~Your POV~

I woke up by the sun light on my face. I yawned and felt the pillow I was sleeping against, moving lightly. I looked up and saw sapphire eyes staring into my (e/c) ones. Link smiled and kissed sleepily my lips. I smiled as well and kissed him back, then pulled away blushing.

"(Y/N), you're so cute when you blush." Link said, smiling.

"I don't think I am..." I told him, then looked up at him again. I leaned in to kiss his lips softly. His arms wrapped slowly around my waist, pulling me closer to him.

"You two are still in bed?!" We broke the kiss, surprised and turned to see an angry blue fairy.

"Navi?! What the Hell?" I yelled, looking startled at the small ball of light.

"We have to hurry! No time for cuddl-HMPH!" Midna cut her off by taking her in her hands.

"I think you both have time to prepare yourself for our journey." She then flew somewhere else with Navi in her petite hands. I sighed, shaking my head.

"Navi's so annoying...mmph haha!" Link had started to tickle me, making me laugh and beg for him to stop. He finally did and I was panting, still giggling a bit. Then I got up from the bed, but a pair of arms yanked me down, pulling me on Link's lap.

He wrapped his arms around me, hugging me from behind. I whined lightly, since I was hungry. "Liiiink...We need to get uuuup!" He sighed lightly, his hot breath on my skin, making me shiver lightly.

"It's been at least three months since I last saw you, afraid that you'd be... AND I also didn't have the opportunity to tell you how much I love you." This made me blush darkly and I felt him smirk against my neck. "Let me at least cuddle with you~" I rolled my eyes and turned around, straddling his hips.

"I've missed you too Link, maybe more than you can even think, but right now I want to get up and eaaaat. I'm huuunnngryyyy!" I whined once again, but I was smiling. He opened his mouth to say something, but I cut him off. "BUT! We can cuddle a little, even if we'll have time once our quest is done."

Link grinned and hugged me, pulling me close to him. I gladly returned the hug, hiding my head on his chest. I felt his hands starting to tickle my sides, but I held my laughter in.

I giggled and got up from his lap "I said cuddles, not tickles." I chuckled, grinning then made my way to the bathroom.

"Where are you going?" Link asked, getting up from the bed.

"I'm going to go take a bath, once I'm done, I'll let you wash." I said, smiling.

I heated the water then put it in the bathtub, filling it with oils and soaps. Undressing, I stepped inside the tub, and relaxed my muscles, taking my time, but also not too much, to keep it warm for Link. Thinking about him, I got out of the tub, and pulled on my -still dirty- clothes. 'I should wash them when I get the occasion...' I thought. Getting out of the steamy room, I saw Link sleeping on the bed, his hair messy and somehow still clean.

I shook his shoulder, but he just shifted, mumbling in his sleep. "Midna?"

She appeared from my shadow, in her 'usual' form (the one she's in when Midna is in the twilight)."Yes (Y/N)? What do you need?" I nodded towards Link.

"I want to wake this sleepyhead, got any ideas?"

"Did you try to tickle him?" I hummed, then shook my head.

"I don't know if his ticklish, I don't know where his spots are..."

"Kiss him?" I chuckled a bit at this.

"He'll dream of it instead of waking up." Midna smirked, then leaned over my ear, whispering something.

I grinned evilly. "I think that might work..." The imp grinned widely and changed Link into his wolf form, waking him up immediately. He looked around him, then at himself, his eyes panicking. That is, until he heard me laughing really loudly with Midna. Growling, he made himself known, so Midna changed him back into a human.

"This wasn't funny at all..." He said, pouting. I walked to him and hugged him.

"It was to wake you up, you don't want to bathe in cold water." I told him.

"You know that I don't mind that." I frowned and pulled away from the hug, looking up at him.

"You didn't have a chimney or something like that?" I asked him and he just shook his head.

"I bathed in the spring." My eyes widened and scrunched my nose.

