Important A/N: Okay well it took me forever but I finally got the third chapter up. Thanks to those of you who reviewed, really helped get this chapter up faster. What I did was only take parts of the temple and wrote it in, and what I want to know is what you readers think of it. For future referance, I'd like you to tell me if I should write in the whole dungeon, or continue with peices of it. It would really help to have your opinion, so please leave a review with what you think, or email me, you can even give in suggestions of what you would like to read, like maybe a fishing trip! I love writing this, so more requests I get, the longer it'll be! That's all for now, hope you like it.

"AAAHH!" Misty cried falling onto the ground as she scrambled to get away from what appeared to be a giant venus fly trap. Link jumped around her, pulling out his sword and shield at the same time. The plant lunged into him once before he stabbed its large, blue, bulb like head. The plant locked upright, and Link moved in, swinging his sword at its thin green stem, severing it in half. All that was left of the creature was a stick that Link bent to pick up.

"Link watch out!" Misty cried as what looked like a nut came hurtling towards his head. Hearing her warning, Link rolled to the side as the nut sailed harmlessly over him.

"It's too dangerous here! Quick run into that house!" Link called to her, pointing at a small round house with a leaf on its roof that was near the forest entrance.

Running inside with Link close at her heels, Misty looked around house. There were four chests, two to either side of a red carpet that ran from the entrance down to a stage at the other end of the room. Sitting on its steps was a small kid, another one seated on the bed that was next to it. As soon as Link walked further in, and the kids got a good look at him, and the kid on the stage called out to him.

"Why is that fairy following you around? You're not one of us!" These words struck Link hard, after all he had grown up with these kids, though he couldn't recall their names at the moment. Link kept silent, which seemed to prompt the other kid into speaking.

"I see you didn't have any problems entering the forest, mister. Did the meanies out there bother you much? Before the Great Deku tree died you wouldn't see things like that around here. Since it's dangerous outside, I always stay inside my house. But I'm bored to death in here!"

Misty walked up behind Link as soon as the kid finished speaking, and he turned around to speak to her softly.

"I don't like this. I know where the forest temple is, Saria always said that it would one day be important, and now I know why. There's a ledge just behind this house. Climb up that and you'll see a cliff with vines on it. Climb up that also then run up the path and turn left. There should be a very large log opening there. Go through that and wait for me once you're safely inside. Do you understand?" Link asked, and continued once Misty nodded her head yes. "Alright….Go!"

Misty dashed from the house and ran around the corner where Link told her to go, ducking under another of the flying nuts. Link passed her as they climbed the vines, and took off his shield to provide cover for her from another of the nut shooters. Running through the log opening, she looked around where she was and gave a small sigh. There were three other openings and she couldn't see past the start of them because of the darkness. When Link came up next to her, she turned to speak with him.

"How do we find the temple in this?"

"Just listen." Link said, and laughed at her blank expression. "I lived here, I know how to listen to the forest." Messing up her hair some, Link turned towards the left opening, and Misty followed grumbling under her breath as she fixed her hair.

The paths may have seemed simple and easy to follow for Link, but Misty was completely lost. Soon they came to one area that had a small lake in it. Starting from the far side of the lake was a stone structure, and from what Misty could see of it, it ran all the way down to the bottom. Link turned to the left log opening and abruptly stopped, and Misty, who had been looking at the stone structure, walked right into him.

"Hey!" She protested, looking around him to see why he had stopped.

Standing in front of the opening with his hand raised, was another little orange haired kid, who started to talk as soon as he had noticed Link and Navi.

"What are you?! Though you wear Kokirish clothing, you can't fool me! I promised Saria I would never let anybody go through here." Misty looked up to Link who just sighed and pulled out his ocarina. Playing what Misty thought was a bouncy little tune; he lowered it again and looked at the guy blocking their path as he began to speak again.

"That melody!? Saria plays that song all the time! You….Do you know Saria? That song…Saria taught that song only to her friends…ok…I trust you. When I see you…I don't know why, but I remember….him.."

The guy moved out of the way and Link moved on without another word.

"What guy was he talking about?" Misty asked.

