Link's POV

"Link! Wake up! It's past noon!" I open my eyes and see Zelda standing outside my window, a smile appearing on her face as soon as she sees my eyes open. "I've been awake for two hours now and I'm starting to get real bored!"

I sit up and rub the sleep out of my eyes and see that Zelda is still outside, leaning on my window ledge this time.

"I'll be out in 10 minutes!" I reply back. She grins, removing her arms off of the ledge and yelling an 'okay' before leaving. Although the wake up calls aren't that great, I can't help but smile to myself knowing that Zelda cares about me and wants to see me.

I make my way outside after I'm done getting ready and I see Zelda sitting on the small bench, standing up as soon as she sees me.

"Do you really want to spend your days off before the ceremony sleeping when there's so many fun things to do?"

"I like sleeping, it makes the day pass quicker." I grin at her after I finish my sentence.

"Okay, okay, I get it, but spend some time with your friends too! Come on, I've planned a fun day!" All I can do is smile as she grabs my hand and starts dragging me towards town.

…..

"So how is your training going?" I turn my head to face Zelda, her question still unanswered for the moments that follow afterwards. Instead of answering, I just shake my head.

"Don't tell me you haven't been practicing," she continues, "Link, you know that if you want to win, you're going to have to actually practice." I shrug in response, but she stops walking and instead stands behind me, staring at me.

"Link, I know that you're good, and you're going to make it big at the Academy, but you can't think that Groose will go easy on you. His friends don't care about winning, they only care about Groose winning; you have three people against you, trying to make you lose." She raises her eyebrows, awaiting my response.

"I guess you're right," I reply.

"I'll tell you what," she begins, "if you practice for one hour today, we'll go to the market and I'll buy you dinner, and then we can fly around Skyloft later for some fun."

"Ah, but today is my day off," I say.

"Well, you haven't been practicing during your school and training days, so you'll have to practice today," she says, "the ceremony is only 3 days away, Link."

I think over her offer, smiling as I think that I would be able to spend time with her all day today if all I did was practice for a little while.

"Okay, it's a deal."

…..

"That wasn't so hard, was it?" Says Zelda. I don't remove my gaze from the stars above to look at her, but I answer with a 'yes'. "I want to see you practicing tomorrow, too," she continues.

I groan in response, causing her to slap my right arm. "Are you going to buy me dinner tomorrow too if I do?"

"Link, you're my friend and all, but I don't want to be spending all of my rupees on you." I laugh at her response, but I can't help but think about the fact that she called me her 'friend'.

You can say that Zelda and I are friends, it's what we look like to other people, but deep down I kind of wish that we were more than that. I've been meaning to tell her for a while, but I thought that I should wait for the ceremony. If I get to be alone with Zelda after the ceremony, if I win, it's the perfect moment for me to tell her.

"Link?" I am removed out of my thoughts and look over to see that Zelda is looking at me.

"Yeah?"

"What are you thinking about?" She asks.

I think about all the options I could tell her, the truest one definitely not being one of them.

"I'm just thinking about the ceremony, is all." I reply. It's technically not a lie.

"Don't worry, just practice some more and I'm sure you'll win." She smiles before returning her gaze upwards towards the sky. "I want you to win, my dad wants you to win, so your odds are really good. You have all of Skyloft cheering you on, Link."

"Thank you," I say, "and thank you for dragging me out of my dorm room today, I enjoyed my time."

"That's good to hear then," she begins, "but you better not sleep in that late tomorrow, Link, I'm serious about you practicing."

We both laugh as we continue to lay in the grass, the night slowly passing by.

…..

I open my eyes to see that I had fallen asleep, and that everything I thought was real was really just a dream. I sit up and see that daylight is coming in through my window, showing that the night has past and it's now the morning. I stand up and walk towards my window, seeing no sight of Zelda either trying to wake me up or waiting for me to go outside.

It's been a few weeks since Zelda disappeared. Phi keeps telling me that we're going to find her, and that we've been close many times, but it would not be true for me to say that I still have all the hope I did in the beginning.

Zelda's disappearance isn't only affecting me, but her father too. I hardly see Zelda's father now, other than the times he's teaching classes or out shopping in town; he spends the rest of his time locked up in his room. I have to admit though, the times I'm not out on the surface trying to search for Zelda, I'm locked up in my room sleeping as well.

I can't help but wonder how Zelda is doing, wherever she is, in whatever condition. I also wonder who she's with, and if they are helping her. I just really hope she's okay.

"Link?" I turn around and see Phi floating behind me.

"Yes?"

"Are you ready? Today is important, we discover a new province, a new place to search for Zelda."

"Which province?" I ask.

"It is called the Lanayru Province. I estimate that there is an 85% chance Zelda is still in this province," says Phi.

I sigh, knowing that there is a big chance by the time we get there, Zelda will be gone, moved on, or taken by someone to another place; but I still have to try, no matter how long it takes, I have to get Zelda back.

I grab my tunic from the shelf in my room, "Let's get a move on then."