Hey guys! Here's chapter 2 of Crashing Down! I looked at the views and visitors for my story and my jaw literally dropped. I was like, "Holy crap! People are actually reading this story!" I was super happy! 110 views and 90 visitors total for only one chapter! That's amazing! You're amazing!
A big thank you to my reviewers: LunayruSheikah, Opal223, Esparia, and wingscutdarkness! You are AWESOME! Also thanks to those of you who followed/favorited this story! You guys rock too!
Also someone asked if this took place in Modern Hyrule. If anyone else was confused by that, the answer is yes it does. For this story I imagined Hyrule as a major city somewhere and the camp that the characters are going to was on the outskirts of it. Hopefully that clears it up.
Disclaimer: I don't own Legend of Zelda. If I did I would be really rich and this story probably would not be written. After all this is merely just a FANfiction. ;)
Chapter 2
(Link's POV)
Aryll knew just how to make things awkward. I loved her with all my heart, but boy did she get annoying sometimes! Even though she was doing it annoyingly, all she was trying to do was make me happy. All throughout the day so far she had been setting me up with Zelda. She knew I liked her...
Just this last year I came home from school one day almost in tears. I didn't- and don't- cry, but if I did, my tears would be running.
"What's wrong Link?" Aryll asked with that innocent tone of hers. She knew something was wrong. She could see it in my eyes.
I tried to lie my way out of it, though. "Nothing, Aryll," I said attempting to smile. Aryll shook her finger at me.
"We both know that's not true! Now tell me, what's wrong?"
"Would you mind if we went for a walk? I'll explain it as we are walking," I asked the then thirteen year old. She smiled at me, her genuine smile, and we started walking through the woods.
"The boys at school were threatening me again!" I blurted. It was true. They had been threatening me a lot lately. Aryll stopped in her tracks and looked up at me.
"Why?" she asked in a serious tone. For just a thirteen year old she was very protective of me. Sometimes I wondered if she really was the younger one.
"It was about her. They told me that I wasn't allowed to even think about her or else I'd get it! They said she would never like me! Then they told me I was just some stupid boy who wasn't even raised correctly," I said, shuffling my feet and looking away. Aryll snorted in disgust. But then a big grin spread across her face.
"Who's this 'her' you speak of?" Aryll asked, very interested. Aryll was always sticking her nose in my love life, so anytime a girl was mentioned she grilled me for details about her. But I guess she was just being protective.
"Well," I said, not knowing where to start. "Her name is Zelda and she is even more gorgeous than any of the goddesses themselves! She's really funny and nice to almost everyone. Except for me. She hates me!" I bit my lip. It was the sad truth though.
Aryll frowned and shook her head. "But no one can hate you Link! You're so nice and funny! Why do you say she hates you?" Aryll asked. My little sister was so sweet, yet she could be very mischievous at the same time.
"She told me so herself. And I don't know what I did to her, but I kind of enjoy not having all the attention from her," I slowly explained. I never told Aryll that I practically had my own fan club at school or how almost every girl was watching my every movement.
"I can fix it Link! I'll make her like you!" Aryll exclaimed. The scary thing was, was that she probably could! Aryll was strange like that.
"No!" I blurted out. Then I casually coughed and cleared my throat. "I mean, no. I can handle it myself. Don't worry." Aryll shrugged her shoulders and wandered into the forest ahead of me. I smiled and chased after her.
Zelda and her friend Midna suddenly appeared next to me and Aryll. They got involved in some conversation, but I wasn't really listening. I found myself staring at Zelda and when she looked at me, I awkwardly looked away.
"I'm, uh, thirsty," Zelda randomly blurted.
"Hello, thirsty," Midna sarcastically said. I smiled as Zelda glared at her and Midna turned towards me. Zelda ran off to the table where the drinks were.
"Hi Link!" Midna greeted me.
I gave her my famous smile, but said, "You know what? I think I'm a little thirsty myself," and ran off to find Zelda.
Zelda was sipping her punch when she noticed me. She put her drink down and furrowed her brows.
"What do you want?" Zelda snapped at me. I took a step closer to her and got myself some punch.
"Well I just want to get a drink! The whole world isn't centered around you, ya' know!" I replied in a joking manner. I thought I saw Zelda's cheeks turn a bit pink, but it quickly went away, and she narrowed her eyes at me.
"Okay fine! I don't want Aryll to know that were enemies, okay? It might be to hard on her! So can we just act like friends around her, please?" I asked. The blonde-haired beauty in front of me gave me a death glare and grunted what I think was a, "Fine."
