A big "thank-you" to Songwind for reviewing my story!!!! At least someone cares…heh heh. Alright, here's chapter 2! (Oh, btw, I hope you all can understand the switches in points-of-view between Link and Arden. I'm a spaz, I know, but I can't do anything about it)

Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda or anyone in it.

I opened my eyes and gagged. Whatever was being waved under my nose was disgusting. I moaned, and looked around. Link and some weird-looking lady was standing over me.

"Are you alright now?" he asked. He looked worried. Well, it was his fault I got hurt again. Anger swept over me.

"Am I okay?" I screeched. "Am I okay?! First, I get zapped to this weird world, scared out of my mind. Then I get attacked by this warrior on horseback. When I finally wake up and think I'm safe, I get attacked AGAIN by the same warrior, and nearly get killed when he holds a massive sword against my neck! Then, after my life flashes before my eyes, I start to go again, and I collapse from the wound I received earlier on the back of the head from that Goddamned warrior. To top that off, I must have landed on something sharp, because I'm bandaged up! And you ask if I'm alright. Of course I'm not!" I was furious. All I wanted to do was go home.

"Shhhh, quiet," the hag said.

"Don't tell me to be quiet!" I yelled. I noticed that my shirt was off. Thank God they didn't remove my bra. Perverts. I grabbed my shirt and stumbled to my feet. "Listen, ma'am, thank you very much for treating me. I'll--"

"The one you should thank is this young man over here. If it wasn't for him, you could be dead right now," she said, cackling. I turned to face Link. He was smiling haughtily, and had his arms crossed over his chest. I pulled my tanktop on, bloodstains and all. I shot a fake smile at him.

"Well, anyways, how much do you want?" I asked the woman, pulling my wallet out of my back pocket. I always kept it there, but never had an actual use for it. Funny how things turn out. "Fifty? Seventy-five?" I asked, shuffling through my cash. I pulled out the whole wad. My 'rents were loaded. Which would explain their disappearance off the face of the earth for three months. They went to Aruba or something. Heh, not like I was paying attention when they were talking to me. But having the whole house to myself the whole summer sounded cool, so I let them go without any hassles.

"What kind of joke is this?" Link asked rudely, pulling my money out of my hands.

"Joke? Who's laughing?" I snapped, grabbing my bills back. "Lady, name your price. My folks aren't short on cash."

"Cash?" she asked. Then I realized what the "joke" was. I sighed. I was in "Hyrule" now, and they had rupees, not dollars. Ha Ha, the joke's on me, then.

"You...this isn't your currency, is it?" I asked sheepishly, shoving it back into my wallet. I pushed it into my back pocket again, and as I did, moved the wound. It stung like fire.

"No," they said simultaneously. I sighed again.

"Then I have nothing to give you. I'm sorry." Link pulled out some sort of a bag and placed some rupees on the counter. As he did this, he grinned devilishly at me. Good-for-nothing bastard.

"It's apparently been taken care of," the hag said, greedily counting the money. Link shot me another haughty smile. I was livid, but I didn't show it.

"Thank you...both. I'll be on my way now," I said, jerking around. That was stupid. Bleep that bleeping wound. I grasped my side, and walked out of the door.

*Link*
The hag turned to me.

"You keep an eye on her." she said.

"I can't take my eyes off her," I retorted with a smile.

"She's a pip, all right, but she got a good soul. I can feel it."

"Well, thank you," I said, and walked out. She was at the bottom of the stairs, looking for and exit. Thank the goddesses this back area was fenced in. I took a deep breath, and jumped down in front of her.

"You just love to do that, don't you?!" she exclaimed, jumping backwards. I grinned. I don't know what came over me when I saw her, but my ego seemed to grow every time I opened my mouth. "Well, whatever." She started to leave again.

"Wait!" I said as she headed up the stairs to the other potion shop.

"What?!" she snapped, turning around. My, she was good-looking when she was angry.

