December 21
Zelgius' eyes opened as the sunlight radiated through the curtains. He rolled out of bed and into the bathroom.
So this makes it day three of the week of peace then. So that means only four more days until I get back on task.
Zelgius washed up and got dressed. He headed into the kitchen to look for something to eat. Feeling a bit lazy, he decided to just have cereal. Not feeling all that hungry just barley touched it as his mind was wandering to much to even focus on eating.
Now what am I suppose to do today? I have no clue how things work here. Sitting around for a whole week wouldn't be healthy so maybe I should just go out for a walk or something.
Zelgius got up and decided to head out. When he opened the door he was surprised to see a steel lance sitting at the door.
What's this?
Zelgius lifted the weapon and examined it for a while. It was Levail's.
Why did he leave his weapon sitting at me door?
Zelgius began to think back to yesterday when they had an argument. Levail had punched him in the face and he had told him to hand over his weapon for it. At first it seemed like Levail had completely ignored his orders but here was the weapon right at his door.
So he listened to me after all. Oh Levail sometimes you're just to kind to people.
Zelgius walked off to Levail's room with the weapon in his hand. He reached room 205 and knocked on the door. There was a long silence before the door finally opened. Levail looked up to face his general.
"Good morning sir. Is there something you need?
"I wanted to give you your weapon back"
Levail looked down at the weapon like it was some foreign object he had never seen before. Finally he pushed it back and shook his head.
"I couldn't. Not after what I did. By the way I'm really sorry about what I did. I don't know what came over me."
Zelgius sighed and tried to hand him the weapon again.
"No I'm the one who should be sorry. It's not like me to lose my temper like that. I just wasn't feeling well."
"Sir I just can't. You should keep it for now. I couldn't even think of touching the thing after doing what I did. As a soldier it is my job to take responsibility for my actions. Making the mistake of punching you is something I must take responsibility for."
Zelgius shook his head as a very slight smirk made it's way to his face.
" Levail, you know sometimes you too much of a goody goody."
"But it's important to behave when you're on the job."
Zelgius just sighed and left the weapon leaning on the wall. He then turned to walk away.
"Levail you'll figure it out eventually."
"Figure what out?"
Zelgius just walked off leaving Levail with a slightly confused look on his face. He turned to his weapon and hesitantly reached for it. However he shook his head and left it at the door.
Zelgius made his way out of the hotel and into Castle Town central. He stared at the castle that was right across the fountain. It was beautiful. It was huge. It was over all a masterpiece. It was certainly better than anything he had ever seen in Begnion. He looked around for a while before heading in another random direction. He left out the left from the west gate of the town and back into Hyrule Field.
Zelgius walked through the west side of Hyrule Field that was covered in a fresh coating of snow. He pulled out the map he had recently bought to find his surrounding.
So this is the west side of Hyrule Field? It seems like there's a path to the northern section of the field just around here.
Zelgius followed the map to the way to the northern part of Hyrule Field. Once he made it there he took in his surroundings. It was pretty sight. The ground was covered in fluffy white snow and the castle was standing majestically in the distance. He began crossing over a small bridge when something caught his eye. In the far distance he saw a vast mountain range with beautiful white snowy peaks. It reminded him of when he was growing up in Daien. Daien was a large mountain range with many vast peaks and dark caves to explore. Zelgius remembered how he would always run away from home when he was little to escape the shameful looks his family gave him.
He loved to explore but he was an adult now with a very important job so exploring was completely out of the question. But now he had no pans whatsoever. He had free time, something he couldn't say he had in years. Without thinking he headed to the area. He made it to a small cave at the very base of the mountain and headed inside.
Zelgius came to the exit of the small cave and scanned his surroundings. He could here water flowing very close by. He made his way to the clearing and gazed upon a sight that left him speechless. Five different waterfalls were crashing into a large lake at the base of the area. The waterfall in the center was much larger than the other one's. It crashed with a roar so loud that it shook the area around it. Zelgius made his way up a flight of stairs to get a better view. The waterfall was flowing out of a large cave opening.
Where am I?
"This is Zora Domain."
Zelgius held in a gasped and turned to see who was speaking to him. He was even more surprised at what he saw. It was the strangest creature he had ever seen. It looked like it was part fish and part human.
What is that?!
Zelgius soon realized he was staring awkwardly at the creature and shook his head.
"I'm sorry I just never seen-"
"A Zora before right? Yeah I could tell you weren't from around here. You must be a Begnion soldier."
"How do you know that?"
