Hi guys and welcome once more, thanks to those who read and like the story. Azarin, thanks for your review and allowing me to see your analysis of the story. I will take it all into account yet it will probably appear once I finish the story and decide to add a few missing links and edit it with more calm.

So for now enjoy and ready my note at the end of the story that will have an important news.

The Timeless Shadow

"Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight." – Rollo May

Chapter 10: Waiting

As the knights surrounded Zelda, all she had to do was allow them to do as they please. Most of them were pissed at the trouble she had given them and now was the perfect time for them to show it. The one marked as the leader stood back but didn't allow the men to hurt her badly. His eyes clouded over thinking back on a few months when he found himself in a similar position. Then he saw it once more the mirage of a white wolf standing protectively in front of the Queen, but as soon as he came it left.

"Now my queen, how do you feel right now? Ah, ah... I bet stupendous but poor you, you had to leave your lover behind." One of the men taunted as he took a rock and threw it at the Queen, only to find it blocked by a hand.

"Don't be a moron. If you bring her hurt to King Markus, he'll have your head." Another one of the men interrupted and they started to fight verbally against the majority of the men.

Taking advantage of the distraction made by the immature group of knights, the leader found himself walking over to where the aged woman was kneeling defeated. He stared her down but she didn't move or even react to it. Yet he saw it again, behind her was the form of the white wolf growling at him. He took a step back and when he closed and opened his lids the hallucination left the same way as it came.

"Can you see it?" He asked her lowly so that it wouldn't disturb the group he had come with.

"See what?" The woman retorted, but found no answer. "You mean a spirit?" She guessed in a monotone voice, most probably trying to hide her hurt.

Shocked the man kneeled down to her level to see if she was playing with him, but her eyes showed noting but sadness. "What kind of witchery did you do to have that animal following you?"

"So you are a special one." She said to the floor, ignoring the question he had given her.

"Don't ignore me witch." He said in a low and dangerous voice as he picked a knife he always carried with him.

Then she looked up at him, freezing him in place. Her eyes were daring and a youthful look washed upon them. The man froze in his place since he had heard stories about the Queen and her rebelling nature. He had heard her stare could freeze over hell and now that he had experimented it at first hand he knew what they said was true. A few more seconds of the stare and he broke it to look at the group that had totally forgotten about them.

"He's the Hero of Time. My husband used to see him as well." She told him as she also stared at the quarrel between knights. "You've seen him before haven't you?"

The knight froze in his place and started to wonder if what he had seen back then was the same as now. He knew that back then he was protecting the small girl in which some knights wanted to take advantage of. 'Could it be?' He wondered but without him even voicing his thoughts, the Queen had already known them due to his body.

"He's been alive all this time. Plus if you have that ability it means that you can see beyond the barriers of this dimension." She said trying to explain to him but not wanting to give in any real details. "Now shouldn't I be your prisoner?"

A rough look appeared on the man's face and he found anger growing deep inside of him. He had heard all of the rumors before and he knew exactly what the relationship between the Queen and the apparition was. Yet he grew far madder at his lack of leadership and being called on by his own prisoner. His commanding yell ran through the empty village and the men stopped their quarrel. All of them stood in position as he gave them their orders. Once his orders were given, all of them started to run around finishing their preparations for the time being.

Once Kain woke up from his sleep, he found himself in a dark and musty place. A few leaks were heard but other than his breathing, noting that could tell that someone else was with him. His blue eyes, slightly brighter than his mothers, shone inside the darkness yet he could see nothing. The more time he found himself starring at nothing in particular the more familiar he started to get with his surroundings. The dark and gloomy cell used to be where his father's advisor had ended after the man had betrayed his father, with what was unknown.

He somehow couldn't help but hate this place. It wasn't one of his favorite's places to be, and it would be the last place he would want to die in. He knew he had been in the area before, yet he had never seen it in this perspective. The way the main entrance door opened and closed and a few yells coming from the torture chamber were enough to make him cringe. By nature he was a pretty sadistic man but somehow the darkness of this place brought out his inner fears.

'I need to get out of here. There's a window close that should lead to the back courtyard. No one goes there anymore, but how will I get there?' Kain thought as he started to plan a way to get out of this dammed place. A loud yell of pain coming from a few cells made him shake slightly. 'Oh hell no, I need to get out fast.'

