Rin woke-up in the same bedroom Zelda offered her to sleep in. "I guess this isn't a dream, its real," she said making the bed. "Well, I'm glad that it wasn't a dream." She walked toward the closet and tried to find a dress that would suit her. She saw a black dress; she took it and wore it. She went to the mirror and got a hair brush and started to brush her hair. Once she finished, she got her hair band and made her ponytail. "I guess I should go see Zelda."

She then walked to Zelda's room to see that she was having a nightmare. Zelda kept tossing and turning, she seemed too disturbed to wake-up. "Zelda, Zelda wake-up, come on wake-up...please," Rin pleaded.

She then heard Zelda talk in her sleep. "L-Link...R-Rin...gasp n-no. W-where are...you?"

Rin didn't know what to do. "Don't worry Zelda, I'll be back." Rin walked out of Zelda's room. She saw a guard in front of her with his back facing her. Rin slowly walked behind the guard. "Hey soldier, how do you get to Link's house?" Rin said in an enforcing voice.

"Oh, you keep going south from Lon Lon Ranch until you see an opening path on your left and you'll see the Kokiri Forest," said the guard without turning around.

"Thank you soldier," and she walked away.

Rin sneaked passed all the guards without letting them see her until she got to the first gate of the castle. "Okay, I need to get to the Kokiri Forest. Just please Zelda...wait for me." Then she started running out of Castle Town.

***
 Link was in Saria's house talking to her.

"So she's really a human girl?" Saria asked.

"Yeah, she acted mean at first, but once you get to know her, she doesn't seem all that bad," Link said. "I still feel bad for all she went through."

"Well think about it this way if she never went through those things, you and Zelda would have never been friends with her."

"Actually, that does make sense."

Link and Saria heard a loud voice coming outside from the house. They both run outside of the house to find Rin kneeling on the ground gasping for air.

"Please...I need-to find-Link," she said between her breaths.

Some of the Kokiri children were around her; they never saw a Human before in all of their lives. Because of this, Rin could hardly get any air.

"Hey, give her some air!" Link screamed as he and Saria rushed toward the crowd. The Kokiri children moved out of the way so Link and Saria would get to her. "Rin, what's wrong?" Link asked her.

"It-and...I-can't...gasp...I need-water," Rin gasped.

Link and Saria helped her walk to Saria's house. He sat Rin down on a chair and Saria gave her water. Rin chugged the whole cup of water.

"Now Rin, what happened? Why are you here? And why were you in such a hurry?" Link asked her.

"It's...Zelda," she said. Link and Saria had a shocked looked on their faces. "She is locked in her nightmare and she can't wake-up."

"Why didn't you try to wake her up?" Saria asked.

"I tried. All I heard her say is ‘L-Link...R-Rin...n-no. W-where are...you?' No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't wake her. Link, she needs you."

Link nods. "Saria, I'll be back okay." Link told Saria.

"Don't worry; I'll calm down the Kokiri children. Just go help Zelda," she said.

Link took Rin's hand and ran out of the Kokiri Forest.

"L-Link wait. How are we going to get to the castle in time?" Link then took out his Ocarina. "What is that?"

"This-Is the Fairy Ocarina. I used it before I got the Ocarina of Time," Link said. He played a song he called Epona's Song. Then a horse was running towards them. Once it got close, it slowed down. "Rin, I'd like you to meet Epona." Rin stared in awe as she saw a brown mare with a beautiful white tail and main. "Get on," Link said as he got ready. Rin slowly climbed on the mare as she grabbed around Link's waist. "Hold on."

Then in one motion, they started galloping with the wind.

***
Link and Rin quickly climbed off of Epona, and ran towards the castle. The guard stopped Link for bringing Rin along, but Link insisted that she were to be let in. Then they ran toward Zelda's room, when they saw Impa.
"Impa? What are you doing here?" Link wondered.


