The final bell rang and he was already inside the classroom. He had taken his usual desk at the back of the classroom and watched closely as the people flooded in, carrying notebooks, backpacks, papers (was something due today?) and chatting happily, very much unaware that there was a black hole growing larger by the second at the back of the class. Link shifted in his seat when he saw Red entering the room. Alone.

Alright, so she wasn't with him, but where was she at all?

He figured it would be natural if she didn't show up, after what had happened. He took a deep breath and started tapping his fingers.

He hadn't instantly regretted what he had said that night. In fact, he had spent the whole walk back home and the entire Sunday convincing himself that he had been right. If she hadn't told Peach about them, things would have been different. Then again, he had been the one who told her in the first place…

It hadn't entirely hit him until he had arrived at school this morning and Navi was nowhere to be seen. On the way to his locker he had scanned the hallways, all the classrooms, the patio, the cafeteria. Nothing. He had lingered by his locker until the last possible minute, waiting for the moment when her annoying little voice would ring across the hallway and then she'd half hug-half choke him and he'd tell her off, but smiled nonetheless, and then he'd know it was Monday because that was kind of how every school day started. But it never came.

They shared the second class together and he figured she might have ran a little late and headed straight to class first thing in the morning as he made his way through the hallway. If any of his classmates had thought his humiliation at prom had been funny, they didn't think so anymore. They didn't even dare to do so much as stare near Link's direction. If he hadn't been thinking so much about Navi, he would have noticed they even made way for him to pass, almost frightened.

He had to talk to her. It had been a stupid fight and she needn't be this mad at him. He had to tell her she was being stupid. She had to take the seat he'd been saving for her and she had to say something obvious to which he'd respond with a sarcastic comment and she'd laugh and everything would be normal. She had no reason to avoid him.

He had to know if she was ok.

He had thought it would be easy. She wouldn't be wearing that dress or all the makeup. The room was well light, so he wouldn't feel confused when he saw her. Nope, it would just be Navi, his best friend, and definitely not the vision he'd seen on Saturday night.

Well, he couldn't have been more wrong.

She walked into the classroom alone, clutching her books to her chest and he flinched. She was wearing her regular clothes: skinny jeans, boots and a loose blouse. No body hugging shimmering dress, leg longing high heels, no nothing. And yet, she was far from looking like his ordinary friend.

He almost stood up, almost called to her. But then simply watched as she took the first desk in sight, far away from Red – which kind of came as a relief - and further away from him. She hadn't even looked at him.

Fine, then. If she wants to play stupid, she can play stupid.

Sora had been doodling on his notebook, instead of actually doing his homework while the rest of his group talked.

Kairi hadn't come today.

Was she sick? It had started raining not long after he had left the dance. Maybe she'd caught a cold or something. She didn't have a phone, so texting her wasn't really an option. His mind was shifting in and out of his friends' conversation. They were talking about prom, now.

It was kind of sad that there was no trace of the dance decoration anymore. The stars on the ceiling had been removed, as well as the candles, and he figured everything from the gym. There was really no proof of it ever happening…

"I heard Riku went too." He heard one of them say.

"Yeah, he went with Kairi" Sora said casually. Everybody's reaction took him by surprise. They gasped and ooh'd and opened their eyes more than usual. That kind of annoyed him. "So what?"

"So everyone knows people go together to show off and, you know… to make out". Diddy said in a low voice.

"What? To prom?" Sora made a puzzled face. That wasn't true… pfft.

"We were talking about after prom" somebody else said.

After prom? There was no after prom, as far as Sora was concerned…

"Well, if he did go with Kairi that would explain her absence this morning."

Ok, that was silly. What could he possibly be doing with Kairi after…

No

He felt dizzy as he stood up, a knot inside his stomach growing tighter.

No. It didn't make sense and it was impossible, and also, it didn't make sense.

His friends tried to stop him, but he was already gone. He went straight to Riku's locker. He didn't care if he was with his friends or not. He'd even beat the truth out of him if necessary. Not that there was any truth involved, since they hadn't done anything.

The mere thought of it made his hands clench into fists. If they had done something… why wasn't she there?

He found Riku alone -luckily- and didn't hesitate, not even for a second.

"Where is Kairi?"

Riku turned around slowly. "Oh, hey Sora."

"Where is she?" He demanded. Riku lifted an eyebrow

"Beats me…"

"Where is she?!"

"Woah" Riku raised his hands "I already told you, I don't know."

"What did you do to her?" Sora didn't think he could be more angry.

