Chapter 5
Saria saw the arrow whiz by. It hadn't been close to hitting her, but had defiantly scared her. She swam over to the mote wall and took her nightgown into the water where she put it on. Saria stared the climb back up. She was a little afraid that another arrow would come flying by. She climbed at fast as she dared, with wet hands and feet. Though climbing came naturally to her, as she had to climb up the vine wall that led to the Lost Woods.
Saria made it to the top and to her relief alive. On the balcony she looked out to see of she saw anybody. But it was only the guards doing their shifts. Saria slipped behind the thin, silk, blue curtain that led from her balcony to her room. She walked over to her closet and pulled off her nightgown. Her body was dripping wet. She took her long jade hair and squeezed some of the water out.
In the closet she found another nightgown. Despite her dripping body she pulled it on over her head. She then walked over to her bed and slipped on a silk robe. Saria then crawled into bed to think about what had just happened.
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Link ran from the bush. He wasn't sure what do to at that moment. And he wasn't even sure why he ran. But there was something about that girl. She looked familiar for some reason. Though he couldn't place her with anybody. He couldn't think of anybody he knew that beautiful. He wondered if she would be at the ball. Surely she couldn't have gotten into the castle without the guards knowing. But Link didn't care how she got in, or what she was. He was going to find the Maiden of the Mote. Her beauty surpassed any girl he had ever seen. And he swore to himself he would find her.
But Link was unsuccessful in finding the Maiden of the Mote. He searched for a girl that was under the same roof as him for three days. He asked men if they had seen a woman of surpassing beauty, Some said they had seen a girl of about 14 or 15 about a week ago, and she was very beautiful. But Link wasn't looking for a 14 or 15 year old. The girl must have been 17 or 18 at least. He searched everywhere in Hyrule market for her. And Navi was no help. In fact Navi wasn't any help at all. She just said, "Well maybe she will turn up." Link was rather irritated at this. He had been searching for two days and he had yet to find her. It was the night before Links surprise party. This night he dined with the King and Queen. He finally decided to inquire about the girl.
"My King. I must ask a very impertinent question." The King motioned with his hand to continue. "The night I came home I was walking along the palace mote and I saw a slashing movement in from behind me. I got behind a bush and looked at where I thought the splash was coming from." He left out the part about the bow and arrow. "And when I looked I saw a girl of such beauty I could not even imagine. She had beautiful green hair. And the body of a goddess, as she was naked." Link felt himself blush, as Zelda gasped. She quickly calmed herself, though she was very jittery for the rest of dinner. Link continued. "I wanted to pull my eyes away. But something about her made me continue to study her face. She looked a little like somebody I know. Though I can't place the face, as I know no one with such beauty! Whence she surfaced I saw the moon outline her body, and on it I saw a seashell shaped necklace. I am sure that there are many seashell necklaces but this one looks like the
size and shape of the one I gave Saria. I am so confused by this riddle. I have been searching for this mystery girl for the past two days. I need your help. Are you housing any woman of the description I speak of?"
Zelda seemed to be having a fit with her dress. She looked pleadingly into her father's eyes. Link could not know about Saria. Not yet. To her relief he said
"I'm sorry Link I house no such beauty but my own daughter." He lied. And Zelda could not believe it. She could not believe that her father just lied. Zelda stopped fiddling with her dress and sighed.
"Father, might I be excused?"
"You have my leave to go." Zelda got up and curtsied. She almost ran from the table, but caught herself from doing so.
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Saria sat in her bedroom. She wished she could go down to dine with the royal family. But Link was downstairs and she and Zelda decided it was best that he not see Saria until the ball. So Saria and Lilena ate up in Saria's Quarters.
Saria had already gotten dressed for bed. Lilena looked upon Saria. And giggled.
"Saria you should look at yourself." Lilena was laughing now.
"What?! What's so funny lil?"
"You are! I've never seen you look like this. Your eyes are dilated. And you seem to be smiling for no reason. Ah, young love." Saria rolled her eyes. But she continued to smile to herself. Saria looked off at the horizon. The sky was painted purple, orange, pink, white and blue. The sunset was beautiful. The wind blew softly into Saria's bedroom. She breathed it in, then exhaled slowly. The air carried something in it, which did not smell right.
