A/N: Planning a wedding sucks. I never want to get married. Hence the long delay on this chapter. XD

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Eight

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It was the day of her wedding.

Zelda could not stop thinking about Link's words. It was so refreshing and amazing to finally know the truth, that she nearly forgot that she was getting married. However, there would be plenty of people to remind her—starting with her father. Gaepora came into her room and gave her a sympathetic look. He was already wearing the traditional clothing that the father of the bride was supposed to. It was a silky, light blue tunic with long white pants. The emblem of the goddess was sewn onto his right shoulder—normally the mother of the bride would sew this on but unfortunately she was not around. A look of regret appeared on his face; one day he would tell his daughter of his wrongdoings, but he was too afraid. Depending on Link was the only hope Gaepora had left.

Zelda's wedding would be on the Surface – right in front of the Statue of the Goddess. All weddings took place there before the Isle of the Goddess broke away from Skyloft, so to uphold the tradition they would just have to travel a little. Her nerves started to set in as the time winded down. She had three hours to get ready. Honestly, Zelda could not imagine a life with Groose. He was overbearing, lazy and cocky. Zelda was strong, independent but dreamy all at the same time—two personalities that were sure to clash at every waking moment. Link, on the other hand, was calm, reserved and hilarious. His idea of fixing problems were avoiding them, but Zelda knew that she could eventually get him to do things. Link had potential. They had been best friends forever and Zelda believed that you had to be best friends with the person you marry anyway. Zelda hated Skyloft traditions and if she had the power to change them, she would in a heartbeat.

She didn't hear from Link at all yesterday and it was starting to make her worry. Zelda picked up her brush and started running it through her long, golden hair. Suddenly, she heard her father at the door. "Zelda, your friends are here."

"My friends...?" Hoping Link was one of them, she opened the door but only to see Karane and Pipit standing there with huge grins on their faces.

"I'm going to start heading down to the surface." Gaepora told her, "but first," he went into the other room and brought back a long, white dress, "this was your mother's wedding dress."

Karane and Pipit exchanged mischievous glances.

"Please take good care of it." Gaepora gave it to her and left. As soon as they were sure he was gone, Karane pushed Zelda into her chair and Pipit locked the door. She gave them an astounded look, but they didn't waste any time.

"So... we came up with a plan to stop the wedding. You don't even have to wear this."

"What?" Zelda asked, confused.

"Link should be here any moment." Pipit added, looking out the window.

"What's going on?"

"We'll tell you when Link gets here. He doesn't know either—but trust me, it's going to be good." Karane assured her. "Oh, look! There he is now!"

o.o.o

"No, no, no and HELL NO!" Link protested. Pipit opened his mouth to speak once more, but was interrupted by Karane.

"Come on, Link! It's the perfect plan!" Karane pestered.

"No." Link tried to leave Zelda's room, but Zelda grabbed his arm. Gulping, they both blushed and separated from each other.

"You'll be covered by a veil! We just need a little distraction first and this is the only way to do it!" Karane argued.

"One," Link began, "I am taller than her."Link compared his height to Zelda with his hands, swooping it right over her head. Zelda felt the need to duck for some reason.

"Everyone would assume she's wearing heels." Karane reasoned back. Zelda and Pipit nodded in agreement, but Link wasn't giving up.

"Two, I don't have boobs!"

...Awkward.

Flashes of what happened the day before plagued their minds.

"Uhm, it's called stuffing. Even Karane does it." Pipit answered, only to be hit by his embarrassed girlfriend. Ignoring that, Link continued, trying his hardest to ignore the mental images in his head.

"THREE, I will NEVER wear a dress, make up or anything of the sort! Especially not her mother's dress! There HAS to be another way!"

"All you have to do is take Zelda's place for a few minutes." Karane said. "Besides, we're running out of time! Really, Link... you should have come up with a plan YESTERDAY instead of sleeping all day!"

