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Chapter 3

Rain poured down, darkening the sky. Zelda sat at her window sadly, she had been hoping to go to the Lon Lon Ranch today but she would never be allowed.

From her window she could see the ranch on the horizon, shrouded in shadows and she let her mind wander. "I wonder what he's doing right now." She mumbled to herself, picturing Link riding Epona through the rain towards the castle and appearing before her.

Suddenly a knock on the door broke her daydream. With a sigh she turned to see her father in the doorway. "Hello father." Zelda greeted him. "Hello Zelda." He approached her with a large smile. "I have wonderful news. Tomorrow morning we'll be heading out to the Gerudo Fortress to meet the Gerudo queen and her son. Isn't that wondrous?" Her father announced. Zelda nodded. "Get to bed early because we'll be leaving as soon as the sun rises." He added, turning and leaving his daughter.

As Zelda looked back out her window, she let out a long sigh.

Link clashed swords with a warrior as five more surrounded him. They lowered their swords at him and he turned and swung his blade at each, knocking the swords from their hands. Just as he turned back to the gerudo before him, a woman appeared at the top of the stairs.

"Lunch break!" She yelled, heading back inside.

Link put his sword away and walked in the opposite direction, to the left doorway where a more elegantly dressed Gerudo waited. In a quick bow, Link smiled. "Hello mother. What can I do for you?" He asked. She smiled in return. "How is it that you always know what I'm about to say?" She asked Link. "Well I can understand females more then the normal man can, I grew up around girls. Its natural I know what they're thinking." He rose. She nodded.

"Anyway, I'll get to the point then. The king of Hyrule wants to meet us for some strange reason. So he has chosen to come here. Only he doesn't know how to get here safely." She laughed. "So you would like me to go fetch them mother?" Link asked. His mother nodded. "Please. Oh and get some sleep, unlike us they sleep during the night so you'll be leaving before sunrise. You can have the whole day off just so long as you keep up with your training." She grinned. Link nodded and headed up to the lunch room which was near his room.

'Hm. So we will meet again princess Zelda, but this time, not on normal terms.'

Link woke before sunrise, just as his mother had said and called Epona from her spot in the shade of a wall. As she came he jumped from his balcony and landed next to her. "Come on Epona, I know that its daytime but we have to go get the King of Hyrule since he's such a pansy and cant make it here himself." Link laughed.

He rode down the last hill and was at the gates to Hyrule palace. A soldier positioned at the door then walked over to him. "I'm the Gerudo escort." He announced. The soldier bowed to him and rose with an uncertain look on his face. "How long will it take to reach Gerudo Fortress?" Asked the guard. "If we gallop then a few hours. If we walk, about two days." Link replied. "We will walk, the king is getting old and he tires easily." Link nodded. 'Yeah he's getting old. Pfft, mom's older then he and she can still kick my butt in a fight.' He said to himself, walking inside.

Zelda woke that morning by the help of a maid, she groggily dressed and wandered downstairs to where her horse was waiting for her along with her father and about twenty guards.

"When are we leaving?" She asked her father. He turned and smiled at her. "As soon as the escort from Gerudo Fortress arrives." Not a second later a rider walked out of the shadows and dismounted his amber colored mare. Zelda's eyes widened as the blonde haired blue eyed boy approached her father. It was Link!

But there was something different about him this time, instead of his soft blue eyes warming her heart they were sharp and cold and unusually serious. When she dismounted and gave him a welcoming hand, he simply walked past, not even looking at her.

Link stopped in front of her father. "I am the son of Queen Nabooru, you are to follow me." He said, turning and mounting Epona again.

"Sir, can he talk to you like that?" Asked one of her fathers' men. He nodded. "The Gerudo's are a race far away from us, they rule the desert, in a way, and they are just as royal as my daughter and I." The king replied.

'Link is royal?' Zelda said to herself. 'So Malon wasn't joking.'

As they rode up the many hills to the south, Zelda noticed that Link hadn't once come and greeted her. He hadn't even looked at her. The King approached her and smiled. "We'll be making camp here." Link had suddenly appeared beside the king. "It will be night soon." He finished, walking over to a small wall in the middle of the hill.

Zelda left the tents and her father and walked over to Link as he sat on the wall, watching the land.

"Hey, how come you never said you were the Gerudo Prince?" She asked. Link continued to watch the land, pulling out a bow and arrow and loosing it, killing a monster in the distance. A couple of soldiers walked by.

"Hey. Link?" Zelda walked in front of him and folded her arms. He turned his head away from her. "I don't know you so don't talk to me." He glared, jumping from the wall and landing on Epona's back.

The next day, Zelda didn't try to talk to Link, but she found herself staring at him from the back. Once she saw him turn back and look at her but he quickly turned away. It felt like her heart was about to rip in two. He didn't know who she was, or maybe he didn't want to know her. He had made the fact that he didn't want to see her very clear last night.

They walked through a very narrow path and up a hill to a long bridge; they were in Gerudo Valley now. Link stopped at the entrance and spoke to two Gerudo's at the gate. They swung the doors open and they continued in.

When they dismounted, gerudo's took their horses to a small holding area and Link led them inside the maze of the Gerudo Fortress. Soon enough Nabooru appeared in the main room and the King of hyrule sat down.

"Why don't you take the princess for a little tour, it'll be boring sitting here and listening to us ramble on about the kingdoms." Nabooru said to Link. He nodded and took Zelda's hand in his own and bowed, kissing her hand. He then led her out the nearest door. Unnoticed to him, Zelda's face glowed red as he continued to hold her hand in his and lead her down the many halls.

He grabbed Epona and Zelda grabbed her own horse. And as they galloped out, a smile appeared on Link's face.