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Chapter 3
(Zelda's POV)
I sat down at a table with Aryll and Midna to eat my dinner. We were having some unappetizing cucco dish, but food was food.
"Hey, are Sheik and Link not eating with us?" I asked, striking up a conversation. Aryll shook her head and Midna started talking.
"No. They said they were eating with their new 'friends' or something. Why is there someone you wanna see? Someone maybe you were in a tree with?" Midna suggested. I tried not to blush.
"Midna!" I exclaimed. "Link and I are just friends! I was only curious! And besides, the only reason I was in a tree was because of Aryll!" I glared at Aryll who was smiling innocently.
"Zelda and Link, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes-" Midna started. I cut her off by saying, "Shut up, before someone hears you! And I wouldn't be one to talk about kissing him..." Midna's face turned pinkish and she looked away.
"Okay fine. I'll stop," Midna reluctantly agreed. I smiled triumphantly to myself and Midna rolled her eyes. Aryll poked at her disgusting cucco meat and I picked a piece up on my fork. I stared at it, deciding whether or not I was desperate enough to eat it. Midna, apparently, was. She immediately spit it out.
"EW! WHAT THE HECK DID THEY DO TO THIS STUFF?! I'M NOT EVEN SURE THIS IS REAL CUCCO MEAT!" Midna started yelling. She grimaced, stood up, and dumped the rest of her meal in the garbage. She was making quite the scene. When Midna sat down back next to me I elbowed her in the ribs.
"Midna!" I hissed. "Quiet down! You're making a scene! Everyone can hear you! Even the cooks! You don't wanna hurt their feelings do you?" Midna stood up once more and all eyes turned to face her. I slapped my face into my hands. On the bright side, she was being her usual self again... On the downside, she was being real embarrassing about it.
"I don't care if I'm making a scene! I don't care what all you people think! I have an opinion and I'm not afraid to share it! HEAR THAT COOKS?! I'M NOT AFRAID TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT THIS SO CALLED 'FOOD' IS PRACTICALLY POISON!" Midna shouted. Lots of people were murmuring and whispering to each other at this point.
"Should we stop her?" Aryll asked, raising her brows. I shook my head.
"Nah. She won't listen to us at this point. Once she begins a rant, she's determined to finish it," I explained. Aryll nodded her head slowly.
"Young lady stop right there!" one of the camp leaders called out to Midna. She jumped on the table where I got a good look at her new combat boots. Midna stomped her foot down, rattling the table, and my "food" almost spilled everywhere.
"I WILL STOP WHEN I DON'T HAVE TO EAT THIS JUNK! I'M SURPRISED SERVING THIS TRASH ISN'T AGAINST SOME SORT OF 'HEALTH CODE VIOLATION!'" Midna started ranting again.
"And she's only been here for one day," I heard Aryll mutter.
"ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO KEEP EATING THIS STUFF?" Midna asked everyone who was listening, which was, well, at this point, everyone. "I SAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS GARBAGE! WHO'S WITH ME?!"
Part of me was expecting this to play out like it did in the movies. The girl acts rebelious and everyone joins in with her. They all start jumping up and cry out, "Me!" Then they go and have a party or whatever.
This wasn't a movie though. This was reality. And the whole mess hall was dead silent. None of the leaders even dared to interfere anymore.
"WELL?!" Midna asked once more. "WHO'S WITH ME?!" Complete awkward silence. How embarrassing. When I knew no one was going to answer I decided to save my friend from the embarrassment and stick up for her.
"I AM!" I called out, jumping on the chair. I glanced down at Aryll, who had a guilty look on her face as if she was thinking, "Do I have to? I know you want me to, but really?"
Aryll eventually stood up on her chair though. "I'M WITH YOU!" she cried out. And with a loud BOOM I saw someone else jump on their table out of the corner of my eye. I turned to get a better look at who it was.
"I'M ALSO WITH MIDNA ON THIS ONE!" Sheik exclaimed. Of course he would jump up. Next to where Sheik was standing Link was quietly sitting there watch the scenario unfold. Was he not going to do anything? Then ever so slowly Link climbed on top of the table with Sheik.
