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(Peter’s POV)
I am going to go insane. Zelda is driving me up the wall. When Link and I had gotten back into the castle she was bragging to Ed about her magical abilities. Then she moved on to how her castle was better because it had her protective spells around it. She acted like she knew everything, and I don’t care if she does have the Triforce of wisdom, that’s just annoying. Or maybe I’m just annoyed with her because she is going to take Link away from me… probably all of the above.
“So Link, where are your hero’s clothes?” Zelda asked studying his outfit.
“They’re up in-…in my room,” he said. They weren’t. They were in my room, where they had been since the first time we…were together.
“Oh you just look odd without them,” she said.
“It’s not like he went around naked before he got those clothes,” I muttered and Link laughed, that picked up my mood a little. She ignored me.
“Would someone mind taking me to the stables? I do love horses,” she said.
“I will,” Edmund offered right away. I could tell that he was taken with her, I have no idea why. They left for the stables and as soon as they were out of sight I felt Link’s hand on my shoulder.
“You are so jealous,” he said and laughed. “It’s all over your face.”
“God, how do you put up with her?” I asked turning to face him.
“Remember? I couldn’t,” he said looking straight into my eyes. I knew he was tying to make me feel better, and he did.
“I want to go,” I said suddenly.
“Go where?” he asked looking so confused.
“Where do you think? Hyrule,” I said with a chuckle.
“Is that a good idea? What if Zelda’s portal doesn’t hold up and you’re trapped there?” he asked. I shrugged and headed outside again. He followed curiously as I made my way to the stables; once I had gotten inside I went right up to Zelda.
“If that portal goes down can you make a new one?” I asked.
“It won’t, but in theory yes,” she said.
“In theory?” I asked.
“Well I found your world through Link, more specifically his Triforce. So if he was in one world while I was in the other then yes. After I was able to prepare myself again,” she said confidently. I wasn’t as confident, I knew this world had magic of its own that might stop it from working again. But that is what Link needed to hear.
“There see?” I asked turning to him. He did look a little better about it.
“Alright, I’ll take you,” he finally agreed.
“What’s going on?” Edmund asked.
“You’re going to Hyrule?” Zelda asked at the same time. Annoying.
“Yes, it’s an excellent opportunity to explore. Plus Link’s been telling me about it, I’m more then a little curious,” I said.
“Link could I talk to you for a moment?” she asked and he nodded. “Excuse me won’t you?” They walked just out of earshot and had a conversation that quickly turned into an argument. It lasted less than a minute then Link stormed over to me and grabbed my wrist to pull me out of the stables.
“Um…” I started but he looked so angry I didn’t want to upset him more by asking.
“You want to go? We’re going,” he said. I finally saw that he was pulling me to the portal.
“Wait Link,” I said pulling him to a stop, which took quite a bit of strength. “Maybe we should grab some things first.” He looked at me then nodded with a sigh.
“Yeah, you’re right, sorry,” he muttered.
“Come on,” I said and wiggled my wrist a little so I could hold his hand instead of him holding my wrist. He blushed slightly and looked around him nervously as he walked with me to the castle. I knew that he was worried about someone seeing us. It was nice that he cared about my status but I had to remind myself constantly that he wasn’t ashamed of me. But when he did things like carefully not touch me, or even brush up against me, while we were around other people it was hard to remember.
“Actually,” he muttered once we got back into my room, “There are still some creatures roaming around the fields so I’ll need all this stuff.” He began his complicated procedure of putting on his hero clothes while I found something to wear that was more travel ready.
“If you don’t mind me asking… what was that argument about?” I asked slowly. He paused for a second before he shrugged and started on his chain mail.
“She is worried. She has no reason to be, I would never let anything happen to Hyrule, and I trust you,” he explained. I was confused for a second before it all clicked into place.
“Ah, I’m a King. She’s worried that I would try to overtake Hyrule,” I said.
“After all I’ve done for her and the country you’d think she would trust my judgment,” he said bitterly getting the tunic itself on. I already had my sword and shield and I was waiting patiently for him to get all of his stuff strapped on. He finally synched up his last belt and gave me an apologetic look.
