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Chapter Six: Complications, Secrets and that Red Rose

"Link…" Malon whispered as she looked him in the eyes after they slowly parted from each other. She didn't have a very happy look on her face, yet it was not of anger either. All she could do was stare at him… he had just kissed her. This had to be a dream. It couldn't be real. But it was indeed real, wasn't it? Then why had he done it? It was certainly unexpected. For the time being, though, she just continued to gaze into his eyes, admiring his blue orbs.

Link appeared to be at a lost of words himself. He didn't know what to say. All he could do was stare at her. Gazing at her so long he noticed… how beautiful she was… ah yes she was so beautiful. More beautiful than… than beauty itself. Her eyes, that angel face, her smile. Oh, no what was he thinking. This was the exact way he had fallen in love with Zelda. He couldn't and wouldn't have another relationship right now. It would only end up the same as his first had.

Soon, confused, he slowly began to back away from her, trying to avoid the confused gaze she gave him.

"Link where are you…" She began but didn't have to continue as she saw him quickly whip out his ocarina and play a soft song on it. Glancing up at her once more before he left, he could see a single tear roll down her face, and suddenly, popping back into reality, he knew this was a choice he would soon regret. But before he could say or do anything to stop the process he was gone, leaving a confused, lost Malon behind.

A few minutes later as the feeling sank in; Malon fell to her knees and wept. Her best friend had just left her alone. Abandoned her. Heartbroken.

--

Link searched around himself, wondering where he was. He could move but… whenever he did, some kind of blackness seemed to suck him up and return him to the place he was at first. There was no one else around here he noticed… or was there?

"Hello? Is anyone here?" There was no answer to his question. Only silence followed. He kept on looking around in this black place, for something, anything. Suddenly there was a sound. Weeping was it? He was able to make his way to the sound this time when he heard it. Slowly as he turned a corner, or that's what it seemed to be, he saw her. Fiery red hair, angel-like skin… it was Malon.

"Malon… what's wrong?" here was no answer to his question. She only kept at it with her head in her legs and her arms wrapped around them.

"You should leave now. She doesn't want you here." Link looked around, anxious to see who had just spoken to him. He spotted her. She looked exactly like Malon, only much more ghost-like and with an unreadable expression on her face.

"Who are you?" Link asked visibly shocked to see another Malon.

"I am Malon… her inner thoughts that is. You can not talk to her now. She wishes not to see you."

"But… why?"

He was shot a cruel look from her. "What do you think you asshole? You've practically broken her inside. You've torn her up into little shreds. She's heart broken because of what you did to her. Just leave now before you make her even more upset."

Link looked dumbfounded. "But I didn't mean to! I was confused. I had no clue what I was to do. It can't be all my fault."

"It is though. She thought you loved her, cared for her. But then she finally popped back into reality and she now knows that it was nothing more than a silly little dream of hers. Just like all of her others…" she glanced down at the weeping Malon than looked back up to face Link, a hint of hostility coating her voice. "She knows she will never be loved by you."

Link clenched his fist and teeth. How could anyone be so cruel to say all that about Malon? His Malon. How dare they call her some kind of dreaming fool? Why would anyone be so cold hearted, relentless enough to do that? "How dare you! How could you say something like that? It's not true. Bull shit! That's all it is! You liar!"

The Malon figure stayed calm and was quiet for a while. Finally she spoke again to him. "No Link it's true. She no longer wants you as her hero Link. She no longer loves you. She wants you to go away." At those words Link was shocked. She no longer loved him? Wanted him to go away? Was this true? It… it couldn't be. Slowly then the ghostly figure, Malon's thoughts began to disappear, leaving him only with the weeping Malon.

She slowly looked up from where she was crying and stared at him. Her eyes were clouded and blurry as if she had had the life sucked out of her. When she opened her mouth to speak her words were sad and melancholy, unlike her usual energetic, sweet ones. "Please Link; I don't want you here with me. Just go now… please." She lifted up her hand and put it in front of him. She slowly began to push him away with the force of her mind and he slowly faded out of her sight. Away from her forever, soon to be devoured by the living beast she had sent out to kill him.

