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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Present
I do not own The Legend of Zelda© or any of its characters.
Chapter 3: School Daze.
There was smoke everywhere. The cries of the dying could be heard everywhere, only to be drowned out by the falling debris of Hyrule Castle. The clash of metal and roar of monsters sounded in her ear. Zelda whipped around expecting to meet the cold steel or sharp teeth. Instead she met the table next to her with her head. With a hiss of pain she began to nurture the, now sore, spot. Slowly she shook the sleep from her eyes. Looking around, she began to wonder what that dream was. That place. Those smells. They seemed, familiar…. But how could that be? She had never seen that place before. Still. She could not shake the feeling that she 'had' been there. Her thoughts began to turn to the boy from last night.
Was that a dream as well?
Getting up quietly, she tip-toed to his room and slowly opened the sliding door. The room was empty. Nothing seemed out of place. She sighed, "Maybe I did dream the whole thing up…" She yawned and walked back to her room. 'Thock.' She stopped to listen. What was that? She decided that it was probably her father shuffling about and had knocked something over. She dressed, washed up, and headed to the dining room for some breakfast. As she passed the courtyard, she noticed something sticking out of the ground. Curious, she walked over to examine it. It was an arrow. It looked in good condition, but that didn't explain where it had come from. 'Thock.' Her head swiveled around as another arrow embedded itself into the trunk of a tree at the center of the courtyard. Looking all around she could not find the source of the arrows until she heard, "Tch! Looks like all that sleep drained my strength a little."
Startled she looked behind her. Nothing. That could only mean…. She looked up and there he was, bow in hand and a quiver full of arrows on his back. With a leap he sailed over her and landed with hardly a sound. He walked over to the tree and examined it. It was a good shot. Dead center, about chest high. A perfect kill. Still, Link frowned as if displeased, sighed, and removed the arrow. She then realized that he was only wearing pants and a thin white shirt. The shirt cut off just below the shoulder, leaving his arms exposed. She also noticed small scars that lined his arm. She began to wonder just how many battles he had been in before he had fallen asleep. He seemed to finally notice her presence, or acknowledge it rather, and turned to face her. "Good morning Princess," He greeted. Zelda folded her arms, "I'm not a princess." Link seemed to realize his mistake and apologized, "Sorry, I'm just so used to it." She huffed and walked out, "Well whatever. My father should have some clothes for you so you should go see him." Link nodded and proceeded to put away his bow and arrows. Using his sharp hearing he quickly located the slightly, portly man.
Link greeted Kaepora, which caused him to jump. "Woah! Link, my boy, don't sneak up on me like that!" Link scratched the back of his head, apologetically, "Sorry, during my travels I had to be quiet to sneak up on my enemies. Over time I just kept walking like that." Kaepora chuckled, "I understand. Oh! I have some clothes for you so you can accompany Zelda to school." After a few minutes of shuffling around in a drawer Kaepora held a pair of dark pants and a button up, white collared, shirt. He was also handed a tie, which Link had no idea how to use it. When Kaepora had left, he undressed and put the pants on first. Then the shirt. He became annoyed with the little buttons that were supposed to go through the tiny holes on the other side. When he finally had that done, he heard the door open and Zelda poked her head through. "Are you done yet? I'm gonna be late for school!" She noticed that his tie was around his waist like a crude belt. "What are you doing?" "Dressing," He stated simply.
Zelda rolled her eyes and unwrapped the tie from around his waist, "That's not where that goes. It goes right here, like this."(giggity) She began to tie the tie around his neck. As she was fumbling with the tie she began to notice their close proximity. She tried to focus on the tie, but kept coming back to his eyes. They were a deep blue. Kindness radiated from them as well as courage. But as she kept looking she noticed something else. Something that he had tried to keep hidden from everyone since he started his journey as a small boy. Sorrow, loneliness, and fear. She didn't have time to think about it too long before his voice brought her back to reality, "Umm, Princess? I think it's a little too tight." She blinked and looked at it. Sure enough, while she was lost in thought, she had tightened it too tight around his neck. She sighed and apologized, loosening it a little. "Sorry, I was thinking. And I thought I told you not to call me princess." He shrugged and chuckled a bit, "Forgive me, I can't seem to help myself." After a little adjusting, Zelda was finally satisfied and told him to come downstairs for breakfast. He brightened up and followed quickly. 'Like a dog.' She thought to herself.