"So that's why I didn't see or hear from you?" Zelda popped him in the head. "Do you know how worried I was... and still am?!"

"I'm sorry, okay? And then what? I'll just look like an idiot! I'm not Ghirahim, I do not cross-dress!"Link protested.

After the wedding, Zelda would immediately have to move into Groose's house (with his mother). It definitely was not the ideal situation, but all Link knew was he had to stop it. He still had no idea what her father did to get her in such a mess, but regardless, he knew what he wanted.

But that didn't mean he had to go to ridiculous lengths to accomplish his goal.

Unfortunately for him, though, Pipit and Karane would beg and plea until the cows grew wings and replaced their precious bird companions... and with Zelda in the mix, he had no choice but to go along with their antics. Link knew he should have planned this yesterday when he actually had time, but his bed was just so comfortable. Besides, truthfully, this was stressful to him. In a matter of two weeks, he learned that Zelda was getting married, got drunk, kissed her in the mating tent, she told him she loved him and then finally he told her he felt the same. The wedding just to happened to be today, the day after he decided to take a much needed break. He truly thought that it wasn't his fault. However, Link was pretty skilled when it came to improvising, so he felt confident enough that he would be able to keep his promise.

...even if it meant he had to take her place in the wedding.

"Fine, fine! But it's only because... I don't want you to marry that freak..." Link sat in Zelda's desk chair as the girls giggled and immediately began messing with his hair. Zelda pulled out all of her makeup. Pipit wasn't exactly sure what he could do to help in this situation, so he just stood by and handed the girls anything that looked remotely similar to the item they were asking for. "Ow, quit tugging on my hair!" Link groaned as Karane used a headband to put his hair back.

"I just so happen to have a wig that looks like Zelda's hairstyle. Pipit, hand it to me!" Karane ordered. Link nearly choked on the long strands in front of his face until Karane situated it perfectly on his head. Zelda gasped in excitement.

"Oh my gosh, he looks so much like me!" Zelda laughed. Link's mouth gaped open in shock as he stared at himself in the mirror.

"We should wait until we get down to the Surface before doing anything else." Karane said, "the wind will just mess up his beautiful looks."

"...we're really doing this...?" Link complained even more, but was ignored.

"Let's meet on the side of the Sealed Temple... where no one can see us." Zelda suggested as she grabbed her harp. "We have to play this at the ceremony."

"Zelda, what are you going to do?" Link asked.

"I think I'll be you! So give me your clothes after you change."

"W-What?!"

"Hey, it's okay for me. Girls can wear guy's clothes. It's a little more acceptable. You look so pretty!" Zelda pinched his cheek.

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Link could not believe that he was actually doing this right now. Pipit, Karane, Zelda and now Impa stood outside of the room as Link struggled to put on the white dress without ripping it. He felt kind of bad wearing Zelda's mother's wedding dress, but it was for a good cause, wasn't it?

"Come out, let us see you!" Zelda called to him, jumping up and down in excitement.

"Never!" Link yelled as he tried to zip up the back of the dress, but nearly fell over in the process. Defeated, he finally gave up and stepped out from behind the curtain in shame. Pipit let out a huge laugh as Link mentally cursed him. Link could barely breathe when Pipit zipped him up; even though he was pretty fit, he didn't have the curves that Zelda did. He had no idea how he was going to pull this off.

"Suck that belly in!" Zelda teased as she hit him right in the stomach. "Have you been eating a lot again?"

"No, I just haven't been... oh, nevermind..." Link became quiet, defeated. Nothing he said right now would be taken seriously.

"You didn't put on the bra?" Karane asked, examining him. Embarrassed, Link shook his head. Karane pushed him back behind the curtain and forced him to put the bra on. "Pipit, give us your socks."

"Why do we have to use MY socks?!" Pipit whined as he pulled them off.

"Why do they have to be SOCKS in general?!" Link nearly gagged when he smelled them. Karane stuffed a sock into each side of the bra.

