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Hero Twins 'The Princess'

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Legend of Zelda: The Hero Twins
Chapter Two: The Princess


Zelda

"Where is she...." Ganondorf muttered, looking back and forth. The setting sun made him look like a giant shadow against the outline of the desert. "Even my people have abandoned me... I must kill all three of them now."

I couldn't move. Ganondorf was going to find my hiding place in a few seconds. If he did find me..... Oh, if he did... "Don't worry, Zelda, we'll be fine." the blonde Knight whispered, drawing his sword, "I'll protect you."

"I.... I..." I tried to explain that I didn't know him, didn't know why he wanted to protect me. I don't need protection, but this boy was insistent.

"Link, we don't have enough strength to fight Ganondorf." the braided girl next to the knight reminded him, "We need to get to the Geurdo Temple before he spots us!" she hissed.

Link, the knight I guess, shook his head, "I'm tired of running. I can't stand letting him go on a rampage!"

"I know, I know, I hate it too, but we're Hyrule's last hope. You heard the Sages. We die, Ganondorf gets the Triforce peices, and then Ganondorf wins." The girl reminds, waving her arms angerly.

"Look, I get it, loosing to Ganondork would be the worst possible out come, but we're running out of options." Link argued.

"The temple isn't that far away. We can still make it!" the girl reminded.

Link rolled his eyes, "And then we'll just run some more until we're caught. That's all we have left if you insist on not fighting! Sometimes I swear, Sheik, you're more dedicated to saving yourself than Hyrule!"

"Link, if I could go out there and retake Hyrule myself I'd do it in a heartbeat! You're just a stubborn little-"

"STOP IT!" I yell. "You two stop! How can we save Hyrule if we can't stop arguing amongst ourselves!"

"She's right, you know." Link kind of shoved Sheik away.

"I know, I know." Sheik pushed Link back, "Shut up." The two shared goofy smiles and kind of laughed, and I couldn't help but giggle. The serenity calmed my nerves. At least, until I heard the rock we were hiding behind shatter. We ducked, and tried to roll away from the blast.

"There you are. You three have caused me a lot of trouble." Ganondorf growled. Within seconds, a sword swung my way, faster with each long, unbreaking second.
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I screamed. No sword, no Ganondorf, no danger. Just a nightmare. I couldn't shake the feeling that the dream was a warning, espically after having the same, exact, terrifying nightmare night after night. I felt like I knew the boy in my dream, but I'd never met him before in my entire life. He reminded me of what a Knight should be. Even I noted the fault in our warriors.

"Princess?" A voice calls from behind the door, "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine." I call back. No point in telling the guards that I was having nightmares. That was such a childish thing. What sixteen year old woman feared her own dreams? "I just.... I fell." Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

"Are you sure, Princess?" the guard questions, in a whispery tone.

"Yes, I'm sure." I reply, a bit embarassed. Nightmares were for little kids, not princesses that have jobs to do. I had to be there for the knights graduating. The guards' footsteps echo away, and I sigh. The night wasn't turning out too well.

I walked over to my desk, and grabbed the quill, dipping it in ink. Taking a fresh sheet of paper out, I started writing my confessions to the mysterious Link.
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"Now, Zelda, do you remember what you're supposed to do?" my mother nagged, straightening her crown before she began knit-picking my dress. "Remember, you're to represent the Goddess, so hold your head high." At that, one of her stilleto like fingers jabbed into my spine, and I straightened. I still wonder why that technique worked.

The dress I wore was a whiteish-cream color, with long sleeves that covered my hands completely if I let my arms hang loosely. It hung past my feet, and made me feel like I could trip at any second. There was a tabard over the skirt, that attached at the skinny, bejeweled belt that drapped over my waist. My family's seal decorated the tabard - the fabric itself being light pink. Suddenly, I felt my mother put something on my shoulders. I looked over; it was a golden peice of metal that had a light pink gossamer cape shifting behind it.

"Yes, mom. You've asked me that ten times in the last five minutes." I repremand.

Mother put the golden tiara around my head, and by the time she started talking she was picking over my hair, "Remember, the strongest knight is going to be the one up front. Knight him first." she put the kngihting sword - not really enough to be considered a sword; it was a rapier, really skinny and useless if an attack occured - in the sheath attached to my belt. "You look just like your older sister."

