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A week past by quickly in the castle, everyone was getting ready to celebrate the prince's 16th birthday.
Royal decorators were everywhere, it was impossible to find somewhere quiet in the castle.
People came to masure Link, Zelda and Lee for their royal outfits as well, and poor Zelda was stuck in her room for six hours while several seamstresses poked her with pins as they designed her dress.
(althought Lee told Kari that the castle was a lot quieter whils she was gone.)
Finally it was the eve of the party.
Hundreds of people had showed up, most of them nobles or wealthy families.
Many of them had brought their daughters, nieces, or any other female relative that was eligible for marriage.
All the girls were wearing beautiful gowns, some were blue, others were purple, the color of royality.
Meanwhile, Lee was in his room, changing into his outfit for the party.
Link and Zelda were going to enter first, and then Lee would enter all on his own.
His mother wanted to have escort a girl to the party, but Link said that since it was his birthday he should enter alone.
Lee pulled his green tunic off over his head and put on a silvery looking green one instead, he also pulled on gold boots and a gold belt.
He thought about combing his hair, but knew that even if he tried it would still stay untidy.
Kari, meanwhile, was also getting ready,
She was about to change when there was a knock on the door.
"come in!" Kari said as Zelda walked, she smiled at Kari and said.
"Kari, you're gonna look so beautiful tonight. Oh, and before you put that dress on, put this on." Zelda disappeared into Kari's closet and came back out holding a corset.
Kari's eyes widened when she saw the corset.
"oh no, no no no no no." she muttered, backing away.
"come on Kari, do it for Lee." Zelda said, Kari gritted her teeth.
"the things I do for you Lee." Kari said, Zelda helped her put the corset and the dress on, then she pulled her hair up into an elegant bun with a few pieces of her hair curling around her face. Zelda also added some sparkles and eyeshadow.
Kari was also wearing small dangly diamond earrings, along with a beautiful tear-drop shaped diamon necklace that rested in the perfect spot below her neck.
"Zelda. Are you not suppost to be able to breath?" Kari muttered after she was dressed.
Zelda smiled at Kari's question. "you look beautiful Kari, no doubt Lee with think you look beautiful too." She said, Kari blushed, turning a dark shade of crimson.
Zelda stood up, "ok Kari, here's the plan, Link and I will be announced, and then we'll enter, after that Lee's name will be announced and he'll enter. And after that, your name will be announced and you enter. Ok?"
"wait, I'm entering in front of hundreds of people?" Kari said, her hand clutching the necklace around her neck.
"oops! Wait! We forgot one last detail." Zelda said, she disappeared into Kari's closet fot a minute and returned carrying a beautiful diamond tiara.
Kari's eyes were wide. "oh no Zelda I couldn't-" Zelda sighed,
"why not? It would look great on you!" she said, Kari blushed,
"ok, I guess I can wear it for tonight." Kari said, Zelda smiled and placed the tiara on Kari's head. Zelda stepped back and gasped.
Kari looked like a princess, a true princess, even though she was wearing a simple blue dress she looked more beautiful than any of those fancy-pants girls wearing big dresses downstairs.
"Kari, you look perfect." Zelda said, smiling, Kari smiled too and glanced at her feet.
"I have to get ready to enter now, don't let Lee see you until you enter!" Zelda said as she left.
Kari sighed, all she had to so was wait until one of the guards fetched her for her formal entrance.
Suddnely, there was a knock at the door.
"Kari?" it sounded like Lee. Kari jumped up and ran to the door.
"I'm here Lee, sorry, but your mother said you can't see me until I enter formally."
"…"
"I'm fine, I'll see you downstairs, alright?" Kari said, her ear pressed to the door.
"alright, see you in a minute." Lee said, Kari heard him disappear down the hallway.
Kari sighed in relief and sat down on the bed, so far so good.
"Announcing their royal highnesses! Prince Link! And princess Zelda!"
everyone in the building started to clap as Zelda and Link slowly decended down the stairs, Zelda was holding on to Link's arm with one hand and waving with the other. Ditto Link.
