Author's notes: Hello everybody! This is my first fanfiction and it might show. I've been looking for a Link and Cremia fic, but some weren't finished. So I decided to make my own! I use commas a lot and there shouldn't be grammar problems, but some sentences might just feel like a jumble of words. I will get better!
Enjoy I guess!
DAWN OF THE FIRST DAY:
"Alright Link, where to?" Tatl, the quite talkative fairy questioned.
Link made a short answer of "Bomb Shop." Which was very common of the quiet young hero.
"Oh c'mon Link! We've already been to the ranch 2 times! We have to start worrying about the mission." Tatl Whined.
"I know this," Link began "but how could I leave them the way I did last time, I barely made it through the aliens, and I didn't even save Cremia!"
"I told you to slow down time, Link!" Tatl said.
"Sure you did." Link said, rather sarcastically, "Just relax Tatl, we've already beaten all the temples and obtained every mask, all I have to do is wait until the third night right?" Link explained.
Tatl knew he was right. Link seemed to handle this world as if it was just another childhood adventure, which it certainly was, but a bit more dangerous than imaginative swords and dragons. She eventually gave in and did as she was told. "Well I suppose."
"Thank you. Besides, I have a plan this time Tatl, for this cycle shall never end!" Link said, playfully and triumphantly.
Then Link and Tatl followed to what seemed to be a routine of buying a powder keg, and heading for Milk Road. They were eventually stopped by the southern Clock Town guard as usual... "Halt! It is dangerous outside the town walls, so I cannot allow a child like you to…"
"Wait! I have this!" Link shouted
"A sword? My apologies, sir. It was wrong of me to treat you like a child. The southern swamp at Woodfall lies in this direction. Be careful."
After Link and Tatl had everything they needed, they set off to Milk Road. For they hoped would be the last time.
Romani's Ranch -
As the sun rose below the terrifying rock in the sky, it lit up the large beautiful fields of Romani Ranch. Cremia, the older of the two ranch girls, woke up from what seemed to be just 10 minutes of sleep. "Ugh, ranch life." She said, annoyed. Though the fact that Cremia hated waking up very early in the morning every day, she did enjoy the silence of peace outside on the ranch.
Cremia looked over to see Romani -the younger of the two- sound asleep. Looking very peaceful and dreaming of who knows what. But, as Cremia said before, it is the ranch life and Romani must awake for work.
"Romani, time to get up sweetie." Cremia whispered.
"Mmm… give Romani a minute…" She mumbled.
Usually, Cremia would have been irritated by this answer and insisted her sister to get up, but she too was very tired this morning and decided to let it slide. So she cleaned herself up, walked downstairs, and headed outside like every morning.
"Wow, the sky is so beautiful this morning." As Cremia said that, she didn't even take a look at the crazed moon towering Clock Town. Ever since it was there, she and Romani have tried their best to block out the image by simply not even looking at it. But every now and then, curiosity gets the best of them.
Cremia walked over to the barn to let the cows roam onto the fields, and headed back inside to wake her stubborn sister once again. As she stepped inside, she was shocked to see a set table with two plates of eggs and potatoes and of course, two fresh glasses of milk.
"Surprise sis! Romani decided to make breakfast so we can begin work earlier!" Romani shouted
"Romani! That's wonderful! You didn't have to though!" Cremia said cheerfully.
"Romani did! I must practice for them as much as possible!"
"Ah, of course!" Cremia said, giggling.
Cremia of course never believed Romani when she mentioned them, but she played along knowing the world they lived in. While they were both just about finished with breakfast Cremia said "Just be back at the barn at around 3 o'clock, Romani, we have to start milking the cows for whenever milk road clears. Ok?"
"Yes sis." Romani said while sprinting towards the door.
For about 3 hours Romani shot at the balloons, and Cremia tended to most of the cows. Until she heard a rather loud "BOOM!" while standing with the cow near the entrance. She did not think that much of it, saying that they lived right next to the Gorman brothers. Hearing noises from their ranch was almost the same as hearing birds chirping!
Then there was Link, whizzing right past Cremia without her even noticing.
Ah, there she is... Cremia, what a beautiful name. I hope this all works out, she's the one I just know it! Cremia reminded Link a lot of Malon, how could she not! But there was just something different, something more… he just didn't know what it was.
