Chapter 1: Tears of a Swallowtail

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It was another beautiful day in Hyrule Castletown. Quiet just the way Link liked it. And it had every reason to be. It had been sometime since they were invaded by the Twilight. It did come at a great cost though. Midna, although she teased him he missed her terribly. Zelda herself felt guilty at the loss of the Mirror of Twilight too. It was always a side project of theirs to find another way to cross the dimensions. Despite Midna's claims, Zelda hoped that one day the impossible will happen and Hyrule and the Twilight Realm will be united allies like they should have been.

However there was another princess occupying his mind at the moment. True by all accounts that title was only self-proclaimed but he honored it just the same for her sake. Little Princess Agitha. Link remembered that not too long ago she invited him to her birthday. It wouldn't happen for at least another month but she wanted to tell him in advance since she had no idea when she would see him again.

He had so many questions about her since he first met her. And noble him didn't want to ask anything personal of her lest he upset her. He knew a few things, she's very proper, loves bugs of all kinds, trusting perhaps too trusting since she liked him as a wolf though she had no clue it was him, and she was certainly rich. Though you wouldn't first guess that looking at her home being a standard two floor casual house, she claims it as her castle. True she dressed in frilly dresses with a parasol, but what confirmed it was the rubies she paid him. At first he refused to take the money when he first gave her the Golden Bugs he had collected. Twice over she gave him a bigger and better wallet. He tried to decline as he only wanted to help make her smile but she insisted and it became more apparent that refusing would have upset her more. Ilia calls him a big softy when he told her.

There was one person who might know more about Agitha that he could ask. Telma at her bar. She's been a good friend of his and helped him out of a few binds during the Twilight invasion.

"Hey Link honey! What can I get you?" She asks with a grin.

"Just some milk thanks." He slapped a few rubies down.

"Don't you ever want a man's drink?" She asks.

"Gotta keep these bones strong when monsters show up don't I?" He retorted. He despised alcohol to no end. Oh sure some red wine or champagne for celebrations was one thing but you wouldn't see Link drinking for the fun of it. He was probably one of only a handful that made it a point to not have a shot of booze of any kind. In a way Telma almost respected him for it.

"So what brings you in today? Bit of a trip on horseback to visit little old me huh?" Telma as she poured him a glass.

"Doing some light shopping, seeing some old friends. How is Agitha actually?" He asks.

"Oh good as can be. Such a sweetheart. Not at home, last time I checked she was heading out to sell jars of honey for the locals again." The barmaid answers.

"Really? I didn't know that." Link shrugs.

"Oh yeah, she's gotten rather famous for it. There's not a person in Castletown who doesn't look forward to buying honey from her." Telma brags.

"Hmm. I remember having some of her Honey Tea. She does have a bit of a sweet tooth." He admitted.

"She sure does, Mr. Grasshopper." She teases.

Link groans, when Link first met Agitha in response to her seeing him wearing his green tunic, she first thought he was a big green grasshopper. Then when he happened to have shown up wearing the Zora armor, she called him a big blue jeweled beetle. The point being, it doesn't matter how you dress little Agitha will relate it to bugs...somehow. "Don't call me that, Telma, Agitha is one thing but not you." He groans.

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