I thanked her and flashed her my special smile. Zelda picked her punch back up and drank some more of it.
The truth was, Aryll couldn't know Zelda hated me. After I told her about Zelda, she kept asking me if we were friends yet and I kept replying "no" everyday until I got fed up with her and eventually said that we were friends. So now I needed to lie some more in order to keep my first lie in place.
I was about to say something to Zelda when I heard a, "Link! Dude! Where have you been?" from behind me. I turned to see my best friend Sheik behind me. I had invited him to come with us and he reluctantly agreed, but he sure looked like he was enjoying himself now!
"Sheik! Dude! I've been here!" I said laughing. Sheik smiled and started talking again.
"Dude, this place is filled with hiot girls!" Sheik exclaimed. I saw his eyes fall on Zelda who was still right beside me. No way was Sheik going to hit on Zelda! Zelda was all mine! Granted, she hated me, but she was mine.
"Zelda?" Sheik called to her.
"Sheik?" Zelda called back, turning her focus to my blonde-haired, red-eyed friend.
They embraced each other in a big hug and I awkwardly stood there watching the reunion. I cleared my throat.
"I'm guessing you know Zelda?" I questioned Sheik, raising my eyebrows. This surprised me beecuase Sheik didn't go to our school. He was my mom's friend's son and we met when we were young. Before my mom and dad started being abusive drunken jerks, that is. Anyways, after we had met we became instant friends.
"You know her too? Isn't she so amazing?" Sheik asked in response. Definitely more than amazing. How did Sheik know Zelda though? Did they have some sort of relationship going?
"Oh! I didn't see that you were still there Link!" Zelda stated. I was trying to think of something to say when Sheik spoke up.
"This must look so strange to you," Sheik said chuckling. All I could do was furrow my eyebrows and nod slightly. "Zelda's my cousin!" Cousin. Ohhhh. Well I guess I don't have to worry about Sheik hitting on Zelda!
I tried not to show how happy I was. "That's cool," I said with a smile. I was so glad that nothing was going on between the two that I could've exploded.
"So, has anything been going between you two?" Sheik said, wiggling his eyebrows. I felt my face start to flush and I saw that Zelda's face was red too.
"Oh, um, we're just friends," I said lamely, my face even more red than before. Zelda nodded at my statement.
"You better take good care of my little cuz, okay?" Sheik said with a wink. I gave a half hearted smile and walked into a crowd of people with him.
"Dude! You never told me Zelda Harkinian was your cousin!" I exclaimed, once we were out of her earshot.
"Well you never told me you had a thing for her!" Sheik said in response. I felt my cheeks start to redden.
"I do not!" I exclaimed. I would tell him the truth later in our cabin. I didn't feel like explaining now.
"Whatever," Sheik said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.
"I need to get back to Aryll," I huffed. Sheik shrugged and walked with me. We saw Aryll having a friendly chat with Midna.
"'Sup?" Sheik casually asked. Aryll smiled and ran towards me. She pulled me away from Sheik and Midna, who shot me questioning glances, and started giggling like crazy.
"What Aryll?" I asked, sighing. The giggling teen looked like she was about to explode with giddiness.
Aryll stopped giggling long enough to speak. "I know someone who likes you!" she said in a sing-songy voice. I rolled my eyes. Lots of girls liked me. This wasn't any news. And it got real annoying sometimes.
"Let me guess, Midna?" I questioned my sister. Her eyebrows shot up and gave me a genuine look of surprise.
"You knew?"
"I guessed. One minute you're talking with her, the next you're telling me someone likes me."
Aryll shrugged it off and walked back over to Midna and Sheik with me following.
"Yeah, she's my cousin," I heard Sheik tell Midna. I could almost see my ears perking up like a dogs. They were talking about Zelda! I pretended I was listening to Aryll babble about something and eavesdropped on their conversation.
"Oh that's cool! She forced me to come here with her. I am kind of enjoying it though. Zelda probably thinks it's stupid. She's all upset because Link is here," Midna said. I glanced over at them and saw Midna roll her eyes.
Zelda was upset I was here? Ouch! That hurts! I don't know why it stung so much. She hated me. Of course she was going to be upset to see me here!
"Why would Zelda be upset because Link's here? I thought they were friends!" Sheik told the twili. Midna started laughing.
"Them two?! Friends?! Who told you that?!" Midna said, still laughing. Sheik tilted his head in confusion.
