Disclaimer: I do not own Prince Sidon or Link or any of the Zelda characters nor do I profit from these stories. They are just for Fun.
A/N: Howdy all this is your resident evil author-san hope you guys are enjoying this fanfic so far but Oh my who is this Lizalfoe that they spoke of in the last chappie and who prey tell is watching them right meow? Find out this chappie and some more exciting action to come! I promise!
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A Charming Prince and His Prince(ss)
Silver Lizalfo the Domains Trouble
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D'veel watched as the two made their way away from the main landing of Zora domain. He had been watching the two for a few days now trying to figure out the two males intents toward one another. He was the smartest of his kin and knew that to beat one's enemy meant sometimes you had to think like one's enemy. Zora were one enemy and along with this other male. The bane of Ganon's minions, wielding the sword of darkness bane. He glowered at the two as they walked past his ledge, he could have struck at any time when they passed him here to go to their sacred pool. Zora had strange customs, water was water, nothing sacred about it. D'veel tasted the air before creeping around to get a better view of the two. He didn't see any weapons on the smaller one and the prince was without his weapon as well but the prowess of Zora in the water was greater than his own kin. No, he would have to get the prince on even ground. He assumed that prince was an important title after all. And with the prince out of the way he could take the domain for himself.
"And all their fish belong to D'veel," D'veel said with a grin, maybe he would steal that hylian too and keep him prisoner. "Ganon no come back. D'veel able capture hero still. No hero to minez." He glared at the Hylian and smirked, perhaps keeping the hylian prisoner could be fun. He quickly set off into the mountains, whence he came.
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Link looked up at the ridge, he thought he had heard something but nothing was there. He frowned before continuing to follow Prince Sidon, who had stopped to wait for him. He smiled as he closed the distance, he couldn't wait to see how they would handle the clothes and maybe after they could take a swim together. Even though he had mostly been in and out of water all this morning, it would not stop him from enjoying a swim. He wondered briefly if the Rito ever swam, not that it mattered, he rather enjoyed his time alone with the prince. When they finally reached the top he noticed a guard waiting with a rope. Prince Sidon took one end and the guard tied the other to a post it was long enough to hold all of his clothes but he blushed as he remembered the Gerudo outfit. After both ends were secured Prince Sidon dismissed the guard and began to help Link pull out the clothes and hang them. The sun was almost touching the line when they finally finished. Prince Sidon then stripped him and hung those up as well. Link blushed, but was soon hefted and tossed into the water with a yell. He resurfaced but Prince Sidon was no where to seen, he looked around but saw no sign until a splash behind revealed his Prince.
"Sorry I thought maybe they could use a dry too," Prince Sidon finally said ducking down to Link's level in the water. "Shall we swim?" Link grinned at that and began to swim off away from the Prince. He looked back but the zora prince had already submerged below the surface. Link held his breath and dove under the surface opening his eyes to the prince had easily caught up to him and with a grin the prince propelled himself away at a speed that was impossible for him to keep up with. Link surfaced to take a breath before continuing his swim. It was a lot easier than swimming while laden with so many clothes. He had no idea why he hadn't thought of that before. Then again he hadn't thought to wear his zora armor either. Eventually Link was forced to pause at the shoreline. He was so tired from the swim that even missed when Prince Sidon resurface behind him and held him up in the water. Link hummed appreciatively before being pulled back into the water. Link lazily on the prince's chest as they floated nearly to the center of the giant lake. This was nice, just being able to relax like this was enough for him.
"Link!" The shout brought him too. He looked over to the shore to see Zelda and Bass standing there. He hadn't seen Bass in a while but why were they both there? A blush suddenly colored his face and he rolled off into the water remembering he was naked. Prince Sidon chuckled before carefully swimming them to shore. Princess Zelda stood on the dock she seemed to be quite wary of the water. As they got close enough the Princess explained her presence. "Bass here believe he saw a scout on the ridge, he believes it would be safer for you to..." She hesitated as she watched Link clinging to the dock with out climbing up. "A-are you n-naked? I'm so sorry, I will speak with you back at the domain. Umm.. please hurry there when you're dressed." she rushed off with a heavy blush on her face. Bass seemed to be pretty surprised as well, he cleared his throat and excused himself. Prince Sidon gave a wry grin before climbing out.
