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Eventually Link had fought his way back through the undergrowth and into Hyrule field. By that time Zelda had finished studying castle town and was sitting and picking wildflowers. Her crown and shoulder plates lay beside her. It was more comfortable without them.
Link walked up to her and sat down. They just had to wait for Ganondorf.
"How was the Kokiri ruins?" Zelda asked, plucking a small blue flower from the ground.
"Um… it was… nice." Link said, stretching out on the grass. "That flower matches your eyes. Why don't you wear it in your hair?"
Zelda smiled and stuck the flower into link's hair.
"Stop trying to change the subject." She said, while link took the flower out and threw it onto the ground. "Seriously, what happened?"
"Nothing. It was dusty and crumbly, and I found a boomerang." He looked away. "I killed a spider, too."
"And I thought that killing things would make you feel better." Zelda said, smiling. "Hm."
"Ok, what did you find that's making you act like this?" she asked. "You can tell me!"
Link stared at the sky.
"I… found a fairy." he said.
"What? No way!" Zelda gasped, dropping her handful of flowers. "You didn't! Show me!"
Link smiled and took off his hat. Navi was sitting on his head. She was really clinging onto his hair, because link swung his sword a lot and it made her nearly fall off.
"Wow!" Zelda stared at the fairy.
"Hi! It's so nice to see faces. I was so lonely in link's house." the fairy sighed.
"What? Link, what house?"
Hoping to keep Zelda's mind off the kokiri ruins, link pulled out the ocarina.
"Never mind. The fairy's name's navi and she likes to talk. She also makes stuff up. And look at what she gave me! Remember?" He handed her an ocarina. "Turns out It's the ocarina of time. A long, long time ago, it was the hero's most prized possession. My god, it's just amazing how it found its way back to us!"
He hoped that Zelda was impressed with this little bit of historical information.
"You're serious?" Zelda said, turning the instrument over in her hand. "Oh, this is amazing. The shape! Look, it has the tri-force on the mouth piece. Link, look! We were so busy fighting we hadn't noticed."
Link smiled.
"I know. Navi told me all about it. She had nothing to do but study it, since she was alone for so long."
Zelda blew into it.
… … -
"Um, Zelda? I put my mouth on that…."
Zelda immediately stopped playing and took the ocarina out of her mouth.
"Really? Gosh, that's embarrassing." She put the ocarina back on the ground, blushing. "You know, I don't think Ganondorf is going to come back for a while."
She began to get up.
"Wait!" Link commanded, grabbing her ankle. "What about what you did? How was Hyrule castle and castle town?"
"Why don't you see for your self?" Zelda teased, grabbing her foot and wrenching it out of link's grip. "But I admit, it was not as nice as the goddess's garden and the castle looked well-beaten."
"Kokori ruins weren't what I'd think it'd be, either." Link admitted, getting to his feet. "I hoped to find some other survivors."
Navi glared at him, and then hovered by his shoulder. Sometimes she didn't talk at all. It was mostly when link was upset or when she had a suggestion.
"So, um… to Ordon?" He asked. Zelda smiled.
"Yes. Let's go and get acquainted!"
Link smiled too, but rolled his eyes when Zelda was not looking. It was SO like Zelda to use the word 'acquainted' instead of 'get to know.'
They walked toward the faron woods, a much less dense and friendlier forest than the kokiri one, and as they got near the entrance, they held hands without realizing it.
Ordon
It was not until they came to a small clearing before they came to Ordon did Zelda realize that they were holding hands.
She was about to confront Link about this matter, when she realized-
She liked it.
So then she smiled and they continued.
"Hey, Zelda? Can we stop here?" Link asked. "I'm tired."
"Y-yes!" Zelda said, pulling her hand out of his. "By all means. You may rest until you can go on again." Link sat down on a rock. Navi flitted about the trees, obviously happy.
"Why do you do that?" Link asked.
"Do what?" asked Zelda. "I do not recall doing anything out of ordinary."
