Disclaimer: I do not own Zelda. I do not own the Triforce. I do not own
Nayru, Din, or Farore. I do not own Gannondorf, who is somehow not in this
story. I do not own Hyrule. Okay, I think I'm done.
Weird Person: Wait, you forgot somebody.
Disclaimer: Oh yeah, I don't own Navi.
Weird Person: Yes.........
Disclaimer: Ruto, Malon, or Saria. They aren't in this story so your point? Oh yeah, Epona too.
Weird Person: Go on.........
Disclaimer: Wait, I think I get what you mean...........................no! I REFUSE!!! I OWN LINK. I WILL NOT UNOWN HIM! NOOOOOOOOOO!
Weird Person: Alright, you guys, you can sue her now.
Chapter 13: And the Ball Rolls On.........
Rosemarie felt that at that moment, she could be anywhere but there. The ceiling was huge and the walls were covered with flowers. Yet, her younger sister didn't give her much time to study her surroundings.
"Oh Nayru! Isn't this huge!"
"Yeah, Wildflower. Now keep quite. I have to find Link."
"Who?"
"My friend." Rosemarie walked off. It was good Wildflower only knew of him as "the prince". She could hear Wildflower huffing behind her. Rosemarie shrugged it off and disappeared behind a couple of dancers.
.........
"WAIT!!" Link called. It was too late. Rosemarie had disappeared behind a crowd of dancers, and there was no way he could get to her.
"Hello!" Link scrunched his eyes. He looked behind him. Where was that voice. By that time, Zelda had caught up to him.
"Down here!" Link looked down. A girl half his height, and probably the same in age, looked up.
"Uh.........hello?" The girl squealed.
"HI!! My name is Wildflower! You must know me. Rosemarie always talks about me. I feel so special. Anyway, it's so good to meet you!" Link was confused.
"I don't know you-," He was interrupted when Zelda elbowed him.
"UH.........I.........mean............of course Wildflower! Rosemarie has mentioned you SO many times. She really must love you as her adoring little........."
"Sister!" Zelda whispered in his ear.
"Sister!" Link sighed with relief. "Wait? Sister?" he looked back at Zelda, who nodded.
"Yep! I'm her little sister. And an angel, besides. I wish my Rosemarie could come talk to you though, but she went looking for some guy named Link." Zelda giggled and Link grinned.
"Well, let's hope she finds him." Wildflower got a little suspicious.
"Is Link her boyfriend or something?"
"No. Just her best friend. He already has a girlfriend, a beautiful girl named Zelda." Zelda blushed and hid her face in his shoulder.
"The same Zelda I know?" Wildflower asked, smiling. Zelda tried to warn Link but he just kept on speaking.
"If the Zelda you know is the Zelda Rosemarie knows. Yep, that's Link's girlfriend."
"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo," Wildflower said. "I better go right now and tell Rosemarie about this. She'll be so excited!" Link suddenly realized what he had said. He caught Wildflower's shoulders before she could go anywhere.
"Maybe you should..........wait before you tell anyone. You never know."
"Never know what?"
"Never know if Rosemarie could have found Link. Then if you.........tell.........never mind. Why don't you go over and have something to eat?" Link motioned to the food tables.
"Oh, there is so much good stuff. Thank you, your Highness." Link smiled as Rosemarie pranced off.
"Good going," Zelda said. "Now you blew it!"
"By the time she has a chance to tell Rose, she'll forget. Now, I better go find her."
"Why?"
"Cause you aren't the only one that gets to dance with me." Zelda put on a fake look of jealousy. Link chuckled and went to find Rosemarie.
.........
Rosemarie found herself standing near the entrance for the fourth time. Whatever she did, the dancing distracted her. She always ended up back here. Rosemarie longed to dance. But she needed a partner. It was true that eight boys had asked her, but she had to disappoint all of them. She was going to dance with one special person, and that would be.........
"I finally found you!" Rosemarie spun around. Link stood there, sighing with relief. "I thought I would never."
"I was trying to find you."
"No wonder, we must have been going in opposite directions."
"Yeah, well anyway. Did you see Zel anywhere?"
"Yeah."
