The Thorned Rose, Chapter 3: double trouble.
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The morning sun started peeking over the horizon. Flooding the city with its shining rays. Link felt the warmth of the morning sun on his face making him twitch slightly. Except he felt like he was wrapped in warmth unlike before, soft silky warmth. He was of course awoken by a scream of horror, with a hint of disbelief. Being extremely tired he managed to slightly open his eyes. He saw Ilia standing at the foot of the couch with both hands covering her mouth, her eyes giving off a look of anger and sadness at the same time. All her belongings were were scattered across the floor as she had dropped them earlier. Only then did he realise what all the commotion was about, he saw Zelda curled up with him on the couch. Link's' eyes widened and he sprang up out of the couch,worst of all he only slept with shorts on last night since it got hot. She too wearing only the gown he found her in.
Zelda opened her eyes and looked around confused before rubbing the sleep of her eyes. "Link how could you, I thought I knew you" she whispered solemnly. She spun around and started to speed walk towards the entrance. Link spead after her and grabbed her shoulder turning her around.
"Ilia wait it's not what-" he was interrupted by her hand striking his cheek leaving it slightly reddened.
Zelda sprang from the couch rushing over to Link holding him protectively. "You're not helping!" Link said breaking away from her embrace.
"Yeah I get it he's yours I'll take my leave now" Ilia spoke up and continued on her way.
"Ilia!" Link spoke up again trying to catch up stumbling over his own feet.
"Don't Follow Me!" She shouted stepping out and slamming the door, while Link leaned against it and let out a slow sigh. He just slid his hand across his face while groaning and slowly turned.
Zelda as expected stood there utterly confused at what just happened. "I thought I told you, you can have the room. Why did you come out here for. When did you come out here, you fell asleep in the room next time stay there!" He said pacing back and forth and finally stopping in from of her. "But of course you cannot understand a freaking damn thing I say to you!" He said running a hand through his hair and she approached and grabbed his cheek. The tips of her fingers glowed golden yellow briefly and it seeped into his cheek shortly after, and the glow disappeared seemingly entering Links skin. "What the hell are-"
"..." the stinging pain on his cheek stopped, "Woe the pain is gone" he spoke softly running his hand on it as she gave him a warm smile.
Link just slumped on the couch with another sigh, Zelda joined him staring at him intentionally. He was about to say something until he heard that oh so familiar growl come from her. He looked down to see that oh so familiar lunch box on the floor. He picked it up and slowly opened it seeing its usual contents. He handed it to Zelda obviously not in the mood and she helped herself to it. He picked up the rest of the scattered items, seeing she bought him a matching shirt from the concert. And a packet of Links favorite drink: Lon Lon Milk.
Link went into the room and headed towards his closet picking out some fresh clothes to change into. He turned around to see Zelda standing there staring at him confused as always. And then he set his clothes down on the bed looking in thought, "hey do you want me to give you something so you can change, might as well I mean you can't go around wearing that all the time" he said more to himself then her. He gave her the pile of clothes and motioned her to follow as he headed to the bathroom. "I guess you can shower here and today we'll figure something out." He said to her, "ok look if you turn the knob this way the water comes out." He said demonstrating the singular knob, "and if you turn it this way the water stops ok." He said stepping out of her way while she slowly approached the bathtub. "So, I left my clothes and stuff knock yourself out," he said turning around for a confirmation or something. She kept her back turned to him however and turned the knob.
Instead of responding she dropped her gown and Link quickly slammed the door shut. He walked over to his dresser where there was a small bowl of water. He splashed some on his face and wiped himself with a small towel. He then went over to the fridge and took out a bottle of milk chugging it all down. He sat on the couch lost in his thoughts about what he is going to do. Since he found Zelda his luck had been in the crapper as of late. She came out shortly afterwards dressed with a white long T-Shirt, a purple vest over it and white jeans. Well there was one more problem he had as he looked at her barefoot, she's actually been like that since he found her. He went ramming through his closet but all he could find was a pair of brown boots.
"well this is all I got for footwear, you ok with this?" Link asked holding them up for her to see. She took them in her hands staring at them before she gave him a smile. "Ok then, it take it you like them." Link said walking off while she tried them on. She was walking back and forth looking down at her feet the whole time.
"Ok what are you doing, what you never wore shoes or anything?" He said as she continued looking down. She then looked back at him with a joyful expression. "I'll take that as a no" he said sighing again and then he headed off towards the bathroom to shower. "All right i'm going to jump in the shower real quick, just, don't do anything reckless ok" he said with a bored expression. He grabbed the pile of clothes he left on the dresser and headed off. When he finished he turned the knob to stop the flowing water, then grabbed a towel hanging on the curtain support. He wiped his face and wrapped it around his waist pulling back the curtain.
