A woman clad in a dark blue dress walked through an endless black room. Her eyes were closed and her golden hair swayed in the wind. She stopped and opened her eyes. Her eyes matched her dress. She smiled and called out, "Link. The one who has the gift of foresight. A power passed on from my side of the family."

"It's you. Who are you?"

"I am Lintala."

"Lintala? My mother?"

"Yes, my son. I'm so proud of you. You defeated the ultimate evils of this world."

"Mother, what happened?"

"Wake up and you'll find out from Princess Zelda. I do not have much time left. I love you. I shall try to see you again. Good-bye."

"Mother!"

Link's eyes slowly opened. He found himself lying in a bed. The rays of the sunlight absorbed in his eyes. He looked around the room. He was obviously in Hyrule Castle. He looked at the door of the room and saw a woman standing there smiling. She quickly ran out of the room. 'Who was she?' Link thought.

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Zelda sat at a table drinking her afternoon tea when she heard someone come into her room. "Milady, he is awake!" said the woman who apparently was Zelda's handmaiden. Zelda put her cup down and quickly ran out of her room. She ran down the halls of her castle as fast as she could. She ran so fast, she almost knocked down the guards and servants walking around. She quickly opened Link's door and ran in. She found him lying on his bed with his arm slumped across his eyes. He sat up when he heard her come through the door. Zelda ran to his side and firmly pressed her lips against his. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her back. She pressed her hand against her bare muscular chest. He grunted and broke their kiss.

"I'm sorry. I forgot that Ganondorf hit you there," she said feeling a little embarrassed.

"No, don't worry about it," he replied.

"Did you sleep well?" she asked.

"Yes, but how long was I asleep?" he asked.

"A week," she answered. "You went unconscious when you killed Ganondorf."

"What happened that night?" he asked. "I don't remember walking to the castle to fight him."

"You were in a trance," she explained folding hers hands over her lap. "He made you come to him. He almost made you kill yourself with your sword."

"I saw her," he said looking up at the ceiling as if he was looking for heaven.

"Saw who?" she asked.

"Lintala. My mother," he explained smiling. "She is the one who's been talking to me. She told my that I have the gift of foresight. Apparently it was a power passed on from her side of the family."

"Was she beautiful?" she asked.

"Yes, very beautiful," he answered.

They then heard a soft knock at the door. "Come in!" Zelda called and then looked back at Link. "Peace is in Hyrule forever now. Ganondorf is dead, you now have the Triforce of Power, and now we will spend eternity forever."

"Your highness." Came Impa's voice.

Zelda stood up. "Yes?" she asked. Impa looked as if she had bad news. She held out her hand. She was holding out a piece of paper. Zelda took the paper and unfolded it. "It's your father last wishes," Impa said. "We should leave Link alone to change into his clothes," Zelda said folding the paper. "Link, I'll be back in five minutes."

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Zelda stepped outside and opened the letter. She read the entire thing. It was basically like any other will until she read the last line, "I want my daughter, Princess Zelda, to marry a prince to help her rule Hyrule." Her mouth dropped.

"I'm sorry, your highness," said Impa with a sad face.

"I can't," Zelda said shaking her head and handing Impa the letter. "I love Link."

"Zelda, these are you father's requests," Impa replied. "You can't ignore them. I know you love Link, but you love your father too don't you?"

Zelda sighed and nodded. "Let me talk to Link," she said and walked back into Link's room. He was already dressed and was talking to Navi. Navi had been asleep during the entire battle with Ganondorf and Majora. She was very disappointed when she was not there to see Link defeat Ganondorf.

"Navi, can I speak to Link alone?" Zelda asked.

"Okay." Navi replied and flew out of the room.

"Hey, Zelda, you look like you have bad news," Link said with a look of concern.

"I do," she replied looking down at the floor.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Impa found my father's will," she said.

"And?"

"And he wants me to marry a prince to help me rule Hyrule," she answered.

"A prince?" he asked.

