(A/N: I feel silly rating this R, but trust me, it will get there.)

Link had once been in love with the princess. He had once thought that they would be together for a lifetime.

Of course this was a childish wish. Zelda, as with most royalty would have to marry for the good of Hyrule. This did not mean she had to be so odd about the prospect of him traveling with her.

He and Saria had puzzled out that this was the real reason for disallowing Link to accompany her.

* * *

Zelda ran to meet Link, nearly knocking him over as the two embraced. Link pulled back, cupping her cheek in one hand.

"I love you ," he said. Zelda smiled. Link brought his face closer to her's, leaning in to kiss her passionately. Her arms went round his neck as she closed her eyes and Link kissed her eyelids, her nose, then returned to her lips.

He pulled away, grinning evilly.

"Hello Princess." Staring Zelda in the face was Ganondorf.

* * *

Zelda awoke with tears streaming down her face, her sheets soaked in sweat. She laid back in her soft canopy bed and wept for a while, before creeping out of her bed.

Finding on her dresser an Ocarina given to her by Saria, she played the tune of Saria's song.

"Zelda, do you wish to speak with me?" came the voice of the Forest Sage.

"Saria, I've had a dream. A nightmare. I cannot tell if it was a premonition. I'm..Saria I don't know, but I didn't know who else I could talk to at this hour or how to contact anyone.."

"Its okay, stay calm. I will be right there."

In seconds Saria had warped to Zelda's bedroom.

The small girl gave Zelda a hug, though she only came to Zelda's hip.

"I think dreams are more Nabooru's forte," Saria said , pulling away from the princess and looking up at her tear stained face, her haunted eyes. It was clear to Saria that Zelda felt this to be a premonition.

"Yes, but I can't help being a bit biased against her, being the sister of Ganondorf," she said with a shudder.

"You know she had nothing to do with it." Saria was very sensible and Zelda was getting the Sage of Spirit's opinion on the matter whether she agreed to it or not.

Zelda paced the pink carpet of her room, stopping at one of her windows to gaze out at the sky which was getting lighter by the second. A draught came through the opened window, blowing the blond strand's of Zelda's hair.

Saria took this opportunity to summon her fellow sage. She whispered to her what had happened. Nabooru nodded in understanding and walked noiselessly over to the princess, gently touching Zelda's quivering shoulder. Startled, Zelda gasped.

Breathlessly she said, "Nabooru, I'm sorry. I did not realize you had come."

"Saria summoned me. Do not be angered at her. She only recognized that I could help you better with this problem than she herself could. Do you understand? I do not wish you to yell at her when I am gone," Nabooru stated calmly and wisely, Zelda had been prone to shouting lately, especially when things were done without her consent.

"I won't."

"Good, now Saria told me about this dream. I see you blush. Why? Is it because you enjoyed it until it took its turn?"

"I didn't enjoy it! I cannot control dreams or premonitions!" Zelda protested fiercely, crossing her arms in anger. A smile played on Nabooru's large, dark, lips.

"You do control your dreams more than you know. If it was a premonition, then you did not have control. However, I find it doubtful that this was any more than a terrible dream." Nabooru ought to know, being expert at interpretting both dreams and premonitions. It was an art among the Gerudo people, one few had mastered to Nabooru's extent.

"But if I did control it does it not still have meaning?" This Zelda asked not to cause argument, but because she genuinely wished to know. Pulling her robe around her, she awaited a reply.

* * *

It was night by the time Link had reached his treehouse in the Kokiri Village.

"Too late for me to stock up on supplies now," Link told the air as he climbed the wooden ladder. Leaving his boots by the door, he entered.

It was nice to be back home. No women bothering him, no battles to fight. He knew he'd better take it all in before he had to leave.

He lay on his bed mulling things over in his mind when he heard someone calling his name. The voice was very familiar. Annoying, high pitched, shrill. It could only belong to one. And that one was his fairy, Navi.

Fluttering above his head she again called his name, tugging at his hair.

"Alright! I'm up! What do you want?" Link had been through all of this before. If Navi was trying to get him to go on a mission for the Deku Tree Sprout he would kill her. He had enough on his hands as it was.

"I'm here to help you. Saria thought you could use a fairy. You know, I can help you target things and such. The usual fairy gig."

* * *

"If you were just having a normal dream then it does indeed have meaning, like a premonition. In this case, assuming your dream was one such as any Hylian would have, then its meaning is quite clear."

"And.." Zelda prompted.

"It is that the reason you ended things with Link was that you feared to loose him."

"I knew you'd all take his side." The princess was fuming. Her travels began in three days time and she did not need to have all these pro Link sentiments adding to her stress.

"And if it wasn't just a dream, if it were indeed a premonition, then I can only gather that it means Link's life will be taken by Ganondorf, and that he shall return."

A bleak took over the room.

* * * The three days passed slowly for Zelda. She was anxious to go.

"I've got to get out of here soon. This waiting is going to kill me."

This statement was truly a foolish one. If anything was going to kill her it would be the ordeals. It would only take her a day or too to reach Death Mountain, home of the Fire Temple, the location of her first Ordeal.

* * *

"Hey! Link! Listen!" Navi fluttered violently about the tree house trying to get Link's attention.

"Navi you don't always have to shout to get my attention. Be civil for once."

"Zelda's set out for her quest. The Fire Temple is first I believe."