Yes, Winter has died.

No I don't own Zelda.


When Zelda woke up she found herself in the same room she was in a few days before. "Good morning sleepy head." Link smiled, sitting in the chair he had been sitting in last time they were in this situation.

"Do you enjoy watching me in my sleep?" Zelda rubbed her eyes and sat up in the bed. The blanket fell from her when she did, and she noticed that all she had on was bandages. "WHA!" She quickly pulled up the blanket, trying to hide herself.

Link began to laugh. "Calm down. Impa had to bandage your back."

"Why?" Zelda's face turned pink.

"Because the dragon scratched you with it's claws." Link got out of his chair and sat next to Zelda. "You do realize that your face is the color of a rose right?" He smiled, making her blush more.

"Yeah right." She mumbled. "Probably more like a tomatoes."

"No, you're prettier then that."

Zelda finally couldn't take any more and pulled the blanket over her head to hide her now red face. "Quit that!" Came the muffled sound.

"Quit what?" Link laughed innocently. He joined her under the blanket. "What are you doing under here?"

"What are you doing under here!" Zelda shot back, leaning away from him.

"Trying to talk to you!" Link defended. "But you keep hiding and making it more difficult then it needs to be."

"Sorry." Zelda pulled the blanket off of her and got out of the bed, managing to keep the blankets over him.

"Zelda, what's wrong?" Link pulled the blankets off of him.

"What's wrong?" Zelda turned to face him. "One minute you're trying to kill me the next you're making me blush! I thought I was a normal girl, now I found out my life is a lot more like Inuyasha then I wanted it to be. My best friend, the two of us would be at one of our houses, or at the park, or the movies, or somewhere out in the snow, acting like children and having fun right now. Now she's gone, and I just, I can't, I don't." Tears began to fall from her eyes.

Link got off of the bed and pulled her into a warm embrace. "I know. I'm sorry." Zelda buried her face in Link's tunic. "I'm sorry that Winter's gone. I'm sorry that everything is different for you. I'm sorry for acting the way I have been." Link gave her a comforting squeeze before pushing her back so he could look into her eyes. "But you've got to be strong. I know that we can get you back that place you call home. But we've got to finish what we started."

"Link," Zelda looked away. "Why did you treat Sheik the way you did?"

Link didn't know how to answer the question. "I, when?"

"When Navi died, and again when we fought Ganondorf."

"When Navi died, I felt horrible, like you do now. And I was extremely pissed that you had gotten captured. If you hadn't, then Navi would be here, and Winter would be too. I, I was just angry, and hurt." He pulled Zelda to the bed and sat down. Zelda sat down next to him. He turned her head and forced her to look at him. "I'd be lying if I said I didn't mean any of it. But I also didn't have a right to say those things to you."

"If I were Sheik, would you be able to say those things to him?"

Link paused a moment before replying. "Please don't make me tell you." He looked away.

It was Zelda's turn to turn Link's face to her and force him to look at her. "Would you?"

He turned away from her again before replying softly. "No. I'd be to scared to."

"You, the wielder of the Triforce of Courage, afraid to say "I'm sorry?"" Zelda couldn't help but laugh.

"Hey, Winter said the same thing to me." Link laughed with her.

"When?"

"When I ran away. The day we brought you back. I told her that I was afraid to lose you again." He took a deep breath. "And I wouldn't be afraid to say "I'm sorry," I was more afraid of not being forgiven. I felt horrible when I left you. I wanted to apologize, but you had already left."

"Why did you attack me?"

"When we fought Ganondorf?" Link asked. Zelda nodded, and he sighed before continuing. "When we were fighting Ganondorf I managed to strike him a few times with my sword. He ran away, and we split up to find him. He took your form and told me that Sheik had killed you. I, after I thought you were dead, I went to find Sheik. And, then, well, I killed you. But I didn't mean to." Tears began to form in his eyes. "And then Ganondorf killed us both, after I realized that I did it."

