A/K: It'll be a while until I put up the third chapter... I'm sorry! I can't get on the computer as often anymore, but I'll try.
Previously: Link stood, shaking in rage. They just wouldn't quit… Entering the lake, he looked up and spotted the entrance to his home. Zelda turned her head and smiled. Link gave her a pitiful look. She collapsed in his arms and threw her own around his neck. She lifted her head up and touched his ear with her lips, whispering as gently and softly as she possibly could, "They're back, aren't they?"
Link held her tightly as a 'yes' in answer. Zelda sighed. They stood there for a while. Zelda suddenly gave her head a slight jerk up. He wasn't upset because they were back… they were back and had already done something. She pulled her head away from him and tilted her head.
"What have they done?"
Link's eyes were sad, and it gave Zelda's heart that feeling that she should die to take away every bit of pain he held. She searched his face for the answer. He finally opened his mouth to speak, and it still came out as a whisper.
"Malon…"
Zelda was confused for a moment. Oh, she thought… the farm girl. She gasped. They took her…
Zelda took Link's hands and gave them a small squeeze. "What are you going to do my love? You'll rescue her, won't you?" Link immediately nodded. Zelda cocked her head again. "Then why do you sulk? If you're so sure of doing it, then why are you so upset? I mean, I realize she is your friend, but you've done this many times before, so what's the problem?" Link shook his head.
"The problem is just that. I have done this many times before and it's not something I want to spend the rest of my life doing. Of course I'm going to rescue her, but that will only make our enemies angrier and they'll only do it again. There's no destroying them, Zelda. They won't quit. They live to see me suffer. And they won't stop until I've had so much suffering that…"
Zelda cut him off and pressed her lips against his. She pulled away once more and placed a hand on the side of his face, smiling slightly.
"Link, I understand. You'll find a way to get them back without putting her in danger and destroying them. Everything dies somehow… you just haven't found their total weakness yet."
Link shook his head. "And I probably never will. This is the third time in all they've tortured me. I can't take it anymore, Zelda. They've got Malon and I won't be able to get her back. I've tried destroying them already. It's inevitable." He pulled away from his wife and sat on the nearby couch. Zelda crossed her arms firmly and stood, staring at the man sitting in front of her, who had taken off his cap and held his head with his hands. Zelda didn't move.
Finally, Link looked up. He sighed.
"What?"
Zelda raised an eyebrow. Link did the same.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Because you're talking crazy. I never thought I'd see the day when the hero of time would speak the way you did. Words like 'never' and 'inevitable' shouldn't even be in your vocabulary."
Link gave an irritated look. "Well, what do you expect me to do, Zelda? Just take Malon away from them? You know I can't do that! Look at what they almost did to you! I just can't do it Zelda… they know my actions. I'm too predictable." He stopped. That was it… He put his cap on and jumped up.
"I just thought of something! Thank you, love!" He grabbed Zelda and kissed her, taking her by surprise. He pulled away and, grinning widely, ran out of the home. Zelda smiled and shook her head.
'I know he's thought of something brilliant' she thought as she took up her rag and proceeded with her chores.
Hmm... I know what Link will do. But you don't! Ha ha ha... So stay in touch... never know when the next chap. will be up!
...The groundhogs will destroy you all!