While Link was skipping in excitement as they walked off of the bridge, and into the bright plains of Hyrule Field, Saria was slowly inching her way forward. She was terrified of what is to come.
"Link, what if it kills me?" Saria asked, "What if they wanted me to die, so they tricked me?"
"You're the nicest person in that village. There's no way they would want to kill you. It seems pretty severe." Link reassured her.
Link's words seemed to have a small effect on Saria's attitude. She jogged up to Link and laid her head down on his shoulder, like a small hug. After finally walking out of the shade from the trees, Saria lifted her head back up and squinted her eyes.
"I never expected it to be this bright!" Saria practically yelled.
"Yeah! I was thinking it would be like the forest." Link said.
After taking 5 more steps, Saria passed out. "Was it really that bright to her?" Link asked. He picked Saria up because they had to make it by night. He continued walking, with the fairies following a few feet behind, having a conversation of their own.
"I'll bet 20 rupees on Link and Saria getting together!" Navi whispered.
"I'll bet 50 that they don't. Saria won't want a Hylian." Nori whispered back.
Navi sighed, "I don't think you realize that Saria is now Hylian with a little bit of Kokiri blood too. When the Deku Tree told her she would grow up, he implied she would be like Link."
"She's still Kokiri!" Nori tried not to yell.
"Then so is Link," Navi replied, annoyed.
Link kept trudging along the path with Saria in his arms. The more he thought about her, the warmer his body felt. It took her a full 3 hours to wake up. By the time she felt like walking again was at dusk, and they could only see the top of the Hyrule Castle.
"Should we set up camp?" Saria looked up and asked Link.
Link looked down, "Sure. Can you even walk?"
"It was only a little light that knocked me out anyways."
Link carefully sat her down in the grass. He set down his, and Saria's bag, and pulled out the sleeping bags.
"Where's the tent?" Navi asked.
"What's a tent?" Link and Saria asked at the same time.
Navi flew into the bag, and Link went over to pull out the 'thing' she was pointing at. It was a bunch of wooden rods and a silky cloth. It took Link about an hour to set it up with Navi's help. Saria pulled the sleeping bags in, and they laid down.
"This isn't very comfortable," Saria said.
"It feels like I'm sleeping on rocks." Link agreed.
"I'm kind of bored, wanna play a game?" Saria asked.
"Sure. What game?" Link replied as Saria pulled out a book.
"Hmm. Ooh, let's play 'Gorons, Gerudo, Zoras'" Saria said.
"What is that?" Link asked, confused.
"I don't know. It says hold out your hand, and on the count of 3, say one of the names. Gorons beat Gerudo, Zoras beat Gorons, and Gerudo beat Zoras." Saria replied.
"1...2...3..."
"Gorons!" they both said at the same time and laughed.
"1...2...3..."
Link said "Zora," while Saria said "Gerudo."
They played that game for about an hour and Link didn't win one time. He was pouting, while Saria was laughing so hard, she practically kicked down the tent.
"Link," Saria said, and then she grabbed his hand. "I'm sorry I win all of the time."
Link smirked, and then pulled her arm down, and rolled on top of her. "You didn't win that time." They both laughed.
Saria felt the same warmness in her body that Link felt before, while she was passed out. She didn't know what to do, so she pulled Link into a hug. Link was surprised, but he returned it. Saria realized that it was Link that made her feel this way. She liked it. She thought it made her feel safe.
Soon after, Link felt it again too. Neither of them wanted to break the hug, so they fell asleep like that.
'Link' Saria thought. Falling asleep.. feeling safe...
"Saria, thank you." Link said, before running.
"Link! Please... don't go!" Saria cried.
He ran full speed at the horrific creature. He jumped onto the creature's back and stabbed him with his sword. The creature seemed unphased by the wound as he picked up Link by the neck. Link kicked and struggled, then he looked at Saria.
"I love you... and I'm sorry." He got few words before the creature struck through Link's entire body with its hand.
"Link!" Saria cried. She wanted to run to him, but she couldn't move. She fell down onto her knees and began crawling towards the creature. Towards Link. The last sight of him she had before blacking out was the sight of the boy she loved, gargling up blood, with a hand through his body.
Saria woke up, heavily breathing, still hugging Link and silently cried.
"He's okay." she cried. Link slowly woke up, hearing her crying, even though she didn't think she was that loud.
"Who's okay?" Link asked.
"you." she was still crying. It was still dark out, but there's 'no way' either of them was going to be able to sleep again.
"What happened to me?" Link questioned her in a concerned tone.
"I had a dream... you died in front of me, by the hands of a monster." she croaked.
"Well, don't worry, because there's no way a monster could kill me." Link said, trying to reassure her, while also complimenting himself. Saria gave him a slight smile. She decided she was hungry so she crawled to the other side of the tent and got one of the Deku Scrub Pies and a water flask. She sat in front of Link and laid back so her back was against his chest. They both ate and then laid down facing each other. Saria moved closer to him while shaking so much, she could cause a landslide on Death Mountain. As soon as she cuddled against him, she stopped shaking. The side of her head was resting on his chest. Neither of them slept. They just laid there.
"Saria..." Link said. "Do you feel something new... that we didn't feel inside the forest."
"Um. Yeah." Saria said, then she blushed. She remembered that in her dream Link had said he loved her. "I think I know what it is."
