The next day, Link went immediately
to the King. "Your Majesty, last night-"
"Where's that list I put on my desk?"
"Your Majesty-"
"I can swear to Din that I put it
there. Where could it be?"
"Your Majesty!" shouted Link.
"Yes?"
"Last night, I was passing your study,
and I heard the murmurs." This made the King quiet. "I opened the door
as quickly as I could, and I saw all of the papers from your desk fluttering
towards the window. Whatever is making those murmurs had jumped out right
before I came in. Then, I picked the papers up, but the list was missing.
I think that was what it was after."
"I'll check my files." The King proceeded
to do this. He checked several filing cabinets, some drawers, and finally,
a pile in the corner. "Every single copy I made is gone. And I made
quite a few copies."
"Obviously whatever it is doesn't
want me to see who's at the ball."
"Or anything in the prophecies that
were stolen."
Link smiled. "Not just anything.
It tried to destroy the notes I took on the prophecies. Obviously, something
I wrote down as important is important. It didn't want me to find
out what it's up to."
"How helpful are the notes?"
"I guess they should be helpful.
It must think so, but I can't make any sense to them. All I can tell is
that something is going to happen when the moon is full."
"How do you know that?"
"The prophecy said something about
the moon showing its face. It must mean the full moon."
"You'd better figure this out soon
then. The full moon's tomorrow night."
Link felt sick as he walked back to
his room. He practically had no time to solve this mystery. It was
worse than trying to figure out some gossip stones.
He opened the door to his room and
gave a yelp of surprise. When he saw who was there, he said, "What do
you
want?"
"Listen, Link, I'm really sorry,"
said Zelda, who was sitting on Liam's bed. Liam was curled up in a ball
near the foot of the bed shaking. Link stared at them uncertainly.
"Please, just sit down, I'll explain."
"This better be good," he replied,
and he noted that Liam shook harder.
Zelda sighed. "Okay, here goes.
I was wrong about what I said to you. Your noted were not useless, and
my dad is insane. I just wanted you to know that later that day, I got."
She trailed off.
"What?"
"You know."
It hit him. "Don't blame it on PMS!"
Liam shook harder.
Zelda blushed. "Well, it's more than
that. I was in a bad mood anyways, but after I got.it." Link didn't
need clarification. "I was relieved about something. You see, Daniel
and I, a couple weeks ago." She didn't seem to be able to finish.
Liam burst out laughing. He had obviously
been trying to hold it all in while Zelda talked. "This is great!" he cried.
"She thought she was pregnant! That's why she was really worried! It's
kind of hard to miss a pregnant woman! Her dad would've killed her!
So she was really pissed that day, but now, she knows she's not
pregnant!" Zelda punched him in the stomach, curtsied to Link, and left
the room, bright red.
"Wait, she and Daniel." Link shook
his head. "How irresponsible."
Liam was laughing like a madman.
Link got up. "Shut up, you freak," he said as he threw a pillow at him.
Then he ran to find Zelda.
He caught up with her quickly.
She was walking very slowly, so it wasn't too hard. Once again, his boots
made no sound as he ran up behind her and grabbed her around the waist.
"Let go of me, I'm not in the mood."
"Zelda, we still need to talk."
"Liam can do the talking for me."
"We all know that Liam can be quite
a nutcase. I want to talk t0 you."
"Fine." He let go of her and she turned
around. "Listen, I'm really sorry that I said all of those terrible things
about you. You've saved my ass quite a few times, and I shouldn't be repaying
you with my bitching. I should bitch at Daniel; he is my fiancée."
"Zelda, I think we're all in a bad
mood anyways. I think it's the ball. As soon as it's over, things will
be back to normal."
"You mean, you'll have to save the
world again?"
"Probably. It is my job."
"Which you do well."
"You were right though. I do tend
to blame things on the people I save. Some people don't think I can save
them, and that makes my job harder, but I tend to blame even the people
that don't do it. You were right."
"Link, I wasn't right. Anyways, you
have a hard job. It should be in your job description to complain."
