A/N: Sorry for the long wait between chapters, I had some mad writers block. Also, short chapters are to be expected at first, they will get longer.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Legend of Zelda or it's involved characters.
Link soon awoke to find that he was no longer on the hard bench in the lobby, but in a soft bed covered in light sheets. Link shot up which was a bad idea as he was soon met with a throbbing headache and a wave of nausea. After finally subsiding Link carefully stood from bed. He scanned his surroundings and decided he was in the Knife Chamber. As he stood up he noticed his tunic lying in a seat across the room. He threw it on and searched for his equipment, but to no prevail. It seemed no one thought to check the sewer for his valuables.
The young hero slowly opened the door and crept towards the entrance of the inn. He was slowly approaching the door until something grabbed his arm and he turned to find Anju holding his arm, a look of worry spread across her face.
"Your not going anywhere, you need rest." she said as she dragged him back towards the stairs. The boy wriggled in her grip but she didn't loosen the vice that kept Link from running.
They finally reached the Knife chamber again and Anju forced Link into the bed and wrapped him again in the sheets. She took her leave closing the door softly behind her. Link struggled to unwrap the cocoon of sheets and dug through his Kokiri Pouch in which he kept all his items. He knew that none of the masks worked anymore due to the binding magic that kept their souls within the confides of the masks had weakened when Majora was defeated. He slowly sifted through his belongings, looking for something to help him get out of the room. He also found himself chuckling at the idea of the person who defeated Majora and Ganondorf being trapped in an inn.
Of course, plotting didn't last long as he found he couldn't find a way out and Anju had locked the door. Link once he had accepted defeat he sprawled out on the bed and let the blissful embrace of sleep pull him into unconcsiousness.
The next few days were filled with constant check-ups by healers and visits by Anju and Kafie. Though Link enjoyed the fact that some one cared enough to help him in his time of need, he wanted to get moving again. He had constantly attempted to leave but was always stopped by Anju of Kafie. He knew that the wound had been bad and of course it hurt but he had been through worse.
Today, he was feeling much better and was looking through maps of Termina and surrounding regions. He had hoped to find a way home but it seemed the magical land that he had just saved didn't have any connection to anywhere else. He had asked Anju about Hyrule the first day he was here and she had no idea that it existed.
He had been searching through maps when the healer came in. The elderly man was the same that had helped Link the day Kafie had found him in the sewers.
The man inspected the two now small holes that the scarlet skulltula had left and look pleased.
"The swelling has gone down and the poison has passed through your system, young boy, I don't know how you did it but you fought off a poison that I hadn't seen before the day the purple haired man dragged me in here."
Link smiled and nodded, happy to be able to leave soon.
"Now, I'll take my leave, have a nice day." With that the old doctor turned and left.
A few minutes later, Link was ready to do when there was a knock on his temporary study's door. Link told whoever it was to come in and he heard the door open and close. He turned to see a young girl with fire-red hair that reached her lower back. She was wearing a simple work dress and a pair of brown-black boots.
"Hi Grasshopper" she started "how are you feeling today?"
Link smiled warmly "I'm feeling fine Romani, thank you for your concern."
"Romani's glad and she wants to know how Grasshopper got hurt in the first place."
Link had hoped not to worry the girl so he attempted to avoid the question.
"Oh, just a spider bite, nothing major."
It wasn't a total lie, he did get bitten by a skulltula which is just a giant monster spider.
"Grasshopper, Romani knows that spiders don't make people this sick, Romani isn't some little girl!"
Sighing in defeat Link told Romani that he was bitten by a skulltula and the poison had weakened him some.
Romani knew that there was more to the story than Link was letting on but before she could press him for more details, Cremia came in and said something about getting back to the ranch, and took Romani back outside.
Link eventually went back to his maps, taking notes on landmarks that bore any resemblance to those in Hyrule. But, all he could come up with was that the countries all connected by sea. Hyrule, however, had no ocean of any kind.
After hours of searching through maps and history books, Link decided to quit for the day. Anju had come in and questioned how Link was feeling and left a cuckoo meat sandwich. Ha hadn't eaten anything solid in 3 days so I gratefully accepted. While eating he thought back on his life, everything from the Kokiri Forest, his journey through Hyrule, Princess Zelda, Malon, Ruto ... ok maybe less Ruto then anything else.
He loved Hyrule but there, he was this big important person. That's not what he wanted though, he always wanted a normal life. When he got back, the border guard would inform the captian, the captian would tell the king, the king would tell Zelda, and everyone would know within a matter of days.
"Oh hip-hip-hooray! The hero has returned!" Link spat in a mocking tone. "The last thing I want is to go back to be greeted with a hero's welcome."
He said to himself. He was glad no one here knew about him being the savior of Termina, he couldn't deal with the praise. He wanted to hide his identity, to be a normal kid, but that's not possible. He grew up without parents and now all his friends are gone. Saria is now in the Sacred Realm working with the other sages, the Great Deku Tree is dead, and Zelda can't leave Hyrule nor could Link find a way to Hyrule.
His home wasn't much, a hollowed out tree, but it was home. It was the place he felt safest and the only place that could calm his mind. But now, he had no home, no Hyrule, no anything.
While thinking back on these things, Link could feel tears forming in his eyes and for the first time since before Saria left, the Hero of Time cried.