Chapter 6: Drifting Away

D/C: I don't own Zelda stuff. Yeah, the usual.

A/N: Yeah, I have been in that writer's block thingy for a few days, then I remembered old games that belong to Zelda. Ideas and stories popped into my head, so here you go.

Enjoy.

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Link wakes up in the middle of the night, in the middle of the ocean. The sails are quiet tonight, there is absence of wind, so where he needs to go is further away. He looks at the night sky and is quickly reminded of all the pain he has recently went through. Zelda, she refuses to view him as more than a friend. Saria, left him without ever giving Link a chance to explain himself. Navi, closest friend to Link's heart, passed away because of his selfishness.

"These stars show me nothing but darkness." He sighs, he tries not to think about Hyrule, but he fails to forget Saria, silent tears ran down his face, he doesn't bother to wipe them because there isn't anyone else at his side. He leans over the side of the boat as his tears fall to the ocean. Nothing will come to his aid here. He returns to that depressed state of total dependence. Hyrule becoming a distant memory, as he drifts away. He begins to have an old memory return to his mind. A dream about an island is the first thing he remembers, he remembers that Koholint is the only place that he felt like home yet be far away from it all together.

"How can something feel so real, be only a dream? I refuse to believe that it was only a dream, I know it's real, I know it is, I must go there to escape my pains." He grabs the oars and starts to paddle faster and faster. After a while, he stops from all that energy that he just spent. Dawn is here, and he can see a small island off the horizon. "Koholint!" He starts to paddle slowly, the winds picked up and he was on his way. A small smile seems to be present on his face. The island draws nearer and nearer, he falls on the boat from leaning forward too far. That's when he notices that his boat was in the shadows. He looks behind him and sees a huge wave crashing down on him and his boat. The hero faints as he falls to the bottom of the ocean.

The fainted hero is washed up to shore in the small island. A girl happens to see him and rushes to him, she recognizes him immediately, and she calls her father. He takes him to his home where he undresses Link and hangs his clothes to dry while his daughter tended to Link. His eyes ease open, his vision blurs.

"Link." His vision slowly clears, he doesn't recognize this person who sat next to him, but her features re-enter his mind to refresh it. He first notices her light orange hair, it goes down to her mid back, with a brilliant shine as well, he then notices her light blue blouse with blue very short sleeves that begin below her shoulder and end only a few inches down, yellow zigzags went across the top of the blouse that cuts across her chest. Her face became recognizable, and the name soon came to mind.

"Marin?" She smiles and nods. "I cannot believe that you are really real. I knew that it really existed." She puts her finger against his lips. She pulls them away to kiss him as she leans towards him. Link takes her in to his arms and realizes that his clothes is missing.

"They're outside drying, when they are ready, I'll bring them to you. By the way, this is real, it has always been real, because it is real in your heart." She comes closer to him and rests her head on his chest. " Is it true about all those things you said while you were sleeping?" He hides his face.

"What did I say?" She looks at his green eyes, and she returns facing the wall on his chest.

"You began talking about a girl named Saria, she left you when you needed her to be with you the most. Then you went on about how Zelda betrayed you and how she never paid attention to you. Is all that true? Is that why you left Hyrule to come over here?"

"Yes. It is, I didn't want to be in a place where the only memories I have are those of pain. I want to be in a place where I can feel like I belong here." She sits facing him.

"You can do that here, with me, I will never betray you, or hurt you in any way. I will always be here to love you and be with you. I'll give you a place where with me to call your home, just as long as you stay with me, nothing bad will ever happen to you, or will anything ever bother you from being happy. That's what I want you to be, happy. Be happy, and I will love you forever." He smiles at her, she crawls to him, he places his hand on her cheek and she did the same to his cheek. He brings her to his lips and kisses her.

"I do feel like home here. Already are you showing me signs that I belong here, and I have some to love me. As I have someone to love." She removes her blouse and crawls under the covers next to him. He meets her brown eyes, they sparkled, and they amazed him. He wants her, and now he does. Nothing is going to ruin this, nothing can ruin this moment. Nothing will get in his way. He can be happy forever, he found a new lover, and she loves him.

She rests on his shoulder as he returns to sleep.

"Link, Stay with me, never leave me. I won't be complete without you. Don't worry about my father, he put you in my room, knowing exactly what can happen." He closes his eyes, he puts her arm on his chest, she turns on her side and rubs his chest as he drifts in to slumber.

"There is also something I want to add before I sleep," She looks at his face. " I left because of Zelda, she manipulated my emotions while they were at its worse. It was the day of my fairy's funeral, and I was an emotional wreck, Zelda…" She stops him by putting her finger on his lips.

"It doesn't matter anymore, you are here with me now, I can make your pain go away, just trust me and I will do it." She removes her finger, and kisses him, her tongue danced with his, as their lips moved to the passion. She removes her under garments as he removed his briefs. She climbs on him and they made love.

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A/N: Hi, more chapters to come… this isn't the end of our hero's quest for true love. More loves to be included in the fic.

Thank you.