I'm back! I'm so sorry I kept you people waiting for so long but hey, at least it wasn't as long a wait as the others Well I'm back now and chapter four is finally here! Oh yeahs I promised peoples that reviewed cookies and so cookies are handed out to the following:
Fearless Malon
Cherry6124
luckymoose
Starlighter S-14
Atchika
Jareth
koji san
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Jareth- Sorry it is 'imbecile'. The spell checker never lies to me -
Atchika- sighs nobody ever gets me… sorry you had such a hard time understanding this. I know it's all kinda bunched together and stuffs but I'll try to straighten it out a bit later in the story. I seriously had no clue writing a story like this would be so hard. And no "Chappie" is not a word (at least I don't think it is.) I guess I just like to use it cause it sounds more fun than chapter and… yeah :)
Fearless Malon- gets a whip oh so you're not going to update, huh? shakes whip around and motions to killer chickens Guess you'll just have ta deal with my killer chickens then. Prepare to die!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHA gets hit by a rock
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Disclaimer- I own nothing. I never have I never will and that's that
Here we go!
Chapter Four: The Princess and the Date
"I'd like to point out… that this… is all… your fault, Maku." Zuku said between huffs of breath.
"Well if you… went along with my story… then maybe… we wouldn't be… here… right now, Zuku."
"What?!... and get… myself…caught up in… this mess? No way!"
"Yeah… but then… I could've continued… to spy… on them!"
"I never wanted… to spy… on them… anyway!"
"Oh well… we still only have 49 more… laps… to … go…"
"Just… keep running… and… don't talk to me…again."
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"Come on Malon! Just pick one already."
Malon ignored Link as she began to look at another set of dresses. Since they had been here they had been in the dress shop for about an hour. Malon was determined to find something that would make men drool over her when they got to the place Link had been planning to take them. Well, actually there was only one man she wanted to be drooled over by. That man was Link.
"Hmm, how about this one Link? Malon said pulling out a lavender colored dress.
"Huh? Wha? Oh yeah it's perfect. It would look great on you!" Link said although he really didn't care too much for it. All he wanted was to get out of here before all this shopping drove him mad. He sighed as she reluctantly put it back down and went to look for another.
"You know I don't think it suits me too well. I'll go look for something else."
"Will you please make it quick though? I'm getting tired of waiting." Link said in an annoyed voice.
Malon poked him gently. "Quit your whining. You waited up until now, you can wait a little longer."
"But Malon!"
"No buts. I'll be right back, okay?"
"Okay."
"Good. Buh bye."
With that said she walked off further into the shop, to areas unknown by the male species. Link just sat there, ready for another hour of shopping. Another hour of his life, wasted.
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"Princess, are you sure you'd like to attend this… err… play? I don't think it's necessary."
Princess Zelda turned her gaze over to Shellon, her butler, and gave him a questioning stare. "What do you mean you don't think it's necessary? What? Is it that you don't think it's necessary for me, the princess, to have any fun?"
Shellon rubbed his hands together nervously. "Well, no. It's not that. It's just that there's going to be lots of people there and, well you know anyone of them could just try to kidnap you…"
"No Shellon like I told you before I am not going with an escort. And I am not going to have spies all around me watching my every move. I just want to be like a normal girl for once and have a normal day in a normal town. Is that clear?"
"Well I don't think your father would approve."
Zelda rolled her eyes as she switched her position in the chair, swinging her legs over the side of it. "I don't care what he thinks. I'm a grown woman now and I can make my own decisions. I don't need anything or anyone telling me what to do. Now, you're excused."
"Princess can't we talk this over a bit longer."
She groaned. "I said you're excused Shellon."
Shellon sighed. Oh well, there was no use trying to change the mind of a stubborn princess. "Yes milady." He bowed and left.
"Finally." Zelda mumbled under her breath. She got out her chair and with a change of mood ran over to her closet opening it to reveal about 50 pairs of her best dresses.