Zelda wrapped her arm around his shoulders. "It's okay. I knew why you did it."

"No it's not." Link pulled himself away. "I shouldn't have done that."

Zelda leaned closer to him and hugged him. "Fine, it's not okay, but I forgave you the moment I realized what happened."

"You did?" Link turned and faced her.

"Link, why is it that you and Winter remembered everything, but I only remember what happened if I dreamt it."

"You still don't remember everything?" Link looked at her with shock. "But I thought you got your memories back when we came back the first time."

Zelda shook her head. "No, they didn't, but I kept having a weird dream when I was in Iowa. It was when we died. Every night for months I had that dream, starting the night I turned sixteen. And I had a dream about Navi's death after we fought you creeper shadow. I don't remember anything else."

"You said that you came back because of your dreams. Were you in them?"

"No, just you and Winter."

"You really don't remember anything?"

"Not a whole lot." Zelda reached out and undid her braid, letting her long hair fall down.

Link reached over and began to play with one of the locks. "So you don't remember when Winter, Navi, and I tied your hair in a knot?"

"You tied my hair in a knot?" Zelda demanded, turning to Link.

"Maybe. But it was Winter's idea! It came out, without the need of cutting your hair."

"Link," Zelda leaned closer to him. "You," she sighed. "Never mind."

"Do I want to know?"

"No because there's nothing to know."

"It's a shame you don't remember." Link smiled.

"What, what do you know that I don't?"

Link leaned close until he was inches from her face. He wrapped his arms around her, preventing her from backing away. "How it felt to do this." He pulled her close and leaned his lips onto hers. Zelda closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around his neck. Link loosened his grip on her and moved his hands to her waist. Memories came flooding back to her. Some of them were painful, some of them were happy. Her parents' death, meeting Link, waking up with her hair in a knot, Winter flying away as Zelda chased her, the adventures she and Link went on, Navi's death, how to use a bow, how to use a sword, finally finding Ganondorf, and her death.

She pulled away from Link, trying to catch her breath. Some how she managed to fall back onto the, and Link fell on top of her. "Link! I remember now, I remember everything!"

"That's great!" Link laughed from on top of her. He leaned down and kissed her again, pulling back quickly. "Wait, do you mean, everything?"

"Everything. Including the cake.

"What are you two doing?" Impa's confused voice came from the door way.

Zelda looked at Link, who was still on top of her, and down out what she was wearing. Bandages to cover her chest and leggings. Nothing else. "EEK!" Zelda quickly pushed Link off, only succeeding in falling off with him. She landed on top of him and her lips were pressed against his, both of their eyes opened wide in shock.

"If you want me to leave you two alone, then fine." And with that, Impa left the room.

Zelda pushed herself up, gasping and blushing. "There you go again, looking as beautiful as a rose" Link smiled. Zelda looked away and moved so he could sit up. He sat up and sighed. "Zelda, there's nothing more that I want to do then stay here with you forever. But we've got to finish something, and you're a princess."

"We could be together in Iowa." She reminded, smiling sadly.

"Not until we kick that bastard's ass." Link stood up and offered a hand to help her up. Zelda didn't take his hand, but stood up. "Let's see if Impa has anything you can wear." Link led Zelda out of the room and back to Impa.

"Are you feeling better?" Impa stood and greeted Link and Zelda.

"Yeah, I do. Impa, I need a shirt."

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yes, please, do you have a shirt I can use. I'd say barrow, but I make no promises."

Impa sighed. "You're planning on going to face him, aren't you?"

Zelda said nothing in response. "Yes, we are." Link answered. "We have to. We've got to fight Ganondorf, and destroy him. It has to end."

"Very well." Impa took a deep breath. "Princess, I'm afraid that we've only got one shirt for you to use." Impa held up the shirt that Zelda had worn when she came back.

Zelda took the shirt and pulled it over her bandages. "We can do this Impa. We know what we're doing now."