--

Link awoke the next morning with a start. Beads of sweat dripped down his forehead. He looked around only to find he was still in his own bed, back in the Kokiri Forest, thankfully. He immediately thought of his dream. It pained him just to think about Malon crying like that, or even thinking about herself in that way, just because of something he had done. But… it was only a dream wasn't it? That couldn't possibly happen in real life could it? Did she really love him before any of this? There were just too many details he had to sort out. All in all he knew what he had done was wrong. What if she never forgave him? That was it. He needed some help on this and he knew exactly who to go to for it.

After getting dressed and eating he decided that it was about time to go now. He slowly got up and looked out his window, seeing two of the Kokiri children playing together. Despite himself he smiled. Those two actually reminded him of… oh no… Maku and Zuku. He had left them all alone in the forest. Who knew what kind up mischief they were up to. He sighed and climbed out of the little house. They would just have to make do without him for a few more hours.

Just then as he was about to leave another thought occurred. The Master Sword. Chronos had thrown it off into the field that night. Now what was he suppose to do? "Damnit." He quietly whispered under his breath. How stupid of him. Anyone could have found it by now. "Damnit, Damnit, Damnit." He scowled looked around once more and then began to head out of his home.

--

As daylight approached and she awoke Malon rubbed her eyes gently and looked around her room, a small sob managing to escape her mouth. She suddenly remembered everything as all of last nights events went through her mind again. After making her way back home she had practically cried herself to sleep, thinking about the one thing that seemed to linger in her mind and just wouldn't go away. Link. In those few moments she had been awake to think she had finally come to conclusion to why she was so miserable. The reason was… it was that she loved Link. When they had kissed… something had just clicked. It felt so perfect, unusual yet pleasant. She had always known she had loved him but somehow managed to shrug it off. But yesterday… it had happened. Her dream had come true. To be kissed by her,

"Hero…" she slowly mouthed. But something wasn't right. If she had felt that… click, then wouldn't he have? Her mother had always said that once you find the person you love you'll know it, that you'd experience an indescribable emotion when you kissed him. And that's just what had happened to her. She had felt an indescribable emotion, yet something was wrong. The second part her mother had said was that he, most likely, would feel it too. And that was just the thing that confused her. If she had felt it he would have too, right? But if he had than why had he… she lye back down. This was too much to think about right now. Slowly she went into another sleep, knowing that somehow she would figure this out.

--

"Oh no..." Maku said looking up from the food he was eating and being still as ever. Zuku glanced up at him and turned to see what his brother was looking at, suddenly seeing why Maku had said what he did. Before them was a man dressed in a yellow tunic, that was revealed by a dark cloak, the hood over his head. He had a long sword for a weapon. Zuku bravely stood up before the man and asked, "What is it you want?" The man laughed.

"So I see you don't remember me. Young Maku, Zuku." The boys both gave him an odd stare and then, realizing who he was, looked at him in horror.

"Zero…" They both whispered. He laughed again and then pulled back his hood.

"I guess you're not as naive as you appear to be."

"Wha-what do you want here?" Zuku asked once again.

"Hm," Zero looked around and frowned. "Where is he?"

"Who?"

He shot them a cruel stare, "Don't be so stupid! The one whom you call Link." They both looked at each other and shrugged.

"Dunno."

"Don't know you say?"

"Yeah he left yesterday with Malon when they went to the market on a da--" Maku stopped as a hand was placed in front of his face to silence him by his brother.

"Like we said Zero, we don't know where he is. Maybe if you go drown yourself in a lake, though, we'll let you know where he really lives." Zuku finished with a slight smirk crossing his face.

Zero laughed sourly. "Witty are we? You're lucky I'm not in such a bad mood today. You do realize I could destroy you and this whole forest right now if I wanted to don't you?" Both boys gulped and nodded.

