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Chapter 11: Substitute
Yesterday was pretty unproductive. After all the snow was gone we only went out to get some dinner. Sheik and Midna were nowhere to be found but they both appeared a few hours after dinner. What they were doing, is still a mystery. Today we're back at school and its Sheik's first official day at Hyrule academy. He's been coping with his new roommate; I haven't actually met him in person yet. I am in science at the moment; Ruto's been ignoring me for a while now. I can see why she would since she thought that Link and I were supposedly 'together'. I should explain to her, but I don't want to hurt her feelings at the same time.
"Alright class, we have a science project coming up and you are all working in pairs, you may choose who to work with" Mr Rupin announced. I could hear faint footsteps coming from behind me and a hand tapped my shoulder, I turned around to see Groose grinning at me.
"Hey Zelda, wanna work together?"
"Sure... I don't see why not."
"Yes!" Groose exclaimed and walked back to his seat and his friends all winked at him. He noticed me looking at him and spread a wide smile across his face as he smoothed his hair. Link, who was sitting at the far table gave Groose a disgusted look, I tried hard to contain my laughter.
I sat in my history classroom; I guess I was a bit early. I looked around the classroom for a while until the rest of the students rushed in. Ruto walked in the classroom and looked at me and gasped. I smiled weakly at her. She looked around trying to find another spot to sit but I gestured her to sit next to me. First she hesitated but then decided to sit next to me.
"Look Ruto, I know what you're thinking. Link and I have nothing going on"
"Sure you don't" Ruto scoffed, still trying to avoid eye contact with me.
"I'm being serious Ruto!" She slowly turned around to face me.
"Ugh! I shouldn't be so angry about this, and it's not like Link and I are dating, he has the right to choose who he wants to be with," Ruto let out a small sigh "Sorry Zel..."
I smiled and placed my hand on Ruto's back. "It's okay Ruto..." She returned the smile.
We soon got interrupted by Miss Ashei walking into the classroom. The class all went silent.
"Good morning students" Miss Ashei cleared her throat. "You're probably wondering why I am here," the class nodded "Unfortunately Mr Owlan has fallen ill due to the horrible weather, you will be having a substitute while he is recovering. I don't know when Mr Owlan will be back but when he recovers he will return."
The class whined and moaned. Mr Owlan was a cool teacher, the whole class found his presence delightful. Miss Ashei ignored the class. She gestured for the substitute to come inside. A big man stepped in. He was a Gerudo. His hair was fiery orange, and his presence made everyone uncomfortable, including me... something was off about him.
"He looks creepy" Ruto whispered into my ear.
"I know right, but who knows what he'll be like?"
"Everyone, let me introduce you to Mr Dragmire"
"Good morning class" He said in a low and evil tone. This didn't feel right, I glanced around and saw Link sitting there looking extremely uncomfortable. He looked like he could start raging any minute. He started crumbling his paper with his hands with a frustrated expression. Mr Dragmire noticed him and smirked.
"I will be leaving you alone with this class now Mr Dragmire." Miss Ashei said. She then looked over to us sternly "Please behave" and with that she left the room. The whole class remained silent.
Mr Dragmire chucked "Why, this is quite a quiet classroom. This is how I want my classroom to be." He started walking around the classroom examining each student "I will not hear any whining, do not question me! And you will all do as I say" Ruto clung onto my arm with fear, all the students, even the loud and brave ones, remained silent. I could see some of them shaking a little bit. Mr Dragmire reached Link and eyed him. "What's wrong my boy?" A small grin spread on his face.
"Nothing sir..." Link said, still in a frustrated mood. He tried to avoid eye contact. A few seconds later Mr Dragmire slammed his hand hard onto the table; this gave the whole class a shock. Link finally looked into Mr Dragmire's eyes. Their gazes locked onto each other.
"That's better." He muttered, as he walked away from link. Link sighed and ran his hand through his hair. Something was bothering him, I strangely felt worried for Link in a way. Soon Mr Dragmire walked over to me and Ruto. I felt my palms beginning to sweat; I gulped and tried to look normal as possible.
