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Possession

Prologue - The Girl Next Door

The day of Thursday, October 2018. An ordinary day for most people of Hyrule; the sun was rising up with its bright blanket, piercing through the thinnest of clouds and into the homes of the people, wherever they lived. In this case, it was the Ordon prefecture, an average-sized town. In the midst of the town was the apartment-buildings of only two floors, but it served as a home for many residents.

Its rays shined through the glass of the windows, falling upon the tired eyelids of a young Hylian man who, in his sleep, put up a losing fight against his awakening. His eyelids slowly opened for brief seconds, then somewhat longer. Then he managed to look around, adjusting his eyes for the light of day albeit slowly.

His blue eyes stared at the window; the curtains, he noticed, did little to block the outside light but it was probably for the best - his cellphone emitted the generic ring-tone just a few minutes later, accompanied by loud noises of thuds, voices and slams against walls. Annoying as it was, the boy knew he still had to get up this early. It was time to face the day.

Link, the Hylian boy of eighteen years chuckled to himself, ruffling through his messy blonde hair as he got up and began to get ready for school.

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After a warm shower and halfway through his breakfast the generic ring-tone emitted once again. Link grabbed hold of it and checked the number, smiling widely once he knew who it was and pressed the button.

"Good morning Zel-"

"Link! You're actually up?! And here I thought I would have to recite my usual wake-up speech again." Zelda said with a giggle. Link would've frowned, but he had to admit that he usually did have a hard time leaving the bed. So he chuckled back into his phone.

"Stranger things has happened you know. Besides, There was some loud noises coming from outside earlier - in fact, I think its still there." He withdrew the cellphone from his ear and listened; while it wasn't as loud as before, there was still some slams and occasional raised voices. "Yep, whatever it is, its still going, so I kinda had to get up."

"I should thank whoever it is." Zelda replied with yet another cheerful giggle. "Anyway, that's not why I called you. I were wondering if its possible for you to pick me up on the way to school today?"

"I would love to!" Link said. "But what happened to your bike?"

"Its busted… The chains are unhooked and rather rusty…"

"Ah… Oh well, until its taken care of, I'll happily drive you. I just need to finish my breakfast and then I'll be on my way."

"Thank you, thank you so much! I don't know what I would do without you… Hey, Link?"

"Yeah?"

"I love you."

He chuckled. The smile on his face was beaming, like many times before when he talked to Zelda.

"I love you too. See you in a bit."

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Roughly ten-fifteen minutes passed since the conversation with Zelda, and for the third time in a row, Link checked if he had everything with him; he didn't fancy the idea of having to drive back home because he had forgotten something. The fourth time ended up being the final, and with little left to do, he picked up the keys from the small wooden table in his hallway and headed out.

Once out, he turned around to lock the door when he saw the door to what would be his neighbour's apartment stood open with a burly guy walking out with a grunt. His wide frame of body mass caused him to push Link to the side as he walked past, not bothering to even eye the blonde kid.

"Oufh! What…" He glared at the man, but he had already disappeared into the large truck together with another burly man, and drove off. Link scowled at the rudeness, but it quickly faded; it was useless anyway, and he would soon be in a better mood once he picked up his girlfriend.

"Tch! Did the bastard manage to leave already?"

The boy turned around as he heard the female voice behind him. Leaning onto the railing just outside the apartment doors stood a woman, just about a head taller than Link himself. Her orange hair was neatly put up in a ponytail, reaching down slightly past her neck while the front had ended up in a few bangs that covered her right eye. Her skin was of turquoise colour, which was somewhat unusual, but not rare, considering the increased amount of Twili exchange students who also had exotic skin-colour. As Link continued to stare in both amazement and puzzlement, he quickly noted that the woman was wearing a long-sleeved black turtle-neck top and black jeans with a silver-stud belt.

"Oh, uhm… that burly man? Yeah, he just left I'm afraid." Link said. The woman, looking dissatisfied, sighed out loud in obvious irritation. "Great. Just fucking perfect!"

"Uhm.. What's the matter, miss?" Link asked, genuinely curious. The woman looked back at him with a mild scowl as she picked up and lighted a cigarette. "Well, you live just next door right? In case you missed out on the noises earlier, I recently moved in. And the brute you saw was supposed to help me put everything in place. Definitely not worth the money, let me tell you." She casually smoked her cigarette every few seconds, blowing the smoke away with the wind which was unfortunately against Link, causing him to slightly cough.

*Cough* "Oh.. I am sorry to hear that.." He replied with a smile. Being a good-natured man at heart, and experienced with helping people out, Link smiled even more at the woman. "Listen, uhm… I have to go now, being a student and all, but since we're neighbours, let me help you once I get back. I don't mind."

The woman's eyes widened upon hearing the offer to help. "Really? You're a life-saver! Thank you- Ah. I don't think I caught your name.."

He extended his hand, waiting for her to do the same. "Its Link, Link Kokirin." She grabbed his hand, squeezing it playfully and shook it with a small grin on her lips and a dreamy look in her eyes. "Veran Ashdown. A real pleasure to meet you Link…"

"Likewise! Ah, I really have to go now, but I'll see you later Miss Ashdown!" Link exclaimed as he began to jog down the stairs. "Please, just call me Veran. I'm not old you know."

"Alright, see you later Veran!"

"Yes.. See you later." She said softly to herself as she watched her neighbour disappear into his car and drove away, a small, but sly smile forming on her lips as she smoked her cigarette.

A Veran X Link that isn´t a one-shot, who would´ve thought?

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the prologue of a new multi-chapter story featuring one of my many favourite pairings!

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Also, in case anyone is wondering, Link "is from" Twilight Princess, and so is Zelda.

Until next time, take care!

- GrimGrave