"Do you have any idea where you're going?" I asked, running up to her.

"Well...I...no, but," she stuttered.

"Exactly," I said, very content with my quick thinking.

*Arden*
I had to think of something real fast.

"Well then, I guess you're going to have to stay with me until I find my way home." I sighed, because I knew staying with him was the only way I was going to survive here. He was so cocky…I couldn't stand it. He opened the door for me and moved his hand as to say "ladies first", and almost slapped my ass. He sighed.

"Are people where you're from always this boring?" he asked with a yawn.

"Hey, you brought this upon yourself," I said. "If you hadn't hurt me, you wouldn't be dealing with me now."

"Well, I guess I could use a companion or something. Can you fight?" he asked, heading out of the front of the store. I couldn't believe it. It looked the same as the game, exactly down to the bushes on the ground.

"I can fight," I said, grinning evily.

"Yeah, but can you use a sword and shield?" he asked, skeptical.

"I had fencing at the prep," I replied quickly. "Er...yeah, I've been in a sword fight a couple of times."

"What about a bow and arrow?" I thought about that horrid target practice at camp when I was a kid.

"Uh, yeah, sort-of," I replied, sitting down on the ledge. "Hey, do you think I could get some clothes, so I don't, y'know, stick out?"

"Hmm," he said. "Sure thing. We can get you clothes cheap here, in Kakariko. But if you want some good weapons, we can go to the Bazaar in Castle Town to get you some weapons. They have a better selection than the one here."

"Great," I said, my voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Come on," he said, walking towards a shop in the middle of the village. "This used to be a shooting gallery, but they ran out of business. They sell mostly clothing now." We walked in, and it smelled horribly of mothballs. He talked to the man behind the counter, and he went in the back. He came out with two tunics.

"Here you go, Arden. I picked you out blue because I figured you'd look good in blue," Link said, arrogantly. I grabbed them and stood there.

"I'm not going to change in front of you two," I said, raising my voice. "This definitely NOT going to turn into a peep show!"

"Oh," the owner said, "you can change in the back." I went into the back room, and put the first tunic on. It was massive, and it hung off my body. I walked out.

"Do I really look that big to you?" I exclaimed as I stormed out into the front. Link cracked up. I punched him across the face.

"Ow!" he exclaimed, rubbing the red mark that I had left there. I turned on my heels and went in the back to change again.

*Link*
"Tough love?" the shop owner asked me, chuckling.

"Hell no," I retorted, rubbing my jaw. "We're not in love at all." The man gave me a funny look. Arden emerged from the back, wearing the other tunic and carrying the rest of the clothing. She placed the enormous tunic on the counter, folded, and held onto her own clothing. My goddess, she looked…well...hot. The white leggings were tight against her skin, and her blue tunic was belted around her small waistline. She didn't have any shoes on.

"Here are some boots for you to try on," the shopkeeper said, putting a pair of boots that looked similar to my own on the counter. She pulled them on, and they fit. She got matching brown gloves with the fingers cut out of, like mine, and put them on. "Now you two look like a perfect pair," the shopkeeper said, smiling.

"What?!" she exclaimed. I cut her off before she got us into trouble.

"Thank you very much," I said, placing two purple rupees down on the table, then led her outside quickly.

*Arden*
I felt like a doofus in this outfit.

"Listen, Link, I don't know what you're thinking, but we're definitely not a couple," I said, turning away from his stare.

"No kidding," he scoffed, crossing his arms. He jumped down off the ledge instead of taking the stairs, like I did.

"Right, so, now that I look like a Hylian...or whatever…where are we going again?" He was walking towards the way we came in, and very quickly at that.

"Castle Town," he said without turning around. I ran to catch up to him.

"We have to walk?" I asked, in my best whining voice.

"Well, it's not far at all. So stop complaining," he said, quickening his pace. I had to nearly jog to keep up.

"I wasn't complaining," I said. I love picking fights.

