Author's Note: And in this chapter, we get to see how Time beats himself over because of Twilight…and we all know that Time is a hard-headed child…let's get going!

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Chapter 11: The Escape Part 2

Time stared at the ground, a look of unforgiving went across his face. For Pete's sake, he had gotten one of the Links—his descendant and all because he couldn't stop a freaking Moblin. He had to go unconscious.

"Hey uhm…I think someone needs to go and talk some sense into Time. It looks like he's beating himself over Twilight," Red pointed it out, glancing back at Time.

Blue sighed. "We wish but the only one who could actually talk some sense into him would be Twilight."

"What about me?" Twilight came.

Blue pursed his lips. "It's Time. He's beating himself over the fact that you had gotten injured. Think you could knock some sense into him? We need in him in one piece for this journey…"

Twilight sighed. "Fine,"

With that, he got up and walked towards Time. Time noticed the shadow that was looming over him.

"What?" Time snapped, bitterly.

"Stop beating yourself over," Twilight stated. "I got a little hurt. So what? It's to be expected."

"But you could've gotten killed…"

Twilight gave an annoyed look. He frowned, realizing that Time wouldn't ever forgive himself unless something was done.

"Look; I'm fine. It's not like I'm bleeding to an eternal death here…" Twilight joked but that seemed make Time even more miserable.

Perhaps that was a bad joke?

Huffing, Twilight rolled his eyes. "If you keep this act then I'm not gonna bother talking to you."

Twilight waited for him to give a response but he let out an annoyed sigh, muttering something under his breath before he stomped away in anger. From the sides, Blue and Red watched the two from distance; Blue simply shook his head at Time's stubbornness.

No wonder Twilight and Time are so alike…

Blue growled in annoyance, eyes narrowed as he stared from one Link to the other. Ever since the Moblin arrived, things changed. Especially the Links.

Deciding he had enough of this seriousness, Blue slammed his fists from frustration.

"Guys, enough!" he exclaimed which gained their attentions. "Yes, I know that we have Moblins roaming around but think about it: that's to be expected. And if, Ganon is actually in power, of course the Moblins will come around."

Purple sighed, knowing full well that Blue may be right. "While that may be true, it is still troubling."

Blue made an annoyed look. "What's so troubling about Moblins if Ganon is in power?" he asked, irritated. "I'm pretty sure that's not common. Hell, it shouldn't even be uncommon."

The Blue hero was sick of the serious atmosphere that was lingering around. He wanted a different type of air to hang around with but obviously, that wouldn't happen.

"Blue, I don't think you understand—"

"Understand what?" Blue slightly shouted. "I understand everything perfectly. I understand that the Moblins are here. I understand that Ganon's power could possibly be the reason why we are in this mess and I understand that Ganon is responsible for everything!"

He felt like screaming at this point.

"So yes, Purple! I do know what's going on!"

Frustrated, Blue stormed out of his spot, leaving the rest of the Links in silence. Blue kicked a rock that was in his path and his hands were shoved in his pockets of the tunic. He was sick of everything. In all honesty, he didn't mind the casual relaxed atmosphere they had a while ago—before the Moblins attack but now everything is infuriating the hell out of him. He just wants it to be stopped.

"Trouble with the group, I assume?"

Blue scoffed. "What's it to you, Time? You barely even join us anymore. You're no better than the rest of them."

Time narrowed his eyes and his look darkened as though they were saying "go on, I dare you to."

Taking the hint, Blue resumed. "It's simple. You're beating yourself over that Twilight got injured when in fact, he is healthy and alive and is currently sitting with the gang. You can't get over the fact that someone actually saved you from being killed."

"Did you ever even think that I dislike when people try and save me?" Time pointed it out. "No, of course you didn't because you don't know anything about me. Just because you look the same as us, you don't know anything. You don't know what we did and you don't know why we are like this. That goes for the rest of your group too."

By this time, Blue was glaring at the older Link.

"Well, how about actually sharing your story instead of isolating yourself from others?" Blue asked.

Just from that simple sentence, it honestly made Time jump with surprise. He didn't actually expected Blue—of all people—to do some sharing.

"You want to share stories?"

