Authors notes: Well seems like I’m at it all over again. I’m flying right threw 
these song fics. ^_^ Now this one is going to focus on Princess Zelda. After 
Link defeated Gannon, they made a decision not to go back in time, but to stay 
in the present and live their lives as current adults. Life seems to resume for 
Zelda, but then it seems that life is not turning out the way she expected and 
she soon comes to the realization that maybe, just maybe she grew up too soon. 
Again this one is based on another one of Mariah Carey’s songs called “Close my 
Eyes” (Yep you might have guessed it, Marian Carey is my fave artist) Rated PG 
13 for adult langue and themes. 
Disclaimer: Ok I know I do not own Princess Zelda, Link or any of the other 
Zelda peeps. They belong to Nintendo (Though I wish I owned Link hehehe). I’m 
just borrowing them for my stories. 
  
                                        Childhood Lost 
  
 EMBED PBrush  
 
Tears of a Rose 
       Darkness, red eyes, fires of a raging hell surrounded her, the hideous 
laugh cackled threw her ears as she sat suspended inside her crystal prison. Her 
eyes widened with horror as she watched the final blow being struck, the mighty 
sword clanked to the ground as Hyrule’s last hope crashed to the floor, pools of 
blood surrounding him She cried, screamed and clawed to break free of her 
prison, but to no avail. 
       Then those hideous red eyes stared at her, stared deep into her soul, 
sending shivers of a paralyzing fear down her spine and she knew that within 
those eyes that the beast was coming for her, ready to remove the piece of the 
Triforce that she held within her. Her blue eyes widened, her screams tore into 
the air as she watched the hands of death slowly reach for her, until its cold 
fingers were around her neck, choking the very life out of her. She coughed as 
she felt her lungs struggling for air, her body twisting under the beast’s grip, 
her wide eyes looking down into the beasts just before unconsciousness claimed 
her… 
       Zelda sat up in her bed; her face flushed a deathly white as sweat beaded 
her face. That was the fourth night in a row she had that nightmare, and as 
always it made her wake up drenched in a cold sweat. She rose from her bed and 
went to her window. The moon was full in the shy and shadows of trees on Hyrule 
Field stretched under its glow. She had wondered what the dreams meant; they 
made little sense but were always horrific. But the scariest thing about the 
dreams was that Link died in it each time and then Gannondorf came to remove her 
piece of the Triforce. 
       Zelda looked down at the top of her right hand. A soft glow emanated from 
the Triforce of Wisdom that was imbedded in her hand. She had often wondered if 
having the piece of the Triforce was a curse, but she knew that even if it was, 
she and Link were the chosen ones to carry a part of its power. If it had not 
imbedded those parts of itself inside her and Link, Gannondorf might have just 
succeeded in conquering Hyrule and their lives would have been lived in 
darkness. But…but what would have happened to the Triforce pieces that were in 
them if she had decided to send Link and herself back in time? 
       Would things have been different, would her life have changed for the 
better? It seemed to her that her life had just gotten harder ever since that 
day, the day her and Link decided that they wanted to remain in their adult 
forms and continue on with their lives from there. But she had started to feel 
as if a part of her had been lost, felt as if she had never lived her childhood. 
She felt as if the weight of the world fell on her tender shoulders so suddenly 
from the day she became a full grown adult. 
“I’m not ready yet to take my place as queen, I feel it’s not my time yet.” 
Zelda whispered to herself. “What happened to me?What happened to my childhood?” 
“I felt as if I have never lived it.” 
       She opened the windows to her balcony and stepped out into the cool night 
air, the gentle breeze of the night blew gently threw her blonde locks. She 
raised her head skyward and stared at the small twinkling lights the lined the 
night sky. “What has happened to me since that day seven years ago?” “Why do I 
feel as if I have been sent astray?” “Have I really succumb to the effects of 
the stress that has been placed upon me as a princess ready to become queen?” 
“But the feeling feels more then that: it’s a feeling of fear, loneliness, 
abandonment, horror, and trepidation.” “I feel that I have become lost, as if 
I’m not even supposed to be here.” “What am I to do now?” “Where do I go from 
here?” 
