No I don't own Zelda.

"It's really hot." Zelda stated the obvious.

"Thanks captain obvious." Winter sighed. "It's a desert."

"Well sergeant sarcasm, not all deserts are hot." Zelda stated. "Like the artic."

"Just shut up Z." Winter glared.

"Maybe we should just ride in silence." Link suggested.

"No." Zelda and Winter said in unison.

"That just makes things boring." Winter added.

"Fine, just don't fight." Link sighed.

"Hey Zelda, maybe you should tell a story?" Winter rested on Zelda's shoulder.

"No, I don't, I can't remember any." Zelda protested.

"Hmm, what about-"

"No time." Link cut Winter off. "We're here." Link dismounted Epona. As soon as Zelda was off of the horse, Epona ran from the desert.

"I don't think she likes me." Zelda watched Epona leave.

"Naw, there's just something here that scares her." Link laughed. "Come on." Link led Zelda to the Spirit temple.

A knot began to grow in Zelda's stomach. I have a bad feeling about this. Someone grabbed Link from the side and pointed a saber at his throat.

"Leave now!" The Gerudo said. "Wait, aren't you the idiot we captured last time?"

Zelda opened her mouth dumbfounded, then closed it again.

"Well, now then, the tables have turned haven't they?" The Gerudo smiled as she pulled Link away. "Come, find him before the dragon eats him!" She called at Zelda, who was still standing dumbfounded.

Winter shrunk to her fairy size and landed on Zelda's nose. "Well, don't just stand there Z! We've got to save him!"

"Winter, I have a bad feeling about this, if we go save him, it may turn out like the last time."

"Whadda ya mean? Navi isn't here."

"No, I mean you, may die."

"I'm a lotta things, but I am not a fool." Winter flew forward with Zelda following close behind. "But," Winter stopped flying. "If your life is in danger, then I will give up my life to save yours."

"No." Zelda said firmly. "I won't let you.

"Zelda, I am your guardian fairy, if your life is in danger, then I have to give up my life to save yours."

"I won't let you."

"Then don't put your life in danger." Winter smiled and led Zelda down the hall.

They entered a familiar room, and found a familiar face. "Took you long enough!"

"Link!" Zelda rushed forward to Link's cell. "Link, if the Gerudos remember me, then how has it been a hundred years?"

"A hundred years at that place you called home."

"Iowa?" Zelda smiled. "Lets get you out of there!"

"Not, so, fast." A high voice made Zelda jump.

Link's blood ran cold. "Zelda, it's that bastard, the one who killed Navi."

Zelda turned around and faced the sand colored dragon. "You, you're the one who killed her?"

"My, my, the tables have turned." The dragon seemed to smile cruelly. "Sixteen years ago I killed his fairy, does this mean that I get to kill yours now" Zelda saw Winter seem to go pale. "Yeah right!" Zelda spat, her voice filled with fake confidence.

The dragon launched it's self at Zelda, who dove to the side to dodge the dragon's teeth. Instead, the dragon rammed it's head into the bars of Link's cell, and Zelda ran into the wall. But the claws managed to scratch her back. "Ow." She groaned.

"Z!" Winter pulled on Zelda's shirt. "Z! Get up!"

You just couldn't hurt a girl, could you?

"Z!" Zelda could faintly hear Winter's voice. "Z!" Winter had grown to her full size and was shaking Zelda.

I don't need your help anymore.

"Z!"

"Stop." She mumbled. "Stop it, I'm sorry Link."

"Z? Wha, what's wrong?" The dragon lunged at Zelda and Winter again. Winter pushed Zelda out of the road, causing her to collide with the bars of Link's cell. Winter flew up and out of the way as fast as she could.

"Zelda!" Link shouted, kneeling down to help her up. "Zelda are you okay?"

"I'm sorry." She mumbled again. "I just couldn't do it."

"Link you idiot!" Winter shouted from the ceiling.

"So, this is the princess?" The dragon looked over at Zelda. "Not much of a princess." The dragon lunged forward again to Zelda.

"NO!" Winter shouted, diving down in front of Zelda.

"Winter don't!" Link cried.

Zelda began to regain her senses and saw what Winter was doing. "Win! No!" Zelda screamed as her friend stood in front of her. The dragon enclosed it's mouth around her, and there was a flash of white light, and Winter was gone. "Win! Win! No! Winter!" Tears fell from her eyes.

"Just like I did a few years ago." The dragon said in a mash of Navi and Winter's voices.

Zelda stood up, holding on to the bars for support. She grabbed Link's sword and pointed it at the dragon. The dragon surged forth and Zelda dove underneath the dragon and when she came up, she had the sword plunged into it's heart. The dragon disappeared in a puff of orange smoke. The door to his cell opened and Link rushed to support Zelda.

"Zelda? Are you okay?" He held her in his arms. "What happened?"

"I, I don't know. One minute I was fighting the dragon, and the next, I you were yelling at me."

Link didn't bother to point out that she never really fought the dragon, only dodged an attack. "I never yelled at you." Link gave her a confused look.

"Yes you did. You told me that I couldn't hurt a girl," realization flooded his face, "And that you didn't need my help anymore."

"Zelda, I'm so sorry I said that. I'm sorry, I was just angry that I lost Navi and I-"

Zelda shook her head. "No, it was my fault, I dunno what happened. I-"

"Stop it." Link gave her a hard look. "If Navi or Winter were here they would tell us to quit living in the past and move on."

"Navi might say that, but you know that Winter would say something different. Like, "Come on you big babies! Would you quit crying already! You're making me sick!"" A small smile made it's way to Zelda's face.

"You're right." Link laughed. "Can you walk? Let's get you back to the village, you look like you're hurt pretty badly."

Zelda nodded and Link let go of her. She immediately collapsed.

"I thought you said you could walk!"

"I nodded at going back to the village." Zelda glared as she took Link's hand. "I never said I could walk."

"This may be a long trip back." Link sighed as he pulled her up.

"Naw, it'll be short." Zelda joked before collapsing again.

Link sighed and picked her up. He whistled for his horse and Epona came back. Link set Zelda on the horse and climbed on himself. "Hi-ya!" Link, Zelda, and Epona raced off to Kakarico Village.