"Hmm… which one to wear?" She shuffled through a few dresses and then picked up a pink and purple one. "Hmm, how about this… But wait! What if Link is there! No, no, not that one he won't like it… maybe this one, nah no way! No not that one either. How about… no that one makes me look fat." After about ten minutes of the same thing (A/N Come on girls we all experience it) Zelda finally found exactly what she wanted. "Yes this is perfect! I just hope my little Linky is there to see it."
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"Link. Link. Wake up Link. I'm back. Link…Link! LINK! WAKE UP!"
"Ahhhhhhhhh! I didn't do it! Spare my life! Huh? Oh… hi Malon." Malon gave Link an odd look and then laughed.
"Link you baka! You fell asleep."
"Huh?" he paused. "Wait! How long has it been? About an hour? We have to get going!" He quickly jumped out of his seat ready to go, but as soon as he did Malon pushed him back down.
"Not so fast Sonic, it's only been about five minutes and you, I mean we, still have to pay for these." She said holding up several pairs of dresses.
He groaned. "I thought you said you only wanted one thing."
"Well, I did, but I changed my mind. Now come on."
"Damn."
Malon quickly dragged Link over to the counter, where the cashier (or whatever they called people back then) smiled at them. She quickly began adding up the prices and then said to Malon. "My, my. You must be an extremely lucky girl to have a boyfriend willing to pay this much." Malon blushed. "Well he's not exactly my boyfriend…"
"Oh, I'm sorry, fiancé."
"Uh, no."
"Husband?"
"No." More blushing.
"Blind Date?"
"Um, no actually we're just friends."
"Oh. Well I hope you have enough money on you. That'll be 250 rupees."
"WHAT?!" Link's loud scream could be heard throughout the entire shop. Many girls stopped what they were doing and stared at him, almost melting as they turned around and met his blue eyes.
The cashier gave him that evil store owner's grin. "250 rupees." She repeated.
Link sighed and took out a bunch or rupees and set them on the counter. The cashier slowly counted through them and smiled. "All right have a nice day."
"Malon! Why'd you make me spend that much money! Now we only have ten rupees left!"
"Be quiet. I have my reasons. Now hold these and I'll be right back." Malon said handing him all her bags and heading towards the dressing room. A few minutes later she returned wearing whole new attire. She wore (A/N here comes the clothing description! Just know people that I suck at these - ;) a pine green tight fitting sweater with sleeves that drooped down a bit. It had designs drawn around the neck and bottom. She wore a tan miniskirt and matching tan boots.
"Wow Malon… You look… great!" Malon smiled. Exactly what she wanted him to say.
"Thanks. Now let's go."
They quickly headed out the shop and finally Malon asked the question that had been bothering her all day.
"So tell me, where exactly are we going Link?"
"To a place."
"To a place where?"
To a place in the market."
To a place in the market where?" Malon said beginning to lose her patience.
"To a place in the market somewhere."
"Uggggggg! Link just tell me already! Where are we going?!"
"… To a place."
Malon finally sighed and gave up. She'd just have to wait to find out for herself where they were going. Link chuckled. "Don't worry Malon. I promise this will be the best date you've ever been on."
Malon rolled her eyes. I've had enough with your promises Link."
They both laughed and kept walking. After a few moments of playing some games, eating and talking both were interrupted when they heard a shrill voice ring in the air.
Omigosh! It's Link!"
"Oh…no…" From the crowd of people a young girl suddenly appeared. She ran to Link and cuddled up next to him.
"Oh Link! I'm so glad to see you!"
She quickly began to hug Link not taking the least interest in Malon whose jaw had dropped in surprised.
"Oh Linky I haven't seen you in soooooooo long! I missed you."
"A… yeah… you too, but do you mind letting me go." The girl let go and smiled at him.
"So are you here to see the play too?"
"Um yeah. Actually I'm here on a date."
"Oh really? Where's the lucky girl? Is she around anywhere?"
"Yeah it's Malon. She's over there."
"Where? Oh, hi Malon. Sorry I didn't see you there before." The girl smiled sweetly at her.