"Link did. Are they not?" the Sheikah asked furrowing his eyebrows. Midna's eyes widened.
"You know Link?!" Midna asked getting excited.
"Yeah. He's my best bud! I came here with him!" Sheik stated. Midna smiled widely. I mentally slapped my face into my hands. Why did every girl have to like me so much?! I stopped listening to their conversation then, mainly because I didn't want to hear someone fangirling over me again.
I noticed Zelda still wasn't back. I excused myself from Aryll's babbling and walked over to the drinks' table. Zelda wasn't there. I looked around and still couldn't see her. I walked back to my little group.
Midna, Aryll, and Sheik were discussing something, probably not important by the way Sheik was laughing.
"Hey guys! Have you seen Zelda anywhere?" I asked the group. Midna shot me a glance that read, "Why do you suddenly care?" Sheik smirked slightly and his face was saying, "Dude! You totally like her!" Aryll was standing in the middle of them with a huge grin spread across her face.
They all ended up saying that no one knew where Zelda was. I sent Aryll to go check the girls' restroom, so I could speak to Midna and Sheik alone.
"You like like her!" Sheik exclaimed the same time as Midna asked, "Why are you suddenly so interested with Zelda?"
Skipping Sheik's accusation, I answered Midna's question. "Long story short, Aryll thinks Zelda and I are friends. She doesn't know Zelda hates me. Don't let her find out or else there might not even be a Zelda to hate me!"
"I still think you like her!" Sheik accused once more. Midna's eyes were staring into my soul, intently trying to figure out if I did like Zelda.
My face started turning red. "I do not like Zelda! I just need to look like I care for her as if she is my friend!" I exclaimed, maybe a little too loud. Sheik was smirking still and Midna had a satisfied look on her face. Then out of the blue Sheik started laughing.
"Dude! That's a lie! You like my little cuz! Your face is so red!" Sheik said in between bits of laughter. I let out a long sigh.
"Okay fine. You caught me red-handed. I maybe have a little crush on Zelda," I admitted in a small voice. Midna gave me the world's scariest death glare. Then I remembered that she liked me. I probably just crushed all her little dreams. Whoops.
"I knew it!" Sheik cheered, pumping his fist in the air. I rolled my eyes as he started doing some weird victory break dance. He's such a weirdo.
"Wait till Zelda hears about this!" Midna spat, still angry that I didn't like her. I started freaking out.
"No please! Don't tell her! She can't find out! I'll do anything as long as she doesn't know the truth!" I cried out.
"'Anything,' you say?" Midna asked, raising eyebrow. Bad choice of words. Whoops.
"Anything reasonable! I won't do anything too-"
"Kiss me!" Midna exclaimed interrupting me.
I practically fell over in shock. Did she really just ask that? Even though she knows I have feelings for Zelda? Well I did say anything... It would only be one kiss. How bad could it be?
"Um... Like one the lips or-" I cut myself off because Midna was already puckering up. I glanced over at Sheik and he had his hand over his mouth to stifle his laughter. I leaned closer to Midna and squeezed my eyes shut. It will be over before you know it! I moved my face just inches from Midna's when I heard my name.
"Link! Hey Link!" Aryll called out from behind me. I turned to face her, thankful for the distraction. I walked over to Aryll and Midna was glaring her eyes out at the both of us.
"Zelda wasn't in the bathroom! This place is crowded, so I'm sure she's just mingling with others!" Aryll reported. I bit my lip, highly doubting she was here. It was just a gut feeling I had.
"I don't think she's in here, Aryll. I'm gonna go look around outside," I told my sister. She had her usually goofy grin spread across her face.
"It's so cute how you're so protective of Zelda!" Aryll said, giggling again.
"Well wouldn't you do the same thing if one of your friends went missing?" I asked her, hoping my face wasn't too red.
"Totally," Aryll agreed with a wink. We walked back over to Midna and Sheik.
"Hey Midna, what's your cabin number?" I asked the orange-haired twili. She giggled and blushed.
"Why? Do you wanna come see me? We do have unfinished business!" she said winking. I cringed as I remembered I still had to kiss her. I shook my head.
"I was just wondering if maybe Zelda was in there..." I replied trailing off.
Midna glared at my with her angry eyes. "I see how it is! But what about the rules, huh? 'No boys allowed in a girls cabin and vice versa' or whatever!"
I smirked at her. "You of all people should know that following rules is for losers! Besides, you know I won't do anything stupid!" Midna'a lips curved into a teeny-tiny smile.
