Don't Hurt me! Yes I know the update took awhile and this next update will take another long time. You have to excuse me; my schedule has been packed lately… With karate and helping out my sister at her job and lotsa other things. Also This chapter was a little rushed because of my schdule but it should be good if you spot anything that I should fix on it please tell me.

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As a final note "Jaderill" has finally gotten her story up! Yay! So if you like mine go ahead and try out hers. She'll appreciate the review her story is called "House of the Unwanted… It's a Zelda fic too. So please read! And Yayness! A new summary is put I'm experimenting with summaries so tell me if you like the new one or not.

Now on with the story!

Hyrule Market Town

Xinrie awoke. Her neck was stiff; her arm was red, swollen, and sore. Her clothes were ripped and muddy. She felt terrible. The worst part though was this annoying clinking sound that kept ringing in her ear. She looked up only to be struck by fear as the drawbridge was slowly lowering itself onto her head. She leapt forward plunging into the water and kicked off of the bottom of the moat just in time to see the drawbridge crash down onto the spot where she had slept.

"Why didn't they lower that thing last night?" Xinrie muttered to herself.

Xinrie climbed out of the moat, her clothes, once again, soaked. The only good thing that happened was that she was no longer muddy. She walked slowly across the drawbridge taking in every detail that she could. Her head was gawked upward as she walked under the arch. It was at least ten feet above her tiny four foot body.

Xinrie entered the market her jaw dropped as if though it was loose on its hinges. The market was huge! Buildings were lined up in rows upon rows. People gathered in crowds around stalls as peddlers called out their items. There were Hylians, Zoras and Gorons. Children and adults were running all over the place. There were Hyrulian guards posted at every corner of the city.

She gaped at the sight never before had she seen an adult or even a person above five feet. Xinrie began to feel like a tiny bug, she was so small compared to these people. She walked on keeping her head lowered but kept her eyes darting about to take in her surroundings. Her legs ached so much from last night's frantic running so she slouched down against the wall of a large building.

She must have been there for two hours until she felt a hand on her shoulder she looked up to see a woman smiling down at her. Her eyes were blue in color and her hair was a very pale color, almost white.

"Are you lost?" She asked. "Do you need help finding you parents?"

"Uhhh…." Xinrie had no idea what to say, she didn't even know where they were or if they were even alive. "I don't think I have parents…"

"Nonsense! Everyone has a parent, are you an orphan?"

"No, I'm a Kokiri. I think…"

"A Kokiri! My goodness there hasn't been a Kokiri in this town since young Link arrived. Do you have a place to stay dear?"

Xinrie shook her head. She had no idea who Link was but she was guessing it was the person Saria was always talking about.

"Then you can stay at my place! I have an extra room and my little girl would love to have a playmate tonight."

"Oh no, I couldn't barge in on you like that. I'm fine. Really." Xinrie was trying her hardest to produce a smile to back up what she said but it looked about as fake as her statement.

"I insist! I mean look at your arm oh and you're so wet! How did this happen to you!"

Xinrie looked down at herself. She was still soaked to the bone and the makeshift wrapping on her arms was now just hanging loosely to her side. She did look pathetic.

"Well the drawbridge didn't help."

The woman ignored her comment and then grabbed Xinrie by the arm and began leading her through several crowds and alleyways. Until she stopped at a wooden door that lead into a cozy house. A fire place was already burning and there was a sweet smell of freshly baked bread hovering in the air. The house was furnished with a table and several chairs along with a rug in the center. There were also two doors in the back that lead to hallways with bedrooms and baths.

"Come in. Come in." the woman said with a gesturing hand.

Xinrie took a couple of steps forward. Her eyes moved about the room slowly taking in every detail.

"Go ahead and sit down. My children are out playing right now but they should be home soon. Oh! And you must be starving! I'll get you some soup right away after we look at that arm of yours."

Xinrie sat down in the chair. She looked at this strange woman. She was garbed in a green and white dress and her air was put up in a messy bun. The woman always seemed to walk briskly as if she was in a hurry every second of the day. Her face along with her eyes always seemed to be smiling all the time. Xinrie smiled; she liked this woman.

"Okay, now let's have a look at that arm of yours. Oh dear it's a Stalchild scratch! You must have been out last night in that terrible storm! Well, lucky you! I just so happen to be the town healer." The woman exclaimed.

