The Rebellious Princess

Princess Zelda sat angrily on the edge of her fountain in the Castle Courtyard. She hated each and every Prince that had come along and she refused to like anyone of them. Her father was not compromising with her even a little bit. More than anything, she wished that she could live like the common people of Hyrule, the Hyrule that she had never seen. He father had never let her go to the town within the castle boundaries that was located to the south of the castle within the confines of the castle walls. Zelda's beautiful white mare came and nuzzled the golden hair of the princess in silent sympathy.

"Oh Libby, why does the world have to be so harsh on the royals?" Zelda asked bitterly. Libby snorted in reply as though what Zelda said was totally true. Zelda smiled faintly in spite of herself. Then she heard Impa enter the courtyard and Zelda turned to her friend and nurse.

"Zelda, your father would like to speak to you about important matters. I suggest you don't delay, he isn't impressed with your display towards the princes," Impa said briskly. Zelda's anger just flared and her frustration let loose.

"Impa, how can I marry those snotty people, they just want to use me to gain money and force me to have children with them. If I marry I want to be loved not used!" Zelda said hotly and in serious frustration. Impa wasn't in the least surprised, in fact she was kind of happy that Zelda had finally let her anger loose. Now she might be possibly easier to deal with.

"Zelda dear, I'm sure the right prince will come along, just give it time," Impa said gently. Zelda turned angry sapphire eyes on the Sheikah and Impa met Zelda's gaze with a glare of her own. "Now, get down to the throne room and send in your protest before your father decides to chose for you," Impa commanded.

Zelda opened her mouth to protest but shut it quickly when she heard her father give a definite roar from the throne room. Turning moodily on her heel, Zelda went to meet her stubborn father. After going through the corridor that lead to the throne room she came across Ganondorf, who was moving towards her. He gave her a look that said "You better hurry up or the great king of Hyrule will have your head on a platter" look. Zelda just gave him a smirk back that said, "Father can't do anything about me and he knows it," look. She continued by the stuffy advisor into the tense throne room.

"Zelda I would like to have a word with you," King Harkinian said quite curtly. Zelda rolled her beautiful blue eyes and went up to him. "Daughter, will you please choose a prince. You must be married by your 18th birthday. You know that," Harkinian said exasperated. Zelda's eyes narrowed slightly at her father, before she replied.

"Father, if I do marry I want it to be for love! I will not marry some power hungry noble that wants to use me to gain power. I will not do it!" Zelda hotly, her eyes blazing in anger. King Harkinian watched as Zelda turned around abruptly and went up to her quarters.

Once there, Zelda went over to her closet and flipped through all of the gowns that could be found in there until she found a simple white long sleeved dress with a pale pink cotton cloak to go with it. She pulled all of the pins out of her hair that had been tied up on her head and then she removed every piece of jewellery that she was wearing except the sapphire gem that was tucked within her corset. After all that, she went back into the closet and found a simple pair of slippers and she slipped them on.

With a quick glance at the door, Zelda climbed out of her bedroom window down into the castle courtyard where Libby was currently grazing. Zelda quietly approached the mare and led her over to the small wicker gate that she used to take Libby out into the meadow on their rides. She quietly mounted when there was a tug on her foot. Zelda looked down and was startled to see Impa's frowning gaze.

"Zelda, where are you going?" Impa asked disapprovingly. Zelda seemed slightly speechless, but she quickly found her voice. "Impa, I am going on a journey through my country to find out what it really is like so that I can rule it knowing what it is about. Please don't stop me, I need to get out and breathe some air because Father would never let me if I asked. Please I need to do this and find myself," Zelda said her eyes pleading with Impa. Impa sighed and nodded in agreement.

"Be careful Princess, and remember, you can always come home to the castle," Impa said, not wanting to let Zelda go out on her own but was convinced that it would be the only way for Zelda to find whatever it was she was looking for.

"With a silent squeeze of her legs, Zelda and Libby rode off guided by the light of the Hylian moon.

Ganondorf sat brooding in the study, where had that damn gem gone? One minute he could sense it coming the next it had disappeared. He had a fairly good and up to date library and he had searched and searched for a clue as to where Farore's Emerald had disappeared.

He had searched for any information on the where the Emerald and the Sapphire of Wisdom could be found. After many hours of looking, Ganondorf found something a little more useful but it still wasn't the location of the two Triforce pieces, the pieces of Wisdom and Courage.

The Emerald of Courage could only be used by the Hero of Time, chosen from a line of Hero's appointed by the sages of seven. "Damn it, how do you find a boy in this vast world!" Ganondorf demanded, disgusted at the book. Of course the book didn't reply

In a huff, Ganondorf moved over to a castle window and decided to use the Triforce of Power to seek out the other two pieces. He started at the Western part of Hyrule, going through the Gerudo fortress and then East through the Gerudo Valley. From there he trailed Southeast down to Lake Hylia, and then straight North over Lon Lon Ranch. Trailing East, he looked at the Kokiri Forest, slowing down slightly to see if the Emerald could be found within the forbidden woods. From there, Ganondorf scanned from Zora's Fountain down the river to the base of the mountain village of the Sheikah, Kakariko.

Then he proceeded to scan the Death Mountain Trail up to Goron City and through Death Mountain Crater. After that he trailed along the Goron Mountains that could be found North of the Castle. He paused for half a moment when he came to Din's Shrine. He found that the dragon, Volvagia was still alive and well. There were no signs of Nabooru, not that he cared. Following the mountains back to their entrance on the edge of the Haunted Wasteland, Ganondorf continued to go farther west for good measure. He quickly scanned the desert until he reached the Desert Colossus. Finding nothing, Ganondorf brought his eye over Hyrule City. His eye completely passed over the protected Hero of Time.

With a sigh of frustration, Ganondorf gave up. He just had to find a way to find this brat so that he could obtain the Triforce of Courage and Wisdom. Unknown to Ganondorf, he was about to get his wish.