My candy cane is stabbing my lip. :D

I've been walking around the woods leading to Ordon Village for quite some time. But I couldn't get over the fact that I was in Hyrule! HYRULE! The place I've always dreamed of going! The game graphics couldn't catch just how beautiful this place truly was. And then I saw the Lantern guy. It's amazing how much he looks like my friend Josh….

I walked past him and noticed that his head was down. He was probably asleep. What time is it, anyway? I saw a short kid run past me and into a cave, and then I realized who it was.

It was Talo!

So Link hasn't beaten Ganon yet…

I ran after the kid, picking up his play sword on the way. I ignored all of the monsters that tried to attack me and stayed focused on the boy, slipping between the gates before they closed. I continued to run after the creatures, though stopped when they put Talo and the monkey into a wooden cage, slipping behind a wall. I watched what was happening, though I already knew what they were doing.

God damn, these creatures were ugly.

Ignoring that fact, I gripped Talo's sword and ran towards the creatures, killing them just like Link would.

"W-w-w-w-w-w-who are you?" Talo asked me after the monkey ran away.

"Don't worry, kid. I'm not gonna hurt you." I set down his play sword and kicked it over to him. "Come on, we need to get you home." I said, offering the boy my hand.

Talo hesitated at first, but then took my hand, which I noticed was shaking.

"No one else will, either." I kept him close to my side as we started on our way, but as we reached the bottom of the little hill, Link was running up to us.

"Talo!" He shouted.

Talo squeaked and ran over to Link's side, wrapping his tiny arms around the soon to be Hero's waist.

The Ordonian boy looked up at me with his eyes so blue that video game graphics couldn't catch how blue they truly were. "Who are you? I've never seen you here before…" He muttered.

Oh shit, I forgot about a name! "First, tell me your name." I crossed my arms and put on a punk attitude, something I've wanted to do for a long time. "Then I'll consider it." I shifted my shoulder slightly.

Link blinked twice at me in surprise, and I noticed how short he really was. I mean, yeah, I was about 5'11", which is tall for a female, but he was like, shorter than most of the guys at my school. He was about like, 5'7" or something. Sure, most people don't consider that short, but I do. "Link." He said after a few seconds of silence, the only small sound was the leaves bristling and Talo's whimpering. "So… How did you know where Talo was?" He asked, rubbing the boy's shoulder.

I shrugged. "I was coming in from Hyrule field and saw him chasing some monkey. I was curious, so I followed. I noticed that he dropped his stick on the way out." I nodded towards the play sword that was by their feet.

"It's a wooden sword…" Link muttered, looking down at Talo in a scolding way.

"Looks more like a stick to me." I turned my head away. "The real swords are in Castle Town." I smirked, liking the fact that I know more than he does.

"So you've been to Castle Town? Is that where you live?" He asked me.

I smirked. "I don't live anywhere, Link." I looked back to him. "I don't have enough money to keep a house." I shrugged.

"Then how do you live?" Talo asked, his whimpers stopping.

"I get paid to draw people. I show them some of my past work and if they like it, then they give me the charcoal and paper to draw on, then I do." I smirked again.

Link blinked again at me, his head tilting slightly. "How much do you charge?" He asked.

"Enough. And if they don't have any money with them, then I ask them to bring me some bread." I shrugged. "Enough to keep me living." I smiled weakly, and Link was looking down at my stomach. "Yes, that's my stomach." That made him look back up at me with a red face. SO. CUTE.

"Ah, sorry." He muttered, looking away. "You just… don't seem incredibly thin."

"That's because it's muscle." I set my hands on my hips. "Girls should know how to defend themselves, no?" I asked, winking at Link.

His eyes widened slightly in response.

"Well, I should get going. Quite a travel to Castle Town." I sighed lightly, looking down at the ground for a second. "Nice to meet you Link, Talo." I glanced down at the boy before smiling at Link, walking past him.

"Ah, wait!" He called when I was almost to the entrance of the Northern Forest.

I turned around and saw him and Talo run up to me. "Yes?" I asked, blinking once.

"I'm going to be making a trip to Castle Town tomorrow. You can stay in the village until then, if you want." He offered.

"No, no, I wouldn't want to intrude." I shook my head lightly.

"Come on, it's the least we can do since you saved Talo." Link pleaded.

Not the puppy face! His sea blue eyes looked into mine with such a cute face to go along with it that I couldn't resist. I looked away, a blush staining my cheeks. "Fine. Lead the way." I didn't look at either of them until Talo stepped up to me.

"Miss… Thank you for saving me. If you hadn't come… Gee, me and that monkey would've gotten eaten, probably! She's actually a nice gal, that monkey…She tried to protect me, so we got captured together. Um… Miss, Link… You're not gonna mention this to my dad, are you?" He asked me. "He's always telling me to never, EVER go into the forest, 'cause it's dangerous…"

"I can see why." I muttered, crossing my arms.

"No, Talo, we won't." Link said, patting the boy's shoulder. "Go on home. We'll meet you."

Talo hauled ass back to the village.

"Link!"

That must be Rusl.

The old man walked up to us. "My son told me Talo disappeared into the woods and had not returned. I came as soon as I heard…" He was always looking at Link, almost as if I wasn't there.

"But it looks like you have brought him home already… I apologize. Such a task should not fall to you."

"Actually, Rusl…" Link started, but the man cut him off.

"Tell me, have you noticed how strange the woods seem lately?" He went on, his arms crossed. "I feel… uneasy about what may lie in wait… Anyway, Link… Tomorrow is finally the day." He set his arms down again. "You will be departing for Hyrule. I think it is a good thing I have given this task to you."

I snorted. What, so he can go into Twilight? I thought, turning my head away.

"Good luck! And return safely! If you are lucky, you may even get to meet Princess Zelda!" He laughed in an almost smug way.

"Rusl!" Link pleaded. "I wasn't the one who saved Talo, this girl did." He finally said, and Rusl looked at me with a funny look.

"You don't live in the village… Where do you come from?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Castle Town." I said unenthusiastically.

"Really? Then you could go with Link." He smiled.

"We already decided that, Rusl." Link muttered, rubbing the back of his neck. "And she was going to stay with me for the night, if that's alright with you." He added.

"Stay at your place? Alone?" He looked at Link in a funny way.

"Yes, who complete strangers are going to have sex the day they meet. Perfect." I turned away. "I have the greatest first impression EVER!" I shouted, stomping away towards the spring, leaving the two boys dumbfounded.

Link ran to my side. "Hey, I have to go do my chores. But I'll show you to the village, and you can meet everyone there while I finish, okay?" He told me, and I only nodded.

"Fine by me." I said, crossing my arms. "Alek." I decided aloud.

"Excuse me?" He asked, looking at me as if I was insane.

"My name. It's Alek." I said, looking up at him.

"Alek…" He muttered, a common Japanese thing. "Nice to meet you, Alek." He held his hand out to me, which I grasped and shook.

"You too, Link." FIRST NAME BASIS, WHOO!