Mornings

Disclaimer: I don’t own Zelda.

Recently I’ve printed out the whole Relin Series to read during school and lately, I’ve been dieing to write!

Hyrule Castle…

Zelda was already awake and dressed, boredom washing over her as she sat on her bed. She woke up early because she couldn’t sleep, her mind kept dwelling on Aaron and the fact that he promised to come over tomorrow, which was today. Her eyes rested on her secret hidden door next to her elegant dresser. Before, a long time ago, she always felt as if someone was watching her as she slept. Ever since Ganon was defeated for the second time she no longer felt that feeling.

Zelda clutched her hands tightly and suddenly got to her feet and walked towards the hidden door. She reached for the edge of the door and was shocked to find it cracked open. The door suddenly flew open making Zelda fall backwards in shock. Zelda closed her eyes as she fell, her heart pounding. Suddenly she felt an arm around her waist catch her just before she hit the ground.

“Did I scare you?” a gentle voice asked. Zelda smiled and opened her eyes to see Aaron’s face looking down at her. He helped her to her feet and closed the door that was now open wide. “I didn’t mean to scare you that much, Zelda” Aaron said, grinning as Zelda still tried to catch her breath.

“Aaron, how do you know about this secret door?” Zelda asked; her hand against the wall to steady her.

Aaron froze suddenly, his back to Zelda. He didn’t know how to answer that, he couldn’t answer that. “I’m sorry, I won’t be able to come tomorrow, or the next day.” He said, changing the subject.

Bewildered, Zelda pushed herself off the wall and walked in front of Aaron to look at his face. “Why can’t you?” She asked.

“Nabooru wants me to do all this work, I won’t be able to come and visit you for a few days, I’m sorry.” Aaron said, trying not to look at Zelda’s face. “However, if I do get the chance, I’ll try and come to visit.”

Aaron’s words didn’t brighten up Zelda’s face anymore. “You can stay for long today though, can’t you?” she asked, grasping his hand that rested at his side. Aaron nearly jumped as she held his firm hand in her soft ones. He always admired her peachy skin and always wondered how it would feel under his hands.

“I can stay as long as I’m able too, Zelda.” Aaron replied softly, trying to compose himself from the feel of her hands against his. “So, last thing we were talking about was how your parents met.” Zelda smiled and pulled his hand towards the two chairs they had sat on yesterday.

As Zelda told her story Aaron gazed at her, still listening to her story. He always admired her, both because of her beauty and the fact that she was the Princess of Hyrule and could actually live with so much discipline under her belt. He remembered the first time he actually walked up to her to confess his identity after he helped Link defeat Ganon. She screamed at him and told him to leave and never come back, specifically saying: ‘like father like son’. Zelda’s words completely shattered Aaron mostly because there was no way he ever wanted to become like Ganon, instead of not seeing her anymore; Aaron tried his best to visit her at the castle but each time he was yelled at by either Zelda or a guard on how she hated him. After a while, Aaron gave up on Zelda and believed that he actually didn’t love her in any way that he just admired her beauty, and that was all. After that he refused to visit the hidden door to spy on her sleeping form, no matter how much he enjoyed it.

“…and that’s it.” Zelda finished, smiling brightly. Aaron smiled as well; he liked her stories, especially when she smiled afterwards. “How did you parents meet, Aa-.” She instantly cut herself off. “I’m sorry.”

Aaron looked down at his hands, Zelda almost forgot on how much it pained him to hear it, but she was probably interested. “I’m not to sure how they met.” He admitted; he never knew besides what everyone talks about. He always told his mother never to tell him the story. “My father was found as a baby in front of Desert Colossus, before it was the Spirit Temple. When he was about two years old my mother was born from a Gerudo bridge guard who met a Hylian one day. I guess that’s how they met.” He said, clutching both of his hands into fists. “I remember my mother was holding me when I was about five, two years before Link defeated Ganon. She held me and cried about what went wrong. I remember what she said; ‘what went wrong, Ganondorf? Why did you turn evil?’ Sometimes I think and wonder if Ganon really was good when he was with my mother. I don’t know, but I still hate him for hurting her feelings.” Aaron suddenly stopped as he suddenly felt Zelda’s hand against his cheek.

