Be warned... you're about to read another Gamerctm fic, but this one will be
greatly different from some of my other work. You're looking at a Legend of
Zelda: Ocarina of Time fic that will be rated a very high PG-13, not quite
R but close enough. There are things like violence, dark thoughts, severe
depression, and possible rape in this story. It's not like my other work
with contains non stop action and comedy, it's very dark and full of angst.
PLZ R&R! Enjoy!
Tormented Romance
Chapter 1: Regicide
[Link's POV]
Blood... Blood all over my hands and tunic... why won't it come off?
I sat near the moonlit Lake Hylia, frantically dipping my blood soaked hands in its icy cold waters. I tried hard to wipe them clean, but my hands were stained with the blood that wouldn't come off. I kept submerging my hands in the lake and rubbed them so hard, it felt like my skin was about to peel off. I looked at them again... still there... I grew frustrated. I dunked my hands in again and kept trying to wash away the blood that seemed to taunt me. But something like rinsing blood off was nothing compared to what I was about to do next. I looked over my shoulder at the bloodied mess of wrapped up blankets. But what were they concealing? The body of my love's father... But dare I say, he deserved the fate that I had given him.
It all started merely two weeks ago. A beautiful summer day in the fields of Hyrule. I was riding Epona around the area with great speed and determination. Not to a battle or monster... but rather a playful race with the love of my life, Princess Zelda. It was her 18th birthday and she insisted to escape the ceremony held in the Bazaar for her to go horseback riding. She dragged me along, but I was happy to join her. I watched her ride so skillfully on her white horse, laughing and shouting things like 'slowpoke' and 'you'll never catch me' at me. I smiled as Epona picked up speed and galloped faster. I was right next to her. I looked at her with a mock sinister smile and jumped off Epona and sat behind her on her horse. I wrapped my arms around her waist and laughed. I fell to the side, intentionally, and took her with me. We laughed as he softly hit the ground and rolled down the hill. When we reached the bottom, she was laying on top of me, and I looked up at her smiling face. Her hair was disheveled and had grass in it. I never saw her this way... And I liked it.
Just as she was about to move a lock of her golden hair from in front of her eye, I slowly shook my head. "You look better with messy hair." I said in a calm voice.
She smiled and didn't move the lock. "So do you." She said to me. My hat had fallen off my head some time ago and my blonde hair that was even messier than hers was exposed. I usually had my hair pulled back to keep it neat, but I since it was a special occasion, I tried to actually comb it. It didn't last long. She sighed and rested her head against my chest. "I just want to stay here all day... with you."
I felt my face blush a little when she said that. I stroked her back gently and whispered to her. "If I could spend everyday like this with you, that would be paradise."
She slowly lifted her head so our eyes met again. She slowly lowered head to mine. We closed our eyes as our lips drew closer to each other's. Just when they were about to meet, a loud yelling interrupted us.
"YO!!!" We opened our eyes and looked to the north, where the sound had come from. Waving his hand to us was the Captain of the Guards, Christopher Julius. We could see the excitement in his eyes, since his blue soldier helmet covered all but them. "So that's where ya guys ran to!"
"Hello Sir Christopher." Zelda said with a little annoyance. But that quickly lifted as she smiled. "How'd you get out of the party?"
"Dear Goddesses above!" Christopher shook his head. His blue armor rattled as he walked towards us. "Your dear ol' dad shoulda known better that to serve wine to my fellow guards!" He laughed in his cheerful, loud laugh. "If he's smart, he'll bolt up da castle before they break sumthin'!"
"You could always have Emi cook for them!" I shouted as me and Zelda got back on our feet. "She'll fill them with food and put them to sleep."
"Emi's not gonna cook, not in her condition." His wife, Emi, was not only the best cook in all of Hyrule, but she was 8 months pregnant with Christopher's child. He's been waiting on her, hand and foot, like if she was a Queen. "Anyway! I came here to warn ya!"
