Elope? Complex? Are you okay? Well, maybe I should start using words like floccinaucinihilipilification... Just in case I do, it means the act of judging to be useless... And as far as the song goes, I'm not sure if I should be flattered or insulted... I'm assuming you're all laying on the floor because you're laughing at that last chapter, which was horrible, a true crapter. Well, I guess I'll just get on with it. It'll be strange, only writing about two of them at a time...
Note: I don't know much about pregnancy, and I'm definitely not going to do the research (eek), so forgive me if anything is wrong with Link and Malon's chapters up until the child is born. I think I'll be skipping ahead a lot, to avoid that, and also to make sure I don't drag this part out too long. I think that this story will last about a year, then I'm going on to part four.
Note 2: From this point forward, I'm going to try writing from different people's points of view. I'll toy with it for a while.
Note 3: This is the biggest jump I've ever taken in my writing. This is far beyond being simply out of character for me. Why, oh why did I have to make Malon and Link do 'what most couples do on the first night of their honeymoon'? Oh, yeah, to 'protect my plot for the future'. Boy, was I stupid.
Father of Time
Chapter 4
Day Forty-Five, One Month Later: Morning
Link & Malon, Link's POV
There are some things about pregnancy that I never knew about and really didn't need to learn about, but for Malon's sake. Morning sickness is one of those things. It was hard to wake up every morning to Malon jumping out of bed to empty whatever might be in her stomach. It's kind of ironic, considering that she was eating for two, even if the baby had only been developing for one month.
One thing I couldn't help but wonder was if the baby had been developing while we were in Termina, or if going back in time restored it to having been conceived the night before. I couldn't figure out whether Malon was one or two months pregnant. It was strange, because she wasn't showing any signs of it at all when we were in Termina, but maybe that was normal for the first month? I don't know. I'm a guy, we're not supposed to know these things. Maybe time travel was masking the effects. Either way, my wife and I would be welcoming a new life into this world in eight months, at the most.
"Hey, Mal. Feeling any better?" I asked, hoping I was doing a good job playing the concerned husband. I think being the Hero of Time was easier, because being Father of Time was just Hell, and the baby wasn't even born yet! I'm sure it was worse for Malon, but at least she knew what was going on. I was clueless, although that may have been good or bad.
"Yeah, I feel a little better now."
"You wanna go get some fresh air? You've been cooped up in this house for days. I know you've never gone this long without going outside."
"Okay." We walked outside and into the middle of the field.
"You know, it's killing me to see you like this."
"However bad it is for you to see me like this, it's a million times worse to actually be like this."
"I know. I'm just worried about you."
"I'll live through this. I'm immortal, remember?"
"Yeah. I remember, since I'm immortal, too and for the same reason. Malon, just imagine... Both of our child's parents are keepers of the Triforce. What do you think our kid will be like?"
"Well, hopefully he or she or... it won't be too adventurous, like its father."
"Hey, I seem to remember somebody marching into Ganon's Tower with me, even though she didn't need to go, since I was the only one needed to destroy Ganondorf."
"Actually, at the time, you and Tael were wearing those masks, so it was him that needed to be there, not you."
"Don't rub it in. At least I was the Hero of Time again after the first battle. Trust me, it was thrilling, plunging that sword through Ganon's brains."
"I didn't need to hear that." Malon ran back inside and I could hear retching noises. Oops.
So, how was it? Two firsts in one chapter! First time writing in anybody's pov (it'll be worse when I'm forced to write for the girls), plus first time I've gone into this territory. I hope I did all right. Since I got just got around to reading my reviewers' profiles and some of their stories, I know now that at least one of you has kids (which means that one of you two was pregnant at least twice) and a husband (which means it was you), so I know that at least someone will realize that I got things wrong, but I'm a 16 year old boy, so take it easy on me, please. Why would a 16 year old guy be writing a fic that involves writing about one of his favorite characters being pregnant? Don't ask me. It was partially an accident. Like I've said before, I'm not the one writing the story, my fingers are typing through the will of some unknown being. Maybe some ghost or spirit is possessing my hands and writing this fic. Ugh.