Zelda didn’t hesitate, didn’t even stop; she was determined; her eyes had longing in them. Aaron was too shocked to even draw back as he felt Zelda’s warm lips against his. Sure, he kissed her before in the gardens, but this one was different, this time she did it on purpose. Aaron didn’t even blink until Zelda withdrew to look up into his eyes. A beautiful sky blue color, all around him the only eye color Aaron ever saw was brown but Zelda’s eyes, they were different, unique, through his perspective. Aaron stared directly into Zelda’s eyes and found himself kissing her again. The hand that once rested on his cheek was now around his neck followed by another arm.

Both eyes were closed as they kissed passionately. Aaron had his arms around Zelda’s waist with her sitting on his lap as they kissed. He never imagined that he would have a chance to ever be with Zelda, especially with how she had refused to see him since he helped Link defeat Ganon. He loved the feel of her lips against his, they tasted good, and they were soft, almost like silk. One hand that was wrapped around her waist slid down her dangling leg to the hem of her dress. He carefully ran his hand underneath her dress to feel her legs. Zelda yelped at the fell of his hands against her small legs. Instead of yelling, Zelda giggled and began to kiss Aaron again, her own hand starting to run through his hair as Aaron’s caressed her thigh.

It was beyond anything he could think of, beyond life itself probably. His wishes of his teenage life was coming true, he never imagined they would. Always he wished to hold her like his, to caress her like this, but never had he imagined that it would happen! This was the best morning in his life, and Aaron took in every millisecond that he spent kissing and caressing her.

Lake Hylia…

Lunard sat on a bridge leading towards a small piece of land in the middle of the lake. His feet dangled down almost touching the water from the middle of the bridge that sank the lowest down. He hated fishing, he didn’t like it because sinking lures were never allowed at the fishing hole, even it was the best lure! Lunard sighed and glanced around the lake, only to dismally stare down at the water once again.

“Lunard.” A voice sounded. Lunard’s head shot up and he glanced around him to see his intruder. When he saw no one he glanced back down at the water only to gasp when he saw his reflection replaced by an old lady with a large nose.

“Aunt Kotake!” Lunard yelped; staring down into the water.

“Go to Hyrule Castle. There you will find Aaron. Bring him to Desert Colossus. I wish to speak with both of you.” Kotake spoke, the water rippling with each word.

Lunard looked bewildered and he glanced around him. “What for?”

“I will tell you when you arrive. Now go, quickly before you miss Aaron, he will be leaving the castle soon.” Kotake spoke, her eyes flashing.

“Alright, alright, I’ll get to it!” Lunard shouted getting to his feet and plunging into the cool water.

Hyrule Castle…

Link stood against the wall, continuously rubbing his temple as he entered deep thought, something he hardly did. Nohan sat on the throne, his fingers drumming the arm rests on either side of him. Zelda hadn’t shown up at the throne room, she said she was ill and couldn’t sleep all night. Nohan and Link both thought it best that she stay in her room to try and get some sleep at least.

The day so far was uneventful, much like yesterday. Link pushed off the wall and was about to leave to get a drink at the new pub when Captain Valiant suddenly entered with two guards next to him carrying a girl.

“Prince Nohan! We have a little thief here who tried to attack a guard and some civilians to boot!” Captain Valiant announced, motioning towards the girl.

Nohan’s interests suddenly perked to the highest as he looked at the girl. He couldn’t see much because she had a cloak over her to cover her features. Captain Valiant tore off the cloak the girl was wearing making Nohan’s eyes suddenly widen. This woman was probably just a little younger then Nohan himself. She had short blue hair that was just barely long enough to make a small tail at the end, if undone it would probably end just a little past her ears. She wore a black tunic and black breeches to best conceal her in the shadows. To go with her still blue complexion was her blizzard blue eyes (got from a crayon). The woman was a thief, but a very good looking one.

“Link, grab her. I’ll deal with her, Captain Valiant.” Nohan said, biting his lip for a moment. Deal with her, yeah, more like flirt with her. Link quickly grabbed the thief’s arm and hulled her towards Nohan, and of course she tried to pull away. “Come on, Link, in the back.” Nohan said, getting up from his throne and heading towards the rooms in the back.

Link nodded and dragged the thief across the marble floor to follow Nohan.

It wasn’t long until they arrived at Nohan’s room, which they entered. “Okay, Link, you can leave now.” Nohan suddenly said, his hands behind his back in the middle of his room.

Link froze. “Are you sure Nohan?” he asked. “She might have a knife or something.”

“Oh, come on, Link! Captain Valiant probably made sure that she didn’t.” Nohan said, chuckling a little. Link sighed and let go of the thief’s arm and left the room.

