A/N: Ok lets not all die from shock that I finally posted, its not my best one, but I didnt have a lot of ideas for this one and it was kinda boaring to write. I got it up though as soon as I could with everything going on here at school, but at least I got it back up before I went home for thanksgiving this weekend. Anyway if anyone has something they want to say about the story, or want to read something in here but dont want everyone else to see, I have a personal email adress in my profile that everyone can get me at, I check it daily so leave me one:)

Misty was laughing her head off by the time she pulled herself out of the water and onto the small island where the fishing building was located. Turning around she was just in time to catch Link as he stumbled up after her.

"That." He said as he rolled off of her after bringing her down to the ground with him, "Was no fair, you have flippers on!"

"Link you're so much stronger then I am, the flippers shouldn't have changed anything." Misty answered as she helped pull him to his feet.

"Fine, but if you get sick from my cooking don't blame me." He fired back as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her towards the door. Opening it for her, the two walked into the fishing area, and a smile formed on Misty's lips.

The place consisted of a small pond towards the south end surrounded by high cliffs. To the very right of the door was a long desk, holding a small aquarium with a single small fish in it. Behind the counter hanging on the wall were different sized fishing poles and a guy with a white hat. Link pulled Misty towards the guy with Navi following behind, but just as they reached the counter, the guys' eyes grew wide.

"Hey! You're that fairy kid! Man it's been seven years since you've been here, what happened to you?"

"I've been away, travelling and the like" Link answered, not liking to have to lie to the guy, but he couldn't very well tell him the truth.

"Ah that's fun. So you and your lady here want to go fishing today?" He asked, and at Link's nod he turned around and grabbed two fishing poles.

"Now remember, no sinking lures!" He said before handing the poles over.

Link simply waved him off as he pushed over some rupees to pay for their time then both he and Misty made their way to the waters edge. Link moved off to the right, heading towards some lily pads before casting his line out into the water. Misty on the other hand moved to the left, walking out into the water some before sending her hook out to the side of a sunken log.

"You expect to catch much over there?" Link asked laughing as his line was pulled and he began pulling in his first fish.

"Patience will pay off." Misty replied, leaving her line go limp.

The two stayed as they were for an hour, Link pulling in small fish after small fish, Misty staying in the same place with nothing, making idle chit chat before Link started up with the more serious conversation he had had on his mind since he had first met her.

"Misty….where do you come from?"

Looking up Misty caught his eye for a moment before lowering her gaze. "A large town, larger then what you have around here, but the people are just as nice." She answered trying to avoid telling him the truth and lying all at the same time.

"Yeah I understand that, but where is this town? I know there are plenty of places outside of Hyrule, but you fell from a portal in the sky, from a dark portal that looked oddly like the one Ganondorf would have used, why?"

Misty felt a knot of panic in her stomach at all his questions. She really wanted to trust him enough to tell him everything, but there was something holding her back that she just couldn't explain. She opened her mouth with the worst explanation she could come up with on such short notice, when her line suddenly pulled tight. Snapping her mouth shut she took a couple of steps back when the line jerked again, pulling her forwards with it.

"Argh! Link help! I think I got a big one!"

Link looked up to see Misty being pulled ever so slowly into the water. Taking his line out of the pond he ran to her side, dropping his rode on the ground before splashing into the water and wrapping his arms around her to grab the reel. Having forgotten about the questions he had wanted answered, the two of them laughed and struggled to get the fish in. A couple of times they got close to landing it, but then it jumped out of the water and pulled further away from them.

"That thing is huge!" Link cried as the fish drew close to them.

He gave a great haul on the rode, lifting it above his head as Misty bent down and grabbed the line, pulling it at the same time as Link and pulled the fish out of the water. Misty looked at the fish with her mouth wide open, the thing was as long as her torso was! Looking at each other, Link carried the fish back to the counter as Misty grabbed the fishing poles. Link set the fish down in front of the owner, who started at it with wide eyes.

