M.S.K: Konnichiwa minna! I hope you're doing fine! Another chapter is updated! If I were keeping you all waiting then, my humble apologies. While I was writing this, I was watching Gundam Wing and listening to some Disney World music from the park. Plus, I've been wondering what to do next, after I finish this story. Well, enough said. So, Vio? Honey?
Vio: (Blushes and raises his eyebrow) Okay. . . Ahem. Kaoru doesn't own anything about Legend of Zelda: Four Swords. She only owns the characters and animals she has for this story. Legend of Zelda rightfully belongs to the creators of Nintendo.
M.S.K: Thank you! Now, on with the story!
Vio: May I ask, why did you mention 'honey'?
M.S.K: Is there something wrong about it?
Chapter 11: Hoshimi and Shining Link
The first day has already passed on and now is the second day. During this morning, after Hoshimi woke up, she walked over to her bedroom window and looked out to see the warm sun as it rose over the horizon between the sky and the sea. She never seen the sun rising up on land before. The only time of when she knows it's morning is by looking up to the light shining on the surface or the color of the sea to know if it's night or day. If it's daytime, it's bright blue. But, at night, it's deep indigo. Hoshimi had never seen anything so beautiful, here in Hyrule before.
Next, she looked down and she saw Shining Link riding on a brown horse. It looks so cute too. A horse with a brown color and a mane of white.
After a moment, Navi flew up to her after she woke up too. "You really like him. Don't you?"
Hoshimi blinked while blushing a bit at the fairy. Then she nodded for her answer of 'yes'. Indeed, she is growing more fond of the prince each and every moment she's near him. But, she is even wondering if he's feeling the same too.
Without further ado, she began to slip her shoes on, picked up her ocarina, and head out the door, though she's still in her night gown.
She went down the stairs and into the lobby first. After walking down the hallway after the lobby, she found the door that leads to the courtyard. As she stepped foot outside, she saw Shining Link, brushing the horse's back
The Prince turned to her and greeted. "Oh, good morning, Hoshimi. It's nice to see you up in this fine morning."
Hoshimi made a nod with her head to show that she's saying the same thing.
"Yes. Good morning, dear Hoshimi." Said Snow as well.
The ivory haired girl smiled at her. Then she turned her eyes towards the horse.
"I see you're now meeting my horse, Epona." Shining Link said to her. "I always ride on her every early morning. She's been with me for a long time, ever since I was small. She's still a foal when I first met her. As you can see, she's a really gentle horse." He even stroked the mane of this fine horse.
Then, Epona nickered.
Shining Link took notice of her doing and chuckled. "Oh, I guess you want to meet up close with Hoshimi, don't you? Okay, go ahead."
So, the horse walked over to Hoshimi and lowered her head for her to stroke it gently. Epona, herself felt loved by the princess.
"She's quite happy that we're having you as a visitor." The Prince said. "Ah! I almost forgot." He pulled out a carrot and handed it to Hoshimi. "Here, you can feed her."
She looked at the vegetable first. Then, she took it and gave it to Epona, who gratefully ate it for her. When that's done, Hoshimi smiled again as she began to stroke the horse's head once more. She is feeling loved by this wonderful horse. After she's finished stroking her head, she took out her ocarina and began playing three notes, repeated them in the second time, and finally blend them together with two more notes, playing a delightful tune.
Once that's done, the horse made a delighted 'neigh' for her as it picked itself up on its back legs before landing back on all fours again.
Shining Link chuckled. "It's a horse's way of saying, she loves your music, Hoshimi."
Hoshimi smiled warmly for that reaction too.
"Well, I believe it's time that we should eat first before going out into our tour around the kingdom." He said to her. "I'll go put Epona away first. You can head on back inside to change." Then, he took his horse back into the stables.
While walking up the stairs to her bedroom, Navi then flew besides Hoshimi. "His horse is pretty too. I admire her." She said to her and the princess nodded. The fairy even giggled for that she can see that she's blushing again. "You really, really are in love with him! You really are, Hoshimi!"
This made the princess give the little fairy an embarrassed look with the blush still painting over her cheeks.
"I'm serious!" She squealed again.
Hoshimi then held up a finger in front of her lips, giving her a message that the truth about her feelings for the prince should remain as a silent secret and it's supposed to be a surprise! She can't let him find out about it just yet!
"Ever since the night you saved his life," The fairy started again. "You are already head over heels for him, you know! I always knew it! So today, we should stick to the plan to get him to totally kiss you in order to make the spell stay. . ."
Before she can say another word or two, Hoshimi quickly cupped the little fairy with her hands, carefully without crushing her in them. Then she quickly carried her all the way upstairs to her room to get ready. Along the way, as the fairy continued talking, it can only be heard as muffling in her hands.
When she finally reached the room, she unfolded her hands and the fairy is still talking.
