Okay, I just thought of something so I had to write it down right away or
I'll probably forget it or something. I have a short memory span :-P.
Anyways here's the second chapter!
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Chapter 2: Meeting in the Lost Woods
Zelda had been walking for quite some time now and was a considerable distance away from the castle, when she neared the entrance to the Lost Woods ( I know you can't enter the Lost Woods directly from Hyrule Field but lets pretend you can).
She remembered when she was little, Impa telling her tales about the Lost Woods and how ghosts would wait for someone to come by and then they would snatch away their spirits and imprison them in a bottle. She hadn't believed it then and thought Impa was trying to scare her. "Ghosts wouldn't live there! They would live in a graveyard!" she had pointed out. Impa had merely shrugged and moved away.
But now looking at the forest she thought that they very well might live there. But curiosity overwhelmed her. Besides, she thought trying to reassure herself, Impa was just kidding about the ghosts. She just wanted to see what was inside-no harm there right?
So she entered, but took a deep breath before continuing to walk. She kept walking and was beginning to understand why the called it the "Lost Woods" when she heard a crunch behind her. She quickly turned around and came face-to-face with some weird and rather ugly wolf-like creature (guess what that could be). She stepped backward as her hand flew to her pocket where her precious dagger lay.
The wolf showed his yellow teeth, his eye gleaming. He cackled evilly. "Now what's a pretty girl such as yourself doing in a place like this?" he said stepping closer.
"That's none of your business." She said moving back farther.
"Well I think it is my business. You see we do not allow intruders in our forest. Please exit it now." He said, his yellow teeth forming into some sort of twisted smile.
Zelda didn't move. "No." she said firmly.
The wolf blinked. "I'm not going to leave just because an ugly wolf creature asked me to. So go and be ugly somewhere else." She said loudly, not showing the slightest trace of fear. The wolf's smile twitched.
"Well then, I'm going to have to hurt to you" he said stepping closer.
"Yeah, I'd like to see you try." Zelda said boldly. If she kept at it, the wolf might back off. But of course there was the also chance he would just attack even more ferociously.
The wolf's eyes never left her face, every trace of a smile gone. Then without warning he pounced on her just as she pulled out her dagger. She plunged the knife into his side with all her strength, stopping him from attacking her. He recoiled in agony and let out a shriek of pain. She tried to run away but before she made so much as a step he had jumped in front of her, breathing hard and staring straight into her face.
He pounced again this time too fast for Zelda. He caught her and held her against the wall. He held out his sharp claws right below her neck and smiled maliciously.
He tried to slash her chest but she had managed to get loose. But before she could completely get away, he caught her and his claws cut her side. His claws sunk deep into her skin as blood gushed out. She fell to her knees and let out a cry of pain.
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A young man aged 17 named Link was laying down in the shade of the Lost Woods. He was tired and couldn't get any sleep in the house so he came here in hopes of resting. He hadn't been here for a long time and anyways he wanted to get away from Malon. He sighed and pushed his golden hair out of his eyes.
He had met Malon a few weeks ago and it looked like she had a crush on him, for she had started spending every waking moment with him. She really was a sweet girl- a little too sweet. He was beginning to get sick of her and started trying to avoid her. It wasn't easy though; she seemed to pop up out of nowhere and insist they go do something together. He sighed again. So Malon had a stupid crush on him; did that mean he had to spend all his time with her? He scowled up at the sky.
He began to daze off when suddenly he heard a shrieking cry. He sat bolt upright listening hard, wondering if he had been dreaming. But no, he was quite sure he had heard it. He got up and pulled out his sword, a gift from his beloved uncle. He tried remembering where exactly the scream had come from. The entrance, he thought and quickly made his way there.
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The wolf cackled evilly again. "Well I think you've learned not to mess with woodland creatures" he said. Zelda hugged her sides and groaned in pain. She was going to die, she knew it. She never got to tell Impa good- bye, or tell her how much she loved her. She was going to die here in the forest, alone.
"Time to finish off pretty one here!" the wolf-thing said happily raising his claws once more. He positioned himself in front of Zelda getting ready to kill her when..
Link came to the entrance and what he saw made him gasp. A girl was on the ground gripping her sides, where there was a pretty big gash. The grass was stained with blood and the girl's clothing was torn. Standing above her was one of the ugly wolf creatures that lived here.
