Just before I start, I'd like to say yes, the Dark Link fanfic is on its way, and this is the Zelink one! But I decided to write a modern Zelink rather than traditional! And one other note, yes I am fully aware that (spoiler if you haven't played Ocarina of Time) Sheik is Zelda but I really wanted Sheik and Link to be like best mates in this one! Anyway here it is…


"Link… I'm bored, can we pull over?"

"Sheik, we've been driving for ten minutes, and we only stopped then because you insisted you were bored, let's just clear this section of motorway and then we'll find a premier inn or something to stay at, ok?"

Sheik sighs, crossing his arms, staring out of the window, Link smiles and returns to watching the road. They drive in silence for about two miles before Sheik scoffs again

"Oh come on Link! It's getting late; can't we just find a hotel already?"

"I promised myself we'd make it at least a third of the way by the first day! There's five miles to go just be patient"

"Fine, can I at least put the radio on?"

"Zelda's asleep!"

"So?"

Link sighs, gripping tightly onto the steering wheel "The radio stays off Sheik, just listen to your IPod"

"It died…" Sheik mutters "Hey! Wanna play a game?"

Link quickly flicks the left indicator on, pulling off the motor way "Right that's it we're stopping here…"

Sheik silently celebrates as they turn into the car park of a roadside hotel; they drive around, carefully watching parking spaces

"Over there!" Sheik says, pointing so Link can see the open space, he carefully pulls in, and the car comes to a stop

"Ok" Link says, turning to Sheik "You get our one night cases, I'll wake Zelda up then we'll go book a room ok?"

Sheik nods, he clambers out of the car and pulls open the trunk, he begins rummaging for their overnight bags, Link carefully opens the left back door and shakes Zelda's shoulder gently

"Zel… hey Zel… wake up, we're at the hotel"

She stirs carefully in her sleep, her eyes opening just a little to look at Link, leaning in the car door to talk to her, she smiles a little, he takes her hand and helps her out of the car, she rubs her sleepy eyes as Sheik closes the boot, and the three of them make their way over to the hotel

"Hello" Says the bright, cheerful receptionist "How can I help you?" she smiles like it isn't one thirty in the morning, and Link can't help wondering how much coffee she'd drunk

"Would it be possible for us to stay in a twin room and a single?" Link asks, setting his bag down at his feet

The receptionist taps away at her keypad, and then turns to Link "I'm terribly sorry but all our twins are booked… I could get you three singles, a double and a single, or a family room?"

"How much for each?" He asks

"Three singles is two hundred and seventy rupees, one double one single is one hundred and eighty rupees, or one family is ninety rupees"

"We'll take the family room" Link says, handing over his card, the overly cheerful receptionist scans it in, and hands him a set of keys

"You'll be staying in room 410, complimentary breakfast is included in the price, enjoy your stay"

He managers to stammer out his thanks and the three of them make their way down the hall and into the lift

"So" Zelda says "How far have we come?"

"We're almost a third of the way there" Sheik says "We've still got a while until we arrive at lake Hylia, and then we've got to find the beach"

"It'll be fine!" Link says "Let's just focus on getting some sleep, eating, then heading back out on the road"

The lift rings as they arrive on their floor, the doors slide open and a recorded voice announces they've reached the fourth floor. They wander down the halls, counting the doors until they see one reading "Room 410" Link carefully unlocks the door, and reveals a small but practical room. A bathroom is immediately to their left as they enter, and past that lies a double bed, then a sofa that pulls out to be a single bed, opposite the double is small wooden table sporting a television and a phone, with a mirror hanging just above. Sheik glances at the room then dives past Link and Zelda, jumping on the sofa bed "I call shotgun on this!" He says

"Fine…" Link mumbles, dropping his bag at the foot of the double

Zelda shrugs "Oh well, we've shared a bed before…" She begins pulling her night clothes and tooth brush out of her bag, but Sheik is amazed

"You two shared a bed?"

