Legend of Zelda: Zelda's Quest©
By: Fantasy-Flyer
Author's Note: This is taken place 1 year after Link defeated Ganondorf and he is 18 while Princess Zelda is 17. Please R&R because this is my first fan-fic and I would enjoy your feedback! Please no flames though!
Disclaimer: Also, I don't own Zelda etc, etc, blah, blah, so don't sue me ok? And, I've added some new characters later in the story.
4. After Thoughts
It's been days since I've returned home, maybe even weeks. Every day painfully passes by with the thought of my brother still out there somewhere, lost in a blanket of darkness. I have tried leaving again countless times but someone always seems to catch me. Father must have tightened the security since my disappearance and won't let me out of his sight. Gosh, I really should go and apologize to Link. For everything. Leaving him behind, lying to him. I wonder where he is now. Maybe in his little tree house in Kokiori Forest, maybe riding through the open fields, maybe trudging through the desert, maybe swimming in Lake Hylia, maybe fishing in the Zora River, maybe he has left…forever. I mustn't worry myself because he is a grown man now and can take good care himself. After all, he did go searching for the Three Spiritual Stones when he was only 10.
A voice is beckoning me to the Throne Room. It sounds masculine but a bit weary with old age. It must be Father, calling me to meet another one of his "hand picked" suitors. I'm getting sick and tired of this. None of the men my father picked are really interested in helping Hyrule to it's Golden Age once again. They just want power, and nothing but. They're all like Ganondorf in many ways. If only I have the privilege of choosing who I have to wed. After all, it is me that has to wear the annoying dress, me that has to be at his side till death do us part, it always me, not Father! So why does he choose? I strode through my mental image of Father in a wedding dress and pushed the double doors open. He was sitting on throne and was briefly talking with a man who was standing off in the shadows. They both looked my direction and then there was silence. That was, until I started to walk across to my father. My heels clicked every time they made impact with the cold, stone floor. I still couldn't see the complexion of the suitor but he looked awfully familiar.
"So, you finally heard my calls Zelda? You seem to get more distant with me every day. Why?" Father spoke quietly as if he didn't want the walls to hear what he was saying. I didn't reply. He should know. Hes the one who is becoming distant, not me! He is the one who puts his country first before his family! That is how Mother died in the first place. He was to busy fighting and congratulating the soldiers while Mother, Stephen (my brother) and I were attacked back at the castle. Mother was raped then shot while me and Stephen were thrown into the dungeons, without anyway of breathing because the cloths were basically strangling us. I was only 5 at the time but I still remember seeing Mother shot. Father never forgave himself for that. He grumbled then muttered something to the hidden fellow. All I could catch was something like "Are you sure?" and "Careful, she is a..." I waited impatiently, scowling and crossing my arms until they finished. Father looked at me then spoke once more.
"Zelda dear. You should be honoured to have someone like Daniel here to propose to you. He is the type you should marry, not some peasant like that ungrateful boy you run around with. What is his name? Link?" His voice was full of authority and pride that I really didn't want to meet this Daniel person. If Father really likes someone, then that's bad news for me warning that I won't like that person. The Daniel person stepped out of the shadows and I knew why I recognized him. He is one of the many children of Nike Billing.
"It's a great oh what is the word? Plea? Planet?" Daniel stated.
"Pleasure you moron!" Man, he was a total idiot! Like father, like son I guess.
"Zelda! How dare you speak to this gentleman this way! I am very ashamed of you!" Father boomed. His facial expression changed dramatically when he turned from me to Daniel again. Yeah, give him all the attention. Men, honestly.
"No, it's alright your highness, I don't mind. On the country I-" I corrected him yet again.
"Don't you mean contrary? Country and contrary are two totally different words with two totally different meanings!" I quipped. I was getting really annoyed.
A scribe strode towards my father who was purple with rage. Before he could utter a single word, the scribe whispered something to him. His grimace turned into a snarl and his eyes became beady and small. The scribe turned to face me.
"Your highness, a certain peasant wanted admittance through the gate. Saying something like you know him and that he was one of Hyrule's protectors." He then in 180 degree turn, spun around and shuffled out of the chamber. I quickly ran after him, ignoring my father's bursts of outrage and Daniel's screwed up sentences. The scribe had been talking about Link.
Ello, yeah i know, another short crappy chapter. I'm really sorry and will try to make it up to you in the next chapter! PLEASE R&R!!!