"Sunset is so beautiful don't you think so Impa?" a young girl asked as she looked out the window. "I think so."
"Yes milady that it is. Come now your father will throw a fit if you're late to supper again," Impa replied to the curious princess.
"I wonder what the outside world is like; you've seen it Impa? Is it beautiful? Is it like the scholar says it is? Like the pictures in the book?" the Princess Zelda asked with growing excitement.
"Now, now Princess, don't get too worked up before supper. We have to hurry before your father has a heart attack for you being late," Impa replied to the girl as she wrapped her arm around her shoulder.
"I know, I know, but I can't help but wonder what the outside world is like. As for my father, he always gets scared if I'm not on time. Impa can you please stop calling me 'Princess'?"
Zelda asked as she turned to her caretaker.
"Yes, of course, Princess," Impa said as she left the girl and walked out the door. "Let's go milady."
"Impa," Zelda yelled at her, "stop calling me that!" A hint of a smile started to show on the girls face before she started to laugh. Soon Impa joined in her laughter. The two women could not stop their laughter until they heard a yell from the dining hall.
"Zelda, do you not know it is suppertime?! Chief Renaldez and Prince Darius are waiting for you!!" the king bellowed from downstairs.
"I guess I have to go eat supper with him," Zelda sighed before she walked downstairs with her care taker. Zelda walked downstairs and put her princess demeanor on. "Sorry I'm late father, I should not have behaved in such a manner, it was quite un-lady like."
"Yes it was," her father said rather rude. "Go on, greet our guests, you're being rude." Her father picked up his cup and stared at her as he started to drink.
"Yes of course father," Zelda said as she looked down to her slippers.
"Now, now, my lord that is not necessary. Zelda already knows us. You don't need to greet us every time we visit," a young yet mature face said as he smiled. "Zelda I'm sorry we have not visited in so long." The man smiled at the princess.
"That's not necessary Rena- er Chief Renaldez," the princess replied as she looked into his ruby eyes. They we just like Impa's, strong and friendly, yet having a dark past hidden in them. His silver hair looked stunning in the light from the chandelier above them. "May I sit next to your son?" she asked with a hint of nervousness as she was afraid of what her father might say.
"Sure you can Zelda!" the boy finally broke his silence. "Right father?" he asked as if to break the awkwardness of being with the king of Hyrule.
"Yes of course Darius, the princess may sit anywhere she wants, as it is her dining hall," the chief looked at the princess and she immediately blushed with embarrassment.
"R-right it is my dining hall isn't it?" the princess could not break her eyes from his gaze. 'Those eyes, they hold so much pain and sorrow, yet I can't seem to look away. The eyes, they feel like they're going to envelope me, can anyone else see? Can they see the dull sorrow of them or am I the only one who can see his pain?' the princess thought in a daze.
"Zelda!" the king snapped. "We are still waiting for you!" a scowl became apparent and the king was furious. "The whole kingdom is waiting for you to sit down! So sit girl!"
The princess looked down and walked to her seat. She hated it, she hated the way he treated her. That is why she dreamed so much of the outside world, to escape the castle life, to be free. She finally reached her seat next to Darius and gracefully sat.
"You may leave," the king said rudely to the caretaker. Zelda looked at Impa's eyes. They flashed with anger and she saw her fists clench before they turned the dull color of Renaldez's eyes.
"Yes your majesty. How rude of me to be listening to nobles talk," the woman said before turning and leaving.
"…Auntie…," Darius whispered as she left. He hated it too. He couldn't wait until the king left his throne to Zelda. He knew Zelda would be a better ruler than him. Darius started shaking in anger before he heard his father's thoughts.
'Darius! Stop this unnecessary anger. Nohan is a rude man, but he does not deserve to die. Give him a chance and if it is the goddesses will for him to change then he will change.' His father spoke to him in his mind while looking at him from the corner of his eye.
'Yes father. But if it is not the will of the goddesses what then, do we wait for him to ruin the life of the child of destiny and his kingdom?' Darius asked the elder man.
'Yes we wait. Like a farmer tending cattle he will be disposed of for his foul meat. The hero will save this land I'm sure of it.' The man gave him a look that shocked him; his eyes seemed to ask him to believe him, to trust him.
"Now then, shall we eat?" the king said as only a noble would say the phrase. "Servants! Bring the Chief and his son their supper."
Zelda sighed and thought, 'at least there are windows in here so I can look at the beautiful night sky'. Stargazing was the only thing that seemed to put the princess at ease. The sky made her feel as if her problems were miniscule compared to the size and number of the stars.