“I was wayward child With the weight of the world That I held deep inside Life 
was a winding road And I learned many things Little ones shouldn't know” “But I 
closed my eyes Steadied my feet on the ground Raised my head to the sky And 
though time's rolled by I still feel like a child As I look at the moon Maybe I 
grew up A little too soon” 
       “I have seen far too much in my days, and the weight of a near century's 
amount of stinging memories are finally beginning to unveil themselves in 
full force as I remember those seven years of horror Gannondorf placed upon this 
land” “But for a reason I still do not understand, I cannot help but feel 
cheated, wronged, as if this whole occurrence should never have happened.” “I 
feel as if my entire life has been stolen from me.” Zelda felt her enchanted 
blue eyes well up with stinging tears as the wrenching thoughts of the past 
plagued her mind like a torrential storm. “First thing I knew, I was a care free 
child, running around and playing all day long without a worry in the world, 
then all of the sudden he came.” “His blood red eyes pierced my soul as the evil 
that surrounded him, raged devastatingly threw my innocent dreams.” 
       “Then a small light of hope showed up in the Palace Garden one day.” “As 
I turned to see the figure in green with the small blue fairy floating by his 
head, I saw the glimmer of hope that I had seen so many times in my haunted 
dreams.” “With his help we planed on overthrowing the greatest evil to ever show 
up in Hyrule, but it seemed that with all the courage and valor we placed into 
his quest, Gannondorf managed to over throw my father and proceeded to take over 
Hyrule.” “I still remember the fear in Link’s eyes that day Impa and I fled the 
castle on horseback.” “I swear I will never forget that for as long as I live.” 
      “Never had I imagined that leaving the sacred Ocarina with Link would give 
Gannondorf the way into the Sacred Realm.” “When Link entered the Temple of Time 
and pulled the scared Master Sword from the Pedestal of Time, his entire being 
was trapped inside the Sacred Realm and thus started the seven years of 
darkness.” 
“Funny how one can learn To grow numb to the madness And block it away I left 
the worst unsaid Let it all dissipate And I try to forget” 
“But I closed my eyes Steadied my feet on the ground Raised my head to the sky 
And though time's rolled by Still feel like a child As I look at the moon Maybe 
I grew up A little too soon” 
       “I lived those seven years on the run, living in fear that Gannondorf was 
going to catch up with me and do something drastic, something so scary that it 
scared the living shit out of me.” “There were even times where Gannondorf 
almost caught up with me, the intentions of a deadly desire that shown in his 
face caused my heart and soul to wrench with twisted fear.” “ And I knew that if 
he ever caught up with me, my life as I knew it would’ve come to an end.” “But I 
survived for those seven long years and at the end, my greatest hope was 
rekindled when the boy I met years before, showed up as a full grown handsome 
young man holding the sacred Legendary Master Sword.” 
       “Dressed in Sheikahs garb, I followed the “Hero of Time” as he journeyed 
to each of the five Temples and freed each of the trapped sages that were held 
captive within them.” “After he obtained all six medallions, the last part of 
his destiny was to fight the King of Evil himself.” “But before he made his way 
to Gannon’s castle he had to stop at the Temple of Time for an unexpected 
meeting.” “It was there that I revealed myself as Princess Zelda and not a male 
sheikah.” “Explaining his destiny to him, it was then that I revealed to him 
what Gannondorf had done to Hyrule in his absence, and that he did not obtain 
the complete Triforce, but that two of the pieces were hidden in the both of 
us.” 
       “Just when I thought all my hopes were finally answered, Gannondorf came 
and trapped me inside a crystal prison.” “It was then I knew that Gannondorf 
found out were the two missing pieces of the Triforce were hidden.” “And it was 
then that all my fears had come true.” 
