Nothing to say except…this will be one heck of a chapter. Sorry if fanfiction makes any spelling errors.

Chapter 19

Unhappy Birthday Part II

Joypadana Train Station

(This next part is during the time Zelda was climbing up the mountain.)

Marth carefully pushed his hand against the top of his arm. He felt pain come shooting up through his arm as he touched it ever so lightly. It wasn't broken but it was bruised. He looked at Roy who was busy staring at the trains passing by the small station. The area was isolated and very quiet. Marth could only hear the shuffling of Roy's boots across the pavement. They had been sitting there for a while and no one had shown up yet.

"And I thought we were late." Marth looked at the communicator's clock. "Where are they? You think they left without us?" He didn't wait for a response. "They better not have. I could have done without that stop where Link was." He muttered a negative comment in his native language under his breath.

"You know I understood that don't you?" Roy asked without turning around. "Man, you have a foul mouth."

"Sorry. I mean Peach told us to be here and she's not even here. You think her of all people would be on time." He started to tap his fingers on his sheath. Sleep was taking over and he knew why. Too much thinking, not enough sleep. He needed a very long rest. Since I'm not doing anything. He closed his eyes and he instantly started to go in the direction of deep sleep. But before he could reach it…

"Here comes another train. This one's coming to a stop." Roy didn't move as the train started to slow down. The gust from the train blew some of Roy's red bangs in the direction the wind was heading . When it came to a full stop in front of him, he noticed the train's appearance. There were some large dents busting out instead of in. Smoke and little sparks were coming out from the front and back of the train. Train parts were breaking off and a loud squeaking noise was being made by a piece hanging off the train waiting to fall off or be taken off easily. The white and blue train had some black stain like spots on it. After staring at its weird features, Roy heard a loud spluttering. The train sputtered its last loud noise and then its wheels gave out and the train tilted to the side.

Marth was up when he heard the loud noise. "What the heck happened?"

Roy opened his mouth to speak, but he stopped when he saw the train door slowly open. Either his eyes were playing tricks on him or a bunch of dust and/or smoke came pouring out the door. Marth stood at a distance, a little bit disturbed by this. Roy, on the other hand, walked in front of the train door and peered through the smoke. "Anyone in there?" There was no answer, but he did hear some small footsteps coming slowly to the door.

A figure came into view but he could not see the face clearly. But as the figure came into view, he could make out a female. He could see familiar blonde hair and big blue eyes. Peach came through the smoke and rested a hand on the door. In her other hand was Pichu who was clutched closed to her hip. The young Pokemon looked unconscious. Peach didn't look any better. Her hair was all messed up and her make-up had a few smudges. Her dress was dust covered and was torn around the hems. Her crown was at a tilt but miraculously still on her head.

Roy couldn't believe his eyes. "Peach…" he said in almost a whisper.

Peach heard his voice and slowly opened her eyes. She looked up and saw Roy looking at her with a worried look on his face. Her breathing started to get quieter. "Roy?" she said in a weak voice.

Roy took a small step towards her. "Peach, what happened? Are you okay?"

Peach pushed herself up and took her hand off the side of the door. She placed both of her arms around Pichu in a different position. Her eyes were slowly closing but she kept her balance and stepped out of the train. A small smile formed on her face. "Roy…I'm so happy to see you."

"What?"

"Everyone's help." She stopped right in front of him. "Please… the girls… the boiler room." Peach couldn't hold her balance any longer. She lost all feeling and fell forward. Roy caught Peach in his arms. She started to fall on her knees so Roy kneeled on one knee while letting her rest in his arms. Pichu was still tucked safe between her arms. He could hear Peach breathing softly into his shoulder.

Marth was crouching down, looking at both of them. "So… what just happened?"

"Don't know." He moved Peach so she could rest her back against his leg while still holding her head securely in his right arm. "She wasn't making any sense. She said she was glad to see me, and then she said she needs everyone's help and then she mentioned the girls. What could she have meant?"

"Do you think she meant Samus and Zelda? Those are the only girls I can think she would be talking about."

"That's what I was thinking. You don't think… something happened to them, do you?"

Marth shuddered at that thought. He started to imagine horrible things in his mind. All of them involved Samus. He shook his head. "No… I don't think so."

"You sure?"

