Disclaimer: Alca the nurse is canihavea-soda's. And as always I only own Prince André of Odnetnin J, the others no, so on to the story

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Maybe lies weren't the best way to go. But I've left the truth behind…and I can't go back now. (scrawled on a wall at the Tourney)

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~Normal PoV~

"You like her."

"I don't even know her!"

"I saw the way you stared after her last night…you were in a trance, Rowrun!"

Rowrun and André had been inseparable since they had met when they were kids. André, as prince, was expected to have noble friends, which was exactly what Rowrun was. Nobody discouraged their friendship, and they were even allowed lessons together. Along with several other boys of nobility, they formed a 'secret society' called the Order of the Crimson Hawk. Everyone in the order had a crimson hawk tattooed on their chests. It was with the Order that André stumbled into the storage rooms, long forgotten beneath the castle of Odnetnin, and found the Sword of Power.

In the castle, André and Rowrun were as different as night and day. Because he was Prince, André was reserved and quiet. Rowrun was outgoing and brash. André flirted politely at castle functions; Rowrun played love-and-leave. It was no secret that Rowrun had quite the harem, or at least a following of lovely ladies who swooned every time he came near.

In the Tourney, André seemed to loosen up quite a bit. He joined Rowrun in his shameless flirting (and both extended it far beyond flirting) and joined Rowrun in his trouble-making schemes. In the Tourney, André had as big a following of women as Rowrun did. André had once accidentally attracted the Princess Peach, much to the anger of Mario. André had been forced to forfeit the Tourney that year because Mario and his wrench wouldn't leave him alone.

"Well, if I like Lindsay, you have a thing for Shiek."

André colored scarlet. "All right, let's both admit it, then."

Rowrun grinned. "And if either of us tells, we're out of the Order, neh?"

"Exactly," André said. "I'm falling in love with Shiek. You."

"I'm falling in love with Flames…Lindsay," Rowrun said. He grinned again. "But I don't think these are the best choices for love-and-leave, André."

"I agree," André sighed. "Lindsay would bash you to pieces without a second thought. At least you'd die fast."

Rowrun laughed. "Poor guy," he said. "Shiek would slowly drain the life out of you with that whip of hers, while periodically stabbing you with those little needles."

Suddenly André changed the subject, at least a little. "Do you get the feeling that Shiek is hiding something?"

Rowrun shrugged. "Like that she murdered the Princess of Hyrule?"

"You know she didn't."

"Yeah, yeah, Link's story doesn't make all that much sense," Rowrun said. "Neither does Shiek's, but hers is vague enough that she could be telling the truth. Link doesn't know what he's saying. But what would Shiek be hiding?"

"Dunno," André admitted. "But I think she is."

"Which Sword do you think Lindsay has?" Rowrun said.

André smiled. "I'm not sure I want to know," he confessed. "Mine will be useless against hers, and if she has something big and bad, I'm screwed."

~End of Normal PoV, start Link PoV~

            "ZELDA!", I screaming waking up, my body covered in sweat. 

            "Why I have these dreams", I said to myself

            Start flashback 

"Master Link, you'll probably have dreams of all of this, you have a pretty strong bond towards the Princess you might saw the truth, you might saw half the truth, the truth you want to see or nothing at all, said Rauru

"What do you mean Rauru", I said pulling out the Master sword.  "You're trying to tell me she wasn't murdered"

            "Only time will tell that to your heart, follow your instinct, they will guide you", said Rauru /end flashback

            "Well time to dress", I said to myself

            Wander away is always fun, you don't know what information you can have, see or whatever.  I just might go to see the practice.  Walking silently, lost into thoughts, I never saw it approching

            BANG!

            Not waiting to see someone, I was walking back towards the practice area rubbing my head after I'd crash into the wall

Arrived at the practice area I saw Sheik, Rhia, Lindsay talk to a metal-armored person who I recognized as Samus

"Yeppers, that's about it," I heard Rhia said. "Fighting is going to be very interesting. Magic is my biggest weapon, though in hand-to-hand I'm marvelous. But if I want my magic to knock out my enemy, I'll very likely have another giant chicken incident. Except when I'm fighting it'll probably lay an egg on top of me."

Samus laughed again. As they walked out into the arena, they passed Zyuiu Dbyu and Ymota U. Zyuiu was stretching; Ymota U was smiling to herself, leaning against a wall. She subtly watched as Shiek, Samus, Lindsay, and Rhia passed by.

            I carefully, without someone seeing me, I hid myself into the shadow of one pillar whispering to myself "Goodi dea to have a black tunic sometimes and I watched as Zyuiu finished stretching, grabbed her lance, and trotted over to Shiek. Shiek looked at Zyuiu and blinked. "Oh, I get it," Shiek said. "You wanna fight. Hehehe…I'm so smart." Shiek took out her whip and needles.

