Chapter 3

Link woke up in a daze. He looked over to his left and saw Rauru had left somewhere. Link then got out of bed and went out the door. He slowly walked down the oddly quite hallway. He looked to his left and saw every five feet there was a vase full of roses. He looked to his right and he saw a vase full of carnations. Made his way to the stairs that was made of flimsy wood. Every time he stepped on a step it would make squeaky noise like if it were about to break. He made it to the first floor and went outside to the fresh air.

He looked around for a while and saw a few kids walking around, they were about three or four years younger than him. He went over to them and asked whom they were,
“Who are you guys?” then the kids looked up at him, and then Link gave them a little half smile.
“He’s Rayu, he’s Leon, and I’m Brolio,” said the oldest child,
“Oh,” said Link as he looked at what they looked like. Rayu (who was twelve years old) had light blue eyes and dark brown hair. He wore a brown shirt, and black pants. Leon (who was twelve also) had dark brown eyes and black hair. He wore a light blue shirt and white pants. Brolio (who was thirteen) had hazel eyes and very dark blue hair. He wore a jet black shirt and blue pants.
“I’m Link. You wouldn’t happen to know where I could get something to eat around here,”
“Yeah, right over there,” said Brolik pointing to a small building with the words ‘Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner’ written over the door, then under it said 'Diner'.


Link walked into the building and saw that everybody was already eating breakfast. Link went over to the counter and ordered some food. Link saw Ruto was eating by herself so he went to her table and sat in front of her.
“So… Ruto… you’ve been quiet the whole trip over here. Is something bothering you?” said Link,
“I don’t really feel like talking… to you,” said Ruto with the slight bit of anger in her voice,
“What do you mean?” asked Link,
“You know very well what I mean,” said Ruto starting to slightly raise her voice. Link starting to get confused,
“I saw you and Zelda holding hands,” said Ruto with a calmer voice,
“I still don’t know why you’re so mad?” said the very confused Hylian,
“You promised to marry me,” said Ruto. At that same time Link suddenly remembered what she was talking about, ‘I guess you can call it, the Zoran engagement ring’ thought Link.
“I told you what giving you the sapphire meant and you took it without any second thought,” she said as she started to sob,
“I’m sorry, but I was only ten. I lived with the Kokiri my whole life and they didn’t know what marriage was either. I’m sorry,” said Link, looking at the crying Zora in front of him. Link then looked around and saw everyone in the room was looking at him. Ruto then stood up and ran out of the building and link went and ran after her.

Ruto rushed into her room with tears in her face. Ruto then laid down on her bed and started to sob. Link then knocked on her door and said,
“Ruto! We need to talk about this,” said the concerned Hylian,
“We don’t need to talk about anything!” screamed Ruto,
“Please Ruto,” he said,
“Just go away,” she said sobbingly, Link then turned around and punched the wall as hard as he could and made a hole, then left.


Link was sitting in the stables next to the cows and horses thinking of what to do, when Malon walked in.
“Link, what happened back in the diner?” she said, but Link didn’t answer,
“Link!” she said again,
“Huh,” he said as he looked at Malon,
“Oh, it’s you,” he said,
“What happened back there? I just walked in to see how you all were doing and out of nowhere I heard yelling and you and Ruto ran off?”
“It’s a long story, if you have the time I can tell you it?”
“I have time. I don’t do my chores for another hour or so,” she said. So Link filled her in on everything about, the sapphire, and the marriage, everything.
“Wow, it sounds to me that you have a lot of fixing up to do,” she said,
“Yeah, I know,” he said,
“Well, tell me when you’ve got it all figured out,” she said,
“What!” he protested, thinking that she might give him some advice,”
“Just kidding. Look, she just needs some time alone, that’s all, and this will all blow over before you know it,”
“Are you sure?”
“Positive,”
“(sigh) Well…alright,” said Link as he got up and left with Malon.


Zelda was sitting at a table talking with her caretaker when the big scene between Link and Ruto just happened.
“What just happened?” said Zelda confusedly,
“I think I know what happened,” said Impa,
“I remember once when I was delivering a message to the Zoras, I stopped and noticed a Zora who held the spiritual stone in her hands. My guess is that it was Ruto’s mother. I asked her what it was she was holding and she told me it was the Zora’s Sapphire, but she also told me that it is much more than that. To the Zoras it also signified marriage,” then Zelda realized what had just happened right now between Link and Ruto.
“Oh my, I can’t imagine how hurt she must feel,” said Zelda,
“Well it’ll be best if we leave her alone for a while,” said Impa,


Link walked in the diner with a frown on his face. Everyone saw him come in and stared at him for a while then they resumed their privies conversations. Zelda then walked over to Link and sat next to him.
“Link,” she said, Link didn’t hear her,
“Link!” she said louder,
“Huh,” he said,
“Oh, you’re probably wondering what happened earlier,”
“No, Impa told what giving you the Zora Sapphire meant to Ruto,”
“Oh… what do you think I should do?” he asked her,
“Just give her some time, she probably just wants some time alone,”
“That’s what Malon said. I just feel like I should do something to help her feel better,”
“Sometimes you just need to let things resolve on their own,” said Zelda. Link then gave Zelda a smile, and she smiled back.

At that exact moment the doors blew open and a Dark Elf came in. The elf came in at a towering seven feet tall. He wore black pants a white shirt and a black trench coat. He looked around with his scarlet red eyes and saw a few certain elves. “You kids over there,” he said. Link looked over and saw that he was pointing at Brolio and his friends. “You kids are coming with me,” he said ignoring everybody else in the room,
“You stay away from them!” exclaimed Link pulling out his sword,
“I have no business with you, High Elf. I’m only here for the Wood Elves,” said the towering Dark Elf who was about ¾ of a foot taller that Link,
“You’re not taking anyone from here,” said Darunia who walked in front of Link,
“Yeah exactly,” said Nabooru also walking in front of Link, but the man didn’t even seemed fazed about the uprising of the Goron and Gerudo. He just raised his hand and it started to glow. Everybody just stared confusedly at it. Then a giant wave of energy shot out and everybody was thrown backwards into the wall. He then walked over to Brolik and his friends and said,
“Brolik… you and you’re friends are coming with me,”
“No way Droz, I’m staying here,” said Brolio,
“I was given specific orders to take you to Queen Rova unharmed,” he said
“But I don’t think she’ll mind if you were knocked unconscious,” he said as he raised his to shoot another energy blast, but then out of nowhere Darunia tackled Droz from his side. “Bastard,” swore Droz under his breath as he went crashing through the wall. Link then came and rushed to the younger children.
“It’s ok, I’ll get you out of here,” said the Hero of Time,
“What about the brown guy,” said Rayu,
“Darunia can handle himself,” said Link confidently,
“WATCH OUT!” screamed Leon as Darunia came flying right in front of them almost hitting Link,
“We have to get out of here now,” said Brolik,
“Ok,” said Link pulling out a piece of paper and writing something down.
“Impa, Nabooru, Rauru, come over here,” said Link,
“Take each kid and get out of here. For some reason this guy is after them and we need to keep them safe. I think Darunia and I can take this guy,” said Link.