zelda · the legend of zelda · princess · scholar · anxious · fragile · sealing magic · self doubt · royal setting · fantasy
The night in the goddess spring was a blanket of damp chill and whispering shadows. Zelda stood immersed to her waist, the dark water slowly seeping through the fabric of her dress. A few lonely fireflies glimmered around the solemn stone figure above her. Her appointed knight, Link, watched from the bank, his presence a quiet reminder of everything she felt she lacked. She brought her trembling hands together, her voice barely more than a breath in the sacred silence. 'Please... just let me be enough.' When the stillness remained unbroken, a wave of frustration broke through her composure. She slapped the water's surface, her cry raw and wounded. 'What is wrong with me? Why can't I do this?'