Day Four

Forgetting the dream she just had, Meghan woke slowly. She didn't want to get up. But if she didn't, she knew Link would come to wake her. And it was so fun to wake him up. Maybe today he wouldn't be thinking as much as he was last night and would actually respond to something…

After a few minutes of lying down, Meghan got up and changed. She put her jeans on, with a black shirt and the white gloves. She also put the sword on. No way was she going to be caught without this again.

When she was done she skipped out the door. She made her way to Link's house, wondering what time it was. Ah, well, who cares? He's not supposed to sleep, if that's what he's doing.

She scrambled up the ladder onto the balcony. She carefully tiptoed inside the house. Link was sleeping, leaning against the wall in the back of his bed, a book upside down in his lap. It was really strange…

It was one of the few times…well maybe the only time…she had ever seen him without his sword. She had even seen him sleeping with it! Wow, that was strange. The sword was next to the bed, leaning against the wall. The shield was face down on the floor. She tiptoed over to the bed.

Suddenly, she jumped up on the bed and started jumping up and down, being careful not to step on him.

"GET UP GET UP GET UP GET UP!" she chanted. He woke up abruptly and his hand reached near his shoulder to the sword that wasn't there. As soon as he saw it was her, he leaned his head against the wall again and closed his eyes, breathing out as though annoyed. She continued to jump up and down, his head bouncing with her movements.

"You can stop now." She giggled and jumped one more time, this time falling onto her butt in a cross-legged sitting position.

"YAY! You're up finally. I was jumping for like ten minutes." She really hadn't, though. (Obviously)

"Whatever."

"So what are we going to do today?"

"I don't know. What do you want to do?"

"I don't know, what do you wanna do?"

"I don't know, what do you want to do."

"I dunno, what do YOU wanna do?"

"I don't know." They sat in silence for a second.

"GREEN MASHED POTATOES! I just remembered something!"

"What?"

"MASHED POTATOES! Mm…I can just taste their mushy goodness…filling me up and adding mayonnaise for no apparent reason and then adding chocolate milk! Ah, my friends and I would do that for hours unless we were at school, which was the only time we did it. Then we wouldn't do it for hours. Just for about thirty minutes. Yes, mashed potatoes were fun. Speaking of which…do you have any?"

"No. Sorry."

"Do you even know what they are?"

"No. Sorry."

"Well that's OK. Do you know what mayonnaise is?"

"No. Sorry."

"Darn. You do have eggs here, right?"

"Yep."

"THEN WE SHALL MAKE MAYONAISE!" she said, bouncing on the bed. "Wait, I don't know how to. Never mind."

"Right. Well, that's one idea gone."

"Yeah. Hmm…"

"Rauru said yesterday, accidentally of course, that each of the sages would visit us on each of the days. So, does that mean that's predetermined, or do we just go and they follow?"

"I don't know."

"I think it's us. Except for Rauru, we kind of chose them all."

"I don't think so. Saria came to us the first day, we went to Nabooru, and then Rauru came. Or, maybe I have no idea."

"Neither do I." He said. Meghan looked down and played around with the sheets on the bed for a few seconds while they sat in silence. She didn't realize that he was staring at her. "Where did you get this?" he said, putting his thumb on the cut on her forehead. It was the one she got when riding Epona through those woods yesterday. She pushed his hand away.

"Nowhere."

"Well obviously you got it somewhere."

"Nope. It's all in your mind."

"Why won't you tell me?"

"I didn't get anything. I told you it's in your mind."

"I just wanted to know."

"It's not important. What is important is that you seem to be imagining things. Do we need to recommend you to a doctor?"

"No. It was a simple question that you are too stubborn to answer."

"I would answer it but since it will make no difference for the future what happened, it's not necessary."

"It is quite necessary."

"No, it's not."

"It could be important. For all I know, a monster could have attacked you." Meghan got off the bed. "That would certainly affect our future. Possibly symbolizing the return of Ganondorf."

"Yeah, well that's not what happened." She said, realizing now why he wanted to know.

"Then what did happen?"

"Nothing, it's really not important."

"Yes it is."

"Why do you care so much? I told you that it WASN'T a monster. That should be enough."

"Why is it so hard just to say it?"

"I scratched myself. Happy? You didn't need to make such a big deal of it."

"Yes, well how was I supposed to know that?"

"Link, what is wrong with you lately? Last night you barely listened to anything I said. You seem so distracted."

"I was just thinking."

"Yes, but what were you thinking about?"

"I would answer but it has nothing to do with the future." She was mad. She didn't know what to say.

"You're so mean, geezer."

"What's a geezer?" Oh god. No matter what he does, I can't stay mad at him! She giggled.

"An old man."

"Well then, that was completely irrelevant. Because I'm not even old."

"Compared to me, you are."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"You're such an old, immature geezer."

"HEY!" he stood up. "I am not." He stood over her in a fake threatening sort of way, his face inches from hers.

"You don't scare me, Mister Hylian."

"Oh really?"

"You don't even have a sword. HAHA! Completely unarmed. I, however…have two weapons on me." she pushed him away.

"All right. I lose."

"Finally you admit something."

"Finally. Yes." She sat back down on the bed.

"So…"

"Where do you want to go today?" he asked, sitting next to her.

"Nowhere." She bounced on the bed.

"No, seriously," he said, putting his hand on her shoulder so she would stop. She did. "Where?"

"Hey! Your bed is extremely bouncy. Don't stop me! Also…why do you always ask me? You say for once." She began to bounce again.

"Because it's polite to ask you."

"And am I not doing the same? Come on!"

"Fine. I feel like…"

"Yes?"

"I feel like going to…"

"YAH?"

"I FEEL LIKE SEEING FIRE!" He stood up.

"PYROMANIA! OH YEAH!" She stood up, punching the air in an upward motion.

"Pyromania?"

"Uh…never mind. How about setting something on fire?"

"Like what?"

"I don't know…but the Gorons will! ...That's it! We will see Darunia today! Awesome! Only I'm scared."

"Why?"

"I don't want a Goron hug…"

Dun dun dun…

"Well, neither do I, so we have something in common."

"Yes…"

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" They walked out of Link's house, onto the balcony. Meghan jumped down the whole way.

"Ouch, I need to learn to stop doing that." She said as she tripped and fell to the floor. "Stinky…"

"You OK?" he asked, jumping down and NOT hurting himself.

"Oh yeah, yeah, fine." She said, waving her hand at him. "Just a moment of clumsiness, like the ones that overcome me every second."

"Hey! I just remembered…"

"What?"

"I forgot my sword!" Meghan stared in disbelief.

"You…of all people…"

"I know…crazy, isn't it?"

"You…"

"Yeah, I'll go get it." He turned around.

"You…"

"Meghan?"

"You…"

"Yeah?"

"You…"

"…"

"You…you…you…you…you…you…you…you…"

"I…what?"

"You…you…you…you…you…you…HOW THE HECK DID YOU FORGET IT?"

"You forgot it too, so what's the big deal?"

"That's it, you're going to pay!" she ran and tackled him.

"Hey!" he said, falling to the ground. Meghan stood next to him, glaring down into his face. Lying on his back, he looked up at her.

