The Gerudo Prince

The Gerudo Prince
Chapter X


Link was alone for barely ten minutes until he heard the door open, and looking up from the pillows where he had been sobbing, he watched Princess Zelda slam the door closed and charge her way inside, looking infuriated. Although the light in the room came only from the fire, he could see that her usually pale face was red with anger.

“What is the matter with you?” she insisted, with her fists at her sides. “You made me look a complete fool in front of that fish!”

Link’s hands curled into fists. He knew that if this conversation carried on much longer, he would begin screaming at her and wouldn’t be able to stop. He turned his eyes away from her, not wanting to make war. “I have nothing to say to you. Go away.”

“No one tells me what to do in my father’s castle! Answer me right now, why are you behaving so badly?”

Link knew that there would be no getting away from her now, she was too angry and too focused on making a big deal out of what happened at the dinner table. He sighed and sat up, looking to Zelda who glared down at him. “You disrespected me and my people in front of a guest-“

Zelda threw up her hands and made an angry sound in her throat. “I am so tired of hearing this! Do you honestly believe you’re a Gerudo prince? That you come from the womb of a Gerudo woman? Look at you! You’re the exact opposite of a Gerudo, yet you insist that you were their Prince to visitors and foreigners who probably think you’re mad for making such outrageous claims! You’re an embarrassment to me most of all, how will people react when they realize I am married to a Hyrulian posing as a Gerudo?!”

Link blocked his ears with his palms, hoping to block out the sound of her voice. If he heard any more of this, he would start screaming at her, he knew it!

“They’ll think you’re insane! It will be announced that I will marry a Gerudo and yet they will see you and they will realize the truth-“

Link stood up hurriedly with the sole purpose to shut her up, by hitting her or shoving her or any means necessarily, but he couldn’t listen to another word of this! Zelda didn’t cower, she did nothing, only stared at him quizzically. But it was obvious she could see the fierce anger in Link’s eyes.

Link was heaving when he spoke. “I was always taught to respect women, and never to hurt them. But never in my life have I wanted to hit a woman as I’ve wanted to hit you right now!”

Her eyes went wide and she opened her mouth as if to challenge him on the manner, but he refused to be in her presence any longer and instead charged past her towards the door. If he stayed, he knew he would end up striking her, and he wasn’t about to let that happen, cruel as she was.

~*~

It was evening, and although the darkness was heavy in the windows, the hallways were brightly lit with tall golden lamps, so even in the dead of night one could make his way comfortably about the castle. Link was wandering, dragging his feet tiredly and wanting to go back to his room to fall asleep. But he knew that if Zelda was in his room, waiting for him to return, he would not have peace at all that night. There was a good chance that Zelda returned to her own bedchambers, but he wasn’t about to take that chance.

He concluded that the only thing he could do was run away. Life in this castle would not be bearable, and being married to Zelda would be a slow death sentence. He figured that if he were able to steal a horse from the royal stables, he could make his way out of Castle town in the evening and be at the Hyrule field by morning. Perhaps, if he was lucky, he could go to the Lon Lon Ranch and seek refuge, stay with Malon and relax while the castle would frenzy about his disappearance.

As Link walked along the hallways, he began to think of what it would be like to spend the rest of his days in the Lon Lon Ranch. He had never met Malon’s father, who owned the ranch, although she spoke very fondly of him. Link imagined that he would ride there and arrive early in the morning, and claim that he was a very weary traveler and eventually gain the trust of Malon’s father. At the same time he could secretly court Malon and be very happy, the way they used to be. Then they would get married, and have a big wedding on the ranch, and have their honeymoon at Lake Hylia, and perhaps visit the Zoras while they were there. They would live at the ranch for the rest of their days, tending to the animals, training the horses, keeping house at the ranch and perhaps having one or two little kids.

No one would know what happened to the Gerudo Prince, not Zelda, not the King, not even Nabooru. He would completely disappear and just become Link the rancher, inside of Link the Gerudo Prince which had seemed to cause him so much trouble.

As Link was busy daydreaming, he had failed to realize that wandering down the halls in the opposite direction and coming towards him, was Ashratu the Zora. The Zora came towards him happily and greeted him.

“Good evening, Gerudo Prince.”

