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Chapter Four- The Prince of Hyrule

Zelda quietly walked down the hallways of the castle. It was well into the evening as the princess of Hyrule made her way to Impa's quarters. Something was troubling her mind and she felt it was necessary to talk to the Sheikah. As she walked through the double oak door, another on her left slowly opened. Zelda heard a soft squeak and turned around. A small, seven-year-old boy stood in the hallway behind her. He was wearing a simple silk shirt and no shoes. His hair was a brilliant blonde, but it was fairly messy. His eyes were a light ocean blue shade.

"Oh, Dameon? Shouldn't you be in bed?" Zelda asked as she walked back to him.

"Mom, I had a dream.. And now I can't sleep." The small prince said as his mother picked him up.

"Dameon, what was this dream of yours?" Zelda asked as she opened the door with the one free hand.

She gently put the little boy back in his bed and tucked him in.

"There was a girl who was crying."

"What did this girl look like?"

"She had red hair... but the rest I can't remember."

Zelda looked at her son and went into thought for a moment. "Dameon, you just go back to sleep now." Zelda petted his head and quietly walked out of the room.

Zelda marched down the hallway towards Impa's room. When she stood in front of it, she reached out for the knob, yet she pulled back her hand a moment later. She frowned and turned around and headed to her own chambers.

"Aurora!" Malon called up the stairs, "breakfast is ready!" She waited a few minutes. "Come on, you little rascal!" Malon waited, but there was still no response. "I'm coming up there if you don't come down now!" Malon kept waiting. "Ok, that's it. I'm coming up now!"

Malon walked up the stairs and turned to the door on the right. She opened it. Everything in Aurora's room was still. The bed was made and a purple dress was laid out on the bed. The window was open and everything was clean, but there was no sign of Aurora. "Where is that girl?" Malon said to herself before leaving the room.

Malon looked around the house and checked her room. There was no Link or his tunic in the room. "How odd, Link usually doesn't get up this early after working with the horses."

Malon walked to the window where she had a perfect view of the ranch. She looked towards the barn but no one was there. She looked at the horse pen where the horses were peacefully eating. There was no sign of Aurora or Link. Malon looked towards the windmill and there she saw two figures. One was taller and bigger than the other. "What are they up to?" Malon got her boots on and headed towards the windmill.

"Come on Aurora, swing a bit faster and harder. I bet you can't hurt me much with that branch!" Link said, as Aurora swung a huge tree branch. She managed to hit Link in the head and he fell to the ground. "Nice... hit!" Link stayed on the ground rubbing his head.

"Link!" Malon yelled.

"Uh-oh, we've been caught!" Aurora giggled.

"I told you, no sword training for Aurora! She's too young! And just look at her!" Malon pointed to Aurora who was covered in mud from head to toe. "You don't look much better! I thought you wouldn't act so childish!"

"That's what you love about me. You told me yourself!" Link said with a grin. "Besides, Aurora is the daughter of the Hero, so she should know the skills of the sword."

"She's only six Link! And she's a girl! She shouldn't be learning how to fight at such a young age! Come on Aurora!" Malon grabbed Aurora by the hand and dragged her back to the house. Malon put Aurora in the bathtub and started scrubbing her hard. "So much mud! How long have you been out there for?"

"Ow! He woke me up at sun raise."

"Someone is going to get a lecture! Let's get you dressed then we can go to the castle."

Zelda knocked on Dameon's door. "Dameon! Are you in there?" Zelda asked. "No answer, I guess he's in the castle courtyard." Zelda made her way to the castle courtyard. In the middle Dameon was shooting arrows at a straw dummy. "Dameon, there you are!"

"Hi mother." Dameon lowered his bow to the ground. "Is there anything you want?"

"Dameon, can you get a bit cleaned up? I have Malon coming over, with her daughter."

"Aww mother! I don't want to become friends with another snotty princess!"

"She's not a princess! And they're not all snotty, ok some are. She's the daughter of Link."

Dameon looked excited. "You mean the Hero of Time's daughter!" Zelda nodded. Dameon ran towards Impa so he could have a bath. Zelda smiled, and let a chuckle out.

Malon got Epona ready, she lifted Aurora onto the saddle. The two rode towards the Hyrule Town. When they got to the drawbridge they got off Epona. The horse ran back towards the ranch. Malon took Aurora's hand and they both walked to the market place. As they walked through the market place they went by a group of five noble women. "Malon! Dear! You didn't come to my party a week ago!" The woman in the big puffy green dress said.

