Chapter 7
Zelda slowly began to open her eyes only to realize that she was no leaning against the carriage door any longer when she had fallen asleep sometime during the night. Instead she felt an armored arm and hand as it was placed softly on her right side of her waist. The princess also noticed that something was wrapped around her from the neck down. And once she had brought her gaze downward a bit she saw that it was Meta Knight's cape that was wrapped around her. But before she began to move upwards she quickly realized that her head had been laying upon the armored chest of Meta Knight as well. But as the Hylian noblewoman started to move away from the anthro wolf she heard his voice as he said, "Oh, you're awake, Your Highness. Please forgive me for having you leaned up against me. I just thought perhaps you would get a slightly better rest that way rather then leaning against the carriage door."
"No, that's quite alright Meta Knight. Thank you for trying to make me more comfortable on our journey to the Mushroom Kingdom." Zelda reassured the lupine to which she saw a light blush form on his face.
When the two made eye contact though she saw him look away from her as he said, "Of ocurse, Your Highness. Thankfully we should arrive there by midday."
The princess nodded her head in understanding before she replied, "That is certainly good news. However, I just hope Peach does not go overboard with any plans she might have for welcoming us to her kingdom." After this had been spoken though the Hylian noble saw the mark of the Triforce on her left hand lightly glow. This prompted her to raise her hand slightly closer to her face as she added, "Hmm, The Triforce of Wisdom is faintly glowing. I wonder what-ah!" Suddenly midway through her sentence the princess felt a dark and evil power off in the distance.
While the brunette regained her bearings she saw Meta Knight give her a look of concern when he asked, "Is everything alright, Your Highness?"
"I, yes I am fine." Zelda replied, in a attempt to put her bodyguard's worries at ease. Once he had looked away from her again though she mentally continued with, "That dark presence I felt can only belong to one person. However, I should not jump to any conclusions until we've arrived at Peach's Castle."
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Lucina let out a tired sigh as she placed her right underneath her chin in slight boredom. She knew that the carriage ride to the Mushroom Kingdom was going to be a long one. And even though they were only a few hours or so away from the castle the young princess knew that she could only take this silence for so much longer. With this in mind she looked over at Fox and asked, "Excuse me Fox, I hope this won't sound too personal of a question to ask you. But I was just wondering what inspired you to become a mercenary in the first place?"
She saw the green eyed fox bring his gaze over to her when he replied, "Well, to be completely honest my father was my inspiration when it came to becoming a mercenary. Of course my decision only became clear whenn I had learned from my father's best freind that he had killed. This of course was when I was still a young child."
"Y-Your father was murdered as well. I-I am so sorry to have been the cause for making you remember such a thing." The blue haired young woman apologized with a sorrowful look on her face.
To her surprise the anthro fox just shook his head dismissing her apology while he told her, "There's no need for you to apologize, Your Highness. It's been many years since my father's death. And once I was finished training I became the leader of my father's mercenary group. During this time was around the start of the Lylat Wars. Sadly I can't go into that much detail about the war that took place in Corneria. However, what I can tell you is that I was able to avenge my father by defeating his killer in combat."
"Ah, I see. Then I suppose you and I have something in common for I also was able to avenge my father's death with the help of Robin and all of our other comrades. Not my father in this time of course, but my actual father from the future that I had came from." Lucina explained, as she did her best to smile.
"Oh yeah that's right you came from future didn't you?" The vulpine remarked, before a grin spread across his face. Once this happened he turned his slightly away from her and added, "I wonder what myself in your timeline is doing right now? Maybe I was able to settle down with that special someone and started a family. Then again perhaps it's best not to think like that."
"Well, honestly there's nothing wrong with dwelling on the "what if". However, you are right it's best to focus on your current self." Robin said, upon looking away from the book she had been reading. Lucina then saw a smile spread across her face when she continued with, "Besides if you really want to get married and start a family then I'm sure that special lady will show up sooner or later. You just have to stay in a positive state of mind."
The noblewoman was taken aback when she saw the light brown and white furred anthro fox lightly blush while he commented with, "I..um, thanks for saying that Robin, I hope you're right. Maybe if I'm lucky my second relationship will go better then my first one did."
"Hmm, so Fox has already experience what it's like to be in a relationship. But if his hoping his second relationship will go better then his first one did. Then I wonder what happened between him and his first ex. I hope he would not mind if I asked him that question. However, I know that this is not the right time to do so. I should wait until I've gotten to know him better." Lucina told herself, as she looked at the tactician and mercenary one last time before looking outside of the carriage once again.
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Ganondorf stood out on one of the balconies of the castle when he saw his mark of the Triforce began to give off a light glow. Seeing this prompted a grin to from on the Gerudo's face as he said, "Hmph! So Princess Zelda must almost be here. I am looking forward to seeing both her and her bodyguard once more." He then let out a loud chuckle before he went on with, "Little do they know that soon I wlll have complete control over this place. And once that happens then I can take my revenge on them for what they did to me a few months ago."
The warlock quickly calmed himself when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him. And when he had turned his head back over his shoulder he saw that the footsteps where from Princess Peach as she walked up to him and said, "Ganondorf, my guests will be arriving here soon. Could you please make sure that everything is ready for them once they have arrived?"
"Of course, Your Highness." The green skinned man replied , after he had turned to face her and did a small bow.
He kept his eyes closed and his head lowered once he heard the blonde haired princess let out a light giggle before she responded back with, "Thank you, Ganondorf. Oh, and please make sure that you're by the front doors to the castle. Because once everyone gets here I want to introduce you to all of them."
"As you wish." Ganonodrf stated, as a second grin spread across his face knowing that all of this was just going according to his plans.