"Ew." I just said that and pulled away, pushing Link inside the bathroom. "Just go wash already! I'm hungry!" He laughed but got inside nonetheless, locking the door behind him.

Meanwhile, I did the inventory of everything we had and what we may need. I had taken the time to put on my armour, my weapons still near the bed.

I heard the door opening and I looked behind me, seeing Link, in his green tunic. I smiled and turned around.

"Ready?" I asked, grabbing my bow and arrows, slipping them on my back.

He nodded and I gingerly grabbed his hand. Heading out, I saw that Telma was behind the bar, scrubbing a glass.

"Good morning Telma." I smiled, waving. She grinned.

"Morning (Y/N), Link. How was your night?" I smiled a bit shyly.

"It was great, the bed was really comfortable and so did the cushions." I said happily.

"Great! Do you want anything for breakfast?" I nodded, practically drooling. "Then come give me a hand." Telma added.

I tilted my head to the side, but walked with her to the back. The woman turned to me.

"(Y/N), you got laid last night?" She asked out of the blue, making me blush furiously.

"IWHAT? No! I'm too young! and not before the wedding..." I said, blushing madly. I never lied to Telma, and even if I tried, she would know by my body language.

"Okay, calm down, I was just curious. You know that I trust you and Link to protect yourselves, and not to do stupid things, right?. But if there's any problems, don't hesitate to come here, you're always welcome." Telma assured me, smiling. Nodding, I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her to me.

"Thank you Telma." I said, smiling "I trust him too and I'm sure that he'll do anything to protect me from my clumsiness." I chuckled, grinning from ear to ear. Telma smiled at me with a kind smile.

"Promise me that you'll come back to us and that you'll be careful on your quest." I nodded again, my face between her breasts.
After a short while, my stomach made a growling noise, indicating my hunger. We both laughed and parted from our embrace. "I think we should make that breakfast, right? And I think Link is still waiting." Telma nodded and went over the stove, where she pulled out to plates with food on it. "You... but..." I said, turning to the door, then to the plates. "You sneaky little Telma~ You just wanted to talk to me?" I asked, putting my hands on my hips. Telma grinned and passed me, giving me a wink on the way to the door.

Shaking my head, I followed her to the main room and smiled at Link. We both sat down at a table to eat then when we were done we went back to Telma, thanking her for the meal.

"Oh, (Y/N), Link, I was just talking about you! Hey, everyone! Introduce yourselves!" I turned to the right and saw a few people around a table with a map. "This handsome young man and beautiful lady are Link and (Y/N)!" They all looked at us and I grinned, walking over to greet them while Telma was still talking with Link. I smiled when Shad when he got up to welcome me with a friendly hug.

"Hello, (Y/N), it's been a while, how are you ?" He asked.

"Oh, I'm fine, Link and I are searching for something and we'll probably need the map there... but before that, I'm going to go to the weapon shop to get some blades." I replied.

"Why would you need other weapons? This bow looks just fine." He gestured his hand in the direction of my bow, still on my back.

"Indeed, but I prefer being able to defend myself in case an enemy is too close, and there's a possibility that Link will be occupied." I told him, then turned my head when I heard footsteps behind me. "Talking about him."

"Hello." He simply said, not being someone to talk much.

"Um...Shad, isn't there someone missing here? I thought you were more..."

"Oh, yes, Auru isn't here, he's at Lake Hylia, near the eastern desert, apparently there's some weird things going on there." Shad told us, and I nodded. I walked to the map and saw a cross where Auru was.

"Well, we should probably get going, thank you and it was nice meeting you again! Goodbye!" I said, waving and went to the bar to hug Telma.

"Goodbye and be careful, you hear me, (Y/N)?" I nodded, smiling.

"I'll always be." I pulled away, grinning then winked at her. Grabbing Link's hand, I went to the main door to get outside.

