Chapter 11

Link rode out of Gerudo Valley in a huff. 'Of all the things!' He thought to himself. 'How could mother make me marry?'

"I know it sounds horrible in your opinion, your face tells the truth, but ever since the beginning of the Gerudos' the prince always married a princess from another area. Our neighbors far to the east have prepared the perfect bride. And she is more then willing." The Queen of Gerudo's explained to her son.

"Originally I thought you should wed Princess Zelda of Hyrule, that's why they were invited here a few weeks ago."

Link managed to keep his face from betraying him and his thoughts this time around, but only just.

"Although, for some reason the King took it as some sort of insult. Calling us bats that flit around in the night drinking blood." Nobooru laughed, "That he didn't want his daughter to be like that."

"Anyway, he seems to be the only one who doesn't suspect that something is going on between you and her highness Zelda." Nobooru snickered at the expression of complete embarrassment she just bestowed upon her son.

Link narrowed his eyes as he rode over the bridge connecting Gerudo Valley with the field. 'How can she be so irritating and observant at the same time without my noticing?' he asked himself.

He left Gerudo land as the sun began to set, his eyes locked on Hyrule Castle.

'Zelda can't know about this. She'll just over-react.'

As he turned Epona towards the eastern waters and hoped that the King – who he had known to be fairly understanding in such situations- would vouch for him and cancel the wedding.

Zelda paced her room franticly waiting for Link to appear on her windowsill. She had to warn him of the attack on the Gerudo's that her father was planning. There was only a month left before Hylian men marched in and attacked and the Gerudo's were none the wiser.

She peeked outside only to find it quiet and still, only one voice echoed through the halls of the castle and it was her fathers.

"Only a month left and then the Gerudo's will pay for insulting us. Now, how much time will it take for…?" Zelda closed her door, not wanting to hear about the things her father planned to do to the Gerudo's.

She opened a single window and peered out into the darkness, her eyes straining to see something moving towards the castle on horseback. For a moment she thought she saw the shine of an arrow but it was only one of the guards patrolling on the wall around the castle. She stood there for a few minutes, thinking over how she was going to tell Link what she had heard so that he would handle it okay. But then she realized something. Link wasn't going to be calm and collected when she told him this, he would be furious and then he would have to tell his mother and then there could be an all out war! And if there wasn't a war, he would never want to set foot in Hyrule ever again, he would hate her because she wasn't able to stop the attack!

She suddenly began to pace again, worry overflowing in her mind as it thought up horrible things that would happen.

Link rode past Lon Lon Ranch's southern wall, avoiding the eyes of Hyrule Castle and the eyes of Zelda, who he was sure was looking out her window and trying to spot him. Unfortunately for her, he wouldn't be visiting her tonight.

'Even if I did go there, I wouldn't be able to pay attention. Plus I think Hyrule has added a few new guards to their walls. It wouldn't be wise to just jump in and not know how many could be hiding and waiting for me." He said to himself. "Besides, I'm sure Zelda would prefer it if I'm not wed to some girl with flippers. Actually I don't think she'd want me to marry someone else at all.' He chuckled to himself.

Nudging Epona to go faster, he began to see the pool of water that led upstream to a place that was called The Zora's Domain.

The River Dragon: MWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH aren't I evil? Ruto and Link pairing I'm prepared for the throwing of knives at my head. Don't worry, it's a RutoxLinkxZelda thing now, but! But! don't you wonder what happened to Malon? Hmmnnn? Only the River Dragon knows! Yes and I'm terribly sorry for not uploading this sooner, I've been swamped with stuff to do and for some reason Fanfiction wouldn't let me put the next chapter up. Anyway, I hope you like the chapter, thanks for writing in Silverpistola and giving me some ideas for the fiction, I'm recovering from writers block after reading your review. Also, thank you to Belle89, Me:), and KRP.