Yes! the next chapter of 'Shrek, Zelda style' Enjoy! And please review!
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Chapter 5, Merry who?
Then next morning, the door of Zelda's tree was pushed aside and Zelda emerged, smiling. She glanced around, noticing her two traveling companions sleeping.
Being careful not to disturb them, she slipped away quietly into the forest, taking in a breath of fresh air.
"So beautiful…" she muttered to herself. She approached a tree, smiling at a bird sitting on its nest. She hummed softly, and the bird began to chirp, hopping off its nest to perch in front of her.
Zelda continued to hum, until she noticed the forest around her had become very quiet.
The bird she had been singing took off fly, landing on a branch above Zelda. All the sudden, an owl flew out of the tree and snatched off the bird, flying high into the air and out of sight above the trees.
Zelda gasped in horror, her mouth open. She glanced at the small nest in the tree, in which three small eggs lay.
15 minutes later, Zelda sat at the fire back at the camp, watching the three eggs cook while Link and Sheik continued sleeping. A few minutes later, Link stirred and sat up, eyes widening at the sight of Zelda. He shook Sheik's shoulder, ignoring Sheik's mumbling in his sleep.
"Sheik! Wake up!" Sheik woke up in an instant, his own eyes widening at the sight of the food. Zelda glanced up.
"Oh, morning. Um, how do these look?" Sheik licked his lips, staring at the eggs.
"What's with this?" Link asked, gesturing at the food. Zelda picked up the small rock the eggs had been cooking on and sat in front of Link and Sheik.
"I felt bad, you know, the three of us got off to a bad start, so I wanted to make it up to you."
"Thanks, I guess." Link replied, standing up. He stretched a bit.
"Let's keep going, we've got a long day ahead of us."
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A while later…
"So Link, how long have you lived in Hyrule?"
"Most of my life."
"Ever been to the castle?"
"Nope."
"Ever killed a dragon before?"
"…"
"Was that a yes?"
"…"
"Fine, ever eaten-"
"Nope."
"What about and alligator? Ever eaten one of those before?"
"No, but I have killed plenty of wolves before."
That shut Sheik up for a while. (A/N that was Sheik questioning Link)
Zelda walked quietly behind Link and Sheik as Sheik questioned Link, thinking.
"Hey princess, have you been kidnapped back there?" Link asked, Zelda jerked back to reality. "Huh?"
"I said, have you been kidnapped? You've been awfully quiet back there." Zelda shook her head.
"Sorry, I was just thinking." She quickly hurried to catch up with Link and Shiek, trying not to smile as Sheik continued to question Link.
"So, have you ever killed a dragon?"
"Yes, once when I was a kid."
"Yikes. Have you ever killed a human?"
"Yes, but only in a life-threatening situation."
"Have you ever-"
"Sheik, are you done questioning me or do I have to tape your mouth shut to keep you quiet?" Sheik shook his head. Link breathed a sigh of relief.
"Finally, some peace and quiet." Sheik glanced at Zelda, Link threw him a glare that said 'don't even think about it'
The three were silent as they made their way through the dark forest, all three keeping their eyes peeled for trouble.
But none of expected what came next.
"Hiya!"
A green blur suddenly swooped down at scooped Zelda up, landing a tree next to the road about 30 feet of the ground.
"Princess!" Link shouted, watching as they landed in the tree.
"What are you doing?!" Zelda snapped as the mysterious person landed in the tree. It was a young man wearing green.
"Don't fear princess! I am rescuing you from that evil Hylian!" On the ground, Link rolled his eyes.
"Hey! That's my princess, go get your own!" The young man glared at Link.
"Watch it Hylian! Can't you see I'm saving her?!" Link rolled his eyes again. Zelda grabbed the man by his shirt collar and jerked him towards her.
"Look loser! I don't know who the hell you think you are-" The man shook his head.
"Of course princess, I'm so rude, I completely forgot to introduce myself. Oh Kokiri!"