Malon gave the woman a fake smile. "Good morning ladies." The one woman in the blue dress looked at Aurora.

"So the Hero has a child! My she's a beautiful girl! Why didn't you show her to us before!"

"Come here, girl and show us your wonderful face!" The lady in the red dress said to Aurora.

Aurora stepped in front of the group. They all gasped and started whispering on to another, Aurora looked on the ground. "I can't believe it's that girl!"

"Excuse me!" Malon stepped in front of her daughter. "Is there a problem with my daughter? That I am not aware of?"

The woman in the pink dressed waved her fan. "That daughter of yours, is not of your blood! She is a peasant orphan girl! Just trash and shouldn't be in our presence. Go along and get me a drink." The woman shooed at Aurora and the semi circle laughed.

"I wonder why you would adopt such a thing like her!" Said the woman in red. "She's none of nobility, or royalty! She shouldn't be in any or your presence." The woman in the red said.

"When will you and the hero have a child? I would have thought of you of producing his offspring? Unless you can't and are incapable?" The woman in the green dress commented.

"What makes you sure that you can go around insulting my daughter and I! Huh! I am a peasant rancher, who happens to be married to the hero!" Malon snapped at the five women.

"I told him he should have married my daughter! Then we wouldn't worry about a lack of children and he'd have a happy obedient wife! Not some ranch girl!" The one in yellow said.

Malon clenched her fist. "Don't you dare insult my family! You may be of nobility! But doesn't give you one excuse to pretend to be the rulers of Hyrule! I wonder why Link left his nobility behind! I'd be disgusted to be a noble in this country! You're the most heartless creatures!"

The women gasped, they were fairly offended. "You know your place! So stop talking!"

"Come Aurora, let's go to the castle, I'm tired of being insulted." Malon angry stomped towards the castle as Aurora looked back at the group gossiping.

"Some people's nerves!" Aurora remembered how the nobility used to treat her..

Aurora, was just walking through the market place. She bumped into a noble woman by accident. Aurora got up, "sorry..." The woman faced her.

"Shoo! Go away! Go! Or I'll call a guard!" Aurora ran for the alley quickly.

"Here's the castle Aurora!"

Aurora gazed upon the castle. It was so beautiful, and peaceful. The drawbridge lowered and two people came out. One Aurora remembered being Princess Zelda but there was a boy next to her. He was in a white, silk tunic. "Mother, she doesn't look like much!" Dameon whined. Zelda hit him on the arm. "Ok, I'll behave!"

Aurora and Malon went to the two royals. "Good morning Princess Zelda and Prince Dameon." Malon greeted as she bowed. Aurora slightly bowed.

"So Dameon, introduce yourself!" Zelda pushed Dameon towards Aurora.

"Mother! I don't want to be friends with a girl!" Aurora looked at the ground. Dameon sighed, "I am Prince Dameon! Heir prince to the land of Hyrule." Dameon bowed and kissed Aurora's hand.

Aurora pulled her hand away, "what was that for!"

Dameon looked confused, "usually girls like their hands being kissed."

"I don't! It's sick! My name is Aurora," she bowed, then turned to face Malon. "Mom, can we go home?"

Malon looked at Aurora, "why would you want that?"

"I'm not wanted here, I want to go home." Aurora said softly.

"Aurora you're wanted here. Don't let that boy get to you, they all act like that." Aurora slightly nodded and took Malon's hand. The four walked to the courtyard, Zelda and Malon chatted as the two kids looked away from one another.

Aurora sat under a tree playing with small blades of grass. Dameon shot arrows at the targets set near by. The two parents sat on the bench watching the two kids. "I guess Dameon isn't quite fond of being forced to be friends with Aurora." Zelda pointed out. The children didn't say one word to another.

Malon sighed, "she's too shy to say one word to him. I think she may be a bit timid to talk to nobility or royalty."

"And Dameon's small problem with girls doesn't help. He's been having princesses and nobility come to him for years. They all want to marry him, he turns down all of them. Since their spoiled he thinks all girls are completely weak and spoiled."

"Are we kind of blamed for this. We are putting some pressure on them. Do you believe this will work Zelda?"

Zelda nodded, "I think these two will have a huge impact on the future of one another. If they'd take time to get to know one another they would realize they are so much alike. You don't make friends instantly, at least not all the time."