"And if you were to keep me quiet any longer, I. . ."
Before anything else can be said, Hoshimi placed her finger upon Navi's lips and she placed the finger on her second hand over her lips while giving her a look in the eyes that said, "That would be quite enough of that, for now. So, whatever you do or say, don't give out the secret. Thank you."
Navi understood her expression and nodded before lowering herself on to the nightstand. With that shown, she lets the princess get ready for the day.
After breakfast, Sheik had already hitched Epona on to a horse drawn carriage and it's ready for touring around Hyrule.
Once Shining Link, Snow, and Hoshimi settled themselves into the carriage, they both waved back at Erune, Sheik, and Liliana who are waving at them to wish them a happy day. Then, the prince tugged on Epona's rein to signal her to start pulling the carriage and they're off as soon as the castle gates were opened by the guards.
During this joyful ride, Hoshimi is delightfully dazzled by all of the wondrous sights around Hyrule. A kingdom that's practically similar to her home from below the sea! She has seen many beautiful buildings as she and the prince entered Castle Town. Many people were bustling around, doing whatever they like to do to spend the day away. Everything here in Hyrule is all new to Hoshimi.
As the carriage crosses the Eldin Bridge over the river that's flowing down to the ocean, Red, Blue, and Zelda were swimming along as they watched the carriage riding by with their sister and her prince. They swam all the way here below Castle Town's river in order to keep a good watch on the two.
Then, Navi came by. She just came out from hiding in Hoshimi's pocket of her new sandy white dress that Liliana bought for her. The dress also comes with a gray cloth belt that's tied around her waist.
"So. . ." Red began when they meet the fairy. "Did they kiss yet?"
"Not yet." She whispered back to them.
"Oh. . ." He and Zelda moaned sternly while Blue crossed his arms in an dissatisfied fashion.
Today is the second day and there is little time left before the final day on Hoshimi's trial of the potion that Ganondorf gave her. So, Hoshimi should waste no time to get the prince to love her.
Then, Navi happens to notice Snow, the white fairy who's with the Prince. "Hmm. Something tells me that I've seen that fairy before. But I don't think I remember." She thought.
Once they reached the Castle Town Market, Hoshimi was even more amazed by the life style the people were living in. All of the villagers around her were wearing unique clothing and were doing an amount of things like shopping or selling goods. Food, tools, antiques, rare items, and crops from farms. Plus, there is also children around the village, running about, playing with their outdoor toys and games like tag, wooden sword fights, or hide and seek, enjoying their care-free paradise. Most of this is slightly similar to the life the people of her kingdom were living in.
The excited princess noticed a pen filled with lots of white cuckoos hopping around the mound of hay on the ground. Plus, there's a man who's calling out to the villagers. He's probably selling those little birds.
"You want to go over there for a look?" Asked Shining Link to her.
Hoshimi nodded eagerly for she has never seen cuckoos before.
"All right, let's go."
So, the two walked over to the seller's cuckoo pen. Plus, Snow went along with them.
The man noticed them and called out. "Ah! Welcome! Welcome! Come over and take a look! This here is the best flock of cuckoos I raised in me farm this year! Only five rupees per bird! If you wish to buy one, then I'll be a happy hoppin' rooster! Ha ha! Cock-a-doodle-doo! Heh, heh! I always want to do that. Do come and have a look!" Then he realizes that his customer is the Prince. "Hmm? Ah! Bless my weather vane! If it isn't Hyrule's Prince! Say, what brings you here outside of the palace? Did you sneak out again, laddie?"
Shining Link smiled. "Oh no, good sir Julius, Famed Cuckoo Farmer of Hyrule, I'm here because I'm showing this girl what's around Castle Town. She's from another land so, she's new among my family."
Julius, the cuckoo seller looked over and saw Hoshimi. "Well now! Howdy, young lady! Sure is a pleasure to meet you, though I don't think I see anyone like you before! It sure is a blessin' from them, Goddesses to have a newcomer here! Aye!"
Hoshimi waved at the happy man.
Then, Julius turned back to the prince. "Say, laddie, what's her name?"
"She's called Hoshimi." He answered.
"Ah! Hoshimi, is it? Well, bless my soul! It's a lovely one!" He responded with glee.
Hoshimi turned over to the prince with a look in her eyes, telling him, "He's a very friendly man."
"He sure is." The Prince whispered to her. Next he said to the seller. "If you forgive me for saying this, Julius. But, I have to tell you that she has a problem with speaking so, she's mute."
"Aww, that's darn fine with me. I won't mind." He replied. "Well, you two can go ahead and see them cuckoos. They're the healthiest ones I'm raised this year! You'll never seen any other cuckoos like 'em!" Then, he allows them to do so.
Hoshimi looked on to the pen where the birds are happily clucking, pecking, and hopping.