"I shall never understand Hylian need for modesty," Prince Sidon mumbled. Link blushed but didn't reply as he too climbed out, now that their audience was gone. Prince Sidon tossed him the now nearly-dry hylian clothes and waited. Link dressed and the prince summoned one of the nearby guards to keep an eye on the remainder of Link's attire. Link had pulled down the Gerudo set and packed it away as it was already dry. The thin material dried a lot faster than most his other clothes. Link then raced ahead of the prince and turned back to give a mischievous smile. Sidon appeared surprised but accepted the challenge with a grin of his own and ran to catch up. Link charged ahead, nearly leaving Prince Sidon completely behind. The zora may be kings of the water but land was a different task all together and yet somehow the prince still caught up with him. He laughed as they took a bit of a breather at the bridge, leading back to the main landing. Grinning they both walked across and met up with Bass who led them to where Princess Zelda had wandered off to. When they found her she was speaking with Kass, who it seemed hadn't left just yet. Link smiled and walked a bit faster, he thought he wouldn't get a chance to talk with his traveling companion. They had quite a bit to catch up on after all.
"Oh here is the champion now," Kass interrupted Zelda as he spotted Link.
"Oh Link, I was just telling Kass of your heroic deeds," Zelda said as she turned to greet them. "Did you know he wrote a ballad for each of the Champions?" Kass squinted obviously smiling which made Link smile and nod, after all, he had been there to listen to them.
"I sang each one to him," Kass replied. "I even sung him his own minor ballad, but hearing these heroic deeds have inspired me." Link blushed, he was hoping no one would decide to become his fan after the ballad was finished. He could only handle one person fawning over him after all. He didn't need the kind of attention his Prince gets from his adoring fan club. Link frowned as he thought about the troubles of it. "Fear not young champion, I shall omit your name. That way the masses will not threaten to swallow you." Link laughed a bit at that.
"But.." Zelda began.
"It is better that way," Kass told her. "Link isn't the type who can handle being surrounded by so many suitors." Zelda looked surprised at that but nodded.
"You're right," Zelda replied. She remembered how quickly he ran away from the horde of maidens at the castle who had wished a dance from him. She had never see him move so fast or disappear so quickly. Of course she had soon found him on the parapet, somehow he had climbed all the way up there without being noticed. He climbed back down when he had noticed her and bowed apologizing profusely.
Link watched Zelda's expression turn serious before she smiled lightly at something he wondered what she remembered. Honestly his memory was still a little fuzzy from way back then. He may have told her that he remembered everything but it wasn't as black and white as that. He did remember all the important details, that was all that mattered.
"Right, Lizalfo have been spotted scouting the cliffs," Zelda replied. "They even think they saw the leader."
"They?" Prince Sidon asked.
"A few of our men spotted them while on patrol," Bass cut in. "I searched the areas they mentioned but didn't find any traces of lizalfo there."
"What about that patch of road I came up from when I first visited," Link asked. "There were many of them there." Bass shook his head.
"When we first began chasing the lizalfo out that was the first place I looked," Bass replied looking away. "There were none in that area." Something didn't feel right about his answer, Link couldn't put his finger on it but it just sounded wrong. He frowned but didn't say anything. There was no way the other would lie to them, he just wouldn't. Bass didn't say any more, instead he excused himself and walked away. Link wasn't sure why but he felt a tugging almost like he should offer some words of comfort maybe. He shook the feeling away before turning back to the conversation. It was obvious, his prince planned to go out and search for these stray scouts. Link didn't plan on letting him go out alone, however, he was going with Prince Sidon.
