James: Welcome to my First ever fanfic! For the record I'm basically doing this as I go, but I hope it will be good.
Daen: It's a lemon.

James: Is not… I think… I dunno. Ok, it probably is. But hey, I've played Ocarina of Time over six hundred times in my life and beaten it every time, so it should at least be a decent lemon.
Daen: Just get it over with. Oh, and Hi. I'm Daen, your average mini cat boy super thief urchin child. Pleased ta meet ya.
James: Watch your pockets.

Daen: Get to the disclaimer already!

James: Oh right… As you know I do not own Zelda nor did I have any part in the creation of Link or the games… not that I didn't wish I had. But that's enough about that. On to the good stuff!

It was raining… a lot. "It's been years now, though I guess to everyone else it's only been a few days. Gods, Termina was weird!" Link cringed at the memory of the tiny man named Tingle, who thought he was fairy… how a grown man could have become that deluded…

"Well, at least now I'm almost home… sorta." To Link it had been four or five years since he defeated Ganondorf, most of that time had been spent living the same three days in Termina so he hadn't aged, but here he was now, riding along in the rain across the great span of Hyrule Field on the back of his beloved young horse Epona. As he bent his head against the wind and rain Link turned his thoughts to the past, to the battles, the friends, the foes, and a couple nice parties here and there, and to the fact that he was now homeless. He knew he could no longer live among the Kokiri he grew up with. After all he was Hylian, and it's not like they remembered him, in fact none of his friends did. He and Zelda made sure of that when they parted ways. There were only two people in all of Hyrule who remembered who he was, the Princess of course, and a friend he hadn't seen since that fateful day he defeated the evil Ganon, a young Fairy by the name of Navi.

"Hey! Listen!" Link's eye twitched briefly at the sound of the shrill and familiar voice. And a second later a small, glowing object slammed into his face so hard he was knocked right off the back of his horse.

"Ow… right between the eyes… Oh, Navi!" Link's face beamed with joy as his small fairy friend flitted about his head, her soft blue light flickering wildly in her excitement. "What are you doing here?" The fairy stopped her flitting and flickering to hover in front of Link's face.

"I've been looking for you. You were gone so long it's been four years but… you haven't… aged… Why-"The look on Link's face froze the little fairy mid sentence. He seemed close to crying.

"I… I've been gone four years…? So, time here just went on as normal… Well, doesn't matter. You and Zelda are the only ones who even remember me."

"And the Sages…" said the fay, matter-of-factly.

"And the Sages..." agreed the young Hylian "Wait what! The Sages remember me too?"

"Of course, they are outside each other's powers. But the normal populace doesn't know you. Well except one girl. It was rather odd really. She sneezed. But what does it matter? You're back! WHEEEEE!" The fay eagerly resumed her fluttering. An annoyed snort from Epona suddenly reminded Link of the storm raging about him.

"We better get out of the Rain, besides the sun is going down… not that it's easy to tell through these clouds. Kakariko village should be close by if my memory serves me right." Link mounted his young mare and turned her nose to the Northwest. "Are you coming' Navi?" Without a word Navi zoomed back to her favorite spot under Link's hat. And with that Link galloped off towards Kakariko, home of the Sheikah.

Ten minutes later Link was leading his Epona to the newly built stable just inside the village. He had gotten there just after sunset, soaked through and tired. It had been a bit of a struggle to get Epona up the stairs leading into the village but he managed it.

"So, where are we going to sleep tonight? The town still doesn't have a Tavern yet." Navi was hovering right next to Link's ear so that she could be heard more easily over the storm.

"Well, if she's still there, there's a lady with a house towards the middle of town. She was the one who let Talon stay when Ingo took over the ranch remember?" The little blue fay bobbed up and down once as a nod as Link made his way towards the old woman's house. He found it easily and knocked gently at the door. He heard a hurried shuffle and sound of the lock being undone before the door was opened, and there stood the same woman from four years ago, a few more wrinkles and gray hair but otherwise the same.

"Hello? Oh! Hello there young man… and where are your parents? It's a dreadful night to be out all alone, are you lost?" The old woman smiled cheerily at Link, wondering why he was out on such a stormy night. Link looked up at her and smiled.

"I'm not really lost, and um, I don't have parents… I just need a place to stay the night…" Link's smile waned slightly as doubts of whether he'd be allowed to stay entered his mind, but a second later those doubts were wiped away as he was practically yanked inside by the kind old lady.

"Why of course you can stay the night. Dinner's almost ready and I made plenty, you can be my guest and keep me company. It gets lonely around here." The old lady led Link over to a linen closet and handed him a towel. "Now go dry off over by the fire while I finish getting the soup ready. It's the perfect thing to warm you up. And with that, she turned and went back to cooking. The night went on and it continued to rain. The soup was nice and warm and so was the spare bed Link slept in. His sleep was peaceful but not dreamless. Link dreamed of many things but mostly of his friend Malon, the young farm girl and his stay at Lon Lon Ranch. He was still dreaming of that peace filled place when morning's light woke him and he sat up ready to meet the new day.

After a simple breakfast and a few simple goodbyes Link left the woman's house, and got about ten feet away before being run down by a horse drawn cart. The last thing he remembered noticing before being knocked senseless was the driver, it was Talon. When Link awake it took him a moment to realize what was going on, he couldn't seem to stop shaking. Then he realized he was in the back of the cart. Talon must have picked him up out of the road and placed him there. A quick check of his extremities let him know that nothing was broken, and so he slowly sat up stiff and bruised.

"Ow… what happened?" Link rubbed a rather sizeable bump on his head and looked around. "Where am I?"

"Oh Good, you're awake, you gave me quite a scare there, lad. You should watch where you're going when you cross the street. Just lie back now; you're lucky nothing got broken. We're on our way to my home on Lon Lon Ranch. My daughter Malon will be able to take care of you there." Talon chuckled as he gave the reins a light whip. With the exception of a little more gray in his hair he seemed like the same old Talon.

So, Link was headed back to Lon Lon Ranch. He'd even get to see Malon again. And to top it off the sun was shining brightly for the first time since arriving in Hyrule. Things were looking up so the young hero did the only thing he could do; he lied back and took a nap as the cart rolled on towards Lon Lon Ranch.

James: That's the end of Chapter One! Hoped ya liked it.

Daen: What, that's it! Where's the action? I was hoping to read some real good stuff!

James: Well then you'll just have to wait for the second chapter. Just like everyone else.

Daen: Aw darn it. Well that sucks. Oh well. Tune in next time people, I guarantee you will love it.

James: And don't forget to rate! Send me Emails too, or Daen might rob you blind.

Daen: I don't rob everyone… ok yeah maybe I do. Meh, Just rate. We'll see ya!