From now on I will be known to put song lines into my story. …so this is my disclaimer for the whole story that I do not own any of those nifty little rhymes in there.

Now for the story.. R&R!

CHAPTER 8

Healing

Zelda woke up early still holding on to Link. She slowly withdrew her hands from him and rested them behind her head. She stared at the ceiling in deep thought.

Beside her, Link stirred. His expression told her he was dreaming. He looked determined to find something or someone. 'I wonder if he might be dreaming of me?'

She smiled at the thought. No other guy had ever made her feel this way. She felt she was truly blessed to have him.

Throughout her life she was sad. She had no friends, except for Impa, who was more like a mother. Most of her life had been spent in the castle grounds. Everyday she would linger in the courtyards or stay in her room. She was never allowed to go anywhere or make any friends. Her father was too afraid he might loose the only thing he had left.

Her father had loved her very dearly. He was just blind to her sadness. He had no idea how to raise a girl, so he hired Impa. The poor, little princess hardly ever saw her father. The little, sad princess that she used to be, grew up into a depressed, hallow teenager. That's how it was. She learned the hard way that the saying was true. Money cannot buy happiness.

Her life was a mess. She had even considered jumping into the Gerudo River various times. She considered the fall would get her and she would just wash up on Lake Hylia's shore. Yes, she was that unhappy at one point. In her perspective, it didn't matter how high of an authority she was. She was a slave herself. A servant to her land and to her people. She was as free as the workers in the kitchen. All she wanted was to be able to go on an adventure. But that would never happen if she stayed.

Everything seemed to turn around when she met Link though. He had given her light. Even before they had come together, she felt a reason to go on. He had helped her so much, and he had no idea. She never expected that running away would bring so much good.

At first, she had been a bit snobby to him. Well, she was a princess and your bound to grow up somewhat spoiled. Everyday, though, she began to act more and more like a normal person. And she felt like one too. She felt she was no longer bound to the responsibilities of being a royal. No longer having to deal with politics or other country's problems. She had no care in the world for them, and best of all, she felt no guilt either.

He had saved her in more than one way. She was grateful for that. She couldn't believe that something great had come her way. People misunderstood royalty so much. Villagers would pray to the goddess's that one day they would be royal, yet every night Zelda had prayed that she would wake up normal.

Even though something horrible had happened here, she could not regret ever running away. She had to admit, out of something so bad, came a wonderful thing as well. That was him. She had someone to love. Earlier in her life she never would think something like this would happen to her. Now it did. She looked over at the one she loved.

Link cringed in his sleep. He must be having a bad dream. Zelda took this as an opportunity to calm him.

In a soft, song voice, she whispered to him. "Where did I go right? How did I get you? How come all this blue sky is around me, and you found me. Where did I go right? How did I get you? I don't know how I did, but somehow now I do…", she sang. That was a lullaby Impa used to sing to her when she was little.

Link's frown turned back into a soft smile. She giggled at this. "Always works." Slowly, Zelda crept from the bed, careful not to disturb him. Once she accomplished that, she hurried to the closet to change into a sundress.

Today she was going to go outside for the first time. She was going to thank Link for all his help, and this was the way. To move on. She was doing this for him. He wanted so bad for her to just be happy. Now was the time. It was weird. It was like something had suddenly come over her. A new thought or perspective on life. Every new day was a reason to start anew. This was that day. It was time to forget the past and live in the present.

Zelda plopped onto the opposite bed and watched patiently for Link to wake. He looked angelic. Tan skin, blonde hair. He was perfect. Parts of his bangs fell into his face, which only made him look even more adorable. Yup, she was meant to be with this man.

About an hour later, Link finally stated to slowly wake up. Still between the stage of consciousness and sleep, his hand felt around the bed, obviously looking for Zelda. When he noticed she was no longer there, his eyes opened wide as he shot up to a sitting position. His head turned frantically searching the room until he met eyes with her, then he relaxed.

She laughed at this. "Wow, I wonder what you would have done if I had gone and gotten something to eat.", she joked.

"Morning.", he said, surprised she was out of bed and dressed in something other than pajamas.

"Don't you mean afternoon?", she asked.

He looked at her, confused.

"Um…. You slept kinda late.", she explained.

"Oh…. So…. Your looking good today.", he said.

"Oh. Yes. I was wondering if you would like to go out today."

A smile formed across his face. "Really? Your alright with it?" She nodded. Link flew out of bed and into the closet to get dressed.

In what seemed like ten seconds, he was already ready. He jumped out of the closet and grabbed Zelda, heading towards the door. He was rushing so much that he took the second floor's exit.

