This is it! The night before the wedding! Link and Malon, finally reunited! By the way, I've noticed that most people tend to use some strange terms and become strictly a 'ranchshipper' or a 'sageshipper'. Be prepared for a sort of rant-type thing on this at the end. Normally, it would violate FFic.net's terms, but the subject matter applies to where my story's going, so you'll just have to bear with me. Oh, and in this fic Mido actually figured out who Link is in the future and he's fairly good friends with him now.
The Switch
Chapter 23
Day Seven: Evening
Lon Lon Ranch
Link and Malon could hardly sit still in anticipation for the wedding. Malon could hardly keep Link from suffocating her in hugs, since he had not seen her in about a month. She probably would have been doing the same, if Link had been away for more than the morning and afternoon. "Link, I almost forgot! Zelda and Mido agreed to be the maid of honor and the best man, and Saria confirmed that the Moblins in the Sacred Forest Meadow were gone. It's a good thing we're keeping it small, since it would be a pain to get a lot of people out there!"
"I guess were set, then! Let's turn in. We have a big day tomorrow!" The couple went to bed, but neither could get to sleep.
Day Eight: Morning
Sacred Forest Meadow
The Kokiri didn't really want anyone to come through the forest, so Link convinced the Gorons to let them use the warp to the Lost Woods. Now, everyone was assembled in the meadow, right in front of the Forest Temple, and Rauru had left the Sacred Realm to perform the ceremony.
As Rauru went on, Link glanced over at Zelda and couldn't help but notice that she looked sad, as if her heart was breaking. Link almost missed his 'I do'. He never knew that Zelda had liked him. Quickly, Link came up with a plan, although it was risky. He had to do it. Zelda was one of his dearest friends, and he couldn't let her heart remain shattered.
Afternoon
Secret Forest Clearing (Newly Restored!)
Link remembered what Kaepora had told him. He figured that there would be no serious side effects, so he was willing to try this, for Zelda's sake. Link focused on the gauntlet, and three wishes previously granted by it: a young boy's wish for a brother, Ganondorf's wish for Dark Link, and a girl's wish for love. Link felt himself splitting in two, and the next moment, he was standing next to a man who looked just like him, who he had named Tael. He had wanted to name him after his fairy partner from Termina, but Tatl was a name more befitting of a girl.
Link's newly created brother looked identical to Link, but rather than green, he wore black, his eyes were green instead of blue, and his hair shone silver. The last difference between the two was within. While Link was in love with Malon, Tael's affections fell on Zelda. In every other aspect, Link and Tael were identical, down to the last mannerism, although time would change them. Link had come up with a cover story for where Tael had come from, and the gauntlet had made it true. The boys' mother had left them both in the care of the Great Deku Tree, but the tree thought it wiser to have them grow up separately, so he called a Sheikah he was friendly with to take Tael and raise him with the Sheikah.
Link had forgotten that a side effect would emerge, when he and Tael both started pulling at their faces. They pulled their faces off as masks, revealing identical ones underneath. Link took the Hero's Mask and the Brother's Mask and placed them with the eerily similar Fierce Deity Mask.
Evening
Lon Lon Ranch
Many heads were turned when Link had returned with a nearly identical twin. Link's cover story checked out. Tael and Link had only found out about each other a few days ago when Sheik told Link about him outside the Spirit Temple. Tael had trouble getting there in time for the wedding, so he was just arriving. Nobody suspected anything, not that they should have. "Zelda, I would like you to meet my brother, Tael," Link introduced the two.
Link left the two alone, and they began to talk. The more they talked, the more Zelda began to fall in love with Tael. He was so much like Link, but she could tell that he was falling for her as well. Her broken heart was forgotten, she was completely in love. As the night drew later, Zelda and Tael found themselves leaning in for a kiss. "Tael, please, come back to the castle with me."
"Well, I suppose I don't have any other plans. Sure. That sounds wonderful." And, so, Tael and Zelda fell into the same routine Malon and Link had kept up for a week.
Well, wasn't that interesting? Part of my reasoning for bringing 'Tael' (By the way, a cameo goes to the reviewer who can come up with a better name.) into the story was that I needed to keep the story going, and Tael will be the key to doing so. Mostly, though, I felt that Zelda was being neglected. This story was supposed to be half about her, after all, and really it became about the relationship between Malon and Link. It really bugs me when either Malon or Zelda gets left broken hearted. The worst instance was when Malon committed suicide. I also hate it when Link chooses one girl, and the other starts to act like a real (in l33t out of politeness) |3i7|-|. In order to work around this, I gave both girls very kind personalities and made them good friends, and, in a way, I created two Links, one for each. I just couldn't stand the thought of Zelda being all alone, so I brought 'Tael' into the ring. By the way, those masks will be important. That gets explained in the next chapter. Also, wasn't this chapter a bit longer? I decided to toy with writing more than I originally intended to, and I think it came out okay. Oh, yeah. I did originally erase the forest clearing, but I made it come back. My story is that Link tried to enter it from his treehouse, and the trapdoor was still there. If the trapdoor had lead to nowhere, a black hole may have appeared in the forest, so the clearing came back for good. Well, enough one-sided discussion of my story, I'm off!