"Maybe we should go with you," Aryll suggested. I nodded in agreement. We left the mess hall and walked outside together. I couldn't help but notice how Sheik's eyes would continually drift over to Midna. I'll give her some credit though. She was kinda pretty... but no one could beat Zelda!
I elbowed Sheik and whispered, "You like Midna?" Sheik's face turned red and I couldn't help but smirk.
"What?! No! Why do you think that?!" Sheik fiercely whispered back. I smirked even more at this.
"Oh I don't know, maybe the way you can't seem to keep your eyes off of her. Oh and the blush all over your face says something!" Sheik got red to the tips of his ears.
"I can't help she's hot!" he said a little louder than before. Midna and Aryll, who were a little ahead of us, looked back to see what was going on.
"Something you wanna say, boys?" Midna asked. We both shook our heads and continued walking to cabin five. When we arrived at the cabin Midna suggested that she and Aryll should go first. Sheik and I agreed.
"So, you like Midna?" I asked Sheik once more, mainly as an attempt to annoy him. His face turned red.
"You think I can help the fact that she's hot?!" Sheik exclaimed. I chuckled softly.
"I'm sorry. It's just fun to bother you!" Sheik glared at me with his ruby eyes. Midna and Aryll soon walked out of the cabin with Zelda following behind them.
"Look who we found!" Midna said, dragging Zelda, by her arm, in front of her.
"Hey," Zelda said softly. I smiled widely. I walked over to where Zelda was standing and gestured for Sheik to do the same.
"Zelda didn't like the crowds," Aryll explained. "She came here to find some peace and quiet." I nodded in agreement. It certainly was loud back there!
"Let's just hang out here at you guys' cabin. That place back there was giving me a headache!" Sheik said. We all walked inside the girls' cabin. It was arranged the same as me and Sheik's, but it looked so much more orderly. Well they are girls, I guess.
"Dinner's in a little while! Let's play a game!" Midna said mischievously. I sighed, knowing whatever game we played was going to involve that stupid kiss I owed her.
"Let's play truth or dare!" Aryll chimed in. I brought my face into my hands and shook mu head. This was going to be so awkward. What if they asked me if I liked Zelda? Or what if they made me finish my kiss with Midna?
"Linky boy doesn't look so eager to play! Is there a reason for that?" Midna asked, grinning evilly. She knew about Zelda. She also wanted me to kiss her.
"Yeah? Is there a reason Link?" Sheik joined in. Oh save it lover-boy! We all know you're just agreeing with Midna because you like her! That's what I wanted to say, but instead I just went with, "We always end up doing something stupid! Or someone gets hurt!"
Midna snorted. "Wimp," she muttered. I rolled my eyes and opened my mouth to argue, but Zelda beat me to it.
"Link's right. Maybe we shouldn't play," Zelda agreed, looking somewhat nervous. Why would Zelda be nervous? And did she really just agree with me?
"Come on it'll be fun guys!" Aryll said. Aryll too? Did everyone hate me or something?! No, not everyone...just Zelda.
Somehow they eventually got Zelda and I to agree to this. We made rules so the game wouldn't get out of hand. Nothing "dirty", nothing that involved going too far from the cabin, and nothing that would take longer than five minutes.
"I'll start!" piped Midna. Of course, she immediately turned to me. "So Link, truth or dare?" If I pick truth, she'll ask who I like, but if I pick dare she'll make me kiss her! I eventually went with dare and knew exactly what was coming.
"I dare you to kiss me!" Midna said. I shuddered, but I knew I had to do it. I had promised her earlier anyways... I turned to Sheik who's eyes were filled with jealousy, confirming my hypothesis correct; he totally liked Midna more than a friend.
I turned back to Midna and slowly edged forward. I moved my lips towards hers and gave her a "kiss". Well... if you could call it a kiss! It lasted for about half a second and I barely brushed her lips.
I backed away from Midna and tried to think of who I should ask, knowing it was now my turn. I smiled mischievously and turned to face Aryll.
"So sis, truth or dare?" I asked, grinning evilly. I was her brother and had all rights of torturing her during this game.
"Um... I think I'll go with truth!" Aryll decided. I remembered a secret she once told me last year. It would be mean, but she could kill me later.
"Aryll, do you still have a crush on Sheik like you told me last year?" I asked my sister. Her face turned bright red and she shot me a look that said, "You are so dead!" She then turned to face Sheik, who had a very surprised look on his face (I never told him that Aryll had a crush on him), and then looked back at me.
