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OK! Lets start out by saying (or begging) IM SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING! I can think of soo many excuse so ill just hand out the major ones:

1)Anime expo 2005

2) I wanted to finish my other story first but by the looks of it, its never going to end lol

oh yea…and to answer one review. Ok, im just gonna say this so everyone knows okie?

THIS STORY WAS SUPPOSE TO BE A JOKE TO MY FRIENDS, BUT IT GOT POPULAR SO I WENT ALONG WITH IT. SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY POOR EXCUSE FOR A JOKE THEN DON'T READ.

(oh yea, this reviewer asked me to find a beta reader. Erm….what's a beta reader? Can anyone help me out here?)

OK! now that's out of the way lets get started

On wit da fic!

Well, its been about a week since I've last since I last talked or seen Link. The night Nabooru said I could stay with her, I sneaked inside the house and grabbed my stuff, which were nothing more than my hat and pajamas.

I felt kind bad for leaving without telling Link or Navi, so I left a note saying that I was staying at Nabooru's place and not to worry.

So here I am, on a straw bed staring at the rock ceiling of my room. There wasn't much in these rooms, but I didn't mind, I've been through hell, literally, so this was still good.

"Still awake?" a voice asked in the doorway, I sat up and found Nabooru shaking her head at me. I didn't really blame her, I was a sad sight.

"Yea…" I sighed and leaned on the rock wall by the bed, Nabooru sat down next to me. Time to have a girl talk I believe.

"Is it bugging you that bad? I still don't understand why you're so upset"

"I don't know anymore, it's just when I saw him that night…I felt like I did something bad…ugh…I hate life…" I muttered and banged my head on the wall behind me.

"Well, I can understand our confusion. Ganon did a really good job concealing you from everything and because of that you're basically clueless"

I sighed, she was right. When I first came to the 'real' world I had no idea what I was doing, the only place I knew was Ganon's fortress and that one room in the Water temple. Other than that I knew nothing else, he didn't teach me anything else but how to fight. I really hate myself for not thinking this through, had I done so then I wouldn't be so stupid and have no idea what's going on.

I was never made to love anyone, Ganon is right, there's no way Link could ever love me. I grumbled a few curses I had heard from Ganon and used them against myself while banging my head on the wall again.

"Why me?" I muttered and gave myself one last hit to the head, but this last one was a little too hard.

"Ow!"

Nabooru laughed at me as I held my head in pain, it was at this point that I actually considered destroying my deal with the Goddesses.

"Don't kill yourself about it Shadow" she said and shook her head," You have a chance to make things better you know"

Better? How? I look at her with doubt and sighed.

"You forgot already didn't you? Tomorrow is Malon's wedding! Link is going to be there remember?"

Oh crap I forgot! Malon's wedding! I slapped my forehead.

"That's right!" I think I've hit my head enough times for one night, I can't even think straight.

"See? You have tomorrow to speak with him, then you can get out here" she grinned, I glared at her playfully.

"What's that suppose to mean?"

"What? Did you think I was going to let you stay here?" she laughed, I shook my head but laughed as well. Suddenly everything that was going wrong went right, I no longer felt the urge to kill myself or do anything I knew I was going to regret. I won't hurt my head anymore and I'll just say that the power of laughter cured me.

"Alright, now get some rest. Think about it tomorrow ok?" she said and jumped off my bed.

"Thanks Nabooru, I owe you one"

"Hey don't worry about ok? Just get some rest" with that she disappeared behind the stone door of the room.

I took one last deep breath and slide down the wall of the bed and fell to the straw of a bed that suddenly felt like a cloud.

"Link…….."

I found myself mumbling out his name and I fell into darkness called sleep.

Despite last nights events, Nabooru and I woke up early the next day to set out for Malon's wedding. I took Nightmare and she took a golden horse, obviously is was well adapted to the desert. Ishi, Nabooru's youngest sister, would take care of things here while she was gone.

We set off to the Lon Lon Ranch; even as we came near the ranch, it had been decorated with lights and…well…a lot of lights, most likely for the party afterwards. Nabooru and I exchanged glances and laughed, we went up the ramp and was immediately pulled to a stop. We nearly ran over some people and we were barely entering.