“You done?” I asked with a laugh.
“Shut up, this stuff is hard to get on,” he said giving me a fake glare.
“And you’re not done yet,” I said and he gave me a confused look that turned blank as I held up his hat for him. He snatched it from my hand and shoved it on his head as if he was trying to prove a point. He turned to stomp out of the room but I grabbed his arm and spun him around.
“What?” he asked failing to keep the annoyance out of his voice.
“I’m sorry, I’m not trying to be mean,” I said moving closer to him and brushing the hair out of his eyes. “It’s just… you look cute in it.”
“I-uh… well-I um,” he stuttered turning bright red, just making him Cuter. I couldn’t help myself; I leaned over to press my lips to his. Things were just getting a little heated when the door opened suddenly causing us to jump apart. Edmund stuck his head around the door and I worked to look natural. I must not have done a very good job because He looked suspiciously between Link and me.
“Ok…” he muttered then shrugged. “Are you really going to go?”
“Yes,” I said in a tone that that said I wasn’t open to argument. I usually didn’t use it with my siblings but I had made up my mind and I didn’t want to waste time talking about it.
“Alright just be careful,” he said.
“Geez! Do you people have any idea of what I have accomplished? If Peter is safe with anyone in Hyrule it’s me,” Link burst, he was probably still thinking of his conversation with Zelda earlier.
“It’s ok Mr. Hero. I’m sure Ed wasn’t doubting your abilities,” I said laughing a little. Link smiled in spite of his slight annoyance and we both headed for the door as though we had gotten a signal. Ed followed us out of the castle and to the portal where Zelda was waiting. She still seemed a little uncomfortable but she also seemed ready to allow it.
“Well bye… don’t do anything Stupid,” Edmund muttered.
“I’m surprised you aren’t asking to go,” I said.
“No, I’ll show Zelda around while you’re there. I’ll go see her castle or something if there’s time when you get back,” he said.
“Yeah I’ll be gone for a couple days?” I ended it as a question and looked to Link who nodded.
“However long you want… within reason,” he said with a smile.
“Great, I don’t know where the girls went but tell them ‘bye’ for me. Just one last thing,” I said and looked to Zelda, it took her a second to figure out what I was asking for.
“Oh right. King Peter, I would be honored if you would explore my kingdom,” she said stiffly, I could tell that she was still worried.
“Thank you, feel free to explore ours. And don’t worry, I’m not magical in anyway so I can’t do much to Hyrule,” I explained and she did look a little better.
“Ready?” Link asked.
“After you,” I said a little nervous now. Link simply shrugged and stepped right through the portal putting me to shame. I quickly followed him and I felt like I was floating for a second before the foot I led with hit solid ground.
“You good?” he asked.
“That was… I felt like I was on a drug for a second there,” I said shaking my head to clear it.
“Yeah it takes some getting used to,” he muttered then stepped around me to look back into the portal. “Ok see you in a few days… are you sure this will hold up?”
“It will be fine,” Zelda snapped and turned to storm back into my castle. Ed gave me a small wave and took off after her.
“He really likes her doesn’t he?” Link asked.
“It looks like,” I said still not getting why my brother would like her. Then again Edmund was a much more serious person then I was.
“They are a lot alike actually,” Link said as if he was reading my mind. He looked up at the sky and took a deep breath. The air here wasn’t a sweet as in Narnia but it had a certain… electrifying feel.
“So where to first?” I asked looking around.
“Well I think we should look around tomorrow, we have enough time to get to Ordon on foot before it gets dark,” he said.
“Ordon is your village right?” I asked.
“Yeah, I mean we could go to the castle if you want.”
“No, I rather go to your home.”
“Great,” he said giving me his grin and we took off heading south. The country was gorgeous. There were a few little creatures that looked like bugs with two legs running around but they didn’t bother us. However, just as we came to a sign that said ‘Faron Woods’ and we saw a gate type thing there was a screech from behind us. Link reacted so quickly I almost didn’t catch what happened. He pulled a bow out of nowhere and sent an arrow flying at some sort of winged creature before I even realized that we were in danger. As the creature was falling I saw that it was a huge bird but without any feathers. Link was still tensed up and drew the bow back again, I was about to ask why until the bird flew back into the air and dove at us. He let the next arrow fly quickly and put the bow away before the bird even hit the ground again.
