Author's Note: Warning- Sad chapter. Also, action! We also meet the main antagonist in this chapter… But who's to say we haven't already…? And by the way for those who have been here since the beginning, Ms. Non is now Ms. Dragmire.

Hawkpath: I was wondering what Link's back story would be, and I was thinking I wanted Telma in the story. I love their telepathy, too.

Dia Newman: I love that song, too! It's awesome, isn't it?

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Me (Guest): What direction do you think its heading?

On with this ish! Here's chapter 18!

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One Year's Eternity

Chapter 18

Sunday, December 15

Nabu, where are you?

I had gotten another text from Nabu, this time, not under an unknown number, to meet him at the same warehouse. As I looked for his motorcycle, I shivered in my booties trying to keep warm. There were only two people to talk to.

Midna? Ya there?

I waited for a response. No reply.

Link? Can you hear me?

Again, I stood there, shaking in the snow, waiting for an answer.

Zelda?

Thank the Goddesses!

Hey. I'm waiting for Nabu to show up.

Sounds like fun.

Not really. I'm freezing!

That's what you get for not meeting him inside of Lon Lon.

It's shut down for some reason. I couldn't.

I peered into a neighbor's window. They were watching the news. It looked like a big deal.

Bye, Link.

That was fast. Bye.

As I stepped closer to the house to see what was going on, I saw that Lon Lon was the building the crime must have happened in. That must have been why it was closed. I got close enough to read the story header.

SHOOTING AT LON LON KILLS THREE

Three?

I dared to walk even closer. When I did, I saw the list of names of the people who had died.

Ashei Tance

Malon Cu

Telma Annette

Telma?! Ashei?!

My eyes began to bulge out of their respective sockets. My breathing became short. My hands shot up to cover my mouth.

What do I tell Link?!

All of a sudden, I heard a sort of engine. I lowered my hands from in front of my face and try to regain my composure. The sounds quickly become louder, and I find that it's coming from a motorcycle.

Gomsaau! (AN: For those of you who have forgotten, "Finally!")

I stayed plastered to where I was standing. The harsh wind blew my auburn hair in front of my face, but I grabbed it and stuck it behind my ears. The somber look didn't melt off my face until the rider pulled up. At once, I ran stiffly to embrace my old friend, snow whipping my face and sticking to my eyelashes.

Once I reached him though, he held out his hand as to stop me from getting any closer to him. I slowed to a halt. He left his helmet on, but I could see his dark brown ponytail hanging out from under it and brought around his shoulder. He was covered head to toe in leather; jacket, gloves, pants, and boots. I could see that he had gotten a new helmet, since I accidentally broke his old one. He started to walk past me calmly, as if he didn't know me. My heart sank.

What is wrong with him?

He walked up to the warehouse, climbed over the metal fence, and sat on the steps in front of the entrance, leaving me standing where I was, bewildered. I inched closer to the fence.

"Nabu?"

The mysterious man looked back at me sharply, his helmet almost falling off from the sudden movement. He quickly stood up, walked to the gate and opened it. Once he had, he grabbed his helmet and started pulling it off of his head, revealing a Labrynnian's face.

"Zelda," he acknowledges my existence. His crimson eyes stare down at me with an unfamiliar feeling.

Wait, his eyes aren't crimson… They're brown! They always have been!

"Nabu?" I asked in Labrynnian, unsure of whom it is in front of me, "is that really you?"

He laughed and replied in the same language, "Who else could it be? You asked me to come over Legends' break, and I'm here."

I suddenly felt unsafe. This person might have looked like Nabu, but this wasn't him.

"Okay…? Well, I'm glad you remembered," I said, trying to hide the fact that I knew it wasn't him.

Something's off. And it's not good.

"So, how have things been since Rachel died?"

"Well, I- uh…" he stuttered, "It's been hard, I guess."

"You guess? Don't you miss her?" I knew something was off now.

"I mean…" he trailed off, then regained his stature, "No. She was inferior."

Link, you need to come to the warehouse behind Lon Lon. And fast!

"Inferior?!" I practically shouted. "She was your wife!"