Aurora's curiosity was getting to her. She was wondering what Dameon had in his hand and why he kept shooting at straw in clothes. She got up, slowly made her to the prince. He looked at her and focused back at the target. He let go of the arrow, he loaded the bow again. He looked at Aurora again, there she was standing just watching him. He focused on the target again, he looked at Aurora one last time. He put the bow down, "what are you looking at?" Aurora backed up a bit, trying to avoid eye contact. "What?" Dameon was quite surprised by the girl's actions. "Are you wondering what this is?" He picked up the bow, Aurora nodded. "Girls are so useless! They don't even know what a simple weapon is! It's a bow, I'm practicing, go play with a doll or something."

Aurora was about to cry but held it in. "I know what a sword is..." She said, Dameon barely was able to catch what she said.

"I bet you don't wield it.. Only thing girl's do is try to marry me and play with dolls." Dameon went back to his archery practice. Aurora quietly walked back to her spot and continued to play with the grass.

Zelda sighed, "looks like Dameon's attitude is getting the best of him.." Aurora came walking over to the two adults.

"I want to go home..." Malon smiled.

"Come on Aurora, let's go home." Malon picked up Aurora. "Sorry for leaving so soon Zelda.. Good bye."

"Malon?" Malon turned around, "yes?"

"Dameon and I will come to the ranch next week, same time." Zelda smiled, "good bye Aurora and Malon." Zelda waved, Aurora slightly waved back before burring her face into Malon's shoulder.

Malon and Aurora left the castle, an angry Zelda approached the Prince fast. "Dameon, that wasn't like you at all!" The prince dropped his bow.

"She wasn't any fun, and I think she's just another princess wanting to marry me!"

"Dameon, she is not a princess. Maybe she could have been fun if you talked to her and didn't call her completely useless. She's a very shy girl and I won't tolerate you acting towards people like that."

Dameon looked at his feet, "yes mother.."

"We're going to see them at the ranch next week." Zelda turned around and headed out of the courtyard.

"Yes mother!" Zelda heard the tone of annoyance in his voice.

"Don't use that tone on me Dameon William!" Dameon nodded.

At the supper table Aurora played with her peas. Link couldn't help but notice that something was troubling the girl. "Aurora, what's wrong?"

"Am I completely useless?"

"Of course not! You know the backbreaking labor you do in one day is more work then those nobles do in a lifetime! Don't let any nobles tell you that you're useless! They have no clue how useless they are! Who called you useless?" Link grabbed his glass of milk and started drinking it.

"Dameon, the 'prince' of Hyrule." Aurora sighed.

Link's eyes grew big as he spat out all of the milk in his mouth on his plate. "Dameon! I've met Zelda's kid, he's a good fellow! He's the last person I could see saying that!"

"He says all girls are useless, we only play with dolls.."

Link couldn't help but laugh, "childish attics! It's natural for boys to think their superior, sport! They have this thing that goes through their mind that girls are icky. I'll teach you how to use the sword, and then that prince will learn his lesson! What do you say sport?"

Aurora nodded, "can we start now!" She sounded anxious.

"But Link, I don't want her to learn how to use a sword..." Malon said, Aurora slummed back into her chair.

"Malon, stop being a wet blanket! The girl wants too! We'll be careful!" Link looked at her with his version of puppy eyes.

Malon sighed, "fine." Aurora got off her chair and ran up the stairs. The two adults looked at one another then laughed.

"Malon, what's bothering you?" Link asked with some concern in his voice.

"I ran into the Hyrule noble ladies group..."

"I think I know where this is going.." Link got up and brought his chair over to Malon, "go on."

"They insulted Aurora, saying she was just trash.. Then they started questioning.. About how we had to adopt Aurora, and why.. we didn't have any of our own." Malon wiped a tear from her eye. "Then they insulted all of us, me mostly. Questioning why you married me, then saying I was some monster.. I'm sorry..."

"Malon, don't be sorry for anything." Link put his hands on Malon's face, "Malon you aren't useless. You are a wonderful woman and that is more then I can ask for. Your beautiful, can fight and have a temper. If you were perfect all the time, I'd be bored. But in my world, you're perfect." Link kissed Malon on the forehead. "You may not be the princess of the country but you are of my heart. I wouldn't give you up for all the prettiest noble woman in Hyrule. You are the light and angel of my world, and the little ranch girl that left a dent in my heart. If you regret ever not having children, Aurora is more then I can ask for. She needs us more then anyone in the world. Malon I love you."

Malon gave Link a grin, "you can be so romantic at times. I bet you could even get the princess after you."

"Why do I need that? I have the prettiest girl in all of the land."

"Stop it Link." Malon let out a girlish giggle. "You are so immature at times! But that's the man I married!"

