This idea came to me one night at two in the morning in my third year of uin when I was sleep-deprived and watching Scott Pilgrim and playing Legend of Zelda a lot. It follows the plot of the Scott Pilgrim film but with Legend of Zelda character and is set in the world of Ocarina of Time. There are also a few crossovers between both of the worlds but it is mostly Pilgrim story-line/Zelda characters. There are also added bits from Zelda games that aren't Ocarina of Time but that will become more apparent as the story unfolds. Hope you enjoy, usual disclaimer etc. etc.
Not long ago in the mysterious land of Hyrule, Link was dating a high-schooler...
"Link is dating a high-schooler?" Ruto asked, eyeing the boy sitting across the circle from her. Link shifted uncomfortably underneath her gaze, the way her and his other two best friends – Saria and Daruina – were sitting around him almost made it feel as if he was being forced into an intervention. Rather than answer the question he contented himself with looking up at the late afternoon sky.
It was a weekly ritual for Link, Saria, Daruina and Ruto to leave their respective villages, meet in Hyrule Field and spend the afternoon together; lazing around and occasionally taking a trip into Hyrule Castle to have a nose around the market stalls and game centres that surrounded the actual castle. It was a good way to spend a Friday afternoon after a long week of doing...well, nothing. Link was currently between jobs and he was very happy to be so – it meant that everything was right with the world.
"Dating a high-schooler," Daruina commented diverting Link's attention from the sky and back to his friends. "nice! Is she hot?" Link just grinned back at him, he didn't really want to go into too much detail about his new relationship, especially considering that whatever answer he gave to that question would result in a slap from Saria and a glare from Ruto.
"Isn't it a little bit weird?" Saria asked. "The age gap, I mean."
"Yeah how old are you now Link, like what, twenty-eight?" Ruto asked derisively, glaring at him. Ruto always got snippy and sarcastic whenever the subject of 'Link and his girlfriends' ever arose.
Years ago, when they had first met, Ruto had taken something Link had said out of contexts and had decided that he was going to be her boyfriend. Admittedly Link knew that he should have set her straight immediately but there was something about the euphoric look in her eyes that made him just go along with it. They had dated for a few months before Ruto had started talking about marriage and Link had decided that now would be a good time to put an end to it, before she got even more emotionally invested than she already was. He had said that he still wanted to be friends with her but she had always remained a little bit cold towards him ever since.
"I'm twenty-two!" Link exclaimed, speaking for the first time since this conversation began. "Twenty-two," he added for emphasis. "and she's nearly eighteen so it's not that big of a gap."
"Have you two, you know, done it yet?" Daruina asked grinning lewdly. Link was glad for Daruina's company – it meant that he wasn't the only guy in their friendship group and occasionally they could go off talk about 'guy stuff' (sparing, women, ale etc.)
"We have done many things." Link replied trying to sound aloof. "We've gone to Hyrule Castle together, we've walked round Hyrule Field, I've helped on her dad's farm..."
"Her dad's farm?" Saria asked.
"Yeah, her dad owns Lon Lon Ranch." Link explained.
"I've heard Talon's really over-protective of his daughter so don't go doing anything stupid now." Saria stated matter-of-factly. Saria was Link's oldest friend (the two of them had lived next door to each other and grown up together in Kokiri Forest) and, out of the four of them, she was the most sensible.
"What makes you think I'm going to do anything stupid?" Link asked.
"Because it's you." Ruto quipped. Link stuck his tongue out at her childishly and she just raised an eyebrow at him.
"So when are we going to meet her?" Daruina asked.
"I asked her to meet us here this afternoon, after she finished all her chores." Link stated. He looked over Ruto's shoulder, in the direction of Lon Lon Ranch and saw a figure with long red hair walking towards them. "There she is!" he exclaimed happily and jumped to his feet. He ran across the field to meet the girl, leaving the other three staring after him. As he ran, Link waved enthusiastically to Malon who waved back shyly.
"Hey!" Link called as the two reached each other.
"Hi." Malon replied shyly. Link turned and began to walk back with her to his friends. "Do you think you're friends will like me?" she asked nervously looking at the imposing group.
"Don't be silly, they'll love you." Link smiled. He cast a quick glance at Ruto who was still sating at him with her usual expression of mild disdain. "Although please be good." he added.
"What do you mean?" Malon asked looking up at him with terrified eyes.
"Just be good." he replied. Malon furrowed her brow at him.
"Why wouldn't I be?" she asked. Link didn't answer her. They had reached the other three and he wanted to introduce Malon to them as quickly as possible before Ruto said something bad about him.
"Guys, this is Malon." he said, putting his arm around the small girl and pushing her forward slightly. "Malon, these are Daruina, Saria and Ruto." he told her indicating each one of his friends in turn.
"Hi." Malon said shyly, brushing a loose strand of her hair behind her ear. Link sat down next to Daruina and Malon took the empty space in between Link and Ruto. She turned to the older girl. "Um, what was your name again?" she asked apologetically.
"Ruto." Ruto replied flatly.
"And you're from Lake Hylia?" Malon asked, noticing the sallow complexion that everyone from Lake Hylia possessed. Ruto nodded curtly. "Awesome!" Malon exclaimed quietly, not noticing how cold Ruto's response was. Daruina put his hand on Link's shoulder and pulled him close so that they could talk without being heard.
"Is she going to 'geek out' on us?" he asked.
"Yeah, totally." Link replied.
"I mean...I want her to 'geek out' on us." Daruina stated.
"She'll geek, she geeks, she has the capacity to geek." Link replied giving Malon an encouraging smile. She smiled shyly back and continued talking to Saria who had saved her from Ruto's icy glaring.
"She's ok then." Daruina stated. He let go of Link's shoulder and began to ask Malon about her work on her dad's farm and if Link had taken her to Kokiri Forest yet. Link smiled and looked over at Saria. She smiled back and mouthed 'She seems nice' at him. Link just grinned stupidly and then turned to Ruto. She glared back at him with an expression that said 'Link, if your life had a face I would punch it!' Link's smile faltered a little – winning Ruto round was going to be a lot more difficult than Saria and Daruina.
Sighing, half contentedly half worriedly at the prospect of what Ruto might do or say in front of Malon, Link stretched himself out on the grass, leaning towards Malon on his elbow. For this afternoon he would do nothing but enjoy the sunshine and the company. Right now he was happier than he had been in a long while :– everyone was getting along (mostly, as long as Ruto played nicely) and his life was in a state of normality, which made a nice change, even if his friends did keep teasing him about dating a high-schooler.
Hope you enjoyed the prologue, chapter 1 coming soon S-E x