"Never mind." Link replied, and Misty noticed that his hands were clenched and movements stiff. Deciding that he was in no mood to talk, Misty fell a step behind him and followed in silence. After a couple more turns they came into a large opening that had a cliff at the end of it, and a hole breaking through the cliff making a path. Link walked towards the opening confidently, but just as he reached it, Navi flew out of his hat and into his face.

"From here on, we'll be going through some narrow passages! If you take it slow, maybe you can sneak up on some enemies."

"Enemies?" Link repeated in confusion, the only enemies he remembered were Deku scrubs and they had never bothered Navi before. Link stood still and listened, and sure enough he caught the sounds of something growling, or something's rather.

Standing in the tall grass of the opening, Link waited and listened. Soon a large animal that Misty thought looked like a large brown bull dog on steroids dressed in armor, walked by with a spear in hand. Link looked at it and calmly took out the hook shot. Targeting it on the beast he fired, and the creature cried out once before it burst into green flames.

"Lets move." Link said in an unimpressed voice. He moved forward and left Misty with the choice of either following or being left behind.

They went through the process of sneaking around corners and taking out the dog creatures a couple times, once even having to jump into a deep pond to get to another path. Soon they reached a long stairway, and Misty thought that they had finally reached the entrance to the temple. What greeted her eyes though when they reached the top made her groan. There was another dog creature about halfway down a path that lead to another set of stairs, and this one seemed larger and meaner then the others, and also had a very large club in his hands.

"Wait here." Link said, and ran towards the monster without giving Misty a chance to answer. The huge creature raised its club in the air before crashing it down on the ground, sending large waves of dirt at Link. Link dodged around it, having to do it more then once because the dog kept his attacks coming, but soon enough Link rolled around the thing, bringing his sword out. Stabbing at it repeatedly, the creature eventually fell, and just like the others, burst into green flames. Running down the path, Misty caught up with Link and both climbed up the next set of stairs.

When they reached the top Link slowly made his way over to a stump that was situated to the left of a large stone building. Misty looked at it as she walked over towards him, and realized that this had to be the temple, though they had a small problem since the steps leading up to it were broken after the second set. After a few short moments of Link staring at the stump, they heard the noise of someone jumping down near by. Both of them turned to watch as a purple clad male walked towards them. Misty had to work hard to keep her face emotionless, but non the less she was happy to see that she had at least not imagined Sheik up when she had come here before. As he walked towards them Sheik began speaking in his light voice.

"The flow of time is always cruel ..Its speed seems different for each person, but no one can change it. A thing that doesn't change with time is a memory of younger days…In order to come back here again, play the minute of forest." Pulling out a harp, Sheik began to play some sort of melody, and Misty listened with her eyes closed as both he and Link played the song together. To her, it sounded sad, but also memorable, like something to play when you wanted to think back on earlier memories, perhaps that's why Sheik had chosen the words he had. When they finished playing Misty gave a small sigh, and opened her eyes to watch Sheik put the hard away and speak.

"Link….I'll see you again.." Backing up Misty saw his eyes shift to her for a moment before he pulled out a deku nut, throwing it on the ground and disappearing in a flash of light that both had to cover their eyes from. When they could see again, Misty looked to Link to cover up any hint that she may have known Sheik.

"That was weird."

"Sheik is weird." Link said, obviously having not noticed anything. Looking up at the stone structure that Misty had been gazing at before, he rubbed his chin as he thought of something. Eyes straying to the tree that had grown next to it, Link moved towards it as his eyes trailed along a branch that hung over the plateau of the stone structure.

"Come here." Link said, grabbing Misty's arm to pull her after him before wrapping an arm around her waist.

"Link what are you doing?" She asked, looking at him with wide eyes.

"Getting us to the temple." He replied, taking out the hook shot again and pointing it up to the branch. Waiting until Misty had wrapped her arms around his neck he shot the hook towards the branch. After it stuck in the wood, they flew through the air, and when they reached the branch, Link let go of Misty and grabbed one arm around the branch, the other pulling the hook shot free. Misty kept a tight hold on Link, eyes closed and refusing to look down.

"Alright Misty, grab onto the branch." Link said putting an arm around her again after putting the hook shot away. Misty nodded her head and did as she was told, letting go of Link and getting a tight hold on the branch above her head with both arms. Once she was secure, Link dropped down onto the platform, and after absorbing the fall, stood up straight with his arms outstretched, calling back up to her.