"Warn us?" Zelda asked. She looked puzzled, as was I. "About what?"
"Your father knows you're gone..." He said in a cautious tone. "You know him... He'll tear apart Hyrule 'til he finds ya. So be wise if you go back before he has a chance to."
"We will." Zelda and I called our horses. They trotted towards us and awaited for us to mount them.
"I'm gonna head back." Christopher turned and walked away. "Smooth move, knockin' her offa da horse like dat, Link!" I knew he was smiling under that helmet. "Same way me and Emi met, cept' I broke my arm." He laughed and headed back for the castle.
I helped Zelda back on her steed and mounted mine. We rode out towards Hyrule, but in a slow speed, just to take our own time. I looked at Zelda again, and felt my heart beat faster. "My Goddess..." I thought to myself.
After we got there (and a long lecture from the King, which neither Zelda nor I really paid much attention to) it was slowly becoming nighttime. The ceremony was slowly ending and Zelda and I wandered off again. This time, to the Temple of Time. We sat on the step outside it and looked at the bright stars that were blinking down at us.
"It's beautiful..." Zelda said in an awed hush.
"Yeah..." I wasn't looking at the stars. "Beautiful..." Zelda looked at me and saw I was looking at her face and not the stars. I saw her blush lightly and smile.
"I'm so happy you're here..." She said with caress in her voice. "I thought that... when you left Hyrule, I'd never see you again."
It hasn't been long since I returned her after my adventure trying to look for Navi. Sadly, I could never find her and returned here. I wish to find here someday, but right now, I'm where I want to be.
"I needed to be here..." I gently held Zelda's hand. "I can't stand being away from you." I took her hand to my lips and kissed it. I kept kissing as my lips traveled up her arm and into her lips. We shared a kiss, until I slowly broke it away. I had something important to say. "Zelda... You know that I love you... with all my heart?"
Zelda hugged me. We both enjoyed the embrace. "I love you too. With all my heart and soul... I love you..."
I had to break away from her. "There's something that needs to be told... something that I need to get off my chest." Zelda was puzzled as I got up. But I slowly descended and kneeled on one knee. I took her hand and looked into her sparkling eyes. "Princess Zelda... ever since I met you, I knew you and I were going to be close friends. But that friendship turned to deep affection... and then true love." I looked at my pocket and reached into it. "What I need to now is this..." I pulled out a small velvet box. I heard Zelda gasp and saw here eyes welling with tears. I open the box and shown her the small diamond engagement ring inside. "Princess Zelda... will you honor me by becoming my wife?"
Zelda now had tears rolling down her cheeks. She had a small smile and her eyes were bright with happiness. She wrapped her arms around my neck and pulled me into another embrace. "Link! I...I will!" She was crying into my shoulder. "I've always dreamt of this! I want to be your wife!"
I slowly lifted her chin so her eyes met with mine. She was still happily crying, and I was smiling. I gently pressed my lips against hers and we shared a more passionate kiss. We stayed like this for what seemed like a long, happy eternity.
I guess this should be the happy ending that I wanted. But there was one thing that stood in our way of marriage... Hyrulian Law...
"Absolutely not!!!" I could hear the King shouted at his daughter as I listened to into the throne room from outside the door. "I forbid it! You can't marry this man!"
"Why not!?" I could hear Zelda shouting back. It was rare that Zelda would ever yell, especially at her father. "I love him and he loves me! That should be enough for you!"
"It's not about that!" The King's voice grew more serious, if that was possible. "Hyrulian Law says that you must marry a prince! Link isn't but a Hyrulian Knight! You can't wed him!"
"To hell with Hyrulian Law!" Zelda cursed. "It can't decide who I marry! And neither can you!"
"Daughter..." The King's voice softened. "I have nothing against Link. I think he is a fine young man with great skill. But he's trained to be a knight. Not a king. How long would Hyrule last if he was king?"
"Just because he's not trained to be royalty doesn't mean he can't be a great king. There is so much I don't know about being a Queen, but we can both help each other keep Hyrule peaceful and sound. Please father..."
