Chapter 1 ~ Goodnight
Her eyes had just started to adjust to the darkness in the hallway outside her bedroom door. The stairway leading to the bottom first floor was only a few feet away. Her fathers room across from hers. She edged past the creek in the floorboards, by then knowing exactly where to step to avoid it, took every-other stair down to the floor. At the bottom she stopped and listened for a moment. A few snores from some of the other boys' rooms. Quietly she snuck past them before stopping at her destination. She didn't bother to knock, knowing he had fallen asleep waiting for her. Slowly she pushed the door open, if she pushed to fast there would be a horrible screeching sound. Again, she slowly closed it behind her.
His room was long, but narrow. Book shelves lined the right, and in the left corner was his bed. She could see him splayed across it, his chest rising and falling. A few steps and she was sitting beside him in the bed. With her small hands, she shoved him genially.
"Link," She hissed. "Link, wake up."
Links blue eyes opened slightly, he murmured some slurred words, she was un-able to understand, before he blinked away his sleep and focused on her. "Oh, Zelda." He sighed, pulling her down on top of him for a hug. He had always done this, ever since she started sneaking into his room late at night to talk, but lately it was taking a different effect. Her heart beat speed up when her chest hit his and she felt her face heat up. "Whats wrong?" He asked, letting go of her.
She sat up and shook her head. "Nothing, just a little worried." She said, not completely lying. "The wing ceremony is tomorrow, and you never get enough sleep-"
"Because of you!" He laughed, then clamped his hand over his mouth. She gave his a dirty look.
"Sometimes. But that doesn't excuse your lack of effort in practicing with your Lofting. I'm afraid someone else might win." She exhaled sharply.
He put his hand under her chin and made her look at him. "Are you doubting me?" He asked her. She looked into his eyes, his face was only inches away. She closed her eyes and seemed to prepare herself. "Zelda?"
She shook her head, and opened her eyes. "Uh, no, I'm sorry. I'm just stressing myself. Your my best friend. I don't want you to lose." Link had already dropped his hand from her face, and then leaned back against the wall. Un-expectedly, he grabbed Zelda around the waist and pulled her down with him. Her cheek landed against his chest and he held her there.
"Zelda, you worry to much. I would ask you not to, this may sound selfish, but, I love it when you worry about me. It lets me know you care, actually care. Other people care about me, but its not the same way. They want to make sure I'm okay, but that's because they feel sorry for me. You, though, you actually spend time with me, you boss me around, your nice to me, your there for me. Your all I have. And it makes me happy, knowing I worry you." Link was never much for talking, he was more silent, and when he did talk, it was only to Zelda, or a very few words, and nothing more. But this was a lot for him, and it made Zelda tear up. She balled up her fist in Link's thin night shirt and blinked back the tears, feeling stupid. She wasn't quite sure what to say though. "You don't have to say anything, just stay here a little longer. Until I fall asleep. " He said, as if reading her mind. She nodded. "Also, I'll meet you by the Goddess Statue before the ceremony. Promise."
After a little while Links breathing became deep and his grip around Zelda's waist loosed. She pulled herself into a sitting position on his lap. He looked so peaceful as he slept, with a small smile on his lips. She put her pointer finger gently to his bottom lip, it was softer then she would imagine. She then pressed her own lips against his forehead for a minute, then quietly, she snuck out of his room and back to hers to sleep for a few hours before she had to wake up.
Link sat in the grass and looked around. The place he had dreamed up was beautiful. Tall, green trees danced around him in the wind, flower flowed and glistened with dew in the morning sunlight. It was breath-taking. The only thing that would make this better, though, was if Zelda were with him. Then the dream would have been perfect.
But the amazing scenery didn't last long, soon the earth opened up before him and a giant beast with red eyes and slick, black scales erupt from the crack. Way about the tree-tops the beast screeched out, its mouth opening wide, exposing rows of enormous teeth.
Somewhere off in the distance someone called out. "Rise, Link! The time has come for you to awaken... You are fated to have a hand in a great destiny, and it will soon find you... The time has come, Link."
The beast screamed out one last time and Link shielded himself from harm.