A/n: Yay! We finally made it to the chapter where they all meet! And we still have some one reading! Whew you have a lot of patience Hyperfoxchild. Thank you so much for your reviews, they make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Well, here goes the funny convenient meeting chapter.

Chapter 6: A Chance meeting

Amy woke up bright and early the next morning. Her two new companions were still sleeping heavily on their cots. 'Hm.' She thought, 'perhaps the time is a little different here.' She pushed back her sheets and quickly made her way to the bathroom to freshen up. Naomi and Aura slowly woke up after hearing the sound of the floorboards squeaking underneath Amy's feet.

They all had decided the previous night that they would go into town that morning to search for the 'Hero of Time.' Although Aura had no need to find him, she was invited to come along as well.

Two boys lay asleep just outside the castle walls. The clanking chains of the lowering drawbridge awoke them.

"Wake up!" Shouted a little blue fairy as the two boys slowly sat up. They rubbed their joints, stiff from sleeping on the hard ground.

"Is there a place we can get some food in there, Link?" Asked Arian. He stood, back to his natural human form, and began brushing himself off. The Hylian was up and had already stepped onto the drawbridge before it was fully lowered. He turned back around and silently nodded. Arian ran after him into the town.

Link walked briskly through the town, nearly losing Arian several times. Finally Arian gave up trying to follow Link, figuring he could either find him later or just go off on his own. He reckoned a man in green with a bright blue fairy wouldn't be too hard to find.

Arian wandered aimlessly for a few moments, checking out the different fruit stands. A bright beautiful apple caught his eye. It was sooooo red and round; how could he resist? He reached out for it, but apparently he wasn't the only one to notice its lusciousness. Another hand slid on top of his, an elegant pale hand. He looked up angrily but his face softened as he saw a small blushing girl pulling back her hand.

"Sorry." She said with a little laugh, "I suppose I should get another one, shouldn't I?" It took Arian a moment to say anything, but after an awkward moment between the two, Arian held the apple up to the girl.

"I-it's okay… You can have this one…" He coughed. The girl shyly took the apple from his grip.

"So…" She said as she rolled the apple in her hands. "What brings you here?"

"I…umm… I came to ummm…oh I'm here with a friend. He's running some errands for the… the… Castle! You see he's really important, and he needs me as… his personal guard." Arian said as he leaned on the apple cart.

"Really? The castle? Well, I'm looking for someone who works for the princess, is it possible that I'm looking for your friend?"

Amy was walking along the cobblestone road, looking for a face she knew. She had gotten separated from Aura and Naomi, and she was beginning to become nervous. The faces here, though, didn't look at all friendly. Or maybe they looked too friendly.

Suddenly, she felt her hair being pulled back. 'What the…' she thought. She quickly looked behind her to discover that her hair had tangled around the hilt of a sword. The owner of the sword, a rather tall man, had stopped momentarily, but he didn't seem to realize that she was caught on his sword.

Gritting her teeth, Amy pulled with all her might, trying desperately not to make a scene. Her hair wouldn't come loose, so she grabbed the hilt and her hair, trying to rip it off. The man turned sharply, his angry blue eyes greeting her.

"What are you doing?!" He growled at her. She shrank back slightly.

"Your sword… It… my hair…." She stuttered. The man saw her hand reaching for his sword.

"A likely story, thief!" Amy's eyes widened as he yanked her hand away and drew his sword. A loud shriek echoed throughout the market.

"MY HAIR!!" She cried out, shaking hands grasping her head. "You- You moron!" and with that, she, too, drew her sword. "Prepare to die!!" She hissed.

Unnoticed by the two, a crowd had gathered around them. Another girl pushed her way through the crowd.

"Amy!!" Aura yelled. She ran to the girl and grabbed her from behind. "You're being an idiot!"

"You've got to be kidding me!" Amy half- shrieked. "He killed my hair!!" She struggled against Aura, but Aura's strong grip remained around her.

"Come on, Naomi is probably looking for us." And with that, she dragged the kicking and screaming girl away from the crowd. The man sheathed his sword and angrily walked away.

"The man, or should I say boy, I'm looking for is sometimes called the 'Hero of Time'. The Zoras wanted me to find him." The girl said.

"Oh," Arian replied as he leaned in. They now sat at a table in a nearby restaurant. "Well, what did this guy look like?"

"I hadn't actually met him, but they say he's a little boy with blonde hair and… blue eyes… Some say that they are kinda creepy eyes. I've also heard that he's already had dealings with the Gerudos. Have you heard of those thieves?"

