Chapter 9: Loneliness
It was kind of hard drawing what I made this Link turn out to be, but I think it hits the spot... I don't think I'll have time to fully draw for each chapter since the chapters are finished. I'll see what I can do. Enjoy!
We entered the room King Zora was in, sitting there with no care in the world. He's so big! Like a fish that ate so much it became a bubble! I held on my laugh, trying not to be rude or make anyone feel bad
Someone was standing there talking to him with a letter in their hand "King Zora!" Scotty yelled disrespectfully. The person, who was about me and Link's height, turned around to face us. They wore a blue kimono that reached to the knees, was wide on the sleeves like Zora fins and was the same color as a Zora's skin. They wore a hat that could hide their face
"You..." I gazed. I could tell he was a piece. He removed his veil and glared at Scotty crossing his arms, with his glowing aqua colored eyes
"Oh, Princess Ruto's servant is here" he comment. Servant?
"Get away from her..." The piece demanded. I looked at Link staring at Scotty
"Loner, calm down. This is the prince that was suppose to marry Ruto!" King Zora said. Did he call the piece loner? As in lonely..?
Loner stared at Scotty holding my hand before jumping over and push him into the water. I cupped my mouth as the piece faced me
"Link!" I gasped. He frowned and hugged me "wha..?"
"I don't want you with anyone else like this... It makes me feel lonely..." He let go and became a light, turning into a gold piece so I can return it back to Link. That piece seemed a little bigger than the others. It's just as the Great Fairy said... One emotion will lead to others. Link was lonely and jealous... And angry..?
Link opened his eyes after receiving his piece and looked down when Scotty came back "where he go!?" He glared. Link huffed and pushed him back to the water. His eyes were filled with annoyance before taking my hand. So he received annoyance as well... When are we going to receive positive emotions? I blushed at how concern Link is towards me. He respects me and is loyal, but he took in average emotions to negative emotions, yet he doesn't express them. I wonder how he'll be now that he has a new piece
"Huh? Where he go?" King Zora asked "that was Ruto's servant! Now how am I suppose to know where she went?" I picked up the note Loner was holding when we got here
"It seems she's inside Lord Jabu-Jabu" I said without looking at the letter
"What?! That's not possible! Our guardian God, Lord Jabu Jabu, would never eat my dear Princess Ruto" and he didn't mean to I'm sure. King Zora started talking about Ganondorf of course, blaming him for his Lord's mood. It was up to us to find her. He wanted Scotty to come with us, but Link hissed at him and refused. Scotty refused as well, not because of Link, but because he said he had something else to do now that I'm... Here. What? Was he expecting me or something?
"Link, calm down alittle. What's wrong?" I frowned as he walked the path King Zora let us pass to go meet Lord Jabu-Jabu
"I don't know, but I feel..."
"Mad? Jealous? Selfish? Disgusted? Annoyed?" Navi asked. That's a lot of negative emotions... Link huffed and kept on going until we were facing the huge fish! I gasped in awe with the fish in the bottle in my hands I caught earlier
"Wow! That's crazy! I never seen a creature this big! Link! Was King Dodongo this big!?" Link stared at the lord
"Yeah, pretty much" I took a deep breath and looked at my fish. Do I really want to go into that fish's body..? Why would Ruto want to go somewhere in there? She wasn't swallowed by him, she just like coming in there
"So what now?" Navi asked
"Hold onto us" I took Link's arm and dropped the fish on the floor
"What are you..?" Before he can finish his sentence, this big fish sucked us into his stomach. We screamed until we made it inside. This is so gross...
Navi kept complaining about how gross this place was as we walked until we ran into Ruto dancing around into she noticed us. I crossed my arms and prepared for miss blabber mouth
"You!" Link flinched "who are you two?!"
"I'm Link... And this is Lina. And you?" Link asked
"Me? I'm Princess Ruto"
"Your father asked us to come here to save you" I said. After all her rambling about not wanting to go home, she dropped deeper into the belly. I swear, this princess has no manners. Link carried her, since we convince her to come with us. She lost her Spiritual stone she didn't want to talk about
As I lead the way to the right path, Ruto kept talking. Link often leaves us to go fight one of the slimy tail things with his new Boomerang, leaving Ruto with me "hey commoner" I looked at her sitting on the floor. She's so... she's snotty
"I'm not a commoner" I pretty much am, but I'm more than that if I'm someone whose been in the sacred realm even if it's sealed "my name is Lina"
"You and that fairy boy have similar names... Are you siblings?"
