Post by Zelda Knite on Jan 12, 2013 1:40:36 GMT -6
Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
Just try your best, try everything you can
And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
Just try your best, try everything you can
And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away
[Zelda comes limping backstage, her chest is rising and falling with every deep breath she takes, standing there ready to greet her and congratulate her on the win is Simon Daye. Zelda sees him and smiles from ear to ear, Simon does the same as he shrugs his shoulders.]
Simon: You were amazing.
Zelda: I couldn’t have done it without you being there for me...
[Zelda’s grin gets even wider as she steps towards Simon and then bites her bottom lip cutely as she happily stares at her boyfriend.]
Simon: No. This was all on you, you accomplished all of this. Me and Crystal... we just gave you the kick in the butt you needed.
Zelda: Well when you put it like that, then I guess I can’t argue.
[Zelda takes another step toward Simon and presses against him and wraps her arms around him and begins to tear up she squeezes him tightly. Simon puts his arms around her in return and pets her back as she rests her head on his shoulder with tears rolling down her cheeks and soaking his shirt. Her knees go weak and she slides down his body and to the floor, Simon in a state of panic falls down to check on her.]
Simon: Zelda?! Are you ok?
Zelda: What did you say?
Simon: Are you ok? You just fell down... come on we need to see the medics.
Zelda: No no... the first part.
Simon:.... “Zelda”
[Through the tears, through the pain, through all the thoughts about how much time she wasted being a somebody other than herself, she smiles as the tears continue. So many emotions are flowing through her petite body, but she can’t help but feel happy. Simon just seems more concerned as she’s also grown quiet at this point and has no idea what’s going on.]
Simon: What? What’s wrong?
Zelda: You called me Zelda... it was... amazing.
Simon: *laughs* Well I’m glad calling you by your name makes you so happy.
Zelda: *giggles* You know what I mean, I’ve been wanting to hear that for so long... and finally...
[Zelda puts her hands on his worry filled face and pulls herself towards his lips where they two share a passionate embrace. Zelda pulls away the tears are still slowly coming but she wipes them away and smiles at him, nodding her head as she does so.]
Zelda: Thank you. Thank you so much for everything. I don’t know what I would have done without you there. I owe you so much.
Simon: You don’t owe me anything. You were worth it.... Zelda.
[She smiles again before Simon takes her by the arm and helps her to her feet to try and get her to the staff doctor or EMT or somebody. He supports her weight with his arm wrapped around her shoulder as she lays her head on his chest, she’s finally able to be perfectly happy... and this was just the beginning. Fade to black.]
I am.... Zelda Knite.
It was the final words I said to myself before I stepped out to that ring for the match, it was the only words I used to psych myself up for this match, to get myself ready to face the toughest challenge of my career. They are now words that I will never forget, a battle cry that I will hold onto for the rest of my life, to make sure I never forget who I am. To never forget what I've had to endure, what I had to go through to get to this point. I was dragged through the pits of hell like Kratos himself and stepped out of hades stronger than ever... with a renewed passion to continue on, with a new will to fight... a new desire burning inside of me.
I almost lost it, I almost let it fly away into the distance and became somebody else... I guess it's almost appropriate that I had to fight for my name and my existance after I turned my back on everything i was with my engagement to Rob and attempt to take over NCW. I guess it's almost fitting that I would have to crawl out of the darkness to rediscover myself, to remember just what was great about being Zelda. I'm the cute, hyper active, crazy, air headed... Gamer Girl. I'm not that person... I'm not Homeless Herald, I'm not a corporate CEO and I'm sure as hell not some mindless puppet that didn't care about life...
and I wish I would have realized that sooner.
But here I am now. Love me, or hate me... it doesn't matter because for the rest of my days, for as long as I live I'm not going to lose my way again, I'm not going to forget who the Gaming Princess of NCW is, I'm not going to forget who took this company by storm and became one of the greatest legends of the company for three years. It wasn't the woman who climbed that ladder and took Charlie Velez's company from him, it wasn't the woman who wanted to retire to a white picket fenced house with a kid and husband, it wasn't the masked maniac who wanted nothing but to another person hurt. It was the little girl, who stole everybody's hearts with her never give up attitude and pure sincerity over who she was on the inside.
