Chapter Nine
Link waited at the house for Zelda to show up. She showed up alone.
"So you've decided to come," Zelda said.
"For you," he said.
She unsheathed the Master Sword. "You ready?"
"I'm not fighting you, Zelda."
"Oh, I'm sorry. Is one not enough?"
"Probably not."
"How about three!" Ida and Ganondorf appeared from behind her. The first thing that happened was that Ganondorf threw a fireball at him. Link quickly jumped out of the way.
Ganondorf laughed. "It's going to take more that speed and brute strength to stop me this time."
"Consider it my way of fighting." He swung the Biggoron's Sword at him, but he quickly pushed him down and threw another fireball at him. After the flames faded, Link rose. "I see you've been practicing."
"I have!" He grabbed ahold of his tunic. Link slashed his shoulder twice and Ganondorf dropped him hard on the ground. Ganondorf towered over Link. "Look at everyone's favorite hero - taken down in just a few simple attacks." He raised his left hand, and from it spewed a glowing light that formed into a ball. It grew bigger and brighter. Link shielded his eyes from the intense light. Ganondorf then threw the power ball at Link. With his last bit of strength, he lifted his Mirror Shield and felt the power ball repel back to them. It hit them all: Ida, Ganondorf, and Zelda.
Chapter Ten
Zelda awoke to feel herself being carried over a shoulder. She weakly looked over to see who it was - Link. She tried to kick herself off, but her body was too weak. However, she was able to talk. "Link...what are you doing?"
"Getting you back to the castle," he said. "I'm not letting you die on me."
"But Link...why are you trying to save me? I'm your enemy. I've been mean to you."
Link stopped and set her down on the grass. He grasped her hands in his and looked into her pale blue eyes. "No matter how mean you are to me, or no matter how evil you are, I will always love you. I don't let the people that I love die."
Just then Zelda blinked as if she had just awoken from a trance. She looked around. "Link, where are we?"
"In Hyrule field, where else?" He shook her a little. "Zelda...do you...do you remember anything?"
She sat there deep in thought for a moment then answered. "I do remember. But Link, I swear it wasn't me! They had me under a spell..."
"You don't have to explain. I understand." He looked into her eyes and then he jolted forward and landed in her arms with a large hug. "I'm so glad you're back, Zelda. It's been so hard." But all Zelda could do was push him away and then pull him back again. Only this time, his head was even with hers. They knew right at that instant what they both wanted to do. They just sat there though, trying to see the other were thinking. But they both failed. So they just embraced each other tightly and kissed. And it was a long kiss. It was one they never wanted to end. They then broke the kiss and stared at each other again in the eyes.
"Remember this, Link," she said with a gentle smile.
"I will always remember this," he said softly. "Always." They were about to kiss again when Link said, "Oh, shoot!"
"What?" she said.
Link began to run towards the castle. Zelda traveled slowly behind. "Come on, Zelda, hurry up!"
"I can't hurry up! My legs hurt!" Link stopped suddenly and ran back to Zelda. He hoisted her onto his shoulders and broke into a sprint.
"So what's the rush?"
"I need to go apologize to Truda."
"To Truda?"
"Yeah, I thought she was guised as Ida, so I had her thrown in jail."
"But Link, she is Ida."
"What?" he said as he stopped running, catching his breath.
"She was. I remember. She disguised her name as Truda to spy on us. She escaped from jail...let me tell you the whole story. On that day, she gave me a drink, which I soon learned was a charm to seize my mind. That's why I 'accdentally' stabbed your arm with the knife. During the night Ida woke me and took me to Kokiri forest on foot. We didn't get there until morning. She showed me where you lived and told me that I was going to destroy you at dawn. So I went back to attck Impa to get her out of the way. Then I went to slay the forest but by then you were gone. And then you came and you pretty much know what happened at the Lost Woods. So I told you a story when you returned to the castle to try to throw you off task. And then I tried to destroy you again. But you foiled it, fortunately. So I told Impa to tell you to meet me, Ida, and Ganondorf to at the village. And...well...you know the rest." She stared at Link's confused face.
"Oh..." said Link, a smile developing on his face.
They both burst into laughter.
