A/N: In this Chapter Link sees Zelda! Yeah! I wonder what else will happen? Hmmm…
Disclaimer: I don't own Legend of Zelda
The Unexpected
Chapter 2
Shiek stood there shocked at what the light revealed. He was paralyzed in place at the sight of who was in front of him.
" Zelda?" She looked at him with her eyes red and swollen from crying. She was in the same dress that she wore two nights ago. The flower that was on her head looked torn apart and her hair looked as if a tornado passed by.
" Zelda? What are you doing in here? At this hour you should be getting your beauty sleep which you really need! Just look at you! Sister go back to your room and get to bed!" Shiek said truthfully. Zelda's eyes began to water again; Shiek couldn't stand it anymore. As much as he didn't really like his sister she was still a girl and he hated to see girls cry. Not just because it hurt him but because it was annoying to him. So he did the only thing he could do which was comfort her. He spread out his arms and Zelda rushed to him.
Zelda cried on his chest while Shiek held her. He rolled his eyes at her but she didn't notice since she was in tears.
" Ok now tell your big brother what's wrong?" Zelda let go of Shiek and took a step back and looked at him straight in the eyes. Wiping the last tears before answering his question.
" It's just that…what father and mother told me two nights ago. I can't get it out of my head! I can't believe that mother would say such a thing! Shiek what should I do?" He took a moment before talking. He let a sigh out and said,
" Zelda I believe that our parents have a point. You are our only hope sister. I would marry any girl with money to save our family, but the way things are the man has to have money." Shiek motioned Zelda to sit on his bed, " Zelda you can save our family that way. You are the most beautiful woman in Hylian Falls! Well not at this moment since you look like well…Anyway what I'm trying to say is that you can marry a man with money! You have the looks the last name an-"
" Shiek! How can you say that! Is Aunt Impa the only one on my side? My whole family has turned against me! I thought that you would understand me out of all people you are my brother! But I guess I was wrong! You are just like mother!" Tears started to form once again, but Shiek couldn't see them come down since Zelda left his room. When he heard the door shut; he inhaled deeply before exhaling. Well at least she didn't question my being up so late. That's something on the bright side! He frowned Zelda is such a drama queen no wonder no one has asked her hand in marriage!
Shiek turned and walked to his bathroom. Took off his clothes and put on something to sleep on. As he walked back to his bed he stretched out his arms and yawned. He yanked the dark blue silk covers and hoped in. He put the covers over him and laid his head on the pillow. Just as he was about to close his eyes he jumped out of bed.
" I almost forgot to pray to the Goddesses!" He kneeled beside his bed and put his hands in prayer and began. Oh mighty Goddesses please hear my prayer! I made a huge mistake tonight and I put my family in shame. Please Din, give me strength to go on! Farore please give me courage to face Ganondorf. Nayru please give me wisdom to find a way our of our situation! Please I beg you hear my prayer and help us in our time of need. As Shiek finished his prayer he got up and crawled into bed once more. As soon as his head hit the pillow he drifted into a dreamless sleep.
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Zelda was walking back to her room in tears. After talking to her brother she didn't know what to do with her life anymore. When she finally got to her room she opened the door carefully not wanting to wake anybody up. She closed the door behind her and walked straight to her desk. It was a beautiful desk it even had a mirror on it. It was wide and was the color white. It had golden flower designs going down the legs and the same designs outlining the mirror's frame. On the surface of the desk was all her make up and a pretty large sized jewelry box matching the desk. She opened one of the drawers of her desk and took out a small golden heart music box.
She admired the little thing and opened it up. Gently twisting the little knob that was in one of its sides. When she stopped twisting it a soft melody began to play. She hummed along with it and began to remember Celin. Tears ran down her cheeks at the thought of him. She remembered the day they first met. It was on the Winter Ball she was trying to get away from all the commotion and not to mention men. So she decided to step outside and that's were she saw him. He was standing in front of the gates as a guard.
