Random idea…again. It's not the typical HP/Zelda crossover, I guarantee you. Just a warning, Link might be considered OOC. But in my story he's immortal and has lived a long, long time. That can change a person. He also has something very important to protect so he needs to be…well…I suppose you could say ruthless, but I'm not sure that's the right word…

Disclaimer: I do not own Legend of Zelda nor Harry Potter.

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Title: Who Wants to live Forever?

Chapter: 1

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Link cursed silently under his breath as he leapt over another low wall and landed solidly on the cobblestones on the other side. This group was really persistent. He have been amused by it if they hadn't been chasing him all across the globe for the last decade and a half. Sometimes it really sucked to be the immortal guardian of the legendary Ocarina of Time. It meant that every cultist or greedy tycoon that did some research (…okay, a lot of research) and had some intelligence (another lie. They have to be pretty swift on their mental feet to make quite a few of the connections) was trying to chase him down for the artifact that would 'make their dreams come true'.

A sudden whistle up ahead caught Link's attention. A train station. The blond allowed himself a smile of satisfaction. He could use that to escape, at least for a while. He reached up and tugged on his bandanna to ensure it covered his pointy ears –a birth defect, if anyone asked- and made a beeline for the most crowded part of the station. Now, where would he find a bathroom? Link scanned the packed platforms never missing a beat. Dodge here, duck around a pillar there… Ah! There was a station employee!

"Excuse me! Ma'am?" The older lady looked up just as Link skidded to a stop in front of her, panting slightly. "Could you tell me where the restrooms are?"

The woman glanced at Link, quickly taking in his worn jeans, combat boots, green shirt, faded black vest, silver earrings, the blue bandanna on his head and the beat-up backpack slung carelessly across one shoulder. She narrowed her eyes and Link mentally groaned. Why did this always happen? At least she hadn't sniffed at his pony-tail. Thank the goddesses that long hair was back in style.

"Why do you wish to know that?" The attendant questioned in a slightly frosty tone, having obviously labeled him as a trouble-making-teenager-from-a-bad-family, just like a lot of the 'older' people he spoke to.

"Well, I need to use it, you know?" This was taking too much time. If he couldn't find an empty bathroom soon his plan will be a complete washout and he'll have to find some other way to evade the guys after him. When the lady didn't look like she was going to be very forth coming Link rolled his mental eyes. "I really need to use it." He said emphasizing the point by doing a shortened version of the pee-pee dance.

The woman eyed him suspiciously but after a second gave a sigh of annoyance. "Go straight past Platform 10 and take a left. It is next to the emergency exit." She said, pointing in the general direction of said restroom.

"Thanks!" Link called over his shoulder, already dodging through the crowd in the indicated direction. He probably ticked that lady off, but he needed to get away from here. Now.

"Eight…Nine…Ten!" Link quickly counted off the platform numbers and swerved towards his intended target.

"Hey! Watch it!" A red-haired boy shouted after him as he nearly bowled over a group of kids standing between him and Platform 10's bathroom. Link called out a hurried 'Sorry!' and ducked onto the platform. Within seconds he was in the relative privacy of the station's restroom. Link allowed himself a sigh of relief and quickly scanned the interior. Hmm…obviously they don't clean this place much, Link thought as he wrinkled his nose. No matter. He was more concerned about the man washing his hands and the closed stall that indicted someone was in there. He needs the place empty for this to work.

"Hey," he said trying to catch the man in the stalls attention. The guy in front of the sink glanced at him then turned back to his task. This wasn't going to work. Link though for a second then shrugged. The lady had already labeled him as a trouble-maker. It would be a shame to disappoint her. Link took a deep breath then released it as a hiss. Now the man at the sink was looking at him in worry. The blond gave a dark chuckle. He'd gotten fairly good at pretending to be evil over the last few centuries. Sometimes it scared the more cowardly humans away.

"I've got a bomb. And I'm going to use it right here, where it will take out two trains, a couple hundred people and the only exit near the place." …okay, so he wasn't as good at this as real terrorists, but he needed these guys out and this was the only thing he could think of. "Now if you'll be so kind…" Link trailed off while gently setting his bag on the ground and began rummaging through it

The guy that had been washing his hands was already out the door and after a few seconds of frantically fiddling with the stall lock, the other was out too, stumbling over his trousers on the way. Link quickly ducked into the stall closest to the door and pulled out the Ocarina of Time. He only had a minute at most before security would be all over this place. Unfortunately time-travel was no longer an option for him. The goddesses had sealed that ability centuries ago, about the time that bastard, Locke, had managed to get his hands on the ocarina. All that the Song of Time would do now was change his age, which was exactly what he was going to do.

