"What's that supposed to mean?" Link spat, as Marth walked slowly towards
them. The prince laughed. There was a loud crash from outside the door, but
none of the three noticed it.
"Once a criminal, always a criminal, I see. Now you have broken and entered, which is a serious crime. And look...little nursey maid is here to help the brave warrior!" Marth laughed hysterically, clutching his side.
"I wasn't--"
"Oh, stop being such a nuisance," Marth laughed, straightening, and cutting Link off completely. "Now I'm afraid that I will have to resort to throwing both you and your little...co-hort to the dungeons." He smiled.
"No!" Link cried. "Leave Impa out of this, she didn't do anything!"
"Aha!" Marth shouted triumphantly. "Sounds like we've just gotten a confession! Jumping to the maid's defense, and not even thinking of your own guilty soul!" He laughed maliciously again. "Guards!"
There was silence. Impa and Link looked around nervously. Marth appeared annoyed.
"GUARDS!" he shouted again.
But instead of guards bursting through the kitchen door, it was the Princess of Hyrule.
"ZELDA!" Impa and Link shouted. Blood was pouring steadily from her bottom lip, and a bruise had risen over her left eyebrow.
Marth stared at her in pure shock. She glared menancingly at him, then walked up to Link.
"What're you doing here?" she choked, her voice cracked. "Didn't you know you were going to get caught?" Zelda did not seem angry with Link, just very worried.
Link had suddenly forgotten all about Meryl. His only thoughts now where about how and why Zelda had been injured so badly. He put his hands gently on the princess' shoulders.
Marth was enraged. "How dare you touch one of royal blood?!" he yelled in anger, unsheathing his sword. "You will now surely pay for your acts of foolishness!"
"No!" Zelda cried, whirling around to face Marth, as blood went flying everywhere. Not seeming the least bit afraid, she stepped up to him (or at least as close as she dared). "Don't you dare lay even one finger on Link, you horrid monster!"
Marth stood there, flabbergasted. When he finally spoke, his words were quivering. "Did your father not ever tell you that a princess is always to hold her tongue in the presence of a prince?!"
"I don't know if he had!" Zelda shouted back. "But all I know is that my mother told me to always stick up for what I believed in, no matter who was bearing down against me! So your words of what you call 'common sense' simply bounce off of me!"
Not able to finds words fit for the situation, Marth gaped at the princess in utter horror. Then, he lifted his sword, and crashed the hilt of it onto Zelda's head. She managed one last fleeting glance at Link, and then collapsed to the stone floor.
Immediately, Link leapt to Zelda's side. "You...you son of...." Knowing he was already in hot water, Link thought shrewdly that he would be stupid to make Marth any angrier than he already was. The prince sheathed his sword.
Footsteps were heard, and King Harkinian came flying into the kitchen, panting. He took one look at Zelda and Link, then stared up at Marth in horror. "How...what...what happened here, Marth!?"
Marth seemed to become desperately sad. "Thank the goddesses you've come, highness!" he gasped dramatically.
"What happened to my daughter?!" the King bellowed angrily.
"It was so horrible," Marth cried, stepping back from Zelda's body. "But I do not believe that she is dead. She may be merely knocked out."
Impa and Link quickly exchanged glances, both almost positive that they knew what Marth was doing...
"Who is responsible for this?!"
"They are," Marth answered quietly, pointing at Link and Impa. "Using pots and pans, of course. Hearing a large clatter coming from down here, I raced down immediately. But alas, I was too late. By the time I got down, that Kokiri boy was kneeling beside her body, checking to make certain that she was dead."
Impa's mouth dropped. She had been expecting Marth to say something like that, but hadn't predicted her reaction would still be huge surprise.
Link quickly stood up, which he regretted--the move made him look extremely suspicious. King Harkinian stared at Impa in disbelief, anger, and utmost confusion.
Impa opened her mouth to say something to the King, but closed it again. She knew that he would never take her word against a prince's.
"Prince Marth," King Harkinian growled, fuming. "Please take my daughter back to her room. I will arrange for a doctor to arrive. That is, once I have successfully made sure these two have been taken care of.
Smirking at Link, Marth bent down and picked up the princess in his arms. Link's face turned red, and he felt his body surge with jealousy. Just to see anyone touching Zelda in a such a way made him so angry, that he could kill something.
"Guards!" King Harkinian called. Two burly, strong soldiers marched into the kitchen. "Take care of these vermin criminals...."
