Naia whimpered and flew as fast as she could to the princess. "PRINCESS ZELDA COME QUICKLY!" She puffed, exasperated.
"What is it?" Zelda said calmly.
"LINK...*puff*... TROUBLE... IMPA... Town...HURRY!" She flew off again, hoping the princess would follow. Hermione and the thin maidservant looked aghast and followed.
Link's eyes fluttered open. His head felt like it had been hit by a hammer and his side felt like it had been gauged open again. "Ugh." He hitched himself up in the bed and looked around.
He was in a large bedroom. It was a light blue and he was laid in a bed. He found he was newly dressed in a repaired and cleaned set of Hero's clothes.
"Ah, you're awake."
Link jumped and snapped his head around to see Impa sat in the chair next to him. "Impa!"
The Sheikah smiled dully, "Long time no see."
"Y-yeah." He rubbed his head with his hand.
"Now I want you to answer me truthfully." She said, tone suddenly stern.
Link looked at her.
"What happened to you?" Impa caught him in an unwavering gaze.
"I found a way to Termina and saved it from the Majora and a falling moon."
"Yes, we all know that story. We got wind of it from the giants who helped you. What happened to YOU?"
"I- was an idiot." He looked down at the blue bed covers.
"How so?"
"I thought that Navi would be in Kokiri forest and a-" He hesitated, scrunching up his eyes, "-a cursed Stalfos got me."
Impa's eyes widened and her mouth dropped open. "You mean-"
"Yes." Link said, his breath bated.
"Do you understand what this means?"
"Yes." Link whispered.
Impa placed a gentle hand on his shoulder, seeing a tear dropping onto the bed sheets.
"I'll never be myself again." He rasped.
Impa's mouth opened then closed again. There was nothing she could say. "I'm sorry." Was all she managed.
She had known Link since he was ten, a young boy. She had trained him, served as a mother to him, and to see him broken like this was heart breaking. She had never seen him cry before.
"Is there anything I can do?" She said softly.
"Unless you can erase the memory of the last seven years, then no."
"Was it really that bad?"
"Every time I look up at the moon..." He shivered.
"You are still too young to have gone through anything like that, and yet fate has called you to it."
Hermione hadn't made it to the town, but made her way onto the balcony and saw link being carried off. "I hope he is alright. That boy is always in trouble" said the maidservant. She shook her scarce face with a rather severe nose. "My name is mistress Petrel."
Despite the earlier excitement, the next few days were relaxed and joyful.