Forest Origin

Chapter 14

Ghost looked over when she heard the bedroom door open. From her side of the bed, she watched as Wolf and Red exchanged a final goodnight before Red left. She was quick to notice that Wolf seemed a little more at ease now. Whatever they talked about seemed to have calmed her down a little.

"Guess Red cheered you up?"

Wolf nodded, smiling a bit. "Yeah. I guess he did."

Seeing the blush blossom on her friend's face caused Ghost to smirk a little. "Well, whatever works. Just don't stress out too much about all this alright?"

"I'll try."

The next morning came quickly. This time, there was a softer and calmer knock on their door. When Ghost went to answer the door, she saw Green standing there.

"Well you're up early."

Green shrugged in response. "Queen Rose did say that we should do this fitting thing early."

"Fair enough." Ghost noted with a yawn.

Wolf sat up from the bed, standing up with a stretch.

"Morning Wolf." Green greeted, leaning over to see his apprentice. "Still deciding to sleep here?"

"Yeah. Being in that other room is just too weird."

Green gave an understanding nod. "Well, meet us out in the hall whenever you're ready."

As soon as he closes the door, Wolf and Ghost get ready for the day. Throughout their preparations, they just hoped that everything would go smoothly. Especially Wolf. Now that she knew her answer, it seemed like all this effort on Nirin's end would be for nothing.

Still, she had to at least cooperate before breaking the news to Nirin.

As soon as they're ready and step out the door, the heroes are waiting for them. It was only a few moments later until Raven showed up, glancing at the crowd before her.

"Looks like everyone is ready. If you would all follow me."

When they follow the knight, the group soon finds themselves standing in a large room. Many mannequins with formal outfits scattered about the room and the walls were lined with mirrors. There seemed to be a section in the back closed off specifically for trying on the different clothes displayed.

In the middle of the room stood Queen Rose and the tailor. An elderly woman wearing a green dress.

"And our esteemed guests have arrived." the tailor noted with a smile. As soon as her eyes landed on Wolf, she bowed her head. "Princess Blythe. It's a pleasure to have you back where you belong."

"Uh... you can just call me Wolf."

The tailor seemed taken aback at the response but quickly regains her composure. "Well uh... let's move on to the outfits. Please feel free to pick whatever you want."

It's then that the group begins to disperse, browsing through everything that was on display. Ghost was the first to pull out something. A light red gown with rimestones on it. She studied it a bit more before taking it off the hanger.

"I think I'll pick this one."

"That was quick." Wolf commented.

In response, Ghost shrugged. "What can I say? I know my taste in style."

"What are we even supposed to pick?" Red pondered aloud, looking at all the different clothing.

"As long as what we choose has our respective colors then we should be fine." Vio answered.

"But what if we purposely chose different colors?" Shadow suggested.

"You'd stand out either way... and no you're now allowed to use your illusions."

"Well you're no fun."

The bickering was enough to distract them from the fact that Green had already chosen something to wear. Matter of fact, he had just stepped out of one of the fitting rooms by the time they noticed.

He was now wearing a much nicer tunic, though a darker shade of green and golden vines and leaves embroidered on the rims. The tailor studied him for a moment before smiling and giving him a nod of approval.

"Well, that seems to suit you quite well." she noted. "It's almost as if you were meant to be a prince of some sort."

"Thank you." Green replied, smiling back. He supposed that this was a good thing. If something like this already suited him, they maybe it would be easy to get used to it in the long run.

It's then that the rest of the brothers followed in Green's footsteps, choosing a more formal tunic with their respective color. Though all of them seemed to have the golden vine and leaves sewn onto them.

That only left Wolf, who stared at the seemingly endless rails of dresses. All the bright colors were practically blinding. Not to mention with all the different lengths, it was hard to tell if there were some dresses that were stuck in between two longer ones.

If Zelda or any other royals had to do something like this on a daily basis, then she felt sorry for them. Studying all these bright colors and fancy designs must give them a headache.

'This all seems like a bit much...'

Rose slowly approached, seeing her sister struggle. "If you're having trouble, can I suggest something?"

At this point there didn't seem to be anything to lose. Wolf was the only one that hadn't chosen something yet and she didn't want to waste any more time than they had to.

It was then that Rose walked over to one rack, pulling out a pale blue ball gown. Draped over the shoulders was shaul shaped like butterfly wings.

"You wore this last time we had a ball." Rose explained. "Mama always did say that it suited you. Why don't you try it own and see if it still fits?"

Wolf stared at the gown. 'So that's what I'd dress like when I was here?'

It was hard to believe. Of course when she was told that she was a princess she assumed that she had dressed more formal than she does now. Though with some hesitation, Wolf took the ballgown in her hands before heading off to the fitting rooms. A few moments passed by and she stepped out with the chosen gown on, fiddling with the shaul.

"So... is this okay?" she asked.

Red nodded with a smile, a shade of pink dusting his face. "It's really pretty on you."

It was at this moment that he wished he had a camera. Or maybe they would let her keep it. Either way he wanted some way to see her like this again.

Ghost gave a nod of approval. "Yeah that works. Guess you had some good taste back then if this is something that you wore before."

Though out of everyone, Rose's smile was the biggest. "Perfect! It's just like how I remembered! Just one more thing to add to the final touch."

Rose quickly disappeared somewhere in the room only to reappear with a golden tiara with emeralds on it. Though as she approached it with, Wolf took a step back, holding her hands up.

"S-Sorry. I don't really want to wear a crown."

'Okay don't let your excitement get the better of you.' Rose reminded herself before speaking.

"Oh... that's alright. I guess you don't have to wear one if you don't feel ready for it yet. Why don't you all take it easy for the rest of the day since it seems like you picked what you wanted to wear."

Pretty soon all the chosen outfits were returned, all of them now separated in their own section so they wouldn't be lost among the rest of the clothing. Raven watched as the Hylians left with Blythe before going over to Rose's side.

"Do you think this plan is going to work?" she asked.

"It's our only hope at getting Bly back." Rose replied. "It has to work."

Raven nodded. "Yes. But that brings up another question."

"What is it?"

"When Blythe does return to us, who takes the throne? You or her?"