DISCLAIMER: Don't own any of the LOZ characters, though I do own the pig
Keith and the Metrion family. I'm sure no one would want to borrow them,
but if you do, contact me before doing so.....
A/N: OMG!!! Yahhhh!! Thank you sooo much for the reviews!! I finally actually almost have 20 actual reviews! I'm so happy ^___^ ::goes starry
eyed:: teehehehe. All right, here's another chappie, along with a poem from Zelly to Linky.
Please please PLEASE review and another chapter will be up soon.
If you are to flame me I like constructive criticism. Thanks.
CHAPTER THREE: The Game of Love
I'd always promised myself,
I'd never play the game,
Though now I realize,
It was too much to claim.
Before this, love,
Seemed clear as any bell,
Then your smile,
Placed on me a spell
And now I'm tossing and turning,
My soul is always burning,
From passion for you inside.
I'm restless and sleepless,
And somehow now loves bliss,
Is hidden or trying to hide.
'Cause my feelings, I want to confide.
Don't think I can win,
But I'm still trying,
Though inside I'm dying...
And I think I may have known better when I was young,
For how often is this game won?
Zelda left the poem she wrote Link with Navi and trusted her not to open it and give it to him. Navi of course did open it. And so she left with one
last gaze at Link.
"I'm so sorry I don't know where Zelda could be.... I told her guardian
Impa that she would need to be at the palace to see you Keith. I'm so
sorry."
"Oh, no, it's fine. I've been meaning to have a man to man talk with my father-in-law anyway...." Keith smiled.
"Oh?" The King stroked his beard.
"I've been meaning for us to talk about children."
"Children?"
"Yes. You know, to pass on the family name...." He smiled. The king of Hyrule tilted his head.
"Well yes, of course! I would love to have grandchildren!"
"They will be very stunning, I know already." Keith grinned fixing his hair. The King laughed throatily.
"Yes, yes! I'm sure Zelda will be ecstatic! She has always loved kids.... Now how about more of that banjo!!"
Zelda had barley mounted her horse when she found herself face to face with Impa.
"Princess, princess! Ride while I talk!"
"What is it? What's wrong Impa?" Zelda asked as she cantered on her mare.
"It's Keith....."
"Is he dead?"
"Zelda!"
"I'm sorry.... please continue."
"You were supposed to meet him today at his palace. I would have gotten here earlier, but this old mare is not as fast as she used to be."
"I can see," Zelda said, a bit ahead of Impa. "Must I go now?"
"Yes now!"
"But, my hair is not-"
"Zelda, now is not the time. Do you want Link to be executed for sleeping with you?" Zelda glared.
"People can sleep in the same bed without actually 'sleeping together' you know."
"He would still banish Link for that, and I do not believe you." Zelda glowered. "Don't get all pouty now, we're here." Zelda lifted her chin up to accentuate that she was ignoring her guardian and walked in as the doors opened.
"Zelda!"
"Father, Keith, I am so sorry I could not be here sooner.... I-" The King narrowed his eyes in question.
"She had her painting lessons early this morning sir. I'm surprised you did not remember." Impa continued.
"I cannot keep up with her busy schedule anymore. In fact, I can't even remember what day of the week it is! Thank goodness I am retiring soon.... Which brings us to our wedding plans!" Zelda's face suddenly darkened with despair. She had forgotten while she had the night with Link.
"Father... May I speak to you?"
"Of course."
"Privately." She walked into the dining room with her father, away from Keith and Impa, leaving them alone together.
"Hi," Keith smiled.
"Hello." She said quite sternly.
"Want to see my trophies?" He asked like a little boy. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes.
"Father, I cannot marry him."
"What!! What are you talking about? Why?"
"I find him to be a disgusting pig."
"Well.... It's a bit too late to be bringing that up. You have been engaged to him since you were two. You cannot break it off after all these years!"
"I can and I will," Zelda turned on her heel, but her father caught her arm.
"You will not." He said bluntly and sternly, looking directly into her eyes.
"I love Link!" She blurted, and instantly regretted it. The King's mouth opened and closed.
"We will talk at a later hour. You are getting married to Keith, and it will all work out correctly and traditionally." He led her back to Keith and Impa.
"-And this is when I won the manliest man contest in Ziona, and- Oh, hello darling." Keith looked up and saw them. Zelda cringed at his words.
"You will be married on the twenty-fifth."
"This month? That's kind of early...."
"You are getting married on the twenty-fifth," he repeated. Impa looked at Zelda, wondering what had happened in the other room.
Later that night, Zelda sat on her bed, tears threatening to spill. She lay down on the bed and closed her eyes, sobbing inside. Suddenly she felt relaxed, and calm, remembering Link's touch and kiss. She could almost hear his ocarina.... She opened her eyes. She did hear his ocarina.
As if from a romantic movie, she grabbed her harp and stood outside her window closing her tear stained eyes to play along. Finally finished, she opened her eyes and smiled.
"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?" He said so Zelda could hear him. She laughed.
"My Romeo has come!" She grinned.
"I never thought I would see the day that I would be in a Shakespeare play."
"Yes, it is along those lines, isn't it?"
"I loved the poem you wrote for me," Link smiled.
"You did? Well, you're quite the writer also." She smiled. "You'd better go. If my father catches you, you're dead. Literally. He'll take you in for questioning, and you don't want that."
"I know.... but I love you." She blew a kiss and he caught it.
"Meet me in the court yard in an hour," Zelda called. He nodded and disappeared.
