FOREST AREA

"Aragorn!" Nicole pushed him aside and he almost fell into a bush covered in thorns. The six foot man dodged it easily and grabbed her round the waist, swinging her in circles. "Nyah!" she turned and kissed him on the nose. Aragorn smiled and bent down, kissing her cheek gently.

"Finally, Pinata will never find us here!" Nicole wanted dearly to do more, but she had a job to do. Aragorn sighed happily as he stroked her stomach.

"After, Aragorn, honey..." she said, slapping his arm which had strayed to the fastenings of her dress. "We have to plan this now!" She sat on the ground and felt Aragorn swing his legs around her. "Ok, so this is the plan, and we have to-" Aragorn was breathing gently on her, making the hairs on Nicole's neck stand up. "The plan...we have..." she turned around and Aragorn quickly undid her corset, and Nicole put her arms around his back and slid them up to his shoulders, undoing his cloak. Little did they know who was coming towards them at an alarming speed...

Pinata studied Nicole. Her lipstick was smudged and her reddish brown hair was all over the place. She shifted her weight in the saddle and frowned. "What on earth? Why is she outside?" Epona got bored and began to wonder off in the direction of the food. "Agh!" She grabbed the reins and pulled Epona to a halt again. Nicole was making enough noise to make someone deaf, thought Pinni as she settled herself in the saddle once again. Lucky thing, that. She nudged Links bay mare closer to Nicole and peered at her. "Oh...My...God." She closed her eyes. Why was everyone doing all of...that? She blinked, but the image of Aragorn and Nicole had infected her head. Feeling extremely grossed out, she gulped and pulled her headscarf over her eyes.

"OK, YOU TWO! CUT IT OUT NOW!" Pinata yelled, over the sound they were both making. "GUYS! STOP!" she screamed. Nicole suddenly stopped what she was doing and Aragorn looked up, resting on his elbows.

"Why'd you stop, baby?" he said, frowning.

"WHY DID YOU GUYS START!" Pinata wheeled around and galloped towards the other end of the clearing. Epona snorted, spooked by the cacophony.

"Yes, /u, its ME. Now get up and go away!" she threw them their cloaks through blurred eyes. "You are simply disgusting. I give you food, I give you bloody CLOTHES which you cant even keep on, I let you riddle my house with germs and filth, I let you have the rooms you wanted which you cant even STAY IN, what the hell else do you want from me?" she screamed. Her black mascara was streaming down her face now, and her hands were trembling with the effort of keeping Epona halted. "Just tell me now, why don't you? An allowance? Free weapons? My house?!" she said, getting more and more upset. "I hope you fucking well burn in hell, all of you!"

And she let Epona gallop towards the field. They both soared over the fence and Pinata pulled off the saddle and bridle, patting Epona swiftly and then entering through the side door, sniffing furiously.

"Pinata, are you-" Mo said, rushing forwards.

"Oh SHUT UP! Like you even care! I bet you wish I were dead, just so I'd stop bossing you all around!!" she ran upstairs, hitching up her deep blue gown and skidding down the corridor. Link came out of the room, his hand still on the door, looking shocked.

"Pin? What-" but he didn't answer, he couldn't, because Pinata had just knocked him to the ground with a huge hug, sobbing into his shoulder, her body trembling violently. "Pin? What is wrong? I..." he wrapped his muscled arms tightly around her. "Calm down..."

"I cant calm down! What have I done! I just wanted to be a good friend! That's ALL!" Pinata clutched at his back, and he kissed her neck, feeling her heartbeat pumping fast. "I just cant do anything right! I'm leaving, Link, and I'm not coming back until they're all gone!" Links eyes snapped open. Unconsciously, he gripped her tighter. "It's the only way they'll leave, and if they don't go, well, I hope they have a nice life living here!" Link pushed her face up.

"You aren't leaving. They are..." he muttered. Pinata moved in closer, her gown spread on the floor like a fan, kneeling, her lower legs splayed out on the floor. Link put a hand on her waist and kissed her on the lips. It was a little while until they parted. "Please..."

"I cant, Link. I'm sorry..." She stood up and took his fair head in her hands. "I love you..." she kissed his forehead gently and went into their room. "Please don't disturb me."

Link sat on the floor, his eyes downcast.

"Hey, elf boy, we've run out of-" Elladan stopped in his tracks. "Are you Ok?"

"No. No, I'm not 'okay'." Link mumbled. He stood up and walked into the study. Elladan was joined by Mo, who stood, frowning. The door closed gently behind him.

"Hmm...What did we do now?" Mo said, her hands on her hips. "Or is it more of what we're not doing?"

"I think that would be it." Nicola muttered her hand on the stairwell. "Pinata just left."

"I hope you're happy now." Link said, standing before them all. "I hope you're happy." And with that he went into his room and left the group looking rather dejected, with the monopoly money and wine goblets held limply in their hands.