"Good." Smirking he created a large ball of energy and gave them ominous glares. "I'll be back tomorrow. By then you better know where he is or else. By the way, thanks for letting me know that Malon and Link are now together." Throwing the ball far off into the field and waiting for it to explode, he quickly disappeared from them, leaving the two alone to think about what they would now do.

"Zero's back Maku… you know what that means." Maku nodded but looked at Zuku sadly.

"But what if… I don't want to fail like we did last time." Zuku sighed.

"We won't, I promise. But first we need to find… Malon."

--

Link was quite pissed right now. Confused and very, very pissed. He had decided that he would go see Zelda for some of his troubles with Malon, deciding that maybe she could help him. After all when they had dated she had said that she was an expert on the whole "love" subject, and he had believed her. He just really hoped she would be willing to help him with this. He really wasn't able to tell if she had liked Malon last night and Zelda did want to get back together with him, which could cause something bad to happen. Maybe it would be better if he didn't tell Zelda who the person he was having troubles with was. Well this was the only choice he had to take, so he might as well take it.

There was, however, something else that bothered him. How the hell was he supposed to get back the master sword? And where was it right now? What about Malon? If that guy had been telling the truth about coming back to get her, than… Link stopped dead in his tracks. Chronos had seemed dead set on taking her. Where had he been planning to take Malon anyway? What could he have wanted with her? And what if…

"This is all my fault. If I hadn't left her like that last night…" He was quickly interrupted when he heard a sudden flapping above his head and the annoying sound of a bird calling his name. Kaepora Gaebora. Link sighed and looked up, wondering what the dumb bird wanted with him now.

"Hoo, hoo Link! Up here hoo, hoo, hoo!

"I see you Kaepora, now what do you want?" Link sighed as Kaepora began to rave on about well… nothing in particular.

"Oh Link isn't it a nice day today? Why, I was just flying around today when I noticed how quite nice it was. So I decided I'd fly around and tell everybody how nice a day it was today. I remember I was flying over the castle when I spotted a guard; oh he looked very nice today. Have I ever told you how nice some of those guards look? They must look like that because they protect the princess. Oh I hear she's quite a looker she is. Yes, yes she is. Have you ever seen her wearing that pink dress of hers? Oh yes it certainly is my favorite dress to see her in. But I don't know, perhaps I like her blue one more, or the green, wait no! The one I like the best is the one with the purple frilly collar, only I hardly ever see her wear that one… hmm… I wonder why she wouldn't want to wear such a beautiful silk dress. Have you ever wondered where we got our silk from? Well I don't know exactly but I think silk would look quite nice on you Link. I've heard that silk does well for your skin, haven't you heard that? Oh it is such a shame that we birds cannot where silk, and you know another thing is—"

"KAEPORA GAEBORA WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST TELL ME WHY YOU'RE HERE!!!" Link shouted, getting even more pissed then before.

For a long time Kaepora Gaebora just stared at Link, an awkward silence beginning to pass through the two of them. He looked around and then at Link with a serious expression on his face. Suddenly he cocked his head to the side, "Actually I've seemed to have forgotten…"

Link fell over.

"What do you mean you forgot!? I've had to stand here and listen to YOU, yes YOU Kaepora mumble on about nothing and when you finally finish you say you forgot why you came here in the first place! Look, I'd really like to stay and chat but I've really got to go find my Master Sword."

"Oh yes, hoo, hooo, hooo, Link! That's it, hoo, hoo!"

Link groaned. "What's it?"

"I came to deliver this to you." With that he took out something wrapped in a cloth with his beak and dropped it down to Link. As Link caught it and unwrapped, it he was surprised to see his sword lying there without any scratch. It was in mint condition.

"Yes, I found that today lying in the field. I took it to be repaired and now I have completed the task of handing it over to you."

"Err… thanks I guess." Link muttered, looking over the sword again and again.