The King of Hyrule sat in his bed chamber, listening to Zelda and Link's conversation. Careful not to wake his wife, he left for the court yard to catch Link before Zelda would.
A/N: OMG!!! Yahhhh!! Thank you sooo much for the reviews!! I finally actually almost have 20 actual reviews! I'm so happy ^___^ ::goes starry
eyed:: teehehehe. All right, here's another chappie, along with a poem from Zelly to Linky.
Please please PLEASE review and another chapter will be up soon.
If you are to flame me I like constructive criticism. Thanks.
CHAPTER THREE: The Game of Love
I'd always promised myself,
I'd never play the game,
Though now I realize,
It was too much to claim.
Before this, love,
Seemed clear as any bell,
Then your smile,
Placed on me a spell
And now I'm tossing and turning,
My soul is always burning,
From passion for you inside.
I'm restless and sleepless,
And somehow now loves bliss,
Is hidden or trying to hide.
'Cause my feelings, I want to confide.
Don't think I can win,
But I'm still trying,
Though inside I'm dying...
And I think I may have known better when I was young,
For how often is this game won?
Zelda left the poem she wrote Link with Navi and trusted her not to open it and give it to him. Navi of course did open it. And so she left with one
last gaze at Link.
"I'm so sorry I don't know where Zelda could be.... I told her guardian
Impa that she would need to be at the palace to see you Keith. I'm so
sorry."
"Oh, no, it's fine. I've been meaning to have a man to man talk with my father-in-law anyway...." Keith smiled.
"Oh?" The King stroked his beard.
"I've been meaning for us to talk about children."
"Children?"
"Yes. You know, to pass on the family name...." He smiled. The king of Hyrule tilted his head.
"Well yes, of course! I would love to have grandchildren!"
"They will be very stunning, I know already." Keith grinned fixing his hair. The King laughed throatily.
"Yes, yes! I'm sure Zelda will be ecstatic! She has always loved kids.... Now how about more of that banjo!!"
Zelda had barley mounted her horse when she found herself face to face with Impa.
"Princess, princess! Ride while I talk!"
"What is it? What's wrong Impa?" Zelda asked as she cantered on her mare.
"It's Keith....."
"Is he dead?"
"Zelda!"
"I'm sorry.... please continue."
"You were supposed to meet him today at his palace. I would have gotten here earlier, but this old mare is not as fast as she used to be."
"I can see," Zelda said, a bit ahead of Impa. "Must I go now?"
"Yes now!"
"But, my hair is not-"
"Zelda, now is not the time. Do you want Link to be executed for sleeping with you?" Zelda glared.
"People can sleep in the same bed without actually 'sleeping together' you know."
"He would still banish Link for that, and I do not believe you." Zelda glowered. "Don't get all pouty now, we're here." Zelda lifted her chin up to accentuate that she was ignoring her guardian and walked in as the doors opened.
"Zelda!"
"Father, Keith, I am so sorry I could not be here sooner.... I-" The King narrowed his eyes in question.
"She had her painting lessons early this morning sir. I'm surprised you did not remember." Impa continued.
"I cannot keep up with her busy schedule anymore. In fact, I can't even remember what day of the week it is! Thank goodness I am retiring soon.... Which brings us to our wedding plans!" Zelda's face suddenly darkened with despair. She had forgotten while she had the night with Link.
"Father... May I speak to you?"
"Of course."
"Privately." She walked into the dining room with her father, away from Keith and Impa, leaving them alone together.
"Hi," Keith smiled.
"Hello." She said quite sternly.
"Want to see my trophies?" He asked like a little boy. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes.
"Father, I cannot marry him."
"What!! What are you talking about? Why?"
"I find him to be a disgusting pig."
"Well.... It's a bit too late to be bringing that up. You have been engaged to him since you were two. You cannot break it off after all these years!"
"I can and I will," Zelda turned on her heel, but her father caught her arm.
"You will not." He said bluntly and sternly, looking directly into her eyes.
"I love Link!" She blurted, and instantly regretted it. The King's mouth opened and closed.
"We will talk at a later hour. You are getting married to Keith, and it will all work out correctly and traditionally." He led her back to Keith and Impa.
"-And this is when I won the manliest man contest in Ziona, and- Oh, hello darling." Keith looked up and saw them. Zelda cringed at his words.
"You will be married on the twenty-fifth."
"This month? That's kind of early...."
"You are getting married on the twenty-fifth," he repeated. Impa looked at Zelda, wondering what had happened in the other room.
Later that night, Zelda sat on her bed, tears threatening to spill. She lay down on the bed and closed her eyes, sobbing inside. Suddenly she felt relaxed, and calm, remembering Link's touch and kiss. She could almost hear his ocarina.... She opened her eyes. She did hear his ocarina.
As if from a romantic movie, she grabbed her harp and stood outside her window closing her tear stained eyes to play along. Finally finished, she opened her eyes and smiled.
"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?" He said so Zelda could hear him. She laughed.
"My Romeo has come!" She grinned.
"I never thought I would see the day that I would be in a Shakespeare play."
"Yes, it is along those lines, isn't it?"
"I loved the poem you wrote for me," Link smiled.
"You did? Well, you're quite the writer also." She smiled. "You'd better go. If my father catches you, you're dead. Literally. He'll take you in for questioning, and you don't want that."
"I know.... but I love you." She blew a kiss and he caught it.
"Meet me in the court yard in an hour," Zelda called. He nodded and disappeared.
The King of Hyrule sat in his bed chamber, listening to Zelda and Link's conversation. Careful not to wake his wife, he left for the court yard to catch Link before Zelda would.