Link started out his first quest to save Hyrule, and when he rescued the princess for the first time, he really didn't get a good impression of her. Since she was royalty, she came off as snobbish, spoiled, and downright rude to the common. Needless to say, after Link rescued her, he went off to the forest, hoping he would never see her again. But one thing caught his attention of her, and that was her sparkling blue eyes. A sole good quality in a snobbish princess was not going to have this young boy go out of his way to see her at all.

One day, Link's long standing plans of isolation were derailed as Ganon's minions returned to the land of Hyrule capturing the princess quite simply, eventually offering an exchange of some of Link's blood to revive their fallen master for the princess. Link, through much prodding, reluctantly agreed to go and save the world of Hyrule again, but things went astray.

Link was about to make the exchange with the minions when, after Link had delivered his end of the bargain, they tossed her up, nearly causing her to be lost in a deep pit, but Link dove and caught her so that the two of them would be together. Link knew that if he had just let Zelda fall, despite his wishes, Hyrule would be terribly angry with him, and he just reacted with his hero's reflexes.

Down in that pit, it was another world, a world with no ladder to allow an escape. Link told Zelda to follow him, but as he had anticipated, she was being a spoiled little brat, despite her adult age of 18. Link then just told her that he'd leave, which he did. Then, and only then, did Zelda begin to heed Link's instructions of following him in order to find a way out.

Link led the two of them into the dark and vast forest that loomed before them. Zelda clutched to Link like a little kid who was scared of the dark at bedtime. Link just chuckled to himself at this spectacle. He thought to himself, 'And she calls herself the princess. Well at least she's not being difficult right now.'

The two of them settled down for the night after finding out the time from a gossip stone and the clash of a sword that Link kept constant along with his shield. Before the two of them went to sleep, Zelda started to talk with Link.

"Hey you," she began.

"Me?" he asked irritably.

"Yeah you."

"The name's Link. Use it more often."

"Well, Link, how do we get out of here?"

"Princess, I don't know. In all honesty, our best bet is to search the area for any way out."

Somewhat hopeful, she asked, "Link, do you think we'll find a way out?"

"Yes. Now go to sleep princess!"

The night was peaceful aside from that, and in the morning the two of them started to search the jungle. All seemed peaceful as the ventured for a few minutes, but then came the mad scrubs. All of them started a mad charge of Link and Zelda. While the princess cowered in fear, Link was fighting for both of their lives against the relatively weak foes. After they were gone Link walked back to where Zelda lay and let her know that they were no longer under attack.

"Hey, Zelda, I know that you're a princess and all, but since we're out here and not in Hyrule Castle, you're gonna have to learn to fend for yourself, because I won't always be able to take out all of these guys."

"But why?"

"Look, I know that you're important to the world, but for goodness sake Zelda, you need to protect yourself. Daddy's little girl wont always have daddy dearest around to help her."

She sniffled, and said angrily, "SHUT UP LINK!"

In silence, the pair moved on, with Link feeling very guilty, especially when he looked at her eyes, those sparkling blue eyes. If he even opened his mouth to try and make peace amongst the two of them she shot him an almost poisonous glare that stopped him from talking before he could even try to.

It stayed this way until a pair of wolfos came around. The second they noticed two outsiders, they started to attack. Link, lost in thought, didn't notice them, while Zelda hurled herself at him to knock him out of the way of the attack. Link snapped back into action, and started to attack them, one at a time. Unlike last time, Zelda was at least attempting to fight. Sadly for her, she was no good at combat, and Link had to bail her out.

After the fight this time, Link smiled at Zelda, and looked into her eyes again. He quickly made a mental note not to look there in times of danger because they'd lower his guard.

"Good job this time, but you've still got a ways to go."

"LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING MISTER. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE IN MY SHOES."

"Easy there. Calm down."

"I WILL NOT! WITHOUT ME YOU WOULDN'T LIVE YOUR PRECIOUS RECLUSIVE LIFE AS A HERO. I GO THROUGH ALL THE POLITICAL PROTOCOL JUST TO MAINTAIN PEACE IN THIS LAND SO THE ARMY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DRAINED OF ENERGY."

"Really?"

"Yes. That's why I'm used to having 'my way' and being a 'daddy's little girl.' I do this because my world works in a way where people know what they're doing."

"Well, now I can see it from your point of view, but unfortunately that's not going to help us out here in the wilderness. When we get out, I'll lend you all the help I can give you with the people. For now, we've got to learn our way out here."

She nodded. "Yes Link, that's very true. Please help me to learn the ways of survival, and I'll help you with trying to find our way back to Hyrule."

Link nodded, and set up camp for the night, and the two of them were in better spirits, especially with each other, and with a little more respect as well.

After another day of looking for an exit to this forest, the pair found their way back into Hyrule. The both were overjoyed at first to know that they had returned home, but when they saw the destruction that had happened to the land, any joy was replaced with a sense of fear and wonderment of the destructive power of Ganon.

Link suddenly looked determined. He turned to Zelda and said, "Will you help me defeat this beast?"

She nodded, and said, "Anytime Link."