Chapter Four: Missing.

Link:

I shut the door tightly behind me and listened for her to leave. She knew me, she knew my name. My back hit the door as I gently slid down to the floor. I pulled the mask off my face and placed it on the floor. Obviously something weird was going on. I had no idea who this girl was.

My eyes shut, then my mind raced though years and years of memories. No matter how hard I tried I just couldn't figure out where I had seen her before. And her voice... It sounded like I had heard it say my name before.

After a long while, I got a headache. My hands rubbed my temples, then pushed against the floor to help me stand up. It was now well into the night. I shuffled over to my bed and threw myself down.

The next morning, I decided to go to greet everyone as a Zora. This girl knew my name. Even though she was absolutely beautiful, she could be dangerous. I walked down the stairs slowly, listening to the conversation in the kitchen. I only heard Anju and Kafei... Not the girl...

"Well I haven't seen him since yesterday morning... Kafei, what if he's mad at us?"

"What would he be mad at us about?"

"I don't know... We did try to force a date on him yesterday. What if he's trying to avoid the carnival now?"

"Anju, he'll be fine. You know how he gets about training."

Well, at least they were being normal. They really did treat me like their own. I finally hit the last stair when I noticed the door to Grandma's room was opened. I peeked inside to see the girl looking through books. My head ripped backwards out of the door to prevent her from seeing me. I continued into the kitchen to see Anju and Kafei sitting at the table.

"Hello again," Anju said. "Have you see Link around?"

I shook my head back and forth, then Anju looked down at her hands. Kafei suddenly spoke. "I thought I recognized you!" My stomach fell to the floor. "You're Mikau! From the Indigo-go's! I remember you guys from last year!"

It's amazing how much I forget. Mikau's dying wish was for me to carry on his legacy. Of course, I explained to Lulu who I was. But I still helped out the band in anyway I could. Now that the Zora babies were growing up, I had been doing less though. Anyway, I nodded my head to Kafei, who looked excited.

"Well, it's great to have you Mikau. Since you are a friend of Link's can I ask you something?" I nodded. "Can you please try to find him? I was really hoping that he could take the young lady to the carnival." Once again my stomach fell.

"Anju, you were just talking about how you made Link uncomfortable about that kind of thing."

"Well I can't help it. He just seems so lonely, I mean, he won't even talk..."

"He has never talked. That's not a big deal."

I felt a little weird listening to their conversation. Through all my adventures, I had become a professional eavesdropper, but it was still weird to be in the room when they were talking about me. Kafei must have sensed my discomfort.

"Sorry about that, Mikau. We just worry about him."

I smiled a little at them both. Then I waved and decided to go back up tot my room. If Anju wanted me to go to the Carnival so bad, then I had some work to do.

Zelda:

I stood in the hallway for a few minutes, staring at the closed door. That Zora knew Link. He had to. I decided to go talk to Anju, I needed some more information.

Anju was cooking in the kitchen when I entered. "Hello," I said shyly.

"Hi, dear. Come on in." She motioned me to the table. I took a seat. "So where do you come from?"

"Very far away. Actually, I come from the same place as Link."

"You know Link?" She seemed surprised.

"Yes, I've been trying to find him for years... There was kind of a big mess. But, seven years ago, he left. It was my fault, and all I want is to know that he's safe. I kind of followed him here, I mean, I didn't exactly know that he came this way... I just guessed. Now that I know he's here, or at least I think I know, I have to find him."

"How sweet. Well, I wish I could be more help... I hardly know anything about Link. He doesn't exactly talk much. But he became quite a hero here, especially to me and Kafei. You see, seven years ago, a powerful mask fell into the hands of someone weak. I'm not sure how, but this mask created a moon that was going to crush this town in three days. During those three days, the mask played many tricks, like turning my then fiance into a child. Link came to our rescue though. He defeated the mask, and managed to help every person in this town at the same time. He's an amazing person."

It brought a smile to my face to hear that Link was able to stay a hero. Then the guilt overcame me."Yes, he really is... Right before he came here he saved our home land. But, I think that's why he left. I pushed the saving the world thing on him, and he was just a child... Kind of..."

"Oh, honey. You can't force a hero to be a hero. Link is naturally heroic. If he wasn't, then he would have failed. You did nothing wrong."

Anju was right... Suddenly, I felt better than I had in years. "Anju, do you know where Link is?"

"I really wish I did, honey. I think if you want to find him your best bet is to wait here for him. I'm sure he'll be back fot he carnival."

Great, once again, he was missing.