A/N: First off, thanks to alwaysingirl for the glowing review. To be honest, I thought it was a bit shoddy in places, so I'm gonna try and improve that with the later chapters.

Also, the chapter was kinda short, so I'm gonna try and make them longer from here on out.

On with the show!

Chapter 2 - Floating

Zelda awoke as Maple stumbled slightly. Her head was still on Impa's back, who was looking forward. Maple was only walking slowly, so Zelda wasn't as uncomfortable as she had been earlier. She sighed and stretched out her arms, accidentally knocking Impa's head as she did so. Impa just chortled and glanced back at her.

'Morning, sleepyhead,' she said playfully. Zelda looked around. All she could see was an endless expanse of grass and trees.

'Where are we?' she asked groggily.

'Right now? We are...' Impa paused as she pull out a map, 'Here.' She pointed at a section right in the middle of Hyrule Field. 'The plan is to get to Kakariko which is about... another hour away, unfortunately. Do you want to stop and rest?'

'Why Kakariko?' Zelda asked.

'I know some people there who can keep you safe.'

'Well, I... I am a little hungry,' Zelda smiled weakly.

Impa smiled back and tugged at Maple's reins slightly, bringing her to a halt.

'Now that you mention it, me too.' She climbed off and put her hand out to Zelda, which she used to climb down. 'How about we rest here for a bit?'

Zelda nodded, 'Okay.'

She noticed it was dark now, slightly darker then when she had left the castle.

'How long have I been asleep for?'

'Two hours or so.'

Zelda looked back at the length they covered in the space of two hours. They were a good day's travel away, had they walked it.

Impa got out some firewood from her bag and arranged it in a small circle. She then took out some flint rocks and struck them a few times. The wood didn't catch fire, unfortunately. She cursed quietly and threw the rocks back in her bag.

'Looks like we can't have a nice stew now,' she said with a hint of disappointment in her voice.

Zelda smiled politely. 'That's okay.'

It was then that Zelda was suddenly overcome with the urge to sleep. No, it wasn't an urge. It was like a person was trying to drag her into unconciousness. She tried to fight back, but she was overcome by the strength of the force. The last thing she saw was Impa's worried face as she fell back on the soft grass, dead to the world.

XxX

'Zelda...' A voice called out to her. She looked around. It looked like she was floating on smoke. She tried to stand, but her legs were weak, and she fell backwards onto the 'floor' with a thud.

'Ouch...' she managed to utter. Again she heard a voice call to her.

'Zelda... stand up...' It sounded so familiar. Like a child's voice.

'Who's there?' Her voice was raspy and her throat was sore.

'It's me, Zelda...' A figure began to emerge from the smoke. Every step it took made it a lot clearer. He was Link.

'Zelda. I have the Ocarina of Time. What must I do now?'

Zelda had a vision a month ago that was very similar to the situation she was in now. In it, she taught the powerful Song of Time to the boy from the forest. The Song of Time held the key to the Door of Time, which held a treasure spoken of and sought after by many. She stood up quickly, ignoring the pain in her legs.

'Okay, Link. You must listen very carefully to what I say. I am going to teach you a song, which you must play in the Temple of Time. Pass me the ocarina.'

Link nodded and handed over the ocarina, which was slightly wet.

'Sorry, I didn't have any time to dry it off.'

Zelda smiled at his politeness. 'It's okay. Listen closely.'

She played the simple melody, fabled for the power in its notes. She swayed casually as she played the notes with ease. Although she hadn't played the ocarina for a while, she noticed she remembered all the notes Daphnes taught her all those years ago.

She finished playing and breathed out heavily. 'Can you play that?'

Link nodded and took the ocarina from her. He put it to his mouth, seemingly not caring that she had just played it. Then he played the melody. Zelda was shocked at how quickly he picked it up, as she spent a long time perfecting it. He finished, and like Zelda, he breathed out heavily.

'That's it! You've got it!' She clapped happily. 'Do you know what you must do after that?'

'Yes.'

'Thank you, Link. Now go, hurry!'

Link nodded and ran back through the smoke. Zelda looked after him for a while, until that familiar feeling happened again. The feeling when she first came into this place. The feeling of something dragging her into unconciousness. It was futile to fight it, she figured. She just sat down and let it consume her. Black spots appeared in her vision, and then it was all dark.

XxX

She woke up to Impa, who was shaking her by the shoulders frantically. She had a slight headache.

'Come on, Zelda, please wake up!' Zelda's head throbbed every time she was brought forward by Impa's strong hands.

'Impa! I'm awake!' she almost screamed.

Impa stopped shaking her and just held her by the shoulders. 'Don't scare me like that again, you mischeivous whelp.'

'Why? What happened?'

'Well, we were just talking, and you suddenly fainted. I've been spending a whole 20 minutes trying to wake you up.' She then hugged her, 'Are you OK?'

'Yes. Thank you for your concern, Impa.'

'Okay. Are you still hungry, Zelda?'

Oddly, she wasn't. 'No, not anymore.'

'Sure?'

'Yes.'

'Okay. Gather your things. We need to get to Kakariko before the stalchilds come out.'

Zelda nodded, and grabbed her sack. Impa got back onto Maple and held out her hand. Zelda took it and pulled herself up. Impa roused Maple into a trot, and soon into a slow gallop. Zelda kept looking back at the unused circle of wood Impa had laid out. She smiled, glad she had someone like Impa to take care of her. Until she got to Kakariko, at least.

A/N: Whew, that was tough. Hopefully it was a little better then the last one :) Review!