Author's Note: Chapter Eleven! Yay! I'm gonna bring in a couple characters from Majora's Mask in this chapter, so yeah. You'll know who they are.


Chapter 11: Night Out

Attempting to keep quiet, Zelda changed from her nightgown into her combat clothes that Malon got washed. She was glad to be back in her combat clothes. They were probably the most comfortable clothes she ever wore. Zelda smiled at herself as she put on her combat boots. The fact that she was actually going to have a night out for the first time in her life got her excited. Not to mention she was going to be with Link the entire time. Zelda had almost achieved her mission of keeping quiet and letting Malon sleep, but the last five minutes were epic failure. Zelda tripped over the dress she wore earlier and stumbled forward. Malon woke up and lit a candle. It was about 22:30 by this time.

"Zelda, where are you going?" Malon asked groggily.

"Kakariko Village."

"By yourself this late in the evening?"

"Of course not." Zelda laughed. "Link's taking me."

"A date, I assume?" Malon eyed the excited princess teasingly.

"It's not a date. I owe him from losing the best, remember?"

"Uh-huh."

"I'm serious." Zelda defended.

"Whatever you say." Malon sighed shaking her head. "I think you should tell him how you feel, though."

"I'm still not sure about that."

"Well, what do you have to lose? Link likes you and he'll like you no matter what your feelings are for him."

"You really think so?" Zelda asked nervously. "I mean, won't it make our friendship kind of awkward?"

"Maybe…but what if he likes you the same way and you never found out?"

"Then…ugh! This is why I hate romance! It's so complicated!"

"Just do what your heart tells you to." Malon suggested before snuggling back into bed. "Have a fun time."

"Right." Zelda said to herself.

Link awaited outside of the house. He had Epona all ready to go. Zelda came outside and put her cloak on as a finishing touch. Link offered to just take Epona and Zelda could ride on her too, but Zelda really wanted to take Daisuke. She went into the stable and got Daisuke. The beautiful horse of brown fur followed his rider out of the stable over to where Epona was. If Link and Zelda were mistaken, it seemed that Epona was starting to take a liking to Daisuke since she didn't spook around him anymore. Daisuke seemed shy around Epona now. Zelda just laughed when he turned his head away from Epona. She kissed her horse on the forehead and then mounted on top of him.

"Okay, now are you gonna tell me where we're going?" Zelda asked Link as he mounted on top of Epona.

"Nope." He said boldly knowing he was driving the princess crazy. "You'll just have to wait and see when we get there."

"It's not going to be any place weird is it?"

"I already told you I wouldn't try anything weird with you, didn't I?" Link reminded her.

Link did say that he wouldn't ever try anything weird with her. Still, she had to be cautious. If there was one thing Zelda knew about all guys is that guys were guys and they still had similar thoughts when it came to taking girls out. Link got Epona going and Zelda did the same to Daisuke. After they exited the ranch, the horses got going a lot faster and nearly galloped all the way to Kakariko Village. It was a long walk to Kakariko, but on horseback, it took no time at all, especially if riding Epona, who was faster than the average horse.

After the adrenaline rush of a horse galloping on a breezy evening, Link and Zelda arrived at Kakariko Village. At first, Zelda thought it looked the same as it did during the day except for there was nobody outside. Most of the houses were dark inside while some had fires going. Zelda admired a mom reading a storybook to her two kids by the fire as they passed a house. She continued to follow Link through town still having no idea where they were going. Daisuke and Epona were parked at the entrance to the village, so now they traveled on foot. Zelda remembered being nearly caught and taken back to Hyrule Castle the morning after she ran away. Because of Link, she got to keep her freedom.

"Oh!" Link suddenly thought of something.

"What?"

"Come on!" Link grabbed Zelda's hand and started running in a different direction.

"Where are we going?" Zelda asked trying to prevent Link from dragging her.

"Just a quick little detour."

Link and Zelda ran past a few houses towards the direction of the windmill. They stopped when Link found what he wanted. About ten yards in front of them was a large well. Zelda was positive that Link was looking for the well. The question was what was so special about the well? It was just a place to get water. She waited while Link reached into a pouch and pulled out two green rupees. He handed one to Zelda. She took the rupee and looked at it wondering why the heck she needed a green rupee.

