Disclaimer: I do not own Legend of Zelda.

Author's Notes: You have reached the void of my mind. *Sweatdrop* Sorry it isn't cleaned up. I haven't had a chance to organize yet. Please keep hands off the dirty thoughts. They're meant to stay locked away in that chest.

Three Sapphires, Two Rubies, One Emerald Chapter 3

Link woke up in the corner of the cool, blue room that he found just after the mini-bosses. He stretched and walked over to where he heard footsteps, peeking around the corner. 'Those are a lot bigger than the small things I faced earlier,' Link thought, eyes wide. He screwed up his courage and attacked, avoiding all flames.

"Attack their tails! Their tails!" Navi screamed. Link complied and the beast was soon dead. He backed away from the carcass and it exploded.

Link sweatdropped, "They make sure you don't leave here alive don't they."

Navi sighed, "Don't you have a sister you need to apologize too?"

Link set his face and marched forward, determined not to die.

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Leia awoke early and looked over at the other girl staying with her. Nayla was lying awake, her eyes staring at the ceiling. "What's wrong Nayla?"

Nayla turned to Leia, staring at her a moment before speaking, "I can't sleep. I'm afraid."

Leia blinked, "But then you won't get better."

Nayla shivered, and Leia got up from her small mat on the floor and climbed into the bed with the other girl. "Go to sleep," she whispered softly as she began to hum a soothing tune. Nayla was soon asleep with a smile on her face. Leia shifted uncomfortably as she looked outside to see bright sunshine.

Sheik then walked in the door. Leia lifted her head in greeting, "I don't think she slept at all last night. I don't think she can sleep alone for a while."

Sheik gave her a curious look, "I'll get you something to eat then. Majic and I have to get moving though."

Leia's smile lessened, "Then don't worry about me. If you need to get moving then do so."

Sheik shifted uncomfortably and then nodded, waving goodbye as he used the traditional Sheikah way of disappearing. Majic followed as soon as he felt his brother's disappearance. They arrived at the castle to see Impa pacing. She scowled at them, "I allow you to have fun but being away for nearly a whole day gives me cause to worry."

"We were tending to a friend and acquainting ourselves with the other servants of the temples. We met the Priest of Forest, Priest of Water, Priestess of Fire, Priestess of Spirit, and the Priestess of Time."

Impa stared at Majic, "Priestess of......"

Majic nodded, "I am the Priest of Light."

Zelda ran outside just a moment later, "Did you two see the Spirit girl?"

"She's with your Priestess of Time, Leia," Sheik said softly.

Zelda blinked and looked to Majic who nodded. She then looked over to Sheik, "Your face isn't covered."

Sheik blushed, "My head wrap was used for a bandage."

He fingered his scar a moment before looking up to Impa, "We are sorry for any inconvenience."

Impa shook her head and sighed, "A light punishment. Come, let's go."

Zelda followed them, a slight smile on her face. Ganondorf would be beaten yet.

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Link threw a bomb into the mouth of the huge Dodongo and waited until it exploded inside. The Dodongo fell and Link ran forward with a jump slash. He was rewarded with the King Dodongo's death, moving as it tried to take him with it.

Link sighed, and took the remains, feeling stronger as he did so. "I did it! You think Leia's cooled off by now?"

Navi shrugged, "Probably. I bet she's worried."

Link nodded with a smile, 'I'll just find her before I head for the next Spiritual Stone. She can't be far.'

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With little else to do, Leia fell asleep again, allowing time and spirit magic to mingle in their sleeping minds. When they dreamed, they dreamed each other's memories. Both awoke the next morning, refreshed and hungry.

Nayla got up with a growl, "I'm going to kill your brother."

Leia pouted, "But he's the only one I got!"

Nayla snorted, "Fine, but at least let me maim him."

Leia considered the request, "Only a little."

"I get first dibs," said Mido from the doorway, holding a tray piled high with food.

