I´ll Be There For You

Chapter 1: For the Greater Good of the School

Link POV

I am sitting in Mrs. Marie´s English class. I jerked my head up from my drawing to see a girl walk into the classroom.

¨Alright class please sit down in your seats, we have a new student.¨

All the kids sat down and looked at Mrs. Marie intentively; standing next to her was the girl who walked in. As soon as I saw her I knew that we were going to be friends. I was brought back to reality when Mrs. Marie suddenly spoke up.

¨Class we have a new student her name is Zelda Harkinian, and she just moved here from the city. Now please say hello.¨

The class all said hello in unison, but I was too busy staring at her to notice.

¨Ok where should I put you.¨ she scanned the room looking for an empty desk. Finally she stopped on me. ¨How about you sit next to Link he is the one in the second row with the dirty blonde hair.¨

She walked to the seat next to me, sat down, and turned to me. ¨Hi I´m Zelda, What´s your name? ¨

I don´t know why I´m so nervous I mean I have a bunch of other friends who are girls, but there is something about this girl that stands out. I just can´t put my finger on it.

¨Um… hi I´m Link, Link Avalon.¨

She just continued to stare at me, and I stared back at her.

¨Hey Link quit flirting with the new girl.¨ I turned around only to come face to face with none other than Ganon. He is the biggest, toughest kid in the whole school. He is always causing trouble with the other students.

¨What do you want Ganon can´t you see that I´m trying to be nice to Zelda because she is new and doesn't know anyone.¨

¨Oh I´m sorry I didn´t notice, I was too busy looking at Zelda.¨ I knew that look; it was the look that he gave girls when he wanted to do something to them. Well not on my watch is he going to do anything to Zelda. I heard Zelda let out a disgusted sigh, before she turned around to pay attention to Mrs. Marie.

I turned towards Zelda and took a closer look at her. She wore a pink dress outlined with gold. Her light brown hair is very straight and comes down a little past her shoulders, and she is wearing a tiara. Her green eyes captivating me with their brilliance. Her lips have small amounts of make up around them, but are still pretty. Something stuck out to me; she had pointy ears just like me. She looked just like a princess. I was cut short of my gaping when she turned to me with a smile on her face that made me melt inside in an instant.

¨Can help you?¨ She asked while still smiling

Goddesses does she sound like an angel in human form.

¨Uh… no I was just admiring your dress.¨

¨Oh thanks my mom insisted that I wear it, but I don´t like it at all.¨

¨Why don´t you like wearing it, all the other girls wear dresses?¨

¨That's the thing Link I´m not like all the other girls, I´m a tomboy.¨

¨Oh really then we should get along easily.¨ She kept smiling that beautiful smile the whole time.

The rest of class I paid attention to Mrs. Marie. I needed to keep my grades up for the sake of my future.

After class I caught up with Zelda, and asked her if she would like to eat lunch with me.

¨Of course I will eat lunch with you Link since you´ve been so nice to me so far, and you´re the only person I know besides that idiot Ganon.¨

¨Don´t worry about him me and my friends will keep him away from you.¨ she gave me another cute smile which made me smile.

We walked to the cafeteria in silence, each of us lost in our own thoughts. When we got there I noticed that all of my friends were already sitting at our usual table. As we walked up to them I noticed that they were all in a deep debate over how to get back at Ganon for all the things he had done to them.

¨Ah hem.¨ I cleared my throat. They all turned and looked at me with wide eyes.

¨Oh hey Link. Who´s this?¨ Came the voice of my best friend Saria.¨

¨Hey guys this is Zelda she just moved here and I thought she could eat lunch with us.¨ I turned to Zelda who was looking at my rather diverse group of friends. ¨Hey Zelda I´m going to get my lunch, you can meet the gang while I´m gone ok¨

¨Ok¨ was all she said.

I hope they don´t kill her I thought as I got in line to get my lunch.

Zelda POV

Ok if Link trusts them then I guess I have to, I mean Link has been nice to me so far. I sat down next to Saria and put my lunch on the circular tabletop. I barely had time to think before Saria spoke up.

¨So Zelda let me introduce you to the gang. This is Mido he is the tactician of our little group.¨

She inclined her head toward the boy sitting on the opposite side of her. He had messy red hair that stuck out. His pointy ears had to be at least three inches long. Accusing blue eyes stared me down. A green t-shirt with a mushroom and the words ¨Get A Life¨ on it covered his upper body. Baggy green jeans went down to his ankles. A pair of green Converses adorned his feet. I´m guessing that his favorite color is green.

