The Love that Ties us Together
By thewildthings
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ZELDA OR NINTENDO OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS A DISCLAIMER.
Link sat up in his bed and yawned very loudly. He slowly turned his head over to the large rotating clock above his dresser, oh shit! Link thought, I'm going to be late! Link quickly ran to his dresser to pull on his usual green outfit, but as much as he searched, they just weren't there! He was just standing there in his underwear when he realized, he didn't have to wear it! It was a wedding, he needed something fancy! And who's fancy? Royalty!
Link pulled his house robe on as fast as he could and ran downstairs in search for the king, but he ran into someone different. The one and only, Prince Sadon looked up curiously at Link and said, "Good morning Sir Link! Sleep well? I'll say you did sleep in quite late though."
Oh my God Sadon! Get out of the way! "Um, Prince Sadon? Shouldn't you be at the wedding right now?" asked Link in the most polite voice he could.
"Oh, me?" Prince Sadon chuckled, "I don't need to be at the wedding yet, it's the female they always worry about, and the father for that matter! Both Zelda and the king left almost an hour ago! I just have a pair of dress robes I can pull on once I get there. In fact, I should be going in just a minute!" He smiled very awkwardly once he finished this sentence.
"Well uh, I guess I must be going then!" Link turned around to walk back up the steps when he suddenly he realized, Sadon was royalty! He had clothes that were appropriate! "Prince Sadon-"
"Sadon," Prince Sadon interrupted, "You can call me Sadon."
"Well, Sadon?" Link began, slightly annoyed, "Do you have any, how do I put this, decent clothes I could borrow for the wedding?"
"Oh, of course!" Sadon exclaimed, "I have plenty of clothes you can borrow! Here I'll go pick out an occasion appropriate outfit for you!" Sadon rushed up the stairs to his room and came down minutes later with some lacey dress robes. "Do you think these are your size?" Sadon asked. Link didn't know whether this was a joke, or if Sadon actually expected him to wear this dress.
"Um, maybe something with a bit less… lace," said Link eyeing the lace on the collar, sleeves, and bottom. "Do you have anything simpler?"
"Well, I have a black tunic that I used to wear when I went out with my friends when I was your age." Sadon said almost sadly.
"Wait, when you were my age? I'm 19 and so is Zelda! How old are you?" Link asked in disbelief.
"Well, this may shock you, but I just had my 30th birthday." Sadon said mournfully.
"Bring out the tunic." said Link. He couldn't believe this. Zelda, the princess of Hyrule, at 19 years of age, was going to marry a 30 year old man!
"Here's the tunic," said Sadon. He seemed to have a really sad vibe every since they talked about his age. "I hope it fits."
"Hey, are you okay?" said Link as he put on his tunic. "You seem really depressed."
"I just, I don't know what to do. I know that I am some creep for marrying a 19 year old girl, and an even bigger creep for kissing her (Link turned extremely red at this), but what am I supposed to do? This is to save the world, but I just don't know if I can do this! I just, I can't!" Sadon suddenly broke down on the floor crying, "I can't do this because, I love another woman! My sweet Elizabeth, I love her with all of my heart! In fact, I was going to propose to her until I got a message from the king saying that I had to wed his daughter! I sent him a message asking if there was anyone else but there wasn't! So I had to walk thousands of miles away from my sweet Elizabeth, to marry someone I had never met! But the thing is, if I don't do this, there won't be a world for my Elizabeth and I to live in!" Link couldn't stand the sight of Sadon blubbering on the floor any longer.
"Look, how about I marry Zelda! I love someone else too, but I can always divorce Zelda once this is over. Plus, I'm local!" said, Link.
"But, you need the king's royal blessing in order to complete the marriage!"
"Trust me Sadon! I think he can give me his blessing if it means life or death!" said Link as he ran out the door, and called Epona.
"Wait! Link! What are you going to say to them once you arrive?" Sadon whimpered.
"You… you couldn't make it today. I'll just act like an understudy!" Link smacked Epona's rump, and they both rode out of Hyrule Castle, and trotted into the Market.
Where the hell is this wedding anyway? Zelda told me it was in some Temple in the Market, but how could they fit a Temple inside this little Market? Link eyed his surroundings around the entrance to the Market, and directly across from him, he saw a small kiosk selling jewelry. Link pushed through the crowd of women and asked, "Do you know if there is a Temple around here?"
"Oh yes!" replied the shop keeper, "The Temple of Time is hidden somewhere in the Market, but it is a secret sacred meeting place for members of the Sheikah."
"Yes! The Temple if Time! Do you know where it is?" Link asked politely.
"Didn't you hear me young man? I said it's a secret! The Temple of Time is extremely sacred to members of the royal family as well." said the shop keeper with much respect.
"Oh, never mind." Link sighed. He walked Epona over to a nearby guard and said, "Excuse me sir, but would you happen to know where the Temple of Time is?"
"Well that depends, son," replied the guard looking down at Link, "what is your connection to the royal family?"
"Well, um… I'm princess Zelda's bodyguard." Link replied quietly.
The guard's eyes nearly popped out of his helmet once Link said this. The guard seemed to quake when he asked, "Y-you're the Hero of Time? It is an honor to be in your presence sir." The guard sputtered as he dropped to one knee.
"Um, thanks I guess… well can you direct me towards the Temple of Time?" Link asked fairly rushed.
"Oh yes, it would be my pleasure! Just walk to the far right of the market, you will find an opening between those two buildings… yes those two right there… and you will see a large brown building. It is hard to miss it."
"Thank you so much!" Link yelled as he ran off.
A/N: I AM SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSO SORRY! I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVEN'T POSTED IN MONTHS! I TOTALLY FORGOT! I CAN'T APOLOGIZE ENOUGH!