Outside on sitting on the fence, was a young girl with long lovely red hair and sparkling blue eyes. She wore a simple dress and an orange neckerchief. Lonnie was her name, and she was bored.

Her mom, Connie, owned LonLon Ranch, it was their family living there for generations. She was done tending to the horses and had already gone picking peaches from the ready to harvest trees. Her mom was now preparing dinner from the fish she caught by the river, it wouldn't be long now. Lonnie looked up into the sunset…

"I guess this is as much excitement I'll get in one day," she said sadly.

Just then, she heard footsteps coming from the ranch entrace:

"Well I guess we have no where to go…"

"This'll do."

"Who's there?" Lonnie called out.

Five kids about her age appeared. What could they be doing here?

"Are you lost?" she asked them. There were four boys and one girl.

"No… We need a place to stay," the boy with a striped knit cap said to her.

"What's your name?" Lonnie asked him.

"It's Matt."

"Ok Matt, this isn't really a lodge you know."

"So that's a no?"

"Just saying. I'll ask my mom."

We haven't had visitors in a long while! Lonnie thought happily. I hope Mom lets them stay.

She barged into the kitchen, Connie was standing there chopping up some vegetables.

"Mom! There's some people out by the gate, they're asking if they could stay for the night."

"Oh really? Let me see."

Lonnie led her mom to where the five kids waited.

"Are these friends of yours, Lonnie?" Connie asked a little clueless.

"No, they just happened to come by."

"Well if it's just overnight, I suppose it's okay," Connie decided. "What are your names?"

"I'm Matt."

"I'm Alex!"

"The name's David."

"Ryan."

"Jess."

"Okay, I'm sure Lonnie knows where the guests sleep."

"Yeah. C'mon, I'll show you."

Lonnie began to walk upstairs, the room was empty.

"We don't really have mattresses for you to sleep on, but please make yourselves comfortable," she said kindly. There were only two beds.

"Don't worry, it's pretty nice," Alex commented.

"It's alright," Ryan said, leaning against one of the beds.

"Thanks," Matt said casually.

"No problem." Lonnie walked out of the room and went downstairs to help her mother with supper.

"We'll set off to Goron Mountain tomorrow," Matt told them.

"Ok… so we stay here until we get up and go. Right?" Ryan asked him.

"Yep. Hopefully, we won't run into Shadow Ryan or the giant calamari."

"I'd be very nice of the Goron leader to hand over the Crimsonine just like that," Alex pointed out.

"Exactly, it won't be that easy. We should be ready to accept whatever challenge he tells us to do."

"Even go into the volcano," Jess told them.

"…In the volcano?"

"Yeah. What, you didn't know about that?"

"…You know what? We'll be ready for that too. David, you're awfully quiet, don't you have anything to complain about?"

"Nah, not right now. I'm gonna go get some fresh air."

"Ok then. It's not like we're going anywhere."

David walked out of the room, down the stairs, and out the door. It was nice outside with the breeze, the comforting atmosphere, and the silence. He didn't remember the last time anything was this peaceful.

In Serenity Village, David had been surrounded by others asking him for advice on fencing or by other people challenging him, he never really got a break. Here, it was people yelling at him, telling him he's choosing the wrong path, or telling him he's going to bump into a tree (which by the way, hurt).

"Huh?"

David turned around, there was Lonnie.

"Oh, it's you."

"The others told me you went outside, supper's going to be ready soon."

"Oh, well thanks."

"Hey… is it okay if I ask where you and your friends are headed? I'm just curious," Lonnie said shyly.

"Ha… you'd probably think I was crazy."

"No honestly! I'll believe you."

"Ok then, I'll tell ya. Here's how it started..."

David told Lonnie the whole adventure: how he was picked, how boring it was on the way to Hyrule Castle Town, the training, and about the burning castle. It was quite a story.

"Really? My mom was just at Hyrule Castle Town this morning selling our crops!" Lonnie said bewildered.

"Well it's true."

"What an exciting life you must have, I wish my life were that great..."

"It must not be so bad around here. It's must be peaceful and fun with all the animals and working hard."

"Not really if you've been doing it your whole life."

A small brown horse came over to Lonnie and nudged her affectionately.

"Oh Epona! I thought you were in the stable," Lonnie exclaimed.

"Huh?"

"This is Epona, she's one of my good friends."

"Hey there..."

"Go on, pet her. She doesn't bite."

"Um... ok." David patted the horse on the head. "I've never really been near animals before, except for hunting..."

"Oh... well that's ok. I don't think I'm friends with any deer," Lonnie giggled. "Go on, Epona. You should go back to the stable and rest."

The little horse

"Why is it that a pretty girl like you is here on a farm?"

Lonnie blushed, "I was born here on the ranch, it's been my family's ranch for generations. My dad died a while ago tho... he got accidentally got hit by a wagon."

"Ouch... that must've hurt."

"Yeah. My mom and I have to run the ranch by ourselves now. I never get to play anymore, but I've always wanted to go an adventure."

"An adventure, huh? Maybe I could arrange that..."

"What do you mean?"

"Maybe take you with me?"

"Really? That would mean the world to me! But of course I'd need to ask my mom..."

"Are there any weapons you can use?"

"Not really... I've used a bow and arrow before. I think it's in the shed."

"Eh... maybe they'll take you."

"Ok, I'll go tell my mom later... I don't want her to be sad without me. It'll be awfully lonely without anyone around."

"Maybe she'll understand."

"Yeah, you're right David."

"You know, there is an upside with having your parents not around to watch you."

"What is that?"

"It means I could do this..." And he kissed her, David and Lonnie.

"Oh wow..." Lonnie blushed.

"Lonnie! What's taking so long?" Connie called from the house.

"Coming Mom! We better go inside," Lonnie told David.

"This'll be our secret, right? No one will know about that kiss."

"Yeah... my mom would go all gooey on me about it."

"Ok, just making sure." They both began to walk back.

Nothing's ever a safe secret...

Who saw this coming? I bet no one, lol. Anyways, who can guess who thought the last sentence? No prizes, just for fun. There's nothing really too funny in this chapter, it's more of the plot right now. And I bet some people will wonder, "Why couldn't I just name the girl Malon?"

I named her Lonnie instead because it's not like every time someone had a baby girl on LonLon Ranch they named her Malon. It would mean that it'd be like this:

"It's a girl! Let's name it Malon."

"It's a girl! Let's name it Malon, again!"

"It's a girl! Let's name it Malon, again! Just to spite the author of this fanfic!"

In my opinion, it'd be kinda crazy to name every girl there "Malon", so there's Lonnie. Thank you for reading my short rant about naming all the girls on LonLon Ranch "Malon".