Zelda took Link's place in holding malon up. She walked her into the room with the golden door. A large bed with white and gold sheets, with a purple canopy that glistened with pure gold trimmings. Zelda laid Malon on top the bed, and sat her up. She put two purple pillows underneath Malon's ankle and glided her ungloved hand just above the ankle. Not exactly touching the ankle, but hovering over as if to heal. suddenly a blue light appeared in the small space between Zelda's hand and Malon's ankle. the light dashed from the small space to brighten the entire room. Then it was gone. Zelda stood up her face as stone. She turned to a white vanity in a corner of the room. She sat on the purple lace chair next to it. she placed a new pair of white gloves on her pale hands, they had been shaking, she had tried to cover it up to no avail. Malon sat up straight and stared at zelda dumbfounded. zelda sheing her through the mirror tried a slight smile.
"You know you should try to walk"
she opened a drawer and took out tiny boxes and brushes.
"Princess, what did you do? What was that ball of light?"
Malon flung her legs over the side of the bed and and sat for a moment.
"I healed your ankle, the light was the healing magic"
Zelda opened one box and took a rather large brush out.
"but, only sages can know were the healing fairy lives"
Zelda turned around in the chair. She stared at Malon.
"Let me tell you something ,Malon. Do you really know the man you are about to marry?"
Malon stood.
"He is quite persistent, and loving."
Zelda turned back to the mirror and began brushing herself with the white powder in the box she opened.
"Yes, but do you know his past?"
Malon thought a moment.
"He did say he was raised Kokiri"
Zelda chuckled a little.
"You poor girl, I always forget you do not remember. No one will ever remember except the sages"
Malon tilted her head.
"Did you know link?"
Zelda stood up and gestured Malon to sit down. she sat and stared at zelda like a child.
"Yes, I suppose you must know if you are to marry him now"
she opened all the boxes that held different powders and tin cans that held firm color.
"when he was just a child about twelve he had no fairy like all the other kokiri children untill one appeared to him her name was 'Navi'
she told him to find a shield and sword because the 'Great Deku' could not fight the evil that infested his roots."
she placed the white powder on Malon's face, then grabed another smaller brush and dipped it in pink powder and applied it to her cheeks.
"Then while he was heading toward the castle you stopped him and asked him to find her father because he
was delivering milk to the palace and had fallen asleep. Close your eyes and don't open them till i say"
Malon closed her eyes. zelda picked up an even smaller brush and dipped it in a tan colored powder, she brushed it on malon's eyes.
"he defeated many temples, i watched him disguised in male clothing. i helped him when i could. Open them now"
once again Malon Obeyed and zelda picked out an oddly looking brush it had bristles all over the tip and strange black liquid powder. Zelda applied it to Malon's eyelashes.
"He defeated Ganondorf and saved hyrule. He was then able to put the sword back and relive his days as a normal boy and he was
happy untill about a month ago"
Malon who was now looking in the mirror had a stone face.
"when he meet me"
Zelda brushed her own eyelashes with the powder.
"yes, any way i told you that because i felt you needed to know before you married him. but you may never tell him or any other"
Malon looked at Zelda.
"did...did you love him?"
Zelda began over to a door that was silver instead of gold. she opened the door and pulled out a white dress with gold embroidery it was plainer than the dress she herself wore but much more elegant than the plain dress Malon wore.
"Malon, I unlike you can not marry whoever i choose. i must marry whoever I see fit to rule as a king and although he did those things in the past, he can not rule the way a king must."
Malon pushed the dress to her shoulders.
"that is not what i asked"
Zelda stood in stone. her eyes weary from the past memories. she remembered as a child waking up with screams because of the trauma she had to deal with back in that time. She always wanted Link to come to her again and ask her as he had done Malon. but she could not get over the fact that her hero was a boy who was no longer.
"Yes, I did and I do. but that was the boy who i gave the ocarina of time. not the boy who peeked in the windows of the meetings my father kept"
Malon smiled softly
"I suppose had he stayed in the old time, with you, the orphan sage princess, he would have married you."
Zelda chuckled a sad sigh.
"But he didn't. He relived and reloved. I should not hold him to a past that he does not even remember"
There was silence while Zelda helped Malon with the dress, but it was soon broken, slowly but smoothly. with questions such as:
"Do you prefer a specific hairstyle?" or "What a beautiful ring. Do you think he gambled to buy it?"
Soon the girls were giggling about this of that and time passed quickly. Soon Malon was dolled up as a perfect Hyrulen bride.
