(A/N: Queaky here. So I've not written anything for in a long time... hell, I haven't written anything period. Writer's Block is a vile demon.
I've revisted "Untitled Series One" because it seemed to be the most popular and most complete... I need something to jump off of so I sat down last night and wrote new additions to this story as well as fixed a few mistakes. I've add new stuff, kept a lot of the old, and practiced writing more "intimate" scences to make them feel more organic though I'm not quite sure if I accomplished that or not.
Nintendo owns their character, the lyrics to "Love you to Death" is Kamelot's, and I made one mention of Psychosane by Mike Portnoy's Adrenaline Mob project.
I hope you all enjoy.
:)
"Liiiiiiiink." A voice sang from somewhere inside the double-wide the thirteen year old called home.
The boy frowned at the blank sheet music before him, penned down a few notes, and slipped his guitar around his back. "Yeah?" He was good looking for his age with captivating cobalt blue eyes and a skinny frame that was becoming less boy-ish and more man-ish. His voice was also cracking which annoyed him, greatly. His bedroom was the only one with carpet which was green but the wallpaper was white along with the rest of the house. He heard his mother's heels clip clop along the hardwood floor through their cozy abode and smirked. "I was coming, Ma!"
"Yeah, sure you were, sweetie." His mother, Evelyn, was a pure blood Hylian with long pointed ears, brown hair that was always braided, and green eyes. She gave her son her sharp elven features and charming smile when he was born, a smile that she flashed at him when her head appeared in his doorway. "Zelda's here."
The boy stood up, making sure his instrument would not fall off his bed, and followed his mom to greet his friend.
Zelda Rayne Harkinian was a petite blonde twelve year old; soon to be thirteen; who was as pretty as she was smart. She had recently begun to grow out her spun gold locks which brushed her shoulders when let down from the ponytail she always kept it in. Her violet eyes took people by surprise with the intensity of them and her pale face made her seem very regal though she was often found grinning at Link's stupid jokes.
"Sup, Zee?" Link smirked, pursing his lips and nodding his head up with an eyebrow rose... something they had been mocking from a recently watched movie.
Zelda giggled. "Sup, Link." She mimicked him which earned them two rolled green eyes from Mrs. Hudson. His classmate had been his friend since Fifth Grade, they were in Eighth, which is when her family had moved into Earth Realm.
Earth Realm was where the Men lived. Hyrule, Termina, Mushroom Kingdom and several other fantastical lands had torn down their barriers keeping them from Man and had been living harmoniously ever since... it was now 300 years since then but it was still a much talked about event.
Zelda was Hyrulean and as was Link though that is not what bonded them.
Link had gotten into a fight with another kid named Vaati, a Minish, and was winning until Vaati's friend jumped him from behind. Zelda, hating the unfair advantage, then proceeded to tackle Vaati and earn herself a black eye, detention, and a friend for life...all before her first hour at school.
"Zelda?" Evelyn smiled. "Will you be staying the night?"
The girl nodded. "Yep! Mom says its okay with her as long as its okay with you..."
"We're having shrimp fetucinne tonight, hope you like it." The mother smiled and watched the two tweens walk back to Link's room. "Gods, they are so cute."
Zelda glanced at at her friend's bedroom ceiling and smirked when a sultry poster met her violet eyes. "The Twilight Princess, huh?"
Link grinned and sat on the edge of his bed. "Midna's hot, what can I say?"
"I like her music, her singing too, but when she starts all that screaming nonsense... it kind of gets annoying." Zelda spoke of her friend's recent obsession with the "Princess of Screamo" and took a seat in his computer chair which displayed another symbol of the rock band, Twilight Princess. "Soooo...?"
He had begun to fidget with a few melodies and smirked when he found the one he liked. "Sooo, what?"
"You, uh, gonna ask Malon to the dance?" Zelda spun herself around in his chair and snatched up his sheet music when he held it out for her to read. "You need a rest in measure twenty. It'll blend better."
Link scowled as if he had eaten something sour. "You haven't even heard this one."
"Just sayin'." Zelda shrugged, gave him the paper back, and sighed. "Are you even going?"
"To the dance?"
