My mind keeps wandering off to places it doesn't belong.

Focus, Zelda!

I have duties to attend to. I have places to be. I don't need love.

Do I?

I shake my head to clear the fog and trot over to the shade of a nearby tree. My legs practically collapse under me as I sit down. Before I begin taking notes, a shimmer of blue and white catches my eye. I smile at the silent princess, as I run my fingers through it's petals. This particular flower has always spoken to me in an inexplicable way.

A guardian stalker roves up, it's orange eye fixated upon me. I've always liked the guardians. In a way they seem curious yet focused; Much like myself. Or so Urbosa says.

I bite my bottom lip. I think I am just wandering, trying to find my own way.

But aren't we all?

My knight, Link, appears at the top of hill, clearly out of breath. I laugh and leap up to help him. Together we hobble over to the aforementioned tree.

" Link, " I exclaim, " You shouldn't tire yourself out so! "

He just shakes his head and leans up against the sunlit moss. We've been getting along a lot better lately, probably because of my change in personality. I do regret ever being cruel to him, I really do.

Lids close over those sapphire blue eyes, and in minutes he's asleep. I see a chance to strike, quickly scoop up a hot-footed frog, and pray it won't make a sound.

I shove the poor creature in Link's open mouth.

His eyes fly open. A horrible hacking noise is coming from his throat, but I can hardly hear it over my laughing. He spits out the amphibian and glares at me.

" You...your...your FACE! " Link blushes bright red so I apologize. I'm sincere, I really am. It was just so funny!

" You're trying to get your mind off the calamity, aren't you? " I stop laughing and stare at him in shock.

" No, " I say. Not exactly. I am trying to get my mind off something, but not calamity ganon. I do believe it is essential to think through our moves in this war completely. The trouble with me is that I'm a terrible liar but an expert at telling half-truths.

Link shrugs and departs, the guardian following him.

That was too close.

I get up and head back to Hyrule castle, mind thundering with thoughts. I don't even notice I'm about to walk into my father until I do.

I step back and look up.

" Oho! Watch your step, Zelda! "

" Yes Daddy, I'm sorry. " An idea crashes into my mind like a wave the moment after I apologize. I couldn't do it, could I? My legs work before my mind does. They are already carrying me up the many flights of grey stone stairs.

" But Zelda, " My father calls, " Where are you going? "

" Just to my room. Don't mind me. "

I crash onto my bed in exhaustion, should NOT have sprinted up all those stairs. My hands limply reach out to find a pen and paper. I grab my favorite blue one. I print neatly and elegantly, and am sure to keep it vague. Did she ever doubt I would be back?

My letter looks quite a bit like this:

Dear Urbosa of the Gerudo,

Would you like to come for tea at the castle tomorrow afternoon? Your fellow champions and I will be there. It's not any type of war meeting, just to enjoy ourselves.

Hoping to see you there, Princess Zelda.

I almost panic reading over my scrawling blue writing. Now I have to invite all the other champions! Oh well, that makes it seem more nonchalant. I smile, thinking of her, and shake my head.

...I should really just get around to sending those letters.