EDIT: 11/17/06

……WHY ARE YOU READING THIS?! I WROTE IT WHEN I WAS 13!!! Go read newer stories!

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A/N: Ha, . I recently bought Romeo and Juliet off of a cheap book sale and now I MUST write something that has to do with Zelda and the play. This takes play in modern times as if Link and Zelda and etc were in high school. Enjoy!

Also, if you're around my age, you know how 'breaks' in between high school and middle school are NOT 30 minutes long as the TV shows, and many stories show….so I will follow that fad and make their school's breaks hours long if I want to. .

Disclaimer: Yep, I'm the fairly OLD William Shakespeare and I own Romeo and Juliet. And if you believed that, go get help. I don't own the play's script, I don't own Zelda's characters including Dark Link and Link cries but I have the right to mess with them! Ha!

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Chapter 1: False Sign Up

"Hey, Link! Gonna sign up for the play?" Dark Link bashed against Link, causing the Hylian to drop his books and slam into Skull Kid. The big black t-shirt, tan shorts wearing shadow grinned as Skull Kid steady himself and Link bent down to pick up his books. "The sappy lovey dovey theme fits your style well enough!"

"Shut it, DL." Link sent a death glare and resumed putting his math papers somewhere in the mess of his Social Studies essay.

Skull Kid straightened his vest and checked the time. "Only 40 minutes left before class….."

Link finally stood up, having given up trying to place his papers in folders and just stuffed them in his books. "Does that shadow of a mind realize how gay that play is? I wouldn't be caugh-"

"Exactly." DL smirked, receiving yet another death glare.

"Don't you think that's getting old?"

"No."

"Guys! If you two would stop arguing, maybe we could finally make it to class on time?" Tapping his foot the Skull Kid crossed his arms, but soon just began walking to a nearby classroom, weary he wouldn't make it in his 37 minutes.

DL shook his head, gazing at SK walking away. "He's different alright. Think it's the mask?"

"That's his face."

"…really?"

"Yeah."

"…oh, that's his…face?….oh."

Zelda twirled her finger in her hair while the other held a ballpoint pen. "Are you sure?"

Ruto elbowed her and winked. "Course I'm sure. You'll do great, plus, there's a chance!"

Both girls gazed at the sign up list and grinned. Her choice was certain, so Zelda signed her name on the list. "I'm still surprised he'd sigh up. I thought this wasn't his thing and he thought it was gay, but he must have another side I don't know of yet." The girls giggled thinking about the name of few lines above where Zelda signed.

"Ladies!" Ruto continued to laugh as Zelda sighed and turned around, meeting Dark's face smirking. "And how are you two on this lovely day?"

Zelda turned to begin walking away from the irritating shadow. "Can it, Dark."

"What? I was just bein' polit-"

"Zelda?" Dark Link suddenly moved in front of the sign up board, giving way for Link as he finally caught up with him. "H-hi."

The young girl stopped and turned slowly, holding in from releasing any color into her cheeks. "…Hey, Link." She smiled and broke the gaze by looking at Ruto. "Ruto, we don't want to be late." A bit surprised, the Zora girl nodded and turned with Zelda, leaving the two boys.

Dark lifted an eyebrow and sighed, rubbing the back of his head. "What's with everyone time addiction?"

Link sighed and leaned against the wall, drooping his ears in an embarrassed fashion. "Don't know."

A moment past until Dark smirked and elbowed Link in the ribs. "You know she likes you."

The Hylian narrowed his eyes and looked away. "Don't start, shadow."

"I'm serious. You two would make a nice couple. Plus, I'm sure she'd be really good in-DAMN!" Dark rubbed his arm and slightly snickered while Link straightened his position and started for class before the bell rang in 20 minutes.

"He's a bad influence on you, Link." Skull Kid lugged his backpack over his shoulder while Link leaned against his desk, already prepared. The classroom had emptied, yet Skull Kid had thought it appropriate to reread his notes and check for misspellings.

"As long as he's still pays half the rent of the apartment, I can stand 'em."

