Hey everyone I am so sorry I haven't updated in like let's see o ya FOREVER! I really, really am sorry but look it's a chapter and not an authors note yay! :D I recently got a heartbreak so that's another reason why this chapter is late but anyways this is my late Christmas gift to everyone this chapter is pretty long so please enjoy XD
Chapter 5: Bad Memories
The next day, at school
Link thought, 'Ok, today's the day I tell Zelda the truth, no more lies…lies….that's what ruined my life was lies…'
"Um hi." Said Zelda from behind Link
Link smiled, 'She always knows how to cheer me up.' He turned around to face her, "Hi."
"Sorry…" Zelda apologized
"For what?" Link asked
"For starting another 'um hi' conversation…"
"Oh," he chuckled, "its ok. So, what's up?"
"Well, I wanted to apologize for yesterday…"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I interrupted you when you were about to tell me something very important and secret; and it was very rude of me to cut you off like that and—"
"Hey it's ok. I had fun last night; to be honest, I'm glad you interrupted." He chuckled then thought, 'At least she apologized.'
She laughed a little, "So, are you still not going to eat with us at lunch?" Zelda asked
"No." Link said gloomily
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked."
"It's ok; it's not your fault. You'll find out why I hate Mido so much after school. He ruined my life…ok bye."
He left for his next class.
The day went by quickly, now it was after school hours.
Link thought by his locker, 'Why am I so nervous? Hmm, I guess it's because I'm about to tell the most beautiful girl in the world my biggest secret, ever.' He shut his locker door, "Wait, did I just call Zelda beautiful? Well, its true, now where is she?" he looked around until someone pulled on the back of his shirt and dragged him somewhere private.
At the park, by a bench
"Hi." Said Zelda
"Wow! I'm impressed, you didn't say 'um hi'" Link sarcastically said
"Ha-ha, aren't you funny."
Link sighed "Sorry, I'm just a little nervous…"
"Why?" asked Zelda
"Well, I never told anyone this and now I'm about to tell the most beautiful girl who—" he covered his mouth with his right hand while Zelda blushed.
"W-what?" stuttered Zelda
"Well," he took his hand off his mouth, "it's true."
"Oh, well, thank you."
He cleared his throat. "Um, let's sit over there." He pointed to some swings.
She smiled "Ok."
They walked toward the swings, sat down, and started to swing a bit.
"Hmm, where to begin?" he thought to himself out loud. "Ok, do you remember what I told you yesterday?" he asked Zelda
"Yeah, you mentioned something about Mido being your grade school bully?"
"Right, the thing was, he wasn't always my bully…."
"Does that mean—"
He nodded his head, "Yeah, we were friends once, but only for awhile…"
"What happened?"
"Well it all started in 1st grade…"
Flashback
Link was sitting by himself on a swing until someone started to push him. Startled, he jumped off, and turned around to find a kid with orange wavy hair with a big grin. He wore blue jean shorts with a green shirt that says 'Leader of the bunch'.
"Who are you?" asked Link
"The name's Mido; Mido Kokori."
"Mido?"
"Yeah. So, what's your name?" he asked
"Link," he slightly smiled, "Link Foster."
"Awesome, so Link, would you like to play tag with me and my friends?
"….You mean, you want to be my friend?"
"Definitely!"
"Ok!" Link said excitingly as his smile widened (happy).
"Great, but first," he tapped Link on the shoulder, "you're it!" he began to run away as Link assumed he had to tag him back. Link never had friends; therefore, never played tagged, so he learned just now.
So the rest of the recess was Link, Mido, and his friends playing tag. After awhile the bell rang.
During class, Link and Mido would always laugh about the stupidest things. They always got yelled at by the teacher, which made them laugh harder. So class went by and it was time for their 2nd recess.
They sat on top of the jungle gym to discuss the rules of 'the gang'.
Mido spoke, "First of all, I, Mido Kokori, am the leader of 'the friends'." The other 3 boys; Tyler, Blake, and Jacob started to clap. Link watched them clap for a moment then slowly joined in the clapping. "Thank you, thank you," Mido went on as the clapping died down, "Ok first rule, we allow no liars in our group; the one thing I hate most is liars. Third wait," he counted his fingers, "second, we must know some things about each others parents."
