I woke up in the barn, something not too unusual for me; I often came here to relax after my chores were done with.

Something that wasn't too usual, however, was the princess that was leaning against me, snoring softly. Zel? What is she doing here?

The events of the past twenty-four hours hit me like a sword hilt to the head. The sudden rush of memories made me light headed and nauseous.

We're truly not in Hyrule any longer? I groaned loudly.

Perhaps a little too loudly, as the girl using me as a pillow opened her eyes. She followed my example and groaned, covering her eyes with her arm.

"Good morning, beautiful. How was your night?" I asked with a small grin on my face.

She glared at me from under her arm. "Link, this is not the time to anger your princess."

I feigned shock. "But why? I would think this is the best time to anger the lovely lady."

She growled at me, and I jumped up from my seat before she had the chance to take a swipe at me.

I held my hand out to her. "Come on, Zel. We have a big day ahead of us. We've got to get back to Hyrule."

She grabbed my hand and let me help her up. Reluctantly, I allowed my arm to fall back to my side so we could get to work.

Blegh. I need a bath. I could feel the grime of yesterday's work still lingering on me, and I was sure Zelda could smell it.

"Hey, how about we find a place to bathe? If we have to meet people, I'd rather not be smelling as if I'd rolled in horse dung."

She looked at me like I was crazy. "You? Take a bath? Willingly?! Alright, who are you and what have you done to my Link!" My Link, huh?

"Hey! I do too take baths! Get back here, princess!" I called as she ran just out of my reach. I took one step forward, she took two steps back. Oh, it is on.

She turned and ran, jumping over the pile of clothes we salvaged yesterday. Ooh, is the princess feeling rebellious today?

It wasn't long until we were both running, taunting and chasing each other around like we used to do when we were little kids.

Just as I was almost able to grab her, she knocked over a pile of tools to block my path, an old hunting spear I had made when I was little almost split my head in two. So, she wants to play dirty, huh? We'll see about that.

As Zelda was passing the barn doors, I climbed up to the hayloft ( A/N: The area in the upper portion of the barn. Where the hay is.) and waited.

She had finally realized that I hadn't been following her, and stopped just below where I was hiding.

I whistled, gaining her attention, and dropped from the area above her.

Unfortunately, I misjudged my position.

I landed just in front of her, which would've been fine if I had the acrobatic skills of a monkey. As this was not the case, however, I stumbled into Zelda.

We began falling, and I threw all of my weight to the side, shifting us so that I would land on the bottom to prevent from crushing her.

This landing resulted in a position that we had not yet been in, neither with each other, nor anyone else.

We were kissing.

We sat frozen, staring at each other, lips touching and bodies pressed close.

It was shocking. I'm kissing the princess! No, I'm kissing Zel!

Even though it had been a complete accident, I never wanted this moment to end.

I just couldn't comprehend how such a simple action could feel so good.

And just then, the spell was broken.

Zelda pulled back and looked at me, lips slightly parted, cheeks flushed, and her eyebrows furrowed. She seemed almost scared as she searched my eyes.

She looked further down to my lips, and I followed her gaze. I found that at some point, my hand had raised to my face, touching the ghost of her lips.

"I-uhhh..." I tried to speak, but no words formed. My brain had shut down.

"You- I'm sorry." She spoke in a strange, hurried tone, then stood up and quickly walked out of the barn.

Way to go genius, you may have just ruined the only friendship you'll ever have.

"Arggh, why do you have to be so damn stupid?! Why can't you just act normal around her?" I berated myself as I sat up and held my hands to my face.

After a moment, I realized that I needed to go find Zel and apologize for my actions, even if they were accidental.

I groaned once again and walked out of the barn.

Only to be greeted by what looked liked a bunch of orange pig-creatures looming about an unconscious princess.

Zelda! I have to get to her! I hid behind the barn doors, eternally grateful that the monsters hadn't seen me yet.

I needed a weapon. Glancing around the barn, there was nothing that that immediately caught my attention.

I began rummaging through a pile of old tools that hadn't been used in years. Most of which were falling apart at the base, but I found a shovel that had some rust on it, but all-in-all looked to be in okay condition. I tested it on the wall to the right of me.

The blade broke into three pieces. Damn, must've rusted through. I dropped the useless stick and whipped my head around to look for something more durable, frantic to get back to my friend.

A flash of silver caught the edge of my vision, and I stumbled attempting to get to it. I realized that it was the spear that Zelda had almost hit me with when we were goofing off earlier. I picked it up and looked it over. The leather grip had long since fallen off and the tip was chipped, but other than that, it seemed to be enough to defend myself with.

I held on tightly to my new found weapon and quickly made my way back over to the doors. It had been about a minute since I left to find a weapon, and I sincerely hoped that Zelda was alright. I steeled myself, then cautiously walked out to meet my strange foes.

AN/ Hey, guys. sorry for the long wait. I really have no other excuse but for laziness, but I finally got a laptop for Christmas, so I won't have to type up the chapters on my phone anymore. Alright, see ya.