"Ha, ha. Let's think of a joke to
play on Liam. He won't stop laughing, and I'm sick of hearing it."
"Are you two afraid of the same things?"
Link thought for a moment. "In general."
"What are you afraid of the most?"
He carefully whispered it into her
ear. She bid him goodbye and walked away smiling.
Link went back to his room and kicked
Liam, who was still laughing. "Put a sock in it. We need to talk."
"Fine."
"Use one of my gym ones."
"Oh, very funny. What's so important."
"All of the copies of the guest list
have been stolen by our evil friend."
"Which evil friend. I've got about
a dozen."
"The one who murdered our rooms slowly."
"Oh, that one." He sat up suddenly.
"Wait a second!"
"What is it?"
"Why did we need the list?"
"To try to guess who Butterfly and
Fairy are."
"And what is bothering us about those
two, aside from the fact that they probably suspect us?"
"They're hiding something. Flaming
Din! Are you saying that they have something to do with this?"
"I can't think of anything else."
"Maybe this thing controls them.
It might have sent them to gather information."
"What information?"
"Maybe they were a distraction while
it stole the information it needed."
"Then why did it take the notes?
It would have already had the information from the prophecies. And it only
needed one copy of the guest list. There must be things on there that could
have helped us."
"The identities of Fairy and Butterfly
must be something it doesn't want us to know."
"But we still don't know what part
they play in all of this."
Link shook his head. "Let's give it
one more night. I have a feeling that this is one of those things that
pisses me off the most."
"How so?"
"I try to solve the mystery, and the
minute that my time's up, I realize that all of my clues were right, but
my conclusions were all wrong. I'll end up having to save someone or something
anyways."
"Well, Mr. Optimism, the glass seems
half full, doesn't it."
Link threw his gym sock at Liam.
"I'm going to get something to eat. Do you want to come with me?"
"No, Link. Solid foods make me have
diarrhea."
"Oh, sorry. Come on, let's go."
They strode down to the kitchens where there was an endless supply of lobster.
Link and Liam loved lobster, and Hyrule got it very cheaply from Racona.
Racona was a country with a long coastline, and the seafood industry there
was unmatched. So, Link and Liam could always have lobster, but even though
Hyrule came by it easily, lobster was still considered a delicacy, so Link
and Liam didn't waste a single bite.
Once at the kitchens, Link and Liam
stopped to say hi to their friend Kingly. Kingly was a lobster that had
been found, dying, in Lake Hylia. No one could understand how he
had gotten there, but Link and Liam adopted him. He was the only lobster
in the castle that didn't have bands on his claws, and he was the only
one who had lived there for more than a week. Link and Liam would drop
by the kitchens from time to time to feed Kingly something, and then eat
one of his relatives.
After some lobster, the boys decided
to go through the notes again, just in case. Link went into his old room,
closed the door so Liam couldn't see where the notes were, and came out
with them in hand. "You're never going to tell me about this secret hiding
place ever, are you?" asked Liam.
"Nope. That's why it's a secret.
Duh."
They worked on the puzzle until about
nine
o'clock, and then they went to have dinner with the rest of the castle.
Liam was a little disturbed to see Zelda so cheerful at the table. Unfortunately,
lobster was the main course that night, so Link and Liam passed and just
had cucco and salad. Liam had eaten three lobsters that day, and his record
was five. Link was glad that Liam stopped at three. When Liam broke the
record, Link had to hold the bucket for him later while he threw it up.
Link remembered this with a shudder.
After dinner, the King called for
Link and Liam. "Listen," he told them. "Liam, I want you to post two guards
at your new quarters as well as Link's and your old ones. I also
want some outside my study, my quarters, and Zelda's rooms. And both
of you, I need you to carry a knife tonight. I'd ask you to carry a sword,
but I don't want anyone to get too suspicious. Understand?" They
nodded. "Okay. I'll see you tonight." The twins left to go get ready.
"Do you think he's being too cautious?"
asked Link.
"Well, whatever's doing this will
get what it wants anyways, so, yeah, he's going a little over the top."
New Fan Works