"Isn't it obvious? Hyrule soldiers don't wear red. And it's easy to see you're new to all of this judging by the way you reacted to me."
Zelgius frowned slightly.
"So it's really that easy?"
"Yeah it is. Anyway my name is Ralis, prince of the Zora's.
Zelgius stood with a slightly clueless look on his face.
"Prince?
After a few seconds Zelgius bowed his head in slight guilt.
"I'm sorry I didn't realize you were royalty."
The young Zora just smiled at him.
"It's fine. You don't have to be formal with me really. Anyway what brings you here? If you were looking for Princess Zelda you just missed her.
"I wasn't looking for the princess actually. I was just wandering. By the way can you tell me what the princess is like?"
"Princess Zelda is a strong willed woman. You can beat her down and destroy her pride but she will never lose hope for a better tomorrow. She is very kind towards her people and will risk life and limb to keep them safe. But let me tell you she has a hard exterior. She has grit as well as grace. While she doesn't seem like it she has a temper than is easy to set off. Clever, cunning and wise well past her years she makes a very noble leader for the people of Hyrule. I admire her really."
"I see. That's around what Link told me."
"You spoke with Link? How is he?"
Zelgius looked at the ground remembering his injuries.
"Well he's…alright."
"Is there something wrong?"
"No nothing. I just have something on my mind. Anyway what was the princess here for?"
"Princess Zelda was here checking on the Domain. She does monthly check ups to make sure it's running properly. You see this is the main source of all of Hyrule's water supply so if anything were to happen than we would have a major problem on our hands."
"I see. She does sound like a very good leader."
"You should meet her. You'll be surprised but you seem to have many similarities with her."
Zelgius nodded and headed off.
"I'm going to have more of a look around. I'll see you around."
"Have a good day sir."
Zelgius wandered round Zora Domain for a long while before deciding to head out. He came to an opening where the water spread into three different streams. He scanned the area for a while before noticing a door that he hadn't noticed before. He read the sign.
Fishing Spot
I don't know how to fish.
Zelgius turned to walk away only to here a sound that was familiar to him.
I've heard this song before but where?
After a few seconds of holding the door he opened it and went inside.
Zelgius moved through the snow before he reached an opening with two large trees. In between was a familiar figure playing a harp. Zelgius stopped dead in his tracks and began watching her.
It's the woman from yesterday.
This time Zelgius could make out the words of the song.
"Sleep my child. Go to sleep my child. Dream sweet dreams of olden times. Dream my child. Sweet dreams my child. Rest your weary mind. Waltz under moonlit trees. Sail all the wondrous seas. Give into all your dreams and sleep. Sleep my child. Go to sleep my child. Have no fear. I'm here by your side. Dream my child. Sweet dreams my child. The sun has said good night. Drift through the open sky. Wings spread and spirits high. Wave as the clouds go by and sleep."
She's so beautiful. Who is she?
The woman finished her song and stared down at her harp. She looked up as a flash of red caught her eyes. She backed up slightly once she noticed Zelgius. There was another long pause held between the two before the woman made a different move from before. She grabbed a bow from behind the tree and glared at Zelgius. She shot a few arrows. Zelgius moved behind a tree to avoid the shots.
"So you think it's fun to stalk woman do you?"
Zelgius turned around to stare at the woman.
"No. I wasn't stalking you so why don't you just put that weapon down. After all a beautiful little flower like you shouldn't taint your hands with a weapon."
The woman approached him slowly with her bow still drawn.
"This rose has thorns sir. Don't underestimate me. Maybe in Begnion woman are dainty weaklings but I'm no weakling."
"I never said you were. I mean this time you aren't even running away."
"Shut it. I have this weapon and I'm not afraid to use it on you sir."
"Look I'm not stalking you so you can really put that bow down. I'm not here to hurt you. Besides I know very well you won't shoot me."
"Try me."
"Than go ahead and do it."
The woman readied her bow and took aim. Zelgius just stood still with his eyes closed. She fired the arrow. It traveled through the air and flew passed Zelgius' head just missing it by an inch. Zelgius opened his eyes once the arrow landed in the ground. The two stared at each other in silence for a while.
"I knew you wouldn't do it."
"Quiet you fool! I simply missed my shot."
"Don't make excuses. We both know very well that you could have shot me point blank in between the eyes if you wanted to. You see I could see it very well in your eyes that you wouldn't do it. Especially not after the week of peace was decided on. You wouldn't go against the orders of your ruler would you?"
Zelgius looked slightly confused when a smirk rose on the girls face.
