Notes from Nayru:

Hey everyone! Here is the long-awaited fifth chapter of Fairy's Fountain! Here it FINALLY IS! I was away on vacation for awhile, so I couldn't write for awhile. This chapter is dedicated to wintyr for inspiring me to continue, and to leshachikha because she is a very good friend of mine that moved far away. I'll miss you tons!! On to the story now!

//I never expected to actually have someone…//

//Someone to confide in…//

//Someone to be my soul mate…//

//I finally feel needed…//

//Which is a strange beyond reason feeling for me…//

'Navi, where is this?' Link asked, confused as we entered a field. Link had just defeated Gohma, an evil monster that lurked within the Great Deku Tree. Link still seemed a little shooken about the words spoken from the Great Deku Tree, just before it withered away into the domain of death. The battle had proved to be a great confidence boost for Link, and it showed him what he could really achieve with his amazing abilites. It had also proven what I could do.

It seems that along with being a fairy, certain powers are granted. Along with a cursed life, we can fly, we have endless ammounts of knowledge, beyond any humans capability, we can speak mentally, enable a human to target things in their vision with unbelieveable accuracy,

Of course, most fairies, except for fairies that are sent to watch over Kokiri children, will never see the true aspects of being a fairy, as they are trapped in the Great Fairy's Fountain, to be mindless balls of light forever. It makes me think that she sends away all the fairies like myself. I suppose I must be a certain type of fairy. A fairy gone wrong. I suppose there are more of myself out there…

The powers of the fae. The goddesses did take some pity over us, when they gave us powers that most humans would die for. Like flying, for example. Except the life of a fairy is something not to cherish. Not that I ever had a life, nor do I have one now. Link is almost the same as I used to be. Neither of us ever speak verbally. I abused the privelage, and Link never got the privelege. But I did help him by giving him mental words through me. Lastly, no human would ever want to be trapped for eternity worshiping a hideous Great Fairy and following her every word.

'We're in Hyrule Field. You've got to hurry if you're going to make it to Hyrule Castle by nightfall. They close the gates at the first sign of night.' I responded. Link nodded.

'Should I run?' He said with a smile.

'Go right ahead. Don't run too fast. I might not be able to catch up to you.' I teased.

I still cannot get over how close Link and I have grown in such a short period of time. I have never been this close to anyone in my entire life. I think it's quite weird, and I wonder if it's still me speaking. I had never even been this close to Tea. It feels weird and unnatural, and almost magical. Which can't ever be good because it usually tells me that something else is about to collapse.

And I certainly hadn't been born with a sense of humor, nor ever gained one, so why was I trying to make a joke now? Did being a fairy mean you actually gained a personality? Which I certainly didn't have before.

Link was running as fast as he could, which was pretty good for a child of his size, but it wasn't enough to reach the castle in time, for as far as I could see, and I wished to make him faster, as I watched him gasp for air as he ran.

'Navi, I don't think I'm going to make it!' Link said, gasping.

'Don't think like that!' I scolded, even though it was exactly what I was thinking. Apparently I also have the ability to care for another human being now. I mean, I cared for Tea and Tael, but never like this.

'I'm trying… I'm trying!' Link whined as he tried to run faster. It felt weird listening to someone talk through your own body.

The sky began to darken over the horizon. I panicked. It would be a short time until the devasting moment when the enormous castle gate closed, sealing the darkness.

'Link, hurry!' I screamed shattering the darkness. I knew something would awaken from the unknown as soon as darkness striked. I could feel uneasiness coming from the ground.

A sound soon met our ears, of chains. I looked to see that it bellonged to the castle gate. All hope seemed to be fading in that moment. The castle gate that so much hope rested on, closed solemnly.

Link froze in his tracks and fell to his knees starring at the now closed gate. He looked quite pale in the darkness, and beyond his years.

//I didn't know it then…//

//But that would be the first time I ever looked at him like that…//

As all hope washed away, a new emotion came to mind. Fear. The ground again. It was unsettling.

"Watch out!" I screamed verbally in fear as a creature emerged from the ground. There it was again, my verbal voice. Why could I only scream mere words every once in awhile?

Link jumped back from the creature and came face to face with it. I could tell he was fearful, but he was trying to hide it with his courage.

It was a skeleton type creature. A zombie, perhaps. I suppose I knew what this creature is also, but I wasn't in the mood.

Link jumped out of the way from a flying skull arm. He pulled out his sword and sliced the monster and the creature fell back, dead, and decaying.

