Yay! It's my second to last chapter! I am sorry guys, but it's true! My fan fiction is going to end soon! I am sorry if this chapter is going to be really shitty, but I tried my best! This originally was going to be my last chapter, but due to the chapter being in creditably long I had to divide it up, and sorry. I had a lot more with what I wanted to write. Maybe the reason why it sucks is because I included a lot of symbolizism in this chapter. So... Ummm... Okay, I thank Royal Kenya, halomasterchief, and The Princess Zelda for the inspiration. Without them, there would be no good fan fiction here. (sweat drop appears)
Starting Time: Thursday, March 16, 2006 at 4:04 PM (Okay, few things I just GOTTA say... One is that I am surprised that I didn't upload this chapter as soon as I finished chapter seven because I have a habit of doing that. But for this one, I waited a little while which is surprising to me... And two, is that I was supposed to be studying for my History test, but I didn't, because I didn't feel like it! XD)
Finishing Time: Sunday, May 7, 2006 at 2:16 PM (OMFG! This chapter took me FOREVER to finish! It was hard because I didn't know what I wanted out of the chapter… Well, I did at the end, but not really at the beginning. I had to ponder for a while, wondering what the hell I wanted in the beginning and I was confused. Plus school was killing me, and I had nothing really to do. I FINALLY finish this chapter. This is the longest time I have taken towards finishing a chapter! (gonks head a bunch of times with the Megaton hammer.) The WORST thing ever for me! I hope you enjoy it…)
Posted: Sunday, September 17, 2006 at 7:30 PM
NOTE: OMFG!!! I AM BACK FROM THE DEAD!!! FEAR MY WRATH OF MY DESIRES OF GETTING A WII!!! IT'S COMING OUT ON NOVEMBER 19TH 2006!!!! I REALLY WANT TWILIGHT PRINCESS AND SUPER SMASH BROTHERS BRAWL!!! (coughs and clears throat is this even possible to do all at once? o.O O.o) Anyways, I apologize for not updating in like… three months, but I had been going through: reposting chapters, an enormous amount of stress, depression, and suicidal thoughts… I have to say that this chapter sucks. It literary sucks, and my grandma could write better shit than this. :p
Disclaimer: I do not own Super Smash Brothers Melee or GameCube.
Chapter 9 – No Regrets
Link entered his dorm room in the Super Smash Brothers Mansion and produced a long sigh. After Zelda had fainted, Link carried Zelda all the way back to her room, where Samus caught both of them in the hallway, asking what was wrong with Zelda. Link explained everything that happened outside in the courtyard, except about Zelda's confession about Marth. He felt that Zelda had entrusted him with this little secret about why she was so depressed on the second day of the Melee Tournament. He didn't want to go against her words in any way, by exposing her secret out to all the other smashers. Samus instructed Link to head back to his room since it was getting late, and that she'd carry Zelda back to her room. Link agreed, and allowed Samus carry Zelda back to her room where she could get some rest. Link closed his eyes for a moment, as he leaned against the door of his room, when he heard a familiar voice speak to him.
"Why the long face, Link?"
Link opened his eyes to see his fellow swordsman, Roy looking up at him while he sat on his own bed looking up from his book. He was staring at him in a concerned way, and Link would know that he would be letting Roy down, if he didn't tell him what was wrong soon. He also saw that Marth had also retreated back to his room early, while he was busy polishing his Falchion for the second time today. Link sighed again as he responded to his friend.
"It's because I am tried, and something unexpected came up today," Link replied. He looked at both of the smashers. A question quickly popped in his mind about Roy's behavior the other night. "Roy, what the in the Sacred Realm were you doing last night? I wasn't able to get any sleep because you and silly typing on the computer last night."
Roy's face turned red with embarrassment as he heard Link say that. Roy admitted that he stay up all night because he was busy typing something, but it was only to confess to someone special about something. He was slightly embarrassed because he never told Link his feelings for Peach. He was never ready to tell Link about his feelings for the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, but he knew that once he confessed to Peach, his friends would find out sooner or later. Marth was the only one who knew his secret because he was his best friend, and he told him before Marth joined Super Smash Brothers Melee. He never thought his friend would be interested in joining the SSBM team, so he thought his secret was safe. However, he was wrong. Marth was interested in joining SSBM to get over his sister's and father's death, and to become emotionally stronger. So when Marth entered the Melee Tournament, he knew who Roy's love was, and figured it would be better to remain friendly towards the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom rather than flirt with her.
"Er... You see... The truth is-" Roy began to say, as Marth finished his sentence for him.
"He was trying to confess his love for Peach," Marth responded dully, he finished polishing his Falchion. He swung the sword a few times in the air, and after inspecting it carefully. He looked up at Roy, as Roy glared angrily at Marth for a second for telling Link his secret.
"Marth!" Roy cried out, furious with his friend.
"What? You had to tell him sooner or later. Besides, you told me who you liked at Super Smash Brothers Melee even before I got here!" Marth answered back, as he shrugged. "Link would have figured it out… eventually."
"Wait a minute... Roy, you like Peach?" the young Hyrulean questioned curiously, as Roy sighed. Now that his secret was revealed, Roy wondered how his friend was going to take all this information. He hoped his friend would accept it, but he knew Link, and Link would support him no matter who he loved.
"Yes, I like her. The reason why I was typing all night was because I was thinking of leaving her a note confessing my love for her, but then I figured that it would be best to tell her in person," Roy said calmly. He took deep breaths to calm himself down and not try to overreact about this. Roy knew deep down inside that he shouldn't be stressing over such an issue about this. However, Roy was relieved to see that his friend was only slightly shocked, and not angry with him for not telling him about his secret earlier.
"So, did you confess?" asked Link curiously once again. Link thought Roy would answer for him, but Marth did instead.
"Yes, he did," Marth answered plainly, as he sheathed his sword and leaned it against the wall. Link raised an eyebrow at the prince for his knowledge of Roy's experience with women.
"Okay... When? And how?" asked the Hyrulean hero at both of the swordsmen
"I walked in on Roy and Peach when I was getting a form for the Master Hand," the prince of Altea replied with a smirk. Link looked over at Roy, to see what his reaction would be.
"Is that all true, Roy?" asked Link.
"Yes... Anyways, why are you so concerned about my love life? You should be worrying about your own, you know," Roy began to say as Marth began to cut in on their conversation, once again, and informed Roy on some information that he was not aware of.
