"What do you mean we have some problems?" Link asked.

"Ganondorf and Majora has taken over," Kafei explained. "Termina is filled with monsters. Everyone is staying inside that's how dangerous it is."

Link sighed and put his face in his hand. "I have to do something about it now," he said.

"Link, you just woke up," Zelda protested. "Give yourself some time."

"We don't have time," Link argued.

"Link, will you just give yourself at least one more day of rest?" Anju asked.

"Alright," Link agreed.

"Now, we'll leave you alone," she said. She took Anjie by the hand and led her out of the room. Kafei followed behind.

"Zelda, wait," Link said as she began walking out of the room.

"What is it?" she asked.

"I want to tell you something." he said.

"What?" she asked.

"It was you who kept me alive," he said. "All I thought about was you."

"You thought about me?" she asked.

"Yes," he answered.

She didn't know what to say after that. 'Does this mean he feels the same way about me?' she thought. '

At that time, Tatl came running into the room. "Link! You're alright!" she exclaimed. As Tatl was talking to Link, Zelda decided to slip out of the room. She went into her room and sat on her bed.

"Does this mean……..he loves me?" she thought aloud. She then laid down and looked at the ceiling. "Or was he thinking about the sake of my kingdom? I shouldn't be asking myself these things. I need to concentrate on Hyrule and Termina's safety."

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That night,

"Where could Ganondorf and Majora be?" Link asked himself. "They've got to be hiding somewhere." He wanted to stay up and think about this, but he felt his eyes getting heavier. "No need to fight sleep anymore." He finally let himself fall asleep.

In his dream, he saw Death Mountain in Termina. He then saw a silver key. The image faded and he saw Death Mountain in Hyrule. And then there was a gold key. He saw the two keys as one. That image faded and he saw Princess Zelda's castle. He saw a door and the two keys went inside a lock.

"Link. Link, it's time to get up!" Came Zelda's voice.

Link opened his eyes to see the smiling princess looking at him. "Sorry to wake you, but maybe we should go ahead and get ready," she said. "The situation has gotten worse."

"What happened?" Link asked.

"Someone has been killed," she answered.

"Who?" he asked.

"Sackon," she answered simply.

"If Ganondorf and Majora would kill someone like Sackon, then they would kill……….anyone," he said realizing how dangerous the situation was.

"I'll get out of here so you can change," she said and walked out of the room.

Link then quickly jumped out of bed and put his clothes on. He knew he didn't have much time, but he gladly accepted a nice breakfast from Anju (who had learned how to cook.) Kafei decided to tag along for a little while longer. Tatl of course also decided to go. And of course Zelda and Navi. Zelda and Link quickly went the Romani's ranch to get their horses.

"This is the plan," Link began when all of them were together and ready to head out. "I had a dream. I believe this dream was telling me something. I saw both Hyrule and Termina's Death Mountain. On the mountains are keys that lead into a secret room inside Zelda's castle. I believe that's where Ganondorf and Majora are."

Zelda's mouth dropped. "Father," she gasped.

"We have to hurry," Kafei said.

Link nodded. "Right. Let's move out!"

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The four rode on to Death Mountain. It had got very dangerous. They saw numerous Stalfos, Keese, Wolfos, White and Black Boes, and Torch Slugs. They had to kill a lot of them with their arrows. That hated being slowed down. Especially Zelda and Link. They would also just let their horses run down the enemies.

'At least Sackon won't be able to steal from anyone anymore,' Kafei thought when he had past the area where he found him dead. He didn't do much with his body. He just took him to his hideout and took everything he had stolen back and gave it back to everyone. He didn't know exactly how Sackon was killed. He really didn't want to know. He was too shocked and worried to care. If it had been his wife or child………he didn't even want to think of the possibility.

After they got to the point where they could no longer ride their horses, they dismounted and continued on foot. Tatl hated this. She almost wished she were a Fairy so that she could stay in someone's pocket or pouch. She looked at Navi. All peaceful and calm. Just sitting in Link's pouch. 'I hate her and I hate Zelda,' she thought. 'Why did they have to get in my way!'

They had walked a couple miles now. The snow had really got to Tatl. She was not used to this at all. 'I better get Link after everything I'm going through.'

They were now in Snow Head. "I wonder where the key is," Link pondered.

"I have an idea," Zelda said.

"What?" Link asked.

"There's a tunnel in the mountain," she explained. "Maybe the key is somewhere in there."

"Alright. Let's go then," he said.

The four walked single line down the icy path that led to the temple. It was extremely difficult. All the ice and wind. Tatl and Zelda was so lightweight, they felt like the wind would blow them off the path.

Tatl and Zelda both sighed for relief when they crossed over the path.

"There's the tunnel," Zelda said. The four walked to the tunnel.

