Chapter 2

In the closet

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"Whoa, jeez Marth, it's just me..." Roy walked in with his hands up in the air.

Marth blinked at Roy's entrance.  He could have sworn he had heard another voice, someone unfamiliar, the culprit's voice.  "I-I'm sorry Roy...I though I heard someone's voice."

"That would be my voice you heard," the red haired teen smiled wearily.  "Anyway, it doesn't matter what you heard at the moment, I think the most important thing is to get Zelda here to the infirmary, ne?"

"Ah...yes, I guess you're right..." in his stomach he knew that something wasn't right but Marth didn't know what, it was just this...feeling.  He knew Roy's voice very well, and he knew that it wasn't his voice that he had heard say those words.  Feeling paranoid, Marth bent down and picked Zelda up gently and brought her to infirmary.

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"How's Zel' doing?" Link asked Dr. Mario outside her room.  His face was a weak pale color and he seemed to look incredibly stressed out.

"Well, she wasn't hurt that badly, just a broken rib bone and a few minor bruises.," Dr. Mario adjusted his gloves.  "No need to worry, Link, she'll be okay," he assured the blond haired teen as he walked passed him

"Thank Din," Link sighed in relief.

"Link!" Roy waved him arm as he ran up to him from down the hallway.  "Hey, Link how's Zelda doing??"

"Well, Dr. Mario said she'd be all right, so I guess we will just have to trust the guy."

Roy smiled, "That's good to hear.  Say Link, have you seen Marth?"

"Hmm? Marth...no, why?" Link cocked his head curiously.

The auburn haired teen shifted uncomfortably, "He's been acting kind of funny lately.  Like when I went to see what happened with Zelda earlier, Marth was going on with this 'voice' that he heard and I guess, he's been really stressed out, you know? I'm just a bit worried he might be losing it."  Roy scratched his head lightly and looked to the floor.

"Don't sweat it kid," Link patted Roy's back rather roughly.  "I'm sure Marth is just a bit stressed out, all he needs is a nap or two and he'll be all right."  The blond haired elf brushed his hair out of his face and grinned.  "I think you should take a nap too, if you over stress yourself out too much you'll end up going nuts yourself."

"What about you, Link?" Roy asked, knowing fully that Link was worried about Zelda.  "You don't' want to stress your self out either..."

"Heh, you're right, I guess we all need some rest, we work too much," he sighed.

Roy beamed, "Well, I'm going to go search for Marth, take care." He waved good-bye before scurrying away.

Link laughed to himself, Roy was a good kid with a short temper and a tendency to act immature.  He's a hard kid to get to know, due to the fact that he's withdrawn, but once you got to know him and become friends, it's hard to get him off your back.  But Link found him to be a sweet boy, somewhat cute.

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Young Link was sneaking around the cafeteria in order to scrounge up some snacks for himself when he came across Marth in the kitchen.  The blond haired youth peaked his head over a box and glanced over at him from the other doorway.  He seemed to be standing by where Zelda had been hit and apparently where Daisy had been kidnapped.

"Now I was sure the voice had come from this direction..." Marth spoke softly as he scratched his chin.  He looked around and noticed the window wasn't closed all the way.  He stepped over to it and examined it intently.  "Hmm."

"What in the Hyrule is he doing?" Young Link muttered to himself silently as he snuck closer toward him.

Marth placed his hand on the glass of the window as he inspected it closely, "There aren't any unusual marks left on the window...but he could have used this to enter and escape...I think."

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"Maaaarrrrttthhhh!" Roy yelled down the dormitory hallway.  "My gods, where the hell could he have gone to? I've checked like every possible place, except the bathroom...I doubt he'll be in there." The red haired prince sighed and took a look down the hallway before turning back around.

As Roy turned he heard the faint cries of Pikachu and Jigglypuff.  Surprised, the prince jumped and turned back around.  "Hey! Pikachu? Is that you?!"

Nothing.

Roy ran down the hallway, as he went further, it became darker.  He started to feel cold and nervous, what if this was the kidnapper taking more Smashers? What would he do? He didn't have his sword with him, and hand-to-hand combat wasn't one of his specialties.

As the hallway became too dark to see, Roy stopped.  Breathing deeply he called out, "Hey, Pikachu! Jigglypuff! Anyone??"

The silence seemed to overwhelm him; there were no sounds, no light, nothing.  He looked to where he came from, and there was no side with any light, everything was black.  He waved his hand in front of him hoping to fin some kind of wall or something in order to lean against.

He didn't like this, not at all.  This was a set-up? No, it couldn't be.  Roy tried again to listen closely to anything unusual besides the eerie stillness.  There, he heard a footstep, but just one, not two, not one following the other, just one single footstep.

His heard was beating faster, almost to the point where he was convinced that his heart was going to jump out of him.

"Hello? Is anyone there?! I can hear you...show yourself you coward!!" he cried out.

He now heard rustling of some kind of paper or leaves; he wasn't quite sure which it was.  But he knew it was getting louder...or closer, too close for him.  Roy managed to take a few steps back before he realized a hand reached out and grasped his arm and jerked it forward.  Feeling incredibly dizzy all of the sudden, Roy fell forward hitting the chest of the person.

"Mmm..." Roy groaned, trying to pull away but it was no use; he was too weak to move.  The only thing he realized before he blacked out was the sent of red roses coming from the clothes that his head was leaned against on.

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