We got into the ranch and Link smiled.

"So what do we do now?" I asked.

"Heheheheheh! Just follow me! Do what I do!"

Link threw his head back and walked forward. I shook my head, smiling and followed Link. So Link walked further into the ranch walking like a dork. I, however, did no such thing. We moved to the center of the ranch and saw a teenage girl in the center of the coral.

"Hey, Malon!" Link yelled to the girl.

Malon looked up and smiled.

"What?" she asked, looking up from tending to a black horse.

"I need to borrow a horse."

"Why? You have your ownnnn... WHAT DID YOU DO WITH EPONA?!" she screamed.

Link screamed and started to run around the ranch, screaming his head off.

During all the confusion, the black horse came up to me and started to push me into the fence.

"Uh, please go... awaaaaaaaaaay!" I yelled.

The horse stopped running into me and stopped right in front of me.

"I think he likes you. His name is Shadow."

"Where's Link?" I asked the farm girl.

"Oh," Malon giggled, "he's having fun with the tree!"

I looked to the tree in the corner. There was Link. Tied to the tree.

"Malon, Epona's fine."

"Really? Okay then!"

She trotted over to the tied Hylian and undid the ropes that bound him.

"Sheesh...Thank you very much, Sheik."

"Eh, no problem." Then a thought struck me, "Where's Rekhyt?" I asked the blonde teen.

The Hylian grinned and replied with, "I shut him in a cookie container!"

My mouth dropped open and I started to laugh.

"Why...did...y-you...shut him...in...a container?" I got out between laughs.

"He was getting annoying so I finally decided to do something about it."

"That's mean."

Malon threw Link a disapproving look.

"So can we use a horse?" asked Link.

"Sure. Tiiiiiiiime foooooooooor Horse Matching!"

Link and I looked at each other.

'This girl is weird.' I thought.

The next thing I knew, Malon had latched onto my arm. She drug me over to a line of horses. The black one, Shadow, trotted to the end of the line.

"Pick on and take a test ride."

"W-What? Uhhh...okay." I looked at Link who was smirking, "Ahh shut it Link!"

I tried the first one. I got on and we made the first jump. The next jump didn't go over so well. Right before the jump, the horse stopped. Stopped.

"Ahh! You damn horse! I'm gonna beat the living hell outta you!"

I looked at my friends. Link and Malon were looking at me like I was an alien.

"Eh?" Then what I said came back, "Oh, sorry..."

"O-Okay... well just--just try another."

I laughed weakly and got off the horse.

'I really, really, REALLY don't want to try all of them.' "Hey, can I try Shadow?"

"S-Sure..."

"Oh, come on! It wasn't that bad. Was it?"

Link and Malon nodded.

"Sorry, won't do it again."

As if he knew what I wanted, Shadow came up to me. I pulled myself on him. He trotted over and jumped the fences. Shadow, when he was done, trotted over to the exit to the coral.

"Wow," Malon exclaimed, "that was fast!"

"C'mon, Link!" I yelled.

"Yea, yea, okay."

Link got out his ocarina and played Epona's Song. Epona came running up to Link. We thanked Malon and raced off.

We raced through Hyrule Field. Link was on Epona and me on Shadow.

"Where are we going?" I yelled to Link.

"Um. I don't know! Funny right?"

I blanched. 'Ohhh great...' "LINK!! I have an idea," Link threw me a look aand slowed Epona down, "We should go to the places where the temples used to be. Y'know, for some information."

"Oookay. Sooo where to?"

"Uhhh. Well, we're closer to Death Mountain. We'll go there."

"Right."

We rode out horses to Ka Ka Village and I pulled on Shadow's reigns and he stopped at the bottem of the stairs. Link, however, kept trying to keep going. Epona got on her back legs and succesfully threw Link off.

I laughed and got off Shadow. Link got off his butt and shot me a glare.

"Sorry. But I thought you knew Epona didn't like stairs."

"Eya. Whatever."

Link got back on his feet and we ran up the stairs and into Ka Ka Village.

Nothing in the village looked changed. Like it had been before Ganon had come the first time. The sky was clear and it had some clouds in the blue sky.

"You sure that Gerudo wasn't kidding you?"

"Uhh, do you think I'm deaf?"

Link opened his mouth and I shot him a death glare. He shut his mouth.

"That's what I thought."

Link looked like he was thinking about something. But before he could say anything, I stepped in.

"If you have anything you need to get or do you should do it. We won't be back for awhile."

Link nodded. Then he handed me a bottle. It was empty. He motioned for me to follow. I did. We walked forward and to the left and up some stairs. Then up another flight. Link then led me into a Potion Shop.

"Welcome! How may I help you?"

This time before I could talk, Link said, "Hai. We need two of the fairies. Please."

"Going on another adventure? Eh?"

"Heh. Something in that catigory!"

"S'cuse me but do you know if there's a weapon shope here?" I asked the keeper.

"Sorry sir. But the only shop that carries weapons is in the Hyrule Market."

I nodded my thanks and looked around for Link. He wasn't in the shop.

'Agh. That blonde doofus! When I get my hands on him...!"

I left the shop and was met with a grinning Link.

"Soooo ya ready yet?" he asked.

I sighed and decided to have my revenge later. "Yea I guess."

He nodded and we both headed to the gate leading to Death Mountain Trail.