"That won't be necessary. I don't think Link will need to worry about anything for quite a while, now that I have a girlfriend," Marth said, as he smirked. Roy sighed at Marth's usual mysterious ways, and looked at him.
"Let me guess. Your girlfriend is Samus, right?" asked the flame haired swordsman, as Marth nodded his head. Link stood there slightly shocked at the prince of Altea's response.
There were lot's things that were going on that was all happening so fast. The first one was that, Link never thought that Marth would have Samus as his girlfriend. Link always thought the two would be a nice sight to see, but he always thought he would be a little crazy to think something like that, knowing that one was a polite, charming prince and another was an outspoken, tomboy. He guessed that Samus was interested in Marth, but he wasn't so sure. Another topic was that Link realized that everything was changing and couples started forming so fast in the Super Smash Brothers Mansion, and he wondered now that if Zelda would still have the same feelings as she always did after he got her memory of him back. Link shook those thoughts out of his head, and decided that he would worry about them later. Link knew deep down inside, that the most important thing to do right now was to retrieve Zelda's memories of him. Link closed his eyes for moment thinking deeply about everything. He wanted to find Zelda's most precious memory that was spent with him. What was it though? He still thought deeply about it.
Link had practically taken Zelda to all of the places he shared almost of all of his memories with her. Link had taken her to the temples where they had met when she was disguised as Sheik. He kept on thinking. Link retraced all of his memories of Zelda ever since the time he met her. The young Hyrulean decided to think what his most precious memory with Zelda was outside of Super Smash Brothers Melee. After a while, Link quickly figured out what Zelda's most favorite memory of him was. That place… filled with flowers… and butterflies… grass… so green… that calming, warm place. He mentally slapped himself over an over again for not figuring it out earlier. It was so obvious, yet how could he not have realized it? Link opened his eyes again and grinned at himself. He knew that tomorrow was going to be award ceremony where the Master Hand would announce who the winner of the Super Smash Brothers Melee Trophy was. Link knew that the ceremony wouldn't start until noon the next day. Until then, he needed to carefully plan out his day and regain all of Zelda's memories.
"Hey, Link? What's wrong, buddy?" questioned Roy, as he looked at the young, dazed Hyrulean.
"What? Er... Nothing. I was just lost in my thoughts," Link replied, as he happily smiled at his friend. "I am just exhausted. I want to sleep now."
After saying that, Link walked over to his dresser, peeled off his clothes, and dressed in his pajamas. Link put away all of his battling clothes for the tournament in his dresser and fell on his bed. He laid there on his bed staring at the ceiling, thinking about the princess of Hyrule. He was a little happy today, knowing that she was able to open up to him and confess her feelings to him. She trusted him. To him, it was a sign of progress he was able to make into her heart. He was a little bit closer to her than before. Perhaps she did feel something special for him. If she did, he would be delighted that she would feel that way, however, he was still determined to retrieve all of her memories of him back. He swore to himself, that whenever he would finally figure out whenever he had figured out what Zelda's most precious memory of him was, he would be sure to return all of memories of him, as soon as possible. He already planned what he was going to do for the next day, and would not waste a moment for pausing for any regrets. Link smiled at himself once again, let out a huge yawn, and turned off the light near his night table.
"Night," Link said in the darkness as the two other swordsman responded to him.
"Good night," replied a voice that sounded like Roy's.
"Good night, Link," responded the other voice which was Marth's.
Link woke up early the next day. There were many important things that he had to do or else he wouldn't be able to make it in time for the award ceremony. He wanted to act as soon as possible for getting Zelda's memories. He would not let anything get in his way, no matter how important the Melee Tournament was to him. After getting up at six o'clock in the morning and washing himself up, Link headed straight down to the dining hall. Since it was the award ceremony that day and the smashers didn't need to get up early, the smashers could have breakfast anytime they wanted. After eating a bowl of cereal, a piece of toast, and drinking a glass of orange juice, Link quickly walked to all the way to the other side of the building to the Master Hand's office. He flew down the hallways turning at different points, when he finally came across the white door with the brass door knob. This was it. He needed permission to leave the mansion, and he hopefully wished that the Master Hand would grant his request. He knocked on the door a few times to be polite.
"Come in," said a voice on the other side of the door.
Link slowly turned the gold knob on the door and slowly opened the door. Link stepped inside of the Master Hand's office which was all white with pictures of all the smashers on the walls. He quickly noticed that Marth's picture was added next to Peach and Roy's. He also noticed that they were many different clippings from different newspapers talking about the Super Smash Brothers Melee Tournament. At the left side of the wall, there was a large glass trophy case with many different awards. Many of them included "Best Game of the Year" and other such. Despite the Master Hand's insane rules, his office was really tidy. Link figured that the Master Hand was an obsessive compulsive freak that couldn't stand anything out of order, hence why he created many different ridiculous rules for the Melee Tournament. He wondered where Crazy Hand was at the moment… but the Hyrulean concluded that the other hand was in a straight jacket for being so insane.
"Have a seat," the Master Hand said to the blonde haired, ocean eyed Hyrulean. The Master Hand finished signing some papers and sighed with exhaustion. Link quickly took a seat in front of the Master Hand's desk.
"So, Link... What do you want?" asked the Master Hand.
"I want the traveling form for Super Smash Brothers because I want to go to Hyrule with Zelda and Young Link for something," Link requested slowly, as the Master Hand raised an eyebrow at him.
"Why? Can't you do it another day? Besides, the award ceremony is today!" the Master Hand exclaimed, as he was somewhat angry that Link waited until the day of the Super Smash Brothers Melee ceremony for a trip. Link simply shook his head no.
"I can't. It's really important, and if I don't do it today, there will be problems," Link replied. "Please, Master Hand. I really need to do this today because today is the best time for me to do something important for Zelda."
For a long moment, the Master Hand looked into Link's pleading eyes and sighed. There was no use arguing with the Hero of Time. There was something in Link's eyes that told the Master Hand that he had to let Link travel to Hyrule. A powerful emotion expressed through the blue eyes which was the power of love. A strong human affection for someone important, and the Master Hand clearly knew that he shouldn't mess with someone who was deeply in love with another person. If he was that way, he would be somewhat of a hypocrite if he did get in the way, for reasons unknown. Besides, Link was one the best smashers that obeyed the rules, and was an ideal model for other smashers, besides Zelda. He would be able to trust Link for coming to the award ceremony on time.
