Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Zelda characters, they are property of Nintendo or whoever created Zelda...
A/N: Well, I got reviews, so now I'll put the next chapter up, too. Thanks for your support! You're really encouraging me to go on with this story! Some people asked me why Tael's not in this story yet, but who says he won't be in it? I just haven't mentioned him yet. And yes, I know that Tatl and Tael are siblings! You just have to read on to find out about Tael, simple as that. And don't forget to review! I would also like to thank GuruGuru214, Anime-Master7, JoboRule, Ani1, Selah Ex Animo and Hotaru1024 for reviewing chapter 3!
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Chapter four: The hardest decision she ever had to make
The boy screamed. The two fairies screamed, too. Navi grabbed her sister by the arm and dragged her along with her under the bed.
"I told you not to wake him up!" yelled Navi angrily.
"I'm sorry, sis, I didn't mean to -"
Link was not certain what he had seen some seconds before, but it seemed to be a fairy, no, two fairies. But what could they possibly do in his house? Perhaps a fairy finally has come to me! Link thought gleefully. But I only wanted one, though... he got out of his bed, squatted down beside it and looked under it. The two fairies winced under the bed as though they were afraid of him. Link noticed that they looked exactly like the fairies in the village, but they would not have been afraid of him if they were from the forest, they would have recognized him, wouldn't they? They looked like two balls of light, with thin, frail wings. One of them was bigger than the other, so Link thought that one of the fairies maybe was older than the other.
"What are you doing under my bed?" asked Link simply, bewildered.
Neither of the fairies responded, but eventually Navi pushed Tatl forward, to convince her to speak. "Um... we were... you see... I was... well..." Tatl managed to get out. Navi sighed deeply.
"I'm sorry, Sir, we actually had no business here at all", she said. "We'll leave..."
"No, wait!" Link said anxiously. "I've waited for a fairy to come to me for ten years now, and when one – two, actually – turns up I won't -"
"Wait a minute!" Tatl interrupted him. "When you said that you've waited for a fairy for ten years, what did you mean?"
"You should know", Link sighed.
"Excuse me, Sir", Navi said shrilly, "but I think it would be better if we... if we introduced ourselves first. We don't know you and you don't know us. Besides, I really want to get out of here. It's pretty... dusty... and I'm allergic to dust, so -" She sneezed loudly.
"Oh, I'm sorry", Link exclaimed. He took a seat on a rickety, wooden chair, and the two fairies placed themselves on the table in front of him. Tatl sat down (though Link couldn't see if she sat down or not) with her back against a bronze candlestick that stood on the table.
"So, may I ask who you are?" Navi asked.
"Um, yes... I'm Link. And you are...?"
"I'm Navi, and this is my older sister, Tatl", Navi explained. "We're not from around here, we're from Termina, actually. We also got a younger brother named Tael..."
"What happened to him? I mean, isn't he with you?" Link asked curiously.
"No, he wanted to stay in Termina when we left", said Tatl sadly. "We're from a city called Clock Town, but we wanted to see Hyrule. That's why we decided to leave Termina. But Tael met a young man in Clock Town – strange, I can't remember his name – and said that he wanted to stay with this young man instead of coming with us to Hyrule."
"I see..." Link mused. There was an awkward silence. Link cleared his throat and decided to eventually break the long silence. "So... how do you like Hyrule?"
"We haven't exactly... seen much of it", Navi admitted. "We came through a forest, and everything I can remember that we saw was trees."
"And we saw a lake once, too", Tatl added in a bored voice.
"Yeah, we did. But that's not interesting. So... Link, could you possibly tell us something about Hyrule?"
"I'm sorry, but I can't", Link sighed. "I'm a Kokiri, so I can't leave this forest to see anything of it.
"That's too bad", Navi said, as to comfort him.
"All of the Kokiri have to stay in the forest their entire lives", Link continued. "I've lived here for ten years and I'm sick of it already. So how will it be when I'm thirty? Or fifty? Oh my..." He bit his lip, and tried not to think about his future. "Anyway, there's a strong barrier around this forest, and the Kokiri can't go through it. A friend of mine told me... that we can't breathe the air out there or something." He shrugged.
"How do you know?" asked Tatl anxiously. "If no one has been outside the forest, how do you know you can't go through that barrier?"
"I don't know. Perhaps it was something the Great Deku Tree told us. He's wise, and he knows everything that happens in Hyrule."
"I suppose this Great Deku Tree is a tree?" Tatl said.
"Yes, of course he is", Link answered.
"So how does he manage to see everything if he's rooted to the spot?"
"I don't know", Link said and yawned. The two fairies had waked him up in his nap though. Link suddenly got an idea, which made him wide awake. "How would you two like to be guardian fairies?" he asked.