"Lil, can you sense something in the air?"
"Saria you're the sage of the Forest. I cannot detect anything so small, as the wind. In what direction is it Saria?"
"It comes from the Kokiri Woods."
"I wouldn't worry about it unless the you get more of these uneasy winds."
"You right. I will not worry about it right now, but I do wish to study the wind for a bit."
Saria got up. She was in a pure white nightgown, and a pure white robe. Her feet were bare, and her hair was held loosely in a bun. The wind continued, and seemed to grow stronger. She walked out into her balcony. The wind whipped her nightgown and robe. The bun in her hair was soon out and flying in all directions.
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After dining with the King Link went outside. He sighed and kicked the dirt thinking. He could not get the woman from the mote out of his mind. It was coming to the point where he would think of her constantly. He replayed everything in his head. Every intricate detail about her body. She had the most beautiful and perfect body. Pale the color of ivory. And smooth. Even from a distance he could see her smooth skin and the moon had reflected off of it. Her face was the face a goddess. Long, flowing, jade hair, he had longed to touch it. It seemed it would be like silk to his touch. The features on her face were soft and fair. He had looked into her eyes and saw them a deep green. He wished to look upon that face again, and replaying her image in his head made him wish even more for her face.
Link wasn't sure where he was going. He decided to take a walk around the castle. Maybe he would see the Maiden of the Mote again. He walked slowly on the dirt path following the mote.
As he walked he looked around for the girl. He prayed to the goddesses that she would appear and his riddle could be answered. Then he saw her. In the balcony above, he noticed right where he had seen her a couple nights before. This time she really did look like a goddess. That green hair was flowing in the wind. The sunset made it look even more beautiful putting color in her hair. She was in nothing but a nightgown and a robe. Both pure white. Her eyes were closed as if in meditation, her arms open as if embracing the wind. His eyes were transfixed on her. And then he saw it. The shell necklace. With his keen sight he could tell it looked a lot like Saria's.
Link finally got his wits together.
"My fair lady!" He yelled. He wondered if it had been lost in the wind. But he saw her head look down from her balcony. She stared wide-eyed from her perch. The wind died down, and her robes stopped flipping wildly around. Then she stumbled off backwards into the castle.
"No! My lady I meant no harm. Please come back out!" he waited but she did not reappear. After waiting a couple of minutes Link ran off to the front door of the castle almost running into guards. He ran all the way the Zelda's courtyard. There she was looking out her window.
"I have seen her!" Zelda was startled. "I have seen the girl from the mote! And she is beautiful to behold. She's like a goddess!"
"Link stop your rambling. There are no goddesses here. You should know that Link." Zelda was trying to play innocent. Acting like she new nothing.
"No Zelda I swear I found the most beautiful girl I've ever seen! Her hair and then her eyes and oh her body!"
"Are you trying to tell me that you think she's here?"
"Well yeah! I swear I've seen her. Don't try to act like you don't know what I'm talking about. Who is she? I have to know!"
"Link... go to bed. There is nobody here. Nobody of the description you talk of. And Link don't go looking for this girl you see."
Link sighed. "Yes I suppose I will retire early. Goodnight Zel."
"Goodnight Link." Link walked out of the courtyard. Zelda seemed to be telling the truth. Maybe his eyes were deceiving him. But it would have been two times now that they have done that. Link was confused and wished for answers. He went to his quarters to think things over in his head. Somewhere in his thinking he fell asleep. He dreamed of Saria and then dreamed of the Girl. He realized that they were very much the same in his dream. Was it possible that the Maiden was Saria? Even in his dream he pushed that thought from his mind. It was impossible... wasn't it?
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Saria had dreams too. Only her dreams were filled with nightmares of the Kokiri Forest. The first dream she had was of Link and her. He was so handsome and then later it seemed to shift to the Kokiri Forest. There were cries of anguish and pain from her people. In it she could see her whole village go under fire and arrows. She saw the blood of her people spread on the forest floor. She saw the boys being taken by the hair then being stabbed mercilessly, while the girl's were being herded to one side of the family.