"YES!!… I-I mean yes. They are scary… In fact my friend and I just fought them a little while ago. And actually my friend—."

"Arian!" Link yelled. His face was drawn into an angry glare. "Why are you cavorting? I just got through this stupid little… Ugh! Never mind. She wasn't worth my time anyways… Dirty little scrub of a girl…" Arian sat dumfounded for a moment.

"Uh, this is my new friend, Naomi…" Naomi stood out of her chair to meet him. "She says she's looking for the 'Hero of Time'." Link forgot his anger and smiled with pride at hearing his title.

"You…" Naomi said with hope in her eyes. "You must be his father!" Link's eyebrows raised in alarm.

"What?" He shouted, but before he could say another word the little blue fairy popped out of his hat.

"What Link? You're a father?" Navi began to say loudly. "Who's the girl, was it Malon, or Nabooru? Wait, she's old… How about Saria, she's always liked you, but then again, she's a child… Oh OH!! I know! It's princess Ruto—whoa, that would be one messed up kid." Navi broke off into thought as she imagined the mutant child of Link and Ruto. Link sighed heavily.

"Wait YOU'RE Link?" Naomi asked in shock. "I'm terribly sorry. I thought I was looking for a little boy. Well… um…Your fiancée's people, the Zora, are looking for you. They wonder what happened to the princess." Link rolled his eyes.

"She's safe, but it's a little complicated… and she's not my fiancée!!" He sighed. Their conversation was cut short by the arrival of the still angry Amy. Aura, though she had been walking with her, had stopped at the door to the restaurant. There was something about the boy with Naomi that seemed familiar and foreboding. She also remembered the strange man in green as the man from the marketplace, and knew that this was going to be a very interesting meeting, but awkward. Amy had continued her angry walk towards Naomi, not realizing that Aura was not by her side anymore.

"Naomi! You will not believe the nerve of these pe—." Amy started to yell, but her eyes caught Link standing next to her friend.

"It's you!!" They shouted simultaneously.

"Well I see that you two have already met…" Arian said with a sigh. He looked up to Naomi while Link and Amy began a glaring contest. "Well, I hope I can see you again one day…" He became downhearted.

"What are you talking about?" Naomi asked. "You can both come along with us. The Zoras need to know about their princess."

Link and Amy both stopped their glaring.

"You're kidding me…" Amy deadpanned.

"I can't, I have far more important things to do." Link said quickly. Naomi gave him a look to kill.

"So, that's the kind of man you are?" She hissed as she stepped towards Link. "Some poor girl out there thinks you want to marry her, and now she's disappeared and you don't even have the decency to tell her people where she is. Men like you disgust me… Aura, Amy, we're leaving." Amy followed her out dumbly, but Aura had already started on her way back to the inn.

Arian turned to Link desperately.

"Please, I helped you escape from the Gerudos. Please help me at least get to know this girl." He whispered through clenched teeth. Link whispered harshly back to Arian.

"Not in a million years!"

"Wow Link, a million years sure goes by fast, huh?" Navi chimed in as the four of them were walking towards the Inn.

"I'm so glad you decided to come along." Naomi said pleasantly. Unnoticed by her, Link and Amy rolled their eyes in disgust.

"I'm glad we did too." Arian said, following Naomi. He sighed heavily and glanced back at the two adversaries, Link and Amy.

"By the way, where is Aura?" Naomi asked as she turned to Amy. "Was she not with you?" Amy stopped her angry glare and looked around her.

"Well she was... she must have gone back to our room. Aura looked rather tired." Amy replied, she then returned to her irate disposition. Link then widened his eyes.

"There's another one of you?" He tried to say under his breath, but Naomi's keen ears picked up easily on his comment.

"Don't worry 'Hero of Time'." Naomi said with a slight hint of sass. "We just have to grab our things and we'll all swing by the Zora's. Then you are free to go and do those important 'things' you said you had to do." Arian cringed and turned to Link with an apologetic and pleading expression. Link gritted his teeth.

Naomi and Amy were busy packing their things in their bags. Aura sat on the bed and waited, she didn't really have anything to pack and her mind was troubled by something that she just couldn't remember.

"Do you think you are well enough to run by the Zoran domain with me Aura? If you want you can stay here and I can com—"

"No, I'm fine." Aura said. Naomi smiled and went back to checking her bag for everything. Her hand then fell on her old pirate clothing. She bit her lip, thinking of what Aveil and her mother must be doing now. Naomi had been gone for a full day now and no one but Lucian knew where she had gone. Now Naomi also had the responsibility of Aura, what would the poor girl do without her?