"You wouldn't be able to touch him Mr. Frowns," Nayla joked with a smile. She grabbed the food and headed over to the small table set up for the two of them.

Mido scowled, "Don't care. I just want to sock him one."

Leia turned with a scowl, "Why do you hate the both of us so much?"

Mido shifted uncomfortably, "I don't hate you....... I just......... well...... Never mind."

He turned and walked out the door. "I think he's jealous," Nayla said.

Leia giggled, but said nothing as they ate. They went outside to find their Zora friend doing well among the Kokiri. He grinned as they walked outside, "I've never had this many friends before."

Nayla nodded, and then frowned, "So what do we do from here?"

"I dunno," Leia said, "We're free to leave the forest at any time."

"Why don't we start that training then," Arun suggested, "I need to learn a bit of control."

Nayla sighed, "Light training today."

Leia and Arun nodded both eager to begin.

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Link frowned as he checked everywhere he could think of. "Why not check Kokiri Forest?" Navi asked tiredly.

"She wouldn't go back there. Mr. Frowns picks on her," Link said.

"And she picks right back," Navi pointed out, "However we're running out of time. You'll have to apologize later."

Link scowled, but made his way to Zora's Domain.

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Link quickly obtained the silver scale, much to the other Zoras' surprise. He dove into a hole he saw underwater, wondering where it went. He was surprised to find himself in a lake he knew to be far south of Zora's Domain.

"What the-?" he said, looking around Lake Hylia.

Navi flew around a bit, looking through the clear water. She suddenly dove, circling a bottle. Link's eyes widened and he grinned. "Another bottle for me!" he cheered, diving towards it.

He surfaced and held the bottle aloft, looking curiously at it. "It's got something in it," he said, swimming to shore.

A Zora surfaced near him, watching him curiously, "Find anything good?"

"A letter in a bottle," Link said, studying it as he got to a place where he could stand.

The Zora chuckled, "They say there's an ocean with islands where bottled letters for help wash up on shore all the time."

Link grinned at him, "I'd like to see that."

The Zora shrugged, "I'm sure if you could follow the rivers you could but we're surrounded by mountainous country and desert."

"And forest," Link said softly.

The Zora nodded before diving again. Navi flew around Link's head, "What does the letter say? I'm sure you'll see the ocean one day but right now we have to concentrate on Princess Zelda's mission."

Link shrugged as he pulled the letter out of the bottle. It was short and simple.

'Help!

I've been swallowed by Lord Jabu Jabu! Please come help me.

Ruto.

P.S. Don't tell my father.'

Link blinked, "How am I supposed to get to Jabu Jabu when her father is blocking the entrance to his lair?"

Navi sighed, and pointed to the letter, "She'll understand. Let's move."

Link nodded and stuffed the letter back into the bottle before diving into the water, headed back to Zora's Domain.

Unfortunately, if he had waited just a few more minutes, he would have seen his sister, a young Zora, and a green eyed girl walking to the lake.

Leia blinked as she saw the lake, and then turned to Nayla, "I thought you said it would take most of the day to get here."

Nayla looked rather stunned, and frowned, "I'm not sure. You were the one so anxious to get here anyways."

Arun grinned, "Down at the bottom of the lake is the water temple. I would ask if you two wanted to visit it with me but you two can't breath underwater and there are no kid sized Zora tunics."

Leia pouted, and she looked around the valley hosting the lake. She then spied the fishing place. She turned to Arun and then to Nayla, "Are you sure that if he visits his temple he'll have an idea of what he will need to learn?"

Nayla shrugged, "There should be something. Besides, he also needs to be able to look around the temple and make sure everything is in order. I talked to Mido earlier, and he said his temple was alright, despite the death of the Great Deku Tree. I believe Sonnet and Sheik have already gotten to know their temples, though the Shadow temple is extremely dangerous. Sheik probably had his Sage, Impa, go with him. My temple was taken over by Ganondorf, and I wasn't able to get through the whole thing before I was captured."

