Sorry this took so long *sweatdrop* Here's the next chapter, even if it's short.

It was still dark out when I got up. The boys were still asleep, so I grabbed a cookie out of my lunchbox and chewed it as I hurried to the bathroom down the hall to wash up (Hyrule's plumbing system is actually much farther along than you'd think). I paused as I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. While the first look was still a shock, I realized I was getting used to the stranger in my reflection.

"So, Sophie, what are you doing in town?"

I looked up from my pancake, rather surprised at Vio's question. At the same time, I was mentally kicking myself for not coming up with a reasonable explanation for my presence in Hyrule. "Huh?" Real intellectual answer, girl.

"Do you have any plans?" he asked again, arching an eyebrow.

I swallowed my bite of pancake and tried not to look like a total pig. "Well, yes, actually. I was planning on taking a look around the temple just outside of town." I waved my fork in the general direction of outside, before sticking it back in my breakfast.

I managed to get one piece into my mouth before I realized they were staring at me again. "What?"

Blue crossed his arms. "The local temple almost certainly's become a base for evil," You don't know the half of it… "Can you use a sword."

"Nope!" I answered cheerfully, dolloping more honey on my pancakes.

"A bow?"

"Not with any accuracy."

"Knives or needles?"

"You just stick them in and hop you hit something important, right?" He looked downright livid at how not-serious I was. This was going to be a long journey if he didn't get over it.

"Hammer? Mace? Any kind of club?"

"If I can lift it, maybe. Go for the head, right?" Steam was practically coming out of his ears.

"Can. You. Use. Magic?"

"Last time I checked? No. But then, I've never really tried." I shrugged and started on my bacon.

Blue slammed his fist against the table. "So you're basically a helpless little girl, going into a most likely monster-infested temple, to do what, exactly?" he growled.

I snarled back. "I am not a helpless little girl!"

"No? What can you do, then?"

"I can punch you so hard you'll actually shut up!" Dead silence for a moment, and then Red began to giggle. Green and Vio soon followed, and before you know it, we were all laughing. Blue still looked a bit irritable, but I guess that just means that (like I thought) he was exactly like he was in the manga.

"Life goes on," I managed, before going back to my breakfast.

I still can't believe Vio thought this was a good idea, I grumbled silently. After much discussion, the boys had agreed to take me along. My size (still short, still stick-thin) and ability to move quietly made me an ideal scout. My lack of fighting skills meant they'd decided I needed a guard. And for some reason, they chose Blue. Because, you know, we get along so well.

"Can you move any faster?" he hissed from behind me.

"I can give you the long answer or the short answer. Which will it be?"

"Short."

"No." My good mood was gone. I was partnered with possibly the biggest non-evil jerk to ever live, there was water in my boots, and there was mildew in every crack on the walls. I happen to be mildly allergic to mildew. As a result, my nose was running like it wanted to make it to Death Mountain by nightfall. Stupid allergies. Stupid monsters. Stupid Hyrule!

"We'd go faster if you'd left that bag with the others."

"Long answer or short answer?"

I could feel his glare boring into my back. "Medium."

"If you think I'm ever letting this bag out of my sight, you've got another thing coming."

A pause. Then: "You talk weird."

"Gee, thanks." The words didn't drip sarcasm, they were sarcasm given form.

…At least it made Blue shut up. Finally.

Yeah...me and mildew...we don't like eachother.

freakyvampirecatgirl: I can get along with almost anyone... except Blue. He may have some of the funniest lnes n the manga, but he has one of those personalities that seems like it'd just grind my patience to dust...

TheBrick: *nod*

Llwynog the Bard: Thanks! I still want to know what you were going to say, btw.

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