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Legendoffun - Thank you! As I said before, it doesn't exactly have a time period, but it is probably better left at post-Skyward Sword by like...I don't know, 700 years? And about that error, I went back and fixed that because you're right. I met brighten my day, not dad -sorry dad. Well as for Fauna, you'll find out what is going on, and there's a good chance that Chad isn't going to get away with it...especially since he will be lying and Fauna telling the truth. Well, meh, you'll see...

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Chapter 11

The knock on the door startled all of the adults. The first one to get up was 'Aunt' Mila, because it was her home after all. When she opened the door though...she was greatly surprised.

"Fauna! Chad! There you are? Where have you been? Your parents - and your brother - has been looking everywhere for you!"

Chad shrugged, "sorry, just went exploring a little longer than we should have."

"Exploring?" Fauna's father asked, "where, may I ask?"

Chad glanced at Fauna, "in the storage of course. We decided to play a game of camouflage [or hide and go seek]."

"Really?" Zack was unconvinced. He stared right at the two crossly, "you must have hid real well and had so much fun to be hiding for hours. 5 hours, I'll tell you."

Chad mentally slapped himself [or face-palmed].

Right...we had no idea how long we had been down there, so our excuses could be absolutely useless. We couldn't say we are training, or Fauna would have trouble back at home, and I don't think that's the best way to go around in. But what's Fauna going to say.

Chad glanced at Fauna for a moment before spotting Kiara looking at the two in helplessness.

Why is she looking at me? She could have already told them everything for all I know. And it's not my fault that Fauna wouldn't let me straighten myself up before we left or anything. My hair is a mess...hold on...why is Fauna's mother looking at me?

"Chad, what's that in your hair?" She questioned.

Of course now he knew what she was talking about. There was a few shards of vine in his hair. Before she got close to him though, he pulled everything out - a few bits of his own hair by mistake - and tossed it into the fire, smirking when they sizzled. Fauna stared at him bewildered.

"Well...I can explain." Fauna began.

Chad glared at her.

You can explain at your own home Fawn, I've got a few problems at home to deal with, and being here scolded by a bunch of adults is not my style at all...

But Fauna ignored him and continued.

"You see, we had been in the storage area...and we found a couple of stacks crates in the corner." Fauna paused, to let them absorb the information, " and we moved them and found a tunnel behind it. And I wanted us, me, Chad and Kiara, to go explore it. I had explored it earlier...but me and Chad kind of got lost."

"What happened to Kiara?" Aunt Mila asked.

Everyone looked at Kiara.

She gritted her teeth. She hadn't thought that they would ask something like that, and she didn't want everyone to be in a panic over her safety right before the festival, so she tried to play it simple.

"I lost track of time while I did some extra training. Sorry." She mumbled.

She may have convinced some of the adults, but she didn't convince herself. If she had gone either way she would be in trouble. And if she hadn't...would she have a different fate?

Fauna continued, "so while we were traveling around in circles we found an exit that led to -"

"- to a open field, and we saw the town from the distance and turned back and walked all the way back. And then stopped to see where you were, and then when we couldn't find you two, we went to my home and checked, and you weren't there either, so we went everywhere else until we came here and found you all over at Kiara's home." Chad interrupted.

We aren't going to include anything about the mountains, and Hyrule. That's just asking for trouble. Then they'll want us to show them, and then we have more problems...and I want to be worry-free during the festival, so I'm not letting her go any further.

Fauna glanced at him in bewilderment. She thought he was going to tell the truth as well, but she had forgot about Chad's nature. If you get away with it the simple way, forget the long, truthful way. Or at least, that was what he was like sometimes...

"Oh really? That explains it." Fauna's father replied, "the plain is about a two hours walk from here. Alright, that's it. We are heading home, come on dear, Fauna."

Chad and Zack left soon after, a private discussion had erupted between the two, and here was not the place to chat.

When all was silent for a moment, Mila looked at Kiara.

"You're friends with those two? That's nice. They have a lot of potential. But why again couldn't you make it there? I thought you were headed in the opposite direction of the training spot?"

"Well, I remembered that I forgot something," Kiara let out a fake yawn, " and I...was going to get it before I left because they told me to bring it."

"Bring what?"

"A few pieces of paper that's all. Anyways, good night." Kiara muttered, heading up the stairs.

As Fauna laid in bed that night, she couldn't help but hear something calling her name. She drifted off into sleep, exhausted.

...

Fauna opened her eyes, grogginess seemed to hold her down on her bed. She struggled to get up, but she just couldn't move. She heard something scratching on her bedroom. She had a couple of thoughts of what it could be, but she didn't think about it to much. She finally managed to get out of bed and place her feet on the wooden floor. A chill went down her spine as a cold breeze swept through her room. She shivered. Slowly, Fauna walked over to the door and let out a tired sigh. After a moment, her body had registered that she was up and ready to move. As Fauna's hands clutched the doorknob, she realized something. It was slimy. Why was it slimy? Her eyes widened in alarm when she realized she was standing in a pool of slime. She slammed the door open and rushed out into the hallway.

"Mom! Dad!" She yelled, panic filling her voice. She bolted down the stairs and into the kitchen to see everything encased in green orbs of some sort of plasma. She heard something fly a few inches away from her arm, and widened it in horror to see a slime covered vine. It retracted back to itself, and Fauna turned around to see a few plants moving towards her, their stems covered in a sickly purple liquid, creeping toward her. Fauna's mind blanked out on all protection spells, and she rushed towards the door. She tried the knob, but it wouldn't budge. She whirled around and just dodged a attempt to kill her when she heard something...or someone...calling her name. She rushed down the hallways and into the living room to see a cracked window. Fauna tried to use a magic spell to shatter the window, but it was if it didn't work. Something was definitely wrong.

Fauna whirled around to see what looked like someone covered in slimy, vicious vines. 'Embrace your true self...' it whispered. Fauna tried to yell, but her voice wouldn't come out. She felt trapped. And she couldn't move. The air had stopped flowing, and she felt like she couldn't tried to move, to keep herself up, to feel some energy in her veins. No magic. No life. No movement. She was done. Suddenly, as the vine crept toward her, she felt herself glow strangely green, and then a wave of refreshment filled her body. She also felt warm, and comfortable. There was no slime on her anymore. The house did no longer feel dark. And before her...was the normal house.

What...what had happened?

Fauna tossed and turned in her sleep before letting out a yell. She opened her eyes to find herself staring at her ceiling. When she noticed what happened, she fell through the air and dropped on a pile of clothes. Fauna was definitely startled. She didn't know what was up with her dream and what was going on. But she did realized that there was some activity in the hallway and that she felt odd. Fauna stumbled to stand up before looking in the mirror. What surprised her was a whole new appearance. Her grass-green hair had a few strands of brown hair, and her eyes... her hazel eyes had a ting of pink. Fauna couldn't help but utter a shriek. Little did she know, that it was still late at night, and she was disturbing everyone's sleep.

Well, I guess we'll find out in a couple of chapters aye? Oh well, you can just review and try to guess, I love to hear those. So remember everyone, review before Thursday 8:30 AM to see your review here in the latest chapter! Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Yours truly,

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