"MIDNA IS RIGHT! WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING! WHO ELSE AGREES?!" Link yelled to everybody. I could practically hear what everyone was thinking. Link Avalon is a part of this! I need to stand up too, if I wanna be like him!
Then the little movie scene came to reality. A bunch more people started standing up and shouting too, until everyone was standing on the table. All because of Link. He saved my best friend from embarrassment. I guess his sister and Sheik too, but I mainly couldn't believe Link actually took a side with me. I owed him a thank you. He wouldn't get one, but I still owed it to him.
A loud whistle was blown into a microphone and everyone cringed at the sound. I saw the man from earlier, the one with the red hair and eyes, walk towards the tables.
"THIS BEHAVIOR IS UNEXCEPTABLE! EVERYONE SIT DOWN IMMEDIATELY!" the man screamed into the microphone. "MS. NIGHTSHADOW AND COMPANY, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU PRIVATELY! NOW! EVERYONE ELSE ENJOY THE REST IF YOUR MEAL!" As if.
Midna, Aryll, and I walked over to the strange man and Sheik and Link followed. The red-haired man led us to the middle of a grassy field just outside of the mess hall.
"I TOLD YOU TROUBLEMAKERS TO NOT DO ANYTHING STUPID ANYMORE! SO WHAT DO YOU DO?! YOU GET EVERYONE TO JUMP ON THE TABLES!" the man yelled, mainly at Midna, who was standing there unfazed with her hands on her hips.
Midna leaned back, towards me, and hissed in my ear, "Does this guy even know what an 'inside voice' is?" I glared at her and gave her a nice big shove to show now was not the time for smart remarks.
"Sir, we didn't mean any harm by doing it. We were simply just sharing our opinion with others!" I explained, using an innocent tone. The man hardly acknowledged me and started ranting again.
"YOU WERE NOT JUST 'SHARING YOUR OPINION,'" the man yelled in a mocking tone. "YOU WERE BEING RUDE, DISRESPECTFUL, AND DISRUPTIVE!"
"Disruptive of what?" Midna asked in a challanging manner. "It's not like you guys were doing anything important!" Now this time Aryll gave her a little shove. I heard snickering from behind me and saw that it was coming from Sheik. I have him a quick death glare and back turned around.
The man visibly fumed. "I WILL GIVE YOU PUNKS ONE MORE CHANCE, YOU HEAR?! ONE MORE!" we all nodded our heads in understanding.
"ANY MORE TROUBLE AND YOU WILL BE PUNISHED SEVERELY OR EVEN KICKED OFF THE PREMISES!"
The angry man escorted us back to the mess hall, where everyone was cleaning up and getting ready for an assembly.
"Do you know what the assembly is about?" Aryll asked me. I shrugged and helped sweep the floor. Once the room was all set up for this mysterious "assembly", we sat down on the chairs that were in rows. Aryll was sitting on the end with Link on her right, my left, and to the right of me was Midna who had Sheik on her right.
"Did we purposely sit boy-girl?" Link asked smiling. I couldn't help but smile back. It was kind of funny how we ended up like that.
"Aryll forced me to sit next to you! I wanted to sit by Midna who Sheik wanted to sit by. I think Sheik likes her," I told Link. He nodded.
"Yeah, you noticed that too? He hasn't exactly denied it either when I asked him!" Link said laughing. I laughed too.
"Sounds like my cousin alright! Any time I would ask him about 'girls' he would try to avoid it by asking me about 'boys'. He's so impossible! But I do think Midna and Sheik would be a good couple," I answered.
"What about me?" Midna asked and turned towards me.
"I was just talking to Link about you," I said with a wink. Midna's eyes widened.
"Whoa! You're actually having a friendly conversation with Link?" Midna asked, gaping at me. I narrowed my eyes at her.
"Well we are friends!" I said with a sickly sweet voice. I looked over at Link who was nervously distracting his sister from our conversation.
"Oh. Right. Sorry," Midna muttered. She glanced over at Sheik who was furrowing his brows in confusion.
"Go back to your conversation with Sheik," I told Midna, shooing her away with my hands. She raised a brow, but turned to face Sheik again.
Link leaned in real close to me and I thought he would kiss me for a second. I tried not to blush at that thought. Why would he do that? We are strictly sworn enemies! Link whispered in my ear instead.