"I will go out with a few guards to set this matter straight and chase those Lizalfo back to where ever they came from," Prince Sidon said suddenly.
"I'm going with you," Link replied. Prince Sidon looked like he was about to argue but Link added, "If they have shock arrows it would be best if I were there. Shock arrows don't affect hylians the same way they affect the zora. Please, let me help." Prince Sidon frowned it was obvious the other wanted to tell him no, but surely he made a good enough point.
"Fine, but don't go rushing off into danger without me," Prince Sidon replied with a smile.
"Only if you don't," Link replied. They shared a small laugh at that, they both could be pretty reckless when they wanted to be.
"Very well," Prince Sidon promised. "But such an adventure can wait til tomorrow. I will send a few guards to keep an eye on things until then." And wait til tomorrow it would, Prince Sidon held true to his promise and they mostly sat and talked strategy until the sun had fallen. They systematically check the cliffs starting with those closest to the domain. They would then work their way back until they reached the cliffs close to where he had spotted the Lizalfo when he first arrived in Lanayru. He wondered briefly it were really true they truly abandoned those forests. If so that means they could be closer than ever before. Link shuddered inwardly, if they were that close then the zora were truly in danger of being overtaken. But why? And why now? What does Zora's Domain have that the lizalfo don't? Link couldn't fathom the reason but something obviously made them attack, something they wanted. Maybe they were still trying to appease Calamity Ganon even though he was defeated and sealed up. He sighed, he really wanted to check on Vah Ruta he could really use Mipha's advice right about now. He briefly wondered if she really had passed on, after all Vah Ruta went quiet some time after Ganon was defeated. As did Vah Rudania, the only two still working were Vah Medoh and Vah Naboris.
Link snuck away as quietly as he could before pulling out the Sheikah slate. Zelda had let him continue to hold onto it except when she needed to check on the divine beasts. For a while after her return she had carried it as they went around Hyrule to spread the good news mostly. Kass had been away from Rito Village when they arrived, he had most likely flown off to spread the ballads throughout the lands or so Link had assumed. He clicked Vah Ruta on the map and that familiar feeling spread over him like he was being magically tossed into oblivion. It wasn't a rough and tumble kind of toss though, it was gentle like a parent tossing a ball to a child. He landed at the foot of Vah Ruta, the Divine Beast stood silent sentinel as he peered at it. He approached and touched the smooth surface, and closed his eyes attempting to feel if she were still around. Silence was his only answer.
"Mipha, if you can hear me," Link began. He felt stupid standing there and talking to the divine beats that remained inactive. "If your still around, I could use some advice." A soft breeze tickled his face but all there was was the sound of the wind rustling his hair. With a sigh he sat down, he couldn't believe that she was gone. She was his best friend but still, she must have crossed over. He smiled, maybe she was at peace now though and he honestly couldn't ask for more. Being up here did give him a clear sense of clairvoyance, maybe the Divine Beast itself caused it, maybe it was the memory of his best friend. Whatever it was it gave him some insight, they would find the Lizalfo camp one way or another. He opened up the sheikah slate and touched the shrine located inside the domain. He felt that gentle tug and then when the blue light cleared he was standing on the shrine itself. He turned to look at it, as he replaced the sheikah slate on his belt and sighed.
"Here you are," Prince Sidon's voice echoed around him. He turned to see his prince descending the stairs toward him. Link teared up a bit, he felt a little guilty trying to see the sister Prince Sidon lost at such a tender age. He rushed down to the water and practically threw himself into Sidon's arms. "Link?" Prince Sidon asked in surprise, Link didn't respond just held onto him tightly. The prince held him in return and strongly at that.
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*intercept's* Hey you guys here's another riveting chapter. I wonder why Link would feel like that answer was wrong does he remember Bass when he was a youngin'? Maybe he remembers how the other hides the truth? Or maybe it's a false positive. Find out later in the series as we delve deeper into the story and plot of this fic! XD Love you guys and hope you all enjoyed this chappie!
