Hi, sorry the chapter is really late, I was sick last week and I had a LOT of tests this week so I could not write this until now. All the tests are finally over and I can just relax and continue writing. But I have a nice long chapter for you. Really sorry about the late update. Any way here is the chapter.


Plit Plat. Plit Plat.

The rain poured heavily as Link rode on his horse quickly. Link was feeding Epona carrots non stop so she could go faster!

"Come on Epona!" he yelled loudly while he swiped away some wet hair from his forehead.

Slash!

The thunder was loud, a zap of lightning flashed. Link appeared to be in an unknown place. It certainly wasn't Hyrule...

"Where are you heading?" A deep male voice asked.

Link turned around and saw an unknown man. He was dark skinned, and had thick black hair up to his back. His hair was tied up in many small braids. He was very muscular and looked like he could lift up a bus with no difficulty at all.

Link froze, little drops of sweat started to form behind his neck. The man chuckled. He rose a hand and a gigantic blue ball of magic appeared. He looked like he was about to shoot it.


All of a sudden Link woke up. He was breathing heavily.

"Oh my Din! What was that about!?" Link shuddered, that nightmare was scary...

The next day, Link woke up, got ready and went out to see Zelda again. He was very excited but also nervous. He also couldn't stop thinking about that nightmare. Zelda was his friend, but he felt so nervous around her because of his crush on her. What if he started to always act really weird around her? He wanted to be normal and he tried his best. When he got to the castle a guard started talking to him.

"Hi, you're Link, right?"

"Yes I am," Link replied.

"So you're here to see Princess Zelda, am I correct?"

"Yes, she's expecting me."

"Okay, go right ahead, the guards know that you are allowed to be in the castle, they won't bother you."

"Thank you sir."

Link continued to walk through. none of the guards did anything, just as the first guard had said. This was so much easier than sneaking past the guards, again he had reached Zelda's courtyard. Before he walked in though, he remembered what happened the day before. He didn't want to make a fool out of himself or give Zelda any hints about his crush on her. After all, she was a princess and he was not good enough for her anyway. If she found out, she would probably burst out laughing. She would never like him back, but he would always like her. But now was not the time to think about that, he had to go in, for now he must hold in anything that would make it obvious that he liked her. He mustact normal...

"Hi Zelda," He said after walking in.

"Oh Link! You're here pretty early!"

"Is that a bad thing?" he asked worriedly.

"No! Not at all, we get more time to talk! It's a good thing."

"Oh okay, well let's start hanging out then."

Zelda nodded. They sat on the grass again and chatted more. The more they talked, the more they got to know each other. Every time Zelda said something, Link always listened with great interest. They talked about Hyrule, the castle, Lon Lon Ranch, and much more. Link wanted to tell Zelda about his nightmare, but decided not to bother her about it.

Once again, Link just couldn't help notice how pretty she was. But before he had time to think about it he shoved the thought out of his brain. He could think about that later...

They continued to talk for hours, until it was evening. They heard a male voice come out from the window. They turned around and saw the window open, with Zelda's dad inside the castle.

"Zelda! It's dinner time!"

"Okay father, I'll be right there!" she yelled out.

"Alright, just don't take too long!"

And then the window had shut.

"So, Link do you want to have dinner with us?" she asked.

"Oh that's an honor, but I don't think that the king would want me. Besides I've got to go back home..."

"Oh please! Father would love to have you eat with us! After all you did save my life, and all of Hyrule... And staying for one more hour won't hurt! Please eat with us, I would love to introduce you to my father."

How could Link say no to that face? It looked like she really wanted him to have dinner with them.

"Alright fine," Link said after a moment of silence.

And with that Zelda cheered happily and led him inside the castle, to the dining room. The castle was huge and luxurious. It was an amazing sight to see. Zelda was very lucky to be a princess and live here!

The king was surprised when he saw Zelda walk in with Link.

"Zelda, who is this boy?" he asked eagerly.

"Father, this is Link. He's a good friend of mine and I'm sure you will love him. I have asked him to dine with us, I feel that this is a good way for you to get to know him."

"Pleased to meet you, your majesty," Link said while bowing.

"Oh, what a well mannered young boy! Well come sit down, help yourself!"

"Thank you, your honor."

The feast was truly amazing. The food had been like nothing Link had tasted in his life! There had been a wonderful soup as the appetizer, and a huge cuckoo dinner that was steaming hot with fresh hot vegetables on the side. The drink choices were water, Lon Lon milk, red potion, blue potion, and green potion. The Lon Lon milk was so fresh, it was as if they got it out of the cow only 3 minutes ago. And the potions were so good, but usually very expensive. The red potion was apparently very good for a person's health, the green potion was a power drink which gave you a lot of energy, and the blue potion (which was the most expensive) would give you both health and energy!