"Really? Did she dance with anybody? How many guys asked her?"
"She danced with me, and I left before I had time to figure out if she danced with somebody."
"Oh, how sweet!"
"How many asked you?"
"Eight, and nine sort of. Well, not really. He kinda thought I was his friend by accident."
"Oh, well, you can really make it nine."
"How?"
"You wanna dance with me?"
"Oh, that's how."
"Answer the question."
"What question?"
"You wanna dance with me?"
"Sure." Link rolled his eyes. He took her by the waist and spun her around onto the dance floor. Rosemarie's heart was about to fly out of her body. He seemed to be able to move with such ease. It took all of Rosemarie's strength to keep from falling. Worse, he started talking to her.
"So, are you having fun so far?" Rosemarie processed the question, very nearly tripping on his shoes.
"Yes." That one word answer could have taken her to her doom, or embarrassment in reality. Rosemarie tried to concentrate. She kept to strictly what her mother had taught her to do while dancing, following Link's footsteps.
"I asked you the question three times." Rosemarie zoned back in.
"Sorry, what was that?" Rosemarie stumbled but caught herself.
"I asked where your parents were."
"They're somewhere." That was true. Her mother would have probably found the Queen or King and started talking. There was no doubt about it that her father and stepmother were out there somewhere as well, though she had no connection to them at all.
Link must have noticed that Rosemarie wasn't in the zone, because he stopped talking and started focusing on twirling her around and matching the dance steps. But suddenly, the music changed. The beat was a bit faster than what Rosemarie was used to. Link had no regard for the change. He somehow flowed into the new dance like the rest of the people. Rosemarie, however, had no idea what to do. She followed what all the other women were doing, and had a hard time with it.
"Do you like this song?" Link asked. Rosemarie barely heard. She nodded as she exchanged hands and went under, then spun back out. Her dress fanned out into a complete circle, then calmed as she sidestepped. Then Link's arm came around hers and she had to twist. She twisted the wrong way, and let go. In Link's effort to rejoin the music, he had to grab her left hand and twirl her twice. Rosemarie wasn't ready. Thus, she tripped and bumped into someone. In mid-twirl, they stepped out of balance, knocking into someone else.
"Oh dear!" Rosemarie said, backing up from the domino reaction. She bumped into the person behind her as well, and they tripped. The girl and Rosemarie stumbled to the floor. The orchestra noticed and in their attempt to mask their laughter, their notes went off key. The king and queen looked up from their dance just as someone bumped into them, forcing them to the ground. Link was the only one left standing at the end of all of that, and he did not like it as he saw everyone sprawled on the floor.
"Are you okay?" he asked as he helped Rosemarie and the girl to their feet. The girl flushed at the sight of the prince, before helping her partner up. The rest of the dancers also did the same. The orchestra tried to flip frantically to another piece, but couldn't make up their minds. In the end, they were fighting for the choosing of the song. The conductor stood helplessly to the side. Zelda hurried over, with her, Wildflower.
"That was some killer action!!" Wildflower said. "You go sis!" Almost everyone turned to stare at Rosemarie, who grinned out of embarrassment. At that time, Aryll and Marth walked in. Marth was hastily buttoning up his coat and Aryll adjusted her hair, which had been rustled up quite a bit. Link had a sudden thought of what they might have been doing, and he had a hard time controlling his hand from flying up to his mouth.
"What happened?" Marth asked, as if he was settling and argument in his own kingdom. The other people started to walk off. Marth walked over to Link and the others.
"Nothing," Link said coolly. "What were you two doing?"
"Playing!" Aryll said, rather fast.
"What game?"
"Tag."
"Does that require your hair to be ruffled and his coat to be unbuttoned?"
"It was hot!" Marth's complaining sounded like Wildflower's.
"Her hair?"
"She was running."
"Nothing else? No - shall I say - over-tackling."
"Why?"
"It's all fishy to me."
"Okay, so maybe a little, a little, romance sprung into the game. So?"
"AHA!!" The queen and king had made their way to the group.
"What is it Link?" The queen asked. Link was about to explain but a death glare from his sister sent him careening for another explanation. "How are we going to get everyone to order?" The king thought for a moment.
