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Broken

I saw Zelda come back with Denom, so I decided to go and see her. I wanted to tell her about the day we had.

I wandered around the halls, looking for her. Instead I found Denom.

"She should be heading back to her room in a bit," he said. For once, he wasn't smiling. His face was expressionless.

I nodded and turned around without thanking him.

What I found at Zelda's door was something I wish I'd never seen.

Zelda was kissing Denom.

At that moment, my entire body went numb. I couldn't move. I couldn't breathe. I stood there still as a statue.

Then my body moved on its own. I ran forward and punched Denom in the face.

"Tsk!" he said. "I was only doing as the princess asked."

"Link I-," Zelda started to say. But she stopped herself.

"You didn't..." I whispered. "You didn't!"

Zelda was silent. "See? She doesn't deny it!" Denom said, getting back on his feet.

"Is it true?" I asked her. Again she was silent. "Alright. Sorry. Excuse me."

I shoved past the two of them and went into my room. Mina was in there talking with Ollivar.

I listened at the door for a while. Once I heard Zelda go into her room and Denom leave, I walked oer to Ollivar.

"Can I punch you?" I asked.

"What happened?"

"Can I punch you?" I asked again.

Ollivar took a pillow from the bed and held in front of himself. "Alright, go ahead."

I raised my fist. I really wanted to hit him, to release all this anger. But I couldn't.

"Link?"

Then the world went black.

Day 3

When I opened my eyes, I was sitting in a tree with Zelda. She was smiling and laughing. Then out of no where, Denom appears. He tells Zelda to jump. She jumps and he catches her.

"Good bye, Link!" she called.

I try to jump to follow her, but find that the scenery has changed. I am now in Hyrule Field, surrounded by a million people with my face. I fight them off until there's only one left. He bows and laughs.

"I am the Hero of Time! Loved by all of Hyrule! Loved by the princess!" he shouts. He raises his sword and I feel the blade make contact with my neck.

The scene changes again. I am at the gallows, a rope around my neck. The crowd watching is laughing. I make out a few faces. I see Ganondorf's evil smile. Majora's Mask is floating around the crowd, cackling. I see that purple man, Knil, standing there with a smile on his face. Cybalt and Rylu are up front. Zelda comes out of no where and approaches me.

"Zelda! Help me out of here!" I call.

Zelda steps behind me. I expect her to take the rope off of my neck. Instead, she pushes me.

The scene changes once more. I'm at the top of a tower. Zelda stands on the edge.

"Zelda, get away from there," I tell her. She grins at me. "Zelda, c'mon, you'll fall."

Zelda laughs. She takes a step off the tower and falls. "ZELDA!" I shout and run to catch her. She appears again on a giant butterfly.

"Good bye, Link," she whispers. She and the butterfly fly away...

I bolted up in my bed. Ollivar and Mina are sitting at the table. It was morning and breakfast had already been brought.

"What happened? Where's Zelda?" I asked.

"You fainted," Ollivar answered. "The princess is in her room. Are you going to see her?"

"She spent the day with Denom yesterday, right?"

"Yeah. Link, are you okay?" Mina asked.

I shook my head. "Wanna eat something?" she continued, pointing toward a plate of bacon.

Again, I shook my head. "Call a doctor, Link doesn't want to eat!" Ollivar said laughing.

"Minus six," I said.

"Good one," Mina laughed. "But I'd give it a three."

"What?" Ollivar asked. "What's with the numers?"

"Nothing," Mina said, putting a finger to her lips.

Ollivar shrugged, but looked annoyed. "Fine then, don't tell me."

"That's the idea," I said. "I'm going to the training grounds."

"What for?"

"To train, idiot. I'm going to blow off some steam."

"We'll go with you."

I shook my head. "It's fine."

Mina huffed. "Have you ever thought that I wanna train too?"

I rolled my eyes. "Do what you want."

Mina grinned. "You coming, Ollivar?"