Not only that, but after dinner, they had a really famous (expensive) Hylian dessert. Link saw it being sold in the market and had always wanted to try it (after all, it smelled amazing) but he never had enough rupees. It was a small hot pastry with three layers, filled with a nice famous cream on one layer, a strip of hot chocolate cake with fudge cream on top on the second layer, and nobody knew what was on the third layer, apparently it was a special Hylian ingredient that made the recipe a mystery, so nobody could try to copy it... it was amazing...

Over dinner, the king was very intrigued to find out about Link, since Link was friends with his only daughter. He was pleased when he found out that Link was a skilled swords man and horse rider. The dinner was just amazing and Link was very happy that he chose to stay.

After that wonderful dinner, Link said goodbye to Zelda and the king and thanked them for inviting him to dine with them. Once again, Zelda asked when he would come again, and he said he would come again the next day.

When he went home, he was so happy and grateful. By now, he had forgotten about his nightmare. He lay down on his bed and was ready to fall asleep. But first he thought about his great day. He was proud that he held in all of the signs of his crush, since he did try very hard... But now was finally the time he could think about Zelda again. So as he was thinking that morning, what if she did find out? He would be so embarrassed and crushed inside. Link was pretty sure she didn't feel that way about him, so he never planned on telling her. If he did tell her, and she didn't like him back, they could never be friends the same way again. That was why he had to secretly crush on her and never show it, only think about it every night like this...

He kept thinking, until he eventually fell asleep.

But something else happened that night. Link had a dream again, it was the same nightmare as last night's...

Once again he woke up, and this time, he was even more scared. Why did he get the same nightmare again? He went back to sleep and believe it or not, he got the nightmare again!

The next day he went to see Zelda, same thing. They talked and talked, this time he actually told her about his dream.

"So Zelda?"

"Yeah?"

"Recently, something odd has been happening to me lately..."

"What is it?"

"Well, I'm having a lot of nightmares. And they are all the same one, over and over again. Every single time I go to sleep..."

"Oh really? That's weird... What is it about?"

"Well, it starts off with me riding Epona in the rain. For some reason, I'm in a rush. I don't know where I was, I'm sure it wasn't Hyrule. After that, a man appears behind me and asks me where I'm going. The man was intimidating. He rose his arm and made a big ball of magic, he looked like he was going to shoot it at me. And right when he is about to shoot me, I wake up... And it's always the same dream..."

"Wow, well I have no idea what's going on. I hope you stop getting these terrible nightmares."

"Thanks. I hope so too."

After talking a bit more, he left early, he wanted to go explore Hyrule again. He said goodbye and set off for Hyrule field.

First he decided to go to Lake Hylia and have a nice long swim. It relaxed him and he decided to go to Kakariko village next. He said hello to everyone and just stayed there for a while. But while he was there he thought that maybe he should go to Lon Lon Ranch... He loved their milk, but most importantly Malon was there...

Malon was an old friend of his, she was really nice and gave great advice. He missed her and thought he should visit her. Plus he was getting a little sick of having no friend to talk to about what had been going on... Malon was very trustworthy and he knew that if he told her about Zelda, she wouldn't tell anyone, and she might be able to give great advice too! She was a very good friend and he decided that he would set off to Lon Lon Ranch right away...

At Lon Lon Ranch:

Link walked in and went straight to Malon. As usual she was singing. She kept singing until she saw him walking towards her. After that she completely stopped and just stood there, in shock at seeing her old friend come back.

"Hey Malon," he greeted.

"LINK! I haven't seen you in like three years! How are you?" she asked excitedly.

"Ha ha I know... I'm good actually. What about you?"

"Yeah I'm good, the ranch has just been a little lonely without you coming by to visit."

"Oh sorry... I was kind of in a bad mood.."

"For three years?"

"Yes..." he admitted a little embarrassed.

"Why?"

"It's a long story..."

"Oh...well I've got time. Why don't we go inside to my room, and sit down. Then you can tell me what happened. If you want."

"Okay, and since I'll be telling you why, I also kinda want to talk to you about something else too..."

"Okay, I would be happy to hear it."

Link nodded, they went inside Malon's house. Talon was sleeping as usual... They quickly went to Malon's room and Link sat down on a stool. Malon sat on her bed.

"Okay, I'm all ears," she said.