Link nearly jumped out of his skin and screamed when the Zora greeted him, but then Link laughed to show there was no harm done.

“Did you have trouble sleeping?” Ashratu asked with a kind smile.

Link nodded. “Yes, you might say that. And you?”

The Zora’s smile melted and he shrugged. “I’m afraid Zoras only sleep well in deep pools. I suppose...the King was unaware of this. But for now I am fine.”

Link nodded, and observed the Zora now that they were closer. The creature truly was beautiful, it had such pristine humanoid features, such lovely long limbs, and cool scales that Link just wanted to graze his fingers over. A creature of such simplicity and yet such magnificence.

Then Link suddenly got an idea. “I know of a pool you could use. Come on, I’ll show you.”

Link had suddenly remembered a room he had been shone during his tour of the castle. It was deserted most of the time, he remembered clearly, so surely it would be appropriate for their Zora guest to use the room, if he needed a pool in which to sleep.

So they headed off down the hallways deeper and deeper into the castle.

~*~

The two large doors sat the end of a long hallway and bore the Royal Family Hyrulian symbols. Link remembered this was the place, and with the Zora’s help they pushed open the doors and let themselves inside.

It was a very large room and was very dark, but once you walked further inside you realized that there was a massive sunken pool in the center of the room, filled with such lovely blue water and surrounded by decorative columns. At the base of the pool was another symbol of the royal family, where one was supposed to stand before the pool. Link didn’t really remember what it was used for, but he was glad he had remembered it. Surely it would have been perfect for Ashratu.

And the Zora did indeed sound impressed. “Why...this is perfect!”

They approached the pool slowly, which began to glow softly with pink light. The waters were calm and cool and smelled sweet, and the Zora hesitantly put a foot into the water as if to try it, and smiled very widely.

Link approached the pool without stepping into the water. “It’s a fairy fountain. I don’t know why it’s called that, no one ever comes here.”

The Zora stepped both feet into the water and smiled grandly. “The water is perfect! This spot is just lovely! Oh, I wonder why the King didn’t think of housing me here during my stay.”

Link opened his mouth to pipe in that the fairy fountain was considered a sort of holy place, despite the fact that no one ever came to visit it. But this fact was lost on him when Ashratu looked over his scaly shoulder at Link and held out his hand. “Come, join me for a swim.”

Link looked and didn’t think that the pool could really be deep enough for a swim, which he was thankful for because he had never learned how to swim. He was especially embarrassed about admitting this to a creature who spent all his life under water.

“I’m afraid I cannot swim.” Link said quietly.

The Zora seemed indifferent to Link’s explanation. “Come, I’ll help you.”

Link opened his mouth to protest but he realized the dazzling light in Ashratu’s green eyes, and suddenly he was more than willing to give swimming a chance, provided the Zora would be around to help him if he got into trouble. With a small smile, Link removed his tunic and his leggings and then his shoes, and dressed in only his undergarment loincloth, he hesitantly stepped into the pool to join Ashratu, who was waiting.

Link had only ever taken baths, for there were no real bodies of water in the fortress. As the water swallowed him whole, Link let out a shuddered breath and realized how much he liked it, the feel of the cool water lapping at every inch of his skin. He went in a little deeper, until he could no longer feel the bottom of the pool with his feet, and just when he was about to panic for fear he would sink, he realized that he was floating.

Ashratu grinned and the Zora watched Link swim. “There, you see? You can swim after all.”

Link grinned back. He moved his arms a little and found that with the tilt of the body, and the sweeping of his arms through the water, he could swim from one side of the pool to the other. At one point Ashratu showed Link how to lay on his back and just let the water take him wherever it wanted. At one point Ashratu dove into the pool and disappeared for moments, making Link panic, until he rose up with a splash and Link screamed and then began to laugh.

After an hour or so of swimming, they swam towards the ledge and sat on one of the submerged steps. Link’s loincloth was completely soaked and his hair was dripping but he felt so good and refreshed. He wondered if there was a body of water somewhere in the castle that he could swim in everyday, maybe one of the fountains outside, because if there was, he would definitely use it.

Ashratu sat down next to him, and the water on his scales glistened beautifully and the Zora glowed like the moon in the soft pink light that enveloped the room. Link laid back and rested his head against the ledge, letting the water lap at his skin, and falling into complete relaxation.