Once they had decended down the stairs, Link and Zelda took their places on their royal thrones just as the announcer said…
"announcing his royal highness! Prince Lee!" Everyone started clapping even harder as Lee decended down the stairs, all the young girls clapping the hardest.
Lee stopped at the bottom of the stairs, where Shiek was leaning against the wall.
"Hello Shiek," Lee said, standing next to him,
"Hello young prince." Shiek said, Lee rolled his eyes.
"Shiek, you've known me my whole life, you practically rasied me and Kari, so just call me by my name, Lee."
Shiek grinned, "all right Lee,." Then he glanced towards the other end of the room, where several girls were giggling and glancing at him.
"look Lee, all the girls are here for you. Must be popular." Shiek said, Lee narrowed his eyes and him. "oh shut up." He said, Shiek grinned again.
"Announcing Lady Kakari, best friend of the prince!"
Everyone's attention turned to the stairs, and several people gasped ad Kari came down the stairs.
Kari was absolutly georgous, the light shining on her made her necklace and tiara glow.
Shiek glanced at Lee, grinning as he noticed Lee's mouth hanging open.
"I see our noble prince has his eye on a certain girl." Shiek teased, jerking his head at Kari as she came down the stairs.
Lee jerked back to reality and glared at Shiek.
"I do not like her! I just think she looks nice, I've never seen her look so nice."
"sure…" Shiek said, he glanced around the room.
"hey Lee, you better get over there if you want to escort her." He said, Lee looked confused.
"why?" Shiek nodded his head towards the room, where practically every young man in the room was making his way towards the stairs to escort Kari.
"I guess you're right, for once." Lee said as he moved to the bottom of the stairs.
Several of the young men shot him annoying glares as he moved next to them.
Kari glanced nervously around the room, until she spotted Lee and the bottom of the stairs, grinning.
Kari's eyes lit up as she moved over to face him.
"Happy birthday Lee." She said, Lee grinned and held his arm out. Kari, smiling, took it and let Lee lead her into the middle of the party.
(I don't know why, but I can't get the idea of Lee having a cape out of my mind, so maybe I'll make it so he's wearing one.)
As they walked through the crowd, Kari noticed a bunch of girls looking at Lee and giggling.
Kari quickly pulled her arm away from Lee's and said, "I'm gonna go get some food, see you later."
She left Lee and headed over to where the food was, leaving Lee looking confused and slightly hurt.
Kari walked over to the table and picked up a small sandwhich. She sat on a chair near the table and watched as the group of girls she had seen earlier make their way towards Lee, giggling and pushing each other.
Kari rolled her eyes and helped herself to a drink.
Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a group of boys staring at her, they started joking and pushing each other as well as playfully punching each other in the arms.
Kari rolled her eyes and sat down with her drink. Soon one of the boys from the group she had seen earlier came over and sat next to her.
He had brown hair and green eyes, he appeared to be a noble's son.
"hey." He said, Kari glanced at him.
"hey yourself." She replied, the boy glanced back at his friends and grinned, they all grinned back at him.
"you wanna dance? I noticed you sitting here by yourself." The boy said, holding his hand out.
Kari shook her head.
"no thanks, I'm fine here."
The boy looked slightly crestfallen. "Are you sure?"
Kari noticed the look of sadness in his eyes, so she put her drink down and took his hand.
"I guess one dance won't hurt." She said, the boy grinned at her and led her out onto the dance floor.
His cheered and gave him a thumbs up.
Lee, meanwhile, was looking for Kari. Soon a bunch of girls came over.
"hi." One of them said, blushing.
"oh, hi." Lee said, glancing over the crowd.
The girl, with encouragment from her friends, moved closer to Lee, all the while batting her eyelashes.
"what are you looking for?" she asked, her voice dainty. Lee continued searching and said.
"I'm looking for my friend." The girl took his arm and said.
"well why don't you dance with me until you find your friend?" Lee glanced down at the girl.
