Chapter 1
The Secret Meeting
The sun shone beautifully on Lake Hylia early Saturday morning, Death Mountain reflecting upon its surface from a distance. But Death Mountain was not the only reflection in the water's surface; the reflection of what looked like a young man who was part human, part fish also reflected upon the waters' surface, a look of deep thought on his face. Well…you're right: this young man is part human part fish. Standing on the edge of Lake Hylia was the young Zora Prince Petenu, who looked as though he was considering very hardly whether or not to jump into the water or not. He could…he could swim all he wanted down under Lake Hylia; around, about, to the Water Temple deep, deep down below, he could even swim back home to Zora's Domain. Wait…this is Prince Petenu we're talking about, why would he want to go home to his over-protective mother and not-quite anorexic fiancé (Yes, he's only 17 and engaged)? That's the thing, he doesn't. He hates being home more than anything. But he doesn't like just standing on the water's edge either, he loves swimming. So why is he just standing there, and what is he thinking about? Well, if you must know, he's thinking about a girl. Not his fiancé, another girl, a girl he's been in love with since he met her 12 years ago, the same girl his mother despises because he loves her about a thousand times more than his own fiancé. A girl whose full name is Zelda Nabooru Jin; a young Gerudo-Hylian village girl of great beauty and phenomenal swordsman skills…and Prince Petenu's best friend.
It was Zelda's birthday, and Prince Petenu couldn't think of a single thing to get her for her birthday. She was turning 17; an age that's more of a big deal for boys than girls (for girls its 19 in Hyrule), but is still a large number, the age when a young lady takes her first official steps to becoming a young woman. He wanted to get her something extremely special, something very…"Zora" so to say, but her words echoed through his mind:
I don't want anything.
"Bull." Is all that Petenu could say.
A deep grumbling noise issued from Prince Petenu's stomach right as a fish jumped out of the water. Prince Petenu flung his right arm outward, and the giant shark-like fin near his elbow went flying like a boomerang. The fin stabbed the fish right through the heart before it could go back into the water, killing it instantaneously. The fin came back, attached itself back onto Prince Petenu's arm, and he lowered his arm just so that he could take a nice big bite of that sweet, delicious, succulent-
"What the hell are you doing?!"
His teeth had hardly even punctured the fish's skin when he looked to the side. A young dirty blonde man with big sapphire blue eyes was staring at him from atop a rich brown horse. The young man was wearing a black-and-white checkered fedora with a white shirt, a black shirt vest, navy blue jeans and long red 70s converses. This young man was Link, or Prince Link as he's known by everyone else in Hyrule, dressed in his casual, out-of-the-castle outfit.
"Eating." Petenu replied.
"Your elbow?"
Petenu's eyes lowered to give him an un-amused face. "The fish, you idiot."
"Hey now, I couldn't see the fish from here. And your mom would have a heart attack if she saw you eating like that."
"…I was gonna say 'let her have one' but that's kind of brutal."
"Dear Goddesses, yes! I didn't think you hated your mother that much."
"I don't hate her, I…it's just complicated."
"C'mon, Pete, say it: you hate your mom."
"I do NOT hate my mother! To really, truly hate someone or something takes a lot of energy. It's just plain unhealthy."
"Okay, okay, I was just kidding…so, where's Gelios?"
"I'm…not sure. I thought he'd be here by now. I guess Death Mountain's further away than I thought."
"It is, but he's one fast roller."
A low rumbling came from the distance, and what looked like a large, fast rolling rock was slowly coming over the horizon. A few seconds later, the rock came speeding toward Petenu and Link, then jumped into the air, and the rock became a rock-like creature who came to the ground with a thud. This was Gelios, the son of the leader of the Gorons, rock-beings that live on Death mountain and eat the rich rocks that it sports. Gelios looked up at Petenu and Link, then smiled.
"Good morning, bruddas." He said in a Jamaican-like accent.
"What took you so long, G?"
"I'm *yaaaawn* tired, goro." Gelios said while stretching, "The suns strong, though. Gave me a small extra boost…what are you doing to your arm, Zora brudda?"
Petenu was kind of done with this, "FOR GOD SAKES I'M EATING A DAMN FISH!"
"Well, now that we're all here," Link proclaimed, "Let us begin: what are we gonna do for Zelda's birthday?"
Petenu took a large rip out of the fish, which he now decided to hold in his hand.
"Ai uwoh," Petenu said with a full mouth, flailing the fish carcass around, "Ai ween wingin bouw wih foh wah whas wirdy wimuts."
"I was thinking about it on my ride here." Link said. He turned to his horse, "Hey, Faron. You got any ideas?"
Faron just shook his mane side to side.
"I was, too…what if we just threw her a small party?"
Link and Petenu looked at each other.
"…we're stupid-"
"Yes, I know…"
"Who all would we invite?"
"Let's think…the three of us, Romani, and-"
"Oh please not Anubis…"
"Petenu, he's Zelda's boyfriend, we have to invite him."
"The Goddesses made free will, so we don't have to do anything."
Anubis was a young Sheikah man, very handsome and (like Zelda) a very skilled swordsman. He and Zelda had been dating for two years, since he was 17. Most of what Zelda's learned with swords, she has learned both from Anubis and his uncle Tahno, a 42-year old man and a master swordsman. Petenu has hated Anubis since the day they met, solely because he's dating Zelda.
"Well, you're gonna have to get over it, Pete, because we're inviting him."
Petenu angrily tore the last chunk off of his fish, then threw it back into the water. Gelios watched as it sank under the water's surface.
"Isn't that polluting?"
"No." Petenu replied.
"You mean littering." Link corrected.
"No, polluting."
"I'm pretty sure it's littering."
"No, littering is throwing trash on the ground, polluting is throwing trash into the water."
"But polluting the water is making it unsafe and unhealthy-"
"I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER! Zora's do it all the time; others find them and make either jewelry or weaponry out of them."
"Oh…"
"Now," Petenu said with a smile, "Don't we have a party to plan?"