Breakfast consisted of toast, eggs, bacon, and a 'lot' of questions. How did that thing make the break so crunchy? Where did the heat come from that cook the eggs? What exactly was bacon? Zelda thought her head was gonna explode. If he kept asking questions about simple stuff like this, school was going to be a nightmare. After breakfast, she and Link left the house and began walking down the road, Link following behind. "It's probably better if you kept quiet while we are at school. People would think you were a freak." Link laughed, "Considering I'm over a thousand years old I don't think that assumption to be too farfetched." But otherwise, he agreed to keep silent, he wasn't usually a talker anyways. Something about Zelda, 'his' Zelda, just brought it out of him. That seemed to be the case with this one as well. "Heeeeeeeeeey!!!" Both turned around and saw Malon running towards them.
After Malon had caught her breath she greeted the two and began chatting with Zelda. Link smiled 'Yep. Malon is the same as always. Even in this time.' They emerged at an intersection where cars and people were rushing by trying to get to work, home, or school. Link marveled at the iron carts that moved on their own. Over on one of the walkways a mother was busy chatting on the phone while walking across, a child was behind her playing with a ball. As he was bouncing it, it hit a crack in the street and rolled out into the middle of the intersection. Unknown to his mother, he ran out to retrieve his toy. While he was out there, a driver who wasn't paying attention didn't see the red light and kept going, right at the boy. The boy picked up his ball and noticed the car speeding towards him, the driver noticed the boy as well and slammed on brakes, he wouldn't be able to stop in time! The mother noticed the missing child and called out for him, screaming. The boy was frozen with fear. The screeching of tires and the scream of the mother filled the air. There was a loud thud as metal came in contact with a body.
Pain. Link felt it as soon as the car collided with his leg as he grabbed the child and tried to roll to safety. It just barely nicked him. The boy in his arms was too startled to speak, as well as everyone else who had witnessed it. The boy overcame his shock and began to cry. Link sat on a knee and put his hands on the boy's shoulders, "It's all right, little one. You're safe now. You should be more careful." The boy hiccupped and nodded, trying to dry his tears. The mother ran over and cradled her child, thanking Link all the while. Zelda and Malon, meanwhile, stared awestruck. Link was fast. Really fast. Malon let out a low whistle, "Wow. Looks like he really is a hero. Jumping in front of that car to save that kid. Pretty cool." Zelda nodded slowly. 'Yeah. Pretty cool….' Link, after making sure the boy was indeed safe, returned to the two asking if they were ready to go, like nothing had happened. They nodded and began to walk again.
"So do you do stuff like that on a regular basis?" Malon asked him. Link thought for a moment, and then said, "I help anyone in need." She smiled, "I'm sure you got tons of rewards and stuff for it." Link shook his head, "I don't need anything. I'm simply happy that I can be of help to others." Malon almost swooned, "Just like a true hero." Zelda, however, simply looked at him. The emotions that she had seen in his eyes earlier that morning made her wonder if that was true. Did he really enjoy helping others and getting nothing in return? Did his life matter so little to him?
She couldn't tell as he was walking with a smile on his face and his eyes looking forward. As much as it confused her, she couldn't help but admire it somehow. She put her thoughts aside. 'Let's get through school first. Stuff like that can wait till later.' They reached the school building and headed inside. Link just couldn't stop looking at everything with that dumb look on his face. Which, even Zelda had to admit, looked kinda cute. It reminded her of a small boy walking into an amusement park, trying to decide what he wanted to do first. Link mentally pointed out that over the years, people had become less modest. He figured that everyone at 'school' would dress like Zelda had after she explained it was a uniform that she had to wear. But some girls here took that a little too far.
They stopped in front of a door with the word 'Office' painted over it. Zelda opened the door and told Link to go inside. She followed after him, and Malon after her. The inside was grey with a few chairs and a small desk that sat next to a window. Behind the desk, was an old woman. Old was an understatement, however. She looked ancient. Her wrinkles looked like the shifting dunes of the Gerudo Desert. Zelda walked over to the woman and politely gained her attention. She began speaking and motioning towards Link who was busy looking at the light fixture in the ceiling. He nudged Malon next to him and pointed at it, "How does it give off light without a flame?" Malon thought a moment. How could she explain this? "Well, it uses electricity, and that makes light." Link was still confused. Electricity? Like lightning? Have human beings really harnessed the power of lightning?