"Link are you alright? You just keep… staring." Tatl said, concerned.
"Oh it's nothing, just..uh… thought of a good song I learned way back… yeah… Doo! Dee! Doo! Doo! You know?" That was Link's awkward way of shaking things off that he didn't want to talk about, he thought if he did something stupid, the person (or fairy) would forget about what he did before. All Tatl could do was watch as Link made a fool of himself.
As Cremia was watching her cow, she drifted into deep thoughts. Ever since her father died, she couldn't help but just think.
How are we ever going to deliver the milk with that boulder in the way, we could be trapped here forever! Hmm… I wonder how the Carnival of Time is going to do, we did hear rumors that it would be cancelled but I doubt that. And what about Anju… Anju, one of Cremia's best friends, was to get married the day of the Carnival with a man, whom Cremia had feelings for, supposedly ran away recently. For awhile it was the three of them, always having fun just as friends. Until Anju and- Kafei, started to get a little closer without Cremia... She must be worried sick about Kafei. I am too, for both of them...
Just then, Cremia heard footsteps behind her and then "CREMIA!" Romani shouted with immense joy."What? What is it?" Cremia questioned "Romani was practicing with the balloons, when this cute boy showed up who doesn't even speak! I named him Grasshopper."
"Romani, you can't just name people who show up at our ranch! We have to be polite." She turned to Link "What's your real name?" Cremia thought He actually is kinda cute, much older than Romani too. Giggling in her mind as she started to blush. For a long moment Link just stared at Cremia with a very cracked smile. Cremia noticed the silent staring "See?!" Romani shouted. She gave her younger sister a quick glare, and then turned back to Link. "Uhh… It's Link." he staggered "I came here from town looking for…" "Town? So that means the road is clear again! Great!" Cremia interrupted. "Yes, I uhh… was looking for work… no pay is needed." Link explained softly.
Cremia was shocked how quiet and polite Link was even after her sister named him! She said "Well, we could always use more work here at the Ranch... absolutely! And Thank you!"
Link said "No, thank you" while nodding very slowly to Cremia and continuing to stare, but this time at the ground. "Link what are you doing? We have better things to do than work!" Tatl whispered. "The plan Tatl, The plan" he insisted and once again started to stare, but when he and Cremia both met eye contact… Will she say something already, I don't want to lose her face and blink… Link thought anxiously.
Romani ended the silence with "Ooo Cremia! Can Grasshopper stay for the night? Romani was looking for an assistant with them!" She begged her sister. Cremia and Link continued to glance at each other until Link spoke up.
"Oh no, you don't have to. I don't want to invade your house or anything…"
"Nonsense!" Cremia quickly said "We would love to have the company."
Link simply just nodded to that.
"You can help us later with milking, for now… Enjoy yourself!" Cremia said with her arms raised.
Link was very surprised how shy he was being. He had met these people twice already and still had trouble talking.
After that, Romani squealed with excitement and dragged Link from behind. He was left facing Cremia from a distance. All Link did was shrugged and smiled, while Cremia gave him a quick wave.
A shrug? I think I can do better than that! And why was I staring at her like that? Oh no, she probably thinks i'm a creep! Link thought
What a strange boy Cremia thought as Romani dragged Link into the distance I wonder if he destroyed the boulder, but how is that possible? Then she started to rationalize I've never met eye contact with someone like that. I think I enjoyed it! She Then laughed and turned back to the cow.
At 3:00, Cremia started to round up the cows into the barn, when she then saw something that was amazing. The horse that wandered in the other day was galloping around faster than any horse she had ever saw. Not only that, but Link was riding it shooting the balloons that Romani had set up. Cremia was very impressed by Link's precision, he couldn't miss! "Wow! He's pretty good with that horse!"
When Link finished, he sped over to Romani and asked "Time?"
"00:53:36! Aww man! You beat Romani's time! Great job Grasshopper, We'll do great later!"
Link then put Epona back under the overhang and walked with Romani over to the barn. "Wow Link, you are quite the bowman." Said Cremia, playfully, but Link just replied with a "Thanks" and walked inside. Cremia tilted her head to this, but then shrugged it off and followed right behind him.
For about 30 minutes, Cremia taught Link how to properly milk the cows, and where the bottles were to be filled and stacked. She watched Link and noticed that he seemed very calm, to as if he had already done this before.
