Zelda opened her eyes… her body was very fucking sore. She couldn't even turn around in the bed. She was slowly having regrets from overdoing the exercise. Back then she felt fine, she could obviously keep going with it. Link had warned her about overexerting herself, but she didn't listen… she is now starting to see the error of her ways.
ZELDA POV
One day of exercise, two days for recovery. That is what Link said, I thought it was an exaggeration but fuck, IT HURTS. And I still need to force myself to eat meat for breakfast… Gosh, I am not used to starting my day with a heavy meal. I usually eat cheese, some bread, fruit juice or milk, and some yogurt if any. But Ziel said that I need to wake up eating good protein sources from now on.I still think Nana's cuisine may be WAY too heavy for me, I should wake Link and let him now that I rather have my breakfast prepared by Rolo.
Zelda tries to lift herself but finds it hard, so she stars groaning. Link begins to chuckle.
"Yeah, that is normal" he says smiling at her as he sits up on the bed.
"Why the fuck does it hurt this much?"
"It's not that bad Zelda; it could be WORSE. It hurts because you destroyed your muscles yesterday with the exercise" Ziel clarifies.
"What the… was I not trying to build muscle?" Zelda asks.
"You can't just build on top of things… you need to destroy what is there first, to reconstruct it stronger. Muscles need protein, so let's go down for some breakfast" Link says as he gets out of bed.
Reconstruct my body… ok, I am up for that. But I really can't move.
"Can we eat breakfast here? It hurts to move and also… Nana's food may be too heavy for me; I am used to having a light breakfast. Let's ask Rolo for something"
Link looks at her lifting an eyebrow "You can't stand? weak" Zelda stares at him in despair and unable to contradict him.
Link heads to his closet and comes out sporting a dark sleeveless tunic with white trousers.
Are all his tunics sleeve less? I believe Martin likes how Ziel's arms look, not that I mind the view.
Link puts on a belt and ruffles his hair before looking at the Princess "I will go down, to pick up something from Nana for me, and also ask Rolo to prepare some scrambled eggs, and add a cup of yogurt with some strawberries on it. Is that, ok?"
Zelda nods smiling.
Thank you darling, eggs may still be too heavy for me, but A LOT BETTER. You know … I don't want to eat breakfast alone.
"Will you be back?" Link stares at her stoic, she continues "Please don't leave me here eating alone… I don't know how my body is going to react to food. Right now, everything hurts and I may choke or throw up"
Link sighs "I will be back" he turns the door handle and leaves.
Zelda tries to sit on the edge of the bed but the pain in her abdomen increases with the movement, so she ends up lying flat on the bed.
I give up, I wonder if I can make Link feed me… NO, that would be pushing him too much.
He said I needed to destroy my body to reconstruct it stronger, this is going to be a long painful process, isn't it?
A weak knock is heard and then Chacha comes in with a broom, she looks at the Princess, giggles and waves hi.
"Why do I keep doubting my Prince? he said you would be here defeated, but he didn't tell me why. So, would you tell me what happen?"
Zelda starts speaking laying on the bed and staring at the ceiling "I started exercising yesterday, and now I am regretting it"
Chacha opens her eyes wide, and then frowns at the Princess. "This whiny attitude is due to a little exercise? Please…" the maid rolls her eyes "you don't know what a day of labor is"
Zelda opens her eyes insulted and raises to a sitting position ready to argue, but notes the maid's pleased smile.
"SEE" Chacha point at all of her "it hurts but if you just push through it, you can still do shit. It's not like you broke something" the maid says.
I… she is right, I just sat down, I thought I couldn't. Anger pushed me forward, GOT IT. I will be angry at myself for being so weak and that should be enough of a push for me.
Zelda puts her hands together in front of her head and bows at Chacha "Thank you for sharing your handmaiden wisdom"
"Pff" Chacha mocks and pulls an envelope from her dress, looks at it with dread but hands it to the Princess. "Your birthday gift"
Zelda rips it out of the maid's hand and stares at it in awe "Are you serious? It has not been that long… how did you?"
"ITS NOT POETRY, it's more like childish gibberish. I am not stupid so I can do that at least." Chacha says clearly ashamed "I did what I came here to do, I will go and start my chores at your room. I will come back and clean here once you are both done with breakfast, good day" Chacha's face is completely red at this point, so she leaves the room in a hurry.
