Wow. Navi got a lot more sympathy points then I expected her to =P I figured at least one person would be all "Yay! The annoying faerie is dead!" But nope, everyone's all sympathetic for her.

Anyways, to answer someone's question on whether or not the last chapter was the end: obviously not, eh?

And to a certain reviewer, dragonkiller I believe his name: I think I shall take that as a compliment =P Though I'm not so sure if yer bashing my creativity or not =P

No, I won't leave my story at a cliffhanger like that. Not unless I was going to make some type of sequel. Also, I forgot to give credit where it's due. Chrono Fantasy1 helped me come up with the consequence, after I was bashing my head in all night long trying to figure what in the heck to do. Then while I was about to just go ahead and say, "Guess what, just kidding! Agatha's alive!" and use her as the person to die, he just went ahead and said, "Have Navi killed," or something along that line. Anyways, yeah, big thanks to him =P

And about the ending of my story, it won't be for atleast another few chapters. The ending of my story will be happy, and not a cliffie.

And for you people who keep claiming that I'm forgetting about Malon, guess what? I en't =P I wanted to save her for later, cause I already had an ending planned out before I even got the nifty idea of bringing Ganondorf into this fic. Of course, afterwards, I had to change what I wanted them to do in the end, but the general idea is still there. Anyways, back to the point: I haven't forgotten about Malon, I'm merely saving her for her last entrance in this story.

And as for my short chappies: Honestly, you should know by now that I only type a 1000 words per chapter. If I did anymore, I would be discouraged, and I wouldn't want to write anymore. I do short chapters cause my mind runs out of things to do, and plus, sometimes there seems to just be a natural ending to a chapter, even if it does make it short. So no more complaining about that, cause you already know how I stand on it =P

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Link woke up in his bed to find Impa hanging over him staring at him intently. Everything was fuzzy, and he couldn't see straight. All the sudden, her face was gone, and he could hear someone speaking. Probably Impa, but he couldn't tell. He felt like everything was spinning, and all he could do was hold on to keep from falling off the edge of his bed. He felt a dull aching pain throughout his brain, but he vaguely remembered it being even worse, so he was thankful that it had atleast died down. Then he felt something cold and wet on his forehead. It felt nice, and soothing…

But he didn't want something cold and damp, he wanted something warm and breezey. He tried to desperately think of something that he wanted. Nothing was running through his brain correctly, and he felt as if someone had drugged him beyond imagining. Then, a name came to his mind, but he couldn't say it. He didn't remember it, but it was there on the edge of his mind.

"Zelda…"

No, that wasn't it… he muttered to himself. It was a name that came to mind, and he knew it was something he wanted, but he wanted something different. Something that sounded lighter to say. Then it hit him.

"Navi!"

He heard more voices. Even though he felt that they were directed at him, he couldn't understand what they were saying. The words were all slurred, but they were steadily coming clearer. Finally, he got one word translated.

"Link!"

"Huh?" He said dumbly, all chain of thought lost. The names started to dim from his mind and Impa's words became understandable.

"He's finally coming to," Impa turned back to face him after telling that to some other lady, and leaned closer towards him. "Link? Are you feeling ok? Is there any pain?"

"I… um… I feel dizzy…" He muttered. "What's happening?"

"Are you sure there isn't any pain?" He was starting to regain his senses. The pain was going away, and his ability to think clearly was starting to come back to him.

"Yes, but it's going away and I-"

The stopped abruptly and yelled in a panic, "NAVI!?!" He looked around for her, trying to find her, not wanting to believe what he knew had happened. He started remembering what had just transpired.

As he tried to come up, Impa grabbed him roughly by the shoulders and pushed him back down onto the bed. "Navi is dead. I don't know how, or why it happened, but I'm guessing you know more about it than I do."

Link stared at her in horror. The tears started to swell up in his eyes again. "How do you know she's dead!?! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!" He yelled out. He started feeling claustrophobic and trying desperately to keep Impa from holding him down. He growled at Impa. "Let me go!"