"I guess I am too soft hearted in situations like this. Alright. I'll let you go to Hyrule. I'll give you a slip for the guards, allowing you to go," the Master Hand replied, as Link smiled at him. "You need three forms, right? One for Zelda, Young Link, and you?"
"Yep, and thank you so much. I really appreciate it!" Link responded happily, as the Master Hand began to fill out the forms. Link couldn't help, but smile the whole time as the Master Hand carefully filled out the form. He was glad to know that the Master Hand accepted his request, rather than declining it. The Master Hand finally signed all three forms at the bottom, and handed them to Link. Link grabbed them out of the Master Hand's, thanked him once again, and quickly began to exit the room.
"Just make sure you make it in time for the award ceremony!" the Master Hand called out to Link, as he ran out of the door.
Link's next task for the day was to find Young Link and ask him a favor. It was really urgent for him to make him agree to his wishes for what he wanted. Young Link would have to play a special part in his plan. He was searching as quickly as he could, but Young Link was no where to be found. Where in the Sacred Realm was that little prankster? After talking to Ness and Popo in the dining hall, he was able to locate the younger version of himself in the training room where Young Link was practicing firing his fire arrows. He immediately sauntered over to the waiting room of the training room, where smashers could get ready for their practicing battles. After scanning through some screens, he was able to locate Young Link at Yoshi's Island. The young Hyrulean got himself on the transporter to go to the area that Young Link was located. Link transported himself to the training room. His eyes scanned the training area of the mansion as he quickly located the person he was looking for. His Hyrulean blue spheres located him firing arrows on a target on a tree, down from the platform he was standing on. He quickly sprinted up to Young Link as he called his name.
"Hey, Young Link!" the Hyrulean shouted, as the younger version of the famous hero stopped firing arrows and looked at the person calling his name.
"Link?" asked Young Link, surprised to see his older version of himself running towards him.
"Young Link," Link gasped, as rested his hands on his knees for a moment to catch his breath. He noticed a near by tree to where Young Link was practicing and leaned against it. He panted heavily, as Young Link stared at him, wondering what his future self came to talk about.
"Yeah? What is it?"
"Okay... Young Link, you would do anything for Princess Zelda, right? Since you are her sworn protector and everything?" inquired Link softly, as his past self gave a look of confusion on his face. Link still gasped for some more air as he rested a little more from his running.
"Yeah... Why?" Young Link asked slowly, as he eyed his other self suspiciously.
"Okay... Young Link... I want you to head up to the main door of the Mansion and show this form to the guards. After that, please go to Hyrule castle, sneak past the guards, and meet me in the courtyard at ten o'clock am, okay?" Link explained, as Young Link stood there still confused with what his future self was up to.
"Erm... Oh...Kay?"
"Here, take this form that the Master Hand gave me to go to Hyrule. I want you to hide under that little bridge with the moat surrounding the courtyard. I will get you out of there for a moment when I come there," Link explained.
"Er... Right? Umm... Why do I need to go to courtyard? And what does this have to do with Princess Zelda?" whined little Link. "I also had plans with Popo, Nana, Pichu, Kirby and Ness!"
"Trust me. You will be helping Zelda by a lot if you do this for me. You trust your older self, right?" asked the older, stronger Link.
"Er... Sometimes?" the younger Link replied, as Link's jaw dropped.
"What do you mean by that?!" Link cried out furiously. Young Link giggled at his overreacting, older self and replied sweetly to his response.
"I am just kidding! Of course, I trust myself!" Young Link replied, as he smiled. Young Link gave a long sigh. "Oh well, I guess I will have to cancel my plans then."
"Okay, so you got everything? You don't need me to repeat everything?" asked Link to make sure that everything was set.
"Yep!" the younger Hero of Time chirped.
"Okay, it's all settled then!" Link replied with a huge grin on his face. Everything was almost set. He had successfully gotten Link to accept his plans for the day, and all he needed to do was to find someone else to help make his plans come true for the day.
The next thing Link had to do was to ask Zelda if she wanted to go to Hyrule. Link automatically knew that she would say yes, but he was worried at the small chance of her saying no. This was a part of himself, which Link despised. He was always a little pessimistic with some topics, because he always feared the outcome. Link decided not to think the negative way of life, and tried to remain positive and strong. That was the way Zelda had always taught him to look at things in life. Always look at the positive way of life, never the negative. That was one of the reasons why he fell in love with her was because of that. The fact that Zelda was always there for him, to help him whatever mess he had gotten himself into. However, she wasn't there for him now. He knew that this task would only be for himself to prove his love for the princess of Hyrule. He spotted Zelda in the middle of the hallway finishing her chat with Samus and Peach. The bounty hunter and the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom nodded their heads a little bit, and left Zelda all by herself when Link finally caught up with her.
"Hi, Zelda! How are you today?" Link asked causally, as he smiled warmly at the princess of Hyrule.
"I'm fine, thank you. So, how are you?" the princess replied cheerfully with her beautiful angelic smile on her face. Link observed Zelda's face again, as he was glad to see that she regained her usual self. "I just finished telling Peach and Samus about… you know… what happened between Marth and me. I had to confess to Samus how I felt about her being with Marth at first, but how I later accepted it. They understood everything, and I was forgiven by them for the way I acted. I kind of feel a little bit ashamed that I felt this malevolence against her."
"Oh that's good you are feeling well. Well, I am kind of glad that you finally told them what happened. It must be hard action to do, but you got through it. So, are you sure that you are okay even though you fainted yesterday?" Link asked, making sure that Zelda was okay. Hopefully nothing bad happened to Zelda, causing her not to be able to travel with Link outside the Super Smash Brothers Mansion. Zelda smiled cheerfully at Link for being concerned about her.
"Yes, I am alright. Samus took care of me for the rest of the night and she made sure that everything was okay. Thank you so much for worrying though," Zelda thanked; as she slightly blushed knowing that Link cared deeply for her. Link smiled again at the princess of Hyrule for her safety and was relieved everything turned out okay.
"That's a relief. If you were hurt in anyway, I would be really worried," Link replied, as Zelda blushed a little bit more, hearing that from the Hero of Time. Link quickly remembered why he needed to talk with Zelda and asked her a question. "Zelda, I know this is very last minute, but would you like to come with me to Hyrule castle? There's something you and I need to talk about in the courtyard there. It's really important. I am really sorry about the last minute notice."
