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Chapter5: Weddings
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The plans for Hyrule's biggest wedding of all time were started immediatly.
Link and Zelda were able to spend alot more time with one another now that
they were engaged. Link took Zelda back to the forest so they could tell
the
news to his friends.
The moment they entered the forest Mido greeted them. He seemed alot more tolarable now that he had met Zelda. "Hello. You're back already? I thought you had to get married."
Zelda smilied at that. " I do and I chose my suitor." she put her arm around Link's waist. "I chose Link. I had to argue with my father for a little bit but I got what I wanted." she smiled.
"Hey Mido do you care if we have a small cerimony here before we do the big thing at the Temple of Time?"Link asked the shocked boy.
"Not at all. We could hold the cerimony at the Forest Temple entrance if you like. Nothing will happen to the Princess if we lead her there just if she wanders in alone. It's the perfect spot. Navi stays there alot and I bet she would want to see you get married. Saria can perform the cerimony as she is the guardian of the forest." Mido supplied happily.
"That sounds wonderful. Thank you so much Mido." Zelda stated thinking about the wonderful place that Link had told her so much about.
That night Link couldn't sleep. Zelda was staying in Saria's old house and he decided he needed some fresh air. He went to go see the Deku Tree Sprout. As he sat there he thought about the first time he was summoned here. That day changed everything. Link decided to walk aaround a bit and somehow ended up back at his house looking at his meager possesions. There was a nock on his door frame and he turned to find Mido standing in his doorway.
"I meant to say this a long time ago but pride has stopped me all this time. I'm sorry for how I have always treated you. I was jelous of you from the start. You were the one Saria favored, you were the one the Deku Tree called on for help. so many things. I couldn't match up to you on anything. then you grew up. I was even more jelous than before because you could leave the forest as much as you wanted. I am sorry for everything can you forgive me?" Mido said in a determined but sad voice.
"I already had. Come here." Link started to rummage through his stuff. He pulled out the sword and sheild from when he was little. "Hold onto these for me will ya? Here are my other child size wepons. Take care of them. Someday I might teach my child the ways of the Korki and give him or her these but unti then I have no use for them." Link watched as mido strapped the wepons to his back. "Take care of the forest while I'm gone. If there is ever trouble don't hesitate to have saria call me."
"I will do that. You will come back won't you?" Mido asked hopefully.
"Of coarse I will. This is my home." Link smiled when Mido seemed to think about what to talk about next.
"What is it like in the castle?"he finally asked tentivly.
"Big and beautiful but i won't stay there all the time. Zelda has always hated it. See the royal family isn't supposed to leave the walls too often. It's a cage and its really hard to keep from feeling trapped. I always since I met her anyway have taken her to different places and we have spent nights sleeping in the field or on the beach of Lake Hylia. She loves it here though. You can do whatever you want and you aren't judged for being lazy." Link smilied at the memories of past days spent together.
"Are you heading back in the morning?"
"Sadly. We have to stop by the ranch first then head back and finish planning the wedding. We will leave the arrangements for this one to you. Can you have it planned in a month?"
"Sure. You'd better get some sleep if you're leaving in the morning."Mido stood to leave.
"Yeah and well thanks. You are a good guy Mido. You just don't always let it show."
************************************************************************** The forest wedding was too Zelda's shock not elegant or extremly formal but a little casual and had a happy feel to it.
Her father knew nothing of the wedding so they chose not to have rings to show this wedding and it was just so the Korki could be there anway though it was not official. Saria had agreed to perform the cerimony and the moment Link walked to his spot on the teleport pad Navi appeared to congradulate him.
It was a simple wedding to prepare them for the big Royal blowout one. Link wore a brand mew Korki outfit and only his master sword and Hylian Shield to go with it.
Zelda wore a confortable dress the Korki had made for her as she couldn't just shop for one and her real wedding dress was for the big wedding. To Link she looked just as beautiful without all the additional layers of expensive fabric. The only jewlry she wore was the necklace Link had given her.
