A/N- Okay, no matter how many reviews I get on this, I'm reviewing whenever I feel like it. And also, if you haven't read Link Was Alone or Zelda Was Alone, I would strongly suggest that you read that. However, you don't have to.

Disclaimer- I don't own Zelda, Stay Gold, or In the Forest of Sky.

Malina jumped off the horse, her blue eyes tired. She was done with riding her horse, so tired of it. The seven-year-old glanced at the tree and smiled softly. Impa was there, just as she had suspected. Upon being seen, the middle aged woman jumped down from where she had been atop the tree. Malina put one hand on her hip before softly speaking to Impa.

"Can I not be alone for five minutes? It is such a burden to be watched over every day, constantly." Some people would have been amazed at the girl's vocabulary, but the elder woman was not impressed by the younger's choice of words. This seven-year-old-girl was, after all, Princess of Hyrule.

"No, you cannot be left alone, your highness. You are the one and only heir to the throne. You have no family left, so we would have to let the next greatest noble take the throne and I could never allow someone as yourself to leave this world and let a fool as Lord Jine take the throne. It would be like trying to destroy all of Hyrule." Malina giggled at this.

"I suppose that is true, Impa. If it weren't for this simple fact you can expect that I'd be more left alone, yes?" The girl asked this hopefully, as though wondering what her life would be like if she had a family. Impa smiled softly at the younger girl and agreed, not wanting to crush her young dreams.

Malina sat down and looked up at Impa. "Mistress Impa? May I ask a question that has been bothering me for quite a while now?" The elder smiled and nodded. Malina began nervously twirling her dress while she asked.

"Mistress Impa, might I know whatever... whatever happened to my parents? And who my father was? Everyone else seems to know, but I do not. I also have a feeling that I'm the only one that really needs to know. Please, Mistress Impa, will you tell me?" Impa sighed, knowing that it was only a matter of time until the Princess asked that question.

"I'm sorry, Princess. It is not my place to tell you that, or at least not right now. I hope you do understand. It is something that you ought to know when you are older." Malina sighed upon hearing this; it was the exact response that she had hoped not to receive.

Malina pushed her light brown hair out of her face and pulled her boots off, wiggling her toes happily. The moss and mud felt wonderful in between her toes. Impa sighed at the young princess, who seemed to hate being in the castle and love being out in the woods and Hyrule Field. She was very different from Princess Zelda.

Lait, Malina's horse, nudged the Princess, causing her to fall over. "Lait!" Malina cried, laughing at the same time. "What in the world are you doing?! Get off!" The horse ignored her and started pushing the small girl around. It was true, she was tiny for her age. Not that Malina seemed to mind.

Finally, after giving Lait some berries, the horse stopped bothering her. Malina sat up slowly, her hair now in every which way. She looked sleepily around and blinked in surprise as she looked to the west.

There was a gorgeous sunset that spread all across Hyrule Field with blazing orange, sunshine yellow, blood red, shell pink, and even night violet. It was one of the most amazing things that the young princess had ever seen. Malina glanced up at Impa, who was smiling as she gazed upon it. Malina did the same.

However, because Malina was still but a child, she could not sit very still for very long. Impa picked the child up and put her on the horse. Malina smiled and had Lait begin walking back to the castle. Impa watched the younger girl before following.

Malina combed her already silky hair and pulled the small ribbon from her drawers. You may be wondering why a servant didn't just do it for her. Well, she had ordered all of them not to touch her. Malina did not like people touching her for some reason. No one really understood why, but she was the Princess so they had to follow her command.

Malina looked at herself in the mirror while tying her hair up. Her light brown hair went just past her shoulders and she was slightly pale from all the time that she had spent inside, learning about the right way to do everything. Malina had a slightly ruddy nose that was dotted with a few freckles. There was one thing that she liked about herself, though. Her bright, sky-blue eyes

Now that the pink ribbon was safely in her hair, Malina could get changed. She reached around her back and grabbed hold of one of the brass buttons. She pulled each one out slowly, as though afraid that they would break off.

As Malina finally got undressed, she walked over to the bath that she had been filling up. She got in, the steam filling every pore of her body. Malina smiled at this and slumped into the bath water even further until she breathed only through her nose. At one point she sat up and poured some lavender scented oil in.

As I mentioned before, Malina's hair was already silky. You may be wondering why she would take a bath if she were clean. Well, she loved taking baths almost as much as she loved her horse. Which is quite a lot, might I add.

After a half-hour or so, Princess Malina got out and began drying herself with a towel. Everyone said that if she was alone for a week that she would be fine. In fact, a few months ago everyone in the castle took a day off to see how well the Princess would cope. As it turns out, she was absolutely fine and hadn't even noticed that anybody had left besides Impa.

Malina glanced down at her nightgown. It had small, blue birds all over it and on the bottom had a small design that included flowers. She smiled and looked up slowly. She walked slowly over to the window and sat in the sill, singing softly one of her favorite songs.

"Time has stopped, in the forest of light and sky,

And the wind moves, with a faint murmuring,"

"Look, the lake shining brightly

Is the mirror reflecting

What was lost that day..."

"I kept searching for the place where I first had that feeling,

Does it still sway on the other side of the light?

Surely happiness and sadness feel similar,

So close your eyes in your heart, and quietly embrace the sky."

"There is nobody here, during the afternoon of light and sky,

My lips were trembling, from the kiss of the wind."

"Look, the sun swaying and shining brightly through the trees

Knits together the light and shadow,

Like a lacework pattern."

"I kept crying, at the place where my feeling sleeps.

Is it disappearing now, within the green trees?

Surely "Goodbye" is the start of my memory.

Unlock my heart, and quietly embrace the forest."

"I see that you've been practicing, Princess," Impa murmured, walking quietly up to the younger girl. "But shouldn't you be sleeping? You have another big day in front of you tomorrow. You're going to meet the townsfolk and learn of their problems and that takes a lot of patience, which usually requires sleep."

Malina smiled and nodded, still staring at the moon. It was quite nearly full. It was tomorrow or the next day that it would be full. She could wait that long.

Every time the moon was full, Malina swore that she could see her mother's face in the moon. So she waited impatiently for the full moon. Malina usually fairly unwilling to go to bed, so this was a slight surprise for Impa. However, it was a good one.

Malina snuggled into her covers happily and looked sleepily up at Impa. "Mistress Impa? Will you play me that song? The one that you made for me?" Impa nodded and brought her ocarina out, her eyes soft on the old thing. It reminded her of him... the Hero who had died just five years ago, on the same day of dear Princess Zelda's death.

Impa brought the ocarina to her lips and began playing. Malina began softly singing the words that she had made up to go with the song, dreaming about her parents.

"They say that change is

A fundamental part of the human heart"

"But darling, your soul

It will continue to shine so kindly

Because I love you

You don't ever have to worry

My darling, stay gold"

"Please keep smiling with innocence

Everyday..."

Malina drifted off into sleep and Impa brushed her hair out of her face. She smiled and sang the song softly back to the girl. It seemed to fit her well.

Impa stood up and left the young, sleeping girl, still singing the last few lines softly.

A/N- This story should be interesting to write. Please, R&R. I'll probably update faster if you do that.