"Of course I wouldn't go against a rule that was made by the ruler of Hyrule. That would be going against my own morals."
"What?"
"So you don't have it all figured out do you? You men are hilarious how you think you can just run into things like you're some kind of genius."
"What are you going on about?"
"I guess you're too clueless to figure it out. People of Begnion descent seem to not be as smart as they make themselves out to be. Very well then."
The woman bowed her head as a bright triangle shape formed on her hand.
"The Princess of Hyrule to you sir."
Zelgius stared in shock at the woman.
"You're Princess Zelda?"
"Correct sir."
Zelgius bowed his head.
"It's an honor to meet you Princess. I guess I should have known it was you. That kind of beauty is only fit for a ruler."
Zelda sat in silence for a while.
"Stop flirting with me you idiot!"
Zelgius smirked as he noticed a slight blush on her face.
"Is that a blush?"
"No! Shut up you fool!"
Zelgius raised an eyes brow at her. And mumbled to himself.
"Well you definitely have anger issues."
The princess teleported closer to him so that their noses nearly touched.
"These ears aren't just for hearing the goddess sir so I would watch your mouth."
Zelgius stumbled back in surprise and slipped on some ice. He fell over as the princess laughed at him. She offered him a hand. Zelgius reached up and grabbed it only for her to let him fall back down and laugh again. Zelgius glared at her as he got to his feet.
"That wasn't funny Princess."
"I hope you didn't break a hip old man."
"Old man?! I am not that old."
"You may not look it but you certainly sound it. So how old are you?"
Zelgius hesitated for a while.
"I'm um…. Forty seven."
Zelda looked at him in slight surprise.
"Forty seven? I didn't think you were that old."
Zelgius glared at her.
"Be quiet."
"Hey now. I'm still royalty so know your place sir."
Zelgius just stared at the Princess for a while. She has soft pink lips and light skin. Her hair was long and dirty blonde. She was cute. Zelda looked at him for a while since he was staring at her awkwardly.
"Okay weirdo. So you can stop looking at me like that."
Zelgius shook his head and came back to reality.
"What?"
"Oh never mind. Anyway where are you heading off two?"
"Nowhere really. Why?"
"Do you want to fish for a while?"
"Not really. I don't even know how."
"Well then you learn!"
Zelda dragged Zelgius through the fishing spot and began to attempt to teach him how to fish.
"Here"
Zelgius took the rode and held it like it was some strange foreign object.
"Don't hold it like that you fool. Hold it like this."
Zelgius held it awkwardly and attempted to throw out the line however it had managed to end up under his foot. Zelgius stumbled forward and fell face first into the pond.
"You idiot!"
Zelgius looked up annoyed that she found his stupidity funny.
"It's not funny."
"You just need to loosen up and learn to laugh at yourself."
After many failed attempts at fishing Zelda gave up on him.
"Okay it's official. You are the worst at this."
"Well excuse me princess."
The sky began to grow to be a reddish yellow color.
"Princess we should go back to the town or something it's getting late."
"Right. I know a short cut."
Zelgius followed Zelda out of the fishing spot and into another door. There was a woman there with an Afro similar to the man he had saw in Faron Woods. Princess Zelda gave the woman some money and walked over to near by boat.
"Rent a boat so we can canoe down the river."
"What?"
"I said rent a boat."
"I don't know how to canoe."
The princess moved over and threw him an annoyed glance.
"Can you do anything?! I swear if you were lost in the wilderness you would die."
Zelda handed the woman some more money.
"I'll just take this idiot down with me."
She turned and pushed Zelgius into the raft before jumping in herself. She began rowing the boat forward and Zelgius sat up and glared at her.
"Thanks for pushing me princess." He stated sarcastically.
"Hey listen. The river gets dangerous up ahead so don't do anything stupid to get yourself thrown out."
"And why would I do that?"
"I don't know. Maybe you're dumb."
"Wait how dangerous does it get?"
"Oh it gets pretty bad. There are plenty of waterfalls. But you're with me so you shouldn't die."
I shouldn't die. Not I won't die. I feel safe.
"Oh look a waterfall!"
"Wait what?!"
The boat went over a large water fall and landed sending water everywhere. Zelgius couldn't help the scream that left him. The princess laughed at the man.
"You scream like a girl!"
The river grew faster and the waterfalls grew larger. The boat was pretty much rocking from side to side and gliding past boulders with an extreme speed.
"Princess…"
"Oh look another waterfall!"
"Please…."
"Oh and another."
"Princess I think I may throw up…."
"Well don't do that in here. Lean over the edge or something."
