Kierana's arm seems to be fine, I note, as I look at the small cut on her arm from the knife that Link had dropped. She's sitting very quietly as Romani and I bandage it up, both of us with tears running down our faces.

"I never… knew that Link could be like that," I cry, hugging my baby tightly as soon as we finish wrapping it up. "It can't be him. There's got to be something wrong with him!" Romani takes Kierana as I completely break down into sobbing hysterics. "It's only going to be a matter of time before- he comes back." I stand up abruptly.

"Malon…" Romani looks at me sadly. "You know that I'm going to do everything possible to help you." I smile at her through my tears but continue to cry. Suddenly there is a knock at the door.

"Hide!" I whisper urgently, trying to push her behind a door. "If it's him, we're all in huge trouble." But Romani shoves me behind it instead.

"Mommy!" I hear Kierana yelling for me, but the door locks and she quiets. I listen in horror as Romani opens the door.

"Are you the resident that lives here?" I hear a low male voice that sounds vaguely familiar, but I can't quite place it. I gasp in surprise when Romani answers him.

"Actually, no. I'm Malon, and I'm just visiting someone who lives here. Why?" I don't hear a response, and there is a long pause. Suddenly, someone screams and I hear a loud crash. The male voice curses loudly, which sends Kierana into a fit of giggles as she tries to replicate the word.

"Excuse me, young lady. Are you, by any chance, Kierana?" I can almost hear my daughter thinking about whether or not to answer this, and I pray that she won't say yes.

"Romani!" she says finally, giggling again. I silently wonder about the medication that I had given her. Romani had promised it wouldn't be too strong, but I was having second thoughts.

"Is that your name? Hey, wait a second. Where did you get that bandage, little one?" This time, Kierana doesn't hesitate.

"My pony stepped on me. It's in painfulness and I'm sad now." With that, my daughter promptly bursts into tears. I can't help but laughing at her and wondering how she became such a good actress.

"Okay then. You stay here and be good. Is this your mommy?" I don't hear him say anything, so I assume that he's pointing to something.

"Nope. My mommy is… blonde," she says between crying fits. I smile as I imagine the soldier's frustration.

"Well… I… Thank you. We're going to be taking her away for questioning with the king. You… Oh, hello your Majesty." I freeze and lean closer to the door.

"Well, well, well." I hear the icy tone in Link's voice and I give an involuntary shiver. "Say hi to daddy, Kierana." I can't tell what she's doing, but she doesn't say anything. Then, to the soldier, I hear him give a command.

"Well, we have Malon. Take her and torch the rest of the place. Yes, this is Kierana. I would have thought that I had hired more competent people to work for me, but apparently you were almost misled by a four-year-old. Come on. Let's go." I listen in terror as he picks up the now screaming Kierana and takes her out.

"It's a farmhouse. It will burn like kindling." I hear him laughing and the door slams shut. I wait for thirty seconds and try to open the door, forgetting that it was locked.

"Romani…" I moan, throwing my weight against it as hard as I could. I started crying again, knowing that if they did indeed light the place on fire, I was dead for sure. "Someone, please help me!" To my horror, I heard the sound of something catching on fire. "Oh, please. Link, why are you doing this to me?"

AUTHOR'S NOTES:

Okay, so that was chapter 7! A definite cliff-hanger: Hope you like it! Please, again, there is an excuse so don't write loads of trash about how much I suck, making Link so mean! Just keep reading and hear me out! Thanks to all of my wonderful reviewers:

Mullenium Master: Hmm… not quite an imposter… but you will find out soon.

Black Triforce: Thanks for reading my other stories, they aren't quite as good, but still…

Fanfic-Lover: Link's meanness will eventually shed new light on this situation.

Naoki07- Emotions do run high in this story, I will admit this. It should probably be under the Angst category but I don't really feel like switching it right now.

Bluedranzer77- Go ahead, you can hate and love him at the same time- there's just something so cool about a good boy gone bad.

SageofTheMinish- That's what makes him interesting.

Lizai- Yep, there's a reason and it's coming