A/N: Yup everyone, I'm still alive!! Sorry I didn't update for ages, I just never got around to it ^_^" please forgive me. As a present thingie to make up for it, here's a… *drumroll* TRIPLE POST!!!! =D Hooraay!! And I hope I updated THIS TIME quick enough for all of ya ^-^. It'd be definitely appreciated if you reviewed every chapter, or just gave me one huge review for all three of them… or whatever floats your boat… just keep enjoying life!! ^_^ (yep, I'm high, three points to all those who guessed)

Sorry to Gillian for making you think your computer had stuffed up v_v *shamed*

And to all those who reviewed saying that now Zelda is Queen and she had power to stop the guards… these guards are like really pro-her dad and they believe that Link is an evil monster and blah blah blah, so they're not going to stop keeping her and Link apart… or at least try.

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^.^ Chapter 16 ^.^ - Equipping

"What are you doing?" Link asked. They were in Zelda's room and Zelda was rushing around, removing things.

Zelda paused for a moment and looked at Link, "I'm getting the stuff I need."

Link sighed as he leaned against the wall, he knew this would take a while.

"Done!" Zelda said in a few minutes.

Link looked at Zelda, expecting to see a large bag, but instead, Zelda was just carrying a small bag, "What's in the bag?"

Zelda smiled, "You'll find out."

"When?" Link asked as he rushed to keep up with Zelda who was now walking down the hall.

"Soon enough," Zelda said as they stopped at a large tapestry. The picture of the king was on it.

Brushing the trapestry aside, Zelda reavealed the secret door behind it. Opening her bag, she took out a bundle of keys and carefully fitted one into the large lock, causing the door to creak open.

"That was what you had in your bag?" Link asked.

Zelda grinned, "Keys to every single part of Hyrule Castle. Only one person has the bundle. It belonged to my father. I stole it from his room."

Link nodded, "Where are we?"

Zelda's expression turned serious as sheopened another door.

"WOW!" Link excalimed. In this room, there were rows and rows of weapons.

Zelda walked to a certain wall and took down two swords and two sheilds.

Carrying them back to Link, she gave them to him, "Here. According to legend, these are rightfully yours."

Link looked at the weapons. They were large and Zelda seemed to carry them with ease. He opened his mouth to ask why they were so light.

"It's a protection spell," Zelda said, reading his thoughts, "People will attempt to steal them, realise how light they are and assume they are fakes."

"Oh. In this protected state, are they…?" Link asked.

"Powerless," Zelda replied, "The Biggoron Sword wouldn't be able to slice a blade of grass in this state."

Link placed the swords and sheilds on the ground and picked up the large sword, "I suppose this is the Biggoron Sword?"

Zelda nodded, "Yep. The most powrful sword I've ever heard of."

"Wow!" Link said.

"It's actually quite heavy, you'd need to carry it with two hands," Zelda added as she watched Link swing it with one hand in ease.

"Are you going to take the spell off now?" Link asked, looking up at Zelda.

"Have you ever had a sword before?" Zelda asked.

Link nodded, "Yeah, once. When I was a kid, I think."

Zelda nodded, "in that case, I suggest you put them all down."

Link obeyed and watched Zelda as she closed her eyes and started muttering words very quickly.

"There, see how heavy they actually are now," Zelda said as she stopped muttering and opened her eyes.

Link picked the smaller sword up first. It was quite light, he could probably carry the smaller sheild while using it. Trying it out, he slashed into the air.

"I must say, I am impressed, you seem to be a skilled swordsman. Only someone like you would be able to use the Master Sword with the skill you have," Zelda praised Link.

Link turned slightly red and picked up the smaller sheild. He was right, he could carry both the sword and sheild at the same time.

"That's the Hylian Sheild by the way," Zelda said, looking at the sheild.

"And this one?" Link asked as he picked the other sheild up.

"Mirror Sheild. There's no need to put the Master Sword away when using it. It is big and quite powerful, but it is extremely light," Zelda replied.

Link nodded and put the Mirror Sheild down and picked up the Bigorron Sword.

"This is heavy!" Link exclaimed as he struggled not to drop it.

"It takes a while to get used to," Zelda said, helping Link put it down.

"Oh," Link said, flexing his fingers.

Zelda walked to another wall, "But I may be able to help you there."

"What do you mean?" Link asked, walking after her.

Zelda handed Link a pair of gauntlets, "Here, the Golden Gauntlets. They increase the power of your arms. You could even throw monoliths with these beauties."

"Cool!" Link exclaimed as he put the gauntlets on and picked up the Biggoron Sword again, this time, with much more ease.

"Does it help?" Zelda asked eagerly.

"Yep!" Link nodded, "I could carry this with one hand!"

"And finally," Zelda said as they walked to another wall, "Boots."

"Boots?" Link repeated, looking puzzled.

Zelda nodded, "The Hover Boots, which enable you to hover in the air or above water for a brief moment and the Iron Boots, allowing you to sink to the bottom of any body of water and stops you from being blown away by the wind."

Link smiled in wonderment as he tried both boots on, "But with the Iron Boots, when I go underwater, I'd have to hold my breath right?"

Zelda slapped her forhead, "Oh, right! I forgot. The two tunics."

"Tunics?" Link repeated.

Zelda handed him two tunics, "The Goron Tunic, you can withstand high temperatures whilst wearing it, also makes you resistant to fire and the Zora Tunic, enabling you to stay underwater for as long as you like, providing you with all the air you need."

"That would help," Link said, nodding.

"Okay, NOW, finally, are the few little extra things you'd need," Zelda told him.

"Such as…?" Link asked.

Zelda handed things to Link one by one, giving their name and stating their use until she was sure that he was fully equipped with what they would need.

Zelda nodded solemnly as they left the weapon room, "Come on, let's get out here."

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A/N: Review and read the next chapter!! Yay!!