Just to see Zelda standing at the door, "Aghhh!" He panicked pulling the curtain back in embarrassment. "What the hell you doing in here, can I get some privacy!" He said motioning her to leave and she did so shortly afterwards. "What the hell is it with her!?" he said grabbing his clothes and quickly putting them on. He walked into the living room to see her staring out the window. He rushed over and quickly pulled her away from the window, "hey I don't need you advertising to more people that you live here, ok." He said and headed into the kitchen and grabbed his keys sitting on the table.
"Ok I got an Idea we'll head back to the beach, and, then from there i'm sure you can find your way home." He said getting up and heading towards the door motioning her to follow. He headed outside and she followed him cautiously, as if this was her first time stepping out into the world. As they walked down the street Zelda would stare at everything in amazement, from the flashing billboards to the different vehicles rushing by. They made it the beach afterwards as usual near empty, Except the occasional jogger. There was one major difference though police were everywhere and tape blocked the whole place. Link more anxious the curious rushed over to one of the officers standing guard.
"Hey what happened here?" He asked tapping him on the shoulder,
"Some sort of incident from that place up on that there cliff, an explosion of sorts, and some highly dangerous material have washed up on the shore recently." The officer replied pointing up at the cliff.
"Hey, do you know if anyone was lost in that explosion?" Link asked curiously, and the officer spun around.
"Why do you ask?" The officer replied eyeing Link suspiciously.
"Just asking" he said with a shrug, he saw some people in lab coats carrying something away. However it was impossible to tell what it was as it was covered with a white sheet.
"Well no, nobody is missing, though, there were a lot fellas though who burned in that fire. Heard it was a whole heap of them burnt to a crisp, also heard that the second in command survived but in a very bad condition." He informed Link while he thought about it, "Well you best be on your way now young man, this place is off limits for the moment." The officer added shortly after turning back around after Link nodded.
"Wow, can't believe there was an incident up there, that place is really famous for their medical advancements. It's been one major contributor to the military they help save thousands of lives everyday. Hope it doesn't go down because of this, it's the only good thing this small little town has." Link said turning around to see Zelda staring intentionally back at the sea shaking a little.
"Zel, you alright whats up?" He said, but she continued to stare off into the distant beach where the lab coat workers where.
She looked worried about something and he hoped she was maybe gaining back her memories, she probably has amnesia he figured she got into some sort of conflict. Which resulted in head trauma, a really hard hit can effect someone like that. He was coming to the conclusion she was either getting mugged, or kidnapped. He figured he ought to go to the police for help, then again he figured turning her in was a bit to cruel. He felt sorry for her she's lost everything and he felt an obligation to at least help, maybe there was a reason she was there on that specific night as he was. She has already been through more than enough so he isn't going to but her through more. Heck even if it takes weeks months, or years, he wanted to help her out.
Zelda's' vision was starting to go a dark red she was confused as to why, why is this happening to her, and why was she all of the sudden consumed with rage. She was shaking in fear as she was also being consumed with thoughts of bloodlust. As if brutally murdering someone will bring her some peace of mind. This reaction suddenly occurred when she turned and saw one of the workers in a coat. She could distinctly hear a whisper, it was her own voice but it sounded very cold and harsh. "Don't forget your purpose" it spoke and she frantically looked around for anyone, even though she knew too well that voice was in her head. "You're supreme they, inferior, elimination is imminent. And necessary for survival, you know what you must do, terminate without hesitation!" The whisper came harshly and she covered her ears. "No," she whispered shaking her head as to get the thoughts out.
"You don't have a choice," the harsh voice responded. She found herself slowly heading back towards the beach, the words eliminate flashed in her vision every so often as her vision became redder. "No," she cried trying to stop herself she didn't want to hurt anyone. She felt as if she could never violent, and it was against her nature to hurt anyone. "Zelda" she heard Link's voice call out and she spun around giving him a sharp glare, he however grabbed her hand gently giving her a warm smile as she has done. She felt herself about to strike him but after he smiled all her hatred and bloodlust disappeared. She embraced him in a hug as she still was shaken up by that experience, he felt her trembling so he held her tightly to ensure some sort of comfort.
"Hey it's alright, did you have a flashback or something. It's alright now whatever happened it's over now, you're safe with me. I-I'll e-even let you stay. if. you. want. till you recover completely. I'm sorry if i've been a little flustered with you, I just didn't understand what you must be going through. Come on let's go home now." He said grabbing her hand and leading her back. She felt a sense of relief wash over her just being with Link.
