Our Family
By GreatAngemon
"Link, what are you doing?" Zelda asked, walking into their bedroom. She had a four year old girl on her hip. "Link," she sighed, seeing him still in bed.
Setting Aryll down, Zelda moved over next to Link, and sat down. Shaking him slightly, she said, "Link, you need to wake up." She continued shaking him, but he wouldn't stir. Then Aryll crawled on him, and screamed, "Daddy!"
Jumping, he sat up straight, and looked at what had awoken him. Seeing Zelda holding Aryll, who was smiling at him, he said, "Aryll, I told you not to do that anymore."
Aryll giggled, climbing into her dad's lap. "Hi daddy," she said, hugging him.
"Hi sweetie," he said, kissing her forehead. Turning to Zelda, he said, "I told you I wanted to sleep in late today, didn't I?"
Zelda smiled, and said, "But the twins wanted to see you, and Aryll wouldn't eat unless you feed her, so I needed you to wake up." She kissed his forehead, and said, "So you need to get up."
Link sighed, moved the covers off of his legs and said, "Come on Aryll, let's go have breakfast." He picked her up and they all walked out of the bedroom. They walked down the stairs into the kitchen, where they saw the twins, Joel and Zill, sitting in their highchairs.
"Daddy," they said at the same time, banging their spoons on the trays attached to the chair. They were giggling, and Zelda sat down, saying, "Shhhh…"
Aryll giggled as Link sat her down on her seat. "Come of sweetie," Link murmured, peeling a banana, "Eat, so daddy can eat."
He handed her the banana, stood up and pulled a bowl out of the cupboard. Pouring himself a bowl of cereal and a glass of milk, he sat down again, where Aryll was eating her banana.
"Daddy, eat banana," she said, handing it to Link. He sighed, taking a bite.
"Now you finish it," he said, giving the fruit back to her. He started eating his cereal, and turned to Zelda. "Have you eaten?"
She shook her head. "Go get something, and I'll watch these three." Zelda nodded.
"Thanks," she whispered, kissing him. She walked over to the stove and pulled out a pan from the cabinet. She cracked two eggs into it, and turned back to Link. "Oh yeah, my brother called," she said.
"Sheik?" Link asked, tickling Aryll.
"Yeah, and he's visiting town."
Link groaned. "He wants to stay here, doesn't he?" he asked, leaning back in his chair.
"Yeah, but I want you to be nice to him," Zelda said. "He helped convince dad to let us get married, remember?'
"But he uses that to his advantage every time he comes," Link whined at her, making Aryll giggle.
"Just play nice," Zelda said, turning around and checking on her eggs. "Tetra called too."
"Oh yeah," Link asked, sitting up straighter. "I thought she was still in Labrynna."
"Well, she was until about a week ago. She wants to know if she can stay here."
"Yeah, if she wants to," Link said, getting a dirty look from his wife.
"You let her stay here, but not my brother?" she asked.
"I haven't seen my baby sister in five months," Link said, "But we see your brother every few weeks."
Zelda sighed, turning off the stove. Sitting down next to her husband, she said, "Well, they're both getting here tomorrow at noon."
Link nodded, tickling Aryll again. "And Aryll needs a bath," Zelda said, "And since you're already holding her…"
Link smiled, and said, "You get the twins then."
Zelda nodded. "They don't get me all wet when I give them a bath, only you."
The Next Day
"Link, buddy," Sheik said, "How's it going?"
"I'm fine Sheik," Link said. "How was your vacation to Death Mountain?"
"Not bad," Sheik replied. "I got the kids a couple of presents." He leaned over, and pulled children's toys out of his bag. "The guy at the checkout looked at me like I was crazy."
Link picked up Aryll, and said, "I don't know if he was entirely wrong."
Zelda smacked Link upside the head. "I said to play nice," she said. Then, turning to her brother, said, "Do you want to help me feed the twins?"
"It would be my pleasure," he said, picking up Joel. "Let's go little man. You coming, Link?"
"I'll be in when Tetra gets here," Link said, just as a silver car pulled up.
"Tu m'as manqué grand frère," Tetra said, stepping out of the driver's seat.
"When did you learn to speak Labrynnian?" Link asked.
"I've been in Labrynna for five months," she said, sweeping some hair off of her face behind her ear, "So I thought I should learn." She took Aryll out of Link's arms, saying, "You've gotten so big, haven't you?"
