Author's notes: Hope whoever liked the last chapter. This one I'm going to try to make a little shorter. The second day is where the Link and Cremia could really start, so that's what will happen in this story.

Enjoy!

DAWN OF THE SECOND DAY:

The next morning Cremia awoke to what seemed to be ages of sleep. As if time had been slowed town during the night. It was a very sickening feeling but yet very fulfilling from all the sleep Cremia thought she had gotten.

She looked over at Romani to find that her sister looked the absolute opposite. Romani looked like she had just fell asleep, and she did, but Cremia never knew what happened the night before.

Cremia walked over to the side of her younger sister's bed, and gave her a gentle poke to the shoulder. Romani mumbled, but eventually shot her eyes open and jumped out of bed in an instant. Cremia was rather shocked by the sudden movements of her sister.

"What wakes you up so abruptly?" She asked

"Romani protected the cows! With Grasshopper's help of course!"

Cremia looked in confusion for awhile, until remembering Romani's them. "Ah yes, I'm sure you two had lots of fun." Cremia said convincingly.

As the two sisters were getting ready for the day, Cremia stopped what she was doing and asked "Romani, where is Link?"

"You mean Grasshopper? Romani doesn't know, I saw him ride away last night on the new horse."

Cremia was also very shocked to this, and a little disappointed. "Well alright, I guess he couldn't stay forever. But today is our first delivery in a long time, we must get things ready."

"Can Romani come to Clock Town too?" Romani asked quietly

Cremia was expecting this question, but knew deliveries can be very dangerous. "You can't, the cows would alone otherwise."

"YES, sis…" Romani grumbled

Moments later, Cremia began to walk downstairs and outside. It was very different this morning though, there was no sun, but rather a very cloudy sky. And of course the overly large moon, "Is that... thing really going to fall?" Cremia asked the sky, but of course received no answer.

Cremia then let the cows roam as usual, she also saw the broken bottles lying on the ground in the barn. They were to be a recurrence, every other morning it seemed.

As she walked away from the barn, she noticed arrows on the outside walls and some scattered all around the field. Cremia was speechless to this, she didn't know if there was bandits, or the Gorman Brothers, or by some crazy chance her sister was telling the truth. She stormed into the house to question Romani.

Cremia found her sister waiting patiently for breakfast. She held a arrow up and shouted "Romani! What exactly were you doing last night!?"

"Romani told you! Me and Grasshopper took care of them!" explained Romani

"Enough of that! You cannot just shoot arrows around all night, especially around the barn! There are our animals in there!" Shouted Cremia

"But they are real! Romani tells the truth!" Romani found no other way to tell her sister that they were actually real, she didn't have any proof! "Grasshopper helped!"

"That's it! Do not blame this on Link, whose ever arrows those are outside, it was your doing! You do not get to use that bow until you know what's right! And don't talk about them anymore! Alright?!" Cremia had never been this furious in a long time, but she had no other choice.

"Fine!" Romani shouted and rushed upstairs to hesitantly grab her bow.

Breakfast had never been more silent then it was that morning. All the two could hear was the others fork poking at the plates of food. The silence continued on into the day, neither sisters made eye contact with each other while they worked to pick up all the arrows and prepare the wagon. It was hard work without Link, but Cremia and Romani both were angry enough to get the job done. To add on to the tension, rain started to pour down upon Termina. Luckily the Wagon was ready for delivery before they got too wet. As Romani sprinted for the house, Cremia went to the barn to check on the cows.

Cremia obviously knew this was not one of her better days, First Link is gone, then the arrows, and now rain! What's next?! She thought to herself, feeling very bitter and depressed. Just as she went to sit down, she heard a door open behind her. Cremia expected Romani with an apology to come bursting in, but it was no other than Link himself, soaked from the rain.

"Oh my… hello." Cremia staggered, suddenly all her anger disappeared.

"Umm… sorry I left. I had to pick up some things in town…" Link quietly said staring at his feet

She didn't know why, but Cremia had never been happier to see anybody else. "No no… It's ok. We just don't have that much work left to do today."