Zelda looked at Link slightly puzzled. She wondered what was so important that they needed to go all the way to Hyrule to discuss what Link wanted to talk to her about. She hesitated for a moment wondering if she should go with Link today. Zelda thought about what plans she had for that day. She didn't plan anything with Samus or Peach today because she thought it would be best to take the day off after two days of battling other smashers. She wanted to relax in her room, but what else would be a better way to take the day off with a trip to the beautiful land of Hyrule. Zelda smiled at Link for his offer and replied.
"Yes, Link. I'll go with you to Hyrule castle."
Link smiled at Princess Zelda's response to his question and offered his right arm for her to take. Zelda took his arm and locked it around her as she smiled at him once again and started heading towards the entrance of the Super Smash Brothers Mansion. When they finally got there, there were several men all wearing black suits, each with a pair of dark sunglasses and a huge a silver gun in their hands. They stood there like rocks as they saw the Hero of Time and his princess coming towards the door. Zelda could hear from the other side of the door there were thousands of screaming fans begging the guards for access into the SSB Mansion.
"Is there anything we can do for you, Master Link and Mistress Zelda?" asked the chief of the guards when Link approached him. Link produced the two forms that the Master Hand had given him earlier that morning and showed it to the guard.
"The Princess and I want to leave to Hyrule before the award ceremony starts," Link said proudly, as he smiled at Zelda. Zelda smiled back at him, as the guard raised an eyebrow at the couple. The guard stared back at the form as he carefully studied the signature pressed on the end of the document.
"Why? You know that it's going to be crazy out there once we start opening the door for you," another one of the guards said.
"We just want to go to Hyrule so we can relax since battling all the other smashers has been really tiring. Please, sir. We would really appreciate your help for us, if you just let us go to Hyrule," Link said to the guard. The chief of all the guards looked at the Link and Zelda's form and then back at the young Hyrulean couple. He gave a long sigh.
"Alright. So, what is your means of transportation?" the guard asked.
"We will be taking Epona, my horse. Don't worry, we both can ride her," Link said with a reassuring tone of voice.
"Okay then. That's the only thing I need to ask you. Hey, Jason! Get Link's horse, NOW! He needs to go to Hyrule. And make sure that NO fans come in when we open the doors or the Master Hand will have our heads for it!" the chief guard yelled to another guard. The guard saluted towards the chief and took out a cell phone and dialed a number.
"It's going to be only a little while," the chief guard told the Hyruleans.
After only five minutes of waiting, Link heard a loud neigh on the other side of the door as fans started screaming louder. He smiled at the sound of his beloved mare, as he heard all the fans go wild seeing the horse, and screaming. The fans figured that Link was going out today. From the other side of the door, he could hear cameras clicking, probably taking pictures of Epona, and screaming Link's name. Link was a little worried by the fan girl's actions because he heard Epona let out a large neigh of fear and worry. He was reassured by the guards, as he hoped that he would be able to make it out of the huge mess safely.
"Hold them back!" Jason ordered on his cell phone to all the other guards outside.
The chief guard faced the couple after watching Jason scream into his cell phone some more, telling the other guards what to do. "Are you ready?" asked the guard as both of the Hyruleans nodded their heads. He turned to all the other guards, prepared to ask his next question. "Okay… Are you ready guys? We are going to open the doors for Link and Zelda on the count of three…. One… Two… THREE!"
All the guards yanked the doors open as Link and Zelda saw thousands of fans look past the guards and guarding rails to see the Hyruleans. The entire fans eye's widened seeing the two in person, and started to resist all of the security's strength even more. They kept on hollering at Link and Zelda, as they started begging Link and Zelda for autographs. Their digital cameras started blinding both of the Hyruleans as they squinted at the light, flashing in their eyes. However the guards announced to all the fans that the two Hyrulean smashers would not be taking autographs. A great majority of fans had a loud groan escape into the air, but there were still some fans still asking for Zelda and Link for autographs. The Hyruleans shook their heads, as Link glanced up in front of him was Epona neighing softly at her master.
Link smiled at his mare, as fans went even wilder as they started to take pictures of Link grinning at Epona. As their lights started flashing on and off, Link couldn't help, but blush at the crowd of fans girls that came to see him. Link finally turned to Zelda as she smiled sweetly at him. He smiled back, as he gestured his hand towards Epona, telling Zelda to mount on Epona first. Several fans that were still watching them carefully and more pictures were being taken as some fans awed at the couple, as some other fans were glaring angrily at the princess of Hyrule for Link being so kind to her. Zelda still smiled at Link for always being kind and considerate, as she walked to where Epona stood. She petted the muzzle of the horse, as she walked to the right side of the horse. One of the guards came to give her a leg up. She jumped up into the saddle of the horse, and swung her left leg over the other side. When she was finally mounted up on the bay colored mare, Link smiled up at her from the ground. Link also mounted on his faithful horse behind Zelda, and gathered up his reins in both of his hands. As one of the guards struck Epona's right side, they were off.
As Epona started out a little bit slow, Link urged her to gallop faster. Zelda sat deep in the saddle, as she soaked up the four beat gait of the horse. They passed through the main part of the private urban area of the city that mansion was located; they were finally out in the country. Where Link finally felt free at last from all the stress and torture of not being able to explore the world like he used to before he signed up to become a smasher. The day was perfect with the sun shinning brightly down on the two Hyruleans riding nice bay colored horse. The temperature was just right for a summer day, not too hot or cold, but just warm. After a long while Zelda thought it would be best to try to have a conversation with the man who asked her to accompany him on his way out to Hyrule.
"What's her name?" Zelda asked to Link. Link inhaled some of the fresh air, as he finally answered her question.
"Epona," he replied. It still felt strange that Zelda's memories were removed and he was practically introducing himself for the second time for the princess. He urged his mare to gallop a little bit faster. He didn't want to keep Young Link waiting for a long time, or else he would receive a scolding from him. It was kind of weird that way. His younger self scolding himself for being late. Zelda thought deeply about the mare's name.
"Epona," she repeated softly. She looked down at the horse that was galloping at a good rate, but was still waking up from her long nap she took. Zelda looked at the color of the horse and glanced at the mare's face. She smiled softly at the horse who was taking them somewhere special in Hyrule. "That's a pretty name. Did you name her?"
