A/N: I hope this update is soon enough for all of you who asked me to update soon ^-^
As I said before… to those of you who have also read the first chapter of Deception and Lies, I apologise for the huuuuuuuuge wait… I was originally going to wait to finish uploading all of this fic, but I think I'll put more up soon… I hoooppeee ^_^ (I'm sorry if I've already said this, sometimes I have a really bad memory [yet I can remember more about Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask and Wind Waker than any other person I've met ^_^])
Oh yes, and I'm also sorry for those of you who got freaked out when I said my friend was sQuIsHy, but believe me, it is fun to poke people's arms. Especially when you're really hypo (I RECOMMEND IT!! FREAK ALL YOUR FRIENDS OUT NEXT TIME YOU SEE THEM BY GOING ON A SQUISHING FRENZY AND POKE THEM 'TIL THEY GET REEEEEAAAALLLLY SCARED *insane grin*) of course… my friends are so used to me that instead of getting scared, they help me poke Oneiros… ^_^"
Anyway… TO THE FIC!
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^.^ Chapter 15 ^.^ - Link's "Escape"
"Leave," Zelda said shortly, looking at Rauru.
"What?" Rauru asked, raising a hand to Zelda's shoulder in an attempt to comfort her.
Zelda moved away so Rauru couldn't reach her, "Just leave Rauru. Perhaps Link is right. Every time you try to help, it always ends in disaster. Maybe you should just go."
Rauru opened his mouth to plead, but closed it. He knew there was no point in trying to reason with the princess. She had her father's stubborness, but her mother's gentleness.
"Are you going or not?" Zelda asked impatiently.
Rauru sighed, "I'll leave."
Zelda watched in satisfaction as the sage left her room. She felt numb. She didn't know what to feel. What to do. She was happy that Link didn't have to leave the castle after all, but she knew that he was suffering. She could feel it.
Lying on her bed, she waited until dinner. Going down to the dining room silently, she ate as slowly as she felt like. There was no more father to rush her, telling her that there would be some royal outing the next day and she needed sleep. She wanted to pass time as quickly as possible. She had a plan.
"Good night Princess Zelda," Vera said as she left Zelda's room, turning the light off. The princess and she had just been talking. Actually, Vera was comforting the princess. Again.
"Night, Vera," Zelda replied as she feigned sleepiness.
Zelda waited. She had to make sure that everyone was asleep. She knew that the guards wouldn't bother guarding her room in the night and there was no more king to punish them for it.
Silence.
Quietly getting up, Zelda lit a small candle and went to her closet. Taking out a coat, she put it on. Then, she took out another one and carried it. The dungeons would be cold.
Walking out of her room, Zelda's eyes darting in every direction, making sure that she wouldn't be caught.
Quickly going down the stairs, Zelda took the secret entrance behind a hanging tapestry. It was the quickest way to the dungeons. She had seen her father take this way so many times before. She knew Link would be the only prisoner held down here, so any of the sounds would have to be the guards. She stopped and wondered how she would get past them. By the sounds of it, there were around five and the dungeons were quite small.
"It's so cold down here!" a guard complained.
Zelda stifled laughter. Of course. It was so simple. Why hadn't she thought of it before? Mentally thanking the guard that had just spoken, Zelda put on the other coat, leaving her hands free. Whispering a spell, she held her hands up as a blue mist came out of them. With the help of the cold already in the dungeons, she would be able to freeze the entire dungeon in a relatively short time.
"Yes!" Zelda said victoriously. The whole of the dungeon was now frozen. That would include the guards.
Carefully stepping down the icy steps, Zelda found her way to the guards' chamber. Thawing the keys, she took them off their hook and pocketed them. She walked through the many rows of cells, looking for Link's. Finally, she found it. Running towards it. She melted the ice blocking the lock and fit the key through and turned it.
"My poor Link!" Zelda cooed as she bent down and thawed Link.
Link shivered, "What happened? Zelda? Why are you here? How did you…?"
Zelda grinned, "I froze the place. All the guards are frozen. Come on, let's get out of here!"
Zelda took one of her coats off and wrapped it around Link to keep him warm.
"What are we going to do now?" Link asked as they walked out of the dungeons.
Zelda shrugged, "Let's get out of here."
"Get out of where? Hyrule?" Link asked as they exitted the dungeons.
Zelda nodded, "Yeah. I know this is wrong, me being the princess and all…"
"Queen," Link corrected her, "I heard the guards talking. You're now the new queen of Hyrule."
"Whatever," Zelda said impatiently, "I know it's wrong, but I hate this place."
Link frowned, "Where else do we go then?"
Zelda turned and started to go up the stairs, "We go back to the forest. Come with me, we can't risk you being captured again."
Link nodded and silently followed Zelda.
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Link: Something's gonna happen!! Something's gonna happen!!
Zelda: Shut up, Link! You're gonna wreck it for them!!
Link: I just said something's gonna happen! I think it's a pretty general statement… I don't think I gave anything away!!
Zelda: I said shut up!!
Link: _
Koume: Why are you being so mean to Link?
Zelda: *shrugs* those guards from the last chapter got me in a bad mood.
Guard 1: *is currently raiding Zelda's closet*
Zelda: _
Koume: Oh no… before I make a story out of this, I should just stop…
Zelda: Good idea. Koume apologises for all of you who were bored reading this Author's Note.
Koume: I could have said that myself, you know!
Zelda: ^_^"
Koume: *sigh* Just review you people… maybe that'll shut me up…
Link: Something's gonna ha- *gets knocked out by Zelda*