Saria was haunted with these images all night. Tossing and turning, sometimes crying out. Until finally she woke. Up. Her bed was wet with sweat. As was her brow. Saria tired to control her breath but the dreams had haunted her so. Lilena was by her side, silent. Letting Saria catch her breath. At last she said,
"You have been tossing and turning all night. In your dream you cried out for help. I did not wake you."
"Oh Lil it was horrible. An army was taking over the Kokiri Forest. They were severing body parts off all the boys and killing them. And they herded all the girls to one side of the forest. They were burning houses with Kokiri still in them. Is this a foreshadowing? Must I return to the Kokiri?"
"I will not counsel you. You must do what you think is right."
"I would stay except for the warning in my heart."
"Then you will go back?"
"I will. But not until the ball is over. I do not believe that this has happened yet. I should ask the King to send out his spies to the Kokiri Forest, to tell what might be stirring."
"I think that is wise Saria."
"I also think that the sages should connect with there patrons. I with the trees and wind, Ruto with water, Darunia with fire and so on."
"Yes, I shall deliver the message to them all. You go tell the King of your foreboding."
"Thank you Lilena." With that the fairy flew out of the balcony window. Saria lay back down in her bed and fell back asleep until 11:00, when she was awoken buy Zelda.
"Saria, wake up!" Zelda's voice was excited. "We have to go find you a dress to wear for the ball! It's in exactly eight hours!" Saria grumbled.
"Zelda can we do this in an hour or so. I didn't sleep well last night."
"Oh come on! Get your lazy self out of bed. The sun is shining and the breeze is soft and smells of the garden. It's a mild day outside." It was then that Saria remembered her dream.
"Zelda I must speak with your father!"
"What about?"
"I had a dream last night that the Kokiri were under attack. All the boys were being killed and the girls herded to one side of the forest. Lilena has already flown to find the sages and ask them to get in touch with their patrons. And I must ask you to ask your father if he will send his spies to the edge of the Kokiri Forest. His best ones." Saria saw the way Zelda's face changed when she said this. Saria knew that Zelda was madly in love with one of the Kings best spies. They had sneaked out together before. Saria remembered when Zelda told her this. She remembered the spy's name was Erin.
"Then I will tell my father to do what you ask."
"Zel..."
"I know what danger I might be putting him in." She said referring to Erin. "I know my father will choose him as one of the spies. When you are dressed come meet me in the dining hall. Link has gone off to find his Mystery girl."
Zelda gave a smile and then left the room. But Saria knew that Zelda was hurting. She had seen her sky blue eyes go cold when Saria told her about the spies. She saw how they had seemed to go gray all the sudden.
Saria sighed and walked over to her wardrobe. She picked out a yellow short sleeved dress that had little puffed sleeves. After getting dressed Saria brushed her long green hair and then wound it up into a loose bun. She then walked out of her room to meet Saria in the dining hall.
All day Saria and Zelda were out in the market. Many merchants were around in Hyrule this time of year. Selling silk, velvet, or any kind of material one could think of. I
It was 5:00 when they returned to the palace, and both had to get ready.
"Impa will come in and help you dress. I trust you can bathe yourself." Said Zelda with a smile. She walked off towards her room.
"Just yell for me when you need me. I'll be outside your room." Said Impa.
"Thank you. But what about the Princess?"
"I'm not her only hand Maiden."
"Ah, I see. Well I'll yell for you when I'm out."
It was a long process, getting ready for a ball. Bathing and then dressing, then doing hair and adding just some color to the face. The corset around Saria was very tight. But when the whole thing was done. Saria looked indeed, Like a goddess.
Her dress was a fabric called illsoph (I made that word up ) It was a very precious fabric to the Hyrulians. It was gold, but felt like silk, it looked heavy to wear but really it was light wait. The golden gown flared out at the bottom and in the middle it fit her perfectly, showing off her sleek figure. The dress had sleeves that lay daintily off her shoulder. Saria had pure silk, white gloves on that went a little passed her elbow. The dress had a pure white pleat that had little golden flowers embedded in it. Saria's favorite feature about the dress was that it had a long flowing train in the back.
