Welcome to chapter three! Okay, so the time has come again- more adventures for Link and Zelda in each other's bodies. The real fun won't start until next chapter, but it will be there, I promise. Enough of the serious stuff for now. :)

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Zelda struggled to stay asleep that night. She dreamt of pleasantries- in fact, she had very detailed dreams of some of the things she and Link had done during their honeymoon, as well as since then. The problem was that in her dreams, her husband was replaced by Agahnim.

When dawn at last broke over the castle, Zelda felt overwhelmed. She wanted, no, needed to be in the presence of Agahnim. Carefully releasing herself from a very sleepy Link's arms, she got up and sat at a table. After penning a note to Link, she walked up a spiral staircase in one of the turrets. She knocked on a wooden door at the top, and Agahnim answered.

"Ah, yes, come in, Princess," he said, bowing to her. Once she entered, he closed the door behind her, replacing the plank. "Might I ask the reason for your visit."

Zelda didn't answer. She simply moved closer and forcefully kissed the wizard. He returned her kiss just as forcefully, happy that the love spell had worked. Now that she was falling for him, all he had to do was weaken her further, until he could use her to break the seal, then get rid of her for good.

To his surprise, Link awoke to an empty bed. Noticing that the wardrobe's doors were opened, Link also observed that Zelda's favorite robe was missing. Assuming she arose early to meet with her father, he took his time to get up, yawning and stretching. As he walked to the bathroom, he saw a note folded-up on the table. Sitting down momentarily, he opened and read the paper.

Link,

After doing a lot of thinking, and having a lot of dreams, I realized that you were never right for me in the first place. I have already found someone else that can and will make me happy. Maybe I'll happen upon you sometime. Please make a point of gathering your things, as I'm sure Father will want you out immediately.

-Princess Zelda

P.S. From now on when you see me, please address me as "Princess" or "Your Highness." Can't very well carry on informally.

Shocked, Link dropped the piece of paper. Dressing in a hurry, he rushed out of the room to find Zelda.

Impa was walking down the hallway, going to make sure the young couple was awake. She saw Link in the hallway, a look of worry on his face.

"Sir Link, whatever is the matter?"

"Zelda... missing... left... note...says...never...loved...me," Link stammered, panting.

Surprised, Impa dropped the tray, causing the dishes to clatter and the food to spill.

"What is all that racket for?" King Harkinian bellowed, as the two happened to be standing right outside his room. He threw open the doors and came out, rubbing the sleepiness out of his eyes.

Link hurried back to his bedroom, picking up the note off the floor. He rushed back to the others, showing them the note Zelda had left him.

"Whoever could she be talking about?" Impa gasped. "I've seen women do mysterious things due to the loss of a child, but never anything like this."

King Harkinian called for one of his messengers, instructing him to wake the soldiers and tell them to search the grounds and report any suspicious activity, and to be on the lookout for any signs of Zelda. He, Link, and Impa then began searching the castle for the princess, to no avail.

Feeling defeated, the three slumped into chairs in the ballroom to discuss their next step. It was then that something hit Link.

"Where's Agahnim?" he said. "I thought he was supposed to arise early to breakfast with us."

"You're right, Link," the king answered. "Normally he is here by now, talking with me or reviewing some papers regarding the rebuilding of Hyrule."

"Where does he go when he is not down here with us?"

"He has a private room, in one of the turrets, where no one else is permitted unless he requests their presence. He once showed me the entrance to a hidden staircase leading up to it, but that was some time ago, and I have long since forgotten," the king explained.

"There is no time to waste," Link said, jumping up. "We have checked all the turrets but one, thinking it was sealed off years ago. But there must be some way to get in, perhaps a sliding panel, or a false wall."

The three hurried to the base of the only unchecked tower, knocking on and feeling along the bricks. But nothing seemed to work. Just as the other two seemed ready to give up, believing that nothing outside of very powerful magic would work, Link got an idea.

"There is one last thing I can try," he said.

"What's that, Sir Link?" Impa inquired, already knowing the answer just by the look on his face. He would tell her later.

"No time to explain now," he answered hurriedly, bowing to King Harkinian and excusing himself before rushing off to his room.

Link threw open one of the dresser drawers, tossing out all the things and removing the board at the bottom, revealing a hidden compartment. He lifted out a heavy tome before replacing the false bottom, along with all the other items. Closing the drawer, he sat on the bed and wiped the dust off the book cover. He felt along the sides of the pages, until his hand fell upon a small indentation in one of them, acting as a marker.

