Note: For our purposes, Zelda never sent Link back in time at
the end of the game, got it? Okay I'm glad we're all on the
same wavelength. Oh yeah, and...well...I own none of these characters.
This takes place one year after Ocarina of Time.
"Your Ordeal of Queenship is in two days time Princess." The speaker was a blonde man of eighteen. He was Link, Hero of Time.
"Yes, I know that. You must look after the people of Hyrule while I am away."
"Zelda, you really..someone should go with you."
"No Link, this is something I must do myself. It is tradition in the Royal Family, it proves we are ready to face whatever may come our way and defeat whatever enemy may try to take this land." Zelda was scared. No, that was an understatement. Zelda was terror stricken. If there was one thing that Hyrule's Princess couldn't handle, it was the thought of failure.
The Ordeal was similar in many ways to Link's quest to save Hyrule from Ganondorf's tyrannical reign.
It began in the Autumn. The cold, wet months where the leaves had all gone from the trees and the nights were chill. Zelda would have to travel to the temples where Link defeated so many obstacles, and face her own trials.
Link stood up and started pacing the area of his small house in the Kokiri Village. Zelda sat on the bed, looking as if her opinion on the matter was unalterable.
"Zelda," he said, finally stopping, crouching down so that he was eye level with her. "You are allowed to have a body guard. I've read the histories of Hyrule and I know that it is stated in some of the books that your ancestors took companions with them. Even the greatest get lonely sometimes. The responsibility is huge..."
"Link, stop. You are not coming. I go alone. Tonight, without you." With that, Zelda was gone, having warped out of the village.
He did not know what to do. Zelda had never traveled Hyrule alone, though neither had he. Yet Link knew that without Navi, despite how annoying she could be, he would never have made it out alive. Zelda had no fairy to keep her company, no one to talk to. He was worried, but could not figure out how to make her see his point.
"Perhaps Saria will know what to do. She's a girl, and a sage," he muttered to himself.
Following the tune of Saria's song, he navigated his way through the Lost Woods with ease until he came upon the Forest Temple.
He found Saria playing a fairy ocarina, which was really not surprising considering it was one of her favorite pastimes.
"Saria.." The green haired girl was so absorbed in her music that she did not hear him. "Saria!" He tried again. He was really getting fed up with the female sex today.
"Next thing you know I'm gonna find myself engaged to Ruto again, while Malon decides to repossess Epona. Women!" This he muttered very quietly, or so he thought, until Saria looked up and reprimanded him for his rudeness.
"Link, you really shouldn't sneak up on people like that. Besides its not women who are the problem, its you men and your inability to understand anything." Saria had become a bit of a feminist lately, after Mido had begun telling her that he knew better than her how to do something because he was a man. Link couldn't even recall what that something was.
"Saria, please..this is serious."
Ever the good friend, Saria sat up and listened carefully. When he was finished she offered her advice.
"Link.I know Zelda. Once she decides something, her mind is made up. She would listen to, and consider opinions, but if she feels very strongly that she is correct then there is nothing you can do except to follow her."
"Follow her?"
"Don't look so surprised, I know that's what you intended to do anyway, I did watch you grow up you know. It may be easy to forget considering how young I seem, but I did change you when you soiled your pants. I know everything about you," she said, smirking.
"Well..yes. Do you think she'd mind terribly?" He grinned, delighted with the prospect of an adventure, for following Zelda against her wishes was as dangerous as fighting any of the bosses at the temples she was to go to.
"Yes, what exactly does this Ordeal of hers entail?"
He began to explain to her.
According to the history books, a Royal Ordeal took a year. Not a year and a day as many stories say, just one year.
For their purposes, the year began in Autumn, when the cold nights could kill you if you did not pack warm clothes. Zelda was to set out from Hyrule Castle Town, leaving the Kingdom in the hands of someone she knew to be trustworthy. She would then travel to the Water Temple on foot. It was worked out so that Zelda would be in places such as the Fire Temple and Spirit Temple during the summer, and the colder areas during the winter. All part of the test.
After Link finished a much more detailed version of that explanation, Saria came to the conclusion that someone had better go with her, and a fairy would be quite useful. Of course Zelda would never agree to having a little fairy following her wherever she went, so Link was the next best thing.
"Link.may I ask you a personal question?"
"I guess so."
"Well, I just wanted to know if you are doing this for Zelda, or for yourself?"
"For Zelda of course! What do I have to gain from following some Princess around for a year?" He was too defensive to mean it and he knew Saria would see right through him.
"Look. Link I know that you had a nice romance with her, but she has to marry to benefit the kingdom. Or that's what she said, and I agree with her. It was her decision, and you should respect that. Are you trying to win her back by doing this or do you just want to be near her?"
"Saria, I don't know. I love Zelda and don't know what she feels. If I can win her back I will, but I don't want her to die. That is why I want to go. For me, for Zelda, and for Hyrule."
