Chapter 5

Questions That Cloud the Mind

The fountains. A gentle running of water. That little trickling sound. The soothing sounds of the water calmed my thoughts. Link and I still stood, locked in a passionate embrace. Oh gods, I love this feeling. But... I couldn't help but feel a slight twinge of... something. Like, this whole thing... It had all been moving so fast.

Trickling sounds of the cascading water halts my pessimistic thoughts, cutting my mind off of that topic. But when there's an end, there's a new beginning. My thoughts picked up once again, leading a new trail in the spacious caverns of my mind.

Why Link? I began to ask myself questions upon questions. He's here with me, but what was my reason for coming here again? Why am I here with him? Wasn't there another reason for my coming? All of these thoughts going on in my head in a matter of less than a minute.

I pulled away from the sweet taste of my prince's lips. His eyes, vivid blue like the ocean so deep, stared into mine. Since when could I get so lost in just two pools of blue?

The flowing water in the background seemed to disappear from my hearing. It was just me and him. Him and me. And yet, even through just the sereneness of us being there together, alone, I couldn't shake off the feeling of something out of place. Or maybe, someone...

As the feeling grew in my mind, a swirling sensation passed inside of me. Something wasn't right. Soon the world, that had been so still in my eyes just seconds before, blurred out of focus. I barely could make out Link as he stepped forward to grab my swaying form.

And then, just like that, the dizzying sensation passed. I looked up. I was alone?

Standing on the side of the great center fountain, I discovered my surroundings once occupied by the sandy blonde man were vacant. I was alone.

Alone.

Yet, a vague sensation in my heart told me all was not well. Something was wrong. The same something that I had felt when I was in my love's arms.

Then, I was hit with the realization of something. The fountain was not flowing. I could no longer hear the whispering of the running streams. The drops of water were no longer dancing and cascading down the fountain's sides onto the seemingly endless glass floor.

'It's so quiet' ran through my mind and the stillness took over my senses. I could feel my ears prying the air for any sense of sound. Something to assure me I was not alone. That nothing was wrong. That I was not frozen in the ice of time, never to be thawed out again.

Drop...

What was that?

Drop...

Is that water?

Drop...

Drop...

Yes, but not that of the fountains.

Drop...

Drop...

It's getting louder. But, oh, what is it?

Drop... Drop... Drop...

My eyes widened as a memory came to me. It was a time when I was but a small child. Peach and I had come here to play and we became separated. Two long hours we were apart, and only when I heard quiet dripping did I know I had found my sister. Tears. Her tears were what lead me to her. She needed me with her and the tears brought me there.

Drop...

I turned my head, hoping to find a sight that would satisfy my eyes' need for proof of the tears.

'Tears. Someone is sad. Someone I know. Those tears shed for me, like so many years ago with my little sister. They are crying for me.' I couldn't stop the thoughts from piling in my mind. Someone's there! I know it!

Drop. Drop. Drop...

The sound had been amplifying in my brain. More drops, the louder it became. I was desperate. Somebody needed me.

Then, I turned to face a direction in which I had only moments before. There! There is someone crying!

I looked closely at the hunched over form. That outfit. The cape. His hair. I knew so well whom in which it was.

I gasped in air. "Roy!"

My body, aching to console a friend, instructed my legs to move towards the crying teen.

Drop...

As my right foot fell onto the cavernosus floor, letting out a loud echoing sound, my heart felt a pang. Right at that very moment, I couldn't believe my eyes.

His form, weak and frail in what seemed both physically and in mind, disappeared from his spot on the floor. The sound of tears finally ceasing in my mind.

But what surprised me the most, not just that of my dear friend vanishing without a trace, I felt arms around me. I pulled and pried myself free and turned to face... Link?

Had he been there the whole time? His figure was blurry to me, but I could still tell it was him. What had happened? Sounds of steadily flowing water entered my cloudy brain. Those sounds. Oh what precious sounds they were.

But before I could get lost in the small Riviere forming before my eyes, and not even listening to Links words which I knew he spoke, I made a dash over to where I had last seen Roy.

Tears were welling in my eyes. If we had been speaking on literary terms, I could have been blinded by the clouding of my mind and tears. I fell to the floor of the wet ground, gently patting the spot. Who knows? What if he was swallowed up by the depths of Fountain of Dreams? There were so many mysteries already surrounding the place. Could this be another?

My heart was racing and it stung something awful. Oh Roy! Where are you?

My hand fell over something and it dragged my attention to it. There, under my delicate fingers, was a white envelope. A letter! Was it from the prince of Emblem? Was it left for her?

Oh Roy, what happened to you?

A.N. Quite the cliffie, ne? Yeah. I would like to thank my friend, Audrey, for helping me out wiht this chapter. And thank you to al who have been reading this story up until now. I hope it is getting more and more interesting as we progress!

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