Link understood what happened at once. He didn't pause to think. He ran at the wolf sword out in front of him. The wolf was surprised by this sudden attack, giving Link enough time to attack. He thrust the sword into the creature's chest and didn't remove it until he was sure he had done fatal damage. The wolf collapsed onto the ground, moaning.
Meanwhile Zelda watched all of this through stunned eyes. She was still conscious and alive, though if it hadn't been for this guy she didn't think she would be. She saw him kill the wolf creature, and wondered who he was. In spite of her pain, she couldn't help but notice how very handsome he was. His golden hair, much like her own, fell into his eyes in a very charming way. And his blue eyes looked as though they held the oceans themselves. And for just one moment, Zelda had forgotten about her pain.
When the wolf had died Link turned his attention to the girl. He bent down to get a good look at her. She looked up into his blue eyes. Link gave a small gasp. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She had beautiful blue eyes that were deep as the skies (hey that rhymes!) and her golden hair framed her face gracefully. Her crimson lips curved slightly lighting up her pale face. "Th-Thanks" she stuttered.
"No problem. Are you- are you okay?" he asked kneeling down beside her.
"Oh yeah. I'm positively fine." She said sarcastically. Link marveled at how she could still manage to be sarcastic when she had a huge cut in her side. She was smiling slightly now. He also wondered why someone like her was here. But right now, there were more important things to take care of.
"Drink this." Link said pulling out a small red bottle.
Zelda eyed it cautiously. "What is it?" she asked.
"It'll heal your wound." He replied.
Zelda hesitated. It didn't seem smart to take something from someone she had met five seconds ago, but the pain was killing her. And after all, he had killed that thing so why would he try to harm her?
She took it and drank very little of it. Immediately she felt a warm sensation somewhere around her side. Then magically the wound healed part of itself up. Zelda looked down in amazement then at Link for some sort of explanation. He just smiled and said "Drink the rest of it up."
Zelda sat down against the walls and took a gulp of the stuff and again felt that weird unnatural warm feeling. Link had sat down across from her looking at her curiously.
"So do you usually come here or is this just an occasional thing?" Link asked with a bit of humor in his voice.
Zelda gave a small smile. "Actually I've never been here. I just came because I wondered what was in here." She said raising the bottle to her lips.
"So you woke up this morning and then randomly decided to come to the Lost Woods?" he asked smiling a little as well.
"No, I was just.wandering and saw this place." She answered.
"Oh." he didn't say anything and let the silence hang between them. Then finally he said as though it wasn't important, "My name's Link by the way."
"My name's Zelda." She replied automatically, not really thinking. Then as soon as she realized what she had said she wanted to punch herself. Baka, she thought, mentally scolding herself. She had revealed her name-now what if he recognized her? Well the guard didn't..maybe he wouldn't either.
"..Zelda?" He said slowly. Then Zelda realized he was much smarter than the guard and would figure it out. So she might as well tell him.
"Well, I'm Princess Zelda." She said quietly looking down, studying the grass.
If Link had ever been shocked it would have been now. He jumped to his feet and stuttered "So-Sorry your-your majesty." He said.
"No it's okay. Sit down.please." Zelda said her face going red.
But Link didn't sit down. He was still shocked. The princess of Hyrule in the Lost Woods? Maybe this was a joke, Link thought. But something told him it wasn't. "What-what are you doing here your highness?" he asked.
"Please don't call me that. Call me Zelda. Everyone does." She said.
Link nodded. "What are you doing here Zelda?" he tried again. He thought he sounded too casual toward someone who was royal but didn't say anything.
Zelda didn't answer right away. She was still examining the grass. What could she say? Then she decided to just say the truth about everything.
"I'm running away.well no not really. I'm going back to the castle soon. I just wanted to get away." She said. She looked up at Link. He still looked a little taken aback. "Please sit down." She said quietly shifting her gaze back down.
Link sat down and stared at the princess. In spite of his shock he couldn't help but think that the rumors were true-she was the most beautiful girl in Hyrule. "Why did you run away?" Link asked, trying to pretend she was an everyday person.
