Ok, first off, I'm rrrrrreeeeeaaaallllyyyyy sorry about taking so long, I had a bunch of homework due. This chapter is gonna be fun! Three more characters will be added! I'm planning on focasing more into Willie's teen years (once we get there) And I finally picked a name, being the lazy person I am, I just decided to go with Kari. Although the name Lily was very tempting...
Anyway, enjoy the chapter! Review!
Anime Wildfire
Chapter 7 Willie's new friend
It was three years after Link and Willie had moved, the king had given up looking for them a year ago. But all the soldiers were told to keep watch for them, just in case.
Willie was now a mischievous, and adventurous 6-year-old. He was just like Link, always getting into trouble, although his excuse was usually that he didn't go looking for trouble, trouble usually finds HIM.
Link never believes him. Willie was also old enough to start school, something Link was not looking forward too, he would miss Willie too much, but Navi convinced him that it was best for Willie. It also gave him more time for his 'hero work.' Willie still didn't know his father was the hero of time, and he had no idea what his father's job was either, and Link intended to keep it that way.
Princess Zelda still hadn't had any children, but her father insisted on keeping his hopes up, refusing to accept the fact that Zelda would probably not have another child, and that Willie was lucky to even have been born.
"Dad! Dad! Wake up!" A voice said, Link opened his eye and saw the face of 6-year-old Willie staring down at him.
"Come on dad! Get up!" Willie said, shaking Link's shoulder. Link yawned and pulled the covers off himself.
"Alright, alright, I'm up already." Link said. Willie grinned and raced out of the room. The minute he was gone, Link flopped back down on the bed and pulled the covered over his bare shoulders. (He only sleeps in his breeches…) Within a minute he was fast asleep.
The truth was, Link had been out late last night dealing with a several wolfo's that had been attacking anyone who left Hyrule market place. He hadn't gotten home until 2:30 in the morning, resulting in less sleep.
But Link wasn't going to be sleeping for long. Upon his father failing to follow him, Willie went back into his father's room and saw his father had gone back to sleep.
Grinning mischievously, Willie snuck behind Link, took a deep breath, and yelled…
"WAKE UP!" Link jerked up, blinking as he turned to Willie.
"What's the matter? Can't anyone get sleep in anymore?" Link said, yawning. Willie grinned, the same mischievous grin Link had when he was young.
"Com' on Link! You can do it! Remember, it's Willie's first day at school!" Navi said, flying into the room. Link groaned and pulled the covers off; Willie gave an excited jump and raced out of the room. Link grinned at his enthusiasm and pulled on a clean white undershirt and green tunic. Then he followed Navi into the kitchen.
Willie was already sitting at the table, wearing a clean green tunic. (Sorry, I'm so pathetic, I can't think of anything else for him to wear, so he'll just wear tunics.)
Link yawned and pulled a jar of milk out of the fridge, (I'm assuming they have a fridge.) then he pulled the lid off and started drinking the milk right out of the bottle.
"Link!" Navi scolded, her hands on her hips. "Don't drink out of the bottle! You're setting a bad example for Willie!" she snapped. Link recapped the bottled and stuck it back in the fridge. He sat next to Willie.
"So, do you have everything Willie?" he said, Willie nodded. "Yup! Even my lunch is packed!" he said, proudly showing Link the lunch he had packed on his own. Link took the lunchbox and opened it, trying hard not to laugh at what was inside.
Willie had packed himself five cookies, milk, and some fudge the old lady that lived down the street had given Link after he had rescued her cat. (She also had fun flirting with him, poor Link. Even now he has woman chasing him.)
Link shook his head and unpacked Willie's lunch, instead packing him two cookies, an apple, a sandwich and the jar of milk.
"What time does school start?" Link asked,
"It starts at nine. Try not to forget that!" Navi said, smacking her hand to her forehead.
Link nodded and stood up; Willie followed him, Navi sitting on his shoulder as the three headed towards the school, which was only a few blocks away from their house.
The trio walked the whole way, (except for Navi, she hitched a ride on Willie's shoulder.)
