Here it is, the finale, sorry it took so long, I actually had it wriiten by Friday, but I never had any time to type it. I decided to have some fun with my friends instead. But I'm back now, so for those of you who wanted to see how it turns out, here you go.
Chapter 6: Things Come to Pass
The trip to the castle was long, longer than any other. He did not exchange a single word with his escorts. In his head, only thoughts of what he would say to the king. Wow angry he was at how the king had done this. Link was Hyrule's savior, why is it that he was not entitled to happiness as everyone else, he and Zelda. Zelda, his angel, his everything, even in his anger his thoughts were plagued by her. The long, honey-suckle hair, the pale white skin, those deep engulfing eyes, her seraphim voice, her silky touch that held ownership over his very soul. Soon his mind began to wonder to that night when their love was proved, and the new life that had come it. Himself a father, he'd never thought of it before.
His thoughts were soon interrupted as he entered the marketplace, the normally noisy crowd silenced, except for a few whispers in the background as they stared up at the boy on his horse surrounded by guards. Link tried not to look at them, yet could not help being drawn to a few questioning eyes. He knew that the king had done his best to this fiasco a secret from them. H e could only imagine what they were wondering, 'Why is the Hero of Time being escorted by all those guards?' He wanted to tell them the truth, yet if he did, he would have no idea what the dreadful consequences would be.
They made their way through the market and into the courtyard. The flowers seemed dim in color compared to before, the birds were unusually quiet. He looked into the eyes of the guards as he passed by them, seeing they were staring daggers at him. Epona finally stopped at the front doors of the main court as he dismounted. Before he entered, the guards stopped him; "You must hand over all weapons before entering." He reluctantly handed over his sword, shield, longshot, boomerang, slingshot, hammer, bombs, bow and arrows, and magic spells. (Where he kept all of them unnoticed is as much a mystery to you as it is to me) He walked through the hall with two guards behind him; many guards were lined against the wall not taking their eyes off him.
At the end of the hall he saw the king with a stern face, to his left Impa, and the left, Zelda! He began to run to her as two guards came forward and clanged their spears in an X in front of him. "You are not allowed to touch the princess at all!" Link took a deep-depressed breath and calmed down. They removed their spears as he continued forward slowly. The king waved at Zelda and she stepped down and walked to Link. They approached and Zelda only stared at the ground as Link never took his eyes off of her.
She slowly looked up, into his eyes, those beautiful eyes that she had fallen in love with. They stood in the middle of the court, not talking only looking into each others' eyes. Soon the king grew weary, "Tell him!"
They snapped back into reality and Zelda reluctantly had to tell him, "L-Link…"
That voice, it had been so long since he had heard it; he loved it, yet it seemed to have the life drained of it. "Yes?"
"I-It's about the baby"
"I figured that"
"My-my father…"
"Tell Him!"
She stared down at the ground, "Link, I am to stay in the castle until the baby is born, at which time you will come here again, take the baby, and raise it on your own. You will no longer be allowed in the castle, or to see me, I am never to mention this again, and you may never say who the mother is." Link was nearly heart-broken and he could see the same pain in her heart as he watched her begin to cry.
He could not bear the thought of never seeing her again, their child never knowing its mother; he couldn't take it anymore. "No"
"What?" Zelda said with tears in her eyes.
"I said 'no'. I've experienced first hand what a broken home can do to someone, you have no idea how many times I cried myself to sleep when I was a boy wishing to see my mother, I don't want it to happen again… Zelda I love you, I can't imagine not ever seeing you again. I can't imagine you not being in the life of our child. Our child, not yours, not mine, our! And I'm going to do whatever it takes for us to be together." With those words he walked past Zelda and in front of the king.
He was about to speak when the king cut him off, "How dare you! First you openly defy me by seeing my daughter on the middle of the night, leave her with your child, and now turn down your position of raising it!"
"First, I'm the Hero of Time, it's because of me that every person here is alive! Second, Simply because I love your daughter it's wrong? Am I not entitled to my happiness after what I have endured for this land? The only reason I as you put it "left" her is because you put all those guards on patrol making it impossible for me to see her! And third, its our child, not just mine, and I'm willing to do whatever it takes for us to be together and raise it that way!"
The king stamped down the three stairs and glared at Link. He was ready to burst, yet had nothing to say. Frantically thinking all he got out was "You're not ready for this!"
Link was shocked with dream flashbacks, yet since then, had had time to think about it, "Maybe not now, but we have until it's born, and we will be ready by that time."
"You can't handle this!" the king yelled.
"Not on my own, that is unless…" he turned to Zelda, "Zelda will you stay with me?"
The tears of sadness turned to ones of joy as she ran to him, "Oh Link, yes!"
"Zelda!" the king yelled in angered shock.
"No father, Link's right, I love him, and I also cannot imagine being without him or my- no, our child."
He was speechless, looking around no guards laid eyes upon, he stared back at Impa who had a warm smile on his face. The king could only look down slightly with a sigh. "There's nothing I can do that will change your minds is there?"
"No" They responded.
"I want to speak with Link alone, Zelda, Impa." They nodded and looked back at Link as they exited outside. The king looked around at the guards angrily, "I said 'alone'!" They looked at each other baffled, "NOW!" They formed in lines and exited.
They were alone, "Link there is something I need you to do, and something I need you to do it with. I've held to this for along time." He reached into his pocket as Link watched intently.
Zelda and Impa waited outside, "He's going to have him executed, I just know it."
"Princess, this is Link, your father is not going to execute the peoples' hero."
"But-" The door creaked open; Zelda rushed over to see Link step through, utterly depressed. "Link, what happened? What did he say?"
"Zelda come with me." He didn't even look at her and grabbed her hand, and walked away.
"Impa was about to follow them until "Leave them alone!" the king yelled behind the door walking through the door with a stern stare.
They stood in Zelda's courtyard, Link with his back to her. "Link, what do you need to tell me"
"I feel that since this is where we first met, it's appropriate to say this here."
"What?"
Link quickly turned around with a smile on his face. He got right in front of her. She watched as he slowly bent down to one knee. He reached into his pocket, and held out a golden ring intertwined by the Triforce with two crowns over the hearts in front of her. "Zelda, will you marry me?"
She was speechless, "I, I, I, …" Her mind was in a frenzy, all the occurrences that have taken place, she was just confused. But in her mania she glanced down at Link, with his deep eyes, bright smile, and the unexpected ring. "Oh Link, yes, yes I'll marry you!" He slipped the ring on her slender finger and stared up into her tear-filled eyes. He instantly sprang up, hugged her and whirled her around as they laughed happily together. When he finally stopped, while she was still off her feet, he drew her into a deep kiss. Their hearts and souls finally mended after a horrible account. As he drew out, he stared down and placed a hand on her stomach and they smiled together.
Impa stood outside the courtyard and smiled at the two behind the corner. Without even looking around and said, "So you gave him that ring?"
The king came from out of almost nowhere, "Yes, the same ring I used to propose to her mother."
"You know this castle is only going to more lively now?"
"I know, but if that means Zelda's happiness, then that is what it will be." They both peered over the edge at the new family in the courtyard.
Well, all that's left now is the epilogue, I decided not to post the final chapter until my epilogue was finished, so check it out, okay?