"I need to speak with you tonight. Alone. Meet me by the lake at 2:00 AM. If you're awake, anyways." Link's breath was warm on my neck and sent shivers down my spine. Wait. Was I actually enjoying being this close to him? No! I just wasn't used to it!
I regained my composure and hissed back to him. "Look, we're pretending to be friends for now okay? But I don't want to sneak out to talk to you at night! What if people get the wrong idea?"
Link smiled at me and said, "I can't talk about it now. Not around Aryll. I want to explain why we have to be friends more in depth." I sighed and gave in. I really did want to know why we were faking this "friendship" thing. Was his sister's happiness really that important?
I whispered once more in Link's ear. "Remember this: we will never be friends." Link nodded in understandment, though I could've sworn I saw disappointment on his face.
"Sharing secrets I see," Aryll said giggling. She wagged her eyebrows up and down suggestively and grinned widely.
"Aryll," Link groaned. His face was turning a bit red and I'm sure mine was too.
"I'm just teasing! It's not my fault that you guys would make such a cute couple!" Aryll said, making both of us blush some more.
"Aryll!" Link said a little sharper this time. He shot me an apologetic look and turned towards Aryll who still continued anyways.
"I mean seriously! If you're worried about it messing up your friendship- don't be! You guys would be the perfect couple!" Aryll started giggling some more. "Link, you need to man up and ask her out already! It's so obvious-"
"ARYLL!" Link exclaimed. Aryll smiled, looking like she was happy she successfully embarrassed Link and I.
"Sorry about my sister! Word of wisdom: don't take anything she says too seriously. She was just joking!" Link explained, turning to face me once more.
"It's okay. Sheik is the closest thing I have to a sibling and I'm sure you'll be hearing craziness from him," I said, smiling. Link returned the smile. I caught myself staring into Link's sky blue irises.
"Would you two stop gazing into each other's eyes! I thought you were supposed be 'friends' not 'more-than-friends!'" Midna exclaimed. I blushed like crazy and looked away. Finally someone started speaking.
"MY NAME IS GANNONDORF DRAGMIRE, BUT YOU MAY CALL ME MR. DRAGMIRE," a loud voice boomed into the microphone. I recognized him as the red-haired man from earlier.
"Hey! It's the dude who doesn't know how to speak quietly!" Sheik exclaimed loudly. I glared at him, Link slapped his face into his hands, Aryll giggled, along with a few others who heard, and Midna smiled, looking proud. She probably gave him obnoxious lessons.
"I AM DONE INTRODUCING MYSELF!" Mr. Dragmire yelled. "I HAVE GATHERED YOU TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS RULES!" The crowd moaned and sighed at this.
Mr. Dragmire kept speaking. "I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THIS, BUT A FEW OF YOU YOUNGSTERS DON'T KNOW HOW TO COOPERATE APPARENTLY!" His red eyes flickered over to where my group was sitting.
"I AM DONE SPEAKING! ONE OF THE OTHER LEADERS WILL SPEAK NOW!" Mr. Dragmire hollered handing the microphone to a woman.
She had long braided white hair and was very tall. It was obvious she was a Sheikah, do to some of the tattoos she had on her body. She looked oddly familiar, but I couldn't place my finger on where I've seen her before.
"Hey Zel! It's Aunt Impa!" Sheik called to me over Midna's head. I looked up at the lady and saw that he was right. Aunt Impa was my mom's (and Sheik's dad's) sister. I hadn't seen her since my mother passed away when I was six.
"My name is Miss Impa and I am another one of your leaders," my aunt spoke. Her voice was a lot quieter compared to Mr. Dragmire's.
"As you may know already, there is a dress code for this camp. You must wear closed-toe shoes at all times, besides swimming and showering. All shorts must be at least three inches above the knee and all shirts must have the minimum of two fingers worth of sleeves," Miss Impa explained. I didn't need to worry about my clothing. My father had already told me about the dress code.
"Now for some of the basic rules. Absolutely no climbing trees. Girls and boys may not be alone together, no matter what. Boys may not be in girls' cabins and vice versa. No shouting during meal time and no standing on the tables. Everything else should be obvious," Aunt Impa said. Murmurs of agreement were heard throughout the audience.