"So, what's this for?" Zelda asked.

"We throw them into the well now." He answered tossing his rupee up and down.

"Why would you throw rupees into a well?"

"You've never heard of a wishing well?" Link asked. Zelda shook her head. "Basically, you make a wish and throw the rupee into the well. And that's it."

"Then what happens?"

"Nothing. It's just for fun." Link shrugged. "But some say that if you toss your rupee into the well with your back turned to it, your wish will come true."

"Really?" Zelda asked. She turned her back to the well, closed her eyes, made a wish in her head, and then tossed the rupee. It landed on the side of the well. She heard the sound the rupee made on the stone. "Aw, man." Zelda then picked up the rupee and tossed it into the well. "I think I'm gonna stick with wishing on stars."

"I just thought it'd be fun. A lot of couples come here and toss their rupees in and make wishes about each other."

"Aw, that's so romantic." Zelda couldn't help but giggle.

"Yeah." Link said a little down.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. After I toss my rupee in, I'll take you to where we're going."

"Okay."

Link turned his back to the well, closed his eyes, and tossed the rupee into the well. The rupee had landed in the well. Link smiled out of victory and went to fetch Zelda, who was concentrating on an owl that flew above Kakariko Village. The two of them walked through the quiet, sleeping village. It was quiet until Link found what he was looking for. It was a good-sized, one-story building. It was lit up inside and Zelda could see silhouettes of energetic people having a good time. Zelda wasn't sure what to say about it except for, it looked a bit wild inside.

"Here we are." Link said.

"We're going in here?" Zelda asked in shock.

"Yep. Trust me, you'll love it."

Trust him. Zelda did normally trust Link, so she followed him into the building. The sign above the door to it said "Kakariko Milk Bar". Inside, there were people sitting at tables and sitting at the bar. There were two empty seats next to a young man who was around Link's age. He had semi-long purple hair, and wore a purple tunic with white sleeves. Zelda followed Link over to where the two empty seats were and Link surprised the young purple-haired man from behind.

"Stabbed! Right in the heart!" Link cried out.

"Link!" The purple-haired man greeted. "I haven't seen you in a few days, what's been going on?"

"A lot of things." Link answered taking a seat and revealing Zelda, who was standing right behind him.

"Hey! You're…Princess Zelda, right?" Link's friend went up to her.

"Y-yes, I am." Zelda answered blushing.

"Name's Kafei." He held out his hand and Zelda shook it.

"We're good friends." Link pointed out referring to him and Kafei.

"Nice to meet you, Kafei." Zelda said and then took a seat next to Link.

"So, you two lovebirds on a date or something?"

"Uh…actually…not really." Both Link and Zelda tried saying the same thing.

"We're just friends." Zelda clarified.

"Darn." Kafei groaned. "I thought maybe Link was getting some girl action here." Zelda couldn't help but laugh at Link's embarrassment. "So, how'd you get mixed up with the princess here?"

"It's a long story." Link answered.

"Well, I've got until 2:00 to listen."

"Why stay so long?" Zelda asked.

"Because, it's game night for the girls at the Kakariko Inn. They come in and play card games and drink Chateau Romani."

Kafei spun around in his stool and looked at the girls who were playing the card games, one of them in particular. This girl had shoulder-length red hair, wore a long blue skirt and a black tank top with a white long-sleeve shirt underneath. They were work clothes, without a doubt, but Kafei didn't care. He thought she was the most beautiful woman he had ever laid eyes on. Zelda couldn't tell whether he was looking at one girl or all of them, but Link knew exactly who Kafei was looking at.

"You're still going after Anju?"

"Are you kidding? Of course I am! She's gorgeous."

"How the heck are you gonna make a move on her when she doesn't even know you?"

"I…" Kafei began to say. "…have no idea."

"Here, you can always borrow these." Zelda said as she took out her gold studded earrings and held them out to Kafei.

"What'll these do?"

"Simple. Walk up to her and tell her that you found those. Ask her if she was missing any earrings and then go with the flow from there." Zelda explained.

"You sure about this?" Kafei asked both Link and Zelda.

"I'm sure." Link answered leaning against the bar. "But just so you know, I'm gonna crack up if you get slapped."

