Izzy: Hello again everyone!

Femur: Oh, this is marvelous!

Izzy: Summary! Femur and Fetch, a Stalfos and a Wolfos, join up with Mystia and Scrubs on their quest to Hyrule. Let's see what happens next!

Femur: Oh, I'm so excited!

Oni: SHUT UP!

Disclaimer: I'm really getting tired of this! I don't own anything Zelda related...grrr...

She saw the beast again in her nightmares. Its wild red mane flowed with no wind and its demonic red eyes glistened with anger. This time, however, it morphed into a dark-skinned, muscular man. His smile brought shivers down her spine. He was saying something to her, but she couldn't hear what he was saying.

He pulled out a dark blade to attack her, but that was when she snapped her white eyes open. She stared at the top of the tent, laying on a few blankets and pillows. She heard the sound of Scrubs snoring next to her. When he exhaled, it was more of a squeak than a snore. Mystia couldn't help but give a small grin.

Ugh! She heard Oni say with annoyance. That Deku nut has been snoring like that for days! Could you stuff some leaves into his knot for a mouth? It's driving me crazy!

How long have we been asleep? She asked him.

I've been up all night hearing this piece of bark squeaking in his sleep and the first thing that comes to your mind is what the time is? Oni complained.

I would be grateful if you told me, Mystia asked again.

Fine, Oni groaned. It's been five days according to fast time...

Fast time? Mystia asked. You mean, you kept track of the real time?

Like I had said before, it keeps me busy, the deity boy reminded. It's actually only been seven hours.

That's enough for me, the girl sighed in thought.

Mystia stood up carefully, not to wake up Scrubs, and gently walked out of the tent. A mist formed on the ground and the air felt chilly to her pale skin. There was a fire pit with flames already roaring.

She walked over to it and sat down, staring into the blaze. She held up her hands to it, feeling the heat warm her up. A spark flew onto her hand, causing her to flinch and pull back quickly. She looked into the fire and saw images of the town burning to the ground.

Dead people were lying around...along with her family...

Mystia? Oni spoke.

She snapped back to reality and noticed a wet tear leaking out from her eyes. She wiped it away quickly.

It's been a while since I thought about it, she thought to herself.

It still bothers you, Oni said to her. Do you want to talk about it?

Talk? You can read my thoughts! Mystia pointed out bluntly.

Yes, but I don't invade them entirely, Oni mentioned to her. We made an agreement on that, remember? And besides, I want to hear it from you.

Mystia looked toward the fire with a huff.

I'd rather not talk about it, Mystia replied.

If you don't talk about it, it's only going to bother you more, Oni told her. Please...do this for your own sake.

I don't want to talk about it, Mystia told him again. Just leave me alone!

What is wrong with you? Oni said with a tone of frustration in his voice. You get mad at me for not telling you about what was wrong with me, and now you're denying me the right to know what is wrong with you? You better tell me what's going on!

I don't have to tell you anything! Mystia replied. You don't belong in my life!

Oh, so invading mine is okay! Oni said.

It...it doesn't matter! the girl snapped. Just shut up and leave me alone!

Fine! Whatever! the boy exclaimed.

Good riddance! the deity girl replied back.

"Good morning, miss!" said a British voice.

She looked up from the fire to see Femur and Fetch enter the campsite from the woods. She took a deep breath before greeting him with a smile.

"Good morning, Femur," she replied.

"Hoped you slept well," he mentioned. "I never knew a deity needed more than eight hours of sleep. Then again, time has been unusually fast lately."

Tell me about it! Mystia thought.

Fetch approached her, carrying a stick between his teeth. He laid it down at Mystia's feet, placed a paw on her lap, and gave her the sad eyes. He even threw in a whine, which made Mystia smile.

"Okay, as I promised," she told the wolfos. She picked up the stick and Fetch leapt back, wagging his tail frantically, and jumped around, waiting for Mystia to throw it. It barked a couple times before Mystia gave a good pitch with the stick toward the woods. Fetch took off after it with even more barks.

"You really shouldn't encourage him," Femur warned. "He can go on for hours no matter how tired you are.

As if on cue, Fetch returned with the stick, placed it again at Mystia's feet, and wagged and panted for attention.