"Did anyone else notice that all the rules, besides the dress code, were things that we did wrong?" Midna asked the group. We all nodded and I realized she was right. I was about to say something when Miss Impa spoke again.
"I almost forgot. Your curfew is 12:00 AM. No sneaking out either," my aunt said. They even addressed me sneaking out to meet Link! Creepy! "That is all I have to say. You are dismissed to you're cabins or you may stay inside the mess hall until 10:00, when it is mandatory to return to your cabins."
We helped put the chairs away and started talking as a group.
"Did anyone else feel like Miss Impa was speaking directly to us?" Aryll asked. Then she added, "Besides the beginning and ending of course." I glanced at Link who looked at me. We locked eyes and shared a silent conversation.
"They know about our plans," Link's eyes told me.
"Should still continue?" I silently asked. Link nodded and, with his eyes, said, "Yes. It wasn't nessisaricly directed at us. It could've been a warning for others."
"Aw! Look at the two lovebirds staring into each others eyes. Having silent conversations! isn't that so cute?!" Aryll said, practically squealing. I looked away, my face flushed with embarrassment.
"Yup. That's them. Completely. 'Lovebirds,'" Midna added with her usual sarcasm. I glared at her, but she smlied innocently.
"Hey Midna, can I speak with you privately?" I asked her. Midna raised a brow, but followed me away from the group.
"Why are you acting normal?" I asked Midna. She bursted out laughing at my question.
"That sounds so funny! Usually you don't question people for being 'normal'! But to answer you're question, what do you mean by that?" Midna replied. I rolled my eyes.
"You know exactly what I mean! One minute you're little miss 'I-have-to-be-absolutely-perfect-for-Link' and the next you're 'I-don't-care-what-anyone-tells-me-anymore'! Seriously, what happened?!" I explained. Midna looked away.
"Oh. Well, um," Midna started. "I, uh, found out Link doesn't like me. He likes someone else, but the point is, I realized that I should've been myself all along. I'm not shying away from any boy anymore!" Midna smiled triumphantly.
I was a bit shocked that Link confessed something like that to Midna. But then the gears in my head started turning.
"It was because of the kiss wasn't it?" I asked Midna. She smiled slyly.
"Okay! You caught me! The kiss was nothing like what I wanted... It was obvious he likes-" Midna cut herself off. "He likes someone else and that was part of it too."
I raised my eyebrows at Midna. "Did he tell you who he liked?"
"Well, um, yes. I'm not allowed to say anything to anyone though!" Midna answered, carefully choosing her words. I narrowed my eyes at the twili. She attempted a smile and I tried to read her mind. I wasn't a mind-reader so this didn't work very well. But something did click.
"You like Sheik, don't you?!" I exclaimed. Midna was caught off guard by my question.
"Why do you say that?!" she questioned back.
"Because it's obvious!" I told Midna.
"I don't like him!" Midna stated.
"I think you do!" I countered
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Do not!"
"Then let me explain further," I told my friend. She nodded and said, "Try your best."
"You come here liking Link. You act strange around Link because you want him to like you. You meet Sheik and he doesn't care whether you're a rebellious person or not. You start to like him because of this, and because I'm sure you find him attractive or something," I explained. Midna looked away from me.
I continued. "Then you kiss Link and realize he doesn't like you. You ask him and he tells you who he really likes. You get mad and threaten to tell this person so he did something and forced your mouth shut. Then you really started to like Sheik and here we are." Midna lowered her head, raised her eyebrows, and dropped her jaw.
"You've got brains, Zel. That's my story, for the most part. I found out that Link liked someone else and the kiss was part of the deal to keep my mouth shut, but everything else was right," Midna said, smiling. I smiled back, for a different reason.
"You just admitted you liked Sheik," I told Midna, grinning triumphantly. Midna narrowed her eyes at me.
"Darn you and your sneakiness!" Midna told me.
"I am not the sneaky one! Sheik is part Sheikah; he's the one you should watch out for!" I warned Midna. She rolled her eyes.
We walked back over to the group. Link apparently was going to the restroom so it was just Aryll and Sheik. I'm sure things were awkward for them, especially after Aryll's confession earlier today.
"I'm so glad you guys are back!" Sheik cried out, looking relieved. I smiled at my cousin.
