A/N: Hey all! After many years of inactivity, I have been randomly inspired to make yet another fluff filled story! This time it is Skyward Sword Zelink! Enjoy, and please review! :)

1/11/14 EDIT: I have edited out the prologue... Wasn't satisfied with it at all.

~Missa

Disclaimer:The Legend of Zelda and its characters belong to Nintendo. This is a fan created story that is for entertainment purposes only.

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White Feathers

The First Wedding in Hyrule

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"Master, you must never leave Her Grace once she is rescued. My calculations conclude that you are the only one who will efficiently provide the feelings of comfort and love to her for the rest of her life. My calculations also conclude this applying to you, Master, and I estimate that you will have no problem accepting this position as her lifelong partner," the blue sword spirit whispered into her master's pointed ear before disappearing into the hilt of her blade.

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Chapter 1: Decision

They had always seemed to be joined at the hip. She would do the talking and he would do the work. She would get upset over something and he would carve her a small sculpture to make her feel better. He would get bullied by the other academy students and she would provide the words that he couldn't. They were a perfectly balanced couple, and the entire town could see that. But, as love is blind, the couple was completely oblivious to their radiating perfection.

Everyone knew they would eventually get married. The only questions were really when and how.

The only problem was the mission set into motion by Hylia that separated the two Skyloftians briefly and changed their lives forever. However, after the Goddess's Mission, the couple only cemented their already inseparable bond.

They decided to explore the surface before returning to visit their home in the clouds to help desensitize themselves to the new world after having some traumatic experiences there. As the days passed, their hearts and bodies slowly healed until they were once again healthy enough, but even so, terrible nightmares and irrational fears would still occasionally surface.

A guard of knights from Skyloft was established at the mighty Goddess Statue to watch over the sacred Triforce. A town was to be built around the Sealed Temple so that the Triforce could always be guarded. The surface become known as "Hyrule," named after Hylia's divine rule that saved the land from plunging into the hands of Demise.

It is around this time of settlement into the new land that the couple realized their lives had completely changed and they now had complete control of their fates. No longer controlled by Hylia's plan of separation, the couple could decide their own fate.

And this is where their story begins…

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Link blissfully glided with Zelda on their Loftwings through the summer air. The sun warmed their backs and the breeze whistled through their pointed ears. The sky seemed to be exceptionally cyan today. Zelda had been right: It was a perfect day for flying.

Zelda steered her bird up behind Link to be closer to him. "You know, Link, there's something I've been meaning to talk to you about for a while now…"Zelda began, speaking quite softly. Link turned around, puzzled. She was looking downwards, almost bashfully. It was unusual for Zelda to lose her loud, playful tone while she was exhilarated by the joy of flying.

Just then, the Loftwings screeched and Link turned his attention forward. A massive black tornado had formed. Seconds later, he felt himself being thrown off his loftwing and watched as Zelda plunged towards the tornado. "Link!" She yelled, barely audible over the deafening roars of the tornado and the maniacal cackling that suddenly rang through the boy's head. He yelled and reached out to her, but she was falling too quickly. "Link!" She yelled again, but she was too far to reach and falling quickly into the dark storm. The cackling's volume only increased until Link's head seemed to be filled with the creepy noise. He clasped his hands over his ears and screamed, "Zelda!"

"LINK!"

His eyes flew open and he instinctively bolted upward, reaching over his shoulder for his sword hilt, but a soft hand firmly pressed him backwards. There was no sword on his back to reach for. He looked up and saw Zelda's concerned face looking down at him. Concerned, but unharmed. He quickly realized he was laying in his bed inside the knight academy and it was the middle of the night.

"Zelda…" He quietly began, reaching out to her but she shushed him immediately and took his trembling hands between her own.

"Shh…. It was just a dream. Everything is okay."

