phew! its been a while, hasn't it? well, anyway, here's a no-
action/adventure chapter. sry 4 the lack of it, and sry if the fluffiness
is getting annoying. but i like romance. its my favorite genre, in case u
couldnt tell. btw, there is romance in this chapter, but it's definitely
not fluffy.
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Sighing, Saria dipped her head beneath the water. She'd managed to find a small pool near their little campsite, perfect for bathing in. By now Saria was almost positive of the romance going on between the Princess and Link....she'd heard them cooing and whispering all night.
Saria tried to think of something else. She knew it would be freezing when she got out of the pool. Not only was she not wearing anything at the moment, but the water was very warm and the air was very cold. She sighed again. Her thoughts were almost always negative.
Link, meanwhile, was sitting against a rock by the same pool, oblivious to the fact that Saria was already in it. He hated bathing. The mere sight of water made him shiver, but he knew nothing could happen to him here, because it was too shallow (he'd tested it with a stick). Taking a deep breath, he drifted into the water, and then sighed. It did feel rather nice.
Saria turned. Did she just hear something? 'It must have been the wind,' she thought to herself.
Meanwhile, back at the campsite--
"Goddesses, it's freezing!" Malon shivered, picking up sticks for firewood. "I'm going to see if that water Saria's bathing in is hot, once she's out!"
"Oh, is that where she went?" Zelda asked. "I was wondering....Link disappeared earlier this morning, and I don't know where he went."
"GAAH!!!" Malon cried, dropping the small log she'd just picked up and jumping into a small patch of grass near a large boulder.
"What is it?" Zelda asked, standing up and looking around.
"There was a SPIDER crawling on that piece of wood!!" Malon whimpered.
Zelda laughed. "Don't tell me you'll fight moblins and Octoroks, but you're afraid of a little spider?"
"It's a long story," Malon sighed, wiping her brow. Grimacing, she flicked another spider off her shoulder. "Ohh, I HATE this place!!"
"Try to get your mind off of spiders," Zelda suggested, beginning to pick up some wood herself.
"And what, may I ask, should I think about instead, your majesty?" Malon inquired.
"How about that patch of poison ivy you're standing in?"
".........AAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!"
"Uh....why don't you finish making a fire?" Zelda asked, walking down the stony mountain path. "I'm going to see if I can find Link..."
Saria turned around in the pool. All right....there was definitely someone else in the water. Or something...else. She got slightly nervous. "Who's there?" she finally called out, her nerves getting the better of her.
Link froze in shock. He recognized that voice. "S-Saria?" He pulled back on some of the vines that shielded the rest of the small pond. Link gasped.
With a small hiccup, Saria stooped down in the water and tried to cover herself. "L-Link....I-I didn't know you were here." Whether she liked him or not, she still had feminine modesty. A heated blush worked its way quickly up her neck and onto her face. She wasn't sure whether or not to be flattered when Link flushed as well.
"I-I didn't know you were here, either," Link stammered, not really noticing that Saria was slowly making her way towards him. He wanted to say he was going to leave, but his lips were frozen shut, afraid of what Saria might do next. He knew she'd always had a crush on him, but--as long as she kept below her neck under water, there wouldn't be a problem.
"Then what a coincidence this is," Saria remarked, managing a mischievous smile and draping one arm around Link's shoulder.
Link stiffened. He smelled trouble. Not the life-threatening- situation type of trouble, but the kind of I-shouldn't-be-here trouble. If Zelda ever found out, she might get the wrong idea...
Right on cue, the Princess stuck her head through some bushes near the pond. Her mouth dropped. She suddenly felt very short of breath, and closed her eyes and turned away. Had her eyes been playing tricks on her? Had she just seen Saria throwing herself at Link, and he not pushing her away?
Zelda opened her eyes once more and her body began to go numb. She could not stand to see this. Standing up and running blindly up the path, the Princess tried vainly to stop the tears from flowing.
"Did you hear that?" Link asked, finally able to pull himself out of Saria's grasp. "It sounded like someone running...."
"I didn't hear anything," Saria said.
"No," Link insisted, heading towards the shore. "Someone was here, it sounded like they were heading for the camp...." He paused before stepping out of the water. "Um...would you mind turning around for a moment?"
Rolling her eyes, Saria turned and went back towards her end of the pond.