Zelda woke in a cold sweat, sitting up in bed instantly. She wondered why she had woken up, when she heard a noise.
Someone's screams were echoing into her bedroom. But whose could they possibly be? Zelda jumped slightly when she turned around, and saw Marth sitting on a bed next to her.
"What're you doing in my room?" she demanded to know.
He grinned. "Merely making sure that you would be all right. I was afraid they might've seriously hurt you."
"What do you mean, 'they?'" she shouted. "YOU were the one that hit me with the hilt of your own sword! I remember it! And what happened to Link and Impa?! Where are they?!"
Marth sighed. "I wish I did not have to tell you so soon, princess. Link and Impa have both...been...they've both been executed.
Zelda's eyebrows raised, and she stared at Marth in disbelief. "No..." she whispered. "You're lying...NO!"
"Yes," Marth said, feigning sorrow. "Just a small time ago."
The princess leapt out of her bed and fiercely kicked the chair Marth was sitting in. "YOU'RE LYING!" she yelled at him. "YOU JUST DON'T WANT ME TO KNOW WHERE ARE THEY ARE!! TELL ME WHERE YOU'VE SENT THEM!!"
"Back to hell!" Marth answered, getting up from the floor (which he had landed on when she kicked his chair). "They tried to murder you, and we had no other choice! The sinners had to be sent back where they came from! Who knows what they could've down otherwise!!?"
"STOP TELLING ME THESE LIES!" Zelda shrieked, ripping the sheet off her bed and twisting it around. "I know it was you that knocked me out back in the kitchen! What did you tell my father?!"
"Just the truth!" Marth told her. "That the boy and the maid attacked you mercilessly!"
Zelda dropped the whip she had been making with her sheet, and picked up part of Marth's broken chair. She swung it at him, hitting the side of his head. He fell to the ground; Zelda was unmoved.
The princess raced out of her room and down the flight of stairs. "IMPA!" she shouted. "IMPA, WHERE ARE YOU?!"
On her way down, Zelda ran into a guard. "Pardon me, highness," he said kindly. "But Impa's been taken down to the dungeon with that Kokiri boy. Thought you would know that, after all they've done to you."
"So they aren't dead?" Zelda asked breathlessly.
"No, not yet," the guard assured her. "Their execution has been prolonged to tomorrow afternoon."
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"Once a criminal, always a criminal, I see. Now you have broken and entered, which is a serious crime. And look...little nursey maid is here to help the brave warrior!" Marth laughed hysterically, clutching his side.
"I wasn't--"
"Oh, stop being such a nuisance," Marth laughed, straightening, and cutting Link off completely. "Now I'm afraid that I will have to resort to throwing both you and your little...co-hort to the dungeons." He smiled.
"No!" Link cried. "Leave Impa out of this, she didn't do anything!"
"Aha!" Marth shouted triumphantly. "Sounds like we've just gotten a confession! Jumping to the maid's defense, and not even thinking of your own guilty soul!" He laughed maliciously again. "Guards!"
There was silence. Impa and Link looked around nervously. Marth appeared annoyed.
"GUARDS!" he shouted again.
But instead of guards bursting through the kitchen door, it was the Princess of Hyrule.
"ZELDA!" Impa and Link shouted. Blood was pouring steadily from her bottom lip, and a bruise had risen over her left eyebrow.
Marth stared at her in pure shock. She glared menancingly at him, then walked up to Link.
"What're you doing here?" she choked, her voice cracked. "Didn't you know you were going to get caught?" Zelda did not seem angry with Link, just very worried.
Link had suddenly forgotten all about Meryl. His only thoughts now where about how and why Zelda had been injured so badly. He put his hands gently on the princess' shoulders.
Marth was enraged. "How dare you touch one of royal blood?!" he yelled in anger, unsheathing his sword. "You will now surely pay for your acts of foolishness!"
"No!" Zelda cried, whirling around to face Marth, as blood went flying everywhere. Not seeming the least bit afraid, she stepped up to him (or at least as close as she dared). "Don't you dare lay even one finger on Link, you horrid monster!"
Marth stood there, flabbergasted. When he finally spoke, his words were quivering. "Did your father not ever tell you that a princess is always to hold her tongue in the presence of a prince?!"
"I don't know if he had!" Zelda shouted back. "But all I know is that my mother told me to always stick up for what I believed in, no matter who was bearing down against me! So your words of what you call 'common sense' simply bounce off of me!"