Sigh, my older sister. Can you just shut up about her, mom, for once? Yes, she was your first child, but it didn't mean you had to talk about her all the time. This was my day... No, it was the Knights' day, I remind myself. Take yourself out of the equation, Zelda. "Thank you, mother." I say instead, bowing my head to hide my undirected anger and confusion.

"Do the Hylians proud." she says, tucking my hair behind my pointed ears.

"There are no Hylians in this town." I point out, pulling my brown hair back in front of my stupid ears. It didn't hide them, but it made me feel like they weren't there, or at least not highlighted.

Mom tucked my hair behind my ears again, and put her hand on my cheek, "Well, pretend there are, do them proud, and remember not to trip." she fixed my bangs one last, final time, and urged me out of the hallway.

I stepped into the pavilion, and looked out into the courtyard. The Hyrule Fountain was flowing as it should - a sign that the kingdom was prosperous. The crowd was watching from outside the courtyard, not allowed in the courtyard proper. The Instructor - a balding man who was getting late on his years - nodded his head at the five knights, who bowed.

I studdied each and everyone of them. The one that caught my eye first was a big brute of teen, with close cropped black hair, and stood over the rest of the group. Across from him was a skinny, bespectcaled teen who could pass as a child, with knobby knees, and nervous hands. The two in front of them had matching smirks, but something told me they didn't like something about the knighting. The knight in front of them shocked me. A Hylian?! I rubbed the peice of paper I'd hidden in my gloves, the letter I wanted to give to the knight in my dreams. I didn't have long to wait:

Link was bowing his head, amongst this year's knights.
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Link
I looked up from my bow, and found that the princess was looking me over. I accidentally caught her eyes, and blushed profusely. She was beautiful. Something about her blue eyes struck me, and then I saw her ears. Elongated, pointed ears. I instantly broke eye contact, and  took a sudden intrest in the ground. It was disrespectful to stare.

"Rise." The Princess comanded, and we all stood, still not looking up. "I am Princess Zelda." she tells us, "All five of you have passed the test of your Instructor. You have been proven as warriors, and now, you will become Knights of Hyrule." The crowd cheered loudly. After the roar dies down, Zelda then called out, "Plese present the Knight that your instructor deemed the strongest."

I felt Selven push me forward, and I stumbled. Barely regaining my balance, I walked forward, hoping the Princess didn't see that. "Kneel." she commanded. I got down on one knee, and waited. The sound of a sword unsheathing rang out. I had to litterly hold myself down from drawing my own. I might have gotten used to practice. The small sword touched my left shoulder, then my right, then the top of my head. I jerked my head up, my hat coming close to falling off. "Please stand."

I complied, and felt my teeth chatter. This was nerve racking.

"What is your name?" she asks, as if she already knew, and was simpily asking as a formality.

"My-my n-name? L-L-Link." I stutter.

Zelda took my hand for a minute second, and I felt a peice of paper brush my fingers. I gripped it tightly, as Zelda raised my arm high in the air, as she exclaimed to the crowd, "Link, this year's strongest Knight!" The cheer was deafening.

The rest of the ceremony passed in a blur. I didn't want to unfold the paper, at least, not here. Not in public. Not where speculative villagers could take guesses. When the Princess exited the courtyard, she proclaimed, sheathing her sword, "It has been an honor to be a part of this sacred ceremony."

That's when someone screamed.

With a loud snap, something materialized in front of us, then smoke covered the courtyard. It looked like a tall and slender kid my age, but as the smoke cleared, I could tell something about it wasn't right. The skin looked... Too pale to be from this world. The glowing red eyes did not help.

That's when I realized I was looking at something that could be me.

I'm not kidding, either. This thing looked just like me, albeit with red eyes and ebony-ish skin. The tunic was just like the one used in the knighting ceremony, with a black color instead of a green one. It even had the exact same hat that I wear on - which made no sense because my hat wasn't a part of the uniform. If I wasn't creeped out already, instead of having white around the iris, there was nothing but shadows, and the thing's hair was pure white.

The shadow, or what ever it is, grabbed Zelda by her wrist. The Princess struggled, but the attacker seemed to have a strong grip. "If anyone moves-" the attacker unsheathed his sword, "-I kill the princess."

We were all deathly still as he began to leave the courtyard. Even though I knew that attacking wouldn't end well, I didn't want to let this guy just walk away with Zelda - someone Knights are sworn to protect. It was just made worse when the attacker gave a look to the Instructor, as if to say, "Aren't you supposed to send your men after me?" Like he was daring him. And the Instructor? Did absolutely nothing.

