Mido's Bad Day

This is a short story written from the POV of that little jerk, Mido, and yes we get to find out why he's so cranky. No it's not constipation, read on! Btw, this story utilizes the time-honored literary devise of in medias res, or for all you Latin scholars out there: In the Middle of Things. Basically, I start Mido in his bad mood, then we find out why he's mad, then the denouement of the story! My Goddesses I should write a glossary of literary terms alone! Oh, I also winged the dialogue because I don't know exactly what the words are and I'm too lazy to check. ;)

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"I'm sorry Mido, I-I just can't. I like Link, I hope we can still be friends."

Her words stuck into me like a dagger. How could she? How could she reject me a Kokiri, for that outsider? What did I do wrong? Ooo, Link was gonna get it this time.

Tire ran up to me as I walked away from Saria's house. "Mido!" he shouted, "Link got a fairy! Quick, we gotta do something about this, I heard that the Deku Tree summoned him!"

My mouth dropped. I couldn't believe it. The outsider got summoned before I did. "Screw it," I said, with a mouthful of contempt, "There's no way I'm gonna let the little dork get to play the hero."

I walked out to the entrance to the Great Deku's Meadow and stood there. Oh, he'd come soon enough, and I'd be there, staring him down. I'm the King of the Kokiri; nobody can challenge that. Nobody.

I waited, it must have been like fourteen minutes. Oh wait, here he comes now. "Where do you think you're going?" I said with a nice grin. He stared at me. This kid was the quiet type, no kidding. I don't think I've heard him say a word, just grunt and yell out.

"Well?" I then said, "You do know you can't see the Great Deku Tree unless you have a sword and shield, right?" I was laughing inside. Of course you don't need a sword and shield, it's just something I thought up on the fly. Really, I'm a clever guy, dontcha think?

So the little screwball ran off and I waited. I wouldn't let him trick me.

He came back ten minutes later. I groaned when I saw he had the Kokiri Sword. I've been searching for that for twelve years now and he finds it in ten minutes. I hate him! I walked aside and let him pass, maybe a Deku Baba would eat him.

I walked back to my house and sat down on my bed. A leaf blew in the window and I saw Saria's house when I looked out the window. It made me so sad, I mean, I'm the King of the Kokiri, and she rejected me! How could she? How could he? He doesn't even like her and she likes him, well actually, I don't know if he likes her, I never have the time to check.

I remember my rejection as if it was yesterday.