I made it longer! Yes! Right? You want longer chapters, correct? Anyway...

This begins with Zelda, you know, being curious. And she finds a thing. And then she learns the downsides of being a princess. And then the upsides of being naive. XD

So...you know...enjoy. I don't really have anything to say about this.

Except that I don't own anything in it.

Except the order the words were typed in.

And the story idea.

And that's it.

Really.

I'm serious.

Read on.

Age 9

Zelda had never really cared that she used magic and Link and Ganondorf used swords. But that changed.

Zelda had woken up in the middle of the night. She squeezed out of her spot in between Link and Ganondorf and glided down the hall. She had intended to see Nayru, to ask to read a book about Hyrules past and all its ancient languages (She had recently become interested in that). Nayru never lent her the book, and Zelda thought that being half asleep would make her more lenient. But something stopped her. Off to the right, a door was open a crack. It had never been open before. She walked up to it and creaked it open.

It was a huge room, full of painting, and strange artifacts. Torches burned along the walls. Zelda walked up to one of the paintings. It was huge; she had to strain to see the top. But what she saw amazed her. It was a beautiful woman with brown hair tied back in a strange style. She was carrying a sword. Next to her was a young man with dirty blond hair in a green tunic. He also had a sword. In the back was a tall woman with strange skin and a hood. Behind her was an ugly, gruff man. At the boy with dirty blond hair's feet was a wolf. Zelda stood in fascination before turning to her right to stare at another painting.

The lady in this one had blond hair, but was just a beautiful. Another man, who looked almost exactly alike, stood next to her. By the side of each one was a child resembling them.

Are they their…kids? Zelda thought. She turned back to the one with Brown hair. The sword looked amazing. The woman held it with power and grace.

Zelda turned to a strange device on a pedestal. It looked like an instrument, a warped flute. Zelda put it to her mouth and played a low note. Music drifted into the air. Zelda smiled and began again. A lovely melody played out.

"Zelda?" Farore stood in the doorway, blurry eyed. Zelda tucked the strange instrument into her pocket.

"Whater you doing?" Farore yawned.

"Nothing. Who's that?" Zelda pointed to the woman with brown hair.

"Eh? No one." Farore mumbled, vaguely remembering Nayru's determination for them never to know their destines.

"Can I get a book on Hyrule's past princesses? To learn about them? And the history of Hyrule."

"Mm. Sure. Tomorrow."

"Promise?" Zelda asked. Farore nodded and sent Zelda to bed. Zelda clambered in but didn't go to sleep. When Farore left, she took out the instrument and examined it in the darkness. She put it to her lips and played a note.

"Maghe!" Ganondorf yelped. He jerked up. Link bolted awake.

"What?" He asked, tears pricking his eyes. Zelda shoved the instrument under her pillow and pretended to fall asleep.

"Nothing Leaky." Ganondorf lay back down. Link lay back down too. Zelda touched the instrument under the pillow and smiled. Then she fell asleep.

* * *

Link and Ganondorf trained in the courtyard. Over the past year, they had become good fighters. Zelda was almost a master at magic, but preferred not to show it. Strangely, they became slightly more mature over the year as well. Zelda had taken up art, music, language. All from Hyrule past of course.

Zelda sat a few feet away, watching their swords dance between them. Link leaped away from Ganondorf and held up his hand.

"Wait!" He said. Ganondorf didn't listen, or pretended he couldn't hear. He swung his sword again.

"He said to Stop." Zelda said coolly. Ganondorf immediately halted and walked over, wiping his forehead with the back of his hand.

"Sorry." He apologized. Zelda shrugged.

"Hey, check it out. I made up a new move." Link smirked proudly.

"Can't be that good, Leaky, if you came up with it."

"I am NOT leaky." Link said, tears burning behind his eyes. He wiped them away impatiently. He took a deep breath and charged up his sword. Then he sprung in a circle, cutting all the grass down. Zelda started clapping and jumping up and down. Ganondorf scowled at her reaction.

"It wasn't that great." He grumbled. Nayru smiled at them, watching from her bedroom window.

"It's wonderful, isn't it?" She sighed. Din grunted, also pulling back from the window.

"No good show-off, if you ask me."

"I didn't." Nayru frowned, turning to Farore. Farore was mending Link's ripped tunic.

"It's simply adorable." She said absentmindedly. Nayru shrugged and took another peek out the window.

"I think it's great that Link is trying to impress Zelda." Nayru smiled. Zelda ran up to Link when he was wiping his forehead.

