Author's Note: Sorry, but my Internet glitched again, so all of last week's chapters are going up today. There are still going to be three for this week, so don't worry about that.
Hawkpath: I thank you for supporting my stories so much! It's really boosted my self-esteem.
LK: Thanks for all the kind words!
Straightedge: I will make a chapter for that, but much later in the story… maybe.
On with the drama!
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One Year's Eternity
Chapter 6
September 7
There was a new senior. Groose Cole was a tall, buff, and snotty boy. He seemed to think that he was the center of the universe. He had bright red, short hair that curled at the ends. He seemed to think that every girl liked him, and in most cases, they did.
Are Midna and I the only sane females here?
He had the same first class as Mid: Algebra. He was a complete idiot according to her and, judging by what I had seen, I believed her. She could read even the toughest faces, mine being one of them, and she understood by looking at Groose that he was always having trouble with every homework assignment.
Chemistry was easy. For Mikau and I, at least. Mizumi taught slowly and reviewed everything quickly every class period. Everyone complained about class being too hard, while Mikau and I just breezed through everything that Mizumi handed us. Nayru had Mizumi wrapped around her finger and she always seemed to wriggle out of trouble, usually blaming it on Mikau or me. When blamed on Mikau, few believed her lies. When blamed on me, everyone believed her.
No benefit of the doubt for this Labrynnian.
I found myself fascinated with Link's stories. He had been so many places and experienced so many things. So young, I thought, to have been to at least four different countries. He would text me bits and pieces of his stories every night. Midna was getting suspicious.
"Link?" she asked, looking at me upside-down from her chair to my bed. "Again?"
"He's telling me about his trip to Holodrum," I told her. "That's it."
"But is that all you want it to be?" she asked in a teasing voice, smiling.
I threw a pillow at her. She ducked, and it hit her PlayStation Vita that was on her desk.
"Hey!" she screamed, throwing the pillow back at me, knocking my phone from my grasp. "You know how expensive that thing is?"
I grabbed my phone. "Yes. I do know. Kidy vsaz phem." (AN: That's, "Just calm down.")
"Ni," she said, angrily. (AN: "No.")
"Fine then," I said, standing up. "Smash?"
"I'll smash your face in," she mumbled.
"Ey," I called. (AN: "Hey.") "I'll play as Bowser."
She smiled maniacally. "I'm Pit, then."
"Ni! He's my character!"
"You're playing as Bowser, though," she said, handing me a controller.
"You're lucky tomorrow's Saturday," I said. "We can stay up."
"Oh, yeah!" she exclaimed, choosing to play as Yoshi and not Pit. "Me and… the other Rejects, I guess, we were planning on going to Lon Lon Cafe for supper tomorrow. Ever been there?"
"Um," I thought, choosing Bowser, "no. I don't think so."
"Wow," she said, choosing 'Battlefield' as our stage. "Next, you'll tell me that you don't know what Olive Garden is!"
"What?"
"And now I know where we're going for lunch next Saturday," she said.
We both clicked 'Ready' and got our round started. Bowser, little did she know, was my fifth best character. Most people sucked with him. I pwned her too many times to count, even with her playing Yoshi. She went to bed at 10:42 P.M. out of rage. I stayed up and played Kid Icarus: Uprising. I was now on Chapter 22. I set the difficulty to 9.0 and started. I beat it on my first try.
I went to bed around midnight.
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September 8, 7:21 A.M.
"Zelda! Wake up! It's an emergency!"
I woke up to a very excited Midna screaming in my ear. She was already dressed.
Eju?
I groaned and turned my back to her.
"C'mon," she said, shaking my shoulder. "It's urgent!"
I tiredly croaked, "What is it?"
"Link has a twin!" she shouted. "And he's transferring to Nohansen!"
"Who is this twin?" I asked, suddenly interested. I sat upright.
"You might know him," she said. "He's transferring from Labrynna College to come here."