Chacha exhales trying to regain herself, and once she is in front of Zelda's room, she notices Link coming up the stairs.
LINK POV
"Do you need help carrying that?" The maid asks staring wide eyed at the Prince carrying two breakfast dishes with their juice glasses.
Link raises his head to look at her, he smiles and continues to climb the stairs. Once he is up and next to Chacha, he puts one of the platters on top of his head and spins the other plate still on his left hand. In the middle of that, magically a chocolate bar appears on the plate and ends up directly in front of the maid. Link grunts bringing it closer to Chacha, who stares in awe, but soon begins to smile.
"Did you used to work in a circus?" she asks as she takes the chocolate.
Ziel negates with his head "sharing is caring, right? I expect half of that chocolate to be left in my desk once you go clean my room"
"WHAT? Is not that big of a piece" Chacha counters with anger.
"Like is not that big of a deal to lie to me about owning a pet" Link looks at her displeased.
Chacha looks down at the floor stuttering an answer. The Prince groans.
"Don't EVER lie to me, if your day was stressful and you feel like you need to fuck me up to feel better, just tell me… I will allow you to torment me since I don't want an agitated maid"
Head still low in shame "Damn, I understand Raziel" Chacha enters Zelda's room mumbling complains about the Prince.
Link chuckles and walks towards hell.
*Given the current situation with the harpy in there… the name of your room it's fitting*
Indeed it is
Link balances one of the platters on his head again to open the door, he had not even bothered with knocking. He expected to find Zelda still laying on the bed, but she was standing performing some stretch exercises. She smiled at him, but once she noticed how he was carrying the food, she ran towards him to retrieve the platter from his head, he crouched a little to allow her.
The Princess got hold of the platter and placed it on his desk "Did you came all the way from Rolo's kitchen balancing both plates like that?"
"I… no. That just happened to free one of my hands to open the door. I was carrying them with both hands like a normal person" Link gives a shy smile.
Zelda stares at him rolling her eyes "Right, because any sane person would do that instead of asking the maids to carry them."
"Of course," Link sarcastically answers and takes a seat by his desk. "I thought you could not move"
"I thought so too… turns out, I can, it just hurts a lot at the beginning, but it gets better the more I move" She sits on the bed as close as she can to the desk, Link stands and moves the desk to get it closer to the bed so the Princess could eat.
"Thanks" The Princess says as she picks up her bread and looks at her eggs with contempt.
"Don't over think, just fucking eat it, or I will" Link states bluntly.
Zelda squints her eyes at him and grabs some of the scrambled eggs with her fork. Once she starts eating, she discovers she absolutely loves the taste. She soon starts devouring those eggs. Link just starts to chuckle.
The Princess soon finishes her food and stares at Link who is still eating, her stomach starts to growl turning her face red in shame. Ziel pushes his plate towards her and hands her his fork.
"No, I… thank you. I don't know what is gotten into me." the Princess says confused with her own behavior.
"Your body want to repair fast; it needs protein for that. YOU WILL WANT TO EAT MEAT"
"Wow… the body is smart then… what am I eating here?" She asks pointing at Link's food.
"Pork lungs, when you are done, eat your bread but add A LOT of butter on it, it will taste heavenly." Link stands up "I will go down and see if there is still something left for me to eat"
Zelda opens her eyes wide "Oh, yeah. Sorry about that, but really thank you, it's delicious…" she sighs "About my brothers, the book I was reading says it's impossible to make my brothers Hylian. So, what do we do now?"
Clearing his throat "You don't need to make them Hylian, you just need them to be allowed to access Hyrule whenever they please. I think I know how to do that; I wrote it down for you, the sheet I used is under my pillow… I will go now. I need to talk with Darunia about this blood oath"
Zelda starts grinning widely "You… already figured out? THAT IS GREAT, I will check on it… once I finish your breakfast"
"Enjoy" Link says as he closes the door behind him.
*This is going to get interesting… what are you going to ask Darunia? *
EVERYTHING, what it involves, if I will have any short of legal obligations now, if it's true that it can be done only one in your lifetime. If that were the case, would I be able to include a 3rd person?
Link thought as he boarded the carriage and informed the driver to take him to Kakariko Village.