"But I'll fall out."
"Ugh then suffer!"
Water splashed into the boat soaking the general. Princess Zelda continued to laugh at his suffering for the remainder of the ride.
"Okay I'm sick of this! Let me out of this boat."
"Relax! We're here."
The boat went over one last waterfall before coming to a gentle stop. The princess climbed out first. Zelgius slowly climbed out struggling to feel his legs. They had fallen asleep. He began to squeeze the water out of his soaking cape and threw and annoyed glances at the princess who stood off in a slight distance.
"Here we are."
"I thought we were going back to Castle Town."
"We are but this is the long way."
"You said this was a short cut."
Zelgius groaned as he joined Zelda to look out into the view. His anger quickly left him once he began taking in the scenery. It was a beautiful lake with crystal clear water. You could see the fish swimming deep below the surface. It was enormous with a small house in the center of the lake. The air around it smelled fresh and crisp. The snow shined brightly around the edge of the lake giving it an even more beautiful feel.
"Isn't it beautiful? I always come here to get lost in the scenery. It's my favorite place in the land. It helps me escape my stressful life and feel free and alive. People always ask me the same questions over and over again. They ask how I possibly don't enjoy my life with all the money and power that I have. Do you wonder that?"
"Not at all. I understand what you're saying completely. You're not a materialistic person. Money doesn't make you happy. You look much deeper into live to find things that bring you joy. Besides what's the point of having all the money in the world without having someone to share it with? Even with a person what happens after? Sure you get everything you want but you'll eventually get bored. You'll have no other goals in live. Basically you'll be reduced to having no point to existing when you have no goals to take care of. That's what I believe."
Princess Zelda stared at the man for a long period of time. Zelgius' eyes turned to meet her's in a long stare.
"You're the first person to understand me. People always thing that I'm an spoiled child when they here me speak of missing things in my life. Not even Link completely understood. He just pretended to. I know I often leave him clueless so it's difficult to talk with him."
"I don't think understanding you matters."
"What do you mean?"
"Understanding is not important. Accepting is what is truly important. As long as he accepts your opinions then it shouldn't matter."
"I guess you're right about that."
The two stared off for a long while at the scenery as the sun went down. The moon and stars lit up the lake. Their silence was broken when a voice called over to the princess.
"Princess it's good to see you."
Princess Zelda looked up to see a familiar man walking over to them.
"Oh Flyer how are you?"
"I'm my usual self thank you."
The strange looking man turned to Zelgius who had a slightly confused look on his face.
"You must be a Begnion soldier. What might your name be?"
"I'm Zelgius, general of the Begnion Central Army."
"Well it's good to meet you Zelgius!"
The man shook Zelgius hand firmly before moving between the two.
"So what are you two up to? Are you on some sort of date?"
Both princess and general stared at each other in shock before turning back to the man.
"No!"
The both called out causing the man to laugh.
"I know I know. I was just playing with you. Anyways I was just coming over to tell you that it's getting pretty late so you may want to think about getting back to Castle Town."
Princess Zelda looked up into the sky to see that it was actually quite late.
"You're right. Do you think that you could give us a lift?"
"Think?! I know I can give you two a lift. Come right over. I'll even give you both a free ride for today."
Princess Zelda stepped into the large machine and gestured for Zelgius to follow. Zelgius hesitantly scanned over the object before entering it. He jumped when the door slammed closed behind him.
"Princess how exactly does this work?"
"You saw that little house way up above the lake right? Well this machine works like a canon. It's going to shoot us all the way up there."
"Okay….wait what?!"
The canon fired sending them both up towards the house. Zelda landed on her feet as Zelgius rolled across the floor and crashed into the wall receiving a laugh from the woman.
"Ow…"
"You didn't break anything did you?"
"No. Also that wasn't in the slightest bit funny. I could have died."
"Aren't you fearless general? I thought you weren't afraid to die."
"Oh please. I'm not afraid to die at all. I just don't want to die being shot out of a canon."
The two walked through Hyrule Field together as they made there way back to Castle Town. They climbed the stairs and entered the town that was now quiet because of the hour. They stopped at the fountain that stood in the center of town.
"Well I guess this is where I leave you princess. I should be getting back to the hotel now."
"Right. I'll see you around."
Zelgius waved before turning around and heading for the hotel.
"Oh and general?"
"Yes?"
"Thank you for coming to Lake Hylia with me. I'm glade that I got to speak with you. I think we can be good friends."
The princess headed into the other direction. Zelgius watched her disappear in the distance before entering the hotel.
