Role Playing Princess

By: Cutegirlmayra1

(Okay, I have a REALLY long Zelink story, so I thought to my little self, 'hmm… I bet I should do a short series, so that people can still swoon over them, but not have to read so much… and thus, I took an old idea and smashed it into this… XD enjoy~)

Link took his post outside the princess's door, he was finally 12 years old, which meant his Knight's degree allowed him to be promoted to 'Guard' title.

"Now, remember rookie," His Knight-sempi instructed him. "You can't go into the Princess's room without being allowed in, you must stay here and make sure no one gets in or out, and you must listen for any strange noises. You never know who could climb through the window." Link nodded over and over again. In his mind, he wondered who could ever want to hurt a princess.

"Now then, look sharp!" The Knight ordered. Link stood up straight, holding his Knight sword out in front of him with his wooden rookie shield.

"That'll do. Remember, No. Peeking." the Knight waved a strict finger at him, making Link shrink back and nod again. "Good, Good. Then I'm off." the Knight left, and Link watched him go around the Castle's corridor corner till he was out of sight.

With a serious expression, Link huffed and paced back and forth around the door's frame. Trying to take the job as seriously as possible! However….

After a certain amount of time, Link had fallen to the ground and was fiddling with his long green hat, blowing it up and down with big puffs of air that he blew out of his mouth. He was so bored, he wondered what the princess was doing in that room too… all alone with no one around… was she bored too?

CRASH!

Link got up quickly, scared and alarmed. He looked back at the door, and put his ear close to it.

"….Oh no! Someone save me!.."

"!"

Link became very concerned as he was about to open the door,

"WHAHAHAHA!"

Link heard the same voice that called for help, suddenly laugh manically. He pressed his ear to the door again.

"There's no escape princess! Your kingdom is mine! No, no, you mustn't! my hero will save us! That's right princess! Hyah! W-what? My power! No!"

Now Link was deeply confused, what on earth was the young princess doing in there…? He couldn't help it, he wanted to peek in so badly! But… his orders… so he listened again, wanting to know what happens next.

"You did it, hero! You won! On contraire! You see princess, hero, I have another trick up my sleeve! Oh no!"

Link looked shocked to hear this turn of events, he pressed more forcefully against the door, then it suddenly cracked open. He freaked out at first, moving away and looking squeamishly around. When he saw no one around, he slowly inched closer, hearing more of the young girl's voice as it changed for each character. As he peeked through the small crack in the door, he smiled as a whole new world came to life.

"Quick my men! You must protect the castle!"

Zelda was a top a small fort of little stacked pillows and small building parts, making it look like a miniature castle. She had a ton of toys laid out, a ton of wooden solders with hand made armor and clothes, each with a small staff, which Link supposed was a sword. They seemed to be fighting a huge dragon, or mostly, a small stuffed animal with wings. She leapt around her castle as she hustled over to her 'hero' which wore shiny gold clothes and was in a cool stance she had twisted his limbs into. "Ye shall not prevail!" she shouted, trying to sound manly as she ran up and grabbed another doll. This one had a long, wizardly white beard, and wore a big, long, and blue hat on his head. "Give up! You'll never win!" the princess moved the wizard's arm around, and then did a sound that destroyed some of her army. Which she cutely pushed over and stomped around on.

"…ah…" Link remained quiet, but looked on with fascination at the battle field.

The little princess ran back to her hero, "Don't worry, princess! We will fight for you till the end!" she said this with bold bravery as she thumped her hand against her heart, and then ran with giggles over behind the castle. She then stood regally and looked down at the hero dramatically, "Be strong, my friends… be strong.."

Link couldn't see her well at this angle, so he opened the door slightly a bit more,….

CREEEEEKK

"WHHAHAHAA!"

SLAM, CRASH

"Itetetete.." ('Ow,ow,ow,ow..' in Japanese)

Link had fallen into the room, face first. He crashed into the tiny army, and had hurt his head. Getting up, and sitting with his legs crossed, he pouted as he rubbed his hurt head. Zelda hid behind her fort with a gasp, then peeked out at the strange new boy. Link looked to see her peeking, and panicked slightly, running out of the room and bowing, then proceeding to close the door.

Zelda slowly got out of her hiding place, and moved with curious looks toward the door, leaning out to see if he really shut it. Suddenly, it swung open, and she had a mini heart attack as she dived back behind the fort of her 'Castle' and hid again. Link quickly set the army back up, there had to be almost a hundred or more wooden soldiers, but he had to clean up the mess he made!

