Tipping the pot of grains, Fado watched as it emptied with a shhhhlumph into the feeding bucket, puffing up some dust into his face. Through the puff of dust rising from the freshly dumped food, he noticed a bright, floating blue light whizzing around his head. He groaned inwardly. It better not be another one of those aggressive lanterns again, he thought, remembering the blue light on the barn roof.

Thankfully, it was not. After the dust cleared, he noticed the bright ball had a pair of wings. A fairy. He had seen plenty of fairies before, mainly in the path through Faron woods going to castle town, when he left to sell his milk at the castle. They usually were either silent, or greeted him with a short cheery "Hello!" as they flew by. However, those fairies were usually pink, and a few yellow or green. He had never seen a blue one.

"Hey!" the fairy said, bobbing in front of him. Fado, not wanting to bother with any more strange creatures, at least until he finished feeding his goats, resumed his task by grabbing a fresh pot of grains. Ignoring the frantic fairy, who was now making a dizzying light show from her bobbing around his head, he poured food into the last two buckets.

Suddenly, he was blinded when the fairy hit him in the nose.

"HEY! Listen! I'm trying to talk to you! You might as well have ears of stone for all the response I'm getting!" she complained. Now done with his task, Fado put the pot down and finally addressed the fairy.

"What do you want? And why are you here anyway? Are you lost?"

"I'm not lost. I'm here because I felt an aura- it felt like an old friend of mine- my partner. It felt a bit off, but I would know who it was anywhere! I haven't felt him in a long time. I didn't even know he was still alive! Could you tell me if you've seen him? He wears a green tunic, and a long matching green hat. His name is Link," The fairy's talking reminded him of a river- speedy and nonstop.

"You know Link? Why would he be your partner? I didn't even know fairies had partners. Why would you say you didn't know he was still alive? He isn't that old," Fado replied, now thoroughly confused. The fairy bobbed up and down in a panic.

"You know him? Where is he? Of course he's old! The last time I saw him was many years ago- back when Faron woods was still known as the Kokiri forest. Oh, I'm Navi (1) by the way,"

Fado was shocked. He had heard stories- and told a few- about Kokiri forest, when Faron woods had belonged to a race called the kokiri, who stayed kids forever, and had fairy partners. But that was impossible, Link couldn't be that old. No way. Then he remembered that day in the barn- the golden wolf- Link had said that had been his ancestor from long ago. Could that be who the fairy was looking for? He smiled to himself, imagining a hilarious scene of a short kid wearing green and wielding a sword longer than himself, teaching Link to use a sword. Bringing himself out of his thoughts, Fado addressed the impatient fairy.

"I think we're thinking of different Link's. Is yours a kokiri?"

"No, he's not. He's a hylian hero! He wielded the Master Sword and saved Hyrule from an evil gerudo named Ganondorf," she said. Now Fado's suspicions were confirmed. The shade had to be Navi's partner.

"I think you're friend is dead, though I know why you felt him here," Fado told her. She made a loud dinging sound, like a stick hitting a thin shard of glass several times in quick succession.

"How do you know?" She asked, which was about the shortest sentence he'd ever heard her say, unless he counted 'Hey! Listen!'

"I think your partner is a shade, at least that's what Link said. I don't know the full story, but I think your friend did die long ago, but he remained as a shade, regretting something," He racked his brain to remember, "Ah, regretting he couldn't pass on his skills. So when Link came along, learning to fight, he took the opportunity to teach the lad. His spirit was in this barn yesterday. Apparently, the Link I know is a descendant of your partner,"

"Really? Wow, I had no idea! I would like to meet my partner's namesake. Where can I find him?"

Fado shrugged, "I don't have a clue. He left here yesterday on his horse Epona. He could be anywhere by now,"

"Did you say Epona?" Navi asked.

"Yes, why?" answered Fado, baffled once again.

"Oh, just, my partner had a horse named Epona too," the fairy said cheerfully, "Wow, the similarities are strange! I really want to meet him now! Are you sure you don't know where he went?" Fado shook his head, mystified. How was it that Link had so many similarities with this hero? Green tunic and hat, name, horse's name… what next? Navi was still talking.

"Well, I'm off to go find him! Goodbye!" Impatient as she was, Navi flew away without another word, leaving Fado seeing bright blue lines across his vision from watching her too long. How could that hero stand having her around all the time? He thought. She could talk anyone's ears off, and if she didn't do that, she would blind him all the time. Shaking his head, Fado lifted the pot of grains he had placed on the floor, and placed it in its proper place where greedy goats couldn't reach it. At any rate, I'm glad I don't have a fairy partner.

1- Link's fairy partner from Ocarina of Time. Yes, she's an out-of-game character, but hey- Fairies can be immortal!

A/N Well, I managed to squeeze in a chapter! Wooot! Say, I had an idea- I was thinking after I finished the regular chapters on this story, I could add chapters from everyone else's point of view- i.e. from Ooccoo's point of view, Falibi's, the Poe's, etc. However, I wouldn't do the Postman, because I am already working on a fic all about him (unposted) and his chapter in this is in the other story. So, what do you think? Let me know if it's a good idea!

As always, constructive criticism and in-game ideas and/or ones with plausible excuses to be in the barn are always welcome!

I am still busy with studying for finals and prepping for my oral presentation, so I may or may not update soon. I'll try my best!

Now for the guest reviewers! If you reviewed while logged in you don't have to read this! Move along!

Ashlee S- No problem :)

Guest- haha, A chuchu... hmmm, that'll take a little work. Will put it in if I have a 'Eureka!' moment and know exactly what to do. p.s. the gold sparkly ones are the rarest, the red ones are one of the more common ones, along with purple. By the way- If you're going to keep reviewing, could you make up a pen name or something so if someone else decides to review as 'Guest' I don't mix you guys up? Thanks!

Cheers!