Chapter 1- Another Day

Golden hair framing her face, I walked through the sliding glass doors to the station. Another day had begun.

Waving to Kirby, and then to Link, I walked into my little office until I had a mission. My name is Zelda, and I'm a field officer in Sector 3, along with Kirby, Link, and Yoshi. Sometimes, even Mario got switched in when Yoshi was on guard duty for the cells in the basement. But that was mostly Peach, since no one could stand her when she started rambling on about frilly dollies.

Mario walked by, putting a cup of coffee on the empty table beside me. "Aren't you too young to drink that?" I questioned.

"You shouldn't be talking. You're only seventeen, Zelda." Mario said.

"Most of the officers are young. Link's only sixteen." I reminded him.

"Just watch for the alarms." Mario marched away, and into Boss's office. Not many of us went in there, and one thing's for certain, you didn't want to go in there. Wonder what Mario did.

Link and Kirby came in, having a very animated conversation. Link was wearing his translator, set to Kirby Language, so they could speak normally. Twisting my piece, I joined in.

"-Gonna be a mission soon." Link concluded. Kirby seemed to disagree.

"No. They'll never take you off field patrol, Link. It's common knowledge that Mario's getting that promotion!"

"Do you to have to argue about Boss's promotion every time you meet?" I moaned.

"Yes." Link and Kirby responded simultaneously. I rolled my eyes.

"Either Mario or Yoshi is getting that promotion because they joined the same year I did. You don't have enough experience Link, and no one wants a pink puffball to represent the strongest squad in Fourside." I said.

"Hey!" Kirby complained.

"I'm just saying it as it is." I shrugged.

Link opened his mouth to say something, but the alarms interrupted him. Flashing red and wailing louder than sirens, they were enough to get you to listen to the loudspeaker immediately.

"Attention Sector 3. Two bandits are attempting robbery at Icicle Mountain. Send out representatives straight away."

I sighed. "I'll go. Whose with me?"

"I'll go." Link said, fingering the Master Sword's handle.

"Just don't swing that at me."

"Now why would I do that?" Link asked.

"I don't know. But you might." Grabbing a field patrol kit, I tossed one to Link. "You might need that." He nodded.

At least the teleporter was workable. Within seconds, Link and I were standing at the summit of Icicle Mountain. Glancing upwards, I had to wonder where our bandits could be. This place went on forever, you see, and sometimes, the ground would follow you up, so you had to keep moving.

I heard voices. "Is this it?"

"I think so." Voice 2 replied. "Finally, the glass crystals belong to me!"

"Put the crystals down. And put your hands up." Link pushed past me and raised his sword menacingly.

Voice 1 looked astounded. Voice 2 glared. Hoisting myself up, I found that the voices were no one but DK and Captain Falcon. These two were always causing immense trouble for our sector. They just never gave up.

By the time I was finally ready to fight, it almost appeared over. Link was all over the two of them, attacking with everything he could think of. He was currently punching Captain Falcon, and kicking DK.

"Need any help?" I joked, ducking from a swipe from DK.

"Stick to our regular plan." For some reason, Link didn't want me to get into the action, so I was devoted to causing a worthy distraction so Link could give them the 'cuffs.

I pranced around, feeling extremely foolish, as Captain Falcon fell for the bait. He snarled at me, and I stuck my tongue out. Since the handcuffs were snapped around his wrists, he wouldn't be doing anything more than making odd faces.

Furious, DK followed, roaring and chasing me about. Swinging, he barely managed to graze my arm. "Owie!" I faked the depth of the injury, acting as though DK had me defeated. He sneered over me. Link jogged up behind DK and hung onto one arm while he snapped the handcuffs around one wrist. DK began swiping at Link furiously, and I barely managed to divert his attention before things got ugly. The other side was snapped into place. Link sighed. This had been a fairly lucky mission. Link had escaped with only minimal scratches, and the same with me.

This had been an easy mission. I reflected on one mission when there had only been one squad, and two of the six members had been killed in the line of duty. According to Kirby, who had barely survived, it had been the cruelest mission in the history of our station. I couldn't imagine thinking about police work as I saw my friends die. What a horrible thought.

The teleporter had us back in the station within moments. Mario waved, and Yoshi made one of his odd noises. I waved back.

"So how was your mission?" Mario asked.

Link opened his mouth to speak, but the alarms went off. "How come that keeps happening?" He cried.

"Sector 3, please send out representatives to Icicle Mountain straight away. Two more bandits are attacking." The speakers fizzled out.

"C'mon Zelda." Link motioned for me to follow. I shook my head vigorously.

"Uh-huh. I-I can't. I have a doctor's appointment. Take Kirby." I thrust Kirby at Link, and ran off in the opposite direction.

KIRBY'S POV

I chortled merrily. What a foolish excuse. I knew what she was trying to hide.

On Icicle Mountain, Link and I easily found our bandits. This time around, it was Captain Falcon, and a little boy.

"Whose the kid?" I asked Link.

"Dunno. I've never seen him before. Ask him."

"Hey kiddo! Who're you?" I called.

"I'm Ness, and I work for Falcon!" Ness cried, fist in the air.

"How old are you?" Link couldn't resist asking.

"I'm seven." Ness turned to Falcon.

"You do know why Zelda ran off, correct?" I asked Link. Was he clueless?

"Yeah. She had a doctor's appointment." Link responded, fending off Ness, who wouldn't let Link handcuff him.

"Don't tell me you don't know?" I asked him, flabbergasted.

"Know what?" Link asked, clueless.

"If you don't know, I'm not going to be the one to tell you." I chortled. "You are so thickheaded!"

"Tell me!" Link pleaded.

"No!" I couldn't stop laughing. How could Link not have figured it out?

I spun behind falcon and handcuffed him. Link was busy torturing Ness.

"Who're your parents, Ness?" He cried, holding the boy by the scruff of his collar.

"Fools who are trying to kill me! I hate them!" Ness cried, trying to break free from Link's iron grip.

"Why are you in the crime business?" Link tried.

"Because your never too young to commit a crime!" Ness said proudly.

"Who taught you that, your master, Falcon?" Link gave Ness a strong kick, and he flew across the slippery slope.

Link picked Ness up. "Where do you live?"

"In Eagleland, Onett." He mumbled.

"Lets go." Link motioned for me to follow.

"Take Ness on your own. I'll head to the station with Falcon." I stepped into the teleporter, and Link and Ness flashed away.

None of us knew that these mere bandits were not the strongest enemies we were to face. There was much more to come.

A/N: Wow. I've wanted to write something like this since forever! And now I finally get to! Pleases R&R, I know my plot is kind of odd, but please, bear with me.