"I tried to wake-up Zelda, but she won't wake-up," Impa said. "All she keeps saying is your name and a person named Rin." Link and Rin walked toward Zelda. Impa noticed Rin with Link. "Um excuse me Link but...who is this girl?"

"Oh I'm sorry, I should introduce myself. Hello, my name is Rin. I'm Zelda and Link's friend since yesterday."

"Oh well hello. My name is Impa, and I am Zelda's nursemaid. So you're the Rin that she's talking about?"

Link shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know, but she's the only Rin that Zelda knows. I'm going to wake Zelda." Link sat next to Zelda. "Zelda, Zelda can you hear me? It's me, Link. Please wake-up Zelda," Link pleaded.

"L-Link..." Zelda whispered. She slowly opened her eyes. Everyone gave a sigh of relief.

"Zelda, thank the goddesses your alright," Impa said.

"W-what happened? Why is everybody here?" Zelda wondered.

"You were locked in your nightmare," Rin said. "No matter what we did, you could never wake-up."

Zelda had a puzzled look on her face. ‘Why couldn't I wake-up? And what was my nightmare, I don't remember.'

"Well come on Zelda, hurry and get dressed so we can go to Lon Lon Ranch," Link said as he gives Zelda her normal pink dress. "Come on Rin; let's leave Zelda so she can get dressed," Link said as he walks toward the door.

"Okay, come outside the door when you're done, okay Zelda," said Rin as she closed her door.

"So...how did you meet Rin?" Impa asked as Zelda turned to her with an astonished look.

"We met her yesterday. How do you know Rin?" Zelda asked.

"Well she came in with Link when you were asleep just now. So how did you meet her?"

"Please don't get mad at her but...she was the person who stole the food yesterday."

Impa stood up. "What?! She took it!"

"Impa please...she apologized to us."

Impa raised an eyebrow. "Really...?"

"Yes. Once you get to know her, she really isn't a bad person. She's just...misunderstood."

Impa saw the look on Zelda's face as she put the dress on. "There is something else about Rin...isn't there?" she asked.

"I don't know why...but I feel like she's meant for something. I feel like we became friends for a reason. I feel like she has to help me and Link to save Hyrule."

"Well, keep an eye out for that something. Oh and be careful when you're heading for Lon Lon Ranch. Some Gorons have been stopping Hylians, Humans, and Twili on the road for punishment," Impa warned her.

"Okay, I'll make sure that Link and Rin know. Bye Impa," then she walked out.

"So are you ready?" Link asked.

"Yup, we can go. Oh and before I forget...Impa said that we should be careful when were on the road," Zelda warned.

"Why?" Rin asked her.
"She said that some Gorons have been hurting people from different nations on the road."

"Well we have to be careful. Okay Zelda, Rin, you two ride together on Jake, and I'll ride on Epona," Link said.

"Okay that's fine with me. Is it okay with you Rin?"

"Sure but...who's Jake?"
"Jake's my horse," Zelda said. Then they walked to the stables and rode off with Jake and Epona.

***
This Goron was with other Gorons at Death Mountain, He was easy to tell apart from the other Gorons. He had an X scar on his stomach from a childhood sword accident. His name is Gongoron. Gongoron walked over to a few other adult Gorons.

"Hey guys," Gongoron said.

"Hey Gongoron, so did you hear?" said a Goron.

"Hear what?" Gongoron said.

"Some Humans, Hylians, Twili, and Kokiri made horrible jokes about Gorons because we are made of rock. They've also attacked some of our own Gorons."

Gongoron looked disbelief. "Why would they say such things? Why would they do such things?" Gongoron wondered.

"I don't know...but were about to go to Hyrule Field to find some Humans, Hylians, Twili, or Kokiri and get payback. Do you want to join in Gongoron?" Gongoron shook his head. "Okay, well bye." The three Gorons left.

‘Yes...all going according to plan.'

