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The Forest

Link

I woke up staring at Zelda. She looked like she was still asleep. My arms were still around her, and her hands were against my chest. It was all so comfortable, I didn't want to move.

So I closed my eyes and sighed. I felt her stir. She was awake.

"Good morning," I said, causing her to jump.

"Nayru's love!" she yelled. "My god, Link, you scared me!"

"That's the idea," I replied, grinning.

She pushed me away, making me fall off the bed.

"Hey!" I exclaimed. "That hurt."

Zelda gaped at me. "You can almost die in a dungeon, and falling off of a bed that's less than two feet off the floor hurts?"

"Yes! Well, no, but still!"

She laughed.

"Hey, Zelda?" I asked.

"Yeah?"

"Did yesterday...?" I began

"Funny, I was about to ask you that."

"So, it wasn't... y'know, a dream?"

"If it was, you and I have very similar dreams," she replied.

"Really? So you dreamt that evil meat eating chairs were falling from the sky asking for fried beef?"

Zelda's face turned red with anger again. She started hitting my head with my hat.

"You! You're horrible!"

"Well, excuse me, princess!" I said, jokingly. (Yes, I had to put that in here.)

Then I caught her hands again. She stopped struggling and look straight into my eyes.

And we started to lean in...

Zelda

Right when our lips were about to touch, the door slammed open. Impa was standing in the doorway.

She didn't show any signs of anger like yesterday. Instead, she smiled and walked up to us.

She threw Link across the room, then knelt down in front of me.

"Princess, you two should leave soon. We have everything ready."

"O-okay. Thank you, Impa."

Impa left with a bow. I turned my attention to Link.

"Are you okay, Link?"

"Y-yeah," he said, clutching his shoulder. "Um... ow."

"Are you hurt anywhere?"

"Oh, no. Being thrown against a wall has absolutely no effect on me."

"You can drop the sarcasm, Link."

Link got up and rolled his shoulder a couple times. Then he streched. And... flexes?

I giggled. It looked like he was trying to impress me.

"What's so funny?" he asked.

"Oh, nothing. Nothing," I answered, still giggling.

"No, something's making you laugh," Link replied, "Tell me! I like a good laugh, too, y'know."

"Did you flex a second ago to impress me?"

Link's face froze. "No, no! Where would yo get that idea?" He started laughing, nervously.

I gave him a skeptical look. Link stopped laughing and looked at the floor.

"Yes..."

I laughed. He made his way over to me. He took my chin in his hand and intertwined our fingers with his other hand. He looked straight into my eyes making my face turn a very warm red.

"Is that bad?" he asked in a serious tone. "Is it bad that I want to impress you?"

I shook my head lightly.

Then he came closer. And closer, and closer until he was just millimeters away.

And the door opened. And Mina was in the doorway.

"Link! You don't have any time to be chewing on the princess's face!" she yelled, making Link turn maroon. "You guys gotta go to the forest and stuff."

Mina seems much happier now. She walked over to me and tried to lean in. But was blocked by Link's hand.

"We don't have time for you to be chewing on the princess's face," he said, pushing her away.

Mina huffed. "Fine. Lady Impa asked me to prepare your horses and supplies. Go to the stables in ten minutes, 'kay?" she said, and exited.

We nodded. "Alright, Link, get out."

"What? Why?"

"I gotta change!"

"I don't mind," he said, grinning.

"Well, I do! Get out!" I commanded, pushing him out.

"Okay, okay. No need to be so hasty," he replied, still grinning.

I closed the door behind him, and could tell he was still there. I quickly changed into my new tunic, this one green to match the surrounding forest. It looked so much like Link's, I wouldn't be surprised if they just took one of his.

The leggings were a soft brown. With my hood up, I looked just like a tree. I washed my face, and decided to splash on a bit of wildflower perfume. Hey, it's all for camouflage, right?

I'll let myself think that for now.

I opened the window, finding that it was still dark out.

Link knocked on the door, "You okay in there?"

"Yeah," I answered. I left the room. Link and I headed for the stables. There, Mina and Impa were waiting.

Link

"Princess, Link," Impa said, nodding to each of us. "Your horses are ready."

Mina walked up to Zelda. "Here, princess, drink this," she said, holding up a glass of water. It was slightly green.

