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For what seemed like an eternity, but was probably mere moments, they sat in tense silence. Neither of them spoke; What was there to say? The Doctor's thoughts whizzed rapidly in his incredible head, as if battling over which thought should come out first. There had been a time for the Doctor in which his own death was also a fixed point in space and time. But this was different; Link is a child. No one so young should ever have to know when their life will end, especially if it's a measly three years in his future. Nothing can justify it. It's just plain cruel. And the Doctor felt at fault. If they had never met, the boy would never have had to know. Or maybe he still would have. Link said he had experience with time travel.

Speaking of Link, he was feeling rather sick. His own thought where so quick and frantic that he didn't even know he was thinking most of them. He felt his eye begin to sting with tears, but quickly blinked them away, and drew in a deep, shaky breath.

The Doctor spoke first. "How old are you?"

Link's voice barely came out as a whisper. "Eleven..."

You'll be only fourteen then... The Doctor thought bitterly. No one should have to die alone in the woods at fourteen.

"Can you tell me exactly what you saw? It might not have been you."

Link cleared his throat, letting a much forced smile come to his lips. "Who else would the Goddesses be so mean too? It was definitely me. I could feel it. Anyway... I saw myself, a few inches taller than I am now, and looking frighteningly skinny."

The Doctor winced. Link was pretty thin right now; Unhealthily so. Any thinner would definitely be dangerous.

"...And... And Navi was there too..."

"Who's Navi?"

"She was one of my best friends. A fairy. She left me for who knows what reason months ago. She just sort of... Flew away..."

The Time Lord's hearts sank. He knew very well what it was like to lose people very dear to him. Wait... "She's a... Fairy?"

"YES, Mister Foreign Science Man, a fairy. Get over it."

The Doctor decided to file that under 'Later'. "So... How did you... The future you... Die?"

The young Hero frowned. Something felt like it was missing from the Cause of Death department. "I... Don't know... It's weird, like I was alive one moment, and we where dead the next."

"We?"

"Yeah, they killed both my future self AND Navi... Navi first..."

The Doctor had a bad feeling. "You said they killed you. Who are they?"

Link scrunched up his face in confusion. Something was off. "Did I say they? I... I don't know!"

"I think... That we should get out of here..." The ancient man walked back over to the console, and they departed the forest of Death. The ride was smoother this time. For TARDIS standards anyway.

When they landed, the Doctor peeked his head out the TARDIS door. "Yowza! Smells like... America. 90's." He turned back to Link, smiling brightly as if the previous dilemma was forgotten. "We're in my dimension now. Just to warn you, it's very different from where you're from. Aaand... You might want to change your clothes. Green tunics and those kinds of boots will definitely stick out quite a bit. Back in a jiffy!" ...And the Doctor ran down into a hallway on the other side of the console.

Link sighed. The Doctor was definitely not like any man he had ever met. And he had definitely met some strange people; The residents of Termina were especially strange. How could a man's mood change so quickly? Answer; It doesn't. The Doctor was pretending.

A moment later, the madman came bounding in with a small stack of clothes. He gave them to Link, who immediately began changing. The Doctor made a startled sound, and turned quickly to face away from him. Link was confused at this, (living in a forest your whole life, you don't learn many social skills or things that 'normal' people do.) but shrugged it off. He was now wearing a green sweater, (a bit loose on him, but comfortable) and a pair of tan cargo shorts, as well as red converse. He liked it.

The Doctor turned around. "Ah! Very nice. now, you might want something to cover those whopping ears of yours." He ignored Link's death glare. "Here you go." He handed Link a black knit hat, and pulled it on Link's head over his ears. "There you go!"

The two of them stepped out of the TARDIS, and the boy Hero from Hyrule had so many questions about EVERYTHING.