Hyrule's Light

Goron City

Tadaa! Chapter Thirteen done and done!

"No!" Link shouted, sitting up with a start. The pain was gone. The voice was gone. The Guardians were gone. Link looked around wildly, spotting Zelda rushing towards him. Had she been awake this whole time? Link simply stared at her, panting hard.

"Link! What happened?" She exclaimed, helping him onto his feet as he took a deep breath and let it out, trembling slightly. "Was it another nightmare? Like the ones you told me about?"

Link didn't want to say. So, he simply nodded, clenching his hands into fists to keep them from shaking. Zelda's face flooded with concern, and she took his hands into her own.

"Do you... want to talk about it?" Zelda asked after a moment, keeping her voice quiet.

Link shook his head, his heart rate slowing down. "Why were... you awake?" He asked hesitantly.

"I couldn't sleep." She replied simply.

Looking upwards into the sky, Link saw the moon high above them, illuminating the area around them in a dim, milky white. He sighed and relaxed just a bit more, his hands falling to his side and out of Zelda's.

"I heard the voice again." Link finally said after another drawn-out moment of silence, catching Zelda's attention immediately. "But it wasn't until after I experienced another sort of... memory. I had deflected a Guardian's blast with a pot lid before the Calamity woke, so it was just a... Guardian gone berserk."

Zelda listened intently, looking out into the night, one hand clasped onto her other arm. "I... think I remember that. It was before we were traveling together-before you were assigned as my personal knight."

Link sighed and nodded, walking over to a cliff side and sitting down, leaning against it. Zelda followed, sitting down next to him. "But then it changed. I was at the Castle still, but I think it was after the Calamity attacked. It was horrible, Zelda. Fire and destruction was everywhere, and I could do nothing to stop it."

As Link continued to talk, Zelda rested her head on his shoulder, her hand that held her up touching his. Link glanced down at the contact, allowing himself a small smile, feeling instantly comforted. "But, I think it was just a nightmare." He said in a low tone, recalling how real the dream itself had seemed. But it could only be a dream. He had been asleep, and now he wasn't. Just a dream. A bad one.

"Well, I guess we can spend the night together then," Zelda said with a sort of light hum in her voice, showing how comfortable and relaxed she was, even on the hard rock.

Link nodded again. "Sure, unless you fall asleep on me." He said with another smile, and Zelda laughed lightly beside him.

"We'll see which one of us falls asleep first, then." She challenged with a dreary tone, already suggesting that she was beginning to doze off.

"We'll see." Link repeated, leaning his head back against the rock.

It was Zelda.

Morning came sooner than Link expected, causing him to slowly open up his eyes. It took him a moment to realize that he and Zelda were still in the same position from before, with her head on his shoulder and his head on her head. Zelda woke up when he stirred, opening her eyes and blinking away the early dawn. She realized the position they were in as well, scrambling away from Link with a bright red face. Even as Link moved away as well, he could feel his own face heat up.

Zelda quickly got to her feet, brushing herself off in a hurried and flustered manner. Link got to his feet as well, although he simply cleared his throat awkwardly and picked up the rusted sword that he had set aside before falling asleep, slipping it back through the leather strap on his waist.