"Of course I am," he said, sending her a smile.

"Plus two," she muttered.

"Two? I think he only deserves half a point," I said.

"What are you two talking about?" Ollivar asked, irritably.

Mina put a finger to her lips again. "Secret."

I didn't even get to pull my sword out before Cybalt summoned me.

"His Lordship calls upon the Hero of Time," the servant said.

"What does he want with me?" I asked.

"His Lordship calls upon the Hero of Time," he repeated.

I groaned. "Alright. I'll be there in a minute."

The throneroom was empty when I went in. I walked to the middle of the room and waited.

The door closed and my hand flew to my sword. I spun around and found myself face to face with Cybalt.

"Hasty, aren't you?" he said.

"What do you want?"

"To apologize."

I was taken aback. "For... for what?" I asked, suspicious.

"Denom has told me the events of yesterday. I never meant for that to happen. But it seems that your princess has fallen for Denom."

"I..."

"So I'd like to propose a deal," Cybalt said, "I need something. Something from Hyrule Castle. If you can bring it to me, I'll let you have your revenge on Denom."

Revenge, huh? I hated and loved the sound of that. What would I do to him? Beat him to a pulp? Cut off his limbs? Kill him?

My mind screamed at me. Don't do it! Don't make the deal!

But the rest of my body wanted it. The rest of me wanted to taste the sweet revenge that would come with this deal. Sweet, sweet revenge...

But what about Zelda? It was proved that Denom wasn't the only one at fault. Zelda had asked him to kiss her. She didn't deny it when I asked her. What would I do about Zelda? Let her watch her new love fall? I couldn't bear to think of Zelda heartbroken. But I wanted to see it...

Through all the conflicting emotions and thoughts, I had unconsciously shook Cybalt's extended hand.

Cybalt grinned. "Great! You have made the right choice."

"What do you want?"

"A book. It is called Mudora. It has very important information."

"Mudora? Why would you want the history of Hyrule?"

"I will tell you once you bring it to me," said Cybalt. "Now, I want you to go to the castle. Do not let yourself be seen."

"That won't be as easy as it used to. I'm grown now, they'll see me," I said.

"No matter. I have a mask. I bought it off of a strange man with a huge pack. Here," he took a grey mask out from his pocket. The mask was oblong shaped and was very plain. It was the Stone Mask. A mask I got from a soldier five years ago in Termina.

I had given the mask to a Moon Child, but didn't question how Cybalt got his hands on it.

"To the common eye, you will be invisible. As plain as stone," Cybalt continued. I nodded. "It seems you are familiar with this mask."

I shrugged. "I've seen it before."

"You've traveled, haven't you? Are you also one?" Cybalt asked.

"A what?"

Cybalt shook his head. "Tomorrow, at dawn, you will leave and look for the book of Mudora."

"I'll be gone tomorrow," I said to Ollivar and Mina when I got back.

"Why?"

"Just 'cause. Just letting you know."

"Want me to tell Zelda?" Mina asked.

"... Nah. It's fine. I don't think she'll be looking for me, anyways," I answered.

"Why wouldn't she be looking for you?"

I shrugged. "Can I just beat the crap out of this training dummy?" I asked.

Without waiting for an answer, I raised my sword and swung at the dummy.

And missed by a long shot.

I swung again. I missed again.

I swung once more. Another miss.

"Are you okay, Link?" Ollivar asked. "You seem out of it."

I tried to swing again, but found my arms were as heavy as lead.

"I... I've just got a lot on my mind," I said.

Mina and Ollivar stared at me expectantly. Then Mina waved at someone behind me.

I turned around to lock eyes with Zelda. For a moment, I felt warm inside. Then reality caught up with me and I saw that Zelda was with Denom.

Zelda waved to Mina.

"D'you wanna come spar with us?" Mina asked. Zelda shook her head and waved good bye. She walked off with Denom. The warm feeling boiled and became an inferno.

