A/N: Sorry, I forgot to post the authors' note last chapter. I am quite happy that my story has gotten a few reviews, and I was happy that I got a favorite and follow. Also, I would like to thank limestonerocketfuel for their review and ShadowTails130 for the favorite and follow. I was told to make longer chapters, but in order to keep to a reasonable schedule, I don't know if that is currently feasible. Once school lets out I will have more time to write. Sorry about the long A/N, but I needed to clear some things up. Please R&R!

Disclaimer: I don't own legend of Zelda, or anything Nintendo. (applies to last chapter as well.)


After my speech, Link looked as if he was fighting an internal battle.

"Well, I don't know," he said. I tried to mask my disappointment, even though I thought that this is what would happen.

"Okay, I will just be on my way, then," I walked away from him, and I was almost out of the forest and in Hyrule field, when I heard Link calling to me.

"Vaati, wait. I only said that I didn't know if you could come along because I'm not used to talking to people. It is strange to be ten one day, and in what seems like a few seconds, you are suddenly seven years into the future. I can get used to it, but that was the only reason that I hesitated." He could see the look of relief on my face after he said that.

"Thank you for this chance, I won't let you down!"And with that, I walked back to where Link was.

"So, Link, where are we going now?" I asked.

"Sheik told me that I need to go to Kakariko for an item that will allow me to complete the first temple."

"Let's get started then! Where is that?" I asked, not remembering that from the Hyrule of my day.

"It is close. We can get there in an hour if we walk there. It would take around 20 minutes by horse."

"There is no way that you are going to make me get on that thing again. Once is enough." He laughed at me.

"Alright, we can walk." Thus we started our walk to Kakariko. It would take around an hour, if Link was right, so I started to look back on the days when I was evil. Now I understand that I was doing the wrong thing, but at that point in my life, I thought that I was going to be powerful, and that is all that I used to care about. Power. Thanks to Link and Ezlo, I can see that being evil is not powerful. That was how Link beat me. He was good, and I was not. I ran a hand through my hair and sighed. I am glad that I got a chance to redeem myself, and thanks to this Link, I can do just that.

"Vaati, hello? Can you hear me?" Link's voice brought me out of memories.

"What? Oh, sorry, Link. I spaced out."

"What were you thinking about?"

"Just how much everything has changed. Hyrule. Myself. You even. How can you forgive me for what I did so easily? I know that it did not affect you directly, but why didn't you react the way your fairy did? Speaking of your fairy, where is that little gnat?"

"While you were asleep, I told her that she had to come to terms with the fact that you were no longer evil, or she could leave. She chose the second option." He shook his head, "and as for how I could forgive you, it was simple. You were sincere. That is something that I have always been able to do, you know, see if someone was telling the truth or not. I could see in your eyes that you were truthful in your apology." It was wonderful having someone look out for you.

"Link, can we stop and rest here for the night, it's almost dark."

"Ok." At this, he set his stuff down, and we stopped and rested for the night. When morning came, I learned a valuable lesson; Link is a morning person. I, however, am not. I got into the habit of sleeping for as long as I wanted, and I was not the most charitable person if I was woken up.

"Rise and shine, Vaati! Its morning and I made breakfast." He yelled at me.

"Five more minutes" I said groggily, as I was not fully awake at this point.

"Come on! We need to get a start on the day!" he yelled, exasperated. When I still made no attempt to wake up, he sat down next to me and started to poke my cheek.

"What are you, Link? Five?" it may have been an annoying way to wake up, but it did get me up.

"Nope, seventeen," he quipped, grinning like a madman.

"Never wake me up unless it is an emergency. I hate feeling tired, and that is why I was never woken up. Waking up naturally helps me to recover my magic faster." I tried to glare at Link, but seeing him so happy made me lose a lot of my anger at him.

"Link, just please, try not to wake me up. Did you say that you made breakfast?"

"Yeah, I don't know what you like to eat, but I will usually prepare some fruit and some bread. Is that alright with you, Vaati?"

"Sounds great. Just so you know, I am a vegetarian."

"Good," he tossed me an apple and tore off a chunk of bread and handed it to me, "Why are you a vegetarian?"

"I can talk to animals. It can be a big help. I don't mind of you want to eat meat though. It is not that big of a deal if I see someone eating it, but I just make it a practice to not eat any type of meat." I shrugged and started eating my piece of bread.

"Well, if you won't eat meat, then I won't either." He smiled at me and nodded. "How can you speak to animals?" I told him about how I am a Picori, and what they are, the door opening every one hundred years, and everything that happened since I went back to the Picori world with Ezlo.

"You know, Vaati, you and I are quite alike in many respects. We both did not know our parents, we both were raised by someone quite eccentric and neither of us had many friends."

"Link, our lives were both kind of depressing if you think about it."

"At least we both have a new friend. For me, it's you, Vaati, and I hope that you think of me as your friend."

"Of course I do!" I smiled brightly at him, and we walked to the stairs that led up to Kakariko.