"I got it!" he turned to everyone else. "HEAR, HEAR! IT'S TIME FOR THE DINNER FEAST!!"
Weird Person: Wait, you forgot somebody.
Disclaimer: Oh yeah, I don't own Navi.
Weird Person: Yes.........
Disclaimer: Ruto, Malon, or Saria. They aren't in this story so your point? Oh yeah, Epona too.
Weird Person: Go on.........
Disclaimer: Wait, I think I get what you mean...........................no! I REFUSE!!! I OWN LINK. I WILL NOT UNOWN HIM! NOOOOOOOOOO!
Weird Person: Alright, you guys, you can sue her now.
Chapter 13: And the Ball Rolls On.........
Rosemarie felt that at that moment, she could be anywhere but there. The ceiling was huge and the walls were covered with flowers. Yet, her younger sister didn't give her much time to study her surroundings.
"Oh Nayru! Isn't this huge!"
"Yeah, Wildflower. Now keep quite. I have to find Link."
"Who?"
"My friend." Rosemarie walked off. It was good Wildflower only knew of him as "the prince". She could hear Wildflower huffing behind her. Rosemarie shrugged it off and disappeared behind a couple of dancers.
.........
"WAIT!!" Link called. It was too late. Rosemarie had disappeared behind a crowd of dancers, and there was no way he could get to her.
"Hello!" Link scrunched his eyes. He looked behind him. Where was that voice. By that time, Zelda had caught up to him.
"Down here!" Link looked down. A girl half his height, and probably the same in age, looked up.
"Uh.........hello?" The girl squealed.
"HI!! My name is Wildflower! You must know me. Rosemarie always talks about me. I feel so special. Anyway, it's so good to meet you!" Link was confused.
"I don't know you-," He was interrupted when Zelda elbowed him.
"UH.........I.........mean............of course Wildflower! Rosemarie has mentioned you SO many times. She really must love you as her adoring little........."
"Sister!" Zelda whispered in his ear.
"Sister!" Link sighed with relief. "Wait? Sister?" he looked back at Zelda, who nodded.
"Yep! I'm her little sister. And an angel, besides. I wish my Rosemarie could come talk to you though, but she went looking for some guy named Link." Zelda giggled and Link grinned.
"Well, let's hope she finds him." Wildflower got a little suspicious.
"Is Link her boyfriend or something?"
"No. Just her best friend. He already has a girlfriend, a beautiful girl named Zelda." Zelda blushed and hid her face in his shoulder.
"The same Zelda I know?" Wildflower asked, smiling. Zelda tried to warn Link but he just kept on speaking.
"If the Zelda you know is the Zelda Rosemarie knows. Yep, that's Link's girlfriend."
"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo," Wildflower said. "I better go right now and tell Rosemarie about this. She'll be so excited!" Link suddenly realized what he had said. He caught Wildflower's shoulders before she could go anywhere.
"Maybe you should..........wait before you tell anyone. You never know."
"Never know what?"
"Never know if Rosemarie could have found Link. Then if you.........tell.........never mind. Why don't you go over and have something to eat?" Link motioned to the food tables.
"Oh, there is so much good stuff. Thank you, your Highness." Link smiled as Rosemarie pranced off.
"Good going," Zelda said. "Now you blew it!"
"By the time she has a chance to tell Rose, she'll forget. Now, I better go find her."
"Why?"
"Cause you aren't the only one that gets to dance with me." Zelda put on a fake look of jealousy. Link chuckled and went to find Rosemarie.
.........
Rosemarie found herself standing near the entrance for the fourth time. Whatever she did, the dancing distracted her. She always ended up back here. Rosemarie longed to dance. But she needed a partner. It was true that eight boys had asked her, but she had to disappoint all of them. She was going to dance with one special person, and that would be.........
"I finally found you!" Rosemarie spun around. Link stood there, sighing with relief. "I thought I would never."
"I was trying to find you."
"No wonder, we must have been going in opposite directions."
"Yeah, well anyway. Did you see Zel anywhere?"
"Yeah."
"Really? Did she dance with anybody? How many guys asked her?"
"She danced with me, and I left before I had time to figure out if she danced with somebody."