Saria's hair was done up in a loose braided bun, with little green ringlets around it. Golden flowers were put into her hair. A gold sort of eye shadow was added to her green eyes and hints of that same eye shadow were seen about her face. Her lips had a moisturizer on them, which added a luscious and fuller look.
"Oh Saria you look beautiful."
"You look fine yourself, Princess." Zelda did look very beautiful in her long white dress. The sleeves were long and extended down to her knees, with the shortest part coming just above her wrist. Zelda had a thin royal blue sash around her waste that extended down to the floor. Zelda's hair was down but many strands were curled or braided. The braided strands were intertwined with gold and a blue material and a gold tiara sat atop Zelda's head. A pearl choker was at her neck and pearl earrings in her ears.
"Here I want you to wear these." Zelda held out a golden choker with one single pearl on the end. She also had earrings made of pearls.
"Thank you Zelda. I couldn't have done any of this without you." There was silence in the room. It wasn't time to go to the Market where the party was. All day people had been decorating the Market. The king suggested that Link go look for the mystery girl somewhere besides Hyrule Market Town. The draw bridge would be up by the time that Link came so he would have to get to the castle his secret way that only the Royal family and link new about. Once Link was in the castle he would be urged by Impa to get into some very nice clothes on and go to Market. Impa would say no more on the subject.
Saria broke the silence. "Has the King sent out the spies yet?"
"Yes. He did as soon as I told him."
"Zelda I'm Sorry."
"Better to be safe than sorry, Saria."
"Beg your pardon Princess but I think you should be getting down to the Market." Said Impa.
"Yes Impa. Go summon the guard to get the carriage ready."
Saria stepped into the carriage. There was a fluttery feeling around her heart. This was it. This was it. The night when she would show herself to Link. But much more would happen. Yes much more than she had expected.
Saria saw the arrow whiz by. It hadn't been close to hitting her, but had defiantly scared her. She swam over to the mote wall and took her nightgown into the water where she put it on. Saria stared the climb back up. She was a little afraid that another arrow would come flying by. She climbed at fast as she dared, with wet hands and feet. Though climbing came naturally to her, as she had to climb up the vine wall that led to the Lost Woods.
Saria made it to the top and to her relief alive. On the balcony she looked out to see of she saw anybody. But it was only the guards doing their shifts. Saria slipped behind the thin, silk, blue curtain that led from her balcony to her room. She walked over to her closet and pulled off her nightgown. Her body was dripping wet. She took her long jade hair and squeezed some of the water out.
In the closet she found another nightgown. Despite her dripping body she pulled it on over her head. She then walked over to her bed and slipped on a silk robe. Saria then crawled into bed to think about what had just happened.
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Link ran from the bush. He wasn't sure what do to at that moment. And he wasn't even sure why he ran. But there was something about that girl. She looked familiar for some reason. Though he couldn't place her with anybody. He couldn't think of anybody he knew that beautiful. He wondered if she would be at the ball. Surely she couldn't have gotten into the castle without the guards knowing. But Link didn't care how she got in, or what she was. He was going to find the Maiden of the Mote. Her beauty surpassed any girl he had ever seen. And he swore to himself he would find her.
But Link was unsuccessful in finding the Maiden of the Mote. He searched for a girl that was under the same roof as him for three days. He asked men if they had seen a woman of surpassing beauty, Some said they had seen a girl of about 14 or 15 about a week ago, and she was very beautiful. But Link wasn't looking for a 14 or 15 year old. The girl must have been 17 or 18 at least. He searched everywhere in Hyrule market for her. And Navi was no help. In fact Navi wasn't any help at all. She just said, "Well maybe she will turn up." Link was rather irritated at this. He had been searching for two days and he had yet to find her. It was the night before Links surprise party. This night he dined with the King and Queen. He finally decided to inquire about the girl.