"What is it?" she asked.

"Forest water," I answered. After a life of drinking it, I had to know. "It'll keep you alive in the forest."

"I thought it was the Great Deku Tree who keeps you alive in the forest."

"Yeah, but, the water helps. Alot more than you'd think."

Zelda nodded and downed the water. She made a face, responding to the bitter taste. Her face lightened, though, after the water took a sweeter taste.

"Is it supposed to taste like this?" she asked me.

"Bitter then surprisingly sweet?"

Zelda nodded.

"Then yes."

She smiled. "Am I going to have to keep drinking this?"

I looked to Impa in answer. "I've been drinking this stuff since childhood, so I should be set, but I don't know about Zelda."

"She should drink a bit hourly," Impa replied. "We've packed around three gallons of it. That should be good for a day. There are streams everywhere, so if you run out, you'll be fine."

Zelda nodded, but her face lost some color. Mina brought Elli and Epona over.

"We're only riding Epona," Zelda said.

"Why?"

"It's easier. Epona's faster, and she likes the forest."

Mina huffed. She walked over to me. "Link, don't do anything to her, you understand?"

I expected Mina to walk over to Zelda, but she went to Epona. "She's a good horse."

Impa left, saying she needs to take care of some things.

"I packed some feed for Epona, too. Don't forget to reward her sometimes," Mina said, handing me a bag of vegetables.

"Do you like horses, Mina?" Zelda asked.

"Yep!" Mina answered brightly, "I even have one now! I named her Ilia, after my mom. If I ever have a daughter, I wanna name her that, too!"

Zelda smiled. Mina blushed and led Epona out. We followed. Mina gave Epona's mane a pat and hugged Zelda. Zelda pushed her off and let me help her onto Epona before getting on myself. Sitting behind her, I caught a whiff of something that smelled like wildflowers. It almost intoxicated me.

Mina waved us off as we rode toward the Kokiri Forest.

Zelda

Epona was reluctant to enter the forest at first, but Link lured her in with a carrot. When we entered the little village, everyone came running toward us shouting Link's name.

Link grinned and jumped off of Epona to hug his friends. One of them took his hat and replaced it with a flower wreath. I enjoyed watching it. Until they noticed me.

"Link, who's that?" a Kokiri girl asked.

"That's Princess Zelda," Link answered.

The girl jumped onto Epona and stared at me. She held out her hand, "My name is Solla. I think that you're very beautiful. You should marry Link so that we will all stop fighting over him."

Link tripped, and his face red. "Solla!" he shouted.

"What? I'm only telling the truth. Everyone thinks so, too, right?"

This was answered by nods and shouts of agreement. Link managed to shake off all of the kids climbing on him.

"Alright, guys! We need to see the Great Deku Tree. Who wants to show Princess Zelda the way?"

They all rose their hands. Link make a face. "But we need someone to watch Epona," he said.

Half of them grinned and ran over to Epona. Two of the remaining Kokiri took my hands. Another two took Link's. They took us all around the forest, causing Link to yell at them whenever we made a big detour.

When we finally made it to the Great Deku Tree, the first think I saw was a gicantic dead tree.

"Link, look! The tree is..." I said, but he shook his head and pointed to the bottom of the tree, when there was a much smaller tree.

"Is that...?" I asked. Link nodded and led the way down to the Deku Tree.

I looked at him. The Tree didn't move at all. So I stepped closer. Still nothing.

Then suddenly the Tree yelled, "BOO!"

I screamed and fell back. Link and the Deku Tree started laughing.

"I'm so glad I didn't fall for that again!" Link laughed.

After Link and the Deku Tree controlled their laughter, the Deku Tree asked, "So, to what do I owe the honor, and pleasure today, majesty?"

"Link had an idea. We were wondering if you could direct us to the Wind Sage. He's a Kokiri, am I correct?"

"You are. Unfortunatly, the temple is located deep underground, and the only other entrance is on a mountain. What were you looking for the Wind Sage for?"

Link cut in. "We wanted to know how to use the Wind Waker. Do you know how?"

The Deku Tree shook his branches sadly, "The only people who know how to use the Wind Waker, were the late king, and the two sages."

Link punched the ground. "Well, we're looking for something else, as well," he looked at me, "Zelda, did you bring the book?"