Link briskly pulled on his clothes and ran out of the boggy area. He flew up the mountain path back towards where Malon and Zelda were. "Malon!" he called out, once she was in view. "Are you all right?"
Malon stared at him. "....yes....but Zelda doesn't appear to be. She ran down that path over there to find you and when she ran back up, she was in a fit of crying hysterics. She wouldn't tell me what happened."
"Oh no...." Link whispered. "Where is she?"
"Over there."
With a quick "thanks," Link sped off in the direction Malon had pointed him in.
Zelda sat quietly on a flat stone. The rock was wet in several places, thanks to her tears. She bit on her lip to stop crying and tried to sit up. With a sigh, she turned on her side for a change of scenery. She saw a small, dying flower, sticking out of the ground near her. The Princess reached out an arm for it, and picked it out of the dirt.
Managing to sit up, Zelda shivered and pulled one petal off the flower. "He loves me .... he loves me not ... he loves me ..."
Meanwhile, Link was still running, and starting to run out of breath. He hoped Zelda hadn't gone anywhere too far, he was getting exhausted. 'Oh, there she is!' he thought to himself, upon seeing a feminine figure on a stone somewhat close.
"He loves me ..." Zelda stopped. There was one petal left. Outraged, she screamed shortly and threw the flower behind her. Resuming her sobbing, she drew her legs up to her chest and lay her head down on them.
"Excuse me," came a voice. "But I believe you dropped this."
Breathing in sharply, Zelda turned around and saw Link walking towards her, a flower with one petal remaining in his hand. He walked closer, but she turned back around sharply.
"What is it you want?" she asked coldly.
"To explain," Link sighed, getting up onto the rock and sitting behind her. "I don't think that you--"
"What is there to explain?" Zelda asked. "I saw you, you a-and Saria! I know it Link, so don't waste your breath on a lie!"
"Zelda!" Link said sharply, sliding forward and turning, placing his hands on the rock on either side of her. "My breath would never be wasted, not if I was using it for you. You need to understand--"
"I already understand, Link!" Zelda shouted, pushing him back and standing up. Fresh tears started to cascaded down her cheeks. "Don't think that this hasn't happened to me before! I've been used, more than my fair share! I'm sorry to say it, but you aren't the first lover I've ever had...I couldn't stand those royals at all, and people beneath my station were always lusting about for me--it was impossible to get away from!"
Link stared at her, a little hurt. "But--"
"That's why I was so hesitant to show you how I felt!" Zelda continued, sobbing fully now. "But--but I thought you were different, I thought that you would be sincere! I trusted you, and you've thrown it back in my face by--"
"Princess, you don't understand what happened!" Link yelled in frustration. "I didn't know Saria was there when I got in! There was a--it was a curtain of vines and leaves, and we got in on different sides!"
"You don't expect me to believe a far-fetched idea like that, do you?" Zelda asked. "If there was this so-called curtain, how did it happen that you both ended up on the same side?"
"I heard something, but I didn't know what it was!" Link insisted. "When I went over, I saw Saria! I didn't KNOW it was her! I just froze because I was in shock--I was going to leave, but then you came!"
"Then how did it happen that Saria was all over you once I got there?" Zelda inquired, enlarging the facts slightly.
Link stopped. He looked defeated and very sad. "I should have an explanation for that, but I don't, Princess. She began to take advantage of me, and I let her--but only because I was too stunned to do otherwise. But I suppose that your deaf ears would block the truth out, so I don't know what the point is of trying to tell you what happened." He looked at her, but her eyes were still turned away. Trying his best not to shed a tear, Link walked slowly away.
Zelda turned and stared at his retreating figure until it was out of sight. She wanted more than anything to forgive Link, she didn't want him to hate her. She'd had her heart broken too many times to just let this pass by, though. After all, she had SEEN them together, and it was obvious that Link could never love her.
'Money,' Zelda thought to herself, sliding down the rock to the ground. 'Money, and titles. I hate those two words. All they have ever done is get me into misery and heartbreak.'
She vowed never to love again. Then she cried herself to sleep.
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Zelda awoke later to the sound of footsteps walking towards her. She stood up slowly and turned around, half-hoping to see Link there. Her shoulders slumped slightly when she saw that it was only Malon.