"No!!!" The King shouted again. "You mustn't act like some lovesick fool! Think of your country..."
"In that case, I won't become Queen! I can liberate myself from the Royal Family! And live happily with Link as my husband!"
"Never!!!" I heard a loud slamming. I was too nervous to look, but I was sure it was the King stomping his foot down. "You are a Princess... and will remain a Princess until I die! If you can't find a Prince, a REAL Prince, to become King, Hyrule will fall into Chaos!"
"But father..."
"NO!!! I want you out of my sight! Go and think about the harm you'll do to Hyrule until these foolish thoughts are gone!"
I heard running footsteps and quickly back away from the door. Zelda threw the door open and slammed it shut. She kept running down the corridor crying and weeping with a broken heart. She ran to her own room and shut herself inside. I went inside to comfort her and saw the broken down mess she was. She cried into her pillow as I sat next to her.
"Zelda..." I put my arm around her and brought her closer to me. I looked at her with sad eyes and tried to comfort her.
"Damn the Law!" Her sobs were muffled into the pillow. "And damn him! It isn't fair!" I gently stroked her arm and tried to comfort her. "Why was I born a Princess?"
There was a knock at the door. Christopher slowly let himself into the room. "Link..." He said with a rare serious tone. "His highness wishes to see you in the throne room." Christopher walked out the room and waited for me to follow. We walked to the throne room, until Christopher stopped in front of the door. "I heard the King shouting from all the way upstairs."
"I guess you want to tell me to break off the proposal?" I said coldly.
Christopher shook his head. "If you can cause the King to make that much racket, then you must be doin' something right!" I wanted to laugh at that joke. All of his jokes had no trouble making me laugh, but I was too upset to even smile. "Just stick to your guns and do what you think is right. I don't want to sound like I'm blaspheming his highness, but what he's saying is wrong." Christopher suddenly jolted straight. "Don't tell 'em I said that!" I nodded and followed him into the throne room. He walked up to the seated king and kneel a foot away from him. "Your highness... I brought Link here."
"Thank you, Christopher." The King said in a calm voice. "You may leave now."
"Thank you, Sir." Christopher turned to walk out the door. He left me in the room with the King, who seemed to be glaring daggers at me.
I kneel in the same spot Christopher did. "You wanted to see me, your highness?"
The King looked at me and shook his head. "You really done it this time..." He had a less than serious tone, but I was still very nervous. "You proposed to my daughter... she accepts... and now, she's angry at me." He sighed. "I had a hard time accepting you and Zelda seeing each other, but I considered it a phase that she would outgrow." I started to get a little frustrated. Did he really see me as just a phase for his daughter? "But, marriage? I'm sorry, Link, but she must marry a Prince. She has a certain level of royalty that she must follow." Why was he speaking to me like I was just some child? I knew about her royalty. I didn't need to be lectured about it. "I want what's best for her... you want that too, right?" I gritted my teeth unnoticeably. I'm not good enough for her? "Link... I need you to leave this place. Go back on your journey. Meet a nice girl and settle down. Be happy. And soon, Zelda will move on and marry a prince."
What is this!? He's trying to get me out of her mind and heart? I slowly rose to my feet and tried hard not to raise my voice. "I don't want to leave... I want to marry her. I may not be a prince, but I can learn to be a king."
The King shook his head again. I had to deal with his heartless lecture, but it still wasn't over. "I can't let some... knight... rule this country, when what we need is a true king. Please, Link... I'll give you as many rupees as you want, if you please leave."
Bribery?! How low does he think I am! Just a knight? Not good enough for Zelda? Bribe me out of the kingdom? That's it!
"I refuse to leave!" I shouted. I seemed to startled the king a little. "I love her with all my being and I will marry her! Whether or not you want it! She will be my wife and I, her husband!"