After that last yell all he heard was the thumping of a body and the footsteps of the man doing the torture. A few gates father away opened and he knew that the man had left the area but a new pair of footsteps could be heard. He knew that sound and pace distinctively and he found himself calmer yet with some slight fear running through his veins. He knew that at that moment he wasn't needed observing his own door but he looked down to the floor in embarrassment.

"Kain, Kain..." A cynical voice called in a sing song tone. The rambling of keys rattled around the door and the voice kept repeating the same. "Kain, Ka-"

"You moron, that gets annoying!" The Third Prince yelled at the person who stood next to the door.

Not being taken back the person answered with the exact precision as always. "What? Are you mad dad? I mean I just feel as if twenty years has been taken away from me."

"Moron," Kain muttered relieved to finally speak to his son. "Twenty years ago you were just a brainless infant."

"Ehh? Are you playing tricks with me? Mom told me that everyone is born with a brain. Or has age gotten to you, dad?" The soldier in his early twenty's said as he taunted the man in chains.

"What are you here for? Last time I checked you aren't exactly my best ally." The man in chains said trying to keep his voice as low as possible.

"Oh, yea I nearly forgot. I came here on regards of King Markus the First. In the royal letter he sent me with, you are only meant to be given food once a day due to your status as royalty. Also you are meant to be given a bath every week, in a tight and secluded place and surrounded by criminals you had captured before. To top it all the trials against you will begin once the captured Queen comes back from Kakariko, starting two weeks after today, without counting delays." The young man said as he tried to keep a composed demeanor.

Once he noticed that the guards had passed their routinely motion near the cell he kneeled down to the eye level of Kain. The cold look he had used earlier disappeared and he threw himself on top of his father. The man grunted lightly but tried to hold back without lifting his arms much due to the chain restrain. Before any tears were intended to sweep out, the man in his twenties proceeded to whisper something in the older man's ear. Once again he had to separate and make his distance known as the guard passed behind him.

"And finally by the orders of our precious King Markus the First, you have been dethroned and lost all royal status. Also the daily meals shall be delivered in the afternoon." With that as a goodbye for now, the son left the father and son relationship behind and closed the door that encaged his father.

'What a bastard of I son I have. From what I see they got the job cut for me.' Kain thought with a smirk on his face, the darkness in the room giving him a malefactions glow and deepening his near deep blue eyes. "I guess I got two weeks of no action." He said out loud as he leaned back and rested his head against the brick wall.

In the dark atmosphere of the mansion Link and Lilia found themselves fighting. The young female found it difficult but felt secure since every time she found herself in danger her male counterpart came to help her. She kept fighting at a distance but on rare occasion found the enemy too close and had to change her tactic to a shorter distance. Her short hair flowed around behind her and some parts stick to her face. With that she kept on fighting her breathing growing heavier by the hour, but she didn't allow that to demonstrate how tired she truly was.

The man a few feet in front of her was in the same condition. He in this case found himself breathing heavy and tried his best to protect the maiden and himself. He found himself glad that they were nearing the final part of this dungeon after fighting nonstop for hours. His sword molded well with him and shield was still a perfect fit as he used the sword to stab and kill, and the shield to push and block. He looked behind him once a horde of monsters was cleared and saw the girl panting even harder than him.

"Lilia, take a rest." He told her, worry written all over his eyes.

"But all we got left is to open the last door." She said between breaths.

"There's no hurry here." He said but in his mind there was something that made him doubt those words.

"Of course there is! The Queen is in danger, dad told us that." Lilia half yelled at him.

Once those words reached Link's ears he looked down on to the floor. He knew his duty was next to the woman he loved but something was holding him back. 'Zelda, I'm coming for you.' The blonde man thought as he started to get near the last doors. He moved his hand to it but moved it away thanks to an electric shock. 'What the...' He thought his eyes as big as they can get.

"Link! Are you alright?" The petite girl yelled as she ran to the side of the shocked man. "Hey, hey! Answer me! Link, what happened?" She tried to gain his attention as she shook his arm continuously.

"I can't open it." He finally answered. "You'll probably wouldn't ether." He said as he looked down, his bangs hiding his eyes.

"You moron, let me try." She said her tone and words resembling her mother's.

'Yeah, that's right. Every time we had to come across something we couldn't open someone would be taken as a victim.' He thought but closed his eyes as he got ready to pull the girl away from the door, but too late. She had touched the door and noting happened to her, she gave a smile of accomplishment and proceeded to push it open.

