I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT SINCE I FIRST THOUGHT OF THIS STORY! Which was really really really long ago... But anyway, if you're interested in all of this story still, then I think this is the chappie 4 u! I won't reveal what happens though . you have to read it yourself... That's what this story is here for!
But be afraid... Be very afraid...
Link and Zelda gazed at the rolling hills of Hyrule Field as they walked across the Hyrule Market Bridge.
Zelda gazed in wonder at the sea of grass before her. The wind blew freely at her long blonde hair, only held up by a light blue headband. Her matching plain light blue dress rippled in the wind behind her, revealing pale skinned legs and small and simple light blue shoes.
Link watched Zelda with a smile. He was clad back in his own clothes, a green tunic of the forest over a white undershirt and pants. He tucked some of his blonde hair beneath his coned shaped cap, and shifted slightly, allowing his sword and shield make a small clank behind his back.
Link then crushed the silence. "So anywhere you wanted to go?"
Zelda thought for a moment before replying. "Well, I have been to the regions around Zora's Domain and Goron City. Plus I've been to Kakariko and Lon Lon Ranch about a million times, so that leaves us with only three places. Lake Hylia, the Lost Woods, and Gerudo…"
"Zelda," Link lowered his head. "I am willing to take you to any of the other places, but can we stay away from Gerudo Valley?"
Zelda nodded. "Oh right," she simply said as she remembered that the last thing Link wanted was to see Nabooru.
"So then the Lost Woods and Lake Hylia," she said. Link frowned.
"Didn't your father tell you not to enter the Lost Woods?"
"Yeah," Zelda said, making a slight mischievous grin. "But that doesn't mean I have to listen."
Link nodded with a chuckle. "Okay but first we have to visit Lon Lon Ranch and hopefully convince Malon to borrow Epona at least."
Zelda nodded. They silently walked on towards the fortress that was known as Lon Lon Ranch.
Once they were there, they walked into the entrance, inhaling the putrid smell of the ranch in disgust.
But this didn't distract them when a voice came out immediately.
"Well, well, well, it's fairy boy," Malon walked up to them with her hands on her hips.
"Malon," Link said with a weak smile. "Umm… I know you…"
"Won't be pleased to know that you want Epona back," Malon finished for him. Link made a frustrated sigh.
"Must you do that?" Link asked angrily.
"Yes," Malon said with a wide smile.
"May we borrow Epona?" Zelda interrupted. Malon frowned.
"Well, I could lend any of these horses to you milady," Malon said to her sweetly and then shot a glare at Link. "But Link has a habit of having no responsibility for any of the horses."
"That was just one time when I happened to be sent to jail! What was I supposed to do? Take the horse with me?"
"Another reason why you shouldn't get another horse, you always get into some deep trouble," Malon countered. "Besides it was not once! It was twice that you had no responsibility. You come back after Gerudo Fortress and got your horse stolen!"
"Can we please just take a horse?" Zelda shouted. She calmed down as both Link and Malon grew quiet. "Malon, I'll make sure Link brings back Epona as soon as we leave Lake Hylia."
Malon sighed. "Alright…"
Link shot a smirk at her. Malon rolled her eyes.
"I'll give you the horse your majesty," Malon said while shooting another glare at Link. "Not Link…"
"It's Zelda," Zelda said. "I'm on vacation. I'm not the princess anymore."
Malon made a bright smile as both Link and Zelda climbed up upon Epona's back. "Have a good time!"
Wind rushed past both Zelda and Link as Epona galloped off. Zelda held on gently yet strongly around Link's chest, blushing as she felt his six-pack.
In what seemed to be a few minutes, Link tugged at the reins for Epona to slow down, and in minutes they embraced the shade of the trees.
"That fast?" Zelda said, surprised. "I thought it would take longer to get to the forest."
"Epona is one of the fastest horses on Lon Lon Ranch," Link replied. "She was specially cared and trained by Malon. She may be quite annoying sometimes, but she cares a lot for the animals on the Ranch, and makes sure every single one of them are as healthy as they can get."
Zelda nodded silently and slipped off Epona as did Link.
With the reins still in his hands, Link walked forwards, guiding Epona along. "Stay close Zelda. If you make one wrong turn, then you're lost forever."
Zelda nodded with a gulp and moved as close as she could to Link. Link shot a glance at her and decided the best way to make sure she didn't wander off.
He grabbed her hand, feeling her relax at his touch. Zelda shot a glance at Link before looking in the direction they headed in.
Link walked in one part of the forest, meeting up with a large cave. He looked over to Zelda.
"Want to visit Darunia?" Link asked. Zelda became confused.