She walked past him and didn't pay attention to him. She sat on one of the few seats they had outside. She didn't realize it would be so cold, and she only brought a light sweater. She started to shiver and then somebody put a coat around her shoulders. She looked behind her only to see Celin. He smiled at her and said,
" You know it's cold outside you shouldn't be wearing such a light sweater!" Zelda blushed at the fact that he was so handsome and for embarrassment.
" Thank you for telling me and also for your coat." She said in a shy voice. Celin sat next to her and began to ask her questions. She answered them and most of the time he kept her laughing. They talked all night until it was time for the ball to end. He asked if he could see her again since he had such a good time with her. Of course she said yes and after that day it was the start of a new chapter in her life. She never realized that that chapter would contain love. But now I won't be able to end that chapter. What am I to tell Celin!
She put the music box back into its place after the song was over. She looked into the mirror and what she saw frightened her. I guess Shiek was right I do need to sleep. Since father told me what happened at the fields ; I haven't slept or ate anything! She stepped into her large bathroom and cleaned her face. She took off her flower and threw it on the floor. She got her brush and began to brush her golden locks. Zelda stepped out of her bathroom and back into her room. She took off her dress and put on a light pink night gown.
" Tomorrow will be the fourth day that Celin has left me. By then there must be a letter from him! I'll go to Nabooru's house tomorrow! I hope there is a letter for me!" Zelda said to herself out loud. She made her way to her bed, but kneeled next to it for a short prayer. Then got in to her comfortable pink bed. It took her a while for her to finally feel sleepy. When she did fall asleep she had a dream about the only man she would ever love.
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Zelda woke up late the next morning. She took a hot shower and put on one of her favorite pink dresses. She left the house with her maid Lily. She didn't bother to tell her mother and father where she was going, but she did tell her aunt. It took Zelda a couple of minutes to get from her mansion to Nabooru's. When she finally came face to face with the familiar black thick gates; Lily charged and opened them for her. She walked in and knocked on the Dragmire home. Seconds later an old woman opened the door.
"Yes?"
" I'm here to see Nabooru. May you please tell her that her friend Zelda is here to see her?"
" Why yes. Come right in." Zelda stepped inside and made her way to the living room. She already knew this house by memory. Lily went to the kitchen since she was not allowed in the living room. Moments later Zelda heard foot steps. She turned around to find Nabooru. She was wearing a sunset colored dress that matched her red hair. Nabooru didn't have her hair made like a proper woman of society. She only had it in a high pony tail. That was always her stile. She had dark skin since she came form a desert . Her brilliant yellow eyes caught the attention of every man. She was indeed the desert flower. Ganondorf was a very lucky man.
" Zelda?"
" Nabooru."
" Zelda!"
" Nabooru!" Zelda launched to Nabooru and she gave her a huge hug.
"Oh Zelda it's been such a long time!" Nabooru said while releasing Zelda form the embrace, " Just look at you!"
" You should say that to yourself! Even after you had your baby you still look great!" Zelda said with a smile. Nabooru started to laugh at her compliment, and did a little turn.
" Ha ha! It seems that you are right! I guess this girl still has her good looks to look forward to!" Zelda giggled at her joke.
" Nabooru, may I see your baby?" Nabooru clapped her hands with joy.
" Why yes! You should see him! He looks just like me! The only difference is that he's a boy!" Nabooru frowned, " If he ever looked like his father I would put a bag on his face in shame!" She let out a huge laugh and Zelda joined her.
" Oh Nabooru, you are still the same as always!" Nabooru winked at Zelda and called one of her maids to bring her son. She came back a little bit later with a baby in her arms. The maid handed the baby to Nabooru and made her way back to the kitchen. Nabooru took a seat at one of her huge couches and Zelda took sat next to her. Zelda took a peek at the baby and gasped at how cute it was.
" Nabooru, he's… beautiful.." Zelda was so awed by the sight of him that she couldn't keep her eyes off him.
" Would you like to hold him?" Zelda rapidly nodded her head. Nabooru giggled at the sight of her doing that and gently handed the baby to her. Zelda cradled the baby in her arms and kissed it's forehead. She looked up at Nabooru and asked,
" What's his name?" Nabooru leaned back on the sofa before answering.
