NOTE: If you read, please give as much critique as possible. It's my first fanfic ever. Hope you enjoy it. The first 5 chapters are about Link's three days in Majora's Mask, after which is the main part of the story.

Dawn made its appearance over the thick ring of trees surrounding a peaceful ranch in Termina. Within this ranch, two girls by the names of Romani and Cremia were sound asleep in their beds until the rooster made its daily crow, rousing the elder sister.

Cremia groggily opened her eyes to see the wooden ceiling of her ranch house. Though one might dislike arising at six o'clock every morning to do nothing but work, it was all Cremia ever knew to do. The ranch girl got up and changed into her usual work attire, consisting of a loose white top, yellow scarf, and a long pink skirt. She made to her little sister's bed to wake her up for breakfast. "I wonder what she looks like this morning," she thought, smiling slightly and giggling to herself at how Romani was extremely fidgety when she was sleeping.

Predictably, as soon as she walked over to Romani's bed, the little girl's hair was absolutely everywhere on her pillow and her sheets were almost off of the bed.

"Hey, sleepyhead, wake up!"

Romani's eyes shot open in an instant and she immediately rose out of bed and greeted Cremia.

"My, my, Romani, what's gotten you so awake this morning?" she said, flabbergasted at how quickly her sister had gotten up.

"What do you mean, sis? I've told you this before; Romani has to get ready for tonight! They are coming! Romani has to be completely prepared so she can save our cows!"

Cremia rolled her eyes. Romani has always insisted that aliens come a couple days before the Carnival of Time and abduct the cows. A couple of cows have actually disappeared around this time in previous years, yes, but the ranch wasn't exactly the most secure place, as there is no gate exactly separating Romani Ranch from Milk Road. "I should probably put one there to stop Romani thinking all of this silliness," Cremia resolved with a frown.

"Oh all right, but clean yourself up, your hair is an absolute mess!" Cremia teased.

"Really? Well, why don't you look in the mirror yourself, sis?" Romani replied with a bit of a devilish smile.

"Pardon me?" Cremia walked over to the mirror next to her bed and raised her eyebrows. Her hair, identical to her sisters, was unnaturally everywhere. She turned around to see her sister giggling at her. She immediately combed her hair down and look at her sister with a sheepish smile.

"Get downstairs, I'm gonna make breakfast." Cremia ordered playfully.

"Yes, sis."

After Cremia had calmed the birds nest of Romani's hair (without a struggle, of course) they walked down the steps together into the living room. Romani walked outside, as she does every morning, and went over to let the cows out for the morning so they can graze in the open field. Cremia, however, prepared breakfast, this morning it being an over easy egg on a piece of toast for each of them. Cremia walked outside to call her sister back in, however, but was stopped short by the spectacle before her.

The sun was barely over the mountain near their ranch and, since it was still roughly 6:30 AM, the sky was still crimson red from the sunrise. There was rain falling from a dark layer of clouds over and around the ranch, but near the horizon all around the sky was still open. This whole effect left a beautiful mixture of the rain glittering in the reddish-pink color from the sunset.

"Wow, Romani, look at the sky!"

"That's great, sis." Romani replied, but Cremia knew she wasn't very interested. Romani was always quite tomboyish, constantly playing with her bow and riding horses, and did not find the splendor of nature very intriguing.

"Oh, lighten up. It looks magnificent and you know it." she said, peering at Romani. "Anyway, get inside, it's time to eat."

After eating breakfast, Cremia stayed inside for half an hour before walking outside. The sky was blue but, surprisingly, the rain had stopped and the clouds had partially cleared out. She got a bucket from the barn and made to go milk the cows that were now gently grazing throughout the pasture.

She was busy tending to the cow near the main entrance to the ranch, however, when she heard the grass crunch behind her. "Romani?" she mumbled, turning around. Instead of Romani, however, there was a young boy in front of her.

"Oh my!" she exclaimed, pulling a surprised face and inspecting him.

He was wearing a green hood and overall, with a brown belt and a sword and shield strapped to his back. His hair concealed by his hood was blond and slightly messy. Like she and Romani, he had very deep blue eyes that stared up at her curiously. The young boy looked perhaps a couple years older than Romani.

"Did you come from town?" Cremia asked the boy. He nodded. She was not at all surprised to see a visitor at the ranch since people came constantly to either purchase milk or other farm goods. However, since an enormous boulder blocked Romani Ranch from Milk Road, not a single soul has stepped into Romani Ranch other than the two sisters. But… this boy was here now…

"Then that means… Milk Road is open to traffic! Good! I can deliver milk to town now!" She remarked to herself.

"Welcome to Romani Ranch, Chateau Romani's village. Enjoy yourself."

The small boy nodded at her and proceeded to walk up the road towards the farmhouse, where Romani was practicing with her bow. Cremia returned to her work, quite overjoyed that she could return to delivering milk to the bar.

