Fyras14: Chapter two is here! This chapter will introduce an all new...well, not really new, but rather changed Zelda. As some may or may not know, there are some occasions in which getting amnesia makes someone act differently, in this case, one may be quiet, but once they get amnesia, they become loud and such...this is what will happen to Zelda in this chapter. I'll try to mirror this new attitude of hers to Tetra's own attitude...

Well, now that that's out of the way, I hope you read and review, or criticize, whichever comes first!

"Kindness trumps greed: it asks for sharing. Kindness trumps fear: it calls forth gratefulness and love. Kindness trumps even stupidity, for with sharing and love, one learns."

-Marc Estrin

Chapter 2: Death of a Princess

Baldric eyes met the princess before him, her expression holding confusion and annoyance. Minutes passed by like hours before the young woman spoke, "Is something wrong? Do I have something in my face that so interests you?" came her rather rude question. Baldric's eyes sparked with anger at the girl's rudeness, but his words didn't elaborate on his anger.

"I…I was merely worried about you," the princess laughed a bit, folding both arms across her chest as she sat up in bed.

"Worried? You hardly look worried, old man. You looked more irritated than worried, anyway." Baldric said nothing as he watch Zelda sit up, and start walking around, examining the room, from top to bottom. He could hardly still believed that the princess had amnesia. The once wise and calm ruler was nothing but a memory to this girl, a memory that had long passed by not wishing to remain.

"Well, perhaps I do look irritated," Baldric said, kindly, watching as Zelda took a peek out the window. "but…perhaps you don't know the…seriousness of the situation." This 'new' Zelda ignored him. As much as he wanted to throw the girl off the window, he couldn't, the last thing he wanted to be accused of was murder, but goodness how much he wished to now that he had the chance. The royal doctor had promised Baldric that he would keep the princess's amnesia a secret, and so, no one else except the doctor and the duke knew of the princess's malady. "Excuse me? Are you even listening?"

"Yes. I heard you, but I just don't want to listen." Zelda moved away from the window, and walked over to the bed, and sat. Baldric wondered if the girl standing before him was the true princess of Hyrule. She looked like her, had those blue eyes, smiled like her, but her attitude sure said the opposite. Maybe it was a good thing that neither the doctor nor I told her who she was, well at least not her title, only her name…who knows what she'll do if—If what? Baldric almost slapped himself right then and there. What an idiot he had been not to think of that! The princess was completely useless at the moment and that was what he wanted. With her out of her out of the way, Baldric could continue to use the treasury for his own expenses. He knew she wouldn't be able to do anything because literally, she couldn't remember to do it. He almost smiled, then, but remembered his place and looked back at Zelda, with a half charming smile.

"Well, I think I can't just make you remember if you don't want to," Baldric told her, making Zelda nod, rather mockingly.

"At last, the lizard cares to use its tail for once! Why bug me right now since I can't even remember my own name!" Zelda blurted out. "Hardly, I even remember this…Zel…Zel something you told me my name was."

"Zelda." Baldric corrected her. Foolish girl all that wisdom served you nothing!! Now, if only she could stay like that forever... "Well, then, pr—Zelda, I must take my leave…do rest for a while." Zelda only drop to bed, and brushed the air aside.

"Yeah, yeah…" she muttered. Baldric could almost feel himself grinning as he left her bed chambers.

The meeting room was silent once Baldric took his seat, prompting all the other noblemen to do the same. Everyone was silent at first, before Baldric spoke up, his face betraying malice and satisfaction. "My dear councilmen, I do hope I have not interrupted nothing important by calling you to this urgent meeting?" he asked them. Four pairs of eyes looked back at him, confusion all written on their features. All shook their heads, but it was a small, fat and bald man that spoke before Baldric could.

"Of what reason do we offer our first meeting without the princess, duke?" he asked him, raising an eyebrow his way. Baldric smiled a little.