"That! Just now. You're adding things on to your sentences and making them seem like they should have been said a centaury ago!" Link said.
"Oh. I am? Really? Gosh, how humiliating." She said, sitting down next to him. "I guess that I'm just really exited about being here, and my princess instincts are coming out."
She sighed dreamily. "Isn't it grand?"
"Great. Say great instead; it sounds weird the other way around." Link corrected, smiling at her.
"It's great." Zelda said, annoyed. Link stood up.
"I'm not tired anymore." He declared, reaching out and helping Zelda up. Navi Zipped back to him, not wanting to be left behind.
They walked out of the clearing. Link's stomach twisted into an uncomfortable knot: There was a house in the clearing. Clearly imprinted on its wood were the words he dreaded to read.
Link's House
Link swallowed and continued walking. He stared at Zelda. He shouldn't tell her. He stared at her face while her head was turned, so she did not see. She was so pretty.
"Hey link?" whispered Navi. "How does she do it?"
"Do what?" Link replied in a whisper.
"Mesmerize you. You can't stop looking into her eyes."
Link blushed and flicked navi playfully and lightly.
"Ouch!" Navi exclaimed. "Hey, listen, you-"
"Shh, navi." Zelda hissed. "We're almost there."
They walked past a spring and more trees until they came to another, larger clearing. Water splashed around a water wheel, and cuckoos hobbled along the ground. A few teenagers were sitting on rocks and chatting among themselves, while in a river a few toddlers splashed playfully. The grass was bright green, and reached the edge of the river, refusing to show sand and instead bearing light brown dirt and mud. The ground was pleasantly dry.
Link beamed at the village. It seemed cozy and pleasant to him.
Zelda picked up her skirts. It seemed slightly messy.
"I'm going to go to the stable to learn how to ride. After I change clothes, of course." She told Link.
"Huh? Oh, Ok." Link replied, looking at a girl with long, dusty blond hair. She was talking to the teenagers.
"Men." Zelda grumbled, storming off to the stables. Link walked over to the girl.
"Hi!" he said. "I'm Link."
The girl paused her conversation.
"Hello. I'm Ilia." She flipped her hair. "I was named after my great grandmother. Nice fairy."
Link refused to turn scarlet, and instead acted casual. This being his first time flirting, he did pretty well.
"Oh, that's just Navi. It's my… sister's fairy."
"I also like your hat." Ilia said, smiling. Link reached up and snatched it off his head.
"I should probably change, shouldn't I?" he asked. "I'm sorry. I'm not from around here, so I couldn't know."
Ilia laughed.
"Yes. You look like a grasshopper. It's very cute!"
Another girl laughed. this one with strait brown hair that flipped at the edges.
"You do!" She snickered. "Where did you say you were from? I'll bet they all look like idiots!"
Link flushed.
"I don't know. I'm a traveler."
Half of his explanation of his appearance was fake, of course.
"Please excuse Beth." Ilia said. "And you look fine the way you are."
"Peh. I still think he looks like a grasshopper." Said a boy who looked like Beth's brother. He looked laid back, but so calm it's annoying.
"I'm Theb." He said, blowing some hair out of his eyes.
"Theb, huh? Weird." Link said. Theb turned bright red.
"My mom's not very creative with names. It's Beth backwards."
"Oh. Well, my name's Link, so just be glad I'm not your brother. Anything would be better than 'knil'."
Theb smiled. "Yeah."
"I still think he should keep the tunic." Ilia piped up.
"Don't tell me you like it!" Beth said, putting her hands on her hips.
"Grasshoppers are actually very interesting creatures." Theb said, not making eye contact.
"You too?" Beth shrieked. "Why do you find him so irresistible?"
She rounded on Ilia.
"You know, he looks like a court jester with that hat, and a pansy with that fairy. So why do you like him?"
"Because I am so darn hot." Link whispered to Theb.
