The two sat in the back room that belonged to the chief, both of them silent as ever. Zelda pacing one side of the room while Link sat atop the table, rolling up his pants and beginning to treat his wound. The girl heard hissing noise and abruptly turned around to see the hylian scowling at his wound while a bottle of something sat next to him. She absently walked over and picked up the bottle. It was unlabeled and it had something green inside. Sniffing the contents much like the red liquid he'd given her before, she was quick to figure out what it was.
"Home-made salve?" he nodded quickly, still frowning due to his the now prickling sensation on his calf. Examining the wound, her eyes lowered. "You don't have it spread out evenly...it won't heal at the same time like that...here..." she slicked some of the medicine across her fingers and applied it over the laceration. He looked at how careful she was with doing it and he ended up cracking a smile. Although she was doing it correctly, she seemed afraid to touch him, although she wouldn't admit it. She didn't have to. It was all written in her movements. Happy with her work, she looked up to him. "There, done-why are you smiling?"
His answer was just a tilt of his head and a lowering of his eyelids, a purposeful stare into her eyes. She back-stepped, blinking at him in confusion for the slight change in expression. She found herself unable to look away from him, his eyes had somehow become undauntedly enchanting... A sound from the hall snapped her out of it as she quickly turned around, now blushing and heading for her bag. She growled as a small snort came from Link's direction. He was teasing her again. After pulling out a sleeping shirt, she looked back. He was still smiling as he bandaged his wounds, it wasn't like the one before. It wasn't a teasing smile but a smaller one and her looked genuinely happy. 'I wonder why?'
"Here is some stuff the boss said would make you comfortable..." One of a couple of gorons said as they entered to room holding something relative to blankets and pillows but seemed to be made of leaves. "We don't need these to sleep."
"Oh, uh...thank you. You can put it down right there." She replied, motioning to the middle of the floor. They basically dropped the items and left out as they came. The two hylians stared at the door before looking to the floor. "...what are we supposed to do with this?" At that, Link hopped off the table, walking over to the pile on the floor. "Didn't he tell you to stay off it? And you just bandaged it up too!"
Link gave her a dead-pan stare before leaning down and arranging the leafy material into a slightly suitable bedding. She found herself staring at the way his injured leg flexed as he moved around in his crouching position, blinking at it, wondering if it actually still hurt because he was performing flawlessly. After his approving nod, he stood, stretching out. Closing her eyes, Zelda yawned, opening them just to see...the swordsman stripping. Staring disbelievingly as the tunic left his form and he began working on his chain-mail, she asked:
"What are you doing?" he looked back, momentarily staring at her before continuing his process, dropping the metal garment next to the rest of things. Her eyes lowered irritably at him before she huffed, walking next to him and finishing up the extraction of her sleeping materials. She couldn't help peeking at him, seeing that even if he had noticed, he didn't stop her. He slid off his boots and added them to the rest of the pile. Zelda gazed at him idly as he stretched until her eyes ran across his again. She instantly looked down, refusing to look up as if her eyes were glued to the floor. Even without looking, she could feel his sapphire stare. She blushed faintly, realizing she must've been making him feel the same thing a moment ago and this might've been his way of getting her back. Unknown to her, he was actually curious as to why she was staring at him and was waiting for her to turn around. She felt her cheeks grow hotter as she was now forced to ask a question. "Can you turn around or something so I can change?"
He blinked twice before shrugging, getting down and lying on the makeshift bedding with his back to her. 'He doesn't have sleeping clothes?'she inwardly asked, seeing as he removed everything but his pants, and oddly, his hat. Leaving the subject be, she proceeded in removing her own tunic, undershirt and pants, the sliding on her sleep shirt effortlessly adding a random pair of shorts. Normally, they wouldn't be there, being that it wasn't princess-like at all but that was in the safety of their castle...but on the road, in unfamiliar places that you only hear about, with some godforsaken man by your side that refused to talk to you and just found complete and utter joy in messing with your head, yeah, shorts are allowed. She sighed, placing her now folded clothes on the table before proceeding to join Link on the floor. After settling into the greenery, she had to admit, he did a damn good job. Again, her mind wondered on things about him due to his random talents, this specific thought on how he knew how to arrange these. 'Did he have to camp in the forest for a while? Or has he ever gotten lost in the Lost Woods? Or did he just live there for a while?' Her mind was absolutely buzzing at this point, so much so she wasn't really paying attention that she was staring at him again. A jab to the forehead by a finger snapped her out of it as, again, those blue eyes stared back into hers.