"Alright, drop."

"What!?" Misty yelled looking down at him. "Oh what ever." She said, and let go. She gave a small cry as she dropped down, and a small squeak as she felt resistance to her fall as Link caught her. Link gave a small smile before he set her back down on her feet and turned towards the stone archway.

"Lets go."

Misty cleared her throat some as she felt her cheeks heat up, and followed him stiffly.

The area that they walked into was another large opening, stone walls scaling upwards to a stone room. To the right vines crawled up the wall next to a large tree that was facing another one just like it, either one having thick branches that almost touched the other. At the far end was another stone opening, a rather elegant entrance with a roof over it supported by two beams, a wooden door leading to another area, and this is where the two walked in.

Link was the first one through, and he stopped Misty right away. Misty looked around Link and noticed three large spider like things.

"Eew." She said, recoiling some.

"Look." Link said pointing down the hallway that the spiders guarded, and Misty noticed what it was that gave his voice a flat tone to it. There was another wood door at the end, and it was held tightly shut by thick metal chains. "We need a key." Link said as he turned around and ushered Misty back out the door.

"Where can we find a key already?" Misty asked, and Link sighed as he sat down on the steps under the stone roof.

"I don't know." He said as he rubbed his face with his hands. Misty looked around the small area, and her eyes trailed to the vines, up the wall to the tree, and then back down. Tapping her lips softly with one finger, she went over the surface again with her eyes before walking over to the wall. Grabbing the vines, she gave a hard tug, and when they didn't break away, began climbing up. Link lowered his hands and watched her after one of his questions went unanswered, and called out warning to be careful. Once Misty reached the top of one of the trees, she pulled herself up onto it and looked across to the other one. Moving carefully she made her way along the single branch, eyes narrowing as something caught her eyes.

"Hey there's a switch over there!" She called down to Link and made her way towards the other branch.

Link stood up and watched her carefully, but called out a warning to her as she neared the center of both branches. Stopping Misty looked down, and just then a skaltulah dropped down in front of her. Link pulled out the hook shot, making a quick end to the spider. Misty waved her hand in thanks before continuing on her way, gracefully jumping the small distance to the next branch, and then hurrying along it until she set foot on the trunk of the other tree, stepping on a golden switch. There was a small thunk behind her as a chest dropped down onto the trunk of the tree she had just come from. Turning around Misty made her way back over to it, and when she kicked the chest open, she smiled as she pulled out a key.

"Got it!' She called down to Link, and she quickly made her way back down the vines, surrendering the key over to him.

"Great, lets go." Link said and turned around going back inside. Misty followed Link as he took care of the three skaltulah's, and they ran to the door at the end. Link used the key to unlock the door and pulled the chains away. Walking through, they entered into a large circular room. To all sides there seemed to either be stairways leading to new doors, or paths leading down to other doors. In the center of the room was a square area, golden torches sitting on top of small stones at the four corners of what looked like an elevator. As they walked down the steps getting closer to it, there were four ghostly laughs, and four poes appeared above the four torches. The flames from the torches disappeared, and then reappeared on the torches that the poes carried. As the poes gave off another laugh, they turned away and disappeared, the elevator slowly slipping down into the ground, cutting off one of their paths.

"Shit." Link said running down to it and kicking the very top of the elevator.

"Looks like we're going to have to look for those poes and get those flames back to recall the elevator." Misty said coming up behind him.

Link just turned around and stared at her before sighing and walking towards the only open door, Misty following with narrowed eyes.

Link stabbed the stalfos once more and it crumbled to the ground in a heap of bones before it burst into a blue flame. A large chest suddenly appeared in the center of the room, and Link looked up at it as he wiped sweat from his forehead. Misty came from the corner she had been told to hide in, and opened the chest up.

"Yes!" She said, pulling out a bow, a quiver, and a bundle of arrows. "Now we can get those poes!" She said as she placed the arrows in the quiver, and then the quiver over her back.

"Hey why do you get that?" Link asked putting his sword and shield away as he walked towards her.

"I've gone through skalthulas, stalfos, hanging wall hand thingies, all without a weapon." She replied as she looked at him.