Twenty seconds later a young boy about ten years of age cautiously slunk out of the bathroom. Good. The two guys he had scared off had gone straight to security and not run out screaming and caused a mass panic like he had thought they would. This made everything easier.

Link immediately picked out the nearest security guard. Not surprising since he was headed to the bathroom where Link had made his bomb threat. The blond boy quickly moved to intercept.

"Mister!" Link said in a scared, frantic little-kid voice. "My mommy is-!"

"Not now, kid!" The guard snapped. "Go talk to one of the attendants on a different platform!"

"O-okay…" Link whispered. "Sorry…"

The guard shot Link an apologetic glance. "Sorry, kid, I'm busy. Just get off this platform, okay?" Link nodded swiftly and took off, easily disappearing into the crowd. That guy was no help. He'd been hoping for an escort out of the station. Looks like he was going to have to take the obvious way out. Now, which train was leaving soon?

The blond scanned the nearest platforms and frowned. It looked like everything was going to be put on hold because of the 'security threat'. Not good. Link looked around again and tensed in surprise when he saw short black hair and red-tinted sunglasses. Definitely not good. He didn't think they would be this fast! He needed to find an attendant. Now.

There! On Platform 9! Link walked quickly towards the worried looking man standing near the barrier between platforms and tugged on the hem of his uniform jacket. "Mister?"

The man looked down at Link then around for his parents. "Yes?" The attendant asked.

"My mommy is on there," Link said as he pointed to the train on Platform 9, "and daddy is gone. How do I get to mommy?"

The man looked startled "Your parents left you?"

"No," Link continued to stare at the train. A woman was watching them. "Daddy's gone! He just disappeared! I want mommy!" Link cried as he began bouncing around and frantically waving his arms. The woman looked worried now. "See look! It's mommy!"

The man followed Link's waving hand and locked eyes with the woman. She hesitantly waved when she noticed all the attention on her. The attendant looked back at Link. "Are you sure?"

"Yes!"

The man sighed "Alright, kid. I'll get you to your mommy. Let's g-!"

The man was cut off by a couple dozen security guards forcing their way past and knocking the two of them over and into the barrier between platforms. Link let out a low whine and rubbed his back. Jeez, if he had known that there would be such a big fuss over a simple threat he would have just knocked the two in the bathroom out.

"Hey! What are you doing here!" A loud booming voice called out. Link looked up at a tall man who seemed to be wearing a set of black robes. He hadn't seen clothes like that in a long time. Maybe the man was a part of one of those renaissance groups? He noticed that he man wasn't looking at him though. He was staring a hole through the station attendant. Link looked over at him, wondering what he was going to do only to notice that the man wasn't even paying attention to the strange guy. Instead he was staring at a bright red train. A train that Link did not remember seeing during his run through the station. He could tell that it was getting ready to leave and the last passengers were boarding.

"You're a muggle! How did you get here?"

Link quickly jumped to his feet as the stunned attendant babbled out what sounded like a counter question. He needed out of here and that train was probably the only one in this entire station that was leaving. He was going to get on that train. Both the attendant and the strange man were distracting each other so neither noticed when the blond boy grabbed his fallen bag and slipped away.

Link encountered no resistance when he boarded the train, much to his relief, and easily found an empty compartment near the front…or rather, a nearly empty compartment. The other occupant was a dark-haired young boy who looked about his current age. The boy smiled when Link dropped down onto the seat in front of him and set his bag down on the ground.

"Hi," Link said with an easy smile "I'm Link, who are you?"

"I'm Jason. It's nice to meet you, Link." Jason said as he gave a small wave. "Is this your first year going to Hogwarts too?"

"Uh…yeah. I just heard about it this summer and thought it would be cool to go." Link lied. Maybe this 'Hogwarts' was a resort?

Jason's face broke out into a full-fledged grin. "Cool! Me too! My parents were so surprised! You should have seen their faces when they found out I was a wizard!"

"Wizard?" Link said in a joking tone. Hopefully that both disguised his confusion and would get the boy to elaborate without getting suspicious.

"Well, yeah," Jason said, rolling his eyes, "It is Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and I'm certainly not a girl, so that means I'm a wizard!"

"School? Sounds interesting." Link murmured. This could be the perfect escape. Those guys that were chasing him surely would continue to poke around London for a while so that meant he could plan out his next move in relative peace. And perhaps he could catch a bit of a break at this school.

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Well, that was interesting. I had a bit of trouble getting Link to get on the right train, but aside from that it all went okay. Though the bomb bit was…unexpected.

Anyways, I have no idea where this is going so I guess I'm in the same spot all of you are. Hopefully that means you will help me out with this thing by giving me advice. I have bits of the next chapter planned out but after that…--shrugs--

Constructive criticism is welcomed.