"Evil…" she said in a low voice.

"I didn't do it!"

"Yes you did! EVIL!" she put her hands on her hips.

"No, seriously…" he said, trying to get up. She put her foot on him.

"I AM THE DOMINANT SUPREME RULER OF THE WOLFOS!"

"You'll scare the Kokiris by doing that, Meg."

"What did you call me?" She asked menacingly.

"Meg…han." He added the last part quickly.

"Liar." She said threateningly.

"I'm sorry." She removed her foot and he sat up. "What's wrong with calling you that? You have nicknames for me."

"Because. I was just kidding." She said, smiling. He stared at her. "Come on, I'm sorry. Here," She held out her hand to him. She thought for a second. "I like that nickname. Yes, I do. You can call me that if you desire."

"Thank you." He said, taking it. She pulled him up as best she could. "It looks like I can't ever go five minutes without being attacked when I don't have a sword."

"That's right. The Dominant Supreme Ruler of the Wolfos attacked you and won."

"Yeah, I'll be right back." He quickly climbed the ladder and walked in his house. Meghan heard a metallic sound, then silence.

"Hey Meghan," he called from inside. "Should I bring my shield?" Meghan rolled her eyes at the strange question and laughed.

"Whatever you want." She thought for a second. "I'd bring it, though. Gorons are…" she faded away, trying to think of how to describe Gorons. She remembered she got run over by a Goron the first night she got here. She laughed quietly at the memory.

Link came a few seconds later with the sword, shield, and…that's all she saw.

"Ready?"

"Yup." She answered. They walked out to the field. They walked in silence for a few minutes. After about five minutes, Meghan said, "So…"

"Yeah?"

"What's up?"

"Why DO you ask such strange questions?"

"You asked me that last night."

"Yeah, I know that. But-"

"Have you ever thought that maybe my questions aren't weird, but yours are? Maybe you are just the weird one, and since you've been asking yourself all your own questions, mine seem weird. It's like that one guy said…what was his name? I forgot. He said 'I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call people weird that are weird.' Oh yeah! It was Paul McCartney." Link thought for a second.

"No I honestly didn't think about that. And who is Paul McCartney?"

"He is some dude. I forgot what he did. I think he was a singer or something. But I'm not sure…"

"That makes me think. I must be very weird."

"Yes, so am I."

"People say…interesting things where you come from."

"Yeah, I'm full of quotes. Like Eleanor Roosevelt said 'It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.' And William Faulkner said 'I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail…because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.'"

"I like that one. Who is William Faulkner?"

"I have no idea."

"Ah."

"I have one that you would like even better. I don't remember who it's said by. 'The strongest of all warriors are these two—Time and Patience." (A/N-this is a quote by Leo Tolstoi)

"Yeah, I like that one better."

"It so suites you. Sorta. A warrior, and Time. Why am I just remembering all of these?"

"How do you know them?"

"Uh, places. They stuck in my mind."

"Normally things that long don't stick in my mind."

"Yeah, mine either. School, I guess." She thought for a second. "I feel like running. Yes, I am an odd little…thing."

"OK, go run."

"Okies, see you in Kakariko!" She walked a few quick steps, then turned around. "On the other hand, I'LL RACE YOU!"

"Now why would you do that? You know I'll win." He grinned mischievously.

"No, this time I'm not dripping wet and tired."

"OK."

"Hey, do you have the ocarina with you?"

"Which one?" he said, taking two ocarinas from his pocket.

"Hmm…" she said, and then pointed at the Fairy Ocarina. "That one. Can I borrow it?"

"Sure. May I ask why?"

"You'll see. Ready?"

"Yup." He said, getting ready to run.

"Set?"

"Uh…"

"GO!" they started running. They had yet a while to go until Kakariko. This was where Meghan's plan would come in handy. Luckily he was so nice; otherwise he might not have let her borrow the ocarina without a reason.

When they had been running for a few seconds, and they were about tied, Meghan pulled out the ocarina. She played Epona's Song, ( ) all though it was very hard to do while running. She played it slowly, because she need to take a breath between each note.

"What are you doing?" Link asked, stopping.

"Cheating." She said back, still running. Soon she heard Epona's hooves on the ground, and she turned towards where Lon Lon Ranch was and saw Epona running towards her. The only problem was she didn't have a saddle on. "Oh great."

Epona ran to her. Meghan's plan was going to fail, unless she found some way to ride bareback. She stopped.

Link took advantage of this momentary hesitation. He ran ahead of her.

"HEY!" she said, trying to figure out how to ride Epona. If she could just get on…

"HA HA HA HA…" he said. She had to find out how to get on…

Meghan put her hands around Epona's neck, but knew that wasn't going to work. She only would allow herself a little more time, and then she would have to go without Epona. She would lose, though. "Why is your saddle not on?" she whined. She knew the wall wasn't too far away. Could she risk the time getting there? If she successfully got on Epona, she wouldn't have to worry about that, but what if she didn't?

"Oh well. Come on, Epona." She said, clicking her tongue. "I need you." She ran to the wall, which was a good fifteen feet away. She played the song again, and Epona trotted over to her new location not too far away. She led Epona as close to the wall as possible, put the ocarina in her backpack, then got on her. She entangled her fingers in her mane, and gave her a squeeze to get her going. Meghan felt like she was going to fall off, even though she wasn't. Epona wasn't going fast enough. She squeezed more and gave her a pat on the rear, and that got her going.

"Sorry." She said, still squeezing. Epona started catching up to Link, who was still far away. "Come on, come on, come on…" She whispered to Epona, who was going pretty fast. Meghan held onto Epona's mane as best as possible. She felt herself sliding off. She tried to grab around her neck, but was scared to let go. "You don't even have a halter on!" she said. She was riding full out bareback. That was a very scary experience. Still, she was catching up to Link.

Soon, when they were nearing the bridge that crossed over the water to Kakariko, Meghan wasn't far away. She could catch up if Epona went a bit faster…

"Yah!" she said to Epona, who turned her gallop into a faster gallop. She wanted her to go faster. "Come on, you can do it. I know you can." She said to Epona. Link looked back at her, and picked up his pace.

"Mwahahaha, it's not so easy, is it?"

"CHEATER!" he said as she passed him and galloped over the bridge, Epona's hooves making a temporary hollow clacking sound, then returning to the grass sound. It was then when Meghan realized…

"Oh my goddesses! How do I stop her?" she realized she was squeezing Epona hard, and so loosened that, and pulled back on Epona's mane. She whinnied and stopped on her own accord. Meghan straightened herself, sitting up tall on Epona, and smiled down at Link. "I am still the Dominant Supreme Ruler of the Wolfos."

"And I am a puppy." He said. He seemed angry. She pushed back her hair and flattened it.

"Are you mad at me?" She asked from atop Epona as he slowly walked toward her.

"No."

"I'm sorry. I know I cheated."

"I'm sorry, but I just find this really satirical. Before you told me that the greatest warriors were time and patience, yet you continue to feel that you had to cheat to win this race."

"Oh," Meghan said. She just realized that. But then she said. "But Link, would you have said that if you had won this race? I mean, would it have mattered if I cheated or not if you had won?"