"Dude… What the hell are you talking about? What's gotten into you?" That did it.

"ME? What about you? Hell, it's like I don't even know you anymore. And you know what? I couldn't care less because this isn't about me or you. This is about Kairi."

"What about me?" Both guys turned to the interruption and saw Kairi walking cautiously towards them. "What's going on?"

"Kairi…" Sora's heart fell back in his chest. "I… I thought you… d-did you get home okay after prom?"

"Yeah, Navi wasn't feeling so good and she asked me to go home with her. Again, sorry about that, Riku." She smiled apologetically.

"Again, don't worry about it." The white haired boy said.

Something happened with Navi? Sora made a mental note to ask Link about it later. He hadn't seen him since Saturday night either. He wondered if everything was alright.

"So…" Kairi started after an awkward pause. "What's up?"

"Nothing" Riku closed the door to his locker and turned away. "I should get going. See you."

"Yeah, bye." Karir waved, though he wasn't watching. Then turned to Sora and asked in the sweetest voice "Are you ok?"

"I…" He honestly couldn't say. This was embarrassing. He'd had nothing to worry about all along. Not on Saturday night and not today. Riku hadn't done anything wrong, so Sora didn't have enough reason not to trust him, but still…

This was beyond wrong. If the three of them were still friends like last summer, everything would be fine. He would have felt free to text Riku every now and then to see how things were going. They would have discussed the fact that he was planning about taking her to prom. He wouldn't have been so worried, and most of all, he wouldn't have been so jealous.

Link had tried -and he felt stupidly guilty about this- to bump into Navi, or at least make eye contact with her, through the rest of the day. But whenever he saw her coming, he couldn't get himself to do it. Everything seemed so stupid, yet there he was. Lying on his bed, listening to music at full volume and even that couldn't help him out of his thoughts.

Well, I don't need you

His own words echoed at the back of his head. How could he say something like that to his best friend? Never mind if she liked him or not. They had been best friends for about, what, seven years now? And he'd hurt her. Bad.

Maybe this was for the best. Maybe he ought to quietly walk away from her life and leave her be. She should be with Red. Or whoever she wanted to be with, and he should just…

"Link?" Mr. Deku called and gently knocked on his door. "There's a young girl here to see you."

He immediately sat up. Navi…

He almost threw himself down the stairs, trying to keep his beenie from falling from his head and stopped at the door.

Breathe. His heart felt like it was trying to hammer its way out of his chest. He took a few good breaths and opened the door.

"Zelda?" He frowned to the sight of the blonde girl on his doorstep. His heart sank and he started closing the door again. "I don't think you need any more lessons."

"No, wait." She placed a hand on the door to try to keep it open. If he wanted to, he could have shut it anyway. Hell, he could have broken her arm. "Please, I'm sorry. I want to talk to you."

He stared at her for a moment. This didn't make sense. With those puppy eyes of hers, looking vulnerable and weak, she was definitely the girl who haunted him in his dreams. So why had it come to this with her? He shouldn't be disgusted by her. He should feel somehow heroic… Like in his dreams.

His gaze softened and he stepped outside, without a word. They walked in silence all the way to the back, closer to the woods and he gestured for her to start talking, as calmly as he could.

"I'm really sorry." She lowered her head and her voice. "About everything."

He took a deeeeeeeep breath and exhaled slowly.

"Why would you do that to me?" He asked

"I wasn't even thinking. My friends were always saying G liked me and that we should be together. But I don't know if I really like him. And then I met you and I did. Like you. I liked spending time with you and everything." She paused. "And then I got kind of scared when he said he was with me, the other night. And I should have… But I couldn't, you know? And then…"

He watched her struggle for words and actually enjoyed it a little. Zelda wasn't a bad person. He knew that. She was only used to hang around the wrong people. The fact that she'd come all this way to apologize kind of proved it. Didn't it?

It had to be her. She was the same girl, she was involved with horse riding, granted, she didn't have a castle, but she had a pretty big mansion, and she knew that song he always played. It had to be destiny. He had dreamt of it, it had to be.

"Do you wanna go out with me?" The words came spilling out before he could stop them.

"Wha- what?" He had obviously caught her off guard.

"I asked if you wanted to go out. With me."

"Like… in public?" she made a face.

"Yes, like in public. We could go out to dinner or something."

"Uh…" She hesitated for a second. "Sure. Dinner sounds nice."

For whatever reason Like had to ask Zelda out that day, he was starting to believe it hadn't been so brilliant. Or maybe it was her who wasn't so brilliant?

