Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda or any of its characters, I only own my characters. Pftt…like that'll do me any good…*cough* uhm anyways on with the story!

AN: I think you understand part of the title now…if you don't…well that just shows that you're dumber than I am. Anyways thanks to EBM and Britannica Moore for reviewing my story again! ^_^ On with the fic!

Chapter 3: …and the Myth

"So…this enemy…you say if we don't destroy it, it'll destroy both Hyrule and Palto? But how does it get to Palto anyways?" Link asked.

"Whoever this enemy is, is originally from my world. A hundred years ago, it was sealed away by the ancient warriors and mages. A few months ago it escaped and it is now making its way through a portal that leads to Hyrule." Was Legend's reply.

"I don't understand. Why didn't it just try to take over your world first?" Legend glared at him, "Uh I mean, I'm not saying that I want it to or anything but…" Legend rolled her eyes.

"Palto is much bigger and more powerful than Hyrule. Without the power of another world, there would be no way that this…thing could take over."

"What exactly is it? I mean it would be nice to know what we're up against."

This time Rauru answered, "Link. The dream you had last night. That was indeed a prophecy, and whatever it was that attacked you, is the enemy we are to defeat." Link only nodded. There were a few moments of silence…that is until Legend's stomach decided to join the conversation…

She smiled and stood up, "Well Link, looks like you have the honor of takin' me out to eat!" Link chuckled.

"Well, since we're gonna have to be working together, might as well."

"Great! Let's go! Can't keep my stomach waiting!" Legend grabbed Link's hand and dragged him out of the temple.

"Good luck…" Rauru said quietly.

"Ah. That was delicious! Well I'm stuffed! Thanks Link!" Link stared in amazement. There on the table were piles of plates stacked up on each other.

"How can one person eat so much?"

"Hey. I haven't had a decent meal in weeks! I was stuck in that damned portal because Rauru screwed somethin' up! What would you expect?"

Link smiled. He paid for the meal and they left the small tavern. By the time they came out of the temple, it was already the afternoon.

The two began to walk through the town. As Link passed, everyone waved at him saying things such as "Hey Link!" and "How ya doin'?"

'He sure gets a lot of attention from all these people…eh what's to expect from the 'Hero of Time'. Heh. It's a wonder how someone like him could save the whole world…' Legend's thought were interrupted by Link.

"Hey! You in there? I asked if you wanted me to show you around some."

"Oh…uh sure…why not?" They walked out of the town and into Hyrule Field.

"How about we go to Kakariko first?"

"Whatever." Link took out his ocarina and played Epona's song. Mcuh to Link's surprise, Epona walked right past Link and came to Legend.

"Hey girl. How ya doin'?" Epona nuzzled against Legend's face and neighed. She smiled. Link, however, stood there quite displeased and angry.

"Let's go." he said, but his tone was a bit harsh. Legend looked at him and rolled her eyes.

"Are you gonna get on or what?" Link held out a hand to help her up, "Hang on!" Link dug his heels into Epona's sides and she began galloping to Kakariko. Legend held on to Link's waist so as not to fall. The entire time, she was looking left and right. Taking in every part of the land that she could see. Within minutes, they made it to Kakariko. Epona crossed the small bridge and stopped in front of the steps. They both dismounted and walked up the stairs, Link obviously leading.

As they made it up the stairs, they were greeted by an old man standing in front of a tree.

"Hello there Link! Who ya got there?"

"Hello. This is Legend, she's…a friend of mine." Legend snorted.

"Well hello Legend. What a peculiar name…" Legend looked at him oddly.

"Uh, thanks…I think."

"Well we must be going now. See ya around." Link quickly grabbed Legend's wrist and pulled her away from the man.

"Geez. Slow down!" Link let go of Legend.

"Well this is Kakariko. They've been re-building it for a while now. When Ganandorf took over it was destroyed. They rebuilt it in about 3 or 4 years but then there was another fire so they've been working on it since." Link explained.

"Oh that must suck." Legend replied, looking around the whole town/

"Yeah…anyways, over here is…" Link continued to show her around all of Kakariko.

"Hey how about I take you up to Death Mountain! You can see pretty much all of Hyrule from there!"

