Chapter 16

A couple of weeks had passed since Alice had come to live with us and that retched wedding was nearing closer and closer. Even though I could tell Alice and Dark yearned for each other I still couldn't dissolve this wedding. Sometimes I saw Alice sneak out of class, other times I helped her.

Today she was sneaking out to meet Dark in the garden. Right as she was about to leave the classroom our teacher walked in.

"Ah, good you guys are already here. Alice you can go home now, but Zelda stay here though. I need to talk to you."

"Alright, bye Zelda," Alice said winking at me before she left.

"What did you need to talk to me about?" I asked when Alice left.

"I'm sorry, I can't seem to find a reason to dissolve your marriage to Dark," he said looking down.

"It's okay thank you for trying, Kaito-sensei." I said as some tears rolled down my cheeks.

Kaito had secretly been trying to help me stop my marriage to Dark. He told me if I exposed Alice and Dark the marriage would be ended without hesitation, but that also meant Alice and Dark would be banned from the kingdom for treachery. I wasn't willing to go that far. Even though Alice said it was okay, but I knew it would just hurt her in the end.

I was walking down the corridor when Dark ran up too me. He was out of breath.

"Dark, what happened?"

"T-the King," he said gasping for air.

"What about him?"

Dark handed me a letter of summons for both Dark and I. we ran to his study. When we opened the door James was standing by the window. He turned around once we came in.

"Ah, there you two are. The love birds," he said smiling.

Dark and I both looked down. We started faking our love for each other since we knew we had to get married.

"I've summoned to here to tell you great news! Your marriage will be next week! Monday to be precise."

I looked over and saw Dark about to shout something, I put my hand on his shoulder and stepped forward. I bowed to James and took Darks' hand. We walked out. Once we were out of site he turned to me.

"Why didn't you tell him no!?"

"You think it's that easy!? You think you can marry whoever you want!? If it was that easy I would be married already and I would've never gone back to Ordon! I would've never come back to Hyrule! I would have married Keitaro before he cheated on me! I would've-" I stopped myself when I saw Dark shocked. I touched my cheek, it was wet. I was crying. "I would never have gotten Link involved he wouldn't be dead right now if he never had met me!" I screamed and fell to the ground sobbing.

"So that's why you said you never asked to be a princess," I looked up to see Rose walking up to us. She knelt down in front of me. "I'm sorry Zelda, loosing Link was hard. I'm sorry also Dark, loosing Alice is also hard."

"How did you know?!" Dark gasped.

"I see you two sneaking off everyday to be with each other, don't worry I won't tell. Now come on Zelda let's go pick out a wedding dress. Even though you two don't want to marry you have a duty to fulfill as a prince and princess."

"Yes your highness," Dark said and darted out of the room.

"Alright Rose, as a princess I will marry Dark," I said taking her hand and standing up.

"Good girl."

We went through all the shops in town. We found a plain white dress that was strapless but had a strap that I wore as a halter. It also had a boy on the back. I asked her if I could only rent the dress, I wouldn't need it afterward. She agreed, smiling.

When we got back to the castle she showed me where we would keep the dress. It was a huge closet. Out of the corner of my eye I saw something white. I went over and took it out. It was a beautiful wedding dress that had sleeves with a beautiful flower embroidery. (The link to see both dresses is on my profile. The one on the right is the she wears and the one on the left is the queen's dress.)

"Ah yes, that was my wedding dress."

"It's beautiful!"

Soon enough days past as people got ready for the wedding and decorated the castle. Dark and Alice stopped seeing each other for there were too many witnesses. Though I made excuses that Dark and I had to talk about the wedding. Each and every time I brought Alice along.

Days flew by and it was already the day before the wedding.

"Well your getting married tomorrow Zelda," Alice said with sad eyes.

"Yeah I know, I'm so sorry Alice."

"Don't worry about it, it's your duty as a princess. Now get some sleep you have a big day ahead of you."

"Goodnight."

"Goodnight," Alice said as she walked into her room.

I went to bed hoping I would never wake up the next day.

chapter 16 end

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