He had tried to make conversation with Navi the whole week. He wanted her to know that he was going out with Zelda. Maybe then she would get all jealous and angry and at least talk to him.

That had proven useless. Even if she did agree to so much as make eye contact with him, of course she wouldn't say anything about his date. He specifically told her not to.

As Friday drew nearer, he decided he didn't care. He'd had a reason to say all those things to her, even if they had come out rougher than needed. And in a way, he was looking forward to this date with Zelda. Maybe if he got to know her better, he would discover deep inside she was a wonderful person and they were meant to be together, like his dreams said.

Once again, he couldn't have been more wrong.

They hadn't even said anything since their food was placed on the table. Even worse, he didn't really feel like talking to her. He thought about random subjects, but scratched them off. He didn't believe she'd be into what he was into… Plus, she didn't look like she was into anything at all, besides her stupid pink phone -which she kept checking all the time. Was she checking the hour or updating her Facebook status to 'worst date ever'?

There had to be something…

She checked her phone again and started laughing at something.

"Omg. Peach just said the meanest thing on our whatsapp group chat." She lifted her gaze and was about to say more of hit, but held her tongue. "It's not really that funny"

"Do your friends even know you're here?" He asked, curious. She set her phone aside.

"Yeah, I told them. They didn't, like, say anything. Not that it would matter, anyway." Link raised his glass to his lips and took a sip of the water. He hadn't expected her to tell them.

"Why do you even hang out with those girls?" He asked.

"They're my friends." She said, simply.

"They're… horrible." He wasn't done with his food, but he didn't feel hungry anymore.

"Peach is kind of mean sometimes, but she's still my friend. We've, like, always been friends, I guess." She chuckled to herself. "You know, at first when Riku told her about our riding lessons I thought my life was totally over. But then…"

"Wait" Did she say… "Riku? No, you said Navi told her about it."

"So I thought. She only said 'his little friend' when she first told me, so I assumed it was her, but then it wasn't. And then I thought about it and, well, what would she be doing talking to Peach, right? So, yeah…"

Link stared at her, stupefied.

It wasn't Navi. It wasn't her at all. It had been Riku all along.

Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit.

He had given her hell for something that wasn't even her fault in the first place. He mentally beat the shit out of himself. Great job, Link, you just lost the most important person in your life for…

He gazed at the girl across the table. She was still taking about god knows what. It didn't matter anymore. Zelda was the girl of his dreams, not Navi. There just had to be something to prove it.

He held on to that thought all the way through dinner and their walk home. He didn't even bother taking her all the way to the front door. They stopped at the first gate.

"So I had a good time." She said, but her uncomfortable posture said the opposite. "I guess I'll, uhm, see you"

She wasn't sure whether to shake his hand, or hug him, or what… But she didn't have to worry about it for long. Without so much as a word, he closed in, took her face in his hands and…

"Dude… you kissed her?" Sora's eyes widened in shock and he almost fell from the rock he was sitting on. Link shrugged. He was leaning against a tree, on their usual spot in the woods. "And then what happened?"

"That's the thing. Nothing happened." He said. He wondered why he hadn't come to Sora in the first place. It felt so good to just let it all out. "I get it, by the way."

"Huh?"

"You know, that feeling you told me about a while ago. That there's something we should know about. That everyone should know about, but they don't. I feel it too."

"I know." Sora said. "I've known all along. I guessed you just didn't know me well enough to trust me back then."

Link only stared at him. That was true.

"And what happened with Navi?" Sora pressed on the subject.

"I called her and texted her like a million times, but she never answered." He took out his phone and sent her another one, then smiled sadly. "I remember when Mr. Deku introduced us. He just brought her to the house one day when I was ten and said a boy like me needed a friend like her. He constantly told me to 'always listen to Navi'. I wish I had. I wish there was something else I could do to somehow make sure I haven't lost her forever."

"I still can't believe what you told her."

"Yeah, well, it's not like I can go back in…" He paused.

Time

Unsure of the reason, he took out his ocarina and placed it on his mouth. Then softly started playing the melody that had just popped into his head. He had dreamt about this one several times, he knew, but he never had remembered it this clearly.

Sora watched him with his brow furrowed in curiosity. Link had closed his eyes, losing himself into the melody. As soon as he was finished, he heard a loud thump and when he opened his eyes, Sora was on the ground, staring dumbly at him.

"What just happened?" He asked.

"What, did you fall or something?" Link raised an eyebrow while Sora stood up

"Uhm, I guess. The rock I was sitting on kindda disappeared…" He moved from the spot and looked around. It was definitely gone. "How did you do that?"