"My King. I must ask a very impertinent question." The King motioned with his hand to continue. "The night I came home I was walking along the palace mote and I saw a slashing movement in from behind me. I got behind a bush and looked at where I thought the splash was coming from." He left out the part about the bow and arrow. "And when I looked I saw a girl of such beauty I could not even imagine. She had beautiful green hair. And the body of a goddess, as she was naked." Link felt himself blush, as Zelda gasped. She quickly calmed herself, though she was very jittery for the rest of dinner. Link continued. "I wanted to pull my eyes away. But something about her made me continue to study her face. She looked a little like somebody I know. Though I can't place the face, as I know no one with such beauty! Whence she surfaced I saw the moon outline her body, and on it I saw a seashell shaped necklace. I am sure that there are many seashell necklaces but this one looks like the
size and shape of the one I gave Saria. I am so confused by this riddle. I have been searching for this mystery girl for the past two days. I need your help. Are you housing any woman of the description I speak of?"
Zelda seemed to be having a fit with her dress. She looked pleadingly into her father's eyes. Link could not know about Saria. Not yet. To her relief he said
"I'm sorry Link I house no such beauty but my own daughter." He lied. And Zelda could not believe it. She could not believe that her father just lied. Zelda stopped fiddling with her dress and sighed.
"Father, might I be excused?"
"You have my leave to go." Zelda got up and curtsied. She almost ran from the table, but caught herself from doing so.
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Saria sat in her bedroom. She wished she could go down to dine with the royal family. But Link was downstairs and she and Zelda decided it was best that he not see Saria until the ball. So Saria and Lilena ate up in Saria's Quarters.
Saria had already gotten dressed for bed. Lilena looked upon Saria. And giggled.
"Saria you should look at yourself." Lilena was laughing now.
"What?! What's so funny lil?"
"You are! I've never seen you look like this. Your eyes are dilated. And you seem to be smiling for no reason. Ah, young love." Saria rolled her eyes. But she continued to smile to herself. Saria looked off at the horizon. The sky was painted purple, orange, pink, white and blue. The sunset was beautiful. The wind blew softly into Saria's bedroom. She breathed it in, then exhaled slowly. The air carried something in it, which did not smell right.
"Lil, can you sense something in the air?"
"Saria you're the sage of the Forest. I cannot detect anything so small, as the wind. In what direction is it Saria?"
"It comes from the Kokiri Woods."
"I wouldn't worry about it unless the you get more of these uneasy winds."
"You right. I will not worry about it right now, but I do wish to study the wind for a bit."
Saria got up. She was in a pure white nightgown, and a pure white robe. Her feet were bare, and her hair was held loosely in a bun. The wind continued, and seemed to grow stronger. She walked out into her balcony. The wind whipped her nightgown and robe. The bun in her hair was soon out and flying in all directions.
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After dining with the King Link went outside. He sighed and kicked the dirt thinking. He could not get the woman from the mote out of his mind. It was coming to the point where he would think of her constantly. He replayed everything in his head. Every intricate detail about her body. She had the most beautiful and perfect body. Pale the color of ivory. And smooth. Even from a distance he could see her smooth skin and the moon had reflected off of it. Her face was the face a goddess. Long, flowing, jade hair, he had longed to touch it. It seemed it would be like silk to his touch. The features on her face were soft and fair. He had looked into her eyes and saw them a deep green. He wished to look upon that face again, and replaying her image in his head made him wish even more for her face.
Link wasn't sure where he was going. He decided to take a walk around the castle. Maybe he would see the Maiden of the Mote again. He walked slowly on the dirt path following the mote.
As he walked he looked around for the girl. He prayed to the goddesses that she would appear and his riddle could be answered. Then he saw her. In the balcony above, he noticed right where he had seen her a couple nights before. This time she really did look like a goddess. That green hair was flowing in the wind. The sunset made it look even more beautiful putting color in her hair. She was in nothing but a nightgown and a robe. Both pure white. Her eyes were closed as if in meditation, her arms open as if embracing the wind. His eyes were transfixed on her. And then he saw it. The shell necklace. With his keen sight he could tell it looked a lot like Saria's.
