Author's note: I'm back. Sorry it took longer than I expected to post this chapter, but now it's up. So here you go.
Disclaimer: I do not own Legend of Zelda, which is just the sad, sad truth.
Chapter eight: Preparations
After Link returned The Master Sword to it's sheath, Link explained to Rusl what Fi was, as well as what her purpose was for when she helped the First Hero, finishing his explanation just in time for dinner. Dinner was as boring as always to Link, though he found it funny at how Zelda wanted to learn everything that she could about life as a civilian. Anyway, once everyone finished dinner, Zelda borrowed Link's phone to call her father and let him know about the change of plan, while Link went to grab some things from his room. When Link came back down the stairs, he was holding a pair of his clothes in one hand, and his wallet in the other.
"Why do you have those?" Zelda asked Link when she got off the phone. "Well, we need to go to the seamstress to get your uniform made. Since we need to do that, you need to wear these while in your guise as Sheik so as to not bring attention to yourself as a Sheikah," Link explained, trying to put it in a way that would not offend Zelda. Understanding, Zelda transformed into Sheik and asked Link to lead him to the bathroom so he could change into the clothes.
A few minutes later, Sheik came back out of the bathroom wearing the clothes and smiling. Then, Link left a note on the table telling his parents where he and Zelda/Sheik were going, before leading Sheik out the door and to the seamstress's house, arriving a few minutes later. Being respectful, Link and Sheik quietly entered the seamstress's house, being greeted immediately by the woman of the house herself.
"Hi Illia," Link said happily. "Hi Lincoln. And who is this handsome boy you brought along with you?" Illia asked quizzically while eying Sheik.
"This is Sheik. He is going to start going to The Knight Academy as of tomorrow, so we came to you in the hopes that you could make him a uniform in time for it," Link explained. "Okay. I just need his measurements so that I can do it," Illia replied while grabbing the required tools for it. "It will be done by six tomorrow morning, so come back then," Illia said with a smile once she was done taking Sheik's measurements.
Once Link and Sheik got back to Link's house, it was nine p.m., so Link showed Zelda, who had returned to normal as soon as they entered, to the guest room where she would be staying. Once Zelda was tucked in, Link pulled out his ocarina and played Zelda's lullaby, which helped her go to sleep, leaving a beautiful smile on her face, as she knew her loved one will always be there to save and protect her. When Link knew that Zelda was asleep, he gently kissed her on the forehead, before quietly leaving and heading to sleep in his bed for the night
Six the next morning
Link woke up with a start, as his alarm went off by playing Shinedown's song: I'm Alive. Remembering what Illia said the day before, Link quickly got up and dressed in his school uniform and packing his tunic in his adventure pouch, before quietly going and waking Zelda up. Once he reached the guest bedroom, he quietly opened the door to find that Zelda was still asleep, so he gently sat down on the bed to wake her up. "Zel, time to wake up," Link said while gently shaking Zelda.
"Good morning Link," Zelda said upon opening her eyes, smiling as she saw him. "It's time to go get your uniform," Link said, smiling back at her, to which she nodded in affirmation. After Zelda quickly transformed to Sheik, they quietly left the house to get Sheik's new uniform. Once Link and Sheik made it to Illia's house, Link knocked on the door due to the early hour, then entered with Sheik, realizing once they got in that Illia was asleep. "Illia, it's time to wake up," Link said with a smile, lightly shaking her.
"Five more minutes," Illia mumbled sleepily in response to Link, which caused both Link and Zelda to giggle at her because of how she was acting. "Time to wake up Illia," Link said, tickling her stomach, which woke her right up. "Morning Lincoln. Here's Sheik's uniform," Illia said once she got herself under control from laughing, holding out the uniform. "That'll be fifty rupees," Illia said after Link took the set of clothes from her.
After handing Illia the rupees, Link showed Sheik to the changing rooms, and Sheik was finished changing a few minutes later. After thanking Illia, Link and Sheik headed back to Link's house, entering right when Rusl got to the bottom of the steps holding a piece of paper in his hand. "Oh good, you're up," Rusl said to Sheik, handing him the paper. "What's this?" Sheik asked politely.
"Your schedule," Rusl replied, which caused Link to look over Sheik's shoulder, though his jaw dropped when he saw what classes Sheik was getting."These are the same classes as mine!" Link exclaimed, obviously excited.
"Yes they are. I set it up as such so that if anything important comes up during school hours, you would be able to speak to each other," Rusl explained while getting set to head out. "Make sure to have breakfast, and then come to school immediately so that you can show Sheik his classes," Rusl then said, leaving right after. Of course, that's exactly what they did.
End note: In my story, Illia is a few years older than Link, but they grew up together. Also, I'm sorry if the end to this chapter was a bit strange, but I honestly couldn't think of any other way to end it. Anyway, it might take a while to post the next chapter for two reasons. Firstly, I haven't put enough thought into what I am going to do for next chapter, let alone started it. Second and lastly, this morning, my parents found the papers to my original story that I lent to my mother several months ago, so I will be typing that up and hopefully posting the first chapter really soon.
As always, thanks for the views and I would gratefully accept your constructive criticism, my dear viewers. I hope you have enjoyed this story thus far, and I hope you follow my stories so that I can see you next time.
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