Link was very disappointed from that, he didn't know what to do. "Oh, well, I guess I should get going then…"

As Link started for the door, Cremia spoke up.

"Wait! It's pouring outside, you'll only get soaked again. I insist you stay." Cremia thoughtfully said

"Well alright then, thank you." Link looked around and asked "Where's Romani?"

"We got into a fight about all the arrow's lying around this morning…" Cremia began. Link raised his eyebrows and thought... Whoops "I feel bad I yelled at her, Romani really doesn't deserve that... Please, could you give her this back and tell her I'm sorry…" Cremia raised the bow towards Link.

"Of course. I'd be glad to." Link took the bow -while Cremia smiled back- and headed for the door once again.

"Oh, and Wait! I have to deliver the milk tonight, would you like a ride?" Cremia asked quickly before Link could leave.

Link smirked to this and turned around, he nodded and left the barn. Cremia gave a deep sigh and got lost in thought.

As Link walked into the house, he received a big embrace from Romani.

"Grasshopper!" she shouted

"Hey Romani…" Link said quietly

"Romani is so happy to see you! Mean sister won't believe Romani, but Grasshopper did great last night!" She shouted

"Yeah about that… here." Link held out the bow while Romani's face lit with excitement, "Yay!"

"Cremia wanted to give that back to you and is real sorry for yelling." Link began "You really shouldn't be angry at your sister, she was only trying to protect you and this Ranch... I think you should go apologize yourself."

"Romani thinks Grasshopper is right…" She sighed "We'll just have to keep last night our little secret…" Romani ran off outside and to the barn giggling and getting soaked along the way.

Link watched and sat down at the table. "I never knew this happens here on the second day, glad I fixed it… That was a close back there, eh Tatl? I think I'm growing on Cremia, I thought she was going to let me go." Link said very laid back and laughing in the process.

"Oh please Link, no one is going to watch as a kid like yourself gets drenched in the rain, don't take it as anything special." Tatl hissed at Link, not wanting to give him the satisfaction.

"Whatever fairy." Link said, very nonchalantly.

NIGHT OF THE SECOND DAY:

Later that day, Cremia and Link climb onto the wagon as Romani watched, very jealous that Link got to ride and she didn't. The sisters had accepted each other's apology and began to act as sisters once again.

"Romani wants to ride too!" She shouted

"You're looking after the place! I trust you to take care of the cows Romani." Cremia reassuringly said

"Yes, sis."

Romani then walked into the barn as the wagon set off.

"It's great you came Link, I'm a little lonely tonight... I welcome company." Cremia normally would have never said anything like that to a guest at the Ranch, especially someone younger than herself, but Link seemed to have proven his maturity throughout the two days.

"I haven't really had the chance to fill you in on the Ranch…" Link sat and listened as Cremia did just that...

"Well I guess it's been a while now since our father died. I'm trying to take care of the ranch, but things have been getting unstable lately... cows always seem bothered and frazzled, and I'm finding broken bottles every other morning...Who's doing it, I don't know…" Cremia noticed Link's silence, but thought that was normal of him. She continued.

"Romani has been worried, too. I see you have been teaching her some of your skills with a bow... She always says it's to stop them, the 'ghosts." Cremia smirked to that comment and shot her eyes up. "Say, what are the townsfolk saying about that moon? It's bigger than before, isn't it?" She turned quickly to see Link also glaring at the moon, Cremia raised her eyebrow to see that his look was full of anger instead of fear. It seemed he knew something that no one else did. Shortly after that, She continued again. "In town...I have a friend. Her name's Anju… Anju… The day after tomorrow is her wedding…" Cremia shot her eyes up again. "I wonder if it will fall...that thing?"

They rode a little longer until Link noticed the wagon had stopped.

"What? The Road…" Cremia said

Cremia and Link both looked in confusion until she grimly lowered her eyebrows.

"Boy, get your bow ready…"

Link immediately pulled out his bow before she even finished talking. The wagon turned right onto the Gorman Brothers Ranch.

"First Milk Road is blocked by a boulder and now… We have to take this detour through ugly country."