"They're really cute birds, you know." Snow said to her.
She nodded at the fairy before turning back to the birds. She really enjoyed seeing these little birds.
While watching the two examining the busy birds, Julius asked Shining Link. "So your highness, are you and the lovely lady out together?"
That question made the two turn around to meet him with light blushes over their cheeks and wide eyes.
However, this made Snow giggle.
"Oh? Does it sound suspicious to you two?" The man asked them again.
The Prince and the Princess hastily shook their heads.
"Oh! No, no! Actually sir, I was giving her a tour around the kingdom, since she's new here." He answered him as Hoshimi nodded her head in agreement.
"Ah, I see. . ."
Then the two and the fairy continued their moment on viewing the birds.
After a short moment, Julius then asked. "Say, how about you like to play a little game?"
The two turn around and Shining Link asked back. "A game?"
"Aye." Said the seller. "I was wondering if this lady will try her luck on it."
The Prince turned to Hoshimi. "You want to try?"
She gave him an "I won't mind" expression.
So, the prince answered for her. "She says that she'll like to give it a try."
"Okay!" Then, Julius instructed Hoshimi. "Now, the way how this works is that one of them, cuckoos is different from the rest. One of them doesn't cluck like the others. If you find the one that clucks differently, you and the Prince will deserve something special! You got about ten minutes to find the right cuckoo."
So, Hoshimi looked up and down the pen with not only her eyes, but also with her ears. She looked around and about while keeping her ears open to see if she can find the cuckoo he's talking about. After three minutes, she heard a high pitched crow. Then she reached down and pulled out a cuckoo that made another crow in the same high pitch.
Once she has done that, Julius cheerfully announced. "Yee-haw! You found the cuckoo I'm talking about! That one is different from the others because it doesn't cluck or crow at the same pitch as the rest! I'm impressed to see you've found it within five minutes!"
Shining Link and Snow clapped for Hoshimi's success and she smiled with joy.
Then, the little bird began to wriggle and squawk suspiciously before flying out of Hoshimi's hands. As it landed back into the pen, it began to scramble around and about, making even more stressful sounding squawks.
"Okay, what did I do?" She thought as she watched the little bird squawking and running around the pen amongst the other cuckoos. Then, she turned to Julius with an expression with a raised eyebrow, asking him, "That little bird seems awfully upset. Why?"
Julius chuckled and answered. "Ah, you know cuckoos. Sometimes they will often get upset or angry over something, if there is. They're temperamental birds. So, holding them will be one of the things they're not quite comfortable with."
Hoshimi blinked. She is often fond of seabirds, but she didn't expect that cuckoos will have the tendency to overreact.
Julius hopped off from the wooden crate he's sitting upon and took Hoshimi, Snow, and the Prince over to another wooden crate. "Now, I'll reward you with something special for you and Shining Link to see."
He showed them a little wooden box filled with hay. Sitting in the hay are ten cuckoo eggs.
"Eggs?" Asked Shining Link. "What's so special about them?"
"Oh, watch. You'll see." Said the seller.
Then, the two heard some soft clicking noises. Then those noises were turned into cracking noises. At that moment, the prince and princess looked closely at the little eggs. They can see that they're twitching a bit and their shells were cracking up! Then, they're now witnessing the exciting moment! All of the eggs hatched into ten squeaking, soft, healthy cuckoo chicks!
"Oh, wow! All the eggs hatched! Congratulations to your cuckoos, Julius!" The Prince exclaimed.
"Aww! Aren't they simply adorable!" Squealed Snow.
Hoshimi stared at the newborn birds! Never before she had witnessed something so precious as this! She smiled lovingly at the adorable little chicks!
After waving good-bye to Julius, the two walked off as the white fairy flew from behind them. As they were walking, Hoshimi gave Shining Link a look in her eyes, telling him that she wishes she could stay with the cuckoo chicks for a little while longer.
"Yeah." He answered, smiling. "Me too. Cuckoos are actually one of my favorite things about living here, in Hyrule."
Then, Hoshimi gave him another expression on her face with a small smirk while having her hands on her hips. She's doing this in a way of complementing him on how lucky he is to be in a place where you'll be able to see livestock everyday.
After understanding her body language, Shining Link chuckled. "Well, it's not just cuckoos. It's also the seabirds, and of course some horses, sheep, goats, and cows who are often brought here from farmlands around Hyrule Fields and Kakariko Village where Sheik is from."
Hoshimi shrugged her shoulders while grinning. She's doing this because, without her voice, she couldn't laugh. Not even a chuckle.
Then, Snow asked her. "Say, do you have any animals living around your homeland, Hoshimi?"
When he asked her that, her grin then turned into a worried frown. "Well, how am I going to answer that?" Her mind thought. "I really don't want them to find out that I'm actually from the sea and at that, I'm usually surrounded by sea animals. But, the thing I really think he should know is that I am the one who saved him."