Zelda peeked out again, and giggled. "It-it's alright.. They were gonna fall down anyway…" she slowly came out of her fort, smiling. Link blushed, she was so much cuter than the kids on the training fields said she was. In embarrassment, he looked away.

"Hehe, you must be my new Guard, right? Uh-oh! You broke a rule…" she teased, swinging her body cutely as she skipped to meet him. "It's okay though! I won't tell! Because of that silly rule, I can't met any kids my age, it's very nice to meet you! I'm Zelda!" she held out her hand to him.

Link, not wanting to be rude, smiled weakly and shook her hand. It was so soft and delicate, he felt a sudden urge to hold onto it longer, but quickly released it when she pulled away.

"..Hey… do you want to Role Play with me?" she excitedly said, seeming fixed on that new idea.

"…uh…" Link awkwardly looked at the toys around him, should he really be playing on the job..?

"…please? I don't really have any friends.. And I've never really played much outside either… my daddy says it's… dangerous…" she looked out the window with such longing. Link couldn't help it, he had the sudden instinct to grab her hand and nod, he couldn't deny her… even if his Knighthood was at stake…

"Re-really!? Great!" she looked so happy, running around and squealing in delight as she set the toys up, "Then we'll start a new game!" Link looked confused, but smiled at how excited she was and nodded with new found determination. One way or another… he was gonna give her the grandest adventure of her life!

Zelda handed Link the Hero doll, and smiled as he looked it over. "That's you, the hero." she explained. "Go on, you can customize it if you want too. In the beginning, were gonna decided the hero by holding a tournament!" she held up a toy trophy. "the winner is anointed to be the princess's, that's her," she pointed to the little doll girl, who was a top the fort. She wore a purple dress, a little to long for her, with a silver crown made of a ring. "Hero for the kingdom! That's gonna be you." she whispered to him. "but don't tell the army that, let it be a surprise~" she giggled, and Link chuckled at her antics. He peered at the army, ….wait… was he going to have to beat all of them?! A sweat drop dripped down his face as he felt the sudden chills of long that in devour was going to take…

He looked over his doll,…. It just didn't look right with all the shiny attire it had on him, So he took it off. Looking at a humble gardeners clothes, he noticed the green color in them would show he was a low stationed citizen, but good at heart, due to his humble upbringing. He put that on his hero, but it still wasn't enough… something was missing…

He scratched his head, and then, he looked forward in a sudden epiphany. He touched his hat, and then looked all around, the only thing similar… was the wizard's blue cap… He took a serious face as he slightly pouted but walked over and took the wizard's cap.

"W-what are you doing!?" Zelda ran over to him, after setting up half the pieces for the tournament. "that's the evil sorcerer's hat!"

Link tried to explain that he wanted the hero to look a little like him, not just for kicks, but because he felt it was important… he fidgeted, trying to explain the best he could through little movements.

"…So.. You want him to be a righteous hero… without the shiny effects?" Zelda concluded.

Link nodded, weakly smiling kindly at her, showing he really wanted this.

"…Well, he is your character, I don't see why not!" she happily chimed, and Link looked thrilled that she didn't scold him. "I suppose we'll give the wizard…" she looked around, holding her index finger up to her mouth as she did so. "Oh! This!" she took a tin can and placed it on his head. "….what do you think?" she asked. Link looked at it oddly, then saw a necklace with a huge gem on it. He gestured if he could take it. "um.. Sure?" Zelda looked at him with curiosity as he wrapped the necklace around the tin can. The gem was in the center now, and the wizard looked a little funny. "Hehe! He looks so odd with that! But maybe the gem could be the source of his power..?" she inquired. Link looked back at the wizard, then to the princess, and nodded happily. This was gonna be the greatest Role Play ever!

However, something still didn't feel right. Link took a closer look at the wizard, "..Aha!" he quickly ran over and dung around in her toy chest. "Wh-what is it, Link?" he had told her his name during the time she was explaining her realm of sorts. Talking about how evil the wizard was, but to Link, it looked like a normal wizard. He had to give it a since of evil… "He y'up!" he rose out of the chest box with a happy-go-lucky grin on his face, holding something up to the princess. She peered at it, then burst out laughing, "hahaaha! Your right, he needed just a 'piggy' bit more evil! Haha!"