Note: I don't know much about pregnancy, and I'm definitely not going to do the research (eek), so forgive me if anything is wrong with Link and Malon's chapters up until the child is born. I think I'll be skipping ahead a lot, to avoid that, and also to make sure I don't drag this part out too long. I think that this story will last about a year, then I'm going on to part four.
Note 2: From this point forward, I'm going to try writing from different people's points of view. I'll toy with it for a while.
Note 3: This is the biggest jump I've ever taken in my writing. This is far beyond being simply out of character for me. Why, oh why did I have to make Malon and Link do 'what most couples do on the first night of their honeymoon'? Oh, yeah, to 'protect my plot for the future'. Boy, was I stupid.
Father of Time
Chapter 4
Day Forty-Five, One Month Later: Morning
Link & Malon, Link's POV
There are some things about pregnancy that I never knew about and really didn't need to learn about, but for Malon's sake. Morning sickness is one of those things. It was hard to wake up every morning to Malon jumping out of bed to empty whatever might be in her stomach. It's kind of ironic, considering that she was eating for two, even if the baby had only been developing for one month.
One thing I couldn't help but wonder was if the baby had been developing while we were in Termina, or if going back in time restored it to having been conceived the night before. I couldn't figure out whether Malon was one or two months pregnant. It was strange, because she wasn't showing any signs of it at all when we were in Termina, but maybe that was normal for the first month? I don't know. I'm a guy, we're not supposed to know these things. Maybe time travel was masking the effects. Either way, my wife and I would be welcoming a new life into this world in eight months, at the most.
"Hey, Mal. Feeling any better?" I asked, hoping I was doing a good job playing the concerned husband. I think being the Hero of Time was easier, because being Father of Time was just Hell, and the baby wasn't even born yet! I'm sure it was worse for Malon, but at least she knew what was going on. I was clueless, although that may have been good or bad.
"Yeah, I feel a little better now."
"You wanna go get some fresh air? You've been cooped up in this house for days. I know you've never gone this long without going outside."
"Okay." We walked outside and into the middle of the field.
"You know, it's killing me to see you like this."
"However bad it is for you to see me like this, it's a million times worse to actually be like this."
"I know. I'm just worried about you."
"I'll live through this. I'm immortal, remember?"
"Yeah. I remember, since I'm immortal, too and for the same reason. Malon, just imagine... Both of our child's parents are keepers of the Triforce. What do you think our kid will be like?"
"Well, hopefully he or she or... it won't be too adventurous, like its father."
"Hey, I seem to remember somebody marching into Ganon's Tower with me, even though she didn't need to go, since I was the only one needed to destroy Ganondorf."
"Actually, at the time, you and Tael were wearing those masks, so it was him that needed to be there, not you."
"Don't rub it in. At least I was the Hero of Time again after the first battle. Trust me, it was thrilling, plunging that sword through Ganon's brains."
"I didn't need to hear that." Malon ran back inside and I could hear retching noises. Oops.
So, how was it? Two firsts in one chapter! First time writing in anybody's pov (it'll be worse when I'm forced to write for the girls), plus first time I've gone into this territory. I hope I did all right. Since I got just got around to reading my reviewers' profiles and some of their stories, I know now that at least one of you has kids (which means that one of you two was pregnant at least twice) and a husband (which means it was you), so I know that at least someone will realize that I got things wrong, but I'm a 16 year old boy, so take it easy on me, please. Why would a 16 year old guy be writing a fic that involves writing about one of his favorite characters being pregnant? Don't ask me. It was partially an accident. Like I've said before, I'm not the one writing the story, my fingers are typing through the will of some unknown being. Maybe some ghost or spirit is possessing my hands and writing this fic. Ugh.