"Ah, so I see you have not heard of the problem that has overtaken the princess, Lord Eagler…" Eagler shrugged. "Do any of you know, what has befallen to our dear princess?" All shook their heads. "Well, I'll tell you, she has no memory."

"Excuse me. What?" asked a tall and white bearded man, by the name of Mutoh.

"I will repeat myself, dear councilmen, that the princess has amnesia." Everything seemed to stop with time, but one of the councilmen was quick to recover.

"Are you sure of what you are saying, Duke?" asked a thin, and young glasses wearing man.

"Of course I am, Duke Alon. I myself have seen it, and have come to tell you…perhaps, we could use this problem to our advantage…"

"Maybe," came an armored man's voice from the end of the table. "but, what makes you think that that wretched girl won't get her memory back the moment we start moving?" Baldric turned to meet the eyes of the armored man, and sent a chilling grin.

"She wants nothing with her past, Sir Williams, so I doubt she would want to recall anything…" Williams raised an eyebrow, that was hardly seen because of the helmet he wore.

"Are you sure? If one wants to control Hyrule, they'll have to get rid of its ruler…" Mutoh gasped of what he heard.

"Are you saying that we should kill the soon-to-be Queen, Williams!?" Baldric raised a hand.

"Now, now, Lord Mutoh, perhaps you misunderstood Sir Williams…getting rid of her not by death itself, but by another force, correct?" Sir Williams shrugged.

"Hardly. No one in this council ever liked that girl, I don't see why we shouldn't kill her now that we have the chance."

"Nonsense!" Eagler cried, sitting up and slamming his hand on the table. "I will not be the accomplice in a murder!!"

"Neither will I!!" cried Alon, followed by a nod of agreement from Mutoh. "I suggest we just make her disappear from the ! Just make her disappear!…we'll just say she perished by a flu, or something…"

"Hmm…that doesn't sound too bad of an idea, although mine was better…" came Williams' reply. He turned to face Baldric, who was already thinking. "So, what would you do?" The Duke of Guldbrandsen immediately answered.

"Simple. The princess will be dead to only the public…don't worry my friends, where I'll be sending her, she won't be remembering who she is any time soon…then, we can have this whole kingdom to ourselves." Everyone except Williams, who grunted, nodded.

Link never could have thought that he'll be back at herding goats again. Sure, he was no longer in danger of dying like when he faced monsters and even the King of Evil, Ganon, but even goat herding was tiring. You never knew when a goat would decide to give you a good trampling.

He and Epona passed by a group of goats, who were eating the pasture calmly, ignoring Fado, who waved good bye at Link. "Have a good day, eh, Link!!" Fado cried as he waved a good bye to the young man, that was returned.

"No problem, Fado! See you tomorrow!!" The hero patted Epona in the head, and soon they were heading towards Ordon. Link hummed to himself as he wondered what Midna or even Zelda were doing right now, ruling no doubt. Even though months had passed since Zant's and Ganondorf's defeats, he still wondered what his two old princesses friends were doing to keep themselves busy. He sure wondered how Midna was doing right now, she just didn't seem to be ruling material, then he laughed a little, remembering one time when Midna had told him that he looked quite pathetic to be any hero. Touché. His mind then wondered to what Zelda, the princess soon-to-be Queen, was doing. Rumors had been unkind to her this past few months, but he knew that someway, everything was going to be alright for her.

She had been possessed by an evil king and survived, after all. What was a few rumors against her? Nothing really. As his thoughts lingered on Zelda and her kingdom, he barely caught the all familiar voice of Ilia's ringing through the air. When he finally looked down to face her, she had a poignant look on her face, like the one she had had when one of the older goats had died just a week ago. "Ilia, what's wrong?" Link asked her worriedly, fearing that tears would dare to come out of her eyes.

"Link…oh, Link…its…the princess…she…she…died…"

Well, that was one dramatic ending...but don't worry, she really isnt dead! Expect the next chapter a couple of days from now!

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