"So that leaves my temple," Arun said, "I'll be back as soon as I can."

Leia wrinkled her nose, and then pointed to the fishing house. "We'll be fishing, that okay?"

Arun nodded, and dove into the water. Leia looked at Nayla and grinned, "Let's fish!"

Nayla shook her head as she followed Leia over to the house. "You are contagious," she said with a grin.

Leia giggled and pulled herself out of the lake onto the shore.

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Nayla opted not to fish and began reviewing the details of her new friend's life in her mind as she meditated. They were now closer than sisters, though Nayla wondered at the girl's brother every once in a while.

She lazily watched Leia begin to fish and sighed, 'I bet this is the longest she and her brother have been apart.'

She leaned against the rock wall as she reviewed her own life. She was unaware of the tears that flowed from her eyes until arms encircled her. 'If anything, I wish Leia was really my sister,' Nayla thought as she cried in the other girl's embrace.

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Link finished playing Zelda's Lullaby and gulped as he saw the fairy appear before him. She gave off an eerie laugh and struck what he thought was supposed to be a sexy pose. He tried his best to keep from wincing as the fairy began to speak.

"Hello Link, I am the Great Fairy of Courage. I shall grant you a magic spell. Please take it."

She closed her eyes and a green light showed between her hands. Like with Din's Fire, which he had gotten while searching for his sister, the green spell came to him in a crystal diamond. The small green spell glowed within, and Link thanked the fairy.

"When battle makes you weary, please come back and see me," she said, laughing.

Link shivered, "I don't want to know why they say that every time."

"She's just being nice Link! She can heal you," Navi said irritably.

"Yeah but......"

"Shut up Link, I don't want to know. Let's see if we can't find a way inside Jabu Jabu."

Link shrugged and stored the spell, heading back out of the cave.

Walking up to Jabu Jabu, he studied the large fish being. "HI! CAN I GET IN? YOU'VE SWALLOWED SOMEONE AND I'D LIKE TO GET HER OUT OF THERE!"

Jabu Jabu just blinked at the boy in front of him, and Link sighed. 'Wait, wasn't Ruto feeding Lord Jabu Jabu when she disappeared?' Link thought, remembering what King Zora had told him.

He looked around and quickly spotted a fish. Taking out his empty bottle, he caught the delicious looking morsel and then emptied the bottle on the dry land in front of Lord Jabu Jabu.

'Maybe that wasn't such a good idea,' Link thought as he got sucked in, screaming. He picked himself up and looked around, switching to his Deku shield.

'Well, time to look around,' Link thought, quickly disposing of the small octoroks.

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Arun found both girls fishing when he returned from the water temple. He sat down tiredly and watched them fish as the sunset. "Catch anything good?"

"Nothing big," Nayla said, "Apparently Link caught the biggest fish in the pond already."

Leia scowled, "It's not fair. I want to catch the biggest fish!"

Suddenly her line was caught, "Woah!"

Nayla reeled in her line and went to help Leia with hers. Arun also jumped up to help. They pulled up the huge fish, eyes wide. Leia grinned, "Let's get it weighed!"

She ran over to the desk and handed the fish to the fisherman. His eyes widened as the children watched with baited breath. (No pun intended)

"It looks like a new record! This fish weighs twelve pounds!" he said.

Leia cheered, "I can't wait to tell Link!"

The fisherman released the fish back into the pond and replaced the plaque with the largest fish. It now had Leia's name boldly printed there with an eleven pound fish.

"I think we're done fishing now," Leia said, handing in her fishing rod. Nayla also handed in her own, though she didn't really catch anything.

"Where are we going to sleep?" Nayla asked as they left the building.

Leia shrugged and Arun dove into the lake. He surfaced and waved at them, "I was told to stay here. The other Zora here is to do my training until we're of age."

Leia bid him a sad goodbye and sat on the edge of the land as he swam to the other Zora that had just surfaced. "So now what?" she asked, yawning.

"You come with us!"

