CHILLAX YA'LL! YOU CAN STOP CRYING, I'M BACK!

I really don't think I need another disclaimer, you get it by now!

Ok, I've got two stories running now, Saria/Link and Marth/Zelda.....Aaarg! Hopefully I can squishthem together in this chap or the next...-_-'

DOES ANYONE HAVE SOMETHING THAT CURES WRITERS BLOCK?!? [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] ~~~many writers blocks

(A bit of foul language in this chappie, cover your eyes children, cover your eyes!)

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            The morning came too early for Link, he wanted nothing more than to sleep on the warm sand all day but Saria had other plans. She was up with the sun, shaking Link awake. "Aww...Saria come on, you're worse than Navi!" He groaned. He picked up his hat and shoved it over his eyes before rolling over. Saria placed her hands on her hips and stood over him, "Hey, look, listen!" She mocked. "Ok, ok, I'm up!" He said and sat up groggily. "Why did you get me up?" "I was lonely," She replied. "Ugh...." He lay back down. "You are so lazy! Don't go back to sleep!" She nagged. He kept his eyes open, and put his arms behind his head. Saria sat down on his blanket because she had already packed up hers. "Really, why did you wake me up?" Link asked again. She looked out over the water for a while then turned her soft eyes to his. There was a feeling of peace and ease between them. But still his heart skipped as a shiver pulsed through his body. Saria hugged her knees up to her chest and remained silent, smiling at Link.

~*~*~*at the castle~*~*~*

            Zelda awoke to Impa knocking on her door. "Miss? Are you up?" The nursemaid called. "Yes Impa, I'm....up." Zelda said through a yawn. After dressing, she walked down to breakfast. Before reaching the dining hall, she ran into Marth. "Excuse me princess! I'm sorry, are you all right?" He apologized. "Fine!" she said huffily. "Please, Zelda, why are you so mad at me?" Marth asked. She ignored him, but he ran around in front of her. "Move!" she commanded. "Listen, I just want to talk, give me a chance." She turned her angry blue eyes to his painful hazel ones. Somehow, his presence soothed her anger. "Ok, fine, fine! I'll....I'll meet you in the courtyard after breakfast." He thanked her and continued on his way. "I wonder why he's not eating with us" she wondered.

            Zelda's father, King Harnikan was waiting for her in the dining hall. "Zelda, sweetheart, how are things with you and Prince Marth going?" He asked. "Terrible, why did you invite him?" She spat. "Darling, he is a very rich Prince! And a wonderful suitor!" Zelda couldn't believe him! How could he say such a thing about a total stranger? "You don't know anything about him! He is arrogant and rude! I will not marry him!" She cried. She didn't dare say what she really wanted to, that she wanted to marry Link. "If you don't marry a prince, I will disown you! I won't have you tarnishing my throne with some common peasant scum!" The quick tempered princess stood up so suddenly, she knocked over her high backed chair with a crash. "You are despicable!" She yelled and ran out. Zelda didn't stop running until she reached the courtyard. Tears of anger slid down her porcelain face.        

            She sat down on the stone bench under a small tree, her favorite place in the castle. But Zelda wasn't here to admire the beauty of nature. She scowled out over the field and grumbled, "I can't believe this! How can he make me marry someone I don't know?" "Well, would you like to know me?" Marth asked. "Oh! Goddesses! You scared me!" Zelda breathed. "I'm sorry Princess," "Just Zelda," She told him. Marth sat across from her on a low wall. "Zelda...I was stupid before, I'm really sorry. You see, I was trying to act princely in front of your father. I said some things that I regret....I'm sorry." Zelda was far from forgiving him. She was avoiding looking at him but something made her. There was something about his eyes, velvety and sad, that held her gaze. Eyes like Marth's held a secret, but didn't appear to be deceptive in nature. She looked away quickly and remembered the day he arrived at the castle.

[Hate to do this to you, I'm gonna put a (long) flashback in the middle of a side story thing]

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            A Royal Ball: many royals from the surrounding lands, congregating at Hyrule Castle to dance, eat, and discuss politics. Princess Zelda was looking ravishing as always and chatting with the guests. Link was being inconspicuous in the corner as the King had instructed him to. 'He was there for safety reasons only and was not to be considered a guest.' King Harnikan had told him. Still, Link and Zelda were exchanging flirtatious looks across the room. About half an hour into the dinner, the doors of the hall opened and a man was introduced. "Presenting, from the land of Altea, Prince Marth Lathoniar the third!" Everyone turned and applauded as Marth descended the stairs. Several of the ladies fanned them selves faster to prevent fainting as he passed. Zelda sneered and looked skeptically at her father, who was beaming. She was getting tired of suitor after snobby suitor coming for her hand and wasn't thrilled about this one either. Marth began conversation with her father, Zelda could tell he was social; thus must be snobby. King Harnikan called her over after a round of laughter from the Royals. "Marth, this is Zelda," He said proudly. She faked a smile and curtseyed. "Did I just curtsey?!?" Her mind screamed. Disgusted with herself, she stood up tall. "Hmm, slim build, pretty face, perhaps not the best for child bearing, but she will make a fine wife," Marth said haughtily. "Of course she will!" the King roared. Zelda was feeling absolutely vandalized. She dropped her false appearance and scowled at Marth. Link obviously had heard this remark and was starting towards the Prince but Zelda shot him a warning look. The evening continued with more snide comments by this stranger, but somehow, Zelda was the only one offended by his demeanor. "Ok, I just have to refuse him, it will be easy and he'll be gone by tomorrow morning.....I can't believe the nerve of this guy!" She thought angrily. 