"Anything for my cousin," I replied jokingly and whispered in Midna's ear, "And my friend's crush!" Midna elbowed me and gave me a look that clearly said, "Cut it out or I will murder you in your sleep tonight!"
Link walked back to the group. "Hey guys!" he greeted us. Everyone smiled and greeted him back, but me. He needed to understand that I still hated him, even if it was very subtle hints like that.
Through the rest of our group conversations I couldn't stop glancing over at Link. He was a lot... nicer than I had taken him for. And really attractive... I take that back! I didn't mean it! I banned myself from looking at him any more. The others might take that the wrong way.
So instead of looking at Link, I caught myself thinking of him. His messy blonde hair and brilliant sky-blue eyes. His warm smiles. His wonderful personality. His cuteness in general.
Zelda! How dare you think that about your enemy! Negative thoughts! Troll-face! Moron! Jerk! Idiot! You hate him! I told myself. Why are you suddenly do interested in him? He isn't cute! And you certainly don't- and won't- like him!
At 9:00 we split off into our seperate groups to go to our cabins. Once we reached ours we started changing into our night-ware. I had a simple purple tank-top and black basketball shorts on now. When we finished that, the three of us struck up a conversation. It wasn't one I was very fond of either.
"So Zelda, any boys catch your eye?" Midna asked, smiling mischievously. Well Link certainly was looking good earlier... Ew! Did I really just think that?!
"Umm... No. Not really," I responded, not wanting to discuss him. Then I grinned evilly. "What about you Middie?"
"Oh yeah totally!" Midna came right out and said. I started laughing loudly.
"Of course you'd say that," I said, rolling my eyes. Aryll smiled at Midna. She didn't know who Midna liked.
"Oh! Let's play confessions! It's kind of like truth or dare with questions! I made it up myself!" Aryll said grinning proudly. I looked at Midna, who was sitting on my bunk next to me, and she shrugged.
"Why not?" I said.
"Okay. Listen closely to how you play," Aryll told us. "Someone asks a person, 'confess or question?' Then the person they ask has to pick one of the two. If the person they ask picks confess, they have to confess something random about themselves. If they pick question then the person who asked them to begin with, asks them, well, a question. It's really fun!"
"Sounds simple enough!" Midna said, getting excited. "You better start though!"
"Okay! Midna, confess or question?" Aryll asked. Midna sat there a moment pondering her choice. A wide smile spread across Midna's face.
"QUESTION ME, BABY!" she yelled. Aryll and I laughed, but I also rolled my eyes.
"Well, okay. Who did you recently meet that you find really cute?" Aryll asked.
"Sheik!" Midna quickly blurted. I laughed at her and Aryll frowned for just a second and started laughing too.
"Someone was eager to answer!" Aryll stated. Midna's face got red.
"What?! It's true! He is really cute! I would think you would know that- you like him!" Midna said, pointing an accusing finger at Aryll.
"Yep, and he's all mine!" Aryll replied, sticking her tongue out at Midna playfully.
"Nuh-uh! You're just a little fourteen year old! He's mine!" Midna argued.
"But I've known him longer!" Aryll exclaimed.
"And I've eaten chocolate before! You're point is?" Midna asked.
"Guys!" I called out, interrupting their debate over who rightfully owned Sheik. "It's Midna's turn to ask now!"
"Oh yeah!" Midna said. She turned to face me again with a big smirk plastered all over her face. "Zelda, confess or question?"
No way in heck was I going to let Midna ask me any questions! I chose confess. The two awkwardly waited for my confession, sitting in silence, as I thought of what to say. Then a sudden memory nagged me from the back of my mind.
"I was the girl Link dated in third grade from Aryll's story!" I blurted suddenly. I squeezed my eyes shut, not wanting to see the looks on my friends' faces. After a moment of more awkward silence Midna bursted out laughing. I opened my eyes and saw that Aryll was smiling from her bunk.
"You dated Link?!" Midna cried out in disbelief, after her laughing fit was over.
"Midna! We were in third grade!" I exclaimed.
"That doesn't change the fact that you dated Link Avalon!" Midna argued, jumping off the bed and randomly started dancing around the cabin. Aryll was awkwardly watching us, sitting silently with a suspicious smile on her face.
