A/N: Next Chapter! Enjoy!

It Was Obvious

Dark clouds filled the skies. Even with that gloom in the air, Malon still had her spirits high. All morning while she was doing her chores, she pranced around the ranch casually humming a tune.

Ingo scratched his head in wonder as he saw the young woman. As he tried to figure out what was wrong with her, the ranch house door opened.

Talon looked up at the dark skies. "Looks like it gonna rain today."

"Talon, is there something wrong with your daughter?" Ingo asked.

Talon's eyebrow rose. "What do you mean?"

"I understand she didn't marry Lord Maxi, but why is she this happy about that?"

Talon gave a hearty laugh. "Well Ingo, she may have called it off with Maxi but she had another person with a heart for her. Vincent, owner of that silver horse over there, finally said that he loves her."

"You knew he did."

"It was obvious."

Malon finished her chores at last as she finally had the stables ready for the horses incase it rained. From outside, she heard her name called out. Hoping it was going to be Vincent, Malon hurriedly wiped her hands and called Silver to her side. She went outside to see two pairs of blue eyes looking at her.

"Zelda, Link, What are you two doing here?" Malon asked. Silver went off and began chasing cuccos.

Zelda smiled. "Well, we wanted to know how he was treating you."

"Where is Vincent by the way?" Link asked.

Malon frowned a bit. "He hasn't come over today." She gave them a smile. "I'm sure he's coming soon."

"Wonder why he hasn't? I seen him in the market earlier today, but he disappeared before I got to reach him." Link said.

"We could go see if he is at his house." Malon said.

"Why not?" Zelda asked. "We haven't anything better to do."

"I can finally see where the scarlet fighter lives." Link said. "We'll wait for you outside."

Malon said good-bye to her father and Ingo and gave a talking about chasing cuccos to Silver. Finished with that, she exited the ranch. Once outside, she, Zelda, and Link started on the dirt road for Vincent's house in Kakiriko village.

Malon was a couple of steps ahead of Link and Zelda. With no sun, the day was chilly and Zelda kept close to Link.

"Link, do you really think that Vincent should be trusted. Now more than ever that he has fallen in love with Malon?" Zelda asked.

"Zelda, are you ok? You were the one who wanted them to be together and now you feel that Vincent can't be trusted? He fought by my side and helped try to get rid of Ganondorf. He hasn't given us any reason not to trust him."

"I know all that. It is just that Malon is my best friend. You know that Link, so I don't want anything bad happening to her. Vincent kind of just popped out of nowhere."

"Look, Zelda, Vincent loves her. He'll never hurt her."

"Hey, Link, Zelda, come her fast." Malon said up ahead.

The two walked quickly to catch up to Malon. When they finally reached her, they noticed what she wanted them to see. A person, wearing a black, hooded cloak, was lying in the middle of the road. Link went closer and tried to examine them.

"Unconscious." Link said. He carefully slid his arms under the cloaked figure and lifted them up. "Let's get to Vincent's."

The trio walked swiftly toward Kakiriko village. They walked up the stairs and entered the village. Not many people were doing anything outside. A couple of workers were still working on the new inn but other than them, it was desolate. Malon pointed to the house near the gate and then they made their way toward it.

Malon reached the door of the two-storied house and knocked on it.

"Oh, no ones home." Malon said disappointedly.

"Malon, we are in Hyrule. No one has locks on their doors. Even if they do they don't use them unless they have treasure. Just turn the knob and open the door." Link said.

"Right, forgot that." Malon said. She reached out and turned the knob.

The door opened up and they entered Vincent's house. Vincent's first floor was large. The entire floor was basically a giant room. The living room, kitchen, and dining room flowed into each other. His house was nicely furnished but the one flaw was that Vincent wasn't neat. Books, scrolls, and pens were strewn about the house. A large cauldron was brewing in the kitchen.

"Looks like you got a scholarly type Malon." Zelda said.

Link went over to the couch and laid the person out in it. He took a deep breath and then sat down in one of the chairs near the couch. "This guy is a mess."

"Wonder where he could be." Malon said.

"When someone walks into their house with the door open and people just doing nothing, he has to ask himself, what kind of friends does he know." Said the familiar voice from the threshold.

"Vinnie!" Malon yelled out as she heard his voice. "You didn't come visit me today."

Vincent bit into an apple. "Well, I did stop by the ranch but your dad said you came here. So, what's with this girl on my couch?"

"Girl?" Link asked.

Vincent chuckled as he shut the door behind him. He bit into his apple again and made his way to a chair. "You guys didn't notice? Thought it was obvious. Guess I have to keep my unwanted guests…since one of them is my girl."

"Wait a minute, how come Link can't tell if it's a girl but you can." Malon said, eyeing Vincent suspiciously.

"I know what you're getting at Malon and I can assure you that…ummm…well…it was obvious."

A loud thunder crack was heard from outside. Little raindrops splashed onto the windows. Vincent got up from his seat and hurried upstairs.

"Weird." Malon said.

Link noticed a small box on the seat Vincent was sitting on. He made his way and took it from its resting place. Making sure that Malon and Zelda weren't looking at him, he opened it up to see a golden ring in it.

"Excuse me." Link said and started for the stairs.

He made it to the top and noticed the open bedroom door. He made his way inside to find Vincent closing a window.

"Nearly didn't make it." Vincent said as he closed it shut.

Link made his way closer to Vincent. He calmly held up the box in front of both of their faces. Vincent started searching his pockets and then sighed.

"Mind telling me what are you doing with a ring." Link said coolly.

"You see Link…that ring is the ring that supposed to…ain't it a cool ring. Trust me that ring wasn't cheap but I'm sure that…" Vincent stuttered around.

"Just tell me. We have been through a lot together."

"Look Link, that ring is for when I ask…"

"Malon."

"Her, to…well, you obviously know. I know your thinking that I may be fast but…just so you know, I'm not asking her now. I'm not sure when I'm going to ask. I just want to have it ready for when I do ask her."

Link put down the box and placed it in Vincent's hand. Vincent placed it back into his jacket's pocket. Vincent looked back up and was eye to eye with Link.

"Promise me that you will never hurt her. That you would let nothing hurt her. She has been a good friend to me since I was young."

"Promise Link. You can trust me, remember, I helped fight Ganondorf. Not even an angel can make me break that promise. Come on, let's get back down to the girls."

Malon looked into the insides of the brewing cauldron. She searched for a spoon. Malon found one lying not to far and dipped it into the cauldron. She took some of the stew out and tasted it.

"So, how is it?" Zelda asked from behind Malon.

"Taste delicious. Wonder if I can stay for dinner." Malon retorted.

"We have to with this weather."

"What are you two mischievous girls doing?" Vincent said coming down the stairs. "That is for dinner."

"When did you learn how to cook?" Malon asked. "You couldn't before."

"That was before, I learn things over time." Vincent explained.

The person on the couch stirred. Soft groans were heard as they struggled to sit up. The person sat up on the couch and rubbed their head that was still hooded. Link made his way down the stairs and noticed the waking figure. He made his way to the chair next to the couch.

"Are you ok?" Link asked.

The person pulled down their hood to reveal themselves. Long, golden blonde hair flowed out. She blinked her navy eyes and smiled. "Yes, thank you. What happened to me?"

"We found you collapsed in the middle of the road. We're hoping you tell us." Link said. "First off, though, I'm Link."

"My name is Lyndis Knightly." She responded.

A/N: Yeah, I'm cutting it off there. Now you got to wait till I get the next chapter up to see what happens. Bwahahahaha! Yes sir, next chapter.