Link sat there at the edge of his bed for quite some time. He was processing all of this new information. It was sort of hard to take. Everyone knew that pixies existed, and that a few roamed the vast land of Hyrule, but no one knew that they were as civilized as Akiko had explained.

"Where is the civilization?" Link asked.

"I am not to tell anyone other then a lost pixie. It's in the rules. I'd be banned if I told you, I'm afraid." She obediently answered. Link could tell that she really did want to tell him.

"That's okay, I understand."

Suddenly, Navi chimed in. "Don't you have to get your sword sharpened, Link?"

"Oh yeah!" Link spoke, as he jumped to his feet. While he grabbed his sword, Akiko quickly added in,

"We have to take the gem to a nearby field."

"For what?" Link asked. As he said this, he had a feeling about what the pixie would say.

"To free her. It needs to be done in a field. You can leave the rest to me."

"Whatever." Link replied. He was already at the doorway. "Come on, you guys!" he urged, as if they should have known to come.

"We're coming!" They both spoke.

The hustle-and-bustle of the village was ordinary at this time of day. The music of accordians, guitars, and violins collided. People rushed all around, children played with stones and make-believe bow- and-arrows. Merchants hollered all around, asking random questions about your daily life and their little "hooks" about how their products would be the answer to all of your problems.

Link had learned to ignore them. He walked straight, then took a left to the store which he had visited the other day - where the fat man had acted to rudely towards him.

Upon entrance to the shop, the sounds from outside blended into the quite music playing inside. The door made a little ringing noise as it shut. Navi was alarmed by this noise, as she could make such a similar one to alarm Link on some rare occasions.

Link looked sort of odd, with a glowing bubble of light with wings and a pixie trailing after him.

The shop owner came walking in from the back door of the shop, whiping his hands with an old beaten towel.

"Oh, so you're back again today, eh?" He said with a fake smile. His teeth were a putrid yellow brown, with random specks of green in between a few.

Link didn't want to look, but he decided that it would be too rude. "Yes, I am. And I would like to have my sword sharpened, if you will."

"Yes, that I can do." He spoke. His voice was rough, and seemed to mimick jagged rocks rubbing against eachother. "Let me see it, boy."

Link took out his sword and layed it on the counter-top.

"This is a nice piece of silver." He said, eying it greedily with a suspicious smile plastered on his unshaven face.

Link's brow curled. "H ... How much will this cost?" He was beginning to hesitate his trust with the fat man and his precious master sword.

"200."

Link nodded his head and touched the tip of his green hat. He could hear Navi mumbling her disapproval as she hid under his shield. The pixie glared at the man, and as Link turned away to walk out the door, she stuck her tounge out at him.

A short "Hm!" sent the man's rage on fire. He held one hand open, and one hand in a fist, and pounded them together in a threatening manner. The pixie stuck her nose into the air and followed Link out the door.

"Navi... Akiko... Um..." Link looked down at his leather boots.

The two creatures hovered in front of his face and waited for the message.

"Could you wait here, and watch the man work on my sword?"

"Whatever." the two replied simultaneously, confused as to why Link couldn't stay and watch them. Still, they didn't question him.

Link walked away from the store and smoothed out his outfit. He fixed his hat a bit and whiped the dirt off of his white sleeves. He began to walk nervously, similar to a robot. His eyes focused on one thing: The Magic and Potions Shop.

His focus was disturbed when two young boys ran up to him, smiling. One gaped his mouth, while both stared in awe, their eyes widened. They looked about ten years of age.

"Hello." Link said to the strangers.

"C... Can... Can we have your autograph?" the shorter one asked.

Link smiled. He was proud that people he didn't even know respected him so much.

"Definately." he replied.

One boy held out a piece of paper and a pen, as the second boy searched for his in his pockets. He, too, held his out after Link was done autographing the other's.

Link signed his, too, and with a brief good-bye, Link was at the door of the store which he had bought Akiko from.

He walked in. An elderly woman, about eighty years of age, sat reading a spell book near her black cat. She was clothed in a navy floor-length dress and a knitted black shawl covering her torso. She wore many pieces of jewelery, and her wavy grey hair hung to the small of her back. Her eyes were strangely a beautiful shade of purple.

With Link's entrance, the cat glared at him with big yellow eyes. They were spooky, in a way.

The woman turned her gaze towards Link, away from her book. She didn't smile at first, but instead, looked at him crossly.

With her eyes still glaring, she stood up and placed the book on a wooden table.

"Aw, so you are the boy, eh?" she said, her face turning to a mischevious scowl.

Link looked around, steadily backing towards the door.

"Ah, don't be so quick to turn away. Show me your palms." her eyes flashed an irridescent blue, and Link followed her command out of fear.