Zelda had finished her conversation with the elderly lady and escorted the two out. "Alright, everything is set. Your name is Link from the city of Ordon. You transferred here after your parents had to leave for a trip around the world and sent you to your uncle's, my father's, house to stay until they got back." He nodded, and followed Zelda to the classroom. When they had walked in, everybody stared at them. Especially Link. Some of the girls in the room giggled amongst themselves, blushing. The guys seemed to be sizing him up. Others simply looked at him with a bored expression and then turned back to their earlier conversations. Zelda went and took her seat while Malon dragged him to a seat near her. The door to the classroom opened and shut again. The room went dead silent. A man with round glasses, and medium cut, orange hair, walked to the front and sat his things down.
'This must be the commander.' Link thought. He fumbled around in his desk for something. A small card on his desk read, 'Professor Shad.' The man pushed up on his glasses and wrote on the board behind him. 'The history of lost civilizations.' He turned back around to face the class, "Alright class, today we will be talking about civilizations that have disappeared through the ages. Anyone have an idea which ones I am talking about?" No one raised their hands. He looked around, "Alright, maybe if I have you write an essay on them you would remember it clearly." Almost all hands shot up. "Yes. You in the back." Professor Shad pointed to a small boy with blonde hair, "Fledge, stand up and tell me the names of the civilizations we discussed last week." The boy slowly stood up, "Y-yes sir. Umm….there was the Mayan, the Aztecs, and the Hylians." Satisfied with this answer Prof. Shad allowed the boy to be seated. Link, however, was intently listening.
"The one we will be focusing on today are the Hylians." Zelda was also listening. She had never paid much attention to it before, but it would be interesting to see what Link's world was like. "As you all know, or should know anyway, the land of Hyrule was lost over a thousand years ago with little to no trace left." He droned on and on about how little they knew and how much they could learn if they could find more substantial evidence. "However, there is something we did find. It was a stone tablet with odd runes inscribed on it. Obviously it was the language of their time, but after it was translated, scientists discovered something interesting about it." Prof. Shad reached up and pulled down a cord that was hanging from the board. It unraveled and showed a picture of a black slab of rock that had different shapes written on it. Link tensed, he knew what it said. Zelda noticed this and looked back at it, waiting for the professor to explain.
"As of right now, we don't know enough of their culture and language to fully translate it, however…" He was cut off as Link stood up and began speaking in an odd language. Everyone stared at him, Zelda silently wanted to throttle him. After he had finished speaking Prof. Shad gave him an odd look, "Would you care to explain why you are interrupting my class and speaking gibberish?" Link said nothing for a minute, then, "This poem is dedicated to the members of the dearly departed royal family." Prof. Shad frowned and narrowed his eyes, "Pardon?" Link was about to say something else when Zelda stood up quickly and grabbed his arm, "Forgive him Prof. he isn't feeling well." Link looked at Zelda wondering what was going on, she didn't look at him. She'd deal with him later. "Ah, Zelda, nice to see you again. We missed you yesterday. I hope you have a good excuse." Zelda mentally kicked herself, this was exactly what she was hoping to avoid. One more thing she was going to discuss with Link later.
"Well, you see, I….umm….I was helping my cousin here move in. He needed help," She quickly lied. Prof. Shad raised an eyebrow, but simply said, "If an outburst like this happens again I will be forced to take disciplinary actions. I will forget about it this time," and turned back to the board. Link tilted his head to one side before Zelda grabbed him by his ear and whispered, threateningly, "You and I are going to have a talk about this later," then left to go back to her seat. Link, deciding not to make her any angrier, kept quiet the rest of the lesson. A bell sounded and the students all left, "Young man. Stay, if you would please," Shad called out to Link. Zelda stopped and waited. "Only you, please." Zelda reluctantly left the room.
Shad took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and set them down on his desk. "Now, if you would please tell me how you know the Hylian language," he asked. Link began to remember what Zelda's father had said to him during breakfast after he finished asking about the toaster, 'Listen my boy, the last thing we need is for anyone to find out you aren't from this time. Do not give yourself away no matter what." Link looked at the Prof. and shrugged with a small smile on his face, "I…uh…learned it from my parents." That wasn't entirely false. Still the Prof. raised an eyebrow, "What kind of work do they do?" Link scratched his head, "They….study…ancient places." Shad's eyes brightened a little, and then resumed their normal position, "I see. I would like to meet them someday." Link nodded and then walked out, but not before Shad noticed a mark on his left hand.
