A/N: Um, the "~"s are quotation marks for people's thoughts. So, um, enjoy! he, he...

Then, one day, a fell wind began to blow across the kingdom, and Zelda, after many years, and another dream, another prophecy.

In her dream, she, Ruto, and Malon were standing on top of a hill, with a clear view of the land. It was a barren wasteland, with dark clouds above. Suddenly, six beams of light shot out in a ring around the land. For a moment, it looked as though the clouds would break, but they did not, and the light faded. Then, Zelda changed into Link and the dark clouds became lighter and then – There was a loud bang, followed by a dog's bark, followed by a yowl from a cat.

Zelda closed her eyes ~What just happened? And why did it happen right then? Just as the clouds lightened! Grr! I wonder if I could get back to sleep? Even if I did, I doubt that the dream would come back. I think I'll send for Ruto and Malon. No, I should call the Sages. No, I'll get everyone together. That way, we can all decide what to do. ~ She opened her eyes and saw a dark shape, some how familiar, good, and bad at once. She blinked and it was gone. ~ I'm imagining things! Probably just nerves from the dream. ~

So Queen Zelda got up, took a shower, and put on an old dress. It was the most comfortable thing she owned. She had had that dress made to look like the one she'd worn the day she met Link. ~Ah~ She thought and closed her eyes. ~ If I could only see him again. Zelda suddenly got a strange feeling. Her eyes snapped open. By the window, she saw the shape again. Familiar, but not, good, but bad, wonderful to see, but also terrible to see. It filled her heart with joy, but also made her terribly sad.

Queen Zelda blinked again, and it was gone once more.

~This is getting weirder by the second! ~

Zelda walked purposefully toward the smallest table in the room and picked up a small treasure chest, about a foot long and eight inches wide. She opened it and pulled out a gray ocarina. The day Link left, he'd given it to her. "It's something to remember me by. If you ever need help, play this song." He had said. She had never played the song, but still remembered it. It was a simple, haunting tune, and it sounded rather hollow.

But it wasn't the song Link had taught her that Zelda played, but a different song, a mix of all the temple songs and Zelda's Lullaby. Then she played Epona's song. Zelda then polished the ocarina and put it back in the chest. Then she ate a quick breakfast, which took 20 minutes. But then, she was a queen.

Queen Zelda then went to the stable, had her favorite horse, Snowflake, saddled, and rode to Impa's house in Kakariko.

Malon woke suddenly.

~I was having the strangest dream! There were dark clouds and Zelda changed into Link! And then the clouds got light, and then there was another Link! How strange! But the dream wasn't complete, somehow. I just know it went on longer. Why did I wake up? ~

Malon yawned. "Gosh, I'm starving! I think I'll go get some food." She said aloud. Then she blinked.

A strange feeling filled her, and she looked around. There, by her door, was a strange shape. As she stared she thought it looked familiar, but at the same time not. It was good, but also evil, wonderful, but terrible.

Malon was greatly puzzled. She opened her mouth to speak, but sneezed instead. And of course, you can't keep your eyes open while you sneeze, so the thing, or shape, was gone. ~Drat! I wish I had been able to ask it who or what it was! ~ Malon thought.

She got up. "Well," she said out lout to herself, "I guess I should get dressed." She yawned again, got up, and took a bath.

Then she got dressed in the outfit she had made to look like the one she had worn as a child, the one she had worn when she met Link.

Malon sighed and closed her eyes. ~If only I could see him once more...~ She sighed again and opened her eyes. She spotted the dark shape by her dresser. It seemed to be leaning on it...~Curious, Malon thought.

Again, it looked familiar, but not, glad, but also sad, wonderful, but terrible. It made her so unbelievably happy, but also so sad. It seemed to be smiling, yet also frowning.

"Who's there?" Malon managed to say.

"No one," the shape said. "Everyone. Someone you love, someone you hate. Someone you've seen before. Someone whom you've never met. All your hopes and dreams. All your nightmares. Someone who loves you. Someone who hates you." The voice of the thing was now trembling and sounded like someone who was trying not to cry, but was anyway. "I'm everything and everyone, but also nothing at all. I know you recognize me, or you think you do, but you really don't. But I have a message for you and all people. Listen . Good-bye, Malon."

Malon blinked again and it was gone once more.

~That voice...it sounded...so familiar...but I can't quite place it...it's so strange... and what did it mean, listen? ~

Malon shook her head and went downstairs to eat. After she had finished her breakfast, she went upstairs and took a very old bow and quiver down from the wall.

The gift Link gave me... almost never more needed, "Malon said to herself.