I'm on my way.

Thank the Goddesses. Something's wrong with Nabu. No questions, just hurry!

Got it.

"She may have served as my wife," he said approaching me, "but she didn't even deserve to live under the same roof as me. She was a useless creature." His blood-red eyes were filled with rage. I backed away, but I was stopped in my tracks by the fence behind me. He walked into me, resting his hand on the wires behind me and intertwining his fingers through them. I shrunk down.

Link, where are you?!

"Oh, Princess," he chuckled, "you have no need of that fool anymore."

I gasped for air. I grabbed onto the wired fencing to stable myself. I blocked my thoughts.

How in Hyrule does he hear me?!

I opened my mind again. I ducked out of Nabu's grasp, and tried to stand upright without the fence. He started to laugh.

"Princess," he hissed, "your petty trials to avoid your fate are adorable."

"Why are you calling my 'Princess'?" I asked, already knowing the answer.

"Oh, Zelda, I think you-"

I heard screeching tires. I turned to see Link's car, sliding on the ice.

I ran to the car. I tried.

Nabu reached and grabbed my right hand. Link rushed out of the driver's seat and to the gate. Nabu slammed the fence shut, still keeping his grip firm on my wrist. When Link ran into the fence, he froze.

"Link? How nice to see you again," he seethed in Hylian. "Zelda's a little… caught up right now, so if you wouldn't mind leaving?"

His look of determination returned. "I do mind. Let her go. Now."

Nabu simply cackled. "You two are perfect for each other! You're both cluelessly adorable."

I struggled to free myself. As I turned my wrist, I found my right hand starting to sting. Then it started to glow. Nabu looked at it maniacally.

"So," he said, "you are the newest Wisdom Bearer. I thought it would go to someone more… I don't know… intelligent?"

Link's features began to tense. His Triforce began to glow as well. He grabbed to the fence and tore at it. It all fell at once, but not after he back away from it to avoid being hit by the falling metal. Once it hit the ground, not without making a loud clang, Link walked over it and to Nabu. I simply stood there and watched.

"Oh!" Nabu exclaimed, "Courage and Wisdom! What a treat. This makes my job so much easier."

His own hand started to glow with the same symbol as Link and mine. The top triangle was filled.

Power.

"Why, yes, Zelda," he turned to me, "you are correct. Power. And I had to go through a lot to get this. Stealing it from you two's pitiful vice-principal was harder than you would think."

Ms. Dragmire!

"Is that her name? Dragmire? She wouldn't happen to be… Ganondorf's own daughter, would she?" He turned to Link. "Oh, and you, you were wondering who killed your precious Telma? That was me!"

I gasped. Link did nothing but tighten his fists. I could tell he didn't want to hurt Nabu, but he wanted to do something about him.

He faked a punch, and Nabu fell for it. He jolted his hand up to stop a hit that wasn't coming. Link jumped out of the way and behind Nabu, knocking him out from behind. As Nabu fell to the ground, I saw Link grab his head and lay it on the ground gently.

"Zelda," he said urgently, "remember when Midna taught us how to heal?"

"Yeah," I walked closer to him.

He gestured to Nabu. I sighed, but agreed.

I crouched onto the snowy earth. I kneeled in front of Nabu. I placed my right hand on his heart. It started to glow. I felt my power running into something stronger; Power itself. I continued with the procedure. I knew this Triforce didn't have a given Bearer, but it didn't approve of being Nabu's either way. I asked Link if we should give it back to Dragmire, and if so, who was to carry it. He said he would hold it until we got to the school. His symbol now showed two triangles filled in. Whatever tiredness was showing before, there was no sign of it now. We loaded Nabu into Link's car and decided to take him to Dragmire as well. Once we got to the school and showed Dragmire everything, including our powers, she took her Triforce back, kept Nabu in her office, saying she would deal with him, and thanked us for being brave.

When we were released, Link and I went straight to our own dorm rooms. No doubt, it had been a long night.

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A/N: I know, I just killed off Link's back story… Sorry. But I had fun with this chapter. Hope you did, too! Review, if you please!