Epilogue

The halls of the castle are quiet as I make my way through them. I'm humming softly to myself, delivering things to different rooms. My life has been a bit chaotic recently, but I'm happy with it. Today was none other than the hero's marriage to the princess. Er-queen. She's a queen now. The wedding went flawlessly, along with the long reception afterwards. The whole thing was actually quite boring, I'm not going to lie. But I'm always bored with long ceremonies.

My relationship with Rune has gone swimmingly. We're actually engaged to be married, but Link doesn't know that yet. He's been a bit busy recently. Perhaps 'busy' doesn't cover it. More like swamped. Every day he gets awoken early to be shuffled from lesson to lesson. He has shove twenty years of learning how to be a king into a matter of weeks. I've been taking care of Epona for him recently. Don't tell him I've done something nice for him. He might get the idea that I've turned soft.

Link and Zelda are a perfect fit for each other. I've seen a different side of Link since the princess came into his life. He was suddenly concerned for something other than the kingdom for once. I could tell the attempt on Zelda's life made him sick with anxiety. Of course, I've always had a way of telling the kid's emotions, no matter how thick-headed he can be at times.

Rune is now the Archduke. It makes me happy and unhappy at the same time. I know he'll probably have attempts made on his life (I'll have to protect him from those people, I suppose), he'll never have much free time, and he will probably constantly talk about the stuffy board of noblemen. Speaking of which, Zelda finally threw Maurice off of the board, along with his band of followers. She was allowed to choose whomever she liked to be on the board with her. One of them was Rusl, which made Link extraordinarily pleased. Perhaps the board will run more smoothly with more common people on it.

My knighting ceremony took place last week, at which Link stood making faces at me the entire time. He's lucky I didn't have circulation in my legs afterwards, or I would have tackled him to the ground. There was much controversy about the whole female knight thing, but I was happy to take on any challenger who did not see me as worthy. I trampled them all at the training grounds. Link said the success was going to my head, but I told him I was simply paving the way for future female knights. I could not have people question my worthiness to be knighted. After all, I'm there to protect the kingdom and the princess, so I don't see what the big deal is. The competitions have calmed down now that everyone has realized I'm as good as any other knight out there.

Hyrule Castle is one of my favorite places to be at night. During the day, you can hardly get a moment of quiet. There are always servants, butlers, knights, noblemen, workers, maids, ladies-in-waiting, and many others hustling around. At night, however, all is silent. It's like the castle takes a break to calm down and recharge for the next busy day. There's never a day where things don't seem chaotic. I'm curious to see how Link adjusts to the new busy lifestyle. Back in Ordon, he laid around and watched goats all day. At night, he would have to round them up and put them in their pens. He was always calm, until the whole Zant and Ganondorf and Chosen Hero thing happened. Then his life got a little less than tranquil. But he was still in his element when he was off being a hero. Now he'll have to be king for all of Hyrule. He doubts himself, but I have complete faith in him. He was meant to be the king, I believe. This whole thing was the three goddesses working together. I think of it, beaming. If it weren't for him carelessly leaving behind Epona's Whistle, he would have never been king, I think to myself.

With this thought in mind, I continue waltzing down the corridors, the reason for Link's return tied to my apron strap. I look down at it. This is as good a time as any, I think to myself, finishing my rounds for the night. I head toward the king and queen's bedroom, untying the object dangling from my waist. I turn it over in my hands. "You've been a great help," I murmur, tying Epona's Whistle to the doorknob. Although I know I really shouldn't, I press my ear to the door. I grin, turning around and whistling down the hallway. "Oh, how the mighty fall in love."

Aaaand that's the end! Again, review, favorite, follow, and let me know what you thought! I'll be writing more fanfiction in the future, so keep an eye out for that too. If it's not Legend of Zelda, it'll probably be something like Rune Factory or Fullmetal Alchemist or something like that.

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