Link unlocked his apartment and threw the keys on the couch heading towards the kitchen, "hey you hungry, I could use something to eat." He said as she stared at him. "Hmmm, we're going to have to do something about this communication thing." He said rubbing his chin looking in thought. "Are you," he said pointing at her, "hungry?" He said making a motion as if he's eating. She nodded while also giving him a cheery smile.
"Alright then, that's a start." He said then grabbed a notepad hanging on the wall with numbers. "Hey i'm going to order some chinese, trust me you're going to love it!" He said typing in the number on the kitchen phone. She just walked off and started looking around she found a book laying on the dresser, she opened it up to see it was a photo album. The first few pictures were of him and Ilia in a photo booth making goofy faces together. She turned the page and saw Link standing next to a man and woman and little him standing in front. The next one had Link with all his buddies at a pizzeria laughing, the next picture showed Link in a hospital looking very depressed and stressed. The next one showed Link at a funeral with a man standing in front of a coffin both of them looking very sad.
She slowly ran her finger across the photo she didn't like the look on Link's face, he looked emotionally scarred and damaged it made her feel pity for him. She turned the page and saw Link and the same man in a picture with another woman, there was a small boy there that resembled Link too making a goofy face. When she turned the page she saw a picture of Link and Ilia again but very young, they were on the beach and there was a third person there. A girl standing in the middle holding both their hands,the photo was old and blurred so it was hard to see what she looked like.
"She's my best friend, or was" she heard Link behind her, she turned around to see him looking down on the floor. "We've known each other for so long, we meet as babies because our parents lived next to each other." He said taking the book and flipped towards the last page, "this was the last time we'll ever hangout like this." He said showing a picture of them at the concert. Link had Ilia on his shoulders and she was doing the peace sign. Zelda saw how Link started to look a little down so she grabbed his hand, and she was gently stroking his arm with her other hand and he smiled a little. There was a knock on the door shortly afterwards and Link started dashing in that direction. "oh boy foods here!" He said and swung the door open to see Ilia standing there with her hands on her hips. Link immediately covered his face with his hands and then separated his fingers so he could see, she was looking down on the floor tapping her index fingers together.
"May I come in?" She asked and he stepped out of the way to let her in, "I uh, think I owe you a bit of an apology, I guess." She said and he made a confused expression. "I heard what happened, with that girl, you were only trying helping out. I'm sorry if I misunderstood" she said looked back up at him.
"Wait how" Link asked confused, and then she looked around uncomfortably before responding.
"Well I saw you guys heading out, and well I left to but then, weird coincidence I saw you at the beach. I was there because I saw what happened. And I heard that she's lost her memory and you're just trying to help her get home." She said.
"So you were spying on me?" Link spoke up and she rose to her feet afterwards.
"No, no I just happened to have gone to the same place as you, that's all" she responded but Link just grinned like an idiot.
"Whatever you need to tell yourself to make yourself feel better," Link replied and she smiled.
"Shut up" she responded, throwing a couch pillow at him and he just chuckled shaking his head. Zelda came out of the room afterwards holding a snow globe she found. She saw Link and Ilia sitting on the couch talking and Link once again looked like his normal self. They both turned and saw her standing there, Ilia stood up and approached her "I'm sorry if I misjudged you please forgive me, I'm Ilia by the way and you are?" She said but Zelda just stared at her confused tilting her head to the side.
"Oh yeah I forgot to mention she can't talk, should have mentioned that earlier but I'm just calling her Zelda for the time being." Link said as he stood up and approached them.
"Ah, I see, I think I have something to help out!" Ilia said heading towards the door, "I'll be back ok," she said as she hurried along out of the place. Link and Zelda just looked at one another and he shrugged. There was a knock again and he opened the door to see a delivery man there with the food he ordered. He grabbed the bag and paid the man thanking him and heading off into the kitchen.
"Hey Zel, foods here!" He said and she came into the kitchen shortly afterwards. He took out the little containers that the food always came in. Ilia came rushing back into the apartment shortly afterwards holding a small box.
"Here this will help!" She said handing the box over to Link who just looked at it cautiously.
"Ok, what is it?" He said setting the box down on the table, then slowly proceeded to open it. He saw a bunch of text books back from elementary school.
"It's all my old stuff I kept it just in case" Ilia said rummaging through it and taking out some flash cards.
"Practice with her every night and she'll be talking again in no time, um, uh unless she doesn't speak our language, does she?" Ilia said looking puzzled.
"I'm not so sure myself, but wait, why me!?" He said crossing his arms with a pout.
"I'm always far too busy to help out, I barely have time to see you as it is. Trust me just be patient with her and it'll work out fine, if it's a simple case of amnesia i'm sure the words will appear familiar." Ilia said shoving the box into his hands and walking off.
