The Outsiders Part One: The Jump
Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda. Shigeru Miyamoto does. I also don't own the novel The Outsiders. S.E Hilton does.
Character List
Bond(Link's youngest brother)-Ponyboy Curtis
Tie(Link's second youngest brother)-Sodapop Curtis
Link-Darry Curtis
Saria-Johnny Cade
The Running Man(who I have named Slim)-Steve Randle
Ganondorf (I made him good)-Dallas Winston
Skull Kid-Two-bit Matthews
Malon-Cherry Valance
Kafei-Randy
And now, on with the story!
As I stepped out of the movie house into the bright light of the sun, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. I hadn't planned ahead so I didn't have a ride. I wouldn't bring one of my brothers because Tie, my older brother, can't sit still long enough to enjoy a movie and Link is just too busy working to take me to a movie. If only I had thought of asking one of the four kids who we grew up with to come. Then maybe my walk home wouldn't have turned out the way it did.
In our area of Hyrule, there are two classes: Socs and Greasers. Myself and my friends are all Greasers. Don't get us wrong, there are no gangs besides Tim Shepherd's outfit. There's just groups of friends. The Socs throw beer blasts and are all rich. Us Greasers are all damned poor. Besides beer blasts, the Socs have one other hobby: jumping Greasers. That's what happened on my way home. I was jumped.
I was just walking along minding my own business when this cart pulls up beside me. Four guys all around the build of Link jumped out. I could tell they were just looking for trouble.
"Hey Grease. Need a haircut?" One of the Socs sneered and grabbed me. I could smell gin in his breath. So that was the deal. It was four drunk Socs looking for trouble. I remembered how little Saria got beaten up by a gang of Socs. We couldn't even recognize her afterwards. I screamed and the Soc flipped out his switchblade and held it against my throat.
"One more noise and the haircut will begin right below the chin." The Soc sneered. I was scared so I started to cry. I'm only fourteen. That's too young to die. The Soc put his hand over my mouth to attempt to shut me up. I bit down as hard as I could and I tasted blood.
Just then, I saw the Soc go flying and heard a switchblade flip open. I saw Link, Tie, and the four other kids who were are buddies.
"Are you okay Bond?" Link asked me as he shook me.
"Yeah. I'm fine Link. Just stop shaking me." I sobbed.
Link is the most mature out of all of us. He has a really muscular chest from his years of adventuring. Link is movie-star brand of handsome. He's really smart but he had to miss college to look after my brother and me after our parents died. He looks so much like Dad did that while Dad was still alive, a lot of people thought they were brothers instead of father and son. He may look like my dad, but he's nothing like him. My dad never hurt someone on purpose and was always goofing off yet Link is so serious and is rough with me by accident a lot. Don't get me wrong, he's a great guy. He just cares too much.
"Nice bruise you got there Bond. Makes you look tough." The smallest but second oldest out of all of us said. In our neighborhood, tough and tuff mean two different things. Tough means the same thing as rough but tuff means cool or suave.
"Thanks Two-Bit." I responded.
Two-Bit is the biggest joker of our clique. He couldn't stop making funny comments to save his life. He always had to get his two bits which is how he got his name. Even his teachers forgot that his real name was Skull Kid. He's eighteen but looks a lot younger because he's so short. He's only a junior at school though. He doesn't go to learn. He just goes for kicks. Two Bit's pride and joy is his black handled switchblade, which he acquired with his fine shoplifting skills.
"Are you sure you're okay Bond?" my older brother Tie asked.
"I'm fine Tie. Don't worry about me." I responded.
Tie is a lot like Two-Bit, meaning he's reckless. He's a dropout at sixteen but he's a great guy. He can get drunk without touching alcohol. He gets drunk off of life itself. He's really handsome and girls flock around him 24/7 but he's attached to his girl Zelda. He and his best friend Slim work at the G8 cart repair station in the middle of Hyrule which is always busy either because of Slim's skill with carts or because he attracts girls like flies. Slim doesn't like me and thinks I'm just a little kid.
If I had to pick a character of our circle of friends, it would have to be Gandondorf Dragmire. He's green and has a nose the size of Kakariko Village. He grew up in Termina where he did his share of doing wrong. He jumped people, picked pockets, killed people, shoplifted, gambled, picked up prostitutes, rolled drunks, and held up stores. I like to draw him when he's in a dangerous mood because he's just so interesting. There is one thing and one thing alone that Ganondorf loves and that's little Saria Sage. She's sixteen but because she's so small; almost as small as Two-Bit, and because she's so jumpy, she looks ten. Her old man beats her rotten but that doesn't bother her because of the beating she received from the Socs. She reminds me of a lost puppy that got kicked way too many times. She's everybody's little sister and without us, her friends, she would never have known what love and care is like.
"Come on Bond. Let's get you home and washed up." Link said and patted his leg. Sometimes he treats me like a dog.
"Hang on. I'm going to the Nightly Double tomorrow. Anyone want to come with?" Ganondorf asked.
"Can't Ganondorf. Me and Tie are picking up Nabooru and Zelda for dancing." Slim said.
"I plan on getting wasted tomorrow night but if I don't, I'll come by." Two-Bit said.
"Me and Saria'll come." I said. Saria doesn't usually open her mouth unless she has to.
When me, Tie, and Link got home, Link made me take a bath. I hate baths since I usually have to wash away all the grease in my hair. And the water really burned the cuts. When I was finished, I crawled into the lower bunk of the bunk bed me and Tie share. Usually we talk a bit before we go to sleep.
"Why does Link act the way he usually does?" I asked.
"He has a lot of stress on his shoulders. He has to pay all the bills with the money he earns by building houses. And the fact that I'm going out with his former girlfriend don't do much good either." Tie smirked.
"Why did you drop out of school Tie?" I asked.
"I'm dumb, kid. I don't know why. Darry got top grades and a scholarship to HU and you're in high school at fourteen. The smartness isn't hereditary." Tie said. After that, we both went to sleep.
Next chapter, Bond, Saria, Two-Bit and Ganondorf pick up two Soc girls! The R rating will be explained in later chapters.