"Wow! This thing is huge! Lets see…." He said as he picked up a measuring device to see how big it was. "It's twenty two inches long! This is a new record, way to go guys!" He said as he pulled the fish that had been in the aquarium out and put the new fish in. Taking the sign down that claimed the fish had been twelve inches long caught by Link himself, and made up a new one that gave the size of the new fish and the names of Link and Misty on it.

"So you guys going back to fishing?" He asked looking back at them.

"No we're done for today." Link said taking the rod's from Misty and handed them over to him.

"Alright, don't be a stranger ya hear!"

Link and Misty thanked him for the fishing time before stepping out the door. Walking to the edge of the small island, they dove back into the water and swam the short distance back to the main land. Once on shore, Link called Epona and as soon as she arrived, Link jumped up on her back and pulled Misty up behind him. Turning her around, they galloped away from Lake Hylia, once again moving towards Kokiri Forest.

Misty wrapped her arms around Links waist, gently leaning her head against his back. Closing her eyes she let out a soft sigh, trying to imagine what state her friends would be in at the moment.

'Tiffany would be in full panic mode because she wouldn't be able to explain where I am to anyone, not to mention she would be worried about me. Micheal would be worried also, but he would have on a stronger front, cool and laid back, just for Tiffany's sake.' She thought to herself, leaving her body relax, drained from the dungeon. The smooth rocking of Epona's gallop mixed with the comfort of having Link's muscled back against her soon put her into a light doze.

It seemed as if she had only just closed her eyes when she felt a small pat against her hands. Lifting her head up her eyes met Link's smiling face.

"Wake up sleepy head, we're here."

Mumbling a bit Misty released Link so that he could slip off the horse and turn around and help her down. Even with her feet firmly planted on the ground he kept an arm around her waist, and she unconsciously leaned into him some.

Together they made their way back into Kokiri Forest where they were greeted warmly by the few Kokiri who were still out and about. They made their way down the path and up the ladder, walking into Link's house side by side.

"I don't have a whole lot to cook with here since I didn't think we would be coming back much. I only bought a couple of things." Link said as he moved to the cupboards and Misty took a seat at the small table in the center of the room.

Link moved around and collected up some bowels, some made of wood, others made of pottery, along with some vegetables, spices, and some knives. Setting them on the table he looked at everything for a moment before he picked up a knife, selected a potato, and went to skin it.

"OW!" He cried, dropping everything as he clutched at his lightly bleeding finger.

Misty jumped up from her chair and moved around to him, grabbing a cloth on the way. Ripping the cloth into strands she carefully took his hand into hers and, after washing the blood from it, gently wrapped it up while speaking.

"You know what Link, perhaps it would be better if I did the cooking, even though I was the one who won the race. Why don't you run out and get us some beef and I'll make a nice stew?" She asked as she moved to wash her own hands.

"Yeah I think you're right." Link said holding up his abused finger and stared at it with an un-amused look. Shaking his head some he moved off to the side to slip off all his weapons before he grabbed his wallet, slide back over to Misty to give her a light kiss on the head, and then moved out the door.

Misty watched him go with a warm feeling in her heart. Giving herself a shake, she removed the bloody knife and the potato from the counter before she set to work. Like an expert she chopped up the potatoes and a turnip into small squares, sliced up some carrots, and cut an onion into small shavings. Finding the deepest pot she could, she filled it with water before adding the veggies. Setting a fire in the cooking area, she set the pot on the flames, stirring it with a wooden spoon and adding in roots and spices.

Link walked in a couple moments after, breathing in deep as he moved to hand her a nice sized portion of beef.

"That smells so good, what are you adding?"

"Summer savoury, at least it smells and tastes like it." Misty answered, taking the meat and moving back to the table where she began cutting it into small chunks. Adding the meat in, she gave the pot a couple more stirs before setting the spoon aside.

"There, now its still going to be awhile before its done but at least I know we're going to eat something that wont kill us." She said, giving Link a teasing smile.

