Link stood in the bathroom door way for a while, not knowing what to do. His arm rapidly started burning, Apollo's mark glowing red for a brief moment; but it was nothing compared to Griffin's, as it subsided just as quickly as it came. It didn't resemble a bloody wound either; if anything, it was just the burning sensation that he felt when he first got the mark. Why the sudden pain though?

"Not even my father could reach me in that daze" Link frowned as he remembered Griffin's ominous phrase. 'I thought the gods weren't allowed to interfere with their own children? What'd he mean about his father reaching him? And if Poseidon, second only to Zeus couldn't reach this place…'

Link shook his head and left the bathroom, making his way back to Pipit in Zelda. Pipit frowned when he saw him, and Zelda was nowhere to be found. His eyes darted around in a quick survey of the crowd, then he went back to Link.

"Man, I usually agree with Shrek on the whole 'better out than in' thing, but you look downright terrible. Do you always look this scarred after bathroom breaks?" Pipit grinned through his worried expression. Pipit looked kind of off too, setting Link even more on edge.

"Uh…stomachache." Link lied sheepishly. Pipit snorted before going back to scanning the crowd. Link's eyebrows furrowed. There was definitely something wrong here.

"Where's Zelda?"

"Oh she's uh…You see, she- how do I explain this. Griffin came out of nowhere and started…I don't want to say babbling- he's one of my best friends- but that's exactly what he did. Kept going on about someplace called Skyloft and not to eat the evil flowers." Pipit laughed nervously and scratched his neck. "The thing is that Skyloft sounds familiar, and in a nonsensical way his gibberish made sense. But then a couple of the security guards came over to see what the commotion was and he ran for it, Zelda tailing him. She's like that you know, a worry wart about her friends. The guards ran after her too though. I haven't seen her come back yet, so I'm kind of worried."

"You wanna look for her? What if she's hurt?" Link was just as worried about Zelda now, after seeing Griffin flip out like that and learning he was in Zelda's presence. More worrying was that Skyloft sounded familiar to him too. 'What if Griffin is right…?'

"Hurt? When she's with Griffin? Not possible. The man's a tank, and her power is just as frightening. She'll come back any moment. I'm sure of it" Pipit said the last part looking like he was trying to convince himself instead of Link. His eyes still flickered around the room nervously.

"I'm still going to look for her." Link murmured before disappearing into the crowd. He ignored Pipit's calls behind him and kept going further in, scanning the crowd for Griffin or Zelda. There was absolutely no sign of them, and every other demigod was still as cheerful and oblivious as before.

'Like you?' Link froze at his thought, then shook his head fiercely. Griffin's warnings couldn't possibly have any truth to it. His mark stung at the same time as he thought this, and his face paled with realization. 'Was that what Griffin meant about gods reaching their children? What if it burns to warn danger?' Link kept searching as his thoughts swirled in an angry whirlwind. 'But then why would it burn Griffin so badly? Why'd it burn me worse than usual?'

"Not even my father could reach me in this daze" Griffin's voice echoed again. Hair stood on Link's neck as he kept searching, not missing when the guards in the background started to point at him. 'What if his father was trying to reach him this whole time? He couldn't get through until Griffin woke up.' Link stopped walking around, taking it all in; because if the marks burned all at once for however long the godly parent was trying to reach them, the marks also told you how long you've been in that daze. 'How long have I been here? It could only be at two days ma-'

"Would you like a lotus, sir?" A waiter offered him a plate of them, Link feeling more sickened the longer he looked at them.

"Don't eat the lotus. Don't eat them."

"Excuse me?" The waiter's eyes flared. It wasn't Griffin's voice this time. Link had said it out loud by mistake. He froze, cursing himself for thinking out loud again. Link quickly turned and walked away from the furious waiter.

"Would you like a lotus sir?" Another came with an identical plate of lotuses. Link declined, but more and more came toward him with plates of lotuses, to the point where he was surrounded. Link cursed again and reached for his clawshot gloves, or his swords, or anything at all at this point. To his despair, none were with him. Panicking, he ran through them, knocking them over. Guards came running after him, and Link felt utterly terrified. He turned and ducked into a girl's bathroom while out of line of the guard's vision, blushing as he did so. Granted, it was for survival, but it still felt so wrong. Luckily, no one was in there, letting Link breathe a sigh of relief. He leaned against the door with his ear pressed to it, listening to the pounding footsteps fading away as the guards kept running in the wrong direction. Link breathed out and opened the door, looking at the backs of the guards he had avoided. It was unbelievably creepy, that through all that commotion, the teens were still dancing and partying without a care in the world. It was like they couldn't see what was happening around them.

'What if Griffin's right? Oh man, I have to find him and get an explanation.' Link turned, nearly yelling when he looked to his left, finding exactly who he was going to look for, but it was all wrong. Griffin was dressed exactly like a waiter, holding the tray of evil flowers that he had denounced. He extended his arm toward Link, giving an empty smile.

"Would you like a lotus, sir?"

Author's note: You guys probably hate me for ending this chapter like that, but worry not, my fair fellows! I know what I'm doing. Sort of. Stories never really go in the direction of your outline, as you can see above. Griffin wasn't even supposed to be a character at first XD But he's one know, and I'm going to make sure that he fits well into the story and won't be one of those "Use once" characters that make only one appearance.

Does anyone else get the Don't Starve reference? No? I'm the only one who plays that? Ok then ._. Good gravy though indie games are amazing. They are in part to blame for the lack of updates for a few months ._.

Feel free to skip these ANs if they ruin the flow of the story for you, and as always, thank you for the reviews. You have no idea how motivating it is to get them. Well maybe you do, but you get the point. Must. Stop. Rambling.