Author's note: Did you guess it? The song was Counting Stars by One Republic. Once again, thank you for the feedback. Also, I did write my stories in paragraphs, but for some reason it just turned into one giant paragraph when I uploaded it. Oh well, that's what happens when you work with retarded technology nowadays. Anyways, back to the story!

Chapter 3: Aryll's plan

After a day filled with vigorous training, Link and Aryll spent the rest of their day with their grandmother at their house, where they had their favorite soup for dinner. As usual, it was nothing short of delicious. After they had finished helping their grandmother with some chores around the house, Link and Aryll went to bed. Aryll had no trouble falling asleep, however Link was unable to fall asleep. For about an hour, he tossed and turned in his bed, staring at the ceiling and outside the window. He had a lot on his mind. He couldn't stop thinking about Tetra and New Hyrule. Link felt uncomfortable sitting up in his bed, so he got up off the top bunk, put on his shoes, and carefully snuck out of his house. Link went to the boat dock and sat down on the edge, staring out into the vastness of the Great Sea. He had so many great memories during his adventure out there. He turned to his left to see his boat, the King of Red Lions, in it's former glory. He remembered the first time they met, where he was lying in the boat and saw the boat talking back to him, and he was so startled that he fell back. He laughed to himself, but as he glimpsed at his boat's lifeless eyes, his laughter faded away.

Suddenly Link heard a small voice behind him whom he instantly recognized, "Big brother?"

said Aryll, sounding very quiet in a worried tone.

"Oh, hi Aryll. Why are you awake?" said Link, sounding very forlorn and not even bothering to turn around to greet his sister.

"I heard you getting out of bed" Aryll replied to Link. She knew something was bothering her brother. She did not like to see him like this. "Is there something wrong, Link?" she asked.

"...Huh..wha? N-no Aryll. Everything's fine. I just needed some fresh air." said Link, snapping out of his daydreaming (or in this case, nightdreaming). He was lost in his stream of consciousness, remembering all the good times he had with his magic boat, all the oceans they sailed.

Aryll knew he was lying about the fresh air thing, but judging by his constant glare at his boat, she had a pretty good clue, "You miss him, don't you?" she said as she took a seat next to him.

"A lot, Aryll. He was a great friend." Link confessed with a sigh. "We had a lot of great times sailing, taking down monsters, seaching for sunken treasure...if only he didn't have to go so soon" said Link as he glared down sadly into his reflection below him.

Aryll couldn't bear to see her older brother in his melancholic state anymore. She had to think of something to cheer him up, plus it was Link's turn to cook breakfast tomorrow and if he continued being gloomy, he'd probably accidently burn down the whole house. That's when Aryll got an idea, a half-baked idea, but an idea nonetheless. She would take his boat, pretend that she needed rescue, and once Link made it onto the boat, she'd whisk them away into the Great Sea so that Link can experiece the joy of sailing again! It was so crazy that it just might work!

"C'mon, big brother! Let's go back to bed. If grandma sees we're not in bed, she'll get upset." said Aryll as she pulled Link's arm, motioning him to follow her.

Link tried to make himself feel better by poking fun at his sister, "You mean like the time she got upset when you used a Hyoi pear and accidently broke Sturgeon's window?"

"That was my first time using a Hyoi pear! I panicked, okay!?" said an embarrassed Aryll, choosing not to remember that. Link couldn't help but laugh as they made their way back home. Along the way, although she was being laughed at, Aryll kept a smile on her face. She just couldn't wait for tomorrow.

Author's note: So how was that? Hopefully it was okay. I tried upping up the humor this time. When the story needs to be serious, it will become serious, but for now I'll try to balance the seriousness with humor. No hidden song lyrics in this one. Reviews, good or bad (but not too bad), always welcome! See ya next time!