"Have you forget who you're talking to?!" The king shouted back. "I am the King of Hyrule! I can do anything to stop you from wedding her! I can ban you two from every church in the land! I can make sure no clerics even uttered your names in the same sentence! I can have you thrown out of this kingdom! I could have done any of that, but I decided to let you walk out of this kingdom! Now, you have one night to gather all your processions and leave without so much as a good-bye!"
I was ready to retort, but instead, I stormed towards the door angrily and full of hate. But before I left, I turned towards him and said something that I never thought I would ever say to anyone. "Biggest mistake you'll ever make..." I then walked through the door and slammed it shut.
I was in my bedroom, pacing the floor. I couldn't sleep, but I was exhausted. I thought about all that had occurred this night. My proposal to Zelda... which filled my heart with joy... the argument she and the king had, and the way he tried to make me leave her. I soon found many thoughts running through my mind. But these thoughts were of what I could do to marry Zelda before he could interfere. Perhaps we could get married tonight. I could take her to the church right away and... but if he found out, he could have the marriage annulled... What if we were to have our marriage and kept it a secret from him? I could sneak in and out of the kingdom (like I used to) to see her and... but the maids of the castle who always seem to snoop around would tell him... What if me and her ran away together? Left Hyrule and the king and were married in a whole other country... But he would still find us, the Hyrulian Guards would search the world for the missing Princess.
Damn! No matter what, I can't have her as my bride! He has too much power of both of us! I looked at the knife I had hanging on the wall. It was a ceremonial dagger that was covered in gold and diamonds. It had been given to me as a gift from the king. I thought... what irony it would be if he was to be stabbed with a dagger he had given me? Wait... Why did I think that? Just because he infuriated me and denied me Zelda's hand in marriage, doesn't mean I wish to kill him. But still...
I can't explain what happened next. All I know is that I walked to the dagger and grabbed the handle. I had a white knuckle grasp on it and started to breath heavily. My hands started to sweat and my heart beat intensified. After just standing there for a minute, I could feel the world around me turning black.
Shortly after, I came to my senses and could see again. But what I saw horrified me beyond anything I had ever seen. Blood... Blood was all over my hands... my tunic... the dagger I still had in my grasp... and all over the walls and floor. It was sickening... Like a crimson mist had hit this room. I looked at the floor and dropped the knife and backed away with great fear. Laying there, face up, was the King of Hyrule! Blood had covered his entire body as well, but it was his blood! The dagger was implanted into his heart, so deep that the blade couldn't be seen... I saw his face, his eyes were wide open and his mouth gaped. He had a sickening surprised expression. I tried desperately to shake him awake, but I already knew it was useless... The King of Hyrule is dead... by my hand...
I was panicking! I quickly locked his bedroom door, ever thought I was shaking so bad I couldn't get it right for a while. I had to make sure that no one would enter, so I pushed anything I could find against it. I looked at the king again. That dead body staring into my soul... Goddesses... I...I needed to get rid of it! If it was discovered that I killed the king, then I could be executed... but what would Zelda say? I know what she would say... She'd hate me... That would be worst than an execution... I wrapped the body with the blankets off the bed and slowly climbed out the window with it over my shoulder.
So now I'm here... near Lake Hylia with the dead body of a king and bloodied hands. No... my hands were finally clean. I was now ready to finish the job. I weighed down the body with stone and threw it into the lake. To my relief, the body quickly sunk to the bottom. It rolled down the slanted coast and was now in the middle of the lake. The dark water made it impossible to see it anymore. The dagger was wrapped with him, to make sure they could never find it or him. I still had more to do, however...
I quickly climbed back into his bedroom and began to clean up the bloodied mess I made. When it was spotless, it took off my green tunic and set it on fire, reducing it to ashes. I discarded the ashes out the window and into the moat. I unlocked the door and walked back to my room, knowing that I was clean of any crime. Nothing could pin me to the murder of the king. But for how long can I stay clean...
