A single ray of light shined through the window as Link began to wake up. There was a dull pain in his arm, but other than that the Hero felt perfect. He stared for a few minutes trying to picture together what had happened when he remembered his encounter with the bokoblins and the injury he had sustained to his arm.

He inhaled a sharp breath, peeled back the bandage, assessed the damage to his arm, and immediately realised that it was somehow nowhere near as bad as it had been the night before. What happened?

Puzzled, Link began to get up, reaching out for his tunic which hung from his bedpost. He pulled it on, careful not to jostle his arm, and stepped outside the door.

It was a peaceful morning, birds were singing, the waterfall was shimmering in the sunlight, cuccos were clucking and horses were neighing.

He walked outside, momentarily pausing to stand in the sun, and saw two familiar faces at the fire.

"You feelin' better then Link? Gave us a right scare, should have half expected it though, it wouldn't be the first time you've ended up here, bleedin' to death."

Link raised his eyebrow at the elderly man. "You exaggerate, it's only been once or twice, Kobuh."

Little did Link know, Zelda was listening in on every word being said. She was standing behind her horse, Link had walked straight past her.

So many questions ran through the princess's head. Since when could he speak? Why does he not speak to me? When else has he been injured this bad? Wait, why do I care?

"Well I know for a fact that you were injured here at least once before I started working here, and three time since, so no. I'd say it has been a lot more than what you claim, my friend" The younger man chuckled at the faux-glare the Hero gave the other.

"Been telling stories Kobuh? Hope you didn't mention the reasons for that first time, I- ah... don't need that rumour going round again."

Kobuh laughed loudly. "That occasion certainly adds to the list of weird things I've seen, dare I say it's at the top."

This earned a chuckle from the knight.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to ask, how come my arm is healed already? I'm no doctor but it certainly shouldn't be looking this healed in so little time."

The two men side-eyed each other. The younger man, Torom, stared at Link with a concerned look on his face.

"Well.. you see... you've been sleepin' for about four days straight, and the times you did wake up, it was only for a couple of minutes, we didn't think you'd remember that though. Foshia-"

Link's eyes widened. "Foshia? She's here?"

"Yeah, she was the one who healed you."

"Foshia...where is she?"

Torom grinned, "She's tending to the Cuccos last I saw. Some poor traveler crept up on them in the night to steal their eggs, and they weren't very happy to say the least. Nearly pecked his eyes out."

Collectively they winced, they had each seen it happen before, and knew that cuccos were not to be messed with.

"Well, I'll see you two later then,"

He stood up and they waved their goodbyes, Link made his way towards the cucco pen, Zelda secretly watching him still.

She was convinced more than ever that this was not the same Link that she knew, her Link was silent, emotionless and still, however this version was talkative, happy and laid back. In fact, she realised he had practically forgotten she was there. Wait. 'Her Link'? Absolutely not.

How dare he, She thought grumpily.

The Princess had learnt that this 'Foshia' they spoke of was the one shouting out orders from the night of Link's injury. She healed him, and internally she was grateful for the woman, though there was something that she didn't quite like about the kind lady, but couldn't fathom what.

Link immediately saw her, surrounded by cuccos and hay. Her hair was a chestnut brown, curly at the ends. He tapped her shoulder twice and she jumped, turning around, seeing Link laugh lightly.

"Oh, Link, you scared me there, how are you? How's your arm? I-"

She was cut off when the full force of Link's body fell onto her, his arms wrapping themselves around her, his head on her shoulder.

Zelda felt a spark of jealousy, which she quickly pushed down with disgust.

"I've missed you so much! Last I heard you were engaged to a knight from Akkala? What happened?" He pulled away.

"Sent out with a group to go scout Gerudo Highlands, never came back, the rest of his group said he went rogue, but others are saying otherwise, nobody really knows what happened,"

Link's eyes widened with shock. "I'm so sorry, I didn't-" she shook her head at him.

"It- it was a long time a go now and you couldn't have known. Now anyways, how is your arm doing? I did my best with it, though this isn't the first time I've had to do something like this for you," she narrowed her eyes.

"Little sore but far better than what it was, thank you Foshia. Well, I must get back to...the
Princess... wait!"

He started panicking but the lady just laughed and squeezed his good arm lightly. 

"She's still here, with the horses I think. You might wanna go check up on her."

Link looked around and saw where the horses were kept and headed straight to it.

Zelda pretended to have not notice him until he was standing in front of her.

"Sir Link, I trust your arm is healed?" She waited for a verbal reply but knew deep down she wouldn't get one.

He nodded once, bowing as he did so.

"Very good. We leave at sunrise for Hateno Village."