"There's a first time for everything," Blue mumbled.

Time rolled his eyes before he resumed staring at the young Link although he wasn't sure just how young he was. Timelines are confusing…Time sighed, making a small frown on his face as he slowly realized Blue was right. The only Link that had a better understanding of Time's world would be either Twilight or Sky…possibly. But even they don't know a thing about his realm.

"Fine."

Blue blinked, jumping from startle. "What?"

"I said fine. If you want to know about my realm then fine," Time shrugged, rocking back and forth in his spot with his hands stuffed in his pocket. "We are going to be stuck in here for a while…or whenever that vortex decided to come unannounced…so technically, I guess we have a lot of…time to kill."

Blue smirked at the bad pun but then he nodded. "Okay."

Smiling a bit, Time walked towards the empty seat that was beside Blue and made himself comfortable.

"So…where do you want to start?"

"The beginning."

"The beginning, it is."

Since the little talk between Time and Blue, the two of them began to understand each other a little. It wasn't a whole lot but it was enough for them to actually start bonding. Twilight was rather pleased about this since he kept calling Blue a grandpa since he doesn't really socialize as much as the others but now, Twilight has to bite back his words.

Despite the fact that the seriousness still lingers around the atmosphere, all Links tried to come up with something fun but that was slowly failing miserably…

Which was why all of them were sitting cross-legged on the grass as the sun's rays beamed down.

"Guys, I'm bored," Red complained as he plucked out grass.

Blue snorted. "Well, that's surprising. You becoming bored when you're always cheerful and energetic."

Red mocked him.

"I agree with Red," Green stated. "It's either me or you have the most boring realm ever to be existed."

Time sneered and huffed. "Sez you. You guys haven't had the time to actually explore my realm."

"Well then, why don't you show us?" Sky asked.

"Yeah!" Red's eyes sparkled with delight. "It's better than being cooped up here."

Time shrugged. "Alright…" he paused. "If you don't mind a little walk."

Blue smirked. "Ha, walking? No problem."

"Great!" Time exclaimed. "Because we're going to Castle Town."

Twilight sweat-dropped. "And how far is that?"

And by the time they had gotten there (it was a two day trip so they would make stops), Twilight was already out of energy. He groaned from the pain of his feet as he was eager to find any bench to sit on. Of course, this made Time make a remark of him being weak.

Red was already being excited to try out new things. As they resumed roaming around the Castle Town, all of the Links noticed just how different the Market was from theirs. That being said, Green pointed out Time should've still have a Princess Zelda in this realm.

Time agreed but he answered by saying that Princes Zelda is most likely in her castle, being unavailable to see her citizens. This was definitely different from Sky's Zelda who was carefree and was able to roam around the village—even if she was Hylia reborn.

"Oooh, what's that?" Red asked, pointing to a tent-like store.

Time raised an eyebrow, scratching his head as he had never saw that store before. Guess things had really changed.

"To be honest, I don't know. I never saw that store in my entire life."

"You mean, you never saw that store in your seven years of life," Blue grinned.

Time rolled his eyes only to have the others be confused.

"What do you mean 'your seven years of life'?" Green asked, puzzled.

Time shifted awkwardly in his spot. "Uhm, another time."

And Time was grateful that Green had dropped the conversation since the older Link had no desire to tell them the tale…

Not yet, anyway.

"And…STRIKEEEEE!"

A loud voice exclaimed which gained the Links' attentions. They stared at a store with a raised eyebrow only to see happy Red coming out of the store with bags of rupees. They stared at him with incredulous looks on their faces.

"The…heck?" Blue stared at his partner. "Red, the heck did you do over there? "he demanded.

Red blinked. "Well, I went to that bowling alley store and I keep on winning," he answered as though it was the most obvious answer.

And the Links resumed staring at Red who walked away from them, handing out money to who he needs it.

"He's something, alright," Time stated.

The others agreed.

After a while, Red returned to the group with a few Rupees left in his pocket. "Alright, Time. What else do you have here?"

Time rolled his eyes and slightly walked away from the group. "Uhm, you guys go ahead and explore the town a bit…"

Blue gave him a strange look but shrugged it off. "Alright. Let's go, Red."