"Because I hate my father and his stupid rules." She said angrily. "Everyday I have to wear what he says, I can't say anything unless he permits me, I'm not allowed to go outside, I can't talk to my servants because they are of "low" birth, I have to be dressed up all the time and. and that's just the beginning." She was going to tell about her forced marriage but had decided to keep that part quiet.
"Aren't princesses supposed to like being dressed up?" he asked half confused and half amused
"Well, I don't" Zelda said huffily.
Link was now even more dumbstruck than ever. But he said nothing and instead started copying Zelda by staring at the grass.
"Please don't tell anyone about this." She said pleadingly.
Link looked up into her sky blue eyes. He imagined how bad it must be to be trapped in a castle constantly being told what to do. He nodded. "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone." He said.
She smiled and when she did so, it lit up her face making her look even more beautiful in Link's opinion. "Thanks" she said gratefully.
"No problem." He said. "After all, you make the castle sound like a torture cell." He said grinning slightly.
"Trust me, it is." She said.
Link laughed. After a small pause he asked "Are you okay now?" He sounded like he really was concerned and not just to make a conversation. And for whatever reason that made Zelda blush a little bit.
"Yeah I'm fine. Here." She said handing back the empty bottle.
He took it and stood up. He offered a hand to help Zelda up which she accepted. When they had both gotten to their feet Link looked away again. Goddesses, she's so beautiful, Link thought.
"Well..I have to go." He lied looking up.
Zelda felt something drop in her stomach but she couldn't figure what it was. Instead she smiled and said "Okay. I'll see you around Link."
"Yeah.bye Zelda." He said though he knew he probably wouldn't see her again. But he smiled back and left the woods his heart beating a little faster than normal.
Zelda watched him go and again felt that dropping sensation. What was it? Was it disappointment? Zelda wondered. She was disappointed to see him go? Why? Well he had saved her life. But it was more than that.
She was disappointed he had left because she could talk to him without having her father stopping her. And he had been very kind to her. But the biggest reason she was disappointed that he had left was the fact that he was the one of the few un-royal people, along with Impa, who still treated her like everyone else and not like a princess. And because of that she sincerely hoped she would meet him again.
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If you are an author then you would realize why I am desperately asking you to review. So review, okay? Okay.
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Chapter 2: Meeting in the Lost Woods
Zelda had been walking for quite some time now and was a considerable distance away from the castle, when she neared the entrance to the Lost Woods ( I know you can't enter the Lost Woods directly from Hyrule Field but lets pretend you can).
She remembered when she was little, Impa telling her tales about the Lost Woods and how ghosts would wait for someone to come by and then they would snatch away their spirits and imprison them in a bottle. She hadn't believed it then and thought Impa was trying to scare her. "Ghosts wouldn't live there! They would live in a graveyard!" she had pointed out. Impa had merely shrugged and moved away.
But now looking at the forest she thought that they very well might live there. But curiosity overwhelmed her. Besides, she thought trying to reassure herself, Impa was just kidding about the ghosts. She just wanted to see what was inside-no harm there right?
So she entered, but took a deep breath before continuing to walk. She kept walking and was beginning to understand why the called it the "Lost Woods" when she heard a crunch behind her. She quickly turned around and came face-to-face with some weird and rather ugly wolf-like creature (guess what that could be). She stepped backward as her hand flew to her pocket where her precious dagger lay.
The wolf showed his yellow teeth, his eye gleaming. He cackled evilly. "Now what's a pretty girl such as yourself doing in a place like this?" he said stepping closer.
"That's none of your business." She said moving back farther.
"Well I think it is my business. You see we do not allow intruders in our forest. Please exit it now." He said, his yellow teeth forming into some sort of twisted smile.
Zelda didn't move. "No." she said firmly.
The wolf blinked. "I'm not going to leave just because an ugly wolf creature asked me to. So go and be ugly somewhere else." She said loudly, not showing the slightest trace of fear. The wolf's smile twitched.
"Well then, I'm going to have to hurt to you" he said stepping closer.
"Yeah, I'd like to see you try." Zelda said boldly. If she kept at it, the wolf might back off. But of course there was the also chance he would just attack even more ferociously.
The wolf's eyes never left her face, every trace of a smile gone. Then without warning he pounced on her just as she pulled out her dagger. She plunged the knife into his side with all her strength, stopping him from attacking her. He recoiled in agony and let out a shriek of pain. She tried to run away but before she made so much as a step he had jumped in front of her, breathing hard and staring straight into her face.
