CHAPTER 4

Enya's chains clinked as they unlocked, and the girl automatically rubbed her chafing wrists.
"Enya," Laura smiled, "we're going somewhere."

*

Day led them both across Hyrule Field, leading their horses west.
Laura gripped her reigns; she hadn't told Enya why she was taking her with Day and her, but she suspected that Enya knew something...
They finally reached the castle, and Day halted the horses, and dismounted. Laura and Enya did the same.
"Well, let's go inside. Hope ya like it," Day grimaced.
Enya stayed silent. Her eyes were looking at the ground, and she was hardly looking where she was going.
Laura touched her friend's shoulder, "You okay?"
"Huh?" Enya looked up, her eyes blinking, "Oh, yeah. I'm fine."
Day opened the huge doors, and walked into the foyer of the entry room.
Immediately, a woman looked up, "Day, where were--?!"
The sound died on the woman's lips as she saw Laura.
"Mother," Day started, "I brought Laura back."
Princess Zelda quickly stammered across the velvet carpet path over to Laura and clutched her hand, "Who are you?"
Laura blinked, confused, "Laura Dragmire... daughter of Maya and Ganondorf Dragmire..."
Zelda looked towards Day, mouthing the words: How did you find her?
Day mouthed back: Long story.
Zelda then yelled, "Sheik!!!"
Immediately, footsteps were heard, and Laura saw a man come into the room, "What is it? Is something wrong?"
"No," Zelda shook her head, then turned towards Sheik, "Our little girl's back..."
Enya stood behind Day, hiding herself while Laura got to meet her parents.
A couple minutes later, Laura had found out who her parents were, and Day shifted, moving out of the way.
Zelda looked towards Enya, her eyes wide. Enya stared back, her cat-like eyes widening as well in surprise.
Enya looked down, and hid her face with her hair.
Laura looked back at Enya, then to Zelda, "Mother... this is my friend, Enya."
Sheik and Zelda's eyes both widened, and Sheik took a weary step back, "No... she isn't allowed in 'ere."
That must've set something off, because Enya immediately looked up, shocked.
Day spoke up, "Mom, Dad, she's safe. Trust Laura. She knows Enya. There's nothing to worry about."
Zelda shook her head, "No. She's not allowed here. Your father's right. Her mother was dangerous, and Enya could be twice as dangerous."
"That's not true!" Laura exclaimed, "Enya has never hurt anything!"
Zelda's eyes flickered back and forth from Laura to Enya, finally resting her eyes on Laura, "Listen, Laura; I can't let this castle come to any danger."
"I only came here because Laura and Day invited me," Enya murmured.
Day blinked, knowing she was now in trouble.

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Laura leaned on her balcony. She had accepted an offer from Zelda to stay the night at the castle in her aunt's old room, but she could barely sleep. Enya, however, was sent back to Gerudo Valley. She could come back with Nabooru to pick up Laura in the morning.
Laura had met her mother, father, her sister, and Impa and Shurai. Impa was her mother's attendant, and Shurai was Laura's attendant, and used to be her aunt's attendant, as well.
The now titled Hylian Princess went back into her room when he heard something hit hard against the wall of the balcony next to hers'.
Laura ran over to the balcony again, squinting her eyes to see in the dark, seeing Day run out on her own balcony. Laura then looked at the ground below Day's balcony, seeing a figure there.
"Ganiox?" Laura blinked. She then shook her head and went back to bed.

*

Day jumped down from her balcony, careful not to tear her satin nightgown while landing in Ganiox's arms.
"Nice catch," she giggled.
Ganiox grinned briefly before setting Day down, "How's Laura taking it?"
Day sighed, "She was kind of taken aback by the fact that she's the Princess of Hyrule, but otherwise, she's okay."
Ganiox wrapped his arms around Day's waist, "Well, she found out about her family..."
"Yeah... but she still feels bad for Enya. I sorta do, too. I mean, we killed her mother and she had to be raised like a normal girl, but her body couldn't handle it."
Ganiox shook his head, disgusted, "We should've just killed her when Nabbie found her. Lamia had already named Enya, and Nabooru found out what her name was because she found a note to Tartara while she was gone saying that she had named her daughter 'Enya,' but Tartara was ash by the time the letter got here..."
"Ganiox?"
"Hmm?"
"About Enya... I-I know who her father is."
"Really?" Ganiox cocked an eyebrow.
Day nodded, "He's in the castle right now. His name's Alucard. We haven't told Laura or Enya about him yet. He was Aunt Laura's best friend."
Ganiox blinked, "Mother friends with an Undead? That's hard to believe."
"Alucard told me everything. I didn't believe him at first, but then I asked Shurai, and found out that everything was true."
"Well, how is the guy?"
Day smirked, "Not too bad, actually. He's half human, and real cool with a sword."
Ganiox laughed a little bit before saying, "Think he could beat me?"
"Probably."
Ganiox smiled and bent down to kiss Day's mouth.