The cerimony was short and was followed by a party in the forest. The Korki children danced and played games in celebration. Link and Zelda joined in the fun and soon it was dark. Link checked the time and gasped. Two in the morning already. The King was going to kill him!
Link tapped Zelda's shoulder. She turned from her game of tossing rocks and asked him what was wrong.
"Um... Zelda its late. Really late. Your father is going to be mad."Link told her as he showed her his watch. Her eyes widened and she put her full length colored vest over her dress. This way she looked like she was dressed in nice peasent clothes and not a wedding dress and hurriedly said goodbye. They mounted Epona and headed off at top speed.
They arrived at the castle a little over half an hour later and slipped through the doors. Link got Zelda to her room without being seen and headed to his own. He collapsed onto the bed relieved to not have been caught.
"Where have you been?" a voice asked from the corner. Link jumped up in shock and looked at the figure in the shadows. The figure lit a torch and Link gasped at the sight of King Harkinain. "I will ask you again where have you been all day? Both you and my daughter have been gone the whole day. Is this how you will take care of her when she is your wife?"the king's voice seemed a bit angry.
"Sir I won't lie to you. We were in the forest and we lost track of time. No harm came to your daughter we were with my friends. They wouldn't touch her especially not with me near by." Link quickly explained. He seemed to be questioned by the King alot. "i love your daughter and would never let anything happen to her."
"You say you won't lie to me yet you just did. You say you were in the forest but i sent someone there to fetch you and they could not find you. So where were you really? Don't try and lie to me because I had people looking everywhere for you."
"i wasn't lying. We were in the woods. Your messenger didn't find us because we were at the forest temple which is deep in the Lost Woods and only Korki can find it or a person led by the Korki. Hence we were there. To be exact all the Korki were there." Link explained keeping himself out of trouble. "Why were you looking for us?"
"The wedding date has been moved. The wedding is in two days. I didn't want you staying anywhere and missing your own wedding. I will go inform my daughter and let you get some sleep. You ever make me think my daughter is in trouble again and I will have you thrown in the dungeons for the rest of your life." the King left after Link replied with a quick `yes sir'.
The day of the wedding was hectic. Link only got to see Zelda at breakfast then she was wisked away to get ready. The wedding was to start at four and Link was feeling a bit uneasy with all the attention he was getting. The royal tailor was making sure Link was dressed in the finest clothes. He was given a midnight blue longsleeve satin shirt and a pair of matching trosers. He was forced to use a new pair of boots that were black and were shined so well Link thought he could see his reflection in them. After the servents combed his hair to make it look perfect Link began to feel like he was a child's toy being led everywhere and being dressed in different combinations. Somewhere in the day, though Link was unsure of when, he was given a white vest to go over the shirt.
The King came in to inspect his future Son in law. "Did you want to wear the master sword? It will be worn at your side instead of your back but you can wear it if you want."
Link just blinked at him. "I wasn't planning on going anywhere without it. It has been a part of me since I was ten. I will wear it to show that that is one part of who your daughter has chosen to marry."Link finally responded.
"You know Link no matter how hard I've been on you these past couple of weeks I am glad that my daughter chose to marry you. I know you will take care of her you always have. I'm not afraid of you making her unhappy or treating her like a piece of property I never was. I'm hard on you because I want to make sure you love her as you claim. Now I have seen that you do love her and understand her. Congradulations on finally getting what you deserve."The King stood up. "you have about an hour to get your sword in a new sheath and do anything else you need to do. See you at the cerimony." Link watched him leave.
Only an hour! Wow that much time went by and I only have maybe two hours left before i am married for the rest of my life. Not that I'm unhappy about that but wow time flew fast today.
Zelda was having just as busy a day if not worse. She was woken up early and shoved into a bath. Her servent washed her hair three times before she was satisfied and was doing her hair when another servent came in to take her to breakfast.
Zelda sat in her robe as she quickly ate breakfast and then was forced to have her hair done again as the first time they were interrupted. When her hair was done she was given a complete makeover which she came out of looking more beautiful than ever but she didn't get to look long before they were putting her jewlry on. Hannah her personal servent and friend, reached to take the necklace off but Zelda stopped her.