Aryll started trying to crawl back to Link, who laughed. "Aryll, don't you remember auntie Tetra?"
Aryll looked at Tetra for a moment, and said, "Te-Tetra?"
"That's right," Tetra said. Aryll shrugged, hugging her.
The three of them walked inside, where Zelda and Sheik were sitting, trying to feed Joel and Zill. So far, most of the food was on their faces.
"What's up, Tetra," Sheik said, standing up. "I'd give you a hug, but then you'd be covered in…" he looked down at the baby food jar, and continued, "Summer squash."
Tetra laughed, and looked at the children in the highchairs. "My favorite little boys," she said, kissing each of the eighteen-month olds on the top of the head. "And my favorite sister in law," she said, looking at Zelda, "You've got a little something…" she trailed off, gesturing at the corner of her mouth.
Zelda wiped it off of her face, and said, "So do you." And she flicked the baby food at Tetra. Sheik and Link just stared.
Tetra laughed, wiping the baby food off of her face. "I wouldn't do that again, because I can actually feed these two." She gestured at the toddlers.
Zelda shrugged, returning to the task of feeding Zill. Tetra turned to Link, and said, "Which room am I staying in?"
"Well, the room you stayed in last time is the nursery, so, we only have the room Sheik is staying in," Link explained. "Do you mind sharing?"
"Nah, it isn't a problem," Tetra said, "As long as Sheik is okay with it."
Sheik shrugged, dodging a bit of food flying at his face. Link smiled. "Follow me, kid."
He grabbed her bags, and they walked out of the kitchen, up the stairs, down the hallway and into the room at the end of the hall, on the left.
"There you are," he said, setting her bags down on one of the beds. "I'll leave Aryll with you, to help unpack." He walked out of the room.
"You like presents, Aryll?" tetra asked. Aryll nodded. "Well, here you go." Tetra handed her a stuffed Keaton toy. Aryll started hugging it, making Tetra laugh.
On the main floor, Zelda and Sheik were still in the middle of their battle to make the twins eat. They gave up, and Zelda said, "I think we managed to get them to eat a little bit, so let's go give them a bath."
Sheik nodded, saying, "Fine. How about you go in the living room with Link, and I'll enlist Tetra to help me wash these two menaces." Zelda looked at her brother gratefully.
"Thanks, Sheik." She walked back into the kitchen after handing Zill to her brother, and started washing baby food out of her hair. After she had gotten most of it out, she walked into the living room.
"Why aren't you washing the boys?" Link asked. He was sitting in one of the chairs, with the remote on the armrest. The T.V was turned on to the Discovery Channel.
"Sheik said he was going to try and get Tetra to help him, so we could have a moment to ourselves." Zelda sat down on the armrest not holding the remote, and said, "So, what should we do for the next twenty minutes?"
"Let's take a nap," Link suggested. "Those two boys are adorable, but they're cutting in on my sleep."
"I love that idea," Zelda said, moving over to the couch. Link flipped off the T.V, and laid down next to his wife.
Five hours later
"Link," Zelda said blearily. "What time is it?"
Link sat up, rubbing his head, and said, "Um, five thirty."
Zelda groaned. "Let's go check up on the other two. We slept way to long." Link nodded. The two of them walked up the stairs, and opened the door to their immediate left. The twins were laying in their cribs, sleeping peacefully.
"Huh, those two can work miracles," Link said. They closed the door quietly, and walked across the hall to Aryll's room. She was asleep in her bed, with pictures of seagulls painted on the wall around her.
"Wow," Zelda said. "How could we sleep through her going to bed?"
They walked the rest of the way down the hall, and opened the door. Then they froze. Sheik and Tetra were sleeping in the same bed. They backed out quickly, and Zelda said, "That's unexpected."
"Yeah, now let's go in there and I'll kill your brother," Link murmured, so as not to wake anyone.
"We'll ask them about it later," Zelda said soothingly, caressing the side of his face. "We got to take a nap, so let's just give them a little time."
"Fine, but I'm slapping him," Link said.
"No," Zelda whispered, kissing him. "We can talk to them at supper, okay?"
Link nodded.
There you go, the first chapter of a story that might not turn out to be so bad.
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In case you didn't notice, this story will have ZeldaXLink and SheikXTetra.
It might also have FadoXMedli, if I can find a reason to include them.