"Meghan, it would not matter. And it doesn't matter to me now. I'm just saying it's…it's somewhat hypocritical."

"OK. I'm sorry. I realize what I did."

"No need to get so down. I guess I am jealous." He said, smiling a bit.

"Oh stop." She said, smiling. "I cheated. You shouldn't be." She swung one leg over Epona, and sat sidesaddle on her. She was about to jump down, but realized it wasn't the best way for her or Epona to dismount. Link saw her situation and walked over, holding out his hand so she could take it and he could help her down. She grabbed it and he effortlessly got her down.

"Thanks."

"You're welcome." They walked to the entrance to Kakariko Village. "That was pretty remarkable. You rode Epona without a saddle or anything. I've been riding her for a while and I still don't think I could do that."

"Well, I didn't think I could too. But Epona is really smart…I sorta knew I could trust her. I think." They were just coming into Kakariko. "Maybe another time we can hang around here."

"Hang around? What's that…?"

"It means…I don't know. Hang out. To…just kind of…associate, mingle, spend time, etcetera, etcetera…"

"And etcetera means…?"

"Uh, so on, so forth, more, going on…I feel like a dictionary, or a thesaurus at least."

"Wha-"

"A thesaurus is a book that tells you synonyms for words."

"I knew that. I wasn't going to ask about that one. I was just wondering, did you hear something strange?" She stopped and listened.

"No…"

"Oh, I can hear it."

"What does it sound like?" They were standing at the entrance to Death Mountain.

"It sounds like something falling. Like rocks or something…" Meghan listened hard.

"Curse my short little ears. I don't hear it. No! Wait!" she heard a rolling sound, then a sound like something got knocked down. "It sounds like the volcano began to erupt again."

"Yes, it does, but I don't think it is."

"Then what do you suppose it is?"

"I have no idea. Let's check it out." He continued forward. They walked up the mountain, until they got where the path split in two spots, to the rough mountain climbing up the mountain, which led to the Fire Temple and Great Fairy, and to Goron City. The sound was even louder now. It sounded like a Goron rolling towards them, but none came. Then came a sound that made Meghan jump. It sounded like something got knocked down.

"What the heck is it?" she said.

"I have no idea." They walked forward again. They walked towards Goron City. Then they saw something that caused them to stand with their mouths open for a few minutes.

The Gorons were all standing in a blob of Gorons. Darunia and Link (Goron Link) were in the middle. Darunia rolled himself up in a ball and rolled. He rolled towards these big rocks that looked like pins.

"They're bowling." Meghan said in shock.

"Yeah…" Link said, watching Darunia roll towards them. He impacted. All of the pins except one on the side fell down. He ricocheted off the little platform thing, where the pins were set up in front of. As he uncurled himself and looked at how he had done, the crowd cheered. It was a weird sort of cheer, but they could tell it was a cheer. It was then when Darunia saw them. Goron Link followed his gaze.

"Link!" Goron Link yelled. He ran through the crowd to Link. He had grown, and looked strong like his father. But he was still little.

"Hi, Link!" Link said. This was odd to Meghan. "You've grown, I see."

"Yeah! I'm going to be just like my father!" he said, smiling a Goron smile. A random Goron came up to Meghan.

"Hi! I remember you! You're the human!"

"Uh…"

"Remember me?"

"No…I'm sorry."

"I remember you. You're the girl from a different dimension!"

"Oh…yeah that's me."

"I never asked you my question!"

"OH! I know who you are! You're that goron I met when I first came here."

"Yup, Gordley is the name."

"Gordley?"

"Yes. Can I ask my question now?"

"Sure, go ahead."

"I was wondering if you would listen to my joke. No one else will listen to me."

"NO! DON'T DO IT!" The crowd said simultaneously.

"Why not? What's the harm? Go ahead."

"NO!"

"YAY! Someone will finally listen to me! I'm so glad I could hug you!"

"AH! NO! No hugs, just jokes, OK?"

"No, you look like you need a hug."

"No!" He advanced on her. "Please, I'm fine. I don't need a hug…" He was closer. "Link! Help me!" she ran behind Link. He laughed. Gordley looked disappointed. "Just a joke." She said, from behind Link.

"Oh, all right."

"NO!" the crowd said. Gordley took a deep breath, and seemed nervous.

"Al…all right. OK, I can do this." He seemed REALLY nervous. All the Gorons looked on, obviously not wanting to listen, but knew they had to.

"It's OK, just tell me." Meghan coaxed, stepping a bit out from behind Link. "Just take a deep breath, and tell me."

"OK. Why…why did, did, did, did, did…the…Goron…need a bath?"

"Um…" Meghan said. Link seemed to be thinking.

"Because…because he…rolled around in the mud! HAHA!" Gordley laughed. Meghan did too. Not because it was funny, but because it was so stupid it was funny how stupid it was.

"That was good!" she said. "Do you have any others?"

"NO!" the group yelled.

"Yes, I do!" He seemed more confident now.

"OK, let's hear it." She ignored the moans of the crowd.

"All right. This is my favorite. Why did the Zora need water?"

"Uh…I don't know."

"Because he was a Zora! Bwahahaha!" he laughed. Meghan laughed too. That was so stupid wasn't even funny. But she laughed anyway. Link smiled. He didn't find it funny either.

"Any others?" Meghan asked. Link and Goron Link both gave her looks that said "no", but she did anyway. Just as Gordley opened his mouth to speak, a larger Goron came over.

"Uh, Gordley, son, I think it's your turn."

"OH BOY! Can I use a bomb?"

"Even though that's a different game, go ahead!" He produced a bomb from somewhere. Gordley took it, then rolled up in a ball around it. He rolled down to where the pins were re-setup. He impacted the pins with an explosion, shaking the ground.

"Wow! Best so far!" Darunia said. All the pins were knocked down.

"Hurray!" Gordley said. Darunia took this chance to walk to Link , Link, and Meghan.

"Father, father, he is here!" Goron Link said excitedly. Darunia walked to Link.

"It's good to see you again, Brother." He moved to Link as though he was going to hug him. Link backed up.

"Yes. It is good to see you again, too." He said, making sure Darunia wasn't going to.

"I'm happy you could come and visit us. I am sorry; we were in a game of Goron Bowling. Would you like to join us? We have refreshments." He gestured to a pile of rocks.

"Um, sure. We just can't bowl the way you can."

"That's OK! You can use a rock!" he pointed to a spherical boulder leaning against a wall on the mountain. Meghan tried not to laugh. Link smiled and nervously laughed.

"O..K…" he said.

"Would you like to go now?"

"Well…"

"Or you can eat something."

"No, no. We'll go unless it's someone else's turn."

"You can go!

"Yeah, the Hero of Time has to go!"

"Yeah!" said a bunch of Gorons randomly. They all nodded their heads.

"Well…" Link said.

"Come on, Link! You can do it!" Goron Link said.

"OK. I think." He stood still for a second.

"I'll move the rock to the correct position." Darunia went over to the huge boulder and rolled it to a line on the rock floor. Link hesitated for a second, then walked over to the rock. Meghan wasn't sure if he could move it, but she remembered his gauntlets.

