Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I never understood the point of a disclaimer. I think that most readers are smart enough to know that none of us own Zelda. From now on I'm not even gonna DO a disclaimer…well I might…I don't really wanna get sued…ANYWAYS on to the story

AN: sorry for taking so long to update. School takes up a lot of my time. Anyways I wanna say thank you to Link, Britannica Moore, Nightshade, and General EBM for reviewing my story. Also I just wanna say this:

Link,

Thanks for the review but just to clear things up, I said that the monster is in a portal on its way to Hyrule so it isn't there yet…but don't worry, they'll be kickin' some ass pretty soon. Also I have no clue what's gonna happen between the two, and if I did know I wouldn't be taking all this time to write now would I? Honestly I didn't plan on it being a romance and I don't know whether they'll fall in love or not but you'll see in time.

I was thinking…the title of this is pretty corny sooo… I'll take a poll, for all those who do like the title let me know in a review and the same for those who don't like it. Then if more people don't like it, I'll change it. If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to tell me them.

And another thing (geez I just don't stop), in this story Sheik is his OWN PERSON! I don't wanna get any reviews or anything saying, "Don't you know Sheik is really Zelda?" or "Sheik isn't really a guy!" or anything like that. I know who he/she is but I don't care.

This chapter kinda sucks and is kinda boring but it'll get better…don't let that discourage you from reading ^^;

We left off when Legend beat Link's ass in a race to Lon Lon Ranch…heh.

The pair rode into Lon Lon Ranch. It was about noon, so they had much of the day left.

Link led Legend to the large fenced-in area. As they rode, Legend heard a faint humming. The song sounded familiar…

They saw a red-haired girl in the middle of the ranch, and Legend realized that she was the one humming the song. She also recognized the song as the one Link used to call Epona.

"Malon!" Link exclaimed as he dismounted Epona. Legend did the same.

"Link! It's so good to see you again! It's been awhile, hasn't it?" Her voice reminded Legend of…a cowgirl…it was much like a western accent.

"About 2 months. I see you and Talon are holding up well. I didn't see Ingo anywhere though, where is he?"

Just as Malon was about to answer, she noticed Legend, arms crossed, tapping her foot impatiently while looking around the ranch.

"Hmm Link. Aren't you going to introduce me to your friend over there?" Malon asked with a smile plastered on her face.

"Oh right. This is Legend. Legend this is an old friend of mine, Malon." Legend faked a smile and shook Malon's hand. She really did not appreciate the fact that someone completely forgot about her. Sure they've only been traveling for almost 2 days but that's no excuse.

"So how's Epona doin' Link? You takin' good care of her?"

"Of course! She's doing great. She loves traveling."

"I see you also have a horse, Legend."

She faked another smile, "Yes I do. He's right here." She pointed to him.

Malon looked a bit shocked upon seeing Myth. Must be his eyes. People always got scared when they saw his eyes.

"What a beautiful horse. What's its name?" Legend could tell that Malon was afraid of her horse.

"His name's Myth."

"Myth" Malon repeated, as if testing out his name, "I like that." She said smiling, "Would you like to try out the obstacle course?"

"I dunno…what is it exactly?"

Link decided to join the conversation, "It's a timed, two-lap course. Fences are propped all around it. And if you miss any of the jumps, you've failed."

"Oh…sounds kinda stupid to me…"

"You're just scared."

"What do I have to be scared of?"

"Scared that you won't break the record…" Link must always find a way to show how great he thinks he is…

"Well what's the record?"

"49 seconds, set by me!" Link boasted.

Legend scowled, Cocky pain in the ass, "Malon, set up the course. I am about to set the new record." She smiled confidently.

After the course was all set up, Legend mounted Myth and went to the starting position. As soon as she heard the whistle, she dug her heels into Myth and he began to gallop around the course.

The first jump was always easy. The second one required a bit more speed, so Legend hit Myth slightly, just as Link does when he wants Epona to go faster. With that, Myth made the second jump. And the third. They went through the course with amazing speed and accuracy. Malon and Link could only stare.

As she passed the finish line, she slowed Myth down to a halt, and turned her head to see Malon and wait for her time.

