After Twilight Princess -2

After Twilight Princess

Chapter 2:

The End of the Desert

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Finally the Princess and the Hero of Time found they're way out of Arbiter's Grounds and it was quite dark outside. The sun was almost gone from the sky and it was nearly freezing.

"Thanks for crushing my foot on the spinner." Link joked, nudging Zelda as they came out.

"Sorry….. I didn't want to fall…" Zelda apologized and kept on walking away for the place she desperately wanted to get away from.

Link kept up with her fast pace and grabbed her hand and pulled her to a stop. "What's with the rush? It's not like were gonna get out of here any time soon."

"I know…." Zelda sighed, looking back at Arbiter's Grounds before quickly turning again. "But I want to go home as soon as possible. I just want to go back to my old life before all this happened."

Link looked at her strangely. "The chances of that are below zero." He joked and looked up and frowned at what he was seeing. "This is strange…." he whispered. "There used to be a Bulblin Camp here with Boars and Bulblins. I was hoping to ride some to the edge of the desert….."

"Why couldn't she have warped us back herself….?" Zelda wined.

Link looked down then back at Zelda. "Cause she's gone…"

"I mean-" Zelda bit her tongue to stop it from saying anything else. "I….. Sorry. I'm just…."

"I understand Princess-"

"Zelda." Zelda corrected him before he could go on.

"Right, Zelda. I'm just as tired as you….."

"Right…" Zelda sighed, fighting the urge to stretch and yawn, cause it's non Princess like.

The two traveled by foot away from Arbiter's Grounds. The sun kept slowly falling from the sky and it was quickly getting colder until it was unbearably freezing.

Zelda was shivering like crazy as they walked on. She wrapped her hands around her arms and rubbed them up and down. She slowly looked to Link, who looked like he was walking through Hyrule to buy milk. "Are you n-not cold?"

Link laughed a bit. "I'm sorry Princess." He looked at her and slung his arm around her shoulder. "But your gonna have to get used to it. Like I did."

Zelda instantly stopped shivering. He was so warm. She couldn't help but cuddle under his embrace.

Link was lifting his arm off of Zelda and was almost back to his side when Zelda grabbed it again and slung it around her shoulder. "Zel-?"

"It's warm when you do this…." She whispered, blushing just a little bit. She snuggled closer to him and they walked on.

Soon enough, they found themselves in Lake Hylia.

"OH MY GODDESSES!" Zelda shouted after she surfaced the freezing water. She was shaking like mad and tried her best to try and get to land. She finally reached a little stream of rafts and pulled herself completely out.

She sat there and sighed, standing up, then she realized, "Link?!" She called, looking in the water. "LINK?!?!"

There was no answer. "Link!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" She cried out once again, the realization hitting her that she would have to get back in the water. She carefully lowered herself into the lake once again. She held her breath and looked under the water. She swam down as far as she could until she had to get air.

She started to worry and panic until she heard bubbles from beside her. "AH!" She screamed, swimming to the rafts again. "Please Link….. Be okay…"

All the sudden, a huge splash was heard from behind her. "Don't move!" She instantly shouted, pointing her shoe at the thing in the water.

"Is that really the best weapon you have? A shoe?"

Zelda opened her eyes and put down the shoe. "Link! Why on Hyrule would you scare me like that?!"

Link laughed and lifted himself on the raft net to Zelda's "'Cause it's funny."

Zelda scowled at him and jumped from raft to raft to the land. "How did you even hold your breath for that long?"

"I have Zora's armor, Princess. How did you think I saved Zora's Domain?" Link retorted.

"Oh ha ha. And I told you to call me Zelda." She mocked.

"Well…" Link sighed, walking toward a patch of tall grass, dropping down to sit. "I think this would be a good place to sleep, don't you think?"

Zelda's eyes widened and she looked at Link as if he had grown another head. "What?! No! I want to get home!"

"Sorry Princess." Link laughed, patting the grass next to him. "Our only way out is closed for the night."

"Well, I'm not resting next to you." Zelda spat. "And DON'T call me Princess AGAIN!"

"Whoah Princess. Er- Zelda….. Calm down." Link whispered. "You're gonna wake Fyer up."

"Who?"

"Fyer, He is our only ticket outta here unless you can sprout wings and fly." Link informed the clueless Princess.

"Oh…" Zelda sighed, sitting next to Link. "How are we getting out of here?"

"You'll……….. See…." Link yawned, slowly laying back and closing his eyes.

Zelda scooted over a few feet and laid down gazing at the stars.

At the Twilight.