Centuries ago,
Her dress was a white gown with hints of green beneath the first layer of white fabric. It was ball and it was grand.
Her neighbours who had handcrafted and fixed the design, still had purple lines underneath their eyes, but it was covered by the bright smiles they had on. They also had the small baskets of flowers everyone else had.
Now that she had seen the surprise, everyone cheered cheerily, and before she walked past them, they sent flowers from their baskets over her head and at her feet.
Zelda smiled at them as she bit her lip hard occasionally to stop her from crying and ruining her face. She wished she could embrace all of them for thinking so highly of her. For closing down their businesses to celebrate the day with her.
Even Royals did not get such a treatment because most persons who come to the wedding of a Royal only do so out of obligation and not to be looked upon negatively.
It was like a subtle indirect coax.