I was walking down the hallway thinking about Ganon's answer to my question,'um' that's all he said. Is it a yes or no, maybe or not at all? This is driving me crazy! I thought I was here so he can keep an eye on me and to take the tri force of courage but he hasn't yet. Come to think about it he seemed worried when I was wounded by those rebels. Why does he care so much about what happens to me?!.
I softly yell in frustration as I walk to the kitchen. I don't really like the other servants but at this point I could care less. Ganon is going to kill me at some point so why bother with having my life nice for the little time I have? He must be waiting to take my tri force and life because someone is trying to take them before him, it being easier to take an object than a person so that's why I'm still here. Or so I believe.
I have to say though that this has been way nicer living than that shack I called a home and to have someone care for me even though it is strange, unexplained one. I start making my breakfast when the kitchen door opens. I look to see one of the guards there. Strange, they never come in here and especially at this time.
"Oh Link there you are!" The guard shouts but still seems anxious.
"Yeah but what do you need?" I ask her. I hope I don't have to fight anything.
"There is a problem at the gate. A group of rebels came back and their looking for you."
"And you need me for..." I say waiting for her to finish it.
"To see what they need because they won't talk unless your out there."
I look at my food all nice and cooked, but I guess I have to help these people. I follow them to the front gate. I can't say that I mind helping Ganon's side because once the people got over the fact that HE is ruling the kingdom became really nice. Also he fixed almost everything that got destroyed during the war so the kingdom looks new and prosperous.
We get outside and when she said that there was a group she was wrong, it's a herd. The rebels take up the entire front courtyard and they are mad! The guards push me the closest to the rebels so they can see me but they are close enough so nothing goes wrong... or at least in their minds.
"What do you need!" I have to shout or everyone can't hear me.
"The hero!" They shout back. Really is everyone that blind where they don't know its me and it's heroine?
"Why do you need him?!" I ask/shout at them.
"To get revenge for her not killing the enemy!" Great they are trying to kill me too. Also they know I'm a girl, this is bad, they might know its even me at this point!An arrow gets shot at me and hits my chest. They didn't use all the force the bow could use so it doesn't go that far in but I pass out within seconds. The guards shout and start attacking the rest of the rebels while someone takes me to the infirmary. My vision is black but I can hear bits of the outside world here and there, but I'm so tried I just sleep.
When I wake up I finally have an answer and knowing Link she is probably upset from not getting one. I go to her room and she isn't there or in the kitchen but a pan full of pancakes is sitting there uneaten. I head to the front gate because some yelling and screaming can be heard. I when I get there my heart just stops. A full out war is going on and I know that they put Link out there. I ask a guard what happened and she said she doesn't know but someone was carried to the infirmary before the fighting started. Link's wounds from before are not healed enough and could open back up if a lot of stress happens, she wouldn't be much of a challenge then.
I get there to see Link unconscious and doctors trying to stop the bleeding in her chest. I arrow lays on the table and I know that she got shot. The only thing I could think of to help is a healing spell but they are dangerous to cast. The person casting the spell might get hurt or the person taking the spell will. I try it and it works and her bleeding stops but the wound is still open. Her breathing is back to normal and the doctors stitch it back up. I didn't use all of the spell encase something went wrong and it killed her. They tell me that I can go back to my duties and that she will be fine and wake up later.
I was working in my study and it's already night time before one of the doctors came. I'm excited to hear how she is doing until they told me what they did.
"My highness I don't think Link will wake up for a while," The doctor whispers.
"What do you mean?" I ask him.
"She lost so much blood and not being fixed quickly made her body go into a coma."
"So when will she wake up?" My voice cracks a little.
"We don't know but she won't die like this as long as we care for her properly."
"Make sure that you do," I growl and the doctor runs out. I finally had her answer and now she doesn't even get to hear it. I go to bed early just to make this day end, I'm not wanting to get up in the morning.
It has been a week sense her accident and I visit her everyday. I guess I just hope she will wake up while I'm there so I'll talk or do random things to pass the time. Any time I'm not there a guard watches over so that nothing else happens to her. I've told her my answer almost every time I'm there but she doesn't reply. I don't really expect her too but its a hope that she will.
I see nothing but black and I can't move but I don't know why. Till it dawns on me that the arrow shot me and I couldn't do anything. I have been like this for maybe a week or more because I can hear Ganon once everyday. He is being sweet by talking and visiting everyday but him repeating that questions answer is driving me up a wall! And today isn't any different.
"Link yes I do care." Yes I know that you say it everyday! I swear the first thing I'm doing when I'm able to move is punch him in the face! I hear him gasp but for some unknown reason, maybe a fairy came through the window.
"Your hand moved!" He shouts in joy. Good I'm so close to hitting his royal face. My vision starts becoming a little more clear every blink and man my chest hurts! Now I want to be back in unconscious land. Ganon hugs me once I sit up and when I make sure my hand is working I hit him.
"What was that for!?" He shouts at me but I could care less.
"For your jabbering for days!" I shout back. A doctor comes in and he looks overjoyed while me and Ganon look ready to kill each other.
"Now now don't harm the person that just woke up," He says to Ganon and I hit him again.
"Why did you hit me again you little elf!?"
"He said you can't harm me not the other way around." The doctor slowly backs out of the room and I don't blame him.
"So you could hear everything I said?" Ganon asks turning back to me.
"Yep and saying something once is enough."
"Well if you woke up just to hit me then I say that it worked." He face has TRIUMPH written on it and I get up and walk out.
"Hey! What do you think your doing?" Ganon says picking me back up. I don't know why but my face heats up.
"I sat in here for a week or more I want out!" I shout trying to leave.
"You barely been moving for a minute like I would let you move around." I accept defeat and I go back to a normal sleep. I hear Ganon leave and I can't wait for tomorrow so I can go back to my room.