"GO LINK!" she yelled. He stared at the rock…erm…boulder for a few seconds, before pushing it hard. It rolled sort of to the side, knocking all but three adjacent pins down. He stared at what he did for a few seconds. A Goron was rolling the boulder back to where he was standing.

"Go again!"

"Again?" he asked. He seemed quite disappointed. He pushed the boulder again without even looking. Surprisingly enough, he hit all three pins. "Navi! I didn't want to hit them!" he whispered.

Meghan realized that Navi had helped him target at the last second. How he didn't know, she wasn't sure. But…yeah.

"Link, don't get so upset. It's OK to win!"

"But I don't want to!" he pouted. "Because now all the Gorons will come and-"

"YAY LINK!" They all surrounded him, arms spread apart. They slowly closed in on him.

"Oh." Navi said flatly. Meghan looked on in horror…there must have been thirty Gorons there! What was he going to do? She couldn't help him, she was stuck outside of their ring. She had to stop them…she could just see Link in between them, barely.

"DARUNIA!" She yelled. She had to think of something fast. "Saria is here!"

"What?" he turned and looked at her. That didn't stop the other Gorons.

"LOOK! A BIG, SIRLOIN ROCK! OVER THERE! IT'S BIG ENOUGH FOR BIGGORON TO EAT!" All the Gorons looked at her. "QUICK! IT JUST WENT THAT WAY!" She pointed down the mountain. They all walked towards where she pointed. All except Goron Link and Darunia.

"Where is Saria? I didn't see her." Darunia asked.

"Oh, I saw a bit of green something…it must have been my imagination. I could have sworn I saw some green hair, though."

"Oh." Darunia looked down. Link walked next to Meghan and whispered to her,

"Thanks." She nodded.

"That was good roll, Link!" Goron Link told him.

"Thank you." He said.

"We did not see it." Gordley said. But Meghan didn't know it was Gordley. They all looked slightly the same to her…

"It must have gotten away." She said quietly. She really didn't like to lie to them. They were such nice creatures. They just didn't know their own strength.

"That's a shame. It would have been good! We would have shared, too," said a Goron. Meghan stayed silent. Then Darunia broke the silence.

"Meghan! Would you like to go?"

"Uh…"

"Come on, Meghan! It would be fun." Goron Link said. She looked at Link, with a look on her face that clearly said "HELP ME!". He gave one back that said "whatever you want to do".

"O…O…K…" She had no idea how she was ever going to pull this off…

"Come on! Go Meghan!" they cheered. She walked over to the boulder, which she couldn't even see over. She put her hands on it, and pushed with all her strength. She kept pushing. She stopped for a second, taking in a deep breath. Then she resumed. Link looked on for a second, and then decided to help. He walked over to her.

"Let me help." He said quietly.

"No, wait, I almost have it." She responded. She pushed with all her body weight, and with all her strength.

"Seriously, Meg. This thing weighs more than you. Really."

"Why…would…that…matter? It…probably…weighs…more…than…you…too."

"Meghan, think logically."

"You're just showing off."

"And you're just delaying the inevitable."

"OK. Can you help me?"

"I'd be glad to." He put his hands next to hers, and together they pushed. Meghan crossed her fingers and hoped that all the pins wouldn't be knocked down. To her relief, four had not been knocked down.

"Yes!" She said. A Goron rolled the boulder back to them. They pushed it again, randomly…and sort of to one side…

"Aw, man!" Meghan said, when it completely missed. "That was so close!"

"It's OK, Meghan." Darunia advanced on her.

"Yeah, I guess I tried and that's all that mattered, right?" she ran behind Link.

"Why do you run, Meghan?"

"Because-"

"And why do you run behind Link?"

"No Rea-"

"Would it have anything to do with Nabooru's Crazy Theory?"

"And what theory would that be?" Link asked.

"Oh, nothing. Just a bunch of women nonsense."

"EXCUSE ME? WOMEN NONSENSE? WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?"

"Nothing. Just Nabooru talks of strange things sometimes."

"OK…" She hated when they did that.

Darunia, Link, Link, and Meghan talked while all the other Gorons took their turns. They chatted of many things, good, bad, and just plain weird. An hour or so had passed before all the Gorons had had a few turns. Link and Meghan didn't want to go again, so they just said they were more inclined to watch. Which was true.

"YAY! I WON!" Gordley shouted a long time later. He had, of course (To shut him up) been using bombs each turn, but he seemed to be especially good at it either way. Meghan thought to herself, heh heh, maybe he should just stick with bowling.

"Good job." She said, but she didn't think that he heard her. He was too busy being cheered by Gorons. "Or you can just ignore me. I'm down with that." She felt self-conscious for some odd reason. She quickly let the feeling go and skipped to Link, who was only about two feet away, so it required only about two skips.

"HIYA! Dun, dun dun dun dun dun dun, dun, dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun. I'm gonna fight 'em off. A seven nation army couldn't hold me back." She started doing the head-banging thing, her hair flopping around, and doing the air guitar thing, "playing" the bass part to "Seven Nation Army".

"I'm gonna fight 'em off. A seven nation army couldn't hold me back, They're gonna rip it off. Taking their time right behind my back. And I'm talkin' to myself at night..."

Link and Darunia looked at. She was a one-person-band. "And I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding, right before the lord. All the words are gonna bleed from me, and I will think no more. And the stains comin' from my blood tell me "Go back home"..." She took a look at her audience. "WHAT? I had it stuck in my head, even though I haven't heard it in quite a while."

"That was a depressing song." Link said. Goron Link looked at her.

"Yeah, I know."

"Even though I have no idea what you were talking about half the time." Goron Link looked at her too.

"What did that mean?" he asked.

"Hmm…I have no idea." (Insert anime fall) Darunia looked at her.

"Yes, she is special." Link said, putting a hand on her shoulder. Meghan smiled. Then her smile faded.

"Hey! What was that supposed to mean?"

"More and less than you could ever comprehend." She stepped back.

"Yes, well."

"Sorry, I often have these strange outbreaks and do weird things. Please forgive."

"All is forgiven, and there was not much to forgive in the first place." Meghan laughed.

"Thanks." There was a bit of silence. Meghan looked at the ground. There was this odd feeling around.

"Meghan, there's something I have to do." Link said suddenly.

"What?"

"I'll be back. Darunia, will you excuse me?"

"Of course."

"Where are you going?"

"I need to consult somebody on…something."

"What would that something be?" She asked out of plain curiosity.

"I need to see Zelda."

"Why do you need to see her?"

"Be- SHIEK? I mean, Zel-I mean…"

"It's OK, Darunia knows." Shiek…Zelda…whoever said.

"You always seem to pop up when we have a question." Meghan said.

"Yes. I guess I'm just fortunate. Link, tell me, what do you need me for?"

"I needed to ask you…a question, in private."

"Why, sure Link!"

"Can we go…over there?" he said, pointing.

"Of course. I'll be back, Meghan, Darunia, LINK." She winked at Goron Link. She followed Link down the mountain.

