Chapter Five: The Festival.

Link:

I have to admit, I was beginning to like hiding my identity. The girl kept asking about me, she was even asking me if I had seen me. Even though she could be dangerous, I figured it couldn't hurt to take her to the festival. After all, everyone in town and then some would be there. If she really wanted to do anything, it wouldn't be there. Besides, something about her made me feel like I should be with her...

After days of avoiding everyone, it was finally the eve of the festival. I had been working on the perfect mask to give to that girl, so she couldn't refuse. The only problem would be how to reveal myself to her... My face was cover by a mask and by body morphed one again.

I walked out to the hallway to find the girl leaving her room. My heart skipped a beat and I looked away from her. The door gently shut and I began to shuffle down the hallway.

"Mikau, wait," she said. I halted, but didn't turn around. "I have to ask you something. I have this feeling, I really have to see if I'm right."

Now I turned to face her. "Mikau, there's a hole in the wall that our rooms share. I'll admit that I looked through it when I first got here. There's something on your mantle, please, you have to let me see it."

I was a little confused. She seemed perfectly serious, but how could she be? I was just asked about something that I haven't though of for years... However, I had to reason not to let her see it. My eyes never left hers as I reached for the door knob and gently opened the door. She followed me inside and shut the door behind us. I crossed the room and grabbed the tiny instrument off of the mantle. It felt weird to hold it again, I actually forgot how. When I handed it over, she gasped.

"I knew it was you..." she whispered. I jumped back a little. She must have noticed the weird look on my face. "This is the Ocarina of Time. It's passed down through the Royal Family. I gave it to you, Link. Seven years ago I gave this to you to open the door of time. Remember? Then I taught you this song... The song that reminds me of us."

She raised the ocarina up to her mouth and gently began playing. With every note, hundreds of memories came back to me. I remembered that song, I remembered playing it, I remembered the ocarina, and I remembered her...

She stopped playing. "Link, I know it's you. You're the chosen hero, and you're the only one that would have this ocarina. The only thing I can't explain is why you're a Zora..."

Suddenly I remembered how to breathe. My hand slowly moved up to my face and removed the mask.

Zelda:

In a half of a second the Zora I was talking to was gone and replaced by Link. Just like I thought. "I knew it," I whispered.

He looked at me as if he was half terrified and half shocked. My heart was beating out of my chest into my ears. "Link... Please tell me. Why did you leave?"

This brought up an endless conversation. He told me everything. We had never gotten a chance to talk, he just left. He told me about his entire quest that I put him through. But, he never mentioned anything about being angry. He did, however, tell me that he lost his best friend, the guardian fairy that he never should have gotten. Then he elaborated on what Anju told me the other day, how he saved this land just like Hyrule. He explained that he was here by accident, just trying to find his friend.

"Link, I had no idea... Why didn't you ever come home?"

This started another story, how he forgot the Song of Time. He couldn't tell me why, but for some reason, he just forgot about his old life. Of course, he was stuck in the same three days for the longest time, so I guess I couldn't question it too much. When he was finally I done explaining, I couldn't help just staring at him.

Link:

It was all out now. My whole entire life just shifted around, resulting in a weird time paradox. Now that I remembered her, I remembered seeing her after defeating Ganon. The weird thing was, that probably hasn't even happened yet. Well, it had to have happened, just in a different time, a completely different time.

She looked at me, but said nothing. Finally, after a long moment of silence, she took a few steps forward and wrapped her arms around me. "I'm just so glad you're okay," she whispered. I pulled away from her and went over to the other side of the room. There was a certain tradition that I was dying to follow. All the days that I stayed up in my room were spent crafting a mask.

Clock Town really knew how to celebrate. The entire town was covered with masks and clocks. It was really pretty. I escorted Zelda through the crowds of dancing people. She was wearing the mask I made for her. I had to admit, it was pretty ugly. It was actually surprising that she was even wearing it.

Midnight came much faster than I expected. The time actually flew for once in my life. When the Clock Tower opened, I took Zelda's hand. She grasped mine in return, and we climbed the stairs together. At the top, almost everyone in town was staring into the sky. I, however, had my eyes fixed on something else.

Suddenly, Zelda ripped her eyes away from the stars. "Link, I think I know what my wish is." I smiled down at her, urging her on. "Well, I know it's going to sound weird... But I have this feeling that we're... Destined to be together." I stared at her. Was she going to go on?

"Link, all I want is for us to be together. I don't care if it's here, or back home. I just don't want to see you leave me again."

I was a little taken aback. But then I felt the exact same way. The only problem was that I didn't know how to respond. So, I did it the best way I could. I simply leaned down slightly and gently touched my lips to hers.