8) Counting Stars/Stargazing, Contest Submission Thread

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Thread for submitting all drabbles under the theme 'Counting Stars/Stargazing' .

[LZ Angel]

Title: Celebrities
Word Count: 240

“One...two...three....four....five.....six....seven...”

“Link, what are you doing?”

Link glanced up from his musing to find Zelda looking down on him with an amused expression on her face. “Oh, hello Zelda. I’m counting.”

She laughed. “I can see that Link. What I mean is, what are you counting?”

He grinned. “I’m counting the stars I have met over the years in my work as a journalist.”

She raised an eyebrow. “Why?”

He shrugged. “Well, Dark asked me to.”

She sighed. “Just how many do you know then?”

Link also sighed, and started counting on his fingers again. “I have met the dance/song group of Nayru, Din, and Farore, the model Nabooru, the action star Darunia, the Indigo-Gos, the fashion designer Ruto, the personal trainer Impa....”

Zelda cut him off, looking amused. “And to think, you’ve only been working at that magazine for a few years. Who is your favourite, out of all the ones you've met?”

Link paused, pretending to think hard. “Well, I’m not quite sure Zelda.......but I think I’d have to say you.”

“Me? But I’m not a celebrity,” she said, sounding surprised.

Link leaned closer. “You’re a star in my eyes, Zel,” he said, with his practically-signature winning smile.

She shook her head as she leaned in to kiss him. “You are so corny sometimes Link.”

He just grinned. “You love it, my star girlfriend,” he said with a smirk. She just rolled her eyes before kissing him again.

[Angel Zelda]

Zelink Theme #8: Counting Stars/Stargazing
Title: A Night Under the Stars
Words: 102

“Wow...” was all Link could as he and Zelda watched the sky during a night in Hyrule Field.

The night sky was a dark blue color, and was decorated with millions of twinkling stars.

“You’re acting like you’ve never seen stars before,” Zelda remarked, looking amused.

“In the forest, you can’t see stars this clearly,” Link explained.

“Really?” Zelda asked. Link nodded.

Zelda watched Link thoughtfully as he continued to stargaze. Just when she thought she knew him, Link had managed to surprise her.

Zelda’s breath caught into her throat as she spotted a shooting star streak across the night sky.

[Alantie]

Theme 8: Stargazing
Title: Wish
Words: 435

“When is the meteor shower supposed to start?”

Link grinned, nudging the woman at his side playfully. “A little impatient, are we?” when she smiled sheepishly, he laughed. “Relax, Princess. It will start soon.”

Her crystalline blue eyes examined him quietly, her chin resting in her hand. “How do you know this?” she inquired softly.

“I’ve seen it every year,” he explained, flopping back to get a better view of the star spattered heavens. “It was a sort of tradition among the Kokori. Every year near the closing of summer the shower would come and we would all stay up late for it, telling stories and celebrating. It was incredible, and would last for a few nights.”

“That does sound fun,” Zelda agreed wistfully.

He nodded absently. “I plan on going tomorrow night to watch the second part with them. Maybe you would like to come too?”

Her face lit up and she smiled brightly. “If I can get away, I would love to,” she told him sincerely.

Link returned her smile then sat up slightly, pointing to the sky. “Look!”

Zelda followed the direction he was pointing and her breath caught in her throat at the trail of silver light. “Oh! Beautiful!”

“It is, huh?” The young hero’s sapphire gaze was fixed on the heavens, his expression just as awed as hers. “Supposedly you can see one every minute, though sometimes there are more, sometimes less.”

She nodded, face shining radiantly as she scanned the heavens, a soft gasp escaping her every time a new star shot through the sky. “The Goddesses never fail to astound me with their miracles in this world,” she told him.

“I agree,” he told her, his voice low and reverent, fingers lightly brushing hers, moving closer. His breath was warm as he spoke softly in her ear. “They say that if you make a wish on one before it vanishes, the Goddesses will grant it.”

Zelda shivered, her hand tightening around his. A new flare of light appeared and she caught her breath, wishing with all her might, just as the tiny spark was swallowed up in the darkness.

“What did you wish for?” Link inquired curiously.

She turned slightly in his arms, her eyes soft and vulnerable, a slight smile on her face. “If you tell your wish, it won’t come true, will it?”

He laughed, and shrugged, resting his forehead against hers. “Why wouldn’t it?”

Her smile deepened, and she sighed, closing her eyes. “You really want to know?” When he nodded, she spoke again, her voice a mere thread of sound. “I wished for you.”