At lunch Zelda dragged him to a corner outside and pointed a finger in his face, "What. The. Heck. Was. That!?" She poked him as she said each word. "Uh….I…umm…" Link felt that if he responded she'd get even angrier so he just kept stammering. In turn, she grabbed her hair in frustration, "Didn't I tell you to keep quiet!?" Link quickly replied, "Yes, but you didn't say that I could not speak." She wanted to punch him, "That's the same thing!" Link began to notice a group of people gathering to watch, "Uh, Princess? You might want to keep it down. Ow!" He winced in pain as she stamped on his foot, "Quit calling me that!" Link frowned and nursed his foot. Monsters he could handle. Angry, teenage, girls? Not so much. Though there wasn't much of a difference. He'd never say that out loud though. "Ugh. Fine, let's just try to get through the rest of today without any more incidents. He nodded. However, things never seem to go his way when it came to laying low.
Zelda sighed as they walked home. Her school life was officially ruined. Everyone kept asking if Link was a crazy person after the classroom incident. During lunch, he ate his food with his hands and during gym they had played dodge ball and Link had thrown the ball so hard that it broke a guy's nose. Link walked behind with his hands behind his head as he tried to assess what he had done wrong. When he saw the Hylian text something made him stand up and read it. He knew that he had read it somewhere before. At lunch everybody was using strange items to eat their food. He had never used them before so he decided to eat with his hands so he wouldn't have to bother Zelda with more questions. At gym, he simply did as he was told. Knock the other people out. Still, something about all that seemed to make her upset. The sun was setting low in the sky causing it to turn a light red-orange color. "I'm sorry, Zelda. Whatever I have done to make you angry with me, please forgive me."
She turned around to tell him not to worry about it when she noticed him bowing, "Stop that! Get up!" She grabbed him by the arm and tried to pull him to his feet. She expected him to resist, not stand up so quickly. She lost her balance and began to fall backwards. Link's reflexes took over and he placed a hand behind her back while scooping up her legs. "Are you alright?" Link asked with concern. She sat there blinking before she realized he was carrying her. Her cheeks burned furiously and she replied, "Y-yes! I'm fine, thank you, now put me down!" He lowered her to her feet and she stepped away, turning her face to hide the blush. "Come on. Father will be worried if we stay out too late." She began walking again, quicker this time. Link sighed. Great, now she's angry with me again. He sighed again and followed her.
Later that night, Zelda was brushing her hair and getting ready for bed. Her mind began to wander back to what had happened. When Link had read that tablet, it seemed like he wasn't just translating. It was more like he remembered it. 'This poem is dedicated to the dearly departed members of the royal family.' She wanted to know what the poem was, and why it sounded so familiar. Soon, her thoughts went to earlier when he had caught her. Her cheeks tinted pink as she recalled the feeling. Despite not knowing him very well, she had felt safe. His scent still lingered in her nose after he had put her down. He smelled like the forest, which wasn't that hard to believe since he slept in one for over a thousand years. Still, it was nice.
Link began to look through his pack and see what all he needed to resupply. While he was rummaging he pulled out a small blue instrument. He stopped and looked at it, smiling fondly. The Ocarina of Time. He sat there looking at it for a while. 'I should probably see if it still works…' he decided. Zelda was just about to lie down when she heard a sound. It was music coming from outside. She opened her door and listened. It was coming from the courtyard. She silently made her way down the hall and stopped when she reached her destination. Sitting in the tree was Link, playing a small instrument that looked like a flute of some kind. The song he was playing sounded familiar and it made Zelda drowsy. Careful not to alert him to her presence, she sat down against the wall and listened silently to the one man symphony. She had never noticed when her eyes had shut, or when sleep finally took her. But what she did know was she was sure she saw Link crying.
Link carefully picked the sleeping girl up and took her back into her room, placing her underneath her covers. He had noticed her before she had even made it to him but did not want to stop playing. The song brought back memories of 'his' Zelda. Watching this one fall asleep to the same song made him smile a bit. Same Zelda, different time. Her chest slowly rose and fell in her sleep. He tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear, and then whispered, "Goodnight, Princess. Sweet dreams." Slowly he got up, walked out, and quietly shut the door.
I do not own The Legend of Zelda© or any of its characters.
Chapter 3: School Daze.
