The Princess of Destiny
A Fanfic by Sheik
You thought I was dead, didn't you? Well, I have bad news: I'm not, and I'm gonna keep writing! Yay for me!
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Impa and I sat there on that tower for quite some time, the Gerudo quietly sneaking around the place like brightly-clad snakes with legs and scimitars. Then, seemingly satisfied, they took off quite suddenly. Impa stood up.
"Well, I guess that's that," she said, dusting herself off where she had been crouching by the parapet.
"What do you mean?!" I hissed, jumping up off the ground so suddenly that I nearly toppled over. "We have to do something? Why are you just standing there?" I asked furiously.
"Zelda, please calm down," said Impa, kneeling down so that our eyes were level as she rested her hands on my shoulders. "There is nothing we can do at the moment. All we can do is hope with all our might that Link succeeds in his quest."
"But..."
"Zelda, come. It is nearly dawn. You need to get dressed and act as if you were asleep all night. You must tell NO ONE about what you saw or said up there. Your father isn't exactly on good terms with the Sheikah."
"But my MOTHER was Sheikah! His wife!"
"If your mother had not been at the village that day trying to protect our race, she would be alive now. Even though it was no one's fault, not even the Gerudos' (They were aiming for me, remember), that she was killed that day. Your father, however, refuses to accept that. He won't forgive the Sheikah. Why do you think he won't let you be yourself, as far as your heritage is concerned?"
"But he said."
"That was only partial truth. The Hylian people love you, Zelda, and after getting over the initial shock of your true heritage, they would love you just the same as always. You know that."
"Obviously not ALL of them," I sighed, wishing I hadn't overreacted towards Malon. It wasn't her fault. I wanted to leap off the tower, run to Lon Lon Ranch, and apologize right away.
"Zelda, friends are different. Friends know almost everything about each other, and obviously learning about this huge secret you've kept for so long would come as quite a surprise. Of course, were your mother still here, people would know the truth by now. She wouldn't have stood for your father's commands as far as your secrecy. You know why she went to Kakariko, don't you?"
"She went there to defend the Sheikah! Everybody knows that!"
"Wrong, Zelda," said Impa.
"Then why did she leave the castle?"
"Your mother was in Kakariko the day of the attack because she had left your father."
You thought I was dead, didn't you? Well, I have bad news: I'm not, and I'm gonna keep writing! Yay for me!
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Impa and I sat there on that tower for quite some time, the Gerudo quietly sneaking around the place like brightly-clad snakes with legs and scimitars. Then, seemingly satisfied, they took off quite suddenly. Impa stood up.
"Well, I guess that's that," she said, dusting herself off where she had been crouching by the parapet.
"What do you mean?!" I hissed, jumping up off the ground so suddenly that I nearly toppled over. "We have to do something? Why are you just standing there?" I asked furiously.
"Zelda, please calm down," said Impa, kneeling down so that our eyes were level as she rested her hands on my shoulders. "There is nothing we can do at the moment. All we can do is hope with all our might that Link succeeds in his quest."
"But..."
"Zelda, come. It is nearly dawn. You need to get dressed and act as if you were asleep all night. You must tell NO ONE about what you saw or said up there. Your father isn't exactly on good terms with the Sheikah."
"But my MOTHER was Sheikah! His wife!"
"If your mother had not been at the village that day trying to protect our race, she would be alive now. Even though it was no one's fault, not even the Gerudos' (They were aiming for me, remember), that she was killed that day. Your father, however, refuses to accept that. He won't forgive the Sheikah. Why do you think he won't let you be yourself, as far as your heritage is concerned?"
"But he said."
"That was only partial truth. The Hylian people love you, Zelda, and after getting over the initial shock of your true heritage, they would love you just the same as always. You know that."
"Obviously not ALL of them," I sighed, wishing I hadn't overreacted towards Malon. It wasn't her fault. I wanted to leap off the tower, run to Lon Lon Ranch, and apologize right away.
"Zelda, friends are different. Friends know almost everything about each other, and obviously learning about this huge secret you've kept for so long would come as quite a surprise. Of course, were your mother still here, people would know the truth by now. She wouldn't have stood for your father's commands as far as your secrecy. You know why she went to Kakariko, don't you?"
"She went there to defend the Sheikah! Everybody knows that!"
"Wrong, Zelda," said Impa.
"Then why did she leave the castle?"
"Your mother was in Kakariko the day of the attack because she had left your father."