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Just to tell you at first I was a littel bit disappointed when I hadn't any reviews on the day I posted Chapter 2.

But then I saw I had gotten 2 reviews on Thursday!

Thanks to Mercy At Dawn and Lanydx!

I tried to slow the pace the story is going a little, but I think I only suceeded a little bit. And I will continue to try.

Anyway enjoy the next chapter.

Chapter 3 Oh the Joys of Pregnancy Part II

With each day it got worse: the sickness. Still I didn't believe it was a sickness. It was more than that. So much more. Something inside me told me I should be happy about it. But who would be? Who would like to wake up every morning only to puke one's gut out and would shove disgusting food like there was no tomorrow inside oneself, as if nothing happened. I knew at some point everything would come out again, but somehow I didn't care. I didn't care that the food tasted like nothing. I just ate and ate. Seriously, by now I expected that the financial magistrate, Telop, would come to me and tell me that the cost for my food were too high. It was weird even in Hyule I didn't eat as much and their food was delicious! Unfortunately, my eating habits made me expand like yeast dough, although most didn't stay inside to be digested. And that made me worry the most.

Since my first puking experience I've had a quite good theory: I couldn't tolerate Twili food anymore, because I had eaten food that grew with much sunlight. So I puked. Because my body felt it didn't have enough to disgest I ate much more to make up for it. Why I got fatter? In this aspect no plausible solution crossed my mind. Okay I had many hypothesises: My body might just store nutriens for an emergency. Yoyo-dieting. Water retentions. Lack of sleep. Stress. But none of these explanations seemed to fit. Therefore my theory wasn't plausible.

So I was back to square one. Should I go to the healer? When I didn't have an answer he probably knew something. It was their job, so they should know. But I didn't want them to tell me to rest. At the moment the Twilight Realm was in a fragile state and I was a pillar that held it in place. To take a break now was the most inappropriate moment there was.

"Princess?"

Shaking my head I regarded the owner of the voice. It was Lerit, the organ of the commoners. It was him who presented the daily peck of trouble of the commoners. Lately it had been more than ever. The population was still on edge, because of Zant's reign. Many lost family members. They were abducted and turned into Shadow Beasts. I felt very guilty, because Link and I killed them ultimately. There had been no other way. They were corrupted and not themselves anymore. But I often wondered if there had been another way. Maybe they could have been freed. Maybe they could have been with their families at the moment.

What had been done was done. There was no way I could go back in time and reverse this.

"Sorry. I was in thought. What was it again?" I asked politely while flashing Lerit a sweet grin. He seemed exhausted. Poor Lerit. All alone with the problems of the commoners. I didn't want to see his office filled to the brim with letters and paperwork. I might as well assign him a helping hand since getting rid of the fears and troubles of the commoners was our first priority.

"I said, that because of the agricultural crisis the people don't have enough to eat. The prices rise with each passing day and families lost many so they don't have enough money. We were discussing to contribute food and give it to those who are in need of it." He explained with a serious face.

Your people don't have enough to eat and you go and eat everything only to puke it out later. Maybe you are the reason for the shortage of food.

"Okay. We should do that."

"But princess!" Telop, the financial minister, shouted. "Such measures! We don't have the money! We need the money to re-erect the trading routes and reconstruct the palace. It isn't back to his former glory."

"What good does a shiny palace do when there's no population to marvel at it. What good does the trade do, if the population has not even the money to buy food. Why would they buy shiny gems? I say we cut the costs for rebuilding the palace and the trading routes to feed the population. After that we can re-erect the trade and other necessary things, but the palace comes last. We have enough to live a good life in the palace. We will relinquish shiny things in the near future. It is most important that the people survive." At the end of my speech I nearly shouted. It was important that the council got my point.

"Princess this is ridiculous! We need to reclaim our status. For this a palace is needed not a ruin!" A council member from the other end of the room shouted.

With an icily glare I made him shut up. "Everyone who thinks this way is way too selfish to be a member of the Council. When you accepted the position as a member of the Council you swore an oath. Everyone of you swore to act on behalf of the Twilight Realm. In the Twilight Realm are living more than one hundred thousand people and only fivehundred nobles. So if you think the nobles come first, then you aren't fit to be a member of the Council. We decide what's best for the population despite our own wishes. The next time I hear something so selfish from anyone here, he or she will lose the position as a member of the Council. Did I make myself clear?"