Link finally got his wits together.
"My fair lady!" He yelled. He wondered if it had been lost in the wind. But he saw her head look down from her balcony. She stared wide-eyed from her perch. The wind died down, and her robes stopped flipping wildly around. Then she stumbled off backwards into the castle.
"No! My lady I meant no harm. Please come back out!" he waited but she did not reappear. After waiting a couple of minutes Link ran off to the front door of the castle almost running into guards. He ran all the way the Zelda's courtyard. There she was looking out her window.
"I have seen her!" Zelda was startled. "I have seen the girl from the mote! And she is beautiful to behold. She's like a goddess!"
"Link stop your rambling. There are no goddesses here. You should know that Link." Zelda was trying to play innocent. Acting like she new nothing.
"No Zelda I swear I found the most beautiful girl I've ever seen! Her hair and then her eyes and oh her body!"
"Are you trying to tell me that you think she's here?"
"Well yeah! I swear I've seen her. Don't try to act like you don't know what I'm talking about. Who is she? I have to know!"
"Link... go to bed. There is nobody here. Nobody of the description you talk of. And Link don't go looking for this girl you see."
Link sighed. "Yes I suppose I will retire early. Goodnight Zel."
"Goodnight Link." Link walked out of the courtyard. Zelda seemed to be telling the truth. Maybe his eyes were deceiving him. But it would have been two times now that they have done that. Link was confused and wished for answers. He went to his quarters to think things over in his head. Somewhere in his thinking he fell asleep. He dreamed of Saria and then dreamed of the Girl. He realized that they were very much the same in his dream. Was it possible that the Maiden was Saria? Even in his dream he pushed that thought from his mind. It was impossible... wasn't it?
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Saria had dreams too. Only her dreams were filled with nightmares of the Kokiri Forest. The first dream she had was of Link and her. He was so handsome and then later it seemed to shift to the Kokiri Forest. There were cries of anguish and pain from her people. In it she could see her whole village go under fire and arrows. She saw the blood of her people spread on the forest floor. She saw the boys being taken by the hair then being stabbed mercilessly, while the girl's were being herded to one side of the family.
Saria was haunted with these images all night. Tossing and turning, sometimes crying out. Until finally she woke. Up. Her bed was wet with sweat. As was her brow. Saria tired to control her breath but the dreams had haunted her so. Lilena was by her side, silent. Letting Saria catch her breath. At last she said,
"You have been tossing and turning all night. In your dream you cried out for help. I did not wake you."
"Oh Lil it was horrible. An army was taking over the Kokiri Forest. They were severing body parts off all the boys and killing them. And they herded all the girls to one side of the forest. They were burning houses with Kokiri still in them. Is this a foreshadowing? Must I return to the Kokiri?"
"I will not counsel you. You must do what you think is right."
"I would stay except for the warning in my heart."
"Then you will go back?"
"I will. But not until the ball is over. I do not believe that this has happened yet. I should ask the King to send out his spies to the Kokiri Forest, to tell what might be stirring."
"I think that is wise Saria."
"I also think that the sages should connect with there patrons. I with the trees and wind, Ruto with water, Darunia with fire and so on."
"Yes, I shall deliver the message to them all. You go tell the King of your foreboding."
"Thank you Lilena." With that the fairy flew out of the balcony window. Saria lay back down in her bed and fell back asleep until 11:00, when she was awoken buy Zelda.
"Saria, wake up!" Zelda's voice was excited. "We have to go find you a dress to wear for the ball! It's in exactly eight hours!" Saria grumbled.
"Zelda can we do this in an hour or so. I didn't sleep well last night."
"Oh come on! Get your lazy self out of bed. The sun is shining and the breeze is soft and smells of the garden. It's a mild day outside." It was then that Saria remembered her dream.
"Zelda I must speak with your father!"
"What about?"
