Author's Notes: Ruto, princess of the Zoras (soon to be queen), shares her perspective on Link's Death. I was trying to go for a snappy, confused response, one of a blustered young woman about to become queen who is now dealing with the deaths of two very close people.
Warnings: Talk of forced marriage, etc.
Obligatory Disclaimer: I own no part of Ruto, Link, or any other character from the game Zelda: Ocarina of Time. They are all copyrighted to Nintendo and all related companies.
Ruto: A Miscegenational Bride's Perception
I am outraged, disgusted, and overall disappointed with Link. I thought him a reasonable man, a choice pick since I, Ruto, am never wrong in my choosing. He was supposed to my husband--no matter what relationship he'd had with that red-haired womanizer of a farm girl--and I thought him to be the prime choice for a beauty such as I.
Evidently, Link has failed to meet the standards.
How could he do this to me, so soon after my father's death? How could he do this to...us? What happened to us? Gone, that's what. In a breaths time, I have lost everything and anything Link and I ever shared.
This should never have happened, not in my lifetime, anyhow! I should not have to suffer the emotional blows of his death until my own has passed.
He did this on purpose, I can see it now. He had to! I mean, what else could he have done to leave me so...so stricken and confused!
Whatever the cause of this is, it can't be my fault. No, never will be. After all, I am princess of the Zoras; my words are final, my decisions wise, and, most importantly, I never have regrets. Nope, not one. Of course not, why should a queen be forced to bear the responsibilities and mistakes of the foolish hordes and peasants?
She shouldn't, that's what, and it is for that reason that I scorn Link's decision. How dare he, leaving me so blustered like this! In five days time, I am to be crowned queen, yet I will have no partner to bear the heir of our new generation nor be there by my side during the hard times. How could Link leave me so...alone.
One can see I can't think; even in my mind I stumble over the reasons for Link's undoing. I just...can't believe it.
Link is gone.
I can feel that cool shudder rising up my spine as the realization of the full extent of Link's demise washes over me. The feeling is one I have felt before, it being so like the sensation of utter terror and desolation that plagued me when I learned of my people's fate by Ganondorf's hand.
But this feeling is more then just one of fear: it's one of loneliness, abandonment, horror, and trepidation. Where do I go from here? Without...Link.
For once, I don't know the answer, but...but I'm sure the answer will make itself known to me soon, for a wise sage never goes long without the answers...
...Or do they?
No, I cry mentally, wringing my mind of all the doubts and fears that have been threatening to crash down one me. The ones that came in a rush at my first glimpse of Link's body, that came when I realized Link was gone, that came when I realized that I was really...alone.
By the goddesses, I'm doing it again! I just don't understand it, not at all. After all, if I am so disapointed in Link, then why can't I forget him? He's just a failure, right? Just something to be left along the way once he proves himself worthless?
But...then...
I'm going to miss those blue eyes when I visit, you know. Link had beautiful eyes, or maybe I'm just fantasizing...No, he did. Blue like the water in which my people live, shimmering like the sapphire that brought us together, and sparkling like the tears now falling freely from my eyes.
Perhaps, I have to come to terms with myself. Perhaps...I am the one who is wrong.
Next: Saria: A Child's Tears