"I didn't do anything…"

Link stared at Sora rubbing at his back and then past him, where the boulder had stood… And there was a door behind him. A door with a giant lock right in the middle. His jaw dropped and Sora turned around, a little scared by his friend's expression.

"What the… A door?" Sora shifted his gaze from Link to the door several times.

"Sora, I think… I think it means you." Link had no idea why that thought had come to his mind. Sora just stared at him, unsure of what to make of it. "Your key. I somehow moved the rock with the ocarina and your key should open the door."

He felt the key inside his pocked and gulped. Link sounded so sure of himself -which he actually wasn't, he had no idea of what he was saying. Sora took a deep breath and took out the key.

"This is not going to work." He said, comparing the tiny key to the gigantic hole. There was no way it would fit. He raised it to the lock and closed one eye, studying it.

Suddenly, he felt it moving on its own. The key matched the lock's center and a ray of light shot from it, straight through the door. It clicked open.

This was impossible.

Link and Sora stared at each other with their mouths open, and slowly started pacing towards the door. It took nearly all of Sora's strength to push it open.

Two heads peeked inside what appeared to be a cave. Or was it a room? They weren't sure of anything anymore. The only certain thing was that it appeared to be separated in half. Not that there was a wall, or anything. Things just looked… different on the right side than the left one. Both sides had exactly the same things: a chest placed against a wall, a table in the middle of each side and a door at the back wall. Despite having the same things and placed in the same order, mirror-like, it looked like it had been decorated by two different people.

Sora felt inclined towards the right side and Link towards the left.

"What is this place?" Sora asked

"No idea…" Link stopped at his table. It had a paper on it, being held by a little glass bottle filled with some green liquid. He read the note:

'It will all make sense very soon'

What the hell…? He turned to Sora and saw he was reaching for his bottle.

"No!" He yelled, louder than he had intended, and Sora jumped back. "Don't touch it, we don't know what it is."

"But…"

Link felt his phone vibrating in his pocket. It felt kind of out of place in here. His eyes opened in shock.

"It's Navi." He said. "She's coming over! Sora, did you hear?"

"Uh huh." Sora wasn't listening at all.

"Ok, stay here. I'll be right back." He said, already leaving. "And don't touch anything!"

"They are almost ready."

"It seems like it"

Link ran to the stables as fast as he could, then stopped like deer being spotted by a hunter when he saw her. She had been leaning against the fence, facing the other way, but had started to turned around because of the noise he made.

She brushed a strand of hair out of her face, lowering her gaze to the ground and crossing her arms on her chest, waiting for him to come closer. For one agonizing second, Link though she was crying, or going to cry. But as he came closer to her, he saw her eyes were dry as a bone and her expression neutral. She wasn't smiling, but she didn't look angry either. She didn't yell at him with that annoying little voice of hers. It was so strange, so unfamiliar…

He slowed down as he approached her, unsure of what to do or say. He climbed up the fence and sat there, right next to her.

"Hey…" He said. Her eyes were still fixated on the ground. He raised a hand, but hesitated. "Please, talk to me."

She tilted up her head and met his gaze. The sun fell upon her face and enlightened it.

"What do you want me to say?"

Link felt his soul coming back to his body at the sound of her voice. He was starting to fear he'd never hear it again. He couldn't help but smile, to which she responded by backing up a little bit.

"Navi, I…" He stopped. He had wanted to talk to her ever since last Saturday and now he had no idea what to say.

"I wasn't going to come." She said suddenly. "Kairi talked me into it. She said it must have been a misunderstanding. But I know it wasn't." She sighed. "That was pretty fucked up, what you told me. I can't say it didn't struck me. But it's fine. If that's how you feel about me, it's fine."

"No…" He climbed down and bended to her height. She blinked. He sighed and ran both hands through his hair, straightening up "I'm sorry. I really am. I was so upset and I wasn't thinking. I shouldn't have said anything. You were right. About everything. It doesn't matter, anyway. I should have put you first. I should have always put you first."

Why had it taken him all these years to reach to this conclusion?

"Link…"

"No, please let me apologize. I was so confused and you looked so freaking beautiful, it was driving me crazy". He was so focused on what he was saying, he didn't notice the surprise building in her eyes. "But you weren't with me, you were with…"

Another thought came to his mind.

"Uhm… So what about Red?" He tried to sound nonchalant and failed majestically.

"What about him?" She asked

"Are you guys together or something?" He figured no, since he hadn't seen them together at school, but still.