"Fine." Link said, moving out of the room and back the way they had come. Moving up the steps, he turned around and waited for Misty to catch up with the bow. The room they were in had two flights of stairs, and at three intervals hung portraits where an orange poe went between. Misty came up the steps and fired an arrow at one of the frames that held the poe, and the poe gave a laugh before it moved to the next frame as the one that had been shot burned up. Shooting the other two, Misty backed up some as the poe finally came out of hiding and went down to the small square room below. Running down, Link ran up to it with his sword drawn, slashing at it. The poe gave a small laugh and disappeared from sight. Moving back some, Link waited until it reappeared again before striking at it. Misty leaned against the wall as she watched Link go through the motions of hitting it and then backing off until it became visible once more. This lasted a couple minutes before the poe threw its arms up in the air and then vanished with one final cry. The torch that it had been carrying also vanished, and the orange flame moved over to the golden torch that was sitting next to the door.

"I'm sure the torch in the main hall is lit now." Misty said moving to stand next to Link.

"You're probably right." Link agreed looking over at her. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but he was cut off as Misty walked passed him towards the next door.

"Lets keep moving, there's still three more to go."

Link frowned, but closed his mouth and followed after her.

"Link move the bottom left one over to the right and then move the bottom left one up and we got it!" Misty yelled to Link who was pushing around heavy stone blocks.

They had just ran through a room whose ceiling fell down every minute or so, only to find themselves in a square room. The walls were a plain dark green stone, and there weren't many furnishings, only a small stage with a locked door, and a large portrait with a green poe displayed on it on the opposite side of the room from the door. Misty had climbed up on the stage to look around, and when she had shot the portrait, large blocks had fallen onto the ground. From her vantage point she could tell that out of the five, only four would be of any use to them. The four blocks each had small designs on them, and when pushed together, the designs would make the same picture as the portrait on the wall.

Sure enough, as soon as Link slipped the final block into place, they sank into the floor and the green poe appeared. This one attacked Link with the torch as soon as Link got into rang to strike it, causing him to roll out of the way as the it flew by him. He tried a couple more times but to no avail.

"Argh, Misty I can't get this one."

"Leave it to me Link." She answered his frustrated cry. Taking aim with her bow, she fired an arrow that struck the poe dead on. It backed away from her some as it disappeared, and she remained crouched down with another arrow drawn and ready. A couple seconds passed before the poe reappeared, and Misty shot it with an arrow again, this time the poe crept back closer to Link as it disappeared. The torch began spinning towards Link again, and Link jumped and dived out of its way, coming up with his back to Misty. The poe came into sight again, and Link gripped the handle of his sword, wondering if he would have to take care of it since he was so close to it and in Misty's line of view. There was a brush of wind next to Link head as an arrow soared past him, embedding itself in the poe, which gave a final cry and vanished. As the green flame flew through the air to light the golden torch next to the now open door, Link turned slowly to look at Misty.

"Three down and one to go." She said with a small smile on her face as she turned away from him, walking through the door. Link took in a deep breath to calm himself before following after her.

The door lead to a narrow stone hallway, and Link walked in front of Misty as they made there way down it in case something else was to randomly appear as had happened before. They walked through the door at the end of the hallway without incident, and out onto a large balcony over looking the main chamber. Link moved towards the edge, but before he could take more then two steps Misty grabbed a hold of his arm, pulling him back and whispering to him.

"What's that sound?"

Link paused and for the second time that day, he only picked up what another heard after stopping and listening for a moment.

"It's sounds like something crying." He said frowning and looking down at Misty.

"Yeah, but its so ghastly." She said looking up at him with a curious expression etched on her face. The two walked towards the edge of the balcony together, and what greeted their eyes made them both grateful and a little unnerved. The purple poe was sitting in the middle of the room on top of where the elevator was, which meant that they didn't have to go find it. What bothered them though was that it had its arm over its eyes, wiping away the tears that it was crying.

"I don't think it's too happy that we got rid of its sisters." Misty stated.

"I have a feeling that only the bow is going to be able to take it down." Link said looking at her before placing a hand on the railing. "And try not to mess it up." With that he swung himself over the edge and onto the small raised platform below. Turning around he held out his arms to catch Misty again.

"I'm not going to mess it up." Misty mumbled under her breath as she jumped over the side after him.