"Do we look like siblings?" The way she's talking to me, I'll talk back to her. She huffed
"Right, you have blue hair" I rolled my eyes "so you two... Are like a couple or something?" I blushed at her words
"W-what?! No! We're not like that!" We're not... Link doesn't even know how to feel. She looked surprised before standing to face me
"Well... You at least get to have the freedom to choose who you want to marry" I frowned "my father is making me marry some boy. Not yet, I'm still young, but when I'm older he wants me to marry him"
"Do you not like Scotty or something?"
"So you've met him" I nodded "it's not that I have no problem with him. I mean I can learn to love or whatever... But I can see the look in his eyes. He told my dad right in his face that he can't marry me, or anyone, even if he said he agreed when the arrangement was made and he came all this way. He said has a duty to someone else and must stay alone. He didn't come here for me"
"I don't understand... Who?"
"That's what I like to know. But I don't need someone who won't be there for me and put their attention on me. I don't want to marry some stranger, but like I said, I can learn to love. I'm always lonely... That's why I like coming to Lord Jabu-Jabu's belly! It makes me feel better. But honestly, I think I feel lonely because of my servant, Loner"
"Loner?" She nodded, crossing her arms
"5 years ago, he just suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the domain. My father got him to be my servant, but I never seen his face. No one has. He's always with me but he gives away this feeling like he's lonely, and that's how he makes anyone feel when he's around. He's a good kid but... Too much. I think he should go out and find that missing part in his heart, but he never leaves..."
"It's okay" I smiled "I met him earlier, he's in a better place and happy. You can even ask your father, he saw Loner leave" Ruto looked surprise before putting her hands together
"Wow... That's wonderful. I'm so glad he's happy now, but I guess without him, I'll feel lonely" she giggled "even if he makes me lonely when he's around" we giggled together before Link came back all slimy "agh! How dare you leave us here for so long! Have some respect and act like a man!" Link sighed a little annoyed and carried her to where I lead the boss door. Ruto, he's 10, not a man
We made it to the door where the stone waits, where it rested in the middle of a platform "that's it! That's what I've been looking for! Throw me up there- whoa!" Link threw her up before she finished. She really must be annoying to him. I agree, but she's not so bad
She got the stone and explained how she lost it, now she's demanding to be taken home right now. I was going to open my mouth, but the platform raised up into the ceiling, bring back a... Huge octopus thing! Agh!!
Link kept me against the wall so he can attack with his boomerang and sword. It took some time, but he was successful, and really cool, and now we were on our way to the boss, where Ruto better be!
"Link" I stopped Link on time "it's time to face another boss. So far you defeated Queen Gohma, King Dodongo, and now you're facing Barinade" I properly told him how to defeat it "got it? Please be careful..." He held my hand
"Got it, thank you" I nodded with a smile and watch him run forward to the boss room. I took a deep breath and waited for him to finish. As I waited with all the noise behind the door
How long was I rambling to myself about the future? because I could already hear Link call my name. He's finished already? I ran in and saw Ruto glaring at Link
"What took you so long!? You... You're late! You're so useless!" I see the blush on her cheeks. I caught myself huffing. She turned away "I guess I was just lonely... That's all... Just a little" I sighed a bit annoyed and faced Link, showing him my music box of the Cry for home
"Let's get out of here" I said as the song played. He nodded and played his ocarina to create a portal. Ruto was standing on top of where it appeared, making her float in the air
"Hurry up!" We rolled our eyes and went into the portal. We appeared outside. I was standing on a thin wood pole like some samurai, as the wind blew on my hair. Huh... This feels relaxing. I sat down and saw how annoyingly close Ruto was to Link, who freaked out and fell into the water. I giggled as Ruto swam towards him
"You! You looked cool... Cooler than I thought you would, anyway... Just a little" I rolled my eyes "well anyway. You saved me, so I guess I'll reward you" Link spoke so softly that I couldn't even hear him
"You mean the spiritual stone of water. Zora's sapphire, don't you? Well, you can't have it!" My jaw dropped before I got up and jumped to the log they were standing on earlier. Whoa... I felt like a feather when doing that
"What?! Why not!?" She looked up at me
"My mother gave it to me and said I should give it only to the man who will be my husband. You might call it the Zora Engagement ring! I know Link belongs to you, so I can't give it to him!" T-this wasn't suppose to happen! How am I going to get the stone now!?
"Princess, we need that stone!" She frowned
"Lina..." She hugged the sapphire "I can't just give it away, I want to understand more about why Scotty won't accept me" I frowned. I didn't even think about that... In the game she's into Link and gave him the stone as a engagement ring, but now that's not the case
"Ruto... I don't know Scotty, I don't know how to help you" she sighed "he told you he can't marry anyone, he has a destiny like Link and I... You even have a destiny. You can't marry either" her eyes widened "in exchange for the stone, how about a fortune telling?"