"Fyre," I muttered and slashed through the dummy. This time I didn't miss. I felt a strange satisfaction at the sight of the falling ashes.

Day 4

Ten days left. Then I can go home and stay there. I wonder what will happen once we leave. Will it all be over?

I wanted to test the mask and reached into my pocket. Instead of the solid feel of the mask, I felt something soft. It seemed to ripple when I touched it. I pulled it out and was surprised by the silver that began to flow out of my pocket.

Undersee's Cloak?

The silver cloak looked like liquid in my hands. I had gotten it in the dungeon. With Zelda...

Ignoring the the small pang of regret, I... wait. Regret? Do I regret it? Falling in love with Zelda? Do I regret it? I can't remember a time where she wasn't part of my life. Even before I met her, Zelda's face appeared in my dreams. I always wondered who she was upon waking up. Now I know who she is. I love who she is. And I feel so broken when I think about her.

It's only been a day and I'm feeling this way?

"Dammit," I muttered, wringing the smooth cloth in my hands.

Sighing, I put the cloak on. To test the effects, I found a maid and whispered, "Boo," in her ear.

The maid then ran off screaming.

Laughing a little, I removed the cloak and stashed it in my pocket. I left the castle through a secret exit I had found two days ago. The exit went above the garden and let out near the woods.

From the woods, I found the path we always take and followed it back to Hyrule. Soon I had a glimpse of Hyrule Field. It wasn't empty like it usually was; there was a carnival going on. It must be the Great Prayer. It's a time where we celebrate the three golden goddesses and thank them for all the good that has happened to us. For fifteen minutes tonight, the town will be completely silent. This is the Great Prayer. Every citizen in Hyrule Castle Town will be silent for fifteen minutes and pray for good fortune and thank the gods for all they have. I know all about it, but I've never really participated. I left Hyrule right before the carnival. It's celebrated the same day as the Carnival of Time in Termina. I think.

I figured this would be a perfect chance to finally experience the holiday.

I put the cloak on and walked around the booths. One was selling clothes. I found a traveling cloak with a wide hood. I took it from the rack and dropped twenty Rupees in its place.

I replaced Undersee's Cloak with the traveling cloak and stashed Undersee's Cloak in my pocket once more. I made sure the hood wouldn't reveal my face and joined the crowd.

The field hosted the Market during the Prayer and the Town was filled with games and food stands.

I looked around the stands and found nothing of importance. Until I saw a jewelry stand. Near the back, there was a necklace that perfectly matched the comb I had bought Zelda. The shopkeeper saw me staring at it.

"Does this necklace catch your eye?" she asked. "For a special lady, yes?"

I nodded. The shopkeeper smiled. "Here. Take it," she said, holding it out to me.

"I couldn't," I said.

The shopkeeper still smiled. "This fine piece of jewelry was always my favorite. I wanted to find somone to take care of it. Give it a nice life. But it was always overlooked."

"Why don't you keep it then?"

"I never enjoyed wearing jewelry. I make it. I give them beauty. I want them to find happy homes to spend the rest of their days. Please take it."

I sighed. I took the necklace from her and put it in my pocket. I took out fifty Rupees and placed them in her hand. Then I walked away so that she couldn't argue.

Hours passed and I had been through the castle and back again. I knew the book wouldn't be in the library, so I went straight to Zelda's study. Nothing found. I looked everywhere. Still nothing found.

I found myself walking through the streets, nibbling on some cheese. I passed by a book stand and a certain green book caught my eye.

"Excuse me," I asked. "Is this book for sale?"

The shopkeeper nodded. "'Tis cursed, though. Thar book 'as bin sold o'er a dozen times. 'Twas always brought back."

"It's fine. I'll take it. How much?"

"Thar'll be a dozen Rupees," he said, handing the book to me. I dropped the Rupees on the table and stared at the book.