Malon looked at the clock, "Thirty-nine seconds. Wow Legend, that was great! She's a better rider than you Link!" she said, elbowing him. Link felt a bit upset but he shook the feeling away when he saw Legend smiling. She got off of Myth and walked towards them. She opened her mouth to talk, but her stomach, once again, beat her to it.

"You hungry Legend?" Link asked, chuckling.

"Mm, just a bit."

"Well come on in and I'll cook somethin' up for ya!" Malon exclaimed.

"That's ok Malon. We wouldn't want to bother you. Besides, we need to go to the Castle town anyways so we'll eat over there."

"Oh. All right. Well at least take some milk with you!" Malon went to grab 2 bottles of milk for them.

As they rode out of Lon Lon Ranch, Link yelled out, "Thanks for everything Malon! We'll come back soon!"

"Bye Malon! Nice meeting you!" and with that, they rode off towards the castle.

"I'm starved! Now hurry up so we can get some food!"

"Oh quit your whining. We're almost there. Here, drink some milk." Link handed her the bottle of milk. She put the bottle to her lips and took a sip. Just then, Myth reared up causing Legend to fall off and the milk to spill all over her.

"Owww…Mythhhhh!" Legend complained while on her back with milk all over her. She then heard a strange sound, like…a demented squirrel. Then she heard the sound of a sword clanging against something. She couldn't see what was happening because Myth and Epona were in the way so she crawled to the side of them. There she saw Link fighting a ghost-like creature, and luckily he was winning. After a few more swipes of his sword, the creature was gone and in its place was a small, purple flame. Just then, Navi flew out asking Link if he wanted to catch it in a bottle.

"No thanks, Navi. I'll just let it go." Legend was still on the ground, only now she wasn't on her back. Her tunic was all wet and sticky from the milk.

Link turned to see Legend on the ground. He ran to her, "Are you alright Legend?" he held his hand out to help her up and she excepted.

"Yeah, I'm fine but…what was that?"

"A poe. They're undead spirits that roam different places of Hyrule, especially the graveyard. They can be pretty annoying."

"They sure are! It made me spill my milk!!" Link looked down at her tunic and saw that sure enough, the milk had spilled all over her. He laughed hysterically.

"I don't find this very funny!"

"Oh trust me, it is."

"Go to hell." Link didn't say anything as he mounted Epona and headed to the castle again.

"Great. He better not be mad at me." Legend muttered to herself, "Or else I won't be able to eat!" she mounted Myth and they went to the castle as well.

Link made it to the castle before Legend and waited inside for her.

When Legend finally made it to the castle, she dismounted and walked across the drawbridge. She expected to see Link there but…well, he wasn't.

Legend let out an exasperated sigh, "WHY of all times did he choose to play Hide 'n' Seek now?" Legend stormed off to look for him, completely overlooking the door right next to her. After she went into the town, Link stepped through the door, laughing until his sides hurt. (AN: ok that's not really funny but oh well) He followed her, hiding every time she turned around. He followed her through the back alley.

Legend walked slowly, not making a sound. Not even the large Hylian ears could pick up her steps, but Link didn't really pay attention to that and continued to follow. Before she left the alley, she stopped, and so did Link. With quick movements, she pulled her sword out of its scabbard and held it to Link's throat. He jumped back in surprise.

"Oh. It's you. What the hell are you tryin' to do? You want me to kill you?!"

"No-o. but you could move your sword." Link replied nervously as he moved the sword away from his neck. Legend returned the sword to its scabbard and continued to walk.

"Come on. Let's go. I'm hungry!" Link shook is head and laughed.

"Ahhhh. What a great meal!" Legend said as she patted her stomach in contentment.

Once again, Link stared in shock at the stacks of plates on the table.

"I thought the only reason you ate like this was because you hadn't eaten in a while. This is how you ALWAYS eat?"

Legend scratched the back of her head in embarrassment, "Welllll…"

Link held up his hand as if to stop her from talking, "Well let's go. We should go to the castle. That's why I brought us here in the first place."

"Alright. Thanks for the dinner!" Legend gave him a good slap on the back, causing him to fall on to the table and knocking it over (it was a pretty hard slap hehe). Of course, he knocked down every plate, mug, and cup on the table, causing them to break. He also somehow managed to break the table.