Link moving behind her, wanted to help her but when his hand neared her body another slash of electricity pushed him back. 'So it's all up to her now. This means once I'm free we'll both go together and save Zelda.' He gave a ghost smile at the thought of seeing his lover once more but then it left. 'What of Lilia?'

Lilia tried her best to continue pushing the door but it was as if it had boulders behind it, yet it moved, slow but it moved. She pushed harder and it moved slightly faster. It got to the point in which she could see some light and it made her want to get it open faster. Once she got enough space so that she and Link could go past the small entrance she had made, she decided to head in first.

She squashed her body past it and Link followed in behind her. The young female once inside allowed her eyes to adjust to the light and in front of her was something that made her gasp in fear. It was in a giant form of a rupee with a person locked inside of it. She looked around but found no monsters yet she was still mesmerized by the color and size of the rupee. She started to move her legs without thinking and entered deeper into the room.

Link on the other hand tried to stop her but his hands went through her body instead of colliding solidly with it. 'Lilia, no!' He thought desperate when he noticed that he had no voice. The closer she got the colder he started to feel and soon enough he saw everything black. He tried to move his body but it was paralyzed in its place. 'What's going on!'

Soon he started to open his eyes little by little and in front of his vision stood the small, green eyed female. Her hand got closer to him and he found himself wanting to scream. A strong gust of wind moved past her and her whole body flew against the wall near the door. Yet with the wind gone Link felt the crystal around him break. His body fell down to the floor in a clumsy way and he found himself tripping to get to the side of the unconscious girl.

"Link." A melodic voice spoke in his mind.

'Farore.' The man thought as he closed his eyes and imagined the entity floating around him.

"You must go and save the Queen and her family." The voice continued in his mind as her green glow gave Link strength. "Go and be the Hero of Time once more."

'But Lilia...' The man in green thought as he remembered the words the petite girl had spoken before they entered the room.

"Hold the girl and patch her up, but don't allow her to come." The entity said as she started to disappear in his mind, her glow dismissing as darkness took its place.

Not forgetting the words of the Goddess, Link ran over to the side of the young female. Her hair was all over the place and blood was mixing with her dark caramel hair. He went to touch her and he felt the temperature of her skin, she was purely cold. As he moved his hands to pick her up he noticed that she had another gash but this time it was in her chest. 'Must be where the wind hit her.' Link mused as he prepared himself to get out of the dungeon.

Two bodies moved through the forest, their pace calm and collective. There was nothing for them to hurry; they had nowhere to go and no families to feed. The female one with long and beautiful hair that resembled the sun had a peaceful aura to her. Her male partner with short spiky hair appeared to be colder, as if he didn't want anything to do with the world. But their relationship appeared to be confusing, even thought they had the same eye and hair color.

And then she stopped. He stopped a few steps ahead of her and looked back at her only to see a sad look graze her face. "Lilia..." The female whispered as a tear decided to escape its capture.

"She won't die. Remember she's one of us." The man said as he picked up his pace but stopped once more when he noticed that the woman wasn't following him. "Eva, move. These are orders from the Goddesses not something we can decide." And with that they were gone. Their pace quickening because now they had someone to take care of.

The woman wearing high quality silks walked around with the company of her only daughter, the pup she had picked up and the middle aged man leading the way. She had dirty blonde hair and looked around but didn't find anything interesting other than a few rocks. She was growing bored and hungry but for now she only had a piece of bread to chew on.

"Hey," she said in a tired voice. "Do you know where are we going?" She was starting to get as grumpy as the baby when not fed.

"Lady Mai-" The man started only to be interrupted.

"Drop the lady." She said with a menacing glare.

"Alright, alright. Mai, you asked that a minute ago and we are getting closer to Lake Hylia." He said in a tired voice as if that question had been repeated over and over again.

As the two of them kept walking, away in the distance a large group of people could also be seen walking. All of them were heavily armored and prepared for battle but that didn't seem to bother Nick's wife. No, all she did was simply give a welcoming smile once she saw the people after a few weeks of noting but the carriage driver. The man seemed to be trying to pull her to safety but being reckless was how she worked best.

"Hello!" She yelled into the path of the small army while she waved at them. "We are lost, do you think you could give us a lift and some shelter. Oh and food!" She yelled once more into the distance, her child steering lightly in her hands as it opened its eyes. The baby looked around but could only see the excitement of its mother and the bright blue sky.

