Malon slowly woke up from her sleep to find herself in...Link's room? she was laying on what she assumed was his bed, and aside from her bra and bandages across her chest she was completely shirtless, on the other side of the room she saw Link who he himself had some bandages across his back and she could see bloody arrows on the desk
She tried to sit up only to groan in pain and lay back down, her action did however catch Link's attention and he said "hey take it easy, you got hit by a sword you aren't exactly gonna be in tip top shape for atleast good while..." he then smiled and said "you saved me you know...if you hadn't helped me, I'd be dead"
Malon then said "you should have asked me to help from the beginning...idiot.." this caused Link to laugh and say
"yeah, i guess I just forgot I could count on other people everyonce in a while..."
they were both silent a bit then Malon said "hey...Link?, I was wondering...when you were um...chocking that woman...your hand had this glow...it kinda looked like-" and before she finished Link said
"the triforce? yeah...I was surprised too...remember before I left when i said I was some kind of chosen hero? I wasn't joking...i had the triforce of courage, but when I left hyrule it wasn't too long after that I realized it was gone...I thought for so many years that I lost it...that the gods abandoned me and that I wasn't worthy or something, I no longer seemed to have its power...but not only do I now realize that I didn't lose it...it was just dormant inside me...and thanks to you I now know why"
Malon then looked at him questionably, he then continued and said "the reason I lost it...was because when I left hyrule all I essentially did was fight for myself, to live or just simply to survive, I had no goal, no real courage...but when I saw you get hurt like that...I no longer fought for myself...but for you" Link then lifts up his left hand showing his triforce to her
"I remembered what true courage was...its not just to stand up for youself...but for others, for those you care about and those who cannot...and its all thanks to you" he then lowerd his left hand onto hers and said
"and I can't even begin knowing how to thank you...so...I know ive been selfish recently, and that we haven't seen each other in years...but if ever you need me I'll-" Suddenly however, interupting him, Malon grabed him by the collar and pulled him into a kiss, and while it shocked link at first, he gave in and returned the kiss, this lasted for a few moments until finally Malon let go of him and said
"all I want...is for you to be yourself...to be that boy who always did the right thing no matter how hard it was or who he had to face, to have enough courage to bring everyone together and stop anyone who tries pull us apart...and deep down I know you want to...the urge to save hyrule is in your blood, and I can hear it so loudly its making me shiver...so get out there and do what you do best fairy boy...I'll be waiting right here for you to come back"
Link then nodded and stood up, he knew she was right, living in peace could wait...he then thought to himself "right now...hyrule needs it's hero" as he looked at the triforce on his hand, he then went over to his equipment, he tossed his gray tunic aside and picked up his green tunic and said "its time to return..." he then put on his old tunic, grabed his equipment, put his poncho over his tunic and walked to the door
once he was outside he put two fingers in his mouth and loudly wistled epona's song, and on cue epona actually kicked the barn door open and walked next to him, he smiled and pet her for a moment and said
"hey girl...sorry but...looks like I need you to lend me your help one last time...you up for it?" Epona then gave a loud whinny as a reply, Link smiled in return and mounted her, he then rode off from the Ranch and headed towards hyrule castle
When Link arrived he saw a large battalion of soldiers about to leave, Link rode up to their commander and said
"whats going on here? why are you all getting ready for battle?"
the commander looked at him angrily as if it was none of his business and said "who's asking?"
Link, not wanting to waste any time raised his left hand showing his triforce and replied "I am, now what's going on commander"
the soldiers all gasped and the commander said "s-sir link! sorry I didn't recognize you, we were on our way to death mountain, there is a massive enemy army attacking the gorons, if we do nothing they are sure to fall"
Link took everything in everything the soldier said and answered "alright I understand, carry on with your current objective commander, I'll help you out"
the commander then asked "wait...your comming with us?" to wich Link replied
"no...im not a soldier, im a hero, I do things my own way, when you march down the main road and face the hoard you'll be attracting all their attention, an opportunity wich I will use to climb the mountain in secret and rally the goron forces and attack them from their side, without realizing it the monsters have boxed themselves in, if we attack from both sides they will be trapped an unavoidably defeated"
Link then turned epona around and began galloping towards the mountain, however the commander then said "wait you're gonna climb the mountain!? That's extremely dangerous, anyone who takes anything but the mountain trail is either unbelievably brave or enormously stupid!"
Link then simply turned towards him and smirked at him for a moment and then continued to ride away on epona
the commander then facepalmed and then pointed at a soldier and said "you, go tell queen zelda that sir Link has changed his mind, he will now be assisting us in the war...Although he seems totally convinced on doing things his own way..."
the soldier then nodded and ran as fast as he could to the queen to tell her the message
End of chapter 10