Well, I'm back. I'm running out of ideas. I'm trying really hard on what happens in my stories. I need some ideas I think. Here's the next chapter.

Chapter 7

Dangerous Situations

"Okay, who's tired of buses besides me?" Fox said slumping into his seat.

Link sat down next to him and chuckled. "I'm with ya, my friend."

Link placed the bag he was carrying on the floor of the bus. Fox turned his attention towards Link. "So, you got off Veronica's leash?"

"What are you talking about?"

Fox lowered his eyes. "Come on, Link. Don't toy with me. We've been friends for a long time now."

Link's face flinched. "Yeah. She does keep me on a tight chain, doesn't she?"

"See, I know what I'm talking about," said the satisfied Fox.

Link sometimes couldn't stand how Fox could always tell when he was in a jam. But Fox along with Mario and Luigi were his first friends. Between the four of them, no secrets or thoughts could be held in. "She's always clinging to me, but…" Link's voice faded.

Fox cocked an eyebrow. "But what?"

"Well, I sort of... well...don't mind that she's like that. She's actually pretty nice. Sure, some of her bragging conversations can be a tad bit annoying, but I never really mind. And-"

"Link. You're not starting to like her, are you?"

Link knew that wasn't Fox's voice. He looked up to see Mario listening in on the conversation from the seat in front of them. His brother, Luigi, who was sitting next to him, looked over the seat too. Link felt nerves growing in his stomach. "What? You mean as in love? No, I can't possibly… you don't think that I…I mean, come on, you two. Have some sense-"

Luigi looked at Link with a frown. "Don't lie to yourself, Link."

Link felt pretty outnumbered. If he denied it, he knew they would get on him in a matter of seconds. "Well, it's kind of hard to answer that question, Luigi."

Fox's eyes widened for a second, then returned to normal. "Link, you can't lead two girls into thinking that you like them a lot when you secretly like the other."

Link opened his mouth to speak, but Mario cut him off. "And don't act stupid, Link. You and us know the second girl is Zelda."

Fox got on a knee and put his elbows on the seat Mario and Luigi were leaning on. "Yeah, and the last time I talked to you, you said Zelda was the only girl for you at the time. But now you're into Veronica too?"

"Well, they're both great girls. I never bored when I'm around the two," Link said while looking at Luigi. Luigi had been quiet for a long time no, which meant Luigi would soon give the best advice in the world. Link would always look forward to what Luigi's advice would be, and it would 93 percent of the time work. But until Luigi was ready, Link went back to talking to Fox and Mario.

"What's weird is that Veronica doesn't mind your ears at all," Fox said after a long silence.

"Well, believe or not, she said my ears were cute."

"And another weird thing is she didn't go after Marth or Roy."

"What does that have to do with anything?" Link asked skeptically.

"Well, I mean when you compare…" Fox saw Link glaring at him. He backed off. "Never mind."

Mario snickered, but backed Link up. "Hey, Marth and Roy may have won the lottery in the genes pull, but they're not the only studs around here, Fox."

Luigi took a deep sigh. He had opened his eyes and was ready for his grand advice. "Link, I think you should make a decision soon. I have been watching them both for the past few days and when you were with one of them the other looked hurt. Takes no genius to know they really dislike each other. I think you're in a love triangle of destruction, one that will lead to horrible consequences. So, you better make a decision before someone gets hurt or angry with you."

Fox, Link, and Mario just stared at Luigi. His knowledge of everything always awed them. It was like, how could he be goofy at one moment, but when a friend needed help, he had a great solution for the problem. They concluded it was just one of life's many mysteries.

"Little brother, I don't know where all this advice of yours comes from." Mario said while knocking on Luigi's head.

Link got into deep thought when the others changed topic. He did like Veronica and Zelda a lot. But which one did he like even more? I don't really know Veronica that well but I'm getting to know here. And even if Zelda and I were together during that battle with Ganondorf I sure didn't get to find out a whole lot of things about her either. Still, that doesn't change the history we have with each other. Luigi is right though. I have to make a decision. But who?

Nintendo Resort

"Oh, you have got to be kidding me," Samus said.

