Bobbitt's Note (B/N): To veteran Legend of Ashley (LoA) readers, if you remember correctly/cared about this part at all, this was supposed to be part of some "super-mega-ultra" crossover that a bunch of my friends were going writing. Well, that didn't happen (I was the only one that actually got more than two chapters out *proud face*) and for a bit, it was just by itself. But now, apparently, it is going to be a companion story with three different fanfics written by three of the original crossover writers. You can read them if you want (they won't deal with LoZ at all, but my OC will be referenced a few times, I can assure that), I'll link them when they go up, but it won't (for the most part) hinder your understanding of events in my story. In light of this, the prelude chapter has been completely rewritten.

For newcomers… this is a companion fanfic to three others (not dealing with LoZ at all). I'll link them (somewhere) when they go up, and you don't have to read them to understand this. So yup. Sorry this part is so long! I promise they won't all be this long.

A small four-door car swerved on the ice-laden road as the driver turned the steering wheel to follow the curve of the street. She was tense as she gained command once again after the momentary lapse of control. As much as she disliked driving in the winter, it was her car that had been volunteered to escort her friends and herself to and from the anime convention from whence they were returning. Her car, her driver's seat. This was the case most of the time though; she was the unofficial driver of the group.

"You alright, Ashley?" Her passenger-seated friend asked. The animated conversation of the two friends sitting in the back continued.

Ashley blinked her dull blue eyes, and let out a cleansing breath before answering, "Yeah. I just hate driving in the winter, especially during a fricken' snowstorm. And at night." Yes, three of the four things she hated while driving decided to converge on this one trip home. At least it was only three of the four though; it wasn't as unfavorable as it could have been.

"Well, you could have let me drive."

"Nah, it's my car. That would feel weird. Thanks anyway, Rachelly." Rachelly, or Rachel, raised her eyebrows at the stubborn driver, but settled back into the car seat without another comment.

The conversation, or argument, in the back seat reached both set of ears up front. "Korra is so much better than Ashiya!" Was the deafening line that brought Rachel and Ashley into the quarrel behind them.

"Nuh-uh!" An almost as loud voice retorted. "You just like her more because she's black like you!"

"I'm not black, I'm Puerto Rican!"

"She still looks like you! That makes you biased! You'll side with one of your kind!"

"I am not biased!" The pro-Ashiya girl had a point though. The pro-Korra girl did look an awfully lot like Korra minus the blue eyes and height. In fact, she cosplayed Korra at the con they were returning from.

"Yeah-huh!"

"Fine, then you're biased because she's white and has short hair like you!"

"What?!"Pro-A shrieked.

"Acacia, Becky, calm down," Rachel said cautiously.

"And at least Korra doesn't cross-dress!" Acacia stated fiercely.

"She does too! She did that one time when she disguised herself as one of the bad guys!" Becky countered.

"Those uniforms are unisex and you know it!"

"Guys," Rachel said a bit louder.

"And besides, how is she any different than us? We dress up as guys for cons!" Becky reasoned.

"… That's different," Acacia said defiantly.

"How so?"

"Well because-"

"GUYS!" Rachel yelled.

"What?!" Acacia and Becky yelled back in unison. Rachel just shrugged, her mission of quieting the two complete. Both girls scowled at Rachel.

"Well I for one like that Ashiya girl more," Ashley proclaimed.

Rachel glared at her while Acacia replied, "I bet that's only because her name starts with 'Ash' as well."

Ashley smirked, "You caught me." The rest of the car rolled their eyes while a short silence filled the vehicle.

"Rachelly, you look sad. Are thinking about not receiving an acceptance letter yet? Again?" Becky asked the light brown haired girl.

"No, I'm just sad I didn't see any Young Justice cosplayers," Rachel pouted.

"Well, it is an anime convention," Ashley stated.

"But there were plenty of Legend of Zelda cosplayers," Rachel returned.

"Yeah, but Legend of Zelda is anime-esque."

"It's also more popular than Young Justice," Acacia chimed in.

Rachel snorted in disbelief, "How is it any less 'anime-esque' than Legend of Zelda? And you don't know that for sure, Acacia!"

"Ok, it is also a manga, and besides the anime world loves Legend of Zelda," Ashley explained.

"So? Young Justice is a comic series which is like manga."

"Well, it's still not manga…"

"Hey!" Becky exclaimed. "What's that in the road?" All pairs of eyes squinted through the windshield and incoming snowflakes at the silhouette in the road. Suddenly, the mass came into focus, and the girls found that it was approaching quickly.

"MOOSES!" Becky screamed.

"MEESE!" Rachel screeched.

"MOOSEN!" Acacia bellowed.

"Shiiiiiiit!" Was the only thing Ashley had to say on the matter before instinct took over. Her foot crashed on to the brake pedal while she yanked the wheel to the left. Of course there was ice on the road so of course her four-wheel-drive-lacking car kept on rolling. Luckily though, the car managed to skim right past the clueless herd of antlered animals. The girls all let out a collective sigh of relief before they were blinded by the headlights of an oncoming vehicle that had just materialized over the slope of a very near hill. Acacia, Becky, and Rachel's screaming returned with a vengeance. Ashley's arms moved of their own accord but it was too late. "Goddamn moos-" was all Ashley managed to whisper out before the collision with her fourth hated aspect of driving.

B/N: Thanks for reading! Also, my friends' stories will be dealing with The Legend of Korra, Young Justice, and Hana Kimi unless you already figured that out, you smarty, you!