Suddenly, Shining Link said. "It looks like you don't remember. But, I'm sure you often see birds from where you're from. Right?"
Hoshimi nodded her head slowly for her answer.
"I thought so." He said, smiling to her.
Before anything else happens, Hoshimi looked over and saw a colorful looking building. It looked really interested her, so that's why she made a big, open smile with wide eyes. She gently grabbed the Prince's arm and pointed over towards the little building.
"What's that? You want to go over there?" He asked her.
Well, that's what her expression is telling him as she eagerly nodded her head.
"Well, I think we can. . ." Before he can say anything else, Hoshimi hastily pulled him over to the colorful building, with Snow trying to catch up.
Once they got inside, Vio and Link were also watching them from hiding in the river of the village. They are doing the exact same deed like Zelda, Red, and Blue. In order to this, they decided to split up and meet up soon enough to report each other if there are any results about their sister's love with the Prince. The two princes lowered themselves into water and looked at each other.
"Well, I think they're doing well, so far." Said Link. "I mean, lucky for us that this Prince is really understanding. He really does know exactly what she's saying for that she's now voiceless."
"But, her main goal is to get him to kiss her. That way she'll remain as a Hylian forever." Vio told him. "Hoshimi shouldn't be having too many distractions. We all know that Hyrule is a new world for her. But, so far, it looks like he's hardly into her. She should really reel him in."
Then, Link began to say. "I'm having faith in Hoshimi, Vio. Our sister is known to be the most beautiful mer-hylian child among us besides Zelda. She does have a strong heart, mind, and spirit too. So, there's no way that she can possibly swim all the way up here, just to return to the sea and then go to Ganondorf."
"Yes. I do too, Link. But, I can't help but feeling that Ganondorf might be planning to do the same thing with her again, like the time of trying to take father's throne. He might have something else in mind. He may not want her to win the Prince's heart at all. On top of that, he'll be finding Hoshimi too good for whatever he'll be scheming. He'll be involving not only her, but also something else that's precious among us." His brother said again.
"Um, Vio?" Link began to ask. "Just, how do you suppose that. . ."
"I don't suppose, Link. I know. I've seen that trick plenty of times and I'm not too inexperienced about it. It could be something that Hoshimi is currently having, in which Ganondorf hasn't."
Now, this is a pickle for Link's mind. If what Vio said is likely to be true, then that leaves him to wonder. What is it that Hoshimi is possessing in which Ganondorf is after. Another thing would be this. Is granting her wish to become a Hylian girl a good deed, being done for real? Or is it another trick?
Later on, inside the little colored building, Hoshimi is trying out a little bowling game that's played by people of the Hylian culture with Shining Link. The prize for this game is a red rupee as offered by the lady who owns the establishment.
If Hoshimi scores three perfect wins out of ten tries, then she'll win the rupee. Right now, she messed up on seven tries and she's becoming a little flustered.
The lady, who owned the game building giggled. "Ha ha! Come on, you almost had it!" She can see that the princess is good at throwing the little bowling gadget.
So far, Hoshimi scored the first three, and now, getting the last one is going to be hard. The rest of the tries barely made it to the target.
As she picked up the gadget, Shining Link rooted. "Come on, Hoshimi! I know you can do this." He is watching her play along-sides with Snow.
While positioning the gadget as she held it tightly in her hand, Hoshimi breathed in gently first. Then, with one powerful thrust with her arm, she launched the gadget and it perfectly hit the target!
The bell rang out and the young lady announced. "Looks like we have a winner! Congratulations!" Then she gave Hoshimi the red rupee. "Here! It's all yours!"
Once she claimed the price, Hoshimi showed the Prince the rupee with a big smile.
"Yeah!" He cheered!
"She did it!" Cheered his fairy as well.
Yes, Hoshimi is really having a wonderful time with the Prince of Hyrule. In addition to that, it seemed that life in Hyrule is not as bad as what her father usually told her. She always knew that he, Shrakah, and Keir have mistaken for very long time.
After that, it's now the Prince's turn. He took over to a small place in the middle of the village, where there's an acoustic orchestra playing and people were dancing together. He and Hoshimi began dancing together among the other villagers who are enjoying their time as much as they are.
All the while, Snow is watching the two. She even smiled for to her opinion, the two look fit together.
For Hoshimi, even though her feet are aching a little, unlike the first day, she danced gracefully. From the way she looked at his eyes, it seems that Shining Link is starting to like her more, each and every moment.
Later on, after the two bought themselves a small lump of Hylian sweet bread from the market, they are having another ride in the carriage. Shining Link's sweet bread has pumpkin filling while Hoshimi's had vanilla cream filling. They are both enjoying their snack while enjoying their little ride.