Zelda and Samus looked at the long line for people to get on the elevator. Some of them were smashers and some were other Nintendo characters staying in the hotel. Zelda placed a hand on her hip. "Are people really that dependent on elevators?"

"Well, when elevators were created that was the fad of this century." Samus responded.

Zelda scowled. "Well, I'm not a patient girl. Let's go find the stairs." Zelda started to walk off in a random direction.

Samus crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "Sure, Z. I bet the stairs will be even better," she said sarcastically.

Zelda walked back to Samus and grabbed her arm. She smiled sweetly at her friend. "Come on, Sammie." Samus frowned as her friend dragged her through the Resort. They passed a whole bunch of Nintendo Characters on the way. Some they had seen before, some they had not. They were all socializing with each other or they were checking into the Resort. Finally, by another set of elevators that were also packed, they found some stairs. They were purple steps with gold railings and the stairs looked like they would never end.

Zelda sighed in frustration as she heard her friend complain again. "Come on, Sam." She said as they started up the stairs. "Think of it as an adventure. It'll be fun."

About 32 steps later…

Zelda strained to grab the rail and her knees started to grow weak. "Okay, that's enough adventure."

Samus turned around. "Aww, what happened to walking up the stairs being fun?"

"The fun stopped at the 15th step." Zelda said while trying to regain her balance.

Samus was ahead of her and hadn't complained at all yet. "It's not so bad. And I'm having so much fun."

"And I'm having so much fun." Zelda mocked Samus' voice. "My feet are killing me. There weren't even this many steps up to my chamber bedroom."

"Well, if you don't mind acting less like a princess for a minute, I have a suggestion. For your sake, you should take off your heels and walk up here."

Zelda sat down on a step. "You don't have to tell me twice." She pulled off her right shoe first and then her left. "Ah… that feels so much better."

"Well, don't just sit there." Samus started to walk up the stairs again. "I don't plan to spend the rest of my night on these stairs."

Zelda grabbed some of her dress in her hands as she began to caught up barefoot. She eventually caught up with Samus and the two broke into a jog up the stairs. When they reached the top, they saw Ganondorf talking to Mewtwo by their open room. When they walked past them, Samus and Zelda couldn't hear anything so they guessed they were talking through their minds.

They saw Falco and Fox next fiddling around in their pockets.

"I swear, Falco. I gave the key cards to you!"

Falco stopped looking in his pockets and threw his hands up in frustration. "Well, obviously you didn't. They're not in my pockets or bag!"

Fox stopped looking in his pockets and looked at his friend in disbelief. "So, just because it's not in your pockets I have to be the one who lost it!"

Falco didn't look like he was going to take back what he said. "Pretty much."

Fox looked like he was going to explode. "Have you ever considered for ONCE IN YOUR LIFE that one THIN, just ONE THING, could be your fault?"

Falco just smirked at Fox. "Come on, Fox. When have I ever screwed up anything?" he said calmly and casually.

Samus and Zelda walked past them fast because a war was about to once again be held between Fox and Falco.

Yoshi and Kirby were pulling a very large cooler into their room. "Probably a lifetime's supply of food in there." Samus whispered in Zelda's ear.

Zelda laughed as they finally reached their room. It was in between Ness, Popo, and Pikachu's room and Pichu's, Nana's and Jigglypuff's room.

Zelda looked through the bag she was carrying on her shoulder. "And unlike Fox and Falco," she pulled out a pink keycard, "I have my key."

Samus pulled an orange key card out from her pocket. "And so do I. It's cool how they made our keycards our favorite color. I just love orange."

Zelda stuck the keycard in the slot and pulled it out. The light turned on, indicating an unlocked door. When they opened the door, they screamed in delight. Their room was how they always dreamt it would be. One side of the room was pink themed and the other half of the room was an orange themed. Each side had a canopy bed that was at least a King Size. They had dressers and one walk in closet. There was a bathroom in the corner part of the room and a small kitchen area with kitchen tools and supplies.

Zelda couldn't believe her eyes. "Sam, I think we have died and gone to heaven!"

The girls walked in and went to their side of the room. They looked at their beds. They each had a satin pillow in their color and said their names on it.

"These beds look ours look cheap. Zel, I might just spend my vacation in here." Samus dropped her bag to the floor.