"This cave leads to Goron City," Link answered for her.
"Oh!" Zelda said and shook her head. "No I want to explore the Lost Woods more. There must be a lot to see!"
"Well…" Link said while walking on. "There's the entrance to Zora's River," he indicated by pointing to a small pool of water. "And, maybe I should show you this one place…"
"What place?" Zelda asked excitedly. "What place?"
Link grinned. "It's secret. Only me and a good friend of mine know about it."
Zelda watched as Link guided both Epona and her through a maze of trees with no certain direction except the strange pattern of zigzags to Zelda.
Link then suddenly came upon a large fortress like place. Zelda looked at the entrance. She looked at Link.
"A maze?" she asked. Link nodded.
"It's easily navigated," he said. "And the monsters inside are just deku scrubs."
And with that, he pulled her through the maze, stopping with his shield up every time a scrub popped out of the ground and shot out a bullet.
Zelda couldn't help but feel sad when the bullets reflected upon Link's shield and attacked the poor deku… since after reading a couple books; she discovered that not all deku scrubs were evil. At least, in some parts farther away from Hyrule…
"Almost there," Link said, breaking through Zelda's thoughts. After treading through some water and getting partially soaked, they reached a group of stairs, both climbed up defeating two deku scrubs along the way and reaching a giant room in the forest.
Zelda gazed around. It was a simple, yet more peaceful-like place. A tall tree was at the back of the room, holding up some sort of broken stairway and on the side was a small tree stump. A small girl sat upon it.
The girl didn't seem to notice who came, but instead kept playing the small pink ocarina in her hands. Her eyes were closed and her short emerald green hair covered most of her facial features as she lowered her head.
Link walked up to the stump with a big grin on his face, and Zelda followed right behind.
"Well, look who it is," Link said to catch the girl's attention. "Saria didn't I tell you something very important about this place?"
Saria looked up, opening her forest green eyes and making a big grin.
"I know, I know, you told me not to come here because of how close to the Forest Temple I was."
Link nodded. "Then what are you doing here?"
"Waiting for you…" Saria said with a frown. "And speaking of waiting for you…"
Link made a groan before Saria went on.
"I can understand that you can be busy with some other things when you didn't visit me when those six months came, but when a year passed and even longer!" she said fiercely.
"I was sent to jail," Link explained. Saria put her hands on her hips and rolled her eyes.
"This hero thing is getting annoying," she sighed. "Can't you follow the law in Hyrule and still save people?"
"Unfortunately not," Link replied. Zelda looked at the two.
At first, Saria seemed a lot like Malon, yet instead of Malon who would lose her cool right away and scream everything out; Saria was much calmer and spoke quietly and calmly with every word, showing pure wisdom in her voice.
Saria smiled. "That's become your sort of curse hasn't it?"
Link nodded. "Then again, as you say, sometimes, things that seem terribly wrong are much better than if not influenced in."
Saria nodded. "Even with just the power of observation…"
Zelda made a cough to announce that she was here. Link just realized that she was here and went beet red.
"Erm… This is Princess Zelda of Hyrule," Link explained. Saria raised an eyebrow.
"Well I never expected Link to meet the Princess of Hyrule," Saria said with a smile, and with that she stood up and bowed. "It is an honor to meet the next heir to the throne and hope you have a peaceful one."
"Thank you," Zelda said, blushing as well. "There's no need for formalities though. I'm on a vacation from being a princess."
"Hope you have a good one," Saria said. Zelda nodded as Link smiled with a wave.
"See you Saria," Link said, but stopped before leaving. "I might not be able to visit you for a long time, because well…"
"Well what?" Saria asked.
"I'm Zelda's full time personal servant," Link explained. Saria couldn't help but giggle.
"I thought she was some sort of replacement for Malon," she giggled.
"What!" Link said hotly. He became beet red. "No she isn't!"
Saria finished giggling before going into her pockets and pulling out an orange ocarina. Link's eyes widened in recognition...
"My practice ocarina," Link said. Saria nodded.
"Play my song when you want to talk," she said with a smile.
"Really?" Link asked with a smile. Saria smiled.
"But that doesn't mean that you now have an excuse to never visit me in person again, got it?"
"Got it," Link replied. They both waved before heading back through the cleared out maze. Zelda smiled at the entrance to the maze. Saria was much nicer than the two other girls that Link knew.
And yet although she seemed much older than what she looked, which only appeared to be ten.
"How old is Saria?" Zelda asked Link. He shrugged.
"Dunno, somewhere in her five hundreds," Link replied. Zelda gave him a suspicious.
"I'm being serious Link, how old is she?"