"Wait, what?" asked Link
"What? You have parents, don't you?" asked Mido
"What? Oh…uh…. Of course I do. Yeah…"
"Ok, since Link's the newbie, Link why don't you start." Stated Mido
"Oh, uh, well, my mom was, I mean, is a nurse and my dad….teaches karate."
All the boys said "Wow!"
"Does he ever teach you karate?" asked Mido
"Um, no, not yet…he's always….busy…" said Link
"Well that sucks." Said Mido
"What's that?" Link asked
"What's what?" Mido asked
"That word?"
"Oh, you mean sucks? I'm not sure what it means; my dad was talking with my mom and I heard him say work sucks or something." Mido shrugged
"Oh, well tell me about your parents Mido." Said Link
"Well, I got to admit, my dad isn't as cool as your dad, but he is pretty cool for an old man." Mido said
Link laughed nervously, "Yeah…thanks."
"Ok, so my mom is a teacher and my dad is a doctor." (AN: of course I made that up it's a fanfic haha :P)
"Cool." Said Link
"Hey Link; maybe if your parents wouldn't mind, we could come and hang out at your place and maybe your dad could teach us some karate." suggested Mido.
"Yeah!" agreed the other 3 boys
"Uh, my parents won't allow anyone to come over…" said Link
"Awwwwwww!" the all said
"Well gee, that sucks." Said Mido
So the rest of the gang told Link about their parents and what they do with their parents.
After awhile Link thought, 'I am so stupid….I already broke one of the rules, I lied….My parents aren't around anymore, they're dead….but what I said was partially true. I mean, my mom was a nurse but instead of my dad teaching karate he taught sword fighting… Well, I can't really take it back now; otherwise, they'll think I'm some sort of freak or something by lying…This has to be my biggest mistake of my life and I'm only in 1st grade! Ok Link, just go with the flow and forget about it. What's the worst that can happen? They'll bully me? I mean come on, everyone lies; that would be an overreaction.'
"So Link, what do you want to do when you grow up?" asked Mido
"Hmmm, oh I haven't really thought about it, but I think I want to do something with swords…" Link slightly smiled to himself
"That's cool I want to be a ninja." Said Mido
"A ninja?" Link asked
"Yeah, ninja's are cool and know karate and stuff, and I always wanted to learn how to break a brick with my head or maybe my hand."
"Hmmm, that would be pretty sweet." Said Link
Later that day, school ended
"Bye Link!" said Mido
"Bye." Mumbled Link
Mido, Ryan, Blake, and Jacob rode the bus while Link waited for the old lady to pick him up from school. The lady, Ms. Gulila, owned the orphanage, which is where Link lived. She picked him up and drove back to the orphanage. Link hated the orphanage, because for some reason everyone picked on him, except the adults of course.
They arrived at the orphanage and Link ran to his room; while in there, he got a visitor that he didn't want to see. It was his rival at the orphanage, a 3rd grader who flunked twice, Todd.
"Hey loser." Todd greeted him
Link sighed, "What is it?"
"Well gee, aren't you rude? Didn't your parents teach you not to be so rude, oh wait, you don't have any, hahaha…" Todd continued to laugh with his friends
"Hey! You don't have any either…" stated Link
"Nah, my parents just threw me out 'cause I'm too good for them, but at least I have a relative here, unlike you."
"So what…"mumbled Link
"Hey, what's that on your shirt?" Todd pointed to Link's shirt on his chest
Link looked where he pointed, "Where?"
Todd flicked his finger on Link's nose, which was painful for Link. "Ow!" Link rubbed his nose.
Todd laughed, "I can't believe you fell for that? Man, you're so stupid." Todd and his gang laughed as they left Link's room.
