Impossible Love

Erm..... ;_; I have an excuse for skipping a week!! My kitty died and I was soooo sad!!! *runs around in circles* SOB SOB!! But...I'm better now ^^;;;; So....writing away!!

EDIT!! another excuse!! I have Windows XP...so...I guess there's that error on FFN with XP or something goin on?? I finished this chapter a while ago...but FFN wouldn't let me upload it!!! O_O;; Eeks!!

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Zelda shrugged. "It won't kill me, I suppose," she said, "to not have a saddle." She tried scrambling up onto Mandy's back, and after a few unsuccessful minutes, managed to make her way up. Lucky for her, although she didn't know it, that Mandy was shorter than average, or else it would have taken her forever!

"Okay," Zelda said to herself. "Away we go!!" she exclaimed.

...

She sighed as Mandy whinnied and just stood still.

"This is harder than I thought..."

*

Link sighed as he watched Lunar run off to play with his little friends. He (Link) went back behind the house, and sat in the bright green grass. He gazed up in the blue sky, traces of storm clouds on the horizon. It was the rainy season, after all.

Linda came out of the house and walked towards Link. She sat next to him. Her usually carefree face had a more serious disposition than normal.

"Link," she started, "you do know that the Harvest Festival is only three weeks away..."

"Yes, mother," Link said.

"And that it's the time of the year when young men, not unlike yourself, begin to get... serious with relationships... to get ready for when they start families of their own?"

"Yes, mother," Link said, inwardly sighing since he knew what was coming.

Linda suddenly turned towards Link and exclaimed, "Link, please tell me you're going to find a nice girl and have a big family and lots of grandkids for me, right?!?"

Link rolled his eyes. "Alright, mother!"

Linda gave a sigh of relief. "Oh, that's good." She grinned. "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm just so anxious! I should have known, anyway, I mean, you and Malon have started getting serious, right?"

"Um, we--"

"That's good," Linda said, grinning widely. "Oh, I hope that I get some redheaded grandsons! Oh, and maybe some Link Jr's, and..." She continued talking to herself as she stood up and waltzed back into the house.

Link smiled half-heartedly. His mother always was one to get overexcited. His smile faded gradually. He was so confused.

"Just three days ago I was set... I was going to have Malon, eventually get married..." He sighed. "But... Now that I've met Zelda..."

He shook his head. "No, I just met her two days ago! I can't possibly have feelings so soon!" He looked towards the sky. "But...anyway...she's too perfect for me..." He groaned. "Oh, goddesses, this is too much to handle!"

*

Zelda screamed as she held onto Mandy's neck for dear life. The horse was running through the outer courtyard at full blast (at least that's the way it seemed to Zelda) and some guards were yelling. The tried chasing after the horse (they couldn't tell that it was Zelda riding it) but eventually gave up.

Mandy kept galloping until it reached the edge of the woods surrounding the sides of the castle. It stopped abruptly, and Zelda half fell off and half jumped off. She hit the dirt with a thud and just laid on her back staring at the sky.

Her heart was pumping madly, and she was sore from riding bareback. She groaned.

"I... HATE... HORSES..." she exclaimed between gasps of air. She didn't, really, but the ride had scared her half to death. She stuck her hand over her heart, and waited until the beating became more regular.

She finally sat up, and glared at Mandy. "You stay here," she said as if the horse could understand her, "while I go and visit a family. Don't go away, or I'll throw you in the dungeon!" She nodded. "Don't think I won't! I have that power, you know!"

That seemed to make her feel a little better, as she stood up all the way. She looked around to get her bearings. "Okay," she said. "There's the path off the castle grounds, and there's the village." She chewed her bottom lip. "Oh, I hope I remember which house it was..." She sighed and shrugged to herself. "Oh well, I'm sure I'll figure it out."

She unbuttoned the blue sundress and folded it neatly. She hid it in the bushes. Looking at Mandy, she said, "And don't make yourself too noticeable... somebody from the village might see you and bring you back to the castle. And then I'd have no way of getting back!"

Mandy snorted, and laid down.

"Good," Zelda said, walking off. She smoothed down her brown outfit as she neared the village.

*

Lunar hit the red ball with a stick as it came flying at him. It then zoomed off towards the entrance of the village.

"Yeah!! Home run!!!" shouted Romani as Lunar started running towards the first base. Suddenly he stopped when...

"Ouch!!" said a blonde adult as the ball smacked her in the head.

"Ack! It hit somebody! RUN!!" shouted Mido. Everybody ran, except for Lunar, who looked at the adult it hit.

"Zelda?"

*

"Oh, this keeps getting better," Zelda said as she rubbed her head.

Lunar ran up to her.

"Wow!! Zelda, it's me, Lunar!!"

"Hi, Lunar," Zelda said, smiling. "Was that...yours?" she asked and pointed to the red ball rolling away.

"Um..." Lunar blinked. "Hey, let's go see mom!" he said, changing the subject completely.

Zelda rolled her eyes and said, "Sure, let's go."

Lunar grinned and ran off towards the nearest house, Zelda following close behind.

"Moooooooooom!!" Lunar shouted as they walked in.

"You don't need to shout, I'm right here," Linda said. "How a---Zelda!! Oh, goodness!! Hi!!" She ran up to Zelda and hugged her. "How have you been? Ohh, it's so nice to see you!"

Zelda smiled. "Thank you. It's wonderful to see you guys, too. Where's Link and Linux?"

"Linux is out fishing somewhere, and I think Link's out back. You know, he's waited at the castle gates to see you a lot! But, whoops! I'm not supposed to tell you that, am I?"

Zelda turned pink and laughed a little. "O-oh," she said, not knowing how to reply to that. "Um...y-yeah, I'll...um, b-be back in a few hou--minutes! Minutes...I'll go see him...Link, now..." She bit her lip and quickly left the house to go around back.

Linda laughed.

*

"Why do I feel like this?" Zelda thought. "Why should I care if he wants to see me? And why did I get so nervous?" She made her way to the back, and Link looked at her.

"Zelda!" he said, standing up. "Hi! What brings you here?" He seemed perfectly casual. Zelda was a little disappointed.

"Wait...why am I disappointed? Do I want him to like me?" She shook her head slightly, but Link did notice. "Oh, I'm just visiting," she said with a smile.

"Well, Mom was just about to start dinner...I'm sure she'll let you stay," Link said.

Zelda frowned slightly. Dinner? So early? "Ah, sure," she said. This worked out fine! She could have dinner with them without missing dinner at home! Ah, it wouldn't be suspicious at all.

"Great!" Link said with a wide grin.

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lol...sorry :D The chapter quality kinda dissipated at the end XD;;;

I'm sorry this chapter is so short O_O It was really something to let you know I was alive...^^;; But as I said, my cat died so I didn't feel like writing a lot.... Neway, I'm also sorry I had to end it so abruptly!! O_O;; But if I went farther, then I'd just get myself in a...uh, pickle and give myself Writer's Block for the beginning of the next chapter ^^;; (ah, dreaded WB!!!)

If lots of you guys hate the way I portrayed Malon in the last chapter, tell me! If enough ppl would rather have her the sweet farm girl she is in the game, then I'll gladly change her ^^;;

Next chapter: Zelda's parents have some news! It's not...too exciting, but it's news, nonetheless! Because...I'm sure you're all just DYING to find out WHY they were in Poleis in the prologue, aren't ya? AREN'T YA??

Yes, you are :D

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