"I would like to wear this one Hannah. It's special to me and to Link." she told the young woman she had grown up with.
"As you wish your Highness. You seem nervous. tell me about Link . I have only met him once." Hannah asked a bit embarrased that she had only talked to Link once in seven years of him being around the castle. "And what is so special about this necklace You haven't taken it off since your birthday."
"Link was raised as a korki child not knowing anything about the outside world. He was taught that as a korki he could not leave the forest or he would die so he never even attempted to leave the forest. Then when he was ten the guardian of the forest, the great Deku tree, was cursed by Gannondorf. The tree ended up dying even though Link tried to save him. Just before he died he told Link to go out and find me so he could find the other spiritual stones. During his quest he had to return to the forest and when the Great Deku Tree sprout apperared the sprout told him about his past."
"what do you mean his past?"
"He found out that he wasn't Korki but was in fact Hylian. His mother had been wounded during a battle in Hyrule feild during the war and ran to the forest for safty. His mother died leaving Link in the tree's care. When Link returned to the forest after he had saved Hyrule Saria the Sage of the forest gave him this necklace. She told him the great Deku Tree gave it to her to give to him someday when he knew his past. It was his mother's necklace. He gave it to me after I chose to marry him."
"That would explain why you refuse to take it off. Time to get your dress on. only an hour left till you have to get married." Hannah stated as she glanced at the clock.
Zelda felt quite relaxed to be getting married. I'm marring my best friend why should I be scared? Zelda asked herself as she finished putting on her dress and matching shoes.
Link walked over to the Temple of Time where the cerimony would be held. The Door of Time remained open as the Triforce was still in pieces. The spiritual stones would return to their proper places when the Triforce was returned to the Sacred Relm. To ensure the safty of the Triforce the Master Sword would stay with the Hero of Time so that he could protect it.
The actual cerimony would take place at the alter holding the spirtitual stones. Link approached the alter remembering when he first opened the door of time.
Hyrule was not very populated so everyone could fit in the temple. Link watched as the Guests filied in and took seats in the chairs that had been placed in the temple for the event. Malon and Talon waved at him from the front row and gave him an encouraging smile.
Zelda was boarding a carriage with her father to take them to the Temple of Time. She was beginning to feel anxious to pleadge her eternal love to Link in front of all of Hyrule. After all she had only told him of her feelings once.
Her father noticed that she was nervous and put a conforting hand on her shoulder. "It will be all right. If your love for him has lasted this long it won't die anytime soon." he soothed her worries.
Zelda was in a magnificant white gown with a train that stretched enough that it looked perfect on her. The dress had slevees that were more on her arms than her shoulders but didn't look tacky. The dress fit tightly around her upper body and losened past her waist. It was said to be the best gown in the kingdom but Zelda personally thought that the one she wore at the forest cerimony was better.
When they reached the Temple of Time the full force of what she was doing hit her. At the same time inside Link realised just what was happening. In a few years he would be King! He didn't want to be King! He could learn to act like royalty and Zelda was worth all the responsibility but suddenly he was scared. Gone were the days when he could settle things with a slash of his sword or a perfect aim with his bow and arrow. Link took a deep breath.
Then he heard the sound of the traditional `Here come's the bride' tune playing from the corner. Zelda stepped into the temple and everyone rose to their feet. She was beautiful, Link thought as she made her way towards him on the arm of her father. yes it would all be worth it. Link said as Zelda met his gaze the love evident in her eyes.
The cerimony was performed by Raru and the reception came all too quickly. Link knew that the cerimony took at least an hour but it felt like it only took a second. The reception on the other hand drug on. They shared a few dances and he watched as Zelda danced with her father. He couldn't have been happier exept that the Korki be there.
The King soon announced that they would be leaving and escorted them to Epona. "Their is a room reserved for you in Kakarico Village. That is if you don't already have a place in mind. The villagers are staying here for the night as it is too much of a hastle to go home so it should be deserted there for the night." The King told them a hint that he would make sure no one left the town.