Link just groaned and put it aside following Ilia toward the living room, "alright I'll catch you guys later, bye Zelda," She said giving her a quick hug. "Link, I'll be watching you" she said making hand gestures as well, and then she was gone.
"Hey wait, what's that suppose to mean!?" Link said to himself aloud and then scratched his head. Zelda too stood there looking confused about the situation. "Oh, don't worry she's weird like that, you'll get used to it eventually." He said heading into the kitchen and sat down on the table opening up a container of food. "Well I don't know about you, but I'm starving!" He said grabbing a fork and eating a large chunk of meat. He handed one to Zelda who cautiously took a peice of and ate it.
"So how do you like it?" He asked, and she responded by snatching the container, and eating the meat in rapid succession. "Uhh, you might want to slow down there a little." he said with with a sweat drop as she froze in place afterwards. Her face turned red and there were tears in her eyes. Link just sighed shaking his head, "here take this" he said handing her a bottle of milk she downed instantly. "Uh, yeah looks like you're not one for spicy food." he said, handing her a different container, "here try the sweet and sour instead" he said going back to eating.
Once they finished Link was leaning back in his chair, rubbing his belly. "yeah that's the stuff" he said proceeding to pat it. He grabbed his cookie and opened it up. "Huh, a person whom you've lost, eventually is found, in another person." He read aloud looking at the paper puzzled, "yeah, these things never make sense." Shoving the thing into his mouth then grabbed Zelda's. "Hey what does you're say" he said taking out the little slip of paper. "Fortune doesn't come for everyone, but those fortunate enough should value it, not regret it." he read aloud again.
"Ok they're starting to give up I guess, because these don't make any sense at all." He said shaking his head and tossing the paper aside and silently chewed on his cookie. Zelda just looked at her cookie before cautiously eating it. Link stood up and headed off towards the living room slumping down on the couch. He then picked up the remote and started flipping through channels, he stopped at a live action movie and leaned back on the couch. Zelda joined him sitting near him watching the TV screen observing every detail of the movie in wonder, the main character in the movie was in a factory of an enemy manufacturing war weapons. He jumped off the railing and landed behind the enemy a scrawny tall wack man. He was half burned from an explosion and a cigar lodged between his lips. He was holding a minigun and he spotted the main character and a smirk spread on his lips. He squeezed the trigger and the weapon activated, sending off the hail bullets. The main character however stepped hard on the floor and a sewer lid popped right off, it flipped into the air and he catched it using it to shield the bullets. "there's no way someone can do that, there's always these cheesy effects in these movies." Link said shaking his head and taking a sip of his drink, zelda however kept her full attention on the Tv screen.
When the gun over heated he threw the sewer lid at him and it destroyed the gun. The antagonist dropped it and pulled out a large hunting knife. The protagonist pulled out his own and they dashed at one another. Sparks flew as the knife's slid passed one another over and over. Some more men surrounded the antagonist taking out blades and surrounding him. The protagonist told him to surrender, as he was outnumbered and he would pay for his war crimes. The antagonist however responded by throwing his knife at the protagonist, he dodged out of the way and it struck one of the men on the eye. Blood started to squirt out as he clutched the wounded screaming in agony. Zelda covered her face afterwards cringing from the gruesome display. "Hey dont worry, its fake its just a movie. This is all staged." She looked up again to see the antagonist throw a grenade at a group of guards helping the protagonist, the thing exploded on contact engulfing the men in flames. One of then flailed around his skin the color of charcoal. Zelda flinched and she buried her head deep into a couch pillow.
Link sighed and grabbed the remote changing the channel, "I suppose those kinds of things will give you nightmares. after all I'm pretty sure you were assaulted." He said as he ended up on the news channel after hours of searching.
"And in other news, our very own local scientific community had a fatal accident occur earlier this weekend. Several people were lost, in what was apparently an explosion caused by extreme chemicals. The SylverUnion president commented earlier today 'the incident was a mere result from mistaken mixture, due to a rushed project that was being pushed. This should come as a reminder that patience makes perfect to demanding consumers, so it will be a while till we get everything on its feet again just right. But rest assured it will be perfect with the right set of time.' reporter Jade Johnson brought us this interview with Ganondorf late morning, before she met up with the contamination crew this afternoon. As a cleanup of the beach was being done, as divers were said to be searching for any and all hazardous materials that might have made their way into the waters. But as of now the cleanup crew reported it to be safe of any potential threat, so any swimmers looking forward to spring can be sure to be guaranteed a safe swim." The female reported finished shuffling the papers on her desk.