Jumping out of his arms as soon as she was down, she jumped off the platform without once looking back to him, making her way towards the poe, knocking an arrow. As soon as she stepped into the inner square, the poe jumped into the air, its torch lighting up with a purple flame. Misty prepared herself for its attack, but it never came. Instead the poe gave off a laugh, and then began to multiply itself. Soon she was surrounded on all sides by five copies of the purple poe, and she looked around with nervous eyes. She had no clue which one to hit, and she figured that she wouldn't get out unscathed if she picked the wrong one. Lifting her bow she fired randomly, and her luck seemed to be working today. It struck the poe and it flew back some, the copies disappearing before the original disappeared also. Misty began to turn around in a circle on the spot with the bow raised, waiting. Soon the poes came back, and out of the corner of her eye she noticed that one of the poes had done an extra turn. Shooting this one she smiled as it flew back. 'So this is your game' She thought to herself, and began to turn around again. Link watched on as she continued to pick out the correct poe time after time until the poe finally disappeared and the purple flame returned to its rightful place. Misty lowered the bow and smiled, but gave a small cry as the floor moved under her feet. Apparently she made moved onto the top of the elevator during her small battle.

Jumping from the top of the elevator, both she and Link stepped onto it, making their way downwards in silence. When it stopped, they found themselves in another large circular room. Stepping off the elevator, Link made his way towards the path that lead ahead, leaning on the bars that blocked the way.

"I can see the door leading to the boss room." He said, backing up some and observing the room.

"Boss room?" Misty asked tiredly, seating herself down on the floor of the elevator as she left Link to figure out how to get further.

"It should be the creature that's possessing the forest, we'll have to defeat it in order to lift the curse from the forest and free the sage." Link replied walking over to part of the wall that jetted out. Leaning against it he gave a mighty push, and the wall began to turn away from him, opening up a new path. Link ran around hitting switches that opened up new paths while Misty sat there and rested some. Finally he unlocked the path that lead to the boss room, and he took of running down the corridor. Misty got slowly to her feet, and followed after him a little less enthusiastically. When she walked through the door, she turned to the left and made her way up the two flight of stairs that lead to a large platform with spikes running all along the outer diameter, except a small opening that she walked through.

"There's nothing here!" Link complained as he brushed past her, making his way back down the stairs. "And now the door won't open!"

Misty ignored his yelling and stood in the center of the room, turning slowly around she looked up at all the portraits that hung on the walls. They were all the same: a dark path leading to a black castle off in the distance with dead trees lining it. Misty made a couple more turns, eyes scanning the pictures before turning around and making her way towards the stairs.

Just as she reached the opening though spikes shot up from the ground blocking her way. She stared at them for a moment in bewilderment before hearing a horse snort from behind her. Turning around she came face to face with Ganondorf. Letting out a scream she fell back against the spikes, hearing Link run up the steps behind her. When Link reached the top, he grabbed onto the bars and shook them once, glaring at Ganondorf. Before their very eyes, Ganondorf reached a hand up, pulling off his face. What looked like a boars skeleton replaced the face, burning blue flames and piercing red eyes. He let out a laugh, and his horse rose into the air and both ran into one of the portraits.

"This must be the dungeon boss!" Link cried from behind the bars. Misty gave a nod of her head and pushed herself back up, moving to stand in the center of the room. With her bow drawn she began to circle slowly, watching the frames carefully. Once she spotted the phantom Gannon riding towards her, she raised the bow, pointing it right at him. There was a purple portal as he began to exit the frame, and before he could make it more then halfway, she fired an arrow. It struck his horse right in the chest, and both horse and rider went back into the frame. 'It's just like the poes' She thought to herself as she reloaded. The next time she wasn't so lucky. She found a frame with him riding towards it, but right before he came out the horse turned away and galloped back.

"Watch out!" Link cried out to her. Misty turned around and watched as if in slow motion as Gannon soared over her with his staff pointing up, and a bolt of lighting seemed to fall from the ceiling. Misty dove to the side, and as the bolt hit the ground everything went back into play. Rolling away she looked behind her as the last crackle of electricity passed through the ground. Getting up she made her way back to the center of the room, determined not to let something like that happen again. Turning around she fired another arrow as the phantom came half way out of the portrait, and by the third time she was really starting to tire out. As the third arrow hit the horse, it suddenly disappeared, and phantom Gannon stayed floating in the air. Misty lowered her bow some, breathing hard, unable to continue on any longer. She watched with fearful eyes as Gannon swung his staff in the air, sending out a ball of electricity at her. The ball came on full force, hitting her square in the chest. Her body arced up some as she screamed, heat and pain coursing through her body. The bow fell from limp fingers and clattered to the floor.