The whole kingdom knew when they finally joined together as the Triforce lit up and light radiated from the village. The triforce returned to the Sacred Relm and the Spiritual Stones to their rightful owners closing the Door of Time.
The moment they entered the forest Mido greeted them. He seemed alot more tolarable now that he had met Zelda. "Hello. You're back already? I thought you had to get married."
Zelda smilied at that. " I do and I chose my suitor." she put her arm around Link's waist. "I chose Link. I had to argue with my father for a little bit but I got what I wanted." she smiled.
"Hey Mido do you care if we have a small cerimony here before we do the big thing at the Temple of Time?"Link asked the shocked boy.
"Not at all. We could hold the cerimony at the Forest Temple entrance if you like. Nothing will happen to the Princess if we lead her there just if she wanders in alone. It's the perfect spot. Navi stays there alot and I bet she would want to see you get married. Saria can perform the cerimony as she is the guardian of the forest." Mido supplied happily.
"That sounds wonderful. Thank you so much Mido." Zelda stated thinking about the wonderful place that Link had told her so much about.
That night Link couldn't sleep. Zelda was staying in Saria's old house and he decided he needed some fresh air. He went to go see the Deku Tree Sprout. As he sat there he thought about the first time he was summoned here. That day changed everything. Link decided to walk aaround a bit and somehow ended up back at his house looking at his meager possesions. There was a nock on his door frame and he turned to find Mido standing in his doorway.
"I meant to say this a long time ago but pride has stopped me all this time. I'm sorry for how I have always treated you. I was jelous of you from the start. You were the one Saria favored, you were the one the Deku Tree called on for help. so many things. I couldn't match up to you on anything. then you grew up. I was even more jelous than before because you could leave the forest as much as you wanted. I am sorry for everything can you forgive me?" Mido said in a determined but sad voice.
"I already had. Come here." Link started to rummage through his stuff. He pulled out the sword and sheild from when he was little. "Hold onto these for me will ya? Here are my other child size wepons. Take care of them. Someday I might teach my child the ways of the Korki and give him or her these but unti then I have no use for them." Link watched as mido strapped the wepons to his back. "Take care of the forest while I'm gone. If there is ever trouble don't hesitate to have saria call me."
"I will do that. You will come back won't you?" Mido asked hopefully.
"Of coarse I will. This is my home." Link smiled when Mido seemed to think about what to talk about next.
"What is it like in the castle?"he finally asked tentivly.
"Big and beautiful but i won't stay there all the time. Zelda has always hated it. See the royal family isn't supposed to leave the walls too often. It's a cage and its really hard to keep from feeling trapped. I always since I met her anyway have taken her to different places and we have spent nights sleeping in the field or on the beach of Lake Hylia. She loves it here though. You can do whatever you want and you aren't judged for being lazy." Link smilied at the memories of past days spent together.
"Are you heading back in the morning?"
"Sadly. We have to stop by the ranch first then head back and finish planning the wedding. We will leave the arrangements for this one to you. Can you have it planned in a month?"
"Sure. You'd better get some sleep if you're leaving in the morning."Mido stood to leave.
"Yeah and well thanks. You are a good guy Mido. You just don't always let it show."
************************************************************************** The forest wedding was too Zelda's shock not elegant or extremly formal but a little casual and had a happy feel to it.
Her father knew nothing of the wedding so they chose not to have rings to show this wedding and it was just so the Korki could be there anway though it was not official. Saria had agreed to perform the cerimony and the moment Link walked to his spot on the teleport pad Navi appeared to congradulate him.
It was a simple wedding to prepare them for the big Royal blowout one. Link wore a brand mew Korki outfit and only his master sword and Hylian Shield to go with it.
Zelda wore a confortable dress the Korki had made for her as she couldn't just shop for one and her real wedding dress was for the big wedding. To Link she looked just as beautiful without all the additional layers of expensive fabric. The only jewlry she wore was the necklace Link had given her.
The cerimony was short and was followed by a party in the forest. The Korki children danced and played games in celebration. Link and Zelda joined in the fun and soon it was dark. Link checked the time and gasped. Two in the morning already. The King was going to kill him!
