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A Million Ways To Be Cruel

"My fellow people, we are at the baby steps of evolution, this is the time for change, for progress and prosperity" he paused, making sure all eyes were on him, hanging on his every word, he continued "For many years our king has sought only the best for our country as he still does, regardless of his illness, his latest decision, the freeing of the Hero of Time has been beneficial to both us and him, we finally have no need for a hero, and he can now live his dreams outside of our lands" he took in their reaction, confused and somewhat unbelieving, he was expecting this "I know what you are thinking, 'What if we fall into the dark ages once more?' but my fellow men and women, the time has come for us to forget our times of sorrow and fear, the Hero of Time is no more, and with him, he takes those years away from this country, and he promises never to return, for he knows if he does, the dark times will come with him" he concluded.

"But we don't understand, the boy is not a threat to any of us" said a man from within the crowd.

He glared slightly "Not the boy, my dear friend, but what he brings behind him, we have received notice of his travels from far lands, it seems everywhere the boy has been, there has been chaos at his arrival" this seemed to get the attention of most, he grinned to himself "Our beloved hero has kept this from all of us all this time, he was very humble to have confessed this to our king, and we of the council have been given permission to reveal this secret, you see, the boy bears with him a horrible fate, he is to walk with the horrors of the dark ages on his tail and chaos is sure to ensue wherever he goes" he continued his lie after a moment of murmurs from the crowd "It started on his early years, having to leave the forest, zora domain and goron cave immediately after undoing what he had caused, horrible viruses of all kind" he said, again being interrupted by another man.

"We were told Ganondorf had done all those awful things" his expression serious.

He corrected the man "Ganondorf was an evil man, and in part he is to blame, but upon arrival of this boy the unfortunate events took place" he kept on his lie.

"All of this sounds a little too far fetched" said a woman.

He looked at her "Would the words of the king of Hyrule lie to you? People of Hyrule, I'm just the King's spokesperson hoping to shed a light on the future of Hyrule, if this does not please you then you could try and ask the king yourself, but I do beg you, his health is weak, do be considerate" the murmurs about his stories started to die down, afraid of aggravating the king's health or not believing him they kept silent, ready to listen to more "I am not portraying Link as evil, but what follows him is, and dare he come back, the evil would be sure to follow, the king asked him to please consider this and he agreed to leave" stopping for any objections and receiving nothing, his grin slightly widened, he finally had them eating out of the palm of his hand.

"The king himself started on research to try and pry Link of this evil, and fell ill to his efforts. We thank Link for this, his last heroic deed to us, and a sad farewell we give him, along with the promise of a better, more prosper Hyrule" to this the people slightly cheered for him, he noticed someone ask a question and gestured the people to calm down to listen to her.

"Has Link left already?" she asked from far into the crowd, Heimrich nodded.

"Yes, the boy left a few weeks ago, we have been working ever since to reveal the news as calmly as we could" he said with a tone of slight discipline in his voice, she nodded.

"Yes, but why weren't we noted of his departure? I would have been more than happy to do a celebration for his goodbye" she said, making people agree with her.

Having the urge to rub his temples in annoyance, he nodded "And what a feast it would have been, but this evil he carries is not to be celebrated, and therefore he decided and made us promise not to reveal his departure until later, he wanted no celebration, he does not feel good about celebrating this" they all agreed suddenly to his statement and listened for his conclusion "With this we say goodbye to our hero and a welcome to our bright future , but hear our words, if he is to return, please prepare yourselves, the evil of the dark ages is sure to follow on his trail" he said and left the crowd to talk as he returned to the castle, an impossible grin hidden behind the castle walls.

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Zelda woke up with a start, a pounding headache coming to greet her, she clutched her head and tried to focus her eyesight to her surroundings, finding herself in the dungeon cells, an uncomfortable stare creeping up her spine made her look up, coming face to face with Heimrich "Feeling better princess?" he asked in a mocking tone.

