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"Oh my gosh!" Malina groaned, stretching. "We're finally out of the woods! Thank gosh!"

"Seriously..." Ceris murmured, shielding his eyes. "I thought that I was gonna die because I saw too many trees."

"Yeah..." Malina murmured, trailing off. She glanced around Hyrule Field. It was covered in snow, and her thin clothes didn't do much to protect her from the cold. Even though she looked bright and cheery on the outside, within she was an emotional wreck. Malina was trying her best not to think about it, but it was rather hard.

Riste... was gone. It was so hard to believe.

As usual, after she began thinking about Riste, she wondered how she was to defeat Vaati now. There was no way that she would be able to do it. After all, Vaati had infinite power to use, and Malina only had wisdom. Some think this might be helpful, but it really wasn't when push came to shove. She would have much rather have had Courage or Power than Wisdom.

A streak of guilt streamed through Malina. Then again... it was better to have Wisdom than to not. For the past week that they had been in the woods, Malina had noticed the fact that Wisdom no longer spoke to her. Whether it be some matter of the heart or some other reason, she knew not. All that she knew is that Wisdom was no longer there, and had somehow disappeared in one of her greatest times of need. The only time, perhaps, that she needed Wisdom more was in her battle against Vaati. Other than that, she could not think of anything else.

Malina began absently playing with her hair. It was a habit that she had managed to form in the past week. She tightened both of her ribbons: one pink for her mother and one black for her master. It felt so odd wearing the thing that an alive man had worn two weeks ago who was now dead. It hurt. The two braids that she wore she took out, then put back in. That was another odd habit she had managed to form. Redoing her hair.

So many things had happened. Another thing that Malina had learned was that her crush, Ceris, was actually Courage. That had been a surprise for sure. But not a great one. It rather made sense if you thought about it for a moment. After all, he was kind, smart, strong, and even handsome. It made sense as to why Courage would chose him.

Malina gave out a little sigh. There were so many things that were weighing her down, as though someone had put a dozen heavy weights upon her shoulders. What could be done about it? She would surely collapse soon if she didn't get some of them taken off. And yet... there was nothing else that she could do about it. They were merely there, merely a part of her, as was her brown hair, her freckles, and her violet eyes. It was as simple as that.

"What are you thinking about?" Ceris asked, a slightly curious expression on his face. She didn't answer, but merely stared at him. How could he be so lighthearted? Was there something that he had that she did not that made all of the difference?

"Malina?" He asked, waving a hand in front of her face and making her blink. "Are you awake? You've been totally out of it. Wanna sit down?"

Malina nodded gratefully. No matter what the cause of his cheerfulness was, it could be rather helpful at sometimes when she had none of that cheer. Especially since she needed it terribly in these difficult times. It was almost as wonderful as hope was, which was close to leaving her as well.

"What's wrong, Malina?" Ceris asked, curiosity thick in his voice. "You keep staring out into space? What are you thinking about?"

"Um... a lot of stuff..." She mumbled, looking down and playing with her hair again. "It's just that... I don't really get how you can be so happy with all of these misfortunes happening to us... I mean, anything from the deaths of our friends to lack of food and water is happening to us, and yet you remain ever cheerful. How can that be?"

Ceris blinked. He had obviously not expected that. He looked upwards to the sky, thinking hard. Finally, he answered.

"I don't really know. I suppose that it's the fact that we have each other... plus... I didn't know Delila that well. Not to mention Riste. He was okay and all, but I never saw him as a friend. I just don't think that this is the time to be sad. Maybe later, but not now."

"What do you mean?" Malina asked, resting her chin in her palms.

"Well... we've come so far. It seems a shame that we would allow grief and being hungry to get in our way of defeating Vaati. I'm not really sure either, I just know that something is telling me that we can't give up hope. We have to keep pushing forward. If we don't, I think that something bad might happen, and not just to us." He gave a little frown. "Trust me, it might just be my insanity talking, but I totally believe in the fact that if we work hard enough, then Vaati is sure to be defeated."

"... You talk a lot." Was all that she said after that. Ceris stuck out his tongue, slightly teasing.

"How rude." He stood up, stretching. "Okay, let's get going. We gotta get going so that we can Kakariko as soon as possible."

Malina nodded, sighing slightly. "All right, I guess... I'm just so tired..."