Before he had left, Link had visited her to get Epona, and he had given her the bow and quiver.

"Malon," he had said, "I'm giving you this. I won't need it, but you might." He had given her the bow and quiver, with 30 arrows in it. "You can use Fire, Ice, and Light arrows if you use this bow and these arrows. If you ever need help or advice," Link said, "just fire this," He held up a golden arrow, "this arrow, then one fire, one ice, and 2 light arrows into the sky all right after each other. Help or advice will come to you. Goodbye, Malon."

That was what he had said to her. She had never fired the golden arrow and she didn't fire it now. She picked up a regular arrow, fitted it to the string, and walked to the window.

Just before she shot the arrow, she heard Epona's Song being played by an ocarina. Malon heard it as clearly as if it was next to her, yet it was faint. She knew immediately that Zelda had called her.

She grabbed the quiver, stuffed the arrow back in, put everything on its strap on her back, scribbled a note to her workers and went to the stable. She saddled her fastest horse, her favorite, Merlin. Then Malon rode out of the ranch toward Kakariko village.

* * *

"Ha-Choo!"

Queen Ruto woke with a start.

"Who's there?" she asked.

"Oh sorry, my queen," a voice said. "I was just passing by the water fall. I sneezed, I'm afraid too loud, so I must have woke you. I am so sorry my queen!"

"Ah no, it is okay, Zuru." Queen Ruto said, for she had recognized Zuru's voice and manner. "Go on it's okay, you just startled me. I was having a very strange dream."

"Oh, well then, ok, if you're fine. Good-bye Queen Ruto." Zuru managed to get out.

"Wait!" Queen Ruto shouted.

"Y-yes?" Zuru stammered.

Ruto walked over and stepped through the waterfall that acted as a door.

"Why were you walking around by my chamber at night?"

"Well, er, um, I was um, well," Zuru stammered. "Uh, er, um, well if you must know I was, well...'

"Spit it out!" Ruto commanded.

"Well, I was... I was..." he began "I was going to visit Lulu to see if she wanted to go to Lake Hylia to go swimming." Zuru said the last bit in a hurry, as if he wanted to get it over with.

"Oh, well go." Ruto said.

"Really?" Zuru said. He was clearly surprised.

"Yes, really. It's none of my business what you and Lulu do. Go ahead? Have fun!" Ruto told him. He left, shocked.

~Crazy. Barking mad. ~

Ruto sighed, and climbed back into bed. ~I'm not going to be able to sleep.~ poor Ruto thought. She yawned and fell asleep.

Queen Ruto was staring at a frozen wasteland. She was standing on top of a hill with Zelda and Malon, looking at the land. There were dark clouds all over the land. All of a sudden, six beams of ice shot out in a ring around the land, into the clouds. The clouds froze, and looked as if they would shatter, but they thawed and the beams of ice shattered instead.

It got darker, and the clouds became thicker. Pretty soon, there was a dark fog everywhere except the hill where Zelda, Ruto, and Malon stood. The girls all looked at each other, and as they did, Zelda changed into Link, but as he had been when Ganondorf had controlled Hyrule. Link/Zelda also had deliberate mistakes. It still looked more like Link, but the hair was too long, and the eyes were purple, not blue.

The arms and legs were also a bit slimmer. Then Link/Zelda blinked, and Ruto noticed that the lashes were longer.

Then the dark clouds got lighter. There was a flash, then there was another Link, standing next to Link/Zelda. This second Link looked exactly like he had when he was temple crawling.

The clouds lightened to almost white, although they were still gray. They started to break up, then stopped. They started to solidify again.

Then both Links drew their swords in unison, and the clouds began to break up once more.

Both Links sheathed their swords and drew their bows. They both fit arrows to the strings, and both arrows stated to glow with a light that was obviously magical. The Links fired the arrows into the clouds and they disappeared in a blinding light. Then the land of ice thawed and became a green field. Then, the Link that looked a little like Zelda changed back into Zelda.

Zelda and Link hugged, then Ruto and , Link, then Malon and Link.

Then the dream faded away.

Ruto woke up right after the dream ended. She lay in bed, awake, but her eyes were closed. ~What was that about? It seemed much more, I dunno, important than normal dreams. I think I should call the Sages. Maybe Malon, too. She's good with dreams.~ Ruto yawned and opened her eyes. She spotted a dark shape leaning against the wall opposite her bed, next to the silent waterfall that acted as the door to Ruto's chamber.

"How did you get in here?" Ruto demanded of the shape. She was scared stiff, but she was so used to being a Queen, her demanding tone was instinct.

