Hey all! This here is my first Zelda fan fiction. Please be nice! Okay, y'all have probably read a fanfic like this; about when someone from today's day and age gets sucked into Hyrule, blah blah blah. But I'm hoping that maybe *crosses fingers* just maybe you could like mine and see the difference. Before you begin the story, I have a few things to say. 1) NO! I am not in love with Link. Although, there was that one wild night in Hyrule…never mind. I just thought it would be cool to try new things. 2) This is my first Zelda fic, as I've said before. 3) Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not have Link, Zelda, Epona, etc. in my closet, nor do I want them there. So read the story, and go away! Dunno what that means? I don't own any of the game's characters! `thanks to ayla for the cool disclaimer AND for being my best friend.`
-Chapter One- (Jessica's View)
Why the hell is my television screen like that? Is it really supposed to be green? It shouldn't be like that, should it? Nope, it shouldn't. I stared dumbly at the bright lime green color for a few moments before going to the system to check it out. Okay, Jess, backtrack and think about what you did.
I just got home, and I didn't feel like doing my homework. I decided to play Ocarina of Time on my Nintendo64. I turned it on, and then that's when the screen went green(AN: no rhyme intended!). There had also been a faint whistling noise.
I began messing with the wires, making sure everything was secure and where it was supposed to be. The whistling noise filled my room again, but this time it was louder. I looked around my room to make sure my little sister wasn't trying to annoy me. She wasn't anywhere to be seen.
Shaking my head, I turned my attention back to the game. I began wiggling it in its spot, and just as I did this, the whistling turned into a whirling scream, and a blue sparkling vortex shot out from the screen. That's the last I saw before it went black.
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I fell roughly to the ground with a bump. "Dammit. I'm not going to be able to sit down for days," I grumbled. I stayed seated, taking in my new surroundings. Everything was perfect. The grass was a beautiful green, and the pollution-free sky was a brilliant shade of blue. White puffy clouds moved slowly along, sometimes covering the bright sun, which looked as if it were beginning to set. And it all looked so familiar…. Why? Where am I?
In the distance, I heard the faint pattering of running footsteps. I squinted in the direction of the sound and tried to make out what it was. A figure in green came rushing closer and closer.
"Thank you, God," I muttered, preparing to stand. A sharp metal point against my neck made me change my mind about getting up.
"Who are you?" a male voice asked harshly.
It was the figure I had seen. I squeezed my eyes shut, knowing I would pass out if I saw the blood before he killed me. I don't want to die. Please don't let me die.
"Answer me!" he said, again in the same harsh tone. The metal point was pushed further against my neck. "Who are you?"
"Please don't kill me," I pleaded, a tear escaping one of my eyes, even though they were still closed.
"Tell me who you are and who sent you, and we'll see if you live or die," he said.
"No one sent me," I said shakily.
"How'd you get here?"
"I d-don't know."
He was quiet for a few seconds, and the point left my neck.
I kept my eyes closed, expecting him to still be prepared to kill.
"I'm sorry," he said, his voice softening quickly. "I won't hurt you."
I carefully opened my eyes and examined my almost killer. He had blonde hair and blue eyes and a green outfit. Could it really be him? Holy crap….
"Do you trust me?" I asked doubtfully.
He shrugged and put his sword in its sheath on his back.
I stood and heedlessly wiped the grass and dirt from my rear, cringing when I felt pain from my fall.
"Are you lost?" he asked.
I nodded. "I think so."
"You think so?" he said, narrowing his eyes suspiciously.
A bright blue glowing ball with wings began bobbing around his head. "Don't believe her!" it screamed.
"I really am lost, and I don't know how I got here," I told them.
"She seems believable, Navi," he whispered to the fairy. "Do you have a name?"
"Jessica," I said simply with a little shrug of my shoulders.
"That's a peculiar name," Navi muttered to herself, though I heard.
"Jessica?" he said, trying the name out.
"And your name?" I asked, despite the fact that I already knew exactly who he was.
"Link," he said. His eyes suddenly narrowed again. "Your accent is one that I've never heard before."
"My accent?" I echoed. I had never really thought about the way I sounded when I spoke. But now that I think about it…. "I'm from the South."
"South of where?" Navi asked.
"I'm from the United States of America, and because of some of the civil problems we have or because it makes things easier, we're divided into sections; there's the North, South, East, and the West. And of course there's the Southeast, and that's where I come from. There's also Northeast, Southwest…."
"Okay, okay," Navi interrupted my geography lesson. "I get your point."
Link laughed and pretended to understand, but I knew that he never would. "And your ears?" He reached out and brushed my dark hair away from my neck to observe my ears.
"What about them?" I asked defensively.
"They're small and rounded," he said.
"Yes, they are," I agreed. How did I get here? Why am I here? This has to be a dream. I pinched myself to see. OUCH! No dream. "Dammit," I mumbled, rubbing the spot on my arm that was now turning pink.
Navi began fluttering wildly. "She put a curse on us! I told you not to trust her!"
I tried not to laugh. "No I didn't. It's just a word we sometimes use to express pain, anger, or frustration."
Link nodded as if he understood. "Interesting."
"You're just going to believe her?" Navi yelled. "She could be evil, a relative of Ganon."
Link looked at me solemnly for a few moments, and I actually thought he was going to bring out his sword again, but he burst into a fit of laughter. "I highly doubt she's evil," he said in between chuckles.
"I could be!" I said indignantly.
He stopped laughing and looked at me seriously again. "Do you want me to kill you?" he asked, preparing to draw his sword.
"No…."
"Then you're not evil," he said. "Jessica, I hope you enjoy your stay here in Hyrule. Maybe we shall meet up again, if the goddesses allow it." He smiled politely and began walking back the direction he had come, Navi still fluttering around him.
I stood dumbfounded for a few moments before realizing that maybe he could help me. I ran to catch up with him. "You're just going to leave me here to wander around? What if I run into a demon or something?"
"All of the demons have left since I defeated Ganon," he said without stopping. But suddenly, he did stop and gave me another suspicious look. "How do you know about the demons?"
"I, uh, well, um, Navi was so intent on me being evil, I kinda figured you were used to that kind of stuff," I said, hoping he'd believe that.
"Oh," was all he said before he began walking again.
Once more, I hurried to catch up with him. "Please, can I stay with you until I figure out a way to get home?"
Navi bobbed frantically up and down. "No!" she screeched.
Link considered it for a while. "If you really want to. We don't do much nowadays."
"So, is it okay?" I asked.
Navi still jumping up and down in mid air screeched again.
"Sure," Link said.
I smiled. "Thanks. So, where are we going now?"
"To Lon Lon Ranch to visit Malon. I haven't talked to her in a while." He gazed off in the direction of the ranch.
"We're walking?" No, I'm not lazy, but my butt hurts!
"Yeah. It's not that far," he said.
I sighed, and we continued on the path up to Lon Lon Ranch, which sat peacefully on the top of a hill.