"Duh." Zelda laughed. "Malon's been yapping my ear off for the last two weeks about this stupid thing and if you're going to take her than I'll need to find another person to hang with."
"Wait, I thought you were going." Link frowned, confused by the change of events. "You showed me the tickets and everything!"
Zelda blinked at her friend. "Why would I go?"
Link's cheek turned a light shade of pink and he shrugged. "I don't know...I thought we could..."
"Together?" Zelda blushed, prettily, and bit her lip. "As...uh...friends, right?" The tense akwardness was thick enough that one could easily imagine cutting it with a knife.
Link stopped playing his acoustic guitar and rubbed the back of his neck. "Well, I...um... sure. Well, if you wanted."
"Dude, yeah, it'd be fun." Zelda's grin broke the tension and she laughed. "Malon is going to be so pissed!"
"Zelda!" Eveyln's voice was heard with a mother's warning tone. "Don't say pissed."
"Sorry!"
Link smirked, feeling most pleased with knowing Zelda would be attending the Fall Dance with him, and lifted his instrument back up to continue playing. "Pissed." He whispered, making Zelda giggle. "Momma," He half sang. "hates the word pisssssed."
Zelda rolled her eyes and slithered from her chair to walk to Link's closet. She opened the door, pushed past his clothes, and snatched her own guitar which she had bought at a pawn shop a week earlier. "Alrighty, you were teaching me chords."
"Do you remember any of them?"
Zelda grinned. "Nope."
"Alright, scoot closer then and we'll start from the begining."
They played for an hour before Evelyn called them to dinner which almost ended in disaster when the oven burner caught fire. Flames extingushed, food consumed, the children slipped away and ended up staying awak late into the night talking about the video games they wanted, new bands they found, and also the offer Zelda had recieved about skipping grades. The soon to be thirteen year old had been given the option to ascend to the 10th grade, maybe higher, but the girl had serious doubts on whether she would really benefit for she would be stuffed into a classroom with people several years older than her who would most likealy find her annoying.
"You would have the whole world open to you though!" Link smiled, proud of her, then plucked a few hairs from his head so that he could drag a piece across Zelda's arm. He laughed when she glared at him. "You deserve it though... you're the smartest girl I know."
"That's what everyone keeps saying... and thanks." Zelda huffed, her head crashing back on Link's pillow. They often laid next to each other on his bed when they talked and although Evelyn hated the thought of it, there was little she could do to stop them at 2 A.M in the morning. "I...I just want to be a normal kid who graduates or whatever with her friends... I want to learn the guitar and be in a rock band, go to the stupid school's dance, and pour punch on Marin's new dress."
Link smirked, slipping his fingers through hers. "You can still do all of that, Zee."
Zelda blushed. "I want my best friend there..." She sighed and squeezed his hand. "I want to be able to throw my hat up and have you there next to me doing the same. I want Malon to blow everyone out of the water during the talent show and not have to worry about some 12th grade teacher's test... I don't want to be some smart thirteen year old who's in college while everyone is on summer break..."
"Then don't do it." Link smiled.
"My parents..."
"Will understand if you tell them everything you just told me."
Zelda bit her lip, confused and afraid of the morning, and shifted. "You always make everything sound easy." Zelda scooted down so that she could rest her head on his shoulder.
The thirteen year old laughed. "Sorry?"
"Hey, Link?"
He glanced at her and they both smiled, softly, at each other. "Yeah?" Link felt his own face heat up with a blush when Zelda's crimsoned so much. "Come on, Zee, you're making me nervous here..."
Zelda bit her lip and had to break their eye contact before she could talk. "H...Have you ever...you know, kissed anyone before?"
"Uh." Cobalt blues widened at the question and Link swallowed, thickly. "Uh...no."
"Have... you ever wanted to?" Zelda hid her face in Link's chest. "You know, what, don't answer anymore of my-"
"Yeah."
Zelda looked up and chewed the bottom of her lip. "W-Who?"
Link coud feel the warmth radiating off of both their faces as he took a breath to answer. "W-Well... I... um, well..."
A large clatter came from Evelyn's bedroom. "KIDS GO TO BED!"
