Pairing: Link x Zelda

Timeline: Modern AU

Warnings: Swearing, Sexual Language, Drama

Disclaimer: I don't own The Legend of Zelda or these characters.

AN: I am currently working on going through and revising for some of the chapters of this story. Some of them might just be formatting, others might be actual changes in the wording and so forth. I will post an AN at the bottom of the last chapter that faces revision for everyone to see.

Thank you everyone!

Chapter 6: Life is a Roller Coaster Ride

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Well, in the end it turned out Zelda was who I was going to the amusement park with. On Wednesday Mr. Hyrule pulled me into his office and told me I was getting Friday off to take his daughter out to the park, however, he was also paying for us to stay overnight there and spend the next day out shopping. Just great. Not only did I have to spend all of my weekend with Zelda, I had to cancel plans with Romani. I didn't even have the heart to tell her why, but I am guessing she probably knows why, and I know that this wasn't going to end well at all.

I got out of bed at 8 am and got ready. I went to the bathroom, washed my hands, and then ate breakfast just like every other morning. I went back upstairs and put on a pair of khaki shorts with a smoke colored shirt. I walked back into the bathroom and brushed my hair out and into its usual style. I headed back downstairs to check how much money Mr. Hyrule had given me to spend over the course of the two days. I counted the all the 20 rupees he had given me, which totaled out to 1000 rupees. Goddess, why did he give me so much money? He said he already paid for the hotel room; maybe he just wanted us to have enough.

I was also slightly concerned with why the two of us had to share a hotel room. It just doesn't feel right to me, at all, but I don't get paid for complaining. I sighed and gathered up the stuff I would need for today and tomorrow. I grabbed my pajamas, clothes for tomorrow, toothbrush and paste, my laptop, my chargers for my phone and laptop and my hair brush. I threw all of it into my travel bag and headed for the door.

"Well, I guess I have to go pick her up now." I said as I kissed Fi goodbye. I managed to hook up her food and water to be refilled whenever it gets low so she won't die from lack of nourishment. I got into my car and began to drive to Zelda's house which was about a half hour away from my house. Traffic in the city was surprisingly light this morning. I drove through the city, passing all of the buildings that ascended into the clouds, or so it looked like. I pulled into the right turn lane so I could turn onto the road that would bring me to her house.

I sped my way down the empty road and passed a few other giant houses, but none as large as hers. I pulled up to the iron gate that shut off Hyrule manor to the rest of the world. The gate guard recognized me and opened it up so I could drive on it to collect the girl. I pulled up in front of the marble stair case and called her.

Ringing.

Ringing.

Ringing.

"Hmmm?" A high pitched voice picked up.

"Hey, I'm here Zelda." I heard a squeal come from the other side of the call.

"Okay, come on in. We are eating breakfast then heading out!" She told me, then hung up the phone. I groaned. Did we really have to eat now? I knew I wouldn't be able to fight her on this, so I got out of my car and headed in through the front door. When I was inside the scent of delicious breakfast hit me fast. I followed to enticing smell to the kitchen, where I found Zelda and her older sisters making breakfast. Hilda was making bacon, Sheik was scrambling eggs, and Zelda was flipping pancakes.

"Smells delightful." I told the trio and they all turned around and smiled.

"It was Zelda's idea." Hilda told me, then looked at her baby sister while smiling. I looked over at her too, and she looked at me and smiled. Her delicate face caught me off guard slightly. Our eyes locked, her sapphire ones with my blue topaz ones. I could feel my face get a bit warm, which caused me to break eye contact. I coughed slightly to regain my composer.

"Well, is that so? Maybe this won't be as great as it smells." I grinned at them and Hilda and Sheik laughed.

Zelda glared at me. "Well lucky for you. You don't have to eat it if you don't want to." She spun around and went back to making pancakes. Hilda and Sheik shrugged then went back to preparing the food. I sat down at the table and waited for them to finish. It took the three girls only a few more minutes to complete our breakfast. They brought over three platters which were coated in mouthwatering foods. I took a plate and placed three pieces of bacon, enough eggs to feed three people, and three pancakes. I began scarfing down my food, unaware that I was actually starving. I got through my third pancake and noticed that they were all staring at me while I was eating.

