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As I said in the last chapter, Chapters 1 and 2 are memorial chapters. You see, my dog, India, died on New Years Eve. On the second of January, we found out. We buried her at the beach because that was her favorite place to play. I miss her a lot. When I was writing this story, India was sitting in my room with me. I'd run out of ideas and look at her and suddenly I'd have another idea.

I then found out that my brother could have died on New Years Eve. The New Year would have taken both my dog and my brother from me.

So these two chapters are for India.

"Sire! Link returns from his latest assignment!" called a messenger, running into the throne room.

The king sighed.

"That's good. Send him here."

The messenger bowed and ran off.

The king sat back in his chair.

"How long do you think Link will stay this time, father?" asked Zelda, seated at the kings left.

"I don't think it will be long. He never stays for too long. Why do you ask, Zelda?"

"I just wanted to ask him about something."

"Oh? Has it got anything to do with his parents? I've heard that you've been looking into that rather a lot lately."

Zelda nodded.

"It has got something to do with his parents, yes."

The king was going to respond but the door opened.

Link walked through the doors of the throne room. He walked along the carpet for a while, and then bowed before the king, and Zelda.

"Ah, Link. You came back a little sooner than expected. What information do you bring?"

"Well, my lord, there have been sightings of small groups of Stalfos, only 2-4 in a group, coming into Hyrule from the woods behind Lake Hylia. I wish to see what's going on in the woods."

"I'm guessing you want to see as soon as possible?"

"Yes, sire. I wish to leave tomorrow morning."

The king let out a sigh. "I'm starting to think that you don't like the castle, lad. You're never here for that long."

Link smiled. "I just want to stop the problem before it gets too great."

"I understand that, Link of the Forest, but I think you should stay at the castle for a little longer then just a night." This came from Zelda. "I also wish to speak to you on some matters regarding the search for your parents."

Link looked to Zelda and bowed slightly.

"How long would you wish me to stay, my lady?" Link asked.

"At least 3 days. That way you can be told the information and recover a little. I think your horse may like the rest as well." said Zelda.

Link smiled.

"Ok then, Princess." Link turned back to the king. "It seems that I'll be staying a little longer, my lord."

The king smiled.

"That's good. Oh, yes! Sheik wanted to talk to you as well. I don't think the two of you have talked in a long time."

Link grinned. "We haven't spoken in a little under 2 years."

"Well, go to your room and have a rest boy. Do you think that you'll need anything?"

"Um........ a bath would be good. Could I get some hot water brought to my room?"

"Yes, lad. If you need anything else, just ask the servants."

Link bowed and walked out of the room, unaware of a certain princess' eyes roaming over him.

Link arrived in his room only a few minutes later. He took off his cloak and hung it on a peg on the wall. Next to come off was his pack and weaponry, which was placed against the wall. The tunic and hat were next, then the Gauntlets and undershirt. Link heard a knock on the door and walked over to open it. There were two young girls with pots of steaming water. Link opened the door a little more and let the two girls in.

One of the girls started pouring her water into a tub on the other side of the room. The other one walked over to Link.

"Do you want the fire lit, Master Link?" she asked.

"No thank you. I can light it myself." Link noticed the girls gaze roll down to his finely muscled torso. He saw her blush and she lowered her head to the ground. The other girl came over.

"We'll take our leave, then." she said. Her and the other girl bowed and walked to the door. Link followed them and, after the door was closed, he could hear them talking.

"Oh my god! I knew he was built but I had no idea! No wonder Zelda likes him so much!"

Link smirked. Zelda liked him, did she? Link definatly had feelings for Zelda, ever since he first saw her. When he'd been with her on the clouds after the defeat of Gannondorf they'd both known that they liked each other. But Link still had to be sent back. And so Link was the only one left with the memory of what happened, apart from the sages. But did Zelda remember the past as well?

Link pulled off his boots and then the tights. He went over to the steaming water and got in. He pulled his hair out from its small ponytail and started washing it.

'It sounds like Zelda knows something about my parents.' he thought to himself. 'I wonder what she knows......Oh well. I guess I'll find out tomorrow.'

