AN: This is the second part of 'Awakening' as I dubbed it. I wanted to get the part about her entering Hyrule over with…so I made this chapter in the same day.

Disclaimer: No. See first chapter.

Chapter 2

I groaned when I opened my eyes. I expected to be on a hospital bed, but it felt like I was on grass.

What the hell? Grass?

I jumped up only to look around the place in wonder. I was currently by a spring, lying in a patch of grass that was too the side. I gasped in awe at the beauty of the place. It seemed somehow familiar though. The spring was fed by small waterfalls and the water trickled down from a stream. There were odd looking rocks by the stream, but I didn't really question that.

To my left, there was a wooden gate that was currently open and behind me there were flowers and a hole that looked like someone could crawl through it.

I cautiously reached down towards the water and put my hands in a cup shape. I wondered if the water was safe to drink, it looked really clean after all.

Oh, who cares. I was thirsty! They didn't have anything to drink in the dentist's office.

As soon as I put the water up to my lips, it was like I was in heaven. My energy seemed to come back all at once and I just sat there, relishing in the taste of the water.

Who knew that water could taste so good?

I was pushed out of my thoughts from an amused voice, "You know, there's other places to drink besides in the Ordon Spring…"

I looked towards the voice and I gasped slightly. A young man around the age of 19 was standing before me. He was muscular and his skin had a nice tan too it. Like he spent time on the beach to tan. He was wearing clothes that looked tattered and worn and he put on a lopsided grin when he spotted me staring at him.

I could feel my face heat up and I looked away, trying to hide my blush.

"Uh…I….um…" I was stuttering. I hated when I stuttered, it always made me feel weak and that I couldn't accomplish anything useful since I couldn't even speak properly.

The same male voice spoke up again, "Heh…I won't bite you or anything. I'm a normal Hylian. Speak…" I was almost horrified when he sat down beside me. He tried to get a look at my face, but I just looked away not wanting to blush again.

I finally found my voice and I answered rather hesitantly, "Um…I was thirsty" I suddenly remembered to introduce myself and I turned around to face him. The man seemed slightly concerned at my embarassement. "My name's Terra, what's yours?" I held out my hand in greeting. He took it and firmly shook my hand up and down, "The name's Link. Where do you hail from, Terra?"

I hesitated again, not knowing if Link knew where the United States of America was.

"Uhm…I'm uhh…not from around here…" I trailed off, not really knowing what else to say. Link sighed and said out of pity, "if you want, I can show you around Ordon. It's a village just a few minutes from here" He added, seeing my confused expression.

"Okay" I nodded and we both got up.

I followed Link slowly, looking at all the wildlife and beauty around me. This was like a dream, but except it was too real.

Link chuckled from ahead of me when he caught me looking up at the tall trees, gaping. "I see you haven't been here before, Terra. That's a nice name, by the way"

"Thanks…" I muttered, feeling my face heat up a little.

Link chuckled quietly to himself when we reached the village. There was a tree house to my right, and I tried to read the sign. I furrowed my eyebrows as I tried to read the sign, but it was written in a language that I didn't understand.

I felt Link staring at me and I continued to follow him. "You can't read?"

I shook my head no. Well, technically…I could read, but not this language.

"No, I can't read this language. This is all new for me…I live in a far away place"

"Ah, that was my house by the way"

I nodded in understanding as we walked through the village of Ordon. I couldn't help but smile at children whacking each other with sticks. Link introduced them to me and pointed to each of them respectively when he told me their names.

I nodded when I finally could ingrade the names and the faces into my brain. I followed Link to a house on the far end of the village.

Before I could open my mouth to ask what was beyond the village, he provided me with the answer. "There's a ranch full of goats back there. I work there. We aren't going there now though, I'll have to talk with the mayor about where to put you" he looked me over, which made me blush a little. The man continued, "You don't seem dangerous though. Excuse me while I have a chat with the mayor. Stay here, Terra"

"Okay, Link. Sure…" I watched as Link walked into the mayor's house.

A few minutes went by, and I started getting nervous. No one was approaching me, and they were all staring at me like I was some sort of freak.

Unexpectinly, Link emerges out of the house with a big, burly man that I guess was the mayor.

