Zelpha Week Oneshots

Day 4: Confession

The tale of the Lover's Pond was one recently made. It was an ordinary pond that just so happened to be in the shape of a heart. A few people got lucky and were able to confess their love to someone else and have their feelings be mutual and boom. Lovers for life. Most people believed the idea to be a bunch of baloney but be a romantic place to actually confess one's feelings or go on a date. Others believed the tale to be true and hope they one day go up to Lover's Pond and have a magical experience. Then there were the ones that believed the pond, it's tale, and the people who went there were all a bunch of fakes.

Whatever the case was with this pond and it's reputation, Link didn't care. All he cared about was his goal: getting two of his friends to go up to Lovers Pond and confess their obvious feelings for one another. 

It was going to be difficult getting two Princesses to the top of Tuft Mountain which was located in the Faron Region (a fair distance from their homes) without making either of them suspicious and making sure neither one of them knew the other was going. Link, however, was determined. He was going to make it happen. Zelda and Mipha were going to Lovers Pond and by the grace of the Goddess Hylia herself, something magical would happen.

And it looked like Hylia was on Link's side after all. Once the knight had fully committed to creating a master plan Zelda had informed him that they would be traveling to Lurelin Village on official business regarding the village's fishing business. Link internally jumped for joy while the Princess of Hyrule gave him all the details of their trip and how long they'd be there, who'd they meet, blah blah blah. Once that was done, Link hastily wrote a note to Mipha, asking her to meet him at Lurelin Village in a couple days for a nice day out, like when they were children. When the note was ready he handed it over to one of the few Zora guards at Hyrule Castle and asked him to deliver the message to Princess Mipha as soon as possible. 

Every thing was falling into place.

The next day Link was attaching his very own horses to Zelda's royal carriage. Link's personal horses were undeniably fast, faster than the ones the King had owned, and right now the hylian knight couldn't afford them to go too slow, the trip couldn't last more than a day. When all was prepared and Zelda was safely inside her carriage, Link sat on the coachman's seat (he didn't trust anyone but himself to guide his beloved horses) and set off on the adventure no one would forget.

As planned, the trip lasted about a day. When they arrived at Lurelin Village, Zelda quickly changed into her more formal dress and walked out into the Village with Link. They arrived early so the two of them took the time to explore the beautiful beach-side village. Link, however, was not looking at the beautiful surroundings and relaxing. He was constantly looking over to the waters, hoping he wouldn't see the familiar red zora. Not yet. 

"Princess." Link stopped Zelda and quickly signed. "There's been some interesting growth of the Silent Princess at the top of that mountain." Link pointed at Mt. Tuft before he continued signing, "I suggest we go up there and examine the area to see what kind of factors could be leading to their growth."  God, Link was so nervous about this plan working he wasn't even sure if he worded that sentence correctly.

"Oh!" Zelda looked to the mountain and squinted. "You're right. And we do have quite a bit of time. I say we make haste and go now so we can take proper notes and still be back in time for our meeting with the representatives of the village." She began quickly walking towards the path that lead up the mountain and Link  sighed in relief. Now he just had to wait for Mipha. 

As the two of them made their way up the path (Link going the more extreme route and just climbing up the side of the mountain while still keeping an eye on Zelda) the Princess of the Zora emerged out of the sparkling ocean water. Link nearly slipped off the mountain upon seeing her. He quickly found a spot where he could hold his balance and whistled rather loudly. Mipha heard and waved before walking onto the shore and towards the path. He thanked the Golden Goddesses she hadn't seen Zelda. Zelda questioned Link's sudden whistle but the knight waved the question away and continued climbing. 

They reached the top and Zelda was extremely disappointed. There was not a single silent princess to be seen at all on top of the mountain, just Lovers Pond. Before she could even utter a word of annoyance at how Link had tricked her, Mipha appeared. 

Then it all clicked. 

"Zelda, hello." The Zora smiled fondly and walked over to the two. "I wasn't expecting to see you, although I do like this surprise."

"Yes, I do too." Zelda cleared her throat awkwardly. She always got so flustered around Mipha. "So, Mipha, how have you...been?" Goddess, this was embarrassing.

"I've been fine. Though I have to admit, I've missed you." Mipha smiled once more and Zelda's heart skipped a beat. "It's been quite some time since we've last seen each other, Zelda. I hope you aren't straining too much with the responsibilities of the kingdom, you should rest every once in a while."

"Y-You're right! I should. I should...probably be more careful about my health and straining myself in the future." Zelda laughed awkwardly and rubbed the back of her neck. "It's a beautiful day, isn't it." 

"Yes." Mipha turned around and faced the heart shaped pond. The water sparkled brilliantly in the sun. "It's beautiful up here. Everything about this place is breathtaking. The water, the flowers, the view...the Hylian Princess besides me." Oh Hylia. 

"Th-Thank you, Mipha. You're...extremely beautiful yourself. The red of your scales is...extravagant." Mipha chuckled.

"I just love the legend behind this pond. Confessing your feelings at this place seems so...right." Zelda nodded. "This place seems to give off a certain air of confidence. The kind where you feel like you can say anything." 

"Yes. This place is magical in its own way."

"I suppose, I'm quite embarrassed to say this, I've always dreamed of someone confessing their love to me here." She looked over at Zelda, almost expectantly, and Zelda just couldn't take it anymore. Something gave her a sudden surge of self confidence and caused her to blurt out words she could never take back. 

"Mipha I've liked you for an extremely long time and I'd like you to know I want to be more than just a friend!" Oh Hylia, Oh Hylia. Why did she just say that? 

The Zora Princess blushed and smiled, seeming unfazed by the sudden outburst. 

"I suppose what they say about this place is true." Mipha's hand reached over and gently held onto Zelda's own trembling hands. "I'd like for us to be "more than just friends" as well. I've wanted to for some time now." Zelda smiled and let out a shaky breath in relief. She turned to hug her now girlfriend, perhaps a bit too fast, and accidentally stepped on her too long dress and fell forward. The two princesses fell forward and straight into Lovers Pond. They laughed and held onto each other tightly. This truly was going to be an adventure neither of them would forget.