Ashratu smiled down at him. “Link, do you like swimming?”

“Yes...yes I do.” Link said with a grin.

“You should come to Hylia Lake sometime. The water is so fresh and so clear, you can see all the way to the bottom without diving.” Ashratu sat back, as though reminiscing about his home. “And then there’s the Zora Domain. You should visit us there sometime.”

Link looked up at him, suddenly interested in mention of the lake and now the Zora Domain. “Tell me about it, your home.”

Ashratu shrugged. “It’s nothing much, really. There’s a fantastic waterfall, perfect for diving, and even for swimming up, if you want the exercise. There’s the Royal Chamber, where our Prince lives. And beneath the Royal Chamber is a beautiful little pool, completely secluded, that leads off to the river.”

Link tried to picture it, the waterfall and the pools and other Zoras swimming all around him, looking graceful and beautiful as the light hit their scales through the water. He imagined the pools to be surrounded with green and trees, secluded and undisturbed.

“I would like to visit someday...” Link said, almost to himself, but he promised himself that one day he would make it out to see it.

Link looked up at Ashratu and noticed that the Zora was examining him quite thoroughly, looking at his chest and well-chiseled abs, perfected from the years of training with the Gerudo women. Down along his sharp hipbones, Ashratu’s eyes wandered until they rested at Link’s groin. Link noticed he was still covered by the loincloth, but not by much.

Link sat up, and Ashratu quickly looking away, as though his attention was diverted to something else in the room. “You’ve...never seen a human naked before, have you?”

Ashratu looked at him and gave a little smile. “I’ve never seen a human as beautiful. I mean, I’ve always known the Zora body to be strong and elegant and beautiful...but yours...” again Ashratu’s eyes wandered up and down. “...May I touch your skin?”

Link swallowed through a lump in his throat, and tried not to let the Zora’s request go shooting to his crotch. Nervously Link nodded. “Okay.”

Ashratu laid a cool, scaled hand on Link’s chest, fingertips sweeping just softly over Link’s rock hard body. Link swallowed again, for he could feel his blood beginning to travel. Ashratu’s touch was so cool and soft and his body was so close. When Ashratu touched one of Link’s nipples, the boy let out a little hiss. It was then that Ashratu seemed to understand that he was arousing the human.

The Zora let his hand go down a little further, touching the curves of Link’s hips but careful not to go any further. Then, Ashratu leaned down and swept his nose up along Link’s stomach, and Link nearly moaned aloud at the sight. He knew that he was almost semi-erect.

Ashratu seemed to know, for he pulled back his hand but stared intently down at Link. Link stared up at him, at a loss of what the say, when suddenly Ashratu leaned down and placed his lips against Link’s.

Ashratu’s kiss was timid and sweet, and his taste was salty but not unpleasant. At first Link was hesitant to return it but once he felt how smoothly Ashratu was kissing him, he kissed back. It was such a thrill to feel the creature’s cool scales against his own warming skin. The kissing continued for moments until Ashratu began to lean into Link, and the kiss was broken.

“Wait...” Link breathed as Ashratu climbed over him. Link could feel the Zora’s cool scaled limbs against his legs, and while the touch was inviting, Link couldn’t help but feel nervousness swell up inside his stomach. He tried to push the Zora away. “Ashratu, we musn’t-“

”I’ve never had a human before.” Ashratu said in a desperate, hushed tone, leaning down to sweep his purple tongue up along Link’s chest. His big green eyes bore into the Gerudo prince in a pleading way. “Please, may I touch you?”

Link began to breathe a little heavier, and although he knew that they shouldn’t be doing this, Link couldn’t help but feel aroused at the touch of the Zora’s body, and the way Ashratu so sweetly asked permission to go forward. With no words of complaint, Link nodded.

Ashratu smiled genuinely, and looked down at Link’s cold wet loincloth, and gently the Zora removed it. Link shivered when the cold air hit his erection, and then he shuddered even harder when Ashratu gently touched him, wrapping his hand around Link and holding him just lightly. Link’s eyes screwed shut and he tensed at the pleasure, and Ashratu looked up at Link as if to make sure it felt all right.