"Maybe a little..." Aryll admitted in a small voice. I burst out laughing so hard I could've peed my pants. I glanced over at Sheik who was awkwardly looking away. I had dirt on him too, so I'm sure he was just waiting for me to say something embarrassing about him too.
"Awww! That's so cute! You like my cousin?!" Zelda said, joining in my laughter. We both knew Sheik pretty well, well enough to actually know the kind of guy he was. Weird, stupid, annoying, yet funny all at once.
Aryll turned away from the group and faced the wall. My little sister was going to kill me later, bit it was totally worth it. We awkwardly waited in the room together, as Aryll was still facing the wall, not even acknowledging us anymore.
"Aryll, it's your turn to ask!" Midna finally spoke up. Aryll stayed silent for a long while, but eventually spoke.
"Zelda, truth or dare?" Aryll finally asked, still facing the wall.
"Um, truth, I guess," Zelda replied. I kind of figured Zelda wouldn't do dare, after seeing what Midna made me do. Aryll was my sister and Zelda was my crush. I was going to be involved in whatever Aryll had planned. I just knew it.
"Aw, come on Zellie! You always pick truth! Pick dare for once!" Midna taunted. Zelda bit her lip and nervously looked away. Why did she seem so nervous?
"Fine. I changed my mind. Dare me," Zelda asked in a somewhat threatening tone. Aryll finally recovered from her embarrassment and turned to face us. The look on her face was a mixture of a happy three year old getting a lollipop and a crazy psychopath threatening to grab a chainsaw and chase us. Scary.
"I dare you to go outside and climb that tree and sit up there for five minutes!" I practically fell over from my sitting position in shock. That was it? No catch?
"Sounds easy enough," Zelda said, jumping up and popping her knuckles to try and look tough.
"Oh wait!" Aryll called out, just as Zelda was about to open the door to leave. Here came the catch. "Link has to be in the tree with you!" I nearly slapped myself. I knew there was a catch! I knew it involved me! I knew she was getting revenge!
I glared at Aryll, who was smirking at me, and walked out of the cabin with Zelda. This was going to be bad! I had a feeling it was...
"Ladies first," I said, stepping aside from Zelda, giving her my sigature smile. She scowled, but didn't acknowledge me in any way, except for moving ahead of me. She climbed a few branches and I closely followed.
I perched on a branch that was facing Zelda's. She sat there silent, not looking at me once. She finally turned towards me and spoke.
"What did I do to Aryll to get me stuck in a tree with you?! This is torture!" Zelda exclaimed. All I could manage was, "You have no idea."
Zelda shot me a death glare with her pretty blue eyes. "Just because we're supposed to pretend we're friends, doesn't mean we'll ever be. Understand, Link Avalon? I hate you and I always will!"
I cringed at the harshness of her tone, but most of all, at the words she spoke. Zelda's told me she hated me before, yet her words still stung. They did every time.
"HEY YOU KIDS!" a loud holler from below called out, interrupting my thoughts. Zelda and I both bolted up straight. We looked to the ground below us and saw a man with red hair and red eyes glaring at us. He blew a whistle.
"GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!" he yelled at us. Zelda and I took turns inching down the tree as the man hollered some more.
"DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY RULES YOU'RE BREAKING?! A GIRL AND BOY AREN'T ALLOWED TO BE ALONE TOGETHER! NO CLIMBING TREES EITHER! AND YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THE MESS HALL! IT'S DINNER TIME NOW IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING!" the strange man ranted. His sentences were short, to the point, and filled with rage.
Something about him made me uneasy. I told him that we had friends in the cabin too. After our group was all rounded together the man led us to the mess hall.
"GO EAT YOUR DINNER NOW! I BETTER NOT SEE ANY MORE TROUBLE FROM YOU PESTS ANYMORE THOUGH!" the man called out, as he left us to eat our dinner. We all muttered something along the lines of, "Yes sir," and got in line to get our food.
And that sums up chapter 2! Whoo! This one was really long... Hopefully you liked it! Please, tell me what you think! :D I'll have a smile all day! And if that's not enough for you... I'll telepathically sing you a song I wrote. The song has the same name as the story... I don't even know why I wrote that song... It makes no sense!
Anyways, thanks for reading and please review!
~GlissGirl99~
P.S. I will generally be updating once a week... But I don't know about my next update. I might have pink eye and my mom will ban me from touching EVERYTHING. I hope I don't! I really hope I don't!