Title: Grocery Shopping
Word count: 468
Fandom: Legend of Zelda
Summary: Link goes grocery shopping. Chaos ensues.
Notes: I'm not sure when this takes place. Probably our world and time, considering he's at a grocery store. This idea came to me and my friend Shadowstroke while watching one of my siblings play Twilight Princess. I mean, whenever he gets a new item... yeah. I hope you enjoy, I certainly did. XD
Milk
Cheese
Hot dogs
Hot dog buns
Mustard
Ketchup
Carrots
Oranges
Cereal
Plastic cups
Apples
Link scanned the grocery list his mother had given him. Usually, the shopping was left up to Mother, but she was busy today, and so the duty had fallen on Link. The list was relatively short, only a few items. Mother always seemed to come home with more than what was on the list, he pondered. Maybe she was going easy on him for his first time grocery shopping by himself.
Link walked into the store with irrational nervousness bubbling in his chest. Relax, he told himself. What could go wrong? You're grocery shopping. It's not like the milk is going to turn into a monster and attack you.
He walked around and found a cart. After he grabbed a suitable-looking one, he checked his list again for his first item: milk. Link pushed the cart toward isle 4 (dairy). Cheese was next on the list, he could pick it up right afterward.
The milk was toward the end of the isle. Link opened the fridge and reached for the milk. The price tag on it proclaimed "20 Rupees".
As soon as he touched it, he spun around and lifted his arms. The background faded a little as Link stared at the milk jug floating ever so slightly above his hands. He muttered a curse word under his breath and gritted his teeth in annoyance as he remembered what happened whenever he got a new item. Dramatic music—dun dun dun dun!—played loudly, and as the milk jug spun around above his palms, a notice appeared at the bottom of Link's vision: "You have found: milk. This liquid is made when someone milks a cow or a goat. When you drink milk, you gain three hearts."
The notice floated below him for a moment, then disappeared, along with the milk and 20 of his rupees. Link let out a start, then looked into his cart. The milk had been placed in the corner.
Link grumbled and pushed his cart toward the cheese. The milk had only been his first item. No wonder it was Mother who did the shopping— he had forgotten about the irritating things that happened to him whenever he picked something new up.
He pushed the cart a few feet, then braced himself as he reached for the cheese.
Once again, he was forced to lift his arms and listen to the dramatic music as the little notice flashed at the bottom of his vision: "You have found: cheese. This item is made from milk. When you eat cheese, you gain one heart."
Link gritted his teeth, wishing that he could turn around and attack the snickering shoppers behind him. This was going to be a long trip.