She always seems to pop up at the weirdest moments. I wonder if that was just coincidence? Ahhh, she probably has her reasons. It was then when she realized. Link; don't leave me alone with the Gorons! What if they attempt to hug me? She whined in her head. And what are you asking Zelda that you can't tell her in front of me?

Uh-oh, someone's jealous.

MEANWHILE…(This is getting to be too convenient)

"And that's what I want. But promise you won't tell her?"

"Of course. I'll tell her something else."

"Thank you Zelda." He removed the Ocarina of Time from his pocket. "Oh, yeah, and thanks for this." He held it tight in his hand. Zelda looked down.

"Of course, Link. I know you really should keep it." They stood in silence for a second.

"I'll see you in a while." He played the Bolero of Fire. Zelda did some quick thinking, and walked back to Meghan. She saw the look on her head when Link didn't come with her.

"Hi again. Where's Link?"

"He had to go retrieve something. He dropped it down the mountain."

"O…K…" But then…what? Why would he need to ask Zelda something then?

"You are probably wondering why he needed to speak to me. Well, it's because what he dropped was the Ocarina of Time." Meghan's jaw dropped.

"WHAT?"

"Yes, it's the truth." She looked over the side of the mountain. "Let us just hope that it is all right."

"Yeah." Good, she believes me. I don't like telling the untruth, though. "How did he drop it? And when? I never saw that."

"Well, he did."

"That stinks."

"Yes. Oh, yes. Meghan, I have some things for you at the castle. If you could come at the end of the day, that would be wonderful. I must be going now." Zelda stepped back and disappeared.

"She always has to go somewhere!" Meghan said partly to herself, although the two Gorons heard.

"She is busy, Meghan. Let her go."

"I know."

"Do you need a hug?"

"NO!" She said, and stepped back.

MEANWHILE…

"Thank you, Biggoron."

"Remember, one."

"Yes, I will."

(A/N- this is really sad because you won't actually know what happens here until the sequel. YOU SHALL SUFFER! MWAHAHa, uh, ahem. ON WITH THE STORY!) (Maybe I shouldn't have told you that?)

MEANWHILE…

"Sands beyond imagination…hmmm mmm m m" Meghan started humming the Gerudo song while waiting for Link to return. She was inside Darunia's room. She still didn't know why she was there, but Darunia sure loved the Fairy Ocarina and kept trying to play Saria's Song.

"Meghan, how do you…?"

"Let me see it." She held out her hand and he put it in it. Meghan brought it to her lips. She took in a breath.

"Meghan Meghan!" A squeaky voice said.

"Navi?" She turned her head and saw Navi fly in through the doorway.

"Meghan! You'll never guess what Link just did!"

"What is that?" She asked, though she wasn't sure if it was a good or bad thing Navi was going to tell her.

"H-"

"NAVI!" Link jumped and closed his hands around her.

"Lemeego!" Navi said, her voice muffled.

"What is it? What did you do?"

"I…went down the mountain!"

"Is it OK? Oh, yeah. Zelda told me."

"Is what OK?"

"Duh. The reason you went down the mountain." She said. Link blinked and let Navi go.It must be what Zelda told her. But what is she talking about?

"Oh, yeah…it's great! Couldn't be any better. In fact, why don't we forget all about that?" I can see why he would want to. That's pretty embarrassing! Little did she know that she was completely wrong.

"Link, I was just about to play Saria's Song for Darunia, but I think perhaps now you should, because you are WAY better at it than I am."

"OK, I think." He knew what Darunia would do. He'd start dancing like a maniac. Oh well. Link got a bit of stage fright for a second, though. He hesitated when he brought the Ocarina of Time to his mouth. It looked like Meghan was looking at it extra carefully. Maybe this is what she was asking about. Then he played Saria's Song.

Sure enough, Darunia began to dance! Meghan watched in awe…she had never seen him in real life. He jumped from one foot to another, bouncing all the while and singing the tune to himself. Link lowered the Ocarina with his mouth open.

"YEAH! OH BABY! SARIA, THAT IS ONE FINE TUNE!" he danced for at least five more minutes before,

"Isn't he ever going to get tired?" She asked Link.

"Hmm, depends."

"On what?"

"His stimulus."

"Meaning…?"

"Meaning that if he has nothing else to do, he will go on all day."

"Should we stop him?"

"No, he's happy."

"Yeah, you're right." So they leaned against the wall and watched Darunia's dance. His son wasn't present at the time. So they were alone together as they watched him.

"Link…this is getting strange." She said as Darunia hopped in circles. "Do you think he would notice if we left and came back a few minutes later?"

"No, but we shouldn't try anyway."

"But we're standing right here and he doesn't hear us. I don't think he is going to miss us."

"He'll stop eventually." Meghan watched him.

"OK, this is getting tiring. Darunia!" She yelled. He didn't seem to hear her. "Um…Darunia! Link, let's say it at the same time."

"O…K…"

"One, two three! DARUNIA!" Meghan said by herself. Darunia kept dancing. "Oh, right you were supposed to say it on the count of three."

"Alright…"

"One…two…three! DARUNIA!" they both said.

"Yeah?"

"Well, that worked!" Meghan said.

"You were dancing. A lot." Link said.

"Uh…has anyone seen Link?" he ran into the entrance to the Fire Temple.

"Well…so seriously, how did you drop it? I never saw you drop it."

"I…um…accidentally threw it?"

"What?" She asked at the stupid remark. "I never saw you throw it."

"Yeah."

"And you wouldn't anyway."

"Yeah…"

"So how did you drop it?"

"I guess I just did."

"Ah, I give up!"

"I wonder where Darunia went?"

"That was WAY too comical for comfort."

"Yeah."

"Do you think he's coming back?"

"No."

"Yeah, me neither. Should we go?"

"I think maybe we should find him. Before we leave."

"Does anybody ever even know what time it is around here?"

"Did you look at the clock?"

"Clock?" she looked to where he pointed. "Oh…OK, yeah that helps." The clock read 4:59. "WHAT? Wow, we were here longer than I thought."

"Yes, one minute…not even…until 17:00." Suddenly they heard large footsteps. And a pair of smaller ones. Then Darunia came back through the entrance/exit to the Fire Temple, with Link at his side. (This is getting too convenient for comfort…)

"It is nearly 17:00." He started Meghan made a small noise and pointed at the clock. "I mean, it IS 17:00. Do you not think you should be going?"

"Yes, we should. Thank you, Darunia. We had a good time today."

"Bowling was a blast!" Meghan said.

"Yes, the bowling was fun." Link agreed, although neither of them really meant it. Meghan never like bowling back home, and Link…had a bad experience with a bombchu one time when he was younger.

"I am glad you enjoyed it. Feel free to join us any time."

"Yes, please come back Link and Meghan." Goron Link said.

"Bye!" Meghan said.

"Good bye." Link said as they left the room and into the darkness between rooms. They entered the area with the huge Goron thing, and made their way to the exit. Some Gorons still outside said bye to them as they walked by. They went down the mountain, talking about some things. Meghan decided not to make a big deal of the ocarina thing. It was OK, wasn't it?

When they were down the mountain and coming into Kakariko Village, Meghan said to Link, "Zelda wanted me to go to the castle at the end of the day."