"Well, sorry to disappoint you, your highness," Malon said, standing next to her and folding her arms casually. "Perhaps you were expecting Link?"
"I was expecting no one," Zelda said. Then she whipped around and said, "What is that remark supposed to mean? Are you insinuating that I--"
"You were, Princess, if you don't mind my saying so," Malon interrupted. "You were in love with him at one point. It was a little obvious, no offense."
"Then what did you come down here for?" Zelda asked irritably, crossing her own arms defiantly.
"Well, early this morning, Saria came to me with the most dreadful story," Malon said lightly, brushing her red hair behind her ear. "It looked like she could cry."
'I can relate,' Zelda thought to herself darkly.
"She told me that she had gone down to one of the springs to take a bath," Malon continued. "But apparently, Link was there too. But she didn't know it. You see, she took me down there, and showed me this curtain of leaves that sort of seperated the pool into two parts. They were both on opposite sides, when they thought they heard something and went to see what it was. They were stunned to discover each other." Malon sighed. "You also have to understand, highness, that Saria has pined for Link ever since childhood, almost. To be in this--situation would be a dream for her, and that's immediately what she took hold of once she got over her first initial shock."
Zelda could feel Malon glance at her, but she remained silent. "Well, go on."
"Saria told me that Link was very uncomfortable, and that he was very stiff once she approached him. Then she realized what she was doing. It was wrong, and he obviously didn't want it. But then you came, and she got scared out of her wits and she's afraid you'll have her head if you see her."
There was a long silence, until Zelda whispered, "I wish I could believe what you're telling me, Malon. I really do." She looked up at Malon's depressed face. "But I can't. I just can't. I'll have to face them both eventually, but for now I'm going to believe what I saw. And that's not what you or Link have told me, so far."
"In that case, I'm sorry I can't try to persuade you into believing what isn't a lie," Malon sighed. She began to walk away, but stopped. "You may KNOW certain aspects of Link better than I do--"
Zelda inhaled sharply and twirled around.
"--but I've known him longer. And he would never do something like this to any girl he met. Ever." With that, Malon walked back to the camp. A few minutes later, Zelda reluctantly followed.
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A/N: just if ur wondering, zelda is going back 2 the camp so she can sleep there. not cuz of anything else. hope that chapter was ok, i've had MAJOR writing block on this story 4 the longest time! anywho, plz review!!
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Sighing, Saria dipped her head beneath the water. She'd managed to find a small pool near their little campsite, perfect for bathing in. By now Saria was almost positive of the romance going on between the Princess and Link....she'd heard them cooing and whispering all night.
Saria tried to think of something else. She knew it would be freezing when she got out of the pool. Not only was she not wearing anything at the moment, but the water was very warm and the air was very cold. She sighed again. Her thoughts were almost always negative.
Link, meanwhile, was sitting against a rock by the same pool, oblivious to the fact that Saria was already in it. He hated bathing. The mere sight of water made him shiver, but he knew nothing could happen to him here, because it was too shallow (he'd tested it with a stick). Taking a deep breath, he drifted into the water, and then sighed. It did feel rather nice.
Saria turned. Did she just hear something? 'It must have been the wind,' she thought to herself.
Meanwhile, back at the campsite--
"Goddesses, it's freezing!" Malon shivered, picking up sticks for firewood. "I'm going to see if that water Saria's bathing in is hot, once she's out!"
"Oh, is that where she went?" Zelda asked. "I was wondering....Link disappeared earlier this morning, and I don't know where he went."
"GAAH!!!" Malon cried, dropping the small log she'd just picked up and jumping into a small patch of grass near a large boulder.
"What is it?" Zelda asked, standing up and looking around.
"There was a SPIDER crawling on that piece of wood!!" Malon whimpered.
Zelda laughed. "Don't tell me you'll fight moblins and Octoroks, but you're afraid of a little spider?"
"It's a long story," Malon sighed, wiping her brow. Grimacing, she flicked another spider off her shoulder. "Ohh, I HATE this place!!"
"Try to get your mind off of spiders," Zelda suggested, beginning to pick up some wood herself.
"And what, may I ask, should I think about instead, your majesty?" Malon inquired.
"How about that patch of poison ivy you're standing in?"
".........AAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!"
"Uh....why don't you finish making a fire?" Zelda asked, walking down the stony mountain path. "I'm going to see if I can find Link..."
