Peach collapsed on a red-cushioned chair, and Zelda sat on the blue couch
next to it. "What....what was it you two wanted to tell me?"
"It's a long story, but. . .do you know someone named Marth?"
"Marth Lowell?"
"Yes," Link answered.
"Yes," said Peach. "He's the man behind Link's murder."
It took a minute for this to sink in. "W-what?" she asked. "Why would Marth want to do a thing like that?! He was Link's best friend!"
"Money," Peach replied. "Four million dollars."
Zelda looked at the ground. "Rosa Parks. . ."
"How'd you know about that?" Peach and Link asked simoltaneously, even though Zelda only heard Peach.
"Well, I-I saw you that day at the bank," Zelda answered. "I asked who you were, and they said Rosa Parks." She raised an eyebrow.
"But that was only a small crime inside a crime," Peach tried to explain. "It was necessary that that money be taken away. I have no idea who Rosa Parks even is."
"Wonder if she even exists," Link muttered.
"But the point is," Peach continued, "that Marth knows the money is gone. So now he thinks I have it. But I don't. I was forced by your husband to give it away to some blood-thirsty nuns."
Zelda smiled. "That sounds like something Link would do."
"So anyway, he and his little crony came to my apartment to try and find me. He didn't succeed, though, because Link warned me just in time. But now we think he may be coming here, because he might think you've got the cash."
"He won't be here for a while, though," Link said. "He's got to recuperate and find out about Roy, first."
"Link says he won't be here for a little while though," Peach said.
Zelda still wasn't sure if she believed her or not. Standing up, she hesitated and then said, "Do you want some coffee?"
Peach's mouth dropped. Link nudged, her and told her to accept it. "Sure."
As Zelda went in the kitchen, Peach looked around the room for Link. "Do you really think we actually have time to sit down and have a cup of coffee?!?!"
"I don't think she's sure about you yet," Link said. "I just wish there was some way she could talk to me directly."
Peach frowned, then sighed. "Fine, all right. I give in. You can use me."
Link turned to face her. "What?"
"Use me!" Peach said. "Go inside my body and tell her yourself."
Link stooped down. "Peach, are you sure?"
"I don't want her to die!" Peach said. "I'm your trusted friend now, aren't I? Just jump on top of me and you should go inside."
Holding his breath, Link jumped in. Peach could feel her body changing. She turned around to face the mirror, and saw her hair grow longer and straighter, her face become more chiseled, and she started growing taller.
Seconds later, she had been successfully transformed into Link. She/he ran towards the kitchen, only to discover that Zelda was behind the closed bathroom door.
"Oh, fine time to go to the bathroom, Zel!" Link thought inwardly. He walked back into the living room; and Zelda promptly walked back inside the kitchen.
Suddenly, Link bent over. He put a hand to his stomach and moaned loudly in agony.
"Peach, are you all--"
Zelda had stepped out of the kitchen, and froze when she saw Link standing over the couch. Suddenly, a wisp of something made it's way out of his throat, and he changed back into Peach.
"What happened?!" Link demanded.
"It must've been from all that running I did," Peach wheezed. "I am completely out of shape."
"What was that?" Zelda asked.
Before Peach could answer, there was a knock at the door. They were continuous, and getting very loud.
"Zelda, are you in there?! It's me, Marth!"
Zelda coiled in fear at the sound of his voice.
"Quick!" Link said. "You guys have to get out of here!!"
"I'm too tired," Peach whispered. "I can barely stand up!" The knocking got louder. "Zelda, quick! Go somewhere he won't find you!"
"I'm not leaving you here to get killed!" Zelda cried. "You helped me, and I've got to help you!" She grabbed Peach by the arm and helped her to the other side of the house and through a doorway.
"Where's this staircase go?" Peach yawned groggily.
"Up to the loft and the attic," Zelda answered.
"Isn't that the same thi--"
They heard a loud crashing sound from behind them. Marth had broken down the door. Now, gun out, he dashed inside the living room. He could see the door Peach and Zelda had just used swing closed. Pelting towards it, he recieved a coffee pot in the side of the head.
"Compliments of me," Link said, hurrying forward towards Peach and Zelda.
Marth shook it up and darted up the stair case. He could just see Peach's foot escape up another stairway. "I see you!" Marth shouted, shooting his gun. "Come back here!"
"Quickly, this way!" Zelda said, as she heard Marth's footsteps getting closer. "This'll lead to the roof!" Marth, who had been using most of his bullets, ran into the room as Zelda narrowly got up and Peach was on the ladder.
