She screamed. Every night was like this one. Her dreams consisted of a land with a castle, and a battle. It was nothing but a two second dream, but she tried. She tried to see more. To prolong the dream. She didn't like living on the surface anymore. She had chills and she felt alone. The night sky blanketed over her, and arms had suddenly wrapped around her from behind. "What's wrong?" a familiar voice called. It was her best friend Link, lying next to her, as she asked for him to do again. They started to sleep next to each other when they got on the surface, and Zelda began to have this dream. They were very close friends since they were little and were said to be the best of best friends in Skyloft. They always played together, laughing and singing. They grew up with each other. But ever since Zelda had found out who she was, things between them had changed. She always thought of it as a danger to her friend, but all he knew is that he wanted to keep the friendship. No matter what he had to do for it. She rubbed her eyes, feeling sick and stood up in the bed, looking around. As she gripped her stomach and closed her eyes tightly, he came up and went beside her. "Zelda?" He yawned and stretched his arms. As always, he was tired. "What's wrong?" he repeated his question.
"N-nothing, I'm just…I'm tired." Zelda opened her eyes and looked over into the young heroes piercing blue eyes.
"No, no something's wrong."
"It's okay…Don`t worry, go back to sleep. I'll be fine."
"No…Please, tell me. Is it the dream again? " He always knew her thoughts, her dreams. She nodded and looked away. "Zelda, it's a dream. The fight is all over. There is no more battle, and nothing to worry about. We`ve been on the surface for three weeks now, and we haven`t run into any monsters. You`re just worrying too much. Come on, let`s go for a walk. " He stretched his arm out. She resisted for a second, but placed her hand in his and stood up.
"Thank you. You always know what to do."
He chuckled, "I did pass the trial for wisdom." He just wanted to make her smile and laugh, and Zelda loved it.
"Yeah…because I made you."
"No…not this again…"
"Heh, I'm sorry. I just…it's just bothering me that I did that to you. It was my entire fault." They strolled along the pathway towards Faron woods.
"Don't worry. I didn't mind saving you, you're my best friend. I would do it a thousand times if I had too." She smiled lightly at him, with a look of slight disappointment.
"I guess…but you can't tell me that it's not my fault." She hated herself for being someone who would force Link to do something so dangerous.
"It's not. But that's beside the point, Zelda, you'll be fine. Nothing's going to touch you anymore. It'll all be okay, I promise." Link always kept his promises and that was enough to reassure her.
"You're really great, you know that. Thank you, for everything."
"Nothing on you."
"Don't say that, you know I wouldn't be here if it weren't for you." She argued, and Link knew he could never win against her in arguments. He just smiled looking forward. The two were still holding hands, as they walked back around to their campsite. They stayed by the Sealed Temple, beside a small house with all the necessities. The house they stayed next to wasn't finished yet, but they worked on it together every day.
"Are you feeling better?" He asked her, turning to face her.
"I'm fine." She nodded. "Thank you."
"No problem."
"How are you feeling?" She asked.
"I'm fine, just worried about you."
"Don't. I'm just paranoid, you know that. I always get this feeling that something's wrong. And I think, what if the Master Sword's seal didn't work? What if the fight isn't over? It felt so…so fast, as if it's too good to be true."
"I know what you mean. But I can't think of any way they could escape. It's impossible."
"I guess…"
"Don't worry, I'm here."
"That's the only thing that makes me feel better." He wrapped his arms around her back, high, around her shoulders. She lifted her arm up his back, also. They didn't move for a minute or so, until they both felt the need to go home. They stayed quiet for the whole walk back, and quickly arrived. "Good night."
"Good night." He went back to the bed and laid down, covering himself with a warm blanket that the two shared. As she went to lie next to him, he hugged her comfortingly. They both fell asleep immediately, without any interruptions.
The next morning, Zelda woke up early as usual and collected breakfast. She took berries and apples from the trees around them and made it into a nice basket. She let Link sleep for a bit longer this time, since he got up in the middle of the night to comfort her. She headed out over to the pond near Lake Floria, her regular spot to get ready in the morning. It was always so pretty and peaceful. She went into the water, beginning to bathe with the bar of soap that she brought. It was the best place to take a bath, and to take a deep breath. It always awakened her. She could stay here for as long as she wanted since Link was sleeping, but she felt the need to go back in a hurry this time. Something had been bothering her recently but she didn't know what it was. She dried herself off with a towel and put on her white dress. She loved that dress, and didn't want to change out of it. In a rush, she straightened her golden long locks with a brush, and ran back to Link. She felt uncertain to stay too long alone nowadays. Almost out of breath, she reached the camp. "Link? Hey Sleepyhead?!" She shook his arm, forcing him to wake up.
"Uhggh, what is it?" He groaned.
"I made breakfast…wake up!" She smiled at him.
He turned around to face her. "What'd you make?"
She giggled, and hit him softly with a pillow, "I got fruit's from the woods. Now get up!" He pulled her on the bed and she screamed quietly. "…Link…" He smiled, with his eyes still closed, as he prisoned her in his arms.
"I'm tirreedd…" He complained.
"I know you are. But we have work to do, building the house remember?" She said calmly.
He let go after a few seconds and got up. "Fine. You win." He groggily rubbed his eyes, and walked to the food. She laughed to herself at his cute messed up hair, and his tired walk. He was wearing white sweat pants, and a brown with a green design Skyloft t-shirt.
"Let's eat!" She ordered, and the two shared a sweet bowl of refreshing berries and apples. It wasn't long before Link had laid on the bed again and Zelda was cleaning up. He offered to do it for her, but she insisted she did it. Link was tucked into his blanket, facing the other direction. "Come on, sleepyhead! Get dressed and then go get started on the house!" He groaned again and lazily slid out of bed. She giggled and walked to the Faron Woods again to take the leftovers out to the Kikwis, as usual.
She knew the Kikwis would love these fruits, and maybe they could play hide and seek later. It was fun having little creatures to play with once in a while. Kind of like kids, cute little playful kids. The Kikwis usually stayed in the Great Deku Tree, where they could see the whole forest. It took a while for Zelda to climb it, expecting to see her little friends there. When she finally reached the top, she didn't see anybody. In fact, it was strangely quiet.
"Kikwis? Machi, Oloo?" She called, hoping for a response.
"Kwee!" Behind the corner, she heard the familiar scream and panicked.
"What happened?! Are you oka-?" Interrupted, she came across a terrible man, familiar to her. Ghirahim.
