Chapter 2

Zelda miserably walked down the deserted hallway over to her dorm. After battling Pikachu, she is content to say that the shocking battle is finally over. She won, of course, and now can relax the rest of the evening. All she wanted to do right now was get in the shower and rest. It was her main priority. Nothing else was going to stop her.

Her dorm room was empty, it seems Peach and Samus were busy elsewhere at the moment. The room was quiet and cooled; Peach had forgot to close the window, once again. Goosebumps covered her arms, as she hurried over to the window closing it. She sighed deeply, and walked over toward her bed, taking off her long white gloves. She placed them on the edge of her bed and sat down about to take off her blue high heels when she noticed a folded up piece of paper up by her pillows.

Zelda turned around and reached over grabbing the mysterious paper, seeing that her name was neatly written on the top. A smile came across her face and her heartbeat picked up it's pace. She unfolded the paper to find that it was a note.

Zelda wasted no time in reading it.

Princess Zelda,

It seems that certainly, I wasn't the only person who had asked you to the dance this coming Friday. Now, I'm not one to really compete for women's hearts, but I would really appreciate it if I was to accompany you to the dance. It had been my goal for a long time, to go to a formal party such as these, with a beautiful princess. After seeing you for the first time, I knew that you would be that beautiful princess.

I don't want you to take this letter the wrong way, and if you meet me at the dinning hall tonight at 8:30, maybe I can explain a little more in person instead of writing. I'll let you know now, that you are everything to me, and I have never really felt this way toward anyone. You are truly special to me, and I hope that you understand.

Yours Truly,

Prince Marth

Zelda sat in shock about the letter, as she continued to read it over and over again. Her heart continued to race, it felt impossible to swallow. Her entire body tightened, just knowing that someone had deeply cared for her. Of course, it was Prince Marth who had these feelings for her. When he had asked her to the dance, she didn't know it was this serious. He really wanted to go with her. But yet…there was still Link…

The door opened as Peach walked into the room. She waved at Zelda who still read the letter, then walked over to the window opening it to let some fresh air into the room. Her high heels clanked loudly on the wooden floor as she noticed the short letter in her hands. She squealed knowing it had to be from Marth or Link.

" Marth or Link?"

" Marth," Zelda answered passing the note over to Peach.

Peach grabbed the letter from her, and quickly read it to herself as Zelda got ready to get into the shower. She took off all of her jewelry and her high heels, placing them next to the bed. When she grabbed a towel and clothes to change into, Peach had finished the letter, with a huge grin on her face.

" Are you going to meet him at the dinning hall?"

Zelda shrugged, unsure of what she was going to do. She wanted to rest, but not showing up would seem like she wasn't interested. She knew that if Link would find the two together, wouldn't be pleased at all.

" What do you mean, you don't know?" Peach's eyes widened as she swung the letter in the air. " He wrote a letter to you! Girl! That would surely convince me. If you don't go, I will."

" What are you talking about?" Zelda placed her hands on her hips.

" Hey, if you won't go with him, then I'll take you place."

" What about Mario?"

Peace waved her off. " What about him? He's not the jealous type."

" Look, I really don't know yet what I'm going to do." Zelda confessed. " I don't know who to bring, or if I'm even going to go."

Her statement surprised Peach. Peach crossed her arms making sure that Zelda wasn't going to back out of going to the dance. " Oh, you're going all right."

" What?"

" You aren't leaving me there by myself. I would hang with Samus, but she'll be all over Captain Falcon."

Zelda sighed grabbing her belongings as she walked over to the door. " I don't know."

" You're going, okay?"

Zelda nodded miserably as she walked out of the room, to go take her shower.

" The target has left the bedroom." Roy informed as Zelda walked down the hallway over to the girls bathroom.

" Do you think she saw the letter?" Marth questioned as he watched Zelda disappear into the bathroom.

Roy shrugged. " How should I know? I wasn't in there with her. Though…" He chuckled with a grin, picturing it in his mind. "…I wouldn't mind being in there."

Marth walked away from their spot at the corner of the hallway and headed back down toward their dorm. Roy quickly followed his friend, the two princes standing side by side. Marth was already stressing out enough. What would help make his week; is if Zelda agreed to go to the dance with him.

" So are you going to wait for her at the dinning hall?" Roy asked curiously.

" I don't know; I need to know if she had gotten the letter."