"NOOO!" Link cried as he watched her form fall to the ground. Grabbing the spikes, he swung himself over them, ignoring the tearing flesh on his hands and the cuts into his legs.

"Watch out Link!"

Link turned at Navi's warning just in time to see another ball of electricity come at him. Without even thinking, Link pulled out his sword and swung it, sending the ball right back at the phantom Gannon. The ball hit him dead in the chest, and he fell to the ground clutching where it had made contact. Link, filled with rage, ran at him and slashed at him with the master sword. After a couple swipes the phantom swatted him back, and flew back up into the air, crossing over to the other side of the room. Spinning his staff again, he shot another ball at Link. Link stood back and hit it, but this time Gannon shot it back in return. The two returned fire back and forth, until Link slipped up and didn't swing his blade quick enough. Yelling out in agony, he gasped for breath, hand clutching at his chest, his eyes drifted over to Mistys' still form, and he pushed himself back up. 'She's not used to fighting, if I don't get rid of this thing fast she may not make it out of here.' Swinging his blade at the next ball he kept his wits about him, and the next time that the phantom feel, he went in full force. Every time that the phantom tried to get back up, Link pressed down harder. Finally the phantom Gannon gave out loud yell, and he was pulled through the air as if by some invisible force. A purple portal appeared in the middle of the floor, and then the real Ganondorf's voice sounded through the room.

"Hey kid, looks like you gained quit some skill. But you only defeated a phantom, when you fight the real me it won't be so easy. What a useless ghost, I shall banish it to the dimensions between the two realms!" The phantom cried out in pain as it began to fall apart, and soon the portal closed as the last piece of the phantom vanished.

Link wasn't paying much attention to any of this though, for as soon as he had realized that he had won, he had run to Misty's side. Lifting her head gently, Link looked down at her as he felt for a pulse. Navi was there too, and she was flying around Misty's mouth when she gave a joyous cry.

"Link she's alive! She must have just passed out.

Link gave a sigh of relief, and gently picked her up bridal style after slinging her bow over his back. Turning around, he walked towards the sparkling blue portal that had appeared after the phantom had vanished. Stepping inside he was soon enclosed by a blue crystal, and then teleported upward.

Suddenly he appeared in the sacred realm again, this time facing a green platform with the symbol of the forest on it. With Misty still limp in his arms, he watched as a green light shone forth and Saria appeared before them.

"Thank you..." She began. "Because of you, I could awaken as a sage…I am Saria, the sage of the Forest Temple. I always believed that you would come, because I know you. No, because it is destiny that you and I can't live in the same world. I will stay here as the forest sage and help you. Now please take this medallion."

Saria raised her arms over her head and there was another flash of green light. A green medallion floated down to rest in the air in front of Link for a moment before it turned into a green mist that circled both he and Misty. After it was gone, Misty gave a soft groan and opened her eyes. Link quickly set her back down on her feet, but before they could saw anything there was another blinding flash of white light and then Navi's voice.

"Saria will always be your friend…."

When Link opened his eyes again, they were in front of the old Deku tree, what caught Link's eyes though was a small sprout at the base of the once mighty tree. Taking a step towards it, Link leaned over, peering at it cautiously. The sprout shot up just then, knocking Link backwards onto the ground. Kneeling down next to him, Misty looked up and blinked a couple times as the sprout started talking.

"Hi there! I'm the Deku Tree sprout! Because you and Saria broke the curse on the Forest Temple, I can grow and flourish! Thanks a lot!"

Link pulled himself to his feet, and slowly walked towards the sprout as it continued to rant and rave.

"Hey have you seen your old friends? None of them recognized you with your grown up body, did they?" Link shook his head no. "That's because the Kokiri never grow up! Even after seven years they're still kids!" Blank look from Link. "You must be wondering why only you have grown up! Well, as you might have already guessed, you are not a Kokiri. You are actually a Hylian! I am happy to finally reveal this secret to you!"

