It was now night time in Lee's neighborhood. 11 PM to be exact. The snow storm still raged on outdoors, turning the entire landscape into a white tundra. Lee, Link and Saria were still playing "Super Smash brothers." They were in the middle of a four-stock free for all battle. Link, who had chosen Fox, was near the brink of elimination with only one stock left, and with eighty eight percent damage. Lee, who picked Sonic, had two stocks left, and was at fifty-four percent damage.

And Saria, who Link accused of using every known exploit and glitch known to mankind with her Mii, only lost one life, and stayed at thirty percent.

"How is she not taking damage right now?" Link's voice hit a soprano note, which caused Lee to guffaw at the unexpectedness of it. "I've hit her with shield breakers and everything, and she's still phasing through all my attacks!" He started mashing the controller buttons furiously, hoping to get any advantage.

Unfortunately, Link was so focused on damaging Saria, he didn't see Lee's Sonic creep up behind his Fox.

"Yes! YES! I almost got her! I almost..." Link trailed off when he saw his character get knocked off the stage by Lee's, ruining his attempted comeback flurry.

"FOX MCCLOUD DEFEATED!" the announcer voice bellowed.

Link could only stare at the screen blankly as Lee and Saria continued to duke it out. He wanted to say something, but the more he tried, the more it sounded like blubbering. Unable to process what was now his fifteenth loss today, he slowly retracted himself into the fetal position on the couch, and began to cry. Lee and Saria saw this, and felt pity for him. Link's competitiveness got the best of him once again.

"I've never seen him take a losing streak so badly before," Lee said, observing his broken friend. "it's honestly shocking to me."

"Maybe we should call it a night?" Saria suggested. "I'm afraid of what would happen if he took another loss tonight."

Lee nodded. "Probably the best for his mental health."

He got up from the sofa, walked over to the television, and shut off the Wii U that was set in front of it. He then walked over to Link, who was still sobbing uncontrollably.

"Link," Lee said. The blonde did not respond.

"Link," Lee said a bit more forcefully.

Still nothing but tears. Lee sighed in exasperation.

"I'm going to regret doing this..." Lee took a deep breath, and hummed, getting his voice into the right pitch.

"DAPHNES!"

At the sound of that name, Link snapped out of his sorrow-induced trance, and leaped up onto his feet, his eyes glaring daggers at Lee. Before Lee could do or say anything, Link grabbed Lee by his shirt collar, and roughly pulled him in.

"I thought we agreed to never call me by that name again?" Link growled.

"We did," Lee said, pulling Link's arm off him. "But you were so deep into your self pity, that it was the only realistic way to get you out of that trance."

Link relaxed his stance, but continued to glare at Lee.

"Look, I'm sorry for calling you 'you-know-what,' but you're my homie, and I can't just leave you out hear all night crying your eyes out."

"You still could've done something other than calling me that," Link countered. "I don't ever ,"want to be reminded of him."

"I said I'm sorry, okay?" Lee rubbed his forehead. He really didn't want to start an argument.

Link started to say something, but was cut off by a loud buzzing sound coming from the coffee table. everyone looked down, and saw that it was Lee's cellphone ringing. He picked it up and looked at the caller ID.

"It's my moms!" he exclaimed, pushing the "talk" button. "I hope she's okay."

As Lee walked away to talk with his mom, Saria walked over to link, who was still frowning at Lee. She put a hand on his shoulder, which caused him to look at her.

"He really didn't mean to get you angry," she said softly, her blue eyes shining with compassion.

Link let out a heavy, rueful sigh. "I know," he replied. "But I hate that name. It brings up too many bad memories for me." Tears started to form in his eyes.

Saria nodded understandingly, and decided to let the subject go. She knew how hard it was for the blonde to even talk about those events without breaking down.

"I've got some bad news, ya'll," Lee announced as he walked back to Link and Saria.

"What's wrong?" Link asked, noticing his friends worried expression. "Did she get into a car accident?"

"Nah, she's okay," he said, relieving his friends of any worry they had. "She's at my Uncle James' place. She just told me the storm got so bad outside, nobody could get to their cars. Thankfully, Uncle James came by on a plow and took her to his house."

"I don't see how that's exactly bad news," Saria interjected. "She got to a safe place."

"I was getting to that. Uncle James told her that the snow on the ground is so high, that the cops are telling everybody to stay indoors, because it might take a whole week before all the snow is cleared."

"Oh, God," Link groaned, covering his face with his hands. "My mom is gonna kill me. I told her I'd be back by tomorrow night." Saria gave the blonde boy a reassuring pat on the back.

"I'm sure she'd understand, bro," Lee said. "She's probably knows about the situation outside by now."

"Sure she will," Link flopped back down on the sofa. "She's way to over protective of me, and she gets mad if I'm not home by a specified time."

"Then why don't you call her tomorrow morning?" Saria suggested.