"No. A friend of mine did. Her name is Malon. Are you familiar with her?" Link asked trying to be polite. The answer was obvious to him, Zelda probably never heard of Malon because of her memory of Link introducing Malon to her, but he tried to act casual towards the princess.
"No. I haven't. Perhaps you could introduce me to her, sometime?" suggested Zelda. Link smiled from behind her. Hopefully, he would be able to have Zelda's memories returned by today, and she would remember everything about him.
"Sure. Just tell me when," Link told her as Epona galloped faster.
They were finally out into Hyrule Field, where Link caught sight of the castle not far away. He smiled fondly at the castle that had brought back so many different memories with him and Zelda and urged Epona to pick her speed once again. His mare's foot steps clobbered on the wooden bridge when they finally reached the gate of the grand city, and they passed the market where people all eagerly greeted them for a short period of time. The market people in Hyrule were always warm, and friendly, especially to Link and Zelda, since they saved Hyrule from Ganondorf. However, Link didn't want to make small talk with the villagers because he needed to go the castle with Zelda as soon as possible. Epona had reached the dirt road towards the castle after passing the market, but instead of entering straight through the gait at the castle, Link halted his faithful creature at a group of vines and dismounted. Zelda was puzzled by this stopping and not proceeding towards the main gate of her castle, so she asked Link was going on.
"Erm, aren't we going through the gate?" Zelda asked awkwardly, looking down from Epona at Link, as he patted Epona's neck and started tying up the reins to the vines.
"Nope," Link answered, as he finished his knot. "We will be sneaking in the castle to the courtyard. There, someone very special will be waiting for us."
Zelda raised an eyebrow at Link's plans and stared at him suspiciously. "Then why don't we go through the gate? I mean, all I need to do is tell the guards that you are escorting me back here for a moment. I'm sure they will understand," Zelda commented, as she paused for a moment. "Or… are you afraid or something of the guards? They are really nice people and I don't think they would ever hurt you if I told them not to."
Link took a deep breath as he readjusted his sword and shield in case of protection for him and the princess. "It's not that I'm afraid, it's just that… I think it would be more fun if we snuck in the castle courtyard rather than going in straight on."
After saying that, he glanced up at the princess on his mare, and smiled mischievously like Marth did. It was a little weird that they would be sneaking in, but that was because Link didn't tell King Harkinian before hand that he would be coming into Hyrule castle. The king had nothing against Link; however, he always wanted to know when his faithful hero would come, so he could properly greet him and always have a chat with him. To avoid, the king's droning words, and his praise to him, he would have to sneak in without anyone noticing him. Another thing would be the king would be absolutely horrified to know, that his beloved daughter had forgotten all memories of Link. That was the last thing Link would want in all of Hyrule was to see the king, and receive his praise from him and for the king to see Zelda in the state she was in.
"Don't you agree? It would be fun."
Zelda paused at idea of sneaking in. Certainty as a child, she was never allowed to leave the castle unless for business purposes, but she had never tried to sneak out or in. However, she had always wished to not be the princess she had been for the past seventeen years. After a long moment, she finally considered the idea. It would've been nice for the princess of Hyrule to try something new like sneaking in. She thought over it carefully, and she finally gave her consideration to Link by nodding at him. It didn't matter any way, if they were caught by the guards because they would have instantly recognized Zelda and she could just explain the situation to them. After Zelda nodded her head, Link's face gained a bright expression as he grinned at her. For a moment, Zelda's heart stopped beating. Seeing that look that Link had just given her, she felt warm. A soft feeling in her body that spread around warmed her, and a feeling of being safe around this man. She still studied him carefully as Link began to climb the vines.
"This man… Why is it that whenever I am around him, that I always feel so open and free with him? I feel… I feel safe. I feel that he's always there to protect me no matter what happens. I am always happy to see him, and it always feels so good and right for us to be together. He seems to care for me so much. But…why? I don't know him. He doesn't know me. It's not easy to just forget a loved one. Why does everyone tell me that I forgot him? Doesn't it… hurt? Doesn't it hurt when someone you really like doesn't remember who you are? Doesn't it hurt when I think about Link leaving me forever? No…It doesn't just hurt. It's painful. Heartbreaking. It's something that can never be mended up, or replaced. When a person you really love cannot remember who you are and what memories you have shared with that person. Aren't I… putting him in pain? I am hurting him, aren't I? He cares for me. He likes me. He needs me. He loves me…"
"Zelda!" a voice bellowed from above.
Zelda's thoughts quickly disappeared as her eyes quickly shot up above her. Link was already up at the top of the cliff that he had climbed up near Hyrule Castle, and Zelda was still standing at the foot of the green weaved cloth of vines. She still hesitated for a moment. Her legs refused to move, and her voice would not respond to the green figure from above. Her body was stiff, and felt as if it was made out of stone. No matter how hard Zelda wanted to try right now, she wouldn't be able to move her stone body, or her stone heart. Her mouth was open to respond to the Hyrulean, but no words could not, and would not, escape from her throat. She still paused for a long while as her eyes shifted from the deep crystal eyes of the green cloaked man to the ground, sadly. She had a choice to make right there in front of her. She could either stay down on the ground level of the road, or climb up the vines to join Link. It was a choice whether she could make only. There was a difference in her making a simple choice like this. It was either living a life of misery and malice, or living a life of tenderness, love, and happiness.
"Zelda! Are you alright, down there?" Link asked, as he called down from the cliff again. Link watched Zelda carefully, as the stone woman would not respond. He waited patiently for the princess of Hyrule to respond to him, for a few more seconds. Something was holding her back, and Link knew that Zelda would be the one to overcome it. He couldn't help her, now. This was Zelda's own challenge that she would have to go through herself.
She attempted to speak again, hoping her voice would be able to produce some words, but her voice was stubborn and refused to speak. Her body was still numb as for her hands and feet would not make an effort to move. What was holding her back? Was it… fear? Fear of losing Link? She didn't want him to leave her forever. That was it. She didn't want to ever be without him. He wasn't there for her at times and what if he wasn't there when she needed him the most? She closed her eyes for a moment to silently pray to the goddesses above to grant her the ability to maneuver her body once again. Only after a few more seconds, the goddesses gave her a sign. A pair of gold butterflies fluttered in front of her as Zelda's eyes followed them. She stood there puzzled for a moment. Butterflies. The symbol in her life. Zelda smiled softly at the pair and looked back at Link. Now regaining her ability to move, she pointed at the two golden butterflies making their way up to the golden light of the sun, as Link finally smiled at her. Zelda still grinned at her friend as she set her foot into the vines and began to climb.