He pounced again this time too fast for Zelda. He caught her and held her against the wall. He held out his sharp claws right below her neck and smiled maliciously.
He tried to slash her chest but she had managed to get loose. But before she could completely get away, he caught her and his claws cut her side. His claws sunk deep into her skin as blood gushed out. She fell to her knees and let out a cry of pain.
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A young man aged 17 named Link was laying down in the shade of the Lost Woods. He was tired and couldn't get any sleep in the house so he came here in hopes of resting. He hadn't been here for a long time and anyways he wanted to get away from Malon. He sighed and pushed his golden hair out of his eyes.
He had met Malon a few weeks ago and it looked like she had a crush on him, for she had started spending every waking moment with him. She really was a sweet girl- a little too sweet. He was beginning to get sick of her and started trying to avoid her. It wasn't easy though; she seemed to pop up out of nowhere and insist they go do something together. He sighed again. So Malon had a stupid crush on him; did that mean he had to spend all his time with her? He scowled up at the sky.
He began to daze off when suddenly he heard a shrieking cry. He sat bolt upright listening hard, wondering if he had been dreaming. But no, he was quite sure he had heard it. He got up and pulled out his sword, a gift from his beloved uncle. He tried remembering where exactly the scream had come from. The entrance, he thought and quickly made his way there.
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The wolf cackled evilly again. "Well I think you've learned not to mess with woodland creatures" he said. Zelda hugged her sides and groaned in pain. She was going to die, she knew it. She never got to tell Impa good- bye, or tell her how much she loved her. She was going to die here in the forest, alone.
"Time to finish off pretty one here!" the wolf-thing said happily raising his claws once more. He positioned himself in front of Zelda getting ready to kill her when..
Link came to the entrance and what he saw made him gasp. A girl was on the ground gripping her sides, where there was a pretty big gash. The grass was stained with blood and the girl's clothing was torn. Standing above her was one of the ugly wolf creatures that lived here.
Link understood what happened at once. He didn't pause to think. He ran at the wolf sword out in front of him. The wolf was surprised by this sudden attack, giving Link enough time to attack. He thrust the sword into the creature's chest and didn't remove it until he was sure he had done fatal damage. The wolf collapsed onto the ground, moaning.
Meanwhile Zelda watched all of this through stunned eyes. She was still conscious and alive, though if it hadn't been for this guy she didn't think she would be. She saw him kill the wolf creature, and wondered who he was. In spite of her pain, she couldn't help but notice how very handsome he was. His golden hair, much like her own, fell into his eyes in a very charming way. And his blue eyes looked as though they held the oceans themselves. And for just one moment, Zelda had forgotten about her pain.
When the wolf had died Link turned his attention to the girl. He bent down to get a good look at her. She looked up into his blue eyes. Link gave a small gasp. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She had beautiful blue eyes that were deep as the skies (hey that rhymes!) and her golden hair framed her face gracefully. Her crimson lips curved slightly lighting up her pale face. "Th-Thanks" she stuttered.
"No problem. Are you- are you okay?" he asked kneeling down beside her.
"Oh yeah. I'm positively fine." She said sarcastically. Link marveled at how she could still manage to be sarcastic when she had a huge cut in her side. She was smiling slightly now. He also wondered why someone like her was here. But right now, there were more important things to take care of.
"Drink this." Link said pulling out a small red bottle.
Zelda eyed it cautiously. "What is it?" she asked.
"It'll heal your wound." He replied.
Zelda hesitated. It didn't seem smart to take something from someone she had met five seconds ago, but the pain was killing her. And after all, he had killed that thing so why would he try to harm her?
She took it and drank very little of it. Immediately she felt a warm sensation somewhere around her side. Then magically the wound healed part of itself up. Zelda looked down in amazement then at Link for some sort of explanation. He just smiled and said "Drink the rest of it up."
Zelda sat down against the walls and took a gulp of the stuff and again felt that weird unnatural warm feeling. Link had sat down across from her looking at her curiously.
"So do you usually come here or is this just an occasional thing?" Link asked with a bit of humor in his voice.
Zelda gave a small smile. "Actually I've never been here. I just came because I wondered what was in here." She said raising the bottle to her lips.
