Chapter 1
They were laughing and chasing each other. Link. Link.
Malon woke with a gasp. She couldn't believe that she was dreaming this again.
"What does this mean?" she asked herself. She got up and lit the candle by her bed. Lifting it, she opened the door and went downstairs. She then went outside.
The breeze blew out the candle. The night was lit by the full moon. She gazed at it, and then walked to the corral. Standing in the center of it, she thought about her dream.
"What ever happened to him, I wonder? That day, the day he told me he was leaving." She let herself float into a dream.
It was she and Link. Laying in the shade of the lean-to. She had never felt so happy, so in love. That was when he rolled over and looked straight into her eyes.
"Malon," he started.
She looked at him. Her heart began to beat wildly. "Yes?"
He took a deep breath. "I. I have to leave Hyrule!" The words came out quickly. Then she realized what he said.
"What?" she cried, jumping up. Tears sprang into her eyes. "Why? Why do you have to leave? Please tell me!"
Link looked into her eyes, and she saw he was teared up as well. "It's something. Something's going on in another place, and they need my help. I have to go, Malon. It's my duty as the Hero of Time."
"I know, but." she stopped, being choked with sobs. "I don't want you to, duty or not! You're only twenty-three years old. What if something happens?"
"Then it happens," he replied. "I must go now. Goodbye, Malon." He turned and started towards Epona, his horse.
"Link!" Malon sobbed. "Link, I."
He turned around and gazed at her. "Go on."
She blinked her eyes to see through the tears and swallowed the lump in her throat. "I love you," she whispered.
Link started slowly started to walk back to her. A gentle rain started to fall. He then took her hands and said, "I love you, too." A tear trickled down his cheek as he gently kissed her. The breeze brought her back to life. She pulled her cloak around her tightly. It had been three years since that day. No one had heard from him again.
"I wonder where he is," she thought. She began to walk back to the house. The breeze blew, and on it carried a melody. Malon stopped and listened. Faintly, as though far away, was the sound of an ocarina. That song. the song she sang for so long. The song she taught Link the first time they met. Her mother wrote it.
"Epona's song," she whispered. She could feel the tears coming, and she smiled.
Link was coming home.
They were laughing and chasing each other. Link. Link.
Malon woke with a gasp. She couldn't believe that she was dreaming this again.
"What does this mean?" she asked herself. She got up and lit the candle by her bed. Lifting it, she opened the door and went downstairs. She then went outside.
The breeze blew out the candle. The night was lit by the full moon. She gazed at it, and then walked to the corral. Standing in the center of it, she thought about her dream.
"What ever happened to him, I wonder? That day, the day he told me he was leaving." She let herself float into a dream.
It was she and Link. Laying in the shade of the lean-to. She had never felt so happy, so in love. That was when he rolled over and looked straight into her eyes.
"Malon," he started.
She looked at him. Her heart began to beat wildly. "Yes?"
He took a deep breath. "I. I have to leave Hyrule!" The words came out quickly. Then she realized what he said.
"What?" she cried, jumping up. Tears sprang into her eyes. "Why? Why do you have to leave? Please tell me!"
Link looked into her eyes, and she saw he was teared up as well. "It's something. Something's going on in another place, and they need my help. I have to go, Malon. It's my duty as the Hero of Time."
"I know, but." she stopped, being choked with sobs. "I don't want you to, duty or not! You're only twenty-three years old. What if something happens?"
"Then it happens," he replied. "I must go now. Goodbye, Malon." He turned and started towards Epona, his horse.
"Link!" Malon sobbed. "Link, I."
He turned around and gazed at her. "Go on."
She blinked her eyes to see through the tears and swallowed the lump in her throat. "I love you," she whispered.
Link started slowly started to walk back to her. A gentle rain started to fall. He then took her hands and said, "I love you, too." A tear trickled down his cheek as he gently kissed her. The breeze brought her back to life. She pulled her cloak around her tightly. It had been three years since that day. No one had heard from him again.
"I wonder where he is," she thought. She began to walk back to the house. The breeze blew, and on it carried a melody. Malon stopped and listened. Faintly, as though far away, was the sound of an ocarina. That song. the song she sang for so long. The song she taught Link the first time they met. Her mother wrote it.
"Epona's song," she whispered. She could feel the tears coming, and she smiled.
Link was coming home.
