-"Me", "Belle (Reprise)"-

Ike looked through the bushes at Zelda's house, smiling as he said to Slippy, "Today's the day, Slippy. Today I make Zelda my wife."

He then turned around and looked upon the wedding procession that had gathered in seats before an altar set up. He smiled, saying, "I would like to thank you all for attending my wedding."

All the townsfolk who had showed up applauded. Ike smiled, taking their applause in, before he saw Peach, Daisy and Rosaline sobbing as they ran up to him.

"Ike, why would you go and do something like that?" Peach demanded.

"I can't bear it, I simply can't bear it," Daisy sobbed.

"Oh Ike, say it isn't so," Rosaline begged. Ike answered, "It so."

All three began crying once more, before Ike interrupted smugly, "Ladies please! I'm just getting married. Don't tell me a little thing like that will ruin your feelings for me."

"No!"

"It won't!"

"Never!"

"And we'll still have our little… rendez vous?"

"Oh yes!"

"Of course,"

"Always"

All three ladies responded, before sighing dreamily. Ike smiled, proclaiming, "Good! Well, if there's to be a wedding, I suppose I better go in, and propose to the girl."

The crowd laughed at Ike's joke as the three bimbos continued sobbing into their handkerchiefs. Ike walked confidently up to Zelda's house, knocking on the door.

Inside, Zelda was reading a book she had gotten from Waluigi earlier that day. As she expected, Waluigi was nowhere near as pleasant to be around in the shop as Luigi had. He made a snide comment about how this was the third book in a week she had come to get, and made her feel as uncomfortable as he could. When she left, she found herself wandering if she'd ever go back in again after that incident. She was hoping her father would return soon with news that they'd soon be able to move away, before this town got the best of her.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a pounding on her door. She stood up, going to the door and opening. She saw it was Ike, who greeted, "Hello Zelda."

"Ike, hi," Zelda said uncomfortably, doing her best to hide her disgust at him being here, "What a pleasant surprise."

"Isn't it?" Ike said, inviting himself inside, closing the door behind him, "I'm just full of surprises."

Zelda turned away, letting out a silent, "Ugh…"

Just Ike being there made her skin crawl, though she was determined to try and get rid of him as patiently as possible. She tried to walk back towards her chair, but Ike grabbed her arm from behind, turning her around as he added, "You know Zelda, there isn't a girl in town that wouldn't love to be in your shoes. Today's the day all your dreams come true."

"What could you possibly know about my dreams Ike?"

"Plenty," Ike insisted. Loud and confident music (much like Ike himself) began playing in the background as Ike began singing, "You've been dreaming, just one dream nearly all your life! Hoping, scheming, just one theme: Will you be a wife? Will you be some he-man's property? Good news! That he-man's me! This equation, girl plus man doesn't help just you. On occasion, women can have their uses too. Mainly to extend the family tree. Pumpkin, extend with me!"

Ike pulled Zelda into him, and began dancing around the room, forcing her to follow as he sang, "We'll be raising sons galore!"

"Inconceivable!" Zelda sang, disgusted by the idea.

"Each built six foot four!"

"Unbelievable!"

"Each stuffed with every Ike man gene!" With this last statement, he let Zelda go, sending her tumbling back into a chair, sitting down as she put her face in her hands, singing, "I'm not hearing this…"

"You'll be keeping house with pride!"

"Just incredible!"

"Oh so gratified…"

"So unweddable!"

"That you are part of this idyllic scene!"

Ike then plopped down at a chair by the table, putting his feet up as he said to Zelda, "Just picture this. A rustic hunting lodge, my latest kill roasting over the fire, my little wife massaging my feet, while the little ones play on the floor with the dogs. We'll have six or seven!"

"Dogs?!" Zelda asked, shocked as she stood up, looking at him. Ike simply smiled, standing up as well as he said with pride, "No dear, strapping boys, like me!"

"Imagine that," Zelda said, trying to hide her disgust at the idea of procreating half a dozen children with him, especially when it came to the creating itself…

Ike, however, was oblivious to her disinterest as he sang, walking towards her as she backed up towards the front door, "I can see that we will share all that love implies. We shall be a perfect pair rather like my thighs! You are face to face with destiny! All roads lead to... The best things in life are... All's well that ends with me! Escape me? There's no way Certain as "Do, Re," Belle, when you marry..."

Zelda bumped against the front door, as she saw there was nowhere else to go. Ike placed his hand on the door to the side of her head as he leaned in slightly, asking, "So Zelda what'll it be, is it yes or 'oh yes!'?"

"I…" Zelda stammered, trying to find the right way to put it, "I just don't deserve you…"

"Who does?" Ike asked, before singing once more, "Me!"

He then leaned in to kiss her as she opened the door and ducked to the side. Ike leaned forward too far and lost his balance, falling forward, out of her house and into the muddy water at the bottom of the steps as Zelda slammed the door behind him. Slippy saw the door open and immediately started up the band, playing an upbeat version of "Here comes the bride". However, he looked back and saw Ike in the mud, ceasing the band. He ran over to the man as he stood up, furious. Slippy asked nervously, "So, take it that it didn't go so well huh?"

Ike grabbed the scruff of Slippy's neck, lifting him up. Slippy struggled slightly as Ike insisted, "You listen to me! Zelda will be my wife!"

With that, he threw Slippy back down to the ground and stormed off, unable to believe someone had actually said no to him.

Sometime later, Zelda nervously put her head out the door, asking no one in particular, "Is he gone?"

Seeing that the answer was affirmative, she sighed, walking outside, fuming, "Oh, can you imagine? He asked me to marry him. Me, the wife of that boorish, brainless . . "

Music began to play as she sang, "'Madame Ike', can't you just see it? 'Madame Ike', his 'little wife', ugh! No sir, not me! I guarantee it, I want much more than this provincial life!"

Zelda than ran out to the top of a nearby hill, her arms out as she reached the top, looking out as she saw the sun setting over the mountains in the distance, the golden twilight rays reflecting off the water of a river near the bottom of the hill, making it sparkle brilliantly and give a sense of fantastic wonder. Zelda sang more, "I want adventure in the great wide somewhere! I want it more than I can tell. And for once it might be grand to have someone understand; I want so much more than they've got planned…"

Zelda sighed, walking back towards the house. As she reached the bottom of the hill, however, she saw Epona come bolting out of the woods, stopping in front of the house. She carried Olimar's invention, but Olimar himself was nowhere to be found. Gasping, Zelda rushed over to the horse as all the worst possibilities ran through Zelda's head. She reached the horse, demanding, "Epona! Where's Papa?!"

She could tell Epona had been terrified out of her wits, the only reason she would go away without her master. After dethatching the invention and putting it in the basement, Zelda gathered up some supplies for the journey and jumped on Epona, telling her, "Come on, we have to go find him!"

Zelda rode Epona back where she came from, unsure of what lay at the end of the path and ignorant of how much it would change her life forever.