"Yay!" he exclaimed before his eyes sparkled with delight. "Let's try that Shooting Gallery!" he dragged Blue with the others chuckling.

However, just as Twilight was about to follow them, a thought came to his mind and he turned around to speak with Time but found out that he wasn't there. Twilight frowned at the disappearance but shrugged it off nonetheless, assuming that he has some "business" to attend. But, when he turned back, he noticed that the group was gone.

"Thanks for waiting me," Twilight muttered angrily.

And he began his search for this "Shooting Gallery" store. If it's even a store in the first place.

Sighing, Twilight resumed walking around the town aimlessly until an entrance caught his eye. There seemed to be a tall building hidden behind the path—if no one paid attention to this path, they would've missed it for sure. But Twilight has a keen eye.

Curiously, he walked towards the path but unaware that there would be a small voice coming into his head.

Tempting isn't it?

Twilight stared at the dark entrance as though he was in a trance. He walked towards it until he was able to touch the doorknob.

Open it…

Twilight blinked, trying to get back himself in order but the trance won him over. He opened the door only to feel a familiar feeling entering his body. His footsteps echoed as he walked on the smooth marble floor until he climbed the small set of stairs so that he was now in front of another door.

Do it…

Your destiny awaits…

Open it…

He felt his hand turning the knob halfway but then something grabbed his shoulder, harshly turning him around and the trance broke free.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" a sharp voice asked.

"What?" Twilight replied, stunned as he blinked. When he got his vision back, he saw that an angry Time in front of him.

"Time…"

"I repeat: what are you doing here?"

Twilight stared at the older Link and he opened his mouth to speak.

"There was a voice," he began though it only made Time raise his eyebrow which indicated that Twilight needed to elaborate further. "A voice inside my head…it put me in a trance…"

"Alright," Time let out a breath. "Just don't come here again."

Twilight nodded, staring at the ground while a thought went inside his head, wondering why Time is suddenly acting off hand. What is this place, anyway?

"What is this place?" Twilight asked.

Time stopped in his tracks, his back facing Twilight. He slightly turned his head to the side as he spoke.

"Temple of Time," Time answered.

And Twilight widened his eyes.

Blue sighed, being out of the group and leaned against the wall with crossed arms.

He decided he had enough of company and needed some time alone. He frowned, snapping his eyes open as he heard Red and Green cheering for Purple who is apparently the "star" of this game.

Blue rolled his eyes, muttering something incoherently. But before he could go back to zoning out, a loud cheerful voice snapped him back to reality

"Hey, Blue! Do you want to try?" Red exclaimed.

"No,"

The trio gave each other a glance before shrugging and resumed back. It wasn't even a full second for Blue to go back to zoning out since there were shouts of exclamation coming out from outside.

Annoyed, Blue walked out of the store but the minute he did, his eyes fell upon yellow beady eyes and he gave a startled cry before he gotten a harsh blow to the stomach, knocking the wind out of him.

Dazed, Blue stumbled backwards, having little time to collect himself and it wasn't until then that a thunk sound was heard.

After a second, Blue got back in order and saw a purple colored outfit being in front of him. It also appeared to be holding up a shield at the front.

"Purple?" Blue asked as he realized who it was.

"You and the others get to safety. I'll handle this one."

"But-"

"Go! It's just one Moblin. I can handle it," Purple rolled his eyes.

Sighing, Blue scrambled up and motioned the others to follow him. They went around the two fighters and once they were out, Purple smirked.

"So, it's only you?" he laughed. "I expected an army."

And he gotten his wish for suddenly more appeared. Purple groaned.

"Ah, crap."

Red panted, stumbling over his feet, trying to catch up with the fast-paced Green.

"Guys...can we slow down a bit?" Red cried out.

"Sorry, Red. As much as we want to, we can't. Our mission is to find Time and Twilight," Blue stated.

"And Purple?" Green asked.

Blue purses his lips bit this automatically made Red halt in his tracks, yanking his hand away from Green.

"We can't leave Purple behind. He's one of us! And for him not being here...we wouldn't be complete."

