Chapter 5: Fleeing the Complex

Once we got back to the room, Ganondorf had returned to his serious self. When Sowel had asked us what all the laughing was about, all I could say was "penis joke". After that, we got ourselves ready for bed. Zelda popped in for a second to hand me a change of clothes, one of her old ceremonial dresses she said. I was adverse to wearing it because one, I don't like dresses, and two, I don't like pink. The color, I mean; Pink the singer was awesome. However, after a glare from my roommate, I just gave up and put it on. Speaking of my roommate, Ganondorf just snapped his fingers and summoned a mat and blanket (as he opted to give me and Sowel the single bed itself). Another snap and he was out of his armor and crown thingie and in a white shirt and baggy black pants. Once the crown itself was off, I was immediately shocked by how much hair he had (it was a big, curly red mass that went down to his waist!). When he caught me staring, he gave me a look that said "as if you're one to talk about stange hairstyles". After that, I found myself reaching for my phone. I looked at the top edge of the screen. No service. That didn't stop me from dialing Josh. All I got was a no service beeping.

"What's wrong now, Child?"

"I'm just worried about my brothers. They were there when I was kidnapped. What if Ghirahim took them too? What about Mom? What if-?"

"If that is the case, then you have my word that you will get them back."

I looked up at Ganondorf. For someone who had been given a death penalty, he sure was being nice to a complete stranger.

"He's right!" Sowel pipped in. "We'll get everything back to normal in no time."

"Thanks."

"Come now, we all need to regain our strength. Try to get some sleep, Child."

All that was two hours ago.

The combined glowing of Sowel's tiny body and Ganondorf's sword made trying to get to sleep more difficult than necessary. The addition of a certain fairy's snoring made it impossible. After awhile, I just gave up, got my phone and earbuds out, and started playing some music. Pink actually helped me relax a bit… well, as relaxed as one can get in this situation. While I was on the sixth song in the album, I noticed that Ghirahim may have done something to my phone. When Josh and I were picking up Sammy, the battery was at 80%. Looking at it now, it was back at 100%, and had stayed there for a while. Of all the things to do to me, why try to conserve my phone battery. Before I could think any further on that, I felt something. I came to a realization. Quickly and quietly I paused my music, got out of bed, and went to the door. Once out of the room, I tried to remember where I saw the bathroom.

Roughly two minutes later, I made my way back to the room, my business done.

"Sweet Hylia, it can't be him again."

I stopped in my tracks. Was it just me or did I just hear Groose's voice coming from the room Link was in? Quietly, I pressed my ear to the door.

"There doesn't seem to be any other explanation," Zelda's voice said.

"But I thought Link did him in! I thought he was gone for good!"

Shushing. "They're in the next room. They may be asleep, but let's not take any chances."

So they were talking about us.

"I'm just saying, why now? If he's still around, why wait this long to do something?"

"That's the thing, Groose. It definitely is Demise, but at the same time, it's not."

Wait, what?

"I don't get it."

"Remember Demise's last words? Maybe this is what he meant by the curse on us."

Curse? I wasn't liking this.

"Well, what do we do about it?"

"…Link, first thing in the morning, I need you to go get the Master Sword. Whatever they're planning, we need to stop them before they hurt someone."

The answer that she got from Link was a grunt.

I backed away from the door. I'd heard enough.

I ran back into our room. Ganondorf was already up and had his ear to the wall. He looked at me when I came in. "Are you alright?"

I was scared and on the verge of tears. "T-they're going to… to-."

"I know, Child, I heard them too."

"How can they just-!"

He placed his hands on my shoulders. "Look at me. It's alright. We'll be long gone before they can do anything. All you need to do is remain calm. Danzha?"

I didn't know what that last word meant, but I found myself repeating it. "D-danzha."

"Good." He stood to full height. "Wake the fairy and grab your things. We're leaving now." I did as I was told. I stuffed all my things, my phone, my normal clothes, everything, into my backpack. I put my sneakers on, knowing there may be some running in my immediate future (I probably looked pretty stupid with my sneakers and a pink dress on, but right now I didn't care). I nudged Sowel awake; she seemed pretty grumpy at first, but once the situation was made clear, she was fully awake. Looking over at Ganondorf, he had magicked all his armor back on and was tying his sword to his waist. Within the span of five minutes, we were all awake and ready to go, the room the same way we found it. "Ready, girls?"

"Ready," Sowel and I answered together. The fairy took a seat on my shoulder and we began our escape.

Unfortunately, the exact moment when we stepped out of our room was also when our hosts decided to walk out. For a long time, all we did was just stare at each other. Then Zelda stepped forward. "Is everything alright? Do you need anything?"

