You guys were amazing yesterday! This story has gotten over 50 reviews now and I love reading all of them, they fill my heart with RAINBOWS! (I really hope you get that reference!) So extra special thanks to Princess Zelda-figure skater (and for beta reading all through this story, you are amazing!), TheBlueAlienRobotZombie, ShadowNinja1011, Bleachshowlover1, and The Band Geek Alchemist! I'll do a long sweep of followers, favourites, and all reviewers thank-you's at the end of the story! And just to make total sense here, Castle Town is like a big city, about the size of London or New York, and Ordon here is a small town, anyway, I hope you like the last chapter!
One more thing! One lovely lovely reader has drawn fan art from this story! I was so chuffed! You can see it on deviant art under the name princescharmingkight! Sorry I can't post a link here :(
Two weeks of beach life, shopping, swimming, and general holiday antics later, the cases are packed and Link and Sheik are loading them into the trunk of Link's car.
"I'm going to miss all this," Midna says, staring up at the house nostalgically.
Zelda nods, "Yeah, this was probably the best summer of my life…"
"We all know why that was!" Midna says, grinning.
"Don't pretend you didn't love it too…" Sheik says, wrapping his arms around Midna from behind, resting his head on her shoulder.
"Is that everything?" Link asks, leaning against the car.
"I think so…" Zelda says, nodding.
"Good…" Link says. He pulls the keys out of his pocket and drops them into the envelope, before carefully slipping that through the letter box, "Right, let's go!" He quickly kisses Zelda, before hurrying around to the other side of the car, clambering into the driver's seat.
"Link I need the toilet!" Midna pipes up.
He sighs, "Midna we just got in the car! We haven't even pulled out of the drive yet!"
"But I really need to go!"
"The door is locked and we don't have the keys, you'll just have to wait until we pull over!"
She sighs, but settles down in her seat; Sheik turns to look at Link from where he sits in the front passenger seat, "We did well this holiday…" He holds out his hand for Link to hi-five, he laughs, but reluctantly slaps palms with him.
"I still don't understand why you live here!" Link mumbles, "It's so difficult to get here!"
"Trust me Link, if I had a choice, I wouldn't!" Midna says, sighing as he pulls up outside her house. She pushes the door out of the car, clambering out, Sheik follows, pushing open the boot so he can collect her bags.
"This is crazy," she says, "I go home for a couple of weeks, spend the whole time getting ready to go to castle town, then in two weeks' time you all come to pick me up again and we all head off the university!"
"I know!" Sheik says, "Well… I'm not going to the university… I'm going to find work as a police officer."
"Put those ninja skills of yours to use!" Midna says, smiling.
"Well are you taking a course in being awesome?" Sheik laughs, setting her cases down at the gate and taking Midna in his arms.
"I'm going to miss you…" He says, sighing.
"I'll miss you too, it's only two weeks but it'll seem like months…"
Link leans out of the window, honking his horn, "I hate to break up the heartfelt goodbye but we really need to hurry home Sheik!"
He sighs, kissing his girlfriend goodbye, "I'll see you soon," he mumbles, she nods sadly, watching as he walks slowly back to the car. He turns back, watching as she blows him a kiss, he returns the favour before clambering into the car.
"Are you ok?" Link asks, solemnly.
Sheik nods, and Link pulls out of the driveway, he turns to drive away and the three of them wave their goodbyes to Midna, before heading back en route to Ordon.
Sheik sighs, trying to distract himself from his parting with Midna, "So, have you told your parents that you're together yet?"
"Not yet…" Zelda sighs, "I'm dreading it…"
"Why?" Link asks, frowning.
"Are you kidding?" Zelda says, laughing, "Our dads have been placing bets on us since we were kids!"
"What!?"
"Yeah, your dad said we'd be together by the end of high school, my dad said we'd get together in university!"
"Well…" Sheik interrupts, "If it's any consolation neither of them will win seeing as you got together between high school and university..."
Zelda laughs, "Link… you know Aryll's never going to let this go!"
"Oh goddesses…" Link moans.
"You two have fun!" Sheik says, grinning proudly.
"Yeah well our families spend Sunday afternoons together anyway; they always have dinner round one of the houses," Link replies.
"Lucky you!" Sheik says tauntingly.
"Yay…" Zelda murmurs sarcastically.
"Cheers mate, see you soon, we need to Skype with Midna about Castle Town!"
"Yup, see you in a couple of days then!"
"Yeah," Sheik grins, and with that makes his way into his apartment building, leaving Link and Zelda to make their way back to the car together, Zelda climbs into the front next to Link, butterflies flitting around in her tummy as Link pulls the car onto the road.
"Only a few minutes until we're home…" Link says, "Are you ready?"
"Nope," Zelda says, "Then again, I never really will be!"
"Relax…" Link says, smiling as he pulls out of Sheik's housing estate, "It'll be fine, they'll all be ok with it, they all knew it would happen eventually."
"Oh I know they'll be fine with it! They'll just drive me crazy asking me all kinds of questions about you!"
Link laughs, "Here, I'll take your mind off it." He turns the radio on, they sit listening to the music until eventually Link pulls up outside his house, and sure enough, Zelda's father's car is parked just behind Link's parent's cars.
"Oh goddesses…" Zelda mutters.
"Come on," Link says smiling, "It'll be fine!"
The two of them clamber out of the car, "Shall we get the bags?" Zelda asks.