As if on cue, several people wearing green jumped out of the woods. The mysterious man jumped down to join him, and they all began singing.
"I steal from the rich and feed to the needy! I rescue pretty damsels and princesses too! All the time! Haha! Mister Mido!"
(A/N everyone reading this is probably cracking up right now, I know I am!)
Link and Zelda glanced at each other and shrugged in confusion as Mido and his Kokiri group continued dancing and singing. It wasn't until Mido pulled out a dagger and started singing about gouging out eyes that Zelda's own eyes widened.
"Hiya!" Just as Mido pointed the dagger at Link, something kicked him in the head, knocking him unconscious. A purple blur flew out of the trees and landed right next to wear he had been standing, it was Zelda. The Kokiri looked shocked.
"Man was he getting annoying." Zelda said, shaking her head. Behind her, one of the Kokiri pulled out a bow and arrow.
"Why you-" Zelda avoided the arrow, which bounced off some trees, did several flips until she was right in front of him. She punched him several times until he fell, punching the man who tried to sneak up behind her, kicking him in the stomach with her shoes.
Two men began running at her, Zelda shot up in the air, behind careful of her hair, and kicked them both square in the face. Another began running after her, she raced towards a tree, running up the trunk and back flipping off it to land right behind the man, he turned and winced as she punched him square in the jaw.
The last of the men raced towards Zelda, she quickly jumped and flipped around, kicking him in the face.
"Yah!" she landed on the ground, positioned to fight. Upon seeing that all the Kokiri were out cold, she relaxed, smoothing her purple dress with her hands as she made her way towards Link and sheik, whose mouths were handing open.
"Ready to continue?" Without waiting she walked past them and continued one, leaving them with their mouths hanging open. The two shook their heads and raced after her.
"Wait a minute! What was that?" Link asked as they caught up with her.
"What was what?" Zelda asked, stopping.
"What you did back there! Where'd you learn that?"
"That was amazing!" Sheik said. Zelda smiled lightly.
"Well… living alone for so long… you need to know these things in case-" She noticed Link's shoulder, which had the arrow stuck in it that was shot by one of the Kokiri.
"-There's an arrow in your shoulder!" Link and Sheik looked confused. Zelda pointed to Link's shoulder, he glanced at.
"Oh, would you look at that." He touched it lightly and winced. Zelda's hands flew to her mouth.
"I'm so sorry! It's all my fault." Link shook his head.
"It's just a scratch. Nothing big." Zelda looked at him as if he was insane. Sheik however, was reacting very differently.
"Link's hurt? Link's hurt?! Link's gonna die! Link's gonna die!" He was beginning to run around in circles, until Zelda grabbed onto his ear.
"Sheik! Calm down. If you wanna help Link, then run into the forest and find me a purple flower with blue thorns!" Sheik nodded several times.
"Purple flower blue thorns, purple flower blue thorns." Sheik repeated as he began to run into the woods.
"Be careful Link, and if you see a long tunnel, stay away from the light!"
"Sheik!"
"Sheik!"
"Right! Flowers! Purple flower blue thorns, purple flower blue thorns…"
"What in the world are the flowers gonna do?" Link asked as soon as Sheik was gone, pulling off his tunic and sitting on a giant rock.
"For getting rid of Sheik." Link nodded, his back to Zelda.
"Ok, so how do you want to do this?"
Meanwhile, in the forest…
"Purple flower blue thorns, Purple flower blue thorns…" Sheik was wondering through the woods, unnoticingly walking straight through a patch of purple flowers with blue thorns.
"This would be a whole lot easier if I wasn't colorblind! Purple flower blue thorns, Purple flower blue thorns…"
"Ah!" Link's shout of pain came from where Sheik had left Link and Zelda.
"Hold on Link! I'm coming!" Sheik wheeled around and grabbed the nearest flower with thorns before racing back towards his friends.