Malon fumed. Who was this girl anyway, and how dare she steal HER Link away from HER...Wait that wasn't right. Link was never hers in the first place. What was she thinking?
Malon forced a smile. "Yeah well it's nice to meet you uh…"
She smiled once again and clasped her hands together in front of her. "Oh I'm sorry I didn't yet give you my name. It's Zelda. Princess Zelda."
Once again Malon's jaw dropped. Zelda giggled lightly and then turned back to Link, grasping his arm in a death grip. "You wouldn't mind if I joined you two would you? I've nothing better to do and I think it would be very fun for the three of us to go to the play together. May I join you please?"
Link sweat dropped and looked back and forth at both girls.
"Uh… err…you see… I-I'll let Malon decide."
Zelda turned to Malon now. "So what do you say Malon? Is it all right if I tag along."
It was clearly shown on Malon's face that she did not want Zelda to come along with them. 'She seems so obsessed with Link that it would be impossible for him to notice me even for one second.' Malon thought. She frowned and then became aware that all eyes were on her. She sighed and put on her best fake smile.
"Sure I don't see why not."
Zelda loosened her grip on Link and ran over to hug Malon tightly. "Thank you so much Malon! This will be so fun, you'll see."
She then returned to Link's side. Link tried to catch a look at Malon but she turned away so she couldn't see him. He sighed. "Well I guess we should get going now."
"Oh that's right Linky. Come on you two. I have front row seats at the play. We can sit there. I'll lead the way!" Zelda said leading them both away.
Malon slowly followed Zelda, trying to erase the feeling in her that said this date would turn out as a complete disaster.
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"Maku, I know that you're my brother and all and that I should love you no matter what, and that I should understand that whatever you do you do it for a reason, but what the heck were you thinking when you chased that wolfo! You could've gotten us killed!"
Maku sat thinking in the pit that both he and Zuku sat in. It was almost night time right now. They had been in this pit for about, oh say an hour. Just as Zuku had predicted Maku had managed to do something stupid when they were almost on their last lap around the forest… okay so they still had 47 to do, who really cared? After all Link hadn't said they had to do all their laps. They were on their way home when Maku had gotten the brilliant idea to go wolfo hunting, despite the fact that they had recently encountered one that had nearly killed them. Zuku sighed. Maku was hopeless. He was going to get himself killed someday if this kept up.
"Come on Zuku add a little fun in your life. Here, sing a song with me. Oh I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves!"
And so it continued like that. Zuku didn't know how he'd survive here but he'd try his best.
"And this is how it goes! Come on Zuku! Oh I know a song that everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves! Oh I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves and this is how it goes!"
'Count to ten Zuku. Count to ten.'
"You know you want to Zuku! Oh I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves! Oh I know a song—"
'It's all right Zuku. It won't last much longer.'
"You're no fun Zuku. Come on, sing! And this is how it goes! Oh I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves and this is how it goes! Oh I know a song—"
'One…two…three…'
"That gets on everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves—"
'Four…five…six…'
"Oh I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves and this is how it goes! Oh I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, gets on everybody's nerves—"
'Seven…eight…nine…'
"Oh I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves and this is how it GOES!!!"
'TEN!!!'
"MAKU CLOSE YOUR MOUTH AND SHUT UP!!!!" Zuku yelled furiously at his dumb brother.
Maku stared at him and crossed his arms in a childish like manner. "That's all you had to say you know!"
Zuku scowled. This would be a long night.
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"Isn't this exciting you guys? The play is going to start any minute now! I heard it's supposed to be very romantic."
Zelda sighed and laid her head down on Link's shoulder, cuddling up next to him. Finally they were there. Seated in their seats they waited for the play to start, with Zelda talking nonstop to entertain them. Malon looked over at Link just to see him blushing rapidly as Zelda whispered something in his ear. Malon couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy begin to rise up inside her at this sight. She knew she shouldn't be jealous, but seeing Link and Zelda flirt together just bothered her. After all this wasn't a group date Zelda had just come along unexpectedly. Malon sighed 'I shouldn't be jealous. It's not like I like Link anyway…at least not more than a friend… I think…' She shook her head and mentally kicked herself. 'I don't like him more than a friend. Ha! What was I thinking?'