"Rethink that." Zelda sat down on her soft bed. "If this is just the bedroom, there are probably things even more amazing than this at the festival."

"You bet," Samus yawned and stretched. "I'm so tired. It's been a long day." She looked at her transformation wriswatch.

"Well, I was going to take a shower first. But you can go since you're so tired." Zelda got up and grabbed her bag. "I'll go put my stuff up in the closet."

Samus' eyes darted up from her wrist. "No! You go ahead and shower, okay? I can wait, I'm going to take a look around anyway."

Zelda let go of her bag and got up. "You are? Do you want me to come-

"NO!" Samus said a little too loud. She lowered her voice. "No, you just go ahead and shower. I'm not going to wander off too far."

"I don't want you to go by yourself." Zelda said not backing off of her offer.

Samus got up and walked over to Zelda's side of the room. She grabbed Zelda's bag and shoved it into her handa. She turned Zelda around and pushed her towards the bathroom. "I'll be fine. Now, go ahead and shower. I insist."

Samus got Zelda all the way to the door before she planted her feet to the ground. She looked at Samus over her shoulder. "Okay, Sam. I get the picture, but don't be so hasty."

Zelda went into the bathroom and shut the door. Samus sighed in relief to get free from Zelda for a while. She hurried out the door to go meet everyone else to go plan for her party.

Peach and Veronica's Room

Veronica sat down on her bed and bit her lip in anger. She had heard enough about little "Miss Annoying Zelda". Peach had just left their room to go plan for Zelda's surprise party. Veronica was asked to come but she lied saying she wasn't feeling well and wanted to rest. But what she really wanted to do was find a way to bring Zelda down.

Veronica remembered her diary and pulled it out from under her pillow. Her ideas of how to plot against Zelda were written in there. She flipped through the pages of her book. Some ideas were humiliating, some were to wreck Zelda for life, and some were a bit dangerous than others. Ideas that could end in death."

"I think I'm going to have to look through my darker ideas." Veronica grinned evilly.

Outside in Resort Lobby

Zelda tied the sash to her robe tight over her nightgown. She let her hair hang loose as she walked down the hallway. She walked a little around her floor to admire the building. Everyone had retired in his or her room for the night. At least that is what she thought anyway. As she looked around, her eyes stopped over by the balcony. It's Link. She continued to stare at him. Link was no longer in his green tunic. He was wearing gray sweats and a black sleeveless muscle shirt, which showed his smooth muscular body. He wasn't wearing his hat, so his long blonde hair was hanging down his neck. He still had his sword strapped to his back.

He looks even cuter than before. Zelda thought, her blush giving her feelings away. She couldn't help but slowly crept up to him.

Link's ears perked up to her footsteps and he spun around quickly. "Who's there?"

Zelda gasped and backed up as she saw Link's close in on his sword sheath. When Link saw who it was, his face eased up and he sighed. "Oh. Sorry, Zel. I didn't know it was you."

Zelda straightened herself up. "Well, what's wrong? Why are you so edgy?"

Link sighed and let go of his sword. "Just deep in thought."

He turned back, looking over the main lobby of the resort. Zelda walked up to him and placed her elbows on the railing. "Anything I can help with?"

Link turned and looked at her as she looked him directly in the eyes. You could if it wasn't about you. But maybe... Link grabbed the railing. "Well, it's about… um…Roy."

Zelda looked at him in confusion. "Roy?"

"Yeah, you see he having trouble with these two girls. They both like him a lot, but they don't like each other. Roy likes them too, but he doesn't know who he likes better. How should he choose the girl he likes the most?"

Zelda was quiet. It was an interesting dilemma, but even more surprising that this involved Roy. Roy seemed to only show interest in pestering Peach and for Roy to have another girl he is invested in was another surprise. Strange. Why does that sound familiar?

Link was waiting patiently for an answer. Zelda thought of something and spoke. "Well, Roy should pick a person who understands and likes him for who he is. Roy should be able to trust her. He should get a girl who loves him."

Link's aquamarine eyes shifted from Zelda to looking down at the lobby again. Sounds like you, Zelda. But it sounds like Veronica, too. So I'm still in square one.

Zelda placed a hand on his shoulder. "Well, did I help you out?"