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Alucard sprawled out on the patch of grass, bored. Shurai had told him earlier about Enya's whereabouts, but he remembered that Lamia told him that Gerudos hated men coming into their territory, and Alucard respected that. He would've snuck in the fortress in bat, wolf, or mist form, but he figured some people might be a little too good on the eyes. (Lamia told him of the extreme guarding system Gerudos had, too.)
Ever since Alucard left Transylvania to come back to Hyrule, he was worried about Lamia, about Enya, about Laura, and the fact that he had gotten banished from coming to Hyrule over 100 years ago. Sometime after Alucard finally got back to his castle, he had received a note from King Harkinian stating that if Alucard came inside Hyrule ever again, he'd be burned alive, then decapitated so he couldn't come back. Alucard cowered at the thought.
But then again, King Harkinian was severely ill and had to stay in bed all day. Zelda had to tell him of Alucard's coming back, but Harkinian didn't have the strength to order an execution. Harkinian was probably so ill he had even forgot about Alucard's punishment.
Hi.
Alucard grinned, happy that he had something to do now, "Hey, Laura."
Y'know what?
"What?"
Umm... maybe I shouldn't tell you this...
Alucard narrowed his eyes, "Okay, now I really wanna know."
Well...
"Talk..."
Okay, here it is: Enya was at the castle earlier and YOU MISSED HER!!!!
Alucard's eyes went wide open, "What?!"
Hey, easy, big guy. She's gonna be back tomorrow to pick up the new me. Unless you acted like a big oaf again and didn't use your senses to know that there was a new person in the castle...
Alucard growled, "Oh, shut up. I'm not that too keen on using Vampy Senses a lot. Heck, even Lamia got onto me about that..."
...You really miss her, don't ya?
"Why should it matter to you? You killed her..."
For good reasons...
Alucard smiled, "Well, I'm not gonna get mad at you this time, Lar. I'm bored and in need of company..."
O-kay... so, what do you want me to do? Play Card Tricks?
Alucard laughed, "Like you ever learned to play card tricks..."
I know. I was just joking. I'm a sorceress, not a clown.
"Obviously," Alucard scoffed, "and don't think I forgot about that time when you were five years old and 'accidentally' sent that dagger flying towards my chest..."
It WAS an accident!!!
"Uh-huh, sure. Whatever."
Alucard sat up and shifted to make himself comfortable, "I'll tell you this, though: I'm staying in the entry room after dawn until Enya comes."
She looks a lot like Lamia, I'll tell you that.
Alucard soon stood, "Well, thanks for telling me, but I gotta go. I'm gonna go hunt another Deku Squirrel."
Laura's voice echoed through the air. Okay. Later.
"Later," Alucard said.

*

Zelda walked out of the room, her hand covering her mouth in terror.
Sheik looked up, "Well?"
Zelda shook her head, "He's not getting any better."
King Harkinian had suddenly gotten strangely ill; the same illness that fell upon Queen Nathalie, only Laura -Zelda's sister Laura- had put the spell on Nathalie to make her sick, then when Zelda and Link met for the first time, Ganondorf had been distracting King Harkinian, and Laura had snuck into Nathalie's room to try and get the Ocarina of Time.
Nathalie had refused to give up the Ocarina, and when Laura got fed up, she put a fireball against her own mother's throat, killing her the exact same way how she had killed Princess Flaura.
"I don't get it," Zelda said, on the verge of collapse, "how could this have happened? I thought that Cholera had stopped years ago after my mother died."
Sheik pulled her closer to him and kissed her on the top of the head, "I know. I donna understand either."
Zelda wrapped her arms around Sheik's waist, "He doesn't even know that Laura's here. I don't even want to mention that name to him."
"I know," Sheik said.
The Princess felt a hot tear run down her cheek, "Daddy's so old... I don't think he'll survive."
"Zelda," Sheik said firmly but gently, "donna even say that. Donna even think about it."
Zelda sniffed, "W-where's Link and Vanessa?"
"Uh..." Sheik thought for a minute, "They said they were goin' te Mount Stygis te look fer any baddies that survived Lamia's attack on Laura."