Author's Note: This chapter is kind of short, but its only the beginning of what will be a very long fic. I'll update as regularly as I can.
"Your Ordeal of Queenship is in two days time Princess." The speaker was a blonde man of eighteen. He was Link, Hero of Time.
"Yes, I know that. You must look after the people of Hyrule while I am away."
"Zelda, you really..someone should go with you."
"No Link, this is something I must do myself. It is tradition in the Royal Family, it proves we are ready to face whatever may come our way and defeat whatever enemy may try to take this land." Zelda was scared. No, that was an understatement. Zelda was terror stricken. If there was one thing that Hyrule's Princess couldn't handle, it was the thought of failure.
The Ordeal was similar in many ways to Link's quest to save Hyrule from Ganondorf's tyrannical reign.
It began in the Autumn. The cold, wet months where the leaves had all gone from the trees and the nights were chill. Zelda would have to travel to the temples where Link defeated so many obstacles, and face her own trials.
Link stood up and started pacing the area of his small house in the Kokiri Village. Zelda sat on the bed, looking as if her opinion on the matter was unalterable.
"Zelda," he said, finally stopping, crouching down so that he was eye level with her. "You are allowed to have a body guard. I've read the histories of Hyrule and I know that it is stated in some of the books that your ancestors took companions with them. Even the greatest get lonely sometimes. The responsibility is huge..."
"Link, stop. You are not coming. I go alone. Tonight, without you." With that, Zelda was gone, having warped out of the village.
He did not know what to do. Zelda had never traveled Hyrule alone, though neither had he. Yet Link knew that without Navi, despite how annoying she could be, he would never have made it out alive. Zelda had no fairy to keep her company, no one to talk to. He was worried, but could not figure out how to make her see his point.
"Perhaps Saria will know what to do. She's a girl, and a sage," he muttered to himself.
Following the tune of Saria's song, he navigated his way through the Lost Woods with ease until he came upon the Forest Temple.
He found Saria playing a fairy ocarina, which was really not surprising considering it was one of her favorite pastimes.
"Saria.." The green haired girl was so absorbed in her music that she did not hear him. "Saria!" He tried again. He was really getting fed up with the female sex today.
"Next thing you know I'm gonna find myself engaged to Ruto again, while Malon decides to repossess Epona. Women!" This he muttered very quietly, or so he thought, until Saria looked up and reprimanded him for his rudeness.
"Link, you really shouldn't sneak up on people like that. Besides its not women who are the problem, its you men and your inability to understand anything." Saria had become a bit of a feminist lately, after Mido had begun telling her that he knew better than her how to do something because he was a man. Link couldn't even recall what that something was.
"Saria, please..this is serious."
Ever the good friend, Saria sat up and listened carefully. When he was finished she offered her advice.
"Link.I know Zelda. Once she decides something, her mind is made up. She would listen to, and consider opinions, but if she feels very strongly that she is correct then there is nothing you can do except to follow her."
"Follow her?"
"Don't look so surprised, I know that's what you intended to do anyway, I did watch you grow up you know. It may be easy to forget considering how young I seem, but I did change you when you soiled your pants. I know everything about you," she said, smirking.
"Well..yes. Do you think she'd mind terribly?" He grinned, delighted with the prospect of an adventure, for following Zelda against her wishes was as dangerous as fighting any of the bosses at the temples she was to go to.
"Yes, what exactly does this Ordeal of hers entail?"
He began to explain to her.
According to the history books, a Royal Ordeal took a year. Not a year and a day as many stories say, just one year.
For their purposes, the year began in Autumn, when the cold nights could kill you if you did not pack warm clothes. Zelda was to set out from Hyrule Castle Town, leaving the Kingdom in the hands of someone she knew to be trustworthy. She would then travel to the Water Temple on foot. It was worked out so that Zelda would be in places such as the Fire Temple and Spirit Temple during the summer, and the colder areas during the winter. All part of the test.
After Link finished a much more detailed version of that explanation, Saria came to the conclusion that someone had better go with her, and a fairy would be quite useful. Of course Zelda would never agree to having a little fairy following her wherever she went, so Link was the next best thing.
"Link.may I ask you a personal question?"
"I guess so."
"Well, I just wanted to know if you are doing this for Zelda, or for yourself?"
"For Zelda of course! What do I have to gain from following some Princess around for a year?" He was too defensive to mean it and he knew Saria would see right through him.
"Look. Link I know that you had a nice romance with her, but she has to marry to benefit the kingdom. Or that's what she said, and I agree with her. It was her decision, and you should respect that. Are you trying to win her back by doing this or do you just want to be near her?"
"Saria, I don't know. I love Zelda and don't know what she feels. If I can win her back I will, but I don't want her to die. That is why I want to go. For me, for Zelda, and for Hyrule."
Author's Note: This chapter is kind of short, but its only the beginning of what will be a very long fic. I'll update as regularly as I can.