There was smoke everywhere. The cries of the dying could be heard everywhere, only to be drowned out by the falling debris of Hyrule Castle. The clash of metal and roar of monsters sounded in her ear. Zelda whipped around expecting to meet the cold steel or sharp teeth. Instead she met the table next to her with her head. With a hiss of pain she began to nurture the, now sore, spot. Slowly she shook the sleep from her eyes. Looking around, she began to wonder what that dream was. That place. Those smells. They seemed, familiar…. But how could that be? She had never seen that place before. Still. She could not shake the feeling that she 'had' been there. Her thoughts began to turn to the boy from last night.
Was that a dream as well?
Getting up quietly, she tip-toed to his room and slowly opened the sliding door. The room was empty. Nothing seemed out of place. She sighed, "Maybe I did dream the whole thing up…" She yawned and walked back to her room. 'Thock.' She stopped to listen. What was that? She decided that it was probably her father shuffling about and had knocked something over. She dressed, washed up, and headed to the dining room for some breakfast. As she passed the courtyard, she noticed something sticking out of the ground. Curious, she walked over to examine it. It was an arrow. It looked in good condition, but that didn't explain where it had come from. 'Thock.' Her head swiveled around as another arrow embedded itself into the trunk of a tree at the center of the courtyard. Looking all around she could not find the source of the arrows until she heard, "Tch! Looks like all that sleep drained my strength a little."
Startled she looked behind her. Nothing. That could only mean…. She looked up and there he was, bow in hand and a quiver full of arrows on his back. With a leap he sailed over her and landed with hardly a sound. He walked over to the tree and examined it. It was a good shot. Dead center, about chest high. A perfect kill. Still, Link frowned as if displeased, sighed, and removed the arrow. She then realized that he was only wearing pants and a thin white shirt. The shirt cut off just below the shoulder, leaving his arms exposed. She also noticed small scars that lined his arm. She began to wonder just how many battles he had been in before he had fallen asleep. He seemed to finally notice her presence, or acknowledge it rather, and turned to face her. "Good morning Princess," He greeted. Zelda folded her arms, "I'm not a princess." Link seemed to realize his mistake and apologized, "Sorry, I'm just so used to it." She huffed and walked out, "Well whatever. My father should have some clothes for you so you should go see him." Link nodded and proceeded to put away his bow and arrows. Using his sharp hearing he quickly located the slightly, portly man.
Link greeted Kaepora, which caused him to jump. "Woah! Link, my boy, don't sneak up on me like that!" Link scratched the back of his head, apologetically, "Sorry, during my travels I had to be quiet to sneak up on my enemies. Over time I just kept walking like that." Kaepora chuckled, "I understand. Oh! I have some clothes for you so you can accompany Zelda to school." After a few minutes of shuffling around in a drawer Kaepora held a pair of dark pants and a button up, white collared, shirt. He was also handed a tie, which Link had no idea how to use it. When Kaepora had left, he undressed and put the pants on first. Then the shirt. He became annoyed with the little buttons that were supposed to go through the tiny holes on the other side. When he finally had that done, he heard the door open and Zelda poked her head through. "Are you done yet? I'm gonna be late for school!" She noticed that his tie was around his waist like a crude belt. "What are you doing?" "Dressing," He stated simply.
Zelda rolled her eyes and unwrapped the tie from around his waist, "That's not where that goes. It goes right here, like this."(giggity) She began to tie the tie around his neck. As she was fumbling with the tie she began to notice their close proximity. She tried to focus on the tie, but kept coming back to his eyes. They were a deep blue. Kindness radiated from them as well as courage. But as she kept looking she noticed something else. Something that he had tried to keep hidden from everyone since he started his journey as a small boy. Sorrow, loneliness, and fear. She didn't have time to think about it too long before his voice brought her back to reality, "Umm, Princess? I think it's a little too tight." She blinked and looked at it. Sure enough, while she was lost in thought, she had tightened it too tight around his neck. She sighed and apologized, loosening it a little. "Sorry, I was thinking. And I thought I told you not to call me princess." He shrugged and chuckled a bit, "Forgive me, I can't seem to help myself." After a little adjusting, Zelda was finally satisfied and told him to come downstairs for breakfast. He brightened up and followed quickly. 'Like a dog.' She thought to herself.