The two walked down the hall and discussed their plans for the night. "I gotta study for the Science test."

They took a short cut and crossed the walled in courtyard to the other side of the school, the Hylian leaning and seizing a long stick from the ground in a swift movement. Indeed, he was bored. Link sighed and turned the corner that soon past the auditorium. "Isn't that test next week?"

"Ha, real funny, Link, but if I don't start studying, I'll…I'll get a B." The Hylian shook his head while Skull Kid gestured with his hands the angst of such a low grade. Link rubbed his head, walking past to large doors with commotion, not seeming to be important to him. "Link? Link!"

"Wha?"

"It's Zelda….and Dark!"

The sudden usage of those two in a sentence caught the Hylian's attention enough to dash around to face Skull Kid, who had stopped in front of the doors to peer in. "WHAT?!"

"Yo, chill out. They're in there." He pointed in through the door windows at the shadow sitting with his arms spread out along the two chairs beside him while his legs rests over one another on the chair in front of him.

"What's Dark doing in there?" Skull Kid answered Link's question by a simple gesture of opening the door revealing the front row of auditions for a play, most of them beautiful girls awaiting to try out for the lead female part. "Oh…of course."

One of the girls indeed was Zelda, accompanied by Ruto, Malon, many others, all dressed their best to perform. SK said he was going to study, yet looked up when he didn't get a response. "Link?" The Hylian was staring at the front row at the blonde Hylian girl he had met earlier in the hallway. Skull Kid shook his head and padded Link's shoulder, finally catching attention. "She might notice you if you were to watch her perform and encourage her. Respect, something DL's probably never taught you." Link only absent-mindedly nodded, his eyes still questioningly gazing at Zelda. "Here, you probably need help walking down there."

He grabbed Link's arm, the one not holding the stick and began leading him down to the auditorium seats, over to where Dark Link was sitting, he too gazing at the pretty girls. "Hey, you made it. I thought this wasn't your thing?"

"It's not. I'm only here for…well, what the heck are you do-"

"Awww, Linky gonna see if he girlfriend makes the part?"

"Shut up."

"Or do you wish you played the male role?"

"Who?"

"Romeo. Ya know, that sappy tragedy thing. Where there's stabbing and dying and poison and stuff."

"….oh."

"That's not it at all!" Skull Kid sighed and took a deep breath, Dark realizing he had made the guy bring up another long speech and moaning from doing so. "Romeo and Juliet was one of Shakespeare's greatest masterpieces that took place in the 15th century in Verona, Italy with two noble families they hated each other." Again, the shadow groaned and covered one of his ears lazily. Link, on the other hand, listened as well as he could. "The Montagues and the Capulets. The Montagues plan a party that Romeo crashes with his friend, Mercutio and without warning, falls in love with Juliet, as does Juliet with him. Both ask the Friar to help with their secret wedding, in hopes it will end the hatred between their families. Yet, Tybalt, cousin of Juliet plans to slay Romeo off guard. Mercutio springs to help him, yet was stabbed and killed. His death was avenged soon after when Romeo kills Tybalt, however, resulting in banishment from the Prince of Verona. Thus, Juliet and the Friar make a plan to make it seem like Juliet had died, yet Romeo never knew of the plan and assumed his love had died. And so, he poisoned himself at the foot of his love. Juliet awakens and stabs herself at seeing her Romeo dead, ending with the two loves together forever in death."

Claps erupted from the instructor in the front, surprising the three boys into looking up. The whole auditorium was staring at them, mainly Skull Kid, who now was blushing (even on his wooden like face). "Beautiful, Skeleton Child!"

Dark cupped his mouth to stop from bursting out with laughter. He whispered, only irritating SK. "Skeleton Child, I forgot about that name."

"It's good to know that some boys know their plays." The instructor clapped again and SK smiled and thanked her, embarrassed at the girls giggling and smiling at him.

One, or a three of the girls were looking a chair to the right of him where Link sat, the Hylian finally looking back. The red head of the girls waves and winked at Link, the Zora nudged the other, and the blonde girl just returned the stare by turning back around. Link faintly waves and sat back, leaning forward so his face was hidden by some of his hair.