The carriage had left a long time ago, Link was catching his breath after going up the Mountain for half an hour already. It would not pose a challenge under normal circumstances, but he had not slept well and the summer heat was destroying his drive. He was then spotted by a Tektite.
"Great, just my luck… and I was trying to avoid these 4-legged menaces" Link was yelling loudly, the tektite kept advancing towards him "If only there was someone, somebody strong enough to kill it off for me" Link yelled, but ended up rolling out of the tektite's path.
Well, shit.
Link started to draw his stilettos when a heavy reptile fell on top of the tektite, opened its mouth wide, showing his big sharp teeth as he bit down on the arachnid ripping off its legs one by one. Link just smiled at the sight with pride. The overgrown reptile suddenly raised his head and started sniffing.
"LINK" the dragon screamed as he came jumping towards the Prince.
FUCK, I should tell him that we should stop doing this. he is getting too big for me...
*But*
The Hero quickly widened is stance, preparing himself to receive the overjoyed dragon. Who just jumped on him like he didn't weight 200+ pounds.
I can't. This makes him so fucking happy… we will continue this until I succumb under his weight.
The Hero thought as he lowered the dragon, petting his head. He still marveled at the sight in front of him. Huge bath like-wings, a not too long muscular neck, sturdy limbs, and curved back horns that are either naturally polished or some Goron has a lot of free time. Nothing like the small headed long fiery serpent he had fought. Ganandorf's influence had managed to change his friend a lot… he was glad to be able to appreciate how Volvagia was truly meant to look like.
"WHAT THE FUCK VOLVAGIA? Keeping the trail to Death Mountain safe it your only job, why did it take you so long to come to my rescue?" Link asks trying to be severe.
The dragon lowered his head in submission "Sorry… we were sleeping, I didn't want to wake up the baby" Volvagia looks up at him with puppy eyes, the sight was ridiculous but Link was completely moved by it.
All he saw was the sad small baby a merchant was selling for 70 rupees, he claimed it was an overgrown lizard… understandable since Volvagia never opened his wings, he wanted to hide them by passing them as part of his body. Since he knew the merchant will dissect him and sell the organs if he knew what he really was. He was a very smart and underfeed baby dragon.
Link had originally bought the dragon during his quest, but Ganandorf got hold of him during the 7 years Link was sealed on the sacred realm. Sadly, the hero ended up having to kill his friend to save the Gorons. A choice that burned at his heart from then on. Since there at the end, Volvagia had recognized him and called his name… maybe he could have done things differently to save him. But he would never now.
"Of course, you should never disturb baby Link, how old is he now?" Raziel asked.
The dragon moved his tail exited "A year, they say he is growing big fast, but I am faster. I am way past your hips now"
"And you used to fit inside a small cage, I remember. What are they feeding you?" Link ask raising an eyebrow.
"They buy the things on the list you left, sometimes the Goron who buys it also brings a strange fruit from Saria. She sends it specially for me and I love it"
And I thought she planted those to eat them herself.
"But some days... I get really hungry. So I go down to the small river late at night, and I catch some fish for myself."
"You still get hungry? … I will see to that" Link promises.
Suddenly Volvagia opens his eyes wide and extends his wings to fly up, catching Goron Link before a tragedy.
"YOU… DISOBEDIENT LITTLE FUCK" Darunia comes down rolling and screaming.
Link retrieves the baby from Volvagia thanking the dragon, and dismisses him to spare him from Darunia's apparent wrath.
"ONE OF THESE DAYS I WILL KILL YOU MYSELF LINK" Darunia yells once he gets there.
Both the hero and the baby look at Darunia, the baby happily extends his arms at his daddy. Link stares at Darunia puzzled, he was not sure who the Goron Patriarch was talking to... after all, Darunia had plenty of reasons to claim that he wanted to kill the Hero.
Rolling his eyes "Not you Raziel, HIM" pointing at the baby "for being so headstrong" Darunia directs his speech to his son "If I tell you that you are going to fall off. YOU ARE GOING TO FALL OFF" the baby giggles.
"Like father like son, right?" Link jokes.
Darunia facepalms "Fuck, I am doomed then"
"Hahahahaha, I am sure it's just a phase… Darunia, I wanted to speak to you about the blood oath you performed with my King"
Darunia breaths in deeply, retrieves his son from Link and signals the Hero to follow him into Goron city.