"Well…" He looked at Roy's face. He knew the truth already and he just wanted the right answer from Marth. "No, I'm not sure. Something must have happened." Marth took Pichu away from Peach's arms and placed her in his. "Could they be on the train?"

"That's a definite maybe. Look a the damage on the train" Roy scooped Peach up in his arms. He looked at her sleeping form. "We should try and wake her up to get some answers." He walked back over to the bench Marth was sitting on. He gently placed Peach on it. He let her arms lay on her chest.

"Stay with her, Roy. I'm going to check the train for Samus and Zelda. Alert me if she wakes or if there's any danger."

"Okay. Be sure to check your surroundings, Marth. There still may be some enemy on the trainl. So, you yell if you see anybody."

"Got it." Marth placed Pichu onto the bench at Peach's feet. He walked back over to the train and looked at the entrance. The inside didn't look too pretty. The train seats were pretty banged up and some had broken off of the stands. There were some loose electrical wires that continued to spark repeatedly. Marth jumped at the crackling noise. I thought they said they knew what they were doing. Okay…Peach said that, but Samus was there so she should have been able to watch out for the two of them. And then that guy, Garrett or whatever. Shouldn't Samus's little protector have been protecting them and her especially? He's not here and neither are Samus or Zelda. Makes me all the more suspect him. He's as bad as Link. Marth mentally slapped himself in the face. Don't be stupid, Marth. You hardly know the guy. And from what Samus says, he's sort of like me. And I'm not a bad guy. At least that's what everyone tells me anyway. Or maybe they were just toying with me. Getting off topic again. I wonder if Sam fell in love with that guy and ran away with him and killed Zelda and blasted Peach with her gun and that's why she's like this… there goes another bad thought.

Marth thoughts were interrupted when he tripped over a fallen chair. Luckily he kept his grace on one foot and didn't fall over. But he couldn't be more grateful that happened because his thoughts were getting too crazy. He continued to look around. But he couldn't help but have one more thought. He remembered what Peach's last words were.

"Yes," he said to himself. "She said the boiler room."

Marth remembered passing that room when they were looking for a seat on the way over to Joypadana. And if he remembered correctly, he believed it was towards the back. No other thoughts about it, he ran towards the back of the room. He thought he ran through about 5 train cars before he reached the room. The door was barely open so he pushed it to get a better look. There wasn't a soul in the room except for the sound of the steam hissing in the room. Marth could feel bits of sweat forming on his face from the increasing heat. Something in the far back part of the room caught his eye. He thought he recognized it and when he walked inside the room, he was sure he knew what it was. On the floor were Samus's transformation watch and her orange communicator sitting in a large pile of liquid. And Samus wasn't attached to those things. Marth wiped the sweat from his face and bent over to pick up the items. The two devices looked okay, but very hot to the touch.

But this large liquid. Looking closer, how clear, thick and firm it was, it couldn't be water. And it was bubbling. He'd never seen anything like it, and he certainly wasn't going to touch it.

"Well, that's one clue." He placed the two items in his pocket and hurried out of the volcano like room. "But where are Samus and Zelda? I don't even see Zelda's communicator."

"HEY MARTH!" Roy called from far away. "YOU BETTER GET OUT HERE! IT'S URGENT!"

Marth didn't have to be told twice. He started to run back.

Roy looked down at Peach. Her breathing had become louder again and she was doing the oddest thing. She was giggling. She was clutching her sides and rolling back and forth. She kicked her foot out, hitting Pichu hard on the head.

Pichu woke up instantly and rubbed her head. "Pichu…"

Roy took his eyes off Peach to look at the Pokemon fora second. "Well, Pichu looks okay."

Marth was out the door and back at Roy's side. "What's the problem?"

"To be perfectly honest, I couldn't tell you." Roy moved aside. "She just started giggling like a mad woman."

Marth watched the insanity. "She could be dreaming about something funny."

"For that long? I don't think so. It's worse than that. Hey, you see that at the shoulder of her dress?" Roy asked at he looked at his new discovery.

Marth bent over. He saw something moving on her puffy sleeve. "I can see it now. What is it? Looks like a…" Marth watch the reptile move from her shoulder towards the back. It appeared from the back of her dress and slither up towards her neck. "A snake?"

