A/N: So really random. "Electric Feel" by MGMT is playing while I'm writing the scene with Malon and Kadel at the waterfall… I'm so tired. Gotta get up for work and school tomorrow.

Chapter Ten

A woman stood tall as I had my shirt on the other side of the bed. I rubbed my eyes to see better… 'Zelda..? What in the…?' I thought to myself.

"So, did you have a nice sleep last night?!" I looked up wide-eyed and confused.

"Um, what?" She pouted and huffed at me.

"You took up almost all the space on the bed!" I looked back as I saw how I was laying… completely diagonal and my whole body spread across the bed like the blanket itself. "How do you feel leaving your wife, pregnant, with little space to sleep on?!"

I frowned. "I'm sorry honey…" I gave her the most innocent and guilty look on my face. She tried to talk and not look at me at the same time.

"You know! First, you leave me to sleep by myself! And then you take up all the room on the bed!" I frowned again and kept my mouth shut. "And you're the one to talk whenever I take up space on the bed!"

"Look, Zelda. I said I'm sorry, alright? I don't know what to do…" I looked around. "Did you want me to pull up the cot by the bed or something?" I scratched my head.

"Ughh! You just don't understand!" Zelda cried and stormed off. I tried to put on a top and follow her. She made her way down the hall toward one of the ending windows. Rooms were on our left and right. She kept mumbling and complaining about stuff that didn't even matter.

"Shh! Zelda…! People are still sleeping…!" I said putting my finger to my mouth.

"Don't tell me to 'shhh!' Mr. Hero of Time!" She put her hands to her hips as one of the guards opened their door slightly to peek out. He was a big man with broad shoulders.

"Alright…! Who's out here makin' all the rucus-" He said rubbing his eyes and with a burly accent. I looked at him and did the whole 'slice your neck' gesture with my hand as a 'no go'. I knew him. His name was Marnell. Soon enough she turned around…

"Get back to bed!" She shouted as I covered my ears. The guard looked up wide-eyed at his angry queen and nodded as he shut the door quickly. I came up to Zelda closer and tried to grab her shoulders gently. We were standing by the big window as the white light shined generously on us.

"Zelda…" I said taking her hands. "You need to calm down, honey. Look, I said I'm sorry. Next time, I won't keep you waiting as long alright?" She looked at me and pouted. She looked so cute… I smiled as she spoke with irritation in her voice.

"What?!" She asked looking away.

"Oh, nothing, honey. You just still look more beautiful than any maiden in Hyrule, even when you're upset." I kissed her cheek as she threw me a small smile. She kept looking away until I lifted her chin toward me. Her eyes sparkled as she started to frown. She sighed.

"…I'm… I'm sorry honey…" She said as she looked up at me. "I just think it's this whole pregnancy thing is making me moody again…" She held her hand to her heart.

"It's okay, honey. You know I love you and I'm going to stay here no matter how you act… I just want to be a good husband for you." I held her hands in mine. "Anything you're craving, my love?" I smirked.

She blushed and looked away. "Mmm…" She mumbled like a little kid. "I want…" I smirked again as she took a while. "I want…" I started to chuckle. "I want cottage cheese with grapes and milk…"

"An unusual combination for the Mrs. it is." I smiled and led her back to the room. I put on a long sleeve shirt for a while as I walked through the castle at this early morning hour. I yawned as I reached the kitchen. I ruffled my messy hair and opened the giant ice container. 'Milk, cheese, a couple of kinds. Cottage… cottage… where's the cottage…? Ahh, there it is.' I thought, pulling it out. "Now the grapes…" I said setting the other food neatly on a silver plate. As soon as I found the grapes I was about to grab them-

"You're getting rusty, Hero of Time." I let out a small grunt and shout and dropped them on the floor. Luckily, they were still in a container. I turned around to the familiar voice.

"Impa!" I said with a blunt look. I picked up the grapes and set them on the table.

"The attack last night. Nina and I heard, for we only watched the festival and stood back. Another vampire in Hyrule?" She put her hand to her chin.

"Yes… it seems that way…" I said looking down at the grapes. I thought about how she was still here and wondered if she'd left yet…

"Well, fear not, for Nina and I will still continue to scout the castle." She looked at the food I carried with me. "Did you not eat last night your highness…?"

I chuckled. "No, I did. It's for Zelda. And please Impa, just Link."

"Ahh, Zelda. Best not keep her waiting, hero. I shall leave you to your own." I smiled and nodded.

"Thanks." I carried all the stuff upstairs and tried to make it look presentable. I walked inside our room and greeted Zelda as she smiled excitedly. "Here you go, honey." I remembered I left my cap downstairs on the dining table due to the quick stop I made to fix everything. "I'll be right back. I forgot my cap downstairs." Zelda smiled there was a little table stand on the bed so she could eat.

"Okay, hurry back!" She smiled in delight.