"Um… Link, how are we goanna get down?", she asked hesitantly.

"Just jump.", he said excitedly.

She had no time to disagree, Link already jumped. With a scream, she and him fell to the ground with a thud. It ended up that Link broke Zelda's fall and now she was on top of him. He groaned in slight pain.

"Oh. Link are you okay?!", asked worried Zelda.

He took a breath and let it out. "Yup, just peachy.", he laughed. Zelda joined.

"Well, that's what you get for jumping off a roof.", she said smartly.

"Shouldn't I get something for you falling on top of me?", he retorted playfully.

She rolled her eyes, and kissed a bump Link had developed from the fall. "Now, does that feel better?"

"Much.", he said pulling himself and her up. As if he hadn't just fell down from the second story, he grabbed Zelda's hand and hurried to the town exit.

After they reached the outer boundaries of Clocktown. Link took out something from his pocket. It was a blue ocarina. Zelda recognized it as an old family heirloom of the royal family that had been lost since Zelda could remember.

"Where did you get that?", she asked.

Link looked down at the small instrument and shrugged. "I have no idea. I've had since forever it seems.", he said. "Why?"

"Um…just wondering.", she answered. Once he played a song on it, she heard heavy hoofs coming their way. At first she was a little nervous at what was coming, then she saw Epona and Anastasia in the clearing.

"Annie!", she exclaimed. The horse came up to her and nuzzled her neck. "I missed you so much!" She hugged the large mare. She turned to Link. How did you do that?

"Me and Epona are good friends. Whenever I play this song she comes to me.", he said simply.

"Oh." Zelda mounted Anastasia, Annie for short. "So what do you want to do?"

Link thought for a moment. "I have an idea.."

Link and Zelda rode to the beach. Once getting there, they dismounted, Link took her hand and once again pulled out the ocarina. She let herself come close to him.

"What are you doing?", she asked referring to the ocarina. He shushed her and began to play a song. It was surprisingly short, but once he was done, she felt a strong wind surrounding them. His arms wrapped around her for her safety as large white wings engulfed there bodies. Afraid, Zelda tightly shut her eyes.

In a split second, she felt the ground beneath her once again. Out of fear something else would happen again, she held on tight to Link.

"It's alright.", he said comforting. "All I did was warp us."

One of her eyes opened slightly to see her surroundings, checking if they were truly safe. You couldn't be so sure with Link, he had just jumped off a roof.

After inspecting and seeing it was alright, she unwrapped her arms from him. They were in the sea. A distance away she could see the shore. They were standing on flat rock and behind them was an entrance to something.

"Where are we?", she asked. Link grinned.

"Com'n", he said, taking her hand once again, and pulling her into the entrance.

Once entering, Link took her down a hallway and into a large room with a pool and a stage in the middle of it. The stage was a large seashell and behind it were many doors. Coral reefs came out from the water and some going up the wall. "Wow…",she said, awed.

Zoras were sitting down by the side of the pool. On the stage, a band of five Zoras were there. It was the Indigo gos' . The best band to ever set foot on these lands. They were known even in Hyrule.

"Link!", she exclaimed happily. "How did you know I liked them?"

"Wild guess.", he replied with a smirk. She kissed him on the cheek to show her gratitude. Her head laid on his shoulder, waiting for the band to start.

Lulu, came up to the front of the stage with microphone in hands. "Before I start, I'd like to announce that we have two special guest here. They aren't from Termina. It is one of my friends that has helped me in times of depression. Link and his lovely girlfriend, Zelda."

An applaud came from the audience. Zelda and Link went pink in the face. They both weren't expecting that. "I guess she recognizes me.", he whispered.

"How did she know my name?", she asked him. "And how did she know were together?"

"I don't know. Lulu has a way of figuring things out."

Something jogged a memory in Zelda's mind. It was something distant, something that randomly came up. A flash of an image. It was a sunny day, but the ground was cloaked in shadow due to the trees. She saw a pony. A caramel colored mare, with a white stripe going in the middle. And that was it. As quickly as it came it was gone again. Now all she could make out was pitch black darkness. A faint voice was calling her. Slowly it got louder.

Zelda opened her eyes to see Link with a worried look. "Zelda, are you aright?"

"What happened?", she asked. Slowly she pulled herself up from Link's grasp. They were still in the concert, Lulu seemed to half way through a song.

"You fainted.", he said still worried.

"oh…", she said softly. Her mind flooded of thoughts as to what she just saw.

He saw that she was in deep thought. "Did you see something?", he asked.

"Yeah… I saw a flashback of something.", she said. But then added "It must have been a dream or something because it never happened." She dismissed it.

