Lies and Mistakes

Chapter 1:

By Sage of Downtown Hyrule

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"So-a," Mario began as he and Roy were sitting in two chairs in the living room, "you say dat your friend-a isa really good fighter-a?"

Roy nodded, "Last time I saw him he was, but you know how royalty can get over time."

Mario shifted his gaze from Roy to Peach, "I-a know what you mean-a, they can be-a a real pain sometimes-a..."

Roy glanced discretly at Peach also, "Yeah, especially the princesses..."

"I heard that, fire boy!" Zelda said as she walked past him and gave him a playful thump on the back of the head.

Mario chuckled, "I'm surprised Zelda is in such a good mood with all she's been going through."

Roy crossed his legs, "What do you mean?"

Mario sighed, "Well, I saw-a her go over to-a Link and Samus to try and start- a conversation-a about three-a times today-a, but they just ignored her-a."

The pyro swordsman just scratched his head, "That's odd, Link was just telling me the other day about how he wanted to spend more time with her."

Mario shook his head, "I don't think they're ignoring-a her on purpose-a, it's just hard to notice someone else-a talking when your-a already- talking to someone else-a."

"I guess I see what you're saying..." Roy said slowly, "it just doesn't make any sense."

Roy got up instantly as he heard a loud "knock" at the door.

"I guess that-a will be-a your friend," Mario said, getting up, "I guess you two-a will have-a lot-a to catch up on-a,"

Roy waved good-bye to his Itallian friend and opened the door to reveal a young man with dark blue hair.

"It's good to see you again, Marth," the red head said to the prince of Altea as he lead him into the Smash Mansion.

Marth walked out of the afternoon heat and starred around the room at all the unfamiliar faces, the only one he even knew was his friend Roy. And then there was a whole room full of people he didn't know. He glanced around quickly at all of them, but only one caught his eye.

The girl with the pale blonde hair.

Marth had saw her starring at him from across the room, and when he looked up, she turned away from him blushing. He wanted to get to know her, just to be able to talk. He only had one problem; her boyfriend was sitting right next to her. They were whispering, laughing, talking, though he didn't expect someone like her to still be without a boyfriend.

"You alright, Marth?" Roy asked, waving a hand in front of the blue-haired swordsman's face, "I see you starring at Samus."

So Samus is her name... too bad I'm too scared to speak to her.

Marth just starred at her for a moment, when he suddenly blurted out a question.

"Is that her boyfriend?" he asked, gesturing towards the blonde garbed in a green tunic sitting beside Samus.

"No!" came Roy's reply, "Link and Samus are just friends; she doesn't warm up to people that well, much less have a boyfriend."

Marth nodded, running a finger through his dark blue hair, "Are you sure?"

"Yeah," Roy answered, "you should speak to her."

Marth sighed, It's not as easy as you think, Roy...

But the prince shook off these thoughts, he was almost ashamed of himself. He was here to push his physical limitations, not to gawk at women. No matter how interesting they may seem; it just wasn't right.

Samus starred at Marth from her seat on the couch beside Link, What had he been starring at her? Why did she stare back?

Marth looked back up and met eyes with Samus. She felt her face get hot.

"Sam, are you alright?" Link asked from beside her, "you're blushing."

Samus quickly turned her eyes from Marth, who looked to have been blushing too.

"Hi, guys!" Peach said, sitting next to Link, "have you met Marth yet? He's over there with Roy."

The Mushroom princess' sudden entrance had interrupted Samus of her thoughts.

"No, but I will soon; turns out, me and Roy have to share a room with him." Link replied as he recalled Roy telling him that a few days before.

Hehad answered the question with little interest. He wanted to get outside, mostly because he had saw Zelda leave out the door.

Samus just shook her head as if she could care less about the arrival of Marth, but the truth was, it took every muscle in her body to stop her from going to talk to him herself.

Peach shrugged, "I think he's nice."

Samus snorted, "You think every attractive guy here is nice!"

"Who said he was attractive?" Peach asked, "I didn't say that! You did!"

Link began to feel cramped, like all of these conversations were getting him nowhere. He couldn't take it anymore, he needed to get outside. Not to mention he had totally ignored Zelda just a few minutes before, and he saw her when she went outside. He tried to make it look like he didn't notice her trying to speak to him. He knew it was stupid of him, but he wanted to talk to Zelda alone.