Zelda looked at Malon and gave her one of her beautiful smiles. Malon hated it. She couldn't stand the fact that Zelda pitied her just because she wasn't as beautiful, kind, or rich as she was. Malon just ignored her pretending she didn't notice.
Link looked at both girls he could feel the tension going on between Malon and Zelda. He didn't like it. He didn't like it at all.
"Um, I have to go to the… err, um, bathroom. I'll be back in a minute you guys."
Link was quick to get out of his seat, leaving Malon and Zelda alone to chat, and hoping his plan would work. Zelda smiled dreamily as he walked away. She turned to Malon with a smile. Malon tried her hardest to smile back but all she could get out was a quick smirk.
"Isn't he something? He's so charming." Zelda said.
Malon decided to play dumb for now. "Isn't who something?'
Zelda giggled. "Link silly. Who did you think I was talking about? Hmm… I wonder where he could be going. He obviously wasn't going to the bathroom."
Malon rolled her eyes. "Who cares he probably went do something important."
Zelda sighed and looked to the ground. "I don't know. I kind of have the feeling he was trying to get away from me…" She said talking more to the ground than to Malon.
"What?" Malon questioned. "Why would he be trying to get away from you?"
"Well I could tell you but… just don't let Link know I let you know okay?"
Malon nodded. "I won't tell."
"Well ever since Link and I… well broke up, he's just been ignoring me for the last few days. I don't know why. I don't think I did anything to make him mad…"
Malon didn't know it but as soon as Zelda told her that her jaw had suddenly dropped out of surprise and her eyes had become almost as big as gumdrops. She stared at Zelda in complete surprise. "Y-you went o-out with Link!"
Zelda nodded but the girls didn't have much more to say as they saw Link coming back from wherever he had gone. Link sat down in between both girls and sighed noticing that his plan hadn't worked. But this time both girls were silent. 'Women. I swear I'll never understand them.'
Malon's face burned with anger and slight jealousy. How could he. How could Link go out with her and not even tell her. It just wasn't fair. She told him everything. About her fears, likes, dislikes, wants, needs, embarrassing moments, everything. Yet he couldn't tell her about this one simple secret. That he had gone out with Princess Zelda. There were so many questions in Malon's mind she felt as if she might explode! Suddenly the play began to start and the whole audience was hushed.
Neither Link, Malon, Zelda, nor anyone for that matter said a word throughout the entire play. They were too busy watching the actors sing, and dance, fight, and grieve. It was all too beautiful for anything to be said. Still Malon couldn't contain all the thoughts that ran through her mind. She also took this time to examine what Zelda was wearing. (A/N Oh gawd not another clothing description! T-T) she wore an above knee sparkling red dress, a lavender scarf and some lavender gloves along with beautiful shoes that had rhinestones engraved in them, with her hair up and her makeup perfect she looked just like a model. She was perfect. Perfect for Link.
Malon sighed and turned back to the play which was just beginning to end. Despite herself she smiled and clapped along with the rest of the audience while all the actors took a bow and thanked them for coming.
"Well that was nice but we should probably get going." Zelda said standing up.
"Yeah I agree." Link also said.
"And do I have much of a choice." Malon finally piped up. Link and Zelda smiled and then they all went on their way.
As they traveled further into the main part of the festival Malon couldn't help but feel that they were being watched. Numerous times she glanced around only to by the smiling faces of other citizens. 'I don't know. Maybe I'm just paranoid. I should stop this and have fun.' She continued to trail on behind Link and Zelda cautiously. Then suddenly stopped dead in her tracks in front of the ally they were they were just passing by. As she stood there she caught a glimpse of something that looked terrifying. A great wolf like creature stood before her, its fangs dripping with blood and holding the body of a tiny red haired girl.