"Girl, what's your name?" Mr Dragmire eyed me closely.
"Z-Zelda" I stuttered. "Zelda Harkinian." He smirked again. He ran his eyes around the classroom then walked back to the front. I noticed Link was giving me a worried look, I returned the look.
"How am I going to survive this class now? His presence is bad enough" Ruto whispered into my ear.
"I have a bad feeling about him... Somethings just not right" I added.
"Silence!" Mr Dragmire interrupted. He looked at us sternly. Ruto gasped and positioned herself to face the teacher properly.
"Now I have been assigned by Mr Owlan that you will read the last few pages from where you left off last lesson in your textbooks, am I correct?" The class nodded and reached into their bags for their textbooks. Mr Dragmire sat down on the teacher's desk; the chair was too small to fit a big body like his. He took out some papers and began reading over them. At times he would glance around the room, especially at me and Link. The classroom was never this silent, in a normal lesson with Mr Owlan he would often crack a few jokes and make learning seem fun to those who weren't fond of it. To be honest I didn't mind if our classroom was like this, but for the other students it made them feel very uncomfortable. I glanced over to Link, clear frustration was written all over his face. I didn't understand what made him feel that way... Should I ask him why? Maybe later when the time is right. At last the bell rang. All the students literally rushed out of the classroom, I followed from behind.
I took a seat next to Karane and Midna, the day has already been exhausting.
"Have you guys seen the new history sub?" Karane asked. Chills went down my spine.
"You mean Mr Dragmire?" I replied.
"Yeah him! He's kind of creepy" Karane shivered.
I looked around the cafeteria "Hey do you know where Sheik is? I'm just wondering if he's doing okay since it's his first day you know."
"I'm sure he'll be fine" Midna said as she put her hand on my shoulder.
"Speaking of which, where did you and Sheik go off to yesterday?"
"Ooh! What did I miss?" Karane raised an eyebrow. A small blush appears on Midna's face.
"Nothing, we just talked." Midna quietly replied.
"Is our Middie in love?" Karane teased.
"It's not that easy for me to fall in love anymore Karane, and you know why" Midna tried to avoid eye contact with me and Karane.
"Look at me Mid" Karane want over to Midna and lifted her chin up so she could face her.
"I know this might be hard for you... But you've got to move on. You can't just live your whole life in the past; I know you need someone to fill in the emptiness." Midna was deep in thought for a while. Soon she let out a small smile "Thanks for the advice Karane, I'll keep that in mind"
Karane then looked over to me. "So Zel', how do you feel about Midna dating your brother?"
I honestly haven't thought about that. Midna and Sheik? I had to admit they look very cute together. Sheik would always put on a smile whenever he was around her. That's all I've ever wanted, happiness for the people I loved.
"I have no problem with that at all!" I said joyfully. Midna blushed and Karane did a happy dance.
"See! Zel approves!" Karane clapped her hands together.
Lunch was going to be over soon "Better get my books ready for my next class"
"Alright then, I'll see you later" Karane waved as I stood up and left the table.
I walked over to my locker to get out my books for magic class. Once again I heard sounds of people talking in the classroom nearest to my locker. Without thinking I walked up to the door and leaned my head against it to hear the conversation. I looked through the window to see that it was no other than Link and Dark.
"He... He's here again..."
"Well, what are you going to do about it?"
"She can't go anywhere near him... This is really bad"
"You'll just have to be extra protective this time."
"What if I fail?"
"Stop thinking about the past Link!"
The past? What is he talking about? The more I got to know Link the more mysterious he seemed. I couldn't help but hear more. I felt bad about eavesdropping but something in my mind told me this was something I should know.
"You're right..." There was a moment of silence before Sark spoke up.
"You're going to have to tell her before his plans come into action"
"I don't know if I should... And even if I tell her she won't believe me."
"I guess there's only one way she would find out and that's through her dreams."
