It was morning again now; the only period of the day the sun shone brightly and the world seemed to be normal. Link woke up a bit confused, trying to put things in order until suddenly realizing he had just fallen asleep and didn't wake up the princess before. However, for his surprise, she was there, standing on a rock with a bow, watching every movement that might look suspicious.
"Your Highness, since when are you awake"? Link asked surprised.
"Ah, I woke up some hours ago. I normally sleep only for about three hours a day".
"And what about this bow? Is it yours"?
"Yes, the Spirits of Light granted me to protect ourselves".
That was pretty cool, but Link still wasn't convinced about her usefulness. He didn't even know if she could shoot. At least, they were getting closer to their destination. Some hours should be enough to arrive there.
Suddenly, some Darknuts jumped out of the trees. The fear grew again in their hearts. Link was still tired because of the short rest and Zelda was so scared she almost couldn't stand in her feet.
The knights then started to attack. Link was so concentrated in protecting the princess from the enemies in front of him that he didn't notice an archer on a tree at his side. An arrow soon perforated his arm. The pain was so intense that he lost his battle posture.
These were dark times. Everything was harder. Link's vision seemed fuzzy and the wound, more painful. He couldn't fight all those enemies and he still had to protect the princess.
There was only one option. He grabbed Zelda as firm as he could and jumped into the river. Arrows kept flying but luckily, they all missed the target so the heroes fled safely.
Well…not at all. Unfortunately, there was a waterfall at the end of the river and Link could do nothing, but wait and hope to survive the fall. And that was what he did.
And again, everything was dark.
"Where am I? What is this place? What's happening"? Link set questions in the air. He was actually in some sort of a cave. It was near the waterfall since it's violent sound could be heard and somehow, the cave was lit.
"Hello Link". A soft voice said and Link instantly turned his face.
"Princess! What a relief! What is this place"?
"It is a cave I have found. You fainted after the fall so I brought us here".
"Wow, this is amazing," Link said astonished, and Zelda only replied with a blush, turning her face away.
"What about this light coming out of nowhere? And…my arm! It's healed! Did you also do that"?
"Yes…"
"How"?
She waited a bit and shortly answered: "Magic", with a shy smile.
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