She said this every time he awoke from a nightmare. And she was always there for him when he woke from one. Not one nightmare filled sleep had passed where she wasn't there to calm him. Likewise, he would always be there for her. It was incredibly strange, but they could sense when the other was having a rough night and one would wake up to go to check on the other. Zelda seemed to wake up more often, but she would often open the door to find a peacefully sleeping Link, much to her tired relief. She figured this was because she was more worried about him. He had been through many more traumatic experiences than she had, and he had reason to have more nightmares.

He looked at her now with shiny sapphire eyes that reflected the flickering yellow light of the candlestick Zelda had brought that sat on his desk. "I'm fine… I've had that one a lot before,"

She nodded her head and carefully tucked his blankets around him. "I thought the frequency of your nightmares were decreasing, but it seems like you have them every night now," she whispered softly, careful not to wake Fledge, who snored beyond the partition behind her.

He scratched his forehead with his free hand. "I think it's because I can't see you before I fall asleep." When she looked at him strangely, he continued. "I forget that you're safe. When we were exploring the surface, I could see you at our campsites before I fell asleep. But now we're back at the academy…"

They had been staying in Skyloft for a few days to relax after their adventures and wanted to visit briefly before beginning the settling process on the newly named surface.

Zelda gave a slight smile. "You know my father would freak out if he found me in here in the morning. I can't sleep in the same room as you, Link, he wouldn't have it. We aren't…married." It almost seemed like she had trouble saying the word. "He gave me a hard time when I told him we were exploring Hyrule all alone." She huffed. "I mean, we're pretty much seniors at the academy! Well, you are one now. But we can take care of ourselves and we know our boundaries."

Link only grinned. "You'd think he would trust my instincts after I saved your life and the whole world and all." Zelda smiled at this.

"You'd think," she teased and ruffled his hair. "I love my father though and will respect him. I won't be caught in your room overnight unless we're married, Link. It is one of Hylia's divine rules, and considering I have her memories, I know that... Anyways, you can see I'm safe, and I'm tired. Now close your eyes and don't open them again until morning. Good night, Link" she finished softly. He closed his eyes and gently squeezed her hand before she released hers from him. She quietly stepped out of the room, shut the door behind her, and silently tiptoed back to her room.

As Link silently lay there with his eyes closed, listening to the soft snores of Fledge just a few meters away, his mind began thinking about something strange. That was the first time Zelda ever brought up the idea of them being "married." It wasn't like she was saying she wanted it or anything, but it was the first time he had probably ever heard her say the word in context with him. Of course, he had been there when she and Karane talked about their dream weddings with each other, but all girls loved talking about that stuff.

He rolled over on his right shoulder and felt a slight pain as one of his muscles tensed. An old injury. He remembered when Ghirahim had effortlessly slammed his spiked sword hilt into his shoulder blade during a teasing backhand swing in the Skyview Temple. He shook away the memory and refocused his mind onto his less agonizing, current thought train.

Zelda had always wanted some sort of special wedding. He remembered this because Karane had always prodded her to know what she meant when the subject was sometimes brought up during their nightly "study sessions" after sparring class. He, Zelda, Karane, and Fledge would bring their books and lay around the carpet and tea table to talk. These group meetings in Karane's room usually became mostly social before cramming studying together around midnight's curfew. When asked about her wedding during the conversation, Zelda would say, "I don't know, I just want it to be special in some way. It doesn't need to be fancy or expensive. Just special," and she had always shrugged in response.

Karane would then say, "But Zelda, every wedding is special because it only happens to those two people once!" And Zelda would again shrug her shoulders. Karane would then explain that she wanted a traditional Skyloftian wedding in which the bride and groom would say their vowels in the town center. Karane always said she wanted green Loftwing feathers scattered around and her feathery gown would be pure white with green and gold dyed feathers accenting it. Link had always thought that would be a pretty combination and wondered when the older student would get married so he could see her dream become reality.

Of course, during these girly conversations, he and Fledge never had an exciting answer for Karane about their "dream weddings." Fledge simply wanted to have a wedding that satisfied his wife, and Link just agreed with him. Karane would sigh and mutter "boys…" to these responses.

