The Beginning of Fate
Link stares at the girl and she smiles patiently, waiting for his answer. He nods slowly, "Yes.. I'm Link.. Why..?"
She releases his shoulder and tucks a lock of hair behind her left ear, she blushes lightly, "This is just going to get weirder, but.. I.. Saw you.. in my dream.. Last night. It was strange.. You.. Were dressed in a green tunic, and then suddenly you were dressed like you are now.. I remember, I had called for someone in the dream, I don't remember who, and then you came in. I asked your name, and you said 'Link.'"
Link just stares at her with wide eyes, We had the same dream? He coughs and looks away, trying to make sense of what he was hearing. He meets her gaze again, I have to ask. He swallows, "Your name.. Isn't Zelda, is it?"
Her eyes widen, "Y-yeah, it is.."
No.. No, that's just too crazy! Link shakes his head, "I-I have to go, nice meeting you."
He turns and runs away from her, leaving her standing, dumbfounded on the sidewalk, watching his retreat. She shakes her head and sighs, "I weirded him out. Just great. Walk up to a complete stranger and say 'You're the boy of my dreams!' That'll make an impression all right.."
She crosses her arms and walks away, towards a black limo parked across the street. Link runs all the way back to his dorm and he bursts into the dorm, breathing heavily. Gully looks up from his homework and raises an eyebrow, "You okay there, Link?"
Link shakes his head, "You'll never believe.. Who I just met.."
Gully's eyes shine with interest, "Who did you meet?"
Link meets his gaze, "Zelda. This girl I just met, she walked up to me and asked me if I was Link. I saw this girl in my dream last night, and she just happens to have the same name as the princess from my previous dreams? It's not coincidence."
"It could be." Gully shrugs, "She probably heard about you, or something. You are getting that fancy scholarship for the Washington State college. You're a freaking A+ star student of the entire school. It's not that weird that she knew your name."
"Gully, she said she saw me in her dream, then she described the same dream I had!" Link replies.
"Okay, that's kind of weird. And she looks exactly like the princess from your story?" Gully frowns, "And you've never seen her before?"
"Exactly!" Link steps fully into the room, closing the door, "This is crazy! I swear, if I start seeing Ganon--"
"Calm down, Link.. I'm sure it's just a big coincidence.." Gully says slowly, worried for his friend as Link paces the room, clutching his head.
Link shakes his head, still pacing, "That dream I had, the dreams I wrote the book from.. It doesn't make sense. I don't understand what's going on.."
Gully sighs, "Link.. Maybe you should get some sleep?"
"I don't need sleep!" Link crosses his arms and huffs, "I need this craziness to end!"
It's only just begun, Hero of Time.
Link stops, staring straight, eyes wide. He lets his arms fall to his sides. He turns to Gully, "Did you.. Just hear that..?"
"I didn't hear anything besides your ranting." Gully replies.
"That voice.." Link frowns, his eyes filling with worry, "The same voice from my dream. I-it can't be.."
"Link.." Gully stands and walks over to Link, putting a hand on his shoulder, "You're starting to scare me. Are you sure you don't need to lie down?"
Link brings his hand to his forehead and he sighs shakily, closing his eyes. His voice is a whisper when he speaks, "Gully.. Do you think.. My story.. Might have been true once..?"
"What? If that book was a part of history, don't you think we would have learned of it? I mean, an ancient kingdom being attacked by literal demons? I'm sure we would know of it. It's just fantasy, Link." Gully replies.
Link shakes his head, and he shrugs Gully's hand away. He turns and heads for the door, "I'm going for a walk, I'll be back tonight."
"When?" Gully asks, but Link is already gone. He frowns, "I worry about him.."
Link walks down the street, stuffing his hands into his green jacket pockets. He sighs, looking up at the sky, "Am I just going crazy? Is that it? None of this makes sense.. Gully's right, I'm just tired. Finals have been stressing me out.. I just need to forget about this insane idea that my book was real. Hyrule is a made up kingdom, there's no record of a 'Hyrule' anywhere in history. Gully's right, we'd know about it."
He shakes his head, "Everything will be normal again tomorrow. Gully and I are going on the White House tour, I'll forget about this mess. I just need to distract myself for awhile."
I nod and turn around, heading back to the dorm. I get back and Gully smiles, "Are you feeling better?"
I nod and smile back, "Yeah, I just needed to clear my head."
"And if you look over here, we can observe the silver that President Lincoln had his servants use-" the tour guide drones on, gesturing to an exhibit behind her. and Link looks around, bored out of his mind. Suddenly someone behind him screams. He turns fully around and gasps as one of the people in the group behind him are screaming, the man's body is contorting and changing. His bones break and reshape. His skin melts to reveal slimy skin underneath. The man turns into a octopus-like creature with bright orange skin, black, beady eyes, and a long snout, which starts shooting what looks to be large black rocks. Other tourists scream as some of them are hit. The rocks, tear right through their victims. People fall, bleeding out. Link's eyes widen and he shouts, "Everybody, down!"
