Short Notice

Okay, this time I own a new character, a new place, and a new item: Malari, the Turn-Back Temple, and the Turn-Back Clock.

Everything else is owned by Nintendo.

Painful Memories

" This is where I live," Medli said. Link looked around him. They were standing on a cliff with wood railing along the sides, so one wouldn't fall. The cliff was on the side of a very tall mountain surrounded by water. The cliff seemed to jet out like a spear, and one could look at the ocean. Below, Link could see not to far below, a beach next to a meadow and pond. Link had so many questions about Medli's home, which she had previously told him was called Dragon Roost Island. For example, he want to know how they got there in the first place. However, he thought it probably wasn't a good time to ask.

" Do you like it here?" Link decided to ask.

" Yes, it's a nice place to live," Medli replied. " Get's a little warm during the summer, but you just got to live with these things." Medli was looking out at the sea. She turned around to look at Link.

" Link! Why don't you live here with me?" Medli said. " I'm sure you'll love it!"

" What? Oh, well I…" Link said.

" Come on. I can get you a place to stay. Or at least try…" Medli said, thinking about her financial problems.

" I'm not sayin' I don't want to," Link said, " but I have a home… in Hyrule."

" I'm sure my chief will welcome you into the village. And you'd make lots of friends here on Dragon Roost," Medli said. She seemed to be becoming upset with Link's not wanting to live on her island. " … Please."

" Medli, I'm sorry, but I can't," Link said. Medli looked away and closed her eyes in thought. Link saw a tear trickle from her closed eye. Was this really that important to her?

" I understand…" Medli said. Just then the water began to rise. A tidal wave formed very close to shore. It was about to swallow the island! Medli turned around and looked at the monstrous wave that was approaching. She turned to face Link again. " It's a good thing we're safe, right?"

" Medli! Let's go! It's not safe here!" Link said.

" What are you talking about? Of course we're safe," Medli said. " You said so yourself."

Medli grinned at Link and waved. Link could not understand. Was she alright? The tidal wave was coming their way! All Link could do was watch as the wave crashed down on the cliff and Medli was gone.

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" No!" Link said. He sat up and felt the cold sweat run down his face. He was sitting on a cliff looking over a forest. In the distance he could see the Death Mountain range.

" It was all a dream," Link thought. However, this did not comfort him in the slightest. How long must he feel the burn of these painful memories. It has been three days since the fall of the his comrades… Three days since the deaths of his friends.

Link got up and stretched. He knew that despite the fact that he was deeply upset about what happened to his friends, he had to go on. But what would he do? Zelda said that this mission was too dangerous to carry out alone. Link continued to walk among the trees, hoping only that he would find assistance along the way.

" Link!" a voice said. Link instantly recognized it as the voice of Makar. " Link, hurry up! Your falling behind!"

Link looked around feeling excited. However, he saw no one. He was forgetting that they were gone and was starting to hear their voices. All of the sudden, he saw someone in a few yards away. It was Ruto.

" Ruto!" Link said. " I can't believe I'm saying this, but you have no idea how happy I am to see you! … But that doesn't mean I'm marrying you!"

Link ran towards her. Ruto simply smiled at him. Why didn't she say anything? Wasn't she happy to see him? Link continue to run in excitement. Just as he was right in front of her, he ran into a tree that seemed to appear out of thin air. He was seeing things.

" Come on, Link, pull yourself together!" Link told himself. " You have to move on and leave the past behind!"

A light appeared before him. It grew brighter and brighter. Then, where the light had been, the image of Zelda's head appeared before Link.

" Hm…" Link said aloud. " If I'm seeing Zelda now, then that must mean something's happened at Hyrule castle! I've got to go back!" He turned around to leave when Zelda's head spoke.

" No, Link, I'm fine!" she said. " I'm using the Ocarina of Time to contact you."

" Oh," Link said, slightly embarrassed by how stupid he must have looked. " Heh, right."

" Anyways," she began, " I heard about what happened. I'm disappointed, too, but you have to keep your wits! We'll discuss this incident when you return, but for now just move on!"

" Yeah…" Link said gloomily. " … Right…"

With that, Zelda disappeared. Link continued through the forest. Suddenly, he fell and began to slide down what seemed to be a natural chute in the ground. He stumbled as he reached the bottom of the chute, and fell flat on his face. He got up and looked around. The chute led him to the front of what looked like a large, ancient temple.