Sick Day FSA
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Rissa had stepped through the portal and quickly found her way to the room that the Links were at.
"I'm here!" she said, "What's the problem?"
Before anyone could answer she turned to look at where the noise was coming from.
Rissa almost laughed at what she saw.
Zelda, Blue, Red, and Vio were all trying to hold back a struggling Green, who was trying to make his way to the door, while Shadow just sat back and watched the whole chaos.
"Let-let-Let me go! I-I need to-" Green was cut off by the others.
"No, Green!" Red whined.
"Are you CRAZY!" Blue shouted.
"You're too sick to go," Vio added.
"But-but-but, who's going to defend the town, or feed Epona, or rescue poor, defenseless cats and kittens from trees?" Green struggled trying to get out of their grasp.
Now that she saw him up close, Rissa could tell that Green was really sick.
Green's face was unhealthily flushed like he had a fever, his breathing was rough and ragged, and sweat plastered his blonde hair to his face.
Rissa knew it couldn't have been from exertion.
Green's normally bright blue eyes were now somewhat dimmer. Crust was starting to build up around them. Even his hair seemed to have lost a little bit of it's shine.
"Green, calm down! You're going to make it worse!" Vio, the voice of reason as always, tried to hold Green back.
Green stopped, but not because of Vio.
Green collapsed to the ground hacking and choking and coughing, until he could barely breathe.
"Green, please just stop," Green's shoulders finally slumped in defeat at hearing the voice of the princess.
Zelda sighed, getting tired.
"Hey, Rissa *coughcough* how are *coughcough* how are *coughcoughcough* how are you *Ahem* How are you doing?" Shadow Link had finally asked her.
"Okay...? Uummm..., What is going on here?" Rissa asked a little suspicious.
Shadow didn't look much better than Green.
Shadow's face was flushed his breathing was ragged, and he seemed to have lost his overall glow.
In fact, none of the Links looked too well.
Red was sweating harder than he should be from just restraining Green.
Blue was panting hard and his face was starting to turn pink.
Vio's breathing was ragged.
Vio finally spoke up.
"Green and Shadow are sick. We've been trying to get Green to get into the carriage all day, so we can get one of the horses to take us to the doctor's so we can figure out what's wrong with them. But, Green, here, is too stubborn to go!"
"But I'm the Hero Of Hyrule!" Green protested, "I can't afford to get sick! I've got stuff to do!"
"Hero Of Hyrule or not, Green, you have to go to the doctor. Even if that means I have to take you there myself," Link's father had stepped into the room, using that no-nonsense tone that only dad's can use.
Green finally nodded and started to get up.
"Come on, Green. You should listen to your dad and get into the carriage," Rissa told him as he got up.
"I thought teenagers weren't supposed to listen to their parents," Blue muttered.
"Green's sick, so that's different. And, besides, teens should listen to their parents, most just choose not to," Rissa told them.
The Links and Rissa all piled into the carriage. A white horse with a black mane was brought around to take them to the doctors.
After the horse was hitched up they finally set off. Link's father was driving. Green sat inbetween Vio and Zelda. Zelda sat by the left door. Blue sat next to Vio. Red sat next to Blue. Shadow sat by Rissa. Rissa sat by the right door.
Green groaned and started to lie down. His head rested on Zelda's lap, the rest of him spread across the three others.
Zelda patted Green's head.
"Don't you worry, Green, we'll get this taken care of fast okay, okay?" Zelda soothed him in a calm, almost motherly voice.
Red, Blue, and Vio each offered a small smile of comfort.
"And you'll be okay too, right, Shadow?" Zelda turned to the purple haired boy.
A grunt was all that she got in response.
"Hey don't worry about it, Green. It'll be fine. It's just the doctor's," Rissa patted Green's boot.
"And you'll do fine too, right, Shadow?" Rissa reassured.
Shadow cracked open his blue eyes and smiled a bit.
"Thanks, Ris, Zel," he nodded slightly to each of them.
