i feel the need to appoligize that this is late. though, the need is reasonable, considering i took a two day break off of all my currently going fanfics to write another one. Also, i have recently required Kingdom Hearts and have been playing that instead of writing.

oh well, i like the way this chapter came out, though it is nearly midnight, so my brain probably isn't working as well as it should be. if you find anything wrong with this chapter, let me know... i'll fix it

Zelda was in the library again, looking through a section of books labeled: "Magic Items and Charms" hoping that maybe she might find something there. Of course, chances were slim, but one could hope.

Of course, the only things she found were not useful, or unattainable. "Crystal Stars, what good will those do? Ice charms, water charms, air charms" she continued muttering to herself, hoping that something would sound better out loud then in her head.

"P-princess" a voice said from next to her. Zelda stopped her muttering and turned, seeing a young servant boy at least two years younger than her standing there holding a book.

"Yeah?" she asked

"I uhh… I" the servant boy stuttered. He swallowed, "I-I think I m-might have f-found something th-that might be u-useful." He opened the book and handed it to Zelda. She took it, and looked at the passage that the book was open to.

It was about fire charms. One of them in particular though, which she assumed was what the boy had been looking at, was a charm that would turn your sword into a flaming sword. Before she could look into details further though, she decided it would be a great idea to thank this boy.

"Thank you" she told him "I think this will be very useful."

The boy nodded, bowed, and ran off, causing a small smile to form on Zelda's face. It seemed the older she was getting, the more nervous people became around her. She turned her attention back to the book she had been given.

The information on this fire charm was very helpful, and even included its location. It may not be some legendary weapon to replace the Master Sword, but it sure will be dang useful if we can't find anything Zelda decided after a moment, and then decided to go do something else.

"LINK YOU IDIOT!" Sheik yelled suddenly

"What?" Link asked, turning around. He then noticed that the lever he had just pulled had caused a cave in, and the ceiling above their heads was threatening to fall any second now. "Oh…"

"Come on!" Sheik said as he ran past Link. Link hurried to catch up and avoid the rocks that were now falling from the ceiling. Somehow they managed to outrun the cave in. They stood there, catching their breath and coughing up dust.

"Gotta love the running" Link coughed, causing Sheik to give him an odd look.

"Eh?"

"Oh… uh… nothing…"

Sheik sighed, coughed, then looked at the massive pile of rocks that lay behind them and grimaced. "Let's hope we don't need to go back that way."

Link, however, cast his gaze up and grinned. "No, I don't think we need to. It seems that what we're looking for was right above our heads, and now we don't have to go through any more rooms to reach it."

Sheik looked up too, and then at back at the pile of rubble. "Are you suggesting we climb up that pile of rocks?"

Link turned and laughed at his friend. "Are you kidding me? Of course I am! Where's that little sense of adventure? You were the one who climbed a wall when we were kids. How different is that than this?"

"Umm… that was more stable…"

"And this will be easier to climb"

Sheik said nothing in response

"Don't tell me you're chicken!" Link laughed

"Of course I'm not!"

"Then stop your complaining. Let's go!" Link said, and then began his climb up the pile of rocks to the level above them. Wearily, Sheik followed.

"You know" Sheik said about half way up or so "your sudden need for adventure is starting to scare me a bit. Any idea where it came from?"

Link paused, thinking about that for a second. "No" he replied, continuing his way up.

That, of course, wasn't the answer Sheik was hoping for. Though, what answer he was looking for was a complete mystery, so maybe Link saying that he had no idea was better than some other responses. But then again, not knowing wasn't all that good either, because it could easily mean that the hero inside him was finally coming out.

It's probably nothing, Sheik told himself, nearly losing his footing as he did so. No other hero has had any problem with this.

But, none of them were like Link…

Oh, what am I worrying about? It's nothing. It has to be.

"Um, Sheik?" Link said from above him

"Yeah?" he called up, maneuvering his way up the rest of the rocks.

"What exactly were we supposed to find at the end of this?"

"I don't know… a room with the treasure in it. Though if we had to fight a monster before that I wouldn't be surprised…"

"Well… I think I found the monster"

Sheik pulled himself out of the hole and stood up, looking around to see what Link's issue was. Apparently, the issue was a large, dark, blob. A blob that was inching slowly across the floor. Sheik took a step closer, and suddenly torches along the walls lit up. The blob slowly turned around, noticed them, and transformed into the shape of a large bird-like creature. A bird with two heads, though.

"Well then" Sheik said, and then turned to Link "shall we fight it or run? Even if it's supposed to be guarding the treasure, I'm sure we can get past it. We didn't come in the normal way exactly…"

Link stared at the bird thing for a minute or two, who was regarding him with caution. He then turned to Sheik, an odd glint in his eye. "I think we can take it."

"You sure?"

Link's only response was pulling out his sword. He charged the bird thing, letting out a fierce battle cry, and started attacking one of its heads. Sheik went over to the other head and started attacking it.

It seemed that Sheik's attacks were doing the most for some odd reason, and the bird didn't seem to be liking that so much. Finally it decided it had enough, and thrust its head at Sheik. Caught off guard, Sheik was knocked into the nearby wall.

Link took no notice of this at first, but then did notice when Sheik didn't get back up. He had been knocked unconscious by the blow. The bird let out what seemed to be a hearty laugh, and then transformed into a large snake, the snake only had one head, and that head was focused on Sheik at the moment.

Link picked up a nearby rock and chucked it at the snake's head, causing it to turn its attention to him. The snake then transformed into a wolf like creature and attacked Link.

Link fought the wolf furiously, but his attacks seemed to have little to no effect on it. It ran at him, and he knocked it to the side with his sword. It rolled, whimpering for a second, but then jumped back onto its feet and went to attack Link again.

On a whim, Link whipped out the Light Arrows. He shot the wolf, and managed to hit it near the heart somehow. The wolf was thrown back slightly by the impact, and then fell to the ground. Apparently dead, it disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Glad that was over, Link rushed over to Sheik, who was regaining consciousness. "You alright?" Link asked. Sheik nodded.

"Fine"

"You sure?"

"Yeah, what got you so worried anyways?"

"It's my fault we got into this mess in the first place; I would have felt terrible if you had gotten hurt"

"Why…?"

Link shrugged.

"Hmm" Sheik said

Unknown to them, the monster Link had killed wasn't actually dead. It had now taken the form of a small garden snake (of sorts) and was slithering over to them.

"Ow!" Sheik cried suddenly

"What?"

"I don't know, felt like a snake bit me."

"Do you think it was poisonous?"

"Pain's gone now… probably wasn't anything. I did hit my head pretty hard."

Link stood up and offered a hand out to Sheik. He took it and pulled himself up.

"Thanks" he muttered.

"Now, where's that treasure we came here for in the first place?" Link asked, heading to a nearby door. On the other side of the door was a treasure chest, which contained the object they were searching for.

"The Shadow Boomerang" Sheik said

"Oddest weapon I've ever heard off" Link said

"Whatever, let's just get out of here"

"Good idea"

And with that, they left.