"Well the reason I was in a bad mood for three years was because... when I finished my adventure. Zelda sent me back to the Kokiri Forest. So I can enjoy my life since I had to spend a lot of time on the journey. So I was sad, every day I sat on my bed and thought about my adventure and Zelda. I wanted to be friends with Zelda, and get to spend time with her. She seemed like a nice person and I wanted to see her more. But I never had the courage to. I thought I would bother her. So that's the reason why I didn't come for so long..."

"Wow...for three years..."

"Yeah."

"So what changed your mind?"

"Well a few days ago I had a nightmare. I had gone back to see Zelda again, and she didn't remember me. I kept reminding her about how I had saved her and all of Hyrule, and that I was the Hero of Time. She completely forgot about me... Eventually she was freaked out because of me and thought I was crazy, so she kicked me out of the castle. I woke up sweaty, but went back to sleep. In the morning I remembered the nightmare. I was worried it might come true, and she would forget about me... and I needed to do something with my life. So I gathered some courage and went to visit her. After all, I do have the Triforce of Courage."

"Well that's good. So what was that other thing you wanted to tell me?"

"Oh yeah... So before I tell you, I want you to know that you are the only one who I am telling this to. I know that you are very trustworthy so I decided to trust you with this secret I have. You can't tell anyone no matter what. You're the only one I can talk to about this."

"Okay, don't worry. I never let out a secret, when someone tells me a secret, I keep my mouth shut and only talk about it with that person."

"Good."

And then Link told Malon everything. About how he saw Zelda again, how they became friends and spent time with each other every day. Most importantly about him having a crush on her. When Malon heard this, she gasped. After all, he had a crush on the princess of Hyrule. He told her about the trance, and his thoughts...

After a few moments of silence, Malon spoke again.

"Link that is so sweet!"

"Yeah, well it felt good to let that out. I couldn't keep it bottled in for so long, With nobody to talk to about it. Obviously I can't tell Zelda. I know you give great advice though."

"Well, everyone does say that. I do like to give advice..."

"So what should I do? Should I get over her, since she would never like me that way?"

"No! How do you know? She might like you back... Don't say things that you're not a hundred percent sure of."

"Why do you think she might like me back?"

"Well she's very nice to you, and she seems to always want you to come visit. She might not like you that way, she might only like you as a friend. But she might also have a crush on you too. Some girls are just really good at hiding it..."

"So what are you saying I should do?"

"If I were you, I would tell her how I feel. I think that when you like someone you should tell them, because there is always a possibility they like you back. But that decision is up to you."

Link thought for a moment...

"I'm just scared, if I tell her and she doesn't like me back, we could never be friends the same way."

"Link, everyone thinks that. But, if she does like you, you'll feel better. If she doesn't, then you can just try to move on and ask if you could still be friends."

"Oh.. well I never thought about it that way. I guess I should tell her... Okay fine. I'll tell her first thing tomorrow. You better be right."

"Good for you! Don't worry, just be confident and hope that everything works out. I wish the best for you!"

"Same to you, Malon. Thank you so much, you helped a lot. You really do give good advice."

"No worries, if you ever need help again be sure to tell me. Good luck!"

"Thanks! I will for sure! Bye Malon!"

"Bye Link! Come again soon!"

Link had left the Ranch now. He was really happy he told Malon. It was a good decision. He went back home and thought about what he would say to Zelda the next day. Eventually he went to sleep early, hoping that everything would go well.

When he woke up the next day, he got ready and went straight to the Castle. He really wished that the nightmares would stop already, he just had the dream again last night. He gathered all his courage and stepped in the Courtyard.

"Hi Zelda," he greeted.

Zelda quickly turned around.

"H-hi Link..." she said worriedly.

Did Zelda just stutter? Why? She seemed odd today, something was different.

"S-so w-what's new?" she managed to say.

Link was sure something was wrong with her, but decided to continue anyway.

"Actually I wanted to-"

"L-Link..." she said cutting off his sentence.

"Okay Zelda, what's going on?! Why are you acting so odd? You're stuttering and you look really worried about something, please tell me why you're acting like this."

"Well I need to tell you something..."

"What is it?"

"Are you sure you want to know right now?" she asked.

"Yes Zelda, I want to know."

Zelda hesitated, but continued and finally told him.

"You have to go on another big adventure..."


I know... how mean am I to leave you hanging like this... And now Link can't even tell Zelda he likes her! Because if she says he has to go on another adventure he can't just ignore that and tell her. Well if you want to read more, the next chapter will come out on the weekend. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. I'd say this is where the story gets more interesting. Since it wasn't only going to be a romance story.

By the way, I kind of made Malon like me. Since I never let someone's secret slip out and like to give advice. Ha ha.

Please remember to review, and thank you so much to everyone who has reviewed the story so far.