A/N: Well, near the end. A bit of mystery here... BTW, I had a great idea for Winter Daze. I think you should do "Little DBZ High School". You knoiw, Chibi Frieza terrorising the school, Yaumcha unable to get a date...
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. I do own any original plot ideas.

Mido was sitting down on the bed, reading intently next to a lit candle. They were at Hyrule Castle Town Inn, a rather fancy place, which Mido, being the Head of the Kokiri, had paid for with some of his life-savings (A/N: You save up a lot over the millenniums). Link was in the room next door and Saria was in a bed across the room asleep. Suddenly, he read something which shocked him.
"HOLY FARORE!" he screamed. He could have woken the dead. Saria jerked awake at once.
"Who blew up the house?" she asked sleepily.
"No-one blew up the house!" Mido yelled. "Look, Saria," he said in a quieter tone. Saria read the part he had pointed out. Her eyes seemed to pop out of her head.
"Oh Din!" she cried. "Why didn't we figure that one out?" The door opened and a bemused Link walked in. His hair was sticking up on end and he was wearing Dragonball Z pajamas. (A/N: Couldn't resist.)
"What happened? I was asleep and then I heard this awful noise," he said.
"That was Mido, attempting to kill us all with his incredibly loud voice," Saria said sarcastically, attempting to be calm while her mind was racing.
"Thanks a lot," he said. "No, actually, I found out something." Link took the book and read aloud: "'I then realised that upon leaving the forest, a Kokiri ceases being a Kokiri and becomes a Hylian...' Whoa, I understand the shouting now..."
"I don't want to be a Hylian," Mido said childishly, his strong facade breaking. "I liked being a Kokiri."
"I'm afraid it's the same for me," Saria said sadly.
"It looks like you don't have a lot of choice in the matter," Link said. "According to the book 'the change is permanent. The Kokiri will begin their new life at ten years old, the way they look, and live to a normal Hylian age, around seventy to eighty.'" Saria started to cry.
"Don't cry," Mido said, even though tears were threatening at his eyes too. "I'm sure it's OK being a Hylian. At least we can go through it together," he said. His tears began to flow too. He pulled Saria toward him and allowed her to bury her head in his chest.
"I'll leave," Link said quietly. He didn't want to start crying too, and Mido and Saria holding each other had sparked up his underlying jealousy again. The pair ignored him, again, they were caught up in themselves. He exited the room in a huff. Saria and Mido didn't notice him go.

But Link didn't go to his room. He left the hotel and sat down in the Market Place. It was so quiet at night, making it difficult for Link to believe that he was in the same bustling place as before. The only other person was wearing a brown hooded cloak, making it difficult to see who they were and even whether they were male or female. Curiously, Link went over to them. "Hello," he said.
"Hello," a female voice answered. "What are you doing here?" She didn't look at Link.
"Sitting...thinking," Link replied. "Talking to you."
The girl laughed. "I do that too. Sitting and thinking, I mean. I do it to escape."
"What would you need to escape from," Link asked.
"Well, my parents are pretty strict. They actually don't let me leave the house," she answered sadly. "It's as though I'm not allowed a life of my own. So I go here to think about stuff."
"Why can't you think at home?" Link asked. The girl was a very strange person. Not only was she sitting on a bench at midnight, but opening up to a perfect stranger. She still hadn't looked at his face, either.
Suddenly, she turned around. Link saw that she had quite a pretty face. Her blue eyes seemed startled. (A/N: Now, lets see, I wonder who this is...)
"Link?" she asked in surprise. "Link? Is it really you?"
"You know me too, huh?" The girl looked surprised.
"You don't know me..." she said. "You forgot me!"
"No, no, I didn't forget you. I'm not Link. Well, my name IS Link, but I'm not the person you are talking about," Link said.
"Oh...Well, who are you?"
"Long story, I'll tell you though," Link said. And he told the girl his story.

By the time Link finished, the sun was starting to show over Hyrule Castle.
"Incredible...you're a hero," the girl said.
"Hero? Not really," Link said modestly. "Now, I've told you who I am, now tell me who you are."
"I can't," The girl said. Link looked angry.
"I just told you my whole life story! And you refuse to even tell me who you are?"
"I will tell you. I need time to think though. Meet you here again tonight?" Link appeared to be a little less angry.
"Same time?" he asked finally.
"Same time." she replied.

A/N: OOOH! Mystery. It's really not hard to guess who the girl is, but still... It's all explained next chapter. Two more until the end!