Title: Broken Promises
Game: Zelda
Rating: G
Genre: Romance
Summary: As peace and order returned to Hyrule, he left. But a certain princess has sworn to herself that she will find her best friend and bring him back.
Warning: none
Disclaimer: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time belongs to Nintendo.
A/N:
Before anything else, I would like to straighten one thing out…
When I first saw Sheik, I was like "woah… he's hot…" so upon my discovering 'he' was actually Zelda, I was scared/disapponted. This has led me to support the theory that Sheik and Zelda are different people… childhood friends, and that Zelda only based her disguise on Sheik, not the actual fact that Zelda is Sheik.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT SHEIK IS A GUY AND ANYONE WHO HAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT SHOULDN'T BOTHER FLAMING ME BECAUSE I DON'T CARE!!
=) that aside…
I expanded on the slight LinkZelda thingie that popped up completely unintentionally last chapter… and yeah…
This was originally just going to be a Sheik/Zelda, but yeah… might as well throw in some difficult choices for Zelda while I'm at it =D (sorry all Sheik/Zelda fans who didn't want Link to get in the way)
And if anyone was in doubt (if they were, I'd laugh… no offense to them…), the italics at the beginning of each chapter are bits of Sheik's point of view. It'll have more purpose later on…
Wow that's a long author's note (compared to my others) so I shall stop bugging you for now… I'M SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG TO UPDATE! BLAME IT ON MY PARENTS! THEY WOULDN'T LET ME GO ON THE INTERNET FOR A FREAKING AGE! (actually, they don't know I'm on at the moment… but they're not home and what they don't know shall not hurt them… =D)
To the fic!
Chapter 3
I cut through the thicket of trees with a vengance. I was really angry… angry at everything. Especially at myself. I wanted to just turn around and go home, back to Zelda… but my ego wouldn't hear of it. Shaking my head, I continued cutting through the forest.
Kicking aside a fallen branch, I kept going until I recached a small clearing. This was the place I was looking for. The place Link had told me about before…
I was in the forest just outside Termina. Zelda would never think to look here. But was that what I really wanted…? I wasn't sure of anything, anymore.
Zelda squirmed with discomfort in her tunic.
"Link… I really don't see how this is going to help…" she said, looking at herself in the mirror.
Link shrugged and leaned back against the wall, "You'll be able to move more freely in that than in a long skirt. And you shouldn't wear any jewellery… it'll only weigh you down and there's a good chance you'll either lose it or wreck it anyway…"
Zelda sighed, "Okay, okay… can I go now?"
Link smiled, "Impa told me that you weren't leaving until tomorrow morning?"
Zelda sighed again, "Yeah… but the longer I wait, the less chance I'll have of ever catching up to him."
"You care about him, don't you?" Link asked.
"I do," she replied, "He's my best friend, Link."
"No," Link whispered, "There's more to it than that…"
Zelda blushed and averted her gaze from Link's azure orbs.
"No…" she said quietly, "There's someone else I've had my eye on…"
"Don't try to trick me, Zel, I know you like Sheik."
Link winked at her and began walking out of the room, "I'll wait for you outside, okay?"
Zelda's shoulders slightly drooped as Link left the room. He didn't think she liked someone else? He thought she was trying to trick him?
"Link, you're cute, but you're so thick," she muttered.
She sighed and slowly walked out of the room too, to join Link.
"You happy with that?" Link asked, raising an eyebrow at her.
"The tunic? It's fine," she replied.
"You leaving, then?" he asked, gazing down the hall.
She placed her hand on his, "Link… why don't you come with me?"
He grinned and shook his head, "No. What's between you and Sheik is your business, not mine."
"Don't you get it?" she asked, her grip on his hand tightening.
"Come on Zel, I know you like him. Even if you don't know it yourself," Link replied.
Zelda closed her eyes and frowned, shaking her head, "Link, you're an idiot."
Link's eyes widened, "What?!"
Summoning her courage, she kissed him.
"That. Get it now? It isn't Sheik. It's you."
Link's eyes were wider now, if possible.
"Zel, you really shouldn't have done that…"
"Why not?" she asked, a hue of pink rising in her cheeks.
"Sh-" Link began.
"Don't say anything about me liking Sheik, okay? I'm telling you. I do not like him… not in that way."
Link sighed as Zelda walked down the hall and into her room.
"You're only fooling yourself, Zelda. No matter how much I'd give for you to be right… I know it's wrong."
Told ya there'd be Link/Zelda!! I can't help it, I'm an obsessive Link/Zelda fan who also happens to like Sheik/Zelda though not as much and therefore can write Link/Zelda into a fic that's supposed to be Sheik/Zelda without thoroughly pissing myself off.
If you had no idea what I was just going on about in the above paragraph, join the club! I'm on a happy high again and my fingers have a mind of their own. Hehe, happy high sounds funny.
ANYWAYS… review and tell me what you think… I like reviews!
And to all the people that are pissed of at me for the Link/Zelda I put in, don't worry!! I'll make up for it in later chapters!! ; Zelda's just one very poor confused person who has no idea what's going on with her.
I'll stop writing in this author's note before I give the whole goddamn plot away (excuse my blasphemy if you are offended) so yeah… review and have fun, people!
