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The next thing I remember feeling was something hard ram me in the face. It hurt, but it felt oddly soft and fragile. I opened my eyes after the collision to see none other than Princess Zelda standing in front of me, looking concerned. I couldn't help but smile at my own stupidity and the awkwardness of the situation.

"Oh my goodness! Are you okay? Your nose, it's gushing blood!" She said. She grabbed a tissue box that was sitting on the front desk and handed me a bunch of tissues. I hastily grabbed them and used them to stop the blood flow. I couldn't help but think of what an idiot I was.

"Samus? Oh, goodness. Do we need to get you to the hospital?" Madrid said, leaning over her desk to look at me. They both looked queasy over the blood. It wasn't that big of a deal to me, a bloody nose was nothing to the other injuries I've survived through.

"No. I'm fine." I said to Madrid. My voice was muffled behind the tissues.

"You're Samus? As in Samus Aran?" Zelda asked. She still looked uneasy. Madrid disappeared for a moment to get cleaning supplies for the blood puddle on the floor.

I smiled again, and nodded. "Sorry for that." I tried to advert the situation and start over.

"That's quite alright, you've suffered more damage than I have. It's a pleasure to meet you." She said, smiling the most beautiful smile I had ever seen. I stood in awe as Zelda held her hand out. I made sure my hand didn't have any blood on it and took it and shook it gently. The physical contact with this beauty made me shiver, not in a bad way though.

"Nice to meet you too." I said, being as polite as I could.

"It's a pity we met like this, I'm sorry about your nose." She said.

"Don't worry about it, it's about stopped anyway. I just need to go the bathroom and wash up." I said, pulling the tissues away for a moment and checking to see if I was still bleeding. Madrid returned and started cleaning up my stain on the floor.

"Certainly, go right ahead." She said, smiling.

I smiled again as I walked past her. I went straight to the bathroom and looked into the mirror. I took the tissues off and examined my nose. There was some dried blood on it, but otherwise I had stopped bleeding. I sighed as I cleaned my face. I meet Zelda, an actual princess, and I run into her. Even worse, I get a nose bleed right in front of her. How embarrassing! I finished up and left the bathroom and returned to the lobby, where they were waiting for me.

"Well, now that we're all here, let's go!" Madrid said, excited. She was definitely the type to get worked up over nothing.

Madrid led the way outside to a limousine, smiling to herself.

"Do you always carry that around?" Zelda asked me, pointing to my gun on the holster. I hesitated, nervous and then answered.

"Most of the time." I said simply.

"Do you understand who you are talking to? The Twilight Princess, you have a negative percent chance of ever getting with her ever. Stop goggling over her and shape up!" I yelled at myself mentally.

"Did you think I was going to attack you?" Zelda asked, giggling. It was the most precious sound I had ever- stop. It's not going to be like that, ever.

"No –I laughed a little. I just think that it's good to be prepared." I explained. She was easy to talk to. She agreed instantly, nodding her head.

"Yes, I think that too." She said smiling. Her face was gorgeous. She was very Elvin, and had a sharp, pointy nose that accented her face perfectly. Her mouth was small and cute, perfect for a princess. Her turquoise eyes were even sharp, and they so perfectly combined with her face to give her a very mature look. Her ears were very interesting. They were somewhat long and pointed. I liked them.

We got into the limousine and drove off. I had no idea where we were going. It was a little too early on my watch to be going for food; we were probably heading to a fancy clothes store or something. It was odd; Madrid didn't sit in the back with us. She sat in the front with the driver, she apparently knew him well; that left Zelda and I alone to talk, in the back of the car.

"So Samus, tell me about your missions. Are they fun, or do you get scared when you're sent on one? It must be nice to travel all around the universe. Oh! Did you fly your ship here?"

"No I left it at the Federation HQ. They paid for a flight here."

"That's too bad, I was hoping you could show me your ship sometime." She said, sad only for a moment, and then she perked up again. "How do you like Twilight?" she asked.

"It's great, very big, I almost got lost last night on a grocery run." I said, laughing a little. Zelda was talkative like her sister, but it seemed like she was talkative because she didn't meet new people all the time, not just because that was who she was. She laughed a little with me.

"It's easy to find your way once you've lived here fore so long, I wish I could go somewhere exciting like you." She said, smiling beautifully again. There was just a hint of sadness in her eyes. I couldn't do much more than smile back. She was just so pretty.

I don't know why, but I noticed that she crossed her legs when sitting, seeing as she was wearing a dress. That's when I really looked at her clothes. She was basically wearing the same clothes as in the picture. She was in a long, royal looking dress that looked to be embedded with tiny emeralds. She had on brown boots and she wasn't wearing her tiara. Her hair was down and set free of its braids. She looked amazing.

"Where are we going?" I asked, partly because I wanted to change the subject, and partly because I had no idea where we were actually going.

"I don't know." she shrugged very cutely. "May-May said it was a surprise."

"Oh." I said. It was quiet for about a minute.

"When's your birthday?" she asked suddenly. It was very random.

"In October. You?" I asked.

"Mine's next month in May (she laughed a little). When I said May-May it made me think of birthdays." She giggled again, which in turn made me giggle back. Her giggle was a lot cuter than mine.

"How old will you be?" she asked after we stopped.

"19"

"Really? I'm just turning 18. No fair, you're older." She put on a fake pouty face. It was unbearably cute. All right, this was getting old. I didn't know what was happening. I couldn't stop looking at her. I couldn't stop thinking about earlier. I couldn't stop imagining things going on between us.

"She's another girl." I told myself. "That's gross right? For me to like another girl?"

"No." That was the only thing I could think to tell myself. I wanted Zelda; I wanted her to be mine. It was right then that I realized I was gay.

AN: Wow, I haven't updated in forever! Sorry to those still actually reading this. Please please please review. It'll make it so there isn't such a huge wait between chapters. I have the story typed up already, I just need to review it and then submit it, and you reviewing will speed up that process tremendously.