All of the coucillers nodded quickly. "So are there any objections against the proposition of Lerit?"

When no one rose their and I sat down satisfied. "Very well. Now onward to the next problem."

Meetings with the Council really tired me. Inside my chambers I fell onto my bed. It grew even more exhausting everyday. And wasn't only the meetings. Every trivial activity tired me. The walk from the meeting room to my chambers. Sitting in the throne room and holding audiences. Arguing with the Council. The trips around the kingdom. Opening doors, generally casting magic.

Why was this happening? I couldn't leave my duties behind. I needed to be there and nothing would stop me! Even if I was so exhausted that I couldn't move anymore.

Some princess you are. If you can't move you won't be of any use to your people. Think! You are only making it worse. You know it your temper got worse and your decisions aren't very thoughtful. You decide everything according to instinct, think rational!

Grr... Just shut up! I'm doing everything right! No one should starve. It was the right decision.

How long will you provide the population with food? The money should go to the farms. That's where the problem lies. You are being to emotional! Yes, it's sad that they are hungry, but you have to find solutions for the future!

I know that!

If you know that, why don't you do it? From what I've seen you have been a fastidious little girl trying to rule a kingdom.

I'm not! I'm trying to do the best for my people! But I'm too exhausted...

You say it. At the moment you are too exhausted to do a good job. Take a break.

Not now. When I can't go on anymore, who will? Twilight needs me right now. Not in a month!

To this I got no response. But the princess me was right, but I was right too. Gah! This was so frustrating. I should relax for now. I would get better.

I closed my eyes and shifted to my side. When I got comfortable my thoughts began to wander. Something was missing. The warmth. I felt so cold. Suddenly I wished to lie next to him. I wanted to feel his fur against my back. I wanted to snuggle into his warm soft fur. I thought of the countless nights we camped outside: on the hard stony floor of Death Mountain, on the soft grass of Hyrule Field, in the cold snow of Snow Peak, in the dry sand of the Gerudo Desert, thousands of metres in the air, near the shore of lake Hylia.

He was always in his feral form because it was more cut for sleeping outside. His fur protected him from the weather and his heighened senses warned us of every danger. Only in the beginning of our journey when we didn't have the luxury to change him whenever we pleased, did he sleep in his human form. We had some close calls with monsters and he didn't sleep very well.

But there was one time more he slept with me in his human form: after the defeat of Ganondorf we thought it would be best to relax a little bit for all of us were exhausted. At first everyone of us had their own separate room, but when neither me or Link could sleep without one another I sneaked into his room. He was also awake and smile at me when I came up to him. He lifted the blanket and I got under it.

I don't know why it went out of hand, maybe because everything was over, maybe because I was back in my normal form, or a whole different reason. Anyway we ended up with both of our bodies exposed on the floor. There we... loved each other. Not a very romantic location but it fit. After we spend all of our nights together on the floor, why shouldn't we spend our last night together there, too. Of course this tiny fact wasn't known to him at that time but I was very aware of it. Maybe I wanted this night to be special. It was wonderful: his fingertips on my skin, mine on his, his lips on my skin, mine on his.

I smiled at the memory and at the same time I was infinitely sad that I felt tears on my cheeks. I wanted him back so bad! Why had I destroyed the mirror again? Right now I felt so devastated I had done that. I will never see him again. Why was I so stupid. Such a stupid princess! Why did I need to be a princess? I never asked for it! Just because my father was king didn't have to mean I needed to be a ruler, too! I wanted to be a normal girl. I wanted to be with Link, the goat herder. I wanted to be next to him when he came home to eat a home-cooked meal from me. Why wasn't I allowed to lead such a simple life? Why couldn't somebody else be the princess?

I wanted to spend the rest of my life with Link. Wanted to marry him, bear his children, lead a happy life. Why couldn't I have this, after what I had done for both Realms? Shouldn't the damn goddesses be thankful to me that I helped their hero? Couldn't they make another mirror? Just that I could leave everything here behind, give the title as ruler to someone more fit.

"If you can, just tell me!" I shouted.

But no answer came. Of course this land was abondoned by them. How could I have expected an answer.

Defeated I let sleep claim me with the thought that I would puke tomorrow again. Oh the joy!

That was it for the time being. I hope you liked it and I hope for reviews!