"Fix it and make it look real. The pointy boob era is over." Karane left him alone behind the curtain. The wig was itchy. The dress just barely fit. He looked absolutely ridiculous. Nobody would fall for this. Nobody.

"Guys, I really don't think this is-" Link stopped when he came out from behind the curtain and saw Zelda wearing his clothes.

This was officially the weirdest day of his life.

He and Zelda had literally switched places.

And of course, she looked WAY better than he did. Gender bending was acceptable, like she said, just not for him.

"Alright, Pipit go and finish up the rest of our plan. I... guess Zelda can help you... as long as she doesn't talk much. Impa and I will work on Link's makeup."

"Do we really have to go that far...? You said I'll be covered anyway!" Link was never listened to. "Besides, you never told me what we're going to do at the actual ceremony!"

"All you have to do is walk down the isle. Now hush!"

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Groose was across the hall with Ghirahim, fixing his black tie in front of the mirror. Cawlin and Strich were guarding the door.

"You look FABULOUS!" Ghirahim clasped his hands together in excitement. Groose examined himself in the mirror; he did look pretty sharp. He never expected to be here; his uncle pulled some strings for him and now he was marrying the girl of his dreams. Link couldn't win this time. "There's only twenty minutes left until the ceremony starts." Ghirahim told him. Groose's nerves were getting to him.

"Zelda will be my wife!"

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The guests gathered in the chairs in front of the statue. There were beautiful flower decorations all over. A table with tons of food and an enormous seven foot white cake was off to the side. Professor Owlan and Gaepora sat on opposite sides. Gaepora had been trying to figure out a way to stop this on his own; he felt bad for using Link to cover up his own mistakes. 'Maybe I should just say something before its too late...'

Professor Horwell was conducting the ceremony. He prepared everything up at the alter. Groose made his entrance; of course his arrival wasn't too important. He took his place to the right of Horwell. Owlan smirked at him, then over at Gaepora. The tension was high.

'I never should have let it get out of control...'

'Zelda will hate me, but at least she won't have to marry that dud...' Gaepora was grossed out at how 'proper' Groose looked, but he couldn't help but feel sorry for the guy. He knew Groose really liked his daughter, but none of this should have ever happened.

He had to make things right.

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"Hey Zelda!" Karane joked.

"I'm not Zelda! Gah!" Link huffed.

"Alright, Link! We're going to go and sit down! Remember, when the door opens, just take it one step at a time. Don't lift your head up or say anything you'll be fine!" Karane said to him.

"Thank you for not making me wear heels." Link mustered out.

"Seriously? If you wore heels-"

"We get it." Link interrupted.

"You'll do great!" Zelda said and kissed his powdered cheek.

'She needs to wear my clothes more often. That's hot.' Link thought to himself, but quickly shook it away. Karane, Pipit and Zelda left him there, right in front of the doors.

"Well... here goes nothing..."

This was really unnecessary. He could have just ruined the wedding by flying in on his Loftwing, kidnapped Zelda and they could have flown off together.

Why did Karane and Pipit have to do things the complicated way?!

And if anyone found out... Link would be teased about it for the rest of his life.

'I really should not have slept in yesterday...'

He heard bells when the doors opened and light shone in his face. Impa pushed him forward and wished him good luck. Link had no idea what to expect at this moment, but it was really hard to build the courage to go through with this. He shut his eyes tightly and tried to convince himself. 'It's all for Zelda...'

Horwell began reading some traditional wedding scripture. The guests all stood up and faced Link in the wedding dress. Link didn't look up. 'If I'm caught, I'm abandoning Skyloft and going to live with the Kikwis.' He could find a way to blend in. Nobody seemed to notice that it wasn't Zelda underneath that veil, so so far everything was going alright. When Link reached the chairs, he tried his best not to stop walking. 'Don't worry, it's almost time!' he heard Karane whisper. He glanced over and saw Karane and Zelda waving at him. Link stopped at the steps.