***
Link, Zelda and Rin arrived at Lon Lon Ranch's entrance. Link and Zelda slowed their horses in the ranch and got off. Link took the reins of Epona, and Zelda got the reins of Jake. As they walked over to the stables, they saw red haired girl in the middle of the ranch.

"Hey, Malon!" Link yelled as he waved his arm.

The girl turned around and gave smile. "Hey Link, hey Zelda!" she yelled back.

Link and Zelda took the reins of their horses and walked over to Malon and Rin followed behind.

"Hey Malon, how are you doing?" Link said.

"I'm doing fine, and the horses are doing fine too. So what about you two?" she asked.

"Well, Epona and I are doing great," Link said as Epona and Jake started galloping around the ranch.

"And Jake and I are doing great as well," Zelda said.

Malon looked over Zelda's shoulder to see Rin hiding behind her. "Zelda, Link who's this girl? Is she a friend of yours?" Malon asked.

"Yeah, this is Rin, we met her yesterday. Rin is a Human that lived all over Hyrule. Rin, this is Malon, we've been friends since we were all 10," Link said.

"Hello Malon. Glad to meet another of Link and Zelda's friends," Rin said.

Malon smiled. "So what brings you three here to Lon Lon Ranch."

"Well it has been a long time since we've visited you so we came," Link said as he smiled.

"That's great...but it's not a great idea. Mr. Ingo has been in a very bad mood lately."

"Why? Isn't he in a bad mood almost every day," Zelda said.

"Well he's in an even worse mood. Yesterday, he heard that Humans have been talking bad about Hylians and might start to attack because of our pointy ears."

Zelda and Link gasped.

"Why would some people from the Human nation say something so mean about Hylians?" Link asked.

"I don't know," Malon said. "But that really got Mr. Ingo tempered. You know what he does when he is in his fury frenzies." Zelda and Link nodded.

"W-wait, does that mean he will hurt Rin?!" Zelda added.

They all look at Rin. Since she's a Human, Ingo would take all his rage out on her.

"Hurry, you have to leave before-,"

"Malon where are you! Gah, stupid girl," Ingo interrupted.

"Too late...," Malon whispered to them.

Ingo saw the girl in the middle of the ranch with three other people. "Malon, I swear if you're off playing-!" he yelled as we stomped his way to the location.

"Hurry, hide her," Zelda whispered to them.

Then Malon, Link, and Zelda stood in front of Rin.

"Malon, you are supposed clean the stables! But instead you're playing with your friends!" Ingo yelled at her. Then Ingo noticed something moving behind them. "Are you hiding something from me?!" he snarled.

"W-What, no, no, no, we're not hiding anything from you."

Ingo glared at the three teenagers. He then shoved Link, Malon, and Zelda out of the way, making them fall on the ground. Ingo had an evil glare. He saw Rin looking at him with pleading eyes.

"You were hiding a Human!" he yelled at Malon.

"Mr. Ingo, don't. She didn't do anything," Malon pleaded.

But Ingo ignored the pleading Malon and walked closer to Rin. Every step closer he took towards her, she took one step back until she tripped on the ground. Ingo's hand reached out to Rin and he grabbed her by the neck. Link, Malon, and Zelda gasped as Ingo raised Rin by the neck.

"No one insults Ingo and gets away with it," he said as he raised his other hand and with one fluid motion, he slapped Rin on her cheek. He let her go and with all of his anger, punched her in her gut. Rin toppled over on the ground and coughed up blood.

"Rin, no!" screamed Link. Zelda hid her face in Link's chest.

Ingo walked to Malon and said, "You better get back to work soon!" Then Ingo walked away.

Malon and Link looked at Rin, she stopped coughing blood but she looked helpless on the ground. Malon walked to Rin and gasped. Rin was clutching her stomach and her cheek was red as fire. She was crying.

"Rin...are you okay?" Malon asked. But she said nothing. Link and Zelda walked towards Malon and Rin.

"Rin...," Zelda managed to say.