" You want me to spy on them?"

Marth shook his head, " No, thanks."

" C'mon on! It's fun," Roy explained cheerfully.

Marth ignored the young prince and abruptly stopped looking further down the hall. Link and Fox were talking to each other, heading straight in their direction. It was bad enough that Zelda probably didn't see the letter, but crashing into the other person who had asked her to the dance was just making his day horrible. He didn't completely hate Link, but did think that he was always trying to show off, because he had won the tournament last year.

Fox stopped talking when he noticed Marth and Roy. Link turned his attention to the two princes and crossed his arms with an irritated look upon his face. There was Marth, the think he's better than everybody prince. Most of the girls like him, and all of the guys are friends with him except Link. He had heard about the letter that Marth had wrote to Zelda, and he wasn't too pleased.

" Move out of our way!" Link spoke harshly, stopping in front of Marth and Roy.

" I don't have time for you," Marth replied calmly, stepping to the side to head back to his dorm.

" I heard about you writing a letter to Zelda," Link explained, causing Marth to stop.

Marth turned his attention to the elf. " So?"

" Writing stupid love letters isn't going to do anything. Zelda is mine! Stay away from her, you stupid tiara wearing prince."

Marth's eyes widened. " What did you just call me?"

Roy switched nervous glances from Link to Marth, " Um… guys."

" Stupid tiara wearing prince!"

Fox shook his head trying to calm Link down. " Let's get out of here."

" I wouldn't be talking you little fairy skirt wearing elf!" Marth spat, in response.

" What?" Link was quite shocked with Marth's reply.

Roy grinned, " Wow, nice comeback Marth."

Fox grabbed Link's arm. " Forget about him."

" You really think you're tough?" Link asked, taking out his Master Sword

" Tougher than you, that's for sure!" Marth grabbed his Falchion.

" Whoa, calm down guys!" Roy got a little nervous when he noticed the men pulling out weapons.

" Go ahead," Link urged, " Make the first move."

" Ladies first!" Marth grinned.

Both men lifted their weapons above their heads, getting ready to attack each other, without care. Since neither couldn't wait until they actually battled, now would be the perfect time. Of course, Fox and Roy weren't going to let that happen.

" Enough!" They both shouted, standing in between the two men.

Fox faced Link, while Roy faced Marth, both had their hands placed their friends chest, to keep their distance from each other.

" Link, enough! You will get kicked out of the tournament if you fight him now."

Link lowered his weapon, understanding what Fox is trying to tell him. He didn't want to get kicked out, especially before the dance this Friday.

" Marth, I have never seen you like this!" Roy explained. " Don't waste your energy on him."

Marth sighed, and brought his sword down to his side. He hated fighting over a girl, especially when things were about to get physical. What would Zelda think?

" She's taking me to the dance!" Link explained, putting his sword away. " End of story."

" I don't think so." Marth replied, tightening his grip on his sword. " She's taking me."

" I'm surprised at both of you…."

Everybody turned their attention to where the voice had come from. Standing at the end of the hallway, was none other than Zelda. She was dressed in her long pink bathrobe, with matching slippers. Her long wet blonde hair was down behind her. Her ends were dripping water down to the floor. Behind her, stood Peach, wearing her usual attire, with a wide excited grin on her face.

" Can one of you tell me what's going on?"

Marth and Link both stood petrified, their faces turning red with embarrassment. Both of them were unsure of who should speak first, and unsure of exactly what to say.

A/N:

Sry, for the long wait! Hopefully this chapter makes up for it. I didn't really know how to do this chapter so I just started somewhere and let my thoughts take me wherever. I originally wasn't going to have Link and Marth argue, but I wanted to put a little excitement into the chapter. Hope it turned out okay!

RedRose722: Yes, I do believe that it's the same, but o well. Yours is going pretty well, sry I haven't been reviewing. I've been lazy. Thanks for the review!

RoyalFanatic: I'm not usually one who writes stories that focuses on just romance. This is my first one so, I hope it's going good. Thanks for the review!

Sweswe: Yes, I amaze myself sometimes. Zelda, I don't truly hate her, I just dislike her a lot. She's like my least favorite character in the game, right next to JigglyPuff. Thanks for the review!

razzkat: Thanks for the review! I'm glad that you like the story. Thanks for picking out my mistakes; I appreciate it.

Until Next Time!