THANKYOU! *bows as flowers are thrown at her* you guys are really too kind to me. As you know:

1) Lucy will be in it but you need to be patient
2) A new member of the team may be added

Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda or any of the characters from it. Blah, blah, blah, blah, etc, etc.

And now, another chapter of 'Why Is It Always Me?" II: Out Of The Dark! I was told people wait up to ten months for a chapter 0_o really? Would you guys really wait that long for a good story? Obviously not this one of course but awww that is so sweet! But what's really annoying if one fic only puts up one chapter and then never continues! Grrrr! Don't you hate that? Now on with the show!




The dining room was packed; at least sixty people were crammed into a room the size of a...I don't know, a tennis court. All jostling through small gaps with large bowls of soup and glasses of mead and beer. After an adventure with mead, I wasn't too keen to try it again, it was too easy to spike if you know what I mean.

(A/N: see first story, around third chapter?)

I'd lost sight of my companion Link several minutes ago and was now trying to navigate me way through a room full of travellers as hungry as horses with a plate of food I was having to hide to keep people from stealing!

I cursed quietly and shoved past two particularly burly men with difficulty, only to succeed in having a bowl of scolding soup thrown onto my chest.

I dropped my tray with a large clatter.

"Ah S***!!"

"Oh my god, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry" I felt a pair of hands with a dish cloth begin to mop up my top and press a second freezing cold, damp tea towel onto the skin that had been hit which was presently agonising.

I pushed them away and mopped it myself wiping tears of pain off my cheeks mercilessly.

"I'm sorry, please come with me to the kitchen, we need cold water" the hands and apologetic voice pulled me through the crowd with authority and to, I assume, the kitchen's general direction

I was hauled through a pair of cloth flaps and was pushed down on a stool, I pressed the towel to my skin harder in an effect to get rid of the pain or at least muffling it a bit.

"Anju! Quick! I spilt soup on some girl!"

I squealed as someone prised the towel away from me roughly and against my protest start to undo my shirt and I started to push them away.

"Hold still, silly girl"

I opened my eyes slightly to look into Anju's auburn ones tearfully.

"I need to treat this"

I let my hands drop and Anju pressed a jug of cool water onto the scolded area. I sighed as the heat dropped away to only a little discomfort. I wiped my eyes with my now free hands and looked about the kitchen.

I t was dimly lighted with one flame, probably all the staff were in the bustle outside, and shadows were thrown across the white washed walls.

Anju smile reassuringly to me and said, "Don't worry. Hey, Sao"

Someone shuffled out from the shadows, a young man dressed in a serving outfit, with black hair and a darkly tanned face. Since I was still recovering from the shock of having soup thrown all over me, I didn't react to the fact I was sitting there with my shirt open in front of a male stranger.

"Yes?" he asked, I recognised his voice as the culprit with the bowl and towels

"Go out and get the one she came in with, a man with blonde hair, a Mr Link" Anju said and waved her hands "Please"

"Sure" he went back out through the flaps into the noise outside

I stared out after him, he wasn't from the game, must have been another local they'd left out. I winced in pain as Anju applied something to the afflicted area. I looked at it closely, looked like a cream or something. Later I was informed it was made of bats droppings.

I wrinkled my nose and sat it out in silence.

Anju patted my shoulder "All done, don't think badly of Sao, he's just a little clumsy sometimes"

"Sometimes" I muttered "Right"

"Are you alright?"

Sao had come back in, Link following close behind. Link came in then turned around.

"Er...shirt" I heard him cough

I blushed and pulled my shirt together.

Anju hit Sao.

He turned around as well.

I did up my buttons.

Sao was very apologetic after that; he kept bowing and spluttering apologies and stuff. It was a little scary that he was so sorry about the accident. In the end I told him loudly to stop being so pathetic and just go and do his job. This earned me a guilt trip and a small clip on the ear from Link standing over me.

I didn't feel much like eating anymore, so I informed Link that I'd have an early night.

He informed me he was going to go drink mead with some men he'd made friends with.

When I quizzed him on this, he told me it was to look for information.

