Chapter 3

"Zelda! Wake up!" Riku said shaking Zelda.

"I'm up, I'm up!" She groaned as he kept shaking her, "Ok you can stop shaking me now!!"

"Oh.. right." He let go of her, "Sorry but you were going to miss breakfast..."

She stood up, stretching, "Why didn't you wake me up when you woke up?"

"Well.... I was gonna but you were talking in your sleep...."

"I... what?"

"Oh relax nothing too personal... just where this was hidden" He held up her diary.

"Riku!!" She reached for it turning red.

He pulled it out of reach. "Too slow!" He ran to the other side of the room.

She ran after him. "Riku that has private stuff in it!"

"All the more tempting to read" He tried to run to the other side but he felt a pull on his leg and was yanked onto the floor. "What the heck!" He looked at Zelda to see that she was holding the end of a chain in her hand the other end wrapped around his ankle.

"Now give me my diary!"

He looked from her to his ankle again, "How did you do that?"

"Impa taught me, now..." She put her hand out "My diary please"

He put it in her hand. "Can you take the chain off now I think I'm losing circulation"

"Sorry I'm used to training on scarecrows..." She brought the chain back to her. "Well can you leave so I can change?"

"Right. I'll be downstairs" He stood up and left the room. "Dang that chain hurt.." He walked down to the dining room to see Zelda already there. "Zel you've gotta stop doing that!"

"Sorry I got done changing in like thirty seconds so I warped down... But don't tell Impa I did I'll get grounded... Again..."

"Fine but we're going walking when we're done eating." He sat next to her.

"Where are we walking to?" She said pouring a glass of apple juice.

"A place that might seem familiar..." He took her glass.

She rolled her eyes then got another cup. "If it's the lake or mountain, no."

"No it's about ten miles away from the ocean." He said smiling.

"... Where I met you?"

"Maybe.."

"Impa won't let us."

"Yes she would, actually." Impa said walking in with two plates with eggs and sausage and setting them down in front of them. "You just have to promise to be back before lunch."

"Ok.... but why before lunch?"

"One because your the princess, Two it's lunch, and three you two are only ten."

"Fine...." Zelda said as she finished her eggs. "Riku hurry up and finish."

"I'm done now." he swallowed what he was chewing.

They left the castle and started out toward the field.

"So why the sudden urge to go out here?"

"Not sure something in my brain is telling me to go here so I figured I'd bring you."

"Ah..." She kicked a rock which hit a tree causing an acorn to fall.

"Whoa... Deja vu..."

"Uh if you get deja vu that easy we might need to make sure your not insane."

"I'm not insane" he stopped at few feet past where he was found "This is what was calling to me..."

"A... palm tree?"

"No... a.. paopu?"

"A what?"

"This tree... it's the same kinda that was on the islands... Someone told me that if two people share one of the fruits their hearts become connected... And something about being in each other's lives or something like that..."

"Sounds like a load of frog guts if you ask me."

"Ok wanna try one then?"

"Sure why not"

"Ok hang on" He started to climb up the tree.

"Well are there any?"

He slid down the tree holding a star shaped fruit in his hand "One.."

"Ok we split it."

"Zel... You sure about that?"

"Yes I am."

"Fine," he broke it in half and passed her half "Girlfriend" he smiled then took a bite.

"It tastes good."

"So you do agree with the girlfriend part right?"

"Yes" She finished the half then walked over to the tree.

"What are you doing there aren't anymore up there." He stepped next to her.

"I know" She reached into her pocket then pulled out a metal spike.

"What's that for?"

"This" She pressed the spike to the tree and carved a heart then put Zelda in the upper half "Here" she set the spike in Riku's hand "Your turn."

"Ok.." He carved his name, then gave the spike back to Zelda.

"We might wanna head back..."

"Yea. I'll race you."

"Ok. Ready. Set. GO!" They ran back to the castle.

"Ok that's one to zero" Zelda said as they sat down in the courtyard to catch their breath.

"Only cause I had a head start."

"Yea well I'll get back at you for that" She fell backwards. "I'm tired now"

"Me too. But we might wanna go inside" As though on cue it started to pour down raining. "Come on!" He grabbed her hand and pulled her so she was standing then they ran inside.

"Why is it that when we want to stay outside something always happens?"

"Who knows but I'm s-sleepy..." He said trying to cover a yawn.

"Me too." They started up the stairs.

"Hey Zel?"

"Yea?"

He grabbed her hand and pulled her over to him then kissed her "Sleep well." He walked into his room.

Smiling Zelda went into her room.

Wow this took forever...