Chapter Three – The Game
The next day was a Monday and the girls back at school again. The bell had only just rung for lunch. They got to their lockers at the end of the hallway and stuffed their school books and papers in when their friend Michael came up to them. Michael had straight black hair that came down past his forehead and ears, his skin was an olive tan and he, like everyone else at the school was in a white-buttoned shirt and black pants.
"Hey girls! What cha' do on the weekend?"
"We went to the creek and saw L-"Sarah had elbowed Lisa in the ribs. "Ouch!"
"Leaches." Sarah filled in for her.
Rubbing her side Lisa added, "Yeah and heaps of them too."
"Cool." Michael said. One of his friends came past and told him about practice. Michael scratched his head and appologised for having to leave then he jogged along after. Lisa and Sarah decided to stroll around the school to waste time. They got to the shady part of the school, which had the most trees. It wasn't before long that they had come across Link, who was sitting in a branch at the top of a tree. He waved at them and smiled, "Hey girls!" They watched as he jumped down from the branch and landed on the ground in front of them. "Have you seen Epona yet?"
"No, but you won't find her in our school." Lisa said wondering how he actually managed to get there from where they met him; it was quite a far distance.
"School? What is School?"
"It's a place where you are supposed to learn new things about the world." Sarah enlightened him. Link looked beyond the girls and saw some boys playing basketball in the courts. His eyes widened and he grinned.
"Oh! I love that game!" He started running over to them when Sarah abruptly pulled him back by his arms.
"You can't go over there like that!" She said when letting go of him. Link looked at her confused.
"Why?"
"Nobody wears tunics anymore. They'll think you are a freak."
Link stared at her wondering who was the bigger 'freak' tunics were all the rage back home in Hyrule. "Well, what else can I wear?"
Lisa and Sarah exchanged glances and made him wait while they got some sports gear out of their lockers. They gave him a pair of black tracksuit pants, a white shirt, a navy blue cap with a white symbol on it and some blue stripped runners. After being led carefully and invisibly to an empty change room, Link was forced to put on these new clothes. They itched. Sarah then stuffed all his things into her locker and they finally let him go to mingle with the guys.
"Hey there! Can I play too?" He asked.
"Who are you?" The leader of the group, Steven, asked looking at the weirdly shaped ears covered in blonde strands of hair that were tucked into the rim of the cap that Link was wearing.
"Hey I know! This is the new guy that the co-ordinator was telling everyone about. His name is Lee I think. Is your name Lee?" said one of the other players named Josh.
"Lee? What? No my name is-"
"Lee, yeah this is Lee!" Lisa said as they caught up to him. She patted him hard on the shoulder and laughed. "Lee is your name, yes indeed it is! You were about to say something weren't you Lee? Oh so sorry Lee. Come on, we should get going now Lee. Class is about to start and newcomers have to be shown around."
"But my name's not-"
"Shut up Lee, we know your name now let's go!" Sarah grabbed him and dragged him away from boys and back to their lockers.
"Why did you do that? I want to play Deku Babba Ball!" Complained Link. The girls stared at him. Link shrugged and started walking to the front of the school, "Don't follow me. I'm going to continue looking for Epona."