"What...?" she asked, completely dazed to be forced out of her thoughts like that, making her sound almost sleepy. He simple continued to stare at her, lowering his eyelids more and more, squinting at her. She blinked before wearing a confused look of her own. "Why are you looking at me like tha-" she then neatly placed her face in her hand and rolled to her other side. "Sorry..." The swordsman looked at the back of her head for a moment before closing his eyes, wonder why she kept staring at him in random increments of the day. It was beyond him and he didn't feel like figuring it out at the moment so he just closed his eyes, placed his hands behind his head and drifted off to sleep. Zelda,still the one to be awake, rolled over slightly to check on him. "As silent sleeping as he is awake, huh?" she laughed to herself. Now lying similar to him, she smiled, shrugging and closing her eyes. "Maybe one day I'll hear you talk...until then..." and with that, she drifted off to sleep.
.-+Z.e.L.d.A+-.
The next morning, the warrior awoke at dawn, like usual for his schedule. What was unusual was the princess lying halfway across his chest. He clenched his eyes shut for a moment before looking again. Yup...she was definitely there. He rubbed his face and then his neck before making a decision to wake her up. He shook her lightly at first, seeing as she had no real reaction to this, he shook a bit harder. The princess groaned before opening her eyes groggily. She found herself looking up at him idly before her eyes widened and she sat up, blush evident on her face.
"S-sorry! I really am!" she hurriedly apologized. He sat up, extremely confused now. He placed a hand on her head, which made her stop talking. She shrunk back, shutting her eyes, expecting him to do something but seeing as he hadn't, she just looked up at him. Noting that she'd finally calmed down, he tilted his head at her and let out a little breath. Taking that as a signal to go on, she sighed, tossing her ponytail behind her and putting her hands in her lap. "It's drafty in here and I was cold so I probably got closer to you because...you're...warm..." she didn't know why she'd blushed in the middle of that. It was just a fact like all the other facts she'd learned about various topics. It could be the fact that she was talking to him about him but she doubted that. Maybe it was the fact he'd started smiling in the middle of the sentence...yup...that had to be it. Without even trying to, he was teasing her again. She cleared her throat, standing up and grabbing her clothes off the table. "W-well! Let's get dressed!" He nodded, standing up and grabbing his undershirt, slipping it on fluently, just as quickly adding the thin armor and his standard green tunic. Noticing the bandage from the day before, he rolled his pant leg down, slightly frowning at the ripped area. Catching the expression, Zelda smiled. "I can patch that up for you." He looked to her a bit questionably before she pulled out a little travel sewing kit. "See? I'll...need you to...take those off though..." she cursed herself in her head. Why in Hyrule did she keep blushing? He shrugged and complied, sitting down and removing his slacks.
Like the rest of him, he was skinny but muscular, a detail she paid attention as he slid the pant legs down, revealing semi-tanned legs. She wondered how that was possible since he seemed the type never to remove his pants, he kept them the same skin tone. Blowing that thought to the back of her mind, she took the cloth from him and got to work. Making light work of it, she handed them back after snapping the string. He looked them over, approval on his face of the home-done tailorship. He turned around and slipped them on, fastening the front in a quick motion. As he slid on his boots, he turned and looked at her, not having even been a long glance before he began to stare at her blankly. She blinked as he tugged at his tunic as if he were showing it to her. She then laughed weakly, realizing what it meant.
"I'd be glad to change if you would so kindly turn your gaze..."
.-+Z.e.L.d.A+-.
They walked out of the room with Zelda yawning ever so slightly, Link nonchalantly by her side. Right as they were traversing through the levels, they were stopped by Darunia.
"What is this? You leave before I give you the location to the temple?"