"You may proceed." Horwell told him.

'I don't want to stand in front of him... he'll know...' Link hesitated.

"Where's Orielle with the-" Zelda whispered to Karane, but was interrupted by an outburst by Owlan.

"Stop!"

Everyone turned their attention to Owlan, who was now walking towards Link. By instinct, he did a backflip away from the professor, causing his veil to fall off right in front of Gaepora. Zelda gasped and rushed over to help him put it back on. After Link was covered once more, Owlan proceeded.

"This wedding is not going to happen." Owlan began laughing hysterically. "I just wanted to see if Gaepora would actually go through with it."

"Daddy, what's he talking about?!" Zelda had forgotten that she was supposed to be Link. Everyone stared at them. "...uh, I mean..." she nudged Link's side sharply, causing him to grunt.

"Is this how you..." Gaepora shook his head, "Whatever. Zelda, I have something to tell you..." he decided to play along. He helped Link to his feet. It was hard to keep a straight face. "A few years ago... I did something that I deeply regret."

"Let me tell you!" Owlan pushed past them. "Haha! Gaepora stole money from everyone! That's right, I caught him red handed! Money that was supposed to pay for the student's tuition to the Academy, yeah, this man right here took it and used it for his own personal pursuits!"

"I'm not proud of it! I was really desperate and I know there's no excuse now." Gaepora yelled. Zelda, Link and everyone else was shocked. Karane was supposed to have set the plan in motion by now, but this was so unexpected. Even Pipit, who was hiding in the cake (somehow) popped his head out.

"Y-You... did what?" Zelda couldn't believe it. Even Link was speechless. He didn't expect it to be this bad, especially for a man he always looked up to.

"Therefore, I have decided to step down as Headmaster." Gaepora declared. "I don't know how to make it up to all of you in any other way. I don't deserve to be in that position. Zelda," he faced his daughter, knowing that the disguise was up, (and a little disturbed), "I've always tried to do what's best for you. But this... this isn't right. You shouldn't have to suffer because of me. What kind of father would I be if I let you marry that idiot?"

"HEY!" Groose yelled, but was ignored.

"Can you believe it? He actually thought he could cover it up with this wedding, but I would have exposed him anyway." Owlan said. However, before he was about to speak again, they heard someone yelling from a distance.

"QUICK, GET OUT OF THERE!" It was Orielle and she was running in the direction of the alter in a panic.

All of a sudden, about fifteen angry Remlits raided the area. Guests screamed and tried to get away by calling their Loftwings. Professor Horwell also fled, leaving Groose in a very vulnerable position. A Remlit was coming straight for him. In a flash, Link countered the aggravated animal and knocked Groose over. He quickly got away from him and took Zelda's hand in his.

Normally, Remlits were only aggressive when they hadn't slept and they could be trained only to attack certain people. Karane and Pipit thought that Orielle had it under control, but they were going after everyone.

"Karane, what the hell!" Link yelled out. "Zelda, your harp! If you play it, they'll calm down!"

"Oh, right!"

Luckily for them, the Remlits had chased everyone away. Pipit was still hiding in the cake; so far nobody had noticed him. Zelda began playing a beautiful, soothing melody on the harp. The Remlit's ears perked up and they stopped what they were doing. After a few moments, they were all asleep.

"So sorry, guys. I thought this would work." Karane apologized. Only Zelda, Link, Gaepora, Karane and Pipit were left. Owlan disappeared somewhere and everyone else had gone back to Skyloft. The wig had fallen off of Link's head somewhere in the middle of the commotion. "Pipit, you can come out now."

Pipit jumped straight out of the cake, "TADA!" he said sarcastically, "so much for a grand entrance..." he walked over to the rest of the group, a bit disappointed.

"Now you kind of look like Ghirahim. Your mascara has gotten underneath your eyes." Karane said bluntly, but before Link could scold her for this completely ridiculous and unnecessary way to crash the wedding, Zelda grabbed his arm and pulled him up to the alter.

