AUTHOR'S NOTE

If you are reading this, and you would like to read another fic of mine w/o romance, please check out my profile at It is about Link's Awakening (also called Link's Adventure), but the chapters are sort of short. I will create another romance (a poem by Zelda to Link, after ALttP), after this. I will soon have my schedule of works up on my profile page, so, to see more, please see my bio. Also, in case you haven't yet figured it out, this is quite a few years after Wind Waker. But, unlike many other fics, this fic isn't supposed to take part in the timeline, except that it's after WW. I know that both Tetra and Link set off to found a new Hyrule, but I'm ignoring that fact in this fic. This is only a romance, and by now you should have some ideas of whom with. And, to Emeralddestiny, I hope that you enjoy this chapter as much as the previous one.

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Atchika: who was the first one to review my 'Link's Awakening' fic

Emeralddesitiny: who was the first one to review this fic, and, not only that, advise me to continue with this. PLUS, she added me to her (I guess she's a her, 'cuz of the name…) fave author's list.

CHAPTER 2 'WINDFALL ISLAND

After a while, the excitement on the ship calmed down. Lola was still sitting atop the watchtower, gazing out at what Tetra confirmed to be the lighthouse at Windfall. Night was crawling over the sea, and eventually the entire ship was covered in the night sky. Clouds were disappearing from view, as Lola sighed and climbed down the tower. She entered her cabin to find Tetra already sleeping. Lola fell into bed, and, as she silently drifted off to sleep, started to dream about her dream Windfall Island.

She was walking up a pathway of sparkling stairs, and at the top was a very handsome man in green. As Lola reached the top step, the man started to walk down the steps. Lola wondered why, and she followed him. Once she got to the bottom, the man was walking to a wonderfully built lighthouse. Lola continued to follow the man, and, as the man started to climb a ladder that reached the sky, Lola started to doubt whether or not she should continue on. She decided to climb, and within minutes she was at the top of the lighthouse. Just as she reached the highest point, the man walked off of the platform. Lola shaded her eyes because she didn't to see him fall to his doom, but, after a while, she looked up. She looked up in time to see the man walking in the air in a straight path, slowly going away from her. Because of the compass on the roof of a peak on the lighthouse, she noticed that the amazing man of her dream was heading south, apparently towards her home, Outset. Eventually the man faded away, and Lola awoke.

The sun was rising, the seagulls flying overhead, and Tetra was already putting on her best outfit. "What's that for, Tetra?" Lola asked. "I already told you, Lola" Tetra answered, "I have business to do in Windfall." Lola wondered why Tetra would where her best dress on the island when she was a pirate.

Tetra told the men to stay behind on the ship and guard it, and she told them to be even more careful than usual because it was a dark night. The many stars provided some light, but overall the darkness overtook the stars' brightness. It was a peaceful world now, but a few years back, which Tetra fully remembered, the ocean was a vast area full of evil.

As Tetra and Lola walked up the hill, Lola couldn't help but wonder why they were here. Tetra went inside of a fancy looking door, but, before she entered, she said to Lola "Just wander around, watch the stars, whatever, but don't follow me in here. This place is an important place right now, because what I'm about to participate in only happens once per month."

"Ok," Lola replied. Lola remembered her dream, and she set off to find the lighthouse. It wasn't that hard to find; it was a huge stone tower with a twirling light at the top. Still, Lola had to find the ladder. Lola checked her purse; she only had 19 rupees with her. She didn't think that that could buy much in a rich place like here, so, while she was searching for the ladder, she checked the ground for any stray rupees. She spotted a pot to her right, at the top of a small flight of stairs. She picked the pot up, and turned it upside down to see if there were any rupees hidden in it. 'I hope I'm not stealing. Stealing is bad, but I don't think that anybody else checks these pots, so I guess that it's okay…' Lola whispered out loud. She did eventually find a ladder, but it only led to a switch. She stepped on the switch, an all of a sudden a magical force turned her to a semi-large building.

The building had a small sign on it near the top, reading: 'The Squid Hunter'. Lola guessed that it was a gaming place, it, upon further inspection, she discovered stairs leading from the roof of the building. The stairs led to a large Ferris wheel, so large that Lola was surprised that she didn't see it before. The Ferris wheel was spinning ever so slowly, and it took almost five minutes for one set of seats to turn from the bottom to the top. At the top was a docking area, for exiting the Ferris wheel, which led into a room at the peak of the lighthouse.

Lola climbed down the ladder, walked to the fancy door, and nicely waited for Tetra to come back. After a while Lola got bored and impatient, so she entered 'The Squid Hunter'. The clerk was sleeping, so Lola silently investigated the building. There were stairs leading upward, obviously to the wheel, and strange little pots around the edge of the room. There wasn't much more to see, so Lola walked up the stairs, and exited the through top door.

The sun was gradually becoming the horizon, and dawn was soon settling in. The sun's rising was pure amazement to Lola, who had never seen a sunrise before. She always slept in late, because she was up until after midnight almost every night.