¨Next we have Tetra the thief.¨

She sat next to Mido. She had blonde hair that rolled up on top of her head, strands of hair clumped together that looked like lightning bolts around her ears. Dark brown eyes, and thin blonde eyebrows on her face. A red bandana tied around her neck greatly helped her thievish look. A purple undershirt and a blue ragged vest covered her chest. Her hands covered with bandages. Shorts and black Vans decorated her legs and feet. She had a… knife strapped to her belt?

¨Uh if you don´t mind me asking. Why do you have a knife at school?¨

¨So I´ll have an advantage over others, and so I can protect my friends.¨

Mental note make friends with Tetra.

¨Sitting next to her is Sheik, he and Tetra work together.¨

The boy was quiet a site to behold, he has shaggy blonde hair and red eyes. He is clothed in with a strange outfit. It looks like he has completely wrapped himself up in bandages. Over the bandages was a purple shirt with a strange symbol on the front. His hair is covered in a separate bandage, and only a small part of his hair could be seen. I decided not to question him seeing as I am kind of scared of him.

¨The big guy next to Sheik is the one and only Darunia. He is in charge of explosives.¨

The boy is rather tall and towers over the rest of us. He has spiky brown hair and big brown eyes. His orange shirt could not contain he huge muscles that lay under it. Nor could it contain the huge belly that was begging to be released. Orange shorts come down to his knees and brown sandals saddle his feet. If it weren´t for the brown sandals he would look lie an orange blob. He looks like he would be the guy who actually has a heart.

¨Last but not least we have Malon. She is in charge of networking with the other students.¨

I have never seen such a deep shade of red before in my life, and her hair is that color. Her peaceful blue eyes reflect her personality. Next thing I know Link sits down next to me and I don´t have time to finish looking at Malon.

¨So Zelda did Saria introduce everyone?¨

¨Yes she did and I must say that I am very grateful for you guys taking me in so easily.¨

¨Hey any friend of Link´s is a friend of ours.¨ came Darunia´s loud but calming voice.

¨Yeah, but you better lose the dress princess because there is no way in hell that I am going to hang around with any preppy bitches.¨ This time it was Tetra and I was caught off guard by her comment.

¨Tetra there is no need to use such harsh words.¨

¨Sorry Link, but you know that I really don´t like preppy girls. Sorry Zelda I didn´t mean any hostility.¨

¨It´s ok besides I´m only wearing this dress because my mom made me because it is my first day at a new school. Tomorrow I will be dressed very differently. You´ll see.¨

¨I´ll take your word for it Zelda.¨

¨Ok so did you guys come up with a plan to get back at Ganon?¨

¨Yes Link we did, but we don´t want to talk about it here.¨

¨Zelda can keep a secret can´t you Zelda?¨

¨Link it´s not that it´s just that Ganon has kids spying everywhere.¨

¨Why don´t you guys try to make peace with him?¨

¨Because we want to show him that we can stand up for ourselves.¨ Mido replied

¨Well I will have no part in anything violent.¨

¨But Zelda you have to stand up for what you think is right, and we think it´s right. Besides we were just going to throw water balloons at him and his gang.¨

¨Yes I believe that standing up for what you think is right is important, but don´t you think that he is going to want to get back at you. Then it will keep going back and forth.¨

Everyone was silent contemplating what I had just said.

¨Zelda has a point you know. We will deep fighting each other unless we break the cycle and not retaliate.¨

¨Thank you Link for understanding.¨ I gave him a smile and inched a little closer to him.

¨Ok Link if you say that we should we will make peace.¨ Darunia replied

¨But if he messes with any of the other students we will take action.¨ replied Tetra

The bell rang to tell us that lunch was over. The rest of the day went by rather uneventfully. Saria and Mido were in my History class. Darunia and Malon were in my P.E. class, Tetra and Shiek were in my science class.

When I heard the final bell ring I was so excited because as soon as I get home I am going to take off this stupid dress. I walked out to the bus lot and found my bus. I sat near the front so that no one would bother me, and took out my iPod. I plugged the earphones into my ears and started rocking out to ¨Stairway To Heaven¨ the song fit my mood perfectly at the moment.

There´s a lady who´s sure

All that glitters is gold

And she´s buying a stairway to heaven

Maybe just maybe these new friends I just made can save me from my past.

Maybe just maybe.

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