Love Lost, Then Found
Chapter 1: Reawakening

By: Steve Jester

Notes Disclaimers and Bullshit: All right, this is my fist venture into the Zelda fandom, so bear with me. You know Majora's Mask? In this story, didn't exist. This is mainly Link/Saria just to let you know. Anyway I do not own anything having to do with The Legend of Zelda. Set after the time warp back to when Link pulled out the sword for the first time.

The blue light around him faded, the Hero of Time looked at himself. A child, I'm back to when I was ten, he thought. Link looked to his fairy companion. "Navi, is this really seven years ago?"

"No, it's the present. You went seven years into the future to defeat Gannon."

"Navi, there's someone I want to see," Link said with the knowledge that Navi understood who he meant.

"She's waiting for you, in the Scared Forest Meadow."

Link set forth running as fast as he could out of the Temple of Time. He ran so fast that he didn't notice a cloaked figure follow him.

Saria stopped playing her ocarina. She had been playing to keep herself hopeful. Hoping to hear his voice again. The feeling of loss crept over her. Where is he? I want to go look for him but If I leave, I'll die, she thought. Suddenly tears went down her face. "Oh, Goddesses! Why!? Why must I be cursed to live as a child for all of my days! I want to live with Link!" She sobbed loudly. Her cries echoed throughout the Lost Woods. She then whispered through the sobs , "I… love… him."

It was at that moment that she looked up to see a Kokiri boy standing at the entrance to the meadow where she sat. "I heard everything, Saria," the boy said.

"Go away Mido!" Saria yelled, "You wouldn't understand!"

"You love Link, but he was able to leave and you're not," Mido said, "You're Kokiri and he's Hylian. There's no way around that," Mido smirked evilly, "He'll probably find some Hylian girl who can grow up with him and live the happy life with him while you stay here, a child, forever."

Saria just broke down and cried again, not able to say anything. "You shut up Mido!" a voice said from behind him. Saria looked up and let out a small gasp of joy. Mido just spun around to find himself connecting with a solid right hook, knocking him cold.

"Link!" Saria said running up to the Hero of Time, hugging him with all of her might, "I thought you were…" she said as tears welled up in her eyes.

"What matters is that I'm here now," Link said. I wonder if she has any memories of what happened?

"She doesn't." A voice emanated from behind Link. They both turned to see a cloaked figure, "You forgot Hero of Time that one of my powers as a Sage is the ability to hear your thoughts."

"Princess Zelda?" Link asked.

"What are you two talking about?" Saria said with a confused look on her face.

The cloaked figure removed her hood to reveal a girl about Link and Saria's age. "Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Princess Zelda. Link helped me during his quest."

"Oh," Saria said, an unexplainable pain logged itself deep in her chest.

"Oh, I'm sorry Saria, I said something bad didn't I?" Zelda said, her mind reading powers zeroing in on Saria's pain, "Not like that. I like Link, but only as a friend and a protectorate would. He's not my love interest."

Link stood there with a confused look on his face. "Zelda, if Saria has no memories of what happened, is there a way for her to have those memories?"

"I can reawaken her as a Sage, she'll have her memory back and her powers will return to her," Zelda said. She turned to face Saria, again standing there with a confused look on her face. "Of course, it's your decision."

Saria thought about it, then sighed. "Princess Zelda, I know you mean well, but there's no way that even this will give me what I truly desire. Even if you awaken a Sage from within me I'll still be Kokiri, unable to leave this forest."

"Oh I'm getting to that part," Zelda said with a smirk, "Just trust us."

Saria let out a sigh, Trust you, I hardly know you, ah well, "Go ahead."

Zelda began chanting what seemed like a spell. Her power level increasing and a ball of energy formed in her hands. Zelda then sent the ball flying towards Saria. When it hit a green pillar of light fell around Saria. Saria let out a scream as she started to float in mid-air. After a few seconds Saria landed softly on her feet and the green pillar dissipated. "Now, Forest Sage," Zelda said, "do you remember me?"

Saria took a few seconds but then smiled, "Yes I do now Princess Zelda, thank you."

"Saria," Link said looking in her direction, whether he had anything to say or not after that is uncertain as Saria ran up to hug the Hero of Time once again. They stayed in that embrace for a good long while, This is why I love you both of them thought. Zelda let out a small chuckle and sat on Saria's tree stump and watched over The Hero of Time and the Forest Sage, reunited again.

AN: Oh boy, on to the second chapter. So how do you like? LET ME KNOW! Please?