Legend smiled, "Great! Let's go!" They began to climb up the mountain, and as they did, the sun was beginning to set. They climbed all the way to the top of mountain. Legend stood there, looking over all of Hyrule.

"Wow…" Link pointed out various places.

"Over there is the Zora's domain. It's a very beautiful place. Maybe I'll take you there next. Oh and over there is the Lost Woods, and just after it is the Kokiri Forest. That's where I grew up. And over there is Lake Hylia, then there's Gerudo Valley. And of course over there is the Castle. And that little ranch in the middle of Hyrule Field…that's Lon Lon Ranch. They have the best milk you have ever tasted!" Legend smiled at Link.

'Wow. I never realized how pretty she was.'

"Hey. I wanna show you something. Trust me, you'll love it." Link grabbed Legend's hand once more and led her towards the wall. There was a small cave and Link led Legend through.

"Close your eyes!"

"Do I have to?" Legend sighed.

"Yes! Close 'em 'til I say so." They walked a little further and finally they stopped, "Okay you can open them now."

Legend gasped.

"This is a Great Fairy Fountain. Beautiful isn't it?"

"Very…" Legend was speechless.

"Come on! I've got so much to show you!" Link led her out of the fountain and down the mountain again. This time, he took her to Goron City.

"These are the rock people, but this isn't what I wanted to show you." Link led her all the way to the bottom floor. There was an exit…or an entrance with bomb flowers all around it. They walked through and within a matter of seconds they were somewhere else.

"This is the Lost Woods."

"Oh. I don't really like the name of it…what happens to people when they get lost."

"They get turned into skull kids."

"What?!"

"Skull kids. They can never leave the woods and they carry around flutes all the time. They aren't too friendly to most people, but to me and Saria, the Sage of the Forest, they treat us nicely."

"Oh…well you better not get us lost! I don't wanna be a skull kid, and I definitely do NOT want to have to stay here all the time!" Link laughed.

As they walked through the forest, Link pointed out the music they heard as "Saria's Song". They went through one last tunnel and came out to the Kokiri Forest. By this time, the sun had already set and the moon was shining brightly. Everywhere around the forest were fairies and pixies. One landed on Legend's nose, making her smile.

Link led her down the small ledge and took her to a tree house.

"This was where I used to live. When I was younger." They climbed the ladder and entered the house. It was pretty small, so they had to duck their heads. When they went in, Legend was surprised to see a…cow?

"Why is there a cow in your tree house?"

"Oh that. Well a few years ago, when I beat Malon, the girl who owns Lon Lon ranch, I beat her record in a horse race, so she sent this here. Trust me I was just as shocked as you were."

"Malon's got a twisted mind…"

The two were both tired so they decided to just sleep there in the forest, because the bed wasn't nearly big enough for either of them. They set up a blanket near the tree house. They both lay down looking at the stars. Link was explaining to her about how the Kokiri never grow, and they can never leave the forest.

"Then how come you left? And you grew."

"I'm really a Hylian. I just lived here."

"Oh."

"So Legend…how old are you?"

"15. What about you?"

"17."

"The forest is pretty." Legend said with a yawn.

"Yeah. Hey tomorrow I think I'll take you to see the Great Deku Tree…if that's ok with you…Legend?" Link looked over at her to see that she had fallen asleep. He smiled.

The next morning…

Link woke up to the sound of children playing. He opened his eyes and turned to look at Legend, but instead he saw…nothing.

"Legend?" Link sat up, looking to see if she was anywhere in sight. He stood up and walked up to his tree house, "Legend? Nope, not here. Where could she have gone?" He continued to search for her. He checked Saria's old house, as well as Mido's, the twins', and the Know-it-all brothers'. He went to the training grounds, but didn't find her there either.

"Well there's only 3 other choices…the Lost Woods, Hyrule Field, or the Deku Tree…but if Mido is there, then there's no way she could get past him."

"Oh come on! I just wanna see!" he heard Legend, faintly.

"No! I don't even know who you are! You're not even a Hylian!" Mido replied.

Link walked to where Mido was guarding the passage to the Great Deku Tree…and sure enough there was Legend trying to get passed Mido. Link smiled.

"Pleasseeeee!! It's not like I'm gonna do anything! Come on!" Legend whined.

