Opia: Okay... so this chapter isn't much longer... whatever! Anyways, I'm actually updating quickly! Though we all know that won't last for too long. -coughIreallyneedtoupdateVarel'sBanecough-

Cari: Hope you enjoy the chapter anyway!

Ruto sat on her bed staring silently at the wall. Pictures of Link were strewn everywhere. Crawling off the bed, she made her way over to the small pond in the corner of her room. She sat down at its edge and gazed into the still water. Her reflection stared back at her.

What's wrong with me?

Gently she ran a hand across her face and head, tracing her delicate features

Am I not beautiful enough?

Light reflected off the calm water onto her face, making her scales shimmer softly. She wiped away an emerging tear from her eye. Suddenly a thought dawned on her.

It's because I'm a Zora isn't it…

Ruto glared hatefully at her reflection.

This horrid fish body!

She struck at the water, destroying the offending image. Angry and on the verge of tears again, she stood up and stormed out of the room.

The princess wandered the halls and streams of her city, barely noticing the formal greetings her people offered her on the way. She didn't even respond when a passerby bumped into her without saying sorry, she just kept walking. Her feet took her deeper and deeper into the depths of the city down a corridor she didn't recognize, but she was too deep in her own thoughts to care.

The corridor ended abruptly. Ruto snapped out of her daze just in time to miss slamming into a large wooden door. She looked up at the elaborately carved door and the stone walls around her.

Where am I?

Hesitantly, she gripped the handle and pulled open the door. The inside of the room resembled a library, though the layer of dust and the amount of cobwebs said it hadn't been used in years. She walked down the long rows of shelves, browsing the selection with mild interest. Most of the writing on the leather bindings were in some sort of ancient language, several in fact, but the few that were written in a language she could read were history records and fishing spells.

Ruto had walked the entire expanse of the library when she came upon a tome placed on an ornate stand. Curiously, she opened the book's yellowed pages to a random spot. To her disappointment, it was in a language she couldn't read. But as she stared at the brittle pages the text began to contort and shift. Pictures appeared where there were none before; one picture depicted an ancient drawing that kinda looked like a Zora standing next to a Hyrulian with a few strange squiggles in-between them. When the text stopped moving Ruto gasped, she could read it. The princess poured over the tome all-night and well into the morning.

It was a spell book.

And as Ruto finished the last line of her chosen portion for the fifth time she smiled to herself.

I will regain Link's love.

Opia: Oh look at the spiffy magical book, I wonder what it says... -shifty eyes-
:D I'm really having a lot of fun with this story! And I've been in a mood for typing soooooooooo hopefully that means more updates for a while!

Cari: Review please!