The attacker made his way towards us. I exchanged glances with Selven, and saw that he was glaring the most potent evil glare that came from my worst nightmares at this guy. I saw it right then and there: Selven was dedicated to being a knight. As I looked around at my comrades, even Palin managed to look a bit scary, though this didn't seem to faze the attacker - because he knew: We move, Zelda dies.

All the while, Zelda was scratching and clawing, albeit calmly, at this guy with her right hand - and it was obvious that it wasn't her dominant hand; she wasn't very good with it. Which made me wonder how the attacker KNEW to grab Zelda's left arm. I mean, think about it. Most people are right-handed, right? So, it would be a general assumption to grab them by the right arm, rendering them incapable of fighting back. Instead, left... There was something to this, I knew, but I dropped it mentally.

"Guys." I whisper to them, "The second this guy has his back turned, charge him."

Wolfe nodded his head, "But how do we get Zelda away?" he asks.

Palin whispered back, "When his back is turned, the one of us who's fast enough to catch up to him without making a lot of noise will grab her before he can notice. Simple."

"Link." All four whispered simulatiously.

"Wha- why me?" I exclaim, though my voice was barely audiable.

Selven rolled his eyes, "Saying you're too afraid to help the princess, Hylian?" he dared.

"Of course not." I argue, "I'll go. Just stay quiet."

The thing was, this guy never turned around. He kept backing away, towards the drawbridge. Everyone was afraid, of him, of the sword, of SOMETHING. No one moved a single muscle. As the attacker reached the edge of drawbridge at the back of the castle's courtyard, he taunted, "What a bunch of cowards! None of you deserve the title of knight!"

I charged. Still, I wasn't quick enough. The rope that held the drawbridge was cut, and it snapped upwards. Just as I was about to jump the bridge, it slammed shut. I could almost see the attacker smirking.

In short? I failed. Miserably.
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It was later that night when I'd made a desicion. As quietly as possible, I started grabbing my things. After finding the Hylian Sheild, my sword, and putting my chainmail and - ironically - graduation tunic back on, I came across the Fairy Ocarina. Bring it or leave it? Kafei might be upset if I just left it... So, I strapped it to my belt, and walked over to the door.

Which, brought me to the hallway. Guards patrolled all the time, and they'd be on high alert tonight. It'd be a miracle if I got out of here alive. Quietly, I started down the hall, knowing that no one patrolled it specifically - see, it was a dead end, and everyone in this hall was armed anyhow.

I knew there were secret passageways somewhere, but they were hard to access. When I was little, I used them all the time, but now that I was a full grown warrior, with a sheild that I used to be able to hide under, and generally bigger, I couldn't fit in them anymore, or at least the entrance. Maybe there was another? I didn't have any time though.

I pressed on, ducking behind a collumn as quick as I could. The guard called out, "Who's there!" he drew his sword, with a shiink sound. I heard it well enough, and if I wasn't so tense, I would've laughed. That dulls a blade.

Soon, he gets disinterested, and I hear his footsteps echoing away. When I'm sure his back is turned, I dart from one collumn to the behind the next, trying to hide my innevitable panting. The thing about chainmail: It's heavy. Very heavy.

"Come out!" the guard calls again. "Stop hiding!" The echoing footsteps started getting very close, as my heart beat quickened, racing. "HA! Found you!" I flinched, but suddenly realized that the guard was on the other side of the room.

Kafei rubbed his eyes, "Muh? Uhhhh?"

"Sleeping walking, eh?" the guard chuckled. "You know how dangerous it is at night." he reminded him.

I decided to intervene before Kafei had any punishment. "Hey, there 'ya are, little guy!" I call out, and run across the room, trying to be as innocent as possible.

"Hey, you're Link, aren't ya?" the guard asks, "What're you doing chasing a second year?"

"See, Kafei sleepwalked out of here, and I followed him before he could get himself hurt. Sorry if he scared you." I scratched at the back of my head, "I'll take him back to the dorms."

The guard chuckled, "Good to know someone around here has a good head on his shoulders." he waved, and walked away, seemingly not caring about what could happen if we were left alone.

"Kafei." I scowl.

"You snuck out too." he pulled on my arm, "Can I go with you? Please?"

"Where do you think I'm going?" I ask, skeptically.