I walked downstairs again, but this time, I slid on the railing. 'Dunuh nuh nuh nan na na huh.' I mumbled the gerudo song under my breath and hopped off. I looked back at the railing, messing around and as soon as I turned around…

"Link-

"Ahh!" A young man stood before me with his red eyes shining. "Geez! What's with all the surprise greetings this morning?!" He smiled weakly.

"I see you're having too much fun." He smirked as I smiled.

"Trying to have all that I can before the royal court calls me again…" I frowned and sighed. "So much stress, wish I could just take a breather from them, period. You get me?" I saw my cap on the dining table as I walked toward it and picked it up.

Sorin smiled weakly. "Yeah, I get you."

I adjusted my hat and ruffled my hair. "Hey, Sorin…?" I thought about something that I should've thought about a long time ago. He stayed silent.

"Hm…?" He looked down, something bothering him, in his eyes.

"I was just wondering… since you didn't kill that man and Vatani did…" I carried on, with nervousness in my voice. "What did you hunt…?"

"I actually wanted to confront you about that…" Sorin looked up and frowned.

I looked up as I saw Amelia all dressed up and on the stairs above him. She frowned at me and looked up at Sorin with tears beginning to form in her eyes. 'No…' I thought to myself as I couldn't believe my eyes…

In the Forest

A young man held a woman's shoulders in her grasp, flipping her around to turn to him quickly. He stared at her with his ruby, red eyes and faced his pearly white fangs toward her with great threat. She stood there, and looked up at him, wide-eyed, speechless. There was still sadness and regret and sorrow in her eyes as he read them carefully… but… there was also something else… hope… The woman tried to decrease her movement. He breathed a little heavily as he kept looking into her eyes. She waited for her master's words, curious to what they would be…

"If you plan or think, for one second…" He stuttered. "That you can replace my thoughts with happiness or joy, or any of the sort… You're truly mistaken…" His voice talked in a lower tone, still remaining cold as ice.

"Lord Kadel…" The woman looked up sadly. "I'm sorry… There are times where I try to embrace the things that truly make me happy… I can't help it. I guess it's only human nature…"

"Pfft… human nature…" He muttered as he looked away.

"You were once human… wasn't there ever a time you wanted to be happy…?" His eyes widened as he looked at her.

"…Shut up…" He glared at her.

"Wasn't there, though…?" Malon asked hopefully.

"Be quiet-

"I'm sure…" She looked away with more sadness filling her eyes. "No matter how miserable or heartless a person might seem… there's always a light in all that darkness, for both can't occur without one another… Trying to be happy is almost everyone's main goal… Why then would we all be alive-

"Shut up!" He shouted.

Kadel gripped her wrists and pinned her against the dirt ground nearby. Her hair spread out like a blanket as she gasped due to her master's sudden maneuver. She looked up with a deep sadness in her eyes.

"All I ask, is that… is it really bad, even though through all I have been through, darkness at every turn, corner, and crevice, I still want to find true happiness…?" She looked up breathless as he was breathing heavily himself.

Kadel drew his fangs closer to her bare flesh on her neck. He grunted. "I don't know if I should just kill you right now… or…" She moaned as his grip was tight around her wrists. He was taken back a bit by the moans that was emitting from her lips. Even though she was in pain… He quickly shook his head. "Forget it! I'll just kill you when we reach Hyrule! Let's go!" He shouted as he let go of his captive. Malon lay there speechless. Kadel dried himself with his cape and soon gave it to Malon after he was done. "Human!" He shouted again.

She regained her thoughts and shook her head as tears fell from her cheeks again. She tried to hide it and quickly replied. "Y-yes master…" She stammered.

She got out of the water and dried herself with her master's cape and got changed back into her dress that still had a rip on her shoulder. She hurried as she followed her master quietly. The rest of the journey was quiet. She still cried as she tried to find something else that made her happy. She enjoyed the nature around her; the beautiful flowers, the water's melody, the bird's chirping, cheerful songs… It was beginning to be the early afternoon as they continued traveling in silence…

Hyrule

Luggage… bags, packed with other items to follow… My heart sunk as I looked at the couple, now before me… I looked at Sorin in disbelief, absolutely speechless… I heard footsteps as Zelda came walking down the stairs. Impa and Nina had just come out of the library section…

"Didn't I tell you to hurry back-" Zelda stated and as she saw the situation, she stopped dead in her tracks with nothing, but confusion written on her face. She stayed silent as she slowly made her way behind me.

"…Who…?" I asked with wide eyes, still looking at Sorin. He looked away in shame… "Who…?!" I asked, raising my voice a little louder. I put my hands on head, not knowing what else to think. The young vampire looked at his wife in silence still and motioned for all of us to follow him. A silent trip, it was. He led us past the castle town market and past the entrance of the castle, until we finally arrived to the moat. We looked around as no one was present, but Sorin. We were to the far left of the moat.