"Well, before we go anywhere else, I need new weapons." I said, turning to my lover, who tilted his head to the side.

"Why? You have a bow." I shook my head.

"Not enough for me. Back in the...Grove, I couldn't kill those puppets with my arrows, which I ran out of..." I trailed off, remembering that episode. Sighing I continued. "That's why I want new weapons, to have something to defend myself with in any cases." I looked up at Link, who had regretful look. He nodded and pulled me into an embrace, which I responded, hiding my face on his toned chest.

Pulling away, I breathed in and walked to climb the stairs to go to the main street, Link following behind me.

Since I used to work at the armoury, I made my way to go there, knowing that I would have a weapon, and probably for free.
Getting inside, I held the door for Link, who smiled in thanks. "(Y/N)?!" A voice called, making me turn and grin widely.

"Adelaïd!" I greeted. The short blue headed woman walked from behind the counter and hugged me.

"Goddesses! It's been so long! How are you?" She asked me, holding my shoulders.

"I'm great! what about you?"

"I am too now that you're here, would you give me a hand at the forge?" She asked. I looked at Link and shook my head.

"No, I'm sorry, I...I have a quest with Link here and I am in need of blades, to defend myself with." Adelaïd made a 'oh' sound.

"Well, I still have the ones you made before leaving-"

"You didn't sell them?! I made those for that!" I whined.

"Well sorry for wanting to have a memory of you, and also, many people didn't want it, there were too...special for them, like it was fit for someone else..." I nodded, biting my lip.

"Fine, I'll try them, you still have those training grounds?" I asked and she nodded.

"Let me get the daggers and then I'll show you the grounds." She said before going through a curtain-covered door.

I sighed and shook my head, then looked around the shop, weapons of all sorts were displayed everywhere: shields, swords, bows, daggers, short swords, glaive... That's when I felt a hand grabbing mine that I jumped lightly. I heard Link chuckling lightly, then kissing my cheek softly.

Chuckling, I turned around in his arms and kissed him lovingly and softly, my hands on his chest. We continued to kiss, until someone cleared their throat. Pulling away blushing, I looked over my shoulder and saw Adelaïd tapping her foot on the floor, a pair of daggers in her hands.

Rubbing the back of my neck, I cleared a bit my throat and pulled away from Link.

"So...the grounds." I said, trying to get away from the awkwardness.

"Follow me." The blue-haired woman simply said then made her way to the back. I took my lover's hand and walked after the shopper.

When we arrived there, Adelaïd turned to us. "If you need anything, just go back to the shop and I'll be there!" She said, and waved while walking back to be inside.

I took the daggers in my hand, and started slashing the air, juggling with them to feel their balance.

Looking at the dummy, I walked over it and started to slash, throw my daggers at it.

"(Y/N)?" Link called, walking over. I turned to him.

"Yes?" I asked, smiling.

"How about you train with me? It'll be better than just a not-moving dummy." He said, grinning.

"You're no dummy and I don't want to harm you!" I exclaimed, frowning. Link went in front of me, cupping my cheek with his hand.

"You won't hurt me, I promise." He assured me, before kissing me softly. Then he pulled away and took out his shield. I took my attack stance and attacked him. He blocked, but the blow made his Hylian shield shake a bit. "Good! continue like this!" Said my lover, peeking his head out of its safety.

I grinned from ear to ear and continued to train with Link.

It was near the evening when Link and I stopped to train. Turning to me, he asked "So, these daggers are good?" and I nodded, trailing my thumb across the blade to feel its sharpness.

"Yes, I'll take those... it's like they're made for me, but I made them so that anyone could use them..." Link put his hand near mine, where I had a dagger in.

"Can I?" He asked, gently pulling the weapon out of my grasp. He weighted it, and juggled with it for a little moment. "It has a good balance, I can grab it correctly, but...yes, it doesn't feel right to have it in my hands." The hero said, giving me back my dagger. I nodded then stretched, making my back pop a bit. Link wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me close to him.