Gamerctm: Pretty cool, huh? Link may think that he's clean, but this is only chapter 1. What will happen to the Hyrulian Hero in the next chapters? Can he stand the guilt of murder? And what will happen when everyone wakes up and find their king missing? PLZ R&R!!! By the way... Regicide means the murder of a king.
Tormented Romance
Chapter 1: Regicide
[Link's POV]
Blood... Blood all over my hands and tunic... why won't it come off?
I sat near the moonlit Lake Hylia, frantically dipping my blood soaked hands in its icy cold waters. I tried hard to wipe them clean, but my hands were stained with the blood that wouldn't come off. I kept submerging my hands in the lake and rubbed them so hard, it felt like my skin was about to peel off. I looked at them again... still there... I grew frustrated. I dunked my hands in again and kept trying to wash away the blood that seemed to taunt me. But something like rinsing blood off was nothing compared to what I was about to do next. I looked over my shoulder at the bloodied mess of wrapped up blankets. But what were they concealing? The body of my love's father... But dare I say, he deserved the fate that I had given him.
It all started merely two weeks ago. A beautiful summer day in the fields of Hyrule. I was riding Epona around the area with great speed and determination. Not to a battle or monster... but rather a playful race with the love of my life, Princess Zelda. It was her 18th birthday and she insisted to escape the ceremony held in the Bazaar for her to go horseback riding. She dragged me along, but I was happy to join her. I watched her ride so skillfully on her white horse, laughing and shouting things like 'slowpoke' and 'you'll never catch me' at me. I smiled as Epona picked up speed and galloped faster. I was right next to her. I looked at her with a mock sinister smile and jumped off Epona and sat behind her on her horse. I wrapped my arms around her waist and laughed. I fell to the side, intentionally, and took her with me. We laughed as he softly hit the ground and rolled down the hill. When we reached the bottom, she was laying on top of me, and I looked up at her smiling face. Her hair was disheveled and had grass in it. I never saw her this way... And I liked it.
Just as she was about to move a lock of her golden hair from in front of her eye, I slowly shook my head. "You look better with messy hair." I said in a calm voice.
She smiled and didn't move the lock. "So do you." She said to me. My hat had fallen off my head some time ago and my blonde hair that was even messier than hers was exposed. I usually had my hair pulled back to keep it neat, but I since it was a special occasion, I tried to actually comb it. It didn't last long. She sighed and rested her head against my chest. "I just want to stay here all day... with you."
I felt my face blush a little when she said that. I stroked her back gently and whispered to her. "If I could spend everyday like this with you, that would be paradise."
She slowly lifted her head so our eyes met again. She slowly lowered head to mine. We closed our eyes as our lips drew closer to each other's. Just when they were about to meet, a loud yelling interrupted us.
"YO!!!" We opened our eyes and looked to the north, where the sound had come from. Waving his hand to us was the Captain of the Guards, Christopher Julius. We could see the excitement in his eyes, since his blue soldier helmet covered all but them. "So that's where ya guys ran to!"
"Hello Sir Christopher." Zelda said with a little annoyance. But that quickly lifted as she smiled. "How'd you get out of the party?"
"Dear Goddesses above!" Christopher shook his head. His blue armor rattled as he walked towards us. "Your dear ol' dad shoulda known better that to serve wine to my fellow guards!" He laughed in his cheerful, loud laugh. "If he's smart, he'll bolt up da castle before they break sumthin'!"
"You could always have Emi cook for them!" I shouted as me and Zelda got back on our feet. "She'll fill them with food and put them to sleep."
"Emi's not gonna cook, not in her condition." His wife, Emi, was not only the best cook in all of Hyrule, but she was 8 months pregnant with Christopher's child. He's been waiting on her, hand and foot, like if she was a Queen. "Anyway! I came here to warn ya!"
"Warn us?" Zelda asked. She looked puzzled, as was I. "About what?"
"Your father knows you're gone..." He said in a cautious tone. "You know him... He'll tear apart Hyrule 'til he finds ya. So be wise if you go back before he has a chance to."
