CHAPTER 3

Not Gonna Get Us

"You WHAT???!!!!." .Link exclaimed. "And I thought you were nuts before… Do know how much of a risk that is?"

Zelda smirked. "Yeah… I do it all the time. The guards are idiots.", she explained.

Link gaped at her.

"Do you understand that if I get caught with you, I'm gonna be beheaded or something!"

"Com'n. it would take weeks for Saria to make me cloths. It would be so much easier to just grab some of mine.", she argued.

"Your nuts…", he said simply. He was trying to sound as serious as possible, but the idea had been so funny he couldn't help but smile.

"I'm not nuts", she defended playfully. "I just have good ideas that nobody understands."

Link snorted at this. "I'm not coming. You can get your cloths on your own, and if you get caught, it's not my problem."

"Pllleeeeaaaase, Link", she wined. "It won't take long, and I guarantee that we won't get caught."

She made sure to look extra cute.Who could resist this?

He huffed then smirked. "Fine."

"Thanks so much!", she said,hurryingout of the house. "So how are we gonna get there?"

She walked alongside him until they came to a tree. Next to the tree was a chocolate mare with a white mane.

"Link, she's beautiful!", exclaimed Zelda. "Where did you get her?"

"Got her from Malon at Lon Lon Ranch.", he answered helping her onto the horse. Zelda sat inbehind him, sidesaddle, staring at his back.

She was deciding weather or not to wrap her arms around him.

He looked over his shoulder. "Well, if you don't hold on your gonna fall off, you know.", he said answering her thoughts.

Zelda cautiously put her arms around him. She never really had any experience with guys since she was always cooped up in her room.

He was nice and warm, and he had really nice muscles. She liked this.

They rode off towards the castle. It was night by now and no one would be able to identify her if seen. They rode past the market and into the clearing before the castle gates.

Link demounted Epona and looked over the corner. "There's guards out", he whispered.

She shushed him and pointed to a wall with vines. He nodded and they climbed up.

Link followed close to Zelda as they walked across the field and climbed up another wall until they got to the side of the castle. They stood there for a moment and he waited patiently for the next move.

Zelda pointed up to a window. Link gaped at it. It was at least twenty feet up!

"How are we goanna get up there!", he whispered harshly.

Before anything else was said, she gabbed Link's wrist and did a spell. In a split second they were standing in her room.

"How did you…?", he started. Zelda shushed him.

"There can be guards outside my room right now!", she hissed.

Zelda went back to her closet and quietly opened it. She took out a rather large bag and started stuffing dresses and such into it.

Link nosily looked around the room. Enjoying the trinkets placed on her dresser. He poked at a small porcelain doll that was mounted on a stick.

His curiosity didn't do him well, for the doll fell of its stand.

With a loud crash, it hit the floor and exploded into tiny, little pieces.

Zelda shot up form her closet and looked at him with terrified eyes.

A "what the hell are you doing!" lookwas uponher face.

Outside her door were footsteps. Zelda gasped as she saw her room knob turn slowly.

She thought fast, quickly gabbed Link and her things, and jumped out the window.

She put her hand over her mouth so her scream would be muffled. A second later they splashed in to the cold water of the moat surrounding the large castle. She hoped to goddesses they didn't hear that.

Panic was all that she felt right now as she pulled herself out of the water and climbed a fence that separated the castle yards from the rest of Hyrule, Link alongside her all the time. He was as frightened as she was.

A guard appeared from her window. "You there! STOP!", he ordered.

Out of fear, Zelda didn't stop her legs from moving as fast as they possibly could. Her bag was swinging violently at her side as she ran.

Horns sounded from the castle. About ten guards came running out form inside towards them. Link, running alongside side her yelled out. "Hey! I have a plan! Stop for a sec", he yelled trying to make her hear him.

Facing her, he quickly pulled out his ocarina with shaky hands.

She looked towards the guards. They were only a few yards away!

"Hurry!", she yelled, overwhelmed with adrenalin.

He took it to his mouth and played the Minute of Forest. She held on tightly to his arm, being transported to the Forest Temple.

They stood there on the platform, each breathing heavily. Her legs were shaky due to fatigue. They gave in, making her fall to the ground still conscious.

Link caught her before she fell. "Are you alright?", he asked worried.

Zelda caught her breath and glared at him. "You Idiot!!!!", she exploded. "What were you thinking!!!! I told you to be quiet!! If we were caught, you probably would've been beheaded!!"

He grinned. "But we didn't. And it was your idea in the first place."

She sighed. "Yeah, well it was stupid!"

"But it was fun wasn't it?", he laughed.