"Link..." I sighed when he kissed behind my ear. "S-Stop" I said, looking at his sapphire eyes, which filled with concern.

He pulled his face away, and slowly slipped his arm from my waist. "I-I don't mind kissing you, Link, just intimate things...I never did that and I plan to keep it for my marriage." I told him, looking down. Then Link cupped my cheek lovingly.

"It's okay, I understand, I'm sorry for pushing you, I'll keep that in mind, alright?"He said reassuringly. I nodded and kissed him softly, my hands on his shoulders. We parted after a short while.

"Thank you, Link... we should get going, don't you think?" I said, looking at the sky. But Link just hugged me close to him. "Link...we have a quest to continue..."

"I know...I missed you so much and I can't help it anymore, you're so beautiful, inside-out." he said softly, looking at me. I smiled and kissed his lips softly.

"You'll have time to worship me later, hero, for now we have something to take care of." He grinned and I got away from his grasp and took my daggers. "Let's go buy those lovely things!" I exclaimed, marching towards the front shop.

Once inside, I walked to the counter, where Adelaïd was sharpening a sword. "I will take them Adelaïd, since no-one takes them." I grinned widely, placing them on the table then went to grab my purse.

"No no, it's free for you, you made them (Y/N)!" She said, pushing the daggers towards me.

"I know I made them, but it was for selling, so I'm buying it, and plus, it'll help you a bit." I winked. "Also, I destroyed your dummy." I chuckled awkwardly. "I can pay for that too."

"No, it's fine, I have enough to make another one, don't worry about it." I nodded smiling and took out a purple rupee (50 green rupees) and gave it to her. Grabbing swiftly the daggers, I grabbed Link's arm and got out as fast as I could.

I ran to the gates, Link jogging behind me, trying to follow my steps. Once we were at the South Gates, I stopped running, waiting for my lover.

"Why did you run like that?" He asked once he was near me.

"I didn't want her to kill me for giving so much rupees to her. She doesn't like it when I give her things..." I explained, panting lightly. Link nodded, smiling.

"You have such a good heart." I smiled back at him in thanks and looked over his shoulder. My eyes widened when I saw Adelaïd with a huge glaive running towards us.

"RUN!" I cried and took off, bending down to grab a herb to call Epona. I blew in it, making the song to call her.

The mare galloped towards us and Link climbed her, extending his hand to me. I climbed behind him and then the horse took off towards Lake Hylia. I looked behind us and saw Adelaïd in the distance.

I gave her a wave and cupped my mouth with my hands, yelling. "IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!" Then I turned back and wrapped my arms around Link to keep myself from falling.

After a little while, Link and I found a place were no-one could see us transform in our animal forms.

Midona got out of Link's shadow and asked him what he wanted.

"We wish to warp to Lake Hylia." She nodded and got into my shadow, and I morphed into my panther form, while Link transformed into his wolf form. Then we warped to Lake Hylia.

When we arrived, Link and I asked to go back in out human forms then, once done, jogged towards a watchtower with a ladder.
Link climbed the ladder first, and I followed him, looking above me, not to the sides or bellow.
Here I saw Auru, using binoculars to watch the desert, his hood covering his head.

"I thought it was about time for you to arrive..." Auru turned around and took off his hood. "Master Link and (Y/N), is it?" he asked, smiling ever so slightly at me, then turned back to Link. "You do know Telma, don't you? I am Auru. I am part of the group that Telma kindly allows to meet at her bar. I have heard about all your deeds from her." I rolled my eyes at this, knowing fully Telma, talking about handsome men to other people.

"And you, (Y/N), it has been a while since we did not meet, two years, is it?" He asked, looking at me. I nodded, smiling.

"Yes, it has been two years already, and I missed your face, old man." I chuckled and he did too.

