Children Of Destiny
By Sasammi
Sasammi@hotmail.com
Here's the second chapter, it's not brilliant but it's an effort. The last one was a bit short 'coz I had trouble writing so here's the rest. A/N
The bridge was hard to cross but Link had made it (dam you missed some action there girls!). He could now see his home village down the small arches of trees. There was no snow here. The bush like trees stopped the snowfall and the ice. The passage was warm since the wind couldn't enter because of it seize size. Link tried to think about why he was denied his most precious possession. His valiant efforts to restore peace to this land, as it was destined, amounted to nothing. He tried to remember where it went wrong.
(Here's a sort of flash back)
He crept along the tall walls in the shadows of the archway. His back was flat against the cold marble blocks. The sky was grey with snow clouds. He no longer wore the old emerald green tunic, after many years it was too torn to wear and was falling apart at the seams. Instead he wore a burgundy one with gold trimming and a brown cloak, both gifts from his beloved, the childish hat was gone too. The snow crunched under his feet as he stepped. He heard the clanging metal of the soldier around the corner. Despite several attacks on the palace the security was still weak,
-Any old sap could get a job as a guard. - He smiled to himself.
He was going to get away with it again and the guard wouldn't even know. He turned to make a dash for it but who was there standing in his way but his old friend Kiro. He was the general of the Kings army. Link had met him after he defeated Ganon in one of the ceremonies that followed. They became fast friends. He was twenty years Links elder, to Link he was like an older brother. Kiro had a stubbly moustache and beard and a streak of grey in his hair, but he was not without charm. He was poised there with what appeared a smile on his lips.
"Argh" Link jumped back, Kiro sniggered.
The guard hearing this came running around the corner and saw them both. The guard uttered,
"Sir, do do you want me to--"
Kiro waved his hand in disapproval.
"I'll be fine, we need to talk, anyway." The guard saluted and marched off around the corner. "Ah, Link, now where's that 500 rupees you own me?"
Link started to mumble some excuse, such as he was broke, he couldn't find it and what rupees?
"Ooh no, I'm not excepting that again," Kiro laughed, "20 years old and still you act like a child!" He calmed himself down, "I believe you came here to see the princess, Link?"
"Of course, I did promise her to meet her today, it is her birthday!"
"Oh really, and want will you love birds be doing?!" Link blushed. Kiro knew about their 'special bond', as if it wasn't hard not to!
"We're just good friends!" Kiro laughed harder as Link went redder. Link started to shake from holding himself back from hitting him, "Well? Where is she!?" He yelled.
He stopped laughing and looked around to see if anyone was around to hear and put his single finger on his lips.
"Shh! Now you do know that you really shouldn't be here, the King did say--"
"I'm well aware of want the King said."
A couple of weeks back the King had an important private talk to him down in the dungeons, a warning of his fate if he didn't take heed. The guards escorted him there (well dragged really) early one cold morning when Link had stayed for the night; Zelda had begged him to stay because of the coming storm. Link was half a sleep and half naked (top half, top half! NOT where you're thinking!) He rubbed his arms and noticed the skeleton in the corner, it chilled him. Link was instructed by the King to give up his feelings for his daughter or 'suffer the consequences'. Link believed it to be a joke at first until he saw his face flare up in his laughter. The King didn't really approve of their subtle friendship neither; he made his feeling clear about Link. He used to think of him as a kind man but this proved otherwise. Link was now not allowed on castle ground without an invitation, the Kings orders, but that wouldn't stop him, nothing could stop him or his feelings towards Zelda.
"But Link, you sneaking around like, it's a bit risky, just for one girl. They're hundreds out there, and you do have a away with'em!"
"Yeah well, she's special, and I don't mean her being Princess either... I can't explain it."
Kiro stared at him hard and shook his head.
-Ah to be young and that in love, but this kid has got it bad-.
"You poor hopeless romantic, well, it's your neck on the line...she's in the library, but you didn't hear it from me, I tried to warn you."
"Thanks." Link smiled and made a start for the door.