"Do you want to go now?"

"Um, yeah. The only thing is…I think…she…no offense, but she wanted me to go alone."

"That's OK. I'll find something to do. In fact, there's a lot that I have to do. I'll walk you there, and you can have fun with Zelda."

"Link!" she playfully smacked him in the arm. "You make me feel bad."

"Please, don't. I don't mind. And that hurt."

"Whatever." She smiled and laughed.

"It would take forever just to walk there. Should we teleport?"

"Where to? And it wouldn't take that long to walk!" She said. She didn't want to go in the Temple of Time, though that's where she was sure he was thinking to go.

"The Temple of Time. And yes it would."

"Oh, please, can we not go there? I really, really don't want to. And why are you suddenly thinking that it would take long? We could have been halfway there already."

"Sure. That's OK, I don't want to either. I just thought it would be fastest."

"We can ride Epona."

"Or maybe just you."

"What?"

"Like I said, I have some things to do. It'd be easier for you to go by yourself." OK, what's with the sudden attitude change. First he's all like 'darn, I wanna come,' and now he seems like he doesn't want anything to do with me! If he had just replaced the 'some' with 'better', he would have said I have BETTER things to do! This dude needs to make up his mind. What just happened? Did I do something?

"But…"

"I'll walk you to the field."

"But I want you to come too!" She blurted out.

"I'm sorry. I'll see you later." He said reassuringly, and he smiled. Meghan stared in shock, and weirdness.

"Alright then…" This was getting odd.

When they had reached the field, Meghan took out the Fairy Ocarina and called Epona.

"I hope she has her saddle on."

"Yeah." Luckily, she did. As Epona trotted over the bridge, Meghan put the Fairy Ocarina back in her backpack. She sighed with relief, seeing the saddle on her back.

Meghan put her foot in the stirrup, and pulled herself on.

"When you are finished, go back to my house. I'll either be there or somewhere else."

"That's really narrowing it down. What if you aren't there?"

"Then I'll come back."

"But how will you know when I'm there?"

"Fairies can be quite useful." Navi beamed. But then her color faded and she started,

"Hey! Wait! You want to use me as your little messenger? Well, I'm…" she continued on inside of Link's hands, where she was securely grasped. All Meghan heard were muffled sounds. Meghan suppressed her giggles as Link rolled his eyes.

"I'll see you later Link." She said, forgetting Link's strange attitude.

"Yes, I will see you." Meghan turned Epona and led her into a trot as they crossed the bridge. Link let Navi go.

"Navi! That is the second time you almost did that!"

"Did what?"

"You know what!"

"No I don't."

"Just go to the forest. Come back to me when she is there." Link turned towards Kakariko.

"OK, Mister Hylian." He turned to face her and glared.

"Don't."

"BYE!" Navi flew away nervously. For some reason, as she noticed too, Link was acting so strange lately. She thought to herself while flying.

"He is so mean to me for some reason all the time! All I want to do is tell Meghan, but for some strange reason, he won't let me! And the worst part is, he won't even do it himself!"

MEANWHILE…

Meghan pushed Epona into a gallop. Not that she was far away, but it would take even less time.

She didn't even remember the decision she had to make.

At the bridge, Meghan dismounted. She let Epona go and walked inside the walls. She passed the town, which seemed to be finished. Or nearly finished. She noticed some people in some of the buildings. They seemed to be setting up the shops. That was good. It seemed Hyrule was recovering. Maybe faster than herself. She could never completely forget what had happened during the times of war, and she inwardly missed fighting. But her conscious self didn't recognize this longing, and so she didn't think about it.

When she had passed through the town, she came into the castle yard. A group of guards were positioned along the path, and some in the grass along the path and far off.

"Looks like Zelda has the place guarded again. How am I supposed to get in?" She asked herself. The guards noticed her. One person was standing in the middle of some guards, dressed in a gold tunic and had a sword at his side. He had red hair, which was in a sort of style like Link's, except no hat. And that was his downfall. He noticed her and said,

"Are you the girl, Meghan, who Zelda wishes to let in the castle?"

"I am Meghan."

"I see. Come this way, then. Zelda is expecting you." The guy turned and walked down the path. Meghan followed some distance behind.

"Halt." Said a voice. She had heard it before. Or at least she thought…

She turned her head to where the voice came from. She silently groaned. It was General…what was his name?

"Sir, I am under orders from Princess Zelda to escort Miss Meghan inside the castle."

"No. Did you even check to see who she is?"

"Sir, not many other girls have a sword, hair, and ears the way she does. In fact, I don't think any others do. Please move so we may proceed."

"Never talk to me that way! Do you want to lose your position?" He seemed angered.

"General, you don't have the power to make me lose my position. I'm the spymaster. We're in two completely different groups. And Princess Zelda told me not to listen to anyone if they try this. Now, move aside, we must see the princess."

"Never. I am here to protect the princess."

"And I am here to obey the princess." He walked forward, and moved very close to the other man's face. "Disobey her, and YOU will lose your position." He said gravely.

"She wouldn't."

"Sir, I AM a spymaster." The general turned red from anger.

"YOU SPYED on the princess?"

"No, sir. She told me." He walked past the flaming general, and Meghan hurried past him too. Once they were out of earshot, Meghan said

"Thank you."

"Oh, you're welcome."

"So you're the spymaster."

"As of today, yes."

"Today? Well, um I don't know what to say but I guess congratulations! Or something…"

"Thank you."

"You must be that spy Zelda was talking about yesterday."

"She talked about me?"

"Yeah. She said…well never mind."

"You're not going to tell me?" He said, flashing a smile. Meghan remembered the way Zelda had talked about him…

Or that new spy…" She sighed dreamily, "Yes, yes he would do very nicely.

Meghan realized something. Oh my goddess, Zelda likes this dude! Not too shabby, either. Hmm…

"No." He laughed.

"You are funny. Is this the way all humans are?"

"No. Some of them are evil."

"I see."

"And some of them are hyper."

"Hyper?"

"Yes, it means like crazy and stuff."

"Ah."

"And some of them would be drooling over you the second they saw you." She muttered to herself. Yup, Zelda had good taste.

"What was that?"

"Nothing." They had reached the castle.

"Zelda will be waiting for you in the throne room." He said, stopping.

"Uh…and where would that be?"

"Oh, right. You don't know your way around yet, do you?"

"No."

"Alright. I'll show you." He walked inside, and Meghan followed.

"Yet?" she said to herself.

After many confusing halls, they reached the throne room. The wide, wooden doors were open, although guards were stationed outside them. The spymaster walked in, and Meghan followed. Zelda was talking in the middle of the large room to some ladies in fine dresses, though not as nice as her own. Zelda looked and saw them coming. She smiled.

"Hello Meghan. Hello Luke." Hm, so his name is Luke? "Oh, I guess you two never really met properly. Meghan, this is Luke Rinelo. Luke, this is Meghan Black."

"Nice to properly meet you." Meghan said, smiling.

"Yes, it is nice to meet you." He said, bowing low. He took her hand and kissed the back of it. Meghan didn't know what to do. Zelda smiled. Luke beamed as he straightened himself. "Zelda says much about you."

