Ghirahim's My Roommate? (Arc 1)

4. Wait, what?

Link

"Can you tell me how you know Vaati, Ghirahim, and Shadow Link?" Aryll asked me. We already ate breakfast, and now we were watching some anime called Soul Eater.

"No," I responded.

"Please?" She asked and made some puppy eyes.

"No," I said again.

"Yes, you will."

"No, I won't," I repeated, looking at her.

"Yes."

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"Fine, I'll tell you what happened," I said to Aryll. Then it occurred to me that I was against telling her earlier and now I was following her demands. "Wait, what?"

Aryll burst out laughing. "I love watching those old cartoons! They're so educational!"

"No they're not," I responded.

"Was that cool how I used reverse psychology on you?" Aryll asked happily.

"That wasn't reverse psychology so much as tricking your older brother," I muttered to myself, but Aryll heard it anyway.

"Is Shadow Link our brother? It's just that you said 'brother', and I couldn't help but think of Shadow Link's comment."

"I don't really consider him my brother, but that's because he's my shadow come to life. We could do a DNA test, but we can't, as a) I think that test exists somewhere else, b) I don't know what's required to complete it, c) I think we need our parents DNA for reference, and d) I really don't want to know if Shadow is our brother," I said. "Oh, and we might need money and permission from Zelda and possibly Shadow, none of which we have."

"Whatever. Can you tell me how you met Ghirahim?" Aryll asked again.

I sighed. "You know how I saved Hyrule from Zant a year ago?"

Aryll nodded.

"Well, there were some disturbances near Gerudo Valley a few months later, so Zelda told me to go investigate."

"Were you doing it to impress Zelda?" Aryll asked suddenly.

"Yeah. Now let me finish speaking, or else I'll stop talking."

Aryll got quiet quickly.

"Anyhow, to sum everything up quickly, as I hate bragging about my adventures and I probably need therapy to forget Ghirahim's dance, I came across Vaati, Shadow Link and Ghirahim. Shadow Link wanted to see who was the better Link, and using my wolf form, I tricked him into knocking himself out by hitting a wall."

"Cool!" Aryll said excitedly.

"Then I squared off against Vaati, and I think the only reason I beat him was because I got lucky with timing. After that, I met Ghirahim, and his experience probably traumatized me."

"What did he do?" Aryll asked. "He seemed harmless to me."

"He snuck up behind me and started moving his tongue around."

"Ewww," Aryll looked like she was going to throw up.

"And that is why I didn't tell anyone about them, as they all disturbed me. But what intrigues me was when I was fighting Ghirahim."

"Did he wear a yellow dress, put fruit on his head and danced around?"

A horrible image of Ghirahim doing that flashed through my mind. "Are you trying to give me nightmares?"

"No, and that thought scared me too."

"Putting that creepy thought aside, Ghirahim said, 'You look just like your father,' and he then he slapped his mouth and denied he said that."

"Was he the one who killed Dad?" Aryll asked.

"I doubt it, as Dad would have defeated him without breaking a sweat, and I asked Ghirahim that, but he said that he didn't do that. And he kept saying that when I left the room."

"Did Ghirahim do something else creepy, like the worm?" Aryll asked, completely forgetting what I said a few seconds ago.

"Where do you come up with these ideas?" I questioned.

"After I eat cookies," she giggled.

"From now on, I'm limiting your sugar intake," I said.

She pouted. "Please don't."

"Oh, I will limit it," I said as I saw the boy in the anime brandish a huge sword.

"You won't."

"Will."

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"Hey guys," Shadow Link said as he materialized on the couch between us.

"Gah!" Aryll and I jumped off the couch in horror.

"What're you watching?" Shadow asked, completely disregarding the fact that he scared us.

"Watching an anime called-" I attempted to say when he cut me off saying, "Hey, I've seen this anime before!"

"What happened at the meeting?" Aryll asked hesitantly.

"Oh, I got bored and left, cause they started acting weird."

"Ghirahim has always been weird," I rseponded.

"I mean he lowered his voice and didn't say fabulous that much," Shadow murmured.

"Okay, then something's wrong," I replied.

I could hear someone ring the doorbell.

"Uh-oh. What if they see me? I'm not suppose to be here." Shadow said as he hid behind me and grabbed my shoulders. I tried to have him release his grip, but I failed miserably.

"I'll get it!" Aryll yelled as she dashed out of the living room and into the entrance hall. After a few seconds, she came running back and handed me a letter.

Shadow released my shoulders. "I guess it was just a messenger. Who's the letter from?"

"Princess Zelda," I said as I opened it. As I scanned the letter, the blood drained from my face.

"No way," Aryll said as she read the letter.

"Has Princess Zelda lost her mind?" Shadow asked.

None of us could say anything else. He was right. She lost her mind.

Reina: As much as I would like to reveal the contents of the letter and explain why they think Zelda lost her marbles, I'm not, as Vaati is going to see it at the end of the next chapter. I already know what's in the letter though.