"Now...you two being a courageous youth...you have likely heard of the strange events in the desert and come to investigate, no? Or am I mistaken?" I looked at Link.

"You do know, don't you, Master Link? The Gerudo Desert once held a prison built to hold the worst criminals this land has ever known..." I looked up to see a 6 high towers, forming a circle. "The criminals who were sentenced to death were sent directly to the underworld by a cursed mirror that was kept in the prison... Now that prison is condemned, and even the road leading to the desert is impassable." I looked back at Auru, my hand trailing to grab Link's. "This desert at world's end...It still holds the cursed mirror and the malice of the doomed inmates... These old bones know that the evil currently plaguing Hyrule is related to this wicked place. So I have come to learn the truth..." Auru was looking at the towers, then back at us.

"Master Link, (Y/N), I must ask... What will you do now?" I looked at Link, who looked at me, then back at Auru. "Don't tell me you plan to enter the desert and confirm my suspicions with your own eyes?!" He asked. I looked again at Link, then at Auru.

"Yes, we do plan to do exactly that." I said.
"Ah, is that so...Then let good old Auru help you out. You see Lake Hylia below us? A man named Fyer runs an amusement ride of sorts there. Give him this." Auru rummaged through his things and pulled out a paper, and gave it to Link. It was a memo for Fyer.
"See, long ago I saved this man Fyer's life, and now he cannot refuse me if I ask a favour. If you leave the rest to Fyer, all should go well." The old man assured us. I smiled at him.

"Thank you very much Auru, with the others, I don't know what Hyrule would do without all of you..." I said, smiling before patting him on the shoulder. "Link and I should get going, take care my friend." I saluted him and climbed down the ladder.

Once on the ground, I looked around me, not seeing Link. I looked up and saw him climb down the ladder, then letting go of it, falling. I gasped but when he was about to touch the ground, he just grabbed the ladder again, stopping his fall. Jogging towards him, I pulled him into a hug. "Goddesses, you're so reckless Link!" I scolded him, clearly not happy with what he had done. He just rubbed the back of his neck.

"I've had worse... and I did it many times, I just got the hang of it." He stuck his tongue out, and I swatted his shoulder.

"Idiot." I mumbled, crossing my arms.

"Only your idiot." I blushed when he said this. "Hey, have you ever dived?" Link asked. I looked at him then shook my head.
He presented me his hand, and I grabbed it slowly, unsure. "Trust me, you'll be fine." He said then put a mask on my face. "You can breathe underwater, but no water will get inside." I nodded, touching the fabric. I felt a pull on my other hand and saw Link heading towards a cliff. My eyes widened but I still kept walking behind him.

"Are you really sure about this?" I asked him, my voice a bit muffled by my mask. He nodded and pulled me in his arms.

"Yes, I am sure about this." He smiled and jumped from the cliff, the water quickly arriving. I closed my eyes, my head on Link's chest.

I gasped when the water touched my skin, but my mask prevented me to breathe in the water. I looked around us and saw Zoras, swimming down bellow us. Then I looked at Link, who was looking at me. Smiling, I kissed his cheek with my fabric covered lips. Paddling to the surface, I pulled the mask from my face, breathing in the air.

"That was awesome!" I exclaimed, grinning from ear to ear, then frowned. "Well, except the jumping part...it was terrifying." I added and Link looked at me worriedly.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been such an idiot..." He said, cupping my cheek. I just shook my head.

"That's alright, it was really cool, and sometimes jumping from high heights might prevent me from being afraid of it."

Link said nothing else, but he pulled me into a hug, hiding his face in the crook of my neck.
We stayed like this for a short while then parted, to swim towards the grassy ground.
I pulled myself from the water, my hair and clothes drenched. I turned to Link, who had gotten out of the water as well."Hey, remember this?" I asked, showing him my clothes dripping with water, chuckling. He chuckled as well.

"Yes, I do remember, it was before all this..." I sighed nodding.