"I need to get some air," Link said getting up, "I'll see you guys later."

The three just starred as Link walked across the living room to the front door.

"What's wrong with him?" Peach asked.

"He's probably just a little fidgety,"Samus assured her as the Hylian walked out the door, "nothing to worry about."

Link sat on the porch steps, cool night air washing over his body, crickets chirping somewhere in the distance. That was what he liked about crickets, they could be a mile away, but you still could hear them as if they were two inches from you.

"Link?"

Link turned around slowly to see the Princess of Hyrule leaning against the banister, "Zelda," he said, "what are you doing out here alone?"

He was hoping she was outside, but wasn't sure if she would even speak to him after what happened inside.

Zelda sat down beside Link on the steps, "I just felt a little left out, that's all."

"I am so sorry." he said as he lowered his head in shame, "Me and Samus were hoping that you'd come and sit with us. You had tried to speak to us, but I ignored hoping that you would come outside so I could talk to you alone."

Zelda's cheeks turned slightly red when he finished, and Link looked embarrassed, but continued, "Me and Samus, Peach, and Roy. We were even planning on going to that park tomorrow, and they, well... I wanted to know if you would come with us. Please say yes, I need to make up for beinga jerk."

The princess looked intoLink's apologetic eyes andsmiled, "I'd like that,"

Link stood up, grinning, "Then it's a date."

He extended his hand out to her, helping her off the stairs, "Come on. Maybe we can catch the others before they go to bed,"

The two walked inside, not even noticing that they were still holding hands. Samus was in the spot Link had left her, minus Peach, who was talking to Mario at the other side of the room.

The bounty hunter had a humored expression on her face, and just starred at the pair.

"What?" Link asked, catching her stare, "Is there something on my face?"

He reached up to feel around his face when he felt a soft, gloved hand interlocked between his fingers, then he knew exactly why Samus had been starring at him.

"I'm so sorry!" Zelda said, letting go of his hand instantly.

"No, it was my fault," Link insisted, "I guess it was just so comfortable I-"

He broke off his sentence, realizing what he was saying, and mentally slapped himself.

"Okay," Samus began, "this is a little too awkward for me, I think I'm going to get to bed,"

Zelda watched as Samus left the room and disappeared into the crowd.

"I'm a little tired too," she admitted to Link, "I think I'm going to bed as well."

Link nodded as Zelda departed after Samus, leaving him alone. He could tell that Zelda was a little tired, but he figured that she left out of embarrassment. Which, he really didn't blame her.Link looked up at the clock, it was about 10:00 pm.

Gosh, he thought, I really know how to drive off a crowd...

"Pichu!"

Link looked down to see a small yellow pokemon smiling at him. He picked it up and rubbed it affectionately behind the ears, "You won't leave me, will you, Pichu?"

Pichu made herself comfortable in Link's arms, "Pi!"

Link hugged her, "Do you want to come with me to the park tomorrow? Zelda will be there."

"Pichu, pi!" she answered at the mention of Zelda, jumping out of his arms and scampering off to find the princess.

Link just sighed and stood up slowly, "See ya later, then."

He walked past Captain Falcon and Fox, who were deep in conversation about guns, into a dimly lit hallway with several rooms.

He pulled a set of keys from out of his pocket, and turned it in the lock. It let out a silent "click", and he opened the door slowly.

Marth and Roy were obviously still out. After flipping the light switch, Link relived himself of all his weapons and equipment, then changed into a pair of red silk pajamas. He liked the way the smooth, cool material felt against his body. He turned the lights back off, then wriggled under the covers, and in a few minutes, the warmth lulled him into a relaxing sleep.

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Marth and Roy quietly entered the bedroom, not wanting to disturb their roommate.

"Watch this," Roy said, grasping a piece of his cape in his hands.

The red-haired swordsman took the fabric and tickled Link's nose, The Hylian swatted sleepily at Roy.

"Z... Zelda," he muttered groggily.

Roy's eyes widened, and Marth let out something between a whisper and a laugh, "That's neat, he mutters about people in his sleep!"

That's not just anyone, Roy thought, that's Princess Zelda. That's strange. Of all the times he's talked in his sleep, I've never heard him say Zelda...

Roy continued to stare at Link, who was fast asleep once more, "He usually doesn't talk about her, he usually mutters about waffles or something..."

