Okay Chapter 3! The wedding is coming up soon! I didn't get reviews yet for Chapter 2. I think I left everyone speechless! LOL! Anyway, I have started getting back into the rhythm so check up every so often for updates!

Chapter 3: Wedding Countdown

Two months have passed by…

Link held the shield up to look at his masterpiece. It had a golden upside down triangle in between a half circle with spokes on the outside. All on a black background. The cool thing was, Tetra wasn't allowed to see it yet. Link had finished just in time. The wedding was two days away. He hadn't been working on just the shield, he was planning the honeymoon they would soon embark on. Link started to worry more and more. At first, getting married seemed like it would be fine and he would be with Tetra forever. But now, Link was nervous that something could happen. This wasn't just an event. This would bind him and Tetra together. Would he always be able to be there for her. After all, he had almost died several times. It could happen for once. 'No,' he thought. 'If something happens to me, she will be able to strive forward still. He covered up the shield and put it aside for the wedding in two days. He got up, stretched, and walked outside. The wedding was being built outside. Almost all the Great Sea had been invited. After all, Tetra was Princess Zelda. This was the must see wedding. The Hero of Winds marrying Princess Zelda. It was the perfect match. Link looked down towards the beach where Tetra was pointing out to workers where the tables would go. As soon as she finished turned around and looked at the house to see Link standing there. She waved at Link who waved back to her. It would be great getting married to the boy she knew so long ago. She let her bun down to let her hair move freely for awhile. Suddenly, her hair blew forward. She whipped around just in time to see Link put away a white stick. She giggled at him. 'He's just messing around.' she thought.

Link laughed as he put away the Wind Waker. He had to admit, Tetra did look beautiful with her hair flowing like that. Link suddenly got an idea. He ran around the back to find some rocks. He spent the next few hours ferrying rocks to the top of the hill that was before the bridge. When he was done, Link stacked them around in a ring and continued to build. After that, he ran across the bridge to find some wood. He carried some back from a tree that had fallen. He was glad he brought the ax with him. He'd hate to run back down to fetch it. Tetra had been watching him, and he didn't want her up there just yet. He went back to the forest to good length log. He rolled it across the bridge and set it up. It was almost sundown. "And just in time too."

The workers had turned in for the day. Finally preparations would be made tomorrow. Tetra stretched he tired arms when hands suddenly covered her eyes.

"Hello Tetra."

"Um, hi Link. What's up? And why did you put a handkerchief across my eyes?"

"Just follow me. Don't worry, I'll guide you."

They walked up the path to where Link had set everything up earlier. He told his Grandma earlier that he and Tetra were doing something special. She helped him prepare some food for them. Link had them warming over the fire. Link looked at the horizon. 'Perfect timing. Man, the goddesses really are on my side.'

"Okay Tetra.'

She took her blindfold off and gasped in surprise. They were on top of the hill above the house gazing at one of the most beautiful sunsets she had ever seen in her lifetime.

She hugged him, but turned her head so she could still look, and said, "Oh Link. It's beautiful!"

"A perfect evening for the perfect woman."

She turned to him and they kissed. They couldn't kiss the day before, or the day of the wedding until the end itself. It was just ritual, but they were fine with that. After the sun set over the horizon, they dug in to the dinner Link and his Grandma prepared earlier.

"You know Link, if I had known that you could cook, you would have been stuck in the galley 24/7."

"Yeah well, I didn't want Niko's job."

They laughed for a short while and continued eating and talking about the wedding. Tetra was trying to get Link to tell her about the shield, but Link brought up his age old ability to not talk much. She finally gave up. They enjoyed the fire together for a long time.

"Hey Tetra, I have one last surprise for you."

"What?"

He brought a small rectangular box out of the picnic basket and handed it to tetra. She opened it to find strawberry filled pastries. These were her absolute favorite. She looked back at Link who just shrugged.

"I know you have the world's craziest sweet tooth for that thing. I just had to make it."

"Thank you Link."

They ate the pastries together, and Tetra was surprised at how well Link made them, while Link wondered why he only had a few. Tetra moved over and cuddled into Link's chest. He wrapped his arms around her lovingly. This was how they wanted it. Just the two of them. Together. They both knew that they had a job to do. To find and populate a New Hyrule. But that was later. They could just enjoy the now. Soon, Tetra fell asleep and link carried her the way he would two days from now. All the way to the house. Aryll and Grandma were already asleep as well. Link laid Tetra down on her bed and gave her one last kiss. He walked outside to gaze at the stars again. The others hadn't noticed, but Link was having other problems. He felt something inside him that he was beginning to have trouble holding down. Like a beast. He felt like new instincts were trying to take over him. He fought with everything he had. He began to wonder that if he embraced it, it would subside. 'No,' he thought, 'not yet.' He looked out to sea. That's where he and Tetra would be headed in a few weeks. Link had still been planning the honeymoon which would start the night after the wedding. They would go the private cabana he got from a school teacher years ago. They would spend about two weeks there before coming back to Outset to prepare for their journey. Link sighed as he thought of the future for him and Tetra. They had talked about raising a family and when. They both wanted kids, and it was necessary. But Link didn't want to immediately. They agreed on about 6-7 months before anything. He turned to walk back inside. He climbed up the ladder to his bed and fell asleep, thinking only of Tetra.

The next day…

Link was the first up that morning. Since the wedding was tomorrow, he would do one last special thing. He would make everyone breakfast today. He got out the eggs, bacon, and bread out. How he did it, no one knows, but he did all three at once. Aryll got up not long after Link did and helped him. When they were almost done, the smell made it to the noses of Grandma and Tetra. They walked out, still in their nightgowns and looked at the sight in front of them.

Tetra asked, "So who started first?"

"That would be Link!" said Aryll.

"Now remember you two, no kissing until the end of the wedding from here on!" said Grandma.

Tetra nodded, but Link looked saddened.

"AWW!!!"

"Now Link…"

"I know, I was just messing with ya!"

"All right now let's have breakfast!" said Aryll.

They ate together, and Link and Tetra told them about what happened last night. After breakfast, it was time to add the final touches to the wedding. The girls told Link he could stay behind. He decided to use that time to get his uniform adjusted for tomorrow. He had to make perfect because well, Tetra was the perfect woman. He smiled as he gazed once more upon the shield he made that would represent Link and Tetra forever onward. "No turning back."

And that is it! The wedding is in the next chapter. Hold on tight, soon things are going to get rocky! REVIEW!!!!!