As she rode on she thought of everyone she left behind over the past few weeks. There was her aunt and cousin, the friends she made in the restaurant, the villagers she knew when she was young, the man whose daughter took her place, the swords master, and that man. If you could even call him a man; he was only about 16 or so, her age. She never saw him, only a figure, but while she attacked him, he grunted at her with a younger voice. He was so strange. And where did he go?

Her thoughts were interrupted by the sight of another rider just off to the right of her. She wanted to have a little fun. She led Maseth closer to the other rider. Soon they were a stone's throw away from each other. She did not look at him and pushed Maseth on ahead of him. She could tell from the panting that the rider was a boy. Soon he was ahead of her. She pushed harder, he pushed harder. Soon they were in a full race. He called to her, "To the edge of the desert?"
"You're on!" She was ready to win.

She passed him just before they reached the end when she finally looked at him. He pulled back; this made her pull back as well. She stopped and he rode past and won. There was a slight drop at the edge of the desert and his horse stopped. He was still looking at her and the sudden stop sent him flying off the drop.

"Hey!" Polina jumped off Maseth and rushed to the small cliff. "Are you okay?"

"It's you."

"You hit your head didn't you?"
"What?"
"You're making no sense."

"You're making no sense."

She jumped down the cliff to see if he were alright. As she did he started to blush. "It's okay; I know how to deal with falls. The way I grew up I had to deal with people falling and getting hurt."

"And this is because…"

"I pushed people a lot okay?"

"Off cliffs?"

"If they were available."

He just stared at her; he wasn't blushing anymore, but he did look very nervous.

"Do you sill, you know…"

"No, I know better now."

"Good, 'cause that would cause some problems with my quest."

"Quest? Why are you on a que-"

"There you are Link!" A small fairy came flying up to him. "Where have you been, what happened, who are you, are you okay?"

"Quick to get to the point I see." Polina was now getting very interested in this guy.

"I was in a race, won, and fell over the cliff, I'm okay, at least I think so, right?"

"Oh," said Polina realizing that she was being spoken to, "Yes, you are just fine."

The fairy just stared at her. Polina looked at Link hoping to get some help as to why she was being stared at. He mouthed "Your Name" at her.

"Ah, I am Polina," she was ready to have her question answered now, "What is your quest?"

Link sat up and looked as if he were trying to remember what it was. Polina just looked at him as if he were crazy.