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Altered States

A Legend Of Zelda Fanfiction

By OJR

Part 5

"I wish you could cook like this Zelda, it's fantastic." She was an inch away from hitting him about the head when Jamie walked in for the lavishly prepared breakfast. He kissed his mum, who handed him a cup of tea.

"Morning love, your friends were just telling me about themselves. Seems that Link has some similar interests to you. Did you know he liked martial arts too? Maybe you can show him how it's done." Irene beamed at her progeny.

"Yeah…I'm sure I could." Jamie almost laughed at the fact that Link had saved a kingdom, twice, and the closest thing he'd done to heroics was distracting some robbers.

"Mrs Forbes, your cooking is delicious, you'll have to show me how to make such a nice breakfast as _Link_ here seems to have a problem with my cooking." Zelda shot a venomous glance at Link who, despite having the Triforce of Courage in his hand, always took heed that Hell had, indeed, no fury like a woman scorned and stared at his eggs. Zelda then looked at Jamie, frowned, smiled, giggled and went back to eating. He thought nothing of it and wolfed his breakfast down.

They walked to the bus stop again and, with a lot less stress, boarded a bus. Today they were finally going to hang out normally before doing some training. They left Navi to fly around in the woods to gather more ingredients for an invisibility spell or something that would allow her to be with Link and Zelda without hassle. A whole day of chilling out, shopping, eating and having a good time. You may have already guessed that this is not to be.

They had spent a good long time in the town centre, going from clothes shop to clothes shop. They had bought a lot, Zelda especially, getting into the fashions of Earth. Link had actually listened to some KoRn and decided he liked it, so he'd selected a green hoodie (hooded top) with the band name on it. Other than this statement he'd gone for the inconspicuous look, but seemed to levitate around greens, blues and reds. Zelda had also listened, and disliked, the band, so she wasn't that happy with Link's choice. She also looked normal, having bought stupid amounts of shoes, tops, skirts and jeans. They only had 5 more days left, but they intended to show the people of Hyrule where they had been and what it was like. They'd gone to a pub, where Jamie had introduced them to Strongbow Cider, which they liked. The sightseeing and explanations of such things as cinemas, nightclubs, taxis, the metric system, why all dark skinned women weren't thieves and that it really was possible that ghosts didn't appear at night.

"I still feel a little naked without my gear." Said Link as the clock chimed three.

"Don't worry, we'll spar later, you can get your aggressions out then." Jamie was eager to learn some more skills from a master of swordsmanship such as Link.

"You boys and weapons, it's almost sad." Zelda smirked as Link executed the 'one finger salute' Jamie had told him about. Jamie almost wet himself laughing at their scowls.

"In fact, maybe we should make a move. We've left Navi in the woods by herself for almost three hours. I wonder how she's doing." Link got up and put on his coat, as did the others. There seemed to be a chill that penetrated them as they left the coffee shop next to Centenary Square (A large, open square in Birmingham with the Symphony hall beside it, look in a brochure.)

"I have a bad feeling, Link. I feel something will happen soon." Zelda looked very nervous. Link looked worried too. They began to walk towards the square but the trio stopped, noticing that dark clouds had very suddenly formed above the square. The people were rushing to cover from the impending storm but the rain did not come. The angry clouds seemed to glow red and soon only Link, Zelda and Jamie were left in the square.

"You have any weapons on you at all Link?" inquired Jamie, taking a fighting stance.

"Some Deku Nuts and my Longshot." Link looked worried as he pulled the Longshot out of the bag. Something was definitely happening in the clouds and it didn't look healthy. Suddenly a bolt of blue lightning slammed into the ground before them. Anyone who was still there ran in terror, deserting the square and leaving them alone, faced with a smoking crater. From the shallow crater two figures leapt forth.

"Ahh! Lizardos! I'll handle this." Link squared off with the two lizard creatures, which wielded short swords. Link aimed his Longshot at the first and fired. It dodged the shot, just and leapt into an attack. Link scrambled to put up his weapon to deflect the sword blow and didn't notice as the other Lizardo leapt behind him and lunged for Zelda. The surprise on its face was evident as it crashed into the magical forcefield around her and staggered back, dazed. Jamie was nowhere to be seen. The shock of the assault on the forcefield also weakened Zelda and she knew that she couldn't hold him off indefinitely with her hand-to-hand skills. Still, she skilfully dodged as the lizard kicked, clawed, slashed and whipped at her with its tail. She managed to land a few blows but its leathery hide was too thick to penetrate. She began to tire as the beast leapt at her with a vicious jumping slash and she was left on one knee with her guard down as it wheeled on her again. She winced as it pounced, but the blow never came as a chain smashed the creature across the face. Jamie had taken a chain from a low chain fence and now was repeatedly assaulting the reptile with it. He the chain round and smashed the lizardo in the back of the head, almost rendering it unconscious. He leapt at it's back and wrapped the chain around it's neck, pulling it tight and choking it to death. The creature bucked and convulsed but it was too dazed to put up a real fight and so it collapsed, crumbling into dust (like the vampires in Buffy). Meanwhile, Link was still exchanging blows, using the harpoon blade to inflict damage on his opponent. It was fast, almost cutting him several times, but he'd worn it down. It lunged violently at him and he sidestepped, backhanding it across the head with the weight of the Longshot. It wheeled round for another attack, just in time to see Link let out a fearsome battle cry and strike the floor with his fist. The flaming shockwave that was Dins Fire blasted the creature back, charring its body and causing it to disintegrate into smouldering ash. The remains of the opponents, the cloud and the crater all melted away and all that remained were our three tired heroes.

They got off the bus, tired and bruised. It was lucky they had avoided the police, imagine trying to explain how you stopped two lizard men that appeared from thin air? At least they had got the shopping done. Zelda walked with her head on Link's shoulder. As they rounded the corner a girl, not more than 10, wearing a strange brown tunic and skirt, bounded up to them.

"What happened? I've been waiting for hours for you!"

"Navi?" They all facefaulted.

"I couldn't be invisible, so I grew instead." She beamed at her achievement. Jamie looked pale.

"How am I gonna explain this away?" he mused…perhaps it was Zelda's little sister, come to visit…or one of Hannah's friends…

He groaned.

Authors Note: Sorry that these chapters are becoming shorter and more sporadic. I'm trying to keep a constant stream going. Anyhow, comments please, I don't think this chapter is as good as my first three. Also, if you want Chapter 4 removed, post a reason and I'll comply…but don't expect any of my kitty treats!