*Drip* *Drip* *Drip* I feel droplets of water land on my face, I look up and see gray clouds roaming the sky.
"It's raining, there are no stables near us so let's find a tree that we can get under." Zelda hops off her horse and looks around, I copy her movement, I have always liked the rain, it's soothing just hearing droplets fall while you do other things.
"Follow me, Lynk, I think I see a large enough tree over here," Zelda called out to me, I started walking over to the tree, once I had it over I saw Zelda sitting on a rock, it doesn't seem like the storm is going to let up soon, might as well do something while we wait. I unsheath the Master Sword and place the scabbard on the rock next to the Zelda. I need to focus to train without anything to hit, I close my eyes to gain focus, I start imagining Yiga in front of me and Zelda? Why am I thinking of her, nevermind that. I open my eyes and start training.
"I doubt this will let up anytime soon." Zelda points out as I keep my focus. Swing. Dodge. Swing. Swing. Reflect.
"Your Path seems to mirror your fathers, you've dedicated yourself to becoming a knight as well" Father. I freeze up and almost drop the Master Sword. How am I like that monster at all? I stand there for a second, lost in thought, am I really similar to him? Breath in. Breath out. I repeat this action for a couple of seconds, I fix my grip on the Master Sword and turn to Zelda.
"Your commitment to your training to fulfill your goal is quite admirable, I see why you would become the chosen one," Zelda commented on my training, thankfully ignoring me freezing.
"What if, one day, you just realized that you just weren't meant to be a fighter, yet the only thing people ever said, was that you were born into a family of the royal guard, so no matter what you thought, you had to become a knight," Zelda said, with a said tone. What she said kind of shocked me, is that what she was going through? I have always had a love for knights but my father had ruined it for me, but the chosen hero is the destiny I have been given so I will fulfill it.
"If that was the only thing that you were ever told. I wonder then, would you have picked a different path." Zelda asks me, I walk up to the tree and I sit next to her. Do I really tell Zelda this? Well here goes nothing. I take a deep breath and look at the ground below me.
"My father was abusive, and my mother died in childbirth, father trained me vigorously from dawn to dusk to become the best knight, he ruined my passion for knights, but destiny is another thing, if we are destined to do something it will be worse if we fight against it, so no, I wouldn't pick a different path." I look up to Zelda for the last sentence, that's the longest I have talked in a while. Zelda looks shocked, she just stares at me.
"Uh, Zelda-" I get cut off her hugging me, tight, way too close. I can't talk, she just switched from her being shocked to me being shocked.
"Lynk I am so sorry that happened to you, I promise that that will never happen again, not on my watch," Zelda says protectively with a strong voice, her words replay in my head and I almost tear up from them. I wrap my arm around her and we stay like that for a while. I take my arms off her back and she does the same, Zelda then brings her hand up to my face and cups my cheek, I turn red almost instantly, why is she doing this she then moves her thumb wiping off tears? When did I start crying?
"There, you don't look good when you're crying." Zelda then chuckles and continues like she didn't just call me good looking, my face stays looking like a spicy pepper, why am I feeling this way, there is no chance I like the princess
"The storm looks like it's settling, come on, we've finished the checkup on the divine beasts so we have to report back to the Castle." Zelda then gets up brushing herself off and starts walking over towards our horses and I follow.
Zelda's Journal
"Lynk has started to talk a lot more, apparently her father wasn't the best of people when he was alive, I hugged her for a while and she started to cry, and apparently without realizing since she looked confused, at least she is now opening up to me. Also, I felt something in my chest and I have no clue what it is. It keeps happening every time I go near her, and my face also heats up, I hope whatever is happening fixes itself. I hope father doesn't lecture me when we get back to the Castle."
PS: This is another journal entry that is also not in the actual game.