"Jeez, Malon's father invited the entire kingdom" Nabooru laughed, I shook my head. He did know a lot of people and if memory serves right, Malon was his pride and joy.

"Hey Shadow, after the wedding I have business with some Hylians so you better get things right with Link so you can leave" she laughed, I knew by now that this would be our little joke between us.

"After the wedding? Wouldn't it be late?" I asked, true I've never been to a wedding before but Nabooru had filled me in on how things work and it was a lot of things! It would be really late by the time things are done.

"When you're in a business with Gerudos, there is no such thing as time" she grinned.

"I feel bad for the ones that have business with you, they'll be up a long time" I laughed, she only grinned.

We stayed on our horses and looked over the many heads of people waiting in line for a seat.

"Shadow! Nabooru! Oops sorry…." I looked into the crowd to see a small green figure pushing its way through. I laughed and Nabooru did also when she saw what I was looking at.

"Saria!" I called out, sure enough, Saria was able to get through. She smiled up at us with her signature Kikori smile.

"You two made it! C'mon, I'll show you where you can hold the horses"

Nabooru and I jumped off our horses and grabbed their reigns. With the help of the little Kikori, we were able to get through the crowd and into the stables.

Out of the crowd, we found refuge in the smelly hold of horses. Large crowds make me nervous for some strange reason and I've never been so happy to be in this dump. But others also found this place as freedom.

"Hey everyone!" Saria beamed a smile as we entered. Impa, Princess Zelda, Ruto and Link were also here. I gulped and turned away from them, I wasn't ready to face him, not yet.

"Ugh why is fish girl here?" Nabooru grumbled, I looked up at her and she winked at me. I mouthed a quick thank you and took Nightmare and her horse to a stable. I knew she said that on purpose and saw my nervousness when I saw Link, one day I will repay her.

Ruto stood up and glared at her.

"Watch it Gerudo! I'm still a princess!" she growled, Nabooru rolled her eyes at her and found a place to lean on next to the stall where I put her horse.

"Hey I don't feel like being referee today, so be nice for Malon" Impa said sternly, but I knew they were going to fight anyway though I applaud her try. The Gerudo and the Zora exchanged glares before going back to their spots and looking away.

Saria and I laughed as I put Nightmare away next to Epona.

"Wow! You're horse is huge! What's his name?"

"This is Nightmare, Malon gave him to me" I laughed, Saria was to forever be a child and yet she was the Sage of Forest. Nightmare let her pet him on the nose and I stood by. I felt a pair of eyes on me and not just any eyes but royal blue ones, I turned my head slightly to see Princess Zelda glaring at me through the shadow of her hood. She wore a dirty hooded cape to hide herself, being seen at a place like this would mean serious problems to her reputation.

Link on the other hand, looked away, he found the wall of the stable more amusing than the verbal fight that suddenly broke out between Nabooru and Ruto with Impa in the middle. I looked back at Nightmare and snuck a glance at my hand, the Triforce of Power glowed as it did anytime someone else with a piece of the Triforce was around, this only guaranteed that Zelda knew about me.

"O.k everyone! It's time!" we heard Malon's father scream. The 7 of us all filed out of the stable and melted into the crowd to find the seats Malon saved for us.

The wedding was being held inside the fence where the horses ran around in, one could only how much was spent on fixing everything, you could hardly recognize the ranch for what it was.

I sat down with Nabooru and Saria, we agreed to keep the Gerudo and Zora a safe distance away from each other, so the fish princess sat with the others a couple rows away. I saw Malon's soon to be husband up in the front, he looked nervous…really nervous, the other man next to him holding a small book was trying to calm him down.

Suddenly everyone grew silent and the music started from out of nowhere and everyone stood up. I stood up a second later to find Malon walking down the aisle with her father in the most beautiful white dress I've ever seen.

"Hey I can't see!" I tore my gaze from Malon to Saria, poor girl was too short to see anything.

"Stand on the chair" I whispered/laughed, she gave me a quick glare before jumping on the chair and peaking over the many heads to catch a glimpse of Malon.

