Yay for another chapter, or not yay who knows. Anyway, this would have been uploaded sooner but I have had no motivation to write/proofread anything what so ever since school started so I was really slow with editing and proofreading this.

As three weeks went by Zelda spent most days in the throne room or staying in her room to go over paperwork, but almost always Link was found close by, occasionally Impa when she didn't have anything else to do. The days slowly became shorter and cooler. There were less people coming in and Zelda gradually had less work to do which left her with a lot of time to be bored. Whenever she didn't have something to do or anyone to listen to she would turn to Link to free her from some of her boredom. She got over the fact she injured Link after a week and a half of him incessantly pestering her about how she wasn't to blame. Though, at times Link would have to leave with Impa to investigate something, since there were multiple crimes occurring throughout the kingdom as of recent, and on such days Zelda would stay in her study for most of the day.

Mid way through another boring day, Zelda and Link were talking to each other while Impa stood on the other side when two zora came in through the doors, catching the attention of all three of them as the two came and knelt before them. There was rarely anyone who came in that wasn't from castle town, and almost never zora because of the distance between the domain and the castle.

Zelda turned returning to a straight posture, "It is unusual to have zora here; what brings you two to the castle?" She asked. "Prince Ralis has requested to see you, your highness." One of the zora spoke up, not moving his gaze from the floor. "Is it urgent?"

"He did not say whether it was or not but he did wish to see you soon," The other one spoke this time. "Alright, tell Prince Ralis that I will be coming sometime after noon tomorrow." The two zora nodded, "We will; now we shall take our leave." With that the two got up and headed back out of the throne room.

"I wonder what Prince Ralis wants." Zelda pondered. "You will find out tomorrow but for now you have more guests." Impa looked at the two older couple walking in.

"I swear I have seen these two five times this week." Zelda mumbled under her breath then smiled as the couple walked up.

After what felt like an eternity the sun finally begun to disappear below the horizon and Zelda called it a day, quickly leaving the throne room with Link and Impa behind her. She slouched as she walked to her room, "I see so many of the same people it drives me nuts, can't they go three days without seeing me?" She grumbled, "Well I am going to get some rest and will you be back in the morning Link?" She asked as she opened her door.

Link nodded, "Like I do every day your highness."

He said his farewell to Impa before heading out of the castle. Impa watched him as he left, waiting a moment before she turned to walk down to her own room.

The next day the three met in the front of the castle about an hour after dawn. Link was already mounted on Epona and ready to go while Zelda attempted to get her rather reluctant white stallion ready.

"You just need a better horse princess; I guess stallions just don't work out." Link joked then laughed as the white stallion snorted, kicking up dirt and grass as he went to ram Link's side with his head but was pulled back by Zelda. "Oh don't get so upset stallion I was joking," Link said then turned as Impa walked up to him. "Link, I trust you will protect the princess for me since I cannot go myself." She said in a firm voice.

"Yeah, yeah I know. I will protect her so don't worry." Link mumbled, looking up to the princess as she finally got up on her horse, "You are taking an awfully long time, your highness."

Zelda scowled towards him, "Oh be silent. I, for one, don't have a horse like yours. Anyway I wasn't up before dawn in order to get ready like you were. I would much rather be sleeping then be out here, now come on." She flicked the reins and galloped out of the castle gates. Link smirked then waved to Impa before catching up to Zelda.

The princess and the green clad hero arrived outside the domain only two hours after noon; they would have arrived sooner if Zelda didn't wish to take a few detours on the way. They left their horses on the outside of the small tunnel leading to the domain. As they arrived they were greeted warmly by the zora then escorted to Prince Ralis, even though it was only a short walk to him.

Link left Zelda with Ralis and went to lean against one of the pillars in the domain as he waited for them to finish their meeting. Since it seemed to be more of a business meeting Link didn't really care, all he was needed for was to escort Zelda here and back to the castle unscathed.

A half hour passed before Zelda dipped her head to Ralis and finally came back to Link, "Come on Link, we need to head back." Link looked up to her, "Are you sure princess, It is growing dark and Hyrule field is dangerous at night." He wondered.

"Yes, I need to get back; there are things I need to take care of soon." Zelda said. "If you insist, but we can't go slow like we did on the ride here." Link said, walking over to the stairs to the hall way that led to Hyrule field. As they walked out Link pulled Zelda's horse over to her, helping her up before climbing up on his. He waited for Zelda to settle herself on her horse before taking the lead.

