Chapter 4-
Zelda layed on her bed reading in one of the old history books from the library. She was waiting for the lantern light to turn on in Link's room right across from her's. That would show that they were done with their secret meeting.
She thought to herself while reading, "How am I going to be able to get all that information out of Link though? If I don't my plan will be ruined. Of course if that happened Mia would jump for joy." Zelda giggled slightly at that thought.
Then a light broke through the darkness of the night and shone through her window. She got up and looked through. Just as she thought, Link was in his room now. The curtains were closed along with the window so he had no chance of seeing her.
She called out in a loud whisper so the guards hovering around below wouldn't hear her, "Link! Link can you hear me?"
No answer. She needed to get his attention before he went to sleep. She looked around her room frantically for something to get his attention. She knew exactly what, but couldn't find it! Finally seeing a small pile of stones buried under junk on her dresser she grabbed one and whipped it outside. It created a loud tap on Link's window before tumbling to the ground below. The curtain was ripped aside and Link pushed his window open looking all around wondering what that was.
Zelda called out and waved, "Link over here!"
He looked towards her with a puzzled look on his face.
She the pointed to the grounds below and said, "Meet me there in 5 minutes." Then disappeared from her window.
Link looked down, the Royal Garden was below their rooms. He thought, "Why does she want to see me this late? And in the garden on top of that?" He then shrugged and left his window.
When Link got to the entrance of the garden blocked off by iron gates Zelda was already there waiting patiently.
"You took your time Link." Zelda said when he got there.
"You said 5 minutes, and it took me five minutes. But I'm here now aren't I?" Link's bad excuse to get out of an argument.
"Come walk with me." Zelda asked, somewhat ordered as she got out a small key and unlocked the iron gates. They both pushed the aged gates open creating a creaking whine of rusting and age.
"Alright Zelda what is it? I can sense you want something." Link blurted out, skipping the usual chit-chat that would lead to questions like these.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Zelda said as innocently as she could.
"Come on Zel, I know you wouldn't drag me down here for just a little stroll."
"Well you are right about that. But okay, you know about that plan dad and you had for Garrison.."
"I knew it would be something like that! Well no Zel I'm not saying anything about it I swore I wouldn't."
"Oh like just me knowing will make a difference! Please, Link, please tell me just to settle my curiosity."
"No Zel! I promised the King that I wouldn't say anything."
Zelda then resorted to Plan B since Link was thinking he'd be all noble not saying a peep. She edged closer to Link nudging him against a wall so he couldn't squirm away from her. Link didn't fight back, but sure gave her a wide eyed look before stammering, "Ummm.. Z..Zel? Why are you shoving me up against a wall?"
"I wasn't shoving! Just a friendly little nudge." She replied with an evil like grin.
Link continued stammering and straightened up as much as possible as Zelda leaned in towards him more, "L..L.. Listen Zel. I'm not gonna say anything about that plan! I wouldn't want to break my word against your father!"
"Oh what harm is going to come by you telling me this secret? Please Link, please!?"
"N..." Link was cut off quickly as Zelda went in for the kill. She grabbed his collar with both hands and pulled him forward bringing his lips to hers as they met briefly. Link jerked away breathing heavily with an even more wide-eyed look then before yelling, "You really DO want to hear this secret!"
Zelda let go of him and nodded without saying anything.
Link sighed, "Alright. Alright! Seems you want to know this bad enough who knows what you'll do next to get it out of me." He paused for a moment giving her a look before continuing, "Garrison is going to try and join up with Ganondorf's army. He'll see if he can get some information from the men there and he'll have around a month to do so. He leaves the day after tomorrow very early so he can be at the docks by sundown. That's all I know. By the way, you're going to have to owe me big time for saying this!"
"Oh thank you so much Link!!" Zelda rejoiced as she wrapped her arms around his neck giving him a hug then yet another kiss.
"Now I got to get to bed, thank you so much!" Then Zelda ran out of the garden area leaving Link alone as he called out to her, "Remember you owe me!" He then shook his head blinking a few times before returning back to his room.
Zelda burst into Mia's room again ripping open the curtains letting the morning light poor in, and right on Mia's face.
She grumbled then put her pillow over her head, "Did you even learn from yesterday you got to knock!?"
"Hey get up we got a lot to do and only till sundown to do it!" Zelda said a little too cheery as she tried to rip Mia's precious pillow away from her.
"You know how early it is?! Just let me get a few more hours of sleep.. please!?"
"Nope, get up! And I mean now!"
"Alright then get out of my room so I can actually get up and dressed! Your cheeriness disturbs me." Mia half growled reclaiming her pillow.
Zelda was then literally pushed out of Mia's room with the door slammed behind her. A few minutes later Mia stepped out in her usual attire. A solid black tunic tied with a gold colored string partway up in the front with her hair sloppily put halfway up. She still looked half-asleep. After Zelda giving Mia a few moments to actually wake up they proceeded to the library till mid afternoon to think of their little scheme without any disturbances. The plan they came up with by the time they were done was that Mia would first write a note saying that she left for Waneria to see an old friend and to find out what the people there think of Ganondorf. So the King doesn't end up sending his entire army after her because of her disapearance. This letter, of course, would not be shown till after Garrison leaves or until someone notices that she is missing. Mia would leave at sundown by sneaking out of her room right when the guards would be switching. A half hour time slot would occur in which she'd be free to escape unnoticed. In the stables there would be a saddled horse for her. If she would push it she could make it to the docks by morning catching the morning boat to the eastern islands, including Warneria. If this would plan out right she would get there about a day's worth ahead of Garrison. With everything in place and all going well so far now all they had to do was wait for sundown.