"Link, how much do you love me?"

"What? A... a lot?"

"Enough to marry me right now?"

"EH?!" Link's eyes widened in shock. "Zelda, I would love to but... I don't want to wear this!"

Zelda rolled her eyes and whined. "Link... come on... we're already here and weddings are too complicated... let's just do it now! We can take the formal pictures later. My dad can marry us!" Zelda gave her father puppy eyes, "Please, daddy?"

"Aren't you mad at me?" Gaepora asked, a bit stunned.

"Yes, but this is our only chance!"

"No it's-" Link was hit in the arm. Zelda just smiled. 'This is really messed up...' Link thought to himself. He couldn't wait to get this dress off. Gaepora stood behind the alter. The book that Horwell was reading was on the ground. Karane and Pipit, along with the sleeping Remlits were their witnesses.

This was really happening.

"Link, just think, this just proves that I love and accept you for who you are. Sweetie, if you want to wear my clothes, all you have to do is ask. I won't judge you." Zelda giggled.

"Hush! Can we just... get this over with...?"

"So you WILL marry me?!" Zelda wrapped her arms around the very embarrassed knight.

"Alright, alright... calm down... uh..." Gaepora scanned the book silently for a few minutes, but then closed it, "Oh, just kiss already."

And they did.

"By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. Link, please go and change."

"THANK YOU!" Link sped off.

"Zelda, aren't you going to go too so you can give his clothes back?" Karane asked. Zelda hugged herself happily and shook her head.

"I like wearing this. It's so comfortable!"

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Link was finally able to wear his own clothes again and get rid of all the makeup and any evidence that he had ever cross-dressed. He may have had to do a bunch of "manly" things for a few days, but regardless, things were finally returning back to normal. Pipit decided to help him build a house for him and Zelda to live in in the middle of the Faron Woods and then build a house next door for himself and Karane. The Kikwi's were helping too. Link still couldn't believe that he was actually married, but for the most part, it didn't feel too different.

Gaepora stepped down from his position and made Professor Horwell the Headmaster. It turned out that Professor Owlan had some skeletons of his own, (thanks to Pipit's random discovery of his hentai collection) and now he was the blackmailed one. Zelda didn't forgive her father completely, but she was too distracted with the fact that she was now officially able to be with her best friend. She didn't mind the Kikwi's company either.

Groose cried for days, but Zelda and Link didn't stick around. However, they did feel a little sorry for him. Ghirahim swore he would put some sort of curse on them, but he was ignored too.

Everything had fallen into place.

Life was perfect.

...well, almost.

"So... about that mating tent?" one of the Kikwi's asked her. Zelda blushed furiously. "W-We... will go there when we're ready!" Link wrapped his arm around her and gave her a mischievous look.

"What's the matter, honey? Don't you want me? We can do it right here, right now."

"Oh, come on! Save us the mental image!" Pipit yelled.

"We're married, so it's perfectly acceptable. Besides, I've already-"

"Link, shut up!" Zelda's face couldn't get any redder.

But this was part of the reason she loved him.

Zelda was more than ready to start her new life with the one that she had always wanted, here on the surface. This was what she had always dreamed of and now it was a reality. Link was getting more accustomed to saying "I love you" and pretty soon she would hear it every single day.

Especially when he said it underneath the stars.

Nothing could get in their way.

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Fin

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A/N: I'M SO SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT ON THIS CHAPTER OMG YOU GUYS HAVE NO IDEA!

I tried to shape this chapter like you guys said, hope you're not disappointed! Also, I wanted to crack on the people always confusing Link with Zelda. SHUN THEM!

And now, I will do a special, never done before, honorary mention to ALL my reviewers.

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I'm so glad that you guys really enjoyed this story. Right now I don't see a sequel, so this is it! Thanks so, so much everyone! :D please leave one last review and let me know what you think! :)

'til next time!