In the river, Vio and Link are meeting up together with Blue, Zelda, and Red.
When they meet, Link asked the three. "Any luck from what you saw on your side?"
They shook their heads. Then, Blue asked back. "How about you guys? Any smooching?"
"No. Not yet from what we saw." Answered Vio.
All of the remaining Royal Children sighed. Until then, Blue huffed. "Well, we better get serious, then. We need to keep better watch on those two!"
"We should keep following them through this river." Link suggested and that's exactly what they did.
In the meantime, it's now sunset. The sunset of the second day. But at this time, things with Hoshimi are a little too exciting. Right now, after giving Snow the last bit of her sweet bread, she's now holding on to the reins of Epona in the carriage. She just had the horse riding at hasty speed. Faster than what Shining Link had done. During this fast ride, Snow is trying to hold on while sitting inside of the pocket of the Prince's tunic. Also, Shining Link doesn't know if he can hang on during this ride, for he had never seen anyone at Hoshimi's age driving a horse drawn carriage, this fast! He's actually amazed by her control with the reigns while riding at this speed.
Hoshimi, herself had never done horse driving before. But, by the looks of what she's doing, she's doing pretty good. She had done Seahorse Riding at her home.
"Woah!" The Prince exclaimed as they turned around the curve sharply. "Easy, there!"
Just then, they're about to come up to a small gorge! "Gyah! Danger!" Screamed Snow from inside the pocket.
While looking at how wide the gorge is, Shining Link mumbled, a little uneasily. "Ho. . . Hoshimi. I don't think we can get out of this problem if we continued riding down this direction!"
But, she turned to him with a look saying, "Yes we can! We can definitely make it! There's no need to slow down! Watch this!" With that, she signaled Epona to pick up speed. Once the time is right, the horse jumped over the gorge with the carriage behind her! Then they safely landed on the other side.
From there, Hoshimi had Epona pulling the carriage down the road, back to steady speed.
Then, Shining Link lifted his head after covering it with his arms during the take off over the gorge. He looked at what the princess is doing with wide eyes, along sides with Snow. He then looked over at her and saw her winking at him. Yes, they're all safe from danger. Then, he sat up with his arms behind him while enjoying the rest of the carriage ride with the brave girl who's beside him.
Moments later, it is now late afternoon turning into early evening. The second sun has just set and the cool, sweet air of night is slowly flowing in.
The carriage was parked on a patch of grass near a small lagoon that stretches towards the ocean and Epona is already grazing on the grass. She's already tired from pulling it and she is getting a bit hungry. That's why she's taken the luxury of feeding herself with the grass.
In the meantime, Shining Link is now having a tranquil boat ride with Hoshimi on a row boat that's lying at the dock in the lagoon. The two are riding peacefully upon the calm water as they sat across from each other. Snow however, is sitting on the palms of Hoshimi's hands.
While this is going on, Navi, Link, Zelda, Red, Blue, and Vio are watching the two. As usual. They're all hiding between some rocks and a small grove of reeds, while still being in water.
Red is the one who's behind the backs of Blue, Link, and Vio. He's trying to get a better view of the two together. "Guys! Guys! Part up! I can't see!" He whispered.
"Shush, Red!" Blue whispered back to him.
"But, I can't see a thing!" He whined again.
"Blue, give him some room." Said Vio, moving over a bit.
Link observed the atmosphere of the two together. "I find that hard to believe. He's taking interest in her, only bit by bit. But, I don't see why he's not kissing her."
"Yes." Said Navi. "All the while, nothing is happening, yet. Only a day away, two had gone by, and that boy is not giving up to her with a smooch."
"You're right on that, Navi. This silence is really taking out of this. We need to do something to strengthen up this situation. Something that will explain Hoshimi's feelings to him. Something that would really bring in the mood for him to give into her affection for him, that way he'll do the same."
Now, this made the little blue fairy smile slightly. "Hmm, maybe you're right, Link dear! I think I do know how to bring in the mood. This is a bit of a romantic emergency!" She flew over to one part of the lake and stopped there, hovering in the air. "I got just the thing." Then she began to sing. "~I know that I'm not the first one. You had love in your path before me. But when your lips touched my lips, it felt like I was kissing destiny, here. Angel eyes. With your angel eyes, will you always be there to hold me? Oooh . . .~"
While watching her singing this song, all the Four Princes and Princess can do is stare at her with confused eyes. "Uh. . . ." They don't had any idea what Navi is trying to do, just by singing that song. It didn't seem to bring up much of the romantic atmosphere to shape that well. Plus, they can see that Hoshimi and Shining Link aren't aware of her singing.
The Prince chuckled while rowing. "Heh, well. Someone shall find that little fairy from one of the Fairy Springs, here at least."
