Soren POV

I looked up slowly, my head was spinning. I shakily got to my feet; I was relived to be in my own clothes; finally. I looked around me; Zelda, Peach, and Kirby were nowhere. The world I was in, whatever it was, it wasn't normal it reminded me of the room I'd first been in when I was stupidly forced to read that lame passage from that book. That passage that made this whole Subspace reawaken. Strange black and purple matter surrounded me; the sky was purple too, but a darker shade. All around me the air felt dry and still, eerie and quiet. "SOREN!" I heard a female voice shriek. I looked around, I wasn't the hero type, but by now I really didn't have that much to lose.

"Hello?" I murmured.

"SOREN! HELP!" I finally placed the voice.

"ELINCIA?" I hollered, spinning around. Suddenly I saw her; she was holding on to one of the strange platforms, dangling off the side, and only one hand still on it. I rushed over to her, I pulled her up. "Elincia? Are you alright?" I asked a tad bit unwillingly.

She nodded as she stood up, "Yes, I think… I'm a little shaken up but I'll recover; are you okay?... where's Ike?"

I shook my head, "I've yet to find him."

"Oh…" She whispered looking at the ground sadly.

"Do you know where anyone is? And why were you hanging off the platform?"

"I was knocked off, I don't know how long I've been here…. This strange man hit me when I tried to fight him." She admitted sheepishly.

"Who was it?"

"Uh… I don't know, oh, it's all a blur. I just remember a bright light and suddenly four other people were here too. Oh! I think I remember! Yes, it was Bowser and this other man, he was purple; everything was still so bright when they were here, they grabbed two of the people, one escaped, and then, you, Soren, they for some reason ignored. I tried to save the other two but they hit me and I went flying off; I was lucky to have caught the edge." Elincia remarked slowly.

"Very lucky indeed." I murmured carefully.

"Soren? Are you okay?" she asked, placing a hand on my shoulder.

I shook her hand off, "no, I'm worried." Kirby must have escaped somehow, but then that meant that Peach and… and Zelda hadn't, I hope that they're alright; I really hope. Weird, I'm getting all teary-eyed over two random princesses.

"I'm sorry; I guess those people must have been your friends." Elincia whispered, suddenly there was another blast of blinding light. I hadn't fallen, for once.

"Elincia!" I exclaimed.

"Soren, what was that?" Elincia whispered.

"I don't know, I think we should keep moving." I remarked as we began walking. Each step and turn was confusing; you never knew were you'd been and where you hadn't, for some reason I had an inkling that something was very wrong. We eventually started making better progress. When we came to a turn, a weird part of me was saying to go left.

"Go right." Elincia murmured form behind me.

"No, I think its left." I argued, she grabbed my wrist.

"No, Soren, it's right." She remarked, her eyes narrowing.

I tried to yank my wrist away, but she had a tough grip, tougher then I thought. "Elincia! What the hell is going on?"

"Just go right!" She hissed, "Please," she added sweetly.

"Fine." I muttered, she allowed me to tug my wrist away; I headed right, being forced not to follow my gut feeling. It worried me, I always followed my gut, but this one simple turn had me scared. "Are you sure this is the way?"

"Yes, I can feel it. Sorry for being so weird back there!" She muttered. If Ike didn't love her I wouldn't believe her, who knows maybe she double-crossed me already? I shivered at the thought, something was wrong, this path and Elincia. I spun around and looked at her.

"What the hell is going on?"

"I don't know… Soren, what's wrong?" She whispered, her red-orange eyes pleading… wait. Elincia's eyes were orange…? Very orange, but her eyes almost looked more red right now. I wanted to shake it off and say it was just the lighting but I had a feeling that there was more going on.

"Elincia. I'm worried that you're not you."

"What do you mean? Soren, you can't be serious?" she hollered.

"Who used to hold the higher position, me or Ike?"

"Um… you, I believe; since your older." She remarked, an easy answer anyone could get if they knew me and Ike's ages.

"Okay, well, what was Ike's father named?"

"Uh…" She couldn't answer. That was never a good sign.

"Greil, in case you forgot. Then again, since you're not Elincia it wouldn't be easy for you to know that, now would it?" I snapped. Elincia's form suddenly shifted to Vaati.

"Well that was pointless." He sighed, shaking his head as he brushed some of his hair off his right eye.

"How long have you been her?" I demanded.

"Since that bright light, come one kid; don't tell me that that bright light didn't make you weary? I mean seriously?" he exclaimed.

"Then she's still here?"

"Yes, now come on, I'll take you to her." He exclaimed lazily, walking ahead of me. I didn't think that I should follow him, but I guess I part of me still hoped that maybe he and Bowser would change their colors' unlikely but… no, it really wasn't even possible. Suddenly we came across another platform, I saw a lot a life-sized trophies.

"Zelda! Peach!" I exclaimed, running over to both of the trophies, "they better be okay!"

"Don't worry, they're fine. Though, I'm surprised to see you care so much. I think you like them more then you let on; I think even you're surprised about how you consider them as your friends."

"Shut up!" I hollered, I noticed that their trophies were the only ones standing up. Not a good sign. I needed to think of how to revive them… there was something you had to do. I just forgot. Damn.

"Soren, if I asked you to help Ganondorf, Bowser, stupid King Dedede, and I, would you?" Vaati asked, I was surprised the Dedede was still with them; I thought they would have dumped him.

"Honestly, I'd rather die by this point." I chuckled, quite serious.

Vaati suddenly teleported away, I looked in horror as strange black dots swarmed Peach and Zelda's trophies. Suddenly there were replicas, only they screamed of being seriously messed up and evil. I opened my book; know the only way to save them would be to fight them.

Okay, and that's it for Chapter 14! I know, sort of a cliffhanger; which, I have to admit I did on purpose though I'll probably get the next chapter up here soon! Okay, again, like I always say, please review!