Meanwhile, back with Link and Zelda…
"Just pull the stupid thing out and be done with it." Link said. Zelda's cheeks heated up as she reached for the arrow.
Stop it! Stop blushing… she scolded herself mentally.
Slowly she grasped the arrow and tugged it, it moved, but barely. Zelda was shocked, Link hadn't even flinched.
"Doesn't this hurt?" she asked, Link shrugged. "A bit, but not too much, I'm a Hylian, remember? Pain doesn't bother us very much." Zelda tugged harder, feeling the arrow beginning to give. Link flinched.
"That, however…" Zelda began to pull harder, causing Link to jump to his feet.
"Ah! Easy with the yanking here!" He said, touching the arrow tenderly. Zelda placed her hands on her hips, a scolding look on her face.
"I thought you just said Hylians don't feel pain? Besides, that arrow has to come out before it gets infected." She made a grab for the arrow, Link stepped back.
"I never said Hylians didn't feel pain! I said they don't feel as much pain, there's a difference!"
"Look, either you sit down and hold still, or I'll pull that arrow out by force!" Link snorted. "I'd like to see you try." Zelda narrowed her eyes and lunged at him, Link jumped away.
"Just hold still!" Zelda snapped as she lunged towards the arrow again.
"No! Not until you take it easy!" Link replied as he ducked to avoid her arm grabbing for the arrow.
"Just hold-" Zelda broke off as Link caught her arm in mid lunge, their faces centimeters away. "…Still."
The two stared in each other's eyes, completely forgetting about the arrow still sticking out of Link's shoulder.
Then, Link leaned closer, and Zelda's eyes widened. He was going to kiss her!
"Ehem." Blushing, Link and Zelda jumped apart, turning to see a very amused Sheik sitting twenty feet away, a purple flower with blue thorns sitting at his feet.
Both Link and Zelda's faces turned bright red as they jumped away from each other. Sheik snickered.
"I didn't know you had it in you Link. If you wanted to be alone that bad, you know all you had to do was ask." Link turned, if possible, even redder.
"It's not like that! The princess here was just-"
"Yeah yeah, sure." Sheik interrupted, picking up the flower and dropping it at Zelda's feet.
"There's your flower princess. It is purple and blue, right?" Zelda nodded, then glanced at Link.
"Now if you will just hold still…" She reached for the arrow, but Link jumped away, glaring at her.
"Oh no, you'll yank it. I'll do it myself." And to Sheik and Zelda's amazement, he did. Reaching over his shoulder and pulling the arrow out as if it were a thorn. Zelda visibly flinched as blood began to trickle out of the wound.
"A-At least let me bandage that." She said, stuttering slightly. Link nodded, sitting back on the rock, the arrow in his hands. Zelda walked towards him, ripping a piece of her dress as she did so, ignoring the surprised gasp from Sheik as she tied the cloth around Link's shoulder.
"There, good as new, now shall we continue?"
THUD! Apparently the stress was a bit too much for Sheik to handle. Link stood up, pulling his tunic back over his head, and picked Sheik up. Letting his body rest on his shoulder.
Eventually, Sheik woke up from his earlier scare, and as their journey continued, he failed to notice the small signs of affection between Link and Zelda. The slight touch of hand, the occasional smile, the affectionate teasing, the light that shone in their eyes at the sight of each other. The kiss on the cheek when Link saved Zelda from a giant bolder about to crush her. The way Link showed Zelda the hibiscus flower, a flower that only opens at night or when you run your fingers up the stem. (Yeah yea, I don't wanna hear it, I know what a hibiscus flower is)
After a bit of traveling, Link led his two companions up a hill. Where, when they reached the top, they could see Hyrule castle looming in the distance.
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Hehe! Everytime I read the part about Mido I start cracking up! I love it
BTW, the chapter was posted at exactly 12:00 Midnight! Yay!
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P.S. For those of you who are wondering, the dragon is NOT Volvagia. Guess again! Here's a hint- in the the legend of Zelda, the character is a Hylian.