Chapter 18
Forgive and Forget
"That's exactly what I was getting to.", said Cremia happily.
"Who gave you this?", repeated Zelda gravely.
Cremia caught her tone of voice. Her expression went to nervousness. "What's wrong?"
"Just tell me.", said Zelda, more sternly then ever. She was looking out for her new friend. She needed to know.
"I met this guy in the market one day. He's really nice, and really cute.", she started. "So I invited him to come home and we had dinner. Nothing to worry about."
Zelda closed her eyes. She was giving her a strait answer. "What's his name?"
"His name is Mark.", said Creamia.
Zelda shot up. "Whatever you do, Cremia, stay away from him."
Cremia's eyes went wide, scarred at her friends reaction. "..huh?"
Zelda paced back and forth across the room. "Oh, I can't believe this. I hope this isn't the same guy."
Cremia was utterly confused. "What? What?"
Zelda turned to her. "Did he ask you any odd questions?", she asked.
"No. He just hung out with me. Then he gave me that rose.", she looked dreamily at it.
"Maybe, it isn't the same guy, yeah. Maybe it's some weird coincidence."
She sighed. "What is this all about?"
Zelda was freaking out. "Now he's going after Cremia. I don't know what to do." Zelda went rambling on.
"Stop!", Cremia raised her voice. "Tell me what this is about!"
Zelda stopped her pacing again to stand in front of Cremia. "He's the mystery stalker. He's the one leaving the roses everywhere."
Cremia sat there and blinked. "He's the one that got you that night?… No, there's got to be a mistake. You can't just assume that.", she whispered, shaking her head.
"Listen to me. You have to stay away from him" She looked down at the floor. "Just to be safe."
"Whoa. Your jumping into conclusions here. Anyone could've gave me a rose", said Cremia.
"Did…Did he try anything on you. Make any moves?", asked Zelda.
"Well we kissed if that's what you mean.", said Cremia. "Then he gave me that rose. He said he only gave to girls that meant something to him." She sighed, again in her dreamy state.
This answer scared Zelda. The sicko gives a rose to everyone of his targets. Cremia's next! "Whatever you do, don't go anywhere alone with him. Promise?"
"Fine. Then the next time we meet, you should come to meet him.", said Cremia. "Then you'll see what a wonderful guy he is."
Cremia didn't realize how serious of a situation this was. She wasn't the one who had this physiological scar of being taken advantage of. She just didn't understand the emotion it was putting Zelda through.
"Hey Zel! I'm ready to go!", Link called from downstairs. Zelda gave one last worried glance at Cremia, and left without another word said.
Zelda sat on her bed in the inn. She couldn't help but feel nervous that Cremia might be doing something stupid right now. Or maybe even worse, maybe she was in a horrible situation. She couldn't help shake the feeling that her friend hadn't took her seriously.
"What's wrong?", asked Link. "You've been a nervous wreck since we left the ranch."
Zelda sighed. "You can tell?… I think we might have a problem."
Link looked up. "What?"
"I know the name of the guy who had his way with me.", she said shakily. "And now he's making nice with Cremia."
"What!? How do you know?", Link asked. Cremia had been one of his long time friends. He looked over her as if he was responsible for her.
"He had given her a rose. He said that he only gave to special girls. I think Cremia might be next." Link stood up from his bed.
"Where can we find this guy?", he asked determined to beat the living daylights out of him.
"I- I don't know.", stammered Zelda. "All I know is his name is Mark."
"Mark.", Link repeated with the most hate he could express. "He's a dead man."
Zelda stared at him, surprised. She hadn't ever seen him that mad before. "What do you plan to do?"
"Find him." Link said. "and make him wish he had never messed with us." Zelda bit her lip. She wondered what reaction he'd get after he knew someone gave him some memory removal potion. Surely he'd flip.
Another good reason not to tell Link the truth. He would go berserk, wanting revenge. Well, she too was pissed herself. I mean, she could have already been happily married to Link if it hadn't had happened. The question was, who did it to them?
That was something she was yet to find out. But once she did, what would she do about it? She certainly could take revenge, for going back to Hyrule would ruin her life all over again.
'Goddesses this is way too confusing.', she thought.
"I think we should leave.", suggested Zelda. Link turned to her with a confused expression.
"What?"
"Leave Termina. Go somewhere else. This place is too dangerous to stay anymore."
"Leave? Where would we go Zelda?"
"Some neighboring country. Then we wouldn't have to worry about this.", she said.
"But?", Link was at a loss of words. He didn't have anything to argue with.
"We would have to eventually you know. After we get married, we can't live in an inn for the rest of our lives. So, I think we should get married here, then get out as soon as we can."
Link sat down next to her. "Don't you want to find this guy?"
Zelda looked down to the floor. No one understood, did they? All she wanted was to forget about it and move on. She just wanted to let it go.