"Are you serious?" Roy knew what it was. He just didn't want to believe it. They both just froze as they watched it get comfortable by her neck. "What do we do?"

Marth could only think of one thing. He pulled out his sword. "Only one way."

"You're not going to try to kill it with it just sitting by her neck are you? You might miss and slash Peach's neck."

"I'm not stupid, Roy." Marth reversed the sword to the hilt. "I'm using this side." Marth readied his sword. It was directly above the snake. "Okay. 1…2…"

Marth brought the sword down but a hand quickly caught the sword and snatched it away. Marth looked to see it was the now-awake Peach who stopped the attack. She sat up and the snake fell off her. "What do you think you're doing?" Peach clocked Marth on the head and then followed by hitting Roy since he was in reach.

"Ow!" Marth replied. "Peach!"

"Yeah! What was that for?" Roy said after him.

"You were going to hurt that poor defenseless animal weren't you? She could have gotten hurt!" Peach said angrily.

"It almost hurt you!" Roy shouted back.

"It's a gopher snake. She's completely harmless, dummy!" Peach recognized the snake when she looked at it. The snake fell to the ground and slithered to the nearest hedge of grass. "What did she ever do to you?"

Roy looked at her disgustedly. "This is the thanks we get for helping you out?" She must not remember what happened or what she said. Frustrated, Roy got up and left in a huff. "Excuse me."

Peach watched him walk away. Marth decided to take defensive maneuvers. "Lighten up, Peach. Roy helped you get out of that train and he was very worried about you."

"He was?" Peach watched Marth nod and then she turned to look at Roy staring out at nothing on the other side of the outside train station. Peach started to feel the guilt trip coming along. He saved me? How come I don't remember? But how sweet of him. And I yelled at him. There I go, acting before thinking. No wonder he hates me. She sighed and got up. "Roy, look-"

"-Hey, something is in the bushes," Roy said while he was peering at the landscape. He thought he saw an arm. "More like a someone."

Pichu hopped over to Roy and looked at the bushes. She ran past Roy to do some inspecting on her own. Roy tried to call her back, but it was too late. The man behind the bushes popped out and grabbed the young Pokemon by the neck.

"PICHU!" Pichu yelped as it was grabbed around the neck.

"Got ya. Ya little rodent!" the man said proudly.

"Hey!" Peach exclaimed. "That's Ace!"

"Who?" Marth asked.

Roy unsheathed his sword. "Drop Pichu now!"

Ace grinned evilly and gently pulled the little Pokemon's head back a little making a tiny yelp come from Pichu. Peach gasped and clasped her hand over her mouth and Marth unsheathed his sword. Ace shook his head. "I don't think I will. Unless Blondie over there comes quietly and tells me where her little friend Samus is."

"Samus? Uh…" For some reason Peach was having a hard time remembering anything from before. "I don't know where she is!" She saw him reaching for Pichu's neck again. "But Pichu has nothing to do with this. Put her down please!"

"Or else." Marth said while keeping his eyes on the enemy.

"Or else what?"

Roy got in the ready position. "We'll attack!"

Ace laughed. "Please. You wouldn't dare attack with this little rat in my clutches. Now where is it?"

"'It'?" Marth asked. "What's it?"

Ace knew he had messed up. "Um…well…uh…that's of no importance. Now hand over Peach or the Pokemon will… AAH!"

Pichu let off a large thunderbolt. It surged through Ace's body like a light bulb. He let go of Pichu and fell to his side in pain. Pichu scampered back over to the safety of Peach. Peach held her arms out as Pichu leaped into them. She rubbed the young Pokemon's neck. "He didn't hurt you, did he?" Pichu shook her head and stuck her tongue out at Ace, who was now glaring at them.

"You brats. When Garrett finds out about this."

"Garrett?" Peach started to remember a little bit of what happened earlier. "I remember now. Samus was possessed. She said she only followed Garrett's orders. And she tried to kill me, Zelda, and Pichu."

"What?" Roy said in shock.

"I'm not kidding. Brainwashed, hypnotism, or whatever you feel like calling it. Yes. That man…" Peach pointed at Ace. "The rest of his goony friends and Garrett did something to Samus to make her obey Garrett's orders. But I locked her in the boiler room."