Kaepora looked rather pleased with himself and began to once again babble on. "Oh, I am so glad that you said thank you. What a polite fellow you are. You know I do know some people that aren't as polite as you. Like this one man, oh I do not remember his name, but I do not believe you would know him. He lives off in the south. Far south of here. Have you ever visited the south? It is quite nice down there. Anyway I was trying to talk to the person, but he told me to buzz off because I was annoying him. Do you think I am annoying by any chance, Link? ... Link?"

Link was gone.

--

Malon lazily sat up in bed and brushed the hair away from her eyes. For a while it took her some time to regain her vision but as she did she sighed and climbed out of bed, getting ready for the day. Chores. How she hated getting up to do them constantly at the same time everyday. She had never complained about them but… she especially didn't want to do them on a day like this.

As usual once she walked down the stairs she was greeted with a snort from Ingo, surprising him as she ate her breakfast quietly and made no witty remark to him about his rudeness. Getting up she slowly began to wash the dishes and heard Ingo snort once again as he left, leaving her to think more on… Link. 'I sure wish I knew if he's thinking about me right now…' She thought, the fact that the water ,was scorching hot on her fingers not bothering her in the least. 'Ugh! Why do I even care? I'm so over him now anyway… I think…' She scowled a little as the water's heat began to burn her hands and she snatched them away, drying them and leaving the dishes to soak.

When she stepped outside she saw her father loading things on his old horse, getting ready to head to the market. Right away he spotted her.

"Oh, hi sugar puff! I was just on my way to the market but I was wondering… you think maybe you could run a few errands for me there and, uh, I could finish your chores here?" He gave her a hopeful smile, knowing how stubborn she could be at times.

"Sure… why not." She said hesitantly. In an instant Talon was gone, glad that he could get someone else to do work for him while he relaxed around the house, as usual…

"Lazy old man." Malon mumbled and despite herself she laughed. Hm, well then, it looked like she was indeed recovering from yesterday. Why would she be laughing if she was still upset? She smiled and chuckled to herself on her way out. Bah, who needed men anyway?

--

Link stared at the two large gates before him. The castle. Sure had been a while since he'd come here. He cocked his head to the side and then shrugged his shoulders. As he walked over to the gate the guard wasted no time to let him in.

"Sure is good to see you back here, Link. The princess has been missing you." Obviously he hadn't been informed about their breakup. The other guards treated him like an outsider.

"Yeah, thanks Nick." He mumbled and walked on towards the castle. He was awfully curious to see what Zelda would say once he asked her for help. He knew she might be mad but he hoped not mad enough to send him away.

As he arrived at the courtyard he spotted Zelda staring at her reflection in the water. He quietly stepped in behind her.

"…Zelda…" She immediately spun around at the sound of his voice and smiled at him.

"Link." There was a mild silence until Zelda broke it. With a worried expression on her face she asked.

"Is Malon all right now? She seemed very upset when she left yesterday."

Link glanced down at his boots, seeming to take a sudden interest in them. "Yeah… she's all right I suppose." He looked back up at Zelda, immediately changing the subject. "However, the reason I came to you was for some advice."

"Ok. What do you need?"

"I've been having a few problems lately… girl problems…" The smile that seemed to be creeping onto Zelda's face immediately vanished.

For a moment, when she was silent, Link began to think that maybe she was getting ready to go on some kind of rampage to try and kill him, but he decided that that definitely would not happen. Surely she wasn't that mad at him. She sighed at sat back down beginning to twist a small daisy around her fingers. "I can help you. You'll have to give me a bit of info though." She said dully, still playing with the flower.

He sat down beside her. "Well…" he said thoughtfully. "She's really mad at me. I know that for sure. What I did… I kissed her and then afterwards I just walked away. It was strange, I was just so confused."

Zelda ran her hands through her hair as she thought about this. "Well if I know any ordinary girl she's probably as confused as you are, probably a little hurt too. For a while you might want to give her some space to let her calm down but anyway you put it you're going to have to apologize to her."