Not able to finds words fit for the situation, Marth gaped at the princess in utter horror. Then, he lifted his sword, and crashed the hilt of it onto Zelda's head. She managed one last fleeting glance at Link, and then collapsed to the stone floor.
Immediately, Link leapt to Zelda's side. "You...you son of...." Knowing he was already in hot water, Link thought shrewdly that he would be stupid to make Marth any angrier than he already was. The prince sheathed his sword.
Footsteps were heard, and King Harkinian came flying into the kitchen, panting. He took one look at Zelda and Link, then stared up at Marth in horror. "How...what...what happened here, Marth!?"
Marth seemed to become desperately sad. "Thank the goddesses you've come, highness!" he gasped dramatically.
"What happened to my daughter?!" the King bellowed angrily.
"It was so horrible," Marth cried, stepping back from Zelda's body. "But I do not believe that she is dead. She may be merely knocked out."
Impa and Link quickly exchanged glances, both almost positive that they knew what Marth was doing...
"Who is responsible for this?!"
"They are," Marth answered quietly, pointing at Link and Impa. "Using pots and pans, of course. Hearing a large clatter coming from down here, I raced down immediately. But alas, I was too late. By the time I got down, that Kokiri boy was kneeling beside her body, checking to make certain that she was dead."
Impa's mouth dropped. She had been expecting Marth to say something like that, but hadn't predicted her reaction would still be huge surprise.
Link quickly stood up, which he regretted--the move made him look extremely suspicious. King Harkinian stared at Impa in disbelief, anger, and utmost confusion.
Impa opened her mouth to say something to the King, but closed it again. She knew that he would never take her word against a prince's.
"Prince Marth," King Harkinian growled, fuming. "Please take my daughter back to her room. I will arrange for a doctor to arrive. That is, once I have successfully made sure these two have been taken care of.
Smirking at Link, Marth bent down and picked up the princess in his arms. Link's face turned red, and he felt his body surge with jealousy. Just to see anyone touching Zelda in a such a way made him so angry, that he could kill something.
"Guards!" King Harkinian called. Two burly, strong soldiers marched into the kitchen. "Take care of these vermin criminals...."
Zelda woke in a cold sweat, sitting up in bed instantly. She wondered why she had woken up, when she heard a noise.
Someone's screams were echoing into her bedroom. But whose could they possibly be? Zelda jumped slightly when she turned around, and saw Marth sitting on a bed next to her.
"What're you doing in my room?" she demanded to know.
He grinned. "Merely making sure that you would be all right. I was afraid they might've seriously hurt you."
"What do you mean, 'they?'" she shouted. "YOU were the one that hit me with the hilt of your own sword! I remember it! And what happened to Link and Impa?! Where are they?!"
Marth sighed. "I wish I did not have to tell you so soon, princess. Link and Impa have both...been...they've both been executed.
Zelda's eyebrows raised, and she stared at Marth in disbelief. "No..." she whispered. "You're lying...NO!"
"Yes," Marth said, feigning sorrow. "Just a small time ago."
The princess leapt out of her bed and fiercely kicked the chair Marth was sitting in. "YOU'RE LYING!" she yelled at him. "YOU JUST DON'T WANT ME TO KNOW WHERE ARE THEY ARE!! TELL ME WHERE YOU'VE SENT THEM!!"
"Back to hell!" Marth answered, getting up from the floor (which he had landed on when she kicked his chair). "They tried to murder you, and we had no other choice! The sinners had to be sent back where they came from! Who knows what they could've down otherwise!!?"
"STOP TELLING ME THESE LIES!" Zelda shrieked, ripping the sheet off her bed and twisting it around. "I know it was you that knocked me out back in the kitchen! What did you tell my father?!"
"Just the truth!" Marth told her. "That the boy and the maid attacked you mercilessly!"
Zelda dropped the whip she had been making with her sheet, and picked up part of Marth's broken chair. She swung it at him, hitting the side of his head. He fell to the ground; Zelda was unmoved.
The princess raced out of her room and down the flight of stairs. "IMPA!" she shouted. "IMPA, WHERE ARE YOU?!"
On her way down, Zelda ran into a guard. "Pardon me, highness," he said kindly. "But Impa's been taken down to the dungeon with that Kokiri boy. Thought you would know that, after all they've done to you."
"So they aren't dead?" Zelda asked breathlessly.
"No, not yet," the guard assured her. "Their execution has been prolonged to tomorrow afternoon."
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