"I'm hungry," Tatl said suddenly.

"Well, I have plenty of energy," Kafei said. "Me and someone else can go to Goron's Village and get some food."

"I guess I'll go," Tatl said. "I need lots of food and I know you can't carry that much."

Zelda was surprised. Usually Tatl would stay with Link as much as possible. When Tatl was hungry, she was hungry!

Kafei and Tatl then left to get food. Zelda went inside the tunnel and sat down. Link then entered and also sat down.

"How did this get here?" he asked.

"Magic bombs," she answered.

He then looked at her. She wrapped her arms around her legs. He could see her shivering. "Are you alright?" he asked.

"I'm cold," she answered. "Very cold."

He walked over to her and put his arms around her. "I'll keep you warm," he said softly.

"I'm scared, Link," she said.

"Don't worry. I won't let them hurt you or your father," he said trying to comfort her.

She looked into his eyes and nodded. "I know," she said.

He put his hand on her cheek. "Your face is so cold," he said.

"I think Ganondorf and Majora knew we would come up here," she said.

"So do I," he agreed.

She found herself lost in his gaze. She enjoyed looking at his crystal blue eyes, but she was so stressed and worried that she'd rather look at the ground.

"Zelda, I love you and I'll never let anything bad happen," he said.

She closed her eyes and tears streamed down her cheek.

"It's alright if you don't feel the same," he said. "Can I kiss you just once?"

He put his fingers on her chin and lifted her head. "Link, I love you too," she said. "That's why I'm so scared. I'm scared of losing you."

"You're not going to lose me," he said.

She looked into his eyes and threw her arms around him. "I just want to live a normal life!" she cried." I want to live a normal life with you!"

"We will," he said trying to make her feel better. "When this is over, we'll have a perfect life together. I promise you."

"Link," she began. He put his finger on her lips. He then put his hands on her cheeks and brought himself closer to her. She wrapped her arms around him and closed her eyes. She felt like she would pass out when his lips touched hers. It was so soft and so warm. She wanted to freeze time and make this moment last forever. It was the first time she'd been kissed. 'I should stop. What if I lose him? What if Ganondorf and Majora killed him?' she thought. 'I don't care. I want this to last forever.' She deepened the kiss letting his lips caress hers softly.

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Meanwhile,

Kafei and Tatl had just got back from getting food from the Gorons. Kafei was about to enter the tunnel until he saw Link and Zelda kissing. 'I do not want to ruin this for them,' he thought.

"What's up? Why did you stop?" Tatl asked.

Kafei turned around. "Uhhhh….. maybe we should leave them alone for a little while," he said.

"Why?" She asked.

"Because. I just think it'd be a good idea," he replied.

She rolled her eyes and looked inside the tunnel. Her mouth dropped. She felt her heart sink to her feet. "No………" she sighed.

"Tatl, they are in love," he said. "Please just give up it will do you and them good."

"No! I can't give up!" she said.

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"I'm getting tired," Zelda said breaking their kiss.

"Alright," he said. He leaned against a wall and kept his arms around her. She laid her head on his chest and drifted off to sleep.

Kafei peaked inside and found that both Link and Zelda had fallen asleep. "Alright. Come on," he said.

"It's about time." Tatl complained. "For a second I thought they were gonna…….." she stopped and shivered.

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A couple hours later, Zelda opened her eyes and looked around. "Hello, princess." Came Link's voice. She looked up to see him still holding her. "How long was I asleep?" she asked.

"A couple hours," he answered.

"Oh," she replied. She got up and stumbled a little bit.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

She put her hand on her head. "Yeah. Just a little dizzy," she said.

"Maybe you should eat before we head back out," he suggested.

"No, I'm not hungry," she said. "I just want to get this key."

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"Yes. Let's hurry," she said.

Link nodded and gathered his equipment.

"Where is Tatl and Kafei?" she asked.

"They went on ahead," he answered.

"What about Navi?" she asked.

"She went with them to provide light," he answered.

"Okay. I'll use my Triforce until we catch up to them," she said. She bent down and picked up her sword. "I'm not like you, Link. I've never really handled a sword. I'll end up probably hurting myself or one of you before I get an enemy." He eyes showed sadness.

"Don't say that," he said.

She then picked up her bow and bag. "Let's get going," she said.

She formed a ball of yellow light and they began walking down the tunnel.

"This place sure is odd," he said.

"Yeah," she replied.

As they walked down the tunnel, Zelda's light went out. Link heard her grunt of fall to the ground.

"Zelda!" he said in panic.

"Sorry, Link," she said and got back up. She then formed the light again.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yes. I'm fine," she answered.

After walking for a few minutes, they began to see a blue light coming towards them. "Link!" Navi called.

"What is it?" Link asked.

"We found something. Hurry," she answered.