"You know, you really need to be more careful." Legend stated. Link gave her the 'evil eye'. Just then, the owner of the restaurant came out. He was quite large, he had rippling muscles, you know the kind you always see wrestlers have? He was much taller than Link, he had to duck to get through the door. Not the kind you would expect to own a restaurant, but he did nonetheless.

"What happened here?! Who did this?" his voice was very raspy and dry. Sensing his anger, everyone dining there pointed at the two, and Link pointed at Legend while Legend pointed to Link.

"You two did this?"

"Um…well you see…" Legend started.

"First of all, how you two alone managed to eat all this without bursting is beyond me." Link opened his mouth to talk but was cut off by the owner, whose name happened to be Kacha, "Second of all, I don't know what in the hell possessed you to break my table and dishes, but unless you've got a good excuse, you better find a way to pay it all off. That stuff ain't cheap!"

"Well, you see," Link began, "My friend here, she…she has a problem. Yeah a problem. It's something to do with her nerves; she just gets out of control and…starts…knocking things over. Heh heh…" Kacha stared, face unchanging.

"You are a terrible liar." Legend stated. Isn't it ironic how the Hero of Time can slay all evil in Hyrule but he cant think of a simple lie to tell a restaurant owner.

"Scrub faster! Customers don't like waiting!"

"This…is ALL your fault." Link muttered.

"Hey! You're the one who knocked the table over!"

"Yeah but you pushed me."

"It was not a push, it was a simple pat on the back." Legend said pausing in her scrubbing.

"Yeah. With the force of a push."

"Hey now. You're the Hero of Time, surprisingly,"

"I take offense to that!" they continued to scrub again.

"That's nice. Anyways, like I said you're the Hero of Time, a pat on the back, no matter how hard, shouldn't knock you over!"

"Well you caught me off guard!"

"Oh so all the times that an enemy kicked your ass, they just caught you off guard?"

"My ass doesn't get kicked, I kick ass." They continued to scrub the seemingly endless amount of dishes, "I can't believe we got stuck washing dishes for the night."

"Well you shouldn't have broken all that stuff!" Link stopped his scrubbing. Unexpectedly, he splashed the soapy water at Legend, and laughed hysterically. Legend, who was now wet and pissed (talk about an understatement), decided to get back at the unsuspecting, still laughing Link by shoving her wet, dirty rag down the back of his tunic. As she suspected, and hoped, he yelled and ran around the kitchen, attempting to get it out. But alas, he failed.

"LEGEND! Get it out!" he yelled reaching behind his back to try and get it.

"Um, no I think I like it there." She gave him another slap on the back, causing the already wet rag to let loose all its water and leave Link with a very wet back.

"Oh well. Now we'll both need a clean tunic." She said as she pointed to the milk stain, and now the soapy water on her own tunic. Just then Kacha returned to the kitchen to see how the two little trouble-makers were doing…

After 10 minutes of being yelled at for not scrubbing fast enough, and a lecture on WHY the dishes need to be cleaned quickly, Link and Legend were instead put on garbage and bussing duty.

"Ya know, I don't understand why we just don't bust outta here…you are the Hero of Time after all…"

"Because. When I do something wrong, I always take responsibility for it."

"Oh so you admit that it was your fault. Good." Link glared at her as they started their new jobs.

That didn't go too well either. They both kept trying to pull pranks on each other, only leading to more broken dishes and bigger messes. Finally Kacha decided to just give up on them, "You two cause more mess then you clean them! Get outta here!" With that he threw them out. The pair cracked up at the night's 'accomplishments'.

"That was interesting." Link stated.

"Yeah." Legend said, "So…can we go and get me a new tunic? Don't worry, I might pay you back."

"Well that sure is reassuring." Link paused to think for a few moments, "OK. Come on, this way." He led her to a small shop, and they went in. Link walked up to the front desk and talked to the man standing behind it. The man walked to the back and came out with a small pile of tunics. Link took them and handed them to Legend, "I didn't know what size you wear, so I just had him grab a bunch."

"You coulda just ASKED me, stupid!"

Link pushed her, "Just go try 'em on!" he pointed her in the direction where she could change. A few minutes she came out wearing a way too big, black tunic.

"OK, I know you don't know my size but do I look THIS big?!"

"Well, actually…" Link snickered, and Legend awarded him with a nice view of her middle finger before she went back to change. After a few more minutes, she came out with a dark blue tunic, just like her own. Link paid for it and they left.