"Like I said, she's at least over her five hundreds. She's a Kokiri. They have the power of immortality because of the magic their guardian the Great Deku Tree creates."
"That was a Kokiri?" Zelda said shocked. "You mean the children from legend?"
Link nodded. "Try to keep it a secret. The last thing they want is publicity and more people roaming around and trying to find them."
"Okay, I promise," Zelda, said. She then became curious.
"How do you know Saria?" Zelda asked.
Link looked at her for a minute before looking up to the sky. "After my parents died, I ran into the woods where Saria found me. She took me in and raised me like her own child."
Zelda nodded, trying to picture Saria trying to feed a baby Link a few berries that were too sour for him. But Link broke her thoughts by picking her up and putting her on Epona and getting up himself.
They galloped through the forest a bit more before Link looked up with a gasp.
"What is it?" Zelda asked. Link had a look of horror on his face.
"We have to go! These woods aren't as safe as they used to be," Link replied.
"What are you talking…?" Zelda said, but stopped in mid sentence as a howl entered the night.
"Wolfos," Link growled under his breath.
Link picked up speed on Epona as Zelda could see a few gray figures behind him. Link noticed this and looked behind as well.
"You know how to ride a horse?" Link asked. Zelda nodded.
And immediately, Link jumped off Epona. Zelda gasped while pulling on the reins for Epona to stop. She turned around as a few wolfos came up to Link to face him, growling with hunger.
"Link! Are you crazy? Get back here!" Zelda commanded.
Link ignored her and instead replied back. "Go! I'll catch up! If we rode together, then Epona slows down and this isn't the greatest time to take our time."
"I can fight!" Zelda said while taking one leg off Epona. Link grabbed her foot roughly while still looking at the beasts moving towards him.
"No! Hyrule needs you! I've fought these things before and you haven't! Just go!"
"Link I'm not leaving without you!"
"Yes you are!"
"I'd rather die than leave!"
"And I'd rather be ripped apart by monsters, face Ganondorf again, and get stabbed by a thousand knives than drag you into danger."
Zelda grew quiet. "Please be okay," she said quietly, and then rode off.
Link watched as the pack of wolfos surrounded him. He knew the tactics of every wolfos. If there was more than one, wait till the other is killed and attack. Link smiled. This was really an idiot plan for all monsters.
Link stood his ground with his eyes closed; listening for the sixth sense inside him to tell him which beast would attack first. It would be no point to look around and try and guess since they were actually smart enough to attack from behind most of the time.
But there were five wolfos circling around him, and sneaking behind his back.
A swipe came from one of them.
Link turned around with his shield out and slammed it against the monster's claws. The others backed away for a battlefield for Link and the monster before him.
And one by one, each made the mistake of lunging at him, sometimes tearing his tunic, making gashes on his arms and chest. This was a big mistake on their part though, since this gave Link the perfect chance to duck down and stab them right in the chest.
Until one of the wolfos came up and attacked him from the right… Link raised his sword to avoid the slash coming to his face.
But it never came…
Instead, this monster was smart enough to make a feint attack and slash his lower side. Link gasped as the beast's claw connected with an old wound.
A loud shrillcry of pain came from his part as he fell onto his knees and started to pant. Tears watered his eyes and his arms and legs felt like rubber. Every wound in his body began to hurt as the pain in his right side felt like an agonizedtorture that seemed to come from the pit of hell itself. Link winced as he held his sword out strongly again, trying hard to ignore the pain.
He couldn't… He couldn't do it…
Yes you can! Said a voice inside him. Toughen up! You're going to give up just because of an old wound! You're not a hero at all!
Anger welled inside him and he got up. He held his sword out behind him and released with another whirl of red and blue, releasing a spin attack. All the monsters around him were instantly killed as his battle cry echoed throughout the night.
Link winced sharply, holding his right side in some way to try and numb the pain. He caught his breath before half running- half limping through the forest.
"Zelda! It's okay I got rid of them!" Link shouted as loud as he could. His voice cracked as sharp pains jabbed at his side, every time he took a step.
Luckily Zelda heard this and urged Epona towards Link's voice.
"Link!" Zelda shouted. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine!" Link feeling the pain of his right side fade away as Zelda rode towards him.
"Maybe we should leave the forest," Zelda sighed. Link nodded.
"My thoughts exactly," he replied and got on Epona.
"Come on once we get out of this forest, we can take a break."
And with Link's good navigating skills and Epona's speed, they escaped the forest in fifteen minutes.
"You're bleeding everywhere, Link," Zelda said in horror.
"Yeah well, wolfos aren't exactly happy and friendly little puppies."
