Links eyes widened slightly as he saw the goat come up behind Fado, its short legs pummelling the ground, and as funny as it would be to see what happened, he felt sorry for the man, these things often happened to Fado, and only him.

Link cupped his hands to his mouth, and shouted as loudly as he could, "Move Fado!"

Fado turned around quickly, on instinct, and yelled,"yee-ahhhhhhhh" before diving out of the way, rolling down the grassy mound of the field.

Link ran forward and grasped the goat's horns, planting his feet firmly on the ground; he cringed at the force of the animals' impact but held on tightly, the muscles straining in his arms and legs. He swung the goat over his shoulder, the hit of the ground leaving it stunned for seconds before it slowly got up and began grazing again.

Link stood up straight, rubbing his hands together as he watched the animal stand up, he didn't hear Zelda move over to him but soon she stood in front of him, concern lighting in her eyes.

"Are you hurt?"

He smiled at her worry, finding it endearing, and answered that he was perfectly fine.

Zelda smiled at him then turned to walk over to Fado, who was in the barn tending to the animals, Link jogged to catch up with her, walking at her side once he had.

"Do you do that often?"

Link looked down at her, "Occasionally when the animals are a little too lively." He chuckled as he watched her.

"Oh, I suppose it happens quite a lot then," She paused for a moment as she pondered on something or other, "Can you teach me?"

He turned to her surprised, "You?"

She looked slightly affronted but a teasing tone mingled in her voice, "Why not?"

"I could, perhaps. But not now, you've only just arrived here, we still have things that need to be sorted out."

She looked downcast at that, but then regained her composure, "But we're staying here today aren't we?"

"Until my work is done for the day, then I am at least, and I presume you'll be with me…so yes."

"Good, I like it here,"

Link laughed, "You haven't even seen the town, or met anyone!"

Zelda blushed slightly, "I mean here at the ranch, it's nice, welcoming." She laughed, a pleasant sound, he thought, "And, I'm sure the villagers can't be bad, I've met you, Fado, and been leant a dress. You all seem like lovely people."

"Thank you, I sincerely hope your opinion doesn't change."

They stopped talking as they entered the barn, different animals stood in the sides of it, Link moving over to pat one of the goats, Zelda following him. He stroked the coat of one of the more elder goats in the herd, pushing the fur back against the animal's back, Zelda watching him, intrigued.

"You can stroke her if you like, they're very tame animals." He whispered to her.

Tentatively she reached out a hand to brush against its fur. She looked timid, Link thought, shy to the animals which most people grew up with in the area that Ordon was settled in. Zelda was smiling now, he doubted she realised she was doing it, as her hand moved down the back of the animals head, soothing the old goat.

Moments later a clang echoed in the barn, catching the pair's attention, and they turned to see Fado cursing under his breath as he tried to pull the bucket they used for milking off of his foot. Zelda turned back around to face the goat, trying to cover laughter as she resumed her attention to stroking the goat. Link sighed, it was a typical day; he smiled apologetically at Zelda then went over to assist the poor man. He tugged on the bucket, trying to pull it off but it was fitted so snugly to Fado's boot that it didn't budge, he stood back, watching Fado sway about the room, his balance even less then usual.

Link grabbed another bucket and told him to sit down, if he fell over and hit his head it would do no-one any good, Zelda was now walking over to them, her footsteps light on the floor, only hay crunching under her weight.

"Do you have butter up here?"

"Hmm, don't think that's what's needed right now, but, later, I'm sure we can find some" He didn't understand what she meant by that or what it was about; he was more concerned with pulling the bucket off.

She sighed, "You use the butter to slide the bucket off."

Zelda raised an eyebrow at him, smiling coyly, while Link just stood there looking at her in surprise.

Fifteen minutes later Zelda and Link strode out of the barn, leaving a limping Fado behind, his boots smothered with gooey butter, and they laughed quietly at the turnout of things. For the rest of the day – when they were occupied at the ranch – they sat on one of the small hills in the field, Link lying down on the grass, his hair falling over his eyes in the light breeze, keeping one eye fixed on Zelda, the other on the goats at all times. Meanwhile Zelda moved about the ranch stroking the various goats, pacing up and down the width of it, a melancholy expression overcome on her face as she lost herself in thoughts or memories – it was impossible to tell, and once she'd walked around the outer circle she joined Link, seating herself next to him, sitting like she had been when he gave her the dress. They willed the hours away in companionable silence for the most part, sometimes saying how nice they thought something looked or discussing Epona and Zelda's own steed. It had been a pleasant afternoon, but as it got later into the evening a chill crept in and Link had asked Fado to look after the ranch while he took Zelda into town to find a cloak to keep her warm.

After Link came back from talking to Fado he looked up to the hill where they had seated themselves, and when he saw she was not there or around the field, he was soon running out of the ranch to search for her.

"ZELDA!" He yelled, the sound being carried by the wind, he ran his hands through his hair anxiously, his worry increasing.

He ran down into town, his boots clomping on the firm ground, however, when he saw her talking to Uli, he didn't know whether to be relieved or angry – finally deciding that neither was useful, certainly not angry, it was no one's fault, just a simple misunderstanding. He tried to calm his breathing as he walked, leisurely to the outside eye, though he felt a little stiff on the inside.

"I see you've met each other then." He smiled pleasantly at them both.

Uli, smiled kindly at him, "Um-hm, that we have," she turned back to Zelda, looking the younger lady in the eye, curiosity plain, "We don't often get visitors in these parts, being hidden away between the forests as we are, it's been lovely to meet you Zelda."

"And you, also I feel that I must say thank you for the clothes. I appreciate it greatly."

"That's no problem, I'm glad there's someone to wear them, they were just gathering dust!"

Link smiled at them, he was happy to see that Zelda got on with the village people, although she had no obvious problems from the injuries she had; he still did not think it wise for her to leave yet. If she exerted herself too much she could open the wounds again, and without help it was hard to say what would happen, Link winced – his teeth clenched together so the sound hissed through – at the thought. Painful – that was what it would be.