"We will." Zelda and I called our horses. They trotted towards us and awaited for us to mount them.
"I'm gonna head back." Christopher turned and walked away. "Smooth move, knockin' her offa da horse like dat, Link!" I knew he was smiling under that helmet. "Same way me and Emi met, cept' I broke my arm." He laughed and headed back for the castle.
I helped Zelda back on her steed and mounted mine. We rode out towards Hyrule, but in a slow speed, just to take our own time. I looked at Zelda again, and felt my heart beat faster. "My Goddess..." I thought to myself.
After we got there (and a long lecture from the King, which neither Zelda nor I really paid much attention to) it was slowly becoming nighttime. The ceremony was slowly ending and Zelda and I wandered off again. This time, to the Temple of Time. We sat on the step outside it and looked at the bright stars that were blinking down at us.
"It's beautiful..." Zelda said in an awed hush.
"Yeah..." I wasn't looking at the stars. "Beautiful..." Zelda looked at me and saw I was looking at her face and not the stars. I saw her blush lightly and smile.
"I'm so happy you're here..." She said with caress in her voice. "I thought that... when you left Hyrule, I'd never see you again."
It hasn't been long since I returned her after my adventure trying to look for Navi. Sadly, I could never find her and returned here. I wish to find here someday, but right now, I'm where I want to be.
"I needed to be here..." I gently held Zelda's hand. "I can't stand being away from you." I took her hand to my lips and kissed it. I kept kissing as my lips traveled up her arm and into her lips. We shared a kiss, until I slowly broke it away. I had something important to say. "Zelda... You know that I love you... with all my heart?"
Zelda hugged me. We both enjoyed the embrace. "I love you too. With all my heart and soul... I love you..."
I had to break away from her. "There's something that needs to be told... something that I need to get off my chest." Zelda was puzzled as I got up. But I slowly descended and kneeled on one knee. I took her hand and looked into her sparkling eyes. "Princess Zelda... ever since I met you, I knew you and I were going to be close friends. But that friendship turned to deep affection... and then true love." I looked at my pocket and reached into it. "What I need to now is this..." I pulled out a small velvet box. I heard Zelda gasp and saw here eyes welling with tears. I open the box and shown her the small diamond engagement ring inside. "Princess Zelda... will you honor me by becoming my wife?"
Zelda now had tears rolling down her cheeks. She had a small smile and her eyes were bright with happiness. She wrapped her arms around my neck and pulled me into another embrace. "Link! I...I will!" She was crying into my shoulder. "I've always dreamt of this! I want to be your wife!"
I slowly lifted her chin so her eyes met with mine. She was still happily crying, and I was smiling. I gently pressed my lips against hers and we shared a more passionate kiss. We stayed like this for what seemed like a long, happy eternity.
I guess this should be the happy ending that I wanted. But there was one thing that stood in our way of marriage... Hyrulian Law...
"Absolutely not!!!" I could hear the King shouted at his daughter as I listened to into the throne room from outside the door. "I forbid it! You can't marry this man!"
"Why not!?" I could hear Zelda shouting back. It was rare that Zelda would ever yell, especially at her father. "I love him and he loves me! That should be enough for you!"
"It's not about that!" The King's voice grew more serious, if that was possible. "Hyrulian Law says that you must marry a prince! Link isn't but a Hyrulian Knight! You can't wed him!"
"To hell with Hyrulian Law!" Zelda cursed. "It can't decide who I marry! And neither can you!"
"Daughter..." The King's voice softened. "I have nothing against Link. I think he is a fine young man with great skill. But he's trained to be a knight. Not a king. How long would Hyrule last if he was king?"
"Just because he's not trained to be royalty doesn't mean he can't be a great king. There is so much I don't know about being a Queen, but we can both help each other keep Hyrule peaceful and sound. Please father..."
"No!!!" The King shouted again. "You mustn't act like some lovesick fool! Think of your country..."