" His name is Ganondorf Dragmire II," She rolled her eyes, " I was going to name him Sirius or maybe Jean but no! My husband wanted his son to be Ganondorf he said
' If he's a Dragmire he is a Ganondorf! I want him to be just like his father.' Blah blah blah Dragmire my butt!" Zelda covered he mouth with her gloved hand in shock at the word 'butt'.
" Oh sorry Zelda, I still have my ways of the desert. Even after three years of living in civilization I'm still the same old desert girl." She shrugged.
" It's okay Nabooru, I'm okay with it." Zelda gave her a sincere smile, and looked back at little Ganon. Nabooru studied Zelda and the way she cared for her child.
" Zelda, are you ever going to get married? By your age most girls are already married." Zelda looked up to face Nabooru and looked back at the baby.
" Nabooru, remember the man that I'm always talking about?" Nabooru nodded.
" Yes, the military man? The one you met at the Winter Ball," Zelda nodded, " Oh! That reminds me you have a letter!" Zelda's lips turned into a smile when she heard this. Nabooru got up from where she was and went to the next room. She returned shortly with a blue peace of paper in her hand. She got in front of Zelda and handed her the letter. Zelda gave the baby slowly to Nabooru's arms. Careful not to wake him up from his sleep.
Zelda carefully opened the letter and read to herself.
My Dear Zelda,
I haven't yet gotten to my destination. I'm writing you this letter on my way up there. Since I know that I will probably not have time to write to you when I get there. The General has just informed me that there are many rebels there, and that the only free time we will have is to recover from battles. I doubt that that will be enough time to write you any letters my love. But if I do ever have the chance I will write you. Zelda you are always on my mind. I can't stop thinking about you.
Zelda as soon as I come back from here I want to ask your father for your hand in marriage. I can't wait any longer my love. I want us to be together. Right now I have such a bad feeling that something wrong is going on in your life. I hope that I am not right if I am I hope it's nothing drastic. Well my dear I'm truly sorry this letter is shorter than most, but It's time for me to go. I will always love you Zelda and you are always in my mind. Wait for me Zelda please don't forget me.
Love always,
Celin
Zelda looked up from the letter and face Nabooru with her already awake child.
" So what did it say?" Nabooru asked. Zelda got up from her seat with joy.
" He's going to ask for my hand in marriage!"
" What! Zelda are you mad! You really are going say yes to that..tha..that commoner!"
" Nabooru! You're my friend I thought maybe you would understand! You were also part of the streets!" Nabooru shook her head from side to side.
" No Zelda, you heard wrong. I was actually the daughter of the desert king. The only reason why I would steal was just for fun. I could never do anything so I went by a thief to get out of the castle. I would never go off and be with a commoner!" Zelda put her head down.
" Oh Zelda, I'm so sorry if I hurt your feelings."
" No, it's okay, Nabooru," Zelda looked back up at her, " listen I know you don't like me being with him, but can you still do me the favor of getting the letters he sends me?" Nabooru looked away.
" Please Nabooru! Would you please!" Nabooru looked back at Zelda and nodded.
" Alright but just because you're my friend." Zelda hugged Nabooru careful not to squish the baby. She then looked up to check the grandfather clock, and quickly let go of Nabooru.
" Oh dear Din! I'm going to get in trouble if I don't head home soon. I'm sorry Nabooru but I must go!" Nabooru smiled at her and gave her one last hug. Zelda kissed the baby's forehead once more. She called her maid ; said one last good bye and left.
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As Sheik was heading to the Wooden Kokirian bank he saw his sister Zelda walking with Lily. He went running up to them and stopped as he reached her.
" Zelda! What are you doing out?" Zelda looked at his brother with a serious expression.
" I went to visit Nabooru again." Shiek's expression darkened.
" So what did you talk about? Was Ganondorf there?"
" No, Ganondorf was not there, and me and Nabooru talked girl talk. Why do you ask?" Shiek calmed down and responded,
" No reason sister." She got hold of her hand and kissed it, " I will see you back at the house." She nodded and left him.
