...Erich!

"Surprise, surprise, my little darling. How have you fared in my absence?" Erich asked. He knew
that Zelda was afraid of him, and he liked it.

She just stared. How had he gotten up here? Surely one of the guards would have seen him?

"Well, seems like you're at a loss for words so let's just continue where we left off, shall we?"
He lunged at her, attempting to pin her hands against the wall. She dodged and ran towards the
door, but he blocked her path.

"Just where do you think you're going, dear? We're just getting started!" As he said that, he
pushed her onto the bed. She had tried countless times to scream, but nothing came out. She tried
to struggle, but he was too strong. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Erich let her go, but
threatened her. " If you tell ANYBODY," he said barely above a whisper, "I swear you'll pay for
it. Quite horribly,"

There was another knock on the door. Zelda straightened up. "Come in," It was a messenger.

"Uh, Princess Zelda? Your Father wishes to speak with you and Prince Erich,"

"Right now?" Zelda asked.

"Uh, yes, Milady," And after saying that the messenger escorted them out of the room, and
downstairs to her awaiting Father.

"What is it that you wanted to see us about, Your Majesty?" Erich asked with a fake smile and
fake interest.

"I wanted to talk to you two about the engagement," was King Harkinian's reply.

"Who's engagement?" asked Zelda.

"Why, yours, of course. Didn't Erich tell you already?"

"Uh, no, Your Highness, I wanted it to be a surprise," Erich said smoothly. He winked at Zelda.

"I can't take this anymore," thought Zelda. She screamed in her anger and ran upstairs to her
room as fast as she could. How could her Father be so cruel to her? Couldn't he see that she
loved Link? The Link whom she would probably never see again?

"Would you mind talking to her, Erich? I think she would rather you, than I," said King
Harkinian.

"Of course, Your Highness," Erich said with an evil grin as he ran up the stairs. They wouldn't
be interrupted this time, especially now that pest, Link, was out of their way. As he approached
Zelda's door, he heard her crying. "She won't be crying for long," he whispered to himself as he
opened the door, not even bothering to knock.

"Well, hello, my princess. We meet again,". Zelda gasped. Why wouldn't he just stay away?

"Please don't...." she said. Wow, her voice actually worked that time. Now if she could just
scream....

"Don't what, my dear princess? Kill you? Hurt you? Rape you?". He moved quickly and pinned
her to the bed. She struggled, but once again, she was no match for him. She still couldn't
scream. She was just too paralyzed with fear. How could she escape? Wait! She could use
telepathy to talk to Link sometimes. Maybe she could try and convince him.....

"Link? Can you hear me?" she thought, desperately trying to wiggle out of Erich's firm grasp.

"Uh, oh. I'm hearing things," Link said aloud. He had already got to his treehouse and had
everything pretty much unpacked.

"Link? Please help...Erich's trying to..." Could it be? Was Zelda using telepathy again? "Zelda,
can you hear me?" Link thought, trying not to break the connection.

"Yes!" was Zelda's reply, "Please come help,". That was all Link needed to hear. He jumped out
of his treehouse, got on Epona, and headed straight for the castle. He took the back way in, so he
wouldn't be noticed. He used his hookshot to climb up to Zelda's balcony and broke the glass
doors with his elbow. Glass flew everywhere. Yes! He wasn't too late. Zelda looked terrified.
Link was just glad he made it on time.

"What the fuck..." said Erich. He was confused. Wasn't Link gone? He didn't have time to react.
Link grabbed him and threw him against the wall. One of the guards happened to hear the noise
and bursted into Zelda's room. He came in just as Link had Erich on his stomach, pinned to the
floor, with Link bending Erich's arms in an unhumanly position.

"You little bastard!" Link yelled in Erich's ear while bending Erich's arms until he screamed.

"What in Hyrule is going on?" asked the guard. Zelda was too in shock to say anything, so Link
answered for her, "This son-of-a-bitch tried to rape Zelda!" Erich was still yelling from the pain.
Link had to admit, he was truly enjoying this. The guard went to get a few more guards, and Link
truly wanted to make Erich pay for what he had done to Zelda.

"Tell her you're sorry, Erich," Link yelled directly in Erich's ear.

"I'm sorry!" Erich screamed. He was in sooo much pain....

"Say it like you mean it!" Link was yelling louder than before and Erich thought he would go
deaf.

"I'm sorry!" Erich tried to sound sincere, but Link didn't buy it. The guards rushed in and took
Erich down to the dungeons, where he would wait until the King would give him a sentence.

"Oh, Zelda. I'm so sorry for leaving like I did. Will you ever forgive me?" begged Link.

"Yes, but only if you promise to never do it again," said Zelda. She was crying, and nobody
blamed her.

"I promise," Link whispered as Zelda wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned against him.

"Link?"

"Yes,"

"Do you still love me?" Zelda asked in a tiny voice.

"Absolutely. Nothing you could do or say would ever change that," Link said softly, holding her
to him. He wondered what the King would say about all this. There was a messenger at the door.

"Uh, your Father would like to see you and Link, now, Your Highness," the messenger said.

Zelda sighed, "Okay, come on Link," She couldn't wait to see what her Father had to say about
all this. She desperately wanted him to apologize, but he seldom did that, even when he was
wrong. They walked down the stairs slowly, arm in arm.








• Did ya'll enjoy that? I didn't think anyone liked Link being gone, so I brought him back.
But what will King Harkinian have to say to Zelda and Link? Pleeze r&r!
Luv, april