"I may not be the best cook, but I doubt I would end up killing us with my food. Sicken maybe, but not kill." He countered, grabbing her around the waist and pulling her down to sit next to him on the bed.

"Well I don't want to get sick either." Misty added in as she snuggled up to him.

"You're right, we still have two more dungeons to do and then go against Ganondorf himself. Shiek basically told us where the temples are. One in a deep forest, one on a high mountain, one under a vast lake….what was the next one again?" Link asked looking around for Navi.

"One within the house of the dead." Misty supplied the answer.

"How did you know that?"

"I was….uh there one time when you and Navi were talking about it." Misty answered quickly, not remembering if she had actually been there or if Shiek had told her during one of their meetings.

"Oh, right." Link said completely accepting her answer. "Well I have no idea where that could be. Kakariko has the graveyard which connects to the dead part but I've been through the whole place when I was a kid and I didn't find anything that could lead to an actual temple. Dampé's place was the biggest structure that I found."

"We didn't get a good look at the area since we were chasing after him though; maybe we missed an opening that could lead to the temple."

"Maybe, there were a lot of different paths that broke off from the one we took; it is possible one of them leads to the temple. We should go there tomorrow and check it out."

"Link!" Navi chirped, breaking into the conversation as she came through the window next to the bed. "You two have been working so hard these past few weeks, I think its about time you took a couple days rest. These two temples will be much more difficult so we all need to be well rested."

"You're probably right Navi. We should take a few days to relax." Link agreed smiling down at Misty.

Navi rolled her eyes and gave a small exasperated sigh, which caused Link to look up with a mischievous smile.

"Of course, out resting could also be an excuse so that you can spend time with a certain fairy."

What happened next Misty would always remember. Navi's bluish white light turned completely white, followed by a scarlet shade Misty had never seen before. The colour change was followed by a quick get away by the fairy through the front door.

"What just happened?" Misty asked worriedly.

"Did you know that there are male fairies here in the forest?" Link asked settling back on the bed.

"No I didn't." She answered laughing.

"Hey something smells really good!" Link said sitting up again.

"That would be our stew." Misty replied as she got up and walked to the boiling pot.

Link moved himself to sit at the table as Misty took the pot off the fire and placed it in the center of the table. She grabbed two bowels and spooned out servings before she poured a glass of water for both of them. Holding up her glass she smiled at Link before commenting.

"To a small vacation."

"To a small vacation." He answered, clinking his glass against hers before digging into his soup, and finishing off the whole pot before they went to sleep.

Misty gave a soft sigh as she leaned her head back against the house, setting the book she had been reading down on her lap. The last rays of the dying day gleamed over the top of the old Deku Tree, the sounds of the forest quieting down to the chirps of night. It had been about a week since hey had gone through the water temple, and in that time Misty realized how tired she had become. In the past couple of days though all they had done was rest, and she felt that once again she was ready to go and complete the dungeons, defeat Ganondorf and….

"Go home." She said softly as the realization that she would be leaving Link soon sunk in.

When they had first met they hadn't gotten along very well, in fact, she had been very determined to see him get lost so she could be rid of him. Now though, after everything they had been through, she had become very attached to him, but soon she would be leaving, and he didn't even realize how final their goodbye would be.

She was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't even notice Link walk down the path to his house, though he certainly noticed her. Pausing halfway down the path, he crossed his arms over his chest as he studied her. It was late in the evening so she was already dressed in her night clothing which was a simple pair of baggy light blue pants and a matching strapless shirt that tied around her neck. The night air pulled her hair back from her face and the last ray of day showed the troubled expression on her face before it died away to darkness.

Frowning, Link made his way down the rest of the path and pulled himself up the ladder. Once on the balcony he made his way to the left side railing where she was sitting. Misty noticed him then, and swung her feet over the railing and onto the floor, though she remained seated. Link placed his hands on either side of her on the railing and kissed her on top of the head before speaking.

"What's on your mind?"

Misty looked up at his concerned face and she felt her heart give a shiver, not wanting to tell him about leaving in fear that he would take it the wrong way, so she quickly came up with another story.