I held in my hands, a complete history of Hyrule. This book is probably so filled, it even has the future written in its pages.

Out of curiousity, I opened to a random page. On the right was a picture of a fiery ball of light. There was a caption under it:

Cyra's Blessing. Every 17 years, the goddess Cyra sends her blessing in a ball of light from the heavens. They say that if you are born at the same moment the light crosses the sky, you will experience a life filled with trials, but many joys. If you are born once the light leaves the sky (about ten minutes later) your life will be warped, with little enjoyment in life.

If a simple light could do that, I'd hope I wasn't born any time near it. If my fate was decided by "blessing," I'd rather be born on an ordinary day.

Hell, I don't even know my real birthday. The day I've celebrated all my life was the day my mother brought me to the forest. I bet Denom knows. He most likely knows our birthday.

But I'll never ask him. Ever. I will never talk to him casually. Whenever I talk to him, it will be with contempt. I swear on the Triforce, the Golden Goddesses, and the Sacred Realm, I will never, ever talk to Denom without hate in my voice.

He's found the way to break me. And he's done it. He's broken me. I couldn't hit Ollivar that night. I really wanted to. I would have, but my hand would not move. It also happened at the training ground. I couldn't focus. I just kept... missing. I've been training with the sword for years. Even before that, we had always pretended Deku Sticks were swords and played with those.

What's wrong with me? You're broken. What broke me? You have a heart. It can break. I'm not a hearbroken girl! You don't have to be a girl to have a broken heart.

I shook my head. I'm arguing with myself. Can I be any more insane?

I stashed the book in my cloak and walked back to the forest.

Before I got there, however, an old woman leaning on a cane stopped me.

"You are very hurt," she said.

"Uh..."

"You are very hurt," she repeated. "But your wounds will heal. They will heal tonight."

"Thanks," I said. I handed her a red Rupee and walked off.

"Brilliant!" Cybalt exclaimed when I handed him the book. "Perfect! Amazing! You, sir, are wonderful!"

"Calm down," I said, my irritation rising. "It's just a book."

"Ahem. Yes, yes, you are right. Go. Go now."

"What about your end of the deal?"

"It'll be taken care of. Go!"

I sighed and left. It was twilight, so the halls were lit orange. I stopped near a window to watch the sunset.

As the sun faded behind the mountains, I couldn't help but think of Zelda. I wonder what she would say about this breath taking sunset.

Suddenly my image of her became solid and I found Zelda next to me.

"Why?" I asked without thinking.

When she didn't answer, I found that it was harder to breathe.

"Why, Zelda?" I asked again.

I didn't expect anything to happen. I expected Zelda to just turn and walk away.

But instead I found Zelda running into my arms and her lips on mine.

Almost everything will be explained in the next chappie! Haha, no other spoilers for now!

Oh, and a chapter contain more Ollivar and Mina is in progress! It's more of an extra. I started it as something to cheer me up after reading a sad story, and now it's turning into a full blown chapter XD I'm planning on making three in all. They most likely won't be at the same setting as the main story. Yes, that it all on Mina and Ollivar besides the love meter which in right below.

Mina Love Meter currently stands at 37. The day before, Ollivar gained 13 points for events not shown. Then various events today (not shown) happened and Ollivar gained and lost points. But in the end, all points earned and lost today added up to zero. So Ollivar did not gain any points today.

Anyways, I hurried to get this out because, hey! My sister is turning nine on sunday! And the next day, it's my grandma's birthday! And the next day is my cousin's birthday! Yeah, so this weekend is a huge deal for my family. Yep yep yep. And that is why the next chapter might be delayed a bit. And school is gonna be starting soon... uhg.

Once school starts, chapters might be up every two weeks instead of every week.

I have posted every week or so, right? I try to anyways. That's about it. Bai~!

Oh, and reviews would be awesome. Yes they would. So leave some. Yes. I'm saying yes alot, aren't I XD