"That doesn't mean you should be so reckless. Many care for your life Link."
"Do you?" Link said looking behind him to Zelda. She nodded immediately.
"Of course I do!" she said. "You're my greatest friend."
Link nodded and turned around in disappointment hidden from Zelda.
A friend? I was hoping for more, he thought with a frown. He quickly dismissed that thought and paid attention to where they were going.
"All right, we're out and in a safe spot," Link replied upon stopping near a small bolder in the dirt road.
They set up camp, taking some stored food out to eat quietly, after that, Zelda couldn't take it anymore.
She took a couple bandages from her pack and some gauze, and then crawled up to Link and grabbed his arms.
"Zelda what are…?" Link said in shock. She rolled up Link's sleeves.
"Link I'm not going to allow you to get infections on my vacation," Zelda said stubbornly. "I'm just going to bandage your arms. Okay?"
Link sighed and nodded. He watched as Zelda gently rubbed the medicine over his cuts, giving him a stinging sensation and wrapping the bandages tightly around his arms.
As soon as she was done, she just noticed how close she was to Link. She went pink and regretted it.
Link noticed as well how close she was. Maybe if he could just…
"Umm, maybe we should get some sleep," Zelda interrupted and laying down by the campfire. Link nodded while rolling down his sleeves.
Link made a silent sigh before he laid down on the other side of the campfire.
He then looked over the fire towards Zelda and smiled.
She was already asleep, and he knew why. She had a big adventure today for a sheltered princess.There would be no doubt that she was tired.
Link watched and noticed her twitch and start to shiver as she lay there. Remembering the first time he met her, he unhooked his belt, took off his tunic and walked around the fire.
He then kneeled down and laid his green tunic on her like covers to keep her warm. Zelda made a slight smile in her sleep as she crouched into a ball to relax in Link's warm tunic.
Link watched Zelda throughout the night and neared the campfire to rid himself of the cold night chilly air.
As the sun appeared over the horizon and seeped through Zelda's eyelids, she shut them tightly, feeling extreme warmth on her part.
She opened her eyes to see green fabric laid on her like a bed sheet. She looked again to see that it was Link's tunic.
Zelda turned over to see Link putting out the fire. He looked over to her with a smile.
"Ready?" Link asked. Zelda looked down at Link's tunic.
"That wasn't necessary," Zelda said. "You didn't have to give me your tunic."
"I wanted to," Link said. "Besides you're wearing a dress with hardly any sleeves and I'm wearing things that can keep you warm through an ice cavern."
He put on his tunic and belt once more and saddled up Epona.
They both got on for what seemed to be the hundredth time to Zelda and rode south where the Lake Hylia slumbered.
Zelda made a gasp as she caught sight of the amazing lake before her. She looked at it in awe.
"The pictures of Lake Hylia are beautiful but they don't even do this wonder justice," Zelda said. Link nodded.
"Yeah, Lake Hylia and all of the Zoran lands are all beautiful wonders of Hyrule."
Zelda began to feel famished. "How about we eat breakfast here?"
Link nodded. So they sat by the lake, watching its glory and eating a few bits of bread.
"I'm so glad we got out of the castle," Zelda said after getting rid of a bit of bread in her teeth.
"Yeah, me too," Link replied back. "That place was getting suffocating after a while."
"Yeah well you're going to have to get used to it when we get back," Zelda sighed.
"I don't have to get used to it if I don't want to," Link said mockingly.
"Oh really," Zelda said, poking his chest. "Well then I order you to!"
"You don't order me around!"
"Yeah, you're definitely not my personal servant, that's Manton's job!" Zelda said sarcastically. "If you're not my servant then why do you do everything I tell you to?"
"I don't do everything you tell me!" Link countered.
"Yes you do!"
"No I don't!"
"Oh really? Prove it!"
"Okay," Link said with a devilish grin. Ignoring her squeal, he grabbed her waist and picked her up over his back like a sack.
"Link, put me down!" Zelda ordered strongly. Link snickered.
"Sorry princess, but I'm not your servant," Link replied.
"Link I'm not ordering you as your master, I'm ordering you as the leader of your country! Now put me down right now!" Zelda shouted angrily. "Or else I'll send you to jail for disobeying me!"
"It'll be worth it," Link laughed as he neared the edge of a cliff that led down into the lake. Zelda noticed this too with a gasp.
"Don't you dare," Zelda screamed. "I will have you hanged! I will have you stoned! I will make sure you're burned alive if you do drop me in the lake!"
Link only laughed. "Aw Zellie, you need a hug," he said as if he was only four.
