hello hello hello!double H 128 is here again, with another update: chapta 25. not much happens in this chapter, but there's a lot of crying and yelling involved. Roy and Link's feelings for one another only get more intense as the love dust sinks in. Zelda also discovers something that she missed that could mean the end of her relationship. How do the princesses cope with their boyfriends hitting on eachother? can the two boys control their behaviour? lol, rest assured, nothing really crazy happens here. well, ive already said tooo much, so before i give away the whole story u'd better start readin!
XXV. No one will ever take you away from me!
Link was still in shock. How could this happen to him? The next few days were going to be a little weird for both Link and his temporary lover. Link heard a key slide into the doorknob and as the door opened, Zelda walked into the room.
"Hey Link." She said quietly.
"Hey…."
Zelda walked over to the bed Link was sitting on. "You okay honey?"
Link grunted in response
Zelda squeezed Link tight as she wrapped her arms around him to hug him.
"I love you."
Link didn't say anything. He was merely staring at the rug in front of him.
"Sorry about the chips. I didn't know you liked dill pickle. I thought you liked all dressed."
"Maybe you'd know if you cared more about me." Link said bitterly.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"Link! What are you saying?"
"I'm going to shower." Without another word, Link got up and walked into the bathroom.
"Link I—" Zelda heard a click as Link locked the bathroom door. He never locks the door… Zelda crossed the room to a desk. She pulled out a huge book from one of the drawers. It was a book full of spells Impa gave her for eleventh birthday. The day she met Link. No one knew about it but Impa and Zelda. It had all kinds of weird spells in it; for any occasion too. Spells only the Sheikah knew of. Zelda ran her finger down the table of contents, which was written in Ancient Hylian. "Love Spells and Potions, page three-thousand-and-seventy-two." Zelda murmured. She flipped through the worn pages of the spell book. "Aha. Love Dust, Strength level 3." Zelda skimmed over the ingredients and found the "effects" paragraph. "…the effect of the powder should last three days. However, if two people look at eachother and deeply enjoy their feelings for one another, there is a good chance they will continue to feel those feelings well after the spell has worn off. Be warned, though some will still love those who they did before consuming the powder, some have been known to stop loving them entirely, thinking only of the person they looked at…DEAR FARORE! WHAT HAVE I DONE?"
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Link was in the shower. As he scrubbed his body, he was once again thinking of a certain red-haired prince. I wonder who he looked at. I hope it was me… okay this is pathetic; I need to stop thinking of Roy. It's only three days, and then after that, I'm gonna think I was a total retard thinking up all this crap. Still Link couldn't wrench his mind from Roy…
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Peach was applying some ointment that Dr. Mario prescribed on her skin. The telephone rang. Peach answered it to hear a frazzled Zelda on the other end of the line.
"PEACH! WE REALLY NEED TO TALK!"
"Um, okay."
"Okay. So I was reading though my spell book, and I found there was something I overlooked."
Peach was struck with horror. "OH MY GOD WHAT?"
"Well, it says here that that if a person consumes the powder, they may forget about everyone they truly love and think only of the person they looked at."
"Forever?"
"Well, I don't know. Some of this book is hard to translate."
"What do you mean? Did you get the French Edition by accident?"
"No. It's written in Ancient Hylian."
"Oh that's great." Peach said. "So are you telling me Roy might not love me anymore?"
"I really don't know Peach I—"
"I'M GOING TO CHECK RIGHT NOW!" Not even bothering to hang the phone up, Peach dropped it on her bed and bolted out of her room. She raced down to the hall. She screeched to a halt by the elevators. She started to frantically jab at the "down" button, but the elevator was taking its time. Frustrated, Peach dashed to the stairs. She flew down the landings until she reached the third floor. She scrambled down the hall, ploughing through Yoshi, Nana, Popo and Jigglypuff. She finally reached Roy's room. With both fists, she rapped on the door with all her might.
Roy, who was enjoying another nap, awakened with a start, leapt from his bed and rushed to open the door. "Wha—"
"ROY DO YOU LOVE ME?"
"What?" Roy said, still half-asleep.
Peach took a hold of Roy's shoulders and shook him. "DO YOU LOVE ME?"
"Why of course Peachy."
"OH THANK GOD!" Peach squeezed Roy with all her might.
"Good lord, Peach. What are you doing?"
"HUGGING YOU!"
"Why so tightly?"
"SO NO ONE ELSE CAN TAKE YOU!"
"What?"
"WAH! WHATEVER HE SAYS, I LOVE YOU MORE!"
"Who now?"
"LINK!"
"Oh dear…" Roy dragged Peach inside. "Listen, Peach. No spell, nor potion nor love dust will ever stop me from loving you."
"Oh Roy…"
"Peach Toadstool, I love you."
Peach broke out in tears. "Oh I love you too!" She hugged Roy again. "And no one will ever take you away from me!"
"But Peach, you must understand that this love dust will somewhat impact our relationship for the next three days."
"I know."
"But I promise you, I will NOT be kissing Link."
Peach smiled. "Thank you." To hear Roy say that was music to Peach's ears.
"Shall we head down to the dining room for dinner?"
"Yes, I'm famished!" Peach and took Roy's arm and together, they went downstairs.
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Zelda was lying facedown on the bed, screaming into a pillow. She was crying. She just lost her one true love. How could I be so STUPID! This was all my doing! I should have never meddled in Marth's love life. It's just like when Ganondorf almost conquered Hyrule. It's all my fault! It's always my fault! "GODDESSES WHY?" She wailed at the ceiling "WHY DID YOU CHOOSE ME? I CAN'T HANDLE THE TRIFORCE OF WISDOM! TAKE IT BACK, I DON'T WANT IT!" Zelda was sobbing. She collapsed on the bed.