Aryll's smile widened as she asked, "But the question is, would she date him again?" Midna froze from her dance and turned to face me with one of those grins that you see on crazy people in movies, just before they pull out a chainsaw. They both waited intently for my answer.
I sat there in shock. The answer was obvious! "No! Of course I wouldn't date him! He's my-" I cut myself off before I could say, "worst enemy," and cleared my throat awkwardly. "He's only my friend and that's all we'll ever be." Not even.
Midna's creepy grin remained on her face, unfazed. "Oh come on, Zel! Don't pretend you didn't notice how sexy he was tonight! Don't you think he's hot?!" said. Aryll awkwardly looked away. I guess she wasn't used to girls ogling over her brother.
"Don't you like Sheik?!" I exclaimed. Midna's creepy smile (finally!) disappeared off her face and she narrowed her eyes at me.
"You're avoiding my question," Midna pointed out. I smirked slightly.
"And you're avoiding mine," I retorted. Midna rolled her eyes.
"I like Sheik, okay?! Is it illegal to think other guys are cute?!" Midna yelled. I got up and put a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
"It isn't. At least, not that I know of. And even if it was, knowing you, you'd break that law anyways," I told her with a smile. Midna smiled back. I glanced over at Aryll who was staring out the window, seemingly lost in thought.
"Looks like our other cabin mates are here!" Aryll said. I couldn't tell whether she was happy or upset about it.
The door opened and three girls walked in. They were chatting amongst themselves until they noticed Midna, Aryll, and I were in here too.
"So you're our roommates?" a snobby-looking blue-haired girl said. She was probably about my age, I was guessing.
"I'm Zelda," I said introducing myself with a fake smile. The blue-haired girl glowered at me and wrinkled her nose in disgust.
"You're Zelda?!" the girl asked in shock. Her eyes widened for a moment, but she quickly regained her composure.
"The name's Ruto. I'll try my best to be nice to you if you do these things: Stay away from my bunk and items. Don't speak to me unless you are spoken too. Oh, and stay away from Link!" the blue-head said, baring her teeth. "He's all mine."
I gawked at her audacity. Midna, thankfully, spoke up for me though. "Do you actually expect us to do that?! What are you, a princess?!"
Ruto laughed a very annoying stereotypical cheerleader laugh. "No hon, I'm just rich!" I did not like this girl one bit! The other girl, a red-head, spoke up.
"My name's Malon. You're going to have to excuse my friend here. She's awfully full of herself," the red-haired girl said. I recognized her from my school.
"Didn't we have third period together? With Midna?" I asked Malon, wide-eyed. Malon smiled and nodded her head up and down.
"Yup! We did! Who's the other blondie?" Malon asked, gesturing to Aryll. Aryll was spaced out at the moment and wasn't paying us any attention.
"That's Aryll. She's spacing out at the moment," I said, laughing softly. Ruto looked unamused.
"Who's your blondie?" Midna asked, gesturing towards the third girl. She looked about Aryll's age, but equally as snobby as Ruto.
"I'm Mila," the blonde girl said curtly.
"I'm Midna, as you probably heard," Midna said, properly introducing herself. Malon smiled, but Ruto and Mila kept their heads held high, and walked over to their bunks.
"Now that we all know each other, let's talk!" Malon cheerily said. I smiled at her enthusiasm. She seemed like a really fun person and I was excited to get to know her better! Ruto and Mila didn't seem so excited, however.
"I'll only talk if we're talking boys!" Ruto said in that snobbish way of hers. Mila nodded her head in agreement.
"Okay boys it is then!" Malon chirped. I buried my face in my hands. I looked back up and saw Aryll getting uncomfortable. Midna, however, was grinning mischievously at me.
"What's wrong Zelda? You don't seem so eager to join this conversation!" Midna said. I shook my head side to side.
"I'm not boy-crazy. And besides, you know there isn't any boys that I even find remotely attractive right now!" I argued. Ruto smiled evilly at me.
"Hon, that can't be true. There were lots of cute boys there tonight! And Link Avalon was there! He was, like, soooo sexy!" Ruto squealed. I rolled my eyes and Aryll shifted uncomfortably. I was getting the impression tht she didn't like girls squealing over her brother.
