Chapter 7- The Mastermind Plot

The O.G.S. sat in their chairs waiting for Malon to return. They were talking amongst themselves as they waited.

"I don't think she'll be able to beat my charm," Ruto said snobbily.

"Hah! What charm?" Navi scoffed. "You couldn't manipulate a tadpole to go with you!"

"I miss Mido!" Saria whined, ignoring the girls' argument. The other girls turned and stared at her.

"Mido?" asked Navi. If she had a head, she would've tilted it. "We're the Other Girls Society, our target is Link."

Saria sighed. "Yes, I know. But I'm only in this group because I want friends. At first I did join to get Link but now he's just my friend. But I feel bad for being in this group...it's what Mido said to me yesterday..." Ruto and Navi waited with wide eyes and curiosity for her to continue. "He said that he...loves me," she finished softly.

The other girls were about to say something when Malon stormed in. The fire in her eyes matched the color of her hair. "He refused me!" Malon yelled. "He refused ME!"

"What happened?" Saria inquired, momentarily forgetting her own troubles.

Malon calmed down a bit and sat down in front of her podium. "I told him of my love for him! But he doesn't love me back!" Her distressed expression suddenly turned into an evil grin. "Yet..."

"What are you planning to do?" Saria asked, on the edge of her seat.

"Nothing!" Malon whined. "I don't know what to do! But I guess we're going to humiliate them some way at the Hyrule Ball, cuz we failed to keep them from going together."

"Oh," Navi realized. "That's smart. What are we going to do?"

"Come up with a plan!" Malon exclaimed, putting her hands on her head. "Everyone think!" The girls sat thinking for a while before anyone could come up with a plan. It was harder than they thought. Their first plan failed so now they had to come up with something better. Finally, someone spoke.

"Well, at the ball we could spill punch on Zelda and blame Link," Ruto suggested.

Malon thought for only a second before she said, "No, it wouldn't work. Link would say he didn't and Zelda would believe him."

"Yeah," Navi agreed solemnly. "Well, we could push him and make him spill punch all over her," the blue fairy suggested.

"Wouldn't work," Saria said frankly as she shook her head. "Link would say someone bumped him and Zelda would forgive him."

"Well, we have to do something!" Malon cried. "We could expose them or...I don't know, think of something!"

The three other girls huddled in a circle and whispered as Malon gazed out the window. She could make out a few words her friends were saying like 'water balloon,' and 'tomato sandwich.' She gazed out into Hyrule Field and saw the moon shining on one specific tree. Suddenly, she had an idea.

"Girls!" she cried. The girls immediately shut up and turned their attention to their leader. "I have the perfect idea! We could spy on them and when the moment's just right we can shine a big spot light on them! All of Hyrule will see and they'll be humiliated and Zelda's father won't like it!"

Ruto's face lit up. "You mean if they hugged or something?"

"Yeah," Malon nodded with enthusiasm.

"But where would we get a spotlight?" Saria inquired. "We're not rich."

"Yeah, but there's one located on one of the towers in the castle! If one of us could go up there and wait for the other spies' signal, it would be perfect!" Malon exclaimed passionately.

A smile appeared on all the girls' faces. "So me, Navi, and Saria spy on them through the curtains of the ball room and then you can shine on them," Ruto said.

Malon felt her insides churn inside of her. "What?!" she exclaimed. "I-I can't go up there! I'm afraid of heights!"

"Then I'll go," Saria volunteered, solving the problem. "I love climbing trees so I won't have any problem."

"What is the spotlight made of, Malon?" Ruto asked, raising her hand.

"Fairy dust and moon light," Malon replied. "The fairy dust inside of it collects moon light so it can shine. It's pretty simple. And I've seen people work it so it doesn't look too hard. And I'm strong enough to turn it facing the ball room cuz of the work I've with the horses. It will be easy."

"But Malon," Navi began with a look of worry. "Won't we look suspicious? I mean, a bunch of plain girls and a fairy surrounded by royalty."

"I'm NOT plain!" Ruto screeched.

"We were invited, though," Malon replied. "We'll wear our best gowns and we'll blend in. Link and Zelda won't even know we're there."

"It's fool proof!" Ruto cackled. "Great job!"