Where There's Love, There's A Sting
"Link! Link! Where are you?!" Navi called as she flew around the fields of Hyrule in search of her friend. Her blue light began to glow red with frustration. Where was he? She hasn't seen him all day!
She then noticed a young man sitting at a tree, and he seemed to be struggling with something. Wait a minute, that WAS Link! She wasn't sure what he was doing, but his back was to her and seemed to be doing something with his hands.
Navi flew up beside him and tried to peek over his shoulder. Then she smiled.
"HEY!" she said loudly. Link was so startled he fell over backwards. He looked worried for a minute, but he began to relax once he saw the fairy.
"Navi! Whew, you scared me! You shouldn't sneak up on me like that."
"Where have you been?! I haven't seen you all day!" Navi asked, her glow still a bright red. Link had something behind his back.
"What am I...oh nothing! Nothing important! Hey, you're starting to look red there. Is something wrong?"
"OOOO, I am so mad at you! You had me worried sick that something bad had happened to you!"
"Oh, I'm sorry I worried you, Navi," Link apologized as he rubbed the back of his head. "I just needed a little time to myself."
Navi took a deep breath and her glowing red returned to her usual blue.
"Well, I'm glad you're okay. Hey, what are you working on so hard?"
"Nothing!" Link blushed. "Nothing at all..."
"Come on, Link, you can show me. I don't blab secrets," Navi said as she tried to fly around him to see what he was hiding. Link stepped back.
"Really, Navi. It's nothing," he looked away and looked even more red. Navi put her hands on her hips.
"Then why are you so red in the face? Are you catching a cold?"
Link grinned his teeth and looked as if he was trying really hard not to burst out whatever was on my mind. But he gave in and growled.
"Dang it, Navi! I can't stand it anymore! I need someone to talk to with this!"
"Well, I'm the fairy to do just that. What's on your mind?" Navi asked.
"I figured I could trust you with this. You are a girl," he said. He sighed and showed Navi what was behind his back the whole time. It was a flower wreath meant to go on someones head like a crown.
"I made this for Zelda, but she's been so busy with ruling the kingdom. I'm kinda shy to give it to her, so I thought maybe you could...," he couldn't finish, but Navi knew what he meant.
Navi stared at the gift for Zelda in surprise. It was so beautiful! It had a mix of white, yellow, blue, and orange flowers tied in with grass and twigs.
"You want me to take them to her in your place?" she decided to finish for him.
"Uh, yeah...," Link said. "You don't mind do you?"
"Ugh!" Navi screamed a bit. "Link, this has been going on for months! Why can't you go and ask her out yourself already?!"
"Because she's busy...and she might think it's stupid. I don't know, I guess I'm just scared of being rejected," Link said as he looked down at the ground, circling a bit around in the grass.
"No, it's time you start acting like a man and ask her out yourself!" Navi said as she turned her back to him and crossed her arms, while also sticking her nose up in the air.
"Please, Navi?" Link begged. "If you take these to Zelda, I promise I won't get mad at you for a week. ANNNNNNNNNDDDDD, I know a great pond in Hyrule where you can soak your feet in peace."
Navi shook her head.
"No, no, no!"
Link leaned in close to her ear and whispered, "And no frogs or fish. A completely harmless pond. And there are lots of fruits and water lilies."
Navi tried to ignore his bribe. True, whenever Navi was around ponds fishes and frogs tried to eat her. Most likely because she looked like food to them. And a nice pond to relax your feet and eat fruit all day sounded...really nice. She didn't want to say yes. She turned her head around to look at him. No! Not the eyes! Anything but the eyes!
"Pleeeeaaaaaaasssssssee?" he asked sweetly.
"Oh, alright! But this is the last time! Next time, you need to approach Zelda yourself," she gave in with a huff. You never saw such a happy teen!
"Thanks, Navi! Thanks so much!" Link smiled as he gave her a hug. True, she was only three inches high, but that couldn't mean he could still hold her. Navi smiled, but struggled.
"You're welcome. But could you let me go? You're squeezing me!"
"Oh, sorry!" Link said as he let her go.
Navi took the wreath of flowers and flow away towards Hyrule castle. How could she say no when Link was so happy?
About a few miles down the road, Navi began panting for breath. The wreath was a bit heavy, but it was bigger and wider than she, so that's what the delay was about. She stopped and rested on a branch to catch her breath.
"The things I do for Link," she said as she panted in air. She was close, though, so it wasn't so bad. But then a noise up above her head made her tiny heart skip a beat. Up in the sky was a huge hawk. Okay, maybe it wasn't that big, but it was a danger for Navi.
The Hawk began flying towards her direction! Weather it spotted her or this tree was were its nest was, matter not! Either way, she had to move!
She picked up the wreath in her tiny hands and began flying harder than before. She heard the hawk screech and knew that it spotted her.
"Come on, Navi! Faster!" she told herself. Yikes, the hawk was right on her tail! Just when she thought she felt the hawk's breath on her shoulders, she swooped in through Zelda's window and dived for the pillows on the queen's bed. The hawk screeched and Navi heard someone shooing it out.
A moment later, the pillow was removed from her head. Poor Navi had her face covered in her hands and she was trembling all over.
"Navi, is that you?" asked the voice. The fair peeked her eyes out from behind her hands and looked up to see Zelda looking down at her with concern.
"Oh, Z...Zelda! There y-you are!" Navi stammered. She was still a bit shaken up.
"Good heavens! I was worried that hawk would've gotten you! You're not hurt, are you?" Zelda asked as she knelt down beside the bed to examine the fairy for injuries.
"No, I'm okay. Just a little shaken up. Here, Link made this for you!" Navi smiled as she tried to hold up the wreath, but she was too much out of breath to carry it anymore.
Zelda smiled as she took the wreath in her hands and smelled it.
"It's so lovely. Tell him I love it." But then she looked a bit mad.
"You went through all this trouble to bring this to me, and Link made you carry it here all by yourself? Didn't he even consider the fact that something might happen to you? You poor thing, you're so out of breath! Here, you can rest here for a while," Zelda said as she lied Navi down on one of the pillows. Navi smiled and she snuggled the soft pillow.
"Thanks, Zelda!"
Zelda smiled as well and went back to admiring the wreath. Navi couldn't help but feel a bit jealous. Those were lovely flowers, and no one ever gave her nice things like that. But she has never seen two people so in love in Hyrule as Zelda and Link.