IMPORTANT (A.N.) This chappie will be in ZELDA'S P.O.V.

My Midnight Angel

Chapter Six

So Link and I sat there, all alone under that tree by the lake; watching the sun set, contemplating our future, and just enjoying being in each other's presence. Somehow, while I was sitting there, resting in the arms of the man that I loved, I felt safe. All of the problems and fears of the future just drifted away and there was only him and the warmth of his arms wrapped around me. My head still lay on his chest and I could feel him breathing calmly whilst I listened to the steady rhythm of his heart beating.

How does he do this to me? I can be having the worst day of my life, or up to my ears with nervous energy; and just one mere glance from him and everything around me disappears and I completely forget about what was wrong. I get lost in those beautiful azure eyes of his, and every time I see him, I just can't help but fall even more in love with him. He just has that charm about him. I may have been able to marry just anyone before I met Link, but I most certainly can't do it now. Now that I know what real love is like, I just couldn't be with anyone other than Link. And that night; that one, magical night that I spent with him, I will never forget it. It was just so unbelievably amazing. Link is truly talented in the art of love making. I could have almost sworn that he had practice in that area, but I know for an absolute fact that that night with me was his, and my, first time.

When I returned from my blissful thoughts and back into reality, Link was staring down at me with a curious expression plastered across his face. For a moment, I felt slightly embarrassed; I must have been laying there for a long without saying anything, which was probably the cause of the look that Link was currently giving me.

"Zel…are you okay?" he said while cocking an eyebrow in confusion.

I giggled slightly before speaking. "Oh…sorry Link. I guess I just got lost in my thoughts."

He grinned mischievously. "Were they about me?"

I punched him playfully in the arm, but he didn't even flinch of the massive bicep that covered his upper arm. "I'm not going to tell you," I said while poking a finger in the middle of his chest and turning my nose up in defiance.

Link tried to give me a pitiful look. "Come on Zel, tell me. Please?"

"No." I said giggling while he lowered his head down to my neck and gave me a soft kiss there.

"Come on, really, I want to know what you were thinking. You know that you can always tell me anything." His kisses trailed up and down my neck and he occasionally stopped to nibble at the base of my ear, talking to me between his kisses.

"Well…I was thinking about…well...you know…the other night…" I then found myself giggling nervously and I could feel my cheeks suddenly turn a light shade of pink.

Link stopped kissing my collar bone and moved back up so that we were eye-level once again before he spoke. "I…uh…never really got to…ask you…what you thought…about that…" he said while giving me a genuine smile blushing even more noticeably than me.

"It was perfect." I said before playfully tapping the tip of his nose with my index finger.

His smile widened and his oceanic eyes shown as he looked at me. I suppose it made him feel good to know that I thought that he was an amazing lover. "Good." He said almost somewhat proudly, and with that, he gave me a tender kiss on my lips and then looked back into my eyes.

"This is funny, you know?" I began, while threading my fingers through his messy blond locks that were constantly being whipped around by the cool, sweet smelling breeze. I noticed right away when I saw him today that he had inexplicably left his green hood out of his dressings. I wondered vaguely if he had lost it while he was on his journey, but I figured that the reason for it being gone was most likely because he feared that I would snatch it away from him again.

"What is?" he asked without moving to look at me but instead letting his eyes close lazily.

"You, me, us, being here together, this whole situation; I mean, I'm supposed to be getting married to some dim-witted prince, and yet I'm out here with you." I smiled at the thought.

His eyes opened almost regretfully and his expression abruptly turned solemn. "But…your father will come after you eventually."

"I know. So…until then…?"

Link's smile returned as he finished my sentence. "Until then…we do this…" He then pressed his lips softly on my own. I was a little surprised at first that he was kissing me. I thought for sure that he would be more afraid than me that someone would see us out there. I don't even want to think about what my father would do if he saw Link and I in this position. Daddy didn't even like the idea of me talking to Link, let alone swapping spit with him!

Suddenly I was too busy with the fact that Link was deepening our kiss that I forgot where we were or the fact that, at any given moment, anyone could look over and see us going at it.

His tongue traced over my bottom lip as he pushed me down onto the lush grass beneath us. I was lost in the feeling of his body hovering over mine, and consequently my hands slipped behind his neck, causing him to press up against me gently. Before I knew it, his tongue had made its way into my mouth and my hands roamed his back and eventually they moved over his toned, muscular chest, causing him to shiver in pleasure.

There was so much heat forming between our mouths and our bodies that I felt like I could melt. Our kiss was fierce and intimate, almost as so, as the ones that we shared during our one night of passion. One of his hands cupped my cheek while the other traced the curve of my hip through my dress with the tips of his fingers. My hands, which were previously wrapped around his neck, now found a new interest: running through his golden tresses of hair. He undoubtedly liked this action a lot, because in no time he was moaning and sighing deeply into my mouth, and began kissing me even more fervently than before.

I nearly forgot about how worried I was that someone would catch us here, but to put it quite bluntly, I didn't care anymore. Why should I care what anyone thinks about Link and I being together? Because I'm a princess, that's why. I have to keep up a 'good image' so that the people of Hyrule will trust me to be their leader.

I can still hear my father's words echoing back at me, "Zelda, you must try to understand, you are a princess, and with that comes a certain level of responsibility that you must uphold. Royalty, like yourself, should not go out gallivanting around with some, 'fairy boy'. It's just not proper for a young lady of your status."