Mystia heard a squeaky yawn and looked back to see Scrubs, stretching his stubby arms in the air. He then ruffled his golden brown-leafed hair and shook his head as if he was trying to wake himself up. She then heard a bark and watched as Fetch took off towards the Deku.

Scrubs, who noticed this, squealed in fear as the wolfos pounced him.

"Fetch, NO!" Femur commanded.

Fetch didn't respond and grabbed Scrubs' tiny body with his teeth. He then brought the squealing Deku to Mystia, dropping him before her and started panting again.

Scrubs, covered in teeth marks and saliva, shook himself hard, stood up and looked at the wolfos dead in the eyes.

"I am NOT a chew toy, you crazy beast!" he yelled at Fetch.

Mystia couldn't take it anymore. She started laughing: a true, hearty laugh. After a while, she stopped laughing and looked at Scrubs, his eyes narrowed in annoyance. She then heard Oni laughing.

That was priceless! He told her. Even you found that funny!

"Sorry, Scrubs," Mystia chuckled. "I couldn't help it. It was too adorable."

"Adorable!" Scrubs exclaimed. "He thinks I'm a stick!"

"Well, you are a Scrub," Mystia pointed out. "You're made of wood."

"Don't you think I know that?" Scrubs said with frustration. "You know how long these teeth marks are going to stay on my body? Forever! There is no cure for damaged wood!"

It was Femur's turn to laugh.

"Oh, that tickles the humorous!" he said with a sigh.

"That's not very funny!" Scrubs shouted.

Mystia and Femur kept laughing. Fetch nudged Scrubs with his nose and whined as if to say 'Sorry. Fetch thought you were fetching stick. Forgive me?'

Scrubs glared at Fetch with anger, but it faded into guilt. Fetch whined again and Scrubs gave a sigh.

"Well, at least I'm still in one piece," Scrubs spoke. He carefully placed his arm on the wolfos' head. "Okay, I forgive you."

Fetch barked happily and gave Scrubs a sloppy kiss on his face.

"Ew! No! Please stop!" Scrubs squealed.

Mystia, Oni said to her, I think that's the first time I ever heard you laugh.

Mystia realized it as well and smiled. She hadn't laughed like that since she left Meladon. It actually felt good to laugh again.

"Well, enough with the jokes," Femur announced. "Let's pack up the camp and get moving. We have a trail to track."

Everyone, including Fetch, pitched in to help tear down the tent and pack up their belongings. Once everyone finished, Femur placed the stuff in his side pouch he carried and then picked up a giant hammer.

Mystia had just noticed it and gave him a worried look.

"Um...I thought you don't carry weapons," she said nervously.

"Pardon?" Femur asked, then realized she was looking at the hammer. "Oh! This thing? Oh, no, no, no, no, no! This is not a weapon. I use it to clear paths of boulders and trees that get in the way. It's been quite handy when I travel."

Mystia raised an eyebrow in confusion, but then lowered it. The fact that Femur was a pacifist came to mind and drove the fear out of her as she smiled.

"Okay, then," she admitted. "Let's get going."

Mystia was truly amazed by how well Femur knew his way through the woods. Everything looked the same to her. The trees were all lined up in rows. Femur led the way, holding a lantern, Mystia was on Starfire right behind him and Scrubs, who was reluctant of the idea at first, rode on the back of Fetch. The deity girl still gave off her glow so she could take in her surroundings.

"Femur," Mystia spoke up, breaking the silence. "How do you know you're in the right part of the woods?"

"Don't you fear, Miss Deity," Femur stated, looking back at her. "I know these woods like the back of my hand."

I thought I would point out, Oni said, that his hand is all bone. Just saying.

Mystia started to get nervous. She fumbled absentmindedly with the green blanket that she kept next to Starfire in a sack.

"You know," Scrubs said aloud, "riding on the back of a wolfos isn't so bad. I could get used to this."

Right then, Fetch stopped to sniff the air. Then, with a loud howl, he dashed off deeper into the woods with Scrubs holding on for dear life.

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!" he squealed in fear. "HEEEELLLLLLPPPPP MMMMMEEEEEEEEEE!"

"SCRUBS!" Mystia shouted.

"FETCH! YOU DUMB MUTT!" Femur cried out.

"Femur!" Mystia said to him frantically. "Hop on! Quick!"

Femur rushed over and quickly got on. Then, with a harsh kick from Mystia, Starfire bolted after the wolfos and the Deku.

