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Link entered the gates of Lon Lon ranch at about half past 9 AM. He was eager to see his soon to be fiancée, but also had a strange feeling pulsating through his bones. A feeling he got since he was a boy and got beating by Mido and a couple of his lackeys. He was greeted by Talon walking out of the ranch.

"Hey there Link, how goes it."

"It goes well. Where's Malon?"

"Wait there kiddo." Talon said grabbing Link as he tried to walk past him.

"What?"

"Your not just gonna come right out and say it are you?"

"That was my intent, yes."

"No, no, no. You gotta do it classy. Take her out to the meadow, or the Lake and have a picnic and propose their. You do some sorta sentimental tacky crap like that, your golden. Hell, I'm a generation ahead of the kid and I'm giving him tips."

"I don't have any food though."

"Aren't you skilled with a sword you dolt? Go kill something, I'll get ya some milk and bread, you just go kill something and fry it up."

"Talon, your daughters a vegetarian."

"Really? No wonder she ever ate her meat when she was growing up. Ain't that the damndest thing." He said this and laughed and proceeded to go get Link some milk and bread, and Link went to the garden to pick some vegetables. A few minutes later Talon came back to him with a picnic basket with the milk and bread. The man handed it to him and Link looked at it questioningly. "Don't look at me like I'm a drunken bastard, boy."

"Talon, the sundial says 9:43. It's a little early for lunch, wouldn't you say."

"Ya know, ya got a point there."

"You seem a little off today Talon. What is the matter?"

"I really ain't all that sure. Maybe it has something to do with this bump on my head." With that he walked off humming a tune only he would know. Link chuckled at the man with only the thought of look who my father-in-law is gonna be. He went back to picking vegetables when he felt two familiar, small hands cover his eyes. Knowing it was Malon, and also having the valuable information she was ticklish below the ribs, he put his hands into a pointer position and lightly jabbed them in her sides. She screamed out in what would have seemed like pain, but was only that of a young girl being very ticklish.

"Link, I hate you." She yelled at him while giving him a smile of love.

"Well, too bad. Cause I love you." He walked over to her and lightly kissed her and then embraced her. They held this position for a moment, but were interrupted be horse hooves of many riders approaching the ranch. Link, suspecting it might be an attack from Gerudos, grabbed his sword and shield and made sure Malon was at a safe distance.

"Hold here men, I shan't be long." Said a familiar voice to Link.

"Rittory!" he yelled as he threw his sword down and ran to great his old friend. Rittory rode in and got off his horse and embraced Link in friendship. "Rittory, where have you been, it has been far too long."

"Yes, I know. But Link, this isn't exactly a happy meeting. Ganondorf has escaped, and war has been declared."

"What? The King would never allow it? He is a strong pacifist."

"That's why we are going to war. Ganondorf came to the castle and killed the King. Princess Zelda declared war against the evil King and told me to find five hundred men strong and armed."

"What? The King is dead?" said a concerned Malon, interrupting the conversation.

"Yes my lady. And soon Ganondorf will launch an attack on all of Hyrule that could potentially kill us all."

"You don't know that Rittory." Link said, "Ganondorf escaped, yes, but maybe all he wanted was revenge on the King, and he got it. So maybe he will flee." Link said this to avert unnecessary warfare. He knew that if need be he could open the Door of Time and take the Master Sword to kill Ganondorf if he needed to.

"It is possible but unlikely. Link, go to Zelda. She requested the presence of a representative of each race. You will meet with Princess Ruto of the Zora and Darunia of the Gorons. We tried to get a Gerudo representative, but it seems they will not be on our side, but the Evil Lords."

"It makes sense. They are his people. But yes, I will go. I will see you again soon, Triforce willing."

"Yes, and hopefully, we will fight beside each other." Rittory jumped on his horse and left the ranch. Just outside you could hear him yell to his traveling party that they were departing. Link looked back, but couldn't see Malon. Usually, when she couldn't be found, she would be in her mother's garden, so that's exactly where Link checked. Sure enough, he found her. She looked up to him with tears in her eyes.

"I don't want you to die, Link."

"Malon, I'm not gonna die. Hopefully we can avert this."

"Link, war can never be averted. When we got raided by the Gerudos in the war, and they killed my mother, I-" she couldn't go on and started sobbing. Thinking about her mother always made her cry.

"Malon, I'm gonna go talk to the princess, I'll convince her we don't need war, and everything will be fine." With that he kissed her check and got up. He whistled for Orion and he came as quick as lightning. Link mounted him and sped out of the ranch. Malon said one thing under her breath as he left,

"Goddesses protect him."

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