"I had a dream last night that the Kokiri were under attack. All the boys were being killed and the girls herded to one side of the forest. Lilena has already flown to find the sages and ask them to get in touch with their patrons. And I must ask you to ask your father if he will send his spies to the edge of the Kokiri Forest. His best ones." Saria saw the way Zelda's face changed when she said this. Saria knew that Zelda was madly in love with one of the Kings best spies. They had sneaked out together before. Saria remembered when Zelda told her this. She remembered the spy's name was Erin.
"Then I will tell my father to do what you ask."
"Zel..."
"I know what danger I might be putting him in." She said referring to Erin. "I know my father will choose him as one of the spies. When you are dressed come meet me in the dining hall. Link has gone off to find his Mystery girl."
Zelda gave a smile and then left the room. But Saria knew that Zelda was hurting. She had seen her sky blue eyes go cold when Saria told her about the spies. She saw how they had seemed to go gray all the sudden.
Saria sighed and walked over to her wardrobe. She picked out a yellow short sleeved dress that had little puffed sleeves. After getting dressed Saria brushed her long green hair and then wound it up into a loose bun. She then walked out of her room to meet Saria in the dining hall.
All day Saria and Zelda were out in the market. Many merchants were around in Hyrule this time of year. Selling silk, velvet, or any kind of material one could think of. I
It was 5:00 when they returned to the palace, and both had to get ready.
"Impa will come in and help you dress. I trust you can bathe yourself." Said Zelda with a smile. She walked off towards her room.
"Just yell for me when you need me. I'll be outside your room." Said Impa.
"Thank you. But what about the Princess?"
"I'm not her only hand Maiden."
"Ah, I see. Well I'll yell for you when I'm out."
It was a long process, getting ready for a ball. Bathing and then dressing, then doing hair and adding just some color to the face. The corset around Saria was very tight. But when the whole thing was done. Saria looked indeed, Like a goddess.
Her dress was a fabric called illsoph (I made that word up ) It was a very precious fabric to the Hyrulians. It was gold, but felt like silk, it looked heavy to wear but really it was light wait. The golden gown flared out at the bottom and in the middle it fit her perfectly, showing off her sleek figure. The dress had sleeves that lay daintily off her shoulder. Saria had pure silk, white gloves on that went a little passed her elbow. The dress had a pure white pleat that had little golden flowers embedded in it. Saria's favorite feature about the dress was that it had a long flowing train in the back.
Saria's hair was done up in a loose braided bun, with little green ringlets around it. Golden flowers were put into her hair. A gold sort of eye shadow was added to her green eyes and hints of that same eye shadow were seen about her face. Her lips had a moisturizer on them, which added a luscious and fuller look.
"Oh Saria you look beautiful."
"You look fine yourself, Princess." Zelda did look very beautiful in her long white dress. The sleeves were long and extended down to her knees, with the shortest part coming just above her wrist. Zelda had a thin royal blue sash around her waste that extended down to the floor. Zelda's hair was down but many strands were curled or braided. The braided strands were intertwined with gold and a blue material and a gold tiara sat atop Zelda's head. A pearl choker was at her neck and pearl earrings in her ears.
"Here I want you to wear these." Zelda held out a golden choker with one single pearl on the end. She also had earrings made of pearls.
"Thank you Zelda. I couldn't have done any of this without you." There was silence in the room. It wasn't time to go to the Market where the party was. All day people had been decorating the Market. The king suggested that Link go look for the mystery girl somewhere besides Hyrule Market Town. The draw bridge would be up by the time that Link came so he would have to get to the castle his secret way that only the Royal family and link new about. Once Link was in the castle he would be urged by Impa to get into some very nice clothes on and go to Market. Impa would say no more on the subject.
Saria broke the silence. "Has the King sent out the spies yet?"
"Yes. He did as soon as I told him."
"Zelda I'm Sorry."
"Better to be safe than sorry, Saria."
"Beg your pardon Princess but I think you should be getting down to the Market." Said Impa.
"Yes Impa. Go summon the guard to get the carriage ready."
Saria stepped into the carriage. There was a fluttery feeling around her heart. This was it. This was it. The night when she would show herself to Link. But much more would happen. Yes much more than she had expected.