Nayla and Leia turned to see Sheik and Majic standing behind them. Leia frowned at Sheik, "I liked you better without the head wrap."

Sheik grinned from underneath the mask and slowly pulled it off. "That better?" he asked shyly.

Leia nodded with a smile.

Nayla gave them an odd look, "Where are we going?"

"Hyrule Market Town. We've got a place to hide you and continue your training there. Ganondorf will never know. It's also linked to Kakariko Village. It's kind of a shrine for the Sheikah to go to when they are weary. A safe house if you will. Not even the royal family truly knows where it is," Majic said, placing a hand on Nayla.

Nayla bit her lip, and then nodded, knowing she could trust him. Leia wrinkled her nose, "It's gonna take all night to get there though."

Sheik laughed, "Do you really think so? You forget you're with the Sheikah. We have a spell that allows us to warp straight there. All you have to do is hold on to us."

Leia nodded, and grasped Sheik's outstretched hand. A moment later they had disappeared, much to Arun's amazement, who had surfaced to suggest the Lake Laboratory for a place to sleep.

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Link leaped backwards to avoid the spikes as the parasite charged him. He gulped and threw his new boomerang, hoping to stun it once more. 'I should have guessed I would have to rely heavily on this thing. I've had to rely heavily on the bombs and the slingshot for those two enemies.'

He grinned as the parasite, sank into the ground and charged with a yell, drawing his sword. He got in two good hits and the thing suddenly screeched, rising and breaking out. Link backed up a bit to watch as hives appeared to break out all over the thing. It exploded, and Link barely closed his mouth in time to avoid swallowing the goo. "Gross," he muttered, shaking off a bunch of the goo before picking up the heart that was left.

He smiled as he felt strength returning to his veins and the scratches he obtained disappeared. He turned to see where the glowing portal had appeared and saw an angry, frightened Princess Ruto. He groaned, 'That little brat is going to blame me for leaving her alone isn't she?'

He was right, but as they were deposited on the log outside of Jabu Jabu, Ruto leaned forward to kiss him. "Woah!" he yelled as he stepped backwards off the log. 'At least the water is getting the goo off,' Link thought as Ruto dove in after him and surfaced next to him.

"You were cool! Cooler than I thought you would be, just a little. Well, you rescued me, so I've got to reward you. What do you want?" Ruto said, giving him a look that was scaring him.

"Umm....... I was sent to collect spiritual stones......" he said.

Ruto giggled, "You want Zora's Sapphire? My mother told me to give it only to the person who was to be my husband. You might call it the Zora's engagement ring! All right! I'll give you my most precious possession. Take it respectfully!"

Link was put on edge, wondering what she meant by the Zora's engagement ring. 'I hope that doesn't mean what I think it means,' Link thought as Ruto swam off.

"C'mon Link! We've got to go see Princess Zelda!" Navi said, enjoying the apprehensive look on Link's face.

Link gave Navi a dirty look and swam to the entrance to Zora's Domain.

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Zelda's eyes widened as Impa ran into her room with a bloody arm. "Come, we must hurry. Ganondorf's attacking!"

Zelda nodded and grabbed her cloak and a small stuffed animal Majic had made for her for her birthday. It brought her comfort when she needed it most. She then grabbed the Ocarina of Time, glad she had gotten the song spell on it the other day.

"Too slow!" Impa said, grabbing the princess and running through the secret passage to the stables. She flung Zelda up onto a white mare and leaped up herself, kicking the horse into action. They ran out of the stables and down the path to Hyrule Market, aware that Ganondorf was now hot on their trail.

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Kalen whapped Leia on the head again, "You need to do this right. Try again."

Leia scowled, "This stuff is hard to learn. Why do I have to do this?"

Majic sighed and walked over, "How will you help your brother if you don't learn it?"

Leia pouted and tried again, putting a bit more effort into the spell. An odd sensation passed over her as she held it, and she gasped as she let the spell go. Majic was also standing stiff. "Zelda," he whispered running to the entrance to Hyrule Market Town.