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That morning Link woke up bright and early he couldn't wait to see what Gray had planed for that day. He took a quick shower and got dressed in one of his old tunics. He went outside and found Gray already waiting for him.
" Good morning Master Link!" Gray said with a sly smile.
" Master Link? Pshh please call me Link, Gray. Your suppose to be my friend remember not my slave." Link said to Gray. Gray started to laugh at Link.
" I know, Link I just like messing with you!"
" Hmm some friend you are." Link said jokingly. Gray smiled a charming smile and pushed Link forward, " Anyway! Come on we have a big day today! First we have to get you to your bank here. Then a hair cut. After that getting you new clothes. Last getting your name known well we could actually do that while we do all those other things. Anyway lets get going!" Link laughed at him.
" Sheesh, Gray are you sure you aren't a girl!" Gray hit Link on the side of his head playfully.
" No! If I was I wouldn't be here right now."
" Whatever." The two finally left Link's mansion and were on their way to his bank.
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Link and Gray were walking through central. They were talking about what was going on with the war and governments. Until Gray changed the subject,
" Link I really think you should find your self a decent woman. One of high society! They will really bring out your name." Link shook his head and said with a sad smile,
" Gray, where and how will I ever find one of those?"
" Well the how is you have to change you image. The when well… lets see there is one right over there." Gray said pointing out where he spotted a woman. She was a fat woman dressed in fancy clothes. Link made a face in disgust.
" Uh… I don't think so…" Gray began to laugh hard and then stopped when he saw a beautiful woman.
" Hey Link?"
" What?" Gray pointed at a woman all the way across from where they were.
" How about that girl Link?" Link looked at the direction that he was pointing to. His mouth dropped open when he saw her. She's beautiful he thought. She had light blonde wavy hair. She was skinny and when he caught sight of her eyes they seemed almost violet. She was wearing a pink dress the kind that most upper class women wear.
Gray noticed the way Link got paralyzed at the sight of her. He smiled at his friend and asked,
" So, Link what do you think of her. Wouldn't you like a woman like her to warm up your bed?"
" Yeah…" Link didn't keep his eyes off her. Just then a man came walking up to her. He watched as he talked to her. After a while the man kissed her hand and they both went their separate ways. He took his eyes of her and looked up at Gray.
" Why are you looking at me like that?" Gray smirked at him and said teasingly,
" I thought you said you wouldn't want one of those kind of women?" Link blushed.
" I didn't! I mean I don't!" Gray made a uh huh face, " Okay! So what she's an upper class woman! She's still pretty and I'm a guy what did you expect!" Gray began to laugh and patted Link on the back.
" Come on we need to hurry and go to your bank."
" Right let's go! Where is it anyway?" Gray began to walk and Link followed.
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Shiek was heading to the Wooden Kokirian bank. He wanted to borrow money so that he could try and buy the house rights back from Ganondorf. When he finally got there he opened the door quickly not wanting to waist anymore time. He saw a man counting money on a dark wooden desk. He was an old man now a couple of years younger than his own father.
" Jeeves!" Shiek startled the man and he jumped from his seat.
" Shiek! You startled me! What do you want!"
" I need money, Jeeves!"
" What! Already? But I gave you four hundred last month!"
" Don't question me! I need money I said now give it to me!"
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Link was walking towards the bank when he heard voices. The door was open and he looked inside. To Link's surprise the one of the men that were talking was the man that was with the girl he saw. He was arguing with an old man. Link shifted to the side as the old man threw a book out the door. He saw Link standing there and said in a rude tone,
" I'm busy right now! Come back some other time! Tomorrow we are open!" Link stood there speechless while trying to figure out what to say.
" Sir are you the one who works here?" Link said to the old man.
" What are you stupid! Didn't you hear that he is busy! Wait you turn!" Link took a step back and waited for them to finish. The man that was with the girl had the weirdest features. He had long blonde hair and red eyes. The red eyes caught Link's attention. The young man looked back at the old one and yelled,
" Now as I was saying I need money!" The red eyed man said while punching the table.