He opened the large oak doors and closed it with a boom. In the vast library there were of course, many books, rows of shelves crammed with old manuscripts and hardbacks with withered pages and with their spines falling off. Link walked down the rows staring at the bizarre titles such as "Treasure hunting for the novice", "Fun with bombs" and "How to use your sword properly", one caught his attention "The mysteries of the True Force: The Fourth Piece". He was about to pick it up to read when he heard her heavenly voice singing. He came out from around the shelves to see her. The only light in the room was a huge window and Zelda was sitting in front of it, reading. He walked out to her. She heard his footsteps and looked up, she smiled.
"Hello Link," she tried to keep her voice relaxed. He was very handsome; there was no doubting that. His youthful looks made her heart melt, but she would never confess her feelings, she could never find the words. The words 'I love you ' is something she said at the age of eight to him, these words now meant nothing, it was beyond love; infatuation. Her every waking moment was filled with fantasies, reality hadn't been apart of her life for a long time. She pushed back her hair and rose to her feet. He grinned at her and glanced at her through his roughly parted straight honey blonde locks, he was always like this, he was always afraid that if he look at her too long he'd risk losing his self-control. Link walked over and grabbed her hand and kissed it.
"Happy birthday Princess." He put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a small bundle of brown paper wrapped with string and passed it to her. "Open it."
She slowly untied the string and unwrapped the paper to reveal a golden heart pendant with a sapphire centre. She gaped at it bewildered and then squeezed him.
"Thank you." She leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek. He liked this attention from her.
"This must of cost a lot!"
"Not really, only about 500 rupees." He chuckled and scratched the back of his head; "I guess I'll have to live with Talon for a while now." (Keep in mind this is all the money carries at any one time.)
"And Malon?" Zelda said. He stared at her with a weird look. She had seen the way she giggled around him, pretending not to flirt with him, the way she clasped his hand and dragged him to the stable to 'see the horse', as she looked on in jealousy, like the last time she visited the ranch with him. In fact all the girls in Hyrule that, however he was a heartthrob. He was strong and had a quite intelligence; he wasn't educated by a scholar but still.
"I'm sorry I can't come to your party on Friday but... you know." He paused for a second, "anyway, why is your party so late?" Zelda let out a low groan.
"My cousins couldn't make it in time so the date had to be changed, not much of a birthday party huh?!" Link sniggered, she just smiled at him. She could help but be caught up another daydream. A large deep voice echoed through the shadowy room.
"Zelda! Are you here?!"
Link's heart began to race, he knew that voice. They both stared at each other.
"Link hide!" He looked around nervously.
"Where?" She stared at him bewildered.
-this was the man who saved Hyrule? -
"The books, stupid!" Link turned and dashed for the bookcases and almost slipped on the stone slab flooring. Once he was gone she called out, "here father."
An old muscular man with dark grey hair came around the corner of books. He had a warm face but his eyes were as cold as ice. He was an old warrior, old with wisdom and yet no knowledge of these times of change. Behind him was a charming young man, he had long black hair like link's but it was tied back. His eyes were ice blue, which made him look sinister. He didn't seem like a shy lad since he started to eye her from afar with a smile.
"Sweetheart, there you are." The King walked up to her and hugged her. "Happy birthday Princess, I have some great news for you" he chuckled. His good news always varied to hers, he probably meant something tragic like one of her cousins dying on the journey here, then again was that a bad thing? His hand swayed towards the young man, "this is Prince Damien of Telmarin."
"Hello Zelda, I haven't seen you for sometime but still as beautiful as before."
-Yes, your hungry eyes already said that.-
Link flicked his eyes up in the air,
-Arr c'mon! Be original!-
She then remembered him. He won the swords tournament last month with flying colours; he caused a stir in her ladies in waiting with his charm. She was sure Link would of won if he was allowed to enter. The ladies swooned at his feet and he wasn't two shy about neither, she had heard that he had his way with one her chamber maids, she hoped it was only a rumour. He played the sweet and innocent when really... well you decide. Zelda had a gut feeling something bad was going to happen, then came the heart breaking words.
"This young man is your husband to be, Zelda." Her world collapsed and she slipped into darkness. She was stunned. She forced herself to smile and stretched out her hand to him like a formal greeting and not the future love of her life.
Link face grew pale and his eyes widened. He began to breath deep and hard and a pain in his chest as if something had crushed it. At this point he could feel his own heart crack, shatter; Zelda was not his love but his life! He threw his head back to the shelves in dread. His back slid against the shelves until he collapsed on the floor hard, but his hand pulled off a book as it came down. It hit the floor with a thud.