I don’t know if you’re trying to be cute by still calling me Sydney or if you’re like Trish Newborn and just thinks it makes you look intelligent to call me by my first name because you noticed it on my facebook page, or... if you just genuinely didn’t know that I won my name back... but frankly I don’t care. Look, I’m not “Sydney” I’m not Homeless Herald, I’m The Gamer Girl, I’m the Pixelated Princess, I’m Zelda Knite... and you’re just some goomba that has never beaten Kelly in a match. Speaking of which... it was so cool how I made her scream “I Quit” in that match. You’re just the wife of the Ace who has never beaten Adam in a match... speaking of which it was so much fun being trained by him for two years straight of my life, having him teach me everything he knows... especially the parts on how to beat members of the Conway family. Those were cool.
You see, I can’t wait to have this match, it’s a huge moment for me, it means everything to me, and not because I’m facing Kathy Conway. It’s because it’s the match where I can finally be Zelda again, it’s the match that represents everything I was fighting for. I fought for months, I struggled for what seemed like forever to try and have my name back, to be able to call myself “Zelda” again... and what for? Did anybody think I was going to get my name back and just walk away into the sunset with her initials in first place on the high score list?
See, as great as that sounds... no.
No I don’t want my name at the top of the leader boards, I don’t want to be known as just #1.... I want... every spot on that list. I want to be first, second, third. I want to be “the game.” When people say NCW, when somebody mentions a “Starlet” i want it to be me that is seen in their heads. I’m only 22, I’m only going to get better from here as I work on my wrestling even more, as I learn as I go. This match is the starting point of not the “new” Zelda, but the same Zelda who just happened to grow in the ways of the world, the Zelda that realized that this is something to cherish, this is something to care about more than any other in the world.
I love video games, I love my Playstation and my Xbox, I even had a fun time with my Virtual Boy back in the day, but what this fight with Kelly has taught me is that I may love being a gamer but at heart...
I’m a professional wrestler...
This is my life.
The frantic gaming aspect of that life is just that... an aspect. A piece of the puzzle, just a part of me, a huge part but in the end, this is what I want to do.
When I was at home with Adam’s dad, being put through the worst hell I could ever imagine... when he would come home at midnight drunk off his butt and wanting to get a little too touchy with his fist and other parts of his body... I would lay there afterwards and dream of being a character from one of my games that would just snap his neck, stomp him into the ground, or throw fireballs into his face. I dreamed of being somebody who could actually do something about the torture he put me through. I was the princess who didn’t want to be saved, but do something about it... and my brother was that means to do just that... Maybe I couldn’t take back everything that was taken from me, maybe I couldn’t get direct revenge, but I could rise above that and be more than he ever imagined I could, show him that I wasn’t a worthless piece of trash that he could crumple up and throw away whenever he pleased....
Then because of one moronic moment... I gave up those dreams. I thought they weren’t enough for me and risked my entire life on a gamble.
But I got my second chance... I got my Konami Code... and I refuse to waste it.
This name means more to me now than you could ever imagine. I had to work so hard to get here, after I had given up on myself, after having given up on everything. I made a huge mistake and paid for it, but the biggest mistake, the one thing I regret more than any other was.... losing my faith in who I was. That’s why this name means so much to me, it’s more than a moniker, it’s more than a personality... it’s “me.” If i’m not me, then who I am? It’s a question I asked for so long it seems, and one I’m glad I don’t have to answer now... because I am Zelda Knite...
and this is MY LEGEND.
Hey, don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
Just do your best, do everything you can
And don't you worry what the bitter hearts are gonna say
It just takes some time
Little girl you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright, alright
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
Just do your best, do everything you can
And don't you worry what the bitter hearts are gonna say
It just takes some time
Little girl you're in the middle of the ride
Everything, everything will be just fine
Everything, everything will be alright, alright