"I think I'm going to faint." The middle aged man behind her muttered, she was starting to exchange words with the people on the other side.

"Thank you!" She yelled as she started to run towards the men. Looking behind her she remembered the carriage driver and proceeded to call him over. "What are you waiting for! They got food."

"Nick on the outskirts of Hyrule, there is a group of soldiers from the far north..."

The blonde prince remembered those words, as he found himself galloping into what could probably be a trap. He kept the pace of the horse and lowered down so that no one could see his face under the dark hood he was wearing. The look in his eyes told of a story of hate that he was ready to relieve himself from and his own family.

'I can't believe I've gone so low. I don't even have the need for this; my wife should already be safe in the Old Kakariko with Impaz taking care of her.' He thought as he hit the horse so that it would listen to him and take the shortcut that was meant to go to Lake Hylia.

"Between those men and women, make sure to lead them all South were my children are resting." Nick remembered those words from the woman of his brother all that while showing him the map and tracing him the best routes to take.

He kept galloping but this time he was on top of a long bridge, his horse already breathing heavily from the long run that he had done. Slowing down the pace he made it trot lightly so that he would still be moving. He took out the marked map and observed it, just to make sure that he was heading the right way. He looked for every detail and was surprised by the accuracy of the map.

'They knew this all along. Kain often went on fake hunting trips so that he would map any shortcuts he would come up with. He rarely spoke to mom but the times that I remember that they did talk, was always in complete privacy.' He thought as he stopped the horse completely and mounted down so that he could give the horse some carrots and water.

"Once you position yourself in Ordon province, within a week of finding the group send us a message with my oldest son, who's awaiting orders."

'If mom knew what would happen, then probably dad also did. They were best friends after all. But why didn't she do a thing? Was it her revenge for dad taking a consort? But if this all has been planned from a time escapade then it means that it will all begin at the moment that Kain and mom are on trial.' Nick thought one last time before mounting the horse and continuing his adventure. With many more questions swimming through his mind Nick concentrated on what would free his family from the curse he was living with.

An aged man around seventy years old, found himself resting against a boulder as a younger group prepared a camp fire. He had taken off his thin armor and was placing some well deserved bandages on his side. The look of the ripped skin and the dried blood made him hold back a grunt, but nonetheless he began fixing his side.

On the opposite side of him sat the young boy which earlier he had knocked out unconscious. The boy glared at the man at every chance he got, he insulted the older man for leaving the Queen behind. The deep blue eyes of the man simply choose to ignore the boy and to keep his full concentration on the bandages, not that it needed much thought.

"Yael, we got a message from them." One of the ex-soldiers that used to be in his division told him.

"What does it says?" The man said as he finished patching himself up.

"Here." The man said as he glanced at the boy nervously since he hadn't stopped glaring at them.

The man who came by the name of Yael got to his feet so that he could receive the letter. Once it was finally resting in his hand he gave the people the back as he started reading it.

'Hold your march to the South for only three days. Once in the South head to the Ordon province and there reunite with your son. Behave with him; he will be your leader now.' He read silently but chuckled at the occurring of his friend in the city.

"Guys rest up and re-group; we'll be leaving in three days. Also help the civilians in the mean time." He commanded before he sat once more in the same spot he had done not so long ago.

After his command everything went silent, no one was talking and the ones who were weren't in the area. The man then proceeded to write a letter since he knew that the falcon was still around awaiting a returning message. He picked up the pen and with a neat handwriting he started to scribe what was on his mind. 'Good, the order has been spread and it will be done in time. Also your grandson isn't so great with a sword, leave him as a pickpocket.' He finished with some slight humor.

"Hey! Place this on the falcon and send him out." The blue eyed man yelled for the man who had brought him the message.

Once more everything quieted down and the men left to help a few of the civilians that were near them all. In the end all that was left were the boy and the leader of the group. "You're a murderer." The boy finally spoke his tone extremely hostile against the man that had knocked him down.

"So you have heard..." The man said as he locked eyes with the teenager, believing that he had heard of his real past.

"You left Zelda to die." The boy said as he raised his voice hatred easily noticeable.

A knife flew and in an instant the boy was lifted from his place on the floor, fear splattered all over his face. "Don't you ever speak of things you know nothing of kid. Unless you want to die I wouldn't say a thing about it." The man said as he let go of the boy and allowed him to hit the floor. "I simply followed her orders." Yael said as he gave the young boy his back.