Awhile past, many of the girls leaving with upset faces. Dark had simply chatted with Link telling her detail of some of fights that recently occurred at their school, more than half had been started by him. SK had borrowed a script and was rereading it over, he now holding the stick Link had caught before and twirling it in his fingers. The time soon grew boring enough for DL and Link themselves to gaze over at some of the lines on the script when Dark suddenly grabbed a ruler from his pack and swing it up to Link's throat. "I challenge thee!"

Link, grown tired of doing nothing grabbed the stick back from SK. "I accept!"

The shadow jumped up and pointed the stick straight. "Obey, and go with me; for thou must die."

Link smirked and did the same with his stick, Skull Kid sighing and standing up to go to another seat. "Wilt thou provoke me? Then have at thee, boy!"

His counter quote followed by a stab in the air at Dark's heart, missing by an inch as the shadow sliced back and crossed his 'sword' with Links, both struggling to push the other back. "Ay me! Romeo!"

Link winced from an almost outburst of laughs from the shadow choosing such a part from the script. Yet he played along. "She speaks. O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art as glorious to this night, being o'er my head, as a winged messenger of heaven."

"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"

"Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?"

Dark Link snickered and pushed harder, causing Link and shove back. He suddenly spread his arms out and bowed. "If they do see thee, they will murder thee."

Laughing Link pointed his stick back at him and glared. "Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye then twenty of their swords! Look thou but sweet, and I am proof against their enemy." Dark had covered his mouth again to keep from cracking up, urging Link to perform more. He swung his stick across his chest as if preparing to recite an oath instead of a line. "O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?" He closed his eyes and grinned a bit, playing the role to surpass Dark's own unique acting, as they had always been rivals, friendly at most times.

"What satisfaction canst thou have tonight?" DL's voice had grown far more feminine than before, and Link, taking this as a signal to act even better than his friend, recited as best as he could.

"Th' exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine."

"I gave thee mine before thou didst request it; And yet I would it were to give again." The femalish voice had compassion in it, beautifully reciting the script. However, during the reciting of that line, a snicker was heard where Dark was assumed to be, yet Link simply ignored it.

"Wouldst thou withdraw it? For what purpose, love?"

Again during the female like voice reciting, a slight laugh was heard, yet the voice reciting spoke with ease. "But to be frank and give it thee again. And yet I wish but for the thing I have. My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite. I hear some noise within. Dear love, adieu!"

Link bowed his head a bit, feeling into the role enough to be proud he had beaten his hard trying friend. "O blessed, blessed night! I am afeard, being in night, all this is but a dream, too flattering-sweet to be substantial…" A series of claps bolted through Link as his eyes shot open to see the whole commotion was for him. He froze and stared at Dark, who seemed to have fallen to the floor in utter cackle.

"Wow, didn't know you liked it that much, Link." Skull Kid padded Link on the shoulder, yet the Hylian still didn't move. Dark Link had make reddish in the face, rubbing his eyes to keep from watering. It was then that the conclusion came clear. That voice wasn't Dark's. His had stopped some time ago.

Clapping the instructor raised her arms out. "Bravo, Link! Bravo! You have the part by a landslide."

Terrified as to what was going on and still clutching hard onto the stick, Link stared down at the instructor and put most of his energy into speaking. "W-What?"

"The part dear. Romeo, the role you signed up for! Your performance for the part clearly shows your want for it. It was simply wonderful."

Link had almost said what again if it weren't for another giggle, though not from DL. The blonde Hylian standing on the stage holding her script up as if she had just recited it. She did a slight 'good job' wave at Link and began walking down the steps. Still in shock, Link repeated a few words under his breath, in a way as if he was hoping that they would spell out more of a lie. "…the role you signed up for…" His eyes narrowed and shot up in front of him. "Dark!" The shadow, still teary eyes and grinning, suddenly shot up, bolted over a row of chairs, and dashed out of the auditorium laughing, closely followed by Link and his stick.