"As a matter of fact," Ganondorf answered, "I'm afraid we need to be leaving."

"N-now?"

"Now." He willed some sort of nut into existence and slammed it on the ground between us and them. There was a blinding light, and I felt myself being pulled down the hall and out the door before I got my sight back. We sprinted through the darkness, Sowel barely holding onto my shoulder as we went. Lights turned on in the houses that we passed. We weaved through alley, jogged up stairs, and eventually found ourselves at a dead end, nothing but open sky ahead of us. "Paesh!"

"Now what?" I asked.

Link, Zelda, and Groose arrived a moment later. Ganondorf pushed me behind him and drew his sword. This felt familiar.

"Please," Zelda spoke. "Just come back with us. We can work this out if you calm down."

"Calm down?!" I shouted back. "You're the ones trying to kill us! You calm the fuck down!"

Zelda froze. "How much did you hear?"

"We heard enough," Ganondorf answered, stepping forward. "And I, for one, did not escape execution just to be put to death alongside an innocent girl all because a couple of teens said so!"

"We're more than a couple of teens, Agahnim, if that's even your real name," Link spoke gruffly. "We've seen things. I've come face to face with Ghirahim and his dark master. Zelda has carried the weight of the world on her shoulders to hell and back! We have faced the darkness together and overcome every challenge you through at us. Curse or no curse, I won't let you try to destroy us again, Demise!"

I froze. Something in me seemed to click. The world began to blur around me. My head swam, half formed thoughts flying and pushing against my mind. I heard words from Ganondorf and Sowel, from Link and Zelda and Groose, felt my own mouth moving, but I couldn't hear any of it. I grabbed my head, wobbling, backpack seemingly ten times heavier than before. Something in the back of my mind seemed to speak.

Almost there, almost there-.

My foot found nothing but air. I was falling.

"REGINA!"

"REGINA!"

I blinked back to reality. The first thing I saw was the bright pink light of Sowel's body fluttering in my face. Then Ganondorf was there, cradling me like a small child. We were in some kind of cave. Sand covered the ground, the air was cold and dry, and everything was dark except for the fairy. "What happened?" I asked while trying to get up. "Where are we? Where're Zel-?" The moment I was on my feet, I swayed and fell back down.

A hand under each arm helped me back up. "Save your strength." Ganondorf propped me up against the cavern wall. "You've been through hell and back today."

"What happened?" I asked again.

There was a deep breath. "You fell off the side of Skyloft. I was able to catch you before we broke the clouds."

"Lucky you still had that sailcloth!" Sowel interrupted, obviously trying to change the subject, deflate the situation. "Anyway, we seem to have landed in Lanayru Desert, just north of the old mines. Zelda and the others on Skyloft won't be able to come after us until morning; their Loftwings can't fly at night."

I didn't process what she said; my mind was on other things. "There's something else, isn't there?"

The cave became uncomfortably silent. Ganondorf shifted in discomfort. "Child-."

"TELL ME!" I was on the verge of tears, but I couldn't… I couldn't.

A heavy sigh. My phone suddenly appeared in his hand. "Another message from Ghirahim."

I ripped the damn thing out of his hand, unlocked it, opened the message app…. I read it allowed.

"My hate… never perishes. It is born anew in a cycle no end. I will rise again." I started to chock up a bit. "T-those like you… those who share the B-Blood of the Goddess and the Spirit of the Hero… they are forever bound to this Curse." A shaky breath. "An incarnation… of my hatred shall ever follow your kind, d-dooming them to wander a blood-soaked sea of darkness… f-for all time."

The moment I read the last word, a new message popped up.

'Sound familiar?'

"Demise's last words," Ganondorf muttered. I looked at him, holding back tears.

"Our last words."

He took a seat next to me. After that, silence. We didn't know what to make of this, what to do. Tired, I leaned my head on his shoulder, she took a seat on mine. "What are we?" I asked him.

"…I don't know."

"…What now," she asked me.

"…I don't know."

At some point, we just fell asleep, still wondering.

...Well that took a turn for the angsty! What genres did I have this story set to again?

Regina: *busts down the door* Adventure and humor, Bitch!

Ganondorf: *walks in and drags Regina back into the break room*

...That happened

Danzha?- Understand?

Paesh- Fuck

Anyway, tiny announcement:

My personal schedule will become a bit tighter as time progresses, so as of today, once I post both this chapter and one for Many Unexpected Things, I will start to impose an update schedule (mostly for myself). Every week on Friday, I will post a maximum of two chapters, said chapters varying on what I have completed at the time. The schedule itself will come into complete effect as of next Sunday.

Now that that's out of the way, back to my crazy life! CT