"No." she cut in quickly, "We're just going to check something out but depending on what it is, we might be out for a couple days really..."
"Okay then, I see. I was you safe voyage!" he saluted. Turning away from the man, she stared at him oddly.
"He acts like we're taking a boat trip..." she grumbled under her breath. Turning away from the rock king himself, Link stifled a small laugh while walking towards the room with the nostalgic music playing fluidly from it. Right as the princess looked back to check on him, he'd gained a blank face, masking whatever he was feeling at the moment. She stood in front of him, causing him to promptly stop in place, yet still he didn't look at her. She snapped her fingers at him, catching him off guard and he looked at her confused. A small frown was then visible across her face. "I knew it...you're sad again..." He blinked, surprised she could tell after only one day in his company...then he remembered that she did keep staring at him... She poked the space right between his eyes and held her finger there. "You don't have to act like you're not sad. You might be an 'all silent warrior for hire' but you're a normal hylian too. Live a little." He continued to look at her confused for a moment before a smile crossed his face. 'Live a little, huh?' He took down her hand before placing his other on her head, as well as putting his forehead against hers. She looked up at him curiously, not able to stop the small set of blush crossing her cheek. After ruffling her hair a bit, he stepped away and walked through the corridor towards the melody of the forest.
Upon getting outside, Link stopped suddenly, causing Zelda to wonder why. Peering past him she saw nothing less than...a giant owl?
"Hey, over here! Hoo hoo!" He exclaimed, head tilting to ridiculous lengths from left the right. '...a giant talking owl?...why?'the princess questioned in her head. Then again, that's closer to the normal compared to the legend of this place where lost kids turn into Skull Kids and a hidden village of children that never age. Maybe these were true after all... "Link...good to see you again! Are you looking for the source to the tune? Hoot hoot... I, Kaepora Gaebora, can tell you what to do..." Figuring he's one to live in the forest and that owls are said to be the wisest of creatures, she stepped forward.
"What do you wish to tell us?"
"If you are courageous, you will make it through the forest just fine... Just follow your ears and listen to the sounds coming from the forest! Hoot hoot!" and with that, the giant bird flew off into the distance. Link scoffed. Truthfully, he hated that bird. It talked to much and gave you obvious answers. Zelda, just figuring that as well, blinked for a moment.
"...again?" he looked to her, wondering what she was talking about. "he said 'Link, good to see you again'. You been here talking to birds recently?" She asked both playful and serious. He smirked at her before shaking his head then began listening in for the music. Seeing as it was coming from the left, he walked through that tunnel. Reaching the new room of forestry, again it came from the left, then straight, again left, then right. Zelda's eyes widened upon the new scene. She could clearly sense magic from the area, that much was certain and the area was much bigger than the others. She didn't have much time to think though because a screeching howl came from seemingly nowhere until the Wolfos appeared from hiding in the shrubbery. Link jumped in front of Zelda instantly, blocking off the jaws of the snarling beast. He smashed it back, blocking a claw swing with his sword before striking at the creature, who took the defensive and ran around Link in a circle. It was then that she noted something...
Link on the other hand, was not only planning to slay the beast but also making sure it didn't get near the princess watched the dog like creature pace around him, ready to strike blow for blow...that is until the wolf was shot in the back a couple times with a well aimed slingshot. Both turned: one in rage and the other in disbelief.
"Hit the back!"she suddenly screamed as the beast began charging for her. She fell back, instantly firing a few shot at it's head to stall it. All but suddenly, Link appeared slightly above the creature and using gravity plus his strength, the gave the Wolfos a fatal blow right down the back. It twitched ever so slightly before falling limp to the ground. They both sighed. They wouldn't get through here without a fight. A gate lowered, allowing them to the rest of the meadow. Link took off ahead, just letting his instincts carry him, all she had to do was follow. Of course, as expected, she had not soon also run after him.