Breakfast consisted of toast, eggs, bacon, and a 'lot' of questions. How did that thing make the break so crunchy? Where did the heat come from that cook the eggs? What exactly was bacon? Zelda thought her head was gonna explode. If he kept asking questions about simple stuff like this, school was going to be a nightmare. After breakfast, she and Link left the house and began walking down the road, Link following behind. "It's probably better if you kept quiet while we are at school. People would think you were a freak." Link laughed, "Considering I'm over a thousand years old I don't think that assumption to be too farfetched." But otherwise, he agreed to keep silent, he wasn't usually a talker anyways. Something about Zelda, 'his' Zelda, just brought it out of him. That seemed to be the case with this one as well. "Heeeeeeeeeey!!!" Both turned around and saw Malon running towards them.
After Malon had caught her breath she greeted the two and began chatting with Zelda. Link smiled 'Yep. Malon is the same as always. Even in this time.' They emerged at an intersection where cars and people were rushing by trying to get to work, home, or school. Link marveled at the iron carts that moved on their own. Over on one of the walkways a mother was busy chatting on the phone while walking across, a child was behind her playing with a ball. As he was bouncing it, it hit a crack in the street and rolled out into the middle of the intersection. Unknown to his mother, he ran out to retrieve his toy. While he was out there, a driver who wasn't paying attention didn't see the red light and kept going, right at the boy. The boy picked up his ball and noticed the car speeding towards him, the driver noticed the boy as well and slammed on brakes, he wouldn't be able to stop in time! The mother noticed the missing child and called out for him, screaming. The boy was frozen with fear. The screeching of tires and the scream of the mother filled the air. There was a loud thud as metal came in contact with a body.
Pain. Link felt it as soon as the car collided with his leg as he grabbed the child and tried to roll to safety. It just barely nicked him. The boy in his arms was too startled to speak, as well as everyone else who had witnessed it. The boy overcame his shock and began to cry. Link sat on a knee and put his hands on the boy's shoulders, "It's all right, little one. You're safe now. You should be more careful." The boy hiccupped and nodded, trying to dry his tears. The mother ran over and cradled her child, thanking Link all the while. Zelda and Malon, meanwhile, stared awestruck. Link was fast. Really fast. Malon let out a low whistle, "Wow. Looks like he really is a hero. Jumping in front of that car to save that kid. Pretty cool." Zelda nodded slowly. 'Yeah. Pretty cool….' Link, after making sure the boy was indeed safe, returned to the two asking if they were ready to go, like nothing had happened. They nodded and began to walk again.
"So do you do stuff like that on a regular basis?" Malon asked him. Link thought for a moment, and then said, "I help anyone in need." She smiled, "I'm sure you got tons of rewards and stuff for it." Link shook his head, "I don't need anything. I'm simply happy that I can be of help to others." Malon almost swooned, "Just like a true hero." Zelda, however, simply looked at him. The emotions that she had seen in his eyes earlier that morning made her wonder if that was true. Did he really enjoy helping others and getting nothing in return? Did his life matter so little to him?
She couldn't tell as he was walking with a smile on his face and his eyes looking forward. As much as it confused her, she couldn't help but admire it somehow. She put her thoughts aside. 'Let's get through school first. Stuff like that can wait till later.' They reached the school building and headed inside. Link just couldn't stop looking at everything with that dumb look on his face. Which, even Zelda had to admit, looked kinda cute. It reminded her of a small boy walking into an amusement park, trying to decide what he wanted to do first. Link mentally pointed out that over the years, people had become less modest. He figured that everyone at 'school' would dress like Zelda had after she explained it was a uniform that she had to wear. But some girls here took that a little too far.
They stopped in front of a door with the word 'Office' painted over it. Zelda opened the door and told Link to go inside. She followed after him, and Malon after her. The inside was grey with a few chairs and a small desk that sat next to a window. Behind the desk, was an old woman. Old was an understatement, however. She looked ancient. Her wrinkles looked like the shifting dunes of the Gerudo Desert. Zelda walked over to the woman and politely gained her attention. She began speaking and motioning towards Link who was busy looking at the light fixture in the ceiling. He nudged Malon next to him and pointed at it, "How does it give off light without a flame?" Malon thought a moment. How could she explain this? "Well, it uses electricity, and that makes light." Link was still confused. Electricity? Like lightning? Have human beings really harnessed the power of lightning?