Green made a small moaning noise again, but didn't say anything else.
Green felt horrible. His head was very hot, while his body was really cold. Everything around his face felt clogged; his ears, his nose, even his mouth! Green's stomach had been doing back-flips all day and his throat couldn't decide whether to be dry and scratchy, or slimy and phlegmy.
Shadow was pretty much the same. Except instead of a strong fever, he had a lower fever and a massive headache. There wasn't much trouble with his nose yet, and at least his ears weren't too clogged. However, he felt like he was going to throw up at any second. Shadow's stomach was by far doing worse than Green's.
And at least where Shadow could just tilt his head back and try to forget about the whole thing, Green was so clogged up that he couldn't think. This, of course, led him to try and run away from his friends and try to do his hero work as normal. Not that he had to think much about it anyways. Hero work came as second nature to Green- all of the Links – it was just that Green was too stubborn to admit that he was sick.
That's why Zelda had to come with them. Zelda seemed to be the only one who could get through Green's stubbornness. And sometimes his dad.
"You doing okay back there, kids?" Links dad called from the front.
"Yeah, we're fine," Rissa answered.
Green shuddered and Shadow moaned.
"Well, you know what I mean," Rissa added.
Green muttered something under his breath, but all the others could make out was 'doctor' and then Green shuddered again.
"What's the matter, Green? You're not scared of the doctor's are ya?" Rissa asked.
"No, I'm scared of one doctor in particular," Green picked his head up to look at her.
Then a sudden thought crossed Rissa's mind. It seemed to cross Shadow's, too, because his eyes snapped open and he whirled his head around to look at Green. Which caused him to groan, shut his eyes, and clutch his head in pain.
"We're not going to that creepy Lakeside Doctor's place, are we?" Rissa asked, knowing exactly who Green and Shadow were thinking about.
"No. Definitely not. Dr. Mizumi barely knows how to treat those animals he claims he's an expert on, much less people," Link's dad reassured them.
Green and Shadow sighed simultaneously in relief. Red, Blue, and Vio seemed to let out a breath that they didn't know that they were holding. Zelda seemed to relax a bit as well.
Rissa stared at them for a few minutes then burst out laughing.
"You guys are afraid of the Lakeside Doctor? Hahahahahahahaha! That's funny!" True, Rissa thought that the guy was creepy and shouldn't be treating people, but afraid of him? Now, that was hilarious!
"Hey,... that... guy's a... crazy weirdo," Green's breathing was starting to get harder.
"Yeah, he tried to poke and prod at us with weird stuff. Then he *coughcough* And then he *coughcough* And then he nearly took my head off trying to cut stuff for *medicines* And he-" Shadow was cut off by a long, hard, hacking fit, and nearly doubled over in pain.
Rissa pat his back some after he was done, but before she could even say anything he had leaned back and closed his eyes again.
"I'm fine," he reassured them.
"Lake... side... doctor... tried to... cut all my... hair off," Green breathed out.
"Green had a bad hair day," Vio told them.
"The doctor thought that he was a hippie," Blue added.
The three Links snickered at the memory, while Green just groaned again.
"Well, you don't have to worry about him anymore, because we're here," Link's dad had pulled the horse to a stop at the front door of the doctor's office.
"Hey, this looks just like home," Rissa said, surprised at the modern looking office.
"Yeah, we had to update a little after one of your fangirl buddies was in an accident here," Zelda told her.
Rissa looked at her confused.
"She chased a squirrel up a tree for taking her pencil's from her sketchbook," Zelda explained.
Rissa looked more confused.
"She nearly broke her arms and legs," Zelda added.
"Ooohh, so that's why Vicky came back one day with acorns in her hair shouting 'SQUIRRELS!'," Rissa brightened in realization, not noticing how crazy she sounded.
"That would be the one," Zelda sighed.
"You guys ready?" She turned to Green and Shadow.
"Let's go!" Rissa shouted starting to get out.