By the time they reached the school, other parents had arrived to drop their own children off. Near Link and Willie, A woman was hugging a little girl with brown hair. And near them a man was straightening his son's shirt.
Link knelt down at Willie's height. "You ready?" he asked, Willie nodded, a huge grin on his face, causing Link to swell with pride. He had to admit, he was lucky to even have a son at all.
"Get going then." Link said, nodding in the direction of the school, Willie nodded and started walking, then hesitated, turned around and raced back to Link, hugging him. Link smiled at his son and hugged the boy tightly. Finally Willie let go and ran in the direction of the school, looking back one last time to wave at Link.
Link waved back and stood up. "He's growing up so fast." Navi said, sitting on Link's shoulder with her head in her hands.
"Yeah." Link said. "He's gonna have lots of girls after him, just like his dad." Navi said, grinning. Link blushed.
"Let's go home Navi, I need to go visit Epona, she probably misses riding all the time." Link said, heading towards the village stables. (Don't think I forgot about Epona! Well, I did but that's not the point!)
Navi followed, she liked Epona fine, but was never really very fond of her as Link was. The village stables were at the end of the street-like area. There were several people already in there. Feeding their horses and stroking them.
Epona's stall was at the end of the stable, her stall had a view of the pasture on the other side. (Yes, there is a pasture in the marketplace…)
Link gently stroked her and she whinnied happily. Link opened her stall door, ignoring the lead rope next to it and started walking towards the gate that led to the pasture. Epona followed him, much to everyone else's surprise. But then, Epona wasn't like most horses, she followed Link wherever he went.
Link let Epona in the pasture and watched her gallop around the area, her head tossed back and her mane blowing in the breeze.
After a while Link left, Epona wasn't at all ready to go back to her stall and Link couldn't hang around all day. But he knew one of the men that worked at the stable would put her back. So he left the stable and wandered around for a while, avoiding his fans and browsing the shops the people of Hyrule had set up.
"Link, you really need to so something, why don't you go to Kokiri forest and visit Saria for a while?" Navi said, hovering in front of Link's face.
"What about Willie?" Link said, Navi rolled her eyes. "Link, Willie won't be home for another five hours, you really need to take your mind off him for a while!" she said. Link sighed,
"You're right Navi, let's go visit Saria and the other Kokiri." Link said, he pulled out the ocarina of time and played the minuet of the forest. There was a flash of light and Link and Navi were standing at the forest temple.
Saria was delighted to see him, as well as the other Kokiri, all but one anyways; some rivals just don't go away. Link and Navi sound themselves having a great time with Saria, she asked them all kinds of questions, like how Willie was doing (of course) and how Epona was doing and where they were living and everything. Finally Link realized they had to get back or they would miss picking Willie up, so he and Navi warped to the temple of time and raced over to the schoolhouse.
Luckily for them, school was just getting out as thry arrived. And soon Link saw Willie race towards him, his eyes shining. Link caught the boy in a hug and the three began heading back to the house.
"so Willie, how was school today?" Link asked, Willie grinned at him, "it was great dad! I think I made a new friend!" he said.
"what makes you say that?" Navi asked, Willie grinned at her, "she threw her books at me!" he said proudly, pointing to the bruise on his cheek. Navi tried very hard not to laugh. (Ha ha, this part just popped into my head, it was sooo fun to write!)
"who's 'she?'" Navi asked, floating in front of Willie. "'she' is Kari, and 'she' is hopefully my new friend!" Willie said.
"do you mean Kari that lives across the street from us?" Link said, Willie nodded.
"yeah! She lives across the street from us with her sister and mother." Willie said. He rubbed his cheek where the bruise was.
"Willie, if she throws her books at you, that sounds to me like she doesn't like you." Navi said. Sitting on Willie's shoulder.
"No, she likes me." Willie said, he ran ahead of Navi and Link. Navi grinned at Link and sat on his shoulder.
"looks more like he likes her." She said as she and Link followed Willie inside.
