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Disclamer: I don't own the Legend of Zelda, obviously.
June 1st, the 31st year of the reign of King Hyrule II
Dear Diary,
Well, the day started out pretty normally. I got up, got dressed, got my dad up (What else is new? He always sleeps in) and made breakfast. Ingo was in a better-than-normal mood, and even complemented me on the breakfast I made! After breakfast I started my chores.
I fed the cuccos (I like most of the cuccos, except for one. He hates me) and the cows, and let the horses out to pasture. My favorite horse's name is Epona. She's too small to ride, but I'm the only one that she'll let come near her. She won't even let dad come near her! Around the middle of the day, I had finished all my chores, and decided to go out and sing in the pasture. I know that it might sound weird, just singing out in front of everyone, but I really like it. I always sing the same song, one my mom taught me before she died. It just always makes me feel special, like she's still with me.
But now I'm getting all sappy, and so I'm going to get on to the reason I'm writing.
Guess who came by the ranch today? Link!
I was out singing, like I said before, and I saw him come up the hill to our ranch. I've got to say, I was excited to see him. I don't know many (well, okay, I don't know any) other kids my age. He didn't see me right away, and went into my house first, I guess to talk to my dad. When he came out, he had a bottle of Lon Lon Milk, so I guess my dad challenged him to one of his "special cucco" games.
Anyway, once he was out of the house, he came over to the pasture.
"Hi, Fairy Boy!" I said. He looked at me with that same, annoyed look, but I know deep down, he really likes the name.
"Hi, Malon. How are you doing?"
"Why do you have to be so serious all the time Link?" I laughed. "I'm doing fine. Oh, and I wanted to tell you...thanks for getting my dad to come back."
He looked slightly surprised. "It wasn't a problem." he said smiling.
"So did you get to see the princess?"
"Yeah..." I could tell his attention wasn't fully on our conversation. I looked in the direction he started walking. Towards Epona, I noticed. I couldn't help but laugh whenever he tried to pet her, because she would just run off. Finally he gave up.
"You don't have to laugh you know."
"But it's so amusing." I said in return.
"What were you singing earlier, anyway?"
"That was my mom's song. She taught it to me when I was little."
He looked at me with curiousity, and then pulled a small ocarina out of his pocket. "Will you teach it to me?" he asked.
"Sure, as long as you promise to come by again."
"Okay" he said with a smile.
"And," I added michevously, "As long as you'll never complain when I call you Fairy Boy."
He rolled his eyes and let out a sigh. "Fine...if you must." He let out a little chuckle.
"Alright, this is how it goes..." And so I sang. I was surprised. For it only being his first time hearing it, he picked it up fairly fast. After singing through a couple of times, we finally stopped.
"Thanks Malon." he said with a smile.
"Haha, no problem. Just don't forget, alright?"
"Don't worry, I won't forget." he promised.
What I saw next surprised me. Epona came up to me, like she usually does, but then she went up to Link and let him pet her! Don't get me wrong, it wasn't like I was jealous or anything, it was just completely unexpected, because Epona's never let anyone else pet her. Link seemed surprised too.
"I guess she likes you now, Fairy Boy."
"Yeah." he said, obviously pleased.
Then I got an idea. Though I wasn't quite sure if he'd say yes, I decided to ask anyway. "Umm, Fairy Boy, my birthday's next month..."
He looked up from Epona. "Really?"
I nodded. "Yeah! So I was wondering if you'd maybe like to come. My dad and Ingo, our ranch hand, we always have a birthday supper that evening, and then we light fireworks-"
"Fireworks? Why?" he said surprised.
"Haha, because I like them, that's why. And their best in the summer anyway. So you should come! You wouldn't have to get me anything, of course, I just would like you to come..."
He smiled. "Sure I'll come! When is it?"
I could just tell, my face was beaming. "July 7th. You promise you'll come?"
"Yeah." he said, assuringly.
"Great!" All of a sudden something shing crossed my eye. It was Link's fairy. She came over to him.
"Link, we need to go..." she said quietly. I could tell something was wrong.
Link nodded. "Sorry Malon, I've got to go."
I started to say "But-"
"Don't worry, I'll remember." He finished for me with a smile. Then he turned around to leave the ranch.
Curiosity got the best of me. "Hey, where are you going anyway?"
He turned around. "Death Mountain." he answered with a grin. I just stood there for a second. My mouth must have been on the ground. (Isn't that where, oh what are they called, Gorons live? That's so cool!)Then he waved bye, turned, and left the ranch.
Well, it was pretty fun day. I can't tell you how glad I am to finally have a friend my age, it's so exciting! I'll write back soon, whenever I something good happens again!
Malon Astira
Well, I hope you all liked it! I know it's going kind of slow, but bear with me. Please review and tell me your thoughts .
