So much had happened since they had graduated.

The Legend of Zelda had been snatched up by some music producer whose kid went to Skyloft, Shiek got Cremina pregnant, Saria grew up, and Zelda... she graduated College and High School... then disappeared out of nearly everyone's lives before anyone realized she was gone.

The band convinced Mido to join after a month of laying down a few basic tracks for several of Link's songs and it was during that month that several unsettling things happened.

Shiek had burst out, half in song and half in tears, that Cremina was pregnant with twins, no less, over a box of pizza and that they were moving in together. The couple fought, constantly, but then everything seemed to click back into place after they let everything out of their systems. They had twin girls, whom were nearly identical except for one being a blonde and the other red headed, with Shiek's eyes and Cremina's face.

Marin Gull was killed in a car wreck which left the whole school in a state of confusion and, for some, depression. The young woman, however mean, had not deserved to die so young and a memorial was held where even Zelda found nice words to say about her.

Zelda and Link managed to place each other back in the Best Friend Zone enough for them both to date other people though Link always found himself having more than friendly thoughts about Zelda... it was when he was ready to burst when Sandra called to ask if anyone had seen her daughter.

Evelyn had answered, ran to Link's room, but only suceeded in confiming what everyone had feared... Zelda Rayne Harkinian was gone though there was one person who knew why.

Shiek had walked into Sandra's designer magazine like living room the next day and calmly explained what his sister was doing. Zelda, though not raped, had been sexually assualted by one of her two boyfriends that year...it had been only a few nights before the Talen Show auditions that she had weeped on Shiek's shoulder as she told him.

She had told him that she needed to get away from everyone... that she had to find out what she really wanted out of life without having everyone attempt to guide her where she wanted. Her mother did it, her professors, her Father when he decided to call, her other friends at College, and even Link. Zelda wanted time to heal... she sent postcards every weekend to everyone and only called a few times before she vocally told her loved ones to : "back the fuck off" and that she was not going to say which boyfriend had done it.

Link had gone out, found the guy she had been dating at the time, and confronted him with it. The classmate had, of course, bragged about the incident which earned him two black eyes, a broken jaw, and a kick in his "family jewels"... Link was never charged with the attack though it was probably because the guy did not want to admit the reason for its provacation.

"Link, dude!" Darunia's voice called from outside of their house that they had rented together with Saria. It was four bedroom, two baths, two story with basement, and had been fitted with wooden floors thanks to Link's handy work. "Food!"

The smell of grilled burgers caught the twenty year old's senses and lured him from his desk where he had been sitting, staring at a letter from Zelda. The letter had come with her usual postcard which was not so unusual...however the letter was only addressed to him. He had not opened it yet out of fear that perhaps his dearest friend had found the one.

Grass crunched beneath his bare feet, hardened up by a childhood of running over gravel, and pressed against his shirtless back, cooly, when he laid down. "So, are you ever going to try the food you cook?"

The Goron frowned, spatula in hand with a sizzling burger on the end, and tipped his Chef's Hat back. "I like this stuff... I like rocks better... well, really anything with a crunch."

"You're weird, babe." Saria laughed, looking every inch the twenty-one year old she was. She was curvy with a small waist and shoulder length green hair that grew darker closer to her scalp.

Link smirked, suddenly. "Dee likes rocks in his mouth." He chuckled. "Think about it."

Saria scowled, mirroring her lover's face, and kicked her friend in his thigh when she stood. "Not funny."

"Yes, it is." Link laughed, opening one eye to stare at the two, he then held out a hand to the Goron. "Help, I've fallen and I can't get up!"

Darunia kicked a bottle of water over to the Hyrulean, placed the burgers on their cheap, plastic, picnic table, and laughed. "You're on your own, bitch."

It was a Friday which meant that Darunia and Saria were going to meet up with Cremina and Shiek while Link was eventually elected to watch over his "not nieces", Romani "Ro" and Odette.

Both girls were only a year old but it was clear that they had a favorite person... Link. The twins would start "dancing" in their pen when the young man would walk into the room and shriek when he left. Romani was the red head and Odette was the blonde though it could still be confusing if one was stumbling around in a half lit room while attempting to change both girls.

Link had Romani and Odette asleep right before nine o'clock and the night's ventures had begun to take their tolls on him. He sat down at his desk and stared at the careful handwriting that bore his name... and after what felt like eternity, he opened the envelope.

So, I'm staring at Ikana Canyon as I write this...and the more I look at it, the more I think that you have every reason to hate me.

You tried to kiss me here... you told me that you would wait for me but I told you that I didn't have the time for it, for you... yet nearly a month later I was dating Marth whose face is getting harder and harder to remember.

I chose some guy who I barely knew over one of the greatest men that I have ever known... and then I did it, again. Yet, you were still there with your smile... even after I was short with you a few months before Graduation. I was mad at you for what Jack did and I shouldn't have been.

It wasn't your fault.

For a long time, I thought it was mine... I thought maybe I had done something to provoke him, but, it wasn't mine either.

I'll never forgive Jack, Link, and I suppose I should thank you for breaking his jaw... So, thanks!

I suppose I should apologize for him too...I never meant to hurt you... and maybe I'm being narsisstic here but, if I did, I never meant it. You're one of my most favorite people in the whole world!

I miss you... I miss everyone, really, and I think that I may come home soon... its just that I'm afraid that things will be differnt now... because I'm different in ways.

I don't want to hide anymore, I don't want to be that defenseless girl who was forced to do...things... I want to be free, and I was, but now I want to be home and still have that freedom.

So, I guess this is me saying...well, asking, if I can come home?

Because I can't heal on my own anymore and I need my best friend to help fix me, for my mom to pick me up and dust me off, and my brother to read my mind because... I just do.

So... can I come home?

He rereaded her letters several times before he sat it down... Zelda would be back... he would be able to hold her... and that would be enough for him until the time came when they were both ready to be more than friends.

He flipped out his cell phone, pressed speed dial, and placed it against his pointed ear. "We got a gig up there tonight at eight. We're catching a plane, I'll get you a ticket too... the place is called Bolero of Fire."