Argh! No! A horrifically short chapter! T.T Please don't hurt me! I don't deserve to dieeeee:P Anywho, this chapter is lacking content because I just think the chapter ended at the right time (read it and you'll see) I'll get cracking on the next one right away and I HOPE to have it done before the weekend...enjoy -throws everyone chocolate, Pringles and small bottles of creaming soda- (as promised :P)

When Link came into the village Saria came out from her house, she seemed worried, "Is she ok?" the female Kokiri asked as she rushed over, "I heard noises after I went to bed, I came out to see what happened,"

Link hung his head low and sighed, "Ganon got her, stole her soul…I tried to stop him but I just…couldn't," Link whimpered a reply as he fell to his knees allowing Saria to hug him comfortingly, Link winced slightly as she tounched the gash on his shoulder.

"We're going to have to heal this up," she told him, "Don't worry, in the morning you can set out after Ganon – kill him again and everything will be fine,"

"No it won't…it's never fine, if I destroy Ganon he'll just come back again…"

Unable to find any way of denying it, Saria just sighed and got up to get healing fairies and a blanket from Link's tree house. After a few moments of silent pondering over recent events, Link too got up and set Tala's body near the still-burning bonfire, where she'd be warm. He then sat down beside her and stroked his fingers through her chocolate brown hair until Saria returned, a second fairy following her as she carried a huge, thick blanket – suitable for long winter nights.

Link smiled lightly as the crimson light inspected his cut.

"Fairly serious wounds this time, Link," the fairy chimed, "silver sword I believe?" Link merely nodded as the suction feeling increased on his shoulder until the pain had been practically sucked from his skin. "Take care," the red fairy said before it left going in no particular direction.

"Thanks," Link muttered to Saria as she left him the blanket and departed for bed.

"G'night" she called out to him.

Link wrapped the blanket around himself and Tala's soulless form. He sighed as he looked at her blank eyes that reflected the fire dancing beside them both. She wished she were here, body and soul, he was still perhaps frustrated at the way he had rejected him, he had actually been confident the – he would've sworn that she had tensed up and had become shy in their "archery session" because of his presence, but perhaps he was wrong…

He just hoped she wouldn't reject him again when he had her back safely…IF he ever had her back safely. He stoked her cold cheek…it was a pale colour, almost blue…she looked so dead…she wasn't even breathing…

Link ran a steady hand down her neck towards her chest where he could feel her heart beating…

Thump, thump…thump, thump…

Quite strange actually…how one looses breath when their soul is stolen but their heart continues to go on…

It was then that Link noticed he could do almost anything to the 'sleeping' Tala, although it was a somewhat naughty thought, it had rested in his mind. He had always wanted to touch her smooth curves, ever since he had seen them in the reflection of the puddle…but then again, he knew her better now, he respected her – that's the one thing that stopped him from spying on her as she got changed for the second time. That's what stopped him from thinking about it all together.

Link pressed his lips lightly to her cold ones, but no matter how cold they were they still seemed to give warmth to him, these lips he had wanted all night long, but to him it seemed like an eternity – too long. He pulled back and sighed, "I promise I'll do everything in my power to bring your soul back to where it belongs," he whispered an oath into her unhearing ear – not only had he made a promise to her, but himself.

He curled up beside her, finding her cool body was giving him more warmth then the thick blankets were – it seemed to take ages for him to get to sleep with all of the emotions buzzing around inside him, but he managed.

He'd just have to rescue her quickly…if Hyrule plunged into another catastrophe because of Ganon he didn't think he'd be able to cope.

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