Link tapped Zelda's shoulder. She turned from her game of tossing rocks and asked him what was wrong.
"Um... Zelda its late. Really late. Your father is going to be mad."Link told her as he showed her his watch. Her eyes widened and she put her full length colored vest over her dress. This way she looked like she was dressed in nice peasent clothes and not a wedding dress and hurriedly said goodbye. They mounted Epona and headed off at top speed.
They arrived at the castle a little over half an hour later and slipped through the doors. Link got Zelda to her room without being seen and headed to his own. He collapsed onto the bed relieved to not have been caught.
"Where have you been?" a voice asked from the corner. Link jumped up in shock and looked at the figure in the shadows. The figure lit a torch and Link gasped at the sight of King Harkinain. "I will ask you again where have you been all day? Both you and my daughter have been gone the whole day. Is this how you will take care of her when she is your wife?"the king's voice seemed a bit angry.
"Sir I won't lie to you. We were in the forest and we lost track of time. No harm came to your daughter we were with my friends. They wouldn't touch her especially not with me near by." Link quickly explained. He seemed to be questioned by the King alot. "i love your daughter and would never let anything happen to her."
"You say you won't lie to me yet you just did. You say you were in the forest but i sent someone there to fetch you and they could not find you. So where were you really? Don't try and lie to me because I had people looking everywhere for you."
"i wasn't lying. We were in the woods. Your messenger didn't find us because we were at the forest temple which is deep in the Lost Woods and only Korki can find it or a person led by the Korki. Hence we were there. To be exact all the Korki were there." Link explained keeping himself out of trouble. "Why were you looking for us?"
"The wedding date has been moved. The wedding is in two days. I didn't want you staying anywhere and missing your own wedding. I will go inform my daughter and let you get some sleep. You ever make me think my daughter is in trouble again and I will have you thrown in the dungeons for the rest of your life." the King left after Link replied with a quick `yes sir'.
The day of the wedding was hectic. Link only got to see Zelda at breakfast then she was wisked away to get ready. The wedding was to start at four and Link was feeling a bit uneasy with all the attention he was getting. The royal tailor was making sure Link was dressed in the finest clothes. He was given a midnight blue longsleeve satin shirt and a pair of matching trosers. He was forced to use a new pair of boots that were black and were shined so well Link thought he could see his reflection in them. After the servents combed his hair to make it look perfect Link began to feel like he was a child's toy being led everywhere and being dressed in different combinations. Somewhere in the day, though Link was unsure of when, he was given a white vest to go over the shirt.
The King came in to inspect his future Son in law. "Did you want to wear the master sword? It will be worn at your side instead of your back but you can wear it if you want."
Link just blinked at him. "I wasn't planning on going anywhere without it. It has been a part of me since I was ten. I will wear it to show that that is one part of who your daughter has chosen to marry."Link finally responded.
"You know Link no matter how hard I've been on you these past couple of weeks I am glad that my daughter chose to marry you. I know you will take care of her you always have. I'm not afraid of you making her unhappy or treating her like a piece of property I never was. I'm hard on you because I want to make sure you love her as you claim. Now I have seen that you do love her and understand her. Congradulations on finally getting what you deserve."The King stood up. "you have about an hour to get your sword in a new sheath and do anything else you need to do. See you at the cerimony." Link watched him leave.
Only an hour! Wow that much time went by and I only have maybe two hours left before i am married for the rest of my life. Not that I'm unhappy about that but wow time flew fast today.
Zelda was having just as busy a day if not worse. She was woken up early and shoved into a bath. Her servent washed her hair three times before she was satisfied and was doing her hair when another servent came in to take her to breakfast.
Zelda sat in her robe as she quickly ate breakfast and then was forced to have her hair done again as the first time they were interrupted. When her hair was done she was given a complete makeover which she came out of looking more beautiful than ever but she didn't get to look long before they were putting her jewlry on. Hannah her personal servent and friend, reached to take the necklace off but Zelda stopped her.
"I would like to wear this one Hannah. It's special to me and to Link." she told the young woman she had grown up with.
