Chapter 2: I Stand Alone

Link had been finished with showing Zelda around the school for a few hours now. He was sitting in the cafeteria alone eating a sandwich when, what he called, "The Three Stooges gone bad" came up to him to torment him. The leader, who just happens to be Rick, grabbed Link's sandwich and squeezed it into a ball in his fist; Rick then proceeded with playing catch with his other two friends. Rick's two friends were, Jason and Brick. Rick was tall and muscular. Jason was shorter than Link, and Link was one about 5 feet 7 inches, yet Jason was the fastest runner in the school. And Brick was as tall as Link, but had three times the muscles than Rick.

"Hey, freaks why don't you go fondle somebody else's food!" yelled Link, but realizing that saying that was a big mistake.

"What did you say?" spat Rick in a very irritated voice. "Did you here that Brick?"

"Yup, I say that we play football, and Link over there has the ball, and is the opposing team," replied Brick.

Zelda had been watching the whole dilemma, and began to run around the room trying to persuade others to help stand up for Link. This had caught both Link's and Rick's attention.

"Why are you trying to help this loser?" asked Rick. "Nobody messes with us! And why would a pretty girl like you help such a freak to begin with? Does this mean you're a freak also?"

Zelda began to look down; she wanted to help her new friend who showed her around the school, although she didn't need it.

Link noticed that Zelda began to hurt a little bit for the way Rick had yelled at her; Link then threw a very cold glare at the three. Jason saw this and decided to play a little game on Link. Jason ran at full speed for Zelda and grabbed onto her, glaring evilly into her eyes with his dark green eyes.

"Hey let go of her!" bellowed Link. Something inside of Link clicked; he felt an adrenaline rush unlike any one he's had before.

"Or what?" retorted Brick.

"Or you'll say an insult to us?" said Rick almost laughing. "Ooh, I am so scared; Link is going to say something mean to me."

"What ever will we do Rick," laughed Jason, putting an even stronger grip on Zelda's arms, making her whimper in pain.

Link noticed that everyone had formed a circle around the group. This infuriated Link, "What is wrong with you people?" growled Link. "Why do I always have to stand alone when it comes to them?" Link turned his attention back on the three. "They can't take us all on!"

"You're not alone this time," said Zelda, giving Link a smile, but was soon erased when Jason yet again tightened his grip.

"Yeah, Link, she's helping you a lot!" laughed Rick, pretending to wipe a tear away, causing all three of the bullies to laugh uncontrollably.

Link was just getting ready to sprint at Rick to slug him when a teacher came into the room. "What is the meaning of this?" yelled the Teacher.

"Oh nothing sir," replied Rick. "Right Link?"

Brick was holding his fist up at Link, so that the teacher couldn't see it.

"Yeah, we were just fooling around," replied Link, looking down at his feet.

At that, the Teacher turned around on his heel and walked off.

"You were lucky this time," growled Rick, throwing Link's old sandwich at him.

"Next time we'll mess you up, and take you're girl friend away," remarked Jason, giving Link a shove as the three walked off.

Everyone had gone back to what they were doing, and Zelda had walked over to Link. "Sorry I couldn't have been any help?" said Zelda, as she looked down. "Instead I was just another problem you had to deal with."

"It's not your fault," replied Link, with a reassuring tone in his voice. "You don't know how thing's run here. Nobody helps, because those three push everyone around. They just target me more than others. That is also why I always stand alone."

"What makes them think that they can push everyone around anyways?" asked Zelda.

"Their muscles, you saw Brick didn't you, he was like a…gorilla," stated Link.

Zelda began to giggle, "His forehead makes him look like a gorilla."

"Hehehe, yeah it kind of does," replied Link.

"Man, it is uncanny on how much she looks like that girl in my dream!" thought Link. "The blonde hair, blue eyes...if she was put in the same dress as in the dream, I wouldn't know the difference."

"Hey, where do you live?" asked Zelda. "Would you mind if I came over? I need help on my homework, and such; and I'd like to meet your parents."

"Wow that was sudden, I live south of town," replied Link, with a very surprised look. "I guess you can come over, with persistence like that, I don't think you'd take no as an answer."

"Yup, that is what my dad always tells me," replied Zelda. "He always says that I won't take no for an answer. That I get it from my mom."

"I'd like to meet your parents too," said Link, crossing his arms.

"I only have one parent now, my mom died when I was a little girl," replied Zelda, shutting her eyes to hold back the tears.

"Oh, I'm sorry…you can come over, I doubt my parents would mind," replied Link, with a smile. "You might be able to stay for dinner also."

"Oh really, my dad is a terrible cook and always insists on cooking," chimed Zelda, beaming

Link began to laugh, "Alright, I have to take the bus home, so meet me in front of the school when it lets out. And don't be late, otherwise we'll end up having to sit next to Rick…See ya then."

"Okay, I promise not to be late," replied Zelda as she walked off to her next class, ending their conversation right as the bell rang.