Slow moving music echoed throughout the room as Link concentrated on keeping the pace of the dance.

And actually, he was seemingly getting better. For now he was able to look into Zelda’s eyes without tripping over Zelda’s feet and becoming hot in the face.

And when the music stopped, a guard immediately entered the room.

“Princess Zelda!” He panted, out of breath, due to rushing into the room. “King Van and Queen Fallon from the island of Jorjanna have arrived.”

“Oh boy,” Zelda said in slight despair. Link became confused.

“What’s wrong?”

“Prince Vladimir and Prince Vlad,” Zelda said. “They are the two twins of the family, and they are really possessive over me. Always fighting, and there is a really bad part.”

“What’s that?” Link asked. Zelda pursed her lips.

“According to my calculations, they should be about the age of nine.”

Link struggled not to burst out laughing and managed to turn it into a snicker. Zelda glared at him.

“It’s not funny,” she snapped. Link immediately stopped. Zelda made a sigh and walked out of the room, escorted by Link.

They walked out behind the to be party room and to the back, which seemed totally different to Link.

He was astonished, for he had never gone this far back to the castle, or this far north… And the giant seaport in front of him and the ocean smell that was currently blocked out from the entrance to the castle amazed him.

“Wow,” Link could only reply as he followed Zelda. She walked in front of a large dock, which was where a giant ship stood in front of her. And at least twelve people got off. Four were obviously royalty, and the others were guards dressed in green colored armor.

Link had heard that the King and Queen were named Van and Fallon. They seemed like very kind people.

The Queen Fallon had her sleek brunette hair in a neat bun. She was dressed in a long green dress with canary yellow decorations all around it. Her brown eyes seemed just as warm as her bright sunny smile.

King Van was also the same. He had neatly combed black hair and hazel eyes that shown with care and kindness. He was dressed in green armor like the guards, except he wore a bright golden crown atop his head, showing that he was obviously royalty.

The two boys were twins, dressed in a miniature garb to what King Fallon dressed in, except their armor seemed to be slightly fake and lighter. They both had black hair like their father and brown joyful eyes like their mother. But these two seemed very amusing due to the small plastic toy swords in their hands.

“Back beast! I shall defeat thee and defend the great Princess Zelda!” he said playfully. The other made a growl, as if trying and failing terribly to copy the roar of a lion.

“Ha! Wrong I shall steal her for myself and rid you of thy life!” the other boy said, jabbing his sword jokingly.

Link couldn’t help but smile at their game. Zelda put on a weak smile.

“King Van and Queen Fallon, it is an honor to meet you as usual,” Zelda said with a curtsy. Link noticed this and made a bow as well. They both smiled warmly and bowed.

“It is an honor to meet you again, Princess Zelda, are you well?” Queen Fallon said.

“Why yes,” Zelda replied simply. King Van noticed Link first.

“Well it seems you have found a new companion. I’m truly sorry for the tragedy bestowed upon you,” King Van said in sadness. Zelda blushed at this comment. Link couldn’t help but turn red as the King said companion.

“Actually, he’s not my companion,” Zelda stated. “He’s my personal servant actually.”

King Van made a slight blush at this mistake. “Ah, my apologies… But I say, you do look nice together.”

Queen Fallon nodded in agreement and grabbed her husband’s hand and walked to the entrance to the castle, followed by half of the guards. The two children were about to follow when one tugged on Zelda’s dress.

“Princess Zelda, are we allowed to go to the ball yet?” said one of the twins. Zelda frowned.

“I’m sorry Vlad,” she said. “You still need to be bigger to get to the ball, but don’t worry. You’ll get there sometime soon! You are almost there!”

Vlad made a frown and lowered his head. Zelda gave him a look of compassion and pushed his chin up slightly to look into her eyes.

“Hey,” she said. “Chin up… We’re having the festival and it will have all these games to play!”

“Really?” Vlad said, excited. Zelda nodded. Vlad clapped his hands in joy and caught up with his family. Link couldn’t help but smile as Zelda stood up. She noticed his smile immediately.

“What?”

“Sorry,” Link said. “It’s just that you’d make a really good mother.”

Zelda turned away with blush. “Well, you never know when I might become one. I doubt it though.”

She, followed by Link, walked back out of the port and into the castle once more.