Author's Note: This chapter is kind of hard to believe if you haven't played the Legend Of Zelda: The WindWaker, because of the hidden space underneath the house. In the game, it really is there! So what do you think of my story?
Chapter Three
Princess Zelda stepped out of the boat onto Outset Island, and Link followed. It was 1:00 in the afternoon. It was a good thing they had arrived in the daytime or Zelda wouldn't have a place to stay. "So, Link, where's your house?" Zelda asked. She was so happy–Link had proposed to her! "It's that one," Link replied, pointing to a wooden house with a wraparound deck. Grandma had opened the windows in hopes of catching a light breeze. After all, it was over eighty-five degrees outside! There was air-conditioning inside, but not as strong as today's air conditioning, so it didn't help much to have your air conditioner on.
"Underneath the porch, there's a small hole that leads to a huge room, Zelda. It's nice and cool underneath the house, but I'm not sure you'd want to crawl underneath our house with your dress on. It might get dirty," Link said. "We have some extra clothes we bought, but were too big for Aryll, so maybe you would want to put those on? Or do you just want to go inside the house, or what?" Link led Zelda up to the porch. "I'd kind of like to introduce myself inside first, and tell them about our plans, but I'd like to change and go underneath the house. I don't mind living underneath something–I have done that for years on end, Link." Zelda said. Link smiled. "Okay. Let's go in." Link opened the door and let Zelda in first. Grandma and Aryll were sitting, and watching out at the sea. They hadn't noticed that Link had sailed in with Zelda.
"Who is this fine young lady?" Grandma asked, squinting to look at the beautiful new girl.
Link blushed. "T-this is Zelda. Princess Zelda. Remember that girl I kept on talking about?" Link said, holding hands with Zelda. "You mean Princess Zelda of Hyrule? The one you're proposing to?" Aryll asked, grinning at Zelda. Zelda smiled back and gave a little wave to Aryll and Grandma. "Yeah, Aryll," Link replied. He looked at Grandma. Her small hand was outstretched toward Zelda. "Why, Princess Zelda, it's an honor to meet you!" She shook hands with Zelda. "Same here. I've always wanted to meet you and Aryll. Link told me much about you both," Zelda replied. Aryll also shook hands with Zelda. "Nice to meet you, Princess Zelda!" Aryll exclaimed, an eager expression on her face. "We can show you around the island, if you like."
Zelda nodded. "I would love to!" She replied. Grandma smiled. "If you like, there's some space underneath the house you and Link could live in. I could hire someone to make an easier way to get in, if you want to." Grandma said, slowly rising up from her chair. "Why don't you change into some of Aryll's bigger clothes, and you three can tour around the island while I get somebody to get a door for you leading to the basement." Zelda nodded again. "Okay. Where do I change?" She asked as Aryll handed her some blue shorts and a pink t-shirt. "Link and Aryll and I will stay down here. You can climb the ladder to go upstairs to a little room, where most of the pictures are. Change up there," Grandma replied. She smiled again.
Zelda gently pulled up some of her dress and climbed up the ladder. Surprisingly, for a princess, she could climb very well. She walked over to the wall, and gently but quickly changed out of her dress, then put on the shorts and t-shirt. She neatly folded the dress and jumped off of the "room" as they called it. "Okay, I'm ready," She called. Aryll walked up to her and high-fived. "You go, girl," Aryll said as she smiled at Zelda. "You too, Aryll," Zelda replied. Link sighed. "Okay, come on. Let's go!" Link exclaimed. The three ran out the door, and Grandma sighed as well. "Darn. It will cost too much to have a door built to go underneath the house. I wonder if they would care if they lived upstairs?" Grandma said. "Link told me before he left to tell Zelda his secret, to make the plans for the wedding. I think it should be next Tuesday at 4:30. And it will be up on that beautiful mountain. I'm going to send out invitations as soon as I can."
Grandma sat back down and started making Link and Zelda's favorite soup, Elixir Soup.