"Maybe," he mumbled.

"Just sleep on it for now, bro," Lee said. "It can wait till tomorrow."

Link let out a barely audible "Whatever", and pulled the blankets over him. "Just don't make too much noise when you and Saria go into your room, okay?"

Saria shot Link an angry look, her face awash in crimson. Lee glared at him as well, but bit his tongue, not wanting to say something else he'd regret later. After a few moments, he muttered, "...Let's just go to bed," and stormed off to his room, Saria following close behind.

Link, meanwhile, let a smug smile spread across his face, relishing his victory over Lee.


"I should've known he'd pull that card..." Lee grumbled after he closed his bedroom door. Saria laughed.

"You two fight like you've been married for thirty years," Saria replied. "If I didn't know any better, I'd start to think I was just the third wheel!"

"Oh, stop with that mess, girl!" Lee chuckled as he took his shirt off. "Me and Link go all the way back since we was in diapers, but you're always going to be my number one." He discarded his shirt, and turned to face Saria. "Besides, me and him wouldn't last a full ninety days with all the fighting we'd be doing."

"So I guess I'll never get to be the Maid of Honor at your wedding," Saria said in mock sadness.

Lee chuckled again. "Probably. But why be a Maid of Honor..."

Lee pulled Saria close to him, and gently nibbled on her ear, causing her to shiver in pleasure.

"...When you know you're already more to me than that?" His voice became deep, suave. The bedroom voice Saria came to know very well during their time together.

Saria's reply was a forceful kiss on the lips. They briefly fought for dominance over each other, but Lee overpowered her, backing her into the door. He quickly took advantage of this, and slid his hands up her t-shirt.

As soon as he got to her breasts, he stopped in surprise. He was expecting Saria to be wearing a bra, but all his hands felt was soft skin.

"You went commando?" he said quizzically. "No wonder your chest was freezing earlier!"

Saria gave a sultry laugh, and smirked. "Well, aren't you going to warm them up, then?"

Lee didn't need any further invitation.


It was a dark and stormy night. Despite the cliché that usually comes with the phrase, it was really the best way to describe the scene.

Lee found himself in front of a giant pyramid-shaped corporate building. At least he guessed it was a corporate building. They usually had a giant sign or logo that was attached to or placed in front of the building, but he didn't see any.

"Where am I?" he thought aloud. Despite the heavy rain, Lee could tell he definitely wasn't in his neighborhood, but it didn't look like any area he'd been to in the city's downtown core. He also noticed the entire place looked deserted, something that never happened in his city. He walked up to the doors of the building and peered inside. To the teenager's surprise, the entire building looked completely deserted, despite all of it's lights being on.

"Something is very, very off here," Lee said, feeling very confused. "But I don't know exactly what it is."

"I know exactly how you feel right now," a voice responded. Lee immediately recognized who it was. He looked to his left and saw Link, wearing his trademark floppy green beanie, walking towards him.

"What're you doing here?" Lee was totally at a loss at what was going on. That, and he was amazed that Link could still see with his bangs practically plastered to his face.

The blonde shrugged. "I would say the same to you, but that wouldn't get us nowhere." He looked at the building. "I can't say I recognize the building either."

"That makes two of us," Lee said. "This shit looks like something from a Matrix knock off."

Link snorted. "Except whoever this belongs to obviously has a bigger budget than the Wachowskis."

"Regardless, we ain't gonna figure out nothing by standing here," Lee summarized. "Why don't we go over there and-

The sound of screeching tires cut off the rest of Lee's words. The duo whirled around just in time to see a grey car zoom past them just mere feet away. By the time either boy could fully figure out what had happened, the car was already gone into the darkness. After a minute had passed, they looked at each other with dread written on their faces. There was only two reasons a car would be speeding all that fast: The driver was either racing someone, or it was trying to get the hell away from something, and fast.

Suddenly, Lee felt the hairs on his neck stand up. The air around him was starting to become stiff and cold. He could feel a strange, almost crushing force surrounding him. He looked around frantically, but he didn't see anyone else but Link, who looked like he was visibly trying to resist the dark force that suddenly around them. Before either once could question what was happening, a flash of dark purple blinded them; and both teenagers suddenly felt themselves being launched ten feet into the air. Lee wanted to scream, but the wind was knocked out of his lungs.

Almost as fast as they had been blown into the air, they found themselves falling back to the ground. Lee landed face-first on the hard concrete with a loud, wet, smack. Link got slightly luckier, landing in a nearby fountain pool. Lee attempted to push himself back up on his feet, only to feel intense pain to shoot through his body. He flopped back down onto his belly, gasping for air as he did; the pain all but crippling his ability to move. Link, meanwhile, managed to drag himself out of the fountain, the water having broken his fall.

