As she lay there with this man on top of her, she thought of everyone she left over the past few weeks again. Then she thought of the boy again. Her eyes watered the same way as they did that day. She saw him again. Was this a memory, or was the boy she was fighting? Her eyes opened wide, full of tears, "you…"
He came even closer and kissed her. He then whispered in her ear, "If I didn't kill you then, do you think I would kill you now?"
"But, you're after me?"
"I want to protect you."
"Why?"
"That is my quest." He let her sit up and gave her a healing potion. "You are a very good fighter." He had a gentle smile that cut to her core.
"Why do I do this to everyone I meet?" Polina stood and leaned against a tree crying. "No matter what I try to do, I always do the wrong thing! At home I was a terrible person to all the villagers, at Aunt Feria's home I was so rotten to her and her family, the man whose daughter took my place, my parents, all because pf me and my stupid sword!"
She threw the sword to the ground and wept. Link put the sword back in its hilt and hugged Polina. She started to shake and Link only held her tighter. Like the first day they met, Link held Polina while she cried. This time, she stayed in his strong arms even after she stopped crying.
"Better," Link asked after a little while.
"No," she had stopped crying but the hurt was still there. "I have to save my parents and the little girl before I can ever be better." She stood up and looked at him. "So, you are supposed to protect me?"
"Yes," he put on a cape for the sun was setting and it was getting colder.
She shivered but tried not to show it. "Alright then," she turned toward her horse, "then you are going to help me get my parents back." She suddenly felt warm. She turned to see that Link was putting a cape on her as well.
"So I had an extra. Let's go and finish my quest."
"But, I AM the quest, aren't I?"
He chuckled and she blushed a very deep red. "You are only part of my quest."
"Oh, well then, where does saving my family come in?"
"I will defeat Ganon, then, you will save your family."
She looked out into the desert then back to the road to the desert. "Where are they?"
"What?"
She only looked down. There was little time to be spent asking questions. She ran to her horse and mounted her. She looked at Link, "ready, let's go."
He mounted to and the started their descent into the desert. They had gone no more than a few yards when Link's fairy started talking. "Hey! Listen! There is an easier way into the desert over there!"
With that, the two travelers looked just to their right to see a giant canon faced into the desert. "You've got to be kidding me Navi," shouted Link, "We would die if we got in that thing!"
Polina became very interested with the mentioning of death. "Let's do it!" She rode as fast as she could toward the canon. Link was still very hesitant of the whole thing.