Going on with life.
Preparations began for Link's wedding. The shopping for the materials began. Shippings were being carried out, invitations were being made, and new servants were arriving. The castle was turning into a joyfull colorful place. The Kingdom celebrated every night and all the citizens of Hyrule were joyfull and prosperous, except for two people, the bride and groom.
"Smile miss, you're to be wed in just another seven months. Time's passing by soon and I have yet to see a smile on your pretty face."
"Karei, would you be happy if your marriege was arranged? To a man you don't love...that way?"
Zelda looked down on her frowning lady in waiting. "I guess not miss, but Prince Link is a very handsome man. He's such a gentleman and very loving." Karei said again continuing making measurements on Zelda's gown. Zelda shook her head, "Yes he is a very loving man but I don't love him that way nor does he love me that way. His one true love is gone now, captured to Farore knows where. He is upset as am I. She was a dear friend."
"How horrible. Well then all I can say is that I wish for the best to come...For everyone." Karei said putting her sewing materials away. "Same here Karei."
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"How are you today sir?" Quintus asked setting Link's breakfeast on the table. Link looked up and glared at his caretaker. "Do you have to ask? Everyday it is the same thing. Servants rushing everywere unknowingly preparing for the worst day of my life. And Zelda's as well. Can they not see? Do they not see my heart dying more and more everytime the sun rises announcing the new day?" Link closed his eyes and stood up to leave.
"For what it's worth sir, she is alive..." Link turned around immedietly and grabbed Quiuntus by his collar. "You've known about her all this time!?" Quintus looked down avoiding his gaze. "It is this situation I had the means to avoid. Why I said nothing." Link released his tight grip and stepped back a bit. "Tell me all of what you know, if you don't I will go after her myself. I am getting weary of all these threats I can only take so much!" Quintus turned his back to Link and sighed.
"Have it your way sir. I will tell you all that I know...
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"You must remain here until the King orders otherwise Malon. I am sorry for this, I am sorry that I cannot put you in a better place but that's just the way it is." Shutting the doors behind him Terry ordered a strict watch. Malon looked around, she studied her surroundings and felt worse the more she saw. A gloomy space, the walls made of thick stone, isles of pillars holding large thick torches. There were cells in the wall across from her with torches on either side.
"We finally arrive to the Great Osirian and this is what I get the best view of. My poor uncle, I wonder how he could be? The ranch, my father's grave, my horses, my farm animals....Stupid stupid life! I had it all so good. But it's all behind now, including Link. He must be happy right now. Arranging his upcoming wedding, celebrating his future life aside his true love." Tears rolled down her cheecks as she tightened her grip around the chains that binded her. "I CURSE YOU LINK!! I curse you to have as unhappy a life as I!!!"
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"AH...I am home...Celia prepare me a cup of hot tea and take it up to my room. Hector take my luggage upstairs and tell Wendy to prepare me a bath." The servants bowed and left to their new chores. The King walked slowly to his room smiling all the way.
"Doris call Sir Terrius. Tell him I wish to speak to him immediatly." The elderly woman bowed and left the room as the King headed for his seat in his office. Moments later Terry arrived closing the door lightly behind him. "You called for me My lord?" The King grinned and pointed for him to sit. "I presume since you're here that the woman is as well." Terry nodded uttering a quick 'yes my lord'. "Good, I wish to see her soon. Take her to one of my former wife's chambers and give her something nice to wear. I will be there by afternoon. Oh and make sure she takes a good bath, I can imagine that traveling with barbarians must have given her a nasty stench." Terry bowed and stood to leave but was quickly interrupted.
"Did I give orders for you to leave!?" Terry turned facing the King and bowed in respect, "Forgive me lord I assumed-"
"Then don't assume! I have one last request and then you may leave. I want you to return to Hyrule and keep me well informed of my son's actions. Follow him if he leaves the castle and don't let him out of your sight." The King stared at him angrily, "Now leave" he said in a sarcastic tone.
Afternoon quickly came. The King was ready to meet the woman his son loved so much he would die for her. He followed the corridors to the drawing room and there he waited for her arrival. No sooner had he sat down steps were heard coming down the hall. He looked up immedietly as she stepped in gracefully. Her hair was in a half ponytail a white buterfly clip holding it in the back. Her bangs were loose and the rest of her fiery locks were bobbing up and down with each step she took. Her gown was white, simple, two thick straps a little past the shoulders, long skirt with a small flower embroidered on the left side of her hip. She wore white slippers that matched and a pearl bracelet on her right hand.
"I can see why my son was so excited with you. You're appearance is comparable to the Goddessess. But then again so are many others. Come sit down, I wish to have a word with you." Malon did as she was told, she sat down and held her gaze towards the floor. "Look at me woman!" Her eyes slowly trailed up to the King's face and tears automatically formed in her eyes. His appearance was very similiar to Link's with the exception of a few things.