"Got you!" Marth snarled, shooting the gun at Peach. The bullet flew into her right shoulder blade, and she fell off the ladder five feet to the floor.
"Peach!" Zelda screamed, as the psychic rolled over on her back. Zelda jumped down the ladder as Marth prepared to shoot Peach with his last bullet. "Marth, don't do it!" Zelda shouted, though not really expecting him to listen. She ran towards him, and whammed into his side.
This caused him to fire wildly as the pair fell to the ground. Marth whacked Zelda with the end of his gun and kicked her out of the way as he stood up to add some more bullets to his weapon.
"Link," Peach moaned. "Help!"
"With pleasure!" Link shouted, running full-force towards Marth.
"Perhaps you've forgotten," Marth said. "But Link isn't--"
At that precise moment, Link punched Marth's head as hard as he could. Marth backed up from the blow, looking around him nervously. Link struck him again, knocking him closer and closer to a window. . .
"Link!" Marth bellowed. "What the fu--"
Link clamped his hand around Marth's throat, squeezing the air out of him. "Time to say good-bye to life!" he said. Unceremoniously, Link grabbed Marth's shoulders and thrust him into the window; then quickly pushed down.
"I wouldn't look over there if I were you," Peach advised Zelda.
Link stepped back to take a look at Marth's lifeless body. It was lying face-up on the window sill; a large piece of glass stuck up through his chest and blood was spilling all over. Grimacing, Link pushed Marth one final time, making him fall to the ground below them.
"Let someone else find that," Link muttered.
"Link!" came a voice.
"Why, if it isn't Marth," Link said, turning around. "In case you're wondering why you can suddenly feel me, it's because....hmm, how do I say this.....you're dead. I've just killed you. If you don't believe me, there's your body down there."
His eyes widening, Marth crossed the room over to the window and stared at his corpse in shock. Suddenly, dark shadows started seeping through the cracks in the floorboard. In a slug-like way, they oozed towards Marth and wrapped themselves around his legs.
"Looks like Satan's messengers have come to pick you up," Link said.
The shadows pulled, and Marth was brought down to the floor with a scream. Seconds later, they took him outside of the window, and Link couldn't see them anymore.
Zelda crawled towards Peach and put her arms around her, tears spilling down her face. "Peach, are you all right??"
"I'll be okay," Peach answered, hugging the sobbing Zelda close to her. "But I don't think your ceiling will be. Marth's gun left a big hole in it. Hey Link, what just happened?"
"Nothin', Marth's gone. You guys okay?"
Zelda's head suddenly lifted and her tears became silent. "L-Link? Was that you?"
Link walked towards them. "Zelda, you can hear me??"
"Yes," she whispered. "Where are you?"
"I'm right underneath this hole in the ceiling."
Link looked up, and he saw the clouds parting in the skies. The full moon shone brightly in the night, and it's light began to pour into the room.
"Oh....my....God...." Peach whispered. "Link...."
"Link!" Zelda screamed, looking frightened and confused at the same time.
Quickly, Link looked down at himself. . .he could see himself! His head and torso had already formed, and his lower half was beginning to. Moments later, Peach and Zelda could see Link standing there, light shining from every part of his body.
Zelda tried to stand up, but she couldn't. Link walked towards her and bent down.
"I can see you," she whispered.
Link smiled, not able to think up a response. He put his hand underneath her chin, and brought her face closer to his. Then he sealed the small distance between them, pressing his lips to hers and stroking her hair softly.
Peach watched the two kiss, smiling through her tears.
Minutes later, they broke apart for a breath. Link seemed to shine brighter than before. He stood up and walked back beneath the hole in the roof. He looked up. There was undoubtedly more than moonlight shining from up there now.
"Zelda," he whispered, small tears finding their way out of his eyes and onto his cheeks. "Always remember...I love you." His voice sounded choked with emotion. "I love you, Zelda."
"You know that I love you Link," Zelda said in a hushed voice, blinking through her tears. "More than anything.
Link closed his eyes, and he slowly started fading away. "Good-bye, Zelda....and thanks, Peach. You're the greatest."
Peach let out a small laugh, still smiling and crying.
He looked at them one more time, then vanished completely.
"I love you, Zelda."
~THE END~
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
a/n: well, i hope i didn't disappoint u guys or anything with that ending.
btw, 4 those who haven't seen it, i highly recommend the movie i largely based this story on of the same name. it stars:
Patrick Swayze in Link's character
Demi Moore in Zelda's character
and
Oscar-winning Whoopi Goldberg as Oda Mae Brown (Peach).
look 4 more of my stories, and plz review as always!