Marth grew angry. "Samus wasn't on the train. Only her transformation watch and communicator were in there." And that strange clear liquid. He thought to himself. He saw Ace try to get up but Marth drove his sword right under Ace's throat in anger. "So, where is she?" Marth said in a very short-tempered voice.

"I-I don't know! I-I only came to find 'It'." Ace tried to move away, but Marth moved his sword even closer to his neck practically touching it. What was this "It" he keeps referring to? Ace froze. "Just let me go."

Roy glared at him. "Fat chance. You need to tell us where our friends are right now."

"O-Okay." Ace trembled. "Samus is back at the mansion. I swear it."

Peach was confused. Samus and I were fighting on the train. I know that for a fact. So, how is she back at the mansion?

"And Zelda?" Roy asked.

"I don't know." Ace said in a tiny voice.

"And you said Samus and then you started referring to her as an 'it'. What did that mean?" Marth asked the frightened man next.

"I-I can't say!" Ace panicked.

"Marth, he's not going to say a word." Peach was fiddling in her pockets and had a perfume in her hand. "Just let him go. This guy is the weakest of the five. Just a bartender."

Marth held the sword up towards Ace's neck for seconds more before lowering it. He sighed and closed his eyes. "Fine." He sheathed his sword. "Let's go find them."

"Where's the mansion anyway?" Roy asked as he sheathed his own sword.

Peach stood there for a second to regain some more memories. "Uh… let's see. Pichu, do you remember?" Pichu looked up at Peach and shrugged. "I know we can get there by the sky life though."

"I won't let you," A voice said. And it didn't belong to Marth or Roy. Roy flipped around. "Peach, look out!"

Peach turned, and saw Ace was up with his gun out. "Don't move."

Peach was too scared to listen. She did the only thing she could do. She lifted up her item in her hand. "Take this!" She sprayed the perfume right in Ace's face. She didn't wait for the reaction as she ran over to Roy's side and Pichu stayed right on her tail. She placed her hands on his shoulders. "Get him! Get him! Get him!" she said as if she wanted him to kill a spider.

Marth was looking over at Ace. "I think you got him."

Ace had fallen straight back when Peach had sprayed him and he was not moving. His eyes were closed and Roy couldn't hear any breathing. He eyed Peach. "Are you some kind of witch? What'd you do to him?"

"Nothing. Just sprayed him with this perfume." She held the bottle up to Roy's face.

"Hey! Watch where you're aiming that thing." He pushed the bottle away. "I don't want to die."

Marth kneeled down and looked at Ace. "He's not dead. Just unconscious. Let's get out of here and find Samus and Zelda before something else happens," He walked back over to the group.

"We still have to find out how to get up there."

"I think it's…a chairlift. That's what Samus said anyway." Peach caught up with her friends. "I remember walking this way to get there. But I think it was worth some tickets."

"What? After all those train rides, I have no more money on my person." Marth declared. "What about you, Roy?"

"I didn't have anything from the start. So, how are we going to get up there?"

"Pichu pi!"

The three smashers looked down at the squealing Pichu. Peach crouched down next to Pichu when she spotted something odd. "What's that in your mouth?" Pichu let Peach pull it away from her teeth. It was a card tied to a string. "It says, "Lift pass?" Oh! A pass for the skylift. This must have been around Ace's neck. " She scratched Pichu behind the ears. "Good work."

"I see a skylift down there. So, we better not miss our ride." Roy took off for the lift with the other three behind him. They soon were going to find one of their friends.

Lab Room

"Come…on… please…just a little more…" Samus pressed her hands harder together, trying to use her glass shard to cut the rope bound at her wrists. Breaking the wine glass left on the desk and using the glass like a knife was a task in itself. Now, cutting the rope thread by thread was a challenge and taking too long for her tastes. But she worked hard anyway. She needed to finish before Garrett came back.

"How could I be so stupid?" It happened so quickly. After she, Zelda, and Peach made it on the train, she went off to find a map like she said she would. But as soon as she got a hold of one in a lonely corridor, she felt a swift hit against her neck and she blacked out again. Next thing she knew, here she was back at the mansion, in the computer lab she had found earlier, and tied to a chair thanks to the "oh-so-lovely" brother of Veronica, Garrett. She didn't know how she got back here, but she knew that Zelda and Peach were definitely in danger and she needed to find them as soon as possible. Whoever knocked her out: they would show no mercy.

