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Chapter 2

"I'm sorry Miss," he said, "but...who's Link?" Zelda gasped and looked at him. "Hey!" came a tiny voice as the so, called light bulb flew over to them, however it wasn't a light bulb it was Navi. Zelda laughed at the mistake and greeted the fairy with a happy hello. "Hey Zelda," Navi said, "hello Malon" Navi said once she saw Malon also. "Navi" Malon said with a slight bow of her head.

Zelda looked at the blond haired boy whose face was filled with confusion. "Navi," Zelda said, "what's wrong with Link?"

Navi looked at Zelda before turning to Link "I don't know" she said with a slight sigh. They tiny fairy turned to face Zelda once more as Malon walked up to them "you see I found him lying up against a tree trunk when I was wandering the forest, he was unconscious and I stayed with him until he awoke about several hours later." Navi looked at the two, Malon looked hurt and worried, but Zelda's face was indescribable.

Zelda was shaking all over, her mouth hung open in shock and her eyes looked lost and distant. She just stared at Link who looked straight back at her neither of them took a step towards each other.

Zelda's head shook suddenly and the tears in her eyes flew behind her as she ran up to Link once more collapsing into his arms. He stared at her "Link are you okay?" Zelda asked him. "Miss my name isn't Link" the boy said as he put Zelda an arms distance away from him, his hands held a firm but loose grip on her shoulders.

"Then tell me," Zelda cried, "who you are" she looked deep into his eyes almost searching for the truth.

Link looked down unable to look into her eyes "I am Korari" he told her.

Zelda suddenly lost balance in her knees and collapsed, she felt so weak, so vulnerable, and so different. Finally Zelda lost consciousness and the blond picked her up "let's go back to the castle" Malon said quietly turning around and heading back towards the castle. The blond haired boy carried the unconscious Zelda bride like style in his arms following Malon while Navi disappeared under his cap.

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"Impa" Malon greeted Zelda's caretaker who was also the last survivor of the Skeikah. Impa only took one glance at Zelda before demanding what happened then, she saw the face of Korari.

"Could it really be that you have returned to us?" she asked Korari. He looked at her frustrated but refused to unfold his anger in front of all these people especially while holding this girl in his arms.

"Come," Impa, said, "we should put her in her bed."

They followed Impa up the stairs and into Zelda's room where the blond haired boy placed her on her bed. "Tell me what happened" Impa demanded.

"Well you see Impa," Malon said, "the story is short" "and that story is?" Impa asked. "We saw Link" Malon said.

"I am not Link," the blond growled.

"Yes you are" came a small voice. Zelda was looking at him sadly, you are Link not Korari" he simply turned his head away with a humph.

"Everyday Link," Zelda said, "everyday I have waited here for you to return and fulfill our promise." Zelda had tears in her eyes "now you are back here, but you say you are not Link, why?"

"I am Korari," he repeated. "So stop calling me Link and start calling me by Korari!"

Then he stomped out of the room, and Zelda buried her face in her knees and cried. She had lost him, she had lost the one she loved. "Why Link?" she asked herself, "why?"

"You should rest Zelda," Malon said, "it's been a long day...I mean night." Zelda just continued to cry, Malon sighed and walked out of the room closing the door behind her.

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Meanwhile

Korari was thrown into a room face slamming right onto the bed. He heard the door lock behind him and he growled.

"Hey," Navi said, "what was all that back there for Link?"

Korari looked at Navi sadly, "why won't you people stop calling me Link, my names Korari."

Navi sighed and flew down so she was in front of him "fine then," she said, "I will tell everyone to stop calling you Link and start calling you Korari, if you stop being harsh and cruel to everyone. After all I thought you loved Princess Zelda." With that said Navi flew under Korari's hat.

"I guess I might as well sleep the night off" Korari said shrugging. He lay down on the bed and rested, tomorrow he would find out more about these people, and who this Princess Zelda was. He fell asleep with Navi under his hat and his head rested on the pillow.

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Korari's eyes shot open, he heard a clicking sound and saw the door slide open. "I see you've awoken" Zelda appeared at the doorway and looked at him uncertainly.

Navi flew out of Korari's cap and over to Zelda. "Please Zelda just call him Korari from now on, at least until he finally remembers he's Link" Navi told Zelda. Zelda nodded her head slowly and her eyes still didn't sparkle.

Zelda then remembered why she had really come, "I have decided to go to the market, you should come with me Korari" Zelda said.

Korari looked at her but nodded his head, 'this would be the perfect time to find out more about her' he thought as he and Zelda walked down the castle steps and out into the sunshine.

"So ummm," Korari couldn't talk, "who are you again?" he asked.

Zelda laughed, "I am Zelda, Princess of Hyrule." Korari looked down at the ground he never really was good at starting conversations.