"Thank you Susan," the anchor said clearing his throat, " and now we go with Jack Donoghue for our local weather report.
Thanks Daniel, so as Susan mention already spring is just around the corner now, so all you that have been looking forward to the warmer season the wait is over. Today we'll finally reach heights to up 68° finally warming up, and it'll continue rising the rest of the week up into the low 70's. As for humility this week we'll have clear skies till wednesday, before some clouds start arriving over the rest of the week. Most likely bringing some showers as by thursday we'll be at a 36% chance to see some showers, but by friday evening we can expect around 89% chance of showers. And it stays in the low 80's till monday morning again. Click.
Link shut the TV off and stretched "man there's nothing to watch, meh I'll think I'll just take a nap." He said scratching his leg and stood up when a loud knock came to the door. Link tiptoed to the door and looked out the peep hole. Roy and Shulk were standing outside with big grins and waving. Link groaned and softly bannged his head. "aagh, no rest for the weary" Link said and then turned the knob very slowly.
"HEEAYY!" The both said loudly stepping in carrying a large case of soda and many snacks.
"Sooo, what are you guys doing?" Link said as they slumped on the couch, the looked at each other and then back at him.
"Dude how could you forget, it's your turn to be the host for the wrestling match." Roy said with a grin and then it hit Link like a ton of bricks and he sighed.
"Oh shit I forgot!" He said flailing his arms around,
"No shit" Shulk responded shaking his head leaning back on the couch and opening a can of soda, the door opens up again and in walks in Corrin and Shulk holding bags of jerky and a large plate of wings.
"Alright let's get this thing underway!" Corrin said clasping his hands together and rubbing them.
"One last thing though buddy boy, you have to pick up our little angel friend." Shulk told Link while patting him on the shoulder, he tossed him the keys and Link sighed and grabbed his jacket heading off. He got into the car and saw Marth and Robin approaching and gave him a wave. He turned the ignition and off he went towards Pits house he couldn't believe he forgot about the whole ordeal. When he arrived he saw Pit sitting on his porch looking down, probably thinking the they weren't going for him. Link honked, and the boy flew to his feet dashing towards the car with a giant smile. He opened the door and plopped down on the seat, "you know for a moment I thought you guys forgot about today." He said wiping his forehead relieved.
"What, come on, we always remember man." Link said while also letting out a nervous chuckle.
"Well, that's great or else I would have missed this whole thing. Yeah, my mom, not a big fan of wrestling says it's too violent." Pit said as cheery as usual and Link just let out a heavy sigh. They arrived moments later as Link took off like a mad man when he remembered he left Zelda there. So many things can happen and go wrong should the guys see her, which he believed they already did. He pulled up on his driveway shortly afterwards, and both he and Pit flew out the car and zoomed up the stairs. Pit and Link burst through the door the guys were just sitting casually on the couch.
"Finally, the entertainment can begin!" Ike says leaning back in his seat. Everyone else agreed and followed, Shulk grabbed the the remote and switched the channel to the wrestling match.
"Bitchin!" Pit said fist bumping the air and threw himself into a seat excited. The announcers started the intro but Link had other thoughts in his mind. Where the hell did Zelda go? He went into the kitchen to look around but there wasn't any trace of her there. He headed towards the room no one noticed though, they were to busy watching people get slammed. He found that the room too had no trace of her, he was beginning to worry actually. He heard a light thud in the closet and dashed towards it. He opened it up and much to his relief he found her. She was curled up in the corner with one of his jackets looking frightened. Link sighed deeply glad that she was safe. He heard someone approaching and quickly shut the door placing back against it.
Corrin walked in and spotted Link splattered across his closet door and he raised an eyebrow. "I'm not even going to ask" he said and started scooting away, "I'll be heading towards the bathroom now if you don't mind." He said and then headed off he gave Link a funny look as he slowly closed the door. Link sighed and turned around and saw Zelda peeking out of the closet. Link froze and came with the heavy realization that Corrin might've spotted her. He heard Corrin coming out and he shoved Zelda back into the closet. Corrin came out whistling and spotted Link casually leaning on the door. "What are you doing man feeding the monster in your closet?" He said with a chuckle.
"Yeah, that thing eats a lot gotta keep it happy" he said with another nervous chuckle. And they headed off into the living room to join the others. Link tried to relax but he kept his focus on the fact that Zelda was still in the room. He grabbed a burger and was about to take a bite, until he saw Zelda sticking her head out the door. Link jumped from his seat and rushed over trying not to draw attention. Zelda was about to head out but he pushed her back in slowly. "Ok look I know you don't understand me but please, I need you to please stay in here" he said making hand gestures. But all she was doing was keeping her gaze on the burger he was holding, following it around the room. He took notice and then an idea popped into his head, "ok here's the deal, you stay here out of sight and I'll bring you all kinds of good stuff." Link said motioning to her again she just kept her focus on savoring that burger. Once again he was led to the belief that she never tasted a burger. He left going over and over about where the hell she came from.
