“I can’t do this… You deserve happiness… you deserve to have your youth…. But… I’m scared of what will happen if I let you go…” Her words were filled with pain and fear. Fear of the known and the unknown.
“Zelda…” he was still holding onto her shoulders, but now gently wrapped his arms around her.
The young royal saw that kind and caring face of his and remembered their youth. The little boy who was listening to her and made her laugh with masks from the market. Could she really take away the childhood of this adorable little boy? Maybe the Zelda of the past would still be open to be happy with him. And yet the thought was too much. She cried into his shoulder, trying hard to contain herself, but it was impossible. The tears refused to stop. All while Link still held her.
Seeing this scene unfold, Link’s trusted companion Navi flew around them, leaving a trail of sparkles in her wake, like a line circling around the pair.
“Princess, I.. I don’t know what is happening, but I’m here for you.”
“Link..” She looked into his eyes. Throughout all of this, she was making choices. For her Kingdom and for him. But did Link ever have a choice?
Tloz: ROTP is a sequel to Ocarina of Time, in the same way that Wind Waker and Twilight Princess are in their respective timelines, with this one being set on the 4th timeline, where Zelda ended up not sending the Hero of Time back to his childhood. While ROTP is actually mainly the story of a new Link and and a new Zelda, their adventure is set in a world created by Link and Zelda from Ocarina of Time, who rebuilt Hyrule in their image. So Oot Zelink is canon to this 🥰
