Acupuncture

Disclaimer: I don't own it. But I always wonder what people would think if I wrote a disclaimer and said, yes I do own it.

I haven't updated in a long ol' time and I am deeply sorry for that. Another thing I'm sorry for is deleting that reply a person gave me on wanting me to look at their story. And I hate myself for deleting because I haven't read their story because I forgot the name of it, stupid me. Anyways. On with it!

"Zelda. Your staying here, in Kakariko." Aaron instructed, lifting Zelda off the horse and putting her on the ground. Aaron climbed up onto the horse and looked at her.

"WHAT? I stay here and you go out there! You can't leave me here! I'm not leaving you either!" Zelda shouted, stomping her foot in frustration.

"Kakariko is preferably the safest place. And don't worry about me. I'll be just fine." Aaron said and he pulled on the horse's reigns.

"Aaron. If you go out there into the open palms of your father I'll never speak to you again!" Zelda shouted, glaring at Aaron.

Aaron looked at Zelda for a moment and grinned. "It's better then getting yourself killed, I'd still won't be able to talk to you again." He said and kicked the horse riding away.

Zelda followed behind him but she soon stopped, giving up the chase, knowing he had made his choice. Zelda turned on her heel and started off towards the entrance to Death Mountain Path. "Be safe… I'll show him safe." She murmured as she stomped away.

Lost Woods…

Mido looked around the area. It wasn't that large with only three other directions to go to. Though if you went through the wrong log you'd probably end up back at the beginning, but if you go through the right one you might not even know if another log was the right one and you won't know which direction to go to next. That was the Lost Woods for you. A place that got its name for a very specific reason, and the reason wasn't just from the signs that were posted at the entrance. "I think we have to go this way." Mido said finally pointing to the wide hallow log to the right.

Though it was difficult even if you've been thought he place thousands of times and practically know it like the back of your hand you could still possibly get lost if you didn't listen well to the deep echoing enchantment of the Lost Woods, which nobody could really hear. Shara looked at the log to the right of the entrance and frowned. "Do you know if that's the right one, Mido?" she asked, and Mido slapped his hands on his hips.

"Not entirely. But I know this place pretty well. Saria always went through here. I think she still maybe here." Mido said still looking at the direction he thought they were to go. "Yes, I'm sure of it. I remember. The left is another correct direction but it doesn't go on to lead us to where we need to go." He continued and he walked up to the log and through it.

Lunard stared off after Mido and shrugged at Shara. "We need to get wherever we need to get to." He said and he followed Mido through the log. Shara sighed after a long moment had passed and followed them.

When they all emerged through the log, they didn't find themselves at the beginning. They found themselves at a larger section with a deep dive in pond in front of them, and two other directions to go to: left and right.

Mido looked at the pond. "I remember this. You dive in and there's an opening of sorts at the bottom, you swim through that and it brings you up at a place with a waterfall." He said and looked in both directions. "So now we go left." He instructed and he went left, followed by Shara and Lunard…

It carried on, with Mido making the right turns and every which way… that is, in till they ran into a strange section of the Lost woods…

A large opening was un accessible because a couple of big boulders blocked it and they had two other directions, left and right that seemed to have a too much bright light at the end. Mido looked at the large boulders blocking the way that seemed like the only other way to go. "We need something to blow those boulders up. And then you guys can go on into another place, I can't follow you through there though." Mido said, pointing at the boulders.

Lunard nodded and looked around for anything that could blow up a bundle of boulders. Shara had seemed to find the answer to that before he did. The boulders exploded in seconds when they stared looking, catching Mido and Lunard totally off guard as smaller sized rocks came hurdling towards them, and dust. Mido easily dodged the rocks because of his smaller size, and Lunard had less success as he dodged the rocks trying hard to see them coming through the dust. Soon the dust started to clear and the rocks stopped coming at them.

Shara stood in front of the opening looking at it. "I remember that song…" she murmured, Lunard walked up behind her. "The song that's coming from the far end of this chasm. It sounds so familiar."

"Shara. I don't hear anything." Lunard said looking down the opening and hearing nothing but hoots of an owl.

"But I hear it. It's drumbeats. It's like such a vague memory. There were these strange people that pounded on the ground and drums. Mother had took me here once, you didn't come because you were gone, gone saving the world. Father had come here as well, sort of, he came here and didn't know we were coming. I remember this opening too!" Shara shouted with surprise. "I remember Mother had told me that the people piled rocks in the opening so nobody could enter through this area." She said, touching the wall and remembering it's feeling.

Lunard just stared at Shara and turned his attention back to the opening. "Come on Shara, stop remembering things and lets get to the other side of this opening." He said.

Shara dropped her arm and nodded. "Okay."

Hyrule Castle…

Link had arrived at the Castle faster then he anticipated as he dismounted from the horse and helped Karina down as well, still weak and frail from the feeling of Ganondorf's power arising. Link handed the horse over to one of the guards and stepped into the castle, it was empty as he had anticipated, looking around he spotted a soft couch and laid Karina down on it, kissing the top of her head, he backed away and headed upstairs.

As Link silently headed up the stairs he heard faint voices that made him walk more silently up. when he got close to the top he stopped and strained his ears to hear who the voices belonged to.

"They got away from me. But they won't get away from me again." A dark voice said.

"The seedlings got away from me as well. Though I was able to get Nabooru who so couragesly tried to protect them." Another voice said.

"Where is Nabooru now?" the first voice asked.

"In that room. But you will not go to her. I will not allow it. You'd get softened up." said the second.

"I will do no such thing! The thing that angers me the most is that my own son bedded Zelda!" the first voice boomed.

"You will get them soon, Ganon. I'm sure of it." the second replied. Link stood, transfixed on where he had stopped on the stairs; listening to their conversation was enough, but it being whom they were! Link remembered vaguely on the sound of their voice, the other voice was of Majora.

"I hope soon though. After what we have planned is through I can retrieve my old servant and destroy Link! Yes, I'll retrieve her back as my servant and I will punish her for disobeying me! I shall see to it myse–." Ganondorf stopped in mid-word as he turned around to look at the direction of the stairs.

"What is it, Ganon?" Majora asked, trotting up in his child form to look at the stairs as well.

"My servant isn't far way. Actually, she's in this very castle…" Ganondorf said. Link froze, the hairs on the back of his neck standing on end. He should have been smarter then to have brought Karina with him, Ganondorf would of sensed her nearby even if she didn't want to call back to him. "And she isn't alone." Ganondorf's voice came again and Link looked up to stare right into those red, blazing, evil eyes that so were born on such an evil retched face. "Hello. Care to join us… Link?" Ganondorf said, lifting his arm a ways. Abruptly darkness fell over Link's eyes as he was knocked unconscious.

Yes yes. I sure hope this substitutes for that long time where I didn't update. And again I'm terribly sorry and still yet angry at myself. Good-day.