"Yes," she answered looking up at him sadly.

Link's face was now filled with confusion and sadness. He knew Zelda could not go against her father's wishes. He knew he had to let her go, no matter how hard it was. "Then you know what you must do?" he asked.

"No, Link, I can't! I love you too much!" she proclaimed with tears coming to her eyes.

"Zelda, you can't go against what he wanted for you." he replied.

She sat on the edge of his bed and buried her face in her hands. "I know that. I just can't let you go," she said.

"You need to spread the word," he said.

She ran to him and buried her face in his chest. "I can't," she said. He held her close to him and sighed.

"I don't want you to go against his wishes on my account," he said.

She broke their embrace and looked at him.

"You need to send the word," he said. She nodded and wiped her tears. She then called Impa into the room and told her to spread the word to every country with an available prince.

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A couple days later,

Link looked outside his window too see a vast number of princes coming to see Princess Zelda. He let out a sigh and closed his curtain. He opened his door and found Tatl standing there about to knock.

"Hey, Link!" she said.

"Hello," he replied with a tone that said, "I don't feel like talking."

"I've come to tell you something," she said.

"What's that?" he asked.

"I am about to turn myself back into a Fairy," she answered. "As much as I liked being an Elf, I must return to Termina to be with my brother and Skull Kid. You know Skull Kid gets lonely."

"I want to get out of here, so I'll take you back to Termina right now if you'd like," he offered.

"Would you! That'd be great," she said smiling.

"Let's go," he said.

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Tatl mounted the horse she had borrowed from Romani. She wanted to be a Fairy and just sit on Link's shoulder, but she had to ride the horse back to Romani's Ranch. She could see Link's depression. It was written all over his face. 'I wish I could do something,' she thought.

"Okay, let's be off," Link said. Tatl nodded and they rode back to Termina.

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Later that day,

Zelda had met many princes and was not pleased with any of them so far. They were all arrogant, selfish, and coincided. If she was going to be forced to marry someone she didn't love, she was going to at least marry someone nice. She decided to take a break from meeting the rest of the princes and decided to visit Link. She walked to his room, but found he was not there. She sat down on a chair and felt like she would cry again. 'I can't do this. I love him more than anything.' she thought. She rested her hand on her forehead and sighed.

"He's in Termina right now," came a voice from behind.

Zelda turned around to find Impa. "It doesn't surprise me," she sighed. "I hurt him."

"No, you didn't," Impa shook her head. "It's not your fault what your father wrote. Link is not in Termina because of you. He's there with Tatl. She's decided to go back to her normal life."

"I see," Zelda replied.

"The princes are getting impatient," Impa said. "Maybe it'd be best to get this over with." Zelda nodded and went back to the throne room.

After hours of talking to princes Zelda didn't like, things were finally about to change. A young prince named Hezkiah from the land called Lumain, walked into the throne room. He wore a white tunic with a golden belt going around his waist. He wore white leggings and black boots. He had brown hair going half way down his neck and had dark brown eyes. "Your majesty," he began. "I am Prince Hezkiah of Lumain."

They talked for a few hours. He was a very fine young man. He was nice and caring. He was nice enough to please Zelda. She chose him to be her husband. She felt bad that someone as good as this prince was going to be married to a woman who did not love him. Impa sent all the other princes out of the castle. Some left without complaint, but others complained as they left.

The wedding of Princess Zelda and Prince Hezkiah was scheduled in one week. The castle was being prepared, Zelda's wedding dress was being made. Zelda sat in her room and sighed as she picked out a veil. Link had not returned yet. She wanted to see him, but she didn't at the same time. "I wonder if he's coming back…….." She thought aloud. She walked to her window and looked outside. The town of Hyrule was at peace because of Link and now he was not allowed to be with the woman he loved? "I hate this!" She exclaimed pounding her fist into the window seal.

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Author's Note: final chapter coming very soon. This chapter was getting so long that I decided to split the two.