"We never were together, Link." She almost laughed. Almost. "What about Zelda?"

"I'm guessing she'll be needing a new riding instructor now. Although I doubt anyone can really help her" He said. And then the craziest thing happened.

She smiled.

"You thought I looked beautiful? I really couldn't tell, since you looked at me like you wanted to kill me." Now she was starting to sound more like herself.

"I always think you're beautiful." He said. He felt the heat rushing to his face, but didn't turn away. She did, trying to hide the obvious blush and started playing with her blue hair.

She let her arm fall to the side and Link became very aware of how close their hands were. It was close enough for him to reach for it.

'Don't touch anything'

"Tsk." Sora had paced around the table about ten times now.

That was a stupid thing to say. If he wasn't supposed to touch anything, how come he had been able to open the door? It was all obviously meant for him and Link. Obviously.

He couldn't take it anymore. He grabbed the bottle and raised it, trying to see if it had a mark or something. Nothing. Only pure transparent glass and that green liquid. It couldn't be poison, could it? He opened it and sniffed. No, judging by the sweet smell, it definitely wasn't poison.

And the note did sound like an invitation…

Oh, what the hell. He held his breath, closed his eyes and drank deep.

And then it all came back to him. Sora felt like a computed being loaded with information. His brain started frantically scanning though every memory he had ever had.

His real memories. From his real life at the islands, and traverse town, and Donald and Goofy, the keyblade. Everything.

"Oh no…"

Link was still deciding whether to take her hand when he saw Sora coming from inside the woods. He looked like he'd just seen a ghost and was running straight to them.

"Link!" He panted for air and pulled him by the arm. "Link, you have to come with me."

"Sora, I told you to wait for me. I'm kind of in the middle of…"

"No, you don't understand." The poor kid was horrified. "I remember. I remember everything and you will too. Just come with me. You have to come with me."

Link sighed and turned to Navi. "Please, wait for me? I won't be long."

"Hurry!" Sora was still trying to pull him away.

"Alright…" She said, puzzled.

Link wanted to kiss her so bad. Or hug her, at least, anything. But he let Sora pull him away, without taking his eyes off her until she was out of sight.

"Sora, what the hell?" Link snatched his arm away and ran with him.

"You'll see." Sora didn't slow down until they were inside the cave again. He grabbed the bottle that was on what appeared to be Link's side and pushed it into his hands. "Drink it"

Link saw the other bottle was empty. "I told you not to touch anything."

"Shut up and drink it." Sora's voice sounded more like a threat now.

Ignoring a protest at the back of his mind, Link opened the bottle and drank it. He saw his own life as if it were a movie. As if it were a lie. His real memories were coming back like an avalanche and it was all too much.

"Wha-what the hell is going on?" He said after a long pause. "What am I doing here?"

"So you remember too?" Sora asked. Link only attempted to nod. "So where are you from? I sure haven't seen you in any of the worlds I've visited. Wait. You're not a heartless, are you?"

"What the hell is a heartless?"

"It's an evil creature that feeds upon people's heart." He tried to sound logical.

"I have twenty hearts." Link said.

"Woah, you'd be a real treat for the heartless." Sora laughed. "So where do you live?"

"Hyrule…" Link's head hurt really bad as he made an effort to put everything together. "I've been dreaming of this. But they weren't dreams at all, were they? They were memories."

"I had those dreams too. About Riku and Kairi and the keyblade and some other friends." Sora looked so pleased with himself.

"So they're from your world." Something didn't fit. "Wait, is Riku a bad guy in your world?"

"No!" Sora considered the question for a moment. "He's just a little confused. But that's why I have to go back. I have to find him and Kairi and make everything alright again. And you… what do you do?"

Link hadn't discovered how to feel about all of this just yet.

"I'm a hero. I'm the hero who's meant to save Hyrule". He could fight terrible monsters and here he was, not a second ago, worrying about girls and school. He was meant to do great things. "I have to defeat Ganondorf and save Princess Zelda…"

"Princess Zelda?" Sora asked. "So she is a princess after all?"

"Of course…" Link felt like everything was a bad taste joke. Freaking hilarious. "She has responsibilities back in my world, she has duties, people who rely on her. Here all she has is… money."

Epona, the ocarina, the Deku tree -or Mr. Deku- everything made sense now. But Link couldn't help but feel like there was something he wasn't seeing just yet.

"That settles it, then." Sora said. "I think these doors are what takes us to our worlds, but we have to go together. I tried mine, but it didn't work. I'm guessing yours has to be open too. We have to go back and set things right."

