Link walked to the inn after he dropped Romani of at Romani Ranch. He walked to the roof and sat at the edge watching the setting sun. A few minutes later the door opened and closed and Zelda walked beside him. She put her head on his shoulder and watch the sun set for a couple of seconds.
"Link, you're going to be gone for a long time, aren't you?" She asked with a few tears dropping from her face.
"Yeah, I have to. Colette was my friend and if anyone knows the destruction of the Majora's Mask it's me." Link put his arm around Zelda. "Don't worry, I'll be okay."
"I know you're only trying to protect me, but must you really force me to leave?" Zelda looked up to him with even more tears falling down her cheek.
"Zel, you're my best friend and also my girlfriend. I could never live with myself if I knew I was the cause for you getting hurt again."
"Your right, I just hope you find more help then you already have." Zelda kissed him on the cheek and walked into the inn.
Link put his hand on his cheek and blushed. 'Zel, please don't do anything stupid.'
The next thing he knew there was pain on the back of his head. "Why do you always have to forget me?!" Tatl noticed Link's concerned expression and looked him right in the eyes. "What's wrong?"
"I'm afraid that Zel is going to do something stupid." Link sighed and stood up. "Come on, this may your last chance to get Zelda's autograph."
Link walked inside followed by Tatl. Just as they entered a couple a guards walked past them carrying Zelda's many, Many, MANY suitcases. Followed by the guards were Zelda and King Hyrule. Zelda gave Link a depress look and Link did the same. Neither of them wanted to be separated after they waited seven years to see each other again. Still, it had to be done. Link couldn't bare to see Zelda kidnapped again, especially when he could have prevented.
'Please Zelda don't do something stupid.' Link thought again.
'Link, please be careful.' Zelda thought for the seventh time that day.
They both sighed and walked out to the entrance of the town. "Now Link most of the villagers were too stubborn to leave this town so I'm counting on you and your friends to bring down Ganon and his army." King Hyrule told Link.
"Don't worry, your majesty I will do my best." Link fell to one knee again and King Hyrule smiled.
"Please, from what you have done for both your country and this town I should be the one bowing to you. From here on out you may call me King H for all I care and you don't have to bow too." Link stood up and looked at his king confused.
"Uh, thank you…King H." Link felt awkward calling him that.
Tatl flew to Link's ear and whispered: "Can you ask him if I can call him King H too?"
"Please be careful and don't get yourself killed." King Hyrule gave one final order before he and the guards left leaving Zelda and Link alone with Tatl, who refused to leave no matter how long Link glared at her.
"Link," Zelda walked up to her boyfriend. "Please be careful." She handed him a necklace that had that had an angel figure on the other end. "It was my mother's; it helped me a lot during the last seven years. I hope it helps you too."
"Thanks Zel, I'll treasure it always." Link grasped the necklace as Zelda walked away waving good-bye. "Good-bye, Zel." Link stared at the direction Zelda went even after she left.
"Hey, lover-boy, are you going to be okay?" Tatl asked concerned.
"Yeah, but I'm going to miss her." Link put on the necklace and looked at Tatl.
"You better hide that necklace or a lot of girls will be disappointed and a lot of guys are going to be very happy." Link looked at Tatl confused. "Never mind."'
"It's late, we should get some sleep." Link walked to the inn and went to his bed room. He took off his shoes, but kept his hat on, he rarely took off his hat, and climbed into the bed. Tatl flew toward him and snuggled into his arms. "Good night, Tatl."
"Good night, Link." Link turned off the light and the two fell asleep.
There was a knock on Link's door about 6:00 am. "Link, could you get the door?"
"No, Navi, I don't want to dress up like a Gerudo." Link rolled over and pulled the covers up.
There was another knock and Tatl grew angry. "GET THE DAMN DOOR!" She pushed Link off the bed and he fell to the floor.
"Ow! That hurt!" There was another knock on the door. Link walked wearily to the door and opened it. "May I help you?"
"Link, come to Romani Ranch!" A teenage girl's voice said excitedly.
"Why? I need to go to the Swamp Temple to save Colette." Link yawned and closed his eyes hoping to get some more sleep.
"Link, what you find there will make you both happy and make your journey a whole lot easier!" Romani grabbed his arm and forced him to out the door.
"Who was it Link?" Tatl asked when Link left the room. She looked around and realized that he wasn't there anymore. "That's it! I'm going to have to put a leash on him!"
Tatl soon caught up to Link and smacked him on the head, "Thanks for leaving me behind… again."
They soon arrived at Romani Ranch, where Link was attacked by a beautiful horse. Link blocked his face as the horse started to lick him all over showing how much she missed him.
"Epona, I thought you were still in Hyrule!" Link greeted his horse.
"She just came here during the night and I thought you want to travel with her." Romani gave him a small smile.
"Thank you, Romani. Epona and I have been through countless adventures together." Link gave Epona a carrot and stroke her back. "How have you been Epona?"
"Like she could actually tell you how she's been. She's just a stupid horse!" Tatl's voice was dripping with jealousy.
"Don't tell me you're jealous?" Link smiled.
"I doubt you ever forget her!" Tatl was hurt at how much Link cared about Epona.
"I wouldn't say that. When ever I forget her all I had to do is play her song and she comes galloping towards me." Link patted Tatl on the head. "But she's just as important as you are."
"Don't think that just because you care about me doesn't mean that I won't smack you on the head anymore!" Tatl told warned him.