Link set the book in his lap and quickly flipped to the page. He read through the first few sentences, just to make sure. Despite the nature of the spell, he didn't need any strange ingredients- just plenty of willpower to make it work, and something belonging to everyone involved, such as a lock of hair or a piece of fabric cut from his or her recently-worn clothes.

Setting the book on the bed, Link jumped up and flew to the wardrobe. Taking out Zelda's dress from the evening before, he also dug out the mending kit. Grabbing a small pair of scissors, he cut a square of fabric from the dress skirt. Then he cut a lock of his own hair and immersed both it and the fabric in a bucket of water in the bathroom. He brought the book into the room, stood near the bucket, and recited the spell.

As he said the last phrase, the water evaporated into a cloud that swirled around him, leaving the items in the bucket. He didn't remember feeling anything the first time the spell was cast, but he realized it would most likely be different this time, because he was both casting it and being affected by it. He wondered if it would take effect immediately, or if he would have to wait. He wasn't sure, since he had been asleep the first time around, and was not aware of its effects until he awoke.

Link quickly got his answer. The steam continued to swirl around him, moving faster and faster, putting him in a hypnotic state. He stumbled to the bed and collapsed, unconscious.

"Where am I?" he mumbled when he awoke a few minutes later. Realizing the different settings, he knew immediately that the spell had worked. This time, he knew what to expect, meaning that when he looked down and saw that he was indeed in Zelda's body, he wasn't so taken aback.

Sensing a presence, Link lifted Zelda's head and looked upwards to find Agahnim kneeling next to her body.

"Ah, my love, you are awake. And just in time. I have made the preparations for us to run away together," he whispered in a surprisingly soothing voice, leaning closer to Zelda's face to kiss her lips.

Link recoiled instinctively. It was only then that he understood- Zelda had been under Agahnim's spell. In order not to arouse suspicion, he would have to play her part, to pretend to love the sorcerer. And as he saw Agahnim raise his eyebrows, which seemed to meet over his long nose like a hairy insect, he knew he had to act quickly.

"Oh, forgive me," he sighed in Zelda's voice. "You just startled me a bit. I guess my dreams were fooling me, for I thought for a moment I was somewhere else in the castle."

"Well, I am glad to say you are here with me. Now, come along, my dear, we have things to do, places to be," Agahnim said, reaching out his hand to Zelda.

Link took it, and used it as leverage to stand on Zelda's feet. The wizard snapped his fingers, and the two of them disappeared out of the small tower room, reappearing in the ballroom for breakfast.

"Oh, dearest, I am so glad you're okay," King Harkinian cried, as he and Impa rushed to hug her. "Agahnim, why is she with you?"

"Oh, Your Highness, do not fret. I found our fair princess wandering in the halls in her sleep, mumbling to herself things unmentionable," the wizard lied. "I feared that she had been worrying over the baby again, so I brought her to my room to make her a sedative that would calm her, so she could return to a peaceful sleep. She finally woke a few minutes ago."

"Oh, Impa, please fetch Link and tell him everything is alright, and that Zelda surely must have written that note when overcome with grief. It is easy to see that she is not herself this morning. Oh, and please take Zelda with you and make sure she dresses in something a little more appropriate," the king instructed, realizing that his daughter was in nothing more than a nightgown and robe, her long hair disheveled.

"Yes, Your Majesty, right away," Impa answered, bowing to him before hurrying away with the princess.

"Impa, it's me, Link," the young man whispered in Zelda's voice.

"Oh, thank goodness. Then that must mean the princess is in your body now. Where were you when you enacted the spell?"

"In the bedroom. Zelda must be there now."

As they neared Link and Zelda's room, they could hear a loud voice.

"Not again," Zelda sighed in Link's voice, looking down at his body. Surprisingly, she was quite aware of what had happened, despite all she'd been through just that morning.

Link and Impa burst through the doors, finding Zelda stretched out on the bed, looking about the room from Link's eyes.

"Oh, my love, I'm so glad you're alright," Link proclaimed, hurrying to his body to hug Zelda.

"Please tell me why I'm in your body again, Link."

Link carefully climbed onto the bed, not wanting to rip Zelda's delicate nightgown. Taking a deep breath, he began to explain in her voice. "It all started when I awoke this morning and discovered that you were missing..."

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