"Fine. We'll move the date to get married a sooner time. Is that okay?", he asked. His hand went to her chin to pull up her face.
"Yeah. That's a good idea.", said Zelda.
Link smiled. "Perfect. How about Friday?"
Zelda's eyes widened. "But that's in three days!", she exclaimed.
"Your point.", he grinned. "The sooner the better."
Zelda grinned back. "Ah, I know what you want." She smacked him playfully.
"Not like you don't want it back.", he retorted teasingly. "I know what goes through your pretty little head."
"Oh do you now.", replied Zelda. "Care to educate me?"
He laughed, taking her down onto the bed giving her a big kiss. "Your too cute when you're a brat.", he said.
She smirked. "I learn from the best." She went back to his kisses, loving every single second of it, and right in the middle of their moment, the two were surprised to hear a knock on the door.
Now this wouldn't have been a problem anytime else. It just so happened that in this one time, someone had to be so rude as to disturb their kissing session. Zelda huffed, rolling her eyes, not wanting to answer the door.
"I'll get it.", she mumbled. Opening the door, to who? The last person she wanted to see right now.
"Well if it isn't Toby.", said Zelda hotly. She hadn't forgot about his attempt on her. "Our faceless, two timing friend." She made sure she sounded sarcastic about it, smiling sweetly afterwards.
He put a hand to his chest. "Really that hurts Zelda, it really does.", he said mockingly.
"What do you want?", she asked sourly. "I'm busy right now."
"I came to apologize.", he said. His tone of voice changed. "I didn't mean to offend you in any way." He handed her a bouquet of pink roses with a card attached to it that read 'I'm sorry' on it.
'What a wonderful selection of flowers.', she thought sarcastically. 'Roses' As if she hadn't had enough of them today. But, he did actually come out and said he was sorry, and it was the thought that counts.
"Thank you.", she said. "I accept your apology, only if you promise to never do that again." Her voice was stern.
"I promise.", he said, then turned around to leave.
"Wait!", she called. He stopped and turned to her. Zelda bit her lip. "I and Link are getting married on Friday. You are welcome to come."
She could see him nod underneath his big, black hood. "Alright then. Where might it be?"
"We were planning it to take place on the side of the town. You know, with the stream and the little bridge?"
"Got ya. See you then. Congrads." Zelda closed the door behind her. She plucked the card from the bouquet and shoved it into her dress pocket. Link would have questions. And she was definitely not ready for him to go marching after Toby to give him a whack or two. No, she had already handled it, and it was over now.
Link looked up from the bed. "What's the occasion?", he asked suspiciously.
"He's congratulating us on getting married.", replied Zelda. Thankfully, he had been out of earshot to hear the conversation at the door.
She put the roses down on a shelf and jumped back on the bed. "You know what?"
"What?", he asked.
"This is where we first kissed.", she said. He grinned.
"And I'm guessing it wont be the last?" Zelda laughed lightly.
"Your absolutely right.", she said, kissing him.
She broke apart from him and went to go change into a nightgown. Link starred at her, confused as to why she stopped kissing him.
'We have to get some rest.", Zelda said, answering his unspoken question. "To plan for our wedding. We only have three days."
"Fine, fine, fine.", said Link.
Zelda hopped into bed in hope to get a restful night. Link wrapped his arms around her. Tomorrow was going to be a busy day.
HA! When you think your going to figure something out there I go and make another twist in the story. Hey, don't complain, this is in the mystery section too. Onto reviews!
Vampiress24: yes, paul is nice (but not in any way important)
Paul : Hey! i heard that!
Neway...okay the rose symbolizes the guy that took advantage of Zel that night. So whenever there is a rose somewhere, that means he was there. get it? if not go back and read the chapter called the rose
Silver-Sanity: lol...hmmm why dont u like her? lol..suspisious bout everyone. ha! that's great!lol... i guess Ivan is a good name. lol
EVILkrazyMONKEYS: thanx, i did update in a good time right? hides from mokeys eeeep! they're weird creatures. lol
jade04: hahaa...lol..u think it was the climax and then...plop...u get another peice of the puzzle..hope i aint annoying you. lol
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Hyrule Master: See the chapter The Rose...or look up to the first response. oh, and luckily, Ivan did not hit me so yeah, i live in south FL. yay for me.
Ria the Shiekah: I live in West Palm. Hope you didn't get hit too bad by Ivan, it completely turned from me. so im ok
Gohan-Chan: i loved messing with peoples minds. lol
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dan heron: yay. at least someone understands. lol
Milo Fairy: i was actually happy to go back. lol...we missed a week. now i dont have any pep ralles or half days. T T
Kat: uhg! that's not fair! i dont see why scripts should be against the rulse that juss plain stupid! i mean it IS a story too. well you can always come back right right? like as a diff name? o..well....i hope you stay!
meyojojo: uh ok... well i updated...