When I woke up, I did not find myself not at home, but instead lying in a small bed and staring up at an old man with white hair and glasses. I startled a little in surprise; I never had a dream where I've fell asleep and woken up still in the dreamworld.

The man jumped and looked down at me disapprovingly. "I drag you all the way back to the castle, and this is how you show your gratitude?" I glanced around. Link and Alfonzo were lying asleep on beds beside me.

"Oh..." I nodded at Alfonzo, who had a nasty-looking bruise on his temple. "Is he okay?"

The old man adjusted his glasses and nodded. "He will be fine."

"Link?" I swung my legs over the side of the bed, and hurried over, shaking his shoulder. "Link? Wake up!"

"Mia? What-" His eyes came into focus and he sat upright suddenly. "What happened to the princess? Did you save her?"

"Cole and Byrne took her."

The professor guy looked distressed. "What are you saying? The princess is not in the castle?"

I shook my head and waited impatiently for Link to pull his boots on. "This really weird thing happened to me, too. Byrne tried to kill me with his power. But I think...I think I somehow…absorbed it instead."

Link stood up and straightened his tunic. "What do you mean?"

"Well...I didn't get hurt, and my hand… it was glowing and had a weird symbol on it." I showed my hand to Link.

"I don't see anything."

"I-I know. It was only there for a second. I...I don't know what it means. I think we should go talk to the sage." I told him, pushing past the professor and heading towards the door.

"I'll come with you." Link said. "Two of us would have a better chance of saving Zelda."

We left the room and stopped. A small ball of white light was floating in the air. It looked like a fairy without wings. Unexpectedly, the ball grew outwards, and a transparent figure appeared in front of a guard standing there. "Hello? Can you hear me? I need your help!"

Link gasped. "Is that...Princess Zelda?"

"Why can't anybody hear me?" Zelda said softly, then floated right through the guard and into the throne room.

"We should follow her!" The guard in front of the throne room glanced at Link's green tunic and let us through, and we followed Zelda through one of the doors beside the throne. "I hope she's alright..." Link said as we crept through a short passageway to Zelda's room and slipped inside.

The ghostly version of Zelda was floating in the middle of the room and turned around when she heard us come in. "Can...can you see me?" Her voice wavered.

We nodded.

"What happened to me? Why am I like this?" Zelda floated up to the ceiling and flew around in a circle a few times.

"I don't know...but Cole has your body." I told her. "He and that Byrne guy took it."

Zelda looked horrified. "They took my body?"

"We should go to that tower you were talking about!" I suggested. "The sage will be able to help you. And maybe she'll know what happened to me, too."

"But how? My train is broken and the tracks are gone!" Link pointed out.

"Do you still have that map I gave you?" Zelda asked. Link reached into his pocket and pulled out the paper, holding it so Zelda could see it. I leaned in closer so I could see what she was doing. "There is a back entrance here," She said, pointing somewhere on the map. "Maybe we can sneak out the back, and walk to the tower."

"There's probably someone is guarding that door, right?" I asked, remembering the detour the hero and princess were forced to take in the story. "Don't you think you should get a sword before we go, Link? The guard probably won't let you by without one. And plus, there might be monsters on the way to the tower."

"It would probably be smart to take safety precautions," Zelda agreed.

I brightened. "Yeah! And that way, if we run into Cole and Byrne again, Link can get back at them!"

Link didn't look so sure. "Do you know where I could get a sword, Zelda?"

"I suppose the Captain of the Guard has some spares. He's usually in the training room." She answered. "C'mon, let's go." She floated towards the door and we started following her. "Oh, I almost forgot!" She turned and flew right through us, to back where her flute was sitting in its stand. "This flute has been passed down through our family for generations." Zelda said. "I think it is meant to protect me, but I can't carry it in this state, so I want to give it to you. Link? Will you take it with you?

After Link managed to borrow a sword from the captain guy, we finally made it through the castle and to the back door.

"Sorry kids. I can't let you pass with at least one sword between ya!" The guard on duty said. "Oh wait!" He suddenly noticed. "I see you've got yourself a sword!"

Link nodded. "So that means we can pass, right?"

"Yeah, I guess." The guard stepped aside and pushed open the door. Grinning, Link and I walked out into the sunlight, and Zelda floated a little down the grassy path that led away from the castle.

"Let's go find the sage." She said. "I'll go ahead, okay?" She streaked away as Link and I walked up to an opening in the middle of a wall of rock. A sticky strand of spider web brushed against my face as we stepped into the dark tunnel, and I shuddered, little goosebumps pricking up on my arm. It was completely dark and musty in there. "Link? Zelda?" I called as I cautiously inched my way through the darkness. My voice echoed back to me. "L-Link? Z-zelda?"

"It's so dark in here!" Link exclaimed, from ahead of me. "But I think I see light this way. We're almost there!" Miraculously, we found an exit and stumbled into the sunlight again, very close to the Tower of Spirits.