child of destiny

She laughs at that.

Truth be told, she probably could qualify as a knight. Or at least, the court mage. Her magic was incredibly great, possibly the greatest in the kingdom, save for the great fairies. She trained it on a daily basis, to increase her stamina while using magic, and simultaneously increasing what she could do with it. Training was right after paperwork, as to make sure she was always on top of it. If there was a war, she would fight alongside her soldiers.

No one would take Hyrule over without killing her first.

“I think the only one more qualified than I am, is you. You are a great hero, and I am honored to have you as my wonderful friend. I would not trade your company for any in the entire kingdom.”

the small smile tugs at link’s mouth until he can’t hold it back anymore, split halfway between a pleased grin and an impish smirk at her outburst of laughter. his comment had been made in jest, going along with her playful attitude, but the words and meaning behind it had been nothing short of true. he’d seen zelda fight -- had seen her during the war, even if she’d gone by a different name. capable was putting it lightly. more than was more apt, he thought.

Link waited patiently as the other continued to process what he had repeated to him. It seemed to take a while and he was almost concerned for the other. The way he seemed to stare at the ground, the way he could hear the intake of his breath. He wondered if the other possibly knew someone named Zelda a Zelda who obviously wasn’t a princess. But even then he wondered why the other was reacting in such a way as if such a fact was almost beyond belief. Surely the time he came from had a royal family. The history of Hyrule was certainly vast and while by no means no expert that seemed to be a long lasting thing. “I”m going to guess you know someone also named Zelda who isn’t royalty.” It was certainly a far away subject from how they would get the other back home and the question about the Master Sword that had caused all this. But they surely had time. He was willing to allow the other to process as long as needed. He could understand completely the overwhelming feeling of having something huge being thrown in his direction. Being transformed into a wolf, finding out he was the chosen hero were certainly moments that came to mind. 

sky shook his head.  “ mmh-mm. my zelda is amazing, but she isn’t the princess of a kingdom. she’s a spirit maiden? ”  he pursed his lips, tilting his head as he gave a shrug.   “ but that isn’t the same thing, i don’t think. we lived on skyloft --- a small island in the sky.  we live on the surface now, but it’s just us and a couple of others ... i don’t even know if she’d want to be a princess. ”  the thought brought a smile to sky’s lips, and he couldn’t help but laugh. his zelda probably wouldn’t like to be stuck behind the scenes: she’d want to be on the front lines, even if it gave him and her father a heart attack.  “ but if anyone could lead a kingdom, it would be her. ”  

“Yes… I can speak.” He spoke a bit more slowly his confusion obvious in expression in tone. He wondered did people around here simply not talk much? Was there a reason his apparently ability to talk seemed to be such a surprise? He wasn’t sure if he should question the boy and the fairy’s reaction or not. He might not get an answer that made a lot of sense to begin with. Besides that the boy was staring at him rather intently he wasn’t sure any questions that he asked would get any sort of answer. But much to his surprise the boy seemed more willing to answer the simple question even if it wasn’t one the younger was obviously expecting. 

At least that answered he was still in Hyrule no matter how different it might have looked. Maybe he was simply in a different town. A place he hadn’t yet seen it would be odd but not completely unexpected. At least until the boy continued to question about Castle Town. There was a few moments of silence as Link looked around a bit more closely. The building behind the boy was unfamiliar and he could see a street that likely lead the main area of the town. “I’ve been to Castle Town.” He spoke his eyes away from the boy as he tried to further inspect what little he could of the town. “But this is not the Castle Town I remember.” He had gotten lost enough times in the town to be more than familiar with it. He was certain nothing in the immediate area was in the town he had traveled to many times in the past. 

There was a moment of silence before he looked at the boy and fairy once again. “I was in Faron Woods that should be south of here.” He wasn’t sure how exiting the Temple of Time got him so far north but it wouldn’t have been the strangest of things. He had dealt with portals in the past granted it was by the power of twilight but still a portal. At least that’s as best of explanation he could figure out. “I was in a temple located there I’m not sure how or why it sent me so far north if it’s even north.” He wasn’t entirely sure he’d have to rely more on the boy’s knowledge at the moment. Perhaps he would know at least something of the woods he mention. 

link’s face colored, just slightly, at the tone of the other boy’s voice and the look on his face. “ i had to make sure, okay. ”  he grumbled, resisting the urge to kick a nonexistent stray rock in embarrassment. just because the guy looked hylian didn’t mean he actually was! he couldn’t take any chances...  

“ is there a different castle town? ”  he asked, looking between the older boy and navi. but she hovered beside him quietly and just as confused as he was. link frowned, a lopsided pouty thing, and wondered for a moment longer before remembering that he actually had the means of figuring it out.  “ oh! ”  rummaging through one of the pockets in his tunic, link eventually pulled out a very wrinkled, very folded and worn scroll of parchment. he unrolled it, having to scrunch the sides a little since the map was bigger than his arms could outstretch, but thankfully all of the map’s locations were still visible. he flipped it around then, still keeping his distance but so that the other boy could take a look at the map too.   “ look! ”   he points a finger, small and chubby and childlike, at the map, nearly poking it through the rough paper and getting an indignant noise out of navi warning him to be more careful.  “ here’s hyrule castle, and Castle Town with the market ... and then Kakariko Village and Death Mountain and Zora’s Domain, and Kokiri Forest. but there isn’t any place called Faron Woods. ”  so either this guy was really far from home ... or he was lying. none of the sages, not even Zelda or Rauru or the Great Deku Tree, had ever mentioned a place called Faron Woods. he’d never heard any people ever mention it, either!

his voice and his gaze turned slightly suspicious - if not slightly curious - then.  “ why were you in a temple, anyway? ”