It has been around three weeks sense Link has came here and me sending Zelda to Termania. Everyday I would see Link and she would seem more and more stressed and tried. I'm sure it isn't just from being here but of something else but I can't think of it. She will try and avoid anyone and started talking less and less. She didn't talk much to begin with but now it will be only when it is important.
I was walking down the hall and I hear Link's voice talking to some of the servants. Well at least she is talking. I come closer so I can hear, standing by a corner just close enough to hear them.
"So Link think that you can beat us in a contest?" They ask her and I'm not liking where it is going.
"What contest?"
"To see who can make the better food for the ball tonight, we'll have one of the others try it." I almost forgot about that ball. Not sure what to do with Link during it but that can be fixed later.
"I have better things to do," Link says walking away from them but they stop her.
"Like what do you have to do?" They ask.
"Cleaning and making the rooms, also I want to finish a book today. I'm sure you two also have work so leave me be and do what you need to." Link manages to leave this time but the others want until she is a distance away to talk again.
"She is always so cold to people," they sound a little annoyed and walk away. I don't remember giving her any books over the past weeks. Link seems to finish any book she has within days or hours but hasn't asked for a new one in a week. Well I might as well start preparing for the ball. I made one so the people of Hyrule will feel more comfortable with me ruling, but it doesn't seem to work with other things. One time while walking through town I heard them talk about a Light Festival every year. It is usually on this day so to make the people happy I made a ball for it.
After working a little on papers and planning I see Link again cleaning on a ladder while reading. She is amazing at multitasking but she looks like she is about to fall off. I run towards her to stop her from falling by she just rolls when she hits the ground without a scratch. She puts the book away and grabs her forgotten duster plus the ladder, walking towards another chandelier. She is doing the same thing, cleaning and reading, no noticing that I'm right there. I look at the light fixture she just finished cleaning and find it completely clean despite her not paying attention.
"Link what are you doing?" I ask her wondering why she would be doing this in a dangerous way.
"Exactly want it looks like." I guess I should have known that would be her answer.
"Isn't that a little dangerous?" I ask trying to get her to talk to me.
"Depends on the person doing it." Once again, should have expected this.
"You almost fell off already," I tell her.
"Yes I did, thanks for telling me what I know already," She says gathering up her things and walking away after cleaning the last one. The servants are right about her being cold to people. I would at least think she would act differently towards me seeing as I can kill her. I give up on trying to have her talk and go to help with the ball. It starts in about two hours so the tables will need help being put out.
The ball has started in the main hall and the town's people seem to be having a grand time. I had to force Link to dress as a girl during this because she was planning on being a waiter not a waitress. No one has even connected her to the hero because some have asked me what happened to him and I wonder if they are just dumb for not putting two and two together.
Link is moving through the crowds giving drinks to people and hasn't dropped anything yet. I'm sitting on the throne overlooking everything that is happening. I would think that Link would be at least excited about the festival but she acts like she could care less. I hear a scream and look to the entrance to see a group of armed rebels. I should have known that some would rebel during this and was about to send some guards when I see an arrow fly. Some how Link managed to steal a bow with arrows away from a guard and shot one of the rebels.
I get up and start to head over while Link is still shooting and dodging the counter shots. The guests have long been gone and my guards are just watching this happen. I can't blame them for seeing how long the hero can last by her self but when one runs with a sword I'm sure that she isn't going to last. She kicks the man and he tumbles, she quickly grabs the sword and at this point the guards are cheering. She takes out the next two but is hit with an arrow in the arm trying to get to the others by the door.
When they are all either dead, wounded or have fled I go to get Link. The guards didn't help during any of this and I really shouldn't have to fight when I have guards to protect me in the first place. She drops the sword and pulls the arrow out, she hisses in pain but rips some of the skirt to wrap the wound with. This shows why she has so many scars from not bandaging her cuts properly.
"Link are you alright?" I ask her seeing the blood covering her.
"..." She passes out before she can answer.
I take her to her room and have a servant get some red potions. I find out that she has a cut by her hip and the arrow wound was really deep. The amount of blood she lost is what made her pass out so as soon as they bring the red potion I get the servants to tend her wounds. It might take a while for those to heal and along with her not fighting for about a month then to go and fight off a group of people will take it toll on her. The servants come out a little while later to tell me that she will be fine but she can't get out of bed or she will break the stitches. The red potions don't heal the flesh it just stops the pain and the bleeding.