Nohan sighed as well and turned around to look at the woman. “So…” he began. The woman suddenly charged him, a small knife shining in her hand as she charged him. Nohan yelped and fell back towards the wall where he fell to the ground, pinned to the wall with the woman very close to him and the knife against his throat.

“Damn you royalty! You think you can have your way with me! I’ve had enough of that, I won’t let you damn people have your way with me anymore!” the woman shouted, pressing the knife hard against Nohan’s throat, making blood start to dribble.

“Please, I’m not going to hurt you, I swear! I never planned to in the first place-” Nohan was cut off as the woman dangerously pressed the dagger against his throat.

“Liar! People with royalty are all the same! The damn guards even have their way with me, just as long as they don’t get caught or they’re favored!” the woman screamed.

“I just want to talk!” Nohan pleaded, closing his eyes to look away from the evil beauty of the woman. They stayed still for a long time, blood dribbling down his neck with the woman still glaring at him, ready to kill. Suddenly, the woman sighed and lowered the knife. Nohan exhaled finally and opened his eyes as he watched the woman get to her feet, still glaring down at him.

Suddenly Link came up from behind the woman, his arms coming underneath hers and to the back of her head in a secure hold. The woman screamed and struggled, throwing her knife to the ground in her fury.

“Settle down. Link won’t hurt you; he couldn’t even hurt his wife when she tried to kill him before they were married.” Nohan shouted, grabbing his throat to stop the little flow of blood that dribbled down into his blue tunic. The woman soon started struggling and just went limb with her head down as Link kept his hold on her. Nohan sighed and wiped his neck one last time. He reached down and lifted the woman’s chin to lock eyes with her, her eyes were like a pure color of blue, and his own was a far lighter color compared to hers. “Who are you?” he asked.

The woman turned her head away from his hand to stare at the ground once again. “Malora.” She answered simply.

Malora, Nohan liked the name, it made him smile. “Link, let her go please.” He stared. Link glared in reply. “Fine, fine.” Nohan looked behind him and grasped a pair of shackles on his desk and held it out towards Link and Malora. “Happy?” he asked, shaking the shackles.

Link grunted and let go of Malora but quickly grasped her hands again in order to shackle them behind her back. Malora distinctively rolled her eyes as the shackle was placed and Link once again left the room. “Why are you a thief, Malora?” Nohan asked when Link had closed the door.

Malora didn’t reply but instead sat down on the carpet with her hands still shackled behind her back. Nohan sighed and got down to his knees in front of her. “Why are you so stubborn?”

Malora glanced up at Nohan and leaned towards him. “Men like it when I’m stubborn, they say.” She said. Nohan suddenly took a step back that was an unexpected answer. “Have you ever been with a girl, prince?” she asked.

Nohan had to swallow to keep himself from stuttering. “No, other then my sister and my mother.” He answered. He didn’t know why he answered, he couldn’t help himself and she asked him.

“Humph.” Malora sounded as she leaned back and laid her back on the carpet. Nohan swallowed down again, trying to get a hold of himself, it was true, never in his life had he been with a girl, never, he never even tried because he thought they all hated him because he was a prince. Zelda, maybe if he could get Zelda to treat Malora some respect, maybe then she would be better.

Nohan instantly got to his feet and walked around Malora to the door, glancing behind him to look at her as she rolled onto her stomach to watch him leave. Nohan shook his head and left the room to find Zelda.

Aaron left, he had to leave but he gave Zelda another long kiss before he descended down the stairs of her secret exit. The door was shut and he was gone yet Zelda still stood in front of the door, thinking over what she did... what they did. She sank down to the floor still looking at the door. She could sit there forever, staring at the door, was it not for the knock that came to her door.

Zelda suddenly looked over her shoulder and clambered to her feet. She couldn’t tell Nohan what happened, she couldn’t tell anyone. Now that Aaron was Prince of the Gerudos he could never leave the Gerudos to come live with her, then he would become King and she would have to become Queen. No, she could never do that, Aaron hated politics she always knew that because of his view of titles. Besides, Nohan always wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and become King, if Zelda didn’t marry before him then he could still have his dream come true.

Zelda finally got to the door and opened it up to find Nohan standing there, smiling brightly. “Nohan? What is it?” she asked, curious about his smile; he hardly ever smiled at all anymore.

“I’ve got a job for you Zelda. I need you to educate a girl in proper etiquette.” Nohan said, still smiling. “Her name’s Malora.”

Wow. That was a lot. I am so going to write more tomorrow!!! Please review!!