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Chapter 6: Staying With the Enemy

Tyler continued to yell and throw a tantrum. (Gee, how mature!) Rose calmly reached into her basket for a moment. "Why? Hylians are nothing but a piece of—" She put a piece of bread in Tyler's mouth.

Marie laughed. "Haha, Tyler!"

"I like the way you think!" I smiled.

Rose looked at me. "What's your name?"

"Midna. So you're Rose, huh? Pretty name."

"Thank you." Rose looked towards her brother, who was surely ready to cuss her out, except for the fact that he still had bread in his mouth. She let out a little chuckle and looked at me again. "Well, Midna. I know one thing for sure…Tyler just needs to shut the heck up!"

"Most men need to shut up!" She and I laughed together.

"Okay! Quit shoving bread into my—" Tyler yelled as Rose shoved another piece into his mouth. He swallowed the bread. "I'm leaving." He walked off.

"I can keep this up all day!" She giggled.

"That's my cousin!" Marie cheered, skipping around in circles...? I looked at Rose with surprise…did Link know this girl? No way; she's too charming.

"Alright." Rose said; her smile fading. "What's wrong with your friend?"

"His legs were crushed by a boulder." I replied. "That's why he's unconscious."

"Well…I can help him…but it depends on how severe his injuries are as to how much he'll recover and how long it'll take." Rose told me. She looked down towards the ground. "If it's too severe, he may never even walk again."

"You seem to know quite a bit about injuries." I said. "How?"

She looked back at me. "I used to help physical therapists as my original job." She replied. "I'd help people recover from various injuries, many just like his."

"Oh." I said. "Impressive." She smiled. I remember it as a very beautiful and genuine smile.

"Can I see him?" She asked me.

"Yeah." I answered.

She walked over and took out a first aid kit out of her knapsack.

"Why do you carry that around?" I asked her.

"To give aid to kids." Rose said.

"What do you mean?" I pondered.

"My current job is being a schoolteacher." She said. "As I'm sure you know, kids play outside a lot, and they get hurt a lot…so I always have this with me on days that I work."

"Oh." I commented.

She looked inside of the first aid kit and took out some medicine. It was like a cream or something.

"What's that?" I questioned her.

"It's a cream that reduces swelling." She started to rub the cream into Link's legs. "There isn't much else I can do here." She looked at him and then looked at me. "I'd like to get some assistance in getting him to our residence, if that's alright with you."

"Yeah." I reacted.

"Are you being a doctor again, cousin?" Marie said with curiosity.

"Yes, Marie…I am." She smiled. She looked at Link, then at me. "He looks…oddly familiar…" She said with wonder. "Except…the person I'm thinking about dressed in green and had a matching hat." She must have not heard her brother's comment to Marie about Link.

"Was his name Link?" I asked her.

"Yeah! It was!" Rose said, her eyes widened and batted twice in surprise. "How did you know?"

"That's his name." I said.

"Oh. I never thought I'd see him again…we knew each other as kids…" She paused and smiled a small smile, like one you'd use when thinking of a pleasant memory. "Anyway…I just don't know how the three of us are going to take him…I'm sure he'll be kind of heavy." She said.

"Yeah…" I said. "Don't worry about that! Watch this!" I lifted him up using my powers.

"Oh, wow…" She said with awe. "…That works!" She then looked a little concerned. "You might draw unwanted attention, though."

"Yeah." I consented with her and lowered Link to the ground.

"Cool!" Marie said happily. "Do it again!" She jumped up and down.

Rose patted her on the head. "You're silly." She looked up at Rose and smirked.

"Okay…I'll help…" Tyler said, coming over with a horse and carriage. "Don't make me regret it, though!"

"Never! Sweet brother of mine!" Rose said with wit.

"Oh, shut up!" Tyler said with infuriation.

"Ah, the beauty of sarcasm!" She and I laughed again as we put Link in the carriage and then boarded it. We headed on our way to the next port, which would take us to the biggest Island of Nikitre, Ravaeende, (Rah-vine-deh) which is where the royal family's residence is. Yes! Success! It was easier than I thought it would have been to investigate the royal family of Nikitre!

After about a 30 minute boat ride we were on Ravaeende. It was a HUGE island! There was a small town there called Poclenicho. (Poh-cleh-nee-choh) We were all on the pier, except for Link, of course, and Tyler, who was by the carriage with him waiting for us.

"Rose…I'm just wondering…why does Nikitre have such weird names for the islands and towns?" I asked her.

"It's because the original inhabitants of Nikitre were Rulerubarus (Roo-leh-roo-bah-roos)." She said.