The guys however kept their full focus on the wrestling match, Ike even had Shulk in a headlock while they cheered. Link sneaked some nachos, bundle of jerky, wings, chips, donuts, candy and some refreshments. That of course kept her busy but of course those large plates of food didn't go unnoticed either. "Say Link, you sure are hungry today hm." Robin said leaning forward and the others turned to face Link.
"Ya Link, haven't seen you this hungry since the great brownie tragedy of 09' man." Shulk said with a big grin and crossed his arms, Link turns to face him with a sarcastic smile.
"Shulk, dude, let us not forget that whole ordeal or that mess was entirely your fault!" Link said with that same smile and patted Shulk in the back. The guys laughed while thinking back at that moment while Link kept his face.
"Hey what about Ike that's his fifth burger!" Pit said motioning towards the bluenette who was chewing halfway through said burger.
"That's just Ike man" Corrin said, "damn now I want one!" He said and grabbing a burger and taking a mean bite out of it.
"We're out of wings I could go for more" Shulk said rubbing his finger at the bottom of the empty bowl to get any leftover sauce. Then he set the bowl down and everyone turned to face Link.
"Oh come on! Why is it always me!" Link said flailing his arms around and slumped himself down.
"You're the host dude!" Everyone said simultaneously and Link just groaned giving everyone a 'seriously' look.
"Hey I still had to go when it was Corrins' turn!" He said motioning to the guy who was munching a mouthful of chips.
"Hey I can't drive remember I'm on probation" he responded grabbing another fist full of chips to wolfe down.
"Dude! The store is literally across the street you don't need to drive!" Link said and Corrin responded with a pout and a shrug.
"Then it's settled Corrin will go," Marth spoke up for the first time while Corrin gave him a spectacle look. "Hey, its the rational thing to do man" Marth responded with a shrug. Corrin just groaned as he slid himself off his seat. He took the keys on the wall and looked back at everyone briefly.
"I'm leaving now gents," he said with a salute. " If I'm not back in five minutes, just wait longer" he said as he slid out the door.
The rest just shook their head and before anyone else said anything the match came back on. They forgot about any and all conversations they had or were having. Link managed to relax himself a little Zelda hasn't popped out again so she must be full. He left her with some dominos to at least keep her busy she seemed interested in them though. Link got a text afterwards he took a look and saw it was Ilia, 'Hey how's it going over there' she asked and Link just looked up and saw the crazy bunch, being a crazy bunch.
'Fine and dandy as always' he responded, just as Shulk crushed a soda can on his head while screaming.
'well how is Zelda taking being with all them weirdos, you know being the only girl there has to be awkward. And I'm speaking purely from experience' she texted back and watched as Pit and Roy were wrestling on the couch.
'Well it's going good the guys are having fun everything's good, Zelda though is in the room that's how she's coping.' Link texted back as Ike flipped Corrin over the couch.
'hmm, I figured as much, last time I was there it wasn't the most comfortable experience.' She responded and Link just rubbed the back of his head.
'Well let us not forget you actually volunteered to come, so you have no one to blame but yourself' he responded.
'Uhg, don't remind me, that has got to be the stupidest decision I've made thus far. Anyways I have to go ttyl bye!" She replied back Link just shook his head and put the phone away. One of the wrestles had the other in a lock, the guys were going nuts as the referee started counting down. The guy won and everyone started cheering well almost everyone, there were some unlucky few who put their money on the wrong guy. Link just sighed and grinned like an idiot when he was getting paid.
"What the hell he was a 3 times heavyweight champion, how that scrawny bastard take him down!?" Corrin said in protest and Shulk and Roy and Marth agreed.
"Well, I always root for the underdog," Ike said arms crossed while the unlucky few just pouted.
The match lasted all matches because there was others, but everyone was just interested in the champion defending his title. Everyone started heading out afterwards like normal well except Roy and Pit, the two young teens had each other in a head locks. It wasn't any different in the car seemed like everyone just had to try a move they saw on TV. Link of course was driving since they were going to drop Pit off first. Well after a few uncomfortable nudges here and there, and a foot to the face, Link pulled up on Pits' driveway. His mom was on the porch relaxing when she saw Pit rushing into the house, she waved at Link and headed inside after Pit. And after more nudges, slaps, kicks and a punch in the arm he got everyone else home. He was the last drop off as he handed Shulk control of his automobile again.