Running through the grass, he darted right, skidding to a halt at the corner and throwing his shield up. She looked curiously at what bounced off it. A deku nut? All but suddenly, he charged into the corridor and was met by a squeak then it was silent again. She stood there, not sure if she should follow until she saw her look around the corner, wondering what exactly she was doing. She, again ran after him. Going into the new hall of sorts, they were met with more deku nuts as again, Link bounced them off and slayed the Deku Scrub. The walked around the next few corners with seemingly no problems before noting a dead end. He walked through the grassy path to see another dead end to the right and a small pool to the left. He shrugged, heading left and he dropped down into the water. He threw up his shield, barely reflecting a deku nut. Just as he was climbing out, it was taken care of by another shot of the slingshot. She stood there smiling, spinning the little weapon on her finger and he just shook his head a smiled. She slid down into the water just to want to be out of it again.
"It's freezing!" she huffed, quickly escaping to the other side. He stifled a laugh, climbing out right after her. they walked to a place where you could go forward through a long tunnel or back and up a ladder. Zelda climbed up the ladder causing him to raise a brow at her. "I'm pretty sure we can see more up there than down here..." She climbed to the top and stood there, leaning back while using her hand as a visor to see if it would increase her view. He sat at the edge after climbing up after her. "I think I see something..." she teetered back a little too far, causing her to fall towards a hole neither knew was there. Her scream jolted him and he quickly tried to grab her hand but without having enough support, sent them both barrelling in...
.-+Z.e.L.d.A+-.
Zelda sat up groggily, well at least tried to. What stopped her? The swordsman who was lying on top of her of course. Blushing a bit while noting that his head was at her chest, she tried to ignore to focus on a more important task at hand. She checked her head to see if she had any critical damage. Nope. A small bump at the most. Now for him...well he landed on top of her so she doubted anything was seriously wrong but it's always best to check just for measures. She removed his cap and was about to place it down until she realized they were sitting in water so instead she shrugged and placed it down anyways. She sifted throw his hair, slightly amused that it looked a bit brown now that it was wet. 'Good...' she sighed mentally. No head injuries. She placed her hands on his back to check there. Nope, nothing new. She couldn't reach his legs but she figured they were no more injured than they were before. A silence cutting breath was heard as Links eyes fluttered open. He leaned up, looking at her almost sleepily. She was stuck to gaze at him, the glow in where ever they were lit up his face to make him look almost godly. He touched her face lightly, almost a caress if he hadn't caught himself. He promptly snapped himself out of it and cleared his throat, catching her attention even more so. Standing, he looked around, turned away from her. Once he paid attention to their surroundings, a small smile crossed his face.
"What is it?" Instead of answering her, he simply looked up as a flock of pink fairies spun down around him, coming to her side as well. They urged her to her feet, leading them both to the far end of the room. That was when Zelda noticed little inscriptions on the wall. "Let's see here... 'The song of Royalty played here brings the ancient on to life.' Wonder who that is..." Link shrugged, watching the princess pull out the ocarina. She played the lullaby just as she had always remembered it. Soon however the small room echoed with shrill outrageous laughter. Eyes widened as a woman (larger than normal) floated down from the ceiling, appearing out of nothing more than sparkles.
"Hello there! Swordsman of Silence, Princess of Hyrule..." she smiled sweetly, rouge lipstick curling up befittingly.
"H...How did you know?" Zelda asked back, truly baffled by this. No one had recognized her with her introducing herself to this point so she was wondering how some lady in a hole knew who she was.
"I am one of the great and all knowing fairies! I shall teach you a spell to help you along your way, young lady..."
"...why me?"
"Because you are wishing to help out this one, no?" she asked, forwarding her hand towards Link. "I shall teach you the ways of the ever burning flames. The casting of Din's Fire. Step forward dear..." not being one to be disobedient, she stepped ahead of the other hylian. The great fairy leaned down and kissed her forehead. Unknown to Link was all of the knowledge of the spell flowing into Zelda's head at a light speed. The princess stumbled backwards just to be supported by a strong arm. A nod of a thank you was sent his was as the fairy smiled on. "If your travels every make you weary, just come back here and the fairies will take care of you." The small cavern was again filled with the laughter at her entrance and then she was gone. Zelda tried taking a step on her own but she only succeeded on making herself look as if she were a drunkard. Link sighed, crouching down as she stepped his way. She tumbled unto his back messily, her mind still trying the cope with the knowledge forced into her, not allowing her to focus on anything else. He stood up, adjusted her, and just as he was about to leave, a few fairies floated his hat up to him. He let them place it on his head then walked toward the light...