"Zel…?" Zelda started to say, but she was interrupted as Link pulled her into a bone-crushing hug. She gasped for breath as Link whispered in her ear.
"Hold your breath," he whispered seductively, and loosened his grip on Zelda.
But before she could do anything to get away, he jumped off the cliff and into the lake with her in his arms.
She opened her eyes in the water to see Link giving her a big grin. She reached her hand out and pushed him down father into the water.
Breaking out of the water, she looked around.
"Link?" she asked, slightly panicking.
Someone burst out of the water behind her. She turned around to see a figure covered in mud, looking almost like a redead.
The mysterious person made a loud moan, scaring Zelda and making her scream her lungs out.
The figure burst into laughter and wiped the mud off his face to reveal a very dirty Link. He was laughing so hard that he felt like he was going to suffocate.
Zelda sent a wave of water at him.
"Link! That wasn't funny!" Zelda shouted angrily. The wave sent Link's hat off his head, revealing a big clump of mud in his hair and on his face.
Zelda went red. She didn't want to do it, but it was so funny. She made a quick smile before bursting into laughter.
She giggled so hard it was very hard to breathe. After a few minutes of trying to calm down, she looked over to see a surprised Link.
"What?" she asked. Link had a look of shock on his face.
"It's just, that I never," He said. "I never saw you really smile before or even laugh."
"Okay, whatever," Zelda said. Link smiled.
"You should do that more often though…"
"Do what?"
"Laugh… Smile… Be happy… Stuff like that," he replied. Zelda smiled.
"There are you happy now?" she asked mockingly.
"Ecstatic," Link replied. "Now where were we? Oh yes I believe we were…"
But he didn't say anything else; instead he grabbed the clump of mud on his head and threw it in her face, bursting into laughter.
"Oh you are so dead!" Zelda said, getting a clump of mud from the sea floor.
That went on for almost half the day. After cleaning all the mud off their bodies, especially their faces, they swam out to one of the small islands on Lake Hylia.
Zelda satnext toLink as he sat, his legs dangling in the water with his ocarina up to his mouth. Zelda listened to Link play a song he called Saria's Song.
"It's a great dancing melody," Zelda said with a smile, which was something Link had loved about Zelda right away. Her big bright smile and perfect laugh…
"Yeah, I played that song to Darunia once, and he loved it," Link replied.
Zelda laughed. "Well he does love to dance." Suddenly, she became curious. "Can you play any other songs?"
"Not really, unless you want to teach me one," Link replied. Zelda smirked.
"Maybe I do," she grinned. Link became curious as well.
"What is it?"
"It's a song my mother used to play to me as a baby. It's passed down from the royal family for generations. Only the royal family and their messengers know this song," Zelda explained with a smile. "But I think we can make an exception."
Link nodded and listened closely as Zelda sang the notes. Her voice was pure and never wavered.
Link smiled and tried to play the song on his ocarina. After a few corrections, he played it perfectly.
"Wow, it is a beautiful song," Link said. "What's it called?"
"It's my lullaby," Zelda said. "Zelda's Lullaby people call it. It was named after my ancestors."
Link nodded and played it again. Zelda smiled as she listened to the song, loving every minute of it.
"Is that how it goes Zelda," Winchel said as he started to play Zelda's Lullaby on his violin.
"Yes you're doing it!" Zelda cried happily. Winchel smiled.
"Such a beautiful song, a perfect one for you, I believe," he quoted poetically. Zelda blushed.
She looked over to him with passion in her eyes as he finished the song. He dropped his violin silently and caressed her cheek as she gave her first kiss away.
Zelda suddenly realized that she dazed off as she listenedtoLink's ocarina.
Once she awoken from her daydream, she found Link sitting there with a smile on his face. She reached over and touched his shoulder.
Link looked over to her with a smile. "Zelda…"
"Shh…" she hushed him. She made a smile and kissed his lips. They fell into a deep embrace.
What will happen next? What's wrong with Link? (what's wrong with me?) What will happen when Zelda gets back to the castle... Well I tell ya... Er... never mind.
Well, what do you think? And you're probably asking why I have this down here... Which is...
This is a cliffhanger! Mwah hahahahaha! Hehehehehe! Hahahahahahahahahaha! And I think that's my cue to stop laughing... But anyway... This fic is on hiatus until... I'm not exactly sure really... But I am thinking of creating another story (you can probably find it at first if you're that obsessed) Anyway please review and read these stories! Thank you!
Right over Wrong (of course)
A Child in My Remorse
A Wish for Death
Broken Promise
Believe
When I Snap...
Annnnnnd! My Life! (Wait no please god, don't read that horrible story! XD)