Before she could say what she was thinking, Link leaned in and kissed her. She returned it. They felt like all of their troubles were gone. They felt as if the world stopped with them. When they pulled back, they blushed and looked into each other's eyes.
"What was that?" Saria asked.
"I don't know. I felt like I was supposed to. I'm sorry!" Link said, worried.
"Don't be sorry. I felt it too. I think... the word is love. I think I love you." Saria said as she hugged him tightly.
Nori woke up Navi. They were on the top of the tent, keeping watch.
"Navi, I owe you 50 rupees. Don't know where to get them though."
"WHAT? REALLY" Navi attempted to whisper.
"Yeah, but now I take my leave," Nori said.
"We haven't even made it to town," Navi replied.
"Yeah, but this is the important part of Saria's life that I leave on," Nori said.
"When do I leave then?" Navi asked. But Nori was gone.
Saria felt as if she blinked and it was morning. She rolled around to see that Link was awake, but he looked extremely tired.
"Did you sleep at all?" Saria looked amused.
"No," he said. He sounded annoyed, but he smiled.
"Why? You need sleep, just like me." Saria looked apologetic.
"I didn't want you to be worried, so I stayed awake for you." Link was still smiling. He looked pale and had dark patches under his eyes.
Saria stood up and then helped Link get up without falling. Saria rolled up the sleeping bags and took down the tent while humming her song. Link felt bad for not doing anything, so he played her song while she put the stuff in their bags. Saria was spinning and dancing around Link, and then she took his hat and ran. Link, while still trying to play her song, ran after her. Saria laughed, "Impressive. You don't even have to concentrate to play my song now."
"I love it that much." Link said, winking at her.
"I get it now. When you did that at my house. YOU COULD'VE TOLD ME." Saria was laughing.
Link blushed. He cut her off and spun her after grabbing his hat. She purposely fell into his arms and smiled. She slipped her arms around his neck and gave him a quick kiss.
"I think we should get on the road. We should be there by mid-day!" Saria smiled.
The pair picked up their belongings and began on the road. They laughed, and sang, and danced, and skipped, and ran, and loved.
Link was everything Saria ever wanted. Link was everything Saria ever needed. The same for Link, but with Saria. They loved each other.
They were finally at the bridge of Hyrule Castle Town. They made their way across, and they were continuing a conversation from earlier.
"So, do you think there are people here that can tell us what we should know about the world outside of the forest," Saria asked.
"Probably." Link said.
"Okay!" Saria smiled.
They walked towards the market and the first thing they saw was something called "Bomb-chu Bowling." They walked inside of the building and were greeted with an overly-excited person practically begging them to play the game.
"HEY! Please play a round or two! You can win amazing prizes, and since you're new, I will give you half off for a round!" the store clerk practically yelled.
'Is this what the Hylians call a seizure?' Saria asked Link.
'Probably.' Link replied
"So, are ya' gonna play?" the clerk asked after 10 seconds of silence.
"We don't have any rupees." Link said
"Get out." the store clerk said without hesitation. She went from over the top excited, to almost terrifying.
"What?" Saria asked.
"GET OUT," the clerk yelled.
Link grabbed Saria's arm and they were almost running out of the store. They decided to leave the market area for now.
While Saria was looking for an inn, Link went to find rupees. He found a building full of pots with no one occupying it. He looked inside all of the pots and collected the rupees inside of them. He got a total of 31 rupees. Well, individual rupees. He didn't really know which one was worth what. He had 14 green, 5 blue, 8 red, and 4 purple. He was technically wealthy now, but he thought he only had 31. Thinking it was good anyway, he went to find Saria.
Saria was looking at a map that she found on a stand. It showed where she was, and it showed a symbol for inns. She found one on the map towards the entrance of the town. She was walking towards where the map showed an inn was when she bumped into a familiar boy. He showed her what rupees he had and she looked amazed.
"What is it." Link asked.
"How did you find 398 rupees?" Saria asked.
"I thought this was 31." Link said, embarrassed.
Saria laughed and showed him the way to the inn. Saria asked for a room with two single beds, but all they had was one room with a double bed. Saria blushed but took it anyways. She gave him the correct amount of rupees, and they walked to their room.
"There's only one bed." Link pointed out the obvious.
"I know, they were out of rooms with two single beds," Saria said. "But I figured you'd be fine with it."
"Yeah, it's fine." Link said as he blushed.
Saria grabbed her bag and walked into the bathroom. Link laid down on the bed and closed his eyes. Right before he fell asleep, Saria walked back out, in what seemed to be green pajamas, but Link wasn't too sure.
"Hey Link," Saria said, "In the bowling-whatever, it's called, how did you connect to my mind without playing my song?"
"Oh, I just thought of the song and played it in my head. I actually found out I could do that when you were rolling around in your sleep in the tent. I saw your nightmare, but I didn't want to say anything because I thought you'd be upset, so I woke you up and made you think that you woke up yourself." Link said, acting like looking into someone's mind is normal.
"Oh. Well, I wouldn't care. I'm glad you found out about this though. It's going to be helpful." Saria replied happily. She cuddled against him, kissed him, and then went to bed. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight..." Link whispered back into her ear.
Thank you for reading Chapter 3! This one was fun to write!
I don't own Legend of Zelda or any characters used... blah blah blah.