Link turned back to Zelda and looked in her sapphire eyes of concern. "Yes, you did."

"Well that's good. And tell Roy that he should really look around here to find his answer. The answer to the girl of his dreams may be closer than he thinks," The princess added for the sake of a certain bubbly princess friend of hers. Zelda yawned softly.

Link smiled. "Sounds like you're tired."

"Yes, I am." She pulled up the sleeve of her robe.

"Well, I'm going to sleep too." Link stretched and brushed his blonde hair out of his face. "Ugh, what a hassle. This is why I wear my hat all the time."

"Well, why don't you cut your hair?"

Link gasped and grabbed his hair. "Zelda, how could you say such a thing? I love my hair. Every single little strand."

Zelda giggled. "Okay, don't get all Marth on me." She yawned again. "Well, good night, Link."

Link bowed. "Good night, Princess."

Zelda frowned and put her hands on her hips. "Link!"

Link grabbed her hand and smiled. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry. I just couldn't resist." Link lifted her hand and kissed it. Zelda made a silent gasp. "Good night, Zel."

Link let go of her hand and waved good-bye. He went to his room across from where they were looking over the main lobby and shut the door behind him.

Zelda touched her face. Why am I blushing? He's been kissing my hand since we were young. She looked at the kissed right hand. "But they didn't feel as affectionate as this one felt," she whispered. She shrugged it off and walked back to her room. When she went inside, Samus was on her bed, taking her hair out of a ponytail. "Where did you go?"

Zelda smiled. "Oh, just looking around." She went to her bed and climbed in. Samus eyed her suspisciously, but turned the light off once finished. She climbed into bed too. "Good Night, Zel."

"Good Night, Sam." Zelda placed her head on the pillow and fell fast asleep, dreaming peaceful dreams.

The Next Day

The next day was very sunny and partly cloudy. The sunlight woke Zelda up, but she wasn't quite ready to wake up yet.

"Sam, could you shut the curtains please," she said groggily.

Samus didn't answer. Zelda rose up to see Samus wasn't even in the room. Looking closer at Samus's bed, there was a letter. Zelda walked over to her bed and picked up the letter.

Zel-

Went out with Marth this morning for breakfast and a walk around town. It's a morning date. 3 I'll be back in a while. And don't get into a hiss fit with Veronica while I'm gone. I want front row seats. See you later.

Sam

Zelda's heart dropped. She would have liked to go with her, but sometimes Samus and Marth would need time for themselves. They were a couple after all. After placing the letter down, she took another shower and got ready for whatever the day held. When she was done, she looked in the closet and pulled out her lavender dress with the matching shoes and gloves. After she got dressed, she did her hair and then she went to her jewelry box and put on her triforce earrings.

She looked in the mirror and spun around. "Okay, I think everything let's good." She walked out the door with a smile. "I'm ready for anything, but today, I'm taking the elevator."

Zelda walked over to the elevators. Two of the three were out of order. Probably because of all those people riding the elevator last night. She guessed. She went to the elevator that was working and went inside. She pressed the button for the elevator to go to the 1st floor. The doors started to close. Maybe Link and I can do something today if I find him.

Zelda noticed all of a sudden that the elevator was not going down. Zelda looked at the buttons. "I pressed the button. What's wrong?" Zelda looked up to see the top part of the elevator open. Her eyes widened as smoke started to come in the elevator. It surrounded her and she couldn't help but breathe some smoke into her lungs. Zelda started to cough uncontrollably. This elevator is on fire!

To stop herself from breathing in any more smoke, she put up Nayru's Love up to protect herself, but she still kept coughing. She tried pulling open the doors. She couldn't do Din's Fire to break the elevator open and keep the barrier up at the same time. When she couldn't open the door, she pressed her back against the elevator. She looked up, seeing the flames up above in the elevator vent. They were cutting the cords holding the elevator together. One cord snapped and the elevator started to shake violently.

Zelda screamed. "Oh Nayru, what do I do!" She continued to cough. "This barrier isn't going to hold up much longer."

A/N And I'm going to stop it right here. I never do cliffhangers. I think this is my first one. I don't know how many more chapters I'm going to do. Depends on the amount of reviews I get. Well, you know what to do! Later!