"As you wish your Highness. You seem nervous. tell me about Link . I have only met him once." Hannah asked a bit embarrased that she had only talked to Link once in seven years of him being around the castle. "And what is so special about this necklace You haven't taken it off since your birthday."
"Link was raised as a korki child not knowing anything about the outside world. He was taught that as a korki he could not leave the forest or he would die so he never even attempted to leave the forest. Then when he was ten the guardian of the forest, the great Deku tree, was cursed by Gannondorf. The tree ended up dying even though Link tried to save him. Just before he died he told Link to go out and find me so he could find the other spiritual stones. During his quest he had to return to the forest and when the Great Deku Tree sprout apperared the sprout told him about his past."
"what do you mean his past?"
"He found out that he wasn't Korki but was in fact Hylian. His mother had been wounded during a battle in Hyrule feild during the war and ran to the forest for safty. His mother died leaving Link in the tree's care. When Link returned to the forest after he had saved Hyrule Saria the Sage of the forest gave him this necklace. She told him the great Deku Tree gave it to her to give to him someday when he knew his past. It was his mother's necklace. He gave it to me after I chose to marry him."
"That would explain why you refuse to take it off. Time to get your dress on. only an hour left till you have to get married." Hannah stated as she glanced at the clock.
Zelda felt quite relaxed to be getting married. I'm marring my best friend why should I be scared? Zelda asked herself as she finished putting on her dress and matching shoes.
Link walked over to the Temple of Time where the cerimony would be held. The Door of Time remained open as the Triforce was still in pieces. The spiritual stones would return to their proper places when the Triforce was returned to the Sacred Relm. To ensure the safty of the Triforce the Master Sword would stay with the Hero of Time so that he could protect it.
The actual cerimony would take place at the alter holding the spirtitual stones. Link approached the alter remembering when he first opened the door of time.
Hyrule was not very populated so everyone could fit in the temple. Link watched as the Guests filied in and took seats in the chairs that had been placed in the temple for the event. Malon and Talon waved at him from the front row and gave him an encouraging smile.
Zelda was boarding a carriage with her father to take them to the Temple of Time. She was beginning to feel anxious to pleadge her eternal love to Link in front of all of Hyrule. After all she had only told him of her feelings once.
Her father noticed that she was nervous and put a conforting hand on her shoulder. "It will be all right. If your love for him has lasted this long it won't die anytime soon." he soothed her worries.
Zelda was in a magnificant white gown with a train that stretched enough that it looked perfect on her. The dress had slevees that were more on her arms than her shoulders but didn't look tacky. The dress fit tightly around her upper body and losened past her waist. It was said to be the best gown in the kingdom but Zelda personally thought that the one she wore at the forest cerimony was better.
When they reached the Temple of Time the full force of what she was doing hit her. At the same time inside Link realised just what was happening. In a few years he would be King! He didn't want to be King! He could learn to act like royalty and Zelda was worth all the responsibility but suddenly he was scared. Gone were the days when he could settle things with a slash of his sword or a perfect aim with his bow and arrow. Link took a deep breath.
Then he heard the sound of the traditional `Here come's the bride' tune playing from the corner. Zelda stepped into the temple and everyone rose to their feet. She was beautiful, Link thought as she made her way towards him on the arm of her father. yes it would all be worth it. Link said as Zelda met his gaze the love evident in her eyes.
The cerimony was performed by Raru and the reception came all too quickly. Link knew that the cerimony took at least an hour but it felt like it only took a second. The reception on the other hand drug on. They shared a few dances and he watched as Zelda danced with her father. He couldn't have been happier exept that the Korki be there.
The King soon announced that they would be leaving and escorted them to Epona. "Their is a room reserved for you in Kakarico Village. That is if you don't already have a place in mind. The villagers are staying here for the night as it is too much of a hastle to go home so it should be deserted there for the night." The King told them a hint that he would make sure no one left the town.
The whole kingdom knew when they finally joined together as the Triforce lit up and light radiated from the village. The triforce returned to the Sacred Relm and the Spiritual Stones to their rightful owners closing the Door of Time.