GDL: After watching a video on youtube last night, and then reading my psychology book, this story came through my mind. I don't know why it happened, but it did.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Legend of Zelda in any way, shape, or form.

Summary: Link's gone through numerous dungeons, saved numerous kingdoms, and for what? All he got in return was a heart frozen over by loneliness and the dearly departed too many times. But what happens when a girl who's a bit too similar comes into his life? Will he forever be lost to the ice of his heart, or will she find a way to change him for the better?

Chapter 1: The Child of Light Meets the Hand of Sorrow

I had gone to sleep moments before. The dream I had…it was more real than any other I had before. Three beautiful women came to me. They said,

"Child, you are no longer meant to be a part of this world. Your duty is to find the Hero of Time. Get to know him. Gain his trust. Only then will you be able to complete your journey alongside him. Be warned, it won't be an easy task. The journeys of the past have created a wall of ice around his heart. This has been caused by the many that have left his life throughout his journeys. Good luck, child. We'll be watching you. Call us when you are in need, for we shall be your guardians."

When I awoke, I was not in my bedroom with the blue and white walls and the many collectors' items hanging along those walls. I was lying in a forest. It wasn't just any forest, mind you. It was a forest I knew too well; Kokiri Forest. It was the forest where the children who lived there would live as long as the Great Deku Tree thrived. It was the same forest where the one man I knew better than any person I ever knew on Earth lived…Link; The Hero of Time. That thought clicked within my mind, and it made me bolt straight for his tree house. Though, I didn't know what I would say when I got there, but that was a thought for later.

When I got to his house, a sudden rush of anxiety went through me, yet I climbed up the ladder anyway. He must have heard me, because at that time, he came out of his small tree house. He just stared at me with the ice blue eyes of a man whose path froze both his heart and soul. This intimidated me, but I knew I had to say something.

I said, "Uh…h-hi…"

He just continued to stare at me with those cold blue eyes of his…

I said, "Eh heh, I'm going to go now…Nice talking to you…"

I clambered down the ladder of his house, and in my rush to get away from Link's house; I bumped into a small girl with green hair and blue eyes.

She smiled and asked, "Did you go to talk to Link?"

I nodded, "Yeah."

"Don't be so afraid of him. He probably appreciated that someone attempted to talk to him besides me."

She may have said that, but it didn't convince me that much, until Link came up next to us.

He asked me, "Uh…What's your name?"

I debated about whether I should tell him my real name, or if I should have just given him a fake name. I decided that in order to be honest, I might as well give him my real name.

I said, "My name is Kayla."

He replied, "Okay. I'll have to remember that."

After that, he just turned and walked away.

Saria said, "See? You just have to give him some time. Maybe you're just what he needs to finally melt the wall of ice around his heart. If the goddesses chose you, then they probably had a good reason."

She, 'meeped' and covered her mouth as if she said something wrong.

I asked, "How did you know I was sent by the goddesses?"

She said, "The goddesses recruited us to help them bring you to Hyrule. That is why we know everything about your mission in this world. You and Link must go and obtain a jewel from each of the sages. Once you do that, we'll tell you what to do with them."

Saria gave me the first jewel. It looked like a small sphere of Emerald. I nodded and headed off to go find Link.

I thought, 'I don't think he's going to be happy about having to go on yet another journey…Especially with a perfect stranger…'

Link was leaning against the tree that held his house. He was playing a strange song on his ocarina that I didn't recognize. I just stood there for a few minutes, because I really didn't know how to break it to him that his life would change, AGAIN. He finally stopped playing and stared at me.

He asked, "What do you want?"

I said, "Uh, Saria informed me that you and I have to go on a journey to get a jewel from each of the sages. Saria already gave me the forest jewel."

I held it up so he could see. I could tell that he wasn't happy about this news. I knew he wouldn't be.

He sighed, "What makes her think that you could be helpful anyway?"

I glared at him, "The GODDESSES recruited me to be your partner, not Saria. So, be angry at them. And also, what makes YOU think that I won't be helpful?"

He said, "You're short, you look to be weak, and you don't even own a weapon."

I growled, "Well, why don't you TEACH me how to use a weapon? Even if I don't become the greatest fighter, I'm a lot smarter than I appear. I could help you in dungeons or whatever."

He chuckled. Yes, HE LAUGHED AT ME.

I yelled, "WHAT'S SO FUNNY?!"

A smirk played on his lips, "Your determination. What makes you want to get close to me so bad anyway?"

I replied, "Because, I actually believe you're a great guy under all that anger, loneliness, sadness, hostility, and other things that have frozen your heart!"

I looked down at my shoes in embarrassment. I didn't even want to know what he would say after that.

He said, "You're a strange girl, Kayla. Fine, if you want to get to know me so bad, and actually play out this journey, wake up at dawn tomorrow. We'll start your training then."

I looked up at him in shock. I grinned from my accomplishment. He just had that same placid look on his face that he always did.

I thought, "Well, this is one step in the right direction. I just hope I can prove my worth to the greatest hero of all time…"

From there, I didn't know what to expect. I just hoped that I wouldn't screw up like I always did with most people.

GDL: Well, here is the beginning of another fanfic. Even though it has an OC in it, I don't think there will be much romance in it. Actually, this will be much darker than my other fanfics, because I'm actually bothering to do a bit of a character study with Link here. Anyway, I hope you enjoy. R&R!