"Zelda! Please, I really…"

"Oh, Meghan. You know that you deserve it."

"Please, don't. It's the same as you not wanting to be called princess."

"Oh, alright." She smiled. "Now, Luke. If you will excuse us, we must go."

"Of course, PRINCESS."

"Luke."

"I couldn't resist, Zelda." He grinned.

"Come Meghan. We'll see you later, Luke."

"Bye."

"Bye, Meghan. Bye, Zelda." Zelda walked out of the room with Meghan following. They went through all the corridors. For some reason, Meghan didn't remember going up stairs last time they were here, but they did this time.

"They finished making your clothes." She said as they walked. "Meghan, the room is also finished. Have you made your decision?" They were outside the room intended for Meghan's use. Meghan froze up.

Oh my god. I never even mentioned it to Link. What am I supposed to do?

"Oh my. You never told him, did you?"

Meghan lied. "Yes, I did."

"I see." Zelda could tell she was lying.

"And I'm…I think…" she had to decide very fast. What was she going to do? "I'm…going to stay."

"Are you sure this is your decision? Do you feel this is the right thing?"

"Yes." She said very gravely.

"And you do not need more time to discuss it, or to think it over?"

"Yes."

"Very well. Welcome to your new home, Meghan." She opened the door. Meghan saw the same room she saw a day ago. "This is your living room." She walked to a door on the right wall. "And this is your bedroom." She opened the door to reveal a large bedroom. In the middle was a large, four-post bed. There was also a dresser with many drawers, and a large mirror on top of it. A door opened to a balcony on the left side. Next to the door was a wardrobe thing. "That is where most of your clothes are. In those drawers you will find most everything you will need. And that, of course, is the balcony." Meghan nodded and swallowed. This is where I'm going to live? This bedroom is two times larger than mine on Earth! Maybe more…

"If you need any more clothes, please tell me or any of the seamstresses. Also, if you are ever hungry, the kitchens are down the hallway across from my room, the first left hallway, and the third right. Not too hard to miss, but if you need any directions, feel free to ask anyone around. Let's see…forgive me, I'm new at this…"

"Um, Zelda. I need to get my things from…Saria's house."

"Oh, right, right. Do you want me to teleport you there?"

"No, I'll go by myself."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. Thank you anyway."

"Of course. Now, I still need to help you out of the castle!"

"Yeah." She laughed. "Right."

"Maybe I should put together some directions for you…that would be a good idea, I believe."

"Yeah." They exited the room. Meghan tried to remember all the directions they turned, but gave up after a while. She sighed.

Why had she made such a decision? If only she had remembered to tell him…then she wouldn't feel so uncomfortable about it.

Before she knew it, she was out of the castle and in the fresh air. The sun was setting.

"Thank you Zelda. I'll be back later."

"You are all right the rest of the way?"

"Yes."

"Alright, I'll have Luke here or a guard waiting when you come back to bring you to your room."

"OK, thanks." Meghan walked away. As soon as she was sure Zelda couldn't see her, she ran as fast as she could. She ran through the town, and into the field. She didn't even stop to call Epona. She just kept running. She ran to the fountain, her and Epona's fountain. When she got to the forest, she ran through it, following Epona's hoof prints and coming to the cave. She slowed down in the cave and walked through the almost total darkness, until she got to the brighter fountain area. She walked slowly to the steps in front of the water. She sat on the second to last one, and rested her head on her arms on the top area, where the water just barely touched. She observed it, the water completely still.

Why couldn't life be as certain as that calm pool of clear water? Why must it more resemble a river, rushing one way and turning another? She sighed deeply.

"Brrrrrrrrrrrrr…" She heard in the background. (Yeah that was a REALLY bad onomatopoeia)

"Epona?" The horse walked over to her. "How did you know I was here? Did you follow me?" Epona came and sniffed her. "Silly, silly horse." She rubbed her neck. Epona brought her head back up, so Meghan had to stand to reach her. "Epona, you're so smart. What am I to do with you? What am I going to do with myself?" She gave Epona T-touch for a few minuets, telling her about her decision. "I guess I'll have to go tell Link. This isn't going to be easy. Come on." She took Epona's reins and led her back out the cave. When they were outside, Meghan mounted and told Epona to go slow through the woods.

When they were out of the woods, Epona went faster and they made their way to the Kokiri Forest.

"How is Link going to take this? How am I going to? Why do I keep asking questions in parallel structure?"

At last she had reached the forest, not knowing what lay ahead for Link and her friendship.

She sighed again as she dismounted next to the forest entrance. She gave Epona a quick pat, and then went inside. She crossed the bridge slowly, thinking of what to say to Link.

"Link, I'm sorry but I have to stay at the castle. No, uh, Link, Zelda has invited me to live at the castle, and I decided to. NO! Link, I'm going to live at the castle from now on…Link, you're my best friend, but I'm going to live with Zelda…Link, I can't live without you, but I'm going to!" That one was a mistake. She was in the forest now, and she saw Link conveniently standing next to his house. "Link…OH GOD!" She ran and didn't stop until she had Link in an embrace. She nearly knocked him down, running like that, but she did. She started crying almost instantly upon touching him. Although he had no idea why she was crying, he had a feeling it was big so he held her tight and comforted her. After a few minutes, he finally said,

"Shh…it's OK. Tell me what the matter is."

"Link, I'm…so…so…sorry." She said between sobs. "I…I…Zelda told me…to…to go…she asked me…if I wanted to…to live in the castle and I never told you because I forgot and then she reminded me and I still never told you, but then I need to tell he some answer so I said yes and now I have to go live there and I can't be here any more and I'm afraid if I don't live there, Zelda would be offended and I don't want to offend her, but I couldn't say no because she was so nice but I couldn't say yes, because I don't want to be far from here and I…I…I…said yes anyway! And now you are probably mad at me! Youseemedsomadatmebeforewhenyouwouldn'tcomewithmetothecastle." She started crying again.

"Sh, it's OK." He combed through her hair with his fingers, and said very quietly, "First, it was your decision to make. I wouldn't be mad at you ever. And second, I was never mad at you. What made you think that?"

"You were going to come with me, but then suddenly you didn't want to."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I only just remembered that I had something to do. I shouldn't have done that, though. I promise I won't decide to leave you so suddenly again."

"I thought you were mad at me."

"No. I swear I wasn't."

"OK."

"Come on, let's go inside, and we can talk about this." They climbed up the ladder to Link's house. When inside, Link told Meghan to sit on the bed. He walked around once, faced her, then said, "So you'll stay at the castle. It's really not that big a deal." Though inside, he knew it was. He had never forgotten what Saria had told him to do, when they first met Meghan.

FLASHBACK…

"What is it, Saria?"

"Look!" She showed him the letter that Meghan had left for them. He held it close to his face and read it carefully:

Dear Saria and Link,

I could not stay here. I am thankful for the hospitality you showed me, but I really must go.

I don't know where I'm going, but I don't know if I'll be back. I hope to see you again, but since I shall be searching for a way back home, I'm not sure if I will. I'll take this chance to say goodbye. And once again, thank you. You have showed me kindness that no one had ever shown me before.

