I don't own Legend of Zelda. If I did the games would tie in together better and there would be a few different ones added in.

Chapter Nine: Celebrations

The day of the carnival came, and Cremia decided to take her sister and, by nickname "brother" to the festivities. Link was glad that this year he could enjoy the carnival in complete peace. Everyone else there seemed to be more comfortable this year as well, probably because there hadn't been a giant moon overhanging the town days before.

There were a few things different this year. The most noticeable thing to Link was that the Indigo-Gos had gotten a new guitarist to replace Mikau. It seems they finally found out he had died. There were more kiosks and shops open because the people hadn't fled the city days before like last year. At one of these places Cremia had met up with Anju and Kafei and stopped to say 'hi'.

Link surprised both Romani and Cremia by withdrawing some rupees from his bank account and treating them to dinner at one of Clocktown's restaurants. He then bought them each a present, feeling generous. Cremia got a new violet dress and some scented candles she liked, and Romani got a metal sword and shield like she had been requesting for months now. Link was confident that she could handle them since she was a quick learner and could keep up with him in a spar now. They thanked him and all three went to see the entertainment available.

They left before the carnival ended, but only because they had seen all they wanted to. On the long ride back to the ranch, Link saw Romani looking forlorn towards the west most of the time and he got an idea.

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A month later it was Link's birthday, or at least they thought it was. After all that time traveling in Hyrule and Termina he was unsure on dates often back then. Also, the Kokiri had no concept of a birthday since they didn't age. So Link never knew he even had one until he found out he was actually a Hylian. Cremia and Romani felt he deserved one, so they decided that one particular day they would celebrate it on.

Cremia gave Link the day off from his responsibilities and the right to go anywhere for the day. He visited Tatl and the Skull Kid for a while at where they lived, then went to Clocktown and got a few things he and the ranch needed. Afterwards, he took Epona for a long walk around Termina for the view and exercise, and returned to the ranch before sunset. They had cake and Chateau Romani milk with dinner. Romani slept in his room that night, which both Link and Cremia had predicted. She didn't make it a regular habit, but she still enjoyed sneaking into his room once in a while for whatever reason she had.

Another month later it was Romani's birthday. At breakfast Cremia gave her a new outfit since she was outgrowing her current one. It was mostly white and purple with a few green stripes at the end of the sleeves and skirt. Everyone thought it would look nice on her.

"Does Grasshopper have something for Romani?" The ranch girl asked the one boy there.

"You doubt me?" He asked back, feigning offense as he pulled out a box. Romani opened it to find a light scarlet one piece swimsuit.

"Thank you Grasshopper, but... I can't swim."

"Well, I guess I'll have to teach you when we go to Great Bay later." He said.

Romani was stunned. "Gr... Great Bay? You're taking me to Great Bay?" He nodded, and if Cremia wasn't there, Romani would have pounced onto him and kissed him silly. So instead, she just grinned brightly.

"Now hold on you two." Cremia piped up, drawing the two preteen's attention. "What makes you think that you two can just go to the ocean like that? I've got a big order to fill, and can't take the time off to take you two."

"Can't we just ride Epona there ourselves?" Romani desperately countered. "With Link there, it's not like we need supervision or protection. Please sis? I really want to go."

Cremia sighed. She had to admit that her sister had a point, and if she did go with them she'd just be a proverbial fifth wheel. Besides, it wouldn't hurt to have the place to herself for a day for the first time in... well, possibly ever.

"Alright, I'll let you two go. But be back before dark."

Romani smiled brightly again while Link grinned contently.

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In the realm of spirits, one particular dark one could tell that the mortal it had a grudge against was feeling quite pleased with himself. While not as strong as it could be, the spirit now at least could do more than give bad dreams now. So for it's first attempt at showing it's new small amount of regained power, it decided that this day would be a very eventful day full of hardships.