Blue eyes. Soft golden hair. That lovely smile. I started to think about Link again. Ack! Why am I thinking of him?! He's my enemy!
Blue eyes. Soft golden hair. That lovely smile. I mentally slapped myself. Then I thought about our time in the tree together.
Shining blue eyes. The sun reflecting of his golden-blonde hair. His smile that made me want to smile. This time I physically got up and ran outside. I could imagine everyone's reactions.
"What's wrong with her?" Ruto would say.
"She's just being Zelda," Midna would reply, sighing. The Mila would start snickering.
"I think there's a boy and she's not telling us about him!" Mila would spit out. Malon would give a weak smile in return.
"It really isn't any of our business," Aryll would softly say, trying to get everyone to back off.
"Not our business! She's my best friend!" Midna would tell them, standing up. Then she would walk over to where I had run outside.
"Zelda!" Midna yelled. I looked over and saw that I left the door open and really did hear that conversation. Midna was now right next to me.
"Midna, something is wrong with me!" I told her. Midna bursts out laughing.
"Something? There are a lot of things wrong with you!" she exclaimed. I glared at her.
"Oh right. Sorry. This is where I'm supposed to say, 'It's okay Zel! There's nothing wrong with you! But you do seem upset! Tell me, what's the matter?!'" Midna said in a mocking tone. I rolled my eyes, but smiled at her. Then the smile quickly faded.
"Midna, why can't I stop thinking of this boy?" I asked, sighing. I silently hoped she wouldn't grill me for details.
"Hold up! Wait a minute! You're actually thinking about a boy?!" Midna asked wide-eyed. I slowly nodded my head.
"Congratulations, Zel! It's your first crush!" Midna said, slapping me on my back. "You're a little late, though! I had my first crush when I was seven!" Midna laughed and I smiled half-heartedly.
"What about in third grade? Me and Link?" I questioned.
"That one doesn't count!" Midna exclaimed.
"Right. Now it doesn't count," I said sarcastically, rolling my eyes.
No way in heck did I have a crush on Link Avalon! I was merely thinking on how to mess up his physical appearance! Yeah, that's it! I'm his enemy after all, right?
"Who is it?" Midna asked, waking me up from my thoughts. I bit my lip.
"Oh just... someone," I told her. "But I highly doubt it is a crush..." I looked away and Midna bursted out laughing.
"'Someone,' huh? You know I'll eventually find out who he is!" Midna said with a wink. She ran back into the cabin yelling, "Zelda likes someone!" I slapped my face into my hands again. I realized how often I have been doing that lately.
I walked back into the cabin and all eyes were on me. "I do not like him! He was simply clouding my thoughts and I went outside for some fresh air! I'm all better now!" I explained.
Mila smiled. "I know an excuse when I hear one! And you're guilty!" she said, laughing. Ruto smiled and agreed.
"Back at home, my sister would try to do the same thing!" Ruto chimed in. I couldn't help but smile. Maybe sharing a cabin with them wouldn't be so bad after all. I just needed to remember to sneak out and see Link...
What if it is a crush?! I thought, panicking on the inside. No silly, you don't like him! Its's Link, for crying out loud! But you did promise you'd talk to him privately later...
Oooooooh! Zelda's having mixed emotions about Link! And I think I promised someone why Zelda hates Link in this chapter... I'm sorry! It's actually the next chapter!
Answering reviews:
Guest 1- Haha! Thanks for the review! It made me smile! See? :D
Guest 2- I put Mila in there just for you! :) It was originally someone else, but I figured a little switch wouldn't hurt. There will be multiple Zelda characters from all sorts of Zelda games throughout the stories! Does that help?
Celestial Dragon- Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad you like it! I'm also gla I successfully made you smile! :) That makes me smile! I smile easily...
Also, if you haven't already, feel free to check out my other story. It's called "The Legend of Zelda: A Link of Truth"!
And now, because I'm random, I have a joke for you! It goes like this: Why doesn't Ganon use the Internet? I'm sure some of you have heard it before! Leave a review and tell me if you want the answer and I'll reply! I'll also post it on the next chappie, but if you review you'll find out sooner, which means the sooner you can tell it to your other Zelda-nerd friends! XD
Thanks for reading! Please make me a better writer and review!
~GlissGirl99~