"I'm starting to wish that we had horses, too," Ceris admitted, shrugging, "But I suppose that there's nothing that we can really do about that right now. After all, it's a little bit hard to have a horse when the city that you just came from is probably in ruins right now."

Malina winced. She didn't really want to think about that. They had been unable to save many of the Zora people, much to her dismay. Ceris had calculated it while she had been trying to get to sleep, and guessed that just over half of them had died at the very least. At the very most, eighty percent of them had died. The thought that she had ran away from that danger was hurtful. While she could be fighting, she had been whimpering behind her hands, hoping that no one would come after her and try to kill her. It brought chills up and down her back, and she tried to fight screaming out whenever she thought of the intense hurt that the Zora people would be suffering at that moment.

Ceris seemed to notice the pain he had inflicted on her and gave a little sheepish smile. "Oh, um, sorry. I forget sometimes. I'm still not very good at keeping my big fat mouth shut."

She nodded, unable to say anything. She probably would mess up whatever she was going to say in front of him anyways. Even though they had been traveling with each other for quite a while, she still got slightly nervous and a little tongue-tied around him sometimes. After all, she did like him quite a bit...

That's what you think.

Shock came over Malina and she stopped walking. Ceris glanced at her and also stopped, slightly confused.

Wisdom?!

Why, yes, that happens to be my name. What is it?

You're here!

Yes, I am. What did I miss while I was gone?

A lot of things!

"Malina?" Ceris asked. "Do you need to sit down again?"

"Huh?" She answered blankly.

"I asked you if you need to sit down," he repeated, folding his arms.

She shook her head quickly and whispered, "Wisdom finally came back."

At this, his eyes widened. Of course she had told Ceris that Wisdom had gone missing, so this was a great relief to the both of them. Wisdom began to speak again, so Malina listened quietly, awaiting an explanation as to where she went.

While you and Ceris were alone, heaven knows doing what, I-

Ceris and I didn't do a thing!

Yeah, sure. Like I was saying, I was taking a look around at other eligible girls to be me.

What?!

Shock filled Malina's face that Wisdom would even think a thing. Guilt filled her up. Perhaps... perhaps she wasn't that great of a girl... perhaps Wisdom had made a mistake when she had chosen her. That seemed so possible that she wanted to vomit.

I could never believe that!

A new voice. How curious. And whoever it was, they sounded older than her, although not by much.

Who are you? Malina asked.

I'm Courage. And I'd like to tell you, Malina, that that could never be true. You're just hitting a few bumps right now. Things will smooth out.

C-Courage! Wisdom finally exclaimed, although her voice sounded slightly embarrassed.

Wisdom, I would ask that we speak later. You must remember that the Princess is still a child.

Malina's face flamed at this. If she allowed Wisdom to take over her body and Courage to take over Ceris's, then she could only guess what they would do. And no, it would probably not be a heart-warming talk about how much they had missed each other and that they were glad to see each other again.

Right. Courage stated. Now, Wisdom, please continue, if you will. I'd like to hear this as well.

Ah, yes... well, as I was saying, I was looking for other girls. Nothing against you personally, Mally, but I didn't expect that you would be strong enough to handle it. All of the death and hurt... when you fell apart at the battle, I thought you would remain that way. I looked for others, but couldn't find anyone else who might be able to hold my power. I came back to you and saw that you were stronger and that Courage was still with Sword-Boy, so I decided to keep with you and see what happens.

And you left me alone during that time?!

Yes, well... you had Sword-Boy with you... and... er... that wasn't really a good idea on my part, was it?

Heck no!

"Malina, what's going on in your head?!" Ceris demanded, taking hold of her shoulders and shaking her. Malina blinked.

"Huh?"

"Oh, uh, sorry." He mumbled, taking a step back. "It was just that... you... and... that is... I was trying to talk to you and you weren't answering... so I tried to shake you awake and the instant that I did, you woke up... s-sorry... I just wanted to know what was happening."

She gave a little smile. "Don't worry about it. You just surprised me, that's all."

His face turned slightly red. "Uh... yeah, so, what's been going on? Wisdom is back, yes?"

"Yes, she is." Malina said softly, sitting down on the cold grass and snow. "She was out looking for a replacement."

"What!?" Ceris exclaimed.