He sighed and stepped aside, revealing his kill… In the water, you had to lean over and stare for a while to see a man, submerged underwater with varied items and such. Zelda and I looked up as we noticed who this man was. Ironically, he was once a follower of Ganondorf and I had always had bad vibes and thoughts of this man, and nothing more.

"…This was my limit… unfortunately… I'm truly sorry…" Sorin looked down and away with a deep sadness in his eyes.

"To be honest, I was never fond of this individual to begin with." I spoke trying to figure out what to say to help… "He's a former follower of Ganondorf, and he was never kind to me, or anyone else… His name is Talon… but…" I sighed in frustration and knew it didn't change anything… I frowned and looked at Sorin seriously. I couldn't handle it… "Come on, man…" Zelda stood there, speechless with her hand to her heart. She looked at Amelia as tears started to roll down her cheeks…

"I made a promise Link and I must honor it…" Sorin closed his eyes. "I'm deeply sorry, Link… and Zelda… please forgive me…" I held Zelda tightly as Nina and Impa stood back and looked down in sadness and silence. We all gathered our thoughts as we started to head back to the castle, so Sorin could get all his packed luggage. I ordered guards to clean up the corpse in the moat as they did, kindly. On the way there, a person Sorin did not want to see didn't help the situation at all… She ran up to him and tried to talk to him again…

"Sorin… please… may I just speak with you once…" The young woman gathered her skirts and tried to catch up with him.

"No…" He said quietly and kept walking.

"Sorin, please… let me at least explain myself…" Vatani's eyes were puffy from crying all last night.

"Don't you have a child to look after or something…? Why don't you run back home to Kendric while you're at it…?" His voice started to deepen with anger. Vatani looked down in shame and sadness. She still kept trying to follow Sorin.

"Sorin, please you don't understand-

"And I'm glad I never will." He held Amelia close. "Now, leave me alone. Not only are you stressing me out to my limit… You're stressing out my wife more than she already is…"

Amelia frowned and didn't know what to say… "I'm sorry, but… if you'd just please-

"Fuck off! It's over between us!" Sorin exploded.

"But… if you'd just…" She tried one last time.

"If I ever so much as hear your voice, say my name again, I won't show you any mercy… I swear…" Vatani looked at him wide-eyed with more tears forming in her eyes. She started to back away with tears flowing endlessly down her cheeks. She gathered her skirts and started to run away.

Amelia looked at her husband with great sadness. "Honey… maybe you should've at least tried to hear what she had to say-"

"No, Amelia. She needs to leave us alone. No matter what she says, what happened in the past cannot be revitalized." Sorin closed his eyes as we all continued to make our way to the castle. As we reached the courtyard, Sorin grabbed all the luggage as he put one on Amelia's broom and one to carry on his back. Zelda and I stood beside each other and held hands in silence. She started crying as she held both hands to her face… it pained me so… It was Zelda's dream to have a baby at the same time as Amelia and talk to someone who had the same thing in common. I thought about how lonely she'd be as I cursed under my breath. I wanted my wife to be happy… I hated it… all of it… "That's everything…" Sorin finally said.

"…Where… where you headed…?" I asked trying to hide the raspy voice that was to come out. I cleared my throat. Sorin looked at me as the sun started to set. He looked at me with a serious shine in his eyes.

"Probably somewhere in the desert… Closest place nearby is Termina… but you never know…" He smiled weakly. This was it… He held out his hand to do our last and final handshake. I patted him on the back and did our quick handshake. "Don't forget us, Link…"

My voice was still raspy. I tried to hide it. "We won't… you do the same…" Sorin nodded. Zelda cried as she hugged Amelia tightly. Amelia did the same as both of their sobs filled the air. I hugged Amelia and Sorin hugged Zelda… Why… Why did this have to happen…? I wish I could just say it was okay, but it wasn't… and Sorin was a man of his word. There's no changing his mind. I couldn't believe it. They started walking away… Nina started to follow them.

"Nina, you too…?" Impa asked with pain in her voice as well.

Nina smiled sadly and replied. "I'll go back home to Termina, friend. It's where I belong." Nina smiled as she looked back at us one last time. "Visit us… if you can…" Impa nodded and smiled weakly seeing her dear friend off. I knew that that would be a long time from now, due to Zelda's pregnancy and the condition of the royal court. I hadn't been keeping up. I wasn't even sure if it was possible. I don't know. I felt emptiness, numbness, devastation… like we'd never be able to see them again…

The day was horrible for all of us. Zelda hugged me tightly as she couldn't stop crying… I held her so tightly as the memories went back to where Sorin had helped us and been my best man at our wedding… Everything hurt… We both grieved and mourned as we lost comrades we knew were one in a million, rare to find, and were once in a lifetime deal…

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