"you know, I would, but I really need to find my friend. See ya." Lee pulled his arm away from the girl and made his way through the crowd, searching for Kari.
Suddenly, he spotted her, she was on one side of the dance floor, and she was dancing with a boy.
Lee stood there, not moving, feeling a strange pain in his heart. He continued to watch Kari and the boy, wincing as the boy leaned in to kiss her.
Lee could see the horror and shock on Kari's face as she pushed the boy away, she said something to him angrly and smacked him before stalking off. The boy rubbed his cheek and headed back to his friends.
Lee eye's followed Kari as she went back to her seat, he walked over there and sat next to her.
"hey, what's the matter?" he asked, Kari grabbed her drink and took a sip of it.
"it's nothing." she said, looking away.
"it's that boy, isn't it?" Lee said, jealousy rising in him. Kari glanced at Lee.
"you mean that jerk?" she asked, Lee glanced back down at his boots. Hope flaring in his chest. "yeah."
Kari snorted and took another sip of her drink. "that guy was a jerk, I only danced with him because I felt sorry for him, and then he thinks he has the nerve to go and try to kiss me? I don't think so, I completely set him stright."
Lee's eyes lit up and he felt relief spread through out his body, replacing all the jealous of seeing Kari dance with another boy.
Kari watched Lee, one eyebrow cocked, "you weren't JEALOUS, were you?" she said in a teasing voice.
Lee snapped back into reality. "O-of course not! Why would I be jealous?"
Kari smerked at him, the look on her face stating that she clearly didn't believe him.
He really does love me, he has to, if he's jealous of some guy that I danced with. Does this mean he's gonna get jealous every time I talk to another guy!?
Kari grits her teeth and starts pouting, her cheek propped on her hand.
Next to her Lee is watching her with a question mark over his head.
Lee glanced out and the dance floor and then back at Kari, a grin on his face.
"Kari, you wanna dance with me?" he asked, Kari looked up, blushing. She smiled and stood up.
"yes, I would like to dance with you Lee." She said, Lee stood up and held out his hand, Kari took it and followed im to the dance floor.
Kari put her hand on his shoulder and he put his hand on her waist, then they started dancing.
"why were you dancing with that guy again?" Lee asked, Kari rolled her eyes, "I only danced with him because I felt sorry for him."
"why did you feel sorry for him?" Lee asked,
"because he looked so sad when I rejected his offer to dance, I just felt bad." Kari said, Lee nodded.
"I see." He said, he looked away.
Kari watched him for a minute before glancing around the room.
"your sweet sixteen party is great, everyone seems to be having fun, well, almost everyone." She said, bending down to meet his gaze.
"Why aren't you having fun?" Come on! Let's have some fun!" Kari said, she grabbed Lee's hand and pulled him into the middle of the floor.
She started dancing, and soon Lee and everyone else joined in.
"thank you Kari." Lee said a few minutes later, as they continued to dance.
"I really needed cheering up!" Kari grinned and shrugged her shoulders.
"hey, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do." She said, smiling.
Meanwhile, across the room, the group of jealous girls were watching Lee and Kari.
"if we ever want a chance with the prince, we have to get rid of that girl." One of them said.
The girl next to her nodded.
"yep, and I know just how to do it." She said, glancing over towards the group of boys nearby with a smirk on her face.
The girl smirked again and headed over to the group of boys.
"hey boys," she said, the five boys turned to her.
"sorry, we aren't in the mood to dance." One of them said, the girls grinned.
"that isn't why I'm here." The boys stared at her curiously. The girl looked at Lee and Kari, the boys followed her gaze.
"you boys like that girl, Kari, don't you?" she said, all the boys nodded.
"then I'll make you a deal, we'll get Kari away from the prince, and then she's all yours, do whatever you want with her. Do we have a deal?"
The boys glanced at each other before nodding their heads. The girl smirked.
"then here's the plan…" the girl said, all the boys leaned in close to here her idea.
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