Dear Link,
I was thinking so hard about this, your letter and what I was going to say to you and this is what I came up with,

You did make me uncomfortable, just a little bit but I liked what you said.

You confused me, Link, I did suspect you had feelings for me but I didn't want to press it, I didn't want to make you say what you wanted to say. I thought you were going to come out with it the night you left, as you were saying good-bye. That's why I walked with you to the entrance of the forest. I wish you told me.

I'm sorry I talked about the men and boys I thought I loved because I'm just an immature girl when it comes to men. I would imagine something happening pertaining to the knights and foreign boys but I never wanted those things to happen. And I'm not really one to write in a journal and you were my closest friend at the time…I needed to tell someone. I never thought it would hurt you that much. I'm sorry.

I was awake all night thinking about your letter and your feelings. Then I started to think about mine. Why I cried so much after you left. Why I was so hard on you. Can I live with out you? I asked my self these questions to discern my true feelings…toward you. I always thought I cried so much (almost every night for two weeks) because I' thought I lost a good friend and I missed you. I thought I was tough on you because you were the Hero of Time and you carried a sword. I thought, in my childish mind, if a man carried a sword they're naturally tough, I never thought you had a softer side to you, a sensitive you. I didn't think you wanted to be in the company of a girl, yet you kept caming to the Ranch, that confused me, but you deserved respect from people and I wanted you to know you had, and still have, my respect. The third question I was stuck on. The tough me said "Of course I can live with out you! You're just a boy! You're just a friend!" But when I thought about why I cried so much when you left and why I put you in such high respect. It was really because I loved you. But I never knew what love felt like so I wasn't sure what I said to myself was true and I didn't want to tell you something I thought was true but really wasn't. I asked my father what he felt when he courted my mother. After our 2 hour conversation I discovered I truly do love you. I was so excited to tell you, I kissed my father on the cheek and ran up stairs to my desk to start this letter. That's why it took me so long to write back…but now that we both know how we feel about each other, we can be happy together.

I hope this letter gets to you soon and my prayers are always with you Link the Hero of Time.

Love,
your true love
Malon

P.S. Please return someday…