"Oh, how sweet!"
"How many asked you?"
"Eight, and nine sort of. Well, not really. He kinda thought I was his friend by accident."
"Oh, well, you can really make it nine."
"How?"
"You wanna dance with me?"
"Oh, that's how."
"Answer the question."
"What question?"
"You wanna dance with me?"
"Sure." Link rolled his eyes. He took her by the waist and spun her around onto the dance floor. Rosemarie's heart was about to fly out of her body. He seemed to be able to move with such ease. It took all of Rosemarie's strength to keep from falling. Worse, he started talking to her.
"So, are you having fun so far?" Rosemarie processed the question, very nearly tripping on his shoes.
"Yes." That one word answer could have taken her to her doom, or embarrassment in reality. Rosemarie tried to concentrate. She kept to strictly what her mother had taught her to do while dancing, following Link's footsteps.
"I asked you the question three times." Rosemarie zoned back in.
"Sorry, what was that?" Rosemarie stumbled but caught herself.
"I asked where your parents were."
"They're somewhere." That was true. Her mother would have probably found the Queen or King and started talking. There was no doubt about it that her father and stepmother were out there somewhere as well, though she had no connection to them at all.
Link must have noticed that Rosemarie wasn't in the zone, because he stopped talking and started focusing on twirling her around and matching the dance steps. But suddenly, the music changed. The beat was a bit faster than what Rosemarie was used to. Link had no regard for the change. He somehow flowed into the new dance like the rest of the people. Rosemarie, however, had no idea what to do. She followed what all the other women were doing, and had a hard time with it.
"Do you like this song?" Link asked. Rosemarie barely heard. She nodded as she exchanged hands and went under, then spun back out. Her dress fanned out into a complete circle, then calmed as she sidestepped. Then Link's arm came around hers and she had to twist. She twisted the wrong way, and let go. In Link's effort to rejoin the music, he had to grab her left hand and twirl her twice. Rosemarie wasn't ready. Thus, she tripped and bumped into someone. In mid-twirl, they stepped out of balance, knocking into someone else.
"Oh dear!" Rosemarie said, backing up from the domino reaction. She bumped into the person behind her as well, and they tripped. The girl and Rosemarie stumbled to the floor. The orchestra noticed and in their attempt to mask their laughter, their notes went off key. The king and queen looked up from their dance just as someone bumped into them, forcing them to the ground. Link was the only one left standing at the end of all of that, and he did not like it as he saw everyone sprawled on the floor.
"Are you okay?" he asked as he helped Rosemarie and the girl to their feet. The girl flushed at the sight of the prince, before helping her partner up. The rest of the dancers also did the same. The orchestra tried to flip frantically to another piece, but couldn't make up their minds. In the end, they were fighting for the choosing of the song. The conductor stood helplessly to the side. Zelda hurried over, with her, Wildflower.
"That was some killer action!!" Wildflower said. "You go sis!" Almost everyone turned to stare at Rosemarie, who grinned out of embarrassment. At that time, Aryll and Marth walked in. Marth was hastily buttoning up his coat and Aryll adjusted her hair, which had been rustled up quite a bit. Link had a sudden thought of what they might have been doing, and he had a hard time controlling his hand from flying up to his mouth.
"What happened?" Marth asked, as if he was settling and argument in his own kingdom. The other people started to walk off. Marth walked over to Link and the others.
"Nothing," Link said coolly. "What were you two doing?"
"Playing!" Aryll said, rather fast.
"What game?"
"Tag."
"Does that require your hair to be ruffled and his coat to be unbuttoned?"
"It was hot!" Marth's complaining sounded like Wildflower's.
"Her hair?"
"She was running."
"Nothing else? No - shall I say - over-tackling."
"Why?"
"It's all fishy to me."
"Okay, so maybe a little, a little, romance sprung into the game. So?"
"AHA!!" The queen and king had made their way to the group.
"What is it Link?" The queen asked. Link was about to explain but a death glare from his sister sent him careening for another explanation. "How are we going to get everyone to order?" The king thought for a moment.
"I got it!" he turned to everyone else. "HEAR, HEAR! IT'S TIME FOR THE DINNER FEAST!!"