"Hmm… Link, you're pretty good at this. Have you done this before?" Cremia asked
"Well, back when I lived in Hyrule, there was also a Ranch, one of the things they taught me was milking cows." Link told Cremia and Romani
"Hyrule? Where is that Grasshopper?" Romani asked
Link was taking back from that question because he forgot he was living in Termina "Umm… well, from here I… don't know." Link replied
"Link, you knew how to do this and you let me ramble on for half an hour?!" Cremia questioned him, a little annoyed she wasted her time.
"Well I didn't want to be rude," There was a brief pause until Cremia just smiled and let Link continue.
"I'm here to work for you, so I will work your way." Link said with a nod, Cremia continued to smile and nodded back.
Then for quite sometime Cremia and Romani started to milk the other cows, and Link helped fill the bottles and stack. They repeated this process until there was enough milk for 3 deliveries!
"Alright I think that should do it for tonight!" Cremia said, "Oh and Link, I'd like to thank you once again for a job well done!"
"Just glad I could help." Link replied
NIGHT OF THE FIRST DAY:
As they stepped outside, the sunset was quite a sight to see. Link then realized he'd completely forgotten about the moon above, but he chose not to bring attention to it and look. The three watched the sunset until…
"Grasshopper should get a reward, Romani give you this!"
Romani then gave Link a bottle of fresh milk, "When you drink it, put a hand on your hip and take a big gulp!" So Link did just that, and then wiped his mouth with his hand. The three laughed until Cremia said "Alright you two, go freshen up and I will prepare dinner."
"Race you back to the house, Grasshopper!" and immediately, Romani sprinted towards the house. Though even with the head start, Link caught up to Romani in seconds. But, being the nice person he is, let her win.
Cremia noticed that and smiled as the other two laughed inside the house.
Link became quite a big help today, I wonder if he would be willing to stay tomorrow. Romani seems to be very happy and I could always use the help…
While Link had some alone time, Tatl took the chance to gain an explanation…
"Ok Link, you need to tell me why you're doing all of this?"
"Is anyone there?" Link asked
"No, just me and you. Now talk!" Tatl commanded
"Alright, alright. My… plan, was to become a little closer with these girls, especially Cremia. Because… honestly, I.. kinda like her." Tatl interrupted "What?!" Link had to bring the courage to keep talking, he had already said so much, even in only a few words. "Yes, now don't interrupt…" "Ok, ok" Tatl said. Link began "Every time we leave a cycle, every time we travel back. I wonder what happens to the world we left, because you and me both know it can't just disappear, right?" Tatl replied "Well maybe, but what does that have to do.." "Shhh, i'm not done… I think, when we go back in time, as crazy as it sounds, the moon crashes anyway. Meaning all these people die anyway, including Romani and Cremia. That's all I think about when we travel back, and it kills me to know that, no matter what we do or say to these people, they end up getting killed with their memories. I wonder if Termina is even real, I think Majora made a world just for me, just so I could keep destroying it over and over, as if he knew we could travel back... Ok i'm done now"
"Link, you can't honestly think that? Right?" Tatl asked concerned
"I do." Link replied
"Link it doesn't make any sense! That would mean that thing on skullkid knows eventually we'd catch up and destroy it! Why would he do that?" Tatl's words fell into Link, and he tried to consider.
"I just don't know! Either way, I cannot go through it anymore. But my plan is working and Romani and Cremia seem to really enjoy my company this time, and you have to understand Tatl, Cremia is really something to me, though she may be a little older.." "And a little less dramatic.." mumbled Tatl "..Shutup! I feel like I can make her happy, and I feel she is the one I was destined for!" Link explained powerfully, and even Tatl believed him. "So do you understand Tatl? We will save your brother and make this our last world, our home!"
"Link, I do understand. And I like where you're going with this. But if you want to be with Cremia… you better start talking to her!" She explained
"Ugh, I know. Thanks Tatl." Said Link
After that, Link went downstairs and enjoyed himself with Romani and Cremia. After about an hour of non-stop laughter, Cremia had gone to bed. Romani and Link both knew they had a big night ahead.
Ok, so I promise the end is the only Drama in the whole thing, the rest is going to be all about Link and his life with Cremia and Romani through the next 2 days. Sorry if it was a little boring, just stay with me!