"What? Have you never seen a starving person eat before?" I said through bites of food, which caused them all to bust out laughing. I swallowed my food and crossed my arms. "What's so funny?"

"Well, Link, you're eat like a caveman." Hilda said through giggles. I rolled my eyes at them.

"So what? I'm hungry and this amazing food isn't making it any easier. You should be glad that I love your cooking." I said before I dug back into my breakfast. I watched as the other girls looked at each other and shrugged, and then they dug into their food too. By the time they had finished their plates, I had eaten two plates of food. I sighed and patted my stomach. "Now, that was some great food!" I smiled at all three of them, content with the meal they had provided for me.

"Thanks, Link. I'll be sure to keep in mind for the next time I need to feed a pig." Sheik threw my way, and the two other girls burst out into a fit of giggles. I rolled my eyes at all three of them.

"Are you ready to go, Zelda?" I asked her. She nodded and got up and ran upstairs. Well, I guess she was excited. A few minutes later the girl came running down in her outfit for the day, which was denim shorts, a pink crop top, and black converse shoes. She had her backpack thrown over her right shoulder. Her hair was pulled back into ribbons that laced through her shiny blonde hair. She ran over to me and grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the door.

"Bye Hilda! Bye Sheik" We both called halfway out the door. She drug me down the stairs and right to my side of the car. I unlocked her, and we both got inside. She threw her stuff into the backseat and out of her pocket she pulled out her iPod and a cord to hook it into my car.

"What are you doing?" I asked her. She looked up at me while she was plugging in the cord.

"Playing music? I thought we could use some jams since we have a long car ride before we get there." I sighed and let her continue with her plan. I started the car and began to drive out of her manor lot. I turned left onto the road and sped off down it to get back into the city. Her iPod played songs from blink-182, My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Fall Out Boy and other similar artists. I was slightly surprised because it was all music I enjoyed too.

"Did you stalk me or something?" I asked her jokingly. She was taken by surprise at my question.

"No! I just really like this music. Why, do you?" She said in her defense. I nodded at her, which made her smile. It was slightly weird to know we enjoyed to same music. A song by Paramore called "Last Hope" came on and we sang to it while we cruised to the park. Zelda danced while we listened to songs by our favorite artists. It was weird, I had never met anyone who liked the same kind of music as me. Most people enjoyed today's crap music. It was also weird to know we had stuff in common. I glanced over at her as she swayed back in forth in my passenger seat.

She had a smile that was gleaming bright; her skin was glowing in the sunlight. For a moment I couldn't help but to notice how angelic she looked. I couldn't help but to stare at her. She looked up at me and smiled, which made me snap back to reality. What in the hell was I thinking? She is 17 and I have a girlfriend. I shook my head and focused on my driving again. She turned the music up a bit more and went back to singing and dancing.

After an hour and a half of driving we pulled into the parking lot for the hotel and went through the giant glass doors and into the lobby. We walked up to the hotel main desk and I talked with the clerk who gave us our room keys. After I got them, I went out to the car and loaded out bags onto the bellhop and took it up to our room, which was the pent room on floor 25. I threw our bags down right inside the room and headed back down to the lobby to meet with Zelda.

We walked over to the park, which was about 10 minutes away from out hotel. We walked over to the ticket booth. I paid the 40 rupees for the both of us and we headed in and she grabbed my hand and pulled me to the closest roller coaster. I glanced up, only to see that it went in loops and cork screws multiple times. Oh goddess, save me.

We waited in line for about 20 minutes, and they were the most anxiety filled 20 minutes ever. I have a fear of coasters and well, theme park rides in general. So many bad things can happen on them, like death, or the sudden loss of limbs, or loss of items. There is a lot to be afraid of. When we got to the front of the line the park workers directed us into our line, which was line 10 and it was the very back. I tried to back out last minute, but Zelda shoved me into the cart and made me sit down. Before I even had a chance to run for it she pulled the handle bars down over us, trapping me inside. I could feel a nervous sweat start to break out.