"Well, see you tomorrow at work man!" Shulk said with a salute and drove off. Link sighed, he was tired as his afternoon nap turned into a action filled afternoon. He slowly climbed up the stairs not even in the mood to do that. When he was near the last step he saw his door wide open and his heart skipped a beat. He quickly rushed towards his door slamming the rest of it open. Ilia and Zelda were sitting on the couch both of them turned to face him, confused and startled at his entrance.
"Link, you look pale there buddy" Ilia said motioning towards her face in a circular motion. Link just took a deep breath and calmly and casually walked over.
"No I'm fine"he tried saying casually but his voice cracked near the end. Ilia and Zelda looked at each other and then back at Link who was tapping his fingers.
"You did give me quite the scare though, I saw the door open and assumed the worst. This isn't a nice neighborhood but hey it's all I can afford what can I do," Link said running a hand through his hair and shut the door shortly afterwards.
"Well you don't have to worry Zelda is safe and sound, jeez Link you stress too much you need to relax more often." Ilia said as she got up and patted his shoulder. "Though, you look like you had quite the party here today" she said motioning around the room as it was a mess.
Zelda picked up some nachos off the floor and proceeded to eat them while Link groaned. "Zelda, don't eat food off the floor, you don't know where it's been. Then again, I don't know where you've been," he said lowering himself in his seat.
"LINK!" Ilia hissed, smacking him on the shoulder and he turned to look at her while rubbing it.
"Whaat?" He replied skeptically, "look at her she's never had a cheeseburger before, It's like she was created in a Lab isolated from society." He responded flailing his arms around and Ilia glared down at him.
"Come on Link that's ridiculous, someone created in a lab function more properly then this poor girl." She said motion towards Zelda with her head, who was staring at a potato chip she crumbled. "Come to think of it I've never seen someone who was so oblivious to their surroundings, You are right about one thing she was isolated from society all right. I can do some digging around to see if there are any missing persons, but I won't get far without a name which complicates things since she can't talk." She added and turned to see Link snoozing on the couch his head completely hung backwards. Ilia just shook her head and grabbed her bag, "Keep an eye on the idiot will you" Ilia told Zelda as she waved. She headed out the door and as she was closing she saw Zelda observing the sleeping Link.
Zelda stood up and wondered about, but she stopped at the table where the language materials all sat. She opened the book and her eyes shone a bright golden color, she proceeded to look over all the other materials as well. It was already dark out and very late the chirping crickets could be heard outside, along with some distant barks.
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Link heard the chirping of birds the next morning that woke him up, he slightly opened his eyes trying to adjust them to the light. "Good morning, what will you be doing today, will you be going to school today." He heard Ilia behind him and he just groaned looking at the clock striking 4:35 AM.
"Ilia it's way too early why the hell would I go school right now" he said slowly getting up and stretching.
"Have I upset you, you seem distressed, I can sense you are irritated why are you irritated?" She asked and Link just pouted scratching his rear end.
"Why are you talking like a dork today Il-" his sentence turned into a low squeal when he turned around and saw Zelda standing there.
"What's the matter, why do you look so startled?" She asked looking around herself.
"Zelda!? You can speak how!?" He said grabbing her from the shoulders and shaking her a little.
"I read the books that you left out for me, the data was incomplete so I had to fill in the rest reading an old dictionary I aquired." She responded and Link just gave her a dumbfounded expression.
"The what now?" He said and just pointed at the table where everything laid out. She read everything Ilia gave her all right plus a dictionary Link kept around. "You read all this in one night and now you know how to speak!?" He said looking at all the items. "Man it took me five years to finally get the hang of speaking." He finished taking a seat at the table while she approached him.
"Are you praising me?" She asked him, "Did I impress you" she added shyly.
"Woe Link, just one night and she already outsmarts you in almost everything." They heard Ilia and turned to see her leaning on the doorway.
"Ilia are you seeing this l, she can talk now, she's actually speaking words and understands them!" Link said standing up and making hand gestures towards Zelda.
"Wow so she mastered communication all in one night, I'm guessing it's all coming back to her then, say Zelda hows that possible?" Ilia said looking at the scattered stuff.
"Never mind that!" Link said pushing her out of the way, grabbing Zelda by the shoulders. "Where did you come from? What's your real name? How did you end up on that beach? And most importantly where are you from!?" Link said as he started shaking her back and forth.
"I do not know of what you speak of," she responded and he floor dropped. Ilia looked deep in thought now and Link looked flustered.
"What do you mean you don't know!?" Link groaned lowering himself until he was curled up on the floor.
"I have no recollection of what you speak of," she responded crouching down. "Why do you look so upset? I have upset you haven't I?" she said looking down.