Link thought, 'The only good thing about my life now, is that I finally made some friends at school. Sure my life 'sucks' here, but at least it's wonderful at school. Wait, did I use the word 'sucks' right? I wonder what it means…'
He looked through his room to find his big dictionary; it's about 5 inches thick. He looked for the word 'suck' to find about 14 different definitions. Once definition read 'a word used when something bad has happened.'
Link thought out loud, "Well, that must be the definition Mido was talking about. So I did use it correctly. Let's see; what's another one… 'to suck milk from the breast or udder.' Hmm, where have I heard breast before?" (AN: I'm not sure if a first grader would know what breast is so I just made Link not know if not lol)
He looked up the word breast and found many definitions one read, 'the upper, front part of a woman's body' another read 'one's feelings'.
Link thought, 'Oh God!' his face turned bright red and he slammed the dictionary shut, 'now I know what it means.' He pushed the dictionary away from him, 'I don't think I'll look in a dictionary for awhile…'
A week had passed since Link got his new friends and it was Friday which was parent teacher conference.
The teacher called, "Link?"
Link looked up from his desk, "Yeah?"
"Come with me."
"Oh, ok," the teacher, Ms. Toola, pulled Link out in the hall, "did I do something wrong?" Link asked
"No, not at all; it's just Ms. Gulila is busy today and since no one can come for you, I'll have to tell you how you're doing." He nodded his head, "Ok, you're doing a splendid job, but you seem distant from everyone."
"I was, but I made some friends this week." He said with a smile
She slightly smiled, "Ok, let's get back to class."
"K."
They walked back in the classroom while Link sat back at his seat which was next to Mido's desk. "Psssst, Link?" Mido whispered
"What?" Link whispered back
"What did the teach want?"
"Oh it's nothing, just discussing about my parents…"
"Oh….Hey is your dad coming, I mean, your parents?" Mido asked
"Um, they already came….and left…." Said Link
"Aw, but I really wanted to meet them…"
Link thought, 'me too...'
School was almost over and it was time for the last recess. Mido, Tyler, Blake, and Jacob were standing by the jungle gym talking. Link slowly walked toward them and said, "Hey guys." They stopped talking and looked at Link angrily, "Uh is something wrong?"
Mido stepped forward and said, "Yes, you! That's what's wrong!"
"What? But, what did I do?" asked Link
Mido pointed to Link, "You broke one of our rules!"
'Oh no, does he know?' Link thought. "What do you mean?" he said out loud
"Don't play stupid Foster; we asked Ms. Toola if we could meet your parents and you know what she said?"
"Something I wish I never done…" Link mumbled.
"Dude, you're such a freak; it's no wonder you had no friends! Why didn't you just tell us your parents were dead?"
"I just wanted to make friends…."
"So you lied?"
"Well I thought if I told the truth then maybe—"
"If you would have told us the truth we would have understand!" yelled Mido
"Well yeah but—"
"Forget it Link, we're no longer friends!"
"What?" Link said shocked
Mido looked at Tyler, Blake, and Jacob, "Come on guys," he looked back at Link, "let's get away from this freak."
Mido stepped forward toward Link and pushed him in some mud, face first. Of course Mido saw the mud so he planned it. As the four boys walked away laughing, Link sat up and tried to wipe the mud off his face. He thought, 'I lost my only friends, all because I lied…' Even though he was sad, he did not cry.
The bell rang
Link was, obviously, covered in mud and as he passed up kids they pointed and laughed at him.
Link thought, 'Worst day ever….maybe when Monday comes, perhaps Mido would forgive me and we could be friends again.'
Monday, at school, first recess.
Link walked out of the doors until someone tripped him. "Woah!" he hit the ground, "Ow…."
"Hahahaha…." They continued to laugh
Link slowly got up and looked to see who tripped and wasn't surprised to see Mido. "Hey Link, how'd the ground look? Hahaha…" Mido continued to laugh again.
"….Dirty…."Link mumbled
Mido chuckled, "Oh, by the way, the whole school hates you now."
"What? How can you—"
"Here's the deal, see, I'm popular so what I say goes. Now that everyone knows your nothing but a lying parentless freak who wasn't raised right, no one wants anything to do with you."