"That was so cool." She said admiringly. Link shrugged.

"Come on Zel! I can do stuff too." Ganondorf pleaded.

"Zel?" Zelda chuckled. No one had called her that before. Ganondorf blushed.

"Um…"

"No. It's alright." Zelda waved it away. She looked around suspiciously, then ducked her head down slightly and waved for the boys to join her. They leaned in closer.

"Can you teach me?" She whispered excitedly.

"Teach you what?" Link asked. Zelda rolled her eyes.

"How to use a sword and bow." She said urgently. "Please?"

"I don't know." Ganondorf shook his head. "It's really hard work. And you…"

"I'm what?" Zelda frowned. She put her hands on her hips.

"You're…a princess." Link whispered. Zelda's scowl deepened.

"So?"

"So you do princessy stuff. That's what you have guards for." Ganondorf explained meekly.

"What if they are on vacation?" Zelda snapped.

"Uh…"

"We can't teach you, Zel." Ganondorf said sadly.

"Fine!" Zelda whirled around and crossed her arms.

"We're sorry." Link said. Zelda huffed and stuck her nose in the air.

"Zel…"

"Don't call me that! My name is Zelda! I have my name as a princess!" She stopped there and mulled this over. Then she smiled. Link and Ganondorf got ominous feelings at this.

"As a princess, I command you teach me how to use your weapons."

"WHAT?" Link and Ganondorf cried in unison.

"You can't do that!"

"Yes I can." Zelda smiled again, putting her hands triumphantly on her hips. Link ran inside and went up to Din.

"Din! Zelda is-"

"Get lost, you little snot!" Din waved him away. Link frowned and ran up to Farore.

"Farore! Zelda's misusing her power!"

"What?" Farore yelped. She ran outside to Zelda and Ganondorf. Zelda looked up innocently.

"What were you doing?" Farore demanded.

"What do you mean?" Zelda asked sweetly. Farore was almost convinced. Almost.

"What did you do to them?"

"We were talking." Zelda said sadly. She looked down, as if she was about to cry. Link felt guilty for going to get Farore. Ganondorf felt a sense of pride in Zelda for being bad. Not that he would tell her.

"Did you threaten them?"

"No." Zelda sniffed.

"She bossed us around." Ganondorf said. Zelda sniffed again.

"I thought princesses did that." Farore sighed and bent down next to her.

"Only for the good of their people." She reminded. Then she stood up and went back inside, shaking her head. Zelda sighed and huffed.

"We really are sorry." Link apologized. Zelda didn't answer, instead she stormed away. Link and Ganondorf looked sadly after her.

"Should we teach her?" Link asked.

"I don't know." Ganondorf said. He stared longingly after Zelda's retreating figure. They looked at each other and ran after her.

Zelda walked all the way to the Goddesses Spring. It was always so beautiful. Zelda knelt down beside it and drew some water out of the pool. She stood up, the water trailing from the palm of her hand.

"Shi rane ha." She breathed, staring hopefully at the water. She loved the ancient language of magic. The water coiled in itself and then shot out, dashing around her. Zelda smiled.

"Whoa." Zelda whirled around at the voice. Link and Ganondorf stood behind her.

"We…uh…we've decided-" Link began.

"After much debate." Ganondorf cut in, smiling. Zelda frowned playfully. She could never seem to stay mad at him when he was trying to be funny.

"To teach you how to use weapons." Link finished. Zelda leaped up and down with joy. She ran at them and hugged them around the neck.

"That's great!" She squealed. She looked sideways at them.

"I have a secret to tell you." She grinned mischievously. They each leaned closer. Zelda reached into her skirt and drew out the musical instrument.

"What is it?" Link asked. Zelda shrugged.

"I've been reading. I think it's called an…Ocarina." She frowned.

"Oh. What's it do?" Ganondorf asked. Zelda shrugged.

"It plays music." She said dismissively.

"Oh." Ganondorf said. Zelda nodded and brought it to her mouth. She blew into it softly. Ganondorf and Link sat down to listen to her play the Ocarina. It was beautiful, almost enchanting.

After a while, Zelda took the musical instrument off her lips and looked at them hopefully. They stared back at her dumbly.

"Well?" Zelda prodded.

"It was great." Link nodded. Zelda smiled.

"So…you'll teach me how to use the sword and bow now?" She asked. Link and Ganondorf nodded.

"I'll get the sword!" Ganondorf jumped up and dashed off.

"I'll get the bow!" Link ran after him. Zelda smiled and went back to practicing with the water until they got back.

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