On what? He still hadn't told me what we were doing. I decided not to bother waiting for him, and began the journey back to our room. If I could remember where it was.

It took me around five minutes to find my room and when I did find it, I found I had forgotten my key. I kicked the door and slid down the wall to sit on the floor.

"Typical" I muttered "Do I not get a break in a run of bad luck? First, I am burnt with soup by a clumsy serving boy, second, I am locked out of my room"

I tapped the floor impatiently. He'd wouldn't be back for ages.

I sighed again "Cheer up, you're the one who wanted an adventure" I smiled, yeah, I had wanted this

Ah well. Nothing to do but sit it out, not going downstairs again. Link was probably roaring drunk by now. I grinned, thinking how stupid he'd look drunk.

I yawned, I was tired now, rubbing the burn absently, I closed my eyes and tried to block out the noise from downstairs.

Not go to sleep in case he did come back drunk or I was robbed or something.

But, as luck would have it once more, I ended up falling asleep. My eyelids dropped against my will and my breathing slowed. Soon I couldn't keep awake.

* * *
I awoke to a sound of scuffling. A few muffled voices. Rolling over, I discovered I was *still* in the hall, however, lying down right across the width of it. And my neck was aching.

I rubbed my eyes and looked at my watch in the darkness (meh heh heh don't you love digital watches?) 3:56am. I growled and sat up slowly rubbing my neck.

Where was Link? He should have been back ages ago. Probably still drinking. Or if he was back, I looked at where the door would have been if it had been light, why the hell hadn't he let me in? Or woken me?

I frowned; it looked pretty much the same as earlier. And I doubted he'd have gone in without me. Unless he really was drunk.

Another scuffle.

I jumped at the sound now that I wasn't half asleep. I drew up against the wall and stood up slowly.

Down the hallway? Or...there it was again. A short sound of light footsteps and whispering. I bit my lip and peered ahead into the darkness.

Nothing.

Either they were two far away or...

I span and put my ear against the door to our room.

Voices.

They were in our room. OUR ROOM! I banged on the door loudly, hearing the people inside yell and then more whispering followed by silence.

I grinned, this always happened movies, and they were waiting for ME to come into the room. Well, they were going to come here because I was NOT going in there.

S***.

All my weapons were in there.

Oh well. I moved away from the door and waited.

I think they must have been waiting as well because for a full five minutes nothing happened.

"Oh for the goddesses sake" a voice from inside the room cried exasperatedly "Are you going to come in or not?"

"What if they've gone for help?" another, deeper, voice asked worriedly

"What, him? He's the hero of time, like he'd run away"

"What if it was the girl?"

"Then she'd go for help"

"Shall we look?"

"You can"

"No"

"Why not?"

"Because...I'm older, that's why"

These people proceeded to have an argument about the rules of courage and bravery while I stood out in the hall completely bewildered at what these people were actually arguing over and why they were doing it in my bedroom.

Since I didn't have any weapons, I decided just to take a peek underneath the door to see whether feet were visible in the crack.

I knelt on the floor, then lay on the floor, and peered beneath into the room ahead.

This was stupid, for the next moment they must have decided who was going to look outside and I heard footsteps moving with authority towards the door.

Before I had time to react it was thrown open and I was looking across the floor into a pair of very big boots.

I followed their lead to look into the face of their owner. A large gruff looking man, with dark skin and a very large sword.

He looked just as surprised as me, but he soon recovered and drew the sword.

"Er..." I smiled nervously "You seem to be in my...room..."

The man grabbed my shirt and pulled me up hard, I would have kicked him or something. You know, something heroic. But I was...er...still surprised.

"Look what I found" The guy held me up & turned around while shutting the door "I caught a rat"

His partner turned away from the window and looked to see what his friend had caught. I gasped as I caught sight of him

Slim, dark, slim build, sword.

Sao.





Ooooooh what do you think? Another longer-than-average-chapter today, we are also graced with another cliffhanger. So what do you think? Eventful? Not eventful? Liked, didn't like? Hate? Read, review and be happy people!