Why, oh why do I always find myself responding to reviews at the beginning of each chapter? Well, yes, Atchika, I did my research and you have indeed 'been found out'. lol Is that a bad thing? Anyways, thanks for the offer, but for now, I'm probably going to stick with my original plan and pass over most of the pregnancy. Understandably, I just don't want to go there. If I change my mind, I'll be sure to ask you, though. If not, then maybe I'll find this stuff out in ten years or so... Also, how can you be sure it'll be Link jr.? I'm not saying it won't be, but I'm also not saying it will be. I've been thinking about it for a while, and although I still haven't decided for sure, I think I know whether it'll be a boy or a girl. I was going to let the reviewers decide, but I changed my mind. Oh, as far as the pov thing goes, I've decided on one pov per chapter. This combined with moving between couples, each character should get to be the featured pov every eighth chapter. For now. I'm thinking of introducing more main characters. Not sure about it yet, but I'm thinking about it. Well, now that you all know most of my ideas, as well as some things I'm still deciding, let's just get to the chapter.
Father of Time
Chapter 5
Day One Hundred, Two Months Later: Afternoon
Zelda and Tael: Zelda's POV
Hyrule Castle Courtyard
"Tael, I don't know if I can do this. The stress of being queen is too much for me." This sight was one that my subjects could never see: me, the queen of Hyrule, sitting with my king in the courtyard, almost crying from the stress of leading a country. It may or may not have made sense, considering that I had always had to make important decisions. The difference is that I no longer had my father to guide me.
"Don't worry about it, Zel. You're doing fine. Have you heard about that other country across the sea, you know, Ivalice? I heard that they have this horrible prince, Mewt. He's got his mother wrapped around his finger, making all these horrid laws. Did you know that on certain days, it's illegal to use a sword? It's so bad, they have this guy, Ezel Berbier, who's creating these 'antilaw cards' that can change the laws through some sort of magic or something. It's madness!"
I almost started laughing. "Sounds like something out of a book or some sort of game." I dried my eyes. "Hey, have you heard from Link lately? How's Malon?"
"He says she's fine, just kinda tired. He finally figured it out. It turns out that when we got back from Termina, the time travel had kept the baby from developing, but for the first couple months, it developed faster, so she's four months pregnant now."
"It scares me. I mean, I'm seeing what Malon's going through now, and I know that I'm going to go through that some day so there will be an heir to the throne."
"Don't worry about it, Zel. You can handle anything. I mean, if you were able to hide the fact that you had the Triforce from Ganondorf for seven years, then lead the sages in his defeat, not to mention the week you spent living on Lon Lon Ranch, you can do absolutely anything."
"Thank you. You always manage to make me feel better."
"Of course. What else am I here for?"
"For this." I looked up and kissed him. I love doing stuff like that when he doesn't expect it. I mean, I've been raised to be the perfect princess my whole life, how could he possibly expect me to just kiss him out of nowhere?
"You know it's not fair to catch me off guard like that."
"Yeah, but I love seeing your eyes go wide when I do."
"It's still not fair."
"Nothing's fair."
"I think you're pretty fair."
"Why don't I go roll around in the mud for a while, then we'll see exactly how fair you think I am."
"Then you won't be fair anymore. Then you'll just be hot."
"Pig!" I punched him in the arm. Honestly, is that all men ever think about?
"Can't you take a joke?"
"So I wouldn't be hot?"
"Okay, a joke and a compliment, then. Happy?"
"You have no idea." I kissed him again.
"I thought we already talked about this."
"You were talking, I was staring into your sexy green eyes."
"Is that any kind of way for a lady to speak?"
"I only have to be a lady in public. When I'm alone with my husband, I can be as rude as I want."
"Let's go inside. It looks like it's going to rain."
I was just about to say that there wasn't a cloud in the sky when I heard a short tune behind me. The next thing I knew, I was drenched. Tael was dead! "Get back here! Don't forget, I have magic powers as a sage! I can do terrible things to you!"
"Yeah, but I know that you would take one look at me and you would have to let me go!" He was right, but I didn't admit that to him. I was having too much fun chasing my man around the garden.
I don't know how I got through that one. I mean, I said that it's easier to write about Hyrule Castle than Lon Lon Ranch, but I was wrong. I have since discovered that Zelda can be difficult to write about. Somehow, she hasn't attracted much excitement in this. To make up for the lack of anything for her in this story, I've decided to take a break after this and write a short Zelink fic, possibly a one-shot.