Zyuiu turned her head to Ymota U for a moment and even if I heard everything, I couldn,t made out what she said.  Then her sister replied something which obviously was in the same language so I stil doesn't understand, but I think they were talking about Sheik.

Zyuiu nodded. She turned back to Shiek and expertly held out her lance for the whip to wrap around. Zyuiu screeched in shock when she was shocked by her lance, now electrified. Shiek yanked her whip back and quickly tossed some darts at Zyuiu. Zyuiu dodged at kicked out at Shiek. The fight continued on in the same fashion, each fighter gaining a victory as soon as they'd lost.

The fight ended when Zyuiu slammed Sheik in the stomach with her lance. Sheik stumbled backward and tripped over a rock, twisting her ankle. She grimaced and tried to stand up, trying to signal the fight was still on. Zyuiu laughed and shook her head at Shiek. "I commend your bravery, but the fight is over. You're hurt—this is just training."

Shiek was about to say something but thought the better of it. She slowly stood up, her eyes squinched shut in pain. "Come on, Shiek, we'll take you to the infirmary," Lindsay said. Lindsay offered Shiek her arm so Shiek would not have to stand on her ankle. Zyuiu watched them take several steps, then smiled to herself. She picked up her lance and charged at Shiek.

As I watched, I opened my mouth to yell something but I was holding back against my own so I watched Shiek, ready to see blood flying everywhere, but Shiek flipped so she was standing on her hands and caught the lance between her legs. Then she threw herself off her hands and as she landed more or less right-side-up, the lance went with her. "Holy sh—" Zyuiu began, staring in wonder.

"What happened to that—other language?" Shiek asked. She gingerly tried her weight on her bad ankle. A crack was heard and Shiek ended up on her bum. "Uh-oh."

"After that display," Zyuiu said. "I trust you enough to…at least talk to you."

"Thank you for that trust," Shiek said. She pulled the raggedy scarf from her mouth and gasped. "Lindsay, Rhia, I think my ankle just broke. And I don't think I can walk."

"I know a spell where you'd float in front of me," Rhia offered.

The entire arena stopped their practicing, turned to Rhia, and shouted, "NO!"

Rhia pouted. "But—"

            I laughed quietly after seeing that.

"Lindsay has carried me before," Shiek pointed out. "We don't need the magic, Rhia, and frankly, we're all terrifed I'll end up with a chicken for an ankle."

Rhia rolled her eyes. "Fine, she can carry you," she snapped. "You know, where I come from, people would never treat an archseer this way!"

"Where do you come from?" Lindsay asked, bending down to pick up Shiek.

"I have absolutely no idea," Rhia said. "Now, hurry, Shiek looks like she's going to pop."

Lindsay shifted her way and, with Shiek in arms, hurried off. As Lindsay and Shiek left, Prince André and Rowrun moseyed over.  I think these two have something for Sheik and lindsay, because even if they tried not to let it show, the were anxious as hell

"What just happened?" André asked.

"Shiek broke her ankle," Rhia said. She had been going to the Tourney since she was five years old, and somewhere along the line Rowrun and André had started going. Rhia watched Rowrun give André a slightly worried glance. She smiled to herself.

"Where'd Lindsay go?" Rowrun said, then realized that was most possibly the most obvious and stupid thing he had ever uttered in his entire life.

"She carried Shiek off," Rhia said, stifling a giggle.

André stretched and pretended not to look worried. "I have to go practice, my muscles are all stiff. Coming, Rowrun?"

            I was about to stand up and leave when I had to hide behind the pillar as Rhia and Rowrun made their way to the pillar, never noticing me.

"Um…Rhia?", Rowrun said.  Can you do a spell on me? To make me more…I don't know, appealing to Lindsay?"

Rhia seemed to stop dead. "Wait wait wait wait," she said. "You are actually asking me to perform magic on you?"

"Yes."

"Are you completely stupid or something?" she said. "Did you not see the whole giant chicken thing?"

"Yeah, but, they say you're an archseer," Rowrun said.

"Um, I am, I just can't control my powers," Rhia said. "Listen, I bet…I bet…okay, I don't know if anyone else here can do anything, but that's still better than me doing it!"

"Please!" Rowrun said. "I just can't stop thinking about Lindsay, and I just know that no matter what I do, she won't notice me. I made a bad first impression and it's going to ruin me. Please, Rhia, I'm begging you!"

Rhia sighed and looked guilty. "Fine," she whispered. "But, I'm not liable for anything that happens to you under this spell."

"Yeah, of course not," Rowrun said. "What'll happen to me?"

Rhia shrugged. "Come on, like I would actually know?" she raised her hands. "How did it go again…oh, right." She kept her hands where they were and white smoke shot from them, surrounding Rowrun. "Hmm, that's probably not supposed to happen." Rhia sighed. "When the smoke clears, you should be a perfectly charming man. And you'll attract a lot of ladies, not just Lindsay, but like Princess Peach, as a—"

            Nothing could have prepared me to this, Rowrun was now a

Rhia stopped as the white smoke cleared. "Chicken?"