Blue sternly gazed into the worried face of Red.

"He said he can handle it alone," Blue said, firmly.

"Even he needs help sometimes. I'm going back," Red stated which made Blue cry out.

"No, Red-"

With great timing, Green took his shield out and put it in front of Red. He then shoved the Moblin back before stabbing him. Red stared with wide eyes as Green pulled back the sword out, cleaning out the blood.

"We need to stick together," Blue said, firmly. He placed a hand on his shoulder. "And then...I promise you...we will go back for Purple."

Red nodded, not saying a word and they resumed back to running, trying to avoid the storm of Moblins. Most of the times, they would have to fight a few Moblins but when while the trio were busy fighting the Moblins, Green just finished slicing his though he didn't saw the oncoming enemy from behind. As Green turned around, he gave out a cry of surprise, seeing the Moblin's weapon coming at him.

However, just as it was about slice through Green, the weapon came in contact with a hard object that made Green stumble back slightly. However, the Moblin was quickly met with the sharp blade before he was dead.

"You alright?"

Green blinked and saw Time giving his hand out.

Green nodded. "Y—yeah…" he then paused. "Where the hell have you been?" he demanded.

Time rolled his eyes. "You're welcome for saving your ass. Next time, I'll have the Moblins to get you," he hissed.

Green sneered. Twilight also joined in the battle when Time was busy saving Green.

"Can someone explain why the hell we have Moblins on the loose? Especially in Castle Town?" Twilight asked as he finished one.

Time shrugged. "My guess Ganon had sent them…"

Twilight sighed. "He's becoming a real pain."

"Twilight! Time!" a voice cried out.

The two turned around to see Red who was running towards them. Behind them, Purple was running furiously to catch up with Red.

"Red, slow down…" Purple panted, having his hands resting on his knees after he caught up with him.

Time looked around to see if everyone was there but he frowned when he noticed Sky wasn't here.

"Where's Sky?"

"Uh…"

They then heard a pained cry and they whipped their heads to the side Sky on the floor, clutching his injured wound. However, he didn't let a measly wound get in his way so Sky quickly got onto his one knee to perform a spin attack which ended the surrounding Moblins. The rest of the Links stared at him with wide eyes, watching Sky who had a fierce determined look.

Sky then sheathed his sword back in its place.

"Wow, totally cool!" Red exclaimed, eyes sparkling with delight.

"There you are," Time said, annoyed as Sky walked up to them. "I swear; every time we go somewhere, we always lose you…"

Sky scowled. "That's not true…I was busy…you know, fighting them…"

Time sighed. "Whatever. Anyways, we've got to get out of here…" his look turned dark. "Before things gets worse."

The group agreed and began to walk but it wasn't far when Sky heard a noise. With a curious glance, the hero of Sky turned around only to meet with a heavy impact upon his head.

"Sky!" Red cried out.

But it wasn't too soon where the same heavy club (that was used on Sky) came in contact with the others, having them meet with darkness and to be dragged away from the Moblins.

A soft moan came before the eyes flickered opened, revealing a blurred vision. Sky groaned, grimacing as he felt the headache coming in. He cringed as he rubbed at the side of his head.

He stared up only to be blinded by the dim light that was given.

"Sky!" a voice exclaimed which gained his attention.

"You're alive," Time breathed. "I thought you passed out because you were being a girl."

Sky sneered. Twilight looked to the side of Sky's arm and suddenly remembered that he had a wound.

"By the way," Twilight started. "You still have that wound on your arm, don't you?"

Sky gave a blank look until he looked to his injured arm that contained the dry blood.

"Oh…right…" Sky dismissed it. "Meh, it'll be fine."

Twilight rolled his eyes. "It will get infected." he glared and Purple sensed that there was going to be an argument coming in.

"Twilight, drop it. Sky will always be a hard-headed prick," Purple ignored the glare from Sky. "Now, we need to find a way to get out of this…"

"Agreed," Blue nodded. "I don't feel like staying here…"

Time sighed as he took out a small instrument that was colored in blue and had small buttons on the side. Red stared at it curiously and he was about to ask until soft, sweet melodic sound came out of the object. For a brief moment, music filled the air until it died.