She drew Xinrie's arm closer. It was two times the size as the other and caked in dry blood and was already beginning to turn green with infection. "Oh my this is infected no doubt about that."

The woman took out some bandages and cream from a cabinet. She sat down next to Xinrie again, who was now making small puddles on the floor.

"By the way my name's Alaine." The woman, now known as Alaine, said while cleaning her wound with a wet rag and soap.

"I'm Xinrie."

"Xinrie, what a cute name! Well, it's nice to meet you Xinrie."

The woman rubbed cream on her wound and wrapped it up in a clean bandage. "There we go. Now let's get you some soup. I also insist that you stay with me for three days until that's healed. While I'm getting the soup ready you may wash up and get changed. Just don't get the bandages wet!"

"Um… Okay thank you ma'am." Xinrie replied, bowing her head.

"You're welcome! But, please call me Alaine. The bath is in the second door on the right at the end of the hallway."

Xinrie had finished washing up after an hour of scrubbing off all the grime that was stuck on her body. She came out in new Kokiri clothing feeling fully refreshed. Alaine already had four bowls of soup laid out on the table.

"Oh good your out, my you look much better!" Alaine exclaimed walking towards her "My children Aria and Renrick are in there rooms do you think you can go get them for me?"

"Umm..."

"Go on, don't be shy. They already know you're here."

"O… okay," Xinrie replied looking down. She walked down the hallway stopping at the last door on the right this was Renrick's room according to Alaine's instructions. She knocked on the door. It opened to reveal a boy the age of thirteen, his hair was cut short, with bangs hanging just above his eyes, and it was blond like his mothers. His eyes were large and round and bluish- green. He was pretty tan, and was very lean and tall.

He looked down at her and smiled. "You must be Xinrie. My names Renrick pleased to meet you!" He said extending a hand down towards her.

She shook it with a small smile. "Y...you're mother sent me to tell you it's time for dinner."

"Okay, then let's go get Aria."

They walked up across the hall and up a door to Aria's room. "You go ahead and knock." Renrick said.

Xinrie knocked on the door once, and when she went to knock on it a second the door swung open. A nine year-old girl stood there looking at Xinrie, who still had her fist up in the air about to knock. Her hair was longer than Xinrie's and was pulled into a ponytail. It was a darker blond than her mother's and brother's and her eyes were the same greenish blue as her brother's. She was also only an inch taller than Xinrie. "Hi! Are you Xinrie?"

"Uhhh yes," Xinrie replied.

Aria cocked her head to the side. "Okay! Hey let's be friends!"

"Um…sure. That was fast."

"Okay we can all be friends after dinner." Renrick said.

They all walked to the table or at least two of them did Aria choose to skip the whole way. By the time they had gotten there; Alaine had already set bread drinks and a pie on the table.

"Oh good you're all here. Well go ahead and sit down and eat your food." Alaine chirped quite cheerfully.

The first half of the dinner was silent. Only the clicking of spoons against bowls and the sound of slurping soup could be heard. Xinrie felt extremely awkward sitting around a table with people she didn't even know that well.

"So Xinrie, tell me, what is Kokiri Forest like?" Arai asked her.

"Uhhh, big and green." Xinrie stated quite plainly.

"With detail. Go on." Alaine urged her.

Xinrie bowed her head for a moment and thought. "Well, everyone there is a child. And we lived in hollowed out trees. And everyone but me has a guardian fairy that looks after them and the Great Deku Tree watches after us as well. And there's this really big jerk who thinks he's the boss of all the Kokiri so I hit him a lot. But that's because he thinks I'm smaller than all the other Kokiri and that I don't have a fairy. Well, actually, that's true. But I hit 'im anyway. My best friends are Isra and Saria. Saria is really smart an' nice and she's got green hair and Isra reminds me a bit of Aria. And there's a stream an' a forest an' a temple an' the sky an' giant, talking, man-eating owls that sit just outside of the field and point little girls in random directions that get you lost in a rainstorm where you're chased up a tree by freaky skull things who can pick up their own heads even after you've knocked them off. That's about it though."

Everyone stared at her blankly for a moment, Aria's mouth dropped open some and her spoon fell into her soup. Renrick finally broke the silence. "It does talk."