Phantasma

By Dragona VII

My new story. Please let me know what ya think so far...I think I could do better, but then again...I'm my own worst critic.

Thank you all! But dang...I wish I could just own Zelda...

Chapter 1:

On a Dairy Run

...A massive beast cowers on the ground, when a tall, lean man holding a radiant Master Sword stands over him, ready to strike. A cry pain beyond imagination resonates throughout the kingdom of Hyrule as that man thrust the Master Sword into that beast, the Great King of Evil, thus ridding the world of that despicable, evil menace. Shortly after that, the handsome young man travelled back in time seven years to relive the childhood that he had missed...

However to Link, this was only a memory now. Today, eight years after his long adventure began, he was lounging lazily under a shady willow tree on the outskirts of his home, Kokiri Forest. It was a warm, beautiful day in peaceful Hyrule. The sky was clear, and summer sea air from Lake Hylia was wafting through the air, leading Link into an awaited nap. Navi, his fairy companion, was meandering into a snooze herself.

"Link! Wake up! Hey, wake up, sleepy-head!"Link jumped out of his little world and looked around at who had called him. When Link finally caught sight of who it was, he relaxed, and smiled at his good friend, Malon. "Oh, Malon. Hello, you startled me. Erm...what's up?"

Malon was in her usual attire. A long pink and white dress combined with a yellow bandana that hung around her neck. She also wore a brown apron while she was working at the ranch, but not today.

"Nothing's up. I was just delivering this milk," she pointed to a mule ni the distance with a load of several jugs of milk, "to Kakiriko Village. You wanna come?" As boring and lazy and these humid Hylian sumer days were, Link eagerly accepted. After all, he needed something to take his mind off his problems.

About twenty minutes later, a mule was heard clopping up the stairway to Kakiriko Village. Madame Beugh was sweeping the threshold of her house when Malon trotted up in the mule, Link walking ahead of them. She smiled and waved cordially as they passed, and she was welcomed in the same friendly manner. They stopped for a quick second to give Madame Beigh one of the jugs of milk, then said their goodbyes. Link's mind was drifting off again...

...A distressed woman was cowering in the shadow of a tall, dark figure, with shining orange eyes of deepest loathing. He was closing in on her, laughing maliciously, and then...

"Link, will you please pay attention to what you're doing!" Link snapped back to reality. He had just noticed that he'd accidentally slammed into a lady that was just tending to her many cuckoos, who was now nervously picking up the bag of Cuckoo Feed she'd spilt. "Uh...oh, hey! Lemme help you!" Link bent down to assist the chicken lady, but she abruptly jumped back, her face flushed.

"Oh...um...no, ah, thanks...I mean..." She said in the smallest voice, obviously out of it. Link stuffed the last of the feed back into the bag amf handed it to her, but she suddenly turned away and bolted down the lane and into her house. Link took nte that her face was beet red. Yeah, Link was a little confused, so he let down the feed and continued leading Malon to wherever they were going.

"Hey Malon," Link said, turning around and walking backwards ot face her, "Where're we taking the rest of this stuff, anyways?" "To Impa's old house. You know, where that chicken lady and that weird guy live. What're their names? Something...Cass and Gille?...or Neopold..."

Malon really had no clue. Neither, really, did Link, but everybody seemed to know him. That sometimes creepes Link out a lot. Sometimes he would walk by a group of teenage girls he didn't know, and hear, "Hey, you know that Link guy? He's sooooooooooo cute!" If that weren't freaky enough, sometimes little kids would run up and say, "Hey, Link! I know you! My mommy knows you! Do you know my mommy!" Real idiotic crap like that.

This was why, in Link's opinion, the friends he already had were good enough. It seemed only the people that really knew him or the guys that were just jealous of him would leave him be and not flirt or goggle at him...except for the occasional guy...which really really scared Link.

Anyway, up the stairs to Impa's former home they went and Malon got off her mule. The mule seemed relieved when Malon heaved the other five jugs off of it, so it sat down in the grass. She lugged the hefty containers towards the door before Link could offer help, and ended up dropping them noisily on the ground. A couple even tumbled right back down the stairs.

"Malon, let me help you with that," Link said, squatting down beside Malon. "Thanks, Link. Appreciate it. I've just been so clumsy today." She grinned at him thankfully and started lifting a very large carton of milk. Unfortunately for her, being as 'clumsy' as she was today, she tripped on her own dress, sending both her and Link tumbling down the stairs like a sack of rocks.

When Link opened his eyes and saw Malon's face staring at him in shock, hardly an inch away from his, he hollered something similar to a duck and tried to scramble to his feet as gracefully as possible, but accidentally slammed Malon into a crate in the process.

He just stood there, perplexed and embarassed. Bystanders laughed at the comical couple, and a couple of guys ran over to point and laught their heads off at the two. Link was blushing fiercely when he bent down for Malon's hand to help her up, but she snatched her hand away, looking angry and humiliated.

Malon stood up on the own, her face red with furt at Link. "You, Link! You are the BIGGEST JERK I have ever met! I NEVER want to see you again, EVER!" With that, she turned on her heel and darted back towards the ranch, leaving the milk and her mule behind, and with tears streaming down her face.

Link just gaped at her as she left, leaving him to feel extremely awkward in the middle of a crowd of spectators. His mind couldn't comprehend what had just happened...what did he do, again? Finally, Link realized that everyone was staring at him, and he just kind of...sprinted away to the closest exit and away from all the accusatory faces...

Yay, chapter one is done...please review! I'd greatly love you all for it! I love all the reviewers for my other fic too! Thank you:)