"No! No! No! It has to be red!" Roy yelled at Daniel.

"Red? Personally, I think you still look better in white. That's what the theme is, white! Why do you want to stand out?" asked Daniel.

"It matches my hair."

"Look, I think you look better in that than red."

"You really think so?" Roy looked at himself in the mirror.

"Yes, I think so!"

Roy and Daniel were preparing for the upcoming ball that was only a few days away. People were decorating the castle with lovely white flowers, white lace curtains, and anything else they could put up that was white.

Zelda was preparing as well. Not that she was excited about the ball, far from it; she just had this love for dressing up for anything. Even if she didn't like what she was dressing up for.

"What do you think of this?" asked Zelda to Tarron, holding up a short low-cut white dress.

Tarron was sitting on Zelda's window sill, helping her pick out a dress. "Hmm…No, I don't think that's very appropriate for a ball."

"True." Zelda went back into her closet and picked out another dress. This one was longer than the other one. It was still white, but had some blue in it too. It went down to her knees and had long sleeves and flared out when she spun around. "What about this one?"

"Better than the last one, but it still doesn't seem right for this sort of thing."

Zelda had just about given up hope on the perfect outfit. She put the dress on a hanger, and before she hung it up, a white dress that was a variation of her pink dress fell out of the closet.

"Where did this come from?" Zelda held up the dress to Tarron.

"Perfect," said Tarron.

"I think you're right." Zelda went over to her make-up counter. She opened a few drawers, looking for her matching jewel. She kept searching, but no luck. Zelda turned around to Tarron, and then heard a thud on the floor.

"Ah, here it is," said Zelda, picking up a light blue jewel.

"I've never seen a stone like that before. And believe me I've seen a lot of stones before," said Tarron.

"It's called a Moon's Tear. Link gave it to me when I visited Termina."

(I didn't write that part because it would've been too long.)

"See, and you say he doesn't love you."

"I think I'll be able to make a couple of jewelry accessories out of this. Can you help me, Tarron?"

"Sure. What do you want?"

"Just two earrings and a pendant would be fine."

"Ok, I'll go make them right now. I'll be back later."

"Bye!" Zelda waved as Tarron floated away.

Link, now fatigued and frazzled after a long swim on Zora's River, finally made it to the entranceway to Zora's Domain. The waterfall cascaded down to the river which led into the castle.

Zelda's Lullaby put the powerful force of water to a calm state of a trickle. Upon entering the peaceful dwelling of these fish-like people, he noticed that the zoras were working hard underwater. Not just swimming around, but making sure that the water was crystal clear.

Some were catching fish. But Link still wondered why they ate their own kind. Everyone was busy with a chore. When Link tried to ask for help, they ignored. They must've forgotten who he was, or they were so immersed in their chores.

King Zora was no different, but it seemed his chore was to just eat fish.

"Excuse me, you highness?" Link asked from the pedestal.

King Zora didn't answer; he just stuffed his face with dead and rotten fish.

"Hey! Are you listening?" Link was growing impatient. "Oh forget it!" Link walked right past him into the tunnel that led to Lord Jabu-Jabu's chamber.

Link looked at the big fish lord. "I'd like to see King Zora try to eat him." Link said to himself.

"Yes, but that would be treason," came a familiar voice.

"Ruto, is that you?"

"The one and only," said Ruto as she carried a bucket full of dead fish.

"What's with all this stuff going on?"

"I'll tell you in a minute. But first, I want you to visit my dwelling."

"You mean a house?"

"No, a house is a place to live by itself. A dwelling is just a place you live."

"I still don't get you."

"Just follow me."

After leaving the cavern to Jabu-Jabu, Ruto and Link walked past King Zora.

"Hi daddy," said Ruto.

King Zora, for the first time, looked up from his dinner and said, "Hi my little princess." He spotted Link. "Where'd you come from?"

Link just sigh and ignored him to follow Ruto. King Zora just shrugged and went back to eating.

Ruto led Link to her 'dwelling', which was just that small space behind the waterfall.

The tunnel was deeper and higher. It had a small bed and a tiny kitchen.

"This is where you live now?" asked Link.

"I got tired from sitting next to my dad all day. So I just decided to live here," said Ruto, setting down the bucket and started to clean the fish.

"You look tired."

"I swam upstream the river."

"Why? You know how hard that current flows."

"I just needed to blow off some steam. And a little exorcise wouldn't hurt anyone." Link noticed Ruto had gained a little weight herself, but thought it best not to say anything, knowing her from childhood.

"So, why's everyone working so hard?"

"I know you must've heard about the wedding."

"I have."

"Well, it's our duty to serve the royal family, so we are preparing for the feast at the wedding."

"Well, how will you get it there? Won't you're hiding place be discovered? And I am not carrying heap loads of dead, stinky, and heavy fish back and forth here."

