Yay!!! Lots of reviews from last chapter!!! Heehee =D I see you all like my new plot! That tis very very good! Cause now I won't have to start erasing that part and adding in different pieces and stuff and stuff and it's complicated!!! Different opinions of stories from all reviewers can make an author's plans sway a little bit from what they had originally =P
Ayscoper: ^_^ I love your reviews!!! Now I know how to say more in different languages unless you were just guessing =P But anyways…It's just kinda hard trying to think of a lot to say in one chapter without getting distracted =P many many many things distract me. And yes *high, mighty, proud voice* I am female, and ye may kiss my royalish hand =P And if you really want to go through the trouble of translating my story into German go ahead =P I'm very flattered.
He who must not give his name: =P Nice name. Yep, that evil green pig is gunna start being tempty for her =P
Chris the Wolf Boy: I'll read them later =P Right now I'm busy (gah…stupid school) And…the whole entire Zelda's perspective thingie was just at the last moment cause I knew I had to write (or suffer horrible deaths that these people have all threaten me with) so I just decided to retype the other paragraph with Zelda's feelings =P And no, Link doesn't have the Triforce of Courage yet =P
Meilin: ;) Princesses can be very violent.
Crystal-Celeby: That can be one of the titles, but it wouldn't fit with what I have planned. Besides, Zelda hasn't really realized what love was. She just still names it friendship so it wouldn't go just yet, but…that is a good title for the later chapters =D
Mystic-Gohan: Yay! One of my other fav reviewers!!! =P Heh heh heh, yes, I know, but I started writing the story before I thought of a main plot, I just thought the idea of Link being Zelda's servant was kinda…interesting ;) So I started writing without really sitting out to think of a real plot. And…well, I can't go back on my word now :D The chapters will just be short since I'll be doing one every day.
Princess Zelda: ^_^ Thank you very much! Yeah, Zelda's gunna have a toughie choice there…and it'll be hard for me to pick it =D
Rai Dorian: Heh, I was on MSN when you were sending in your reviews =P Thank you!
With all of that out of the way, I'd like to cordially invite you to enjoy my story =P
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All through dinner, Link noticed a change in Zelda. So did Navi, though she liked it more than thought it was disturbing. Zelda liked to talk a lot, and liked to boast a lot as well. But now she was quiet as if she was contemplating. He stared at her mainly, but she never noticed his gaze. She just kept looking at her food and started poking it with her finger (A.N. No silverware in medieval times =P)
So finally, he asked her what was on his mind. "Princess, what's wrong? Are you not feeling well?" He knew the strange incident with her in the temple might've had something to do with her withdrawal from the world.
She just shot him an icy glare in return. "Eat and be silent. Speak when you're spoken to."
Concerned, he didn't give up. "Friends tell each other when something is wrong, Zelda."
In a moment's second, she had almost lost all of her pride. In that moment she had been ready to spill out her feelings, or tell him what had happened. But something held her back. That need for independence and to overcome everything by herself.
She stood up, and she slapped him. "Don't you ever contradict my orders again! You are still my slave as well!" The moment she did that, she wished she could've taken it back. The look on his face was horrible for her to see.
Link was confused. All he had asked was a question of concern. He couldn't believe she had acted so violently just over a question. She had never done that before when he had tried to comfort her. He also felt a twinge of something else…could it be hurt?
He nodded his head. "Yes my lady, I won't disrespect you like that again."
Even though he bowed his dead down slightly in respect, as all slaves were supposed to do, he continued looking her straight in the eye, as if daring her to say anything rude back. Just making her know that what she had just done was not the correct thing to do. She found she couldn't keep eye contact with his beautiful blue eyes, so she looked away, the wall suddenly catching her interest.
She started to walk away from the table. "You are dismissed to do as you pleased, I'm going to my room and I wish not to be disturbed. I expect you to be back at my room by sunrise. Tell the kitchen maids to clean up the mess after you are done eating."
Link just continued staring at the spot where she was, even after she left. Not even Navi had said anything, for she had found the display that Zelda had shown disturbing as well. Obviously so had some of the other wandering guards and servants.
But it was all complete silence. There was no gossiping or murmurs going about. 'Maybe that's how a slave is supposed to be treated.' He thought to himself. He tried to forget it, even after he had left the dining room. But he still felt that twinge of pain.
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When Malon was little, she used to have nightmares. All of the children in the slave auction had nightmares all of time. She never knew why she had the nightmares she did, because the basically were just of losing something. But they were still nightmares. And often she'd wake up in the middle of the night crying because of them.
She had no one to comfort her. All she had was her corner. Children were meant to be seen and not heard. That was the number one rule that Japello, their master, had. So they never conversed or tried to help each other much. Maybe only a few of the younger children had attachments to each other. The older ones had figured that they would be sold quickly enough that they wouldn't have to think about making friends with others.
So she suffered her nightmares alone. Until one day, she found a boy in the corner she usually got in. She could tell by his fair skin and his beautifully made clothes that he was just newly found. He seemed no younger than herself, but that wasn't very old. Maybe about 8 or 9. That was the first time she noticed him.
Once you notice someone, you seem to notice them everywhere after that. It was the same thing for her too. She always seemed to be able to pick him out from the others, because he seemed the most happiest, and his spirits were never broken. He took care of himself, and he tried to help others whenever they needed it.
The only problem she had with him was that he always took her corner. So one night, she went to her corner extra fast to fall asleep there. But in the middle of the night, she awoke. She had had another bad dream.
The boy was sitting there and staring at her. When he saw that she was awake, he finally asked her, "Why did you wake up?"
Quietly, she whispered, "I was having a nightmare…"
He decided to whisper too, since he didn't want to feel stupid or anything. "What was it about?"
"I was a lone and I had lost something."
From the weird look he gave her, she could sense that he didn't have that feeling often. She raised her voice a little. "What, don't you ever feel alone?"
"I always have someone there with me to be my friend."
She stared at him. Her immediate thought was, 'He's insane, he's possessed.' She knew he talked about none of the enslaved children. "What do you mean?"
He reached into his pocket and took out a ball of shimmering light. She gasped a little, but he cupped his hand over her mouth. "Don't make a scene. This is Navi, this is my friend."
Malon felt tempted to touch it. "What is it?" She started to reach out for it.
Link quickly pulled it away and put it back into his pocket. "She's a fairy. She's beautiful, I found her, she's my friend. So I'm never alone."
Malon nodded, now understanding. "You're lucky…I'll always be alone."
"I'll be your friend, so you won't be alone."
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During the first hours of the morning, before sunlight, some evil scheme was already working its magic on poor Link. He knew it. Some old, grumpy, and hooded, and coarse sounding kitchen maid came into his room at 6 a.m. "We need more milk."
He stared at her blankly, after waking himself up fully. "I don't have any…"
She let out a snort. "Stupid boy, go to Lon Lon Ranch and get some for us!"
He checked outside. "I can't, I have to be at the Princess's room when the sun rises. Get one of the guards to go get it."
"I can't, they're all busy!" She snorted again. Link decided he didn't like this lady. "So! You must go get it! It wont' take long, hurry! I will tell Princess where you are!"
Grudgingly and reluctantly, Link got up, changed into clothes, and went on his way to Lon Lon Ranch with a horse tied up to a carriage (A.N. He has to have something to put the milk in =P), and never once did the thoughts that Malon lived there, and that it was just a little bit awkward that he would have to be the one to get the milk cross his mind.
Eh, you like? I couldn't figure out how to make the plot move along except for that =P I know it seems very unlikely, but it'll have to do. Review review review! ^_^