"Nah, we'll leave them till later," Link says, he wraps his arm around her waist and leads her up the path to his front door, he carefully slips his key into the lock, he's about to turn the key when suddenly the door is wrench open to reveal Zelda's mother standing on the other side.
"They're home everyone!" She reaches out and pulls Zelda into a tight hug, Zelda laughs, hugging her back.
Link's parents and Zelda's father crowd into the little hallway, Aryll laughs, pushing through the huddle of people so she can wrap her big brother in a hug, Link laughs, lifting her feet off the ground, making her squeal with excitement.
"Hey Aryll!" Link says, putting her down so he can rummage in his pockets "I got you a present!"
She grins as he pulls out a small wooden box, she takes it and pulls the lid open, revealing a silver key ring, shaped into a perfectly formed fairy, with tiny gemstones for her eyes. "It's so pretty!" Aryll says, smiling.
"All around Lake Hylia there's these beautiful fairy fountains, one of them had a little gift shop, I thought you'd like that."
"Thanks Link!" She squeals, hugging him again, he laughs aloud.
Zelda's father makes his way over to Zelda, ruffling her hair; she rolls her eyes, patting it back into place. "So," he says, "Did you take good care of her Link?"
"Of course Mr Faron…"
"Link, I've said a million times, just call me Jens!"
"Actually dad…" Zelda says slowly, "We have something to tell you… all of you."
"What's going on?" Link's mother asks, frowning
"Shall we… go in the kitchen?" Zelda says, nervously, her and Link hurry through into the kitchen-diner, leaving their bemused families to follow.
"Link? Is everything ok?" His father asks, frowning with concern.
"Actually… yeah…" Link says smiling, he looks over at Zelda, she nods encouragingly, and he smiles, wrapping his arm around her waist slowly, "Zelda and I decided to-"
"Link's got a girlfriend! Link's got a girlfriend!" Aryll sings, cutting him off.
"Aryll!" He exclaims, playfully knocking her round the head.
"I knew it!" Zelda dad shouts, laughing, "Wait… so who wins the bet?"
"Damnit…" Link father says, making everyone laugh.
"Is that ok dad?" Zelda asks nervously.
"Of course it's ok, as long as you're happy!"
Link smiles, "Thank you Mr… I mean Jens"
He smiles, and Link's mother makes her way over to the oven, a tea towel in her hands, she pulls out a large roasted leg of lamb, placing it on the counter tops, smiling, "Ok, everyone go wash up, darling would you carve the lamb for me?"
Link, Zelda and Aryll charge up the stairs to use the bathroom there, the same way they always did when they were kids.
Aryll grins, squirting soap onto her palms, "Have you kissed yet?" Aryll asks, grinning.
"Aryll!" Link exclaims, shaking his hands out before he wipes them dry on the towel.
"It's ok Link, yes Aryll we have," Zelda says, smiling as she holds the door open for the Aryll, who runs through, her blonde plaits bobbing, they follows her down the stairs and settle around the large oak dining table. Link's mother makes her way around the table, pouring sparkling apple juice into Aryll's glass and white wine for everyone else. Zelda and Link's fathers bring in dishes laden with lamb, vegetables, potatoes, stuffing, Yorkshire puddings, and a large jug full of gravy.
"Right…" Jens says, settling down in his seat, "Everybody dig in!"
"Wait!" Zelda's mother interrupts, smiling, "First a toast… to Link and Zelda!"
Everyone smiles, "To Link and Zelda!" And with that they chink their glasses together, and dig in to a long awaited meal.
Okay, before I get into all the thank-you's! I'd like to say that, for those of you who asked, I am considering writing a sequel about them all staying in castle town, but I'm unsure; let me know if you'd like me to write a sequel!
Anyway, here we go! Thank you to everyone who favourited this story, that's amwick, Bleachshowlover1, BOEDADDY, Courtney Gears, Death88400, im-still-your-zelda, Jazzmatazz2000, LlaraTheExplorer, Nevershutup, , Princess Zelda-figure skater, PrincesscharmingKnight, ShadowNinja1011, The Band Geek Alchemist, TheBlueAlienRobotZobie, TwiliCuckoo, Xenotize, ZeldaPhoenixLegend, and Zelink4eva123!
Also thank you to the followers amwick, BelieveInLov3, Bleachshowlover1, BOEDADDY, Christian Cadet, Courtney Gears, Death88400, dee44, erico637, EternalNight1212, im-still-your-zelda, Jazzmatazz2000, Nevershutup, Persona-Person, , Princess Zelda-figure skater, ShadowNinja1011, The Band Geek Alchemist, TheBlueAlienRobotZombie, TwiliCuckoo, WeilderofBlade, Willia Toryn Cadmer, Xenotize, ZeldaPhoenixLegend, and Zelink4eva123!
Phew! And finally, once again for my lovely reviewers WeilderofBlade, EternalNight1212, TheBlueAlienRobotZombie, ZeldaPhoenixLegend, Princess Zelda-figure skater, Bleachshowlover1, Christian Cadet, James Birdsong, JSMac, Zelink4eva123, im-still-your-zelda, ShadowNinja1011, MelissaMachine5000, Joyma, Xero the Pyr0, Elderberry97, fangirl, Nick, Iranda20, PrincesscharmingKnight, and The Band Geek Alchemist
And especially thank-you for the beta read from Princess Zelda-figure skater!
I hope I spelt that all right! Anyhow you are all supermegafoxyawesomehot! Thanks for taking the time to read this story and review, favourite, or follow, it means the world to me :) xxx
Let me know about the sequel!