"You're not helping!" Kafei groaned out of frustration.

"Just go." Zelda said giving him slight push.

Link and Zelda watched as Kafei started walking up to where Anju and a bunch of her girlfriends were. As he got close to her, he looked back at Link and Zelda with a nervous look on his face. They silently cheered for him as he turned back around and started moving towards Anju. As much as he wanted to watch the action, Link spun his stool around so he was facing the bar again and left his friend alone. Zelda did the same thing. She actually thought it was cute how nervous Kafei was to meet Anju. That was another type Zelda enjoyed. She liked the kinds of guys that were shy. She thought it was cute whenever guys stuttered and messed up. It showed that they weren't perfect and yet, still good enough to consider.

"Hey, sorry if I kinda ignored you for a minute there." Link apologized.

"No problem." Zelda laughed. "I've been bugging your for the past few days. You and Kafei need guy time sometimes."

"Yeah, but if the whole thing with Anju works out, then she's gonna be bugging him for the longest time. Then, I won't have any guy time with anybody."

"There's Talon." Zelda pointed out.

"Talon doesn't count. He's too old to know what's hip and cool these days. The only thing he knows about today's generation that is hip is Chateau Romani." Link explained. "Oh! Speaking of which, have you ever had a Cheateau Romani before?"

"I've never even heard of one."

"Oh, then you haven't lived!" Link pulled out his pouch of rupees. "Tonight, you're going to have your first Chateau Romani."

"But what is a Chateau Romani?"

"Basically, it's Lon Lon Milk with alcohol mixed with it."

"Hi, what can I get ya?" The server at the bar asked Link.

"Uh…two Chateau Romanis."

"That'll be 100 rupees." Link pulled out five red rupees and gave them to the server who went back to get the drinks.

"Anyway," Link continued. "It's an adult drink only. Nobody under age 16 can drink it."

"How come?" Zelda asked. Now she was curious about how 'amazing' this drink was.

"The side effects. If a child even consumes half a Chateau Romani, they will end up wasted! If a child consumes a whole one, it can kill them."

"From what? What kills them?"

"Alcohol poisoning, which is why adults can only drink Chateau Romani. We, as adults, can take up to two Cheateau Romani drinks before becoming completely drunk and wasted. Any more than two, the person will be putting themselves at risk. That's why they limit two drinks per person here." Link finished his explanation as the drinks came. "Well, drink up!"

"I dunno about this anymore. I'd like to live my life before I die from toxic milk." Zelda said looking at the drink.

"Don't worry about it Zelda. Just stick with one and you'll be okay." Link said as he opened the bottle of Romani.

"Well…" Zelda started opening the bottle. She got it fully opened and picked it up. "Okay, I trust you."

Zelda watched as Link put the bottle to his lips and took a drink of the rich milk. She put the bottle up to her face and took in its sweet scent. It almost smelled like vanilla, which was quite strange since there was supposed to be alcohol in it. Link put his bottle down and tapped Zelda signaling her to take a drink. Taking a deep breath, Zelda put the bottle to her lips and she took a small drink of the Romani. After letting the milk go through her system, she felt a sudden rush go through her mind. Her eyes widened at the drink.

"Oh…my…Goddesses!" Zelda said in shock. "Where was this stuff all my life?"

"Alright Zelda!" Link cheered. "Cheers!" Zelda and Link clanked their bottles together and took another drink. Zelda couldn't believe she had been an adult for a year and a half and never went to a milk bar.

"This is great!" Zelda said laughing.

"I told you! Just limit yourself and the drink is harmless almost. Although, it does boost up your energy a little."

"I've noticed! I suddenly feel so awake!" Zelda said picking up the bottle and taking another drink.

"Link! Zelda!"

Link and Zelda spun their stools around and saw Kafei speed walking over to them with Zelda's studs in one hand a huge grin across his face. They assumed it must've been good and congratulated him. Zelda took her studs back and put them into her ears. Kafei sat back at his own seat next to Link.

"So, tell us everything." Link said.

"Well, I asked her about the earring and noticed she was playing my favorite card game! Shenanigans! Then, she said it was her favorite too. Then, she offered me to join her friends in a round. So, I played around and beat them all!" Kafei explained getting excited. "And then, I asked her if I could get to know her better and asked her to have dinner with me one night and…"

"And?" Link and Zelda both asked.

