Chapter 1: I Dream of You

"Cremia, where are you?!" Romani screamed at the top of her lungs as she ran around aimlessly around Romani Ranch desperately looking for any sign of life. Tears began to roll down her cheeks as worry and fear began to overwhelm her. "SISTER, WHERE ARE YOU?!" she screamed again, no longer being able to hold back the tears as she then knelt down on the cold grass of the field and began to cry uncontrollably. She just sat there and cried for her sister, not really knowing why; she just felt a deep longing for her older sister.

"It's going to be okay, Romani." Said a male voice; Romani looked up to see Link whom was no longer dressed in his green tunic but in a red long-sleeve shirt and regular brown pants as he held out a hand in offering for comfort.

"She's gone! I can't find her! What am I going to do without her, Link?! WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO?!" Romani screamed as she constantly cried, refusing Link's hand. Link frowned; he hated seeing the girl he loved like this. He pulled her up by force and tightly hugged her in an embrace.

"I know, Romani… I know… Its going to be okay… we can pull through this together." He whispered into Romani's ear. She listened to his comforting words but she just continued to cry anyway.

Why am I crying? Romani suddenly questioned to herself. Why am I worried about Cremia? What is going on?! She questioned again. When she finally realized that she was asking questions on if any of this was real she woke up. She looked around to see Link lying beside her in bed, sleeping. And Cremia was lying in her bed across the room sleeping as well. "Must have been a nightmare…" she muttered to herself. She got up and went down stairs and got herself a glass of water and drank it, and wetted her face as well. "Why am I having that nightmare again?" she questioned to herself out-loud. She then heard footsteps behind her, and she looked to see who it was; it was Link, rubbing his eyes. The two of them had grown so much. They were now both 16 and 15 years old; Link being older. It had been 3 years since it was decided that Link was to live with Romani and Cremia on the ranch, and that Romani and Link confessed their feelings for one another. The two haven't gone too far in their relationship pass the once in a while kiss and that they both now slept together in the same bed. But besides that they haven't really done much on expressing their feelings towards another. They were both starting to wonder about if it was real, but Cremia constantly insisted that it was more real than the earth below all their feet, and it would take its course when the time was right. They still had their doubts towards Cremia's words, but decided to just humor the 21-year old whom supposedly brought Kafei and Anju together.

"You alright, Romani?" Link asked in-between a yawn, but still concerned.

"Oh, yeah, I'm fine. You should go back to bed, you look nearly dead." She mildly joked. He smiled at her comment – Romani knew what would come of his mouth next.

"How can I when you're constantly talking in your sleep about missing me and or Cremia? Don't you want to talk about it?" he asked. Romani's gaze moved away from his.

"Sorry, I don't want to… And look who's talking; I've heard you talking in your sleep about some Zelda person. Who is this Zelda anyway?" she asked, getting rather defensive. Link was shocked to her argument.

"Well, I, um… Zelda is, I mean was…" he tried saying, trying desperately to explain who Zelda was. He sighed to quickly gather himself. "I'll tell you another time." He said, trying to keep eyes away from hers. She gave a sigh and a pout. She got up and gave him a hug.

"Thanks for worrying about me, Link." She said as she hugged him tighter. He was taken aback by the sudden embrace, but he returned it anyway and smiled.

"Anytime; just remember that no matter whom or what is in my past I care only for you now." He said as they broke their hug, and he instead held her hands and led her back upstairs to bed.