“Kargarok,” Link said answering my unasked question.
“And where the hell do you keep getting that bow from?” I asked remembering that night we took out the rebels. Realization crossed his face and he unhooked one of his pouches from a belt and handed it to me. I curiously peered inside and was shocked into silence.
“They have magic on them, they are small on the outside but inside, as you can see, they are big. That one has my bow and arrows, clawshot, fishing rod and a few bottles. The magic also makes them light as a feather which comes in handy when you have things like this,” he pulled out a huge ball and chain, the ball had spikes all over it and it was too big for him to get his arms all the way around it.
“Oh my god, can you swing that thing?” I asked.
“Stand back,” he said and I hastily moved away from him. He tossed the ball to the side and in the same motion swung the chain around. He quickly had the ball moving in a large circle above his head, he turned slightly and let it fly at the sign. The sign didn’t stand a chance; it lay in splinters after his pinpoint attack. He still had the end of the chain and he yanked on it to send the ball flying back at him. I was worried for a second but he stopped it easily with his foot, which he expertly planted in between two of the spikes. Now I know why he has so much more muscle then me.
“I’ll never doubt your strength again,” I muttered with a grin and he tucked his weapon away. I was curious to see what else was in his pouches. “How many weapons do you have?”
“A lot,” he said mysteriously, I rolled my eyes at him. “Anyway we should get going again. The sun is about to set.” We headed through the gate and into some thick woods. We came up to a run down building with a man sitting in front of it with birds nesting in his hair.
“Hey,” Link called and gave a friendly wave.
“Oh hey guy, haven’t seen you around for a while. You know I actually got to talk to Princess Zelda? She was looking for you,” he said in awe.
“Yes, she found me, thank you… well anyway I’ll see you around, it’s getting late,” Link said.
“Ok, bye guy,” the man said giving an energetic wave.
“Who was that?” I asked as soon as we were out of earshot.
“The guy I buy oil from,” he said simply. “For my lantern,” he added at my confused look. We headed around a corner and into a short tunnel. When we came out on the other side there was a beautiful spring that was flowing with crystal clear water.
“Wow, makes me want to go swimming,” I muttered.
“I know what you mean. We can swim tomorrow in the Ordon spring if you want,” he said walking down the path again, I jogged to catch up.
“That would be fun, where all do you think I should go?” I asked.
“Castle town and the castle itself. Definitely Zoras domain and Kakariko village. And the Gerudo desert if you’re up for a rough ride. Snowpeak is out because I don’t have portals and we would have to plow through a perpetual blizzard to get up there. Plus I can’t turn into a wolf so I can’t follow the yetis sent up there like last time. Lake Hylia is always good, and we have to go there to get to the desert anyway. Oh, we could go to death mountain,” he said.
“Sounds like a fun and safe place to go,” I said and laughed, but stopped suddenly. We came to a bridge that looked… scary to be honest. It was a rope bridge suspended over a gorge that I couldn’t see the bottom of.
“Oh don’t worry,” Link said after seeing my face. “I ride Epona across this all the time.” He started across it and it acted pretty solid with him on it. I took a step onto it and it didn’t budge an inch, it could have been a solid wood bridge.
“Nice,” I said once I reached the other side and tried to look under it to see its support.
“Magic,” Link said simply. Sometime I’ll learn not to ask anymore. We passed by a gate with flowers all over it and I saw a glimpse of the spring that Link had mentioned. We continued through some more woods and I was just about to ask how much farther we had to go when we suddenly came to a clearing. There was a little house that seemed to be carved out of a tree on one side of it. The door was about seven feet off the ground and there was about three feet of space from the outside of the tree to the door.
“Who lives here?” I asked. Link walked towards the house and turned to smile at me.
“I do,” he said and turned to climb up the ladder that led to his front door.