"In that case, I won't become Queen! I can liberate myself from the Royal Family! And live happily with Link as my husband!"
"Never!!!" I heard a loud slamming. I was too nervous to look, but I was sure it was the King stomping his foot down. "You are a Princess... and will remain a Princess until I die! If you can't find a Prince, a REAL Prince, to become King, Hyrule will fall into Chaos!"
"But father..."
"NO!!! I want you out of my sight! Go and think about the harm you'll do to Hyrule until these foolish thoughts are gone!"
I heard running footsteps and quickly back away from the door. Zelda threw the door open and slammed it shut. She kept running down the corridor crying and weeping with a broken heart. She ran to her own room and shut herself inside. I went inside to comfort her and saw the broken down mess she was. She cried into her pillow as I sat next to her.
"Zelda..." I put my arm around her and brought her closer to me. I looked at her with sad eyes and tried to comfort her.
"Damn the Law!" Her sobs were muffled into the pillow. "And damn him! It isn't fair!" I gently stroked her arm and tried to comfort her. "Why was I born a Princess?"
There was a knock at the door. Christopher slowly let himself into the room. "Link..." He said with a rare serious tone. "His highness wishes to see you in the throne room." Christopher walked out the room and waited for me to follow. We walked to the throne room, until Christopher stopped in front of the door. "I heard the King shouting from all the way upstairs."
"I guess you want to tell me to break off the proposal?" I said coldly.
Christopher shook his head. "If you can cause the King to make that much racket, then you must be doin' something right!" I wanted to laugh at that joke. All of his jokes had no trouble making me laugh, but I was too upset to even smile. "Just stick to your guns and do what you think is right. I don't want to sound like I'm blaspheming his highness, but what he's saying is wrong." Christopher suddenly jolted straight. "Don't tell 'em I said that!" I nodded and followed him into the throne room. He walked up to the seated king and kneel a foot away from him. "Your highness... I brought Link here."
"Thank you, Christopher." The King said in a calm voice. "You may leave now."
"Thank you, Sir." Christopher turned to walk out the door. He left me in the room with the King, who seemed to be glaring daggers at me.
I kneel in the same spot Christopher did. "You wanted to see me, your highness?"
The King looked at me and shook his head. "You really done it this time..." He had a less than serious tone, but I was still very nervous. "You proposed to my daughter... she accepts... and now, she's angry at me." He sighed. "I had a hard time accepting you and Zelda seeing each other, but I considered it a phase that she would outgrow." I started to get a little frustrated. Did he really see me as just a phase for his daughter? "But, marriage? I'm sorry, Link, but she must marry a Prince. She has a certain level of royalty that she must follow." Why was he speaking to me like I was just some child? I knew about her royalty. I didn't need to be lectured about it. "I want what's best for her... you want that too, right?" I gritted my teeth unnoticeably. I'm not good enough for her? "Link... I need you to leave this place. Go back on your journey. Meet a nice girl and settle down. Be happy. And soon, Zelda will move on and marry a prince."
What is this!? He's trying to get me out of her mind and heart? I slowly rose to my feet and tried hard not to raise my voice. "I don't want to leave... I want to marry her. I may not be a prince, but I can learn to be a king."
The King shook his head again. I had to deal with his heartless lecture, but it still wasn't over. "I can't let some... knight... rule this country, when what we need is a true king. Please, Link... I'll give you as many rupees as you want, if you please leave."
Bribery?! How low does he think I am! Just a knight? Not good enough for Zelda? Bribe me out of the kingdom? That's it!
"I refuse to leave!" I shouted. I seemed to startled the king a little. "I love her with all my being and I will marry her! Whether or not you want it! She will be my wife and I, her husband!"
"Have you forget who you're talking to?!" The king shouted back. "I am the King of Hyrule! I can do anything to stop you from wedding her! I can ban you two from every church in the land! I can make sure no clerics even uttered your names in the same sentence! I can have you thrown out of this kingdom! I could have done any of that, but I decided to let you walk out of this kingdom! Now, you have one night to gather all your processions and leave without so much as a good-bye!"
