9

Jacob

I walked through our garage door and saw mom lying on the couch asleep. "Mom I'm home." I said quietly. She didn't respond…oh well.

I walked into my room only to find my DS missing…again…"CHRYSANTHEMUM…Give it back now!" I yelled from my room. "Hey!"

Why wasn't she arguing or answering? I walked over to her room and knocked; no answer. I opened the door, the lights were turned off and the room was empty. I walked back in the living room. "Hey mom, sorry to wake you up and all, but where's Chris?" She opened her eyes slowly, "What? She's back?! Chris!" She shot out of bed, "Jacob she's here?!"

"What? No, that's why I was asking, what do you mean 'she's back'?" I said, starting to freak out a bit.

"Oh…well…" she said pausing, my stomach started to churn, I was starting to panic. "Mom?" my voice cracked, "Where is she?"

Azami

It was too late, I had to explain it to him now. "Jacob, Chrysanthemum has been kidnapped…" I choked. Jacob fell to his knees. "Wh-What?! Who did it?! I SWEAR I'LL KILL THEM."

"No you won't Jacob, you aren't strong enough to kill these people."

"Who are they?"

"Look at the TV."

He looked and gasped. "What the heck happened here?!"

"This is how she was kidnapped."

"She was taken through a TV?" he asked skeptically.

"Yes, through a TV."

"Mom, listen you're probably just…" I stood up.

"I'm not Jacob, if I told you the whole thing you wouldn't believe me, but your dad isn't coming home for a week. I need you to find a way to help me keep this quiet, I'm hoping to wait till he comes home to explain. I will say though if you see a man with a creepy smile here on the TV or in our house, try not to freak out and let me know ok?"

"What..." He looked at me even more concerned.

"You'd know him when you see him, you told her about the game anyways…"

"I've told her about a lot of games and there's a lot of creepy characters, I need you to be more specific mother"

"Watch your mouth." I said.

"Sorry"

"The Happy Mask Salesman."

He looked at me funny again…."Are you saying Hyrule and Termina exist?"

"Yes. Turns out that guy I mentioned who calls himself the 'Happy Mask Salesman' has known me since I was a child. He actually stalked me for a couple years."

"He did?"

"Yeah…"

"What a creeper."

"He's not as bad as you'd think though. He'll be checking in twice a week to make sure we're ok, and if he can, he'll update us on Chris."

"So Chris…she's in…Hyrule…"

"Yeah…I wonder how she's doing. I really hope she's okay..." I said...lying back down on the couch.

Chris

I was asleep, but in more of a nap stage, so I could feel and hear everything, but I couldn't really react. I felt a cold cloth being brushed lightly against my arms and my face. Then my skin felt all tingly. What the heck are they doing?

Soon afterwards I felt two strong arms lift me and carry me to a place, then I was set gently on a soft area, was this a bed? I felt a warm blanket cover my body afterwards. "Goodnight Chris…" I heard a quiet voice say. I heard footsteps and a door shut. I took a deep breath and tried to relax.

Man…this is crazy I can't tell if I'm happy to be here, or scared… well, as long as my family is safe I'm fi-

I heard another noise.

It sounded like the door opened again, I felt someone sit on the bed next to me, I didn't move, and I didn't open my eyes. I just lay there motionless pretending to be asleep. After a few seconds I felt an arm wrap around my shoulders and my head was gently pressed against the person. "I'm sorry Chris." I heard an innocent sounding voice say. "Blue just doesn't always know how to control himself." It must've been Red. What a sweetheart, I struggled not to smile, he's so kind. "Well...goodnight..." I heard him say, soon I heard footsteps again and the quiet opening of the door and it shutting.

I found myself waking up sometime in the middle of the night. I opened my eyes and struggled to sit up, being reminded by the enormous amount of pain I felt. I also momentarily forgot where I was. The moonlight shined through the window so I could see my surroundings. I heard a light snoring. My heart stopped, I looked down off of the bed and saw Link lying on his stomach with his head towards the bed, his mouth was slightly open and his hair was a mess. I felt bad for him having to sleep on the floor, but at the same time was kind of grateful I didn't have to as I know I would be so sore it would hurt to even breathe. I was also grateful he didn't decide to sleep on the bed too, despite now that I look at it it's around a queen size.

Wow, he was certainly modest, I smirked…I had to admit, he was kind of cute when he slept, but I felt weird and I think my face was growing hot once I saw the blanket was covering from him feet to his gut, and he wasn't wearing a shirt. Lovely. I quickly lie back down and fell asleep feeling like a creeper with a pit forming inside my stomach as if I had done something horrible.