Woah! An new story from me? An UPDATE from me? Holy crud...
That's right guys! I am NOT dead nor dying. I have just been neglecting my FFN account and focusing on my DeviantART and YouTube ^^;
So, my return is one of my newer stories from a new fandom I am into: Legend of Zelda (more specifically the Four Swords games)
This is actually a prequel story to the main one that I am going to call 'Two Four Swords' so look out for that!
Please enjoy the story and I'll just get Rose to do my disclaimer for me!
Rose: Miss Abigal Satoshi xx does not own any Legend of Zelda characters, but she does own all characters from Eluryh!
The staff in Hyrule Castle were running around, trying to get a lot of things ready for the welcoming of the Prince of a far off land – which none of them had heard of, but they daren't question their beloved princess.
Speaking of the Princess, she was helping to dress up the large main hall for a grand dance in which the prince and his companions were going to make their first appearance. The princess was wearing her usual pink dress with her white cape attached to the back of it. Her long orange hair was pulled back in a ponytail as usual, but it looked a little less regal as her crown was missing and her hair was a little messier than usual.
She was ordering around five young boys – four of them looking very similar with their blond hairstyle and their blue eyes. These were her and Hyrule's heroes and the wielders of the legendary Four Sword; Green, Red, Blue and Vio. They were distinguishable in two ways – the colours of their tunics which corresponded to their name and their personalities. The fifth boy was wearing a black tunic and had purple hair and red eyes; his name was Shadow.
"Put that final table over here and put the last eight chairs around it, please!" The princess asked Blue and Vio who were carrying a round table and the other three grabbed the last few chairs and placed them down.
Several more minutes of dressing the tables with tablecloths and vases of rainbow coloured flowers and plates and other pieces of cutlery, the five boys fell to the floor against each other's back, looking exhausted. The hall was now full of tables and chairs, not to mention the very long table at the top of the hall which had seating arrangements for 12 people – the princess and her heroes and the prince and his companions.
Shadow spoke breathlessly, "Did you have to make us do all of that work? Why couldn't you help…you were standing right there, Zelda…"
Zelda turned to the dark boy, "All the other servants are too busy cleaning the entire castle and setting up the guest rooms for our guests, and call me Princess while in the castle!" Shadow flinched slightly at the chance in the Princess' tone.
The boys eventually stood up and trudged to the door. A servant opened the door before they reached it and walked over to Zelda. They had just begun to talk when a distinctly female yelp was heard and several voices yelled out 'Rose!' Zelda looked a little flustered as she ran out of the door after this. The servant ushered the boys out and to their accommodation as quickly as they could before rushing off again.
While this was going on, Zelda was sitting on her throne. She sat waiting for the guards to allow the visitors that the entire castle had been preparing for inside her throne room.
When the large doors opened, the young princess gasped lightly. Walking into the room was a group of 5 girls with the prince walking behind them. What shocked Zelda was how the girls looked so similar to her heroes and their shadow.
The group reached her throne and the girls bowed and allowed the prince walk a little closer to Hyrule's princess. He had short orange hair and was wearing a light blue suit with a white cape – similar to Zelda's – attached to the back of it. He smiled, "Greetings Princess Zelda of Hyrule, "He bowed low, "I am Prince Aldez of Eluryh."
The princess smiled warmly as Aldez stood to full height again, "It is lovely to meet you, Prince Aldez." She stood and curtsied, "If you don't mind me asking, who are your companions?" She gestured towards the now-standing girls.
The prince smiled and walked behind the line of girls, "These young ladies are the heroines of Eluryh and their helpful shadow. Would you all please introduce yourselves?"
The first girl stepped forward. She was dressed in the same clothing as the boys – tunic, hat, leggings, boots etc. – and had her bright blonde hair in a short ponytail. The colour of her tunic and hat were a pale green colour, "Hello Princess. My name is Leaf." She bowed again and returned to the line.
The second girl stepped forward and was dressed similarly – the differences being that her hat and tunic were a pale blue colour and her hair was down and barely reached the bottom of her head. "Hello, my name is Sky." She bowed like Leaf and returned to her past position, albeit half-heartedly.
The next girl was dressed in a pale red version of the outfit and her hair was put into two low hanging pigtails that lay about her shoulders, "Lovely to meet you Princess, I'm Rose!" The girl grinned, bowed and then returned to the line.
The fourth girl had a pale purple coloured outfit and had a long side ponytail that was draped over the front of her left shoulder, "Nice to meet you, your highness. My name is Violet." She bowed and stepped back into the line.
The final girl was dressed in the same garb but was coloured a lot different compared to the minor differences of the others. She had dark purple hair that was in a low plait and had bright red eyes – the other four had blue eyes of varying shades, while her tunic and hat were black. "Greetings Princess, I am Dusk." Once again, the girl bowed and returned to her position in the line.
Zelda's initial thoughts had been backed up; these girls were female versions of the Links. She smiled at them all still and thanked them for the introductions before asking the servants around to show them all to where they would be staying for the duration of their stay and to inform them all of the time that they should be in the main hall for the dance. All the farewells were said and the throne room was empty; Zelda having retired to her quarters to prepare for that very same dance.
Two hours later and the sun was setting over the castle, bathing it in a calming orange light. In the boys' rooms, a couple of them were complaining about being forced to go to the 'boring' dance and having to wear suits and such.
"Blue! Please just wear it! Zelda will be mad if you don't!" Red whined. He was already dressed in his formal wear – which Zelda had personally picked for each of them.
Blue turned his head away in disgust at the outfit that the smaller boy held out to him, "I don't care if Din herself would kill me!" He knocked the formal wear to the floor. Vio walked into the room and sighed at the sight.
"Blue, just put it on. It's not going to kill you." The calm boy pointed at the heap of cloth on the floor. Outside, two voices saying 'aye' were heard – Blue presumed it was Green and Shadow. After realising he was outnumbered and none of his companions were too happy wearing their clothes, he gave in and put on the blue coloured clothes.
Several moments later, the easily angered boy walked out of his room and into the small sitting area outside the boys' rooms. Green and Red were talking about something while Vio was reading and Shadow was doing something random…as usual. Just as Blue sat down on the same side as Vio, another servant came into the room and told them it was time to come to the ball. All five of them sighed before getting up and following the servant out of their room.
On the other side of the castle, a similar event was happening. Sky was refusing to wear a dress while everyone else persuaded her to do so by making their own annoyance of wearing one apparent. Unfortunately, Sky still wasn't convinced and began to have an argument with Leaf.
"Never will I wear such a disgustingly girly thing as that!" Sky pointed at the light blue dress that lay on her bed. Leaf went over and picked it up, sighing.
"Girls…" the green wearing girl addressed Rose, Violet and Dusk, "Time for…Drastic Measures…"
Rose and Dusk shared a glance before breaking out into large grins. They jumped Sky and restrained her as Leaf struggled to change Sky's clothes to her dress. Violet stood nearby, just watching and shaking her head. After at least five minutes of struggling, Sky was finally dressed and by no means happy about it, but they were all taken down to the hall before she could complain much.