Authors Note: Here's your next chapter.

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Disclaimer: Zelda isn't mine. Feel free to take anything in this story that is mine. Which would consist of pretty much the original characters only...

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Chapter 13

Link's newfound power to see what the fairies saw wasn't enough to help him land on his feet. Coming out of the fountain in Keystone, Link ended up landing on his side, smacking his face onto the ground. Groaning, Link stood up and rubbed his cheek. He pulled his hand away and looked at it. It was smeared with blood. The cool night air blew across the wound and stung it. Apparently it had stopped raining.

"I better get that taken care of as soon as possible..." thought Link. Looking around, Link recognized this as the fountain at the center of the market area in Keystone. Link turned in circles, trying to remember which way was the castle. The town was symmetrical on all sides, so every street looked the same. Except one.

Down the street Link saw a building that could only be the Jail. All the windows had bars on them, and it was the only building around that had a guard sitting outside the door. He was asleep, but Link knew he was still supposed to be guarding the building.

"Cyrus," thought Link. He had almost completely forgotten about him and his sister, Crystal. He may not be able to help Navi at the moment, but at least he'd be able to help Cyrus and Crystal. Well...he HOPED he could help them. Link wasn't as confident in himself since he'd heard the news of Navi.

Trying to decide whether he should sneak past the guard or knock him out, Link remembered that there was a window. He could sneak around, jump up onto the back wall, and talk to them through that.

Gathering what courage he had left, Link strode towards the Jail cautiously. He was sure that the guard was asleep, but he couldn't take any chances of him waking up. When he reached the Jail, Link quietly turned down the alley of the Jail and the building next to it.

The moon was bright enough that Link could find his way to the wall at the end of the alley. As lightly and quick as he could, Link wall jumped off of the parallel building walls to each side of him, and landed on the wall. Wasting no time, Link crawled over to the window of the Jail and peered through the bars.

The Jail seemed different somehow. Link couldn't see anybody except Cyrus' younger sister, Crystal. She was sleeping on her bed, just as she was when Link last saw her.

Link decided to try to wake her up. "Hey...Crystal.. Wake up!"

Crystal merely stirred in her bed, and continued sleeping. Link attempted to wake her again. On the third time calling her name, she opened her eyes and sat up. After rubbing her eyes and yawning, she turned her head around, looking for whoever was calling her name.

"Crystal...are you okay?" asked Link. Surprised, Crystal turned her head sharply at the window.

"Who...who are you?" she asked.

"Link, now I need to know where Cyrus is. Do you know where he went?"

Crystal's head seemed to sway a little bit, as if she were drunk. Her eyes were only half open, and she didn't look like she was feeling to well. "I think they took him to the castle...up...up where the castle is..." she replied.

Link brain snapped on and started to think why Cyrus would be at the castle. Then another missing item occured to Link. "Hey...where's that one guy...uh, what was his name again? The guy in the other cell...."

"I'm not sure...he was from the castle though, and they put him in the jail a little bit after they put us here. Um...do you know how long it's been since I've been here? I don't...cause I've been asleep most of the time..."

Link shook his head. "No, I'm afraid I don't know how long. Tell me...did Cyrus ever tell you the way to get people out of jail? He told me that there was a way to get somebody in jail out, if there was somebody on the outside of the building. He never told me the rest though."

Crystal nodded slowly and stood up. "He told me that the ceiling was weak, and could be kicked through. But you'll need a rope...it's kinda high up..." Crystal stated.

Standing up to look at the roof, Link noticed that it was, in fact, poor in craftsmanship. It looked like it was made out of clay, and not stone or any other common strong material. Link crouched back down again.

"Why did they make it so weak?" he asked.

"I'm not sure exactly... Maybe they were trying to take shortcuts in making the buildings," Crystal said. She then sat on the ground and layed back, covering her eyes. "Sorry, it's just that my head hurts pretty bad right now... I think I should get back to sleep..."

"Yeah...okay. Hey, listen, I'll be back to get you out tomorrow night. Do you think you can last that long?"

"Yes, it's just a headache...I'll be fine..." she said drowsily.

Link said his good-bye, and crawled slowly along the wall, back down into the alleyway, and walked quietly back to the marketplace.

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Quickly, but quietly, Link bolted through the town in the direction of the castle. Morning would come soon, and he didn't want to be found out of his room. Link only hoped that nobody would spot him. They would only have to describe his green clothes for the king to know it was him.

Link was about half way there, when something surprised Link. Tifa and Shia were hopping over the wall to Link's right. As quick as he could, he jumped behind some crates in front of a house. He struggled to overhear what they were saying.

"Well, looks like we're home," said Tifa, brushing herself off. The two of them started towards the castle, but Shia stopped and looked back towards the wall.

"Do you think that he made it?" asked Shia.

Tifa turned around as well. "Yes...I think he made it. Though I doubt he'll come back here after he finds out whatever he wants to find out."

Shia turned to look at Tifa. "What about his horse?"

"Yeah...I guess he'll come back for that..."

The two of them continued walking slowly towards the castle.

"Do you want him to come back?" questioned Shia.

Tifa was silent for a moment, then said, "I guess...I don't want him and my dad to fight though..."

Shia nodded, then the two of them disappeared out of sight down a street. Link stood up, checking to see if it was clear, and walked slowly after them, making sure he wouldn't be heard or seen by them.

As Link made his way towards the castle, following Shia and Tifa, something was bugging him in the back of his mind. Why would they take Cyrus to the castle this late at night? Link made a mental note to check for any sign of Cyrus at the castle before he went to his room. If Link was going to help him get his sister out, Cyrus would need to be there to help Link out. Link wasn't familiar with this land, and Cyrus was his best bet now that Tifa wasn't going to help, and Shia shouldn't know about the planned jail break.

Link saw the castle as he turned the corner of another street. Tifa and Shia were running across the grass, staying in the shadows of the wall surrounding the castle. They were heading towards Link's room it seemed.

Link repeated everything they did, until he made it to his window. He peeked his head in, making sure Tifa and Shia were out. The door shut just as his head poked up. Link jumped up and into the window, ending his journey back from the Fairy Shrine.

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