Black Triforce: Sorry this update took so long. (muttering) I can't believe I was thinking about a sort-of-a-sequel to this! I'm not even done with the ones I've already started! (remembers readers) Oh, sorry. Here's the new chapter.

Dear brother, I'm worried…
I've never seen you act like…
You wanna take your life…

I had been looking for nearly seven hours. And I had never hated anything as much as the local band blaring from the speakers inside the record store where D usually went to get his music. The song playing talked about a brother who was slowly breaking down but wouldn't listen to anyone who tried to help and eventually kills himself. I just couldn't take it.

It hit too close to home.

I ran into a nearby phone booth to try to drown the song out. On the verge of breaking down myself, I slid down to the floor of the booth and rested my head on my knees. After a few minutes I managed to collect myself. Standing up slowly I decided to use the phone while I was in there. Mom must've been getting worried. I inserted the money and waited for someone to pick up.

Ring…

Where could D be? Did he have a place in mind to go to? Did he even care anymore?

Ring…

Is all of this my fault? I know I shouldn't blame myself but… It feels like it is.

Ring…

What did I do wrong? When did things start going downhill? Why did this have to happen?

Hello? Whatdya want?

My father's voice pulled me from my thoughts back into reality. I blinked a few times before answering.

Oh. Good it's you. You've already missed one day of school and I don't want you missin' anymore? So get back home. Now. Understand?

I didn't reply. There was an annoyed sigh from the other end of the line.

Look, forget about that boy. He ain't comin' back so you don't need to worrin' about him. That one obviously don't care about this family so you shouldn't care about him. Just like I said before, he was doing us a favor by leaving.

I almost couldn't believe what my father was saying. He hadn't called D his son. He just called him that boy and that one and him. He even had the nerve to tell me to forget about him. How could he expect me to do such a thing? D was my brother.

And that meant he was family, even if my father didn't think so.

As I tried to control myself I told him that I wanted to speak to my mother. I knew that she wouldn't demand that I come home. My father was starting to get angry, ranting and raving about how I was being foolish, that I had to come home or he would come and get me.

That's when I lost it.

Releasing all of my anger, I screamed at the man on the other end of the line who was no longer my father. I cursed him and said he had no right to talk about my brother like he was some kind of disease and that D was more of our family than he would ever be.

It was about time he got a taste of what he had done to my brother.

Trying not to laugh at the stunned silence on the other end, I calmly asked once more to speak to my mother. After a few moments of muttering, her voice came.

Link? Oh thank goodness, you're okay. I was so worried about you. What happened? Your father said something about you being stubborn… what did he mean?

I wasn't coming home. Not until I found D. And that was what I told her. (I decided not to tell her that I no longer called the man she married my father. I didn't want her to worry more than she had too.)

I… I understand. You're probably just as worried about your brother as I am, if not more.

She hadn't said D. Maybe she couldn't. Maybe it was too painful.

Well, I'll be waiting for you two. And… and maybe when you get back… I'll make those pancakes you both loved some much when you were little to celebrate. Be careful.

Even after she hung up my mother's voice echoed in my mind. She feigned hopefulness to make sure I wouldn't get discouraged. I sighed as I walked out of the booth. It was sad to think that D didn't see that our mother actually loved him.

It was even sadder to think that he might never.

I shook my head quickly. "Don't ever think that," I scolded myself. "Mom's trying not to, so why can't you! You have to find D for her. And for his own sake! Now get moving!"

And with that, I started off for the next place on my search.

Black Triforce: With that done… Sorry the chapters kind of short. It was going to be a bit longer and have more things happening in it but I decided that those events would work better in a later chapter. One more thing, I'm going out of town in two weeks so I'll try to update before I go. So now… you must… review! Or the St. Patches crew will get you!