Author's Note: This is the second part of "This is Home." Originally, I was going to have the whole thing be a one-shot, but decided to split it into two parts.

It had been a year, an entire year since Link had been sent back to his childhood. He and Zelda were now eleven, and they were two of the few people (which included the Six Sages) who remembered what had happened in the alternate timeline. Determined to make sure Ganondorf did not take over Hyrule the second time around, Link and Zelda, with the help of Rauru and the five original Sages, were able to convict him and put him on trial. While Ganondorf had not been executed, he had been banished into another realm.

Lately, Link had been feeling restless and, dare he say it, even a little depressed. He still had his memories of being an adult hero, he vividly remembered his adventures from a time which could not exist now, and after all that, he was back to being just a child who didn't really fit in anywhere. As an adult, he had earned the respect from the people as the Hero of Time, but as a child...well, who would take him seriously if, say, he had to save Hyrule from Ganondorf again?

"I'm leaving," Link told Zelda one day while they were in Hyrule Field, Epona by his side.

Zelda blinked in surprise. "You are? Why?"

Link stared into space. "I just...need to get away. There's something I need to look for, I guess."

It wasn't a very adequate explanation, and Link himself wasn't entirely sure what he needed to look for. Maybe he could try to find Navi; he hadn't seen the blue fairy for a year...

Link was broken out of his thoughts by Zelda's voice.

"There isn't anything I can do or say that will change your mind?" she asked quietly.

He looked at her, and he was suddenly reminded of the saddened expression she had while they were floating in the clouds, just before she had sent him back in time.

The look on her face now was not too different from that one, and while he didn't have the heart to tell her no, he was sure that she knew the answer anyway.

Don't cry, Zelda, Link found himself thinking. If you do, I won't be able to leave.

To his slight surprise, Zelda began to smile.

"In any case, I hope we'll meet again," she said, presenting the Ocarina of Time and handing it to Link.

Wordlessly, Link pocketed the Ocarina, climbed onto Epona's back, and rode away without a backward glance.

"Hi, Zelda," a voice behind her said.

Zelda jumped slightly and turned around. When she saw that Link was standing before her, she let out a small laugh.

"We have got to stop meeting like this," she joked as she stood up from the grass of the castle courtyard.

Link smiled. After his adventures in Termina, he had found what he was searching for: his purpose. He may have the body of a child, but at least he was able to still be a hero.

"Did you find what you were looking for?" Zelda asked.

"Yeah, I did." Link's smile faded. "Zelda, I'm sorry I took off like that."

She just smiled warmly at him, and the next two words Zelda said before embracing Link summed everything up.

"Welcome home."