She nodded. "She thought that I would be too emotionally shattered to continue on with our journey. But I don't think that she understands that I've already had to deal with death. My mom, my dad, my step-dad, maybe Mistress Impa, and my horse, Lait..."

"Light?" Ceris blinked in confusion. "Who's that?"

"La-eet." Malina corrected. "He was my horse. However, he died just a week or so before I met you."

"Oh..." Was all Ceris mumbled, sitting down next to her. She glanced at him, her brow furrowed together. He was so confusing.

Sora sighed and rubbed her eyes. She wanted to go to sleep. It was so tiring just doing this. Just being with her friends and family. Family. That was a word that didn't often come into her mind. In fact, she usually only used it when wondering what her life would be like if she had one.

She glanced over to Daysin. She wondered what color of eyes was his true. She wondered if they liked any of the same things. She wondered if he was a nice person. She wondered if he liked traveling. But, most of all, she wondered if he liked her or cared about her in any way whatsoever. She hoped so.

"Where to go, Yuumei?" Marit asked, pulling his horse next to theirs. Sora and Yuumei shared a horse due to the fact that they happened to be short on money to buy another. Besides, Sora didn't even know how to ride a horse. She would have preferred this anyway.

"We're close..." Yuumei answered, glancing around nervously. She had not been the same since the death of Riste. While Malina had managed to hide her feelings, Yuumei was not able to do that. She was fearful all of the time now with her hand constantly on her saber, as though she thought that someone was going to attack them out of the blue.

"How close?" Marit asked. They were looking for Malina and Ceris. By now, everyone knew that Yuumei was the shadow of Malina. Sora had to explain it for her due to the fact that Yuumei was overly caught up in her emotions at the time.

Yuumei had the odd ability to sense when Malina was near. Any time that Malina wasn't around and she was in the Realm of Light, she said that it felt as though a piece of her were missing. Sora had almost wished that she could feel this as well, because she had the inability to do so. Truly, she and Daysin were the only people who could ever be completely alone. Sora didn't want to be alone completely, but she could very easily. All she had to do was find somewhere where no one else was.

"Two, maybe three miles away." Yuumei murmured, softly shrugging her delicate shoulders. Her face showed nothing, but Sora knew her oh so much better than that. Yuumei was hurting deeply inside. She had never really known true loneliness.

Marit nodded. "All right. The horses need a bit of a rest. Do you mind if we take a little rest break?"

Yuumei quickly shook her head and stopped her horse. The others in the group did so as well. Even though Yuumei said that she didn't mind that they stopped, Sora could tell that she just wanted to hurry up and find Malina. It hurt slightly that Yuumei cared about someone more than she cared about Sora. And technically, the person that she cared about more was herself. Oof. That hurt, too.

"Hey, Sora?" Shina said, sitting next to the younger girl. "Why have you been so quiet? It's kind of out of your nature."

Sora gave a quick, little smile. "Oh, nothing much. It's just this insanity people have misnamed my life." Shina laughed. The instant that the two of them had meet, it was instant friendship. Marit had joked that they must have been sisters separated at birth or something.

However, Sora knew that was impossible.

"What's up?" Daysin asked, sitting next to them. Sora gave a knowing smile as she saw Shina's face turn slightly pinker. It was obvious to everyone but Daysin that Shina had fallen for him. Besides that fact, she was still rather violent towards him.

"Not much," Sora answered for Shina.

"I wouldn't expect it to be so," he drawled. "After all, we kind of live in the same camp..."

Sora gave a little giggle. "Yes, I suppose that would make it rather hard for you not to know about our affairs."

"Pretty much the only thing that-" Daysin began, but a voice erupted out of the nothingness.

"Daysin!" Although Sora had never heard this voice before, it struck fear into her heart instantly. Whoever it was, she shouldn't like to meet them. Daysin also seemed slightly affected by this, a frown immediately creasing his forehead.

However, when he spoke, he did so calmly. "Vaati."

Even more fear pierced Sora. Vaati?! Wasn't he the guy that they were all going up against to defeat?! Omigosh, this wasn't good! And how in the world was he talking to them when they were in Hyrule Field and he was in Hyrule Castle?? Those were but the first few thoughts that zoomed though Sora's mind.

"Why have you joined these fools, my loyal servant?!" Vaati's voice boomed and Sora grabbed Shina's hand quickly, squeezing it.

