Link
sat up against his bed in his little Kokiri house. He sat there,
twiddling his thumbs in small circles to keep off boredom. He sigh as
he stood up and walked over to the tally marks on the wall. He made
another mark. He paused.
He counted the lines. He counted them
again. He smiled. "The day has finally come!" he said
calmly yet happily.
Then he ran out of his house and screamed,
"The day has finally come!"
Today was the day that he
would finally get to see Zelda again. After seven long years, he
would get to see Zelda again.
Link jumped down from the balcony of
his house and ran to the exit of the forest but was them stopped by
Saria.
"Where do you think you're going?" she said
holding out her hand in front of her, flatly.
"Saria, today's
the day I'll get to see Zelda again! Remember? Seven years ago, she
sent me back?"
Saria smiled. "Yes! Yes I do!
Well...what are you waiting for? Got get her!"
Link darted
out of the forest. As soon as he hit Hyrule Feild, he stopped dead in
his tracks. He had forgotten how beautiful it was! The crisp air, the
wonderful view, and Epona.
Link remembered, Epona! He played
Epona's Song and saw her majestically gallop into view on the
horizon. Link smiled and patted Epona on her head. "Good girl!
You waited for me all these years."
Link mounted Epona and
rode her off to Hyrule Castle. When he got there, he sent Epona back
to Lon Lon Ranch. He would see Malon later. He crossed the moat and
before he knew it, was in the center of Hyrule Market. The people he
had seen as a boy were still there, only a little older. He was too
eager to see Zelda that he didn't say hi or play a game or buy
anything. He just ran off to the castle.
It wasn't hard to get
past the guards. Link was relieved when he knew that his sneaky
skills have not gotten dull.
Link got up to the place where he had
woken up Talon so long ago. He knew he was too big to fit through the
tiny hole, but he didn't want to mess up the door to his right
either. So he crawled up to the hole and punched the wood out into a
bunch of pieces.
He was surprised to see that there were no
guards anywhere. He walked over to the square bushes. There was no
one.
Then Link got up to the double fountains and froze. He saw
Zelda there on the left fountain, playing with the water as she sat
on the ledge.
Link wanted to run up and hold her in his arms
forever, but thought of a better idea. Just because he was excited to
see Zelda, doesn't mean his love for pranks has diminished.
He
snuck up closely behind her. Then, at the top of his lungs, screamed
"BOO!" right behind her as he put his hands on her
shoulders.
Zelda screamed and grabbed Link's hand and flipped him
over into the water.
Link bolted upright and spit out a mouthful
of water, "Zelda it's me! Link!"
Zelda's eyes went wide
as she smiled widely. "Oh Link!" she said as she jumped on
him, knocking him back into the water.
Zelda and Link jumped out
of the water as they hugged for the first time in seven...well
actually...ever! (Remember on OoT, Link and Zelda never really
hugged)
Then someone yelled, "Hey you! Kid! Get away from the
princess!"
Link looked up and saw that they were surrounded
by a bunch of guards holding up their spears to Link. Zelda turned
around and said, "It's ok, he's an old friend."
"Oh,
sorry, Princess, we just heard you scream, just wanted to make sure
you were alright." said the guard.
"Link, I was just
about to pick some flower. Want to join me?" asked Zelda.
"Of
course. I'd be honored." said Link, playfully bowing.
In the
courtyard, Zelda and Link were picking flowers. Link spotted a
perfect flower. It was the perfect mix of blue any yellow and had a
little green line in the middle of the two.
As he reached for it,
he placed his hand on Zelda's who was also reaching for the same
flower. They both looked at their hands, then at each other. Then
they slowly moved in for a kiss that was interrupted by a man's
voice.
"Zelda!" it called.
Zelda pushed link away
and bolted up. "Hello, Roy. What are you doing here?"
"Just
seeing how you were." he looked at Link who was on the ground
with a confused look on his face. "And who are you?"
Zelda
ran up to Roy and said "This is Link. Hero of Time and close
friend of mine." Zelda laughed at her unintentional
rhyme.
"Zelda...who is this?" asked Link, getting a
closer look at the man. (I'll make it short, it looked Like Marth
from Smash Bros. but had red hair like Roy's)
"Oh...uh...Link
this is...Roy. He's..." Zelda hesitated.
"I'm her
fiancée," Roy finished her.
Link's body froze. He
felt the blood inside of him freeze and his heart stop.
"WH-What?"
"I'm her fiancée. Are you
deaf?"
"Roy!" Zelda turned to Roy and then to Link,
"Link, let me explain-"
"There's no need for an
explanation." Link interrupted her. His voice was shaky and
cracking. Almost like he was about to cry. "Well...Roy...nice to
meet you..."
With that, Link darted past Zelda and Roy. Zelda
tried to catch up with him, but she could not match the endurance of
Link's. Especially in high-heeled shoes.
Outside of the castle,
Link was running out in the field. It was already night and a bit
chilly. Link rand faster so that the water in his eyes could easily
explained by his fast running and cold air.
But when he got up to
the forest entrance, he stopped to catch his breath. Yet the water
still stayed in his eyes.
Finally, Link had to admit it to
himself. He was crying.