Zelda had finished her conversation with the elderly lady and escorted the two out. "Alright, everything is set. Your name is Link from the city of Ordon. You transferred here after your parents had to leave for a trip around the world and sent you to your uncle's, my father's, house to stay until they got back." He nodded, and followed Zelda to the classroom. When they had walked in, everybody stared at them. Especially Link. Some of the girls in the room giggled amongst themselves, blushing. The guys seemed to be sizing him up. Others simply looked at him with a bored expression and then turned back to their earlier conversations. Zelda went and took her seat while Malon dragged him to a seat near her. The door to the classroom opened and shut again. The room went dead silent. A man with round glasses, and medium cut, orange hair, walked to the front and sat his things down.
'This must be the commander.' Link thought. He fumbled around in his desk for something. A small card on his desk read, 'Professor Shad.' The man pushed up on his glasses and wrote on the board behind him. 'The history of lost civilizations.' He turned back around to face the class, "Alright class, today we will be talking about civilizations that have disappeared through the ages. Anyone have an idea which ones I am talking about?" No one raised their hands. He looked around, "Alright, maybe if I have you write an essay on them you would remember it clearly." Almost all hands shot up. "Yes. You in the back." Professor Shad pointed to a small boy with blonde hair, "Fledge, stand up and tell me the names of the civilizations we discussed last week." The boy slowly stood up, "Y-yes sir. Umm….there was the Mayan, the Aztecs, and the Hylians." Satisfied with this answer Prof. Shad allowed the boy to be seated. Link, however, was intently listening.
"The one we will be focusing on today are the Hylians." Zelda was also listening. She had never paid much attention to it before, but it would be interesting to see what Link's world was like. "As you all know, or should know anyway, the land of Hyrule was lost over a thousand years ago with little to no trace left." He droned on and on about how little they knew and how much they could learn if they could find more substantial evidence. "However, there is something we did find. It was a stone tablet with odd runes inscribed on it. Obviously it was the language of their time, but after it was translated, scientists discovered something interesting about it." Prof. Shad reached up and pulled down a cord that was hanging from the board. It unraveled and showed a picture of a black slab of rock that had different shapes written on it. Link tensed, he knew what it said. Zelda noticed this and looked back at it, waiting for the professor to explain.
"As of right now, we don't know enough of their culture and language to fully translate it, however…" He was cut off as Link stood up and began speaking in an odd language. Everyone stared at him, Zelda silently wanted to throttle him. After he had finished speaking Prof. Shad gave him an odd look, "Would you care to explain why you are interrupting my class and speaking gibberish?" Link said nothing for a minute, then, "This poem is dedicated to the members of the dearly departed royal family." Prof. Shad frowned and narrowed his eyes, "Pardon?" Link was about to say something else when Zelda stood up quickly and grabbed his arm, "Forgive him Prof. he isn't feeling well." Link looked at Zelda wondering what was going on, she didn't look at him. She'd deal with him later. "Ah, Zelda, nice to see you again. We missed you yesterday. I hope you have a good excuse." Zelda mentally kicked herself, this was exactly what she was hoping to avoid. One more thing she was going to discuss with Link later.
"Well, you see, I….umm….I was helping my cousin here move in. He needed help," She quickly lied. Prof. Shad raised an eyebrow, but simply said, "If an outburst like this happens again I will be forced to take disciplinary actions. I will forget about it this time," and turned back to the board. Link tilted his head to one side before Zelda grabbed him by his ear and whispered, threateningly, "You and I are going to have a talk about this later," then left to go back to her seat. Link, deciding not to make her any angrier, kept quiet the rest of the lesson. A bell sounded and the students all left, "Young man. Stay, if you would please," Shad called out to Link. Zelda stopped and waited. "Only you, please." Zelda reluctantly left the room.
Shad took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and set them down on his desk. "Now, if you would please tell me how you know the Hylian language," he asked. Link began to remember what Zelda's father had said to him during breakfast after he finished asking about the toaster, 'Listen my boy, the last thing we need is for anyone to find out you aren't from this time. Do not give yourself away no matter what." Link looked at the Prof. and shrugged with a small smile on his face, "I…uh…learned it from my parents." That wasn't entirely false. Still the Prof. raised an eyebrow, "What kind of work do they do?" Link scratched his head, "They….study…ancient places." Shad's eyes brightened a little, and then resumed their normal position, "I see. I would like to meet them someday." Link nodded and then walked out, but not before Shad noticed a mark on his left hand.