.-+Z.e.L.d.A+-.
After landing outside at the place before they fell, Link climbed down the ladder one handed, trying to jostle her as little as possible. He walked up the stairs just to be met with a couple bushes he knew to be Scrubs in hiding. He huffed as one popped out, just about to shoot a deku nut at them but was stopped dead in it's tracks but a seed of the same kind. Link looked over his shoulder, checking to see just what exactly did she think she was doing.
"What?" she slightly panted but was smiling nonetheless. "You walk and block and I'll shoot. Simple enough. Least I can do for you carrying me right now, right?" He looked at her for a moment more before giving a curt nod, turning back forward and walking towards the next enemy. The bush monster, of course as expected, shot a deku nut at them, having it reflected back followed by a seed shot and it was over. Link traversed the last flight of stairs, knowing what he had been avoiding for the longest time was there waiting for him.
A girl clad in green, much like himself, sat atop a stump with her eyes closed, playing her song almost dutifully to the point that she hadn't noticed the arrival of her guests. He stood in the middle of the small clearing, waiting for the child to look up at him. He refused to turn her way, fear that his eyes might show off too much as Zelda had noticed before. He didn't even have to be looking in her direction to tell that she'd finally noticed them. The music from her ocarina came to a lowering halt, as if the air was stuck inside her and she couldn't blow into the instrument anymore. She stood, taking a couple steps towards the man.
"...Link?" She asked, her voice slightly cracking with the name. He continued to look away although she could tell that he clearly reacted to the name, seeing as he slightly bit his bottom lip. "Link...is that...really you?" his eyes lowered as he massaged his lip with his teeth a bit quicker. "...look at me...please?" He closed his eyes, sighing. Seems like she hadn't forgotten. He never liked when she used that word. 'Please' often got him into a lot of things...but she only ever said it when she really wanted something. He opened his eyes, looking away for a moment more before looking at her as she requested. She felt tears sting her eyes, unwilling to stop them. She didn't know if they were there from the sadness of him missing so long or happiness that he was back, but at the moment, she didn't care. "Oh! It is you!" she slightly gripped the chest of the sweater she was wearing. "Link...I waited here song long for you..." Link knelt down, placing Zelda behind him knowing full well what would happen. As he then met her height level, the little kokiri girl embraced him as tightly as she could, he, returning the hug after a moment. She hic'ed and sobbed, extremely happy to see him again. Opened her eyes, she blinked, taking into account the third person in the meadow. Upon being stared at, Zelda smiled and waved her fingers meekly.
"...hi...?"
"Oh my! I'm sorry!" Saria quickly stumbled over her words, neatly blushing just as well nearly stumbling away from Link. "I didn't notice you there...he's rather tall, isn't he?" she more stated than asked the other female while pointing to him. Laughing it off, Zelda switched to sitting on her knees.
"No, no it's perfectly fine! Really. And it's not like he was gonna tell you I was here anyways..."
"Ah, yes. But-ahem- my name is Saria. Saria the Kokiri" she announced, smiling at the hylian teen girl and holding out her hand.
"Saria? Well, hello, I'm Zelda." she replied, shaking her green haired girl stopped shaking hands and stood there in slight shock.
"Wait...Zelda? The Zelda? Princess of the mainland?"
"Ah...yes..." she chuckled weakly, scratching her cheek in slight embarrassment. How badly was she known if the Kokori kids knew about her?
"This is fantastic! You have to come with me!" she grabbed the princess's hands, eyes lit up with excitement that shone clearly through her eyes. A semi-interested expression was now across the older girl's face.
"Where would we be going?"
"The Kokiri Woods of course! I'm pretty sure Link should know how to get there still." she looked back at the man, who only gave her a little nod.
"...still?"
"Yes! He used to live there after all! He stayed right next door to me." she smiled, placing her hands behind her back. Before the princess could ask anymore, she was selectively cut off. "Shall we go now?"
