The Dark Side of the Light - Ch. 14

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☆*:..｡. .｡.:*☆ Chapter 14 ✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧ Please click the flag before reading. Zelda's POV Walking with Link brought back a memory for me. I was just 4 years old. I was walking my mother down the aisle to get married to my soon-to-be-father, when someone smashed the wall and crashed the wedding. I didn't see who it was. All I knew was that my mother died that day. My "father" took care of me, before he got sick a few years later and passed away. I had been alone since I was 8 years old, so it was hard for me to trust anyone. And yet I trusted Link with my life. Link had been walking me to the Winter Dance. He glanced at me every now and then to make sure I didn't fall behind. Link opened the doors for me when we got to the school and said, with his hands, "After you." with the bow and everything. We walked inside and everything was shiny and white/blue. Winter themed, of course. The music was still going, but when I walked past people, they turned and looked at me with awe and respect. After a while, I realized they weren't looking at me, but my dress. I looked around. Everyone was wearing plain white or light blue dresses, but I was wearing diamonds and jewels, enough to where I looked like stars in the sky, or a snowfall in the winter. I got a little uncomfortable. Link's POV I glanced back at Zelda. She was still right behind me, but I noticed that she wasn't paying attention to anything but me. I turned back around, hoping she thought I was checking to make sure she didn't fall behind, before I allowed myself to blush. I didn't know why, but since that day I mistook my uncle for my father, something didn't feel...... right. It's like something bad was going to happen soon or something. We got to the school. I made a plan before leaving to pick my "Girlfriend" up. When we got to the doors, I opened them, bowed and said "After you." in sign language. I spaced out while leading Zelda to the back, where the only open table awaited. I sat down and looked up. Zelda wasn't there. I frantically looked around, finding that someone had pulled Zelda into the beauty contest. Someone pushed her up there and she stood and gracefully as she could. "And the winner of the beauty contest is... ZELDA!" Zelda was now the only one on the stage, flowers thrown all around her. After a while, she got off the stage and started to head toward me, only to be interrupted by Purah. "Hey, beauty girl!" She said. "It's a good thing I put you up there, huh?" "Yeah, yeah, I know. You thought I looked beautiful, so you bet 200 rubees on me for the money." Zelda said. I approached her. "So, how much money did you get" I said in sign language. "About, what was it, Purah?" She asked. "Oh! Let me see..." Purah said. "About 500 rubees, it looks like." Zelda's POV I could tell from the look on Purah's face what she was about to do. "Go on! Everyone knows they're not going to win when you get up there." Before I could protest, Purah shoved me on the stage. I looked at all the people. They all looked at me. Akwaaaaard..... I thought. Then the announcer stated the winner. " And the winner of the beauty contest is... ZELDA!" Flowers were thrown on the stage. I caught one of the bundles of roses that was thrown directly to my hands. I looked around. I saw Link in the direct middle of the crowd, grinning. Oh. I thought. HE threw those flowers. Their for me? I got down from the stage and Purah stated the amount of money I earned. "500 rubees" Purah had said. 500 rubees? That's enough for me to pay for my own house. Link approached me. I didn't know what happened after that, but for the rest of the night, my worries just melted away. Link's POV I started to walk Zelda home. Zelda lead me around a turn and just then a man grabbed her and pushed me down. I looked up and saw Zelda thrown in the truck, her hands and legs tied up already. That was...IMPOSSIBLY fast. The last thing I saw was the truck driving away, before I was knocked unconscious.