What dreams? I thought. Could he be talking about...? The dreams I've been having? But I wasn't even sure if they were talking about me in the first place.
"I better get going to class now". Link walked towards the door, I hurried away not trying to get caught by either Link or Dark. But instead I accidentally ran into someone. I let out a small yelp.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't see you there." I said as my face was facing the floor. I slowly looked up to see that it was Mr Dragmire.
"Someone's in a rush" he snickered.
"I just don't want to be late to class sir."
"Zelda Harkinian was it?" Mr Dragmire stepped closer to me. I felt something stinging on my right hand, the closer he got, the more it stung. But I decided to ignore it.
"Yes". Before he could do anything I heard someone yell my name from behind.
"ZELDA!" it was Link, he ran towards me. "Zelda we better get to class" Link said as he avoided eye contact with Mr Dragmire. "Sir, if you'll excuse us…"
"Very well" Mr Dragmire said. Link grabbed my arm forcefully and we left to magic class.
The walk was silent. Links hand was now interlocked with mine. His face seemed very annoyed.
"What was that all about?" I asked.
"Nothing... Just promise me one thing?"
"Yeah?"
"Stay away from that man" Link said in a serious tone.
We arrived at our magic class, Miss Fanandi stood up from her chair.
"Good afternoon class, today we will be learning how to make red healing potion."
Link sat down at his usual spot while I sat in mine. My mind was filled with confusion. I didn't get any of this. What's going on with Link? And what's this huge secret thing? Thinking about these things really got me frustrated. I would have to ask Link sometime. While I was engrossed in my own thoughts, I didn't pay any attention to my surroundings.
"Hello? Zelda?" Ruto waved a hand in front of my face. I didn't respond until a few seconds later. I lifted my head up to see that everyone in the class was staring at me. My face turned red in embarrassment. How long have I been zoning out?
"Is everything alright dear?" Miss Fanandi took off her glasses and looked me in the eye.
"Ahh... Yes miss" I said shyly.
"Please pay attention now honey"
I nodded and took my notes out. The class turned back to focus on the teacher. Ruto nudged me with her elbow.
"Hey Zelda, what were you thinking about?"
"Oh just nothing"
"If you say so, but if you need to talk, I'll be here." Ruto winked at me then soon turned back to face the board.
"Alright everyone, only one month until the Goddess festival." Orielle announced. "We need to practice lots! Let's take it from the top again"
We began playing Ballad of the Goddess once again. I was getting better and better each time we had rehearsal. I couldn't wait to attend the goddess festival. The festival was always held in castle town. When I was in Kakariko I could never go since it was so far away. In the festival, you are supposed to bring a partner with you. I don't know who I'm going with. But it's a month away and honestly I didn't mind if I didn't go with anyone. The music ended with a wonderful grand finish.
Orielle clapped her hands together "That was amazing guys! We are going to do great at the festival" the band cheered. Fledge looked over at me and I smiled at him, he looked away with his face light pink.
After Rehearsal, Orielle, Fledge and I walked back to our dorms. I was planning to go to Castle Town tonight to do some shopping for Christmas. I almost forgot that Christmas was coming in one week, time flies... I opened my room door and flicked the light switches on. I dumped my bags on the floor and fell onto my bed. I pulled out my phone to see any messages. 1 voice mail from mum. "Hmm... Let's hear this" I said to myself. I pressed the play button.
"Hello dear, it's your mum! We've missed you heaps, how are you? Christmas is coming soon and you have one week off right? Well we want you to come home for Christmas! And please, bring your friends too! I would love to meet them. I've already informed Sheik about this. Please call soon. Love mum and dad."
I stared up at the ceiling. A small smile crept onto my face.
"This is going to be a fun Christmas…"
So the next chapter is going to be a Christmas special and ill probably post it on Christmas eve, somewhere around that time. I hope you all will survive the apocalypse. Or else you won't get to find out what happens in the end! Even if it does happen. I'm sure our brave hero link will save the world. Yes he will.
Have a nice day! And please review :3