"But now it's kind of better, but also worse..." I looked at him, frowning lightly. "We are a couple, after two years of not knowing the feelings we had for each over, but we can also die at any battles, any temples, any enemies...any accidents." I looked at the ground.

"(Y/N), when we finish this, I want to marry you...only if you will, of course." My eyes widened and I looked at him, my mouth lightly agape.

"Y-Yes, that would be... that would be perfect, Link." I told him, smiling widely. Link walked towards me and grabbed my hand, walking towards the floating platform where Flyer would be.

My lover took out Auru's memo and gave it to the clown, who's eyes widened.

"Hrrrm... From old Auru, huh... Ah well, I guess I oughta do what the old coot says... Two Oasis flight, right? So here you go, one of our secret options not available to the general public... This time's all paid for... so whaddaya both say? Wanna go?" Link and I nodded, my grip on his hand tightening lightly. Flying...great. "All righty then... But remember, next time, you gotta pay! Sweet sailing buddies of mine. Two for oasis...fire in the hole!" Fyer said, then moved to the side to let us in the cannon.

Taking a deep breath, I walked inside and jumped when the heavy door closed, making the whole platform move. A music sounded around us and I felt the floor moving upwards. I saw a small light then we were all shaken.
Suddenly, we were launched into the sky, towards the Gerudo Desert.

I couldn't help but let a cry of surprise and fear, my eyes tightly closed, my arms and legs close to myself. I retracted my head and put my hands at the back of my neck.

Suddenly, I felt the ground on my back, and I rolled, sand all around me as I kept rolling, until I stopped.

I unwrapped myself and looked around me, then heard a thud, somewhere behind me. I looked over my shoulder and saw Link, his face in the sand. I quickly got up and ran towards him. I rolled him over and saw that he was conscious. Sighing in relief, I helped him up on his feet, looking at the sea of sand in front of us. I grabbed Link's hand and started to walk, until Midna called us.

"Wait, (Y/N), Link." We turned to Midna, seeing Navi turning around her head. "Before we go on, there's something I want you to hear...Do you remember what the Spirit said about the Fused Shadows? What do you think happened to the magic wielders who tried to rule the Sacred Realm? They were banished. They were chased across the sacred lands of Hyrule and driven into another realm by the goddesses." Midna explained, while Navi flew around me. "It was another world entirely... The antithesis of Hyrule, where the sun shines bright. Its denizens became shadows that could not mingle with the light. Eventually, most came to call it the Twilight Realm, and from it, none could return to the world of light...They were forever doomed to live in the twilight, flitting in the half-light of dusk, mere shadows of Hyrule...This is the story of the Twili as it has been passed down from our ancestors...Do you both now understand what I am? I'm a descendant of the tribe that was banished to the Twilight Realm!" I looked at Midna, who I wanted to embrace so badly, to let her understand that she wasn't like them, that she was important (Midna is my daughter, and I'm proud of her X33).

The little Twili continued her story. "It was a peaceful place... until Zant took control of the Twilight Realm and transformed all the Twili into shadow beasts. It's clear to me now that he somehow gained a great evil power previously unknown to our tribe... In any case, I was sent from there and could no longer get into the Twilight Realm without his power. But there's another tale told by my people. Though the goddesses forbade us to return to the world of light, they left one link between the light and the darkness. Something called the Mirror of Twilight was passed to the protectors of Hyrule...It's our only path to the Twilight Realm...and we must get there!" Midna said, going in front of us, a determined look on her face. Putting a hand on my and Link's face, she said.

"You'll come with me, won't you?" I smiled and Link did too.

"Of course, Midna, you're family to us." I said, gently putting my hand over hers. She smiled gratefully and pulled away, going back inside Link's shadow.

I turned to him and kissed his cheek. "Let's go."

I simply said, while grabbing his hand, and walking to go investigate the Gerudo Desert.

END OF CHAPTER 6