The Switch
Chapter 23
Day Seven: Evening
Lon Lon Ranch
Link and Malon could hardly sit still in anticipation for the wedding. Malon could hardly keep Link from suffocating her in hugs, since he had not seen her in about a month. She probably would have been doing the same, if Link had been away for more than the morning and afternoon. "Link, I almost forgot! Zelda and Mido agreed to be the maid of honor and the best man, and Saria confirmed that the Moblins in the Sacred Forest Meadow were gone. It's a good thing we're keeping it small, since it would be a pain to get a lot of people out there!"
"I guess were set, then! Let's turn in. We have a big day tomorrow!" The couple went to bed, but neither could get to sleep.
Day Eight: Morning
Sacred Forest Meadow
The Kokiri didn't really want anyone to come through the forest, so Link convinced the Gorons to let them use the warp to the Lost Woods. Now, everyone was assembled in the meadow, right in front of the Forest Temple, and Rauru had left the Sacred Realm to perform the ceremony.
As Rauru went on, Link glanced over at Zelda and couldn't help but notice that she looked sad, as if her heart was breaking. Link almost missed his 'I do'. He never knew that Zelda had liked him. Quickly, Link came up with a plan, although it was risky. He had to do it. Zelda was one of his dearest friends, and he couldn't let her heart remain shattered.
Afternoon
Secret Forest Clearing (Newly Restored!)
Link remembered what Kaepora had told him. He figured that there would be no serious side effects, so he was willing to try this, for Zelda's sake. Link focused on the gauntlet, and three wishes previously granted by it: a young boy's wish for a brother, Ganondorf's wish for Dark Link, and a girl's wish for love. Link felt himself splitting in two, and the next moment, he was standing next to a man who looked just like him, who he had named Tael. He had wanted to name him after his fairy partner from Termina, but Tatl was a name more befitting of a girl.
Link's newly created brother looked identical to Link, but rather than green, he wore black, his eyes were green instead of blue, and his hair shone silver. The last difference between the two was within. While Link was in love with Malon, Tael's affections fell on Zelda. In every other aspect, Link and Tael were identical, down to the last mannerism, although time would change them. Link had come up with a cover story for where Tael had come from, and the gauntlet had made it true. The boys' mother had left them both in the care of the Great Deku Tree, but the tree thought it wiser to have them grow up separately, so he called a Sheikah he was friendly with to take Tael and raise him with the Sheikah.
Link had forgotten that a side effect would emerge, when he and Tael both started pulling at their faces. They pulled their faces off as masks, revealing identical ones underneath. Link took the Hero's Mask and the Brother's Mask and placed them with the eerily similar Fierce Deity Mask.
Evening
Lon Lon Ranch
Many heads were turned when Link had returned with a nearly identical twin. Link's cover story checked out. Tael and Link had only found out about each other a few days ago when Sheik told Link about him outside the Spirit Temple. Tael had trouble getting there in time for the wedding, so he was just arriving. Nobody suspected anything, not that they should have. "Zelda, I would like you to meet my brother, Tael," Link introduced the two.
Link left the two alone, and they began to talk. The more they talked, the more Zelda began to fall in love with Tael. He was so much like Link, but she could tell that he was falling for her as well. Her broken heart was forgotten, she was completely in love. As the night drew later, Zelda and Tael found themselves leaning in for a kiss. "Tael, please, come back to the castle with me."
"Well, I suppose I don't have any other plans. Sure. That sounds wonderful." And, so, Tael and Zelda fell into the same routine Malon and Link had kept up for a week.
Well, wasn't that interesting? Part of my reasoning for bringing 'Tael' (By the way, a cameo goes to the reviewer who can come up with a better name.) into the story was that I needed to keep the story going, and Tael will be the key to doing so. Mostly, though, I felt that Zelda was being neglected. This story was supposed to be half about her, after all, and really it became about the relationship between Malon and Link. It really bugs me when either Malon or Zelda gets left broken hearted. The worst instance was when Malon committed suicide. I also hate it when Link chooses one girl, and the other starts to act like a real (in l33t out of politeness) |3i7|-|. In order to work around this, I gave both girls very kind personalities and made them good friends, and, in a way, I created two Links, one for each. I just couldn't stand the thought of Zelda being all alone, so I brought 'Tael' into the ring. By the way, those masks will be important. That gets explained in the next chapter. Also, wasn't this chapter a bit longer? I decided to toy with writing more than I originally intended to, and I think it came out okay. Oh, yeah. I did originally erase the forest clearing, but I made it come back. My story is that Link tried to enter it from his treehouse, and the trapdoor was still there. If the trapdoor had lead to nowhere, a black hole may have appeared in the forest, so the clearing came back for good. Well, enough one-sided discussion of my story, I'm off!