Disclaimer: Zelda's not mine. If it was, I would have given the Hero of Time a little more time with his personal life……Only this story is mine. No lawsuits please.

I apologize for the end of the first chapter. I guess I forgot to save it before I put it up. There was more in there. Ah well, I'll cover it in chapter 2.

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Chapter 2

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Link stepped lightly down the stairs, taking the last few steps with a leap. He went back over to the incomplete breakfast, and sighed. He'd have to eat it later, now that his appetite had taken a nap. Taking a few chunks of bread, cheese, and a dozen apples, he tossed it into a pack. The pad of bare feet reached his ears, and he turned. The girl had dressed, and was looking around uncertainly as she descended the steps.

She caught sight of him and tilted her head a fraction, "Everything here is wood."

He blinked and nodded, "That it is. It's because we're in a tree."

She seemed to find this a nutty idea, "Are you serious? Your trees are big enough to live in?"

He blinked again. His trees? How could she have not seen trees this size before. Well, her clothes definitely didn't seem Hyrulean. But then, neither did the Ordonian style. In fact she now seemed to notice what he was wearing.

"What is that? I hope all of you people don't dress like that, or I'll die of laughter."

Insults now. Not very polite. Link frowned and pointed at the door, "Feel free to leave if you wish. Have a pleasant time with the woods, I'm sure the monkies have been dying to have a new traveler to annoy." In truth, he had found the antics of the monkies enjoyable…..or he had when he was a wolf, and could understand why they were pestering him.

The girl's face had a confused look now, "What are monkies?"

Link knew he shouldn't have found that question absurd. Outside of the forest, not many people had heard of monkies. But seeing as he had fished her off the banks of the river in the forest, she could have at least encountered one of them. He shook it off, "Never mind. Listen, I have work to do. Stay here if you like, until I get back, or go on your own time. If you stay, there should be a girl coming. Her name's Ilia, and she'll be here to watch you…Or she would have if you were still asleep."

He moved to go, but she intercepted him, "Wait……..I……Don't really know where I am…"

Those traitorous eyes had once again blinked unbidden by Link, "Do you not? Well, where are you from, maybe I can point you in the right direction."

She looked down at her feet, "It's gonna sound stupid, but there's no direction that you could point me in. I'm not from this world."

Link's mind set ablaze. Dozens of possibilities crashed into his skull. But he checked them. She didn't have the skin or build of a Twili, so she couldn't be from the Twilight Realm.

A silence stretched for a good fifteen seconds or so.

Link tilted his head, "Then why are you here?"

She looked at him and sighed, "It's not important…..Listen, I need to talk to the one called Zelda…..It's really urgent. Or, maybe the one called the Hero of Time……Either one will be fine, all you have to do is tell me where they are."

Link nearly bust out laughing. He contemplated telling her who he was….But seeing as she was from a totally separate realm, and this matter was urgent, he didn't want more problems than he could solve.

"Well……….I can take you to Zelda….."

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