"No so much you as your lack of memory," he said standing back up again and let out an exhausted breathe. "How the hell do you not know nothing since I dragged you out that beach half dead!" He said flailing his arms around again.
"No, I remember that perfectly, it was my awakening. I had no life prior to meeting you." She responded and Link just looked lost at her response.
"Link I have a feeling now she was in a very long coma, maybe whoever she was with before thought she wasn't going to make it. So they decided to get rid of the body, the sea of course was their only choice. That's the only logical conclusion I can come up with, why they discarded her like that however is beyond me." Ilia spoke up again but still looking deep in thought.
"So then that means" Link said solemnly as he slowly turned to face Zelda who stared at them confused.
"Yes she has no home or life, but Link I think it was fate she found you." Ilia said taking his hand into hers as he just looked down at his feet. "Link thank everything that's holy you found her, and not someone else who's as compassionate as you."
"But I can barely afford to take care of myself as it is" he said solemnly with a pout.
"Link come on she has no one else besides, you are kind if like her guardian now." She said rubbing Links back in comfort.
"He us not my guardian, Link is now my one and only master." Zelda spoke up and Ilia turned to glare at Link
"Eww, Link what the hells wrong with you!" She said smacking him on the shoulder. "Making poor Zelda call you these sick names" she said shaking her head.
"What the hell!? I didn't do anything, she said that on her own, I mean she just barely learned to speak today for fucks sake!" Link protested crossing his arms.
"The data is not irrelevant, Links now my master, there is no other way I can explain my bond to him." Zelda spoke up again and Ilia slowly turned back towards Link.
"Hey, you're not exactly helping here," Link said rushing over to Zelda and motioning her to stay silent.
"Whatever, but Link it's time to go" Ilia said walking towards the front of the apartment. Link just rushed into the room to change and came back moments later.
"Ok I'm going to be gone a while, so try not to get into trouble just stay here and watch TV or something." Link said as he finished grabbing all his stuff.
"As you wish, master" Zelda responded with a cheery smile and he face palmed.
"Would you cut that out!" He said heading out the door and muttering to himself.
Zelda just sighed and walked off she sat in the couch tapping her fingers on her lap. She decided she'll watch TV as Link has instructed nothing else to do. She started watching a random show about a couple living together. The husband came home looking upset from work. The wife was comforting the husband by showing him the dinner she made. It seemed to perk him up a bit she told him she picked up his dry cleaning as well. The husbands mood picked up from there especially the fact that she cleaned their appartment. She looked around at their place that was a complete mess, she then saw how she proceeded to give him romantic attention.
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Link sighed deeply as he walked down the street running a hand through his hair. "What seems to be the problem there buddy boy" Ilia said sarcastically.
"Well I got a stray in my house, that fate brought upon me. I don't think I have the will to support anyone" Link said. He just pouted while he was lost in big thought. Ilia just sighed while shaking her head as they approched the bus stop. Link's phone vibrated in his pocket and he whipped it out.
'Aye mate, ( °⊇°) dont go 2 the bus, i'll giv u a lift today, me an the guys are on our way K. -Shulk.' Link read and he andIlia turned to look at each other and she shrugged. But he took off into a full sprint despite Ilias shouts to wait and slow down.
'Yo Linky Link open up we're here, I can hear U in there, Wud in there?" message came from Shulk. "Dude why are you scratching the door?' He finished and Link saw his place down the block.
'I'm getting ready, can U guys just wait in the car! I'll B there shortly man jeez!' Link respondedand kept on sprinting.
'To late man we're comin in Roy has to leak…' Shulk texted back. ' wtf U doing in there man!?' Shulk said shortly afterwards. When Link arrived he saw the guys were already in the house. He was panting like crazy and his heart was pounding, well the cats out of the bag now to find outhow hes going to handle all this. He just hopes Zelda doesent tell them weird things like she always says. He swallowed a woad of saliva down his throat and slowly proceeded. He figured Zelda wss bad luck now since her arrival things have really been going down hill for him. He stood at the bottom of the stairs and could hear the guys laughing, he just groaned figuring it was all over…
Alrighty then ladies and Jets, that concludes this chapter hoped you enjoyed. For those who've been waiting I'm sorry it took me this long I've been very busy with collage stuff. This is the last semesterand their staring to push us now, more then before so I Don't know when I'll see you guys again. Rest assured though I'll still try to make time for you guys as always.
So, this time please review, pretty please, I want to hear from someone on what they think. Anything is appriciated even criticism, at least it shows I need to improve. So I Love you guys take care, have a great day amd dont let anyone anything ruin for you, Toodles! (*)ノ
Next Chapter: The awakening...