My face is red when I go back to my room. She heard everything I said and doesn't even care? She didn't seem like it but to be fair she doesn't seem to care about anything. I head to bed and have the first peaceful sleep I've had in a while knowing that Link is safe. In the morning I wake up early and head to the kitchen for a snack,(I finally found out how to make Link's pancakes), to find her there making them. I come in and she has a floating gear with a chair by the stove cooking.
"Hey Ganon. What some?" She asks with a weird smile on her face.
"What are you doing out of bed?" I ask her but she just continues cooking.
"I had the doctor get my gear out of my bag in my room and but a chair on it so I can move around."
"Sense when did you get your bag of stuff back?" I ask knowing I put all of her weapons in a locked chest.
"Woke up early a month ago and woke up a guard, she was so tired she just opened it for me and I grabbed all of my stuff."
"Why?" I ask. If she had her stuff she could just leave when she wanted.
"I was planning on leaving but decided against it. Also that won't happen know because a bunch of rebels are trying to kill me outside. So either way I'm going to die but I rather it be here then out there."
"Who said I was going to kill you?"
"I'm the person that is to kill you and I have the last tri force piece you need; I know you took Zelda's. Why would you keep me alive?"
"I don't really know myself but I do know that you thinking someone is going to kill you at every moment isn't healthy."
Link gets up because she finishes her food. "Sadly that is all my life has been full of,"She says, her voice full of sadness. She walks out of the room leaving me to myself. I should go see if there are records about her. That might give me a better understanding about her life she always says was hurtful.
I walk to the castle archives and look for her, that is until I found out that it is sorted by last name. I have no clue what her's is so I have to go find out. I have a servant that I've always trusted named Anke go talk to her. I go behind a wall to listen in while they talk but so that Link doesn't see me because I know she won't tell me.
"Link can I ask you something?" Anke asks making Link stop.
"Yeah, what is it?" She asks looking at her.
"I'm writing a paper but I have no idea what your last name is."
"Ok I know that is a lie." Anke looks worried at this point. "Also if Ganon is trying to find my file in the castle archives and is sending you here he won't find them."
"Why is that?" Anke asks giving up the act.
"I burned them once when the princess left me in the castle by myself." Link turns and starts walking away and Anke goes back to me.
"I hope you heard that my Lord," Anke says sounding disappointed.
"Yes I did... You can go back to what you were doing." Anke walks back to the servants chamber and I walk to my study. Does Link want to make it so that no one can find out who she is? I swear she drives me crazy by doing this but I just I have to give her credit for finding out what Anke was really doing.
Man Ganon is an idiot sometimes. I would never let him see my whole life even if it killed me. Sure I've given him pieces of it but not many of the times of when they have happened. I don't want him to look at me with pity so this is what I have to do, I don't want him to be like the last person who I told and then look at me differently. I like how he treats me now and I don't want it to change, I like it where he cares about if I'm hurt but not so much where he makes me stay safe.
I sneak outside to check on Epona. Ganon found her a little while after he defeated me and kept her in the stables. I feed her and wash her, getting my dress dirty in the process. Ganon has this thing where I must act like act like a lady not a boy but I say that their lives are easier. The don't need to fix their hair or put on the ridiculous about of skirts or make sure that they look their best. I hate dresses also because it seems that everything drops on them making it a disaster for keeping clean.
I'm walking through the castle to my room when I hear Ganon talking. His room is before mine so I can hear them perfectly. I look to make sure that no one is coming and listen in.
"Why can't she be more open about how she feels or about her past?" I hear Ganon ask someone or himself.
"Maybe she just doesn't want people close. Or something happened that she wants to forget." I hear someone else say. The voice is female and I never heard it before.
"That would make sense if she didn't say anything about it but she'll say things here and there about her past but walk away after." Ganon does have a point about me doing that a lot.
"Have you asked her about it?" The person asks.
"...Not really."
"Then just ask her about herself she might even tell you." I hear the person coming to the door so I run a little back down the hall and start walking to my room again to make it look like I just came. The person comes out with armor on and a sword on their back. She has red hair and a pale complexion, her eyes are yellow and she looks old. She nods at me and walks down the hall towards the main gate. I get to my room and start changing out of my ruined dress and the only other one I have cleaned is a serving one for parties. I get in it and when I start to leave to clean my dress there is a knock.
I open the door and Ganon is there, what a surprise. He backs up a bit and I leave not wanting to really talk right now. He doesn't stop me but looks like he wants to. I finally get to the laundry room and start cleaning. I don't like how my life has played out and I only tell about the happy points of it most of the time. I don't want to be reminded about it so I destroyed anything that had anything about me in it. I just can't stand for having someone know about me without my knowing.
When Link leaves which I knew she would I look at her bag. I found out that most people here label their things with their entire name and sure enough so does Link. Her last name is Forest so at least I can find out about her parents. I go to the archives again and look up the people with that name. I found Mary Forest and Ace Forest in the archives. Their files are not normal at all and makes me understand a little of Link's sadness.
Mary and Ace Forest
Both 27 years old at the time of death. Ace died before their child Link Forest was born and Mary died in child birth. Buried together at Death Mountain Cemetery. Lived in Hyrule sense birth and married at the age of 20. No one saw their lives for they're lives because of living in the Forgotten Woods.
Ace F. Hyrule guard stationed in the woods.
Mary F. Potion brewer.
No wonder why Link never knew them. It also explains why she can fight and knowledge of the forest there. I asked her once about that place and she could even draw a map of the entire woods. I put the files back and head to bed seeing as it is night time. The file doesn't say where Link went after her parents died and there are not any other people related to having the same last name as her. I think about those files till I fall asleep and I wonder if Link ever saw them.