"I do not appreciate women like you. Beautifull to the eye but dangerous to the heart, or in my son's case his wallet. I don't care if you claimed to love him or vise versa my son will never be with someone like you. Get that infomation carved in your brain. He is in love with the Princess and that is why they are to be married, but I cannot have you around to molest him! His manly lust has blinded him!" He put his face directly infront of her's and gave her the coldest stare he could muster. Her tears were already falling down her cleaned face but her expression of indifference had not changed. "A pety thing like you could ruin everything for me and that is why I must be rid of you." He stood up and walked around the room. "I cannot have you exist in the same plane as my son and so I must do something. You are like the dam the blocks the river from flowing, like the weeds that stop the flowers from growing. You are the only obstacle in my way to make Hyrule mine. I must make you DISSAPPEAR!!"
His roaring yell had made her body cringe. He had achieved in wounding her soul even worse. The sword that was beginning to fall had once again been plunged in her heart. Her face would not show it but her tears were clearer than crystal. "Do with me as you please then, death can only be my cure." He glared at her and slapped her hard across the face. With her new instinct she took hold of his hand just as it was about to pull away and brought him down sending a hard punch to his cheeckbone. "WENCH!" he grabbed her by the hair,"If only it where that simple. To let your death come would only cause my son's rebellion. I am not that stupid even though it is seeming that my war is inevitable. If I can still stop it through my son I will not let it fail!" He pulled her to her feet roughly. "I will send you away far far away. If you die that will not be my problem but I will be rid of you then." He threw her out and ordered her taken away.
As soon as the sun was setting she was put in a carriege and driven away from Osirian.
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The clouds changed colors as the sun began to set. First to orange then to pink and finally purple. He sat there on the field staring at the horizon. His thoughts solely on his love. Quintus had told him everything, where she was headed to, how she was, and with who. But he did not follow, he could not follow. His heart and instincts told him to go, but his mind argued otherwise. If he went he could jeopordize the live's of many Hyrulians incluiding her's. He had spoken to Zelda who agreed with his mind.
For the sake of everyone he had to give up his love. His heart was now beginning to understand but it was still insistent on going. However he could not and so he did not. 'Malon, how different our lives would have been had I never left Hyrule. We would have been happy, married and possibly with children. But who's to say Osirian would not have invaded sooner or later. I would have died in that battle leaving you alone in this world. I suppose this way is best, even if it means our hearts be in pain.
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Malon stared out the small window gazing at the stars beginning to appear. Her eyes were tired of crying,her heart tired of hurting. Perhaps with the training Terry provided she was not completely lost. Then again she had not been provided food and she did not know where she was going to be left. The world seemed to be making her pay for a crime she did not commit. A sin she had no say in commiting. It was just simply done.
Loving Link was her one and only crime, was it such a crime that she had to pay for it...this way? All her life gone down the drain all because she fell in love with the wrong man. 'Hopefully I will survive and find myself a new life. If the Goddessess can grant me that, then I will no longer think of Link. I will no longer turn back to this land, these memories, this pain...I will only turn to my uncle. He is the only one who has never failed me in anyway.'She bowed her head low and put her hand to her heart. 'To this I say....farewell...Hyrule.'
The carriege continued on the lonely road. Giant trees, grass, and flowers decorated the sides of the road. The moon followed the carriege, illuminating it with her light.
(I was going to stop it here but meh!lol)
The morning sunlight shined roughly on her face. Two rough hands reached out to her and pulled her out of the carriege. When she looked up she saw two soldiers on either side holding her arms tightly. They began to walk towards the forest leaving the carriege on the side of the road.
The farther they went the less she could hear of the horses' whining. Whenever she would slow down the soldiers would nudge her arm forward and keep going. "May I ask where you are taking me?" One of the soldiers looked down at her. His dark brown eyes boring into her soul. In a rough voice he said, "We are taking you deep into the forest as are our orders. Where you go from there will be your choice."
"Do you know where you are going?" She asked him once again. He didn't turn to her this time instead he kept looking forward. "Yes, we do.We know how to return to the carriege as well."
"How will you be sure that I do not follow you after you leave me somewhere then?" He turned his head to her glared but didn't answer. She sighed and gave up. Wherever they left her it didn't matter as long as she was away from Hyrule...away from Link.
They ventured on until it was nearly sundown. In a small clearing they stopped and set up a camp with only two tents and a small fire. The soldiers took out a small pouch and a bottle of water. As they ate Malon only watched with hunger, she was tired from walking and hungry since the day before. Night finally covered the sky and the soldiers began to put away their things. "Ray. Gather leaves and twigs nearby and give them to the girl." The man referred to as Ray stood up and walked around.
After a while he walked to her and gave her the leaves and twigs. "Here, make yourself a bed. I will bring you a robe you can cover yourself with and wear during the day." He was much gentler than his partner as were his features. His dark hair shined slightly in the fire as his bright blue eyes darkened with the night. After he brought her the robe Ray was told to keep a watch while his partner slept. Slowly but steadily Malon too fell asleep.
Not long after she was snapped out of sleep by someone poking her arm. She opened her eyes lazily and looked at Ray's face. He had an urgent glint in his eyes and he kept turning back to his partner who was still deep in sleep. "Listen, I don't know why the King would do this to a poor defenseless girl but I don't think it's right." She looked up at him incredulously and was about to defend herself but decided not to. "Put the robe on and come with me. I'll say that you escaped while I fell asleep." She nodded and followed behind silently.
