sorry for the late update (or at least, i think it's late) i've been writing another fanfic and it's been kind of taking up all my time. I won't abandon this story though! I promise!


There was a knock on her door. Utterly confused about the thought of who could possibly be here to visit, Link's mother went to answer it. When she saw who it was, her jaw nearly dropped in shock. After a minute of stunned silence she finally managed to ask: "what are you doing here?"

The Queen, who happened to be the one standing in the doorway, replied with a question of her own "seriously?"

"Yeah, seriously! What are you doing here?"

"Seriously? This is how you greet your Queen?"

Link's mother flashed a small smile at her "Queen or not, you're still my little sister." She rolled her eyes "now get inside before I make a fool of myself." She stood aside so the Queen could come in.

"So, why are you here?" Link's mother said again.

"I was worried about you."

"Really? You've got an entire country to worry about and you're here, worrying about me. Why?"

"You're son's off on an adventure, and considering what happened when he was a boy…" the Queen trailed off, but continued quickly "I thought you would be worried."

"Look, I knew it was going to happen eventually, so what should I be worried about?"

"Each moment he's out there could bring him closer to the Master Sword" the Queen replied "I thought you would be worried sick."

"Even if I was, what could I do about it? Tell him to stop? Put Hyrule at risk just for my son's safety? You honestly think I would do that?"

The Queen shook her head.

"That's what I thought" Link's mother said, sitting down at the table. After a minute of silence the Queen slowly sat down too.

"Do you miss him?" she asked quietly after a moment.

"Miss who?" Link's mother replied "my son? Why would I miss my son? He's going to back any day now."

"No, I didn't mean him"

"Oh," Link's mother turned away, breath caught in her chest. It had been forever since she had heard that question "his father…" she managed after a moment.

The Queen waited with baited breath, wondering if her sister would answer. Link's mother finally said after a moment "why are you bringing that up now?"

The Queen, taken aback by this question, didn't respond. Link's mother asked, again "why, of all times, are you bringing that up now!" her voice rose slightly, but was pained. The Queen stared at her in disbelief and started to sputter an answer, but she was never given the chance. "He's dead, and you're asking if I miss him!"

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have…"

"No, it's fine. I'm fine." Link's mother said, trying to smile. Then she remembered something, that she wasn't too sure if the Queen was aware of. "By the way, have you noticed anything odd going on between your daughter and a certain young Sheikah boy?"

"Zelda and Sheik? Well, now that you mention it…" the Queen laughed


Zelda and Sheik were at the lake, skipping rocks. "Just like old times, huh?" Sheik asked tossing another one.

Zelda laughed "that was only two years ago" she said

"Really? It's felt like longer." Sheik stated, tossing yet another rock. He laughed and so did Zelda after a minute.

"Yeah, it has" she said "to think, that only two years ago, I was worried sick about this entire issue, and here I am, laughing my head off with you."

"I wonder how Link's coping" Sheik said suddenly "it's different fighting a monster than it is fighting a regular person. There's really no strategy involved, all you honestly have to do is whack them over the head." He made a face.

"He'll be fine!" Zelda said "what's the worst that could happen to him?"

"He could trip over a rock and lands flat on his face and then get's attacked by monsters" Sheik replied, laughing as he said the last few words. Zelda laughed with him, but stopped after realizing what the worst thing probably was.

"Or," she said quite solemnly "he could find the Master Sword"

"That would be bad…" Sheik said "imagine what would happen to him."

"I'd rather not. Just the idea of having your brain blow up from that gives me the shudders, and that's without having to picture it."

"Scratch that, imagine what would happen to me!" Sheik said "I think his mother would kill me!"

"That'd be fun to watch" Zelda muttered, Sheik punched her in the shoulder playfully.

"Hey! It wouldn't be so much fun for me!"

"I bet I could sell tickets, make a fortune" Zelda went on, if only to make Sheik even more annoyed "even come up with a good title: An Angry Mother Against a Poor Defenseless Sheikah. Nah, you're not defenseless! I'd have to think of something else" she grinned at him.

"You're cruel" Sheik said, glaring at her.

"No, I'm expressing myself, been doing nothing but reading for the past two years. I should have taken a break more often. You should have offered sooner! Then maybe we would have avoided this problem in the first place"

"Well tough!" Sheik replied, crossing his arms.

Zelda laughed and got a handful of water and splashed him.

"Hey!"

She only laughed harder.

"You asked for it!" Sheik said then, jumping into the water. Within the next five minutes both princess and Sheikah were soaked, but both seemed incredibly happy about it.


"Finally!" Link said, grabbing the Light Arrows from their resting spot "and it only took me 2 and a half days! I think…" he looked around, frowned and then asked to thin air: "now how the heck do I get out of here?"