The Love that Ties us Together

By thewildthings

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Zelda or anything to do with it. I wrote this out of enjoyment.

Link approached the large double doors to Hyrule Castle. He grabbed the heavy door knocker, knocked twice, and saw a small slit open in the door. A castle guard said deeply, "Who goes there?"

Link proudly replied, "I was asked to come here and help Princess Zelda."

"Are… Are you the Hero of Time?" the guard shakily questioned.

"Um… Yeah, I guess so." Link said.

"Please wait one moment."

Link stood there for a few minutes as he heard some locks click, guards shout, and many footsteps. Both doors opened very slowly on their pulley system and Link walked in. A guard ushered him into the castle, and he followed. The castle was large and seemed endless. However, the guard seemed to know exactly where he was going. The guard stopped again at another pair of doors, tipped his head to a fellow guardsman, knocked an odd knocking pattern on the doors, and stepped back as the double doors opened. He immediately recognized the throne room from several paintings. "Princess Zelda has been awaiting your arrival." said the guard as he slowly backed away.

Princess Zelda was sitting on her throne sideways, as though it were a small couch, and had her head resting on her hand. She did not look at Link when he walked in. She simply pointed to a small chair in the center of the room and said, "Sit" as though she were too deep in thought to even acknowledge his presence. As Link took his seat, Zelda slowly turned her head from the spot on the wall she was staring at. Once Zelda looked at Link, something sparked in her eyes. "Have we met before? You seem so… familiar… I don't see clothes like that except in Kokiri Forest, and you are obviously not a Kokiri… Who are you? How old are you? Where did you come from?"

"Well considering you called me here I'd think you would already know the answer to all of those questions, Your Highness." replied Link with a slight tone in his voice.

Zelda squinted her eyes until they were slits. "My father called you here. I know nothing about you or your past. Now tell me, who are you?" Zelda nearly yelled.

Link also squinted his eyes and replied, "My name is Link. I'm nearing 20 years of age. I was raised a born a Hylian, raised a Kokiri, and have lived with my girlfriend, Nabooru, in Gerudo Fortress for the past 2 years."

Zelda wasn't sure why, but her heart sank at the word, "girlfriend". Then something else clicked in her mind. "Wait… you don't mean Nabooru, leader of the Gerudo, do you?"

"The very same." replied Link.

Zelda let a laugh escape from her lips. "Nabooru is like, 10,000 years old! She looks old enough to be my mother!" Zelda couldn't seem to stop laughing at the fact.

Link stood up at this. "For you information princess, Nabooru is 25 years old! Age is but a number when it comes to Nabooru, and I love her with all of my heart!" Link couldn't believe he said this to someone he just met, not to mention a royal.

"Alright, alright" Zelda said as she stood up, "I suppose I went a bit too far with that." Zelda slowly walked towards Link, "But we have more important matters to discuss than your girlfriend."

Zelda invited Link to the dining hall for lunch, and spent the entire time explaining what was happening in The Spirit Temple and what they had to do. Yup, there is definitely something really familiar about this man. Zelda thought as she explained to him. I feel like I've known him my whole life!

After Zelda finished talking it was already 6:30 pm. "Oh wow!" exclaimed Link, "I need to get home to Nabooru! At this rate I'll only be able to make it back by 10:00 pm!"

"Oh, no you don't!" said Zelda as she grabbed onto the back of his tunic. "You are staying in the castle until our journey. You will meet my father tomorrow morning and Prince Sadon is supposed to arrive sometime tomorrow and you will get to meet him."

"Prince Sadon?"

"Oh, I guess I left that part out. Well, I have to marry Prince Sadon the day after tomorrow so that I can become the queen of Hyrule and then, I'll be able to close the door to The Spirit World."

"Oh. Okay, makes sense." said Link, "But where am I supposed to sleep?"

"Use your brain! This castle's huge! We have at least 10 guest rooms! Yours is to the right of my room, Sadon's is to the left of my room. We will need time to converse while we prepare for our journey, so that is why our rooms are so close" replied Zelda.

"Oh. Okay, makes sense."

"Is that the only thing you say?"

"I've only said it twice so far!"

"Well it's annoying so stop it!"

"I just accidentally repeated something! Quit making such a big deal out of it!"

"I'm not making a big deal out of it! I just pointed it out! Then you took it personally!"

"Well why did you point it out in the first place!?"

"So you can break the habit! I'm doing you a favor!"

"I haven't even started the habit! I just made a mistake!"

"Well you had better break the habit before you start it!"

"Why should I?!"

"BECAUSE IT'S ANNOYING!"

"WELL LOOK WHOS TALKING!"

"WAIT! Look, if we are going to be travelling together a lot, we need to learn how to get along." said Zelda softly, her face still bright pink.

"Yeah, I agree." replied Link, "I don't think I'll be able to live with this every day."

Zelda let out a soft chuckle, "First fight in a few hours. Must be a record."

"Yeah, all over me repeating something I said before." snickered Link.

Zelda and Link looked at each other.

"We have got a serious problem on our hands."

A/N: Hey guys! Thanks for all of your reviews and please continue to write them! If you notice any mistakes in my chapters please let me know so I can put them into effect! ;)