Zelda seemed to realize what he had wanted to do and decided to start one herself. "So Korari," she said quietly, "why don't you tell me a little about yourself or something" how Zelda wanted to call him Link, but she had been told to call him Korari until he remembered who he really was.

Korari looked over at Zelda with a smile and thought how to put his words together. "You see Princess Zelda," he said, "I don't exactly remember who my parents are. Two kind people who had told me that they had been good friends with my parents took me in. They said my parents were attacked when they were coming to visit them, however my father was killed trying to protect my mother who ran off carrying me; she was terribly wounded by the time she reached the village where I was taken in. My mother gave me to two of her friends and told them all about me, or at least that's what I was told" Korari said.

Zelda stopped walking and turned to face Korari who stopped and looked back at her in wonder as why she stopped. Zelda couldn't bear it any longer; she looked deep into his eyes. Outside anyone would be able to see a kindness, however if you looked a little deeper into his eyes you would be able to see a cold harshness in them. Zelda gulped then turned and continued to walk.

Korari looked after her before running to catch up. "Well tell me about you Princess Zelda" Korari said, he acted just like Link but Link didn't have cold eyes. He had warm and kind one's both inside and out.

Zelda walked over to a tree and sat down under the shade. Korari sat next to her and waited both patiently and impatiently at the same time for her to speak.

Zelda took in a deep breath before she began her own story. "Well Korari," she began, "I'm afraid my life isn't as easy to explain however I will tell you what I can."

"I had a dream one night when I was seven years old, dark clouds billowed over the land of Hyrule but then a figure parted the clouds holding up a green shining stone and flying around it was a fairy. I suspected that the dark clouds symbolized a man in my father's court named Ganondorf. You see I was afraid that Ganondorf would destroy Hyrule. I told that same story seven years ago when a boy wearing a green tunic came into the castle courtyard. His name was Link and he had a green shining stone also known as the Kokori's emerald. We spoke and I told him of the royal families tale of the Sacred Realm where the Triforce rest's. I told him about the three spiritual stones, the Kokori's Emerald, Goron's Ruby, and the Zora Sapphire."

Zelda took a deep breath and continued on "well Link collected the stones but unfortunately it was to late. However I had grabbed the Ocarina of Time, which opened the Door of Time. Me and my caretaker Impa were riding on horseback out the castle gates, when I saw Link I threw the Ocarina of Time at him before Impa and I ran over the hill." Zelda looked at Korari frowning, he didn't seem to be remembering any of this. Was it possible that it really wasn't Link?

She continued, "Link took the ocarina and I spoke through a link, I taught him the Song of Time which opened the Door of Time. That was last I saw of him. Ten years passed by and Ganondorf had taken over Hyrule and become King. Link reappeared and he held the Legendary Master Sword. I, disguised myself, as a sheikah, I named myself Sheik. I would Link all he needed to know and as he headed towards each new temple where he would awaken the six sages I would appear and teach him a song that would help return him to the temple through teleportation."

Zelda realized that somewhere during her tale she had closed her eyes, reopening she saw Korari looking at her with interest. "Well once he had awakened all the sages, the sage of Forest, Fire, Water, Spirit, and Desert. The sage of Light was already awake waiting for the sages in the Temple of Light, where each sage would go once they were awakened. Once done Link came to the Temple of Time where I greeted him, finally it was time. I told him that the Triforce parts had separated, Power went to Ganondorf, Courage went to Link, and Wisdom went to the seventh sage who was destined to lead them all. Finally I revealed myself and told him it was me."

Zelda smiled at Korari who seemed to be very interested in Zelda's tale. "Well I spoke before I was encased in a pink crystal like prison and taken to Ganon's tower where the evil King waited. Finally it was time for Link to fight, he came to me and fought Ganondorf and won and I was saved. The castle began to fall apart and I lead Link outside where he fought Ganon. Finally Ganon was knocked down and I used my powers to hold him down so that Link could give Ganon the final blow. He did and I called upon the sages and all seven of us used our powers to send the evil king to the sacred realm."

Zelda could see the battle in her mind "finally I told Link to return the Ocarina to me so I could return him to his. So I could put things as they were meant to be, as he was meant to be. He gave it to me and I took it and played the Song of Time I told him he had to return the Master Sword to the Temple of Time and close the Door of Time. We said our final good- byes. Later I was in the courtyard and Link came up to me. He told me that Navi had disappeared after he put the sword back in the Pedestrial of Time. Then he told me that he was going off to find Navi. I wished him all the luck in Hyrule and he promised me he would return once he found her so I would know he was safe. I waited for seven years; everyday I would wait never giving up hope of his return. You see Korari" Zelda said "I called you Link because you look so much like him and you act so much like him, and you have...Navi" Zelda finished.

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