Zelda walked along the halls of the castle, towards her room. The evening meal wasn't for another hour or so, so she had decided to go up to her room to read for a while. Or, to be more accurate, to fantasize about the man whose room she was currently passing. Yes, you guessed it (I hope). She was passing Links room. She had made sure that his room was near to hers. When her father had asked why, she had said that she felt a little safer knowing that if ever someone broke into her room, or something like it, one of the greatest warriors in the Hylian Army was nearby. The real reason? Well, apart from what she told her father, she liked being near to the handsome 17 year old.

She could still see him, Master Sword in hand, fighting Gannon. Yes, she remembered the seven years that never happened. But Link didn't know that. At least, he didn't know yet. She intended to tell him that she remembered those years when she talked to him tomorrow.

As she walked towards her room, she could feel someone's eyes on her. She sighed.

"Come out Sheik. I know you're there."

Sheik stepped out from behind the statue of an angel to Zeldas right. Zelda sighed and put on an angry face, which was obviously fake.

"Why were you following me, Sheik?" she said, trying to sound angry.

"You like Link, eh?" Sheik replied, changing the subject.

"Stop changing the subject! Why were you following me? And how did you know?"

"One of the servant girls said it as she was coming out of Links room. I was casually walking along this hall, minding my own business-"

"I highly doubt that, Sheik."

"Let me continue. I was casually walking along this hall, minding my own business, when two of the servant girls walked out of Links room, with water jugs, and one of them says, and I quote, ' Oh my god! I knew he was built but I had no idea! No wonder Zelda likes him so much!' Then, shortly after they leave, I hear you coming up the hallway and decide to hide and then jump out and scare you."

"So you weren't following me." Then what one of the servant girls said sunk in. "Wait a moment! Which one of the girls said that?"

Sheik looked like he was thinking.

"It looked like........ Iharnae."

Ah, yes. It would be Iharnae. She was one of Zeldas friends and one day, only a few weeks ago, they had been discussing who in the castle was hot, and who was not. Iharnae had brought up Link, and the discussion suddenly turned to how hot he was. Zelda had let it slip that she really liked Link. And now most of the servants in the castle probably knew of that fact.

"I'm going to have to have a word with her. Sheik, could you go get her? Tell her to come to my chambers."

"Yes, Zelda. Should I tell her that she's in trouble?"

"No. Go and get her."

Sheik bowed and left. Zelda sighed and continued walking up to her room. It wasn't a long walk.

Zelda opened the large double doors and walked into her room.

She sat on the edge of the bed, her thoughts fixed on the handsome blonde in the room only 1 or 2 rooms away. She would admit to admiring Link as he left. But, then again, what sane girl wouldn't? He was a gift for the eyes, a god. Zelda sighed, thinking of his body.

Then suddenly, she realized that she hadn't actually seen Links body, let alone seen him topless. Link wasn't one to show off his body. At least, not to her. One had to be fully clothed in front of royalty. It was a law. A law that Zelda hated with a passion.

There was a knock on the door. Zelda jumped slightly.

"Who is it?"

"It's Iharnae. Sheik said you wanted to see me?"

"Oh. Come in then."

Iharnae opened the door. She stepped in and closed the door behind her.

"What did you want, Zelda? Uh, I mean.....Princess." Zelda smiled.

"Iharnae." she said. She sounded like she was lightly scolding a child.

"Fine then. Zelda."

"Thank you. Now, Iharnae, how many of the workers in this castle know what I think of Link?"

Iharnae looked sheepish.

"Me, and Kethah, and that's it."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. Kethah wouldn't tell a soul."

"Can't say the same for you."

"I'm sorry! It's just.........well........Kethah bribed me."

"With what?"

"She's gonna buy me something next time we go down to the market."

"Not another piece of jewelry!"

"No, no, no! I'm going to get something for my hair."

"Oh."

"How did you know I told Kethah, anyway?"

"Sheik heard you when you were coming out of Links room."

"Oh yeah! I have to tell you! Link was topless when Kethah and me took the water to Link. My god, on the hot scale I think he's broken the top!"

Zelda raised her eyebrows.

"That hot?"

Iharnae nodded enthusiastically.

"That's all I wanted to talk to you about, Iharnae. You can leave now."

Iharnae bowed.

