Three Princesses, One Wish
Okay, so in the last chapter Sword kissed Seria when he found her in the forest. So what gonna happen in this chapter? You'll have to wait and see!
Sparkly love from sparkleeyes20.
Chapter 15
Ilia woke up to Seria tossing and turning in her sleep. She sat up slightly and looked to her sister. Seria had a thin coat of sweat on her face. She was grunting through her clenched teeth. Ilia quickly and quietly got up. She went to Seria's bed side. She shook her pink clad sister a bit hard. Seria's eyes snapped open when Ilia began shaking her. She sprang into a sitting position, breathing heavily. Ilia carefully grasped her sister's shoulders. Seria looked over to Ilia then relaxed.
"Another nightmare Seria?" Ilia asked sweetly.
"k-kinda," Seria stammered truthfully.
"Wanna talk about it?" Ilia asked her.
Seria shook her head no before turning over to go back to sleep.
'Poor Seria,' Ilia thought, 'her nightmares are getting even more frequent than before.'
Ilia sighed once before getting back into her bed and falling back asleep as well.
When Ilia awoke, Zelda and Seria were both up and ready for the day. She sprang out of bed and to her feet.
"What time is it?" she asked quickly.
"About eight," Seria told her.
"WHAT?" she screamed.
"Ilia I thought it would be best if you had just a little more sleep. You really needed it too," Zelda said calmly.
Ilia groaned out of annoyance. Zelda huffed in disappointment.
"Just get ready if you wish. I will be leaving the castle and so will Seria. If you wish to stay in the room that is fine as well," Zelda said.
"Whatever," Ilia replied coldly.
"Ilia!" Seria screamed.
"Well how would you feel?" Ilia whined while throwing her arms to her sides for a dramatic effect.
Zelda huffed once again.
"Just do what you wish Ilia. Come Seria. We should leave," she told her younger sisters.
Zelda left with Seria happily following behind. The yellow clad woman cocked her eyebrow at her sister's happiness, quite confused with it actually. She just sighed again before going to take a shower and get ready for the day.
Blade was walking through the hallway of the castle. He didn't tell Sword where he was going and why. In fact, he didn't tell anyone. Along the way he ran into Fololo and Falala.
"Hey Blade," Fololo said.
"Good morning Blade!" Falala chirped happily.
"Oh! Hey guys! How are ya?" he asked back.
"Fine," Falala said.
"Good," Fololo said before asking, "So where ya goin'?"
"Oh… uh… nowhere," he lied.
"Okay…" Fololo said, trailing off.
"Good luck with that," Falala wished him with confusion.
"Thanks, I think," he said before walking off.
In truth he was going to see if Ilia could help him with something. It was his helmet. The clasp to keep it on was broken. Of course when he tried to fix it, he found that he was missing a part. He was hoping Ilia, being a wiz at fixing stuff both mechanical and normal, would have the part he needed or at least be able to get or make one. He reached the door to the girls' room. He knocked on the wooden door softly.
"Come in," came a sweet and smart reply.
He knew it was Ilia without needing to go in. He went inside the room and closed the door behind him. Ilia walked into the room, her hood off her head and rubbing a towel through her hair. He could tell she just finished showering and blushed lightly under his loose helmet.
"A-am I i-intruding?" he stammered.
Ilia looked over and saw Blade standing at the now closed door.
"Oh, not at all Blade! Please make your self comfortable," she replied while gesturing to the room.
He walked into the center of the room. Ilia pulled two chairs from the closet and set them in the center. She sat on one of the chairs and motioned for him to sit as well. He complied.
"What's up?" she asked.
He looked up at her face. It was strange for him to see her without her hood on her head. He gulped and blushed lightly again.
"Well, my helmet is broken at the strap and I don't have the part to fix it. D'you think you can help me?" he explained.
"Here," she held out her hands, "let's see it."