"Wow, Time. What is that?" Red asked, eyes sparkling with delight.

Time made a faint smile as he remembered those precious memories…before things got screwed up. When he learned the real truth.

"It's a song from one of my friends. Every time I play it, I feel like she's there with me. I know cheesy but it helps me," he shrugged.

"Ohhh…it's a girl!" Twilight and Sky tuned in.

Time sneered. "Put a sock in it. I bet you guys have girls too," he smirked when the two of them blushed, stammering.

"But, what's the object though?" Red asked, curiously.

Time gave a glance at him. "You sure ask a lot of questions, don't you?" he chuckled, slightly. "This is an instrument; an Ocarina. It…helped me during my quest and allowed me to change…time…"

Sky pondered on the sentence until he frowned, having a thought going in his head.

"Wait…if you had that object all this time then why the hell couldn't you use it to get us out of here?" Sky pointed it out.

Time rolled his eyes. "Because…I only use this as a last resort. In this situation, is not a last resort. In every cell, there's an escape."

"Well, just great," Sky sighed, slumping back.

Time was about to speak again until something made him pause. He gave a sharp glance to the side, studying the shadows. It wasn't long until Twilight had also sensed the trouble; his ears perked up at the sounds.

"Hey… do you hear that?" Twilight asked.

Time placed a finger to his lips as though to indicate to have him be quiet. Everyone began to listen intently to the odd noise until slowly but surely, they died down. At the far right, they heard a door creaked open and everyone got tensed for a little while since there were footsteps coming in. Time squinted his eyes through the darkness until he could start seeing the outline of a figure.

This gained quizzical looks from the rest of the Links. However, when the newcomer had finally emerged from the darkness, Time gasped as he stared at the person. He widened his eyes and resumed staring at the figure.

Red raised an eyebrow, studying the reaction from Time while also observing this new figure. Does Time know him…?

"Uh, who are you?" Red asked, peculiarly.

"I am but an old friend. My only true intention is to free you from this prison…"

Time gripped the bars tightly. "Sheik!" he replied, slightly growling. "Where have you been? You promised me that you would be with me no matter what. What happened to that promise? You left me!"

Sheik seemed to stare at Time with a rather intense look, his mind being consumed by endless thoughts.

"I'm going to get you out of here…once you do, go forward, don't look back."

Time hardened his stare. "So, just like that? You're aren't even going to stick around? Not even say a proper hello to your old timer?"

The rest of the Links remained silent as they have no idea on what to say. Purple was rather surprised at himself, though, since according to Green, he was the one who had an "optimistic wisdom". But in this situation…from what he can gather, this seemed to be a broken friendship…something which Time and this Sheik both needs to work on.

"Time is running short. The guard will soon make his round. You have to leave, quickly," there was urgency in his voice.

Time tore his gaze away, staring bitterly at the ground. He felt as though he had been betrayed by Sheik…again. He promised he would be with him…All his quotes, all his sayings…were all of them just lies? Lies to make Time believe he would meet him again?

The click from the key didn't went through Time's mind and the door groaned as it got open. Eagerly, the Links began to file out one by one but a hand came to the side. Time slightly glanced at it before he fully looked up only to see Twilight.

"I know how a broken friendship feels like. You're not alone…so I ask of you to put the pain in the past and move on because believe me, it eventually gets better," he paused. "Slowly…but it will get there. I promise you that there will be a brighter side to all of this…"

Time felt his mouth twitch as he accepted Twilight's hand—they really didn't had time, anyway. With that, the group rushed out of the prison with Sheik instructing the route. But upon exiting the cell, they were met with a group of Moblins who spoke in their gibberish language.

"Why is it that every time we escape," Blue began. "We always encounter with a bunch of Moblins?"

"I don't know but you can bet that they won't be here much longer!" Twilight exclaimed, drawing out his sword.

It wasn't even a second where Time decided to join him.

And the two Links performed all kinds of attacks: from jump strike to helm splitter to spin attack and all the advanced moves which some of the Links hadn't seen before. Sure enough, the Moblins fell down to the floor after being met from Twilight's blade. He smirked, taking out the sword and cleaned it before putting it back in its proper place.

