Zelda
Chapter 3: Life with Zelda
Six months passed, and I was quite the squire to a Hylian Knight named Gauron. He stood like a father figure to me, and taught me the ways known as “proper manners”, which made it much easier to get along with everyone when it came time for meals. Zelda frequently invited me to have dinner with her and her father. I happily accepted if I was able. Of course, I would spend my days off going and visiting friends. I went and played the ocarina for Darunia, of the Gorons, and Princess Ruto was as clingy as ever. Malon was quite happy to see Epona, as well. When I wasn’t visiting people, I would spend my time with Zelda.
“So… What do you want to do today?” Zelda asked. It was the six-month anniversary of my arrival at the castle. “We could go to the market!”
I had barely a chance to speak before she was off, once again holding my hand as to pull me along with her. We went to the Bombchu Bowling Alley as soon as we got there. I found the game they had to be rather fun.
“All right!” the shopkeep exclaimed. “If either of you two can win this, you’ll get this FABULOUS PRIZE!” Suddenly, there was a large poof and a gigantic jewel appeared. Zelda looked at the stone, utterly amazed.
“Wow… How did they get their hands on that?” Zelda asked. Her sapphire eyes took in the entirety of the blue jewel instantly, seeing her reflection in every finely-cut surface…
“I don’t know, but I can win it for you if you want.” I replied. I was serious, too. I had grown quite skilled at the game of Bombchu Bowling.
“You can?” Zelda repeated. She looked puzzled. She most likely knew exactly how Bombchu worked. They tended to take a path that resembled a zigzag and could adjust their wheels to any surface, crawling along the surface until finaly exploding. The devices would also change direction on the wall depending on the angle at which they were released. “Are you sure?”
“Of course I’m sure! I’ve played this game hundreds of times!” I stated. I probably shouldn’t have bragged, though…
“Oh really?” the shopkeep asked. “Then I guess you won’t mind if I crank up the difficulty for ya?” With that, he flipped a panel on his counter and turned a crank, causing more obstacles to come out…
“I… I can do this…” I stated. I laid twenty Rupees on the counter and took a bag of ten Bombchu. I slowly took one out, faced perfectly forward, watched for the timing between the spiked balls that slowly moved back and forth, and made sure the cucoo was out of the way of the impending explosive device, lit the Bombchu, and let it roll.
Amazingly, the device easily slipped past the spike balls, and the cucoo remained completely unharmed. The Bombchu slid up the wall, into the hole… and… BOOM! The wall came crashing down to reveal the next level! It didn’t look much harder, until the blade swung from the ceiling…
“That… was not there before!” I said, staring blankly at the blade swinging back and forth in front of the tiny hole. My aim would have to be perfect. Not only would I have to avoid all the previous obstacles, but also the swinging pendulum of death just bofore the goal… I started to look carefully at the bag I was holding… I took out a Bombchu, and did the same thing I had done for the previous level… I hoped it would work… It slid past the other obstacles, and… Got sliced in half, leaving black residue on the wall from the large explosion… I tried again multiple times… Each time ending the same way, until I had only one left…
“Come on, Link! I know you can do it!” Zelda called. I looked back at her, and she didn’t even try to look at the wonderful crystal that was offered as a prize anymore. She just looked at me, smiling. She wore no headress on that day, so her long, blond hair flowed down onto her shoulders and down her back. She wore a light blue dress, similar to her usual pink one, but with no sleeves attatched because of the hot summer weather. She stood there, looking at me with her lovely sapphire eyes in the same way she had previously stared at the real sapphire. A smile graced her lips, as she held her hands together tightly, merely from the excitement of the game, and seeing me play it. “You don’t have to win, just do your absolute best!”
With that, I took out the last of the Bombchu with newfound confidence, lined up my shot, and let the device roll away… The blade swung back and forth, the Bombchu rolled onward… The blade swung… The Bombchu… SURVIVED! It rolled up the wall, nearing its target, made it into the hole and BOOM! Confetti and streamers rained down from a panel in the ceiling, and Zelda rushed towards me, leaping onto me and wrapping her arms around my neck.
“Link, that was amazing!” Zelda exclaimed as she gave me a kiss on the cheek, without any warning, I might add. I had never been this close to a girl before… I suddenly turned beet red… She noticed the blushing and pulled away from me as quicly as she could. “I’m sorry… I just couldn’t help myself… You were just so cool…”
“It’s OK.” I said. “It’s just that that kind of stuff has never happened to me before…” We took the large jewel and exited the shop in silence…
On the way back to the castle, I couldn’t help but look at Zelda as I carried the winnings from Bombchu Bowling.
“So, what do you plan on doing with this, anyway?” I asked the girl.
“You mean, you’re still giving it to me?” Zelda replied, sounding absolutely dumbstruck. “Thank you…”
“You’re welcome.” I said. “But that doesn’t tell me what you plan to do with it.”
“Oh, yeah… You’re right…” Zelda stated. There was a slight tinge of red in her cheeks. “I’ll have to think about that…”
We soon made it back to the castle. It had gotten dark, and some servants had taken the sapphire from me, and followed Zelda to wherever her room was. I merely stood, watching as the lovely Princess of Hyrule strode gracefully down the hall…
“LINK!” a voice screamed, I screamed and turned around to find Gauron, my supervising Knight, standing over me. “How was your day?” He asked.
“It was good…” I replied…
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