The rope was loosening. Samus worked faster when she felt freedom in her grasp. Thread by thread, she worked the glass shard, ignoring every little time she pricked her skin. As the littlest bit of hope started to form in Samus, she heard a loud slam sound through her ears. The surprising sound frightened her and to her horror, she dropped the glass shard from her hands and the color drained from her hands as her only means of escape dropped from reach.

No...

She heard foosteps draw closer and closer. It sickened her that she could tell who it was as he moved behind her.

"A glass shard huh? You are resourceful, Samus."

She didn't even want to look. "Leave me alone and go away," She said angrily

Garrett moved from behind to in front of her, dangling the glass shard in front of her face. "You aren't getting out of here you know?"

"I am," Samus said quietly. "Or someone will come back and get me."

"And that person would be who? For all your friends know, they think you're some chaotic killer. You're not someone they would like to save right now."

"Ah yes, because you're an expert on friends, you two-faced jerk," Samus spat.

"Lose the attitude because you're going to be here for a long time," Garrett calmly said, not fazed by her for a minute.

"To tell you the truth, I think that you should prepare for their arrival. They're not going to leave me like this." Garrett didn't respond. He just turned around and walked over to the computer. He started to work on some program. Samus saw some unreadable codes on the screen and a few pictures of something familiar. She couldn't help but ask. "What are you doing?"

Garrett didn't turn from the computer. "Something that will silence you for good." He typed a few things in and then he looked back over to Samus. He pulled something out of his pocket. He held the device in plain sight. "You remember this little gadget don't you?"

Samus looked at it. "It's a mind controlling device." She rolled her eyes. "But it's not going to work. It'll just break like the other ones you had. So it'll be a waste to put it on me." She heard Garrett start to laugh. She didn't see anything funny. "What are you laughing about?"

"My dear Samus. You think I didn't know that already? Of course it will break. But with the new program I found, there's going to be few changes. Sam, I really just wish you would just love and obey me, so I wouldn't have to do this."

Samus turned her head away from him.

"I figured this much. You still have Marth on the brain." Garrett tossed the device in his hand.

Samus just gave him the cold shoulder.

Garrett started talking to the back of her head. "The thing that's different about this device is I'm going to be able to give it an upgrade. This won't be any original mind control device. This one's power will increase to make it last forever."

"I'll find some way to get it off or someone will get it off me. They're not indestructible."

"Au contraire, dear Sammie. This one's going to be a little different. When I place this one on you, it doesn't stick to your body like the other ones. It gets absorbed into it."

Samus turned around at that. "That can't…"

"It's already been tested on those lab animals. You know, the rabbits you girls found in the freezer."

Samus looked at him crazy. "But those animals are dead."

"Yeah, you're right. The project does seem to have a few bugs in it. Maybe I should put it on your boyfriend instead."

"Don't you dare drag him into this!" She said in a threatening tone. "If you want to torture anyone, it can only be me. He hasn't done a single thing to you…yet." She muttered the last part.

"Of course. I respect that."

"I don't think you know a thing about respect."

Garrett ignored her comment. "Anyway… this one works better than the one on the rabbits. This one will work. You'll be a permanent slave to me."

Samus couldn't take her eyes off him. He's lying. He couldn't have made something like that. He can't do it.

"Oh look, you're trembling. Are you cold?" Garrett teased.

"I'm not trembling." She said in a shaky voice.

Garrett gripped her chin in his hands forcing her to look at him. "Really? Because those beautiful eyes tell a different story. Samus Aran, there's nothing you can do. Your friend Zelda is soon to be dead along with everyone else." He used one finger to stroke her cheek. "You're going to be mine and neither your friends nor Marth won't be able to do a thing this time."

Samus looked at the eyes she once trusted. They were now the same evil eyes his sister had. And she had never been more scared of them than she was now.

Mountain Top

Zelda stood still, not feeling the pain riding in her shoulders. She just stared at Link and Veronica. Link had an arm around her and was giving Zelda the most hurtful look she had ever seen. She didn't know what to say or do. All she could do was think about what was going to happen in the future. There was nothing to say and there was nothing she wanted to say to him.