"Urghmph..." was Link's unintelligible grunt as he spat the excess fountain water from his mouth. His ears were still ringing from the blast, and he wasn't sure if he was either dreaming, or simply in the wrong place at the worst possible time. After a few tries, he managed to get back on his feet. He scanned the area around him, and didn't see who or what caused the blast, but he did see Lee lying down on the concrete, unmoving. Without hesitation, he ran over to his best friend, hoping he was still alive.

As soon as he got there, he put two fingers to the side of Lee's neck, checking for a pulse. His fear was quickly replaced with relief when he felt Lee's pulse still going strong. Knowing that his best friend was still alive, Link slowly rolled him onto his back, taking care not to aggravate any possible fractures. Lee winced at the movement, but didn't protest.

"You able to move on your own?" Link asked with concern.

Lee groaned before responding. "Yeah... But it hurts like hell if I try. That explosion fucked me up. Are you alright?"

Link chuckled mirthlessly. "Just barely," he said. "I got lucky and landed in a fountain. I'm probably gonna get pneumonia after this though."

"You'd still be in less pain than me," Lee snorted. "I just wish I could sit up without-"

The sound of approaching heavy footsteps made Lee cut off the rest of his boys looked in the direction the sound was coming from, but he couldn't make out anything in the near-pitch darkness. Instinctively, Link got into a fighting stance, knowing that whoever this was, was also the person responsible for the blast.

The footsteps kept getting closer and closer. The crushing force Link an Lee had felt earlier was now returning, but this time it was much stronger. Lee's breath grew quicker, frantic. He was virtually immobile, and even if he could stand, he knew that the pain in his body would work against any movement. Link himself was scared as well, but kept standing his ground, not willing to let anything harm Lee.

The footsteps stopped. The boys stiffened, unsure of what was going to happen next. A deep, almost guttural laugh echoed throughout the plaza, causing the boys to shudder.

"So this is the new chosen Hero," a voice said. "A boy with no clue as to who he really is."

"Chosen Hero?" Link whispered to himself. "Is he talking about me?"

Whoever was in the shadows must have heard him, because another laugh filled the air. "So, you can finally talk, kid. I was wondering when they would allow you to."

"Yo, what is this guy talking about?" Lee grunted, forcing himself off the ground.

"I'm as clueless as you are, man," Link replied.

"And you will remain that way, Hero," the voice said. A pair of yellow glowing eyes shone in the ebbing darkness, causing Link to take a step back. "I've waited millennia for this chance to return, and I will be damned if I let you or the goddesses stop me again!"

Suddenly the boys each found themselves surrounded by two sets of three red ethereal triangles. Both struggled vainly in an attempt to break out. The voice laughed at their pitiful attempt. A large purple ball of fire began to glow just below the glowing eyes

"I'm sorry that I've gotta do this to you as well, Red," the voice said, addressing Lee. "But one thing I've learned from my previous incarnations is that I can't afford to take any chances with the Goddesses whatsoever. Nothing personal."

The fire blasted itself towards the boys at high speed. Completely helpless, they could only stare in horror as the ball of fire got closer...


Lee woke up with a start, gasping for air. His head felt like it was spinning, and his heart was pounding. Quickly, Lee sat up and inspected his body. Aside from his skin sweating bullets, he didn't appear to have any injuries, which he was thankful for. Letting out a sigh of relief, he looked next to him and saw the sleeping form of Saria. Unlike him, she appeared to be at peace in her dreams, smiling serenely. Lee chuckled lightly at the adorableness of his girlfriend, but his mind was soon consumed by his own swirling thoughts.

That was freaky! That nightmare felt way too real. I dunno what was up with whoever that guy in the shadows was, but there was definitely something mystical about him. What did he mean when he called Link "the Chosen Hero"? Goddesses? And just who was in that car? Were they the owners of that weird building?

After mulling these questions over for several minutes, Lee simply huffed and laid back down next to Saria, unable to draw a concrete conclusion.

I don't even know why I'm thinking so hard about this. It was only a dream. A fucking scary one, but nonetheless...

Unbeknownst to Lee, Link had the exact same dream. And just like Lee, he was sitting on the couch trying to figure out the significance of the dream, if there was even any.

"The Chosen Hero..." the blonde mused to himself. "What did he mean by that? And who are these 'Goddesses' he was talking about? And how did he know who I was?"

The blonde shook his head. "The more I think about this, the more ridiculous it gets. But it felt so real. And that building..."

Link sighed and lied back down. He wasn't going to get answers to this anytime soon.

As Link and Lee laid down on their respective beds, the nightmare that had plagued both of them still stirred in the back of their minds, preventing them from sleeping. They simply wanted to dismiss it as a simple nightmare, but there was something about it that wouldn't let their minds rest...


If you're interested so far, feel free to drop a review. This is my first Legend of Zelda fic, so any constructive criticism is welcome. :)

Cheers,

S.J.