FLASHBACK
A man was waltzing around a beautiful room, dancing with an even more beautiful woman. Lola was that woman, and the man was an unknown boyfriend. The pair danced around the glittering room, with a little boy with a flute quietly playing a few classic tunes. Lola and the man were almost finished dancing, as the music faded to a halt. Lola was staring at the handsome face in darkness, wanting the night to never end. The man lifted his hood, drew his head near hers, and they were just about to start their first kiss together-

"WAKE UP, LOLA! YOU'VE BEEN SLEEPING ALL DAY! IT'S ALMOST NIGHT NOW, AND YOU'RE STILL IN BED!" her mother yelled from the kitchen. Lola groggily got out of bed, and started to put on her daytime clothes. "DON'T BOTHER CHANGING YOUR CLOTHES, LOLA, BECAUSE YOU'LL BE CHANGING THEM BACK IN JUST AN HOUR OR TWO!" her mother yelled at Lola once more. So Lola changed back into her nightclothes, and looked out the window. Her mother was right; the sun was falling into the ocean. Lola couldn't believe that she wasted an entire day sleeping, nor could she believe that her mother woke her up right when she was about to find out who the man of her dreams, (literally) was.

Yester night Lola was taking a swim in the ocean, and the fish were with her. The fish were eccentric about having a Hylian swim in the waters with them, and they gave her some spare rupees once she got back on land. Lola spent the rupees by buying a few Hyoi pears for the seagulls. Lola loved the wildlife, in case you're having trouble understanding why she was doing these things.

Lola walked over to the dining table, and saw her mother and father already scoffing the food down. They weren't very polite when eating with themselves, and Lola was proud that she never obtained this particular gene of theirs. Lola sat down, picked up her plate, and took it outside. She made sure she held it steady as she traveled up the large hill to the west. Once at the top of the path, she made a U-turn and went even further up. She set her plate down on a large rock, and ate while she watched the seagulls soar through the air. She set a Hyoi pear on her head, and kept her head steady. A few minutes later, a seagull flew out from its group, snatched the pear from Lola's head, and soared back into the open sky, with a new sense of energy.

After finishing her meal, Lola crept into the forest. She had never before been there at night, and wanted to see how it would be. Once she entered the thick batch of trees, a sparkling light in the air came from the other side of the forest. Lola suspected it to be magic, and she left the forest in a hurry.

END FLASHBACK
Lola crept further up the stairs, and, eventually, she found the bottom deck of the wheel. She waited for a cart, and hopped in once one came. She peacefully took a short rest, and once at the top, jumped off. She walked around the small room, wondering why the magic turned her here. She was almost finished prowling the room when she tripped on a boy, maybe 4 or 5 years older than she was. The boy woke with a start, and glared in a disturbed sort of way, and Lola spent almost a minute staring at him blankly, lost for words. She finally gathered the courage to speak, and stammered "I-I'm s-sorry, Mister… I d-didn't know y-you w-were there. I'm s-so s-sorry…"

"It's fine," the boy answered. "Really, it doesn't matter. Oh and so we can actually talk a bit, let's introduce ourselves. I'm Link, and you are…?"

"Lola, from Outset Island, a long way south from here."

'Hmmm…' Link thought, 'Outset Island, huh? Strange, that's where I'm from…'

"Is the elder, Lyrial, ok, Lola? Please tell me she's in good condition."

"Have you ever been to Outset, Link? I suppose so, you knowing Lyrial… But, yes, she'd never been better. Well, except maybe in some of her younger days…" Lola replied.

'Man, Lola's nice, pretty, and, on top of that, we're from the same place.' Link continued to think to himself.

"Have been around the island yet, Lola? Please, let me show you around. One second…" Link fumbled around in his back pocket for a bit, then finally pulled out a small leaf. "What's that?" Lola asked. "A magical leaf." Link said. Lola never thought that a leaf could help, even if it is magical.

Suddenly, Link grabbed a hold of Lola, and whispered in her ear, "hold on tight…" Link held her with one arm, and jumped from the top of the lighthouse. Lola was screaming herself out inside her head, not wanting to die. But Lola didn't feel a hard thump anytime soon, so she opened her eyes. The leaf enlarged in the air, and they were safely gliding down to the ground. Lola enjoyed the rest of the trip, and they landed right when somebody was opening the door leading from the mansion.

And that somebody was Tetra, who was carrying basket loads (literally basket-loads; she was carrying a few baskets) of pirate goods: maps, rupees, and trading items like figurines. "Tetra…" Link said out loud. "Link." Tetra said in reply. "Ummmm… Have you two met before?" Lola asked to no specific person.

"Yes, actually, we have, Lola. Now, why don't you be a good little girl and go back on the ship?" Tetra said without even looking in Lola's direction. Tetra's eyes were fixed on Link, as his were on her. "It's been years, Tetra…" Link said.

"Yes, well, I'm a pirate, so what do you expect?"

"I can never expect anything from you, Tetra. No matter what you do it surprises me…"

"I'll see you later Link." Tetra said, abruptly ending the conversation. Link was left standing there, dumbfounded that, after all these years, he had finally seen the one he loved, only to be sent back away like a leaf in the wind.