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2.) Peasant girl
Link left the house, perhaps to walk down to the creek. He didn't really know. But before he could step outside the house, he turned around to close the door, and was instead met with a pair of sparkling blue eyes. Taking advantage of Link's surprise, the girl who owned them ran off.
"Hey! Wait!" He yelled, and chased after her.
The girl was surprisingly agile, being able to leap over large crates and change direction with extreme accuracy.
"Who are you?!" Link yelled, almost out of breath.
Eventually, the girl led him to a little outside the castle walls. She found a tree and climbed it.
"Why won't you tell me who you are?" Link said loudly, annoyed.
"Why should I?" The girl answered.
The two children continued to bicker, but neither noticed an older man in robes, and his daughter, the princess, walking along the grass toward where the two children argued. Noticing the two, the princess ran over to them, but not before the girl fell out of the tree.
"Ouch," said the girl emotionlessly.
The princess stared at Link.
"You're supposed to catch her." She scolded him, and then smiled.
Link stared back at her, embarrassed.
"Two children?" The king chuckled. "That's who was making all that noise?"
"Go on then. Go home. Your parents are probably very worried about you. However, before you go, please, tell me your names." The princess said quietly.
"Zelda," the girl who fell out of the tree said, almost automatically.
"And you?" The princess looked pointedly at Link.
"Link," he said slowly. "But -?"
"I am Eldina," the princess said. "And I assure you, Link, we will meet again."
"Link…The blacksmith's boy?" the king questioned.
"Yes."
"Send your father my regards. Go home. He is worried about you." He told Link. "You too, my dear." He said to Zelda.
The King and his daughter departed for the castle, and Link and Zelda left for home.
Now that they weren't running anymore, Link could finally see Zelda's features, as they had been blurred while she ran. She had long blond hair, a rather skinny frame, and a slightly ragged dress. She was the same age as Link.
"What? What are you looking at?" She demanded of him.
"Nothing," Link said hastily. "It's just, well, are you Yarma's daughter?"
"Yeah. What of it?" She snapped.
"So…that's why you were outside my door."
"I got bored."
Link laughed shakily.
The two had quite a while to talk (Link was amazed how far they had both ran) and by the time they arrived on Link's door step, they had become very good friends. Yarma and Ogir were inside, seemingly finishing their discussion.
The two men started, and Ogir sighed with relief.
"Link! You're back!"
"I see you've met Zelda." Said Yarma, in the same emotionless tone his daughter could use. "We should go."
"I don't want to." Zelda interjected.
For the first time, the cucco farmer smiled, and said something that sounded suspiciously like "I can't wait until she's a teenager." Both men laughed heartily, and Yarma left with his daughter.
That night, Link lay awake, thinking of the peasant girl, Zelda.
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