"Mmf!" Theb tried not to laugh.
"Link? May I… take you somewhere special?" Ilia asked, using both hands to hold Beth off.
"Oh, you are SO asking him out!" Beth screamed. "Honestly! You only met him five seconds ago!"
"It's really been 45 seconds." Theb said, counting on his fingers. "46 seconds, 47 seconds,-"
"Ok, shut up!" Beth stomped her foot. "I cannot believe you've been counting! Besides, Ilia is NOT TAKING HIM SOMEWHERE SPECIAL!"
"Don't I get a say in this?" Link asked.
"NO!"
"Well, I think I should-"
"NO!"
"Ok! Geez…"
"Theb, could you please calm her down?" Ilia asked.
"With pleasure."
Theb picked her up around the middle and carried her off, but of course she wasn't too willing. She hit Theb's back and screamed.
"No fair you can't just pick me up 'cause ilia's already had a date and I want to too and it's not fair-WAAAAAAAAA"
"Is she always like this?" Link asked.
"You'd be surprised." Ilia rolled her eyes. "c'mon."
Ilia took his hand and led him to a rock with vines on it. The rock was in a lake, so you could feed ducks or go swimming.
"You've got to climb up the vines to get there, but it's a beautiful sunset." Ilia said, putting one hand on the vines. "Very romantic. Let's go."
Link put his hand on her shoulder. "
Doesn't the man usually carry the girl?" he asked, smiling.
"I…guess…" Ilia said.
"Then I suggest you hold on tight." Link smiled warmly at her. Ilia blushed and put her arms timidly around his neck.
"Ok, then." Link grasped the vines with one hand.
It wasn't a long climb, but they enjoyed it. Link was smiling because he knew that Ilia liked him, and Ilia clinging onto him because she liked holding him. Link climbed over the top.
They sat down, Ilia still holding onto him, but less tightly now.
Link put his arm around her.
"You smell nice." Ilia said unexpectedly. "Like the earth. Or some soil right after it rains."
Link didn't know if he should feel happy or awkward.
"Um… you smell like hay and some honey. It's nice, too."
"Thanks." Ilia whispered.
"You know, my great grandma truly loved this one person. He was her best friend throughout all of her childhood." She said matter-of-factly.
"Really? What happened next?" Link asked.
"Well, she got mad at him. The boy ran after her, but she was taken by monsters. At first the boy tried to save her, but…"
"But what?" Link asked. Ilia sighed.
"He met a girl outside of Ordon. My great grandma probably would have gotten him back, but the monsters had hit her on the head and she lost her memory." Ilia explained. "When she realized that the boy loved someone else, it was too late. She had caused him too much trouble to for him to like her anymore."
Ilia sniffed. "She married a nice hylian instead. I guess she was happy, but she was upset that she couldn't get the other boy. I forget his name."
"Oh." Link said.
At this time, Zelda had come out of the stable, holding a horse's reins. She was determined to learn how to ride.
Ilia let go of him and looked into his eyes.
Link put his hands around her waist, pulling her close to him slowly.
*WARNING! Next scene involves a lot of kissing. For the benefit of the younger audience, and people with weak stomachs that cannot bear it, we will skip this little make out session and go strait to when they are done.*
Link pulled apart, his cheeks hot. He had never kissed a girl before; But Ilia didn't seem to notice. She hugged him.
Zelda dropped the reins.
No way. The first girl Link kissed was a girl who he hadn't known for over five minutes!
Zelda picked up her skirts and ran, tears behind her eyes. They stung.
Her feet hurt inside her boots, but she was determined not to stop running until the soles were worn down. She wasn't used to running so much, so it wasn't long before she collapsed.
She collapsed on the edge of the lake, which was quite a few feet above the water.
On the opposite side of the lake, link had his arm around the girl. And then the silent tears started to come out.
Aw...poor Zelda. She feels upset. I'm sorry about any cursing that will come up. So...just...you know, comment.
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