"It's a long story, but. . .do you know someone named Marth?"
"Marth Lowell?"
"Yes," Link answered.
"Yes," said Peach. "He's the man behind Link's murder."
It took a minute for this to sink in. "W-what?" she asked. "Why would Marth want to do a thing like that?! He was Link's best friend!"
"Money," Peach replied. "Four million dollars."
Zelda looked at the ground. "Rosa Parks. . ."
"How'd you know about that?" Peach and Link asked simoltaneously, even though Zelda only heard Peach.
"Well, I-I saw you that day at the bank," Zelda answered. "I asked who you were, and they said Rosa Parks." She raised an eyebrow.
"But that was only a small crime inside a crime," Peach tried to explain. "It was necessary that that money be taken away. I have no idea who Rosa Parks even is."
"Wonder if she even exists," Link muttered.
"But the point is," Peach continued, "that Marth knows the money is gone. So now he thinks I have it. But I don't. I was forced by your husband to give it away to some blood-thirsty nuns."
Zelda smiled. "That sounds like something Link would do."
"So anyway, he and his little crony came to my apartment to try and find me. He didn't succeed, though, because Link warned me just in time. But now we think he may be coming here, because he might think you've got the cash."
"He won't be here for a while, though," Link said. "He's got to recuperate and find out about Roy, first."
"Link says he won't be here for a little while though," Peach said.
Zelda still wasn't sure if she believed her or not. Standing up, she hesitated and then said, "Do you want some coffee?"
Peach's mouth dropped. Link nudged, her and told her to accept it. "Sure."
As Zelda went in the kitchen, Peach looked around the room for Link. "Do you really think we actually have time to sit down and have a cup of coffee?!?!"
"I don't think she's sure about you yet," Link said. "I just wish there was some way she could talk to me directly."
Peach frowned, then sighed. "Fine, all right. I give in. You can use me."
Link turned to face her. "What?"
"Use me!" Peach said. "Go inside my body and tell her yourself."
Link stooped down. "Peach, are you sure?"
"I don't want her to die!" Peach said. "I'm your trusted friend now, aren't I? Just jump on top of me and you should go inside."
Holding his breath, Link jumped in. Peach could feel her body changing. She turned around to face the mirror, and saw her hair grow longer and straighter, her face become more chiseled, and she started growing taller.
Seconds later, she had been successfully transformed into Link. She/he ran towards the kitchen, only to discover that Zelda was behind the closed bathroom door.
"Oh, fine time to go to the bathroom, Zel!" Link thought inwardly. He walked back into the living room; and Zelda promptly walked back inside the kitchen.
Suddenly, Link bent over. He put a hand to his stomach and moaned loudly in agony.
"Peach, are you all--"
Zelda had stepped out of the kitchen, and froze when she saw Link standing over the couch. Suddenly, a wisp of something made it's way out of his throat, and he changed back into Peach.
"What happened?!" Link demanded.
"It must've been from all that running I did," Peach wheezed. "I am completely out of shape."
"What was that?" Zelda asked.
Before Peach could answer, there was a knock at the door. They were continuous, and getting very loud.
"Zelda, are you in there?! It's me, Marth!"
Zelda coiled in fear at the sound of his voice.
"Quick!" Link said. "You guys have to get out of here!!"
"I'm too tired," Peach whispered. "I can barely stand up!" The knocking got louder. "Zelda, quick! Go somewhere he won't find you!"
"I'm not leaving you here to get killed!" Zelda cried. "You helped me, and I've got to help you!" She grabbed Peach by the arm and helped her to the other side of the house and through a doorway.
"Where's this staircase go?" Peach yawned groggily.
"Up to the loft and the attic," Zelda answered.
"Isn't that the same thi--"
They heard a loud crashing sound from behind them. Marth had broken down the door. Now, gun out, he dashed inside the living room. He could see the door Peach and Zelda had just used swing closed. Pelting towards it, he recieved a coffee pot in the side of the head.
"Compliments of me," Link said, hurrying forward towards Peach and Zelda.
Marth shook it up and darted up the stair case. He could just see Peach's foot escape up another stairway. "I see you!" Marth shouted, shooting his gun. "Come back here!"
"Quickly, this way!" Zelda said, as she heard Marth's footsteps getting closer. "This'll lead to the roof!" Marth, who had been using most of his bullets, ran into the room as Zelda narrowly got up and Peach was on the ladder.
