Chapter 7- The Midnight Argument
When Colin got back to where he and Beth were fishing, he noticed that Beth's rod was out of the water. "I've decided," she began. "That I'm going to move to Castle Town. I'd have a much better chance of becoming a princess that way."
Colin had mixed feelings when he heard this news. He was incredibly sad and a little angry. "What? You can't leave! I l...." then he put his hands over his mouth.
"You what, Colin?" Beth asked, batting her eye lashes.
Colin's face turned a bright red. "Um...never mind. I don't really feel like fishing, anyways, and it's getting late, so I better be getting home. Could you deliver all the fish to the mayor?"
"Sure," Beth answered. Then Colin walked off. "I wonder what's wrong?" the little girl asked herself.
Night fell over the little Ordon Village, as the stars glistened from above. Everybody had gone to sleep, except for Ilia. "Ugh, why do I have to share my room with that man stealer? Zelda is stupid!" she thought to herself. "If I can't sleep, why should she?" she looked over at the bed across the room where Princess Zelda lay silently, fast asleep. "Back off! Link's mine!" she yelled at the top of her lungs. Zelda woke up abruptly and sat up.
The princess rubbed her eyes sleepily. "What do you mean?" she asked.
"What I mean is you can't have him!" Ilia replied, sharply. "He's mine!"
"Did he ever agree to that?" Zelda questioned sleepily. "And there's really nothing between us."
"There isn't? Then how come you kissed each other on the cheek?"
"Oh, you saw that. Well, I'm not sure he really likes me, he never told me," the princess told the mayor's daughter.
"Well, duh, he wouldn't tell you, he's a shy idiot!" Ilia exclaimed. Then she lowered her voice. "And plus, he's a commoner. You have no chance with him. If the royal guards found out, you'd be busted."
Zelda sighed. "I know. But we're just friends right now. I don't see how they could object to just a plain, simple friendship. Besides, we haven't even kissed...."
"And on the cheek is as far as you'll go! If I ever catch you with my Link again, I'll tell the royal guards!" Ilia threatened.
"Not to brag or anything, but did you know you're talking to a princess?" Princess Zelda reminded, insulted.
"You still have boundaries, missy! And mark my words, Link is too plain for you!" the snob snorted.
Zelda just rolled her eyes, and lay back down, her mind buzzing with thoughts. She had never really thought about how the guards would react if Link and her were more than friends. Maybe she just had to forget about him.