Saria turned around in the pool. All right....there was definitely someone else in the water. Or something...else. She got slightly nervous. "Who's there?" she finally called out, her nerves getting the better of her.
Link froze in shock. He recognized that voice. "S-Saria?" He pulled back on some of the vines that shielded the rest of the small pond. Link gasped.
With a small hiccup, Saria stooped down in the water and tried to cover herself. "L-Link....I-I didn't know you were here." Whether she liked him or not, she still had feminine modesty. A heated blush worked its way quickly up her neck and onto her face. She wasn't sure whether or not to be flattered when Link flushed as well.
"I-I didn't know you were here, either," Link stammered, not really noticing that Saria was slowly making her way towards him. He wanted to say he was going to leave, but his lips were frozen shut, afraid of what Saria might do next. He knew she'd always had a crush on him, but--as long as she kept below her neck under water, there wouldn't be a problem.
"Then what a coincidence this is," Saria remarked, managing a mischievous smile and draping one arm around Link's shoulder.
Link stiffened. He smelled trouble. Not the life-threatening- situation type of trouble, but the kind of I-shouldn't-be-here trouble. If Zelda ever found out, she might get the wrong idea...
Right on cue, the Princess stuck her head through some bushes near the pond. Her mouth dropped. She suddenly felt very short of breath, and closed her eyes and turned away. Had her eyes been playing tricks on her? Had she just seen Saria throwing herself at Link, and he not pushing her away?
Zelda opened her eyes once more and her body began to go numb. She could not stand to see this. Standing up and running blindly up the path, the Princess tried vainly to stop the tears from flowing.
"Did you hear that?" Link asked, finally able to pull himself out of Saria's grasp. "It sounded like someone running...."
"I didn't hear anything," Saria said.
"No," Link insisted, heading towards the shore. "Someone was here, it sounded like they were heading for the camp...." He paused before stepping out of the water. "Um...would you mind turning around for a moment?"
Rolling her eyes, Saria turned and went back towards her end of the pond.
Link briskly pulled on his clothes and ran out of the boggy area. He flew up the mountain path back towards where Malon and Zelda were. "Malon!" he called out, once she was in view. "Are you all right?"
Malon stared at him. "....yes....but Zelda doesn't appear to be. She ran down that path over there to find you and when she ran back up, she was in a fit of crying hysterics. She wouldn't tell me what happened."
"Oh no...." Link whispered. "Where is she?"
"Over there."
With a quick "thanks," Link sped off in the direction Malon had pointed him in.
Zelda sat quietly on a flat stone. The rock was wet in several places, thanks to her tears. She bit on her lip to stop crying and tried to sit up. With a sigh, she turned on her side for a change of scenery. She saw a small, dying flower, sticking out of the ground near her. The Princess reached out an arm for it, and picked it out of the dirt.
Managing to sit up, Zelda shivered and pulled one petal off the flower. "He loves me .... he loves me not ... he loves me ..."
Meanwhile, Link was still running, and starting to run out of breath. He hoped Zelda hadn't gone anywhere too far, he was getting exhausted. 'Oh, there she is!' he thought to himself, upon seeing a feminine figure on a stone somewhat close.
"He loves me ..." Zelda stopped. There was one petal left. Outraged, she screamed shortly and threw the flower behind her. Resuming her sobbing, she drew her legs up to her chest and lay her head down on them.
"Excuse me," came a voice. "But I believe you dropped this."
Breathing in sharply, Zelda turned around and saw Link walking towards her, a flower with one petal remaining in his hand. He walked closer, but she turned back around sharply.
"What is it you want?" she asked coldly.
"To explain," Link sighed, getting up onto the rock and sitting behind her. "I don't think that you--"
"What is there to explain?" Zelda asked. "I saw you, you a-and Saria! I know it Link, so don't waste your breath on a lie!"
"Zelda!" Link said sharply, sliding forward and turning, placing his hands on the rock on either side of her. "My breath would never be wasted, not if I was using it for you. You need to understand--"
"I already understand, Link!" Zelda shouted, pushing him back and standing up. Fresh tears started to cascaded down her cheeks. "Don't think that this hasn't happened to me before! I've been used, more than my fair share! I'm sorry to say it, but you aren't the first lover I've ever had...I couldn't stand those royals at all, and people beneath my station were always lusting about for me--it was impossible to get away from!"
