Koume: Yay!! The next chapter! Sorry if I took too long to update, I just
couldn't get round to putting this up. Well, read and review!! ^.~ oh and
PS- thanks for everyone that reviewed my first chapter! ^.^
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^.^ Chapter 2 ^.^ - Familiar Strangers
"Link," Zelda said as he left.
The name sounded familiar. She didn't know why though. All her life, she had lived in the castle and never had she met someone named Link. Yet, it was as if she knew him. As if they had met before.
"Zelda.." Link muttered as he walked through the forest. The name was familiar. She did say that she was named after the Princess of Hyrule. But still. she looked familiar. And he could have sworn he saw the mark of the royal family on her dress. The Triforce.
Zelda sat in the same place she was when Link had left. Of course, she couldn't move to a more comfortable place and her leg was still paining. The sun was setting and Link still hadn't returned. She was hungry. She was used to being fed whenever she felt hungry at the castle, but she could no longer do that. Not without revealing who she really was. She had decided that she could trust Link now, but she didn't want to run the risk of any of the guards finding her. She had run away from Hyrule and didn't plan to return. Why had she run away? It was because her father was trying to force her to marry. If there was one thing that Zelda hated, it was the lack of independent choice and here, her own father was trying to make her go against her own beliefs.
"I'm back!" Link's voice shouted through the silence.
Zelda's stomach growled slightly, "Just in time too Link!" she laughed.
Link grinned, "Well, eat up. You'll need as much energy as possible to aid in healing that leg."
Zelda inspected it, "Can't it just heal with magic?"
Link laughed, "Yes, but who has magic to heal it with?"
Zelda opened her mouth to say that she knew the magic but shut it again. Zelda was known throughout Hyrule for her healing magic, but if she showed her talent to Link, he would surely guess who she was. He wouldn't understand why she was out here. He would most probably call the guards to rescue her.
"You're right. Oh well," Zelda said, grimacing slightly.
Link sat next to her, "Don't worry about it Zelda, I'll be here to take care of you. In one or two days, I'll find a fairy fountain. Pink fairies can do wonders for you, but first, I'll need to make sure that you're healed."
Link looked at the cuts across Zelda's face and her dress was torn a little, revealing a large bruise on her right arm.
"Thank you for taking such good care of me Link. If you hadn't found me when you did, I would most probably be dead," Zelda said, tears forming in her eyes.
"It's okay," Link said softly, "I feel like it's my job."
Zelda watched Link walk away again. She wondered where he went and what he did. He knew the forest better than her, of course, but she could tell that he wasn't from the forest. No. Unlike Kokiri, he aged and Kokiri were the only people that lived in forests. It seemed as if he didn't belong here, but forced to live in the forest due to something he, or someone else, had done. Zelda frowned. Link didn't seem like one to do something to cause his exile, it must have been someone else. What cruel person would have done such a thing? The very thought brought tears to her eyes again.
Link mounted Epona and rode into the forest again, this time, for no apparent reason. Usually, he would stay at home, but ever since he brought Zelda there, he felt as if he had only two options. Either stay there and protect her from any dangers that would arise, or go into the forest. The forest was the only place that Link could think clearly, and he needed to do that a lot now. He had to figure out why Zelda looked and sounded so familiar. As far as he could remember, he had never met or heard of anyone by the name, yet, she seemed familiar. He thought back to when he first spoke to her. He remembered the haste at which she said that she was only named after the princess of Hyrule, whose name also seemed to be Zelda. He knew she was hiding something and a suspicion was rising. Perhaps she was Princess Zelda of Hyrule, trying to run from something or someone. Well, she could trust him. He'd never tell anyone. He had no-one to tell and if she was lying about her identity, it would be so she wouldn't be taken away anywhere. He didn't really want her to leave. She had been the first person he could actually speak to that spoke back for quite a while now.
"Oh well," Link sighed as he put his hands into his tunic pockets.
He felt something in his pocket. Taking it out, he looked at it. It was a small ocarina with the word Link engraved on it. He remembered the day he had found it. He was sitting in his favourite spot of the forest and tripped over it. He knew that it was meant for him to find. That moment, a song sounded. It was a fast and extremely catchy song. Link listened to it for a while, tapping his foot to the rhythm. Raising his own ocarina to his lips, he mimicked the tune, playing along with it. He heard a voice in his head.
"Link? Is that really you?" a small girl's voice came.
"Yes, this is Link. Who are you?" he replied through his song.
"You wouldn't remember me. But my name is Saria," came the reply.
"How do you know my name?" Link asked.
"I just do, Link," the voice replied.
"Were you the one that gave me the ocarina?" Link asked.
"I was. I thought it the only way I could still talk to you," the voice replied, fading slightly, "I have to go now Link."
"Don't go yet! You haven't told me how you know me yet!" Link said, frowning slightly.
"Goodbye Link. I hope that I can talk to you again." the voice faded as the song stopped.
Link was left playing the song on his own.
"Strange," he said to himself.
He thought over the song, and the conversation with Saria. He decided that he would name the song he learned Saria's Song. Epona neighed and looked at him with curiosity. Clearly, she couldn't hear the conversation, it must have been telepathic. Remounting Epona, he rode back to his house. He was certain that Zelda was the princess of Hyrule and seeing that the only forest that bordered with the one they were in was the Kokiri Forest, of Hyrule, Zelda would know who Saria is.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Koume: Oooh. Saria now comes into the picture as Link and Zelda try to figure out how they find each other's names familiar. I'll keep updating and you keep reading!! ^.~
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^.^ Chapter 2 ^.^ - Familiar Strangers
"Link," Zelda said as he left.
