This takes place right after Link enters the sacred realm. I had this idea and fell in love with it. This story will be updated regularly. Um... Oh! I don't own The Legend of Zelda or any of it's characters... yet.

Chapter 1. Light of a New Beginning

She waited. She sat on the ceiling of the temple. Holding on to the cold stone rafters with her feet and hands, staring at the stone in which the sword is normally held. Her head wraps leaving just enough space for her sight, and blond bangs, freshly 'cut' with magic. She had come out of hiding in this new disguise so she could lead her young minded saviour on his way. She remembers how much fire was in his eyes when they first met. How this young boy, no older than her, was so intent on fighting for the world he didn't know existed. How courageous he was. She saw this when she first laid eyes upon him in the garden. Someone she had never known, to be the only one to believe her. She trusted this boy with all her heart, and she had had no more than one conversation with him. She knew that they would be in an endless bond. She hasn't stopped thinking about him for seven years.

All of Hyrule had already gone to hell. It wasn't long before she had to go into hiding. Ganondorf was after her and she knew that. She also knew she was risking it by waiting for him in the exact place he was going to show up but she had to see him as soon as she could.

Then she was blinded. A bright blue light glared into her pupils. He shielded her eyes and almost fell off the two story high beam. She gained her footing and composure and looked back down and was blinded again, but this time with beauty. She saw this stellar example of a man. Blonde bangs dangling just above his eyes, peaking out of a forest green cap. Toned muscles coming out of short sleeves of a tunic that went part way down his firm legs. She shook her head back and forth and caught herself.

"Shut up Zel- Sheik." She corrected herself. She realized he was almost out of the room. She quickly popped down, and landed silently. But his intuition still heard her and he quickly turned around. Then their eyes met. She melted at the gaze of his crystal blue eyes. They saw right through her.

The legends may say what they say, that they didn't know who they were to each other. That during their entire endeavour he didn't know it was her. But they knew right away. He knew who she was. They knew what they meant to each other. And they knew it almost instantly. It was seven years of pent up emotion built up inside them. The dam burst, and the room was flooded.

"Zelda..?" He barely said, both with shock and disbelief.

"…Yes…" She said tears in her eyes. "It's been so long…" They ran to each other and met in a warm, long sought after embrace.

"You… remember me..?" He said into her ear.

"How could I forget? I've spent years waiting here for as long as I could!" She hugged him tighter as she finished her sentence. "I didn't think you felt this way about me. I…"

She was cut off by his tender lips on hers. They stood there in the temple, the light from the window glowing down on them, surrounding them, framing their moment in time. Their place in the world.

"Hey!" A shrill voice blared from the door of the temple. "Are you coming Link?!"

"Navi." Link muttered under his breath. "I have to go…" he whispered.

"But… But Link…" Tears formed in her eyes again. She couldn't lose him again, she just couldn't…

"This won't be permanent. I'll find you. At every opportunity I can. I promise. But I have a world to save." He let her go, put his hand on her chin and kissed her. "Our world." He smiled gently into her eyes, turned around and ran out of the temple. Zelda stood there. Alone. But for the first time in seven years… she was happy.

She looked out the window and with a flash, she was gone.

The silence echoed throughout the temple. Louder than ever.

Sheik appeared back in her cabin hidden away in the lost woods. She took off her disguise and was Zelda again. She didn't use magic, she was in no rush. She unwrapped her head and let her hair, still short from the transfiguration, fall back down. She looked at herself in the cracked mirror and smiled. She quite liked this roguish look she had created for herself. Her enchanting abilities have grown over the last seven years and she can change her entire appearance in a flash. But it was very tiring and she only used it when she needed to move quickly. She saved most of her energy for her much needed teleportation. She peeled off the tight clothes to compress her features, and stretched her arms. She was exhausted. She took off her undergarments and put on the tattered pyjamas. She looked around the cabin. Wood walls, worn furniture. She wasn't allowed to bring anything from her old life with her. Too suspicious. She liked the simple life but she was still accustomed to the high life of royalty. She lied down on her bed and finally relaxed.

"He's back…" She said out loud to herself. "He's finally back. And he loves me…" She tasted her lips and thought of him. She hugged herself and smiled at the memory of his embrace.

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"What was that flash?" Navi asked Link.

"I don't know…" He said to her barely listening, His thoughts were elsewhere.

"Okay… And what took you so long to come out?! I was waiting here for like a minute!" Navi shouted. Link was caught off guard and snapped back into attention.

"I just aged seven years in what felt like seconds. I'm not used to this body." He lied. It was true he wasn't used to it but he knew Navi didn't see her. And he didn't want her too. He'd rather keep this a secret as long as he could. The less people who know about her, the safer she'll be, and Link cared more for her safety than anything.

"Okay, well come on. We need to see the damage." Navi exclaimed, trying to get Link out the door. He was just staring back at the room where he saw her.

Both of them wondering when they'd see each other again.

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