Link swiftly crept through the bushes of Hyrule Castle's courtyard. As he made his way to the bottom end of the bushes, he watched carefully as the opponent of the castle, as the guard looked to his left and right. The guard eyed the end of the bushes suspiciously until he marched to his left, opposite to where Link was standing. After the guard had left, Link took this opportunity to make a small dash towards the other side of the section of the courtyard. Making sure that everything was clear, he gestured his left hand at Zelda, who was waiting back at the other end of the small courtyard, telling her to come forward, and the coast was clear. Zelda quickly glanced at the guard who Link had just passed, and also stepped forward, and crept slowly towards Link like a cat. Link smiled proudly at her for being able to make pass the fourth guard at Hyrule Castle today. It didn't really matter, because Zelda knew how to appear and disappear, and make an unknown entrance where ever she went.
"We're almost there. Oh yes, I almost forgot to tell you something. Someone special will be waiting there for us," Link explained, as he winked at Zelda.
Zelda nodded her head, even though she was confused with what was happening. She wasn't sure what Link's intentions were for the day, and she wasn't sure about what he meant by the "someone special" that was going to be waiting for them. Could it possibly be Impa or her father? Zelda wasn't sure which it was, but she shrugged it off, thinking that the person that she was going to meet wasn't that important. After a while of thinking, she figured that it couldn't be either Impa or her father, since Link didn't know them. She still figured that this person that Link was speaking about was a nonidentity vagabond or something. However, Zelda would not realize how wrong she was.
Link carefully observed the guards up at the little maze made out of hedges up in front of him. The two guards closely observed the sides as they patrolled up to the top of the maze where they took a little break and squatted down on the grassy ground and sighed in exhaustion. Link gazed at the two watchmen for few more seconds until he finally focus his eyes on the face of Princess Zelda of Hyrule. He looked into her eyes for a moment as she beamed at him for a moment, silently asking him what he planned to do next.
"Alright, since there are two guards ahead, we will have to sneak into the courtyard together rather than having me go first, and you go second. So I will lead you, and be sure to stay close with me. I don't want you to be separated from you," Link breathed softly.
Zelda's face blushed slightly when Link told her that he didn't want to lose her. She was confident to know that Link did really care for her, and seemed to love her as well. However, the princess still wasn't sure of her feelings for him. As she stood there pondering about her feelings for the other Hyrulean, the Hero of Time picked her right hand for a moment. Zelda paused for a moment after realized her hand being interlocked with Link's. She gazed in his eyes for a moment as she saw the compassion in his eyes that he felt for her. She studied his features again more closely than ever, but she wasn't able to because it was time for them to go.
Link grasped her hand tightly as he watched to see the guards in front of them lifting themselves off from the ground and continued to march around the maze, keeping up their watch. Link quickly took this opportunity as the watchmen of Hyrule left the Hero's and Princess's destination. He clenched the princess's hand a little more tightly as Link skulked passed the bushes with his figure bent down low like a lion gliding pass the African bushes in a jungle attacking a wild deer. After taking a few strides, Link couldn't help, but break out into a mad dash for the courtyard that laid ahead of him and having Zelda being dragged along as if she was a lifeless rag doll. The princess's speed wasn't as fast as the other Hyrulean's, but she was somehow able to mange.
They entered the large, prodigious courtyard where Link smiled to himself, knowing that they had finally made it. The beautiful place was filled with grass and flowers in the center of it, where a small moat surrounded the little island courtyard, having a small stone bridge climb up to the side of the castle that one rectangular window laid. Link took a few deep breaths and let out a long sigh of relief. They would be safe for now. The hero and his princess would take this time to relieve all the stress from fighting. Link stretched his arms in the air letting the rays of the golden star from above and gave a yawn. He was still very tired from last night, he finally turned to his princess and gave her a kind, loving smile. Zelda stared back at Link and also tried to smile back, but she couldn't resist the urge to know what was going to happen next.
"Link… Why did you want to bring me here again?" Zelda inquired, as Link gave her a playful grin.
"Well, what I was hoping you would do is to go up to that window over there and look inside it for a while. You know, the window that gives you a perfect shot of inside the court of the castle," Link said as he pointed to the window that was inside the outside stone wall of the castle. Zelda glazed at Link blankly, as she did not understand what was with Link and his actions. She raised an eyebrow at the Hero of Time, and demanded to have an answer to her question.
"Why?"
Link smiled again at the princess playfully, and replied:
"You'll see."
Zelda, still suspicious of Link's request, finally gave in and allowed herself to glide up the small stone stairs of the courtyard as she looked into the window. There was nothing special inside, and to be honest, the princess was getting a little bored of this. She expected that she and Link would have more fun when they entered the courtyard. She knew that she shouldn't be a little selfish with her demands, but she was still a little bit upset. She was very disappointed with Link's plans, but she decided to wait a little bit, just to see what would happen next. She would just have to be patient with Link's actions. Hopefully, he would surprise her in some way before the award ceremony started. However, why would it be something that she hoped? The talented swordsman always surprised her in some way with his actions and plans.
"Link, what exactly am I doing here?" Zelda asked, trying not to sound annoyed in her tone of voice, as she turned around to face Link. He smiled again at her, this time with warmness and compassion.
"You'll see! Just… close your eyes and turn around so you are facing the window."
Zelda rolled her eyes slightly at Link, as she did as she was instructed. She spun around to face the window with her arms crossed, and closed her eyes. She breathed deeply to the summer's air, as she heard strand noises. She could hear Link turning around and walking away. Was he leaving her all alone in the courtyard?
"No… of course, he wouldn't." Zelda concluded. "He's probably getting some special for me… There is no way he would abandon me here and go to the award ceremony without me. He's not like that. He's different than most men I have been associated with."
Zelda remembered that this was Link, and the Hyrulean never seemed to disappoint her with his actions or words. Remembering what Link was like, she concluded to herself that she should still give the Hero a little time to see what he would do. He always surprised her with his actions. He was always thoughtful, and would always care for her no matter what. Zelda knew that she should just give Link a little patience because in the end, he would always come out on top. There was nothing that could put Link down, and the affection that Zelda felt for him.