"Ruler yada whata?" I said with confusion.

Marie laughed and replied hastily, "Rulerubaru!"

"Huh?" I said. I was still confused!

"The Rulerubarus. They spoke their own native tongue and named the islands and towns around here. All Nikitrians, including me and my family, are part Rulerubaru…but we don't speak that native tongue anymore." Rose answered.

"Do you know any of the language besides the names of the islands and towns?" I questioned her.

She shook her head. "It was long before I was born that Nikitrians stopped using it as their main language. We kept the names of the cities and towns because we were so used to those names that it would be silly to change them."

"Yeah…I suppose that would be silly to change them."

"Come on, you three!" Tyler moaned with impatience. "I haven't got all day!"

"Can't you let us ladies talk, brother?" Rose asked. "We were just talking about Sir Phillip!"

Marie and I just stared at her. "I don't remem—" She covered my mouth.

"Play along…it'll be hilarious!" She whispered with delight.

"Okay." I said. "Yes…what a FINE MAN Sir Phillip is!" I laughed. I then whispered to Rose. "And man that sounded fake!"

"SHUT UP, SISTER!" Tyler yelled. "YOU KNOW I HATE HIM! HE GETS EVERYTHING!"

"He does not!" Rose argued, laughing. Marie and I laughed too. "You're richer than him!"

"HE GETS ALL THE WOMEN!" He screamed. "DON'T EVER MENTION HIS NAME AGAIN! EVER!"

"If you didn't act so immature then maybe you'd have luck with the ladies, Tyler!" Rose cackled. He just grunted. That was the end of that!

I snickered and Marie decided to join in the fun. "It's funny when we get Tyler mad!"

"Let's just get going!" He sighed loudly in chagrin. He then pointed to Link. "We've got to get him to someplace where he'll actually feel comfortable."

"Don't rush us." Rose said. "He's fine. He's resting on a mat."

"Don't worry, Rose…" I said. "I get it…to him, women can't have fun!"

"Yeah, Midna…you're right!" Rose laughed. "It infuriates him!"

"Knock it off, you two!" Tyler groaned. We were having a GREAT TIME! When we were done talking, we boarded the carriage. I was hungry, so I grabbed a piece of bread out of Rose's basket.

"Just out of curiosity…will we be going to the royal residence? Or is it not allowed for us common-folk?" I asked Rose. I took my first bite of bread. "This is good!" I swallowed.

"Thanks! Anyway, it's allowed." Rose replied. "The King and Queen are on vacation to England for at least eight weeks. They just left yesterday."

"How do you know all of that?" I asked her, taking another bite.

"I'd better know…" She said to me. "…I'm their daughter after all." My mouth dropped, and so did my bite of bread. I was embarrassed.

"GROSS! That was completely preventable you know, sis." Tyler said. "Maybe you shouldn't have told her."

She just ignored him. "As princess of Nikitre, I allow you and your friend Link to stay at our residence." She said happily.

"Thank you, princess." I said to her.

"You're welcome. You don't have to call me princess. You can just call me Rose like you have been, if you'd like." Rose said.

"Oh, brother!" Tyler grumbled.

"House guests! Yay!" Marie shouted.

We arrived at the Nikitrian Royal Residence, but we had to stay on the street…we couldn't head into the gates of the property yet. Rose began to speak. "If we head in now, we'll be spotted by the guards. My father has demanded that no Hylian be allowed on the property...or in the country for that matter. If I have Marie tell the guards that my brother and I are at a friend's house, they'll just go about their usual duties until 11:00 pm…"

"Why 11?" I questioned her.

"Because that's the end of their shift…they go to bed and rest until four a.m." Rose said. "That'll leave us plenty of time to sneak in."

"Oh." I said.

"Go tell the guards and maids that Tyler is at John's house and that I'm at Isabella's…okay?" Rose asked Marie.

"Kay!" Marie said with joy. She ran in the direction of the gates and headed in.

"I just thought about something…what about the next day?" I asked Rose.

"That's when I'll give them the news." She said. "If I can explain the situation to them before they see you and Link, then you'll have a better chance of staying because they'd be more willing to compromise. If they saw you before I had the time to explain, they'd kick you out. No questions asked."

"Harsh." I said. She nodded in agreement. Rose, Tyler, and I (with Link) waited until 11:00 p.m.

"Maybe we should give them an hour to fall into a deep sleep." Rose suggested.

"Alright." I said. We waited until midnight.

"The maids and guards should all be asleep at this time. This way we can avoid any problems until morning." Rose said.