Willie continued to go to school every day, except on weekends, and afternoons after school. Sometimes he and Link would go fishing, or practice sword fighting. When Willie was five, Link had made him a wooden training sword and had started training him. Willie loved it, he loved the thrill and excitement of the sword and practiced daily.
He also told Link and Navi about his 'friend' Kari, but to Link and Navi, it sounded like the girl would prefer NOT to be Willie's friend. From what Link knew, Kari lived across the street with her younger sister Kate and her mother, her mother was a seamstress, and she had fixed many of Link's clothes, as well as made clothes for Willie, and Link in return fixed things around her house whenever she needed it.
Kari was a very pretty girl, with naturally long reddish-brown hair the ended in waves at her waist. She had icy blue eyes that flashed like fire when she was angry, but could be as gentle as the sky when need be.
Her sister Kate was a year younger and had light blue eyes and dark brown hair that was always pulled back into a ponytail.
Their mother's name was Kendra. (about the K names, it'a a tradition in their family)
Kendra was a very sweet woman with dark brown hair and dark blue eyes. Like Kari, her eyes flashed like fire when angry, and like Kate, she always wore her hair in a ponytail.
Kendra's older sister often visited, bringing her daughter Katrina with her, Katrina looked nothing like her cousins, she had long blonde hair and bright brown eyes, her hair was naturally straight, but she always wore it in curls. (don't worry about Katrina for now, she'll appear more in the later chapters.)
Other than that, Link didn't know much about their family, and he tried to make sure they knew very little about Willie's family as well, Link didn't want anyone to know about Willie's royal blood.
When Kendra had asked him about Willie's heritage, Link said he was an orphan and that Willie's mother had died in childbirth. Kendra never pushed the matter after that, sensing how sore that topic was to Link.
"com' on dad! Let's go sword fight!"
Link glanced up from the door he was fixing, "I can't right now Willie, but wait a while, and we'll go to lake Hylia and practice." He said, (in case your wondering, Willie's the one that broke the door)
So Willie sat next to Link and watched him work, occasionaly passing him a tool or whatever else he needed. Trying to be as patient as possible, but hey, he's only six.
Finally Link finished fixing the door, and he and Willie headed for the stables, waving to Kendra as she passed by.
"dad, when can I get my own horse?" Willie asked as they made their way to the stables to get Epona. Link grinned down at him and ruffled his hair,
"when you get old enough to handle one." He said, Willie pouted and blew his hair away from his eyes.
Epona was very happy to see them, she had missed them the last few days they, Willie had been too busy with school and sword practice and Link had been busy helping some of the neighbor men build a new house.
The three galloped to lake Hylian, where Link taught Willie the thrust move and helped him actually do it. Then the two went fishing for a while, after an hour Willie caught a whopping 20 pound fish!
Link wasn't in the mood to fish after that, so the two went swimming in the lake.
"you can't catch me dad!" Willie said as he jumped into the water, Link laughed and began to swim after Willie when suddenly something popped out of the water in front of them.
It was a young Zora.
"um, hello?" Link said, the young Zora said nothing, and Willie swam behind Link, he was a little afraid, concidering he'd never seen a Zora before.
Suddenly another Zora popped out of the water a few feet away.
"Cody!" the Zora called, and Link could tell it was a girl. The young Zora turned at the sound of his name being called.
"mother! Look! I found two humans!" he said, the female Zora swam closer.
"Link! Is that you?" she said, and Link suddenly remembered who she was, his eyes widened and he swam towards shore, but Ruto wasn't going to let him get away. She swam after him, leaving Willie and Cody to stare after them.
Link pulled himself to shore, and princess Ruto jumped up after him. Cody and Willie also swam to shore, wondering what in the world was going on.
"Link! It's so good to see you!" Ruto said, hugging Link so hard his face turned red.
"Ruto… can't… breathe…" Link managed to gasp, and Ruto let go with a "sorry"
"dad, do you know her?" Willie asked, pointing Ruto. Link nodded.
"Willie, this is princess Ruto, she's the princess of the Zora's, you know, the fish-people I told you about?" Link said, Willie nodded, his eyes wide.