“Link...” Ashratu whispered heavily. “Your penis is engorged...does this mean you’re ready for human intercourse?”

Link couldn’t help but laugh. It was the most innocent of questions and yet it seemed so funny for the moment. Link opened his eyes and looked at Ashratu. “Yes, in a manner of speaking.”

Ashratu blinked at him for a moment, and looked down at Link’s erection. “How does it work...with two males?”

Link paused, and wondering for the first time if the Zora had a penis. It hadn’t occurred to him to look for genitalia. He hoisted himself up on his elbows. “How do...Zoras mate?”

Ashratu looked down at Link’s erection, standing up hot and hard for all to see. “Zora males have penises in which to fertilize the eggs that the females lay.”

“Do they become...” Link swallowed nervously. “Engorged? Like me?”

Ashratu nodded. “Yes.”

Link’s breathing became heavy. For some reason, the conversation was arousing him even more, the figuring out of how they were going to have sex, this Zora and this human. Link laid back down and took Ashratu’s right hand and carefully showed the Zora, with his fingers, where Link’s asshole was. Ashratu seemed taken aback at first, and looked to Link for an explanation.

The Gerudo Prince couldn’t help but smile in excitement. “Put it here. Push it inside.”

The look on Ashratu’s face at that moment made Link afraid that the Zora was offended, perhaps even repulsed, by the proposed sexual conduct. But after a moment the Zora’s expression became quizzical, and then concentrated. Link pulled his hand away from Ashratu and allowed himself to lay back and relax, let the Zora take his time, while his erection burned in the cool air.

Ashratu was determined to give it a shot, because after a moment of hard thinking, the Zora moved up over Link’s body. Link parted his knees so that the Zora might lay comfortably between them. Ashratu held himself over Link, their mouths so close to each other, breathing heavily on each other. After a moment Link felt what was undeniably a hard, foreign appendage brush against his leg. Link closed his eyes as Ashratu carefully directed this long, hard and scaly cool appendage to Link’s hole, and ever so slowly the Zora pushed inside.

Link nearly screamed because the Zora slipped into him all at once with nearly no effort and filled him right to the brim. Ashratu’s penis, like the rest of his body, was scaly and cool and the feel of him inside made stars appear in front of Link’s eyes. The boy writhed beneath the Zora, barely able to stand it, while Ashratu kept himself still, hovering over Link’s body with his eyes tightly shut.

“Link...” Ashratu whispered after awhile. “I can’t move...I can’t bear to move...it feels so wonderful...”

Link closed his eyes and lifted his arms up around Ashratu’s neck, startling the Zora. Ashratu looked down at him with green big eyes, questioning him.

“Pull out and push in,” Link whispered, his eyes half-lidded. “It will feel better than anything you’ve ever experienced.”

Ashratu swallowed uncomfortably and did as he was told. Moving back on his feet a little, Link could feel Ashratu leaving his body for a moment, and Ashratu pushed back inside as the cold air hit him. Link rocked back and let out a scream of ecstacy. Not only did Ashratu feel cool and slimy inside of him, but he was so long that he brushed Link’s prostate with nearly any move.

“That’s it...” Link whispered. “Do it again and again...just keep going...”

Ashratu complied, pulling out until he almost left Link’s body and then pushing in, as if for a desperate need for Link’s warmth. Ashratu lowered his head to Link’s collarbone and let out low, deep sounds that sounded like the most wanton moans. Link’s legs closed against the Zora’s body and his arms tightened around Ashratu. Together they formed a steady rocking rhythm of hard, glorious thrusts.

During the copulation, Link grinned to himself as he realized that somewhere in the castle, his future wife was in a foul mood, waiting for him to return to the room so she might scream at him. He wondered how she would feel if he revealed what was happening right now. He wondered how she’d react if she opened the doors and found her future husband being soundly fucked by a Zora.

The Zora spoke quietly between thrusts. “I’ve...never...had a...human before.” He sucked in breathes greedily. “You’re...so...warm.”

Link laid back and just basked in the pleasure of it all. The water lapped at his shoulders and he rested his head back against the ledge and just surrendered himself. It was wonderful, the way Ashratu slipped in and out with barely any effort, the cool touch of his scales and the salty taste of his purple tongue. It was bliss.