The King stared hard at the bookcase.
"Who's there!" He roared.
Link panicked.
-Oh shit-
Damien also looked at the bookcases. Link knew that he wouldn't make it out of here undiscovered now so he didn't fight it. Damien walked over and crept around it only to gladly, sword drawn. He saw link standing there, solemn. Link soon came out with the edge of Damien's sword digging in the base of his neck, shedding a little blood, his hands by his sides.
"It seems you have a pest problem, a street rat snuck in." He sniggered. The King glared at Zelda. "I'm sure the princess had nothing to do with it?"
"Damien, see him off castle grounds now," Damien grabbed him by the hair and started to drag him out "and Link..." The two boy's stopped "if I ever see you here again I swear I'll have your head for it, now BE GONE." He looked back at Zelda, "I need to talk with my daughter. The two had left the room before the King would speak again.
"What was he doing here?!" He bellowed. She held a brave face.
"I invited him."
"You undermined me?"
"No I--"
"Enough, I'm not happy with you Zelda. I've told you, you weren't to see him and still!...anyway I don't think Damien will let that happen again, maybe he'll teach you some manners!" She flared up.
"Father, you don't mean that! And plus I think I should be able to choose who I'll marry, I mean he is nice and all -yeah right, like stalfos fly-, but--" That was as far as she got. The King's face grew red and his fists began to shake.
"You will obey me girl!"
"No-I-wont." She flared "I love Link, there I said it, I love him and don't believe for one minute that I'll marry Damien!" She began to feel the back of her throat swell as she held back the tears.
"There is no point in arguing, you will marry Prince Damien in the spring, stop fighting it!"
"No, I can't believe it, I wont." Some tears began to emerge.
"You will believe it!!"
"But he's done so much for this country and never asked for anything in return!"
"Oh really," the king sneered, "The only reason he does what he does is because he wants YOU!! And that is a price too high to pay!!! He wants to take you away meaning you turning your back on this country, to be a peasant like him!!" The king's face kept growing redder and redder.
"But--" her heart sank.
"You must stop seeing him, Link can never be with you he's not a noble! You hear, Zelda!!"
"I knew that before I fell in love with him but it didn't make a difference." She whispered.
"I've told the guards to keep him off the grounds unless he's invited by me, understand? I forbid you to see that lowly commoner again!! It's about time you settle down with Damien and give up these childish dreams."
The King left Zelda broken in the sunlight and stormed out of the room. The tears were swelling in her eyes as she sunk into the velvet seat.
(End flash back, finally)
They were destined to be with one another so why did it go so bad?
He entered the clearing, the wind and snow returned. There was snow piled up the tree trunk houses and not a Kokiri in sight. In the snowstorm he sighted Saria's house. He ran for it, once inside he shut the door.
"I hope you don't mind Saria if I--" When he turned around he saw Elle the girl with the pig-tails, the twins, Mido and the know-it-all brothers all huddled around the fireplace eating supper with Saria.
"No Link I don't mind." Saria's house was one roomed but very cosy and warm; it somehow reminded him about a book he read about creatures called hobbits. He smacked his head on the ceiling and sat down the stump next to the fire and warmed his hands, the fire also reminded him of the rage building inside. The fire was the only light in the room. Saria walked over to him with a friendly smile and gave him a cup of hot Coco and a plate of hot bread, berries, cheese and butter. Mido got up in protest.
"Don't feed him! He's bigger, he'll eat all are food!!" Saria scorned him. He shut up and sat down.
The children bombarded him with more questions about the outside world, he answered want he could. He played some old rainy day games with them; he put on a brave face and could barely remember the rule as the children prompted "don't you remember, we played it all the time!". They had no idea how hard life out there got, he wish he'd never left them. Saria and Link stayed up most of the night, he explained everything to her. The only picture he could hold in his head was her singing in the library, alone, before that incident.
When morning came Link was gone. He left Saria a note saying he went back to the Castle; he just had to see her again, for one last time. To confess.
Ahh poor Link, this is a basic Link/Zelda story plot but wait it gets way better, believe me.
Chapter Three "Last Night Together" coming to a cinema near YOU!! May-not-be-suitable-for-under-8's. A/N