Link had placed the Pig nose on the wizard, and tied it around with a string. As he did so, Zelda announced that all the pieces were ready, and the game finally began!

"Here, ye. Here, ye." she announced, holding her hands out wide as she then picked up the princess doll, and cleared her throat. "I, Princess of this blessed land, call all able men to attend the a tournament, of tournaments to decided who is worthy to be my hero!…." she opened an eye and peered down at Link, "Psst! This is where the people cheer." she urged him.

"uh…? Oh! Haaaa! Haaa!" he looked confused at first, but then scrambled in his spot to move the spectators all along the 'Castle's' lawn to cheer for her announcement.

"That's perfect, Link." she whispered and then winked at him, making him smile and blush. She quickly went back into character as she moved her princess around, side to side. "As you all know, the evil sorcerer has been threatening this land for sometime…" she peered at Link again.

"…oh!" Link got the signal, and gasped dramatically. "Ehhh?!" placing his hand up to his face, he played the part of a shocked and worried people.

"Be calm, my beloved citizens. For I will not have you unprotected, for among these able men, is our chosen hero!" she moved her arm down and to the side, revealing the wooden solders all a lined in a row. Link cheered again, clapping this time.

"Let the tournament, begin!" she rose her doll's arms, and it's little head rocked back a bit, as she adjusted it.

Link took his position, taking his humble hero and placing him in front of his opponent. "Hyeh!" he shouted, and knocked the wooden solider over with his.

"Our first victory!" Zelda cried out, and then mimicked the crowds cheering as Link rubbed the back of his neck, blushing.

"On to the next round!"

After about a billion solders, Link was getting tired off having to knock them all down when Zelda placed one in front of him, but she looked so thrilled with each one he knocked over, he couldn't understand it.

She placed another down, and laid on the floor. Placing her hands up to her cheeks to hold her head up, she looked intently onward to the battle at foot.

With a sigh, Link took his hero, and knocked the wooden man down, as he did all the rest.

"….WE HAVE A WINNER!" Zelda suddenly shouted out, knocking Link off guard as he shouted in fright and fell backwards. "Congratulations! Your our people's hero!" Link got up slightly, moving his hat out of his eyes and smiling once again. He had won the right of being a hero, though it was long and tiring, he had made it through…

"Now, please take the oath!" Zelda chimed, showing Link where to go, which was on the 'Balcony' of the 'Castle' fort.

Link at first just got up and carried his character, but Zelda freaked out, and turned around, "No, no, no, Link! Heroes can't fly!" she explained, and pushed gently his hand down, showing him to make the character walk. "It's his victory march through the crowd of cheering fans!" she pointed to the citizen toys all circled around them. He looked to Zelda with a half joking smile, and then shook his head. There was no getting around it, so he had his hero bob around and make his way up to the balcony, where the fair princess awaited him.

"Let the ceremony begin, take a knee." Zelda instructed, making her doll move her hand to the hero's doll.

Link knelt himself, and then knelt the doll down. He suddenly looked like he forgot something and bent the hero's head down, he had to make him be respectful.

"hehe~" Zelda noticed this, and seemed happy he remembered this tradition. "Good hero, will you serve this people and me? Till the end of your time? And defend us against all odds?" Link looked up, staring into the princesses eyes. What imaginative world and scene was being played out in her eyes? Will he ever truly see the realm and the people that each one of these toys represented and looked like? Only one way to find out….

He nodded, and made his hero raise his head, placing a hand on it, he quickly gave Zelda the 'wait' finger and walked away for a moment. Zelda blinked in confusion, till he came back with a inked feather. He made a smile on his heroes face, and two eyes. Zelda smiled, and offered her real hand to him, "May I..?" Link smiled and gave her the inked feather, she drew a pretty face with two cheek marks on her princess, and then giggled. Link placed his hero's hand in the princess's, and then the Princess doll gave his solider a shield and sword. Link turned his hero around, tieing the loose string onto the hero's hand for the sword and other arm for the shield, and had the hero raise his sword to the sky. Zelda made the crowd cheer, and for a moment, he saw the whole room morph.

People were lined around the castle, as Link held up his sword. He looked around, confused. Zelda stood behind him, with a pretty purple dress and rosey red cheeks, she clapped for him.

At last! Link turned around back to the people and smiled, he was in her realm.