A little less then an hour later, Frodo was fed, bathed and changed into clean clothes and he stood up and walked about. He and Sam left to go outside. Once they were gone, Gandalf turned to Link.
" Watch over him Link." Gandalf told him.
" I will." Link answered heading to the door.
" No." he heard the wizard say. He turned, curious as to what his old friend was talking about.
" I mean watch over him. There is a war coming soon. One that will decide the fate of Middle Earth. All because of a little ring. This ring holds power beyond imaginination, and turned the Middle Earth into a dark age when it was used in the hands of it's master. It must be destroyed, and can only be destroyed when thrown into the same fires that created it. I have no doubt in my mind that soon, Frodo will be some how involved in this, and his Hobbit friends if my hunch is right. Whether they choose it or not he is the ring bearer, the one meant to take the ring to it's end. Promise me, Promise me that you will protect him and the ring. That you'll protect everyone." Gandalf asked.
Link stared blankly at the wizard, as he tried to understand exactly what he was saying.
Like another adventure. More wars, more battles, more enemies. Link thought bitterly. He secretly craved the aderenalin of battle though.
" What makes you think, though, that I will not take the ring and use it?" Link asked him. Gandalf looked him straight in the eyes.
" Because you already hold all the power the ring posses, but in the shape of a mark on you're hand. You hold power that the ring posses as well, in the shape of that sword. And you hold power that the ring posses, in the shape of the wolf form you take. Here Link, you are our most importain ally and greatest weapon. If the ring get's into the hands of it's master, you will be our last hope of saving Middle Earth should you fight with us. I know for a fact you won't fall for the power that ring posseses Link, because you already hold the same power that the ring ever did. Yet you don't want it, so I know you will not go seeking more." Gandalf told him.
Link glanced at his hidden mark on the back of his hand. Link took a deep breath, and looked at him.
" You already knew my answer when you asked Gandalf. I know you did because I know you as you know myself. I will protect the boy and ring, and everyone I can. When it comes time for the boy to make his own path, which you and I both know will happen, I will do what I believe best for all of Middle Earth, whether it be to follow him, or whether it be best to leave and make my own route." Link promised with a nod of his head.
" I have my utter most faith in you Link, because I had it all in you when we reclaimed the Lonely Mountain, and I have no doubt that I am safe with trusting you." Gandalf said. Link nodded, and went to the door. He stood in the door way though, halting as he looked at the scenery.
" Do not just put you're faith in me Gandalf. For you know as well as I, I could fall with an arrow threw the eye or a sword threw the heart. So what, knowing that I am as mortal as the boy, make you put all faith in me?" Link asked him, turning his head and looking to the side.
" I am not putting my faith in you willy nilly Link Son of None, Hero of Time, Member of Thorin Oakenshield's Company. I am only putting in as much as I am willing to gamble. A chunk of my faith does lie in Frodo though, have no doubt about that." Gandalf spoke. Link let out a short chuckle.
" I could never doubt you Gandalf. I could only question you, but never truly doubt you." Link informed the wizard, before he left.