When she finally made it up next to Rico, everyone sat down, then the talking began. I didn't understand what was going on, and because of that I began zoning out. I heard the words but wasn't paying attention. Before I knew it, everyone stood up and broke into crazy cheers, I looked up and found Malon and Rico kissing, not that I have anything wrong with it but in front of so many people? I'll never understand any of this.

It was nightfall finally, and the party never showed any signs of stopping. It was at this point I really wished I didn't stay up so late last night but with all the good food around I don't think I'll be going back to sleep soon either.

About half of the people that came had already gone, we weren't complaining, more food for us!

Especially when Nabooru, Impa, Ruto and I were in an eating contest.

"Gerudo! Stop eating the fish!" she screamed, I nearly choked on my food from laughing when Nabooru violently chomped at a lobster, Impa joined in and grabbed a fried eel. I stopped eating and just laughed at Ruto's face, her face turned a dark green and started gagging.

"No mercy huh?" I turned around and found myself faced with a familiar ball of light.

"Navi!" I beamed a smile, the small faire landed on my shoulder, I could feel her smile to me.

"Hey Shadow long time no see, I missed having ya around" she grinned, I was about to answer but we both were cut off by the sound of roaring laughter and more gagging. Ruto could no longer hold it in and threw up on the floor next to her chair. Impa and Nabooru were holding their sides and pounding on the table and laughing so hard that I was afraid one of them was going to die from lack of air.

"It's times like these I wonder if the Goddesses weren't thinking straight when they picked the Sages…." Navi shook her head, I chuckled.

Wait….Sages? Aren't we missing someone?

"Hey where's Saria?" I asked, Navi looked up at me and turned around.

Saria was talking with Link and Zelda, who was still in her hooded garb.

"What's she doing?" I asked aloud.

"Saria is asking about you, she knows something is going on and she's asking them about it" Navi whispered in my ear. I sighed and leaned back in my seat.

"Are you going to talk to him?" she asked.

"I will when he's alone"

"You better! He's been acting weird this whole week you were gone!" she growled and flew off, I watched her go and looked back at the table.

Ruto was long gone but the other still chomped on some fish, I know it would be awhile until I talk to Link so I guess I better grab some fish before Impa and Nabooru take it all.

It was late, very late, and us three were officially stuffed. Since all of the fish was gone, Ruto came back and finished what ever was left.

"I win!" Impa stood up and grinned, Nabooru and I groaned, not only because our stomach hurt but we also bet on who could eat the most and Impa won.

"Ok girls pay up!" Impa extended her hand out waiting for us to fill it. Reluctantly, we pulled out a red rupee and gave it to Impa.

"I'll get you next time Sheikah" Nabooru growled playfully, Impa laughed.

"And I'll be ready, what about you?" she looked over at me, I smiled.

"I won't go easy on you next time Impa" by the looks of things, it would seem that I had finally joined the group of reckless women.

"Well, if you would've stopped laughing at fish girl maybe you could've won" we all laughed. The party was finally over, our group and the clean up crew was all that was left.

"Hey you guys!" a voice called out, we all turned around to find Malon in her white dress and her cheerful face.

"Sorry I took so long to get to you all, I've been over run by people and their 'congratulations' and such"

We all stood up from our seats and crowded her with our signs of happiness for her, I stayed where I was, waiting for an opening but one was given to me thanks to Saria.

"I didn't know you were getting engaged until Shadow told me!" the small green girl said above the others and soon, everyone else joined in.

"Shadow!" Malon called out my name, I stood up and walked over to crowd that opened up to me. Next thing I knew, the red headed farm girl wrapped her arms around me and gave me a slight squeeze, boy can this girl give a hug!

"Shadow thank you soo much for your help, you're a life saver!" she smiled up at me, I blushed.

"Hey I'm only the messenger"

"But still, had you not told everyone then…….it wouldn't have been the same if you all weren't here"

Aw, Malon was so cute.

Finally, it was time to leave. I took out Nightmare first and waited for everyone in the front. Impa and Zelda already left for some unknown reason but I had a strange feeling in my stomach that her reason had to do with me. I was petting Nightmare's mane and didn't notice Link coming up behind me.