He didn’t last long at all, since the Zora hit his prostate with nearly every thrust. He moaned louder and louder as it built up in the pit of his stomach and electrocuted him with another strong thrust from Ashratu. Link threw back his head against the stone and let out a scream and complete pleasure as his orgasm rippled through his limbs and made him shake. Ashratu appeared to be worried for a moment, as his actions slowed, but when Link slumped down against the cool stone, heavily sated and smiling just a little, the Zora continued.

Ashratu pillaged Link’s body for another five minutes and then the Zora climaxed hard, pressing his head against Link’s chest and gripping him hard. Link could feel the gush of Zora fluid inside him and wondered what colour it was...

Ashratu fell down on top of Link, exhausted and breathing heavily. Link did nothing but like there with a stupid grin on his face.

After awhile, Ashratu eased himself up to look into Link’s face. “If all humans are like that...”

Link grinned up at Ashratu. “Wait until you’ve had a woman.”

Carefully Ashratu eased himself out of Link’s body and stood up on wobbly Zora legs. Link watched in amazement as the Zora’s softening penis retracted mysteriously into the Zora’s body. So that was why they looked so asexual...

“Is it true?” Ashratu asked suddenly. “Everything the princess said?”

Link’s mood darkened, and he was suddenly annoyed that Ashratu would bring her up after the wonderful thing they had just experienced together. Link moved to sit up, his backside killing him. “She doesn’t know anything and does a fine job voicing her opinion.”

Ashratu looked confused but said nothing as Link waded further into the water to clean himself. If Zelda was waiting for him in his room, and he came in smelling like Zora sex, he would never hear the end of it and then he would have to kill her, his own wife to be, and suffer the consequences. When he was King, he wondered, would he have the ability to have Zelda imprisoned for the rest of her life?

Link washed everything, including his hair, before stepping out of the water and dressing into his damp clothes. Ashratu watched him silently, admiring his long creamy limbs, beautiful blond hair and perfectly masculine features.

“Must you go?” Ashratu asked in a quiet voice.

Link looked at Ashratu with a confused glance. “She may not know anything but she’ll notice if I don’t return for the night. And then there’ll be trouble.”

Ashratu looked hurt, and Link wondered if after copulation Zoras stayed together for quite awhile. Maybe they were a species that mated for life?

“Are you really going to marry her?” Ashratu asked timidly.

Link was finished dressing, and he stopped to think about it. As much as he wanted to say to the Zora, “Yes, I have to”, he couldn’t help but think back to his fantasy of escaping the castle and running away to Lon Lon Ranch, where he and Malon would be together forever and live their secret life.

“Yes, I suppose I am.” Link said, and approached Ashratu with a kind smile. “Do you have a wife, Ashratu?”

The Zora shook his head. “No, but next season I will mate with a female.”

Link smiled and placed a hand on the Zora’s shoulder. “Thank you for the swim lesson.” and he winked at Ashratu, for they both knew what he was really thanking the Zora for.

Link moved to turn away but Ashratu caught his hand and Link turned around to look deep into the Zora’s eyes. “Gerudo Prince, may I ask for a last kiss?”

Surprised, but completely unable to resist the Zora’s beauty, Link fell into Ashratu’s arms and kissed the Zora deeply while Ashratu pulled Link closer and kissed him back just as hard. After a moment Link could feel Ashratu’s thick, purple tongue slip into his mouth and touch Link’s tongue, and Link happily returned the gesture.

Quickly becoming aroused for a second time, Link knew it was late and he had to get back. So he reluctantly broke the kiss, much to the disappointment of the Zora, and whispered. “Good night.” before leaving the room and giving Ashratu his privacy.

~*~

By the time he reached the bedroom, Link was exhausted. The fire was dying down to embers in the fireplace, and Zelda was nowhere to be seen. He gratefully groaned deeply and fell into bed, stripping himself and laying between the cool bedcovers. As he was drifting to sleep, he thought back to Ashratu, about what they had just done, and he slept that night with a smile on his face for the first time since he’d left the fortress.

At least someone still believed he was a Gerudo Prince.

~*~

Next chapter: ...I actually don’t know yet. I guess we’ll see.