I stayed a bit after seeing Sheik come back, anted to see what will happen

Prince André of Odnetnin was yelling at Rhia, who was flinching. Ymota U and Zyuiu Dbyu were laughing and wiping tears of mirth from their eyes. Princess Peach, who had come to practice with Mario, was screaming. Mario was running around, trying to whack something with a wrench. Prince Marth and Roy were running around after Mario, yelling for him to stop. Mewtwo and Ness were standing around with nets. Samus, like Ymota U and Zyuiu, was helpless with laughter. She had actually fallen on the ground. Mr. Game and Watch had produced a barbecue, and Bowser was heating it up. Falco was yelling for Bowser and Mr. Game and Watch to quit it, how could they eat that with him there? Fox was standing off to the side, looking conflicted: side with Falco, or barbecue? Mmmm…barbecue…

Sheik and Lindsay exchanged glances, then ran over to André and Rhia. "How could you turn Rowrun into that?" André howled.

Shiek grabbed Rhia by the shoulder. "What did you do?"

"Um…" Rhia grinned remorsefully. "I turned Rowrun into a—" Suddenly Rhia launched into a coughing fit.

"You turned him into a WHAT?" Shiek demanded.

"Um…" Rhia sighed. "A chicken?"

"You turned Rowrun into a chicken?" Lindsay giggled. "This I've got to see."

"Cluckcluckcluckcluck."

The four's heads turned down. "Rowrun!" André said. "Catch him!"

As ChickenRowrun waddled off (rather fast…definitely not a normal chicken here), Shiek, André, Lindsay, and Rhia dashed after him. Ness and Mewtwo, holding their nets without using their hands, followed after a moment. Peach stopped screaming, only for Mario to start. In his fruitless w of the chicken, Mario had whacked Bowser on the foot. Bowser abandoned the barbecue and started chasing the plumber hero as Mr. Game and Watch packed up his barbecue. Falco and Fox, reassured that there would be no barbecue, resumed practice after helping Samus stand up. Marth and Roy, now reassured that Rowrun would not be eaten or beaten to death with a wrench, continued their practicing as well.

            I left huskily in a direction, trying to look confused but in reality, I was pretty amused, those chicken thinngs will never stop.

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            I was still wandering when I saw someone arrived

"Link," said Ymota U.

I looked up from the grass. "Ymota U," I said back.

            Then I felt different but didn,tl et it show

"Thinking about Shiek?" Ymota U said in a voice like silk.

"How did you know?" I said despondently.

"It's obvious," Ymota U said quietly, coming closer to me.  "You want so badly to destroy Shiek that the original goal no longer matters. It's no longer about revenge, Link, you've moved on. You exist now only to kill her and all around her."

"Yes," I breathed

Ymota U lifted a hand to trace my jawline. "And you've come this far, you've come to the Tourney. Ever honorable, you'll defeat her in real combat. But what if—" Ymota U's other hand searched for my hand and found it. "What if she defeats you in combat? You'll look like a fool." I shuddered at her comment and Ymota U closed her hand tighter around mine. "You'd do anything to defeat her, wouldn't you?"

I was surprised to see that my voice was no higher than a husky whisper. "Yes."

"I can help you," Ymota U whispered into his ear. "But you have to help me too."

"I will."

Ymota U drew a necklace from a pocket in her tunic. The chain was fine gold; the pendant a golden eye. "Wear this when you fight Shiek," she said. "It will enable you to see her weaknesses, her next move." Ymota U put it in my hand.

"How can I help you?" I asked back.

"When you defeat Shiek, make sure she is unconscious but not yet dead," Ymota U said. "The first time. After that—we'll see. Put this charm on Shiek and I'll do the rest. And…give me the name of who sent you after Shiek."

"Damion."

"Damion." Ymota U repeated and smiled.  "Good." Ymota U whispered something into my ear that I shall not remind and suddenly I felt a heat burning low in his belly. She smiled seductively and walked away. I stood there a moment longer, the eye charm in his hand. I turned to look where Ymota U had walked off and unconsciously I wet my lips with my tongue. The lust for Sheik blood had intensified in me.

I slipped the necklace over his head and walked away, never seeing that a chicken was near me

            Then as I entered my room and shutted the door I felt myself return to normal

            "Hey what happened", I said to myself aloud.  "How I entered my room, and how I ended up with this necklace and pendant.  Well, if i have them they might be useful.  Hmm, maybe get some sleep and everything will be back to normal

~End Link PoV~

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Warstock: Well Chapter 9 finished.  Hey what you're doing in here Darky you're not useful you know

Dark-Link*hanging upside-down:Well it's because of you, you hanged me here so i would go off and either beat you up or winged one

Warstock:Oh right, it's true then, rest a bit darky.

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