Hoshimi made a slightly awkward grin and she saw the fairy singing. She didn't quite agree with her idea also as she slowly shook her head.
Snow looked up from inside the boat and saw Navi. "Huh. Why does that blue fairy seem so familiar?" She asked herself.
Everyone from behind the rocks and reeds sighed as they all shook their heads too. Navi is only getting a little ahead of herself.
"Oh. . . What are we going to do from here? This won't work." Link groaned.
"You're telling me." Blue snorted. "Right now, that fairy isn't helping anything with that song!"
Then, Zelda had an idea of her own. "Well, we can use a better solution. Hoshimi will definitely have her chance once we use it."
"How will we do it, Zelda?" Red asked her.
"Well? Huddle up with me." She said to him and the rest of her brothers.
They all huddled together to listen to her plan. It's all in whispers right now.
From there, Navi stopped her singing and flew over to see what's going on between the First Princess of Hylia and the Four Princes. She even tried to get into the conversation. "Hey! Hey!" She called to them. But, they're too busy to listen.
Then, the huddle was loosened, once the whispering stopped.
Vio, seeing a glimmer into his sister's little plan, spoke in agreement. "You know? We can try it."
Red, Link, and Blue are also agreeing.
"All right. Let's do this." Zelda announced.
So, she and the brothers swam over a few meters away from the reeds and stopped at one part of the lake to keep themselves hidden under the shadow of the tree that's above them.
"Wait! Wait!" Navi said to her. "Zelda! Zelda dear! Just what are you and the brothers are going to be doing?"
She chuckled. "You'll see." Then, she took out a golden harp and positioned it with her arm.
Then, Link took out his green ocarina while the other princes are taking out their own instruments. Red has a lute, Blue has a violin, and Vio has a flute.
The siblings were already for their part of the plan.
Zelda started off by playing the first few notes and her brothers followed on, blending their own sounds together into one colorful melody for a song. Then, she began to sing. "~While taking steps upon the glittering sea, at a peaceful pace. Then I heard my name called. That is when I saw your face. I find it new when we know each others secret just by seeing through the eyes. I'm sure that if keep our smiles up, our love will surely rise. Moonlight. . . Starlight. . . There is nothing I am grateful for. Right now, I hope you and I will be one, since we're more. All I want the most is your hands entwined with mine. Even a kiss will make our love benign.~"
While the music is going on in the lake, the moon and the stars had appeared in the sky, making the entire area bright with its light.
As he watched the twinkling and sparkling sky with Hoshimi, Shining Link turned over to her. "You really enjoy the sky like this. Do you, Hoshimi?"
She nodded her head again for her answer. Yes, it's true. She really enjoyed the stars, ever since she was little. Because of her father's band for ever visiting the surface, she never seen them above the water. She could only look at them from below. Well, now that she's in Hyrule, she can see them perfectly. She had never seen anything so beautiful.
Hoshimi is about to lay her hand on the edge of the row boat and she felt Shining Link's hand. She just touched his hand with hers! She blinked and saw it there. A blush painted over her cheeks and she can see that the prince is also blushing the same way.
Snow giggled for a moment when that situation happened.
After a few seconds of awkward silence, the two quickly pulled their hands away and tried to hide their blushes.
Hoshimi began to shake nervously a bit and she can feel her heart pounding faster than normal.
"It's not your fault. There's no need to shake like that. We didn't know that our hands are in one spot. That's all. Heh. . ." He said to her.
It made her stop her shaking and look up to him. She stared at him for a bit before slowly smiling.
Shining Link looked up to the stars and spoke to her. "When Father told me the story of how he first met Mother, when they're about our age, he would often say to me that she really resembled the 'Spirit of the Stars' when they laid eyes on each other. Right now, I'm at the time when I should be looking for a bride too. I've seen a few girls around the Kingdom of Hyrule, but not one of them is close to what I'm looking for."
Hoshimi tilted her head, in a way of asking him if it's hard for him.
He nodded before he continued his story. "Yes, it is hard work. Especially when Sheik has to remind me every time."
"But, it's still important you know." Said Snow. "Your father just wants you to be. . ."
"Yes, Snow. Settled in with the right girl. I know." He mumbled. Irritated a bit, actually. Even his fairy says the same thing.
Hoshimi shrugged her shoulders.
The Prince continued again. "I even visited another princess from a distant kingdom. However, she seems to be focusing on herself than with me. I couldn't bear to endure her. So, she's not my type either. Then I began to sail back here to Hyrule, not too long ago. On that night, the ship I was on ran into a strong storm and I was cast into the sea when it went down after rescuing a sailor's child. When the storm died down, I was washed ashore upon the beach of my homeland and I was unconscious. But, when I woke up, I happen to see a small glimpse of a girl with aquamarine eyes. Then I blinked out for a bit and when I have both of my eyes opened, the girl disappeared."