"Got you!" Marth snarled, shooting the gun at Peach. The bullet flew into her right shoulder blade, and she fell off the ladder five feet to the floor.
"Peach!" Zelda screamed, as the psychic rolled over on her back. Zelda jumped down the ladder as Marth prepared to shoot Peach with his last bullet. "Marth, don't do it!" Zelda shouted, though not really expecting him to listen. She ran towards him, and whammed into his side.
This caused him to fire wildly as the pair fell to the ground. Marth whacked Zelda with the end of his gun and kicked her out of the way as he stood up to add some more bullets to his weapon.
"Link," Peach moaned. "Help!"
"With pleasure!" Link shouted, running full-force towards Marth.
"Perhaps you've forgotten," Marth said. "But Link isn't--"
At that precise moment, Link punched Marth's head as hard as he could. Marth backed up from the blow, looking around him nervously. Link struck him again, knocking him closer and closer to a window. . .
"Link!" Marth bellowed. "What the fu--"
Link clamped his hand around Marth's throat, squeezing the air out of him. "Time to say good-bye to life!" he said. Unceremoniously, Link grabbed Marth's shoulders and thrust him into the window; then quickly pushed down.
"I wouldn't look over there if I were you," Peach advised Zelda.
Link stepped back to take a look at Marth's lifeless body. It was lying face-up on the window sill; a large piece of glass stuck up through his chest and blood was spilling all over. Grimacing, Link pushed Marth one final time, making him fall to the ground below them.
"Let someone else find that," Link muttered.
"Link!" came a voice.
"Why, if it isn't Marth," Link said, turning around. "In case you're wondering why you can suddenly feel me, it's because....hmm, how do I say this.....you're dead. I've just killed you. If you don't believe me, there's your body down there."
His eyes widening, Marth crossed the room over to the window and stared at his corpse in shock. Suddenly, dark shadows started seeping through the cracks in the floorboard. In a slug-like way, they oozed towards Marth and wrapped themselves around his legs.
"Looks like Satan's messengers have come to pick you up," Link said.
The shadows pulled, and Marth was brought down to the floor with a scream. Seconds later, they took him outside of the window, and Link couldn't see them anymore.
Zelda crawled towards Peach and put her arms around her, tears spilling down her face. "Peach, are you all right??"
"I'll be okay," Peach answered, hugging the sobbing Zelda close to her. "But I don't think your ceiling will be. Marth's gun left a big hole in it. Hey Link, what just happened?"
"Nothin', Marth's gone. You guys okay?"
Zelda's head suddenly lifted and her tears became silent. "L-Link? Was that you?"
Link walked towards them. "Zelda, you can hear me??"
"Yes," she whispered. "Where are you?"
"I'm right underneath this hole in the ceiling."
Link looked up, and he saw the clouds parting in the skies. The full moon shone brightly in the night, and it's light began to pour into the room.
"Oh....my....God...." Peach whispered. "Link...."
"Link!" Zelda screamed, looking frightened and confused at the same time.
Quickly, Link looked down at himself. . .he could see himself! His head and torso had already formed, and his lower half was beginning to. Moments later, Peach and Zelda could see Link standing there, light shining from every part of his body.
Zelda tried to stand up, but she couldn't. Link walked towards her and bent down.
"I can see you," she whispered.
Link smiled, not able to think up a response. He put his hand underneath her chin, and brought her face closer to his. Then he sealed the small distance between them, pressing his lips to hers and stroking her hair softly.
Peach watched the two kiss, smiling through her tears.
Minutes later, they broke apart for a breath. Link seemed to shine brighter than before. He stood up and walked back beneath the hole in the roof. He looked up. There was undoubtedly more than moonlight shining from up there now.
"Zelda," he whispered, small tears finding their way out of his eyes and onto his cheeks. "Always remember...I love you." His voice sounded choked with emotion. "I love you, Zelda."
"You know that I love you Link," Zelda said in a hushed voice, blinking through her tears. "More than anything.
Link closed his eyes, and he slowly started fading away. "Good-bye, Zelda....and thanks, Peach. You're the greatest."
Peach let out a small laugh, still smiling and crying.
He looked at them one more time, then vanished completely.
"I love you, Zelda."
~THE END~
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
a/n: well, i hope i didn't disappoint u guys or anything with that ending.
btw, 4 those who haven't seen it, i highly recommend the movie i largely based this story on of the same name. it stars:
Patrick Swayze in Link's character
Demi Moore in Zelda's character
and
Oscar-winning Whoopi Goldberg as Oda Mae Brown (Peach).
look 4 more of my stories, and plz review as always!