Veronica, on the other hand, had much to say. "Well, Zelda. All I can say is… it's over. You lost. There isn't a single thing you can do." Veronica flipped her black hair. "Link, why don't you go take a walk for a minute? I'll call you when I need you."

"I don't think I should leave you alone with her." Link glared at Zelda. "She may try to pull something and then I might lose you."

Zelda would have rolled her eyes at the mushy love moment, but she was too upset to do anything. She just grabbed her elbow with her right hand and put her head down, begging to the goddesses for this to be all a dream.

"I'll be fine. Don't worry about it at all. She won't do a single thing." Veronica pushed him away.

Link hesitated, but he listened and left her right away. He didn't make eye contact with Zelda as he walked past her. Zelda watched him leave through the way they came. This can't be real. This can't be real. This can't be real.

"So, you and me should have a talk now." Veronica had her shovel in her hand again. She walked up to Zelda. "Why don't you take a seat?"

Veronica caught Zelda off guard and swung the shovel right at her right ankle. It was a direct blow, and the pain made Zelda react quickly. She collapsed on all fours, but then she fell back on her legs. It made her wonder if Veronica hacked her leg off. She checked it and saw it was fine but now had a large bruise on it and her green stockings were ripped from the sharp shovel.

"I just want you to be comfortable for the talk."

"And that talk would be about what I wonder?" Zelda said calmly.

"Well, first off, I'm glad you've finally learned your place. At my feet. You now know when you're defeated. I thought the fight would be enough, but I guess you and your friends had to go deeper. And to think that it all started with a little visit from me. You know when I first got to the mansion, I liked you, Princess. I was excited to see you."

"So I heard. I mean, since you leave your diary out in the open." Zelda turned from Veronica and tended to her leg.

"You did read my diary, huh? Yes, my brother Garrett told me all about it. But he got rid of all that evidence and now you're like an empty well with no water."

Zelda applied pressure to her leg, seeing if it helped. She didn't take her eyes off her enemy. "I'm surprised you would try and kill your idol."

Veronica threw the shovel to the ground. "I think you read my diary when I said you used to be my idol. I found out you were just a boyfriend stealer like Katy."

"Katy didn't even steal your boyfriend because that boy Curtis wasn't even yours. And Link isn't yours either. That was no reason to kill her."

"She deserved it. She had been ruining my life for years. I couldn't let her keep destroying my dreams all my life and you're not going to either. You can go the same way as Katy, and this time you won't be coming back. Ever since the start of my crimes you've been escaping everything." Veronica crossed her arms. "After I threatened you, I thought you would give in since you're such a weak girl. But you kept on cuddling with Link. Then I decided to shred the terrible green dress you're wearing which seems you were able to put back together." Veronica looked at Zelda's green dress. "But that didn't work either. So, I embarrassed you in front of your friends so Link would come to my aid and make you think you didn't stand a chance with him but apparently that wasn't enough. As for Samus, she was just getting in the way, so why not kill off the extra baggage?"

"She didn't even do anything to you."

"Didn't care. I just didn't like her attitude. Now stop interrupting. I stopped for a while to see if my plans worked but you got Link under your wing on that plane. So that's where the fire kicked in. But you just had to live, didn't you? Oh yes. And don't think I didn't know it was you who used that blasted magic of yours to knock me into the pool. Who else could it be since everyone thinks I'm so great? And then finally I was the one who got you in trouble with Master Hand when I pulled the fire alarm and all the alarms went off." Veronica smirked. "Brilliant, aren't I?"

"You didn't even mention all the other things you did. Like the breaking up my friends and making Link turn on me."

"Well, I figured that you would know that I did all of those things. Or are you really that dumb of a blonde?"

"I just want to know why you have to kill all your enemies?" Zelda placed her hands on the ground. "There are other ways to handle conflicts."

"You're right. That's exactly what my psychiatrist said. He said I needed to use the triple A's. Analyze, Assess, and Act. And I did. I analyzed the situation, assessed that the problem was you, and now I'm acting, by ending your life today."

"Whatever," Zelda said angrily. She pushed herself up to stand and she was able to get on one knee. "You think you have everything together don't you?"

"I do actually. It's all coming together."