"Ah?" Aurora interrupted. She was in a tunic, dragging a sword on the ground. She blinked and tilted her head.

"Be right there sport!" Link kissed Malon and picked up Aurora and ran out the door.

"That boy can get away with anything if he wanted too." Malon sighed as she started to clean off the table. "Even getting away with doing the dishes."

"Mother! I don't want to go!" Dameon said to his mother. Dameon was being dragged into the carriage by Zelda.

"Now, Dameon. It's one afternoon! Just one afternoon! Aurora is a nice girl, let's go!" Zelda tried pulling her son into the carriage, but was proving quite difficult. "Come on Dameon!" Dameon was not willing to budge another foot. Zelda sighed, she grabbed Damoen's right ear, and to avoid pain Dameon had no choice but to follow her.

"Mother! It hurts!" Dameon whined as Zelda kept tugging on his ear.

"Dameon, you're acting like a spoiled five year old. You are the prince of Hyrule but you still have to listen to your mother!" The castle guards smiled as Zelda came by tugging the prince's ear. They got into the carriage, Zelda sat one side and Dameon the other. Dameon slouched and crossed his arms, pouting. "Have to be with some dumb girl all afternoon!" He mumbled.

"Dameon! Stop pouting, it's not like I'm torturing you."

"But she's a girl! And they're so boring!" Demeon slouched more in his seat.

"Dameon, sit properly, or you'll have bad posture when you're my age." Dameon sat up and looked out the window. "Stop pouting!" Zelda was not even looking at him.

"Yes mother! Do you have to be on my case all the time?"

"Yes, I am your mother. And please stop thinking girls are boring."

"Yes mother!" Dameon rolled his eyes.

"Stop saying 'yes mother'."

"Yes, mom." Zelda shook her head. Why did Dameon always became like this when he was forced to be with a girl? She thought.

"Ah, we're here! Come Dameon." Zelda hopped out of the carriage, she waited for her son to come out. Took him minutes just to get out of the carriage. Malon was waiting for them outside of the house.

"Zelda!" Malon ran over and gave her a hug. "And hi Dameon."

"Where's Aurora?" Zelda asked.

"She's somewhere near the windmill, I think. Dameon why don't you go find her." Dameon shook his head.

"Dameon will go find Aurora, or he may notice his bow will be firewood." Zelda said trying to sound somewhat serious. Dameon's eyes grew big as he took off towards the windmill.

"Zelda that was a bit mean, he doesn't have to find her."

"It's for the best he learns some real manners!" The two women started talking.

Dameon wondered around the windmill, "no sign of that girl. She's probably playing with her doll somewhere.." Dameon went under the tree and sat down, "this is a complete waste of time."

"Hi," Aurora said, she was hanging upside down from a branch near by. "What's wrong?" Dameon just looked at her with his mouth wide open. "Is it something I do?" She got out of the tree.

"You're not wearing a dress." Dameon was confused.

"I hate dresses. Why are you talking to me? I thought girls were icky and useless."

"But you have a sword!"

"Yes, and you didn't believe me when I told you!" Aurora started to walk away.

"It's probably some play sword, that little kids use. Like a girl would ever wear a sword that was real and heavy."

"A girl would to carry a sword!"

"No they wouldn't!" Aurora withdrew the Kokiri Sword, it was made out of real metal. Dameon was lost for words. "It's a real one.." Aurora nodded, she started to walk away. "Wait!" Aurora turned around.

"Can you show me some sword fighting?" Dameon asked, with his cheeks turning a bit pink.

"Sure if you promise to show me the bow!"

"It's a deal then! You're not to bad for a girl. Be better if you were a guy."

Aurora looked at him weird, "not happy that I'm not a girl?"

"I still think you're a princess trying to fool me! I will never like you never!"

"What's wrong with princesses?" Aurora was a bit confused.

"They're so snobby, they come to try to be my friend so I'll marry them. By my eighteenth birthday I have to have some dorky bride picked. I will never ever like a girl! Can I see your sword?"

"Why?"

"I want to see it!"

"Then let me see your bow!" Aurora pointed to the bow strapped on his back.

"No way a girl is going to touch my bow!"

"Then there's no way you'll get to see my sword."

"Can I see it please!" Dameon begged.

"You'll have to catch me first!" Aurora started running away from the prince.

"I'll catch you! Girls can't run fast!" Dameon yelled at her.

Malon and Zelda stood near by. "I guess you were right Zelda, they may become friends just yet..."

"Never doubt me, I knew what I was doing."

"Try to catch me!"

"No fair! You had a head start!"

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