He smiled, looking like the old link again. he heard a thud behind Zelda, and looked up to see the prince, a jug of water at his feet. he stepped past her to stand in front of him. " hi there, link, protector of Hyrule, glad to meet you." he offered his hand,  taking it back when the prince merely stared at it like it was some sort of bug.

Syhier's right nostril lifted a little with his sneer. "Don't you try and trick me, rose boy." He glared at him.

Zelda just stood how she was, looking at her hands. She couldn't say or do anything. She just stood there...silent...

link scoffed. " rose boy? oh right. that was just so I wouldn't have to kill you. see, if I was caught snooping around, I'd have to explain myself. and I hate the guards here," he said, drawing his sword slowly.

" I guess its too late now," he said simply.

Syhier backed away, sneering all the same.

"Link, no!" Zelda turned when she heard him unsheathe his sword. "Link...maybe it'd be better if you left..." She took back everything she'd said about him being part of her. She took a few steps towards him and whispered, "Life goes on."

" my life is you. I can't go on without you," he said, turning. the prince lunged for him. link whirled around, and jumped straight up. Syhier fell headfirst into the rosebushes. link stepped over to Zelda.

Zelda watched, wide-eyed. "Link..." She didn't know what to say. "What do you want with me?"

link laughed. " I don't want anything with you, Zelda. I want you. I want to share everything I have with you." looking down at himself, he blushed. " which may not be much, but like I said, its everything I have."

Zelda shook her head. "You told me..." She took a deep breath. "You told me to take the Prince. You said it was just to make things easier but do you know how hard that was? It's not something I can just brush off and leave like it never happened..."

" I've realized something. I can't tell you what to do, if I did, I wouldn't be any better than him." he pointed in the direction of the prince, who was trying very hard not to rip his cloak. " you have to choose what you want. and whoever it is, I'll understand." he sighed, looking up at the sky, then back to Zelda.

Zelda still stared at her hands. "You're doing it again..."

link smiled softly, looking back at the sky. " doing what?" he asked.

She finally looked up at Link. "Last time I chose between you and my life as Queen...you turned me away and shunned me...what am I supposed to do?"

" I shunned you because I thought you'd made the wrong choice. but I realized there is no wrong choice when it comes to love. only different kinds of right. as long as you're happy, everything will work out." he watched a dove circle overhead, smiling at the apparent symbolism of the bird. free love.

Zelda turned away. "If I choose you...what would my father say? If I chose him...I'd be losing my better half..."

before link could answer, the prince rose sluggishly. he raised a small crossbow at link's chest. " don't worry, Zelda, I will protect you from this imposter."

links eyes went wide.

Zelda turned to see what was happening. She looked away. She looked back up and held out her hand. "Syhier..." She walked towards him, removing her diadem. "Give this to the prettiest girl you find..." she said, knowing that looks were all that mattered to him. She turned to Link, "I'm sorry...will you forgive me?"

he looked down at the glittering object, then back at link. roaring in anger, he dropped the diadem and shoved Zelda to the ground. " if I cannot have all of this," he said, waving his arm at the castle, " then neither can he!" he fired. link's hands flew up to his chest, and he fell to the ground.

"LINK! NOOOO!!!!" Zelda screamed at the top of her lungs. She struggled to her knees and crawled towards Link. "Link, please...you'll be ok, I promise." She reassured him....uneasily...she looked up at Syhier. "You..." She glared and stood up. "I...HATE YOU!" She screamed and lunged at him, beginning to throw every punch at top speed and force that she could.

Syhier's personal servant walked outside, "Sir, I was just wondering when you were planning to have lunch..." He walked around the corner and saw Zelda pummeling his master. "Get off of him, wench!" He yelled, taking Zelda's arms and pulling her away. "Your father is going to hear about this..." he pulled her inside the castle

Outside, link rose groggily. he threw down the quarrel that he had literally caught. " I guess only being good for fighting comes in handy sometimes," he said, coughing. blowing his cap out of his eyes, he started after Zelda