"Umm SURE!" Saria looked back at the two, wondering why the girl had screamed. Seeing Link holding Zelda, the princess seemingly fanning the air in front of her, left her quite puzzled. "Sorry, he scared me..."
"Why aren't you walking? Are you hurt?"
"Nah, just dizzy..."
"...dizzy?"
"Yeah...quite the story..."
"Ah...that's okay..." she giggled. "Let's go!" And with that, the little green girl went running off to the stairwell, Link not far at all behind her. They ran through the now empty tunnel as fast as they could, Saria giggling with her arms held out beside her. They then came to the ladder as before, Saria climbing it fluently, Link climbing one handed. As they stood at the top, they now understood what they were to do. Running around the hole to the fairy pond, they hopped over the space in between, effectively landing on another wall. They continued this until they were at the gate, Link scoring higher distance due to stronger and longer legs. She laughed, noticing the small smile on his face, knowing that he'd win but this was fun...fun she hadn't had in the longest time... They ran into the Lost Woods now navigating their last path backwards. Left, right, straight, right, left, up to that point, Zelda ha no clue because the Goron City entrance was right there. She looked up at him, wondering if he did in fact still know the way. Considering that he hadn't stopped running, he must've. He ran right then hooked a left coming out into a little civilization. Zelda looked around, completely new to this place as Link was not. He only looked around do to nostalgia, immediately pinpointing out his old house as well as recognizing the old faces he once knew. "Hey, Link...want me to go down first?" looking to her slowly he nodded, watching the girl run down the hill, him walking down behind her slowly.
"...Link?" Zelda then asked. He looked down at her then back up to the down slope they were on. "Just wondering how long it's been since you last talked to anyone...she seems used to you not talking..." he gave her a small nod. "Have you ever talked to anyone after that?" he gave another little nod while reaching the small road to the middle of the village. Saria seemed to be gathering everyone up in the same area from what they could see, but she continued to ask him questions."Who was it that you talked to?" he shrugged, not remembering since he didn't say much to the person in the first place. "Was it a man or a woman? Or do you remember?" he reflected on it before nodding. "It was a man?" he shook his head. "Woman?" he nodded before sighing. She giggled. "I take it something bad happened?" he nodded, a slight frown coming to his features, causing her to giggle. "Well, I'll leave that alone then." And with that, Link placed her down, taking the final steps towards the group of Kokiris.
"Hey guys! Look who it is. A friend that's been gone a long time." Saria annouced, hoping that they did in fact recognize who it was. The twins were the first to speak up, each taking a few steps closer to see him better.
"Is that really him?" The brown haired girl asked, staring up at him expectantly.
"Link?" The blond now stepped, squinting slightly. The hylian male sort of winced at that causing her to smile. "It totally is him! He always hated that!" she laughed slightly. The Know-It-All brothers chose their turn to make sure of his identity.
"Well he does look alike..." the one with long bangs over his eyes mumbled, and to this day Link still couldn't tell how he could see through that mop of hair.
"Oh yeah right, like you can see him right...besides. Even if he looks the same and acts the same, it ain't gotta be him..." A voice spoke up from behind. Saria puffed her cheeks out in a slight annoyance.
"Mido! Honestly! You still can't be nice after seven years?"
"I won't believe it's him till he can past a test I give him..." he grumbled, folding his arms and glaring at the accused impostor. Link rolled his eyes, having no choice but to agree to this unneeded trial. He placed his hands slack to the side, waiting on this apparent 'test'. "Question one: Where is the Deku Tree?" Link pointed to a tunnel right off the side of the twins house. "Okay...two: Where did you live?" Link rolled his eyes again and pointed at the tree-house on a downhill slope that was almost dead center of the little village. "Right. Three: Who was your best friend? With whom you had NO relationship status with WHATso-"
"MIDO!" Saria quickly yelled, starling him into stopping his sentence.