I think it was time to confess. "Zelda, I've never been on a roller coaster before." She turned to me, and was extremely shocked by my statement.

"You have never been on a roller coaster before?" She asked me. She sounded like she didn't believe me.

"Uhm, no I haven't" I started breathing a bit heavier. Our eyes were locked and I started to panic slightly. "What do I do?" I asked her. She shrugged and turned back forward. Oh hell, goddess, please send help for me. "Zelda, please, hel-" I was cut off by the roller coaster launching us off. I grabbed the first thing my hand could cling on to, which was her soft pale hand. The hand's owner looked at me, and I looked at her and she could tell I was terrified. We went through a loop and I couldn't help but to scream. She was looking at me, and laughing and I kept screaming. Loop after loop after loop, was this ride never ending? I felt myself run out of air, and it felt like I was suffocating in fear.

My eyes were wide, and my grip tightened on Zelda's hand. She pulled my face close to hers, and she whispered soft words in my ear.

"It is okay, Link. You can hold my hand if it makes you feel better."

My blood was pumping in my ears, causing them to pulse. I wasn't sure what I was feeling on the inside. There was this jolt of adrenaline, followed by a wave of sickness. The ride pulled into the ending a slightly jerked to a stop. She and I climbed out of the cart, and I tried to walk, but my legs were shaking like a baby deer's. She slightly giggled at me and pulled me away from the ride.

We walked to one of the spinning rides together, well, it was more like she was dragging me to it. We got in the cup and she started spinning us around. I joined her and we started going faster and faster. Our hands were flying trying to grip the wheel and go at maximum speed. We let the wheel and momentum carry out since we were both too tired to keep spinning us around.

I looked over at her and her face beet red and her hair was astray. I chuckled slightly, which grabbed her attention.

"What are you laughing at?" She asked me while reaching over to ruffle my hair. I swatted her hand away while trying to defend my hair.

"Hey! Stop that!" We both busted out laughing. Our pod was finally starting to slow down as the ride came to a stop. When the ride attendant came over to release us we were both laughing manically at one another. He coughed slightly, which grabbed our attention and he motioned for us to get out of the ride. We both hoped out and walked to the exit.

"Hey, Zelda." I said.

"Yea?"

"See the ride right there?" I pointed a bit in front of us to a roller coaster that was inside a building.

"Yea, what about it?" She asked.

"I bet I can beat you to it." I said, and then I bolted off in the direction of the ride. I looked back only to see her standing there in a daze for a second. I kept running. When she realized I wasn't stopping she started hauling ass after me to beat me to the ride, but I was already half way there. I could feel the wind rushing against my face, and my heart was pumping as I dodged other civilians wandering around the park. I reached the line and turned around only to see her about a foot away. Damn, she runs faster than I would have thought. I gave her a sly smile, and she gently slapped my chest.

"Let's go!" She said grabbing my arm and pulling us into the line that led indoors. The wait for this one was longer than the other rides we had been on. We made idle chat while waiting in line, and by the time we did reach the front we had covered many topics. Also, by the time we reached the front I realized I needed to piss insanely bad.

We climbed into the cart, and put the belts on and then pulled the bar over us. She grabbed my left arm and squeezed, which for some reason made me have to pee even more. Holy shit, this was bad. I gave her an awkward smile, which she didn't even see because the entire room was so damn dark. I was looking around to see if I could find a worker so I could see when we would be launched into the unknown, but sadly I had no luck finding one in the darkness. I sighed and looked at the dark hole that awaited our cart to soar through it.

I let my body relax a little, which was a terrible idea because a few moments after I did we were slung into the void. Neon lights glowed throughout the ride as we twisted and turned on the track. Zelda clung to my arm and I clung onto her. Wait, what was I doing? She might get the wrong message. I squeezed my eyes shut, and prayed for it to be over soon. I tried not to think about what we were doing, and more on how I was trying to hold my bladder in so I didn't explode on the both of us.

Finally, after a minute or two of pure darkness and chaos the ride came to the stopping station. I jumped up and onto the platform and started heading for the exit.