Impa continued to hold him down, and started talking loudly to try and talk over his voice. "When I came to, you were crying and holding Navi while she was dead. I tried to approach you, but I couldn't even do that. You kept drawing your sword and trying to fight me, saying all sorts of things and accusing me of crimes I'd rather not repeat. I got the general gist of what had happened just from your mad ranting. You seemed almost possessed. Then when I tried to retrieve Princess Zelda, you started acting even more like a lunatic and finally I had to knock you out just to get to her."

Link stopped for a second, baffled by being told he had done something he had no memory of doing. But then he remembered Navi again. His shoulders slumped, and the tears started rolling down his cheeks. "What happened to Navi… where is she now?"

"When a faerie dies, other faeries are attracted immediately. They came and took her soon after I knocked you unconscious. She is now apart of the dust of the earth. They wouldn't let me keep her until you woke up so you could see her a last time, they were quite demanding."

Link nodded, not really hearing what Impa had to say. Just being soothed by her voice. "I didn't get to say goodbye…"

"She knew what you had to say."

"She knew that I was a coward!" He hissed. He pushed Impa's hands away from him, and this time she withdrew from him rather than forcing him to keep still.

Impa didn't say anything, but just stared at him. Her face showed a mixture of pity and sympathy. She waited for him to say something. Finally, he sat up and looked at her. "How is the princess now?"

Impa winced a little. "She is still sleeping. She had a pulse, but it is faint. She is ghastly, and she doesn't even move at all. She owes you her life, however I'm afraid that she may still be in danger of dying still." She became silent for a moment, then questioned, "Link, I need to know what happened. You were saying something about voices and pain, and that the voices were talking to you. I need to know what they said, how Navi died, and why the Princess won't wake."

"I would like to see her first," he said solemnly. He could tell that Impa didn't like the idea of him seeing the princess at this moment.

However, whatever objections she had, she kept them and nodded. "I understand that you want to see her, and I will permit it. However, I wish to know what happened first. I don't know if you fully understand the situation. You still seem out of it. Zelda could still die at any given moment. She is like a child to me, and it is more important to me to see that she lives, than the people of Hyrule. Do you understand that?"

Link stared at Impa for a moment, then started to tell her everything that he remembered.

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Even while they were approaching the room, Link could sense the coldness and the sadness in the air. Impa talked to the guards who valiantly stood at her door in a hushed voice. Link didn't need to hear what they discussed, their expressions alone were enough. Especially when a guard looked at him with disgust, and seemed to question Impa further.

Finally, they reluctantly allowed him entrance into the room. Impa seemed to sense that he wanted to be alone with the princess, so she told the guards to go ahead and close the door whenever he went in. He could hear a start of a protest, something that sounded like armor clanking up together (as if someone was hitting someone else), and then a "Yes m'am." The doors closed afterwards.

Link stared at her in the bed. Her face looked white against the hot pink covers, even in contrast to her white night gown. She looked peaceful enough, but Impa was right. She looked as if she was starting to reserve her seat in the afterworld.

Slowly, he walked up to the side of her bed and kneeled down beside it. He grabbed her hand, which was laid on top of the covers, and kissed it. "Please…" he muttered under his breath. "Wake up. Don't let Navi's death be pointless. I need you, now that Navi is gone… you were the only other friend I had… besides Malon, but, she's completely changed… I have no clue what's up with her. But, I need you, please come back to me…"

He felt his cheeks burn from just hearing himself say that. Before all of this, he would've laughed at himself and be teased by Navi for the cheesieness of that statement. But now, nothing seemed cheerful or happy. All he wanted was for Zelda to wake up, and to have Navi back.

He stood up, and leaned over her and kissed her on the forehead. He closed his eyes for a second, and hugged the princess. He wanted to cry, but the tears wouldn't come. He wanted to hurt himself for not being able to cry, cause it made him feel like he didn't care enough. It was partially the truth, his best friend had just died and he honestly almost didn't care about anything at all.

Then a weak voice filled his thoughts. "… Link?"

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… The upcoming chapters may be full of cheesey goodness. ^_~ Look forward to it.