"You're going to rescuse Zelda, aren't you?" Kafei predicts, still clinging to my sleves.

"You're not going." I argue. "Too dangerous. You still have years of training to go through."

Kafei pouts, "But I gotta help. Liinnkkkk!"

"Shhhhh, sh sh sh sh, be quiet." I tell him, "You're going to wake the whole castle, and the town to boot." I sigh, slightly annoyed.

"Please?" he begs, flashing a pleading look, and generally smiling brightly. "I've got my sword and everything." he shows me his Hylian Sheild, and his shorter, smaller sword.

After a few more seconds, I finally decide, "Come on." I tell him, grabbing his arm. We dart around, from collumn to collumn. Seriously, who designed this? Someone who wanted their enemies to hide? The rest of the escape was rather uneventful - I mean, honestly, did these guards even TRY to.... Well, GUARD the castle? No wonder the princesses are so often kidnapped in the legends, if she had guards like these guys. Just as we reached the drawbridge that had been cut earlier - it had been fixed during the day - someone called out, "Where are you two going?" 
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Zelda
I think I screamed less than the villagers during my own kidnapping. I wasn't afraid, I still had my sword - he never noticed. Idiot. Devise a plan, don't start panicing. That's what always got most people - they screamed, they kicked, they freaked out. I did try to dig my nails into his skin, but I was dependent of my left hand - for defensive fighting, for writing, for drawing, for most everything - and my right hand was the only one avaliable... I should really work on that.

When the drawbridge came to a close, I was alone with my captor in Hyrule feild, that surrounded the castle's backside. He kept dragging me along, past the monsters that populated the feild - all seemed absolutely terrified of him. After crossing the feild, the captor guided us through the woods, and finally, sat down in a clearing.

I sighed, and ultimately decided to sit as well. I didn't have enough energy to stand anymore. Instantly, I started looking for an escape route. My eyes darted around the clearing. The woods were starting to get dark, and I was afraid to fight through them until dawn.

"Worried, huh?" my captor chuckles, amused at my discomfort.

I straighten, "Excuse me, but I was taken from my home forcefully." I remind him, itching to grab my sword. No, keep it under wraps for now. Let him believe the sheath is empty.

"You could've easily escaped, and you know it." he responds.

"And then what?" I remark, "There were other people there."

He simply shrugs, "See, this is what I don't get. The Triforce picks a girl more worried about others than herself as wisdom, a hot-blooded boy as courage, and doesn't even bother about giving somone power, the only useful part of the triangles." he growls, obviously annoyed.

I stare at him, as if trying to draw an answer out of thin air. Calling me Wisdom... The back of my left hand starts itching, and I resist scratching at it. It couldn't mean anything, right? The Princess Zelda of legend was always ascociated with Wisdom, but that had been so long ago. And besides, I wasn't so wise.

"Get some rest, Princess." my captor orders, as he begins to curl asleep on a log. Uncomfortably, I lie down as well, not really sleeping. What was going on at the castle? Was everyone all right? Why was I captured? Ransom? Or worse? I slipped into the land of dreams an hour or so later, succumbing to the terror of the day.

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ZELDA GOT KIDNAPPED! IT'S THE MOST INTERESTING PLOT TWIST EVER! ... It happens in every Zelda game, I figured I could use it as a way to kick the plot off without having to over throw Hyrule. That's for later. Yeah, I HAD to do a Skyward Sword reference, where HT!Zelda is dressed up as the goddess (Where as SS!Zelda was THE goddess)

But, explaining on why Zelda is upset when her mom mentions her older sister: The older sister died before Zelda was ever born. Per the whole "Princesses named Zelda" rule, this sister was named Zelda as well. Because our Zelda looked like the deceased Zelda, their mother named our Zelda after the dead older sister. For those who know phycology, this usually doesn't do too much to the child's psyche, UNLESS you constantly compare them to the other one. So, basically, Zelda feels fake, and rebels in every way she can. The deceased Zelda was afraid of blades, this one goes out of her way to practice sword play, even if she's not that good; the same way in academics, whereas the deceased Zelda was rather airheaded and didn't care about her studies, our Zelda likes drawing, reading, and writing.... And does not like the color pink. She's rather grateful the dress was mainly white. (Because her technical color is purple)

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BroadwayJadeOfficial's avatar
This is so awesome! I can't wait to read the next chapter~