"But how do I? She's probably not going to just forgive me right away."

Zelda stood back up and looked at him. "Well that's up to you. It depends on how you want to do it."

He stood up also. "All right. Thanks for your help Zelda. You always were such a big help to me. I appreciate it." With that he gave her a quick hug and left before she had a chance to say another word.

Zelda just stood there for a moment and thought about how lucky the girl was. "I bet it was Malon he was talking about. He makes it so obvious. She sure is lucky to have him… I just hope everything works out for them. All I want is for Link to be happy." And without another thought she sat back down, staring into her reflection, a single tear drop running down her face.

--

"Zuku… here's a question for you, where exactly does Malon live? She may have told us but… I don't remember where…"

"Hm…" Zuku looked around anxiously. He wanted to answer his brother's question but he didn't exactly remember himself. "Uh, we'll find her soon enough. Just follow me for now." Maku sighed but nodded obediently by his brother's orders and quickly caught up to him to talk a little bit.

"So… um, Zuku… how are we going to tell all this to Malon. She'll probably freak out and we can't possibly tell her about what happened to her mother. Although her father might be some help to comfort her."

For a small amount of time Zuku was silent. He examined the place they were at carefully and turned down a path with Maku at his heels. "As far as I see it we just tell her everything as it is. There's not other way to do it anyway. It's either we tell her all the facts or we leave out some and she ends up having to learn them the hard and dangerous way… like her mother, who was sadly a sacrifice. We can't let Malon have that same fate, although I'm pretty sure she won't…"

Maku's eyes widened at this. "Wow… do you mean she could possibly be… the one? That is so awesome!" Zuku looked at his brother and sighed.

"Yeah, think about it Maku. There's something really different about this girl. The moment we brought her to the clearing, as I stared at her I immediately felt that something about her was very peculiar. Anyway we've got to be extra careful if she is the one. Zero and Chronos… those monsters… knowing them they'll probably sneak up on her when least expected and either take her away if they find out before us that she is the one, or just kill her and use her as a sacrifice. We have to find her as soon as possible. If she is the one that could cause problems beyond belief. Do you know what Zero and Chronos would do with all of their clan resurrected? Or a whole army of resurrected monsters? If that is what they intend to do with her power than… first they'd probably try to slay everyone and then they'd… Urg! I can't even talk about. We just have to find Malon as quickly as we can. There's no other way." Maku nodded in agreement. Now, no doubts about Malon being the one crossed his mind. He trusted his brother and believed in his judgment. They only had to hurry now.

--

"Those worthless little mice, Maku and Zuku. Pah, I'll bet their going to look for that pathetic mortal Malon to tell her everything. I should have killed them when I had the chance."

Chronos looked at his brother, who appeared by his side, with an emotionless face that was highly unreadable. "It would seem now, that this Malon is alone. I could go retrieve her for you if that is what you wish." Zero shot his brother a most threatening glance that could kill.

"Funny now, that you would say that after I already assigned you that task twice and both times you have failed me." Chronos turned around and gazed out at the lake that surrounded the island the two brothers stood upon right now, his expression still unreadable. Zero sent his bother's back a glare, almost wanting to destroy him completely.

"Did you at least complete the task of giving her the pill?"

Chronos was silent, and then he responded shortly. Yes."

"Good then. At least I can start from somewhere." He smiled then laughed bitterly, causing his brother to turn and stare at him.

"You know Chronos. The sooner we get this all done, the sooner we're able to carry out our wishes. As a matter a fact, why don't I go and find our little Malon now. The sooner the better." With that all said he quickly disappeared from Chronos's sight.

"Hopeless fool." Chronos whispered then he proceeded to look out across the lake.

--

"Hey Maku come here!" Maku quickly ran over to his brother as his name was called.

"What is it Zuku?"