"No! You probably don't even have a weapon!" Legend reached to her back and pulled out a sword. It was about as long as the Master Sword. The hilt was gray with a ruby on each side. The whole sword had some sort of glow to it…almost like it was emanating some sort of power.

Mido stepped back in fear, "O-oh," he then straightened up and tried to hide his fear by crossing his arms, "Well you still can't pass through here. Not unless you were summoned." Link walked up to them and laughed. They both looked at him.

"It's alright, Mido. She's with me. I was gonna take her here anyways."

Mido crossed his arms, "Hm. Fine." He moved out of the way, and they made their way through.

"Be careful. There are some Deku Baba's up ahead." They both readied their swords. Just as Link said, the Deku Baba's came up from the ground and tried to attack. Using swift movements, Legend quickly killed all three within a matter of seconds. She put her sword away and continued walking. Link was speechless, "Wow…"

After a bit more walking, they made it to the Deku Tree. Legend looked up at it, "Wow. That is one big tree!"

"This is the Great Deku Tree. He protects all of the Kokiri. 7 years ago, first one, well at least I think it was the first, died of a curse that Ganondorf put on it. Now this one has taken over."

"Hero of Time. Thou hast come to visit? For what reason hast thou come?"

"Uhm…n-no reason. Just showing Legend around…"

"Hi!" Legend chirped happily. It almost looked as though the Deku Tree…smiled?

"Well this is it. Ready to go? I think I'll take you to Lon Lon Ranch now."

"Alright…uh..nice…meetin' ya…Mr. Tree…" Legend said confusedly. They walked through the forest.

"It must have been nice living here."

"It was for all the other kids…"

"Why not for you?"

Just then, Navi came out and fluttered around Link, "Because I wasn't with him!" Legend tilted her head, and looked at Link, obviously confused.

"All Kokiri get a fairy at a certain time of their life. I never got one, so I was always made fun of. I only had a few friends…and Mido was definitely NOT one of them!"

"Aww…poor Link…"

He smiled, "I didn't get Navi until my quest for the Spiritual Stones started."

"Ohh…" Navi started to fly around Legend.

"Say hi to Legend Navi…you must have been asleep when we were in the Chamber of Sages…"

They soon reached the tunnel that led to Hyrule Field. Once they came out to the field, there was a black horse waiting near the wall.

Legend ran toward it, "Myth!" The horse neighed happily as Legend began to pet it. She reached into a small pouch that was on her belt and pulled out a handful of oats, "In case you were wondering, this is why Epona came to me instead of you!" Legend said smiling. The horse began to eat from her hand. Link looked at it…its eyes were red…

"Just like in my dream…" Link said quietly.

"Did you say something?"

"Huh? Oh…uh no I didn't…what's her name?"

"HIS name is Myth."

Link chuckled, "Myth and Legend."

Legend smiled at him, "My mother named him that on purpose. I guess she thought it was cute." Link smiled back.

"How about we go to Lon Lon Ranch then. I'm sure Myth will like it there."

"Alright. Let's go."

Link took out his ocarina and played Epona's song. This time Epona came to Link. He mounted Epona and Legend mounted Myth.

"Race ya…" Legend said to Link.

"You're on!"

"Prepare to lose. You ain't got nothing' on My racing skills." she said smiling.

"We'll see…ready?"

"Of course."

"GO!" Before Legend took off, she grabbed Link's hat and raced off towards the ranch.

"Hey! Come back here!" Myth was fast…real fast, "Come on Epona, let's catch up to 'em!" he kicked his heels and Epona took off. She was no where near as fact as Myth. After riding a little ways, Link spotted Myth and Legend near the ranch. They came to a stop as if waiting for Link to catch up. As soon as she saw him, they started rising again. She went around Lon Lon Ranch and Link followed.

"Slow down a bit Myth…" she let Link catch up a bit but she could tell Epona was going full speed. Legend smiled. As soon as Link was right behind her, Myth took a sharp turn to the right and followed along the wall of the ranch. Just as she had expected, Link kept going straight. Epona was going too fast to turn. At last, Legend went to the entrance of the ranch and waited. A few seconds later, Link arrived. He grabbed his hat from Legend and she smiled.

"Looks like I won." Link smiled.

Well that's it. Tell me what ya think. No flames.