Link bit into the lotus, immediately falling in love with its taste. His brain rapidly spammed dopamine production. He no longer felt connected to the earth; and yet, at the same time he was. Like the earth's gravity and orbit no longer affected him. He was just a spectator amongst the group of teens, not participating in their activities. Just watching.

And suddenly, those hippie thoughts came to a crashing end as Link passed out again.

He awoke in a fresh, clean bed, dazed and confused. When exactly did he get to bed? He kept his eyes closed, taking in his surroundings little by little. His head still spun from confusion. The air smelled like bacon and eggs and all that good stuff. Opening his eyes, they were hit hard with sunlight, making him squint through.

"Look who's finally awake." Pipit grinned from behind his glass of juice. Link shook his head and sat up. He was in what appeared to be a hotel room. A fancy hotel room.

"How'd I get here?" He groaned as fought back the drowsiness and the sun's blinding light. Apparently, even when you were the son of Apollo, you still go blind if you stare at the sun.

"You passed out." Zelda smiled.

"Again!?" Link groaned again. Just how many times was he going to pass out on this damn quest?

"Again?" Zelda and Pipit shared a confused look.

"Never mind." Link said, quickly realizing his mistake. 'I've spoken so much yesterday that I'm starting to think out loud.' Quickly changing the topic, Link asked the question that had been bothering him since he'd woken up.

"How are you two able to afford a hotel room?" Link questioned. The fact that they lived in here alone was suspicious to Link. Unless they were more than friends…

"Oh, it was lent to us by...That guy. Zelda, do you remember who lent us the room?"

"...No, not really. Huh, that's weird."

Link raised an eyebrow. Something felt off. His thoughts were too clouded to form any kind of conclusion, but something definitely felt off.

"Anyway, let's head over to Red Lotus. I'm getting bored just sitting here eating when we could do that over there- unless Link wants some bacon."

At the rumble of Link's stomach, they all laughed and gave him a seat at the table, Link not noticing how quickly Pipit had changed the topic.

From far up in the heavens, the young god watched his son intently as he strolled out with the two other demigods, and into Red Lotus they went. Apollo sighed and shook his head, turning away from the scene and made his way back up the steps into his temple.

"Whoa…" Link murmured as he stepped into the lower level of Red Lotus' restaurant. Even further down was just about the best amusement park ever created. He was suddenly struck with nervousness. After all this time alone, he was actually going to hang out with friends…Were they his friends? He thought of them as friends, but Link wasn't so sure that Pipit or Zelda felt the same. He didn't really know when it came to people. "Guys, I'll be right back, I need to use the bathroom." Pipit nodded at Link as he turned, and he caught a glance of Zelda's worried expression. Link frowned and kept going and made my way to the bathroom, sighing as I stepped inside. There was only one other boy in the bathroom, Griffin, a Poseidon kid pointed out to Link by Zelda. 'And she sure did look like she liked him, the way she talked about him.' Link grumbled internally. 'But I shouldn't be jealous. I have no reason to, after all. I wonder if he's alright though, he looks downright sick right now.'

Griffin was leaning over the sink, his black locks hanging down over his face as he stared at the running water. His eyes were a deep blue, resembling water way cleaner than the water streaming out of the taps. He clenched his teeth tightly, as if he were in pain or conflicted. His arms gripped the sides of the sink tightly enough to actually crack the porcelain, which wasn't the best sign of someone in a healthy mental state. He groaned and washed his face in the water, when suddenly all the water surrounded him in a violent way, erupting out of the taps. His mark, trident, was glowing a sick harsh red, almost to where it looked like it was bleeding. While a mark may sting a demigod if their parent was angry, ever before had Link seen it to that degree . He cried out and turned to me, clutching his head horribly as the water splashed down on the floor. He walked to me quickly, gripping my shoulders as hard as he gripped the sink edges, causing pain to erupt on one of my shoulders. Looking at it, there was horrible wound that Link thought he never noticed before. 'Just where did it come from ? Surely not from Griffin!'

"We're trapped." The boy whispered to me, his eyes frantic and scared- like a trapped animal. "They poisoned our minds, not even my father could reach me in that daze. We have to get out!" He growled out. "The lotus. Don't eat it. Don't eat it."

Griffin turned and paced around anxiously, punching a hole in the wall when he couldn't take it anymore. Link leaned away in fear. What was making him act like this?

"We have to get out man, we have to!"

"What the hell are you saying?" I finally blurted out. Hurt filled his eyes before being replaced by anger. He looked absolutely livid.

"If you don't believe me, I'll get out myself. Just how long have we been here! I'm not wasting any more time around this place." He steadied himself and sighed. "Get out while you can. I'm leaving before they force another one of those lotus' on me. Before I lose all reason."

Griffin slammed the door loudly as he walked out.

Hey :D Guess who's back. Sorry for such a short chapter here…but to make up for it, a longer, much more exciting right next. So if someone could teach me how to do a line break that'd be great ._. Chapters would get way longer. Btw, I'm surprised I actually got a lot more of reviews than normal from the last chapter I posted a while ago. I did that when I wasn't quiet coherent and in the middle of the night. Basically I wrote it drunk off of soda, but it seemed to work ^^. And despite everyone's pleas, Link ate the flower. Because I'm a horrible person. I'll start posting faster now that my finals are over and hopefully I'm not too distracted by the games I got ._.