"Yes you were."

"No I wasn't."

"Yes, you definitely were."

"Do you wanna fight about it?!" I asked sternly, inside secretly smiling. He drew his sword and held it up to my neck. Seeing that I didn't have any weapons yet, I decided to let this one go. "You win," I said, cowering away. Cocky good-for-nothing ass.

"Do us both a favor and, just, don't talk for a while, okay?" he said, putting his sword away. I sighed and continued walking. I thought about my couch in my room. Jeez, what I wouldn't give to be back there again! So much better than sitting on the ground or on hard wooden benches...
We walked across a small bridge and then over a drawbridge. It was just like the game...so incredibly weird. We walked through the
"town" (poor word choice) and there were crowds of people everywhere. All the men tipped their hats at Link and all the young girls giggled and smiled at him. I didn't get too many smiles from them, however. They probably were jealous, heh heh heh. Well, at least I got some respect from the men. Link headed over to where the "Bazaar" was located in the game, and it looked exactly the same. This was too weird.

"Hiya, Jorge," Link said to the ugly man behind the counter. He looked like a caveman barbarian.

"Hey there, Hero of Time. Gotta new girlfriend?" he asked. I sighed. Link started laughing.

"No. Not at all." He turned to me. "What do you want?" I thought for a second. Mase would be nice…

"Do you have any mase?" I asked the man. He went behind the counter and pulled up a massive weapon, y'know, the kind you see with the knights in shining armor? The enormous spiked ball swayed back and forth ominously. "That's not the exact type of mase I was talking about," I said. He shrugged, and put it back.

"Can you get her a bow and quiver?" Link asked the shop keeper. He turned around and pulled one down off of the shelf. I slung it on my back, like the way Link's looked.

"Seeing as you're the Hero of Time's girlfriend and all, I might be able to give you a Goron-crafted sword for dirt cheap," he said, smiling.

"Listen, buddy, I'm not--" Link elbowed me, right in my wound. I cringed, and doubled over. He put his arm around me.

"Show us the way," he said, dragging me along behind the portly man. In the back there were swords hanging up on the wall. There was one in particular that caught my eye, one with a medium-sized blade and sapphires above its blue handle. He pulled that one down off the wall, and handed it to me. I liked the weight. After swinging it around a couple of times, I was totally in love with it.

"I could definitely get used to this!" I exclaimed gleefully, handing the sword back to the man.

"Hmm...swords are a lot of money, especially this one. But I'll give it to you for...350 rupees. 250 if you let me spend the night with her," he said, grinning at me. I was mortified. I looked at Link, eyes pleading.

"Oh my God, Link, please, no," I cried, grasping his arm. I looked into his deep blue eyes. He grinned. I could tell he loved seeing me plead, knowing that he had complete control over what I did and didn't do.

"I'll pay 350," Link said, ripping the sword from his hands. I let a big sigh of relief emit from my lips.

"Fine," the pig said, leading us back to the front.

"Gimmie a Hylian shield and another bag, too," Link said, taking out his money again.

"That comes to 530, with the shield, sword, bag, bow and quiver," he said. Link placed the exact amount on the table, and I quickly led the way out.

"What the fuck was that?!" I exclaimed as we shut the door. "'Spend the night with her?'" Link shrugged.

"A lot of guys think they're superior to women. Most Hylians do," he said, handing me my gear. I took it, greatfully, and put it on. Man, that stuff was heavy.

"You...you don't think women are inferior, do you?" I asked him, in all honesty.

"No. I think women are beautiful creatures and should be treated with kindness and respect." I smiled. That was sweet; you've got to admit. "They are definitely equal to men."

"Oh, that's so wonderful," I said, almost dreamily. Link smiled.

Alright, that's chapter 2. Chapter 3 will be up soon enough...(after I finish writing it, of course.) Well, I'm off to work on a report. Thanks again, Songwind, for being the ONLY ONE to review. (And I said please, too!)