I was ready to retort, but instead, I stormed towards the door angrily and full of hate. But before I left, I turned towards him and said something that I never thought I would ever say to anyone. "Biggest mistake you'll ever make..." I then walked through the door and slammed it shut.
I was in my bedroom, pacing the floor. I couldn't sleep, but I was exhausted. I thought about all that had occurred this night. My proposal to Zelda... which filled my heart with joy... the argument she and the king had, and the way he tried to make me leave her. I soon found many thoughts running through my mind. But these thoughts were of what I could do to marry Zelda before he could interfere. Perhaps we could get married tonight. I could take her to the church right away and... but if he found out, he could have the marriage annulled... What if we were to have our marriage and kept it a secret from him? I could sneak in and out of the kingdom (like I used to) to see her and... but the maids of the castle who always seem to snoop around would tell him... What if me and her ran away together? Left Hyrule and the king and were married in a whole other country... But he would still find us, the Hyrulian Guards would search the world for the missing Princess.
Damn! No matter what, I can't have her as my bride! He has too much power of both of us! I looked at the knife I had hanging on the wall. It was a ceremonial dagger that was covered in gold and diamonds. It had been given to me as a gift from the king. I thought... what irony it would be if he was to be stabbed with a dagger he had given me? Wait... Why did I think that? Just because he infuriated me and denied me Zelda's hand in marriage, doesn't mean I wish to kill him. But still...
I can't explain what happened next. All I know is that I walked to the dagger and grabbed the handle. I had a white knuckle grasp on it and started to breath heavily. My hands started to sweat and my heart beat intensified. After just standing there for a minute, I could feel the world around me turning black.
Shortly after, I came to my senses and could see again. But what I saw horrified me beyond anything I had ever seen. Blood... Blood was all over my hands... my tunic... the dagger I still had in my grasp... and all over the walls and floor. It was sickening... Like a crimson mist had hit this room. I looked at the floor and dropped the knife and backed away with great fear. Laying there, face up, was the King of Hyrule! Blood had covered his entire body as well, but it was his blood! The dagger was implanted into his heart, so deep that the blade couldn't be seen... I saw his face, his eyes were wide open and his mouth gaped. He had a sickening surprised expression. I tried desperately to shake him awake, but I already knew it was useless... The King of Hyrule is dead... by my hand...
I was panicking! I quickly locked his bedroom door, ever thought I was shaking so bad I couldn't get it right for a while. I had to make sure that no one would enter, so I pushed anything I could find against it. I looked at the king again. That dead body staring into my soul... Goddesses... I...I needed to get rid of it! If it was discovered that I killed the king, then I could be executed... but what would Zelda say? I know what she would say... She'd hate me... That would be worst than an execution... I wrapped the body with the blankets off the bed and slowly climbed out the window with it over my shoulder.
So now I'm here... near Lake Hylia with the dead body of a king and bloodied hands. No... my hands were finally clean. I was now ready to finish the job. I weighed down the body with stone and threw it into the lake. To my relief, the body quickly sunk to the bottom. It rolled down the slanted coast and was now in the middle of the lake. The dark water made it impossible to see it anymore. The dagger was wrapped with him, to make sure they could never find it or him. I still had more to do, however...
I quickly climbed back into his bedroom and began to clean up the bloodied mess I made. When it was spotless, it took off my green tunic and set it on fire, reducing it to ashes. I discarded the ashes out the window and into the moat. I unlocked the door and walked back to my room, knowing that I was clean of any crime. Nothing could pin me to the murder of the king. But for how long can I stay clean...
Gamerctm: Pretty cool, huh? Link may think that he's clean, but this is only chapter 1. What will happen to the Hyrulian Hero in the next chapters? Can he stand the guilt of murder? And what will happen when everyone wakes up and find their king missing? PLZ R&R!!! By the way... Regicide means the murder of a king.