Dreamed Fate

Chapter 11

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"I can't believe it! She's here, Cia is here, Link!"

"Lana, calm dow--"

"Don't tell me to calm down, Link! It's happening! Oh, no it's happening. I knew it was gonna come one day, but why now?"

"Um...why not now?"

"Because things we really looking up for us!"

"..."

I groaned, the bright light in the room blinding me. I tried to sit up, the pain shooting up my back telling me otherwise.

In an instant, someone was by my side, taking my hand into theirs. "Zelda, hey. It's Link."

I opened up a single eye, taking in my surrounding. I felt slight jealousy when I saw the cotton candy looking girl sitting in a chair with a grumpy look on her face.

But I felt victorious because Link was by my side, not hers.

Her mood seemed to dampen even more when she saw me look at her. She shot me a glare, causing me to turn back to face Link.

"Uh, what are you doing here? Where am I?" I asked, rubbing my aching forehead.

"You, uh, fainted." Was his reply.

"Fainted? How? What happened?" I cried out, all the events from before coming back. "Who was that person who attacked me?"

Glancing around, I sighed in relief when I saw I was in my dorm.

"Sheesh, calm down, princess. Let the guy explain." The blue haired girl mustered out.

I whipped my head to glare at her. Link, seemingly unaware of the tension between us girls, answered anyways. "Well, someone is going to pay us a visit, and she'll explain what exactly is going on."

"Who?" I asked, raising a brow.

The girl growled out. "Her name's Palutena. Now stop asking questions, you'll get answers later."

Link sighed. "Lana, be nice."

The girl, Lana, narrowed her eyes at me before also sighing. "Sorry, it's just...I'm not used to having girls around. It's usually just Link and I."

For some odd reason, I accepted her apology. I knew we weren't gonna be the greatest friends ever, but it would still be nice to at least be friends.

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We sat at the coffee shop, BrawlBucks, the place where Peach and I just were hanging out a while ago.

But the question is, was that ever really Peach?

My heart hurt, wanting to know what happened to her. She's my best friend, the girl who I trusted my life with. I needed to know if she was okay. And hopefully this 'Palutena' knew.

Lana sat across from me, occasionally glancing down at Link and I's hands that were lying on the table, both very close to each other.

She spoke first. "So, Zelda, how old are you?"

"I'm twenty." I replied back.

"Twenty? I thought you were like, fifteen or something." Lana flushed.

I raised a brow. "What? Why?"

"Well, you look really young for twenty." She answered.

I rolled my eyes, feeling slightly annoyed. "Fifteen, though? Really? What fifteen year old do you know that's a sophomore in college? If anything, you look like your fifteen."