It had been nearly six month since the defeat of Ganon, and nearly two since he had last seen her. Yet every night without fail he had the same terrifying dreams, the same agonizing nightmares. Link lay in his house in Ordon, the moon shining through the window onto his sickly pale skin. He had been deprived of sleep, even no he was fighting it, and the only time he ever slept was when Ilia was pestering him with rapid updates on Epona and such.

But now he found himself drifting off into another unmerciful slumber. He found himself standing in Castle Town, in the very heart of a large crowd, right outside of Hyrule Castle. Everyone stood with respect as the trumpeters blew and the gates opened to reveal the single person that drove Link absolutely crazy, the person who could rip him to shreds with a single glance, or melt him with a single smile. The wind teased her dirty blonde hair as the sunlight made her face glow with a radiant light. Even in his sleep he could feel the heat rising to his face as she ran towards him. He opened his arms ready to embrace her, to never let her go, but instead of jumping into his open arms she passed right through him and into the arms of another man, the crowd cheering. He tried to scream, to call out her name, but he couldn't. His voice was gone. The two's faces got closer and closer, their lips about to meet as Link awoke with a start, tears streaming from his electric blue eyes.

The sun was barely peeking over the trees as he leapt from the balcony of his home to feel the earth crunch beneath his boots. Even though he was in Ordon, he still wore his Hero's Clothes. The young Hylian headed of to the Ordon spring, head hung low as he wiped the dry tear drops from his cheek. Every time he dreamt his dream it got more and more realistic, more and more terrifying. He pushed the gate open and fell to his knees in the cool water. His muscles were tense and aching from the amounts of training and lack of sleep, and his heart ached every moment for not being able to be by her side. He splashed the water onto his face and neck, hoping to wake himself up. He stayed there for what seemed like hours, before muttering a few unintelligible slurs and standing, only to nearly fall over when he heard a rather loud yell from behind him.

"MR. LINK? HO, MR. LINK!" the hyper postman screeched as he skidded to an abrupt halt in front of the Hero of Twilight. "Ho, Mr. Link! You have one letter, and a very important letter in fact." He said cheerfully handing Link an envelope embroidered with a golden triforce. "Who's this from? The boy asked curiously. "Why it's from the princess!" the postman smirked.

A few days before this in Hyrule Castle, the Princess Zelda sat in her quarters, quill in hand and staring in frustration at a blank sheet of paper. She found herself drifting off, but jerked her head up almost immediately. There were dark rings under he baby blue eyes from the lack of sleep she had been getting. Nightmares scattered her slumber, a specific one to be exact. One where Link stood in the middle of Midna and Ilia, arms wrapped around both girls, a smile on his face as he leaned towards Ilia to kiss her.

The princess shook the thought away and dipped her quill into the inkwell and started scribbling words onto the sheet of paper. When she finished, she looked her writing over, and slid the page into an envelope and sealed it with the royal crest, and a secret kiss.

"Zelda." Link murmured as his trembling hands opened the letter after the postman had left. He unfolded the paper and began to read her neat handwriting.

Hello Link. How have the past two months been treating you? It must be nice to be back home in Ordon.

Link thought of Ilia chasing him around and Beth trying to get his attention after he defeated Ganon. A frown crossed his face. 'Not really.' He said in his head. He continued reading.

Any who, it has been exceedingly dull around the castle. The elders keep pestering me to hire more knights and get a bodyguard so that the kingdom will be at ease and such. Thank you for staying to help rebuild the castle, you should come see it, its rather lovely now. If you accept my invitation, I look forward to seeing you. Love, Zelda

Link read and reread the letter over and over again, especially the signature. She asked him to come see her. Him. Was he going to accept? You bet all your rupees he was! He raced back to his house and practically flew up the ladder. He dashed back and forth across the small abode making sure he had grabbed his Gale Boomerang, and his spinner, in case they hadn't fixed those stairs yet. He hastily shoved all his provisions in a bag, tying his wallet 'round his belt and stuffing his pockets with small chunks of cheese and bread. He glanced outside to notice it was around noon. "Uh oh." He found himself saying. He hated noontime. Everyday Ilia showed up with a report on Epona and would give him a rather long and dull update on the village. He guessed it made her feel important.

As if on cue there was a rapid knock on the door. "Link?" Ilia's voice called, as she knocked some more. 'I might as well answer.' He thought, 'It's not like I'll be seeing her anytime soon. Link slung his pack over his shoulder and opened the door. "Yes, Ilia?" "Oh, good afternoon Link!" she then began rambling off about Epona's need for exercise. "Well, that's good." Link smiled, "We're leaving for Castle Town now anyway." With that he tried to slide past her while she was still in shock and hurried down the ladder and jumped onto his horse. "For what?" she asked him, recovering quickly from her shock. "To see an old friend." He said, his mind wandering to thoughts of her warm smile. "Y-you'll be back, r-right?" she asked, her voice shaking. "If things go my way, don't think so!"

"Hyaah!" he cried as Epona galloped through Hyrule field. He was nearly there, and was terribly overjoyed. Finally his nightmares would end; finally, he would see the one that made his heart tick. He remembered when he had first met the Princess, when he was a wolf. Even then she had stolen his heart, and even though he cared for Midna, when Zelda gave Midna her life, Link's heart felt as if it had been yanked out of his chest. The master sword didn't help defeat Ganon; it was his joy that Zelda was alive. He began to daydream about when he had spent those long walks throughout the castle with Zelda as he helped rebuild the castle. And he was doing okay until Epona halted, sending her rider overhead and into the gate of Castle Town.

"Ow." He muttered steadying himself to ace the open gate. "Here goes nothing." He strolled through the town and made his way to the Castle path. He was about to enter when he felt the cold steel of a sword's tip against his neck. Link let a million possible moves to be used in a situation like this flow through his mind, but used only one. "Who goes there?" a gruff voice commanded from behind the hero. Link straightened as he turned to face a castle guard, a rather new one at that. "I'm Link, Hero of Twilight. I have been summoned by Princess Zelda." He stated, trying as hard as he could to sound intimidating. Honestly, he hated pulling out the whole 'Hero' thing, but not at times like this.

The guard laughed and lowered his weapon. "Oh forgive me, I mistook you for someone else." And he strode off looking rather embarrassed. Link shrugged and went on through the gates, only to see a small woman string at him from a booth near the doors to the castle. As he neared the entrance he noticed what they were selling. "Hello there sir, buy a sapphire necklace?" the woman asked him. He looked down at the necklace she was indicating and saw Zelda, Zelda's gorgeous eyes. I'll take it he said, handing her two silver rupees. "Have a good evening, sir." "You too." He said and turned to the castle, but turned to see that the woman, booth and all, had vanished.

He shuddered. The only thing between him and Zelda were the castle doors. Link straightened his hat and brushed himself off. Gripping the handle he walked timidly into Hyrule Castle.