Link stared at her, a little hurt. "But--"
"That's why I was so hesitant to show you how I felt!" Zelda continued, sobbing fully now. "But--but I thought you were different, I thought that you would be sincere! I trusted you, and you've thrown it back in my face by--"
"Princess, you don't understand what happened!" Link yelled in frustration. "I didn't know Saria was there when I got in! There was a--it was a curtain of vines and leaves, and we got in on different sides!"
"You don't expect me to believe a far-fetched idea like that, do you?" Zelda asked. "If there was this so-called curtain, how did it happen that you both ended up on the same side?"
"I heard something, but I didn't know what it was!" Link insisted. "When I went over, I saw Saria! I didn't KNOW it was her! I just froze because I was in shock--I was going to leave, but then you came!"
"Then how did it happen that Saria was all over you once I got there?" Zelda inquired, enlarging the facts slightly.
Link stopped. He looked defeated and very sad. "I should have an explanation for that, but I don't, Princess. She began to take advantage of me, and I let her--but only because I was too stunned to do otherwise. But I suppose that your deaf ears would block the truth out, so I don't know what the point is of trying to tell you what happened." He looked at her, but her eyes were still turned away. Trying his best not to shed a tear, Link walked slowly away.
Zelda turned and stared at his retreating figure until it was out of sight. She wanted more than anything to forgive Link, she didn't want him to hate her. She'd had her heart broken too many times to just let this pass by, though. After all, she had SEEN them together, and it was obvious that Link could never love her.
'Money,' Zelda thought to herself, sliding down the rock to the ground. 'Money, and titles. I hate those two words. All they have ever done is get me into misery and heartbreak.'
She vowed never to love again. Then she cried herself to sleep.
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Zelda awoke later to the sound of footsteps walking towards her. She stood up slowly and turned around, half-hoping to see Link there. Her shoulders slumped slightly when she saw that it was only Malon.
"Well, sorry to disappoint you, your highness," Malon said, standing next to her and folding her arms casually. "Perhaps you were expecting Link?"
"I was expecting no one," Zelda said. Then she whipped around and said, "What is that remark supposed to mean? Are you insinuating that I--"
"You were, Princess, if you don't mind my saying so," Malon interrupted. "You were in love with him at one point. It was a little obvious, no offense."
"Then what did you come down here for?" Zelda asked irritably, crossing her own arms defiantly.
"Well, early this morning, Saria came to me with the most dreadful story," Malon said lightly, brushing her red hair behind her ear. "It looked like she could cry."
'I can relate,' Zelda thought to herself darkly.
"She told me that she had gone down to one of the springs to take a bath," Malon continued. "But apparently, Link was there too. But she didn't know it. You see, she took me down there, and showed me this curtain of leaves that sort of seperated the pool into two parts. They were both on opposite sides, when they thought they heard something and went to see what it was. They were stunned to discover each other." Malon sighed. "You also have to understand, highness, that Saria has pined for Link ever since childhood, almost. To be in this--situation would be a dream for her, and that's immediately what she took hold of once she got over her first initial shock."
Zelda could feel Malon glance at her, but she remained silent. "Well, go on."
"Saria told me that Link was very uncomfortable, and that he was very stiff once she approached him. Then she realized what she was doing. It was wrong, and he obviously didn't want it. But then you came, and she got scared out of her wits and she's afraid you'll have her head if you see her."
There was a long silence, until Zelda whispered, "I wish I could believe what you're telling me, Malon. I really do." She looked up at Malon's depressed face. "But I can't. I just can't. I'll have to face them both eventually, but for now I'm going to believe what I saw. And that's not what you or Link have told me, so far."
"In that case, I'm sorry I can't try to persuade you into believing what isn't a lie," Malon sighed. She began to walk away, but stopped. "You may KNOW certain aspects of Link better than I do--"
Zelda inhaled sharply and twirled around.
"--but I've known him longer. And he would never do something like this to any girl he met. Ever." With that, Malon walked back to the camp. A few minutes later, Zelda reluctantly followed.
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A/N: just if ur wondering, zelda is going back 2 the camp so she can sleep there. not cuz of anything else. hope that chapter was ok, i've had MAJOR writing block on this story 4 the longest time! anywho, plz review!!