When they were a little far off he stopped and turned back to face her. "We are currently in Bosquia Woods, it's in the border between the provinces of Osirian and the Kingdom of Noreyes. Keep going east from here until you reach a road. Follow it until you see a fork that says Aetho left and Meluvet right. Take the road to Aetho and follow it to the village of Aetho. There you will find helpful people. Ask for a lady by the name of Daeni. She will help you, she helped me. She's a great person tell her I sent you. With that she will ask for no more." He smiled and took her hands in his, " Do you understand?" she nodded slowly and smiled slightly back. He turned to leave and began walking away.
She looked down at her hands and noticed a pack hanging off her wrist. Opening it up she found a piece of bread, some cheese, and a fairly sized canteen full of water. Gasping she looked back up and saw him still walking away. With a short smile she whispered, "Thank you, Ray.." Turning to were he had pointed earlier she began her lonely journey to Aetho.
The suns rays were rising above the trees and she still had yet to come to a road. "Did I take the wrong way? Am I lost?" She shivered a bit and covered herself with the brown robe. Holding onto the pack she continued going the same way.
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"Ray! Where the hell is the woman!? Don't tell me you fell asleep you imbecile!" Ray stood up quickly and began to search near the site. When he returned he found his partner near his tent. "You helped her escape didn't you? Your pack is gone, and these tracks of her's are still fresh but they stop just outside of this clearing. I very much doubt she can fly and I know for a fact that you are not stupid enough to let her pass you by in the night. But then again you are a beginner and a wimpy one at that. Let's see what the King has to say for your treason!" The man began to walk to his tent in a rage when he suddenly felt a sword in his stomach.
"Forgive me Sine, but I cannot let you tell the King."
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Looking up to the bright warm sky she sat on a large stone near a brook. "I'm almost out of food. Great, what am I suppose to do now? I have to save whatever I have left and keep going." She stood up and kneeled to fill her canteen.
As she continued she took in everything she saw. The tall green trees, the soft brown earth beneath her feet, birds singing from a distance. The forest was a beautiful place, so peacefull. It filled her with relief to be away from all her troubles. Everything seemed so far away now, as well as everyone. There was no one here to ruin her day, no one to remind her of her past. No one to disturb her newfound peace.
The day was quickly coming to an end, she had been walking through most of the night and morning taking small breaks in between. Once did she stop to take a nap during the day with sun shining warmly on her body. Now it was near sunset and she had to find a small clearing for the night.
The next day she woke up early and put out the small fire she had lit the night before. Her leaf and twig bed was spread back unto the grass were she found it before. Thankfully she learned more than fighting skills from Terry. She continued on her journey just like the day before. Walking for long periods of time and taking small breaks in between.
However she was out of food and her water was also running out. She grew hungrier with each passing moment and her body grew weaker. In the Osirian dungeon she had eaten nothing but pieces of bread smaller than her hand and small jars of water. The day she met the King she had nothing to eat save a piece of cheese with some milk. Along the carriege she had had nothing until she was put on her own. But the bread quickly diminished as well as the cheese.
She soon reached a clearing with trees surrounding it but just beyond the trees was a road. A wide open road that seemed to be the one Ray told her of. In her excitement she ran towards it and followed it to the hopefully close fork in the road.
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"WHAT!? She escaped!!! How could you two be so STUPID!!! Well, Sine anyway. Still would you not have woken with his cry of death!" Ray looked down and shook his head. "I...heard nothing sir. He had chosen watch for the night, so I confidently lay myself to sleep. I do not know for sure if she killed him or not but I do know that she escaped with his pack and left the site."
The King tapped his fingers on his chin in an agitated manner. "Very well then. let her have it her way. She did not know were she was and so she is probably lost and rotting in some place in the forest. The wolves will get to her dying corpse soon. You may leave now. Oh, what of the news of Noreyes?"
Ray turned around and walked back to the King's desk. "It seems their princess has fallen ill again. My guess is that she is dead and they are just prolonging the news since they wouldn't let anyone in to see her. But the King said that he would have gladly taken you up on the marriege offer had it not been for his daughter's sudden illness." Ray bowed again.
"Very well then, you may leave." He turned around and left the King alone. "Darn that King, could it be that perhaps he did simply not want an arranged marriege with my son? Noreyes is a valuable Kingdom, also one of the greatest in the world. Hyrule does not even compare to this place, a shame his answer was not the one I wanted to hear. Had he said yes I would have gladly dropped Hyrule, then again if Hyrule becomes mine I could just conquer it...Yes that is exactly what I will do! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Ah, Doris bring me some tea please." She bowed and left the room in silence.
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"Just...a..a lit...little..bit more..." Her vision was getting blurry, her legs were giving in and her body was so sore and weary. "I...can do..it...the...there is..the fork..." With all her might she kept going. She turned left like it said to Noreyes. But with her hunger and sore body she could no longer walk. With a loud thump she fell to the ground, still stubborn to give up she tried to pull herself with her arms until she fell unconscience, the sounds of hoofs in the distance the last things she heard.
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