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Vanessa leapt down from a tree, "Nothing up there except some baby Deku Scrubs and some Deku Squirrels."
Link's shoulders slumped, "I'm telling you, something big is around here."
Vanessa shifted in her sweatshirt, "Ya? Like what? Attack of the killer snowflakes? This place is freezing, Link. Ever since Laura died here, it's been Ice City."
"All of Hyrule has kinda had a small temperature drop..." Link finished.
"Yep," Vanessa said, "other places have only dropped like... five degrees, but here? It's like the Ice Cavern."
Link smiled at the thought, then looked at the huge, deformed snow hill behind Vanessa, "Umm... remember that really big thing I was telling you about?"
Vanessa blinked, "Yeah?"
Link strode over to the hill, "Look over here."
Vanessa went over, and brushed some snow away, "Hey, you're right. Something's under here..."
Link helped Vanessa brush away more snow on the other side of the hill, then nearly leapt ten feet in the air when he heard the scream Vanessa let out.
"What is it?!" Link asked, unsheathing the Master Sword.
Vanessa's face was pale-white, "IT'S A CARNA-CICLE!!!!"
Link went over to what Vanessa was screaming about and nearly screamed himself, seeing the side of the Carna Dragon's face. It had been frozen for ten years, and there was no sign of decay, the ice had kept it so well preserved.
"Well, we need to get it out of the open!" Vanessa shrieked.
"I ain't touchin' it..." Link said disgustingly.
"Well... can't we go back and tell Zelda? She can teleport it to a cave on the mountain and turn her to stone again."
"That might be our best chance. I don't think anyone would want to touch a ten-year-old dead body. Especially Lamia's body."
Navi groaned uncomfortably, waking up and poking her head out from under Link's hat, "What is it?"
"Interested in having an auction to sell a Carna Dragon?" Link joked.
Navi blinked, "Uh... that's Lamia?"
"Ya," Vanessa said.

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The next morning, Laura woke up, feeling the rising sun beat against her eyelids.
Getting out of bed, the girl took off her nightgown and put on the clothes that she wore yesterday, and went downstairs, seeing her mother and father with a man and a woman.
Day soon came over to Laura, "What's going on?"
"I dunno," Laura said.
Laura listened carefully, and widened her eyes, hearing the word "Carna."

*

Zelda shook her head, "How could this have happened? I thought that the Carna Dragon would have just turned to dust if it was its second time being defeated..."
"Well, obviously Laura didn't hit it in the heart or a place where it hit someplace where there was a dust button, she just killed it as if it were a huge animal," Vanessa snorted.
"Which it was," Sheik scoffed.
Link ran a hand through his tan hair, "Zelda, can you turn her to stone again and transport her into a cave on the mountainside?"
Zelda bit her lip, "I can try, but transporting something that big will waste my energy."
Link nodded, "I know."
The Princess rubbed the bridge of her nose, "I'll try to do it tonight. Just give me some time to think."
"Mother? What's going on?"
Zelda looked around Link, "Nothing, Laura. I'm just talking about a meeting."
Hearing the name Laura, Link spun around, as did Vanessa, and his eyes immediately widened, "Dear Goddesses..."
Laura blinked, "What? Never seen a kid before?"
"And she's just as sarcastic as the last one."
"Last one? Ya mean my aunt?"
Link and Zelda both looked at each other.
A guard soon came to the scene, and addressed Zelda, "Your Majesty, there are two Gerudos here, asking to come in. Do they have your permission to enter?"
Zelda blinked, then smiled, "Of course they do!"
The guard bowed to Zelda, and walked off. The doors to the castle soon opened, and Nabooru and Enya walked in.
"Nabbie!" Laura exclaimed, and ran over to hug her aunt.
Vanessa let out a wry grin, seeing Laura and Nabooru, but then she saw Enya at Nabooru's side, smiling. Probably happy to see Laura, but her teeth--
Vanessa's eyes widened, "Link, it's her!!!"
Without warning, Vanessa unsheathed a dagger and started to run for Enya. She was just about to run the dagger straight into the girl's chest when a hand snapped out and caught the hand that held the dagger.
"Get away from her," Alucard snarled, baring his fangs, and Vanessa immediately dropped the dagger in a pain spasm, feeling Alucard's short talons dig into her wrist.
Laura stared wide-eyed at the man, "...Alucard?"
Alucard returned the stare, releasing his grip on Vanessa, "How- how did you know my name?"
"I have my sources," Laura said, grinning.
Enya looked from Laura to Alucard, "Uh... excuse me, but who the heck is Alucard?"
Zelda approached Enya, "Enya, this is Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes--"
"Alucard," Alucard interjected, "No one calls me Adrian."
Zelda couldn't help but smile from the remark, "Alucard."
"And...?" Enya asked, putting her hands on her hips.
Zelda bit her lip, "Well... he's...."
"What?"
Swallowing hard, Zelda managed to finish her sentence, "He's your Father."