PROLOGUE:

After the events of Twilight, the king and his daughter, Princess Zelda, began to rebuild their broken kingdom. Zelda worked endlessly to revive Hyrule, which led to her success. Her efforts were praised by the nobles, the court,and all of Hyrule. There was just one more piece of the puzzle that was needed to complete the reviving of Hyrule once the king stepped down from the throne: stable marriage between a king and queen.

The court scrambled to find many noble men to court and eventually marry the princess. Her father sent people to search far and wide for possible suitors to court the princess. The princess was not interested in marrying any of the noble men her father brought to her, leading to her father and the court to take more desperate measures to get her to marry. They decided to use force.

Her father decided for Zelda that she was to marry Prince Aiden. Prince Aiden was selfish and only cared to marry Zelda for her social status and wealth, not for love. Zelda knew very well of this fact, and although she told her father plenty of times she did not want to marry him, her father insisted that she would by the end of her 19th birthday.

Unbeknownst to her father, Zelda had been secretly courting another young man. He was not a noble nor a prince, and did not come from wealth. He was poor and a commoner, coming from the farmlands of Ordonia. It was forbidden that a royal and a commoner could marry, let alone even be allowed to court each other.

The man she was secretly courting was no other than the hero, Link. After the events of Twilight, he left Ordonia to come live at the castle and serve in the Hyrulian army. At the age of 18, he was promoted to general of the Hyrulian army, being the youngest ever to lead Hyrule's army in history. Quickly after his promotion, he and the princess fell in love and began to court each other in secret.

When Link was away with the army, he would send letters to Zelda through messenger doves. No matter how long he was gone, he would send her a letter every Sunday, telling her how his mission was going, how he was, and how much he missed her. Zelda always saved these letters in her room.

Her father was always suspicious of Link and his daughter. Although he respected Link for what he had done for the kingdom, he couldn't help but be slightly annoyed by the large amount of time Link and Zelda spent together during their free time. This encouraged him to go into Zelda's room to look for some answers.

The king chose a day when Zelda was out horseback riding to search her room. He snuck upstairs and went into Zelda's room without gaining any suspicious attention from onlookers.

When the king searched through Zelda's desks and drawers, what he found was shocking. He found all the letters that Link sent when he went away with the Hyrulian army. This angered the king so much that he decided to leave the castle altogether, never wanting to speak to his daughter again.

With the king's sudden leave and the crowing of Zelda, a massive weight was put ontoZelda's shoulders. She had to so suddenly lead Hyrule alone, without a king to aid her. Link tried the best he could to help her, but there was only so much he could do while having to lead the army.

Zelda decided to do best thing for her and for Hyrule: marry General Link. When she first proposed this idea to the court, they were all in an outrage. They all believed that royals and commoners were never to marry, and that a commoner could never rule a country.

Eventually, after Zelda's multiple attempts at trying to convince the court, they eventually gave in. Link and Zelda married at the age of 20.

Many people in the castle did not support their marriage. They saw Link as a burden to Hyrule and that he could provide no aid, due to his lack of education. Their marriage was extremely controversial, and because of this, it took almost two years for the court to officially crown Link the king of Hyrule.

Although the nobles were skeptical about Link becoming king, the whole country rejoiced in celebration as their hero was finally crowned king. As soon as Link was crowned king, he stepped down from his position as the general of the Hyrulian army. He gave the position to his friend, Ralio, who Link believed was the best suited to lead an army. He was correct.

One year later, Zelda gave birth to their first child, Jack, the heir to the throne. Jack was a wonderful boy, and over the years grew very close with his father.

Link and Zelda's marriage was happy and they were both excellent at ruling the country together. The people loved them and eventually the nobles grew to love them too. Their time on the throne was also known as the golden age of Hyrule.

Link, Zelda, and their son were very happy. That was, until Link and Zelda's marriage became very rocky, starting on Jack's 14th birthday. Jack decided to voice his opinion against becoming king and having to marry a noble woman. This angered Link, but didn't upset Zelda. Ironically, Zelda supported Jack's decision against wanting to live royal life. This made Link even angrier and caused him and Zelda to constantly bicker. Soon, Zelda and Link's marriage began to fall apart, with more problems than just Jack starting to bubble to the surface. A year after Jack's 14th birthday, he was sure his parents were ready to claw each other's eyes out…