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Chapter 2: Friends for a Lifetime

Malon awoke early, as she always did, to start her chores and get a good head start to the day. For some reason she was in a far greater mood than usual. She started to hum her mother's song while she went about her chores sucvh as feeding the cuccos, and training the horses. She loved to play with the horses because they were really all the friends in the world that she had. Since she lived so far away from any of the main towns, she didn't have many human friends. With the exception of Link. Link! He was the reason that she was so happy today!

Link was going to come by today! Or...at least she hoped he would. Malon was surprised to find herself thinking about him all the time on acount that she hardly knew him. That will change. She had a feeling that she would get to know him better. Time moved very slowly at the ranch so it seemed like a lifetime waiting for Link to arrive. Malon patiently kept to her chores and finished all of them faster than she would normally have finished them. Link still hadn't arrived when she finished so she started in on her father's chores, seeing that her father usually didn't wake up until noon.

Noon. She could hear her father finally waking up inside the house. He grogily walked outside without realizing he was still in his pajamas and tripped over one of the three pots by the barn on his way to the horses. Malon was too far away to catch he dad so she expected to hear a large thud as he hit the ground, but instead she heard her father happily thanking someone. Curious, Malon opened her eyes, not realizing that she had closed them so as to not see her father hit the ground. She smiled.

"Thanks, sonny! I would have taken a nasty fall if you hadn't of caught me when you did, I reckon," Talon said to the green clothed boy, before turning to Malon. "Have fun today, Malon. I have to make a trip to Kakariko village today so I probably won't be back until dinner." With those words being said, Talon boxed up some milk and headed down the dirt path...still in his pajamas.

"Uh, Malon?"

"Yes, Fairy Boy?" Malon answered politely.

"Aren't you going to tell your father that he's still in his pajamas?" Link commented.

"Nope," she said simply.

"Why not?" Link had a puzzled expression on his face that Malon couldn't help herself from laughing at.

"Because...he always forgets to get dressed when he makes deliveries to Kakariko village. The citizens there have grown used to it. I call it tradition."

Link obviously had no clue what she was talking about but by the look on Malon's face he knew that she found it funny. Malon ran over to the field where the horses roamed during the day, half dragging, half leading Link. Link was amazed by these creatures, he had grown up in the forest and had never seen one before. Malon let go of Link and casually strode up to a large horse and stroked its mane. Link was slightly scared of the massive creatures but stood tall and casually walked up to one as well. As he went to pet the horse it reared up on its hind legs and Link was already moving back drawing his sword and shield. His face held a fierce determination.

Malon giggled at the sight of Link and the horse, who had just been showing off. "What are you doing, Fairy Boy?"

Link didn't turn to face her fear it would catch him off guard. "Protecting you."

Malon started to chuckle louder. "From what?"

"This...horse." Malon burst out laughing so hard that tears started to come to her eyes. "What is so funny?"

"Nothing...nothing at all. How 'bout we go play with the cuccos?" Link nodded his approval before slowly backing away from the horse who had already lost interest in Link and began munching on some fresh clovers.

"That sounds like a good idea," Link said as he finally sheathed his sword and put away his shield.

Malon found herself laughing for the rest of the day due to the fact that Link was amazed by the smallest of things at the ranch. By the end of the week, the small red haired girl, and the Kokiri boy were good friends...laughing and playing together. The sun was beginning to set on Lonlon Ranch and Link had just finished telling her his exploits in the Deku Tree, Dodongo's Cavern, and Lord Jabbu Jabbu's belly.

"He swallowed you!" Malon said excitedly as she awaited more news about it.

"Yeah, but it wasn't a big deal because it didn't take me very long to find the princess and kill that jellfish monster thing. Top this day I don't know what that thing was," Link smiled as Malon looked at him unbelievably. "You think that was scary...after rescuing Princess Ruto, she gives me the spiritual stone of water. I take it and than after I take it she tells me that I'm now engaged to her because I have the stone! I think she was joking, though. Now that would be scary! No offense to Ruto."

"So now that you have all the stones, what are you going to do?"

"I guess I'll head back to the castle to give them to Princess Zelda." At the sound of her name Malon almost flinched, she didn't know why...but she didn't like Zelda very much. Maybe because Link hung around her so much. Oh well, Link was her best friend...nothing more. " I better get going..."

Something urged Malon to teach him her Mother's song. She had never taught anyone outside her family the sacred song...but somehign made her want to teach it to him. Something beyond her understanding." Hey, wait. Didn't you say you had an ocarina?"

"Yeah," Link said as he turned around.

"Can I teach you a song?" Malon nearly slapped herself at how stupidly she had asked the question.

"Sure. I'd be happy to learn it." Link smiled as Malon relaxed.

Malon sang a few notes in rythm and Link repeated the notes on his ocarina. A wind blew swiftly around the two as she sang and he played. Than out of nowhere Epona galloped up to Link catching him off guard and started nuzzling his neck. Malon's eyes grew wide at the sight. Epona didn't ever let strangers touch her or get near her. There was something about Link that was different than normal people. This Fairy Boy had befriended her favorite horse...and her. He will forever be my friend...and my Fairy Boy.

"It looks like Epona is fond of you, Fairy Boy," Malon whispered as he left. "See you tomorrow than?"

"You can count on it," Link said with one of his famous grins and than left.

A/N: There will be more Malink fluff in the later chapters, I promise! I will update as soon as an idea hits me!