The two rode through Hyrule Field, though it soon grew dark and a few monsters started appearing, who didn't stay long. He soon fell behind Zelda a little as he took care of the monsters as they appeared, killing them off while trying to get back up to her.

As they got about half way through the field an arrow flew towards Zelda which she quickly pivoted her horse out of the arrow path but just grazed her arm. Link rode up in front of her and aimed his bow in the direction the arrow came from. Another arrow cut through the air, however this one was met with Link's arrow, but instead of splitting in half the arrow burst into darkness and joined the shadows that crept across the field.

"Princess, hurry and leave." Link ordered, keeping his bow ready. "But Link—"

"Just go, you can't be injured!" He snapped.

Zelda hesitated then pulled back on her horse's reins, backing up a little before riding towards the castle as fast as her horse could run. As she rode away an arrow flew through the air towards her, Link quickly shot it with one of his but was late to notice the second one as it passed him and was heading directly towards Zelda's back.

"Zelda, arrow!"

Zelda looked back at the arrow that was flying straight at her for a moment then leaned sideways. It didn't strike her chest, however it did sink into her right shoulder. Though when she broke the shaft of the arrow it just disappeared into a puff of smoke like the first arrow Link split.

Link watched her a moment before riding towards the source of the arrows then hopped off of Epona. At first there was nothing there but soon a dark silhouette emerged from the ground, red eyes glaring at the hero. It soon changed into an actually form, taking Link by surprise as it charged at him with a newly formed sword to it's side.

Zelda rode through the castle town and into the garden, her horse had long slowed down; her horse wasn't like Link's, he gave up on running if he begun to feel tired. Zelda sighed then pulled back on the reins hopping off as he came to a stop.

Impa came out and hurried up to her, "Your highness, what happened to your arm and shoulder? Where is Link, wasn't he supposed to protect you?" She asked. Zelda grabbed her torn dress as she passed her nursemaid, "We were attacked in Hyrule field on the way back from Zora's domain; Link is still there, I was going back to get him before he got injured as well. And he did protect me; if not for him I would probably be dead by now." She said as she tore a piece of her dress and wrapped the wound on her shoulder then grabbed a sword that hung in another room.

"Your Highness let me go get him, you are already injured." Impa insisted, however she got ignored. "No, you are to stay here, I am going back to get him; anyway you are much better at healing than I am so if anything was to happen, you could easily help us recover."

Impa was about to argue but Zelda had already climbed up on her stallion again.

Zelda rode across the bridge and back into the large field, she pulled on the reins to stop as she looked around for Link. A circle of fire burned in the middle of the field, Epona paced around on the outside, anxiously waiting to get inside.

Just as Zelda went up to grab Epona's leads the fires fell and Link was lying unconscious on his stomach in the middle. Zelda ran up to him and picked him up, getting him up on her lap. There was a large gash across his chest, a gash on his shoulder and a cut at the side of his neck, along with a few smaller ones around his body.

She tore off another piece of her dress and pressed it against the larger gash, tying it so it wouldn't fall. "Epona please come here and help me." As Epona walked up Zelda picked Link up and pulled him up on Epona's saddle. "We have to hurry back to the castle; make sure he doesn't fall off of you on the way." Zelda told Epona, knowing the horse understood her; she turned and climbed up on her white stallion, getting her horse to a run and raced back across the field, following the fastest route to the castle with Epona close behind.

Zelda entered into the castle grounds, Epona following behind shortly, being careful not to drop Link as she cantered up to Zelda and Impa. They didn't wait till the horse stopped completely to take Link off and take him into the castle.

After a few minutes Zelda came back out and up to Epona, grabbing her leads then walking over to a guard, "Can you please wash this horse, along with the saddle before the blood stains them?" She asked. As the guard nodded and took the leads from her she turned and walked back into the castle, leaving the guard to do as he was told.

This chapter is shorter than the first two just because I thought where I ended was a good spot to since I do not want to split the chapters oddly. Review, fav or just ignore this chapter, whatever you wish to do. Also, anyone who is reading Ganondorf's Reign and wants to know when another chapter is going to come out, I do not know because unlike this story, GR is not quite as finished, I still have a bit to write in and only about half of Ch 3 is written at the moment.