"Why'd you do that?" Link asked
"Its facts freak," Link looked at the ground, "now move out of our way loser." He pushed Link on the ground, yet again, and walked away laughing.
Link thought, 'That settles it; I can never make friends. They'll just end up hurting me…mentally and physically…'
End of Flashback
"And we've been enemies ever since; after that happened, he would always throw paper balls at me and push me around and stuff bullies do. So, that's when I thought it would be bad to have friends…otherwise it's first grade all over again…and it would be best if I were left alone…." He looked at Zelda and his eyes widened. "Oh no; Zelda, please don't cry."
"W-wh-sniff…" she tried to pull herself together, "Well what am I suppose to do, laugh?" Zelda said
"No, it's just…I don't like to see you cry…"
"It's just…so sad….the way he treated you and—" she started to cry again.
Link looked at her and took his left hand to her left cheek to whip her tears away with his thumbs and whispered, "I have you now, right?"
She blushed madly and nodded her head.
He realized what he said and what he was doing and blushed. He quickly removed his hand, "What I meant was, uh, you a friend, and I never had one before so I don't want to mess up and uh, yeah…" It was quiet, "Well time to break the awkward silence by apologizing a bunch."
"Link you don't have to apologize, it was just…comforting." Zelda said with a smile.
"Well yeah there's that, but I was talking about your parents."
"Oh, yes…that…."
"Yeah, I kind of lied to them about my parents so now I should kinda tell them, don't you think?" Link asked
"Yes."
"Yeah….well, now you know why I hate Mido so much and why I'm known as the parentless freak…"
He stood up as did Zelda, "Link, just because you don't have parents doesn't make you a freak."
"I feel like my whole life is a lie, like everything that happened to me could change if…" he sighed, "now I'm babbling, sorry. It's just all through grade school I was known as the freak, so I feel like it's true. I am a fre—"
He was cut off by Zelda who moved closer and said. "You're not a freak Link. Everyone here will know that you're awesome and amazing. And you don't have to worry Link; I won't ever hurt or leave you, ever."
"Zelda…" he whispered as he then pulled her in a hug. Zelda gladly accepted the hug.
After moments went by they parted.
"Thanks Zelda." Link said with a smile.
"No problem." She returned the smile.
"So, uh, what about our deal?"
"Deal? What deal?"
"I told you I would tell you all about me, now it's your turn."
"Oh…well," she sat back down on the swing as did Link, "I have 4 friends; Malon, Saria, Elice, and Megan, and they all have a boyfriend. Well, you can probably guess who Saria's dating…"
Link thought for a moment and looked at Zelda with a questionable look, "Don't tell me she's dating Mido?"
"Yup."
"What? Why would she date that no good jerk?"
"To tell you the truth, he doesn't act like a jerk at all. Maybe he's changed?"
"No, that's not it at all, he probably acts all nice but—you know what?"
"What?" Zelda asked
"I'm going to sit by you at lunch from now on at school, see how he acts when I'm around Saria and when I'm not."
"Are you sure?"
"No….but we'll find out what happens tomorrow."
"But today is Friday."
"Oh right, then we'll find out—wait! Did you just say it's Friday?"
"Yeah?"
"Oh no, I'm dead." He quickly got up as did Zelda, "Uh, sorry Zelda, but I'm really late for something so I have to go."
"Oh, ok…"
"Sorry," he kissed her on the cheek, "I'll see you Monday and I really shouldn't have done that, ok bye!" He ran away leaving a blushed Zelda.
Zelda thought to herself, 'Ok, what just happened?'
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Ok I know I said I would only have authors not at the beginning well I lied for now I would just like to say that I might not be posting much. It might be a long time again I'm not sure see the thing is I joined the sister site of the and my friend as been literally harassing me to post my stories that aren't fanfiction so lately I've been working on those so if you want to check my other stories my username is the same LZfanatic12 I haven't posted nothing yet because she's putting too much pressure on me and I just joined lol well I love you all and I hope to get the next chapter up soon I'm not giving up on this story EVER! Lol R&R plz and thank you ^.^