I was sprinting down the hallway trying to avoid running into the walls at each curve I came across. I skid a little at each turn, but thankfully my vans have at least a bit more traction than others. I designed them myself, and I'm actually quite proud of them! Oh right, anyway… It was already 8:10, and I wasn't even in the right section of my school, Hylia High. I am supposed to get there by 8:00, but does anyone really get there by that time? I mean, let's be real. I do not want to get up at 7:00 every single day! Especially me since I live 25 minutes way, and I have to walk! I guess that's what you have to live with if you live alone. Uh, long story, okay? I finally made it to right hallway. 8:10, not bad.
I leaped at the door planning to open the door knob right as I landed. Though, to my surprise, it was locked. So I kind of- well face planted in the door. I groaned as I landed on my back. Hearing a student from inside coming to open the door for me, I quickly jumped back on my feet to hide from embarrassment. Thankfully, the student who opened it was one of my best friends, Dark. We became friends when I was transferred here freshman year. Oh, by the way, I'm a junior. I am not a freshman. I don't even know how many times I have been mistaken as a freshman and beat up on Freshman Friday. I am not even that small! I am almost 5'10" for crying out loud! Anyway, I was late to my first day of school, and I was jogging down the hallway to get to my first class. I literally ran right into him. We face planted, greeted each other, had a few laughs, and I figured out I was going in the complete opposite direction of where my class was. Yeah, it was honestly pretty embarrassing. Though ever since then, we have been best friends!
"How's it going, Link?" Dark greeted me as he tried to hold in a laugh.
"Oh, shut up!" I retorted. I gave him a playful push and walked to my seat.
"Hello, Link." My teacher, Mrs. Impa, said. She doesn't necessarily hate me, but she doesn't love me. She really only gets mad at students if they're either late or they don't turn in their homework. Unfortunately, I do both of those things. She likes me as a kid but not a student.
"Sorry, Mrs. Impa." I apologized. Thankfully, most teachers know about my current situation, so they aren't that hard on me about being late.
"It's fine. Just sit down please." She commanded. I nodded and took my seat in the back left corner. There is a complimentary window right next to me. I usually just stare out the window and daydream about weird crap. Ancient Religion is really boring! I don't know how I even survive through the first five minutes, and nothing interesting happens whatsoever. It is just the same old routine over and over. "Attention, class, today we have a new student! Please be respectful and friendly towards her!" Impa announced getting most attention from the boys because of the word "her". Hey, remember when I said nothing interesting happens like two seconds ago? Yeah, I stand corrected for once. I look up to see who the new student who just came through the door might be, and I am actually quite surprised. She's pretty cute! Gah, Link! You haven't even met her! She could be a total snob!
"Uh, h-hi. I'm Zelda, and I just moved from Castle Town. I like to read and write." She looked up at Impa to find out where she would sit.
"Oh, right. We should probably find you a place to sit!" Impa chuckled and began to look around at each of the desks and students. She looked at the desk right next to me, and I am pretty sure my heart skipped a beat. I'm sorry but no way in hell can she sit next to me. It's not that I don't her. I'm just not the greatest fan of people sitting next to me. I either get in trouble for talking, or I get in trouble for them talking to me. Hence why I sit in the back corner isolated from the other students. "Sorry, Zelda, but it looks like the only open seat is next to Link." She pointed to the seat adjacent to me. "Maybe you can keep him in line." She laughed.
"I heard that!" I shouted from the back.
"I know. You were supposed to!" She snickered. I rolled my eyes at her comment. We usually have these types of conversations. Good for me, she's nice enough to not send me to the principal's for talking back.
I watched as Zelda approached my desk. Prepared for the worst, I slumped back in my chair only giving her a nod as a greeting. She sat down and glanced at me with a confused look.
"I guess that's one way to address a lady." She whispered and giggled quietly enough no one would hear her. Oh, excuse me, princess. I didn't realize we were at a royal dinner. Too bad for me I'm too polite to say that- at least to a girl.
"Sorry, I just don't want to get in trouble for talking." I explained.
"Well, if you whisper quietly enough no one will hear you, Mr. Face plant in a door." She smirked. Okay, she's actually pretty cool- wait she saw that?! Dammit! I could have sworn no one was behind me or in front of me. I'm not that stupid to pull something off like that without checking my surroundings!
"Y-you saw that?" I light blush formed on my cheeks from embarrassment.
"Yeah, I was walking from the bathroom before I had to come in and introduce myself. Honestly, that was what gave me the extra boost of confidence I have now." She gave me a small smile. "Thank you… uh…" She looked at me confused for a moment before I realized why she was giving me such a confused look.
"Oh, I'm Link, and by the way, how did my little fall give you confidence? I can understand it giving you regrets on coming here or a little laugh, but how could you get confidence from that?" I asked eyeing her suspiciously.
She laughed a little before speaking, "Well, Link, it made me realize I wouldn't be the only total ditz attending here." She smirked. "I played that trip in my mind while I spoke up front just a few minutes ago! It never gets old."
"Well, thank you for making this sad excuse of a class actually somewhat interesting." I said while glancing at the clock to see if the bell would ring any time soon. Of course we still had another hour in this living hell I call Ancient Religion. We don't even do anything really! We just fill pages in the teacher gives us, and then she assigns silent study.
"No problem!" She gave me a friendly wink.
"Oh, hey. Do you want to sit by me and my friends at lunch today?" I asked.
"Uh, sure, why not!" She smiled. "Are you friends with any girls?" Zelda asked.
"Yep! I have two as a matter of fact!" I grinned triumphantly. "I'll introduce you to them once we see them at lunch, okay?"
"Sounds great!" Zelda nodded as she began to show a slight sign of excitement. We ended up talking throughout the class, and we found out a lot about each other. We practically liked the same movies, books, jokes, and, to my surprise, video games! We were just finishing up a conversation about the new Pokémon game that was recently announced when the bell finally rang signaling us to our next class.