“Nearing the edge Obvious I almost Fell right over A part of me Will never be 
quite able To feel stable That woman-child falling inside Was on the verge of 
fading Thankfully I Woke up in time” 
          “It felt like a living nightmare as I hung suspended inside that 
crystal prison, watching the twisted desire wash over Gannondorf’s face as he 
felt the “Hero of Time’s” presence getting closer with each step he took.” “But 
I knew that Gannondorf had more in store for Link then he knew.” “I could tell 
that within those horrific blood red eyes, he had a plan of twisted evil ready 
for Link when he arrived at the top of his tower of darkness.” “And it was the 
end result of those plans that looked grim.” “But I waited and watched as the 
pieces of the Triforce began to glow when all three felt their presence after 
Link entered room.” 
       “And all I was able to do was watch in horror as Link was forced into a 
torrential battle with Gannondorf when he would not give up his piece of the 
Triforce.” “There were times during that fight where I honestly thought that 
Gannondorf was so close to winning that I started to give up on my hope for a 
different future.” “Though I was wrong, Link did emerge victorious and succeeded 
in defeating the Great King of Evil, but our happy rejoice was soon to be 
interrupted.” “That was when Gannondorf tried to crash that damn cursed castle 
down on top of us.” “Thankfully we got out in time, but we soon came to the 
realization that the battle was not really over.” 
       “I watched in horror as Link went to check out a disturbing noise among 
the ruins and was trapped inside a circle of fire.” “Then the worst of all 
nightmares had reared its ugly head.” “That damned beast Gannon, leaching off 
the Triforce of Power had returned as a gigantic monstrous beast.” “And when 
that fowl monster from hell knocked the Master Sword from Link’s grasp, I 
thought this time for sure, it was going to be over for our only hope for a 
brighter future.” 
“Guardian angel I Sail away on an ocean With you by my side Orange clouds roll 
by They burn into your image And you're still alive (You're always alive)” 
       “But even as a wise sage…again I was wrong.” “Link over came the beast 
because of the courage and wisdom he held within his iron-forged soul.” “He 
stood steadfast, held his all against the towering odds that loomed before him, 
and with that he put the beast to rest once and for all….or so we thought.” 
       “Then we were standing there, surrounded by nothingness as Link and I 
contemplated whether or not we should reverse time and start over again.”  “And 
even though we didn’t,  fate led me down this path for a good reason; it 
wouldn't lead me astray.” 
“…..Or so I thought.” 
       “Now here I am, befuddled and confused.” “I can no longer be sure of 
anything anymore; Ganondorf's wake has made it so that this world is plagued 
with such chaotic twists of fate and sudden change that I can no longer follow 
fate's trail anymore.” “I feel as if I have lost anything and everything that I 
had in my youth.” “That bastard has taken all of that away from me.” “And now 
I’m here reaping the effects of his plight on this land.” “Maybe every one else 
is so sure of their own destiny…but sometimes I question my own.” 
“But I closed my eyes Steadied my feet on the ground Raised my head to the sky 
And though time's rolled by Still feel like a child As I look at the moon Maybe 
I grew up A little too soon” 
       “I can clearly see that for now on, my own road will have to form itself  
on its own for now on.” “But I have so many questions and no answers, which is 
not a surprise, as I look around this land that was once under the Tierney of 
Gannondorf’s control.” “But I still cannot help but feel as if I had been dealt 
the wrong hand, as if I had been put at a disadvantage.” “I will admit that if I 
had the chance to do it all over again…..I would.” “Even if it meant undoing 
what was already done, I would do it in benefit for the people of this land.” “I 
just cannot come to terms with myself to leave the people of Hyrule with a 
confused and angry queen.” 
       “Perhaps I’m just setting my own morals and standards too high, maybe I’m 
so blinded by fates wrong deal in my destiny that I’m really not thinking of 
others.” “Perhaps that’s what it is, but even if that’s so….. even as I rise my 
head up skyward I cannot help but feel that it seems the torrential winds have 
won once again.” 
“Close my Eyes” 
      Well what did ya’ll think? Did I out do myself again? Please give me your 
impute on this story. All reviews are excepted wither they be good or bad please 
tell me what you thought. Thanx, 
-Link’s Queen 


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