"Well what was it? It could be a prophecy or something. Saria told me tales of you being able to see the future when I was a kid."

"So I guess everybody knew about the crazed little girl that could predict occurrences." She lowered her eyes to the ground. When she was little, she had dreams about people who died and events that hadn't happened yet. Everyone was afraid if they got near her, they might find out their fate. That was one of the reasons she had no friends. Her ability became the subject of drunks in taverns and rumors of women that gossiped a lot. When she was eleven, her prophetic dreams eventually dropped down to nothing and she was once a normal princess again.

"No she didn't tell it like that… She made it out as a gift from the goddess's .", he said, then suddenly changed the subject. "It's sort of loud in here. You wanna walk out for a minute." Zelda and Link got up and entered the more quiet hallway.

"Are you serious. She didn't find it weird?", she asked almost embarrassed that Link knew of this.

"No, she said it was perfectly normal for one who possessed magic powers."

'Oh goddess's. He knew about that too? How did Saria know all this stuff?', she thought.

"By the way. How did you get those powers anyway? The king certainly didn't have any."

"I was christened by the great fairy that lived off of the castle. She blessed me with them.", she explained.

"oh… okay well let's get back to the flashback thing. What did you see?" He sounded very interested in this, and not at al mad that there outing had been ruined by her fainting spell.

"Well…. It was in the woods…it was sunny and there was a pony. She looked just like Epona too. The same markings and all.", Zelda replied. "And that was all. Then everything went black."

Link was in thought for a second. His eyes lit up. "Maybe Epona is going to have a calf."

She laughed. "Maybe, but who would be the father?"

"She's always around, I hardly ever see her anyway. She could be out there having fun", Link grinned. It was possible. She was practically a wild horse and could do whatever she wished.

"Well, if she does, then congratulations to her.", said Zelda happily, though she masked what she really felt. Something told her that wasn't a prophecy. That it was something lived in the past. But what? She never remembered anything that happened outside the castle where she was in the woods.

She looked out to see that Lulu was done performing. The concert was over. "Link, I'm sorry."

"There's nothing to be sorry for. We have a whole day to have fun.", he said, taking her hand. "Com'n"

When they got back to shore, they had got on their horses and rode to a "secret place" as Link called it. It was pretty hidden though. They had to abandon the horses and go through a woodsy path to get to a clearing in the woods. It was a large, open meadow. Just like the Kokiri forest, it had fairies silently flying around. They lazily floated up and down to the rhythms of the forest. Tree's shadowed most of the meadow so the hot rays did not reach them. She was surpirsed at all the beautiful flowers that grew even in the lack of sun.

"This is also a secret passage back to the lost woods. When I was homesick, I'd go here. It would remind me of Kokiri and Saria.", he said.

Zelda laid back onto the grassy ground. It almost made her disappear since the grass stood high. "I can see why. It's such a beautiful place, Link." Link had also been hidden in the depths of the grass.

"yeah..", he sighed. For a few minutes they were silent, relaxing in the soft beds that the grass had made.

She felt like this was a fairytale. Nothing could go wrong anymore. As long as Link was with her, he'd be there to protect her in times of need. Link broke her away from her thoughts.

"Will you sing for me Zelda?", he asked. Zelda was a bit taken aback by the question/

"What?", she asked dumbly.

"Your voice is like none others. It should be heard.", he said, breaking through the grass barrier that separated them. She wished he hadn't because she had started to blush.

"You were awake when I was singing to you this morning?!", she asked embarrassed.

"Partly.", he said with a one sided smile. "Now will you please sing for me."

Zelda's cheeks grew as red as a tomato. "Oh, goddesses, I'm so embarrassed.", she admitted.

Link reached out a hand, and lifted her head. "There is no reason to be when you sing like the angel that you are."

She smiled wide, let her fears aside, and started to sing to him...

In a dark room, two talked amongst themselves.

"Navi, my patients is thinning.", said a low, angry voice.

"Soon will be the time. No need to rush.", she snapped.

"I'm afraid that I cannot wait much longer!"

"Oh shush! If you want it to go as planned , then you must keep off your high horses!"

"How long do you decide the right moment?"

"In a few days. We will know that time when it comes. For now, we must keep it on the low."

"What are you going to do with 'Mr. Green socks' there?"

"Don't make fun of him! And you know the deal. We must be hush about it though. These walls are thin."

"Than I shall say goodnight. Tomorrow we will discuss these matters."

"Fine then. Goodnight."….

Okay that took an unexpected turn. I didn't even know that twist was coming. What is Zelda remembering? Where did the flashback come from? Hehe.. Evil me aint goanna tell ya. Newaz hope you like! Review! J