"I think we've found who we're looking for!" Maku glanced up to see what Zuku was talking about. There off a little into the distance was a young red haired girl on a horse. She slowly got off of it to let it get a drink from stream and then stared off into the open field.

"I'm pretty sure that's Malon. Odd though, that she'd be by herself."

"Why's that odd?" Maku questioned, obviously dumbfounded.

"It's nothing. Come on, let's go meet her!"

--

The moment Malon saw two little figures running towards her she didn't even know what to expect. So many strange things had been happening to her lately, she wouldn't be surprised if it was some kind of alien coming to abduct her for an experiment. But as both of them came into view she was more than a little relieved to see that it was just Maku and Zuku. She had actually missed seeing Maku's blonde head of curls and Zuku's straight black one.

"You guys', what's wrong?" she said immediately as she saw the worried expressions on their faces. They both panted a little to catch their breath and almost instantly Zuku asked her, "Where is Link? Shouldn't he be here with you? Why are you here all alone? Did Chronos try to attack you yesterday?"

"Wait, wait, slow down. What are you guys trying to say?"

"Malon, there's something we have to tell you. It's important so listen up." Zuku stated seriously.

"What? I don't understand. What are you guys getting at? How'd you know about Chronos?"

"So he did attack her…" Maku trailed.

"Malon… do you… is Link anywhere around here?" Malon flushed red in anger at the sound of his name, and immediately they knew the answer.

"Did something happen between you two? Maku asked curiously.

"Does the whole world need to know?"

"Malon… do you live around here? Zuku asked. She nodded and pointed.

"Over at that ranch. As a matter of fact, I was just on my way back there. Why don't you two come with me and we can discuss things there."

"Good idea. Come now Maku. Malon has to know about this as soon as possible."

--

"So are you two going to tell me or are you going to stand there and stare all day?" Malon said as she seated herself in a chair in the living room. The boys looked at each other nervously.

Zuku hesitantly spoke up. "I'll just start right at the point. First of all we know of all these strange things that have been happening to you. We know about your dream, your first encounter with Zero and Chronos, your vision, everything."

"But… how? And who is… Zero?"

"You remember Chronos right? Well he has a brother. Both are ruthless, cold hearted killers. It's hard to decide who's crueler." Maku answered.

Malon's eyes grew wide and confusion clouded them, but still she said nothing.

Maku and Zuku glanced at each other nervously again, as if there was something on their minds that they just couldn't decide how to tell her. Anyway," Zuku began again, "We know all this because... well I'll get to that later," Malon nodded. "Here's a little background information on these two. Chronos and Zero come from a tribe full of deadly assassins and such. They're all non-human. About over 400 years ago, the tribe was wiped out and those two were the only survivors. They both grew up to be strong warriors as they are now and assassinated anything in their path just for fun. They were …the ones that destroyed our clan."

A look of sadness crossed Malon's face but she still stayed as stubborn as ever. "What are you talking about? You're saying that 400 years ago there were clans? I don't believe it. Besides what could any of this have to do with me?"

They both sighed. "Yes there were clans around here a long time ago. Most people around here are from them but they don't know it. Shortly after Chronos and Zero grew up all clans split up and people went their separate ways. Also you should believe us because well, could you think of any other explanation to all the weird things that have been happening to you lately?" Maku said.

Malon was silent and clutching a pillow to her chest she looked out the window at the many stars that highlighted it already. She shook her head.

"Well anyway," Zuku began again, "It turns out that you are a descendant of an ancient clan such as theirs and the problem is that your clan was the one that destroyed theirs. So for years they have been trying to seek out the few of your remaining people for revenge, until just about 200 years ago hey found out about one secret that would change things forever. You see, your people have a special power. A power so great that one could, if they wished, destroy the entire human race. This power is the power of resurrection. It is said that one person out of many in your tribe has a mysterious power to perform this and resurrect any amount of people they wish. To many people this could seem like an amazing thing, however it is also dangerous. If someone or something is to be resurrected a certain ritual is to be performed. The ritual itself is life threatening, although we don't exactly know all the details. Luckily they haven't yet found the person but they're still trying to find him or her. Now though, you're their next target and are in more danger than ever." Zuku paused and let Maku do some of the talking.