"No," she whispered, "It-it couldn't be… there's no way."
The beast stared at her with its red eyes. It was hungry for blood. She slowly backed away from it just as a firm hand was placed on her shoulder. She jumped.
"Malon relax it's me."
Malon turned around to meet the happy face of Link. He smiled at her and tilted his head to the side.
"Are you all right? You look kind of pale."
She stared at Link for a few minutes still a little shocked from the sudden scene she had saw.
"Oh I-I'm sorry I just…" She looked back toward the ally. I just thought I saw something."
"Malon it was probably just a cat or something. You don't have to worry." Zelda said comfortingly.
"I know what I saw and it wasn't a cat!" Malon said almost yelling at her. Zelda lifted an eyebrow.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend you or anything."
"Come on girls why don't we just get going." Link said trying to convince them not to fight.
Zelda nodded. Malon stood there for a moment and gazed at the ally. Finally, when nothing was in sight she walked up to them and went along with Link and Zelda.
'I can't believe it. It looked almost the same as I remember… but how could it be here… and now. Maybe it has something to do with what I—'
"Malon? Are you in there? What's wrong?" The voice of Link took Malon out of her thoughts again. She turned to him with a confused look on her face and slowly began to realize that she had spaced out on them again.
"You guys I'm-I'm sorry… I just can't concentrate on anything today…" Malon said quietly. She could feel herself begin to pale out a bit. Her stomach felt like it was flipping around inside of her. She hadn't felt like this earlier, so why was it happening to her now?
"Malon do you feel well? You look like you've just seen a ghost. Perhaps you should see one of the doctors in the castle." Zelda offered.
"No, I'm fine. I think… I just need to take a small walk. If it's all right with you two."
Zelda and Link exchanged worried glances.
"Malon I don't think that'll be such a good idea. It's beginning to get dark." Link said looking at the sky.
"I think it'll be fine. I'll be on my way now." Malon quickly hurried off but was once again stopped by Link. She spun around to meet his blue eyes.
"Link I said I was—"
"Malon stop," he interrupted. "What's wrong with you? You were just fine earlier. I don't see why now's any different."
Malon turned away from his gaze. "I don't know Link. I just don't feel well."
Then why won't you come back with us? I'm sure we could find you a bed to rest in or something. Besides it will—""Link I'm going. I don't want to go to the castle."
Link looked into her eyes for a minute. Then he finally took a risk in saying what was wrong. "You're jealous aren't you?"
"What?"
"You're jealous of Zelda aren't you?
"Wha- I don't know what you're talking about."
"Just admit it! You've been jealous all this time!"
"You inconsiderate jerk! I have not!"
"Then why won't you come back with us"
"Because I don't want to!"
With that she yanked her arm away from Link's strong grip, much to his surprise, and spun on her heels away from him. She slowly disappeared into the crowd of rushing people.
Link could only stare off at her, wondering where she could be going.
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And that's chapter 4 for ya!
Garnet: That was pathetic! You suck at writing!
Chel Bel: You're so mean! I wish I had a nicer muse.
Garnet: Well too bad cause ya don't!
Chel Bel: That's what you think =makes Matthew (Fire Emblem) appear= Matthew!
Matthew: Huh? Wha? Ahhhhhhhh not YOU!!!
Chel Bel: Yes sweetie it is me
Matthew: =cries= This has to be a nightmare!
Chel Bel: Nope this is real!
Garnet: How did you? He has nothing to do with this story! Why did you bring him here?
Chel Bel: Because he's my current obsession and he's soooooo cute!
GarnetMatthew: =sweat drop=
Chel Bel: Anyway you people know the drill. REVIEW!!! If you have any questions or suggestions just let me know and I'll get back to ya on it! Oh and I'm not a Zelda basher. Those little supposedly rude scenes with her … well there'll be more information on that later in the story. Really I just see her as an energetic, carefree and sweet kind of girl. Sorry if it bothered any of you. Well that's all I have to say. See ya!
Till Next!
--Chelsea--