"By magic," the shape said simply.

~That voice...it sounds so...familiar...but not...~ Ruto thought.

"What are you?" she asked.

"A very good question," the shape said approvingly, and then laughed.

The laugh sounded like two people's laughs she knew. She couldn't place either one, but they sounded distinctly different. One sounded good, and the other evil.

~Very strange!~

"To answer your question, I am going to give you a more direct answer than I give most, Princess, um, Queen Ruto. I am a messenger, sent by two people. They don't know they sent me, as they are both a bit preoccupied. Yet, I am the one who cares for you the most. Here is your message: Listen. I'll see you again, Prin—Queen.

With that, the shape simply disappeared.

Ruto sat, dumbfounded, for a minute, then decided she should consult with the Sages.

~Guess I'd better get up.~ Queen Ruto yawned. She looked in the mirror hanging on the wall to adjust her crown and cape, signifying her Queenship over the Zoras.

As she was fixing her crown, she saw a dark shape by her bed. She looked at it for a moment, realized what it was, then turned around to look at it. But when she looked, nothing was there.

Yet, when she looked in the mirror again, it was there. The messenger was there, in the same place, unmoving. He/she/it was leaning nonchalantly against the wall, arms crossed.

Ruto looked back at it. Again, it was gone. Again, when she looked into the mirror, it was there. ~Aha! I do not know what I'm "Aha"-ing about, but this does seem to be significant. I'll have to tell the Sages about this.~

"What do you want?" she asked.

I want nothing. I am simply a messenger.

Ruto stifled a scream. The "voice" was not coming from the shape she could see in her mirror. It seemed to be just in her head.

"Why are you here?"

Ah, the voice sounded disappointed, I thought we'd hit that snag. You see, I don't know. Nor do either of the people who sent me.

~Wha? That doesn't make any sense...~

No, it doesn't.

"WHAT? How did you know what I was thinking?" Ruto was know scared.

The same way you hear me.

"Ah..."

I will say no more.

The shape fell silent. It said no more. Ruto could still see it in the mirror, but it stood stock-still.

Ruto shook her head. She walked out into the water, through her waterfall door. ~Ah, the times Link dove off this waterfall...~

She quickly caught a fish and ate it for breakfast. She went back to her chamber and wrote a note to her people, explaining what to do. Then she grabbed a harp from beside the mirror. The shape was still there, but it had moved. Ruto had a funny feeling it had followed and watched the whole time.

The harp was a family heirloom. It was a hand-harp. It was solid gold, with engravings, except for the strings. They were pure Gerudo silver. The harp made the most beautiful sounds. Once, she had played it for Link, before he left. He had loved it.

"You play well," he had said.

"Oh, um, thanks, Link," she had said, blushing.

He had looked thoughtful for a moment, then said, "Can you follow along?" pulling out a small gray ocarina.

"Uh, sure," Ruto had replied, startled.

Link played a short, simple, haunting tune, paused, looked at her, then repeated it. He looked at Ruto expectantly. She looked confused, then realized she should repeat the song on her harp. She got it right the first time.

"Wow, that's good. Well, bye, Ruto. See later," he had said, waving good- bye.

Link had never told her what that song did or when to play it.

Queen Ruto sighed. ~I wish I could see him again.~

Just as she raised her harp to play a tune that she and the other Sages had composed to call them all together, she heard the tune, played from an ocarina. ~Okay, then. Guess I'll leave.~

She lovingly put the harp back and walked out of the room. She swam out into the river, towards Kakariko.

A/N: Yay! It's finally done! It took me like, two hours to type this. I'm a really slow typer. Anyway, I am liking of this chapter. I think it's good. Please review, I don't care if you flame. Just be HONEST!!!!!! I swear, I only got one review on this. How horrible. Oh, well, I like it. So does my mom. She's the one who's actually beat the game. I've only watched her, told her what to do, and generally annoyed her. YAY ME!! And thanks to my one reviewer, Lunatic Chaos. Isn't that a great pen name? I love it. Anyway, thanks for the compliment, dude(s?) I'm glad you think so. Anyway, here's another chapter!(Duh!)SHUT UP!! Um, *coughs embarassedly* that never happened! Really! So, if you think I'm funny, a good writer, a waste of time, whatever, check out my other fic which should be updated soon. Rebel sheep say "Moo!" and have a terrib-um, WONDERFUL day! He, he...

(Oooh! Six pages! *happy dance*)

p.s. Can someone tell/show me how to get italics, bolds, and underlines to show up? THX