"actually, I'm queen of the Zora's now, my father's still alive, but he decided to retire and let me rule." Ruto said, she gestered to the young Zora next to her,
"this is my son, prince Cody." She said. Link nodded at Cody, Ruto glanced at Willie,
"and who's this fine young man, I'll certainly say, you look just like your father! I was once engaged to him you know." Ruto said, tapping Willie's nose. Willie blushed, then looked up at Link.
"you were really engaged to her?" he said, Link shook his head, "of course not! I never agreed to it!" he said. Ruto stared at him, her hands on her hips.
"you did to agree to it! You agreed to it when you took my stone!" she said,
"I did not!" Link said back Willie and Cody glanced at each other and shrugged before jumping back into water, leaving Link and Ruto to bicker.
Link and Willie didn't return home till the sun was starting to go down, after a while, he and Ruto realized they had been bickering for quite some time and decided to go home. Willie and Cody said goodbye, having become fast friends while their parents bickered.
Navi greeted the two as they walked in the door.
"so, how was the lake?" Navi asked, hovering in front of them,
"I met a new friend!" Willie said, Navi smiled, "did you now?" she said, she turned to Link.
"who's Willie's new friend?" she asked as Willie raced off to his room to play, Link rolled his eyes.
"while we were at the lake, Ruto showed up with her son, Cody. Ruto and I started arguing, so Willie and Cody played together." Link said, Navi tried hard not to laugh.
"what were you arguing about?" she asked,
"about weither or not we were once really engaged." Link said.
That was it, Navi couldn't take it. She let out a burst of laughter.
"you were actually fighting about something as dumb as that?!" Navi choked. Link glared at her.
"it's not funny Navi." He said, Navi continued laughing.
"oh yes it is!" she said. Link rolled his eyes again. Suddenly he grinned.
"are you going to stop Navi, or am I going to have to go to Kokiri forest and tell all the other fairies how you made a fool of yourself in front of that one boy-fairy you liked?" He said with a grin.
Navi immediately stopped laughing.
"that never leaves this house." She said, her face had no emotion. Link grinned at her.
"whatever you say Navi." He said. Navi glared at him. Just then, Willie came running into the room. (I was going to have Willie kidnapped here, but decided agsinst it)
"Navi! I'm building you a castle! Come and see!" he said before he turned and raced back to his room.
"I'm coming!" Navi shouted after him, she turned to Link, "you got off this time Linky," she said teasingly before she flew down the hallway to join Willie.
"come on dad! Come and see Navi's castle!" Willie called, Link grinned and started to head down the hall, but was stopped by a knock at the door. Link opened it and discovered a soldier standing at the door.
"hero of time! We need you! A cloaked figure is terrorizing the marketplace!" he said, Link sighed and nodded before grabbing his sword abd shield.
"Navi! I gotta run out for a bit, I've got work to do." He said, he heard Navi's "ok" from the next room.
He turned to the soldier and nodded, "ok, let's go." He said. The soldier nodded and led him towards the trouble.
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"you've got to be kidding me." Link said ten minutes later. He had arrived at the marketplace to find a cloaked figure standing in the middle of it, taunting the villagers. As soon as Link had appeared, the villagers started recognizing him and cheering. The cloaked figure moved on to taunting him, but it wasn't working.
Link had pulled his sword and shield out, but the figure didn't fight back. So Link walked over to the figure, as soon as he got close a squeaky voice started saying
"fear me!" Link rolled his eyes and pulled to cloak off to see a Deku scrub like creature about two feet tall, thus leading Link to say "you've got to be kidding me."
"Excuse me! I happen to be a very great evil villian!" The scrub snapped, his hands on his little hips. Link snorted and bent down to his level.
He shrugged his shoulders and shook his head, "it's not even worth it." He said, he stood up, sheathed the master sword and started walking away.
"hey! Come back here and face me!" the little scrub cried, Link waved a hand over his shoulder.
"you're not even worth it," he said, he glanced at two of the guards as he walked by.