'Try going in the water!' I suggested. I couldn't think of any other way to get rid of these monsters than get away because Link couldn't fight them all night.

Link turned around and ran for the water dodging more monsters from uprooting the ground. He leaped into the water, as I followed him. He settled in the river of water below the castle door.

'Let's wait here' I whispered. Link gave me a little nod. The silence seemed to last forever.

Wait, that's not right. The silence has always been the only thing that kept me going. I hated when the beautiful silence was broken… That was before. Apparently, I'm losing me to myself. I couldn't tell if I was relieved that I was putting my whole past behind me, or saddened that I was losing everything that I once was, or wasn't I should say.

'Navi?' Link whispered.

'Yes?' I mumbled back, still dazed from thoughts.

Then came a little question that I wasn't quite expecting.

'Where do fairies come from?' He said looking up at me. I was in utter shock. I mean, it was such a simple question, yet so hard for me to grasp.

'Um…' I stuttered. ' Could I tell him everything about the Fairy's Fountains? 'Uh, we come from Fountains…Fairy's Fountains, in fact.'

'Can you tell me more?' Link asked. He actually seemed interested.

'Link, maybe I should tell you when you get older.' I sighed.

'No, tell me now.' Link said firmly. Once again, he looked beyond his years. It made me feel open and weak. The feeling reminded me of one from my past…

I hesitated, 'Alright.' I said.

'We're you born a fairy?' Link questioned looking up at me. Moonlight shone on his face and made his face look extraordinarily pale.

'No, I was like you once. More like you than you might think.' I said softly.

'Really? How so?' he inquired.

'I never really spoke myself because I was too shy, and I was hated by most of the townspeople, except for my one good friend, Tea.'

'Mmmhmm…' he said, looking unusually interested and as to prod me to continue.

'I have no idea why, but I've changed since I've become a fairy… I'm barely the same being that I was before. I guess my being a fairy has changed both of us.' I mumbled.

I glanced at him for some sort of reaction. He was looking in my direction, but it didn't seem to be at me. It was almost as if he saw something I didn't.

'It's almost day. You want to get out of the water?' He questioned.

The sun began to rise in the horizon, and light began to pour over the surface. I gave him one last look to see if he had the same mysterious look upon his face. It seemed to have disappeared and been replaced with a look of immense courage, which was usually the look his face displayed.

Link climbed out the water and I followed him. He stood before the bridge lowering onto the surface. It was almost like the gate was opening a New World. Light poured out from the gate and rested on the ground.

Link ran at a dead sprint into Hyrule Castle Town. He pasted by all the bystanders. I saw a girl standing among the villagers, looking innocent and out of place. Didn't Link see her? Apparently not, as he passed her by.

"Listen!" I announced verbally, trying to get his attention. There it was again. I don't get it.

Link spun around to face me. He looked up at me expectantly.

'See that girl over there? The girl with the long, light red hair? Maybe we should go talk to her.' I said, looking for a response. Link nodded and walked over towards the girl.

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As Impa, the Princess's royal guard, walked us out of the Castle Courtyard, past all the guards that had tried to send Link out of the Courtyard countless times while he tried to get to the Princess.

I glanced back at the Princess as we left the Courtyard. She was gazing her pretty amethyst eyes into the window, trying to spy on her father and Ganondorf. For a child, she really was beautiful.

And you could tell Link thought so also. It must've been his first experience with girls, for I don't think there was too many girls back in the forest. Unless you included Saria, but they were best friends.

The way they acted around each other made it obvious that they both had feelings for each other.

Then something hit me like a rock.

Why did this make me feel so uneasy?

I glanced down at Link who was carelessly walking beside Impa.

He had to be half my age. He was a child.

Then why did I have feelings of my own for him?

It was almost like my feelings for Tael. I always felt uneasy around Tael, in fact, I felt uneasy around everyone. Atleast Tael was in my age range.

I didn't like the emotions I was feeling at the moment, and I wished I could explain my feelings for Link. I certainly couldn't tell him, I could never.

To be continued…

Notes from Nayru:

Well, that wasn't as long as the last chapter, but I figured I'd cut out some scenes to make it a bit shorter. As for those of you who have read Sacred Forest Meadow, you'll realize this chapter has some very similar parts to chapter two of SFM, except in SFM Link actually takes the stalchilds on. Basically, all the stalchild stuff is based off how freaked out I was of those things the first time I saw them, as most of this story is based off personal emotions, except these are more extreme. Please tell me what you'd like to see in later chapters, or what you'd like to suggest. Review on!! (Yes, please do!)