"What's the big idea?" Marth asked, "All he did was call out someone's name."

"Not just anyone," Roy informed him, "He was talking about Zelda.

Marth looked slightly confused as took off his sword, "Who?"

Roy sighed, "That's right, you didn't really get to meet her..."

"Was she the one with the long ears?" Marth asked, pouncing on his bed on the other side of the room.

"Yeah," Roy answered slowly.

"Is he in love with her or something?" Marth asked.

Roy shook his head, "Nah, I always though Link liked her, but he always denied it. So I just stopped accusing him."

Marth shrugged, "Well, you can't expect him to tell you anything like that,"

"And what's THAT supposed to mean?" Roy asked coldly.

"Well," Marth replied, "you are a bit of a big mouth..."

Marth expected Roy to get angry, but he only nodded.

"I guess you have a point," the pyro swordsman grinned, "I can't keep a secret to save my life."

"Well, since it's so obvious you like Peach, I guess you speak the truth," Marth added, practically asking for a fight.

"I don't think so! How could I like that stuck-up, e-"

Marth cut off Roy before he could continue, "Ask yourself that! I don't know! The only thing I know, it that your personality flares up every time she enters the room, and I can clearly see the regret in your eyes when you insult her!"

"How in the heck would you know all that?" Roy asked hotly.

"You can't hide your feelings very well!"a Hylianreplied, "And it's pretty obvious when she's the only one you go into "jerk mood" with, especially when she's done nothing to you!

"What the heck are you doing awake, Link?" Roy asked, chucking a pillow at the blonde's head, "Go back to dreaming of Zelda!"

"I can't! Not with you two loud mouths-WHAT?" Link starred at Marth and Roy with the saddest, most confused look they had ever seen, "What do you mean, "dreaming of Zelda"?"

But then realization dawned, then he remembered, he had had a nightmare.

Zelda was clear in the distance, running from him as if he was some sort of disease.

"Zelda," he pleaded, "just listen to what I have to say!"

But Zelda didn't listen, she just ran harder.

Link fell to his knees and hung his head in defeat, "Please!" he called after her. But she just kept on running, he had no idea how she got away from him in heels, but she was doing a heck of a job.

"No!" was the princess' reply, "I don't want to hear anything you have to say!"

Link could tell her voice was cracking, and a few seconds later, he could hear her faint sobs. He wanted to get up and run after her again, to wipe her tears away and hold her, but he couldn't. Why did he have to make such a stupid mistake? Why did she have to see him?

Why wouldn't she just listen to him?

Link broke himself away from his thoughts. It was only a scene from his dream; the rest he couldn't remember. He hated to see Zelda cry, even if it was just a dream. And the worse part was; he was the cause of it.

"I did have a dream about Zelda," Link stated, thewarmth leaving hisvoice,"but not in the way you're thinking..."

The two other swordsmen exchanged confused glances as Link began to tell them about his dream.

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"So," Samus cooed, "what's been going on with you and Link?"

Peach, who had been sitting on her bed reading some sort of celebrity oriented magazine, quickly tossed it aside, "Oh, you finally told him?"

"No," Zelda replied, "we just were talking outside."

Samus fell back onto her bed and starred at the ceiling, she really didn't want to pester Zelda. All she was thinking about was the mysterious Marth, she had saw humor in his expression when he caught her starring at him. She felt it wasn't in a mocking way, for some reason, she found affection in his blue eyes.

"But haven't you liked Link for the longest time?" Peach asked.

Zelda looked as if she was going to speak, but, she only lowered her head. Samus just looked at her, and the Mushroom Princess picked her magazine and began to pick back up on her reading.

Peach's question seemed to hang in the air, like thick fog, just sitting there, digging into the back of Zelda's mind.

Did she like Link?

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Ah, there you have it, the first chapter of my first fanfic. Tell me if you liked it, but don't just say it was good because I'm new. But, of course, don't feel embarrassed to say you liked it. Also, I'd just like to give a special shout out to Royal Kenya. YOU SO TOTALLY ROCK! Your Zelink fluffs brings a tear to my eye, and so I shall put it to shame by trying romance too! I know it's a tad short, but please bear with me! I promise the next chapter will be longer and more exciting!

-Sage of Downtown Hyrule