While listening to his story, Hoshimi can see that Shining Link does have a small clue about the girl who saved him from drowning. But she can also tell that he's still unsure of who she is and he isn't aware that the one who rescued him and have the aquamarine eyes is actually her. She wanted to mouth words to him to tell him that she's his rescuer. But then again, even with that, he may not understand her. If she were to write it down, he may not believe her.
The Royal Children, who are still doing their music, were also aware of what the Prince is saying to their sister.
"I never know her name or how I'll find her, now. I probably will never see her again." He said. "However, if I can't find her, then I'll possibly marry you, Hoshimi."
When she heard those words, she brought her head up to see him and smiled again. She would be grateful to him for saying that, once they're together.
Shining Link turned back to the stars and spoke once more. "You know, I kind of doubt this. But, Father once told me, that if I'm lucky enough, once I find a girl who resembles the 'Spirit of the Stars', she'll probably. . ." He looked back at Hoshimi and began to stare, slowly finishing what he's saying to her. "Have his. . . Blessing. . . ." He then gasped softly. What he's seeing is something new about Hoshimi.
He is now seeing her starlit hair and aquamarine eyes glowing and glittering brightly. Just like the stars in the sky. It's the starlight that made her shimmer brilliantly like this! His mind exclaimed. "Wow! Her hair. . . Her eyes. . . They're all like the stars now. Just look at the twinkling glitter in that aquamarine color. . . . Wait! Aquamarine? Her eyes are really like the ones that girl had when she rescued me. Does this mean. . . ? What? No. She can't be her. She doesn't have the voice, remember?"
Snow looked up at Hoshimi and exclaimed too. "Wow! Amazingly shiny! I never knew you look so pretty, right now, Hoshimi!"
The Princess smiled at them. Through that smile, she's telling him that it's a little thing that only happens when the full moon is in the sky.
"I do know what you mean." Shining Link said to her, taking both of her hands.
She blinked a bit but continued smiling.
"It's just like the meaning in your name. Hoshimi. It's starlight beauty, right?"
She nodded.
"Wow. . . That sounds beautiful. I truly adore your name and your appearance. . . Hoshimi . . ."
Once he said that, her eyes glittered with even more sparkles than before. She really enjoyed what he said to her.
Zelda and the Princes were delighted by that moment and she continued her song. "~Dearest one, I know it's true. Our love is still strong, even in the dark of nights. To bring light to our day, we don't need just candle light. . . . Just let our love bloom!~"
"Oh! It's working! It's working!" Navi can see that Hoshimi and Shining Link are holding each others hands and are looking deeply into each others eyes. "Keep it up! I can see that the two are getting closer together!"
Then, they continued, with Zelda singing. "~Moonlight. . . Starlight. . . There is nothing I am grateful for. Right now, I hope you and I will be one, since we're more.~"
Now, it looks like Hoshimi and Shining Link are moving in closer and closer to each other!
"It's going to get close!" Link's mind exclaimed while playing his ocarina.
"~You are always my enriching heaven when you're close to me. So promise me that you'll never leave me alone. . . .~"
By the end of Zelda's song, the Princess of Hylia and the Prince of Hyrule are about to share a momentous kiss when suddenly, splash! Hoshimi, Shining Link, and Snow are tossed overboard when their rowboat was being turned over!
Navi, Zelda, Link, Blue, Red, and Vio couldn't believe what they saw and groaned disgracefully. Things were going perfectly, according to plan, until this happened! Their sister was so close! A wonderful moment is about to happen along with the music and now, it's ruined!
"No. . . ." Zelda said with a moan.
"We were. . . just there. . !" Navi exclaimed.
Link face-palmed himself while Vio let out a sigh of defeat. Red looked like he is beginning to cry again and Blue groaned again, slapping the water. "Oh. . . . Barnacles!"
Hoshimi and Shining Link quickly got themselves to shore and Snow flew out of the water. Both: the Princess and the Prince are soaked when they set foot on to the marshy grass.
"Gosh! What just happened?" Shining Link asked while squeezing the water out of his hat.
"Heh, some big fish must have stuffed us in a barrel." Snow suspected.
As Hoshimi is squeezing the water out of the skirt of her dress, the Prince said to her. "Well, since we're soaking wet, I think we should be getting home."
She nodded before jumping on to the carriage with him and Snow quickly flew inside his pocket. From her perspective, it is getting late and hopefully, there should still be some time left on the third day to get her first kiss. That way, the potion will remain permanently in her forever.
When carriage drove off, Link Zelda, and the others quickly dive back into the water to head back to their hideout while Navi start to fly off to Hyrule Castle ahead of the carriage.
Meanwhile, after the lake is quiet again, the wind began to blow strongly and in the sky, a few dark blue clouds began to shroud the shimmering sky.