She glared at him for a second then burst out laughing. "Yeah it was."

"You should've seen your face when I dropped that doll…", Link said, grinning widley. "You looked terrified."

"Yeah, well you should've seen yours!" , Zelda retorted.

They laughed for a long while until she got extremely tired.

Link was still holding her, but she was on the verge of sleep and she didn't care. She slowly closed her eyes, feeling his warmth as she drifted off to sleep.

Zelda opened her eyes to a beautiful morning day. She yawned and stretched her arms out. The sun's rays felt warm on her soft skin. She could hear the noises of the forest. It was so peaceful.

Then she noticed something. Weight was on her stomach.

Then she remembered. Link was right next to her, sound asleep. He had one arm wrapped around her and was mumbling some inaudible things.

We'll, it's better than snoring...

When she saw that his arm was around her, she blushed intensely. What would Impa say if she saw this!?

She carefully tried to move Link's arm off of her. Once doing so she let out a sigh of relief.

...The relief didn't last long though. He had already wrapped his arms back around her.

"Don't… go.. Malon…", he mumbled.

"Malon?!!!", she exploded. Link awoke with a start.

"I'm not MALON!!" Zelda was very insulted. She stood up.

"Err… wah?", said Link stupidly.

She glared at him. "You justcalled me Malon!", she yelled.

Link blinked a few times and blushed. "Err…. Sorry?"

"Well-", she was interrupted by a sound in the bushes.

She suddenly got quiet. "Did you hear that?", she whispered.

"Yeah,", he answered.

Just then an arrow whizzed a few inches past Link's head, making himvery pale.

"Let's get outa here!", he yelled, scrabbling to his feet.

"Stop. You princess-napper!", a man from the bushes yelled. He shot more arrows at them as they ran down into the lost woods. One of them hit Link's shoe, but he kept going.

They made their way into Kokiri Village, and slowed down.

Link stood against the wall to catch his breath. Zelda proceeded to walk as if he weren't there.

"Hey, what's wrong?", he asked.

She shot up her nose. "You think a guard scare is goanna make me forget about what just happened?", she asked with venom in her voice.

He rolled his eyes. "Aww, com'n. I was asleep. It's not my fault.", he said defending himself.

Zelda didn't respond, she just made her way to Saria's house.

"Fine! I'll be getting ready in my house. I'll call you when I'm ready to leave!", he yelled after her.

Shaking his head, he spoke. "Girls", he mutterd to himself. "so sensitive."

Zelda entered the small house that belonged to Saria. She was sitting at a small table eating breakfast. Saria smiled to see her and asked if she would want to sit down.

Zelda slumped over and rested her head and her left hand. "What's wrong?", asked Saria with concern.

Zelda sat for a few seconds then reluctantly said, "He called me Malon."

Saria chuckled at this. "Ohh, Link", she sighed. "Cute, but stupid."

Zelda mumbled something inaudible responding to her, along the line of, "no, just stupid."

"Don't take it personal. He's just like that sometimes.", she said. "You see, Link and Malon had a relationship once."

"Oh", grumbled Zelda.

Saria frowned when she found she was probably making things worse. "Well, I suppose you should get going. Before some guards come back here.'

"Yeah I guess so", she sighed. "I wish you could come, Saria"

"Yeah, me too... But I can't as you know, I will die.", she said sadly.

"How would you know that? It is said that no one would be able to enter this forest, but me and the guards did.", pointed out Zelda.

"Yes, well I am not sure. All I know that is I'm supposed to stay here anyway and watch over the forest…. I would love to go on an adventure… Link always makes it out to be wonderful, but my place is here and I have to fulfill my duty to the forest."

"That's very wise of you to think.", said Zelda, feeling sort of guilty that she was leaving her country.

...Sort of.

"Yes, well, I've been around long enough. You'd think I'd be stupid if I didn't posses knowledge being so old.", she sighed. "Well, off you go."

Zelda bid farewell to her friend and headed outside lugging her bag with her.

Outside Link stood with Epona, ready to leave.

"Look, I'm… sorry.", he apologized. Zelda jumped on the horse and held onto him.

"Yeah, fine", she said though not meaning it. She wasn't going to forgive that easily.

"The only way to Termina is through the lost woods.", he said over his shoulder.

They entered the woods and were trotting for a while. Zelda, having nothing better to do, fell asleep, resting against Link's back.

When she opened her eyes , they had reached Clocktown. They were inside the clock tower and Link was waiting patiently for her to wake up.

"Here we are.", he said. Zelda rubbed the sleep from her eyes and wobbly dismounted the horse.

They slowly opened the large door of the clock tower and stepped into the light…