"Ariel! Help! Quick! " Cried out E.T. still watching the TV screen in horror. He looked around and finally spotted Ariel coming toward Christi.

"Christi? Damn-it girl, how do you get into these situations!" said Ariel. She grabbed Christi's wrist and started pulling.

Link was still looking around when he heard Ariel scolding her dangling friend. He jogged over to the two and gasped when he got close enough to see what all the fuss was about.

"What are you guys doing!"

"Shut it and help me pull her up!" Ariel demanded of him.

Link kneeled near the ledge and grabbed one of Christi's hands. Together, he and Ariel pulled Christi up to the safety of the ground. "Why didn't you watch where you were going?" He questioned irritably.

"I was kind of busy..." Christi told him, as she dusted herself off. "E.T! Why didn't you warn me, all seeing jerk-off?" She added angrily.

"ME? You should be more perceptive!"

"Christi, are you-" Ariel tried to see if her friend was hurt.

"I'm not always going to be there to save you! You have to think!" Link interjected, "Pay more attention!"

"Will all of you just BACK OFF!" Christi shouted.

"Hey! I'm not the one who fell! You should watch where you're going and not let your guard down!" retorted Link.

"That's IT! I've had it! Don't ell me what to do, besides you're only eight!" She shut her eyes tightly and walked away from the both of them.

"Christi! Wait!" yelled Ariel running after her. "Where are you going!"

Christi was now fast walking, her eyes darting all over the place. "Looking for a bar! Maybe if I can get drunk enough I won't even

know what you guys are saying."

"Christi, you can't get drunk!"

"And why not? Give me one good reason!"

"Well, for one, you're 14." Ariel began, "And we're not even sure if Gorons drink, or have bars!"

"They won't notice what age I am if I have enough money to pay." Christi replied, walking faster, "If I get hammered this will all just go away!"

"I'm not going to let you anywhere near a bar, you do know that, right?" Ariel told her, going more concerned by the minute.

"That's just it! I'm sick of people trying to control me and my life!"

Ariel stopped for a minute, shocked at what her friend had just said. Control her? That's not what I'm trying to do...

"Christi, stop!"

Christi did stop but stayed with her back facing her friend. "What?"

"I'm not trying to control you, I'm trying to keep you from doing something you'll regret." said Ariel walking over to Christi.

She walked around to see her but her long brown hair covered her face.

"Then help me by not scolding me by my mistakes. We fall so that we can learn to get up. Not so that we can be kept down by others."

"I was trying to see if you were okay..but I was interrupted." Ariel started, slowly, "E.T and Link probably got mad at themselves because they didn't see it coming and didn't warn you. But once they found out you were all right, they turned it around on you.. Or something..."

"Stupid guys...always having to hide their true intentions." Christi tried to joke, but failed because of her saddened tone of voice, "I really don't want to deal with them right now, though."

"Then..you won't. I'll go tell Link to book another room at the hotel, and you can have it to yourself to cool off." She told her, "Does that sound good?"

Christi nodded, "You go ahead without me, I'm going to walk around a bit more."

"Um..." Ariel was hesitant to move, "You aren't going to try and get into a bar?"

"Heh...no. I guess not. I don't want a hang over. Hey Ari..." Christi trailed off.

"Yes?"

"Thanks." Christi said sincerely. She looked up and smiled a saddened smile. Yet at least it was something. She started walking away when she heard her friend say something.

"You're welcome."

Christi had walked around for a while and finally found a good hotel that was a good distance from where Link was.

The next morning Ariel woke up and walked around the village in search of Christi.

"Christi?"

"Christi?" Link echoed.

"Hey Link?" Ariel for asked permission to speak to him.

"Yeah?"

"It might not be such a good idea for you to look for her..she might still be mad." She told him, and continued searching for Christi while Link headed back to the hotel. "E.T!"

"Wha-at?"

"Any sign of her?"

"Why should I care?" He said stubbornly.

"You know very well why you care, E.T." Ariel smiled, "Anyways, do you see her anywhere?"

"No, remember I said that I could only see her if you guys are close enough to Link. She went pretty far if I can't see her."

"Some help you a--"

"Hey! What's up!" said Christi popping up out of nowhere behind Ariel. "Whatchu doin'?"

"Looking for you! E.T! You blind no good-"

"JERK!" finished Christi.

"Not exactly what I was going to say but okay..." said Ariel with a chuckle. She turned to look at Christi and noticed she looked a little pale.

"What happened to you?"

"You look like the Pills Bury dough girl," laughed E.T.

"Nothing!" Christi said, ignoring E.T, "We should go find Link and get moving on."

"Right." Ariel replied, "Where are we off to next? My memory sucks as much here as it does back home.."

"Dodongo's Cavern, we- I mean Link, has to go get the Fire Stone." Christi reminded her, "Plus, since there's three of us, we can multitask to get through the dungeon faster."

"Sounds good!"

"Oh." Christi stopped suddenly, "We need shields. Link has one, but me and you probably won't be worth much help without one."

"You aren't going to be much help with one, either."

"Shut up, E.T!" Both girls said in unison.

E.T. pretended to be hurt "I 'm always taking your verbal abuse!"

"Yes," said Christi, "And you love it."

"Haha!" laughed Ariel at the way she made the 'fairy' shut up. Both girls walked over to the nearest shop and talked to the Goron who owned it.

"Got any shields sir?" said Ariel looking around.

"Yeah. 80 rupees each." he said looking bored.

"Ari, I don't think we can afford that!" whispered Christi to Ariel. She looked back at the Goron who still looked bored out of his mind.

"Well..." Ariel began, trying to desperately trying to think of a plan. "How do you feel about talking to E.T like he's a psychopathic crazed ghost that's stalking you?"

"A WHAT!"

Ariel laughed, "What? It's just a distraction for the Goron while I..." She cleared her throat and whispered, "Steal one of those shields."

"Well it sounds fun and all, but stealing isn't a good idea." Christi told her, "You can't be serious."

"There's Deku Scrubs, Business Scrubs, whatever they want to be called.." E.T started, "Well, they're around and they sell shields cheap."

"That works too." Ariel replied, both relieved that she didn't have to steal and disappointed that she didn't get to take that risk.
"Wait, aren't the deku scrubs in the Oricles?" said Christi to Ariel. She thought for a moment then nodded, "Yes, you're right. Now what?"

"Well...I guess we could..umm.." Christi trailed off. Clearly she was thinking hard, since her face was puzzled and had a hint

of pain from a headache. "Ugh, I need an Advil"

"Well, I guess we could try to bargain" said Ariel with a shrug. She got up and dusted off her blue tunic.

"Excuse me, we don't have enough for two sheilds, but are you willing to bargain?"

"Hmm...I don't think so."

"Please! We really need those sheilds! We're willing to do about anything!"

"Okay, how about taking care of the store for today?"