"Okay, here it goes…"

"Link?" I exclaimed, "Hey, Link!"

He turned his head towards me and listened attentively to what I had to say.

"Today was amazing. Watching you win the race and performing the ritual together…I'll always remember this."

"Will you?"

"No, that wouldn't go anywhere…"

"It really was wonderful," I continued.

He smiled at me with that joyous, intoxicatingly thrilling smile that always warmed my heart.

"How do I even start?"

"Link, I have a confession to make."

"No, too forward…"

"Link, do you like me as more than a friend?"

"That's even more forward…"

"Just start slow"

"We have all the time in the world."

"You know…Link…"

"That'll do it…"

"There's something I've been meaning to talk to you about…"

"Good…now…how about…Have you ever thought of us as more than frie—"

My thoughts were abruptly interrupted by a blinding flash of light, forcing me to instinctively close my eyes and hide my face.

When I looked up, I was shocked to see a huge gust of dark winds now spinning in front of us.

"What is that?!" I exclaimed.

"I...I don't know," Link said to the right of me.

Before I could get control of my panicked Loftwing, I started to be pulled closer to the eye of the storm.

"What's going on?" I asked in desperation as I leaned closer to my Loftwing in an attempt to shield myself from the inescapable winds.

But it was no use.

"Ahhh! Link!" I yelled as I was suddenly thrown off my Loftwing.

"Zelda!" I barely heard among the deafening winds that surrounded me.

I reached upwards towards where I last saw him, but by then, all I could see was the black dust of the storm.


-End of Part I-