To Save a Princess (Link Fanfiction)

[khdarkwolf]

Prologue:

"Hey, can you get her gear off and put her away?" A young red headed teen girl came in to the barn, leading a tan horse in behind her. The blode haired boy she spoke to took the reins and lead the horse to the stall. He closed the stall's gate and unstrapped the saddle.

"You know, the Festival of Time is coming up." The girl leaned on the stall's door. The boy took the saddle off of the horse and looked at the girl, wanting to know her point.

"Oh, well... I was wondering if you wanted to go." The girl continued. "It would be fun, wouldn't it?"

"I'm busy, Marin, I don't think I can." The boy told. He set the saddle on the rack, then took the blanket off the horse.

"But-I could ask if you could have time off." Marin continued. The boy just shook his head. He put the blanket away. As he unstrapped the briddle, Marin stopped leaning on the door, and simply walked away.

"Marin." The boy called as he took the briddle off the horses head.

"Yeah?" She called back. The boy stepped out of the stall and shut the door.

"I'll think about it." He turned, and headed back to his work. This brought a smile to Marin. She went on her way, happily.

The boy got a pail of water, and some brushes, and went to wash one of the horses. He opened the gate of a red coated mare. The horse snorted as he entered. The boy whistled a tune for her. The horse turned and nudged the boy with her nose.

"Good girl, Epona." The boy pet the horse, and set the pail down. He washed and brushed her coat out. He finished and left the stall, making sure to close the door behind him. Epona poked her head above the door, nipping the boy's shirt to get his attention.

"Epona, let go." The boy laughed as he got away. He gave Epona a carrot before moving on.

"Hey, can I get some help?" Someone called. The boy put down what he was doing and went to aid. The man who needed help was Gabora, the blacksmith.

"Yes, thank you, help me move these boxes." Gabora instructed. The boy lifted one and helped get it to the smithy.

"What's in these?" The boy set the box down.

"Different things." The smith had carrying in two boxes, though one was pretty small. He opened up the small box and motioned for the boy to take a look. Inside the box were pieces of dark metal, they looked like the shattered pieces of a sword.

"My brother, Zubora, found these." Gabora told. The boy stared at the broken pieces, they were... familiar? Had he seen this dark metal before? "Well, I'm going to reforge the sword as soon as I get these things put away. Thanks for your help, Link."

Link just nodded and got back to his work.

[khdarkwolf]

Author's Notes:

This is a tie-in to Fashion and Revenge, and my other unannounced POV.

Marin cameo? Yeah, pretty much.

Is Gabora and Zubora a ref to Kaepora Gaebora. Nope, names of the blacksmiths in MM.

[Kswiss]

I like this already!
And I like the title, too. haha.
Looking forward to see what you've got planned for this!

[khdarkwolf]

Chapter 1: Fear

It would be getting dark soon. Link had heard the hammering from the smithy earlier, but it had ceased. Gabora must have finished his work on the sword, hopefully he'd get to see it. Link was taking a break for dinner. The stable owner's wife was generous enough to invite him to eat there, so Link didn't have to walk home today.

Marin, the stable owner's daughter, sat next to Link, and tried to convince him that he should go to the Festival of Time with her. She went a few times before, but Link had never been to it. He was usually busy. If Marin could get him some time off though, Link didn't think he would mind going.

After dinner, Link headed back out to work, while Marin went to ask her father if Link could get time off. Link thought about the Festival. It would be nice to see Hyrule Castle Town.

When Link got to the stables, he noticed that two of the horses were gone. One of the horses had belonged to Gabora, but the other that was missing belonged to the stable owner. Link went to the empty stall to investigate.

Link quickly found a note on one of the two stable door. He pulled the note off the wall and read it.

"Borrowed a mare, I'll bring her back after I make this delivery -Gabora"

Link put the note in his pocket. It was a good thing Gabora left the note, Link would have reported the horse two horses as stolen.

When Link was about to go back to work, a man suddenly appeared in front of him in a flash of colored diamonds. Link jumped, but he tripped, and landed on his back. The sound of a blazing fire filled Link ears. Link looked around, seeing that a fire of diamonds was blocking both of the main entrances. Link turned onto his side, supporting himself on his arm. He looked around for another way out, he had no idea what was going on.

The horses were neighing and kicking at the sight of the fire, desperate to get out. Link thought for a moment that he had to open their stalls so they could run out.

The man grabbed Link and lifted him by the collar of his shirt. Link held his breath as a sword of dark metal was pressed against his throat. Wasn't that the sword Gabora was reforging? Why did this man have it?

"You're Link?" The man asked. Link didn't know if he should talk; he nodded slowly, hoping the sword wouldn't cut his neck while he did.

"Do you know Fi?" A second question came. Link didn't know anyone or anything called Fi.

"What about Zelda?" A third question.

"T-the princess?" Link managed to ask. There were actually two Zelda's he knew of, the princess, and the queen.

The man looked a bit disappointed. This man had grey-colored skin, and white hair. He also had a red cloak, with a sort of diamond pattern, from what Link could see.

"I swore to myself and to my master that I would end the lives of you and the other two I have mentioned." The man told Link in a hushed voice. Link knew what would happen now. He didn't want to die yet though, he promised Marin he'd go to the Festival of Time with her. Link closed his eyes, if only this was just a nightmare he could wake from.

Link opened his eyes as a red mare broke out of a stall. The mare charged at the man, and reared, trying to kick him. The man let go off Link and got out of the way. Thank the gods for Epona.

"Run Epona!" Link said as he jumped onto her back. He had to get away from this man. Epona jumped the fire, it seemed to be dying away so hopefully the other horses would be alright.

Marin had stepped outside just in time to see Epona run by with Link. Link looked back at her a moment, but he kept Epona running. He hoped she would be safe, the man probably wouldn't
hurt her, he was looking for others.

Link hoped Marin would forgive him for running away like this. He couldn't go back though, he had no idea if that man would linger in the town waiting for him, or if the man was chasing him now. He just had to get away, and stay away.

He might have to find a way to get to Hyrule Castle Town. He would have to tell the Princess, and the Queen, that there lives were in danger. What about Fi? Who, or what was that?

Link started to feel a stinging pain. He lifted his hand and touched his neck. When he brought it down, Link saw his blood. He must of got cut while Epona was trying to save him.

"Epona, slow up." Link said. He looked over his shoulder to see if anyone was following. When Epona slowed to a stop, Link climbbed down. He touched his neck again, still bleeding. Link tore the bottom of his shirt off. He folded the scrap of fabric and pressed it against his wound.

Link looked around, it was getting dark, and he and Epona were in the middle of a forest. He would have to create a quick shelter for the night. Making a shelter in the middle of the forest while its dark is really hard if you only can use one hand. Link kept the fabric pressed against his neck, he didn't want to lose any more blood than he already had.

Link managed to create a make-shift shelter, it wasn't much, and wasn't that good, but it at least hid him. Link wasn't sure what to do with Epona, he didn't have any rope to tie her down. Link decided to just leave Epona, if she wandered away, he could whistle for her, hopefully she'd hear.

Link lied down in his shelter. The unfamiliar place, the wound on his neck, and the situation he had just been in, kept him up for a bit, but he finally got to sleep.

[khdarkwolf]

Author's Notes:

This chapter directly ties into Fashion and Revenge. Cool how I do that right?

I can't think of much else to put here >.>