Start time 10:26 p.m. PST 11/15/13

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Disclaimer: I don't own The Legend of Zelda, bla-bla-bla (insert more legal stuff here)

Just for reference, TP link doesn't have white tights like OOT link. It's more like tan skinny cargo pants, but without the pockets. You'll find out why I told you guys this in the next minute.


Link

I wake up to a splitting headache, my vision blurred, and by the dull throb on my face I can already tell that I have a black eye. The next thing to hit me after that pleasant thought is the smell. The pungent smell of puke and urine, mixed with something I can only describe as a dead corpse left out in the sun for too long.

I blink rapidly, trying to get my eyes to adjust to the darkness. Once my vision adjusts, I can make out a few shapes around me. Mainly the large iron bars locking me in. I'm in the castle dungeon. I almost laugh, if not for the dryness in my throat that makes my breathing come out raspy. This is the exact same cell that I was thrown in on the start of my adventure. I half expect Midna to pop out at any moment and free me from the heavy metal chains that bind me to the dungeon wall. Even the broken crate in the corner is still there. This is too easy. I just have to transform, my wolf legs can easily slip out of… shoot.

I look around frantically; all of my gear is gone. Of course this isn't that big of a surprise. My clothes have been stripped down and replaced with rags. I start panicking as I feel around my neck. The shard is gone. I desperately search around, eyes scanning every nook cranny in the forsaken place even though I already know they took it all away. After my panic resides, my anger starts bubbling up. I curse the goddess for letting this happen to me, along with Zelda for throwing me into this cell after all I've done for her and her family. I saved Hyrule from Ganon and this is my reward? I slump down, defeated, and lean back on the dirty wall to await my fate.

Time passes oddly in a cell. Nothing ever changes. The only sound is the scrambling feet of some animal, and the constant drip of water. Now and then a guard would come in, armed to the teeth with a cocked crossbow and full plate armor. Just to deliver stale bread and water to me. After who knows how long, I start to see things. Shapes that keep moving in my peripheral vision, but the moment I turn to look, it's gone. Sounds, like nails scraping on the walls, bugs crawling all over the place.

After what seems like months, something different finally happens. I hear talking behind the door to the dungeon, hushed speaking that my trained ears pick up. The door opens, and light spills in. I have to squeeze my eyes shut because of the pain. I hear what sounds like about seven people come in. All but one are clad in heavy armor judging by the clanking sounds their footsteps make. But I still hear the swish of a dress.

"Hero?"…

Zelda

"Well, well, look at this," another voice pipes up. "The great Hero of Twilight, locked up in a dungeon cell."

Keith… just my luck.

"Zelda?" I manage to croak out with my raspy voice. I swallow some saliva to try to get my voice back from months of not being used.

"That's Queen Zelda to you, you scum." Keith spits back.

"Fuck you, Keith."

"Don't you dare use that kind of language in front of the Queen!"

"Like I care you bastard, and while I'm at it, fuck you too Zelda, you ungrateful back-stabbing little son of a- Ah!" I yell out when Keith knocks me in the head with the end of his spear.

"Spinach, damn Keith, I was gonna say spinach."

"Wait for me out the door." Zelda finally speaks up.

"B-but Queen! Isn't it dangerous? He can be carrying weapons!" one of the guards asks.

Zelda raises and eyebrow and calmly replies back. "He's in rags. I don't think anyone can hide weapons anywhere with rags. And I am more than well-trained enough to take on a prisoner, should he somehow escape. Besides, you striped him down yourself, I'm sure that it says something if I find he is carrying a blade."

"But just for-"

"Out. Now." She says with a glare, and all the guards, including Keith, scramble out.

Once the door closes, she looks at me. "So, spinach, eh, Link?" she smiles weakly, her voice changing from queen to a friendly tone. But I'm not easily fooled.

"So it's Link now, eh? What happened to 'Hero'? And what's all this bull I've been hearing with me assassinating the King? You know damn well that I'm not guilty."

Zelda sighs. "Formalities… look I know that you probably hate my guts right now-"

"I do."

She continues on like she didn't hear me. "But I assure you that I'm doing all that I can to try to get you out of this mess."

Well, at least it makes me feel a little better with Zelda on my side.

"Doesn't seem like you're helping me much by letting me starve in a dungeon. How long have you kept me locked up here, huh?" I ask, glaring at her. "Weeks? Months?"

She blinks rapidly a few times. "You've only been down here for a little over two days, Link."

"Oh..."

"Link, the king just got assassinated, and the entire kingdom is hectic. Some people think that it was some imposter of you, while some wonder why you haven't been executed yet. Heck, some even say that I sent the assassin myself to kill my own father so I can become queen. Impa has been begging me to let her come down to kill you herself."

"Looks like my chances getting out of this alive are pretty slim, eh?"

Zelda frowns, and nods her head. "The guards are going to take you to the courtroom for a trial OK? Don't struggle and just go with them. Anything to make it look like you're innocent is important."

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever"

"Link, I'm sorry." Zelda smiles sadly and walks back to the door.

"Alright, take him away," she tells the guards, queen voice back at full swing.

Six guards come in. Four of them unlock the chains from the wall and hold on to them tightly. Another guard is right behind me, I can nearly feel the tip of his spear on my back. And sadly, I have to stare at Keith's ugly figure all the way to the courtroom.


HA! My word was true. Another chapter this weekend, not that much longer than my last one, only by like 300 words, but I have little time with school. I might be able to squeeze another chapter in tomorrow, but I have a large test Monday :/ so again, no promises.

I know Impa doesn't appear in TP, but whatever, I have the Sheikah appear, so Impa does too.

Constructive criticism is very useful for a writer. (wink wink, nudge nudge)

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to: KaitaKiriaa, ESopre, and last, but definitely not least, Swamp Dragon Princess for your reviews. You guys (and gals) are the reason I continue writing.

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