They could hear her crying softly. Then a light brown horse walked to the kids. The horse seemed to want to help Rin. Link and Zelda nodded their heads.

"We'll take care of Rin. Is it okay to take him," Link asked. Malon nodded her head. Link placed Rin on the brown horse and Zelda sat behind her.
"Bye Malon," they said. Then they galloped away.

***
Two Gorons were standing in the middle of Hyrule Field. They were the same Gorons from Death Mountain.

"When are we going to see someone?" one Goron said.

"Patients....It's all about patients," the other Goron said. He glances over to Lon Lon Ranch and sees three horses coming from it. "And we found some suckers."

The two Gorons rolled into balls and rolled toward the horses.

***
Rin stopped clutching her stomach, and pets the light brown horse.

Zelda manages to say something, "Rin...are you alright?" Rin glances back at her and nods.

"We're sorry Rin...we didn't stop Ingo from hurting you. I hope you can forgive us," Link told Rin.

"D-don't worry, I'm fine guys," Rin finally spoke. "And I do forgive you two and Malon as well." Link and Zelda both exchanged looks, and then smiled.

Everyone then looks at their front, to a surprise they find two Gorons rolling towards them.

"What are they doing?" Link said.

"They're going to ram us!" Zelda yelled.

"Quick, everybody move!" Rin yelled.

Zelda and Link moved the rains of the horses. The Gorons passed the three teens and made a U turn. They passed the horses and stopped in front of them, scaring the horses. Epona, Jake, and the light brown mare stood on their hind legs, dropping Link, Zelda and Rin.

"Is everyone okay?" Link asked as he picked himself up.

"We're fine," Zelda and Rin both responded.

They looked at the road that leads to Hyrule Castle, it was blocked by the two Gorons that are walking towards them.

Link called Epona. "Epona, take Jake and the mare with you," he told her. "Run as fast as you all can."

Epona then galloped around the two horses, and then ran away from the scene along with Jake and the mare. The Gorons rolled toward the kids, who ran away from them. They ran towards Kakariko Village, dodging the rolling Gorons.

***
Link got out his bow and arrow and shot the Gorons, which had no effect on them. They panicked and ran towards Death Mountain. While being half-way on Death Mountain, Link, Zelda, and Rin stumbled to a fork in a road.

"Zelda, Rin, you two go to the left...I'll go to the right," Link told the girls.

They nodded their heads in agreement and run towards the left. The two Gorons caught up to Link at the fork in a road. "Come and get me!" Link yelled.

"You go get the boy, I'll get the two girls," the bigger Goron said.

They both rolled to where their targets ran. Link ended up being at a dead end.

"Crud, now where am I supposed to go?" he said.

"Stupid Hylian, you will pay for insulting and hurting us all!" Link turned around to find the smaller Goron following up behind.
‘If only I had my sword.'

***
Zelda was holding Rin's hand and was guiding her up Death Mountain.

"Don't you think we should be careful?" Rin asked.

"We can't take the chance of slowing down or being careful," Zelda told her. "Not with the Gorons chasing us. If they catch us....we just can't stop."

Rin saw how Zelda was scared. "Zelda, calm down....the Gorons' are not going to hurt us!" Rin yelled at her. Zelda stopped running and looked into Rin's eyes. "I promise you....that you won't get hurt." Zelda closed her eyes.

"There you are!" the taller Goron bellowed. That Goron came close to Rin.

‘No, she's going to get hurt again,' Zelda thought.

"What are you going to do little human? Are you going to hurt me?" he teased.

He shoved Rin, she fell and she hit her head on a boulder and passed out. The Goron walked towards Zelda. Zelda takes a step back for each step closer he takes. After walking slowly away from him for 5 minutes, Zelda got to the edge a cliff. She glanced down, and then glanced back at the Goron. Rin woke-up and looked up at see that the Goron was going to hurt Zelda. Zelda looked at him with fear.

"Leave her alone! Please...don't hurt her!" Rin pleaded.