She glared "You evil…"

"Oh I'm not evil, your highness, I am a visionary, and as such I only pray for the good of our country" he laughed.

Zelda glared at him "This is not your country, this is my father's country… Get out"

To this he raised a brow, "Not my country? My dear princess you don't know how wrong you are" he glared and grabbed her by the hair, pulling her to eye level "I will either take over this place one way or another, and if I have to use force my dear princess-" he shook her a bit to reinforce his statement, making her grip his hand that clutched her hair "-Then I will not think twice in doing this, even if that means having to marry you, after all-" he said and threw her to the floor "-You could always use a little discipline" he said and closed the gate "And don't think about trying to use your powers to escape this place" he said and held his right hand up, showing a dark aura around it "I already took care of it" he said and left the chambers.

Zelda quickly grabbed the bars of the doors and tried to shake them, proving further that the door was firmly closed, she sighted and slumped down, trying to focus her energy despite Heimrich's warnings, to her discomfort her energy felt crushed by something more powerful, frustrated she hit the door and covered her face, finally afraid that she couldn't do anything to escape.

Horrible thoughts about her father and Impa started clouding her mind, she didn't know how either of them was, or if they were still alive. She looked up and tried to find any way to break free or call for help but the more she tried, the more she came to realize how trapped she truly was, finally giving up she crawled to a corner of her cell and refrained herself from crying, she knew it wouldn't solve anything and it wouldn't get her any closer to escaping, finally calming herself enough to think she started thinking about what Heimrich would do to her and if there was any escape to his tortures.

After a while of waiting and bracing for the worst she heard a sound coming from the dungeon door, she didn't bother turning her head to look at whomever approached, she figured it was some guard she could not take down as easily, thinking Heimrich was too smart for that to work "Get up" the all-too familiar voice ordered, she glared at the direction of Heimrich not feeling like obeying, Heimrich raised a brow "Alright, since you won't cooperate" he said and opened the door, grabbing her by the arm and forcefully pulling her up and dragging her away from her cell and out of the dungeons, he kept dragging her until they reached the throne room, making her sit on her chair, Zelda gripped the armrest and glared at him "And don't think of escaping from here, one false move from you will cost your dear father's life"

"Why don't you use guards to keep me in place?" Zelda questioned uninterested.

Heimrich snickered "Please princess, as if mere guards could sustain you, I've seen you fight, I'm not about to make it too easy for you to escape"

"You seem to know a lot about me for what little time you've been here" she mused, Heimrich made himself comfortable on the King's throne, making Zelda's glare flare up.

Giving her a reluctant stare he snapped his fingers, maids quickly answering the silent call of his hand "I know more than you think princess, and when the time is right I will show you just how much I know" he grinned.

"What do you need me for?" Zelda asked, her question sounding more of a demand than the previous.

"Such impatience, don't you want your little hero to come see this too?" he mocked, Zelda seethed in annoyance and frustration "It'll be worth your while I promise…" the faint sound of laughter filled the corridors of the castle as Heimrich reinforced his point.

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After a few mysterious storms and the loss of a few crewmen the ship arrived at Liberty Bay, Link walked down the plank and into dry land, "Thank you for bringing me here" he said to Tetra.

She smiled, "Anytime, are you sure you don't want me to wait for you?"

Link shook his head and smiled "I'm not sure how long I'll take, you go ahead without me"

Tetra nodded and climbed back to her ship "We'll be waiting for you!" she yelled back as the ship took sale, leaving Link and Epona to continue alone, Link climbed on her back and grabbed her reigns.

"Let's go" he told her gently and Epona nodded, using all her speed to ride towards the newfound land.

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Author's notes: I hope the next chapter won't be as confusing as I think, yes, here we arrived to the Hyrule of Twilight Princess (as I've been hinting before) this will be used as another country, we're still in the same timeline, ok.

Amanita Virosa-Amaranthus-: Thank you for the review! I'm glad you love it!