Hello, everyone! Did you miss me? I missed me. -coughcough- Anyway! I wrote the beginning of this chapter so many times! I had no idea what to do with it! So I decided to just type, see what happens, and upload it.

Disclaimer: Me no own Zelda.

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The sun was setting as Link and Zelda finally arrived at Kakariko Village. They were welcomed with open arms, and both were so tired that everything seemed like a blur as they were washed and put to bed. All the while, the townspeople were watched carefully by Sheik, who was feeling an odd sensation at being on top of Impa's house.

When the villagers were certain that their discussion would not disturb the resting pair, they gathered around the table downstairs and began talking in hushed, yet frantic, voices. All the while, Sheik remained, listening to the arguments and agreements on what to do. Everyone was obviously quite spooked, and afraid that having the Hero of Time in their village might attract unwanted attention from 'evil forces'. Sheik shook his head. The Hero of Time had just returned from defeating the biggest threat that Hyrule had ever known, and they were afraid that he was going to make things worse? He hoped the fear would wear off and they would soon see sense.

As he went to leap from the roof, intent on finding more potion, the blue ball of light he had come to know as Navi shot out of the bedroom window below and came to flutter in front of him. Which, Sheik realized possibly a millisecond too late, was very, very bad. She wasn't supposed to know he existed, and if she were to tell the Hero...

"Sheik? Ohmygosh, it is you! I knew it was you! I saw you during the battle and I thought to myself 'Is that really Sheik?', and then I couldn't sleep so I came outside and saw that there was something on the roof, and it was you! Did you know that? And then-"

"Navi,"

She halted mid-speech, but remained flying in a zig-zag pattern, up and down in front of Sheik's face. He resisted the terrible urge to swat her away.

"I can not explain at the moment, but I must warn you to not tell the Hero."

"...Why not?"

I am not supposed to exist...

"If the Hero were to find out about my existence, his trust for the Princess would be put at risk. They must rely on each other as friends if they are to settle in this world."

She had calmed by now, her wings drooping in mid-air.

"I'll...I'll try, Sheik, but I'm not really good at keeping secrets..."

He shook his head. She was probably reliable when she needed to be, but right now he wasn't in the mood to deal with this. He leapt from the roof and disappeared before Navi could say more.

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It took up to a week for both of them to properly wake up. The townspeople had been doing their best as they flashed in and out of consciousness and asked for food, or thrashed in their sleep as nightmares haunted them. However, once properly awakened, Link and Zelda felt that they had slept forever, and were perfectly content to just lay there and think for a while.

With a good combination of potion, faeries, and rest, Link's wounds were healing moderately fast. His chest was bandaged and soaked in potion, his skin was still burned and an angry red, his ankle still caused him pain and he wasn't planning on getting up anytime soon, but at least it didn't hurt to breathe.

Zelda was more content to calmly tell everyone to stop treating her like a Princess. After a few hours of people nervously trying to avoid eye contact or asking her if they were doing a satisfactory job with washing her clothes, she was fed up.

It took another month for Link to completely heal, and he thanked the Goddesses for potion. He decided that if he had to stay in bed any longer, he just might snap, and that was soon followed by an amazing idea of jumping quickly out of bed to test out his legs, which was soon followed by his face meeting the floor.

After actually taking it easy and doing some easy stretching and exercises, Zelda deemed him fit to go for a walk around the village. Both of them had pushed their little problem to the back of their minds, and were simply enjoying the sunshine. Zelda would laugh whenever Link received praise, and his hand would automatically go to the back of his head.

They spent the day together, visiting old friends (well, on Link's part, anyway) and thanking everyone for their hospitality. Zelda had insisted with helping to cook dinner that night, so they retired early. On multiple occasions Link insisted on helping with the stew, but when Zelda asked him if he had ever cooked before and his only reply was a blank stare, she giggled and told him that it was probably better if he stayed seated.

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By the time dinner was served and everyone was going to bed, Link still felt like he should be doing something. So he took Navi, who was also very much awake -did she ever sleep?- and climbed to the top of the watchtower, where he stretched one leg out in front of him and curled one up for Navi to sit on, not terrified in the least to be sitting against a very small rail.

They just sat there in silence, not knowing how much time had passed. Navi constantly craned her neck to look at Links face. He was staring to the side, towards the moon, his eyebrows furrowed and his face betraying deep thought.

"She's not him, Navi..."

She started, and nearly fell off his knee, but he caught her without even looking in her direction.

"Excuse me?"

"Zelda. I don't care what she says...she's not...him,"

"...Link, I know that it's a bit weird to think about, but-"

"No, Navi, I know. He's...different,"

Navi sighed and flew up to hover in front of his face, and shook her head. Link abruptly stood, climbing down the ladder and heading towards the house they were staying at, shaking his head as if convincing himself. At the door, he stopped and turned his head to see if she was there.

"I will find out the truth.", and he ushered Navi inside and quietly shut the door.

In the shadows outside, a pair of shocked red eyes watched him.

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Aaand, there's chapter two. Once again, I apologize for the long wait, and I hope this didn't bore any of you.

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