One of the older Sheikah blocked his exit, shaking his head. "No, Zelda is with Impa at the moment. They shall return here soon."

A few moments later, Zelda appeared with Impa on the back of a white mare. The mare was taken to the exit at the Kakariko graveyard to be stabled in the Sheikah stables. Impa was taken to be bandaged and Zelda ran to Majic, crying, and clutching the small doll she had carried with her.

"So she's still a girl, that's good to know," Leia said softly.

"Of course she's female," Kalen said.

"Not what I meant," Leia said mounting the steps that would lead her to Hyrule Market town.

Kalen bobbed a moment, wondering if he should alert someone and then deciding against it. The twins had been apart for far longer than they were used to.

He quickly flew out the hatch before it entrapped him and he followed Leia through the alleys to the market. She poked her head out to see Ganondorf disappear into the path to the Temple of Time.

"Link must be in there! C'mon Kalen, we've got to stop them!" Leia said, running towards the entrance.

She got inside just in time to see Link pull out the Master Sword and Ganondorf enter the Sacred Realm.

She entered the Sacred Realm also and ran to her brother, who appeared unconscious. 'No!' she thought, looking over to where Ganondorf was walking towards the Triforce. She began to shake with anger and ran towards the Triforce at top speed, thinking, 'If only I had more power! I would have been able to prevent this!'

Ganondorf laid a hand on the Triforce and was surprised when another hand was also placed on it at the same time.

The lower two Triforce's blasted off, leaving the third trying to decide between the two that believed in power. Both Ganondorf and Leia struggled with it, trying to convince it that she/he was the best one for it to lie in.

Leia poured power into it as the Triforce of Power refused to disappear into either of them. The Triforce of Power suddenly broke into nine pieces, one piece being absorbed into Ganon, another into Leia. Five went to the Temples in the mortal realm. Of the other two, they were given to Ganondorf's most loyal followers, Soruna, and his renegade Sheikah companion, Lorne.

Ganondorf blasted Leia in anger and tried to get the piece within her body by killing her. She was knocked unconscious, and the small piece of the Triforce of Power reacted instantly, taking her to a place where she would be safe.

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Zelda's eyes widened as she stared at her left hand. On it glowed the symbol for the Triforce of Wisdom. "No......" she said as she felt evil radiating from the Sacred Realm.

Sheik ran into the room and looked wildly around, "Where's Leia?!"

Zelda quickly began a spiritual search for her Priestess. The results she got were jumbled and she shook her head, "I can't figure it out."

Sheik sat down on Leia's stool, hard. "You don't think........." he said, unable to finish his sentence.

Zelda looked up, eyes worried, "We must start a search. I do know she's still alive."

"I'll search the desert," Nayla said, "And contact Arun to search Zora's domain and Lake Hylia while I'm at it."

"I've got the Temple of Time and make my way to the forest," Majic said, "I'll also contact Mido."

"I've got Kakariko and Death Mountain," Sheik said, "I'll contact Sonnet." Zelda made to get up and was pushed back down.

Impa shook her head at the young girl, "You are safer here. Let them search. You three take these. They'll allow you to contact each other."

She handed three stones used for contact to them. "Be careful," she said.

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Leia awoke to Majic shaking her. "Huh?"

Majic placed a hand on her mouth, silencing her as he looked around. He sighed in relief and pulled out a stone, "Found her. Everyone regroup."

He proceeded to warp to the Sheikah hideout.

He found Impa frowning as the rest appeared in a flash. Nayla quickly ran to her friend, as did Sheik. Kalen was flying about sporadically. "Something's wrong!" he shouted. Impa nodded, "Everybody, out the exit to Kakariko. We must get to my house."

The trap door to the safe house was thrown open and Impa roared, "Run!"