"You know how to fortune tell?" I nodded, even if it was a lie. I just know because of reasons
"In 7 years... The domain will be in danger" she climbed the branch I was on "you will be the remaining Zora, everyone else will be frozen. You can save them. I'm not sure if there's a way to prevent it, but because the domain froze over, there will be minimum water in lake Hylia. The future is in danger... Link and I are on a mission with Princess Zelda to rescue Hyrule. Please princess..."
"W-what is this nonsense..? How dare you make up such lies?" She didn't look happy. How can I prove this to her..? Staring at my eyes, she gasped and suddenly burst out into tears "no... This can't be..."
"Ruto..?" She handed me the stone
"Please... Take it! I don't know why I didn't notice before, but that light you hold in your body. I trust it... Take this stone and save Hyrule" I gently took the stone, a little confused "anyways... This all came to a surprise, but because you're such a nice person and listened to me earlier in Lord Jabu-Jabu's stomach, I trust this with you..." She stared at my eyes before holding her heart...
"What's wrong? Why did you suddenly believe me?"
"Y-your eyes..." My eyes? "Nevermind, just go! And hurry! I'll keep your words in mind, but please don't tell my father about anything that happened to me!" She jumped back to the water and swam back home. I jumped to a few rocks leading to where I know a great fairy is. Link followed close behind. I took out a bomb and destroyed the wall leading to her fountain. I held my hips in approval
"It still makes me wonder how you know all these things" Link said "was the stuff you told the princess even true?" I sighed and walked the road to the fountain
"Yes"
"How do you know all this?" I took a moment to answer
"To be honest... I don't even know" I don't know why I was blessed to know the future of this place. I just thought all this was a game, but I just suddenly know the story lines of a few Zelda games and for what? "When I find out I'll let you know, but for now, you want to know more about the emotions you've been receiving, like the one who was talking to King Zora and was Ruto's servant?"
"Oh yeah..."
"I'll tell you that really soon, but there's a few things I want to get before we go see... Zelda" Zelda... I hope you get away from Ganondorf on time
"What about the story you told when we were playing pretend with Zelda, when you said when we get the last spiritual stone something bad will happens was that true?" Navi asked. I bit my lips
"W-we still have time... Yes. I-it's going to be okay" I started shaking as we faced the great fairy fountain. Link played Zelda's lullaby so we can meet the Great Fairy of magic. She gave me Farore's wind and told me about my Song of beauty. Strangely, it was her favorite song
I took my time finding golden Skulltulas so we wouldn't have to go to Hyrule Castle yet. Navi kept bugging me to go back there, but I wasn't ready. When we arrived in Hyrule field, I looked out to look at the castle. I can't see anything weird happening, even if it's night time. I don't know when the day Ganondorf goes back to the castle and make Zelda run. I don't feel danger coming, so we can have time to rest back home
"Let's go home" I played the Nocturne of Shadow to warp back to the graveyard and go back to my home, where I see a Hylian soldier with a helmet standing in front of the fence
Link and I approached her. Yes, her armor made it known she had breast. She saw my hair and nodded "I am here to protect thou home! In order of Mistress Impa. She told me to protect the home of the blue haired maiden! It's even been cleaned! So please rest!" I looked at her surprised before putting my hands together happily
"Great! Thank you!" I took Link's hand "it's bedtime! We're going to have a long day tomorrow!" The inside of my home was beautiful when I lit the fire place. It was a lot more than what I got done. The cobwebs were gone and everything! No dust remained anywhere. Everything valuable wasn't touched and still there. Nothing was missing and it brought me peace. There were even fruit in a bowl on the table
"This might not fill us up but will this be okay?" Link shook his head and walked to the door "where you going?"
"I'm going to buy a feast for us! We're going to need it. We've been through a lot today and we're all damp and cold. I'll go out to get some food with the rupees you gave me"
"You've been through enough... How about I go buy it?" He shook his head and pet my head
"I can't have you do that... I'm sure you've been through more than I have" I looked surprised "I'll be back" I stared at the side of his lips twitching to make a smile, but he didn't look like he tried doing it. I watched him leave the house with Navi. I sighed and got some blankets for us and changed into some clothes I found in my closet. I'm surprise there were clothes in here that fit. There were even clothes for Link as well for sleep. Impa must have done this for us... I smiled and looked back at the front door
"Oh Link..." I sighed and played my lullaby on my music box, putting me to peace and hopefully calm down my heart beating so hard
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