At lunch Zelda dragged him to a corner outside and pointed a finger in his face, "What. The. Heck. Was. That!?" She poked him as she said each word. "Uh….I…umm…" Link felt that if he responded she'd get even angrier so he just kept stammering. In turn, she grabbed her hair in frustration, "Didn't I tell you to keep quiet!?" Link quickly replied, "Yes, but you didn't say that I could not speak." She wanted to punch him, "That's the same thing!" Link began to notice a group of people gathering to watch, "Uh, Princess? You might want to keep it down. Ow!" He winced in pain as she stamped on his foot, "Quit calling me that!" Link frowned and nursed his foot. Monsters he could handle. Angry, teenage, girls? Not so much. Though there wasn't much of a difference. He'd never say that out loud though. "Ugh. Fine, let's just try to get through the rest of today without any more incidents. He nodded. However, things never seem to go his way when it came to laying low.
Zelda sighed as they walked home. Her school life was officially ruined. Everyone kept asking if Link was a crazy person after the classroom incident. During lunch, he ate his food with his hands and during gym they had played dodge ball and Link had thrown the ball so hard that it broke a guy's nose. Link walked behind with his hands behind his head as he tried to assess what he had done wrong. When he saw the Hylian text something made him stand up and read it. He knew that he had read it somewhere before. At lunch everybody was using strange items to eat their food. He had never used them before so he decided to eat with his hands so he wouldn't have to bother Zelda with more questions. At gym, he simply did as he was told. Knock the other people out. Still, something about all that seemed to make her upset. The sun was setting low in the sky causing it to turn a light red-orange color. "I'm sorry, Zelda. Whatever I have done to make you angry with me, please forgive me."
She turned around to tell him not to worry about it when she noticed him bowing, "Stop that! Get up!" She grabbed him by the arm and tried to pull him to his feet. She expected him to resist, not stand up so quickly. She lost her balance and began to fall backwards. Link's reflexes took over and he placed a hand behind her back while scooping up her legs. "Are you alright?" Link asked with concern. She sat there blinking before she realized he was carrying her. Her cheeks burned furiously and she replied, "Y-yes! I'm fine, thank you, now put me down!" He lowered her to her feet and she stepped away, turning her face to hide the blush. "Come on. Father will be worried if we stay out too late." She began walking again, quicker this time. Link sighed. Great, now she's angry with me again. He sighed again and followed her.
Later that night, Zelda was brushing her hair and getting ready for bed. Her mind began to wander back to what had happened. When Link had read that tablet, it seemed like he wasn't just translating. It was more like he remembered it. 'This poem is dedicated to the dearly departed members of the royal family.' She wanted to know what the poem was, and why it sounded so familiar. Soon, her thoughts went to earlier when he had caught her. Her cheeks tinted pink as she recalled the feeling. Despite not knowing him very well, she had felt safe. His scent still lingered in her nose after he had put her down. He smelled like the forest, which wasn't that hard to believe since he slept in one for over a thousand years. Still, it was nice.
Link began to look through his pack and see what all he needed to resupply. While he was rummaging he pulled out a small blue instrument. He stopped and looked at it, smiling fondly. The Ocarina of Time. He sat there looking at it for a while. 'I should probably see if it still works…' he decided. Zelda was just about to lie down when she heard a sound. It was music coming from outside. She opened her door and listened. It was coming from the courtyard. She silently made her way down the hall and stopped when she reached her destination. Sitting in the tree was Link, playing a small instrument that looked like a flute of some kind. The song he was playing sounded familiar and it made Zelda drowsy. Careful not to alert him to her presence, she sat down against the wall and listened silently to the one man symphony. She had never noticed when her eyes had shut, or when sleep finally took her. But what she did know was she was sure she saw Link crying.
Link carefully picked the sleeping girl up and took her back into her room, placing her underneath her covers. He had noticed her before she had even made it to him but did not want to stop playing. The song brought back memories of 'his' Zelda. Watching this one fall asleep to the same song made him smile a bit. Same Zelda, different time. Her chest slowly rose and fell in her sleep. He tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear, and then whispered, "Goodnight, Princess. Sweet dreams." Slowly he got up, walked out, and quietly shut the door.
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Chapter 3 is out! Man I'm on a roll! So how do ya'll like like it so far? Am i going overboard with the Zelink stuff? Or am i not doing enough? Comments would be greatly apprecianted to help me pump these out better and faster. Until next time. "Bless your face." Tobuscus.
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