"For the heck of it and I wanted a taste of their team," He answered simply. Marit spoke next.

"Vaati, I know that you have known for quite a while about where we are and whom we are with," Marit murmured, his eyes glaring and the words coming out like someone slicing a blade into another person. However, Vaati seemed entirely unaffected by this.

"I do not care for such things as excuses! Daysin, if you do not come to my side soon, I will realize I have no use for you and despose of you! You are, after all, not Courage. I have no point in letting you live besides the fact that we share the same blood in our veins."

Sora felt another chill go up her spine, but no longer at Vaati's voice. It was at the mere thought that they were related. If his blood flowed in Daysin's veins, then it must flow within Sora's because they were brother and sister. What could this mean for her?

"Vaati." Daysin said it simply. "I vow that I shall join you by the end of this month. I will leave this group and be with you."

Sora's eyes widened. No! He couldn't leave her! He couldn't just decide one moment that he was good and the next that he was evil! That's just not right! He would have to stay with her after she told him that they were brother and sister. After all, he would care about family... right?

Then again, that was probably was why he was leaving them.

"I accept your offer." Vaati said after a moment. "However, I would also ask that you bring the dark-haired child with you."

"No!" Sora exclaimed, fear open in her voice. For an instant, she heard Vaati chuckling, but it was gone all too soon.

"Dear cousin... I find this humorous. You came here to seek family, and yet you do not wish to be with me, your family. How childish."

"What are you talking about?" Daysin asked in confusion.

"I was not speaking to you!" Vaati spat. "Fool! Do you not recognise your father's eyes when you see them?! That girl is your sister!"

Sora shrunk back, whimpering slightly. She didn't want to meet Vaati. She wanted to go home. She wanted to forget all about this stuff. She wanted to curl up on Yuumei's lap and fall asleep like she did when she was young. Gosh, but that was sort of impossible now, wasn't it?

"If you do not do as I ask of you," Vaati continued, "Then I can promise you that my dear friend Miss Alice will find you and kill you. Think about this. Take your time. I don't really mind. After all, you have a month. And if the child does not come with you, Daysin, you can count on her being dead by the morning after."

Daysin nodded, an odd look in his eyes.

"Good. Now all I have to say to you is farewell."

Vaati's voice echoed away, leaving them all staring at Sora and Daysin. Had that truly just happened? Who was Miss Alice?

What in the world was going on around here?!

Miss Alice sat down, pushing her hair out of her eyes. Her flight was scheduled to leave in two hours. She could wait. After all, she needed to catch up on her writing.

She blinked as she heard it. That thought... yes, she could hear thoughts. Ever since she had left the place that she had once lived, more and more powers had been popping up. Currently, she had three.

The first one she had gained was the ability to read thoughts. Mostly she didn't listen. Occassionally, someone thought about something important. And when they did, it usually wasn't good. So Miss Alice had used the ORB to stop them from doing that action, whatever it happened to be.

The second one was the ability to freeze things. It was odd. She had been staring at the cup of tea she had bought, and it just froze. Not very helpful considering the fact that it was freezing outside and she had been trying to warm herself up.

And lastly... she could change her teeth. Not very much, though. Most would find this to be an odd power. After all, it was just changing your teeth. But no. It was helpful. After all, fangs could be helpful when trying to scare someone. Not too mention with her bleach-white skin and sometimes red eyes, she looked just like a vampire.

She pushed these thoughts out of her mind and put her mind on the thought that had been so interesting.

Is that her?

Is she the one?

Should I kill her?

Do I bring her back?

This will work.

She has a Soul-Orb.

She could kill me.

How did the people of Earth get a Soul-Orb?

She's rather pretty, but so young.

No younger than Malina.

Hello, Miss Alice.

My name is Vaati.

Shock filled the girl at the last two lines. How did he know she was reading his mind? And how did he know about the ORB and Malina from the world of her dreams? Vaati... the name was... of the villain, right?

The violet-haired man sat next to her. He didn't speak with his mouth, but his mind, yes.

Miss Alice?

Yes...? She answered slowly.

Can I ask you something?

If you should like.

Will you help me kill my enemies?

Only if you'll help me kill mine.

I'd be pleased to.

A/N- Okay, R&R, no flames! You should all be so happy that I updated!