I nodded and took the story book out. I handed it to Link who let the Deku Tree see a page.

"Are you familiar with this language?"

Again, the Deku Tree shook his branches. "I'm afraid not. But I do know someone who does!"

"What? Who?" I asked.

"A man who lives in the forest. He lives next to the stream, so if you follow it, you might be able to find him."

Link grinned. "Great! Prefect! Thanks, Great Deku Tree."

"Good luck! End this war soon!"

With that, we followed the stream, starting with the small pond near the Kokiri Shop. We entered a thickly wooded area. This place was filled with Stalfos and Skull Kids. The Skull Kids left us alone, apparently recognizing Link, but I can't say the same about the Stalfos. They attacked us on sight.

Eventually, we reached a place where light could not touch, for the trees grew so thickly here. Then, all of a sudden, a deep voice called out," WHO IS THERE?"

Link pushed me behind him and drew his sword. "Link and the ruler of Hyrule, Zelda."

"I SEE. YOU MAY COME FORWARD."

Link kept me behind him as we walked forward. A house came into view. In front of the house, stood a man. He looked about twenty, had wavy blonde hair, round oval glasses, and dark green eyes.

When he saw us, he gave a bow. "Hello. Today, my name is Ollivar. I am certainly honored with a visit from the Hero of Time and the queen of Hyrule."

He spoke in perfect Hylian, yet he had a strange accent.

Link still held out his sword. His eyes narrowed.

Ollivar seemed to catch sight of this frank display of distrust and said, "Oh, you don't need to worry about me. I'm personal friends with Impa, remember?"

Link didn't move. Ollivar sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Would you like to come in for tea? Then we can talk about whatever you need me for."

I poked Link in the shoulder. He nodded and gestured toward the house.

The walls of the house were covered in books. It was a small house, but every space possible was taken by tall stacks of books. One bookshelf was completely devoted to the strange writing we saw.

"Excuse me," I said, pointing to the shelf, "What are these?"

Ollivar glanced at the shelf. "Oh, those are books from my home country."

Link

Ollivar had just placed the tea on the table.

"Where are you from?" Zelda asked, taking one of the books off of the shelf.

"I believe a different dimension," Ollivar answered as casually as one would ask about the weather.

"Different dimension? I thought there was only here," I said.

"Of course not, silly child. The many worlds are infinite! The ones I know of are only two in the hundreds, possibly thousands dimensions out there!"

"You know of two?" Zelda asked. "I know! This one and the one you're from."

"Yes. You are very bright, unlike this supposed hero."

I felt red hot anger pulsing through my body. I clenched my fists.

"Please don't insult him," Zelda said. "He sometimes has a hard time controlling his anger."

Zelda must have thought this would make me feel better. It didn't. It made me feel far from better.

"I apologize. Well, I should explain myself, shouldn't I?"

Zelda nodded.

"Alright then. Where to start... Ah! How about when my mother died? See, my father was devastated. Right before he reached insanity, a book fell into his hands. The book told him of a golden land, where a golden power lay hidden. A power that could make mortal dreams come true."

Zelda raised a hand to interrupt him. "Are you trying to say that your father found the Book of Mudora?"

The Book of Mudora! Created by Mudora, it was the history of Hyrule, and, if it still exists, would add everything into its pages. An almost perfect record of Hyrule.

"Yes," Ollivar answered. "It translated itself into my language, English, and my father pored over those pages. Magic, wizards, prosperity. All of this intrigued my father. But the thing that interested him the most, was the Triforce and the Sacred Realm. This one poem was his favorite: In a realm beyond sight, the sky shines gold, not blue. There, the Triforce's might, makes mortal dreams come true. He was obsessed. Once he found that book, he never had any time for me.

"I guess I kinda resented it. But once he took me under his wing and decided to pass on his knowledge onto me. 'Son, this triangle is the Triforce,' he said, 'I will find it and bring back you mother.'"

"That's impossible!" Zelda interrupted, "The dark magic of necromancy is forbidden by punishment of death!"

"True, but father didn't know that. In fact, the only thing keeping him alive was the idea that my mother could come back. Anyway, he taught me all he knew, and I became interested in this other world. This Hyrule. Father was estatic to have someone helping him. Every free hour was taken by study of Hyrule. Everyday, all I could look forward to was Hyrule. I didn't care about the Triforce; I only wanted to see this splendid land.

