Chap. 2 A Watery Love

Our story moves on to Zora's Domain, where we find a specific Zora sneaking around.

"Ha, ha, ha." Ruto laughed quietly. "This year no one will stop me," she says to herself.

Each year the Zora's hold their own Strawberry Festival, but separate from everyone who wasn't a Zora. The Zora's already grew and collected their strawberries from the Lost Woods. (A/N They don't know about the portal near their home.) Ruto wanted to be at the same festival as Link.

Ruto just got past the guards near the exit. So all she had to do now was get to... "Shoot, there are guards out here too!" she said to herself.

"What am I suppose to...Wait. Link said there was a shortcut out of here no one knows about, but where."

Ruto started looking around for the shortcut but all she saw was a giant hole in the cliff with a little pond in it.

"Is this it?" she asked herself. "Well, only one way to find out."

Ruto jumped in the water and swam down. She spotted a little hole and swam through it.

Weird portal sounds

That is when she entered some woods. When she got to the surface she asked herself 'How does no one know about that?' Ruto left the water and spotted a little girl with clothes like Links.

"Hello! Little girl, can you help me get out of here? "Ruto asked.

"Sure! Follow me to get out. My name's Vea by the way."

Ruto and Vea walked through the woods silently. When they exited the woods Ruto saw a small village with houses inside trees. When Ruto finished admiring, she asked "If you don't mind me asking, what's the fastest way to Castle Town?"

Vea pointed to a hollow log and said "Go through the log, across the bridge, follow the dirt path, or swim in the river on your right, until you see a draw bridge. Walk across it, and you're there."

"Thank you." Ruto said, jumping off the ledge of the cliff she was on, and followed Vea's directions. Ruto took the river and in 10 minutes, she was in town. Ruto had brought an empty bottle, to carry some milk, and a blue fire, to sell for rupees. She started to look for a place to sell the rare fire when she heard someone say,

"...rupees, or something of equal value and it's yours."

After she heard someone say that, she saw a girl come out of an alleyway. Out of curiosity, Ruto went to the new section of the city. The girl nearly bumped into her along the way, and when she was halfway down she heard someone yell "WHAT AM I GOING TO TELL IMPA!"

Ignoring the yell, Ruto continued on. When she was in the new section of the city, the only thing she saw was a man behind a cart.

"Hello," called the man. "Are you here to buy a potion?"

"What kind do you sell?" asked a wondering Ruto.

"Any kind you want. If it's real and you want it, I'll make it." said the man.

'Maybe I don't have to sell it.' thought Ruto. "Will you make a "love" potion?"

"No problem. Come back tomorrow at sunset, with an empty bottle, 200 rupees or, something of equal value, and it's yours." Said the man.

"Ooo... Thank you sir. Thank you. "

"Please my name is Maoron Faaj Gonor."

Ruto left with a giant smile. She had everything she needed, except one thing. A place to stay until tomorrow. She couldn't go home yet or her father would put her on 24 hour guard. Everywhere in town was booked. She thought about her predicament until... "I'll stay at that forest, there is sure to be some room for me there."Ruto took the same path to the forest, except she took the dirt path because of the water resistance. When she left it was about 4:00 P.M., but when she got to the forest it was sundown. When Ruto entered the forest village, she was greeted by a girl, but it wasn't Vea. . She wore clothes that bore a resemblance to Vea's, but this girl had green hair, and a happier voice.

"Hello, can I help you?" asked the girl."Actually yes. Can you tell me if there is a place here I can stay for the night?""Well, there is Link's tree house. He won't be back until the day of the festival. So I guess he won't mind."

Hearing "Link's" and "house" made Ruto so happy, her heart nearly burst. She didn't risk showing it, for she may be thrown out.

"Thank you. As a sign of my appreciation, I'll tell you something you might like. Is there someone you have your eye on?" asked Ruto. The girl looked down and said "Yeah. Sort of."Kicking the ground and blushing, such obvious signs."Come with me tomorrow with an empty bottle and something worth 200 rupees; he just may be yours."The girl said "Thank you. Link's house is over there. Bye."She ran off after pointing to where Link's house was. Ruto walked over and climbed up a ladder. Ruto stood after reaching the top and walked into the home. She looked around and climbed into the bed. Ruto fell asleep with two thoughts crowding her mind.'Please don't let father be mad at me. I can't believe I'm in Link's bed!'-A.N. Thanks for reading. If you want the next chapter up just make sure you don't leave flames!