Sincerely,

Meghan Black

"She doesn't get it, does she." Link said. Saria gave him a questioning look.

"What do you mean, 'she doesn't get it?'"

"I mean I don't think she realizes that there's no way back."

"How do you know that?"

"I'm not sure, I just know. It's like, I feel like she…I don't know…is important to saving Hyrule for some reason. I could be wrong."

"So you think she's going to stay here?"

"Yes, I believe so."

"Well, then we must find her. We can't just leave her to fend for herself here. For a girl like her, it is quite impossible. She has no way of protecting herself."

"That's true. I guess…if we find her…we need to give her some sort of weapon."

"LINK! She's just a girl! She needs no weapons to cloud her mind with violence!"

"Yeah, I suppose you are right."

"What she needs is someone to protect her." Saria stared intently at Link. He looked back at her.

"WHAT?" he questioned, slowly realizing what she had just said. "You mean…you want ME? To protect her?"

"I can't think of anyone else."

"But…I need to save Hyrule…if I have to protect her, then she HAS to have a weapon, because then she would have to come with me to all the temples."

"True…"

Saria had told him to protect her. Because he had felt that she was somehow important.

So their being far away from each other meant he couldn't do his job.

"Yes it is, Link. We'll be so far away." She said, wiping her eyes with the handkerchief he had just offered her.

"True, but that doesn't obstruct our ability to see each other during the day."

"But what if something happens at night? You never know."

"Meghan, you'll be in the castle. There you'll be protected by endless amounts of guards, and not to mention Zelda."

"And Luke."

"Who's Luke?"

"Luke is Zelda's spymaster and…uh…friend."

"I see."

"He has a sword."

"Really?" he said in a comical sort of tone, to cheer her up.

"Yup." She said, smiling through her tear stained face. He was silent while he thought for a second. Then he pulled up a chair and sat across from Meghan on it.

"OK. We can have a plan. I'll be waiting for you every morning in Hyrule Castle Town at 9:30. You come and we'll go."

"Sounds good."

"And if anything ever, goddesses forbid, happens in the castle where you or Zelda are in danger, I'll be right here every night. Take Epona and come." She nodded.

"And if anything happens here that I need to see you, I'll find my way there."

"Don't you need to know where my room is?"

"Please. I'll find it. Temples are good practice for that."

"Yeah." She said, laughing a bit. "But what if I need to speak to you? It stinks that you don't have telephones."

"I'm just going to pretend I know what that is and agree that we do not."

"OK. But still."

"I guess the best way would for me to go to you, or you to come to me."

"What about Saria's Song?"

"Well, that sort of only contacts Saria."

"Yeah but…never mind."

"What?"

"No, never mind."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. It was stupid."

"I'm sure it wasn't."

"But it was. So go on, please."

"We can ask Zelda if there is any way to contact each other next time we see her."

"OK."

"So are we alright with everything?"

"Yes. I think. I hope."

"Remember, I'll be here. I won't go anywhere, just in case."

"It's still so far away, though."

"We'll make do."

"OK." Meghan looked at him for a second. He was lost in thought. "Link, I should probably get my things from Saria's house."

"Oh, right." Meghan got up and walked outside, with Link following her. She went into Saria's house. Link stayed outside.

Meghan removed her backpack from her back and opened it. Its contents were two empty bottles, some rupees she gathered over time, and an ocarina. She slipped some of the rupees and the ocarina into her jeans' pockets. Her pants were in bad condition, good thing she was getting new ones! Yet…

She put the brush Saria gave her in, and her hair ties. She stuffed her clothes into the backpack. But alas, they did not all fit. She managed to get two shirts in, but nothing else. What was she supposed to put them in? Guess I'll have to carry them. It was only one shirt one pair of pants. Yet she couldn't leave them behind…they were too special.

Once she had closed the backpack (Which seemed to have grown to even fit what she did get to put in it) she looked around the house. It wasn't messy at all, but Meghan straightened it out. She made the bed nicer than it was, and made sure nothing was on the floor, straightened the rug, and fixed the things on the table. Everything seemed like it was when she first came.

"Good bye, my…temporary, generous home. I'll see you again." She walked out the door, clothes in hand and backpack on back.

"Come on." He said. They walked next to each other to the exit of the forest.

When they reached the field, Meghan found Epona where she left her. She stuffed her stuff in the pouch on the side of the saddle and turned to face Link.

"I don't want to go."

"It's OK. I'll see you tomorrow. Remember, 9:30." She nodded. She moved closer to him and hugged him tight for a while. When she finally let go, she mounted Epona and turned her.

She looked back at Link.

'Bye' she mouthed, and turned her head. She pushed Epona forward before he could respond.

"Bye."

Tears flowed from Meghan's eyes, for many reasons. Too many for her to even know most of them. Before she knew it, she was at the castle. Luke was there, talking to some guards, when he saw her. She was a bit far away, so she wiped her eyes.

"Hi there." He said. Meghan forced a smile. "Come along." He brought her into the castle, then to her room. Meghan was silent the whole time, unless Luke asked her a question.

"Here you go."

"Thanks." She opened the door to her room. She wanted him to go away, but he was watching her…

When she closed the door, she heard his footsteps farther and farther away. She leaned against the door and looked in the room. There was still a door that Zelda didn't tell her about. She went and opened it.

Inside was a bathroom, not a bathroom like we know it, with a toilet, but a BATHroom. There was a rather large bathtub, and a large mirror. It looked like they had running water…

She closed the door and went into the bedroom. She lay on the bed. It was not as bouncy as Link's, but was very comfortable.

She got up and looked in the wardrobe thingy. There were lots of clothes in there, hanging on hangers. There were many more colors than she had seen in her closet since…years ago. She had become a Half-Goth when she was thirteen. And now she was nearly sixteen. Was she really going to quit now?

Well, red wasn't so bad. There were lots of red shirts in there. White was doable, definitely. There were pairs of white pants, and white shirts of different styles. She saw some blue, and yellow. Maybe later she'd wear that. And she even saw black.

After looking around, (It was like shopping, with all the new clothes. She hated shopping.) she found pajamas. How she knew they were pajamas, she had no clue, but that's what it looked like. They were loose fuzzy sort of material.

I swear. Zelda must be looking inside my head with her magic. All the clothes looked like something she would wear back home…

She changed into the pajamas, a pair of pants and a loose shirt. She was too upset to worry about liking them or not. They were white. That's all she noticed. She put the sword on the dresser, and he knife on the nightstand.

There were about ten pillows on the queen sized (Estimated) bed. She tossed all but two on the floor. She pulled back the blankets. There was a comforter, a smaller blanket, and two sheets.

"What the heck?" She put the comforter and one sheet on the wood floor. She left the smaller blanket, which was red, and the white sheet on the bed. She looked at the bed before lying down. She got in it and looked in the large room. It was too large. It was about the same size as Saria's whole house.

Her eyes started to water.

"Link, I miss you." She said. She started to cry. And she cried some more. And more. When was the last time she had cried this much? The last time she remembered was when she stole the Kokiri Sword

That night she cried herself to sleep.