"Hey Shadow" I whirled around and faced him.

"Oh hey Link" my heart increased it's normal pace, it's now or never.

"Look about…what happened last week…" I started out, he immediately put his hands up in front of him.

"Hey, don't worry about it, look is it ok if we start over? Gah! I mean like start over like….forget what happened! Um yea" he stammered, I didn't understand why he corrected himself but I don't think I ever will.

"Forget what happened?"

"Yea, like pretend it never happened and start where we left off"

My messed up and confused life suddenly began changing, I couldn't help it and broke out into a big smile and a big hug.

"Thank you Link! I promise I won't mess up ever again!"

What? I couldn't help it! I'm so happy! My face was buried in his chest and arms wrapped around him squeezing as hard as I could.

"um Shadow….that's great that you're happy but I can't breathe"

"oops" I let him go and rubbed the back of my neck," Sorry about that"

"It's ok, just take it easy" he laughed, finally things were looking up.

"So you two are fine now right?" a voice asked, I turned a bit and found the others with their horses, it was Nabooru with a bag in her hand.

"Yes we are" Link said.

"Good, that means you can get out of my fortress" she laughed and tossed me the bag, I caught easily and recognized it as my stuff that I took with me when I stayed with her.

"So you two aren't fighting anymore?" I looked down and realized that Saria had asked this question, I smiled.

"I guess not"

"That's great!" another voice cried out, it was Malon.

I smiled, it was at this point I wondered that at my all time low I was even considering going back to Ganondorf when it was so easy just to get back to the way things once were. What in the world was I thinking?

We all said are good bye and last congratulations to Malon before leaving, by the time we were half way out of the ranch, Nabooru stopped me.

"Oh crap, Shadow I left your sword at the fortress" oh yea! I forgot about that, but I remembered that Nabooru had some other business to go to after the wedding. I looked back at Link.

"Hey Link, can you go ahead? I'm going to go get my sword"

"Alright, don't take too long ok?"

"Got it, see you soon"

A swift kick to Nightmare's hind and we were off to the Gerudo fortress, with the ranch far behind us and the rocky road close ahead, I kicked Nightmare's hind again to go faster. What? I'm really impatient and want to get back home as fast as possible.

By the time the bridge was in view, someone else was there also, it was Ishi, Nabooru's sister. I pulled on Nightmare's reigns and stopped in front of her.

"Hey Ishi"

"Hello Shadow, I think you forgot something or was it Nabooru that forgot?" she laughed and picked up my sword.

"Thanks Ishi, did you find it?" I asked as I strapped it on my back.

"Yes, actually Saria gave Nabooru an ocarina so Nabooru called me and told me that you were on your way"

"Really? Those Ocarinas are really handy huh?" we laughed, I waved goodbye and set off down the road and back into the field.

Riding at night is dangerous, but it felt really nice. The cold air was refreshing and the dark sky was beautiful, maybe I should ride at night more often, perhaps I could ask Koru if I can deliver at night….what the?

During my thinking, I didn't notice how much closer we were to Kakariko village, but I was forced to pull to a stop. Some Hylian knights closed off the bridge to the village, I looked behind me and there was some in front of the bridge to the castle. I don't like this….not one bit.

Before I knew it, they started closing in….even Nightmare was getting nervous and began backing away.

"Minion of Ganon!" one knights called out," You are hereby arrested by the order of Queen Zelda"

Wait a second…Zelda left early, she knew I would be coming this way! Oh no, what should I do? Too late, they already surrounded me and tried to grab on Nightmare's reigns and tried to pull me off.

"Hey! Let go!" I screamed as they grabbed my arms," Nightmare!" finally they got me off the horse, two knights held onto Nightmare as he neighed and stood up swinging his front hooves wildly. I tried to get free, kicked, screamed, everything I could think of, but there was too many.

"Let me go! ….Link!" I cried out, but felt tears stinging the back of my eyes when no one came to my rescue. Suddenly I felt something really hard hit the back of my head and everything turned dark and my body fell limp. I was out before I even hit the floor.

OK! Sorry I took so long everyone! I'll update faster! I promise since summer is finally here! Thanks for all those that have been helping me out!

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