"I'm just worried that we're not going to be able to find the next temple. If we don't find it then we can't awaken the sage and without their help we can't defeat Ganondorf which means we can't save Hyrule and no one will be able to live in peace!"

"Whoa whoa, slow down and breath." Link laughed backing up some with his hands in the air. "We'll worry about that tomorrow when we go to the graveyard, but for now lets' go to bed, it's late."

"Alright." Misty agreed as she took Links offered hand and followed him into the house.

She moved to put the book away as Link pulled off his boots and shirt, leaving the shorts he had been wearing on and crawled into bed. Misty crawled in next to him and snuggled up, feeling even worse then she had before from lying to him. Closing her eyes as Link kissed her on the head again, she tried to get some sleep, but her dreams were troubling.

A deep fog seemed to surround her on all sides, swirling around her body. Out in the unknown though a dark shadow moved quickly, one moment a large object, the next flat as can be moving along the floor. Misty kept her eyes on the shadow, but when she heard a noise behind her she turned around. Seeing nothing she turned back to where she had last seen the shadow, but all she saw was a giant red eye staring back at her. Suppressing a scream she stumbled back, but when she looked up again it was gone.

"Misty."

Whirling around at the voice, Misty let out a sigh of relief when she recognized the person standing behind her.

"Lost woods." Was all she said before vanishing.

The fog vanished from around Misty and then she was staring up at the ceiling of Link's house. Looking over at him to make sure he was still fast asleep, Misty slipped out from his arms and quietly made her way towards the curtain that served as a door. Without even bothering to put shoes on she slipped out onto the balcony, slipped down the ladder and made her way up the small incline, across the path and climbed up towards the lost woods.

As soon as she stepped into the woods she could faintly hear the sound of someone playing a harp. Closing her eyes for a moment she took a soothing breath. When she opened them again she took a step forward and allowed her instincts to lead her.

She had no idea where she was going, the forest was dark and it wasn't the same path Link and she had taken to get to the temple. She trusted herself though, and the sounds of the harp were growing louder. Eventually she walked into a closed area that was bare except for tall grass running around the bottom of the cliff and the lone figure standing in the center of the opening.

"You sent for me?" Misty asked walking closer as the harp music faded.

"There's an evil that was sealed at the bottom of the well in Kakariko village that's breaking loose." Shiek said. "I'm sure that it's going to head to the shadow temple that's deep beneath the graveyard, the opening is carved into the cliff at the back. I'm afraid it's going to escape soon, I hope you and Link are ready for it when it does."

"Well thanks for letting me know where the temple is, and Link and I are heading for the village tomorrow. I'll check out the seal in the well then."

"Thank you Misty." Shiek said walking up to her and holding out a green crystal. "This is another spell. This one you will cast at the opening of any temple, if you get into great trouble, cast it again and you'll return to where you cast it last."

"Thanks." Misty said taking the crystal.

The two hugged briefly before Misty turned away, each making their way towards their own destination. It didn't take Misty long before she took a wrong path and was brought back to the main forest. As she made her way back to Link's house the sky began to lighten and she gave a soft sigh, knowing she would be tired for the rest of the day. Climbing into bed, she slipped back into Link's arms and fell almost instantly asleep.

It seemed like only a few seconds later though when Link woke her up again. While he was well rested and ready to go, she felt dead tired and grumpy. All the same though she pulled herself out of bed, made breakfast, washed up, got dressed and pulled herself up onto the back of Epona, all within an hour.

"You're awfully quiet this morning." Link commented as Epona walked away from the forest.

"Ya I'm just trying to figure out exactly where the next temple could be." Misty answered, and gave a smile when he turned his head around to look at her.

Misty pulled her eyes away from his and looked to the east, her smile vanishing to a look of fear.

"Oh my God." She said softly.

"What's wrong?" Link asked looking around for the source of her distress, his eyes falling onto the smoke to the east.

"Link, Kakariko village is burning."