            But the King didn't think quite the same way. He found Marth's personality to be perfect for someone who would inherit his castle. "Oh, don't you love this boy?" He roared to the guests. They all agreed and laughed.

            By the time the ball was over, Zelda was furious! She was happy to retire to her chambers where she found Link waiting for her. "How did you get up here so fast?" She asked. "I have my ways, what do you think about that Prince?" He asked. Zelda told him he didn't want to think about it and just wanted to sleep. "Goodnight love," Link sighed and left her room. He saw Marth in the corridor headed to the guest room. Link took him by the collar and shoved him into a wall. "Listen! Nobody talks to Zelda like that you douche bag!" Marth pushed Link off of him, "Who are you to speak to me? Peasant trash!" Link was becoming really angry. He advanced on Marth and yelled, "If I hear another disrespectable word out of your arrogant, son of a bitch mouth towards the princess, you will have my sword to answer to!" "Are you threatening me gutter rat?" Marth smirked. "Yea, I am!" Link yelled. He pushed him into the wall and stalked off, Marth called some foul things after him.

            The next morning, King Harnikan had Link pulled from his room and thrown in the dungeon. "So, planning murder are we boy?" the King asked as he slammed the cell door shut. "We will just have to keep you here!"  Zelda came down to the dungeon as soon as she found out. "What's going on?" She cried, holding his hands through the bars. "That prince, don't trust him!" Link told her quietly. "I'm leaving this place, I can't stand it anymore." Zelda let go of his hands and stepped back. "You think I can?! I hate it here! You...You can't leave me!" She cried. "I'm sorry, I just can't take it. I'm going home, leaving this place of hate. I..." Zelda interrupted, "You know what, fine! Leave! I don't want you here anyway; maybe Marth won't be such a bad husband after all!" "Oh, come on, Zelda you're being irrational!" Link retorted. She turned on her heel and left without another word. Link was bewildered, "Goodbye Princess," He thought.

            Being friends with all the guards, Link got out of his cell easily. He took a back way out of the castle so he wouldn't have to face the people, who of course already knew about what happened. He stepped out onto Hylea Field and started off towards the forest.

~*~*~*END FLASHBACK-THINGEY~*~*~*

(Ok, so Zelda didn't think all of that (some of it she couldn't have thought) but I thought you needed some history, geez!)

            "You haven't said anything to me since I arrived. I just want to talk to somebody! I want you to know the real me!" Marth said. Zelda ran her fingers through her hair and sighed. "Ok, fine...I guess. But this doesn't mean I forgive you!" "I don't expect you to Zelda." He said solemnly. "First of all, I'm not that rich. In fact, I have nothing but the clothes on my back." Zelda was astonished, "But father said you were filthy rich!" "I was," Marth told her. "....Until I was banished." She gasped and asked him to continue. "Well, my father, King of Altea accepted a new policy proposed by his Bishop. It would call for all people of the land who weren't native Alteans to be servants in his castle. My lover would fall to slavery under this law, I couldn't let this happen! I opposed his plan, so as punishment to my defiance, he killed her and banished me. I had nowhere to go so I came to your castle anyway, like I had planned to. When I got here, I acted like an insubordinate prince, not a man. I was a jackass to you and I'm truly sorry."  Another tear fell from Zelda's eyes onto the grass. Something about his apology was so heartfelt and sincere, that she was compelled to forgive him, though it was against her character. "Well, I'll be leaving soon, goodbye Princess Zelda," Marth put a slow emphasis on her name, slid off the wall and walked back to the castle. "Wait! Marth," She called. The man turned around, a breeze caught his cape and tousled his hair. Zelda smiled timidly; maybe she would give him a chance. He had been through a lot and perhaps deserved one.

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Wow, Link and Saria only got one paragraph! This was a hard chappie for me; it required thought, which is hard to do through writers block! If it didn't make sense, I apologize. It seems my mental vocabulary bank is locked, I can't find words and am...what is word? Ah, yes, FRUSTRATED! 

Saria skips in

Koji: Hey tiny, why are you so happy?

Saria: Oh, nothing really

Koji: You can't hide from me! What's gotten into you?

Saria: HeeHee...What's going to happen next chappie ^_^

Koji: How did you?....GET OUT OF MY BRAIN!!!

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