Link watched from his spot underneath a tree with his own Loftwing as Alfred nuzzled her gray blue Loftwing, saying words of encouragement to the large bird.
It was the first class of the day, and that class was Loftwing flying. Ducky and Zelda, having gotten permission before hand, were out scouting the course that was to be flown.
"Hey Alfred." Alfred looked back at Link.
"Yes?" she asked.
"I've always wondered, why is your name Alfred?" Link asked, looking up at the teen. "It's a boy's name, isn't it?"
"Yeah, but my parents were so convinced that I was going to be a guy they signed the birth certificate before I was born!" Alfred said happily, a grin on her lips.
"Can you even do that?" Link asked the question more to himself, but still got an answer from his fellow teen.
"Apparently so!" she chirped, blinking when Links name was called by a rather unwelcomed voice.
"Oh for the love of the goddess," Link grumbled, face palming as a burly teen his age, with red hair styled, in Alfred's opinion, like a unicorn walked up, a smug look on his face.
"And a wild Goose-Goose appears," she whispered. Groose shot her a glare, and then turned to Link.
"Can you finally ride your Loftwing without falling off?" he sneered. "Or is your Loftwing finally listing to you?"
Link's sky blue eyes went as hard as steel as he narrowed them. Groose chuckled, letting out a yelp as the Crimson bird snapped its beak at his arm, his eyes narrowed.
"Gee Groose, no need to insult much better flyers than you," Link smirked. But it didn't reach his eyes. "If I knew you were coming today, I would have stayed in my dorm. We don't want you looking like an idiot, now do we?"
"Why you-"
"GROOSE!"
Both teen's looked to the direction of the voice. Zelda was marching toward them with Ducky leading the dark blue and orange Loftwings (Ducky's was the orange). She stopped beside the two, hands on her hips and blue eyes narrowed dangerously.
"You were picking on Link again, weren't you?"
"N-no! We were just chatting-"
"Don't trust him Zelda!" Alfred cut him off. "DON'T TRUST HIM!"
Zelda's eyes narrowed further.
"Just never mind." Groose shook his head then walked off. When he was out of sight, Link raised his eyebrows at Alfred.
"Goose-Goose?"
"Everybody gets a nickname eventually." Alfred replied. "Just can't think of one for you or Zelda."
"Didn't Zelda have one for him when they were little?" Ducky asked, walking up to Alfred.
"Oh yeah…what was it?"
"Oh!" Ducky grinned, and so did Alfred. They then both opened there mouths. "It was-MRPH?!"
They were both cut off as Zelda clamped her hands to their mouths, their eyes wide. "If you so much as utter that name, I will empty out all your bacon, peanut butter and popcorn stores, and tell all the stores around here that if they so much a sell you a gram they. Will. Be. Dead," Zelda said in a deadly whisper.
Both girls nodded frantically, keeling over and taking in deep breaths after Zelda let them go.
Link stared at his childhood friend with wide eyes, then, deciding it best not to question it, focused his attention to Instructor Horwell as he stepped out of the academy.
oOo
Well…class had certainly been…exciting, to say the least.
Link and Zelda had been asked to give a demonstration of the course, and to show what 'working with your partner' was like. All they had to do was fly the course together and dodge objects that were thrown at them. It was simple enough. They flew like they were one person, and were easily the best in the class.
Alfred and Ducky went next. They were graceful, not at all like how they were on the ground. There were a few times they messed up, but they worked beautifully together none the less. However, after that, everything went downhill.
Horwell had told them to switch partners, to 'better yourself if you need to fly with someone else.' Zelda, Ducky, Alfred and Link had tried to pair up together, but Horwell would have none of that.
Oh no.
Ducky and Zelda did end up getting paired together, but Link had been sent to Groose and Alfred to Pipit, who was for some reason there…
Ducky and Zelda did okay. They could read each others moves pretty easily and it wasn't too difficult to get there Loftwings to fly the course.
Alfred and Pipit had some difficultly at first, but they got the hang of it soon enough.
Link and Groose on the other hand, well, it was…different, to say the least.
oOo
"That wasn't too bad." Zelda said, stretching her arms. Class had ended a few minutes ago, and they were now on their way to biology.
Link scoffed. "For you maybe."
"Oh come on, it couldn't have been that bad." Zelda pouted.
Link rolled his eyes. "Groose fell on top of me as I was flying, and my Loftwing refused to fly after that."
"Okay, well…" Zelda trailed off as Link stopped listing to her. She frowned, but started humming Ballad of the Goddess. When Link didn't want to talk, he didn't want to talk.
"What I don't get is why Pipit was there." Alfred crossed her arms, and without breaking stride, jumped over a sleeping student in the middle of the hall. It was surprising how graceful she could be when not paying attention. "He's a senior, isn't he?"
"Yeah, but he was there to help," Ducky replied, frowning at the map. "Where in the Goddesses name is the biology room!?"
"Take a left up here," Zelda and Link replied in synch. They blinked at each other, and then Zelda started giggling while Link smiled.
"They are so getting together before senior prom," Ducky mumbled, stuffing the map back in her pocket. She didn't even know why she was carrying the stupid thing around. She had Zelda and Link for a map.
…Maybe I should burn it…or cut it up with my scissors. Ducky thought, smiling.
"Dude, they are so not," Alfred replied, taking a sharp left, running face first into a door. "….ow." Ducky rolled her eyes at her, and then shoved her out of the way, opening the door. "Hey!" Alfred popped up in front of Ducky, who glared at her. "Dark's there!"
"Really?" Ducky peered over Alfred's shoulders, spotting Link's doppelganger who wasn't really Link's doppelganger. "He is!"
Link started at them both. He had only known the two girls for less than 84 hours, and he had already expected them to know some pretty strange people. Hell, he expected them to know the damn president, not Dark!
"How do you know Dark?" Link asked.
"He saved us from some fire breathing things back in a dark alley a while ago." Alfred then skipped into the room. Link looked at Ducky, who shrugged, then followed after her friend.
"Did you know that?" Link turned to Zelda, who, looking just a surprised as him, shook her head.
"Hey buddy!" Ducky and Alfred slid into the seats next to Dark, sandwiching him between them. He raised an eyebrow at them before replying.
"Hello."
"Are you still doing your one word answers?" Ducky asked.
"Hm….maybe," Dark replied, smirking as Ducky shot him an iterated glare. He loved the two girls, he really did, but he just could never pass up an opportunity to mess with them.
Ah, Love-Hate relationships, such a wondrous thing.
"You know," Link was watching the three from the back of the room with Zelda. "I'm just not going to question it anymore."
"That's probably for the best," Zelda replied.
"Good morning class!" Everyone turned to the front as a hunched over figure with a huge bag on his back with mask's scattered about it walked in. "I'm your biology teacher, Mr. Happy Mask Salesmen." He smiled, causing Alfred to scoot as far back as the desks would allow. "But you can call me Mr. HMS."
Link looked horror-struck at him, while Zelda blinked.
"Oh, what fresh Hell is this?"
A/N:
Hi!
I forgot to mention, while this does take place in the Skyward Sword universe, we will be bringing in just about every other character from the Zelda universe, and even mess around with time! And this is Zelink, but while they do have their moments, it doesn't fully happen for awhile. There is also GhiraFi, but they don't come in for awhile either, but it will be soon!
And Alfred and Ducky do not end up together, just in case you were wondering…so don't bring it up…or Ducky comes after you with her scissors.
I do not own Legend of Zelda…sadly…
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