"Welcome to Ordon Village! I am the mayor of this humble place and I welcome you to stay here as often as you want!" he held out his hand and I took it, shaking it up and down.

I grinned, I knew I would like this guy. He continued, "Link has already told me your name, Terra. Nice name you have there…"

I laughed quietly as he continued to ramble. I noticed Link's eyes were on me, but I didn't say anything.

Link grinned at the mayor's rambling and interrupted him, "Sorry for interrupting, but Terra would probably want to know where she could stay…" he trailed off and looked me in the eyes, I blushed and turned away.

The mayor stopped and smiled down at me, "Oh! I'm sorry for rambling! I tend to do that a lot. About where you will be staying…you have two options. Three actually. You could stay with Iila, Link or you could sleep on the ground!" I laughed slightly at the last suggestion.

I thought about the choices. I didn't really want to be a burden to anyone, and Link seemed friendly enough.

"I'll stay with Link. If it's all right with him." I added quickly.

"Oh, that's fine." Link responded.

The mayor beamed, "okay! Now that that's settled, Link…would you show this lovely young lady around?"

Link smiled at me as he lead me towards the landmarks of Ordon. The first stop: the ranch full of goats.

---Time Lapse. 4 hours---

Finally, Link lead me back to his house. He went up the ladder first, and I followed.

He opened the door and I looked around the house.

It was simple enough, to say the least. There were two more floors above the main one all accessable by ladders. I noticed Link walking towards a basket while I was examining the room.

I was interrupted in my sight-seeing as Link threw something at me. I caught it with ease though and I grinned when it was an apple. Atleast they had familiar food here.

I took a bite out of the apple and smiled inwardly. It was the best tasting apple that I've ever had!

"Terra…we have a problem"

I looked towards Link who was blushing slightly. I cocked an eyebrow to encourage him to continue. He did, "There's only one bed…"

Oh. That would explain why he's blushing then.

"I can sleep on the floor if you want…" I trailed off when I saw Link's face.

"No, I'll sleep on the floor. You can sleep on my bed"

I shook my head, "No, I don't want too. It would feel weird sleeping in your bed."

"What?" Link teasingly asked me, "You scared of cooties?"

I rolled my eyes and chuckled, "Oh yeah. Cooties don't like me much. Still, this is your house…and you should get the bed"

"But, it's common cortusy for a lady to get the bed"

"I don't care. I'm not sleeping up there, and you can't make me"

I regretted the last part of my statement when Link grinned meschiviously.

"Oh, yes I can…"

I rolled my eyes again, "prove it"

"Oh…I will"

We stared at each other for a few moments with serious faces on. Link's serious stare slowly transformed into a lopsided grin and I smirked. I had a feeling we were getting off on the right foot. We both finished our apples and Link took my core…throwing it outside on the ground below.

"Still, you should get the bed, Terra"

Ugh. Does this guy ever give up? Apparently not.

"No! I insist! You get the bed! This is your house and-" I stopped when I realized I just repeated an point. Link smirked in triumpth when I reluctantly climbed up to his bunk.

"I win!" he exclaimed in victory. I only rolled my eyes as I settled down for the night. Link turned on a lantern and abrubtly asked, "How old are you? I'm 19"

Damn. He was one year older than me. "Oh er…I'm 18"

A pause and then, "Oh. Cool…"

"Hey Link?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for making me take this bed, it's actually quite comfortable. I still feel guilty though"

Link chuckled below, "Heh. No problem! Don't feel guilty, you don't need too! I'm used to sleeping outside anyways"

There was a short pause.

"Link?"

"Hmm?"

"Where exactly in the house are you right now?"

"…beside you"

I frantically looked around, moving around in the small bunkbed. Link must of noticed I was surprised because he snickered, "Ha! Just kidding. I set up a sleeping bag that I had. I'm down here"

"You had a sleeping bag and you didn't tell me? I love sleeping in sleeping bags!"

Another short pause.

"Oh well. Night, Terra" Link yawned.

I smirked slightly as I closed my eyes and shifted slightly, "G'night…"

AN: ARGH! THE HORROR OF FLUFFINESS! XD

Heh, I thought this chapter came out pretty well. The chapters in this story will be roughly this length, FYI.

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