She listened closely to hear splashing of water from below. It sounded as if someone was under the small bridge that Zelda was standing on, as it seemed as if a person was emerging out under and stepping on the ground of the courtyard. The foot steps in the water did not seem to be a regular person's footsteps. They seemed small, and the footsteps pattered softly through the water, as the person's feet dragged in the water. It was definitely not a full grown Hyrulean, but it seemed more of a child splashing through the water, that was coming out. Zelda's eyebrows furrowed a bit, wondering who was under the bridge. It was amazing about how Zelda's ears could figure out who this mysterious person was that was coming out. She found it strange that someone seemed to be waiting under the bridge for practically no reason. When she finally heard Link's voice she was happy to know that she could finally see who this person was.
"Alright Zelda, you can turn around and open your eyes!" Link called out from the entrance of the courtyard.
She slowed turned around on her heel, as she uncrossed her arms and let them dangle at her sides for a little bit as her eyes opened to see the land of Hyrule again. Her eyes scanned the courtyard of Hyrule Castle for a moment, hoping to find her sworn protector of her and the holder of the Triforce of Courage; he was no where to be found. Her eyes continued to follow around the courtyard, as she didn't really notice the person standing at the foot of the stone stairs in front of her. When her eyes fell on the face of the small person in front of her, she noticed something particular about him. He looked as if he was ten years old and he wore a green tunic… with green pants… a green hat… and he had brilliant ocean blue eyes and handsome golden hair just like Link's. The boy looked like Link, except younger. He was a younger version of Link. Princess Zelda stared blankly at the boy for a moment, for that boy was Young Link.
Whoa… Did I leave a somewhat cliffhanger there? XD Anyways, so… Like I said earlier, this took me FOREVER to finish. I was still not sure with what I wanted. I am SO sorry that if it sucked! I know it did! Sorry, you are free to say that in front of my face, because I won't get offended. I promise. But hopefully you guys all enjoyed this chapter. I am currently drained from all my energy right now, because usually when I write chapters, I immediately write my author's note at the end as soon as I finish the chapter. I didn't do that with this chapter. I only did it after I came back to edit it and read it over. (sighs) I hate saying this every single chapter, but no flaming here is allowed when reviewing. If anyone could guess the symbolism I included in the section where Zelda couldn't move her body, I will give them a cameo in my one of my next fan fictions. (Sorry, that I kind of copied your idea, BLP…) I will post their summaries when I find time, but for now, I will announce who got it in the next chapter. Constructive criticism is definitely allowed, but no flaming. Okay… So now special attention to reviews! XD
Royal Kenya – Ah, thank you. I tried to make the scene where they got together as humorous as I could. I really knew what wanted with that scene and I wanted to get it right. So I am glad that you found it funny, because it was supposed to be! . I am glad that you really enjoyed the chapter from start to finish. (coughs) I don't blame you for liking chapter seven better than eight. It's okay to have a favorite chapter! I had to make a lot of the sections in the story as emotional as I could. I really wanted people to not think Marth the way they thought he was. I am just really happy that you enjoy this whole fan fiction, when I kind of bugged you into reading it… (sweat drop OF DOOM appears out of the side of my head.) I really hope you update My Smile Is Yours soon! I will definitely look forward to that! I will also look forward to all of the other fan fictions you will post up here! … Have a brownie! (gives you a brownie since you like brownie.) I plan to give brownies now to everyone…
Sage of Downtown Hyrule – Oh yay! You ate my cookie! Now… I SHALL GIVE YOU A BROWNIE! (gives you a brownie) Please tell me you like brownies. I just gave Royal Kenya a brownie and I hope that you like them too! XD Anyways, back to the story! (clears throat) Erm… Well, I still think you over compliment me sometimes. But oh well. I personally don't think this chapter was really good, but oh well. (sweat drop OF DOOM appears out of the side of my head) Anyways, thanks for always being SO supportive of every chapter I have posted here.
Hylian Princess – O.O Wow. You reviewed for all the chapters I posted here! (sweat drop OF DOOM appears out of the side of my head and my face turns pink) Wow… I never expected you to review after a while since you didn't reply to my PM for a while… Anyways, congratulations. You will get the longest reviewer's response! Be proud, sister! You should feel honored! I am really happy that I am going to give you the longest response ever, and I am not being sarcastic. (coughs) Yes. I am Chinese! w00t! Go us, Asians! XD Yay! I'm glad that you have heard of Faye Wong. Most people don't really know about her, in the US. I'm glad that you weren't as fussy as you normally would be when reading fan fictions. Yeah. I sometimes get that too, when I am bored at the first page. I will normally just stop reading the whole fan fiction, or if I am feeling really patient I will continue to read the next chapters. XD I'm glad that like Roy. Roy is cool character! XD It's okay that you were suspicious of Marth because of his mysterious ways. Most people were. And most people should be! I know… Link is… Wait! I can't spoil anything for you! TT TT TT Sorry, girl, but it's true! And I have heard of Jay Chou. I haven't listened to any of his music, but I have heard of him through Chinese media websites, and of course, Wikipedia to my pleasure. XD I may want to try out his music, but I am not sure. If I can find that song… And I encourage you to write! I was really upset when your fan fiction for SSBM was taken off, and I strongly encourage you to write! I know that you are a huge Zelinker like me, and I would be really looking forward into seeing a person like you writing a Zelink. I think that you will come up with a great story line if you give yourself some time, and have faith in yourself! Anyways, moving on! I am really… I don't know what to say actually. You almost cried in chapter seven. No, I don't think it's pathetic, but I am just surprised to see that you were almost going to cry. I was trying to make the scene as emotional as possible if I could do it. I am pretty pleased with that chapter. But I never expected that you would cry. Please don't be so hard on yourself. I cried when watching Lilo and Stitch. (sweat drop OF DOOM appears out of the side of my head) It was kind of pathetic for me, but I never would think you could cry during Mean Girls. That was a good movie, by the way. And don't about being weird. I am weird myself! XD I am still a little shocked that you almost cried during the eighth chapter. You are the second person who has told me that they cried during my fan fiction. I am kind of surprised that I made two people cry, but I am really happy that you enjoy my fan fiction. Thank you for your swearing compliments. I really appreciate it. I'm sure that your writing can be as spectacular as mine and other fan fiction authors here, if you really try your best and try to make your writing the best it can be. (clears throat) Thank you so much again for your compliments, and I am so glad that you enjoyed it. I only have one question for you now… Are you British? I have nothing against British people, and in fact, I talk to a half-Chinese British classmate a lot and she's really nice. I'm just wondering. Oh yes… I almost forgot. Have a brownie! (gives you a brownie)
SnowCrystal – Ah! I really hoped that people would enjoy that Roy/Peach scene! Yes… Zombie look to Marth! . Have a nicely baked virtually online brownie! (gives you a brownie) And erm… I think I just answered your question about Link knowing what Zelda's precious memory was here in this chapter! Erm. It's okay if you didn't know the song title. I was just wondering. Well, you are lucky that you know Chinese. I don't. At all. My parents speak Cantonese, and I will soon be learning Mandarin during this summer at a summer school program. It's kind of weird. Only my mom knows how to speak both Cantonese and Mandarin, and my oldest brother and I will be the only ones who know how to speak Mandarin, while my other older brother and my father, don't. Also all of my relatives speak Cantonese, but oh well. At least I will know Chinese! I am really glad that you love chocolate! I love chocolate too. I sometimes wish it would be the only thing to keep me alive at times, for the heck of it. No, I wanted to read Letters, because I felt like it. I may not review every chapter or whatever, but at least I get an idea of what you story was like! And oh my gosh… That's still a lot of stuff you have to do in school, and Hong Kong? I envy you now. I was only able to go to Hong Kong to visit my aunt and my cousins when I was seven. I don't remember that much, but I liked it! I would really love to go to Hong Kong these days.