"he's all yours." He said, the soldiers nodded and raced over to the scrub, picking his up by his arms while he shouted over and over after Link "fear me!" Link ignored him and started walking home.
"well that was a complete waste of time." He said, making his way back to his house. Navi greeted him with a smiple hello, while Willie greeted him with a grin that reminded Link of Zelda.
"com' on Willie, let's go groom Epona." Link said, nodding towards the door. Willie's eyes instantly lite up and he jumped up, ready to go. Link grinned at his enthusiasm and and led the boy to the stables. Where he proceded to lift Willie onto Epona's back so he could brush her easier. Epona stood quietly as he did, she was always gentle with Willie.
Link watched Willie's eyes shine as he brushed Epona. Willie loved animals, especially horses. When ever the two went out shopping and happened to see a horse, Willie just HAD to go and pet it.
It's almost time to get him his own horse. Link thought as he cleaned Epona's hooves with a hoof pick.
"hey dad! Can we going riding tomorrow?" Willie asked, practically bouncing up and down in excitement. Link grinned,
"sure, we'll go after you get home from school." He said, Willie smiled and hugged Epona. (hey, he's only six)
Then next day Link waited for Willie to get home so they could go riding, Willie raced out to meet Link as soon as school got out. He was eager to go riding.
Link and Willie headed to the stables, leaving Navi to relax at the house for a while. Since Willie didn't have a horse yet, he rode with Link on Epona.
The two rode all over Hyrule, stopping at the scientists's house by Lake Hylia, which Link didn't enjoy,
(flashback at Lake Hylia)
"so Link, how have you and Willie been?" the professor asked, setting down two drinks for Link and Willie.
"We've been fine." Link said as he picked up the drink the professor had placed in front of him and took a drink.
He immediately spit it out and looked into the cup, "what is this tea!?" he asked, the professor glanced at him.
"oh, you noticed, I wanted to see the effects of my new medicine." He said, Link clenched his fist, his eyes covered by his hair.
"don't use me as your guinea pig!" he snapped, setting his cup down. He noticed Willie pick up the cup and move to take a sip of it. Link quickly grabbed the cup and dumped the contents onto a plant next to where they were sitting.
"as a researcher, I have great interest in your athletic ability, ect. If you worked with me, I'd be very much in your debt…" he begged. Link stood up and took Willie by the arm, dragging him to the door.
(Link anime sweat dropped) "goodbye professor." He said, Willie waved at the professor.
(end flashback)
the two also rode to Kakariko village and played some games. Link winning several times while Willie was beside himself with joy.
By the time they were done playing some of the games, the sun was starting to set in the distance, and they had to return home.
"how was you day?" Navi asked as Link and Willie walked in the door, she flew up to them. Willie glanced up at her, his eyes dancing with excitement.
"we had lots of fun! Dad took me to the lake, and then we went to Kak… Kak.. Karkako village!" he said, Navi laughed.
"first off, it's pronounced Kakariko, and I'm glad you and your dad had a good time." Navi said, shaking her head at the young boy's excitement.
"I'm gonna go play with my toys!" Willie said before racing off, Link grinned in the direction he had gone.
"he's growing up so fast." Navi said with a sigh. "the next thing you know, he'll be getting married."
Link shuddered. "don't say that Navi, it creeps me out." Navi laughed,
"he has to go through being a teenager first, I'm looking forward to the look on your face when he starts bringing girls home." Link clapped his hands over his ears.
"I'm not listening! I'm not listening!" he said reapeatedly. Navi rolled her eyes, men, they can be so childish sometimes. (no offense to any real boys that are actually really mature, unlike two certain younger brothers that I know.)
The next chapter will still be about 6-year-od Willie, I'm planning on at least two to three chapters per age. He'll be aging through the story (obviously) But his age will be skipping around 2-3 years. So the age after this one will be about 9-10. I'm not sure yet, them we'll move on to 13, and then maybe go through each year after that. The teen years are so much more fun to write, and I've got big plans for Willie, so keep reading!
Oh, and thanks to all my reviewers, you make me feel so special. Happy 2007!
Anime Wildfire