Twilight grinned at Time who gave a nod of approval. However, it felt strange though to Time…it was as though they had done this before…

"Alright, let's move!" Purple declared.

The group resumed running, having a few twists to their route. As they went further, they eventually halted in their tracks and much to their misfortune, they were once again met with Moblins. However, as to make things more complicated, the group turned to the other side only to have their path blocked by another group of Moblins. Sky looked around, trying to see if they could use anything to their advantage until his eyes fell upon the barrier and behind it, he could see the water.

If they can somehow open it, it would release a massive amount of water but they could also be wiped out as well.

"Hey guys, I have an idea," Sky stated.

"Hurry up!" Green cried out as he narrowly avoided a dangerous swing from the Moblin's club.

Sky quickly studied his surroundings and smirked when he saw the wheel to the far side of the barrier. He hurriedly jolted towards it, avoiding the enemies if needed and once he got there, he began to turn the wheel around after putting much strength into it as it got stuck the first time.

"Look out from the side!" Sky exclaimed. The gates of the barrier groaned, pulling upwards in order to release the water. With a short notice, everyone cried out with surprise and jumped away from the rushing river. As the river washed out the Moblins, it was a bit too late for Blue and Red. Blue gripped tightly with Red grabbing his hand but because the current was too strong, it forced Red to lose grip with Blue.

"RED!" Blue gasped when he saw him slipping away.

"BLUE!"

With a determined look, Blue let go of his spot and jumped straight into the water. This earned exclaimed shocks from Purple and Green.

I'm coming for you, Red. Don't you dare lose me! Blue growled as he pushed against the strong current.

He rose to the surface, taking in eager gulps of air before diving back underwater. His eyes widened when he spotted upon a limp figure who was being tossed like a rag doll.

Red!

He eventually caught up to him but the current was still strong and Blue was having trouble keeping up. He would gasp for air whenever he broke the surface until Blue suddenly felt something tugging him at the back.

"Wha?" he gasped, eyes wide.

"Pull him in!" a voice exclaimed.

"What do you think I'm doing? And in case, you haven't noticed, he weighs a ton!"

Blue sneered at the familiar voice. "Hey, Twilight! In case you haven't noticed, I have Red with me!"

While Twilight was pulling the two, behind him was Sheik who was struggling to keep up with them. Using every strength the two had, they pulled Blue and Red back until they were on the firm ground.

The four collapsed to the ground from exhaustion while the other Links joined them.

"Blue!" Green exclaimed. "When we saw you gone, I thought the worst. Are you out of your mind?!"

Blue scowled. "No. It's called "saving a friend"."

Green sighed. "Either way, I'm just glad you guys are fine."

"How is he?" Purple asked, motioning to Red.

Blue's eyes fell on him. "Uhm…he should be fine. I think he just swallowed too much water…"

There was a small silence until Sheik spoke.

"We should go. The more we linger around here, the more the chance the Moblins would come."

Nodding, the group began to walk and the silence fell upon them. The only sound that filled between them was the water that was now flowing gently. They then reached the entrance only to have Sheik stop which earned a curious glance from Purple.

"Aren't you coming?"

Sheik shook his head. "No, I've got some other things to do. This is where I'll leave you."

"But where are we supposed to go?" Sky asked.

As Sheik walked away, he slightly turned his head to the side. "You will know…"

Shrugging at the odd answer, the group began to walk away but that only left Time who was staring at the floor. Sighing, Sheik turned around to look at his old friend.

"Time…I'm sorry."

With that, Sheik jumped from his spot to the next, disappearing into the shadows.

"Come on, let's go," Time replied and he began to walk. As they did, they suddenly felt the ground acting all weird.

"Oh no…I think we're going to change soon!" Sky cried out.

Everyone held to the walls for support but when the time came, the vortex appeared and it sucked them in. They fell into the portal, swirling around until a new surrounding appeared only to have Twilight fall down with a splash.

Author's Note: Agh, I finally finished this! Ohmigawd. This took forever—I apologize but I hope it's worth it. And surprisingly we haven't saw or heard from Ganon…what could he be up to? Find out!