crystalicious – Yay! I got a lot of cookies!!! . (gives you a brownie) I hope you like brownies! I am so happy that the site was working and allowed you to review! I know! A lot of people were happy when they found out that Roy confessed to Peach. I tried to make that a humorous scene. XD Yes! Zelda and Link together! Yayness of it all! Huh… So you don't really remember anything about the Butterfly Effect? That's okay. I don't need to know. I really tried to include butterflies here, and tried to make this chapter really symbolic to the plot.
sakume – Ah… Thank you so much. I really love it when you review because your reviews really do make me go "squee!". And yes! You ate the cookie! . I am really happy that you did eat it! Now, have a brownie! (hands you a brownie) Sorry, I can't help it when I give out stuff to people! I am happy that I really did progress with writing, and you really have noticed it, since you've been writing longer than I have, and posted more stories. I apologize for not reading any of your stories lately, but after the sequel to Dark Waters, I wasn't interested in the third part of the story. Sorry that I have to say that, but I thought it was fine after Murky Waters was finished… I wish you luck with that story. XD I know I am dragging this whole thing with Zelda remembering, but I PROMISE she will remember! XD And whacking Zelda with a large fish, eh? XD Man, that's got to be the best thing to be whacked with…
Black Light Princess – O.O Wow… I can see that you were really pleased with that chapter… (sweat drop OF DOOM appears out of the side of my head) I am sorry if this chapter sucked, but I tried my best! Did you come up with the whole "OMFG WTF BBQ?" thing because I could have sworn that my friend goes that all the time, and I think she came up with that… . Yes, Peach and Roy finally did get together. I am glad that you were able to enjoy that chapter. (gives you a brownie like the rest of the reviewers) Have a brownie!!!
Winry Chan – Ah! Finally! You were finally able to review my chapter! By the way, what is wrong with your laptop? I always wondered why the site won't work on your computer… Thanks for complimenting me about everything. You know, the pairings and stuff. I understand if you can't leave me reviews as soon as possible… It's because of your funky laptop! XD Well, I am really happy that you enjoy fan fiction!!! Now, that you have finally reviewed, you will get a brownie! (hands you a brownie)
The Princess Zelda – O.O OMFG!!! It's YOU!!! The one of the most AMAZING Zelda/SSBM writers on this site!!! Wow… I can't believe you even bothered to read my fan fiction!!! I can't tell you how happy I am that you came to read my fan fiction! Well, I am glad you read my re-edited version of my fan fiction, because it was unworthy of your precious eyes as a writer! ;) XD XP And no problem with the credit! I mean, you gave me some inspiration for fan fiction. With the whole Marth and Zelda relationship in A Torn Destiny. Thanks for saying my plot is unique. I hate plagiarism too… It's really annoying to see that authors don't bother to be original with their own stories. You shouldn't feel guilty about having her take it down, because if she basically copied most of your work, but changed some parts slightly, it's still plagiarism. Thanks for calling my story awesome, I think you are awesome! (gives you one billion brownies for reviewing!) XD XP
halomasterchief – FINALLY! You FINALLY review!!! Anyways, thanks for saying my last three chapters blew you away. I am glad that you noticed my battling scenes. At first, I was worried about how they were described and if I was giving the reader enough description. To be honest, I kind of wished that all of my readers picked up on the battle scenes during the Tournament. Erm, I found out all the information about Marth and Roy through Wikipedia. Yes, I know. I depend on Wikipedia too much, so now I am kind of left in a mess at the moment, because I think that Ellis never really died in the series. Only Marth's father. But that's what Wikipedia said at the time, that Ellis and Marth's father died. So… SCREW YOU, WIKIPEDIA FOR GIVING ME FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT ELLIS! Oh well, this is FICTION! No problem with the link for the manga! It's really good, isn't it? Dude, I seriously think now that you are a girl in disguise! You ALMOST cried in that chapter?! Wow… I never had a guy say that to me… I think two girls said that my fan fiction had them cry, but not a guy!!! Come on, dude! You are supposed to be MANLY! What happened to be your manliness?! Unless you are eunuch. ;) Hahaha! Just kidding! (hands you a brownie) Here's a freakin' brownie for reviewing!!!
sasukeuchiha180 – Thanks for review and calling it cool! (gives you a brownie) That's what you get for calling my fan fiction cool:D
Ralf Jones – Thank you for telling me to keep on going. But I have to say that this fan fiction is going to end REALLY soon… (sobs) Oh well… (gives you a brownie as well)
Shadow the Dark God – (sweat drop of DOOM appears out of the side of my head) Eh heh… I have to say that this chapter MUST have sucked in front of your eyes. I had a hard time writing it, and I really didn't enjoy this chapter as much as the others. I hope that this chapter met some of your expectations. I know that it probably didn't meet all of them, but oh well. XP (gives you a brownie)
Love,
-BKP