave this some thought as she remembers some of the special events that happened in Termina that she could fit in with him. Upon remembering Link's sidequest for Anju and Kafei, she thought that would be a perfect fit for both of them. "How about we meet again at the last day of my Masquerade ball? We can hang out quietly in my bedroom and then-"
"Have sex?" He guessed, only to receive a playful punch in his chest.
"Don't you dare think about it!" Farore scolds lightly. She can tell that he is thinking about it despite her warning. "You must remember that my sisters will go full Armageddon on you if you did that without their consent."
He surrenders as he shrugs his shoulders in disappointment. "Fine! We will wait until the last day of your masquerade ball. Just make sure you are stunning as the sun little blossom because you brought light into the darkness of my night."
With that settled, they both decide to return to their proper realms until the Masquerade Ball comes around the corner.
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Author's Note: Just one more chapter to go and then this three shot story is done.