The sprout then went on to tell them the story about how Links mother had come to the forest seeking shelter from the fires of war, and how she had entrusted Link to the Deku Tree before she had passed away.

"You are Hylian, and were always bound to leave this forest. And now you have learned your own destiny. So you know what you must do…"

"Save Hyrule?" Link said in a non-impressed voice.

"That's right, you must save the land of Hyrule! Now, Link, break the curses on all the temples and return peace to Hyrule!"

"Uh huh, I know." Link said as he slipped an arm around Misty's shoulders and pushed her gently away from the sprout towards Kokiri village. "The old one was annoying and so is this one." He stated, which earned a giggle from Misty. Link looked down at her quickly before looking forwards once more. "How are you feeling?"

"Tired, very very tired, and I hurt all over from the electric thing." She answered him, looking up to the sky as soon as they entered the main village. "Gah! No wonder I'm so tired!" She said pointing up.

Link looked up to catch the last dying rays of the orange sunset, and he had to bit back laughter as he replied.

"Well it didn't take us that long to do that dungeon." He joked.

"Yeah, only twenty four hours." Misty said jumping over the small pond that was located in front of the shop. "And add the six hours of traveling with you before that, no wonder I feel so peachy keen, and I need a shower." She said pulling at her hair some.

Link gave a small laugh, but he had to agree with her, he was grimy and could use a good nights sleep himself. Leading the way down the path, he passed two houses before making his way down the small incline that lead to his house. Making his way up the ladder, he turned once he reached the top and held out a hand to help Misty up. Once she was up, he made his way to the entrance and pulled aside a blanket.

"Welcome to my place." He said. Misty walked passed him and inside the house, eyes looking around as she moved. There were gardening tools here and there along the walls, along with shelves and other small items. There was a small table in the center of the room and then another one towards the far right side. Opposite of the door was a rather large window that was open leaving the night breeze waft in, and under that a small bed. Misty walked over to the bed and sat down, looking around once more.

"It's cute." She commented as Link began to unload his gear on the center table.

"Yeah I like it." He said as he turned to Navi, having a few quick words with her. When she nodded her small head and left the house, he turned around to speak with Misty again, only to find her fast asleep. Smiling, he walked over to the bed, and covered her with a light sheet to protect her against the small chill of night. Turning around he pulled off his gloves and then his green tunic so that he was standing in his light white shirt. Flopping it down on the table, he made his way outside, where he sat with his back against the wall of the house. Night had fully fallen, and he closed his eyes as he listened to the sounds of night in the forest, knowing full well that it could be awhile before he was back here again.

About twenty minutes later, the small blue fairy landed on top of one of Link's upraised knees, and he slowly opened his eyes to look at her.

"I spoke with them, everything will be set by tomorrow morning, the girls seemed especially excited to do this." Navi reported with a small yawn.

"Thanks Navi, I figured it's the least we could do after all the help she gave us. She's defiantly not a fighter, she shouldn't have to go through all this."

"Are you thinking about leaving her behind again?"

"No." Link said, giving his head a slight shake. "At first I thought Misty was just going to be a burden on us, and even though I had to pull her out of a couple tight spots, she's really looking after herself when to comes to what's important. She handled herself very well against the phantom Gannon, I was actually very surprised how quickly she figured out how to harm him. The same goes with the poes, in fact the dungeon in general. I know I would have been able to figure it all out eventually, but she's certainly saved us some time."

"Yeah, and besides the fact you're starting to warm up to her." Navi cut in, giggling some.

"I consider her more as a partner then a hindrance now." Link replied dryly, folding his arms across his chest.

"And is that why you spent those ruby's and got me to go through all that trouble of making those arrangements?" Navi asked looking up at him.

"I made the arrangements for both of us, we both need it after all the time spent in the dungeon, and at least this way she won't attract so much attention."

"Oh I don't know about that. Those Kokiri girls seemed to have an awful twinkle in their eyes. I think they're up to something."

"They probably are." Link said taking his hat off and shuffling down some. "We'll just have to wait until morning, for now we may as well get some sleep." He said, closing his eyes.

"Yeah you're right." Navi said curling up on his knee. "Oh, and Link?"

"Hmm?"

"Welcome back."