Zelda layed on her bed reading in one of the old history books from the library. She was waiting for the lantern light to turn on in Link's room right across from her's. That would show that they were done with their secret meeting.
She thought to herself while reading, "How am I going to be able to get all that information out of Link though? If I don't my plan will be ruined. Of course if that happened Mia would jump for joy." Zelda giggled slightly at that thought.
Then a light broke through the darkness of the night and shone through her window. She got up and looked through. Just as she thought, Link was in his room now. The curtains were closed along with the window so he had no chance of seeing her.
She called out in a loud whisper so the guards hovering around below wouldn't hear her, "Link! Link can you hear me?"
No answer. She needed to get his attention before he went to sleep. She looked around her room frantically for something to get his attention. She knew exactly what, but couldn't find it! Finally seeing a small pile of stones buried under junk on her dresser she grabbed one and whipped it outside. It created a loud tap on Link's window before tumbling to the ground below. The curtain was ripped aside and Link pushed his window open looking all around wondering what that was.
Zelda called out and waved, "Link over here!"
He looked towards her with a puzzled look on his face.
She the pointed to the grounds below and said, "Meet me there in 5 minutes." Then disappeared from her window.
Link looked down, the Royal Garden was below their rooms. He thought, "Why does she want to see me this late? And in the garden on top of that?" He then shrugged and left his window.
When Link got to the entrance of the garden blocked off by iron gates Zelda was already there waiting patiently.
"You took your time Link." Zelda said when he got there.
"You said 5 minutes, and it took me five minutes. But I'm here now aren't I?" Link's bad excuse to get out of an argument.
"Come walk with me." Zelda asked, somewhat ordered as she got out a small key and unlocked the iron gates. They both pushed the aged gates open creating a creaking whine of rusting and age.
"Alright Zelda what is it? I can sense you want something." Link blurted out, skipping the usual chit-chat that would lead to questions like these.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Zelda said as innocently as she could.
"Come on Zel, I know you wouldn't drag me down here for just a little stroll."
"Well you are right about that. But okay, you know about that plan dad and you had for Garrison.."
"I knew it would be something like that! Well no Zel I'm not saying anything about it I swore I wouldn't."
"Oh like just me knowing will make a difference! Please, Link, please tell me just to settle my curiosity."
"No Zel! I promised the King that I wouldn't say anything."
Zelda then resorted to Plan B since Link was thinking he'd be all noble not saying a peep. She edged closer to Link nudging him against a wall so he couldn't squirm away from her. Link didn't fight back, but sure gave her a wide eyed look before stammering, "Ummm.. Z..Zel? Why are you shoving me up against a wall?"
"I wasn't shoving! Just a friendly little nudge." She replied with an evil like grin.
Link continued stammering and straightened up as much as possible as Zelda leaned in towards him more, "L..L.. Listen Zel. I'm not gonna say anything about that plan! I wouldn't want to break my word against your father!"
"Oh what harm is going to come by you telling me this secret? Please Link, please!?"
"N..." Link was cut off quickly as Zelda went in for the kill. She grabbed his collar with both hands and pulled him forward bringing his lips to hers as they met briefly. Link jerked away breathing heavily with an even more wide-eyed look then before yelling, "You really DO want to hear this secret!"
Zelda let go of him and nodded without saying anything.
Link sighed, "Alright. Alright! Seems you want to know this bad enough who knows what you'll do next to get it out of me." He paused for a moment giving her a look before continuing, "Garrison is going to try and join up with Ganondorf's army. He'll see if he can get some information from the men there and he'll have around a month to do so. He leaves the day after tomorrow very early so he can be at the docks by sundown. That's all I know. By the way, you're going to have to owe me big time for saying this!"
"Oh thank you so much Link!!" Zelda rejoiced as she wrapped her arms around his neck giving him a hug then yet another kiss.
"Now I got to get to bed, thank you so much!" Then Zelda ran out of the garden area leaving Link alone as he called out to her, "Remember you owe me!" He then shook his head blinking a few times before returning back to his room.
Zelda burst into Mia's room again ripping open the curtains letting the morning light poor in, and right on Mia's face.
She grumbled then put her pillow over her head, "Did you even learn from yesterday you got to knock!?"
"Hey get up we got a lot to do and only till sundown to do it!" Zelda said a little too cheery as she tried to rip Mia's precious pillow away from her.
"You know how early it is?! Just let me get a few more hours of sleep.. please!?"
"Nope, get up! And I mean now!"
"Alright then get out of my room so I can actually get up and dressed! Your cheeriness disturbs me." Mia half growled reclaiming her pillow.
Zelda was then literally pushed out of Mia's room with the door slammed behind her. A few minutes later Mia stepped out in her usual attire. A solid black tunic tied with a gold colored string partway up in the front with her hair sloppily put halfway up. She still looked half-asleep. After Zelda giving Mia a few moments to actually wake up they proceeded to the library till mid afternoon to think of their little scheme without any disturbances. The plan they came up with by the time they were done was that Mia would first write a note saying that she left for Waneria to see an old friend and to find out what the people there think of Ganondorf. So the King doesn't end up sending his entire army after her because of her disapearance. This letter, of course, would not be shown till after Garrison leaves or until someone notices that she is missing. Mia would leave at sundown by sneaking out of her room right when the guards would be switching. A half hour time slot would occur in which she'd be free to escape unnoticed. In the stables there would be a saddled horse for her. If she would push it she could make it to the docks by morning catching the morning boat to the eastern islands, including Warneria. If this would plan out right she would get there about a day's worth ahead of Garrison. With everything in place and all going well so far now all they had to do was wait for sundown.