The name sounded familiar. She didn't know why though. All her life, she had lived in the castle and never had she met someone named Link. Yet, it was as if she knew him. As if they had met before.
"Zelda.." Link muttered as he walked through the forest. The name was familiar. She did say that she was named after the Princess of Hyrule. But still. she looked familiar. And he could have sworn he saw the mark of the royal family on her dress. The Triforce.
Zelda sat in the same place she was when Link had left. Of course, she couldn't move to a more comfortable place and her leg was still paining. The sun was setting and Link still hadn't returned. She was hungry. She was used to being fed whenever she felt hungry at the castle, but she could no longer do that. Not without revealing who she really was. She had decided that she could trust Link now, but she didn't want to run the risk of any of the guards finding her. She had run away from Hyrule and didn't plan to return. Why had she run away? It was because her father was trying to force her to marry. If there was one thing that Zelda hated, it was the lack of independent choice and here, her own father was trying to make her go against her own beliefs.
"I'm back!" Link's voice shouted through the silence.
Zelda's stomach growled slightly, "Just in time too Link!" she laughed.
Link grinned, "Well, eat up. You'll need as much energy as possible to aid in healing that leg."
Zelda inspected it, "Can't it just heal with magic?"
Link laughed, "Yes, but who has magic to heal it with?"
Zelda opened her mouth to say that she knew the magic but shut it again. Zelda was known throughout Hyrule for her healing magic, but if she showed her talent to Link, he would surely guess who she was. He wouldn't understand why she was out here. He would most probably call the guards to rescue her.
"You're right. Oh well," Zelda said, grimacing slightly.
Link sat next to her, "Don't worry about it Zelda, I'll be here to take care of you. In one or two days, I'll find a fairy fountain. Pink fairies can do wonders for you, but first, I'll need to make sure that you're healed."
Link looked at the cuts across Zelda's face and her dress was torn a little, revealing a large bruise on her right arm.
"Thank you for taking such good care of me Link. If you hadn't found me when you did, I would most probably be dead," Zelda said, tears forming in her eyes.
"It's okay," Link said softly, "I feel like it's my job."
Zelda watched Link walk away again. She wondered where he went and what he did. He knew the forest better than her, of course, but she could tell that he wasn't from the forest. No. Unlike Kokiri, he aged and Kokiri were the only people that lived in forests. It seemed as if he didn't belong here, but forced to live in the forest due to something he, or someone else, had done. Zelda frowned. Link didn't seem like one to do something to cause his exile, it must have been someone else. What cruel person would have done such a thing? The very thought brought tears to her eyes again.
Link mounted Epona and rode into the forest again, this time, for no apparent reason. Usually, he would stay at home, but ever since he brought Zelda there, he felt as if he had only two options. Either stay there and protect her from any dangers that would arise, or go into the forest. The forest was the only place that Link could think clearly, and he needed to do that a lot now. He had to figure out why Zelda looked and sounded so familiar. As far as he could remember, he had never met or heard of anyone by the name, yet, she seemed familiar. He thought back to when he first spoke to her. He remembered the haste at which she said that she was only named after the princess of Hyrule, whose name also seemed to be Zelda. He knew she was hiding something and a suspicion was rising. Perhaps she was Princess Zelda of Hyrule, trying to run from something or someone. Well, she could trust him. He'd never tell anyone. He had no-one to tell and if she was lying about her identity, it would be so she wouldn't be taken away anywhere. He didn't really want her to leave. She had been the first person he could actually speak to that spoke back for quite a while now.
"Oh well," Link sighed as he put his hands into his tunic pockets.
He felt something in his pocket. Taking it out, he looked at it. It was a small ocarina with the word Link engraved on it. He remembered the day he had found it. He was sitting in his favourite spot of the forest and tripped over it. He knew that it was meant for him to find. That moment, a song sounded. It was a fast and extremely catchy song. Link listened to it for a while, tapping his foot to the rhythm. Raising his own ocarina to his lips, he mimicked the tune, playing along with it. He heard a voice in his head.
"Link? Is that really you?" a small girl's voice came.
"Yes, this is Link. Who are you?" he replied through his song.
"You wouldn't remember me. But my name is Saria," came the reply.
"How do you know my name?" Link asked.
"I just do, Link," the voice replied.
"Were you the one that gave me the ocarina?" Link asked.
"I was. I thought it the only way I could still talk to you," the voice replied, fading slightly, "I have to go now Link."
"Don't go yet! You haven't told me how you know me yet!" Link said, frowning slightly.
"Goodbye Link. I hope that I can talk to you again." the voice faded as the song stopped.
Link was left playing the song on his own.
"Strange," he said to himself.
He thought over the song, and the conversation with Saria. He decided that he would name the song he learned Saria's Song. Epona neighed and looked at him with curiosity. Clearly, she couldn't hear the conversation, it must have been telepathic. Remounting Epona, he rode back to his house. He was certain that Zelda was the princess of Hyrule and seeing that the only forest that bordered with the one they were in was the Kokiri Forest, of Hyrule, Zelda would know who Saria is.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Koume: Oooh. Saria now comes into the picture as Link and Zelda try to figure out how they find each other's names familiar. I'll keep updating and you keep reading!! ^.~