"Say umm…" Naomi began to say. "There's a very nice man down by Lake Hylia. I might have to run back to my family for a short while, so if you could stay with him then that would be…"

"Don't worry Naomi," Aura spoke up, "If you need to go somewhere, you know, alone, then I can live on my own, I'll be fine." At this point Amy came stumbling out of the bathroom, throwing her bag on the bed.

"Hey Aura," Amy said, "Why did you leave today? I know that that big green loser could have scared any one away, but I know you're too brave for to be afraid of that pansy."

"No it wasn't that…" Aura stuttered. She knew that this question would have come sooner or later, maybe not exactly in those words, but something like that. "I was just tired, and I don't really like big crowds. I told you I was going back, but you must have been too preoccupied." This was the excuse that Aura had been thinking of on her way back to their room. It sounded much better than, 'that guy looked eerily familiar, and I don't like him.'

"Speaking of the 'big green loser', you did realize that he is the 'Hero of Time'. Weren't you looking for him too?" Naomi said as she sat down on the bed to put on her shoes. Amy smirked and looked down.

"I think I am." She said vaguely.

"What do you think you want him for?"

"Actually I am looking for a thief. Someone, or some thing, recently stole a precious stone from my home." Amy explained.

"And you think that the thief is 'The Hero of Time'?" Aura piped.

"Everyone's a suspect, except you two and Arian." Amy said. Naomi rolled her eyes.

"Well, I hope you can find your stone. So now that Link is a suspect—"

"Oh, the pig has a name and not just a title?"

"Yes Amy… but now that the 'pig' is a suspect, will you be going with us to Zora's domain?"

"Of course I am. Like I am going to leave you two alone with that guy. I'll keep an eye on him, make sure he doesn't slit your throat in the night." Naomi and Aura bit their lips to keep from laughing. They both knew that this trip to Zora's domain, though short, was going to seem like an epic journey.

"I'm so sorry you have to deal with this, Link, but really, thank you so much. I think that this might actually put me in debt of you." Arian said to Link as they sat in the Inn's lobby. Link nodded with a forced smile. "I don't know why, but I just have a feeling that this girl might not mind, you know…" Link cocked his head to the side in confusion.

"It's just, I'm going to sound like a fool, but maybe she won't mind my nightly issues… possibly." Arian said as he twiddled his thumbs. Link grinned and possibly even laughed. Navi then drew their attention to the stairs.

"I think the girls are coming down now." Navi said as she spun around Link's hat. Arian hopped up out of his seat, but his excited face soon slumped down into a fearful expression. He grabbed Link by the arm and pulled him behind the counter. Link began to brush himself off and the little fairy shook in surprise.

"What was that all—" The fairy started but was soon hushed by Arian.

"It's that girl, she… never mind, look, you were right Link. I'm sorry for making you go through with this, but there's the door. Maybe we can leave now, I'm sure they won't notice." Arian said fretfully. Link and Navi exchanged a questioning glance.

"What happened to all that, 'she could be the one'?" Link asked in his quiet deep voice. Arian flinched and grabbed his head between his hands.

"No, no, I can't take the chance. She'll probably be frightened by the sight of me when night comes anyway."

"Is that what this is all about?" Link asked as he rolled his eyes.

"No I—"

"Don't worry." Link said as he grabbed Arian's arm and pulled him out from behind the counter. Arian fought against Link's grasp, as he was drug across the floor towards the three girls. Naomi, Amy, and Aura were at the counter checking out. Arian abruptly stopped struggling when all three of the girls turned around. Link pulled him in front. Arian was pale and wore a frightened look on his face. Aura cocked her head to the side, wondering why he seemed so rigid.

"She doesn't recognize me." Arian said under his breath, his words were swept away by the low rumble of murmurs echoing in the Inn's lobby.

"What?" Naomi asked with a laugh.

"I said, erm… Your face mesmerizes me." Arian said, attempting a pathetic recovery.

"Well… I'm flattered… but we should probably get going." Naomi said with a slight blush. The three girls walked by Arian, not noticing his heavy sigh. Link stuck around with Arian, just as confused as the girls were by his strange compliment.

"What's wrong?" Link whispered to Arian.

"Nothing. Nothing at all…" Arian said as he wiped away the sweat on his brow. Link arched his eyebrow, but then followed the girls with Arian by his side.

A/n: Please R&R!