"Hey! Wait up, Link!" Zelda called out from behind me. She jogged to catch up with me and gently placed her soft warm hand in mine. I jerked my hand away and looked at her. I realized that by doing that I had probably hurt her feelings. "Link? Are you okay..?" she asked me.

I nodded. I was, for the most part. "Yea, I really have to use the restroom, though." I said and started heading for the nearest restroom, which was not too far away from the ride. She trailed behind me, which worried me. I reached around and grabbed her small hand with mine and brought her beside me. I didn't say anything,

I just walked hand in hand with her to the restroom. "I'll be right back. Stay here and wait for me please." I told her as I walked in to do my business. I was in and out pretty quick, but not quick enough. When I exited the bathroom I noticed a group of guys cornering Zelda and hitting on her. My eyes popped out of my head and I ran over to her. I grabbed the one on the end and threw him out of my way. I put myself in front of her, guarding her from the asswipes.

"Who the fuck does this guy think he is?" One of them shouted aggressively. The other two shrugged and startled grumbling.

"I dunno, but he's pretty ballsy. Jumping out to protect this sexy little lady." The one on my right side snorted. One of them tried to grab me, but I gave him a nice hard knee to the dick, and watched as he fell over in pain. The other two came at me at once. The bigger one grabbed me and restrained me from behind, while his smaller friend starting slamming punches into my gut and chest. I felt myself finding it harder to breathe.

I starting kicking and flailing, nailing the smaller one in the chest, and then the jaw. He fell back on his ass, which gave me the chance to turn my momentum onto the bigger guy. I used the back on my head to slam into his nose, which caused him to release my arms. I slipped out and managed to fall onto my knees. Now's my chance. I grab Zelda, who was shaking so badly. I slung her into my arms and booked it back to the hotel with her.

I raced us back to the hotel so quickly I didn't even notice that my leg was bleeding. Shit. I didn't have time right now. I carried a shaken Zelda back up to our room and placed her down on one of the giant fluffy beds for her to relax. I went to the bathroom and took one of the wash rags and dampened it. I wiped off the dried blood, and the dribbled blood from my knee scrape.

I walked back out to the main room and found Zelda curled up on the bed sobbing. I sat down next to her and patted her.

"What's wrong?" I asked. She looked up at me with her large blue orbs filled to the brim with her hot tears. Two large droplets spilled out of her eyes and she closed them. She threw her arms around me and started sobbing more.

"I.." she hiccupped. "I was so scared, Link!" I was caught off guard by her actions and words. I did the only sensible thing I could do, which was to pull her into my arms and hug her. I stroked her hair, which smelled of strawberries, as she cried into my neck. I said soft soothing words to her, which made her calm down. Not too long after sitting there in my arms she stopped crying. I just kind of held her, because I didn't think she wanted to move.

I wasn't exactly sure how long we had been sitting there, but she eventually fell asleep. I gently placed her in her bed and under her covers and tucked her in. I sighed, and gave an awkward laugh. I walked over to my bags and grabbed some pajamas. I walked to the bathroom, hopped into the shower really quickly, got out and dried off. I changed into my t-shirt and boxers. I climbed into my bed and slowly slipped into a deep sleep.

I found myself sitting in a beach, surrounded by a sea of black. The darkness was lapping at every dimension. Thick grey clouds shrouded the land I was standing on. Where was I? I started walking to find help. The air was so dense and hot it felt like I was eating oatmeal. I fell to my knees, and starting coughing and grabbing my throat. I was suffocating. My mind and body were slowly starting to go numb from the lack of air in my system.

I jolted awake in my bed. My body was covered in sweat and I was gasping for air. I placed my hands down beside me, and felt something on my right side. I pulled down the covers, and saw a small pale blonde haired girls nestled into my right side. I sighed. I used my left hand to wipe some dripping sweat off of my forehead. I didn't feel like waking her up, so I let her stay pressed up against my right side. I laid back down beside her, but on my left side so she was facing my back. I closed my eyes, and fell back to sleep with no dreams for the rest of the night.