The adults herded the children out the back, some turning to fight as Ganondorf's army caught up to them. Impa was forced to shut the door as the last of their kind fell. She then sealed it with her power. She looked up to where the Shadow Temple was radiating dark energy and frowned. "Everyone to my house quick. We must discuss the safety of the Triforce of Wisdom."

Soon they were all in Impa's old house, sitting around the large table. Impa sighed, "Before we say anything, Leia what did you do?"

Leia bit her lip, "I tried to stop Ganondorf by getting to the Triforce beforehand. It didn't work out like I thought it would."

"How do you mean?" Majic asked.

Leia nodded, "We touched it at the same time. I knew the Triforce of Courage would go to Link, and the Triforce of Wisdom to Zelda, so that left me with power, and that's what I wanted, the power to help him. There was a struggle between the two of us and I poured a bit of my own magic power into the Triforce of Power. It split into nine pieces. One went to me, and one went to Ganondorf, but I don't know about the rest."

She put her head in her hands, "I'm sorry."

Zelda smiled, "It's alright. Just don't use the power of that piece. We'll need a disguise of sorts for you though."

Kalen flew out, "We can disguise her to be Malon's twin. He'll never know."

"The ranch hand would," Zelda said, eyes sad, "She must merge with Malon. Malon will be able to stand that since Leia only has a piece."

"Let her merge with me," Leia said, "We already know each other well enough. Kalen can go with Malon to throw Ganondorf off track in his search to complete the Triforce of Power. Since he won't sense the Triforce of Power from Malon, all he'll do is place a minion there to keep watch."

Impa nodded, and turned to Zelda, "You're disguise is next. Sheik, I want her to merge with you."

Sheik watched Impa with wide eyes, "What?"

Majic stood, a scowl on his face, "I don't like that idea either."

"Sheik is the appropriate age," Impa said, "and Ganondorf will expect her to merge with her priestess. This way we will confuse him as long as neither show themselves at all."

Sheik looked at Zelda, who was crying again. "I'll do it, as long as I get control every once in a while."

He shook his head, "I- I don't like being not in control for long periods of time. I feel helpless."

Leia nodded in agreement. Zelda smiled, and turned to Leia, "We shall merge at the same time with our respective hosts. This is the best way to help your brother."

Leia shifted uncomfortably, and nodded, moving to stand next to Zelda. Impa nodded and stood to one side as Majic stood to the other, still not liking what was going on. There was a flash of light and both Zelda and Leia disappeared. Sheik and Nayla screamed, and collapsed, and suddenly, there was silence.

Nayla awoke first, "This feels so weird."

"Leia or Nayla?" Majic asked.

"Nayla, Leia thinks it would be better for me to maintain control for the most part," she said.

"Wise decision," said Sheik.

"Zelda," Nayla said, knowing who was speaking.

'Sheik' nodded, and looked over his body, "That was painful for the both of us."

Impa sighed, "I must get to the Shadow Temple. Something is definitely wrong here. Even with only one ninth of the Triforce, Ganondorf has a great deal of control over the dark forces. I hate to think what would happen with the whole thing. His takeover will be rather slow for the moment I hope."

Impa left, leaving the children to plan their next move. Kalen discussed a few things with them before leaving to head to LonLon Ranch to keep Malon company in the coming time of darkness.

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*Omake*

"When battle makes you weary, please come back and see me," she said, laughing.

Link shivered, "I don't want to know why they say that every time."

Navi giggled evilly and whispered in Link's ear what the Great Fairy did to 'soothe' people's wounds.

Link turned pale, "They wouldn't do that to a little kid would they?"

Navi studied Link a moment and shook her head, "No, but when you grow up you had better look out. They're going to be chasing you to soothe your wounds whether you have them or not."

Link paled and ran out of the fairy fountain. Navi cackled evilly and followed him.

The Great Fairy poked her head out of the spring, "Better spread the word, we have to get him when he's young."

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Author's Notes: Reviews are nice. Please nothing mean though....... I'm not sure I can handle that at the moment. :p Until next chapter ^^