"Zelda? What's going on in there?" Peach called from the other side of the door.
Good heavens! It's Peach! What is she going to think hearing me yelling at the ceiling? Wiping her tears, Zelda got up to answer the door. As it swung open, she saw Peach and Roy, arm-in-arm. Ah, good. The dust still hasn't effected Roy's affections for Peach.
"Oh Peach. You're looking much better now." Zelda said
"Zelda?" Roy said, "Why were you yelling at the goddesses?"
"Oh it's nothing." Zelda said, looking at her feet.
"Zellie, what is it?" Peach asked?
Tears were welling up in the Hylian Princess's eyes, but the other two couldn't see. "I'm fine." She said, voice quavering.
"Zelda, are you crying?" Peach asked.
She gave a big sniffle.
"Zelda!" Peach hugged the tearing princess.
"It's all my fault." Zelda said.
"What is?" Peach said.
"ALL THIS!" Zelda said, angry at herself. "With Roy, and Link, and your skin getting all blotchy. I should never have bought those chips. I should never have done anything!" Zelda sobbed again.
"Zelda! How could you say that? You were only trying to help! You didn't plan for this to happen!"
"But… but I could have prepared more. I could've, I don't know, foreseen the future to see if this was a good idea!"
"Zelda, you know you can only see things in you dreams." The Mushroom Princess was right. Zelda just stood there, sniffling, as Peach hugged her.
"S-say." Roy said quietly, "Where's Link?"
Zelda sobbed even louder.
"OH ROY!" Peach yelled, kicking his shin, "Do you really think this is the time?"
"SNIFF, He's showering right now. You can wait for him inside." Zelda moved out of the doorway and Roy entered.
"INSIDE THE ROOM! NOT THE BATHROOM!" Zelda shrieked.
"Oh." Roy said. He sat in a chair by the wall, humming and impatiently tapping his foot.
"Zelda. This isn't your fault. It was just a big accident! My skin will heal in twelve hours. Link and Roy will stop loving each other in three days—"
"But that's the thing!" Zelda cried, "Link doesn't love me anymore!"
"Nonsense."
"It's true. He didn't say hi to me. Didn't say anything! He didn't even say "I love you" when I did.
"He's just in shock. He's probably—"
"AND HE EVEN LOCKED THE BATHROOM DOOR! HE NEVER DOES!"
"He doesn't?" Roy said, eyes aglow.
"Good god Roy!" Peach exclaimed, "You're not thinking of sneaking into the bathroom while Link's showering, do you? That's positively gross!"
"Yeah, I guess so…" Roy said sheepishly. Just then, the doorknob turned.
"LINK!" Zelda shrieked, "PUT A TOWEL ON! ROY AND PEACH ARE HERE!"
"Roy!" Link said excitedly
"Good god!" Zelda said. She zapped herself into the bathroom. Slamming the door shut, she grabbed a towel and wrapped it around Link's waist. "You are NOT going out there to see Roy while you're NAKED!"
"You can't tell me what to do!"
Zelda gave Link two firm slaps. "GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF!
Link was stunned for a moment. "Y-you're right… Goddesses, what's gotten into me?"
Zelda was so relieved. Link hadn't totally forgotten about her.. "Link, I know that right now, you're feeling very strong feelings for Roy. But you've got to understand, they're fake! You don't really love him!"
Link sighed. "I know. It's just so hard!"
"Link. Look at me. You are strong. You saved Hyrule! Defeated Ganondorf! Rescued me! You are a hardened warrior, and you can't let some dinky love dust to screw up your whole life!"
"You're right…"
"Good. Now, can I trust you with going out and getting your clothes yourself, or am I going to have to do it for you?"
"No, I'll manage." Link unlocked the bathroom door. Peach and Roy were sitting on the bed. As soon as Link walked out, Roy's eyes fixed onto him, staring hungrily.
Peach clamped her hands over his eyes, scowling.
Link tried not to look at Roy as he went to the dresser. He picked out his clothes and re-entered the bathroom. Roy was dismayed when he heard the lock click again.
"So Zelda," Peach said, "Care to join us for dinner?"
"Sure, why not. A good hearty meal is just what I need after such a long day."
"Yeah, lots has happened today." Roy said. The three thought back to what they did that day. "Today's a day I certainly wont forget."
Link emerged from the bathroom.
"Oh Link!" Zelda said, "Do you want to have dinner Peach and Roy tonight?"
"Yeah, that'd be nice."
Roy smiled. "Excellent!"
They all got up and left the room.
Just then, Zelda saw Samus going down the stairs. "Oh, Samus!" But Samus didn't hear. "Ooh, come one Peach, let's catch up to her and invite her and Marth to dinner!" The two princesses dashed off in pursuit of the bounty hunter.
Roy and Link were walking down the hall, side-by-side. With the princesses gone, Link felt a little worried. Worried that something might happen between him and Roy.
Roy reached out and grabbed Link's hand.
Link gasped, but didn't pull back. He's just holding my hand. Nothing dangerous.
Roy sighed. "Man, I'm so tired."
"Lean on me." Link said.
Roy rested his head on Link's shoulder as they continued to walk down the halls. "Link."
"Yes Roy?"
"Thanks for being such a great friend."
"No problem." Link was stroking Roy's head. They both gave a contented sigh. Nothing's going to happen. Just stay cool.
im sorry i went back on my promise. either next chapter OR the chapter after that i'll write about the second round. if its the chapter after the next chapter, the next chap will be very short. ill try to have them up at the same time, so i dont keep u guys waitin. well, thats it. keeping writin, readin, and reviewin!
ps. CSI is a good show
just thought id share.