They walked in the direction Navi was flying to. She led them outside.

"Look down there," Kafei said pointing down.

Link walked to the edge. There was a ledge right below them.

"Anybody got a rope?" Link asked. "It's too far to jump."

Zelda opened her bag a pulled out a rope.

"Shouldn't we get the person who weighs less to go down first?" Tatl asked.

"Yes. Wouldn't that be you though?" Kafei asked.

"I am not going down there," Tatl objected.

"I'll go," Zelda said.

Link walked over to her and put his hand on her cheek.

"Please, be careful," he said.

"I will," she said.

He gave her a quick kiss and tied the robe around her waist. She walked to the ledge and careful climbed down. "Link, we should not let Tatl help," Kafei whispered. "She saw you two kissing and it made her very mad and upset about it."

Link nodded. "Okay," he said.

"I'm ready," Zelda said.

"Alright, we're letting you down slowly," Link said.

Together, Link and Kafei slowly let Zelda onto the ledge below. Once Zelda's feet touched the ground. She looked in front of her. There was a cave. "Okay. I'm down here!" she called. "There's a cave here. I'm going inside."

"Be careful!" Link called back. Zelda held out her hand and made a small orb of light.

"I'm going with her," Navi said and flew into the cave below.

"Zelda! I'm coming with you," she said.

"Will you provide the light?" Zelda asked. "I don't want to use too much energy."

"Yes," Navi answered and flew in front of Zelda. "Zelda, I sense evil in here."

"Me too," Zelda replied. "We must be cautious."

They walked through the cave for several minutes. Zelda suddenly tripped on something. "Owww, what was that?" Zelda asked.

"A box," Navi answered.

Zelda picked up the box and opened it. "It's here!" she gasped holding up a silver key. Her excitement turned to fear when she heard a growl.

"What is that?" Navi asked.

"I don't know! Run!" Zelda yelled and began running.

"Zelda!" Link screamed when he heard Zelda yelling. Zelda ran out of the cave and grabbed the rope.

"Pull me up now!" she yelled.

Kafei and Link quickly began pulling. They gasped when they suddenly felt no weight. Link looked down to see a large black dragon with glowing red eyes.

"Zelda!" he yelled. He pulled out his bow and grabbed a light arrow from his quiver. He aimed the arrow at the dragon's face. He pulled back the string and let the arrow fly. "Dang!" he said when the arrow seemed to have no affect on the dragon. "Hang on, Zelda." He then decided to jump down to the ledge below. He pulled his sword from its sheathe and slashed at the dragon's wing. The dragon screeched in pain. Link looked behind him and see Zelda unconscious. The dragon inhaled. Link quickly jumped in front of Zelda and held his shield in front of him. The dragon let out a long breath of fire. The fire reflected off Link's shield causing no damage to himself or Zelda. He clutched his sword and ran it through the dragon's chest. The dragon screeched in pain and fell backwards. Link watched as it fell. He saw dust and smoke rise from the dragon's fall. He sighed and ran to Zelda's side. He cradled her in his arms.

"Zelda, wake up," he said.

She slowly opened her eyes and moaned. "Link…….what happened?" she asked.

"You were attacked by a dragon," he answered. "It's gone now."

"The key!" she gasped remembering she had found it. She opened her hand. Link smiled and took the key from her hand. "My dream was true," he said.

"Link, are you two okay?" Kafei called.

"We're fine." Link called back.

"The rope is too short, we can't pull you two up. Is there any other way down?" Kafei asked.

Link walked to the ledge and saw more ledges below. "There are more ledges. We can get down easily." Link answered.

"Alright. We're on our way too." Kafei said.

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Link and Zelda then slowly and carefully made their way down the ledges. "I'll go on down and make sure the dragon is dead," Navi said.

"Alright," Link said.

It took a while, but the two managed to climb down the ledges. Zelda sighed for relief. "Thank goodness that's over," she said. She turned around and gasped. In front of them was the dead dragon.

"It is dead," Navi said.

Link walked over to it. "It must be a servant of Ganondorf or Majora," he said.

"What matters is that we got the key," Navi said.

"Yes. Let us continue. Kafei and Tatl are waiting," he said.

They had to walk half way around the mountain to finally meet up with Kafei and Tatl.

"What took you so long? We had to travel through the tunnel in the stinkin' dark!" Tatl said with frustration.

"You took to easy way remember? Link and I had to climb down the mountain and then walk have way 'round it!" Zelda shot back.

"Can we please move on?" Tatl asked. "This cold is killing me."

"Yes. We can." Link said. As they began walking, Zelda suddenly passed out. Link quickly caught her and laid her gently on the ground. "Zelda!"

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Author's note: Hahahaha! I had to do it again! Cliffhanger! Sooooo why did Zelda pass out? You'll all find out in chapter 8.