"You would if we asked you to."

"No I wouldn't."

"Why not? It would give you a chance to see Princess Zelda. You'd like that right?"

"I don't want to see Zelda. Not now, not ever."

"What? Why, the hell, not?"

"Because….we ran into a little…well…I just can't." Link sat down on a chair.

"Don't sit there! That's my favorite chair!" Ruto yelled.

"Ok, ok, sorry!"

"I'm sorry Link. Women tend to have mood swings when they're expecting."

"I know, but what does that have to do with-" Link eyes went wide as he stared at Ruto. She saw the question in his eyes and nodded happily and slowly.

"Ruto!" Link said happily to her. "Who's the father?"

"His name is Zatora. We met a few years ago."

"Are you planning on marrying?"

"No. My father doesn't approve."

"I'm sorry. So that's why you're living here."

"Sure is. Anyway, I heard that the princess was out for a few weeks."

"Oh yeah, I took her to a few places."

"I see. What happened?"

"Why does everybody ask me that question! Nothing happened! End of story!"

Link felt disgusted again. He yelled at yet another one of his friends whose heart he's broken. What has he turned into?

"I'm sorry Ruto, I'd better go."

"Wait Link! Take this bucket of fish with you."

"Look, I said I wasn't going to the castle."

"Not to the castle. That's what I've been trying to tell you. We send the fish by pouring it down the river. The current sends it directly to the castle. From there, the chefs are able to take them out and cook them. That's how we deliver it."

"Won't that like, do something to the water?"

"Why do you think I clean them first?"

"Good idea."

Link took hold of the bucket and carried it out to the outside. He gazed at the current flowing towards the end of the river. He set the bucket down and went inside to the shop.

"Hey, are there any bottles for sale?" asked Link to the shop clerk, who seemed to be the only one that wasn't busy.

"We only have one in stock-" he said, but Link interrupted.

"How much?"

"400 rupees."

"I'll take it." Link dug through his money bag.

"Would you like me to gift-"

"No." Link set his money on the table. "Do you have any paper and a pen?"

"The paper id 50 rupees and the pens are 65 rupees."

"What if I but the paper and just use the pen?"

"That'd be fine." Link put more money on the table as the clerk got out some paper and a quill pen. Link took the pen and the paper a scribbled down something on the paper and wrote something on the bottle. He put the message on the bottle, and gave the pen back to the clerk.

"Thanks," said Link as he left.

Outside Zora's Domain, Link put the bottle in a fish. Only one was big enough to fit, so Link was grateful for that.

At the risk of having the fish being eaten on the way by octorocks or chickens, he took them down the river as far as he could the let the current sweep the dead fish away. "Funny how they lived in water, and are now back in the water." Link thought.

The fish had swept in the kitchen at the castle. "New shipments here," said one chef.

The many cooks began gutting and cutting the fish up.

"This seems a little heavy," said another chef as he picked it up.

"Maybe there's a diamond in it!" another one said.

"Ugh, just because that happened once, doesn't mean it will happen again. Besides, what good would a diamond do, if you'd probably just swallow it anyway, like you did the last one?"

"Never mind."

The chef cut open the fish and found the message in the bottle. "Hey look, there was a bottle in here," said the head chef, holding it up.

"It say's something on it," one pointed out.

"Hmm….Z-E-L-D-A. Zelda."

"Princess Zelda?" another asked.

"I don't know any other Zelda."

"I'll get someone to take it to her," the head chef said as he took the bottle outside.

Impa took the bottle up to Zelda's room. "Zelda? Are you in here?" she called. "She must be getting something to eat." She said to herself as she placed it on her dresser.

After Impa left, Tarron came back on a floating rock. "Zelda, I'm back," he said, holding the earrings and pendant. He looked around. She wasn't there. He spotted the bottle on her dresser marked, 'Zelda'.

He looked around the room once more, and curiously opened the cork on the bottle.

He read silently to himself:

Dear Zelda,

Not even the Triforce of Courage could give me enough bravery to tell you this in person, so I'm writing you here now to say, I love you. I love and I always have. And for that I can't see you again. I hope you have a good marriage and a happy life.

Your one and only,

Link.

"He really does love her," Tarron said to himself. He heard footsteps outside the door. Unknowingly, he took the letter out the window with him.

Zelda opened the door and saw that Tarron was out there waiting for her. "Hi, Tarron. Did you get my earrings and necklace?"

"Uh yeah, here," Tarron answered as he handed the jewelry to her.

"Thanks." Zelda took the pieces of jewelry. She spotted the piece of paper Tarron was holding. "What you got there?"

Tarron noticed he still held the paper. He looked at the letter, then Zelda. Back and forth, he went. Finally he said, "Nothing. I'd better go, it's getting late."

"Ok bye."

"Bye," said Tarron, floating away, letter in hand…..