A/N: Something new from me here, a Legend of Zelda fic! Oh my! I started this back when I had just beat Phantom Hourglass, and I kind of got obsessed with all the new characters...although, I still like Wind Waker the best. Meh. Judge me.
Umm, the story is told from the OC's POV. Her name's Marigold, which you will deduce pretty quickly into the story.
***CHAPTER ONE***
"All hands on deck, and be quick about it!"
I groaned as I sat up from my resting spot by the steering wheel. Link, who was perched on the mast along with Ciela, hopped down to where our captain, Linebeck, was standing. I noticed a mischievous gleam in his cunning eyes as the three of us approached.
Ciela flickered. "What do you want from us, Linebeck?" she asked with a bored tone.
"This is what I want to show my noble crew!" The captain fished a map out of his coat pocket. We gathered around to see.
Link blinked. "How old is this map?" he asked with curiosity.
Linebeck grinned. "Pretty old," he replied. "That's why I'm so anxious to go after this treasure. This is so old and it was so hidden in a dark dungeon that there's no way someone would have uncovered it yet!"
I rolled my eyes and snorted. Linebeck shot me a dirty look, "Have something to say, Marigold?"
"All you care about is the stupid treasure," I bit back. "It's all about what's in it for you. I'm sick of it!"
"Me too!" Ciela squeaked, flying around in quick circles. "I never liked the guy in the first place, it seems like you and I are the only ones that actually want to help Link save Tetra!"
"Now, ladies," Link said nervously, trying to calm us down.
Linebeck silenced him. "I don't care if you two stowaways like it or not. We're finding that treasure! And that's that!"
"And why is that?!" Ciela and I demanded in unison.
"Because I'M the captain!"
Link gulped and decided to stay silent while the three of us screamed at each other. Smart boy.
After Linebeck had successfully—somehow—silenced us with some irrational explanation, the three of us dispersed. I heaved angrily and plopped back down by the steering wheel.
I had had enough cocky captains for the day.
That night, as we were all preparing to go the sleep, Link took control of the wheel. I felt sorry for him sometimes, having to do the night shift. He hardly ever got any sleep at all.
That's why I decided to stay up part of the night with him.
"Hey, Link," I whispered, walking up on the deck beside the steering wheel. Link glanced over at me and smiled.
"Hey, Marigold," he replied, taking his hands off the wheel. "What brings you up here this time of night?"
I shrugged, my blonde hair falling on my shoulders. "I dunno. I felt bad for you, I didn't want you to stand up here alone."
Link rolled his eyes. "Well, I'm sure I'm not as bad off as Linebeck," he said sarcastically, plopping down on the deck. I sat down next to him. "I mean, he has it so hard, all the time…"
Just the mention of that jerk ticked me off. "Linebeck is so stuck up! If I owned the stupid boat I would have thrown him off a long time ago!" Link laughed, taking off his hat to reveal a snoozing Ciela on his messy blonde hair.
"Yeah. I mean sometimes he's not so bad, but…"
"But nothing! He has no excuse to take advantage of you all the time. He's always slacking off while you go off and work your butt off to try and save Tetra, not to mention the world!"
"Marigold, shh," Link said suddenly, interrupting me. "You're going to wake up everyone else."
I blinked, realizing that I was yelling. "Sorry," I whispered. I could see him smile in amusement. I liked the fact that Link and I were best buddies. He was someone I could really talk to…I mean, the only other one of the ship was that snake Linebeck…
I shivered suddenly, realizing that it was starting to get chilly. Link scooted closer and wrapped his arms around me. "Th-thanks," I chattered. I noticed that Link was shivering as well; I wasn't the only one that thought it was cold.
I guess I should have realized that it wouldn't take long for us to start kissing, given the fact that we were so close together. I mean, Link and I were pretty close anyway, why not start taking this to the next level?
What I didn't plan on, however, was that my ranting had awoken Linebeck, and he had traveled up to the deck to see what the heck was going on. And he saw EXACTLY what was going on.
"WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU TWO DOING?!" Linebeck roared, surprise written in his expression. We quickly broke apart, Ciela bouncing off Link's head and waking up.
Neither Link nor I could respond, as we weren't really sure what to say. Oh my gosh, did we really just do that??
"What the heck are you screaming about, Linebeck?!" Ciela demanded, flying up and stretching her wings after being cooped up under Link's cap. Linebeck eyed the tiny fairy before turning his beady eyes back to us.
"I'm yelling because I hear Marigold scream, decide that I better go see what on Earth is attacking her, and then I see her and the treasure dog sucking each other's faces off! What the heck am I supposed to make of that??"
Link blushed, and I shivered. I was cold again. Ciela curiously flew in front of us. "Link…you and Marigold…?"
"Yes," he replied. "But…it was just because…we were cold."
"COLD?!" Linebeck was nearly foaming at the mouth. "Occasionally I get cold, but that doesn't give me the urge to make out with Link!"
"Oh, shut up, Linebeck," I finally mustered. "You're just mad because it wasn't ME making out with you." I rolled my eyes. "You're just a conceited idiot. What would you know about any of this?"
I think I went a little overboard, because I finally got the captain to shut up, which is a rare thing. Without another word, he whirled around and stalked back down to his cabin.
The three of us watched him go. Ciela finally sighed, and with a sleepy sounding murmur, fell asleep once more on Link's messy hair.
That left the two of us alone again.
I stared right into Link's onyx eyes again. "I'm cold."
He stared back. "Me too."
We picked back up where we left off.
How was that for an intro? Please, please, PLEASE tell me what you think in a review! Very much appreciated!