Another early chapter! What a surprise!

**IMPORTANT** This chapter will be in Zelda's point of view. I've decided that we already know what Link feels, but Zelda is...just there...lol...anyway, enjoy!

Past and Present

I have no idea why I'm doing this.

I have no idea why I'm making him do this.

I know how I feel for him, yet...I'm sending him away.

And the hardest part about all of this is...he doesn't want to go.

"Link...please..." I turned to him. He was staring at me.

"Please what? I don't want to go back, and I'm almost certain...that you don't want me to go back. If you truly did want me to, you would have forced me already."

So he noticed. He noticed that I don't want to do this.

So why am I doing it?

Why did I even mention it?

It's very complicated...

Very.

Well...a few months back, when Link had just woken up...

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I waited nervously in the shadows.

It had been seven years.

Seven long years.

And now...it's time, time for him to wake up.

I watched Link slowly step away from the place where the Master Sword used to rest.

He was looking at his hands, at his whole body.

It was like...it was like he couldn't believe this, that he had just spent seven years of his life asleep in some chamber while Ganondorf reigned over Hyrule.

It was pretty unbelievable.

Then I heard him say to his fairy, "Navi...can you believe this? Seven years of my life: gone. Seven years of my life spent sleeping. I could have been out there, preparing to beat up Ganondorf, but no, I was fast asleep. And look, I'm all...grown up...I didn't even experience life as a boy, I didn't get the feel of it. Imagine, one day you're a little boy, next thing you know you're an adult...know what I'm saying, Navi?"

"Yup, I know exactly what you're saying, I was asleep too, you know!" and the little fairy started laughing.

I thought about what Link said for a minute, and decided: the sooner, the better. So I decided to make my move.

"Oh Navi...?" Link stopped in the middle of his sentence, unsheathed his sword,  turned and saw...who else but me.

But it wasn't really me.

I was Sheik.

"I've been waiting for you, hero," I said in my most mysterious voice.

"And who might you be?" he questioned.

"I am Sheik, of the Sheikah. I have been sent here to help you on your journey."

"Oh...well, can you start by telling me if Zelda is ok?"

I stared at him, and I felt my cheeks burning red. I turned away to hide my face.

Wow.

The first thing he asked was...about me.

He must have cared...I'd hate to see how he felt when I ran away all those years ago.

I know how I felt...

Still turned around, I said to Link, "She is fine. Don't worry about her for now, we have much work to do. Start in Kakariko Village, in the graveyard. There you will find the hook-shot, a useful weapon that is needed for your travels. I will meet you after you're done."

And with that, I grabbed a Deku Nut from my pouch and "disappeared" as Impa taught me to do.

Well, I didn't actually disappear...the force of the Deku Nut is strong enough to blind an opponent for a while...which gives you enough time to get away. Boy, that took me months to perfect.

I hid in the shadows and watched Link.

He hesitated for a while, and slowly started walking to Kakariko.

My heart burned for him.

I wanted to tell him so bad...

But I knew...I knew he wanted to...to go back...back to his childhood.

And I realized then that I would not tell him.

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**AN** Not the best chapter, but I wanted to get it out before the idea ran out of my head...lol...Don't forget to review! ~Yoshi~