There was a moment of silence before... "Are you ready, Link? I'm going to try to get us through here as fast as I can! If any pursuers come from behind, chase them off with your arrows. They might be after my cargo of milk bottles… Do you understand?" Link nodded and raised his bow, aiming directly behind the wagon.

"Alright Link, I'll owe you a big thanks if you get us out of this one." With that, the mule sprinted forth. Going at speeds equivalent to the power of 5 wagons.

Cremia watched ahead until she heard a roar from behind. She turned around to see two men with pitchforks riding horses towards the cargo. Link noticed this and shouted "Cremia don't worry about them, I'll take care of it! Just focus on the road!" Cremia would have never expected those be his first words of the night, but she was happy they were. She wanted to feel safe from the experience Link had shown the day before, but something in her did not allow her to do so.

"Hurry up mule!" Cremia shouted ahead of her, fearing her life

Link shot the closer of the two men in the hand, making him drop his pitchfork. Link then quickly shot the horses legs as it tumbled to the ground, taking the pursuer with it. The second man watched as the other rolled away, and roared once again. As he charged forwards, Link shot him right in the chest, making him roll off the horse and into the darkness.

When Cremia turn around, she couldn't believe her eyes when she saw a clear path, ahead and behind the wagon. She could believe seeing an out of breath Link, rather. She then turned towards the track and sped, wanting to get out of the Gorman Borthers Ranch as fast as she could go.

As she thought in her mind, Cremia was amazed at Links will to protect the milk. He had shown the most respect, and politeness in the past two days that she had ever seen in an young boy his age, but he most importantly shown he wasn't just a young boy, he was Link. And Cremia could only smile and continue to drive the wagon knowing she was safe with his company, his protection.

Once they were out of the Gorman Track, Cremia stopped the wagon

Link took a deep breath and quickly turned around "Are you ok Cremia?"

"I'm absolutely fine, how about yourself?" She asked, smiling

"Never been better." Link said the laid back way he did earlier, still almost out of breath

Cremia and Link both laughed until they reached the Eastern Clock Town entrance.

"I can't believe I'm asking more of you, but could you help carry the milk inside? It's rather heavy."

"Of course" Link sternly said

When they reached the Milk Bar, Cremia said "I can get it in from here, you need a mask to enter…" Link was already in the bar before she could finish her sentence. She stared in astonishment to be once again, fooled by what Link could do. She followed behind and they both made numerous trips delivering the milk.

Once they were finished with the milk, Link and Cremia stood outside the wagon.

"Mr. Barten was happy to get his first delivery in quite a while!" Cremia began "Thank you Link… You were pretty cool…" Cremia watched as Link stared at the ground, because he had no idea what she was to give him. There was a long moment of silence between them, until...

He already has the Romani's mask, what else is there to give him? Wait… maybe…

Cremia then grabbed link in a large and tight embrace. Link's eyes were huge and confused as he stared away from Cremia, and being taller than Link was she closed her eyes and gently laid her head on his, savoring the moment so they both could remember it for a very long time.

"Thanks again Link, come visit anytime you want ok?" She whispered to him

Cremia then let go to what seemed years for Link. And in an instant, she was climbing onto the wagon and riding off.

Link stared into the distance until he snapped into realization "W.. What?... WAIT!"

Cremia turned around to see Link sprinting towards her.

"Don't you think you need help home? I mean… you never know, right?" Link said, going back to staggering in speech.

Cremia thought about it, she knew the bandits were probably the Gorman Brothers, and there was only two. But Link's company really helped her through the night, mentally and physically. So knowing they would be safe on the way home anyway… "Yes, you are definitely right." Link then began to climb onto the back of the wagon, and sat down. "I don't want to be caught not having cute little Link by my side, right?" Cremia playfully said.

Then Link began to blush. Which was very uncommon of the young hero. Cremia noticed and laughed out loud. Then the two rode off, away to Romani's Ranch!

Author's notes: Well I guess this wasn't shorter, at all. Haha. I hoped readers enjoyed this chapter, took me awhile. Till next time!