" Alright! How much do you need!" The young man wrote something down on a peace of paper and handed it to the elder. The elder got out a leather pouch and put in the rupees in it. He handed the bag to red eyes. The young man snatched the bag out of his hands and rushed out the door. He bumped into Link and without turning back left. Link watched as the red eyed man got out of sight. He then looked back at the elder. The old man saw Link standing there and said in disgust,
" Don't you know how to respect those who are higher than yo-"
" Tell me with money did you let that man borrow! Yours or my FATHERS!" the man stumbled back into the wall. His face lost all color and his body began to shake with fear.
" Fa…father!"
" Yes father! I am Link Wooden Kokirian! Son of Isaac Wooden Kokirian! And I am here to see the accounts on how much money my lands have made! Now answer me was the money you just gave away my fathers!"
" Well Mr. Kokirian you know how young boys from high society are always gambling, and when they don't have money well the-"
" When they don't have something to gamble they come to you and you give away my fathers money!" Link was shaking in range by now.
" NO! Never Mr. Kokirian! I don't give it away I let them borrow it! And I wouldn't do it if I didn't have a ketch!"
" Oh really?" said Link in an annoyed tone.
" Yes!"
" So what is this ketch that you are talking about?"
" Well… umm you see I uh… make them pay me double of what I let them borrow!"
" Okay whatever! I do not want to talk about this until my assistant comes here in a couple of days." Link pointed a finger at him, " That man that you were with who was he?"
" That was Mr. Shiek Harkinian son of the ex general of the military, Victor Harkinian."
" Really? Well a couple of moments ago he was talking with a beautiful woman. She had long blonde wavy hair and blue eyes that seemed violet…" Link was lost in thought of her then snapped back to reality, " Is… is he married? To her that is?"
" Who Shiek? No! He's still a bachelor maybe the one you saw him talking to was his younger sister, Zelda Harkinian."
" Is…is she married?"
" No both the Harkinian children are single. Why do you ask?" Link got the elders collar and pulled him up to his face. The old man's feet swinging in the air.
" Are you questioning me?"
" NO! No no sir!"
" Good.." he put the man back on the ground. Without the man's permission Link got a pretty large sized bag similar to Shiek's, and began to put in a descent amount of rupees in it. Then he bowed to the old man which he never got his name and left without another word. As he went outside he saw Gray waiting for him near a market drinking something.
" You are already drinking at this time of the day?" Link asked in surprise. Gray looked at him with a confused look then got what he said.
" Oh! This?" Gray said pointing at his drink, " No, this is carrot juice I think it still has some dirt in it. Does dirt have rocks in it?" Gray looked at Link with a quest ional look, and realized that he was staring at him hard, "Uhh… you want some?" Gray said holding up the cup in front of Link's face. Link smelled the drink and made a ugly face.
" UGH! Eeew no thank you! Gray, your nasty!" Said Link while walking off and holding his nose.
" Me? Nasty?" he took a sip of his juice," Never…" Gray began to follow Link. They went to the barber shop and then they went to buy Link clothes. By the end of the day Link was a whole new person.
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Shiek was walking the already empty streets of Hylian Falls. With his pouch of rupees in his hand. He was heading to Ganondorf's office to try and get his house rights back. When he finally reached it he opened the door slightly and looked inside.
" Hello? Ganondorf?"
" Yes, come in.." Shiek heard the voice from inside say. He walked inside and saw Ganondorf's dark self sitting behind his desk. He was looking over some papers, and as always it took him a while to realize that he was standing there. Shiek cleared his throat and Ganondorf looked up. His bright fire eyes looked at Shiek's ruby red. His lips quivered into a smirk.
" Shiek! I didn't expect to see you so soon."
" Ganon, I'm not here so that you can make fun of me I'm here for a reason!" Shiek said raising his voice at Ganondorf.
" Oh really? What kind of business are you talking about?" Shiek threw the bag of rupees on the desk and slightly opened. Ganon looked at the table and back at Shiek with an evil smile.
" You really don't give up do you Harkinian?…"
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