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"They're really cute!" Zelda exclaimed and clasped her hands together. "Look at the small one..."
She reached out her hand to touch Navi, but Navi winced and floated higher in the air. Link cleared his throat to introduce the young Princess and the fairies to each other.
"Um, Zelda, this is Tatl and Navi", he explained. "Tatl, Navi, this is Zelda."
"Which one is Tatl and which one is Navi?" Zelda asked with a confused look. "They look exactly the same, despite one of them is smaller..."
"I'm Navi", Navi said. "And I'm smaller than Tatl just because she's older than me. We're sisters, you see."
"Oh", Zelda said, beaming. "Link told me you would like to be guardian fairies -"
"Hold your horses, young lady", Tatl said. "We'll just give it a try."
"Right", Link said. "Excuse me, but I have to talk to Saria." Link left the house and went over to Saria's.
Zelda looked at the two floating balls of light with a curious and confused look. Tatl suddenly had changed color, she was light red instead of white.
"What happened to you, Tatl?" Zelda asked. "You just changed color."
"I know", was the answer. Tatl sounded really irritated. "I'm doing it just because I don't like his way to treat us. Navi, are you sure we really should do this? I mean, be guardian fairies? I don't like the idea at all."
"I know you don't like it, Tatl, but I reckon we should do it", Navi responded. "And Zelda... we usually change color when we're happy, sad, angry – you get it. But I prefer white, it's much nicer than... Tatl, don't be ridiculous."
Tatl's color was now crimson. Zelda thought that Navi seemed to be more mature than her older sister, despite she was younger. The young girl watched the fairies for a moment, with a beaming expression. But then something suddenly hit her, her face went blank and she rushed out off the house. She had just realized something, something she had tried not to think about during the past few days.
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"Zelda, dear, what's the matter?" Saria asked. She was worried about the young girl, who lay on her bed, shaking violently with sobs.
"Leave me alone, Saria", Zelda whispered, almost inaudible. "Please", she added.
"No, I can't", Saria said and pattered Zelda's shoulder slightly. "Please tell me what's going on."
Zelda lifted her head from the pillow and looked at the green haired girl, who was sitting at her bedside. Her face was streaked with tears, her deep blue eyes were glossy and her short green dress was all wet from her own tears. Saria felt so sorry for her, but yet she wanted to know what troubled her young friend.
"Okay, I'll tell you", Zelda said between sobs and tried to wipe her tears away. "It's... it's hard to explain... you know that I'm not a Kokiri, Saria. I'm not like you or Link. And..." She interrupted herself and let out a deep sigh. Saria put an arm around Zelda's shoulder.
"Please tell me, Zelda", she said. "You know you can trust me."
"Yes, I know. Link has already told you about the two fairies, right?" Saria nodded. "I really want to have a fairy", Zelda continued, "but I can't, just because I'm not a Kokiri... and if I'm going to leave the forest... I don't want to go home, Saria. I want to stay here with you."
"Zelda!" Saria gasped and her eyes widened. "You can't stay here! You're the Princess, for the Goddesses sake! You've got to go back to the Castle."
"But I don't want to go back, Saria. I never liked the life in the Castle. I know my father cares about me, but he has never shown me any love nor told me that he loves me. And Impa... she's like a mother to me. She's the only person I would miss if I stayed here in the forest. My life was so complicated when I lived in the Castle, and I don't want to have it back. I'm just a child, Saria, and I can't live my life like I was an adult. But my dad never allowed me to play nor meet any of the children in the town. And it was so long ago I saw my brother."
Zelda started crying lowly again. Saria put her arms around the girl and hugged her tightly. She really liked the young Princess and wanted her to stay, but she knew it would imply problems if Zelda didn't return to the Castle. And there were probably people who looked for Zelda. Some of them might reach the forest, just like Zelda did. Zelda wasn't safe in the village. Saria told these words to Zelda, meanwhile she gently stroked Zelda's golden hair.
"I can't decide, Saria. I can't."
Link looked at the two girls who were sitting on Zelda's bed. He had not heard their conversation, but he could easily guess what they had been talking about. He wanted to replace Saria, he wanted to be the one who caressed Zelda's hair, be the one who could comfort her. He sighed deeply and quietly left the house.
He remembered the talk he'd had with Saria earlier, before Zelda arrived to Saria's house. He knew the truth, but was afraid of it. And he couldn't believe it or accept it, yet he was afraid of what the future could hold. Mixed feelings filled his body as he headed for the Great Deku Tree's Meadow. He needed to think.
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A/N: There's chapter 4! What do you think? I know nothing really happened in this chapter, but Link now know the truth (the truth about what?) and Zelda have to make a difficult decision. If you want to find out more, review, and I might update! I'm also sorry if the spelling in this chapter was bad. I didn't proof read.