The next morning I go to her room to see her in pain. the cut opened a little and started bleeding a bit but she seems fine.
"Are you okay?" I ask handing her a potion.
"Yeah I had worst to deal with."
"Why did you even do that?"
"The guards didn't see them yet and they were reading to attack the moment they opened the door."
"I would have thought that you would just try to leave at that opportunity."
"I don't have anywhere else I can go after this even if I did leave."
"What do you mean?" I ask not really sure what she means about that.
"Well when I was serving lots of people were complaining about the hero failing. If I go back then they will hate me even more for being alive."
"Oh... well I'll just leave you to your thoughts then," I say walking out to avoid being tempted to ask her more questions. Link's thoughts on how people will react to things is just upsetting sometimes. Why does she always have to have a sad demeanor? I decide it might be helpful to leave a seeing stone inside her room so I can hear her, it might give me a little insight on her thoughts.
After more work and going to see if there was anything going on in the village it is night. I use the stone I don't hear anything. It's not like she is being quiet just that there is no sound at all in the room. I go and knock but there is no answer till I hear some moving in the next room. The door opens and Link is there clutching her side.
"Sorry, I had to move rooms because my cut opened while I was sleeping and I didn't want to bother someone to change the sheets. I covered the wound so it doesn't bleed this time though," Link says then closes the door to go back to sleep. She is thoughtful of what the other servants want but know my plan of getting info on last night's party is ruined because she wasn't in the room when the stone was on. I hate my fortune sometimes, I really do.
The next morning I see Link leaving her room and walking down the hall. I follow her to the kitchens and see her making something. It was an hour before anyone is even up and I guess Link does this all the time. I go in and sit down at the table inside the large cooking area and Link looks at me.
"Why are you up so early?" She asks me adding more ingredients to her pan.
"Don't know but I can ask you the same thing." Link doesn't look up from what she is making.
"I hate trying to make myself food with everyone in here so I wake up early to make stuff. Also I hate the consent chattering, it's like a knife in my brain!" She shouts flipping the contents of the pan in the air, having it land back on the pan.
"What are you making?" I ask because the smell is getting to me.
"Pancakes and some eggs. Why, do you want some?" She asks before cracking some eggs.
"Sure..." We sit in silence as she cooks and she hands me a plate without any utensils. She starts eating with her hands like always and starts at me like I'm weird.
"That stuff will get cold," She says with a mouth full of food.
"I'm not eating with my hands... It's barbaric. Why do you always chose to eat this way."
"I lived on my own sense I was five, and didn't have money for forks or knives. I ate like this and got used to it." I'm shocked by this because I thought she was a little older before going on her own.
"Alright that makes sense but what about your parents?"
"Never met them, I think they died but I don't know." I hate how she is so calm to say this. Her life is pretty bad and without showing any emotion just makes her sound like a statue.
"Your not the least bit upset?"
"Why should I be upset about people I don't know? Also with depending on no one else it makes you care less about what happens." She looks down the rest of the meal and wouldn't say or answer anything. When we're done she cleans the mess and makes it look like no one was here. She leaves and I could have sworn I saw her eyes wet but it might just be me.
I stay clear of her for a few days for reasons I don't even know myself. The servants are complaining about her not saying anything at all. I don't care because she hasn't tried to escape or cause trouble but I'm sure that as soon as I tell her to do something that will change. That night I go to check on her to see her room empty, the kitchens have long been emptied and the servants left to bed already. I know she stays up later because the light in the room doesn't go out for a while. I see the window open and as I get closer I see Link sitting outside it on the sill.
"What are you doing?!" I ask afraid that she will fall.
"I like the wind and without any other way outside this is what I do!" She shouts back at me obviously not liking how I said that to her.
"Your going to fall out," I state knowing that she more than likely won't listen.
"So? Why would you care about what happens to me in the first place?" She says in a accusing manner. I don't really know myself but I just can't stand to see her hurt.
"Um..." not thinking of anything better. She climbs back inside and closes the window.
"You can leave now!" She says pushing me out. the door slams and I walk back to my room in a daze. Why do I care? I barely get any sleep from trying to think of an answer but nothing comes to mind. She is the hero that was supposed to kill me has the last triforce piece I need. I took the other from Zelda when she left. With all of that I would think that making her life hell would be the right thing but my mind doesn't.