Zelda and Aires are standing silently, watching us as Cremia and I walk up the hill. When I see that they are there at the top, I break into tears again and rush at Aires, screaming.
"What did you do with my baby? Where did Link take her? Tell me, Aires! Where is she?" Aires grabs my hands and holds me still, but my body still shakes from my sobs.
"First of all, I'm not Aires. I'm Saria. Second of all, I don't know where she is, but I am willing to help you find her. And third, probably most importantly, Zelda here believes that Link is being possessed." This last information startles me. I look at Zelda in shock, but she is avoiding eye contact. I wait a few seconds, and she finally speaks.
"Lucife. I think that 'assistant' of his is overpowering him. He came to us about three months before the wedding, begging for a job. Lucife struck me as dishonest, because someone with his looks and behavior surely isn't jobless. About a month after that, Link started acting weird, and Lucife was nowhere to be seen. Occasionally, like at our wedding, Lucife appeared again, and, well, Link was jittery. I assumed it was the whole marriage thing, but now, with the baby coming and all, he's a lot different- or indifferent, I guess." I stare at her in disbelief. I can't actually believe that she thinks that this… Lucife… his assistant… is possessing Link. To my horror, I feel my temperature rising and I feel like yelling. Stop it, I tell myself, no. Stop.
"Zelda, get it through your stupid, pathetic, spoiled, blonde head! You are going crazy! You're so upset that the man that you married is going insane, you think that he's being possessed! I don't get it! What is wrong with you? It doesn't make any sense!" Zelda stares at me, her eyes open wide.
"Did- did you just call me blonde?" I stare at her, confused.
"What?" She looks me, tears filling her eyes. "What the heck are you talking about, Zelda?" She looks at the ground and coughs.
"You called me a blonde, didn't you?" I frown at her, then nod.
"I can't believe that. Here I am, trying to help you, and you go and insult me. Well, let me tell you-"
Zelda is interrupted with a high-pitched scream and a lot of yelling. From our view from the top of the hill, we soon see what we are dreading- Link and his men are coming up at us.
Author's Notes:
Okay, I am really, really, sorry that it has taken me so long to update, but I have been really busy. I hope you all like this very short chapter, I know it isn't really good, but I figured that it was better than nothing.