"It doesn't change what you are." The boy spat, as if venom was rushing through his veins.

"Say that again and I will cut your tongue." Yael said picking up the knife that he had thrown at the kid's face.

The boy somehow knew when to back off and decided to sit down with a scowl on his face. 'If he keeps doing that face, in a few years it will end up like mine. Pity he doesn't understand the truth.' The man thought looking away into the darkening sky. 'Zelda you made it hard for me, you know I would have given my life to spend my last waking minutes in your arms. You truly are pure at heart.'

A blonde man struggled to move his body up the stairs along with some extra weight known as Lilia. He smiled as he finally was capable of feeling her body warmth and not just something cold pressing against his body. Once he had finally surpassed the long stairways he carried her to the room she was occupying at the moment. He had to kick the door open and was successful on not breaking it.

'Things feel way different now, I can finally feel pain.' He thought as he dropped the girl on top of the bed. 'Oh shit.' He thought as he saw the blood staining the sheets. Moving quickly he ran to her bathroom and searched for some bandages and a bowl. Taking everything he needed he moved over to her side and blushed at the thought of having to take off her shirt.

Ignoring his feelings he did what was right at the moment and took it off, his eyes widening at the deep gash she had on her chest. 'This is all my fault.' He thought shocked that another person had to give its life for his freedom. 'She's still breathing, so I guess she's stable for now.' He took a white towel and put it in hot water. He moved careful over the deep gash on her chest but made sure to not apply too much pressure on it.

"Oh look how nice, he's taking care of her." A voice said on the distance but Link ignored it thinking that it was all his imagination. "And he's now ignoring us."

"Nathan!" A female voice resounded but that made the blonde man stops his doings.

Looking behind him and to the entrance of the room, Link saw a person he thought was long dead. Shock grew inside his body and he thought he was seeing just a ghost, but he knew better. The female with long yellow hair looked at him and smiled, her emerald eyes shining as if she was alive. But he knew that time could kill anyone, even one of her.

"Eva..." He whispered to the air and the woman nodded instantly moving to his side and taking the bloodied towel from his hands.

"Link, you have to leave before she wakes up, we'll take care of her." The woman said as her eyes softened by seeing how much her only daughter had grown, but she proceeded to dip the bloodied towel in the bowl of water.

"But-" Link tried to protest, not wanting to leave the girl's side.

"Leave!" The man in the room commanded as he sat on the bed. "Farore wouldn't like it if you disrespect her orders." He said as he took another cloth and started to clean the wounds on the girl's head.

"Nathan, don't be so harsh with Link." Eva said in a sweet voice as her motherly feelings came out.

"Eva, I have to." He said.

"It's alright." Link said his body already next to the door. "Tell Lilia that I promise to come back for her." With his eyes hardened Link gave his last words, ignoring that he had been great friends with the woman that Lilia resembled so much. He had said those words with such determination, but he left the house not long after them.

Once the two immortal beings were left alone in the room, they both shared a look that spoke degrees of their relation with one another. A smile from the female made the look of passion is broken and they stayed quiet cleaning the wounds of the girl. After some time a cold wind passed through then and they finished their cleaning. Picking up some bandages, the female started to wrap them around her daughter's body.

"He got lucky, the portal had just closed." The woman said more to herself since she knew that the male didn't truly care.

"Do you think he'll keep it?" Nathan asked after she had said those words.

"Keep what?"

"The promise."

"Ask Zelda," Eva simply answered.

Ok, hope you all loved it. Now the story is coming to an end and next chapter is already edited. The only problem is that there are four more chapters to fully write before the story is completed. Right now, I will focus all of my attention in finishing this story, and all my other updates on Incubus and Lies will be paralyzed or will become extremely slow.

So with that I really do hope that I get more encouragement from my readers and hope that this story is finished before the end of this semester (in may).

Aside from that I still do have more plans along the line of The Timeless Shadow as that story can have 3 more sides to it. There's a side story of when Zelda and Link dated, a second side named The Diary of a Broken Home (concentrates on Zelda and her children when growing up) and last will be an epilogue of TTS that will take time during the game Twilight Princess. So for now any reader should think about it as I'll make a poll on my profile in the near future.

Love you all.

~~Adrianne