Josco: Hey all my readers! Here's the next chapter! Its night when this chapter starts…I'm not too sure why… but… In this chapter we get to find out whom the mystery note writer/medallion carver is! YAHOO! JOY! GLEE! RAPTURE! Raptor? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! There's a raptor in here! –runs off screaming-

Raptor-smirks then chases-

Disclaimer: Josco doesn't own Zelda or the characters in it. But she does own this story line and Karka… -nods- oh! She doesn't own that raptor either… Here's chapter two!

A friend: Chapter Two: Lullabies and Identities

Link collapsed to the stone platform when they re-appeared. Saria knelt beside her life-long friend's shaking figure. Tenderly, she patted his back. He looked up at her, his eyes full of tears and tears running down his face.

"Why didn't she talk to me?" he asked her in a pained voice. Then he broke into heart-wrenching sobs again. Night began to set in.

"Shh…Shush now Link…" she said soothingly. "Everything'll be ok…" He shook his head and muttered a 'no it won't'. "Shh…Link…" He leaned his body back against hers and calmed down a bit. She began to rock to an unheard beat and stroke his hair as she sang a sweet lullaby:

Hush now,

Sleep now.

Leave your worries for tomorrow.

Abandon you tears and sorrows.

Hush now,

Sleep now.

Dream of happy times:

Birds, bees, and wind chimes.

Hush now,

Sleep now.

What you desire the very most,

Is often really very close.

Hush now,

Sleep now.

Do not speak a word.

Even if they're heard…

As she held out the last note, Link's breathing calmed and he fell into a deep sleep. Saria knew there was no chance she could move his body, so she ran off to his tree house.

As she climbed the ladder all she thought of was getting his blanket and pillow, but when she tripped over a small box on his porch, her thoughts changed quickly.

Her heart seemed to flutter as she took out the note link had written. There was no way she could've read it in the dark, so she stowed it in her boot. She got his pill and wrapped his blanket around her shoulders for warmth, having left Link's cloak on him, and ran off into the dark.

Mido stepped out from behind the house. He saw her run off and sighed. He knew she was doing something for Link. Mido began to think to himself:

She always is. She wants him to be as happy as possible. She thinks he is the best thing there is. Why can't she see it though? He is going to grow up eventually. He loves Zelda. And will probably leave here now and go train with the Gerudos like he wanted to. Why can't Saria see that I, Mido, am a Kokori child like herself and will never grow up, or leave? Link will eventually die, but I won't…at least, not as long as I don't leave the forest… Why doesn't she see me? She can't she see that I love her?

When Saria reached Link again, he was awake and sitting against the tree. She was about to ask why he was awake when she noticed the cuts and bruises on his face and arms.

"What happened? A-A-are you okay?" She rushed over to him and knelt down. He simply stared off into the distance. "Link?" No response. " Link, what did this to you?"

"I did…" he responded quietly.

"What? What…what do you mean you did this?" She began checking his cuts to see if any were too deep.

"There is no use of my living now. Zelda was all I lived for. Why should I go on?" He looked into Saria's green eyes. She sat there, transfixed by his gaze for a time before she spoke.

"I'll tell you what there is to live for. Something new. Something new always comes along. You told me that yourself when I was crying a day or two ago. Something new always comes along. Zelda and your love for her will pass."

"Where to? Who will I turn to now that the only person I trusted is gone?" He glared angrily up at the night sky. The sight of the perfect, cloud-less night soon softened his expression. Saria looked in the same direction and spoke softly.

"You don't trust me?" A tear escaped her eye. Link looked down and saw it. He gently wiped it away.

"That isn't what I meant. I trust you." He looked back to the stars. "I've always trusted you. There isn't anything I haven't told you." He paused. "Well, yes there is…" He pulled the green medallion out from under his tunic. " I woke early this morning and was going through the gifts to count them when I found one addressed to myself. I opened it and found a little box with a note and this inside. The note was from someone who has liked me for a long time and…" he voice trailed off s he made the connection. He had only told two people of his feelings for Zelda: Mido and Saria. Mido told Link of his love for Saria. The person who wrote the note knew how he felt.

"It was you who gave me this…and wrote me that note wasn't it?" Saria looked up into his eyes and nodded. She took the unread note out of her boot and showed it to him, not daring or willing herself to say anything at all.

Dark Link sat in his cavern, brooding. He needed to think of some way to get his light twin to combat him.

He flinched as his prisoner let out another wail.

"LINK!"

"Look princess!" He yelled at her, gesturing around his lair. "Look around you! Do you see your little pretty-boy? You were there and heard him yourself, he's not gonna come rescue you!" She glared at him in that semi-threatening way only princesses can.

"Then why are you keeping me here?"

"Maybe someone from your family will offer a reward for whoever gets you home safely. Then I'll take you back and get myself some cash so I can stop stealing food."

"So now the kidnapper is worrying about being moral?"

"No. Its degrading. I don't give a rat's ass about moral…come to think of it, I wouldn't give a rat's ass to anyone. They make for a good stew." Zelda gagged. "Dearie, that's what we're having for dinner tonight, so don't whine."

"I'll whine if I so choose to." She crossed her arms and pouted.

Link blinked. "You wrote me the note didn't you?" He looked into her eyes. She hurriedly stood up.

"I think I'd better get home and get some sleep." She turned and walked away quietly, tears streaming down her face.

"NO! Don't go!" He ran to catch up with her and grabbed her arm. "Please, don't go. I want you to stay. Please…stay here with me." She latched onto him and began sobbing.

Gently, he lifted her up into his arms and carried her over to the wall. He put his pillow behind his back and sat on the ground, placing her gently beside him. She curled up and used his stomach for a pillow. He tucked his thick blanket around her, kissed the top of her head, laid his cloak across his legs and went to sleep.

Josco: Aren't they cute? EE! AAAAAAAAAAHHHH! RAPTOR! –runs off-

Raptor: Hee hee hee! R and R please! –chases writer-

Disclaimer: Wow… O.O there's something wrong with her…