"His name, please?" I said, growing impatient. Then again, there was only one person at Labrynna who didn't have a last name, and that was…
"Shade," she said in a dramatic voice.
No. No, no, no, no, this cannot be happening…
"You know him?" she asked, tilting her head like a puppy.
"I may," I said. "Let's go see if I do."
I got up and leaned against my bedpost to get my clothes. I picked my Squirtle shirt and a pair of capris. I got on my right Converse and grabbed my key necklace. I hopped to my crutches. Midna rushed to get some make-up on me, even though it was just beige eye shadow. She said it made me look more alive. She was wearing a shirt that said, "If I were a zombie, I'd eat you first." She balanced on her dresser to get her last Cargo boot on and opened the door. We walked down the hallway as Midna texted Link, Mikau, and Beck.
Meet us at the elevator. We wanna meet Shade!
I thought as we walked.
I always thought that Link looked vaguely familiar. This is going to get awkward if it really is the Shade I knew… and dated…
"Zel?" Midna stopped my train of thought. "You okay? You're staring off into space."
"I'm fine," I replied. "Just lost in thought, I guess."
We reached the elevators. We waited there for three minutes before we saw Link, Beck, and Mikau walk down the hallway.
"There doesn't seem to be anyone else with you," Midna said when the boys reached us, hand on hip.
"His dorm's on the second floor," Link said, pressing the button for the elevators.
I stared at the ground.
"Zelda?" Link startled me. I jerked my head up. "What's up?"
"Nothing," I said, waving my hand to dismiss the question.
"Okay then," he said, worry clear in his eyes. He walked into the elevator with Mikau following him. Then Beck, Midna, and I followed. Mikau pushed the '2' button.
"So, you excited?" Midna asked Link. "How long has it been since you've seen each other?"
"About three years," he said, sighing. "Shade went to Labrynna because he didn't want to do the same thing I did."
"Is there a rivalry?" Beck asked.
Not possible. Shade is the nicest person I've ever met, besides Link. But he's always seemed more distant…
"No. It's just that we've done everything the same since we were kids," Link said. "He got sick of it, so he learned Labrynnian and moved there."
Shade never spoke of having a brother… Let alone, a twin. He always told me everything.
"That's kinda cool!" Mikau said. "I wish I had a twin. Instead I have Ruto for an awful older sister."
What?! Mikau and Ruto are siblings?! Well, you learn something new every day.
"That reminds me," Midna said as we made it to the third floor. "How's Japas?"
"Haven't seen him since he left," Mikau said solemly. "He was a terrible brother, anyway."
The elevator dinged. Link walked out first, then Midna, Beck, Mikau, and me. We walked down the right hallway until we got to Room 211. Link knocked on the door.
"Shade?" he called through the wood.
"Yeah?" a voice called back.
No. It can't be him. But, it sounds so much like him.
"Open up," Link said. "There's some people I want you to meet."
We waited a couple seconds. The door cracked open slowly. Out of the room came a tall, black-haired boy with a friendly smile on his face. I put up my hair curtain.
It's him.
Shade ran a hand through his dark hair. "Hey. Who's this?"
Shade looked around at the small crowd surrounding his room. He paused when he got to me.
"Hello?" he said. I raised my head up and pushed my hair behind my ears.
No hiding now.
"Ey, Shade," I said coyly.I couldn't help but smile a little bit.
"No," he said, cocking his head. He squinted his eyes. "Zelda?"
He hugged me before I could respond. Once he let go, I saw that everyone around us had bugged out eyes and all around surprised looks on their faces.
"You know each other?!" Midna asked, half-screaming.
"We've known each other since… high school, right?" Shade asked me. I nodded my head slightly. I couldn't keep the smile off my face.
Link looked almost angry. I could see he was trying to contain it. But, what was he angry about?
Idk… crush maybe? Jk
Great. Just great.
I was now surrounded by my best friend and my former boyfriend.