"I'm not expecting you too." Link hopped on Epona and galloped toward the swamp.
On the way there a question popped into Tatl's head. "Do you think we can just trance port to the boss like when you were a kid?"
Link shrugged. "Knowing Ganon, it's defiantly a no."
When they reached the swamp the first thing they noticed was that the color of the water was purple. Link gave a sigh of frustration and Tatl fell to the floor. "Great, now the water's poisoned and you don't have your magic masks anymore." Tatl said annoyed.
That's when Link realized that he didn't have his masks anymore. He looked through his stuff tossing random items here and there. "Where are they?!"
"Where are what?" Tatl asked bored.
"Where are my special magical masks?!" Link asked when he was search through everything.
That's when Tatl remembered that Link wasn't there when the masks turned back to their original form. Well except Link's Deku Mask that thing disappeared and was never seen again. "For once I'm not going to hit you on the head for not knowing something." Link looked at her strangely. "Okay, when the Majora's Mask's power was supposedly destroyed, the magical masks that you had, changed back to the people they once were."
"What about the Deku Mask?"
"It disappeared somewhere no one knows where or how." Tatl answered.
"Then we'll have to pay for the boat ride and hope for the best." Link put his stuff back into his sack and brought out his wallet. "Let's see, an adult ride should cost around fifty rupees. I think I have enough."
"Good for you…By the way I've been meaning to ask you something." Tatl waited for Link to look her way before continuing. "Who is this Navi person?"
"Uh…how about I go ahead and get the tickets." Link started to walk to the hut.
"Hey! Come back here and tell me who Navi is!" Link started to run and Tatl flew after him.
King Hyrule arrived at Hyrule early the next morning. He walked out of his carriage and walked over to Zelda's carriage. He opened the door expecting to see his young daughter groaning and complaining, but there was nothing there, but a letter addressed to him.
Dear King Hyrule,
I have your daughter and if you ever hope to see her again you will give me a hundred Poes, no more no less. And if you try to tell the Hero of Time I will kill your daughter! I hope you don't do anything stupid, like send a guard or someone under cover to tell the Hero of Time. I have many ways of knowing if you did or didn't.
From your daughter's kidnapper.
King Hyrule read the note over and over again not knowing what to think. Who would kidnap his daughter and why did he want a hundred Poes? King Hyrule read it over ten more times before actually did something. He walked inside the castle and grabbed his bow and arrows.
"Sir, don't you think Zelda was the one who wrote the ransom note?" a soldier asked as King Hyrule head out Poe hunting.
"Why would my daughter do that?!" King Hyrule asked shocked.
"Because she did it several times before…" King Hyrule still didn't follow. The guard sighed and shook his head. "Never mind."
Link's eye was twitching as he walked out of the ticket hut with an annoying fairy repeating the same question over and over again.
"Who's Navi?!"
Link jumped on the boat-his eye was still twitching and Tatl was still asking who Navi was- when a white fairy floated tiredly to the swamp. The poor thing fell to the ground exhausted and couldn't get up. Link jumped out of the boat and ran to the poor ball of light. He put her in his arms and carried her to the boat. Tatl was staring at him curiously as he walked to the boat.
"So who's Navi?" She asked again when Link sat down on the boat.
"Link… is that you?" the fairy asked him weakly.
"Yeah, what are you doing here?!" Link asked concerned.
"The sages sent me here to tell you that Ganon wasn't sent to the other world it was a clone of him!" the fairy answered all of a sudden full of energy.
"Well that explains why he's here now. Navi, I may need your help on this journey. Do you mind helping me again?"
Navi gave him a happy look and Link smiled. Tatl was staring at them lost and confused. "So who's Navi?" she asked again.
Link pointed to the fairy. "Tatl, this is my first fairy, Navi." He pointed back to Tatl. "Navi, that's my friend Tatl."
"Hi!" Navi greeted her.
Tatl stared at her for a couple of seconds trying to grasp the reason, why Link would have another fairy friend. She sadly didn't get an answer. "Link, do you mind telling me what's going on?"
Link sighed and told her the story about his adventures in Hyrule and how he became the Hero of Time. Tatl looked at him with disbelieve but Navi seemed to believe him. By the time Link finished the story they had been at the Deku Palace for half an hour. Link and Navi walked off of the boat and waited for Tatl to take it all in. Could you blame her for being shock to find out that one of her best friends is the hero who saved Hyrule and ended a seven year war? If you could then there's something wrong with you. It took another half hour before Tatl pulled herself together and flew over to Link.
"Are you going to be okay?" Link asked her.
"Yeah, it was just a little shocking to find out that the boy I've known for so long is the Hero of Time."
Link smiled and continued to walk inside the Deku Palace with his two fairy friends. When they entered Link unseathed his sword like he was going into battle.
To be continued…
Kikyo's note: If you want to know why his sword is unseathed review!
FFlove190: I kind of did and kind of didn't want Navi to join. At first Navi was going to with them to Clock Town but I decided against it. Then I got a great idea that's going to happen in the next chapter!
To xaio23: Will do!
To Ri2: Yeah, I'm sure she'll treasure it always.
To RuRu: I'm going try to. I'm kind of bad at describing things and I a lot of the main important stuff is in the conversations. But I'll still try to add some more details.
To Nysoku-loves-Sesshomaru: I got writer's block for my other story. And the sad part is that I left it in a cliff hanger. By the way my favorite pie has to be……coconut or chocolate. I'm obsessed with chocolate! Anything chocolate I'll eat.