1Several minutes later, on the other side of the strange window sat a very nearly insane princess, sitting in her broomclosit paradise. She giggled. Link would never find her now. Now, she was safe. And in this broom closit, it would be nearly as lovely as her own room, because here, there was no Link.

Li was leading the group through the castle, up toward Zelda's room. They passed a small, very purposeless-looking door, from which several slight giggles came. The boys didn't seem to hear it, but Li was in a mind to find out what it was.
The door swung open to reveal Zelda. Li's first impression was that she was extremely drunk, but on closer inspection it was clear she had lost her marbles. The sight was simply disturbing; the famed princess of Hyrule, sitting in a broom closit in a towel, giggling her head off. When she saw Link, however, she let out a shrill scream and fled.
"Well," said Li, "That was helpful." She watched Zelda fleeing down the hallway and made no attempt to follow.
"But what now?" asked Cloud. "If the princess went insane, who will tell us what to do? There has to be someone in this place who isn't a complete moron!" He looked faintly upset. This was messing with his sense of reason.
"I don't know who it is then," Li replied. "It sure seems like she finally went off her rocker. A bit overdue if you ask me."
"Don't worry," said Link heroically. "I'll save the day!"
A low growling came from deep inside Li's throught. Before she could process these incoherent words into action, Roy opened the window and proceeded to chuck Link out of it.
A stunned silence proceeded. And was followed by another stunned silence. And a half of another stunned silence, before,
"You fool, do you have any idea what you have done?" Cloud whispered, turning pale. "You just killed the Hero of Time! Everyone in Hyrule is going to chase you in angry mobs!"
Roy seemed not to care. Li for once was shocked. She had to agree with Cloud. And if Roy was going psycho-maniac, and she was agreeing with Cloud, and Link was actually gone for good, it was surely the end of the world.
As all this was being processes through the very confused heads of the three strangers, Link appeared exactly where he was before Roy had chucked him out the window. He looked around.
Li blinked. Roy blinked. Cloud blinked. Roy blinked again. Cloud blinked agian. Li, however, finally found words. "Link, you moron, what did you do!"
"I think I'm dead."
"You'd better not be!"
"Oh. You all are here too. Hi." SMACK! "Owe."
Then it dawned on Li. He was Link. What happens when Link dies. "Of course. You're the main character. It's not real. You can't die."
"What?" said Roy.
"What?" said Cloud.
"I'VE BEEN LIVING A LIE!" Link cried. "I have no reason to live." He picked up his sword and thrust it into himself. He wilted to the ground, and after a few minutes got up again. "Arg, it didn't work!" This process was repeated several more times.