"Then one day, I found a scroll in one of father's notes. It was a spell. I forgot exactly what it said, but the scroll granted me eternal youth and passageway to Hyrule. I felt like I was asleep for days, but it was only a few minutes. The last thing I remember hearing was my father calling my name. I awoke to red eyes and silver hair. A little girl clutching a doll was staring at me. Impa."

Ollivar closed his eyes and took a sip of his tea. "So, then what?" I asked.

Ollivar opened his eyes in surprise. "Oh! My dear, it's Link. I almost forgot you were here," Ollivar laughed. "I kid. After that, I passed out. For two weeks, I was asleep. Impa and her family took care of me. They saved my life. I had studied the Hyrulian language for years, but was still unfamiliar with it, so when I thanked them, they thought I had said a very nasty swear word."

Zelda laughed quiuetly. Ollivar smiled at her. "Impa and her family taught me proper Hylian, but I can't shake off my original accent. I enrolled in a very good academy, and now I'm a writer."

Zelda took another book down from the shelf. "Could you translate this for me? I'm really curious."

Ollivar smiled at her again, but this smile made my insides burn. "Of course, my dear," he said. "Ah, Pride and Prejudice. Truly a classic."

Ollivar opened to a page, cleared his throat, and began to read,"'In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.' Elizabeth's astonishment was beyond expression. She stared, coloured, doubted, and was silent.'"

I looked toward Zelda whose eyes were closed. Her face was a bright pink shade. "What a confession!" she declared. "You must tell me more of this story!"

"No need, I have already translated it at the best of my ability."

The continued talking about books, and classics, and poems, and many other things that I did not understand. Suddenly, Ollivar looked toward me and asked if he could speak with me outside.

"What do you want?" I asked once we were out.

"I believe that you are jealous of me. Jealous that I can match Zelda's intelligence, and that I just gave her a confession of love."

I said nothing.

"I do love her, I'll have you know. This is truly the first time I've conversed with her, but I have admired her from afar."

When I still said nothing, he continued, "Ah. I see. You don't care if the woman who loves you so much is whisked away by another man."

At this, I drew my sword and pointed it at his nose. "I've killed a person before, who's to say I can't do it again?" I said darkly.

"Link, no!" Zelda screamed, and she pushed Ollivar back.

Zelda

As I stood in front of Ollivar with my hands streched out, I couldn't help feeling guilty. Link was acting on his heart wasn't he?

But still, he didn't put his sword down.

"Link, please. Put down the sword," I commanded.

Link hesitated. Then he sheathed his sword. I lowered my arms. I was about to walk over to Link, but he took off running. I knew I could catch up to him, but Ollivar held me back.

"Let me go!" I yelled.

"Let him blow off some steam. Give him some time to himself."

When I didn't struggle, Ollivar let go of my hand. He led me back into the house.

"Now, I believe that you two came here for a reason besides the storybooks I left Impa."

I nodded. "We were wondering if you knew anything about the Wind Waker or the past of Cyrle."

"Let's see... Cyrle. I have very little knowledge of it. All I know is that they went insane for a period of time until Hyrule came and helped them."

"And the Wind Waker?" I asked.

Instead of answering, Ollivar took three books off of the shelves. Thankfully, all were written in Hylian.

"This, is the history of sacred objects known in Hyrule. This one is a storybook. And this one is on the wind and how it was conducted," he said, pointing to each book in turn.

"Conducted?" I asked.

"No questions. You and Link must read those and they will give you all the answers you need."

"Great! Thanks, alot!"

At that moment, Link walked into the room, his right shoulder bloody.

"By the Gods, Link!" I yelled. "What happened?"

Link's cheeks were red from strain and he could only make out two words.

"They're... coming..." Then he passed out.

Ollivar took care of his shoulder in silence, and he woke up in the next fifteen minutes.

I explained everything to him and about the books. We were just about to start reading them. But suddenly, we couldn't hear the birds chirping anymore. The creek even quieted itself.

And thats when we hear the drums.

Is it late again? I'm sorry. Really. But I had fun writing this one. Did anyone else enjoy Link's little jealousy fit? Muahahahaha

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