Link laughs "Our families have been friends since we were kids, we went on holidays together! When there weren't enough beds Zelda and I would share"

"Ooh get in there buddy!" Sheik laughs, Link just rolls his eyes

"Right, I'm changing then doing my teeth and washing up, please be changed before I come back out, I don't want to see that again" She says, looking meaningfully at Sheik

"You should've knocked!" Sheik laughs as Zelda disappears into the bathroom, he turns to Link, who's pulling his shoes off "You really like Zelda don't you?" he asks

Link laughs "You're clearly jet lagged" he says

"You need to fly to get jet lag, we went in a car"

"Fine, you're car lagged" Link laughs, pulling his trousers off before unbuttoning his shirt

Sheik rolls his eyes "Yeah right" He pulls open the sofa bed, throws the duvet on and clambers into bed

"You're not changing?" Link asks, pulling on some old tracks and a T-shirt that reads "Hyrule high class of 2012"

"Why bother?" Sheik says as Zelda steps out of the bathroom

"It's all yours" she says

"Cheers, hey Sheik can I borrow your toothpaste?" Link asks

Sheik sighs "It's in the car"

"Eww…" Zelda whispers, handing Link hers, he smiles his thanks and makes his way into the bathroom, leaving Zelda to clamber into bed. He steps into the brightly lit bathroom and makes his way over to the mirror, he hurriedly brushes his teeth and rinses out his mouth, before looking at his reflection in the mirror, his blue eyes tired, blonde hair hanging limply, he sighs, what would Zelda ever see in him?


Link woke early the next morning to a tangle of blonde hair in his face, though the smell of jasmine and honeysuckle was pleasing, the hair was a little itchy. He brushes Zelda's hair from his face and rolls over, smiling to himself

"Please drive to highlighted route"

"Shut up you stupid thing!"

Links eyes suddenly open, he sits up, and sees, much to his surprise, Sheik already awake, trying his best to program the satnav. "What are you doing?" Link says, his voice barely above a whisper

"Oh, sorry bro, did I wake you up? This stupid thing doesn't recognise the hotel's post code"

Link sighs "Just set it to take us to Lake Hylia, we'll probably only reach the countryside today anyway"

"Oh… right…" Sheik mutters

Link sighs, throwing the duvet back, he grabs some clothes from his overnight bag and stumbles into the bathroom, then fifteen minutes later, he emerges from the shower, hair still a little damp after only being towel dried, but fully dressed none the less. Zelda is sat up in bed, a map in her hands, trying to plot a route, Link smiles, guessing that Sheik couldn't figure out how the satnav works

Link claps his hands together "I think… breakfast and then we'll head out"

"Sure, just let me get dressed" Zelda says, clambering out of bed and wondering into the bathroom, clothes in hand, Sheik laughs to himself

"What?" Link asks

"You didn't know did you?"

Link raises one eyebrow "Knew what Sheik?"

Sheik laughs, placing the satnav carefully beside him he kneels down at the side of the double bed, Link sighs, making his way over, and he watches as Sheik pulls on a handle on the side of the bed, revealing a mattress on wheels underneath the bed, ready set with duvet and pillows, Link sighs "You knew and you didn't tell me?"

"Don't pretend you didn't enjoy sleeping with Zelda" Sheik says, raising his eyebrows mischievously

Link laughs "Sheik you've got it all wrong"

"Got what all wrong?" Zelda asks, emerging from the bathroom now fully dressed and carefully putting an earring in place"

"Uhh… nothing" Link says, smiling as he collects the room keys "Are we all ready for breakfast?"


The three of them sit around a table, eating pancakes dribbled with maple syrup

Zelda smiles "Remember we've got to pick up Midna on the way"

"Oh yeah!" Says Link "I almost forgot, it's such a shame she left after middle school"

"Yeah" Zelda says, swallowing her mouthful "But we still see her loads, and we'll be going to university in Castle Town with her after the summer! And she's half the reason we booked this holiday, to see her again!"

"Where does she live again?" Sheik asks, not stopping eating to speak

Zelda laughs "In a town about 60 miles from here. Don't worry, it's right on route, and I think you'll like Midna"

Link smiles, meeting Zelda's gaze "Yeah, she's just your type Sheik"

Sheik just laughs "Link, oh Link, you should know by now that's not how I roll, I'm a lone wolf, not unlike the brave eagle I fly solo, like a dynamic uno tiger… You know who else walks alone?"

"A manned sloth?" Link asks, making Zelda giggle

"No! Like a fierce polar bear…"

"Or a micro pig!" Says Zelda, this time making Link laugh

"I'm sure this Midna is lovely, but I don't need a woman" Sheik says, shrugging as he finishes his pancakes

"Oh… did I mention she's a Twili?" Link says, smirking, Sheik suddenly sits up, looking Link in the eye

"Really?"

"Yup…" Link smiles "Sheik kind of has a thing for Twili's"

"Ahh I see" Zelda laughs, placing her fork back on her plate

"Well… looks like we're all done, let's go get our stuff and get back on the road" Link says, smiling "And use the bathroom before you leave, it's a long drive"