"She accepted!"

"Now that's what I'm talking about!" Link said patting his friend on the back.

"Hey! Hit me with another Romani!" Kafei called to the server.

"Kafei, didn't you already have one?" Link asked.

"Yeah, but I'm too happy to go home, now!" The server gave Kafei another Chateau Romani and Kafei started to down it. Link and Zelda watched him in shock.

"Hey Zelda, I think we might be giving him a ride home after tonight."

"Understandable." Zelda agreed.

While the three friends enjoyed their drinks together, a Celtic band went onto the small stage and started playing Celtic music. Zelda, who happened to be the biggest sucker for Celtic music, spun around in her stool towards the direction of where the music was coming from. She saw the Celtic musicians playing some upbeat Celtic music. People in the bar started to bob their heads to it. Zelda got excited since this was just about her favorite kind of music to dance to. She couldn't help her excitement and stood up. Link turned away from his drink and saw Zelda getting up.

"Whoa, getting excited are we?" Link mentioned.

"Link, you don't understand! This is my absolute favorite kind of music!" Zelda cried out over the noise. She grabbed Link by the hand and dragged him off his stool "Come on! Dance with me!"

"Wha-?"

Link hardly had any time to react. Zelda was already dragging him through the crowd. She got up onto the stage and threw her cloak off. Some guys started wolf whistling at her while most of the crowd started applauding as she started dancing a speedy quick Celtic dance with her feet. Link couldn't help but smile. Kafei came up and joined him in the ground. The Celtic musicians enjoyed having Zelda's company. She even grabbed a flower that was on a crowd member's coat and threw it to one of the musicians. He caught it with his mouth and blushed.

"Wow! That's our Princess Zelda?" Kafei asked in shock.

"I know! Goes to show you she doesn't get out very often!" Link agreed. He enjoyed the fact that Zelda was having the time of her life right now. She unexpectedly bent down and held her hand out to Link.

"Come on up!" Link grabbed her hand and went up on the stage even though he had no idea what to do.

"I can't dance!"

"Sure you can! You dance with me at the ball!"

"That was a waltz, I can't do Celtic!" Link said nervously as people stared at him from in the crowd below him.

"It's easy!" Zelda said. She grabbed Link's hands and showed him what to do. "Just move your feet with the music."

"O-kay." Link said looking down at his feet. Zelda let go of his hands and he started at least attempting to do a Celtic dance. The crowd started to applaud at his efforts. "Hey! I'm doing it!"

"I told you it was easy!"

"This is awesome!" Link laughed.

"Go Link!" Kafei cheered for his friend.

Link just shoved his hands behind his back and continued moving his feet with the music. Zelda showed him some hand movements that he could add in and follow. Basically, for a long period of time, Link just mirrored Zelda's actions as the two partiers danced their hearts out on the stage. At some point when Link and Zelda separated to different parts of the stage, Link suddenly got an idea.

"Mind if we add a twist to this?" He asked.

"Sure, but how?"

Unexpectedly, Link grabbed Zelda by the hand and pulled her close to him. Zelda began to blush madly. He started leading her in what seemed like a mix between a Celtic dance and a tango. She was twirled and lifted. The crowd continued to roar with applause. Even the musicians (who weren't playing instruments with their mouths) cheered for the princess and Link. By the end of the song, Link had her close to the point that they were inches away from each other's faces. Zelda blushed like crazy and Link just smiled while breathing heavily. The crowd cheered for them and some even threw rupees up there. Link was going to gather the rupees, but Kafei ended up snatching them up first.

Zelda just stood up on the stage looking out at the crowd and felt like crying. Tonight was just the perfect night and she couldn't have been happier.


Author's Note: Wow! So Zelda knows how to party apparently! And Link can apparently do Celtic dance! And Kafei apparently loves rupees! Yay! By the way, during the dance scene, you should listen to the Mushroom Gorge track from the Mario Kart Wii soundtrack because they were dancing to a song like that. Now, it's time for trivia!

Trivia: The dance scene was based off of the dance party scene from Titanic. I just love how much fun Jack and Rose have in that scene!