"So where are we going now?" by now the sun had set, and it was dark. All the inhabitants of the town were safe in their homes, while the guards came out and stood watch.

"I know a great place to stay! And there's someone there who I want you to meet." He grabbed her arm and led her through the town. He took her to a small, dirt path that was surrounded by small cliff walls. They took a short turn and ended in front of a gate guarded by a single guard (AN: who woulda thought?).

"Permission to pass, Caleb." After all these years, it would only be natural that he got to know the guards.

Caleb recognized Link, "Of course, Hero." They began to walk in, and all the while, Caleb watched Legend suspiciously. She could feel his eyes staring at her the whole time.

Inside the castle…

Link led Legend to the thrown room. There, Legend saw a girl, about Link's age, sitting in one of the chairs. She could only assume that it was the princess. She was wearing a long, pink dress. It had a v-line bodice, where a small, gold brooch was placed. The entire dress was lined in gold. She also had gold cuffs on the upper arms of her sleeves, and attached to the cuffs was a pink sash, that hung loosely around her back. Her golden blonde hair was down, but a part of it was pulled back slightly in sort of a half pony-tail. She had a gold tiara that rested on her forehead, with a pink jewel in the middle of it. She had gold earrings in the shape of the triforce. She was beautiful. No doubt, Legend was jealous. To one side of the princess was a tall woman, about Link's height, maybe taller. She had dark, blue-black hair, and red eyes. She was very built, and her face was expressionless. To the other side of Zelda, was a man, almost as tall as Link. He had shaggy blonde hair and he also had red eyes. He was wearing blue…spandex?

"Link." Zelda smiled, "I'm glad that you came back. What took so long?"

Link walked a bit closer to Zelda, while Legend stayed behind. She really didn't need to get into anything that didn't involve her. Link got down on one knee and bowed in front of Zelda (what else would you do in front of royalty?).

"My apologies, Zelda. I am sure the other sages have informed you about everything?" He stood up.

"Yes, in fact, they did. But that still doesn't explain why you took so long to get here. This is a very important matter, in case you failed to realize."

"Well, I just wanted to show Legend around some. You know, get her used to the surroundings, seeing as how she will be a big help in this."

Zelda was silent for a few moments. She stood up from her thrown and walked towards Link. The two people beside her followed.

"Come Link, Legend. We have much to talk about." She led them all out of the thrown room and into a long, long, long, lo-I think you get it…hallway. Link and Zelda walked ahead and talked, while Legend lagged behind. The whole way, the man in blue kept staring at Legend.

'I HATE when people stare at me! Does he have to do that?'

The aforementioned man walked up to Legend and walked by her side. She didn't even turn her head to look at him.

"Is there a reason you keep staring at me?" Legend said, bluntly.

"Is this how you begin all conversations?" he said, his voice unchanging and…well dull. Legend didn't respond.

"My name is Sheik."

"Lovely." Legend responded, sarcastically. The seemingly endless hall actually came to an end. There was a large door that was heavily guarded. As Zelda walked towards it, the guards moved out of the way and opened the door. They all walked through, and inside were more guards, a large strategic table for planning wars and attacks, and a plump man with a crown sitting in a large chair. He was talking with a guard who was wearing different armor and had different weapons then the others they had all seen.

'Must be a general or something.' Legend's thoughts were interrupted by the man, obviously the king of Hyrule, called out to them, "Link. It is good to see you again."

Link smiled and bowed once more, "I am happy to be here again, you highness." The king smiled. (AN: Does anybody know what the king's name is? I forgot.) He stood up and walked over to the table and motioned for the others to follow. They all did so and as they did, the other 5 sages appeared. (Impa was already there, remember)

As all the Sages were greeted and became situated around the table, Rauru asked Legend to explain everything she knew about this new enemy.

Ummm yeah that was chapter 4…tell me what ya think! No flames please!

I just wanted to tell everyone to go here

http://vcl.ctrl-c.liu.se/vcl/Artists/Maria-McGuigan General EBM's (a.k.a Maria) website of her drawings. Go see the one of Legend under miscellaneous.

Or http://www.side7.com/art/marimcgu/gallery.html it's about 20th picture or so. Don't forget to look at her other drawings cause they're all REALLY good! Thanks again Maria for reading my fic and drawing Legend!