Marriages were exciting and wonderful occasions that the whole town would celebrate. The vowel ceremonies were followed by a releasing of a hundred paper lanterns into the sky to symbolize wishes of happiness and thankfulness to the Goddess. This was soon followed by dancing and music all night before the bride and groom rode away on a loftwing at daybreak to a distant luxurious island to spend a few days together alone, or, go on "a honeymoon," as the elders called it. But Zelda wanted something different. Link had not ever been able to think of a way to make a wedding more special in Skyloft since they were already a blast to attend.

But now, he thought of a way.

A wedding on the surface. The first wedding in Hyrule.

That would be Zelda's wedding.

This was her special wedding she always dreamed about. He smiled at his realization. She could get her dream wedding after all!

Now, who would she marry?

A sudden wave of emotion hit him like a blast of that creeper's diamond magic. He resisted the urge to open his eyes and dug the side of his nose into his feather pillow.

He had gone through terrifying trials and fought endless hordes of monsters to save her. He had done it because he couldn't bear to lose her. He would silently admit that he had a huge crush on her. Fi figured it out pretty quickly, as she had used this "evaluation" to motivate him to draw the goddess's sword in the first place. But no, as he thought about it, he wouldn't have dived under the clouds and stood up to the Demon King so readily for someone he just had a crush on.

He was in love with her.

Failing Zelda's request, he opened his eyes, staring at the wall. The room was now dark but a small crack of silver moonlight from under the window covering dared to shine through above his head.

He had been oblivious to his own feelings until now. Link knew he liked her but he had not really thought about it very deeply until now. She was always there for him. She always had been. She helped him when he needed it and scolded him when he deserved it. She always made him happy with her goofy habits and positive energy. She had been by his side helping him cope with the effects of the traumatic experiences he had gone through. Now she was excitedly preparing to live on the surface alongside him. She was perfect and he loved everything she did.

The thought of her marrying someone else made him physically cringe.

He didn't want her to leave him. Ever. But if she married someone else, she would have to. He scolded himself silently for how crazy and possessive he was thinking.

But then, he thought that this must be what it feels like to know that you've found the one. He had always heard the adults say "Oh, you'll know it when you've found her," and now he understood what they meant. He simply wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.

But would she commit to him?

He knew they were mutually best friends. I did save her life. She has to like me, he thought, amused. Now that he thought about it, they did innocently flirt often before the Goddess's mission began. They had also hugged a lot, especially after finally reuniting when the Demon King was defeated.

His nightmare suddenly came back to him. He remembered Zelda saying something before the tornado incident. She had wanted to tell him something important but seemed shy about it.

Link rolled over again, uncomfortable. Was she going to… confess her feelings? It couldn't have been that, but then… Why did she look so shy when I looked back? Link exhaled in a silent sigh. She was so confusing.

But if she did not like him, who else would she want to marry? Certainly not Groose, even though he matured exponentially over the past few months. Pipit was probably looking to marry Karane soon. Link had once overheard Zelda telling Karane that Fledge and also Groose's "henchmen" weren't really her type. There weren't really a lot of other males around Zelda's age on Skyloft.

She never really expressed to Link any interest in other boys before. On the other hand, Karane, as a child, had often used Link as a sneaky way to find out if boys she crushed on liked her back. Zelda had never asked Link for this kind of help. When it came to Zelda's taste in men, Link knew absolutely nothing.

Link smiled. He was overthinking this situation. He could just confess and if he got rejected, it wouldn't be the end of the world. He had just prevented that. He rolled over again and made a decision to make a leap of faith.

He could handle rejection if he could handle the Demon King. He just prayed it wouldn't make him lose his best friend forever.

He was going to propose to Zelda and they were going to have the first wedding in Hyrule.

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A/N: Wooo! Link has made quite a drastic decision! I'm sorry this chapter consisted mostly of Link just laying in his bed thinking. More will happen in the next chapter, I promise! :)