Romani came running over to her roughly ten minutes later dragging the boy in green by her hand.

"Sis! Romani has met a new friend! This is Grasshopper!"

"Oh hello… Grasshopper." Cremia said awkwardly, frowning at the unusual name. For some reason she did not feel that this was his real name. Cremia straightened her odd expression into a smile as not to offend the boy if it was actually his name. "What brings you to these parts?"

Grasshopper pointed towards a reddish-brown colored horse that Cremia had completely forgotten about. The mare, which was in fact quite beautiful, had shown up to the ranch just yesterday and, not knowing what to do with it, Cremia and Romani kept it in a pin near the ranch house.

"Is this your horse, boy?" she asked, to which Grasshopper nodded. "Well, it's nice to see that she has an owner. It would be a tragedy to see the beautiful mare abandoned."

There was a small period of silence where Grasshopper and Romani stared at her. Cremia ruffled her hair in the back before Romani quickly said, "Cool! Hey, Grasshopper, come over here, I want to tell you something. See you, sis!" after which they ran off once more towards the house. The elder sister placed her hands on her hips and laughed to herself at how Romani awkwardly ran in swift, short steps.

The day went on with Cremia both milking cows and collecting eggs from the coop (Grog, the caretaker of the chickens, seemed a bit more upset than usual today). At roughly 6:30 PM, Cremia walked back up towards the ranch. She was surprised to see, however, that the young boy who had visited the ranch earlier still lingered with Romani. Cremia watched very impressed as he rode on his horse with a bow, shooting balloons down with extreme accuracy at high speeds.

"Hey, Romani, what's he doing?"

"Grasshopper is helping me defend the ranch against Them tonight. Can he stay? Can he? Please?" she pleaded.

"Romani, how many times do I have to tell you that these so called, 'aliens,' don't exist?" Cremia asserted, putting her right hand in her face.

"Yes they do! Romani has seen them steal the cows! Why don't you believe me?" the little girl cried exasperatedly, waving her arms at her sides.

Cremia did not feel like arguing right now, so she gave in. "Oh, all right, he can stay for tonight, but no longer than that." Grasshopper noticed that the two were looking at him, and he gracefully dismounted his horse. He walked over to them, and Cremia realized she hadn't said something.

"I'm sorry, but I never properly introduced myself. I'm Cremia, Romani's older sister. We live here in Romani Ranch. Your name is Grasshopper?"

"My real name is Link, but Romani calls me Grasshopper," the boy spoke, for the very first time she had heard him do so. His voice was on the higher side, so he had most assuredly not hit puberty yet.

"Well, Link," Cremia shot a nasty look at her sister, who seemed to not have noticed. "It's nice to meet you. I hear from Romani you are staying for tonight?" Link nodded and stared at the ground. He didn't seem to want to be a burden.

"Don't worry, it's no trouble at all!" she assured, giving him a warm smile. "I have a few spare blankets for you in the closet if you wish, sweetie." Cremia said, stifling a laugh as his face went red. He must not be used to being talked to like a child.

The three of them walked inside into the warmer atmosphere, the fire crackling to the side. Romani's stomach rumbled as they sat down. Pink faced, she looked up at the ceiling as Link smiled next to her. Cremia set out three baked potatoes with homemade cheese, salt, and butter.

"I'm sorry for imposing on you like this," Link said quietly, slowly eating his meal.

"It's our pleasure. Besides, when Romani wants something, it's hard to say no!" Cremia chided, winking at Link and gaving Romani a sarcastic look.

It was quiet for a few minutes, nothing being heard besides the cracks of the fire and the clinking of silverware against the plates.

"So, Grasshopper, you ready?" Romani suddenly said while they were finishing off their meals. "They cannot reach the barn or they'll abduct the cows. Romani will watch the barn, you need to circle the farm taking out as many as possible, got it?!" She took a very stern look, which showed her passion for the theory.

"Absolutely," he simply replied. Romani cheerfully gave him a high-five.

After dinner, Cremia set up a bed of blankets near the fireplace. Link took off his sword and shield, but crawled into the covers still wearing his tunic.

"Are you sure you want to wear that to bed? Looks kind of uncomfortable…" the ranch owner asked skeptically. Link gave her a quick look which she understood to mean yes.

In the bedroom, Cremia dressed back into her nightgown.

"Cremia?"

She turned around and noticed Romani standing in the door, still in her day's attire.

"Shouldn't you be getting to bed, Romani? It's nearly ten."

"Uhm… Can Romani stay down with Grasshopper for a little bit to talk to him?"

"Only if you're down there for just a little bit. You need some sleep, we have work to do tomorrow."

"Yes, sister."

"Okay," Cremia said, walking over to her sister and ruffling her hair. Romani gave an annoyed look before saying, "Night, sis."

"Goodnight, Romani."