"So you woke up this morning and then randomly decided to come to the Lost Woods?" he asked smiling a little as well.
"No, I was just.wandering and saw this place." She answered.
"Oh." he didn't say anything and let the silence hang between them. Then finally he said as though it wasn't important, "My name's Link by the way."
"My name's Zelda." She replied automatically, not really thinking. Then as soon as she realized what she had said she wanted to punch herself. Baka, she thought, mentally scolding herself. She had revealed her name-now what if he recognized her? Well the guard didn't..maybe he wouldn't either.
"..Zelda?" He said slowly. Then Zelda realized he was much smarter than the guard and would figure it out. So she might as well tell him.
"Well, I'm Princess Zelda." She said quietly looking down, studying the grass.
If Link had ever been shocked it would have been now. He jumped to his feet and stuttered "So-Sorry your-your majesty." He said.
"No it's okay. Sit down.please." Zelda said her face going red.
But Link didn't sit down. He was still shocked. The princess of Hyrule in the Lost Woods? Maybe this was a joke, Link thought. But something told him it wasn't. "What-what are you doing here your highness?" he asked.
"Please don't call me that. Call me Zelda. Everyone does." She said.
Link nodded. "What are you doing here Zelda?" he tried again. He thought he sounded too casual toward someone who was royal but didn't say anything.
Zelda didn't answer right away. She was still examining the grass. What could she say? Then she decided to just say the truth about everything.
"I'm running away.well no not really. I'm going back to the castle soon. I just wanted to get away." She said. She looked up at Link. He still looked a little taken aback. "Please sit down." She said quietly shifting her gaze back down.
Link sat down and stared at the princess. In spite of his shock he couldn't help but think that the rumors were true-she was the most beautiful girl in Hyrule. "Why did you run away?" Link asked, trying to pretend she was an everyday person.
"Because I hate my father and his stupid rules." She said angrily. "Everyday I have to wear what he says, I can't say anything unless he permits me, I'm not allowed to go outside, I can't talk to my servants because they are of "low" birth, I have to be dressed up all the time and. and that's just the beginning." She was going to tell about her forced marriage but had decided to keep that part quiet.
"Aren't princesses supposed to like being dressed up?" he asked half confused and half amused
"Well, I don't" Zelda said huffily.
Link was now even more dumbstruck than ever. But he said nothing and instead started copying Zelda by staring at the grass.
"Please don't tell anyone about this." She said pleadingly.
Link looked up into her sky blue eyes. He imagined how bad it must be to be trapped in a castle constantly being told what to do. He nodded. "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone." He said.
She smiled and when she did so, it lit up her face making her look even more beautiful in Link's opinion. "Thanks" she said gratefully.
"No problem." He said. "After all, you make the castle sound like a torture cell." He said grinning slightly.
"Trust me, it is." She said.
Link laughed. After a small pause he asked "Are you okay now?" He sounded like he really was concerned and not just to make a conversation. And for whatever reason that made Zelda blush a little bit.
"Yeah I'm fine. Here." She said handing back the empty bottle.
He took it and stood up. He offered a hand to help Zelda up which she accepted. When they had both gotten to their feet Link looked away again. Goddesses, she's so beautiful, Link thought.
"Well..I have to go." He lied looking up.
Zelda felt something drop in her stomach but she couldn't figure what it was. Instead she smiled and said "Okay. I'll see you around Link."
"Yeah.bye Zelda." He said though he knew he probably wouldn't see her again. But he smiled back and left the woods his heart beating a little faster than normal.
Zelda watched him go and again felt that dropping sensation. What was it? Was it disappointment? Zelda wondered. She was disappointed to see him go? Why? Well he had saved her life. But it was more than that.
She was disappointed he had left because she could talk to him without having her father stopping her. And he had been very kind to her. But the biggest reason she was disappointed that he had left was the fact that he was the one of the few un-royal people, along with Impa, who still treated her like everyone else and not like a princess. And because of that she sincerely hoped she would meet him again.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ A/n: yay! They finally meet!! And oooh, look a bit of romance! I know that was pretty long and still hasn't gotten that exciting but like I said before-wait. Until then review.
If you are an author then you would realize why I am desperately asking you to review. So review, okay? Okay.