"Who would do this to us?" Link frowned. But Sora was right.

"I don't know… but we have to go back. Then I can be with Kairi and you can be with Navi. Hey, maybe I can find the way to your world on my ship and I'll come visit you guys."

Navi

Link fell his preasure lowering and he had to sit down.

Navi

Of course he hadn't dreamt of her. She was a fairy and fairies didn't exist in his mind until now. She had been there for him all along. That little annoying voice ringing in his head. It was her. It had been her all along.

"Link, are you alright?" Sora tried to help him up.

"I can't go back." He mumbled.

"What?"

"Sora, I can't… I can't go. I can't go back." He rubbed his face.

"Link, we have to. We have responsibilities, people are counting on us. I've already lost enough time. My friends must be worried sick about me and the heartless could have taken entire worlds up to now."

"No, you don't understand." Link was so frustrated he couldn't even think straight. "I can't go back. If I do, I'll lose her forever and I can't. I can't lose her. I love her."

Sora's jaw dropped. It took Link a moment to calm himself, but he finally did it. Sora placed a hand on his shoulder and squeezed.

"We have to go." He said.

"I know." He sighed. "Just… just not yet. Please, I have to talk to her first."

"Alright."

They locked eyes for a second. Sora didn't understand how he could lose her, but he had no other option but to trust him. Without even realizing it, Link had expressed more about how he really felt right now than through the entire year. Sora was so glad they became friends.

He followed Link outside and prepared himself mentally to run over to the stables again, but found out he didn't have to.

"Link?" Navi shoved a branch aside and made her way to the boy's spot. "Guys, what's going on? What is this place?"

Link ran to her and hugged her with all the strength he had. There was a terrible knot inside his throat and he feared for a second it might be his heart.

"Navi" He whispered.

"Link, what the hell? You're strangling me." She tried to break free, but failed.

He grabbed her by the shoulders and stared at her, at every feature of her face. He brushed her blue hair with his hands and ran his thumb through the side of her face, trying to remember every detail.

Who would do this to him?

The minute he'd go back to Hyrule, she'd be nothing more than a winged blue light hovering by his shoulder. He flinched at the thought and felt something being ripped off his chest.

"Navi, I was such an idiot." He said. She was staring at him in shock. "I do need you. You have no idea of how much I need you."

"Link, what are you talking about?" She frowned and he placed his forehead on hers. She gasped. "It really wasn't that big a deal… I forgive you."

He laughed. This was so ironic. This was so terribly ironic.

She couldn't help but laugh too. "You're so weird, I swear."

He placed a hand under her chin and gently lifted her face, while the other hand pulled her closer to him. He had been so blind. This felt good, this fit. This… She. She was perfect. She was his best friend, she had always taken care of him. He just hadn't seen it.

But at that moment, pressing her close to him and parting his lips, about to meet hers, he decided he wasn't about to let go.

"Freeze it"

"What?"

"Do it now"

A man with a huge white beard and a pointy blue hat waved a hand, and Link and Navi froze just when they were about to touch, just like if someone had paused a movie. Many eyes stared at the image, frustrated and confused.

"Take them back. And there's one more thing. You're going to have to take their memories too."

"Your majesty…"

Everyone stared at him in shock. Three women were thoroughly discussing something at one side of the room.

"But I thought we were going to let them do it on their own." Another voice said sadly. "Gawrsh. And they were so close, too…"

"His majesty is right, it's too late now." One of the three women stepped closer. "We know the boy. If he kisses her, he will not rest until he finds a way to get back to a world where they are both human."

"Farore's right." Another one of the women paced forward. "That would be a terrible detour from his original destiny. We cannot let that happen."

"How could we not see this coming?"

"I'm afraid I did warn you." The old man spoke again, his voice heavy. "Their hearts have always been strongly connected. With the same form of body, there was always the risk of this bond taking a different turn."

"Wait a second." A high pitched sweet little voice spoke this time. "Mickey, if he takes their memories then all this would have been a waste of time".

"Not quite." The mouse stood from the chair he was resting on and took his wife's hands. "You see, they have been bound by the heart. They might not remember meeting, but they will always carry each other inside their hearts and when the moment comes when their destinies intertwine, they will feel it."

He nodded at the wizard, who waved his hands through the image again. Within a matter of seconds, everything was gone. They were back home, back in their real lifes.

"So what do we do now?"

"We wait. And we trust that they will do what's right in due time, like they always have."

The end