"That mutt better have a good reason for taking off like that," Femur growled.

Mystia was only thinking of Scrubs. Who knew what that wolfos was up to. She wasn't going to find out. Scrubs was a close friend to her. If she lost him, she just wouldn't forgive herself.

They chased after Fetch for what seemed like hours (which it could have been). They were getting close to them when, suddenly, Starfire stopped. She gave a startling neigh and heaved herself upwards, kicking her front hooves.

This caused Mystia and Femur to tumble off and land on the ground. Starfire kept jumping and Mystia was just starting to sit up when the chestnut mare bolted toward the other direction.

"Starfire! Wait!" Mystia called out, but the horse was out of sight. "What got into her?"

"Miss?" she heard Femur say.

Mystia turned and looked at Femur, who was in pieces. Everywhere, his arms, legs, and other assorted bones were scattered about. Mystia crawled over to the skull, which was still intact.

"Are you okay, Femur?" she asked him.

"Oh, I'm just fine, miss," Femur replied politely, "but I don't like it when I'm all over the place. It's quite embarrassing. Could you help me pull myself back together?"

"Sure," the girl replied.

Actually, I like him this way, Oni said.

Mystia carefully picked up the pieces and put them back together with Femur guiding her along the way.

"Now, put that bone inside the leg...no, the left...left leg. Good! Now, that bone goes in the right hand...no, right. Right! There you go! Oh, be careful with the hip bones! OW!"

It went on like this until, at last, Mystia picked up the skull and handed it to Femur to put on himself. He put it on and stretched his neck from side to side to pop in back in place.

"Ah, much better," he said, rubbing his neck.

Both deity and stalfos stood up. Mystia brushed herself off while Femur leaned backwards, popping his back in place with a sigh of relief.

"Why did Starfire act like that?" Mystia inquired aloud. "There's nothing here that could have scared her like that."

"Except maybe that," Femur said, pointing his bony finger behind her.

When she turned around, she saw a dark tunnel that lead to another part of the woods.

"What's in there?" she asked.

"The Sacred Meadow." Femur replied. "Not too many people know about that place."

"Then how do you know?" Mystia asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I've been through it," Femur informed her. "It took awhile, though, but I eventually found my way here. Wouldn't have been easy if we were on the other side of it. You would have to go through the Lost Woods before you got there."

"The Lost Woods?" the girl cringed. "Doesn't sound promising."

"It is said that if a hylian enters into these woods and gets lost, they would become a stalfos," Femur said.

That perked Mystia's interest. "Were you a hylian when you entered the woods?"

"Oh, no!" Femur replied with a wave of his hand. "I've always been a stalfos. However, being a hylian yourself, I wouldn't suggest going in there. It's too risky for you."

Too risky? Oni commented proudly. We can get through it with no problem. We're deities! No sacred wood would make us into skeletons!

We maybe deities, Oni, Mystia said, but we're hylians as well.

No, I'm a Termainian, Oni corrected.

Either way, we are still vulnerable, Mystia said.

"Miss? Are you alright?" Femur asked with worry.

Mystia looked up at Femur, who was looking at her with curiosity.

"I'm alright," she replied with a smile. "I was just talking to Oni."

"He talks to you?" Femur asked.

Mystia nodded in reply. "He always talks to me, even when there are times that he is better off holding his tongue."

Hey! Come on! Oni said taking offense.

Femur looked at her even more curious than before, but seemed to lose interest when he shrugged his shoulders and glanced back at the tunnel.

"So," Mystia said, heading toward the tunnel, "Shall we?"

Femur looked at her confused. "Didn't I just tell you that you could possibly turn into a stalfos?"

"I heard you," Mystia confirmed, "but we need to find Scrubs and Fetch. I'm willing to take my chances. Let's move."

Mystia walked through the tunnel with Femur right behind them.

Izzy: Oh, no! Poor Scrubs and Fetch have disappeared into the woods!

Oni: YES!

Scrubs: Hey!

Izzy: Now, Mystia and Femur must find Scrubs and Fetch in the Sacred Meadow and the Lost Woods. Will they find them? Will they possibly get...lost...in the Lost Woods? We'll find out next chapter!

Femur: :.( FEEEEEEEEEETCH!

Roecliff: (T_T;) Please be kind and review.