"Oh yes! And dinner is practically done, so you might want to start heading down to the Great Hall." Iharnae said, then she bowed a second time and left.

Zelda got up off her bed. She checked to see how she looked in her full-length mirror, before opening the door and setting off down the hall.

Link pulled a clean green tunic over his head as he stepped out of his room. His hair was still out. He successfully pulled the tunic over his head and closed the door behind himself. He took his belt off the door knob. He pulled the belt through the belt loops. Looking down as he buckled up the belt, his hair falling infront of his face, he heard a voice.

"Don't feel up to getting changed in your room, eh Link?"

Link looked up through his bangs to see.

"Sheik!"

After finishing doing up his belt buckle, Link stood up straight and grinned at the Sheikah.

"Do you still remember," Sheik looked around to make sure that no one was looking, then whispered, "the handshake?"

Link grinned and held out his right hand. Both Link and Sheik went through a series of confusing and high speed hand movements, ending in a thumb wrestle. The two boys were so engrossed in their thumb wrestle, that they didn't realize that Zelda was walking down the hall towards them until Link won.

"Damn. I always lose." muttered Sheik.

"Yes, yes you do. Because you suck." Link said.

"Not as much as you do."

"Nu huh!"

"Ya huh!"

"Nu huh!"

"Ya huh!"

"Nu huh!"

"Ya huh!"

"Nu huh!"

"Ya huh!"

"You two are arguing like children again."

The boys stopped their argument and slowly turned to Zelda. Sheik straitened up.

"Zelda! If you're so wise, who sucks more, myself or Link?"

Link straightened up as well. He held a strip of leather in his hand (so he could put his hair back.). But he wasn't going to put his hair back just yet.

He stood a little behind Sheik. Then, without warning, he whipped the Sheikah boy with it.

"Ahhh! Link!" Sheik said, glaring at the hylian while holding his butt.

Zelda was giggling. Link was rolling around on the floor laughing. Sheik watched Link, and then made a movement to stamp on Links crotch. Link saw this and rolled out of the way.

"Sorry Sheik, but I intend to have children one day. And I intend to have you as my offspring's godfather."

Sheik rubbed his sore behind.

"You didn't have to whip me that hard, dude."

"Sorry Sheik."

Zelda got over her giggles.

"Sorry Sheik, but I think you suck a little more than Link. Just a tad."

Sheik sighed and threw up his hands in defeat.

"Fine. I suck. I'll get over it." Sheik said. Link threw his arm over Sheiks shoulders.

"Nah man, you don't suck." Link said. Some of Links hair fell into his face. Link blew it out. "I need a haircut."

Sheik looked shocked.

"You can't cut your hair! We swore that our hair would always fall past our shoulders! If you cut your hair, I get to chop off your reason for living!"

"Well maybe I wont get a haircut, then." Link said, looking down at the area of said object.

Zelda raised an eyebrow.

"What's with the shoulder-length-hair-reason-for-living thing?" she asked.

"Oh. When we were...... how old were we?" asked Link.

"I believe we were 12." Sheik replied.

"Yes. When we were 12, our hair just managed to fall past our shoulders. Impa was chasing us around trying to get us to cut our hair. And, of course, we wanted to be difficult and decided to forever keep our hair past our shoulders. We needed to have a massive penalty for braking this," Link circled his hand in the air, searching for the right word,"… Oath thingy. So we thought 'What's the thing that defines a man?' and we came up with 'His manliness'. Therefore, either one of us brakes the oath, the other chops it off." Link explained.

"Well that's something you don't hear about everyday." Zelda said.

"C'mon. Lets head down to dinner. I'm starving!" complained Sheik.

Link smirked.

"For a Sheikah, you sure aren't acting like one."

Link pulled his hair back and tied it with the leather strip.

"No hat at dinner?" asked Sheik.

"No hat tonight. My head needs to breathe."

Zelda giggled slightly.

"I can imagine you with a mouth on the side of your head breathing really heavily."

Sheik looked at the ceiling in thought, the burst out laughing.

"Ahahahahaha! Mental Image! Hahahahaha!"

The three teenagers walked down the hall, talking of Link with a mouth on his head, and felt that they were just normal teenagers, not the Princess of Hyrule and her two loyal guards.

And it felt good.