"...so who was it?" he instead changed it too, seeing as he was actually starting to make the green haired girl mad for some reason... He simply lifted his hand toward Saria, looking at the boy blankly. "Right...right... Four: Whose house is that?" He asked, pointing off to a little building made from a rather large stump of a tree across the stream. Link simply shook his head. "Are you refusing to answer?"
"Mido!" The blonde huffed. "He's clearly saying it's not a house. We all know that's the store!"
"Yeah! Stop giving trick questions!" the brunette twin added in. Mido himself heaved a sigh, folding his arms even more if possible while grumbling something under his breath.
"Fine! Fine! Last question... Who is 'fairy-less'?" he smirked, placing his arms behind his head. Link, out of nothing but pure natural reaction, glared at him. "Oh yeah, it's him alright. I can't ever forget that look..." And with that everybody cheered. Link, dropping the angry look, actually slightly smiled, a bit relieved. "Oh yeah, by the way, who is that?" he then asked, looking at the teen behind Link. Zelda, one to be silent when in unfamiliar situations, simply blinked sheepishly, feeling similar stares as the one she got from Saria earlier on that day times five.
"Ooh, is she a girlfriend?" the brunette girl asked, finger to her chin.
"Competition..." the blond slyly mumbled, nudging Saria with her elbow, which in turn caused the nudged girl to blush.
"No, no, this..." she said, walking next to the taller girl, "This is Princess Zelda. Link has to take care of her for a while..." it was nothing less than dead silence as they all stared at her, nothing but the music of the waterfall and tinkling of fairies were heard until the two kokiri twins burst out in joy.
"Awesome! Seriously?" The brown haired girl exclaimed, now standing next to the hylians.
"We should totally have a sleepover! You should stay the night here!" her sister more commanded than ordered, standing to the other side of the princess.
"Yeah! Yeah! Totally! It's like already past mid-day!" The first sister agreed. Zelda, being swept away by the sudden cheeriness and invitation, didn't really know what to do. Looking to Link, she saw...a basic face-palm. Apparently he saw this coming...
"Uh...Link?" she asked hesitantly. He refused to remove his hand but put his other to the side, a form of saying 'Go ahead...' seeing as those two little girls almost always got their way. They bounced up and down in joy before grabbing one of her arms each and pulling her away.
"We live over here!"
"Come on!" they both giggled. The blond then hooked her arm with Saria's. "You're comin' too! Girl's sleepover!" she winked. Saria sighed, joining Zelda in their round of prisoners as they headed towards the edge of the clearing. Zelda looked back one last time, noting that Link was climbing a ladder to the place that he'd pointed out to be his old house earlier on. She shrugged, figuring that it'd be normal to want to check that out and continued into the house, wondering what exactly was in store for her...
A/N: OMG FINALLY! THE CHAPTER ENDS! *faints* lol I made an outline for this story one day when I was bored right before writing this chapter just to see how it would effect my writing...turns out...it made me write too damned much =w= the concept for this chapter was simple...clarifying ON that concept leads to a freaking long chapter (not to mention I had to move the last bit of planned context over into the NEXT chapter due to it being so long...) XDD hope it wasn't a pain to read. ^^; Or is it better that it was this long? I dunno lol leave me some reviews telling me the answer...I might just do that for more of my stories to see if it helps. Also lol I know that is NOT where or how you get Din's Fire...you get that from near the market place (lol) but I had to get it to match up with the story, plus I want her to fight (when she does) sort of like in SSB Melee and Brawl. Oh, and the reason I went out of order for this chapter, I checked my poll n 1 out of 2 ppl (so low a number...) said they wanted to see more of MSH so here you go ^^ If you want to see more, go leave me votes, kay? Ironically enogh, the other story they wanted also has Link and Zelda in it with totally different personalities (Don't Bring Books to the Beach) although they're not the main, they're close to it. lol I noticed I'm rambling a bit but I feel it's important XD With this last thought in mind (if you chose to read this) I'll leave you with is basically: Tell me how I'm doin. If it's good or not. If you like it. If I have too many errors (damn wordpad ;m; no spell check...) edit: I just learned how to use 's spellcheck. It's a bit awkward but it gets the job done...) and anything else ya feel the need to point out ^^ See ya later readers!
~Ruru out