His words taunt me. They keep me in my own personal prison of etiquette; and I hate it. I want, nay, I need to get out of it, but I know that that can never come true. My life is most certainly not a fairytale. Even though Link makes me feel that way sometimes, I cannot escape my destiny, my fate, unless by a miracle; a miracle that I have been waiting, wishing, and hoping for, for as long as I can remember.

When ourkiss finally ended, we both pulled away breathlessly, and took some much-needed gasps of air. Before letting me up, Link gave me another kiss on my forehead, and then rolled over and sprawled out on the ground beside me.

Once my breathing returned to normal, I turned over and snuggled up to his body while placing my head and hand on his broad chest. I felt a smile creep across my lips as his arm made its way around my neck to rest on my shoulder and pull me further into his embrace. My eyes slowly fluttered closed as I basked in his warmth and I drifted off into a peaceful slumber, if only it would have lasted…

Link and I were both instantly awakened, after who knows how long, by the sound of the loud, furious voice that belonged to none other than my father. His irate tone of voice was unmistakable. He was sitting atop one of his many white horses, and was accompanied by two of his personal guards, and, to my dismay, Arwin was also with them. That was the last thing that I wanted to see at that moment: some stuck up prince who thought he was going to marry me just because he had a lot of land and money. I was going to prove him wrong if it was the last thing I did.

Yes, it does sound like I'm being a bit harsh on Arwin, but trust me; I know what he's really like when no one else is looking. Sadie, my childhood friend knows about him better than anyone. A few years ago, Arwin tricked her into having a one night stand with him, after he told her that he loved her and they were going to get married when they got older, and the next morning he took off and left her without so much as a farewell. So I already know that the guy is a total and complete jerk, and there's no way that I'm going to even look at someone who hurt my friend and who knows how many other girls. Unfortunately, my father knows none of these horrid events, and I figure that even if I told him, he would refuse to believe me.

My father looked enraged at Link and I, but Arwin just sat there off to the side with that smug grin of his that I loathed. Even though he kept a straight face, I could tell that he was undoubtedly furious to see that Link was here with me. My father wasn't too pleased with us either. "Zelda! Just what in the goddesses' names are you doing out here? I forbade you to see this man and you directly defied my order! What were you thinking?"

Link and I got up off of the ground and stood before my infuriated father. He looked like he wanted to say something in defense to my father, but I spoke up first. "I was thinking that I'd rather be out here with Link, than getting married to some stupid prince!"

Arwin turned to my father and said smugly, "Your daughter is quite defiant, but never fear my Liege," he looked in my direction out of the corner of his eye and then finished, "I shall just have to break that nasty little habit of hers when we are wed." He winked and smiled at me, but I glared spitefully at him.

Soon after, my father spoke more calmly to me. "Zelda, sweetheart, please, come back to the castle so we can discuss all of this. Your little, 'friend', Link can accompany you if you wish. We'll have a nice dinner and he can stay the night if he pleases." He tried to fake a genuine smile, but I could see right through it.

He had to be up to something, but I decided to take a chance. Maybe this extra time would give Link and I a chance to figure out what we were going to do about all of this. Link locked eyes with me to let me know that he would agree with what I was thinking, so I nodded and turned to the others. "Fine; but I don't want him anywhere near me." I said firmly while looking directly at Arwin. "And Daddy, you have to leave Link alone, I don't want you two getting into anything. Just stay away from each other, okay?" I folded my arms across my chest as I laid down my rules for the night.

My father sighed in recognition. "Okay dear, Arwin's quarters will be in the opposite end of the castle as your room, and I won't harm Link. Now will you please just come home with me?"

Link stepped up beside me and touched my arm affectionately. "Yeah, we will go back with you." I smiled slightly when he used the word 'we'.

Later That Night

I was a bit concerned about Link when he retired to his room without any dinner. He said he was tired, but I thought that I should go and check on him anyway. The only problem with that idea was if my father saw me going to his room at night, he would know that something was going on. Because of this, I decided to wait until midnight, and then sneak out of my bedroom, and into Link's.

At ten-minutes-until-midnight, I decided to make my move. I stuffed some pillows underneath my sheets on my bed, to deceive any maids that may decide to check up on me. In nothing but a thin, light blue nightgown that barely came to my knees, I slipped out of my room and gently shut the door behind me. My bare feet were silent on the marble-tiled floor as I crept down the dimly-lit hallway to Link's room. Around halfway to my destination, I stopped instantly at the sound of voices down the hall in my father's room. I took a left turn and followed the sound until I reached the half-open door that led into the room inside. The voices belonged to my father and Arwin, and neither of them sounded too pleased. I could barely make out their conversation…

"I'm sorry Arwin. I really thought that my plan would work."

"Well it didn't work very well did it? You promised me that you would get rid of Zelda's little boyfriend, and yet he is here! I thought you said that he would die on those little errands that you sent him on, but he is back with little more than a scratch!"

"I didn't know that he would be so strong! I thought for sure that he wouldn't survive!"

"Well then maybe I'll just have to take care of him myself."

"No. That would be too messy and it would leave a trail a mile long. Zelda's a smart girl; she would figure it out in no time. It's just too risky."

"You promised me your daughter's hand in marriage, and I will get it one way or another."

I could hear footsteps coming out of the room, so I ducked behind the nearest corner and waited for them to pass while I stood perfectly still and held my breath. I couldn't believe it. Arwin and my father had plotted together to try and kill Link! I had to tell him right away.