Oh, before I forget, Atchika, I decided that there was something that I wanted to ask you, but for obvious reasons, I don't really want to ask through my publicly posted story and be answered through the publicly viewable review system. Could you e-mail me when you read this? ekgiii@aol.com, if you don't feel like going to the top and clicking on the link to my profile. I'd really appreciate it.
By the way, does anyone recognize the game that Ivalice is from? I'm not sure if it's in more than one game in the series, so I narrowed it down with Mewt, Ezel Berbier, and the antilaws.
Father of Time
Chapter 5
Day One Hundred, Two Months Later: Afternoon
Zelda and Tael: Zelda's POV
Hyrule Castle Courtyard
"Tael, I don't know if I can do this. The stress of being queen is too much for me." This sight was one that my subjects could never see: me, the queen of Hyrule, sitting with my king in the courtyard, almost crying from the stress of leading a country. It may or may not have made sense, considering that I had always had to make important decisions. The difference is that I no longer had my father to guide me.
"Don't worry about it, Zel. You're doing fine. Have you heard about that other country across the sea, you know, Ivalice? I heard that they have this horrible prince, Mewt. He's got his mother wrapped around his finger, making all these horrid laws. Did you know that on certain days, it's illegal to use a sword? It's so bad, they have this guy, Ezel Berbier, who's creating these 'antilaw cards' that can change the laws through some sort of magic or something. It's madness!"
I almost started laughing. "Sounds like something out of a book or some sort of game." I dried my eyes. "Hey, have you heard from Link lately? How's Malon?"
"He says she's fine, just kinda tired. He finally figured it out. It turns out that when we got back from Termina, the time travel had kept the baby from developing, but for the first couple months, it developed faster, so she's four months pregnant now."
"It scares me. I mean, I'm seeing what Malon's going through now, and I know that I'm going to go through that some day so there will be an heir to the throne."
"Don't worry about it, Zel. You can handle anything. I mean, if you were able to hide the fact that you had the Triforce from Ganondorf for seven years, then lead the sages in his defeat, not to mention the week you spent living on Lon Lon Ranch, you can do absolutely anything."
"Thank you. You always manage to make me feel better."
"Of course. What else am I here for?"
"For this." I looked up and kissed him. I love doing stuff like that when he doesn't expect it. I mean, I've been raised to be the perfect princess my whole life, how could he possibly expect me to just kiss him out of nowhere?
"You know it's not fair to catch me off guard like that."
"Yeah, but I love seeing your eyes go wide when I do."
"It's still not fair."
"Nothing's fair."
"I think you're pretty fair."
"Why don't I go roll around in the mud for a while, then we'll see exactly how fair you think I am."
"Then you won't be fair anymore. Then you'll just be hot."
"Pig!" I punched him in the arm. Honestly, is that all men ever think about?
"Can't you take a joke?"
"So I wouldn't be hot?"
"Okay, a joke and a compliment, then. Happy?"
"You have no idea." I kissed him again.
"I thought we already talked about this."
"You were talking, I was staring into your sexy green eyes."
"Is that any kind of way for a lady to speak?"
"I only have to be a lady in public. When I'm alone with my husband, I can be as rude as I want."
"Let's go inside. It looks like it's going to rain."
I was just about to say that there wasn't a cloud in the sky when I heard a short tune behind me. The next thing I knew, I was drenched. Tael was dead! "Get back here! Don't forget, I have magic powers as a sage! I can do terrible things to you!"
"Yeah, but I know that you would take one look at me and you would have to let me go!" He was right, but I didn't admit that to him. I was having too much fun chasing my man around the garden.
I don't know how I got through that one. I mean, I said that it's easier to write about Hyrule Castle than Lon Lon Ranch, but I was wrong. I have since discovered that Zelda can be difficult to write about. Somehow, she hasn't attracted much excitement in this. To make up for the lack of anything for her in this story, I've decided to take a break after this and write a short Zelink fic, possibly a one-shot.
Oh, before I forget, Atchika, I decided that there was something that I wanted to ask you, but for obvious reasons, I don't really want to ask through my publicly posted story and be answered through the publicly viewable review system. Could you e-mail me when you read this? ekgiii@aol.com, if you don't feel like going to the top and clicking on the link to my profile. I'd really appreciate it.
By the way, does anyone recognize the game that Ivalice is from? I'm not sure if it's in more than one game in the series, so I narrowed it down with Mewt, Ezel Berbier, and the antilaws.