The Gorons eyes met with Rin's, and then met with Zelda's horrified eyes. He raised his fist, and Rin still begged him to stop. But he still ignores her plea. Zelda closes her eyes to prepare for the pain.

‘Please, anyone.....Link, help me,' she thought. Zelda heard a thud, but she didn't felt any pain. ‘W-what happened? Why am I not in pain? Do I even dare look,' Zelda thought.

Zelda opens her eyes and started to tremble. Rin's head was down and she stopped the tall Goron's fist in a blink of an eye.

"Wha- how can you stop me?! You're just a little human!" the Goron yelled at Rin.

Rin moved her head to look up to the Goron. He was horrified, he saw that Rin's pupils were gone, he saw anger in her eyes. Rin twisted his arm until they all heard bone crack. The Goron screamed in pain, and then she knee-kicked him in the stomach. The power from that knee-kick was tremendous, that he stumbled on the ground gasping for air. Zelda was horrified by the scene that she just witnessed. She tried to move but made a sound and Rin turned around to Zelda with the same icy stare she gave to the Goron. Zelda could not see Rin's soul through her eyes.

"Rin, it's me Zelda...your friend," she told Rin. Rin grabbed Zelda's arms and threw her to the opposite side, away from the cliff. "Rin...?" but Rin picked up Zelda grabbed her arms again and started crushing them. Zelda also screamed in pain. ‘Rin...what's going on? Why are you acting like this?' she thought.

"Rin stop!" Link shouted. She looked up and saw Link running up to them. "Rin stop, you're hurting Zelda! Stop it right now!" he screamed at her.

Rin looked back at Zelda, who had tears in her eyes. Rin's pupil reappeared and her icy stare went away.

"Zelda, I'm.....sorry....," then Rin collapsed.

Zelda caught the unconscious Rin. Link turned to see the Goron, but he was nowhere to be found. "Damn, where'd he go?" Link wondered.

"Link, I think we should take her back to the castle," Zelda insisted.

"Well I guess we should forget about the two Gorons," Link said. He then looked at Zelda.

"Are you all right Zelda?" She nodded her head. "Good. Here, I'll carry Rin. Let's hurry back to the castle."

***
After Link and Zelda arrived at the bottom of Death Mountains, they used Epona's Song to call Epona, Jake, and the light brown mare. Once they arrived at the castle, Zelda ordered some servants to take Rin to the doctor.

"How is she doctor?" Zelda asked him.

"She'll be fine. Just let her sleep for a few hours," he said then walked out the door.

Zelda sat on one side of the bed and Link sat on the other side. "Zelda, what happened when you two were at the cliff?" Link asked her.

She glanced at Rin, "I don't know...I was about to get attacked by that Goron, until Rin came in front of me and stopped that Goron's punch. Then she twisted his arm and kicked him with her knee." Zelda brushes Rin's hair off her face. "When she faced me...I saw her eyes but I didn't saw her soul...."

Link saw how horrified Zelda still was. "You're still scared aren't you...," Link asked her. "...Of who....the Gorons, or Rin?"

"It's not that I'm afraid of her...I'm afraid of her hidden power," Zelda answered.

"Don't worry...I don't think she really wanted to hurt you in anyway," Link reassured her.

Zelda faced him and smiled. Then they hear a soft sound from behind them and they turn around. Rin slowly woke up to see Zelda and Link sitting next to her.

"Z-Zelda, L-Link...what happened...are you both alright?" she asked.

"I'm fine Rin," Link responded.

"And I'm fine because you saved me Rin, thank you."

Rin had no idea what Zelda was talking about, she never saved Zelda. However, Rin doesn't remember what happened in Death Mountain that much.

"W-what....what happened...I don't remember anything...." Link and Zelda glanced at each other.

"We'll tell you, but first....try to get comfortable," Zelda told Rin.

Link and Zelda explained everything that happened to them. Rin listened to them in disbelief.