Behind the over turned row boat are two leopard sharks from the Great Ocean. They were at the water's surface for a bit then, they dive back into the water. While swimming to the dark abyss, the home of Ganondorf, they began to grin to each other. They are the ones who pushed the boat over just when Hoshimi and Shining Link are about to share their first kiss! In fact, doing that is promptly their job!
Once they made it back to the domain of the Sea Wizard, they met Shadow Link, who's sitting on a rock, waiting for them and wiggling his fins slowly while he's at it. Both of them made low growling noises for their answers to him.
When they did, Shadow smiled at them. "Ah, so you did do what I told you, eh? You two rascals really pushed them over, didn't you? Good job, boys!" He even pet them. "And now for something in return. So, don't move. . ." He swam back to the dark castle and on his way back, he brought a pail with some fish that have already been caught and cut and he tossed them to the two sharks.
Just as their seafood is served to them, the two sharks are beginning to fight over the best parts of it.
Back in the main room, where Ganondorf is playing another song on his pipe organ, Shadow Link is swimming around and about in one part of the room and he isn't very happy. "Boy! That was a close one. Well, too close, that is!" Right now, it seems that he is running thin on his patience to get Hoshimi for his own desires. "That little runt of a sea bream, Hoshimi! Without a doubt, she does have her eyes on that pretty boy! I can't believe that he's got a head start with her! She probably likes him just because he and she are like two crossing stars!"
"Patience, Shadow." The wizard told him while playing his dark song, still. "You're still going to have Hoshimi. There's only one day left, and the act you performed is just a fine way of keeping that kiss from happening. Soon enough, as long as we keep the princess away from the little prince, we'll be close to victory."
But, Shadow groaned. "The sooner, the better! Hoshimi is clever than what I can expect from her. My lord, how long do we have to wait on this? I can't stand this any longer! Still! At any moment, by the third sunset's glow, she'll be kissing that spineless pretty boy for sure! But, I won't allow it! Only I can have her! If he and she were to wed, why, I'll. . . I'll. . . I'll. . ."
Before he can say anything more brash, a discordant note from the organ's keyboard was heard and Ganondorf called out strongly and strictly. "SHADOW LINK!"
Now, that shout made the darkened Link 'eeped' a bit and got him to listen.
Ganondorf calmly spoke to him while getting up from his stool. "Now, I know you're upset. But the right time will come upon the both of us. The love between the two are growing slowly, but it has a long way to bloom, still. There's still some time left to keep her far away from him. If we let the two get together, then our plan will be ruined and the object of great value will be out of our reach."
When he mentioned this, Shadow Link thought to himself. "An object of great value? What will it be?"
Then Ganondorf announced. "You are right, the Prince is showing some affection for our precious princess. Little Hoshimi may be longing for Shining Link deeply, but I know just the thing to keep the two apart."
Shadow Link is now questioned about what his master is saying. "How? How are we going to that?"
"Must you question your master after I specifically told you not to?" He asked the boy, glaring at him sharply.
"Ah!" Shadow immediately bowed his head. "Forgive me, my lord. A thousand apologies."
"You are forgiven, for now." He replied, crossing his arms. "But remember. If you do one more maneuver that resembles disturbance to my plannings, I will disown you, permanently! If that's what you want!"
When he heard this, Shadow gasped a bit, quickly swam over and wrapped his arms around his master's leg, desperately crying out. "No! I don't want that!"
"That's better. Now you know the consequences, don't let that happen again, if you want to remain here." He said, smirking as he rubbed his head with his hand.
After he done that, the wizard walked over to his cabinet and grabbed a few more ingredients from there. Then he went over to his cauldron and dropped the ingredients into it. He is now working on what he's going to do next and Shadow Link watched.
Once Ganondorf is done with the ingredients, his smirk grown wider as he got his magic working together with what he just put into the cauldron. "I will never allow Thor's daughter to win that prince's heart! Both: Hyrule and Hylia will definitely be mine to rule! Once he's at my feet, begging for his dear life, I'll be invincibly unstoppable! Power will be mine! All the power in this world will be mine!" Again, as he worked his way through his dark magic, he laughed diabolically again. But now, it's far more than that! It's maniacal! Yes, Ganondorf wouldn't let Hoshimi fulfill her love wish so easily!
Red: Oh my! I wonder what Ganon will be up to right now?
M.S.K: Well there's something I might have him doing. But, you all will soon find out.
Blue: What maneuver will it be?
M.S.K: Are you begging for spilled spoilers, Blue?
Blue: Uh. . . .
M.S.K: Well, minna-san. Stay tuned for what will be next for Hoshimi to face on her stay at Hyrule. Until then, wish me luck and don't forget to leave a review or a comment if you want to! Jya na!
Blue: So. . . . What are spilled spoilers?
M.S.K: -_- . . . . .