"Who knows what they'd do with that power. We're almost certain it's to resurrect all of their bloodthirsty tribe and go on a killing spree. That's not all though. One more thing is that the rest of your people that they have found that weren't the one have been used as sacrifices, in order to extend their own lives. They live off of other people and things at least that's what Zuku and I believe. There is a lot more to tell you but… it's probably better if you didn't know. We can't be too sure but we think that you're… well I think you can guess where this is going…"

Malon clutched the pillow closer to her chest. "So… you're suggesting that I may be…the one?"

Zuku nodded.

"Then," she glanced up at the two and then looked away. "Who are you two? How do you know all this… what are you?"

Zuku took a deep breath. "We are… your protectors. That is the one task placed upon us currently, to protect you. Both of us, as you probably guessed, are much older than we appear. We also know special protecting attacks and such. They're not that strong but… we can make do with them. In case you're wondering how we didn't know and why we didn't tell you about this in the first place is because we hadn't really suspected you to be "the one" when we met. We thought you were a normal teenage girl that may have gotten lost in the forest and passed out somehow. It wasn't until last night that we had a dream and saw it all. We finally found out who you really were." Malon ran her hands through her hair and gave an apprehensive sigh.

"This is so much to take in. Are you sure all of this is true? It's just so strange knowing that I really am or may be something this great. I-I don't know what to think." She clutched the pillow tighter and finally the tears that had welled up in her eyes began to fall. Maku and Zuku looked at each other, feeling bad for having to place such a huge burden on her shoulders. They watched as she slowly got up from the couch and left to her room, without saying another word to them.

--

Link sighed as he sat down at the bar he had gone to and began to think. Hard. He had to face Malon to apologize, yet he had no clue how to confront her. 'I wonder if she's real broken up about the whole situation.' He thought, absentmindedly toying around with a loose strand of hair. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a nice looking girl suddenly walk in to meet her boyfriend who, in return, gave her some flowers. The couple kissed and walked out. Maybe I should give her a special gift or something… but then again I don't think any present could make up for what I did to her.' Sighing Link stood up and walked out of the bar.

Unexpectedly as he walked out a young girl with red hair and blue eyes scampered up to him and gave him a wide smile, handing him a red rose. He extended his hand and took it, thanking her and then turning to leave. Then, suddenly, he stopped in his tracks. 'A red rose… Malon's favorite kind of flower…'

"Excuse me sir."

Link turned around and saw the little girl looking up at him. "You look sad mister. Is something wrong?"

He smiled. "Yeah, I guess you could say that," He stooped down to her level, "You see, my friend and I are having some problems and I was just going to apologize to her."

"That's nice. If me and my friend were in a fight I'd say sorry too. You should give her that flower. I think all people like flowers. They make me happy and I'm sure it will make her happy too."

Link chuckled lightly. "That's really nice of you. I think I might do that. What's your name anyway?"

She giggled. "My name is Marin sir. I hope you and your friend make up. Anyway I have to go before my sister gets mad at me. Nice meeting you!" And with that she left, red hair blowing in the wind. Her sweet gaze never once leaving Link's mind.

Link smiled and began, once again, to head out of the market, clutching the flower tightly in his hand. As if never to let it go.

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Well? Whad'ya think? I thought that was decent enough. The next chapter will be posted… whenever I feel like typing it. This chapter to tell you the truth was actually going to be longer but I decided to cut it short because this was all my fingers would allow me to type XP So I guess that kinda sucks for you. Remember to ask me questions and stuff if any of that confused you. Well, I'm at a small writers block right at the moment, but I assure you I'll get over it. In the mean time REVIEW!!

… Hmm… I wonder where all my muses got to… oh well…

Till Next!

Chelsea