Three Princesses, One Wish
Ugh! We had to go to school today. And it's Saturday! What's up with that?
Sparkly love from sparkleeyes20.
Chapter 12
The group had been traveling for awhile. The girls were still unconscious and the guys were still carrying them. Tiff was carrying the life jewel ever since Zelda fell unconscious and dropped it. As they were walking along she was studying the jewel. For two whole days and one night they walked, back towards the beach they camped on. Through that time Tiff's eyes were glued to the mystic gem that helped support life. Once they were back on the beach for the night and camp was set up, everyone gathered around the fire and waited for the girls to wake up. Eventually, Tiff spoke up, no longer able to keep her question to herself.
"Hey guys?" Tiff began.
All heads, except for the ones that were out of consciousness, turned to Tiff.
"What makes this thing able to hold all of Dreamland's life?" she finished.
The three men and two boys pondered this question. She was right. How did it hold life? And who's to say they had the right gem? The six pairs of eyes looked to the jewel. It shown brightly even though it was night time and a new moon was in the sky.
"B-Because… i-i-if it… sh-shatters… then life as y-you know it… will… f-f-fall," a voice croaked weakly behind them.
The pairs of eyes pulled away from the jewel and landed on Zelda. She was awake and clutching her ankle in pain. Nobody could see her face but they still knew it was twisted in pain. The entire group raced to her side. Metaknight placed one of his gloved hands on her back to help support her. Tiff knelt down by her ankle and gingerly touched the points where the thorns cut the skin. Zelda cried out in pain and fell backwards. In fact, if it wasn't for Metaknight's hand she would have hit the ground. Tiff examined it with care and making sure not to touch the cuts. Zelda sat back up right and shivered in pain. Metaknight rubbed his hand in a circular motion in the center of her back. Zelda's hands disappeared in her hood and she muffed a grunt of agonizing pain.
"It needs to be wrapped. But how?" Tiff asked.
"P-perhaps… like th-this," Zelda croaked.
She grabbed the end of her cloak and ripped off a strip of cloth from it. By ripping the cloth she revealed her legs, unable to cover them anymore. She handed it to Tiff, who wrapped it around her ankle with care. After this was said and done, Zelda crossed her legs and brought her head down so it touched her legs. She grunted several times and began shivering once again. Metaknight continued to rub circles in her back. The two stayed in this position for about an hour before Metaknight saw that everyone else had fallen asleep. Zelda was still awake and still grunting and shivering. Metaknight sat down beside her and picked her up slightly by her shoulders. She looked at him with her head slightly cocked. He laid her head on his metal shoulder pad and wrapped one arm around her arm. She tensed slightly but then relaxed and fell asleep against him. Her soft breathing filled his ears. He smiled softly beneath his mask. He quickly fell victim to sleep as she did.
Zelda was running from a horrible shadow that was chasing her. She drew her sword, Porriga the sword of balance, from its sheath. As soon as she swung at the shadow, Porriga's blade shattered. She gasped and turned on her heels and ran down the darkened halls. She kept running but the shadow was always on her tail. She made several turns to try and out run it. She stopped to catch her breath at a corner. She looked past the corner to see that the shadow wasn't behind her. She sighed in relief.
"Did you miss me Zelda?" the shadow's voice rang beside her.
She stiffened and slowly turned to the voice. There, where the shadow once was, her father was standing. Blade in hand. She gulped and looked to her sword again. The blade section was still shattered. She bit her lip until she thought she tasted blood. Her father walked up to her. She backed up until she hit wall. Ilia and Seria came into their father's path towards her. He swung his blade and they screamed and fell to the ground. Blood began to run to the floor and pool underneath them. Their eyes were a gray haze to show that their lives had been lost to the horror that is their father. Zelda covered her mouth in sadness. Tears stained her face and she whimpered for the loss of her only family. Her father came at her with his blade raised. She screamed slightly. The blade came down and…
Zelda's eyes snapped open. She breathed heavily. She licked her lips then spat out some blood. She two fingers to her lip to find she had bitten her lip during her dream. She sighed silently to herself. For her it was another night of terror and pain. She relaxed, glad it was all over. She looked over to see that her head still rested on Metaknight's shoulder pad. She looked at the dark amber places in his mask where his eyes were behind it. She wondered what color his eyes really were. She had so many questions to ask him but she wouldn't ask him unless he said she could ask him any question. She carefully removed herself from his sleeping form and limped over to the ocean. She sat cross legged at the point where the water washed over the shore. The water washed over her legs and took all her troubles back to the sea. She happily leaned back and allowed the water to flow over her numerous times.
"You like the water?" Metaknight's Spanish accent spoke behind her.
She looked back to see his amber colored eyes staring at her. She smiled when she saw them.
"Almost as much as I love heights," she said calmly.
"You like heights?" he asked.
"Not like, love."
"I am just the same."
"I figured you were."
"What do you mean?"
She stood up chuckling, "I mean that you definitely seem to love the tallness of tall objects."
He chuckled at this as well, "and how, pray tell, do you know this?"
"By looking into the eyes of your mask. For I can look right through it and see into your real eyes and discover your likes and dislikes."
"And you see tall objects in my list of likes?"
"Yes."
"Very interesting."
"Alright. Now that the conversation has gone and past, shall we get food for the others?"
"Again, pray tell, how?"
"By fishing, my dear knight."
He blushed lightly under his mask and tried to control his eyes from turning pink, which would reveal that he did have feelings for her. She limped over to the water. He followed close behind her so that if she fell he could catch her. She limped out far enough into the water that she could start swimming. Metaknight watched her swim out gracefully. She dove under the water and Metaknight saw her bandaged up ankle. Metaknight waited for a few moments before she reemerged on the surface of the water. She threw nine different fish on the shore. After a moment the fish stopped trying to flop back into the ocean and died. She limped out of the water and on to the shore. She turned and bowed to ocean. Again, the ocean swelled in saying 'you're welcome'. She picked up the fish and brought them over to the fire, which had gone out yet again. She threw a few logs on the fire and in two minutes the fire was going yet again. She cooked the fish over the fire while Metaknight watched her do it. Seria and Ilia shot up at the smell of the fish. Kirby did a happy 'poyo' when he smelt the food. Blade and Sword still slept even though the food was ready. Ilia and Seria crept over to the two sleeping knights and got right over their ears.
"Wake up guys!" they screamed.
Both knights shot up like rockets but collided their heads with the girls' heads. Zelda ran over to the girls. Blood dripped from Seria's hood. Zelda put her hands in Seria's hood.
"What are yo-urk!" Seria began but was cut off.
Zelda took her hands out of the hood and looked at her fingers. Blood was on her left index finger. She tore a strip of cloth off of Seria's hood as she did with her cloak the night before. She stuck her hands and the cloth back in Seria's hood and did something with it. She tied the cloth in a knot and removed her hands.
"Thanks Zelda!" Seria said happily.
"Not a problem, my sister," Zelda replied.
She went over and checked Ilia. Ilia hadn't gotten even a scratch on her from that. Once that was done and everyone had eaten their fish, Zelda walked over to Tiff.
"Where is the life jewel?" she asked.
"Right here," Tiff said and handed Zelda the jewel.
"Come. We must leave for the castle. Before Dedede returns and so Tiff and Tuff's parents don't begin to worry," she said.
She turned on her heel and began walking towards the castle. Everyone followed her in silence and on full stomachs.
Excellent chapter if you ask me. Kind of gory though. Makes it kind of cool.
Sparkly love from sparkleeyes20.