He took off his helmet and handed it to her. Their hands brushed together when he handed it off to her. Both blushed lightly, it showing more on Blade's face than Ilia's slightly tanned one. She turned it in her hands and looked at the clasp. She immediately noticed what part was missing.
"Oh, I can fix this no problem," she stated.
"Thanks. Mind if I stay and watch you fix it?" he asked.
"Not at all! I could use the company. Gets kinda lonely fixin' stuff on your own, ya know?" she said.
"Yeah, I know," he agreed.
She moved her chair back into the closet before going to her bedside table. She pulled a small cube out of the drawer and threw it in front of Blade. It transformed into a table full of gadgets and tools. She walked over to it, with Blade's helmet still under one arm, and placed the helmet on it. She removed the broken clasp. After finding the part, she placed her glasses (AN: Yes, Ilia has glasses. I'll explain that in a minute.) on the table and replaced them with some welding goggles. She welded the part into the clasp in the matter of six minutes. Blade watched with fascination until she began to weld. He had to turn away to not end up blind. After she was done he returned to watching her. He, for the first time since he got there, took in her appearance. She looked like she could hold a reading match with ease but a real fight; she looked like she could end up really hurt with her fragile looking features. Her yellow-amber eyes, her small like nose, her pale coral lips, and her mid-back blond hair. He also took notice in her eye lashes. They weren't long, in fact they were quite short, and were a deep blond to match her hair. He saw a small tint of golden on her eyelids while she wiped the sweat off her forehead. But her glasses are what caught his attention. They were black framed and made her eyes stand out a lot. She looked up with her head still down and noticed he was looking at her. She blushed and looked back to his helmet. She reconnected the now fixed clasp.
"There. Finished," she said.
"Oh that was fast," he replied, hopping down from his chair.
"Thanks. Here, try it now," she said while handing it to him.
He took it from her and put it on. It fit perfectly. He took it back off.
"It's perfect! Thanks again!" He exclaimed happily.
"Your welcome. If ya ever need my help again, just come see me," she said.
"Sure. I don't know how I'm gonna repay you though," he said sadly.
"Repay me?" she questioned before laughing, "More like I was fixing your helmet to repay you!"
"Me? Why?"
"Um, hello? You've helped me and the girls so much it was the least I could do!"
"True…but still…" he trailed off.
"Fine. If you can think of some way to repay me without doing much for me, I'll let you repay me."
"I… got nothing," he said while thinking.
"Exactly," Ilia answered.
"Still wanna repay you," Blade spoke calmly.
"I can tell you do. But you won't find anyway to do so."
"I'll think of somethin'."
Ilia huffed in response, pushing away some hair that fell into her face. Blade scratched the back of his head in thought. He looked to the clock on the wall. 4:30 pm. It was going to be dark soon.
"I'd better go. Metaknight will be lookin' for me if I'm not back by dark," he said.
"Okay. I'll see you later," she replied.
"I'll figure out some way to repay you tonight. Bye," he said when he reached the, still closed, door.
She chuckled softly before coming up to him. She then surprised him by kissing him lightly on the cheek. She pulled back and smiled at him.
"Bye Blade," she said softly.
He put his helmet back on before his blush came upon his face. He then walked out of the room.
He walked down the hallway towards his and the other knights' room. He walked through the door to find Sword and Metaknight already there.
"Hey Blade," Sword greeted.
"'Sup," he replied.
"Where were you all day Blade? You were supposed to be patrolling," Metaknight asked.
"Sorry sir. I forgot about that and my helmet was broken so I had Ilia help me fix it," he said.
"That is fine. I do hope you were not a burden to her," Metaknight said.
"I wasn't sir. But she wouldn't let me do anything to repay her," Blade reassured.
"Did you ask?" Sword questioned.
"Yes," he replied.
"Oh…" Sword trailed off after that.
"Let us see what Dedede is up to at the moment," Metaknight offered.
"Sure," Sword said.
"Alright," Blade agreed.
They all set around the small television in their room. But Blade wasn't really watching, he was thinking what he could do to repay Ilia.