Chapter Four

The next day, Zelda sprang out of bed and raced to the bathroom. She showered in record time and quickly dressed and fixed her hair. She went to the kitchen and ate rapidly.

"Someone's hungry this morning." Falcon commented warmly as he sat nearby with a cup of coffee. Zelda laughed lightly as she zoomed out of the kitchen.

Her heart pounded faster and faster as she approached the attic door. Stepping inside, she looked around. The room looked the same, Roy was nowhere to be seen.

"Roy?" she breathed. The air a few feet away from her began to shimmer.

"You came back!" The shimmer shouted as it seemed to solidify into a human body. Roy stood grinning broadly. Zelda smiled shyly. "I didn't think you would. Not many others would. I probably wouldn't either."

"I couldn't leave you... you looked so sad."

"I was so excited when you first came in here, I practiced all night trying to make myself visible. I'm not very good at it yet, though." He laughed and, as if to prove a point, his legs disappeared out from under him. A few seconds later they returned.

"You couldn't do it before?"

"No, I've tried before, but I think I'm finally strong enough now." He scratched his head and glanced at his transparent body.

"How do you do it?" Zelda inquired, fascinated.

"I don't know. I just think about being seen really hard, and then I just appear. I have to picture my whole body, though. Or else this happens!" He held up an arm and his hand faded away. Roy chuckled and uncurled his fingers as the hand returned in sight.

Zelda laughed, too, and sat cross-legged on the floor. Roy did the same, facing her.

"How long have you been up here?" Zelda inquired.

"I don't know. I'd say almost a year now." His eyebrows crinkled in concentration.

"Is it lonely?" Zelda asked softly. Roy bowed his head and fiddled with his fingers.

"Yeah. I've been up here by myself for so long, for while I thought I was going to go crazy."

He laughed nervously, still gazing at his hands.

"Marth used to come up here when it first happened. He would stay for hours, just talking. I would talk back, but he never heard me. Then I couldn't do anything. I tried to move things, let him know I was there. Nothing worked." Roy said gloomily.

"He doesn't come anymore?" Zelda asked, although she already knew the answer.

"No. He stayed in the mansion for about a month after everyone left. I think he went a bit mad up here. Finally, one day he lost it, completely wrecking the room. I'd never seen anyone like that, so broken. It was only after he caught the couch on fire did he stop. He left and the next day he came back and cleaned the place up. Then I watched him as he locked the door and crush the key with his sword. No one has come up here since." Roy's voice shook.

"He blamed himself... for what I did." Roy said quietly.

"I'm sorry. Why... why did..." Zelda blushed and let her words trail out. Roy looked up at her, his eyes locking with hers.

"Why did I kill myself, you mean?" He said dryly.

Zelda nodded and pulled her knees to her chest.

"Do you really wanna hear this?" Roy bit his lip, his eyes troubled.

Zelda hesitated, was this really something you asked someone? Her own lavender eyes widened, she had to know, there was no going back.

"I do."

I hope you liked this, guys! I know it's short, but I really wanted to update so I could share the good news with my lovely readers... I got accepted into Arizona State University! Yay! Not my first choice, but it's the first one I've heard back from so far!

Anyways, expect a lot more updates in the next 2 weeks, I'm on winter break! Woo Hoo!

Happy Holidays!