"Of course it is. You have to use devices to make people do what you say. And you had to put one on Link because he couldn't love you," Zelda said. That had to be the answer. He would never treat her like this.

"Oh, you'll be surprised." Veronica looked in the bushes. "Link, come here."

To Zelda's surprise, Link had been standing in the bushes the whole time. "Yes, Veronica?"

"Could you turn your back to Zelda for a minute? I want to show her something."

Link turned his back to Zelda. "Now, what?"

"Now lift your hair up from your neck." Veronica said shortly after. As Link lifted it, Veronica smiled, seeing there was no device there. "You see. He's brainwash free. The device works from the back of the head and it's not there."

Zelda saw no device. She didn't know how, but Veronica was telling the truth. Link had nothing on him. This was just plain love. So, Link. You're no longer the same. You fell in love with her. That's all I need to know.

"Told you, Princess. He's mine now. He's finally realized."

"I've been knowing that she was special to me since we first met." Link looked at Zelda with his sincere eyes. Looking into his eyes had turned from something happy to something painful. "You were okay for a while, but Veronica needs me unlike you, Zelda. I would like it if we were still friends though. You're still one of the best ones I have. I don't want to kill her, Veronica."

Zelda couldn't process this.

"But, Link, she's in the way," Veronica said.

"Please: she's still my friend. And I couldn't bear it if I killed her. It would haunt me because this is a girl I've been protecting all my life."

Zelda didn't care about all the other stuff Link was saying. "Veronica is really that important to you, Link?" Zelda asked slowly with her head lowered.

"Without her I have no reason for living." He didn't regret any of his words. "There's no one else who matters more to me than her."

Zelda's eyes grew at that comment but then returned to normal. She was on the verge of sickness when these words came out of Link's mouth. "Is that really how you feel?"

"Yes… it is. I love her," Link said quietly. Veronica didn't say anything. She just stared at her and waited.

Zelda knew it was coming. She didn't know why it didn't happen earlier. Her tears started to fall down her face. Why? Why doesn't he love me? He's never had strong feelings towards me like he has to Veronica. She was right again. "You want to be with her, don't you?"

Link nodded. "More than anything. She's my world, Zelda."

"I see."

This has to be Link. He's talking the way he's been talking to me ever since we met. He's too kind in his voice and he still cares for me. But his heart for me is only for being friends. It's over. Zelda felt something happening to her. Her heart was telling her to do something she never imagined she would do. Her body started to quake and from that moment, Zelda felt she had no control over her body.

"Well, fine. We won't kill her Link." Veronica said, after thinking long and hard. "But I never want to see her face around here again ."

"That won't be necessary."

Veronica heard a low voice. Before she could turn, she heard Link call out. "Look out, Veronica!"

She didn't have time. A dagger flew by her face. It didn't strike her hard but it did manage to cut her cheek. Blood started to trickle down her cheek. She grabbed ot in pain. "Ah! Grrr... Zelda, how dare you…" Veronica's eyes widened.

Zelda was no longer there. In her place was a person in a Sheikan outfit. There were bandages wrapped around her face and all that could be seen on her face, were her sharp, crimson red eyes. She had turned into her alter ego Sheik. She was standing in a fighting position. Five daggers were in position in her hand. She was no longer angry or sad. She just had one thing on her mind. She wanted to set things straight. Her ruby eyes kept their gaze on both Veronica and Link.

"The next one won't miss," Sheik said in her low voice. "I'll make sure of it."

Veronica made a type of growling sound. "What do you think you're doing? You were going to hurt Link, you know."

Sheik didn't say a word at first. "Don't care. For my friends, and everything you did to them, you will go down today. I'm going to start with you first, Veronica."

Veronica started to get intimidated. She had heard of Zelda's alter ego form, and she had seen it in action on TV. She thought of Sheik as heartless with a thirst for battle, something Princess Zelda never wished for. That's exactly how she was now. And she couldn't be more scared than she was now. But she wouldn't let Sheik see it. "Why is that?"

"I need to make sure everything happens the way I plan it. I'm going to kill you first. And then I don't think it's important to tell you about what happens after that. So… PREPARE YOURSELF!" Sheik didn't waste anytime. She charged right at Veronica with a battle cry. "DEATH WILL GRASP YOU SOON."

Veronica didn't have her shovel in her hand. But Link got in front of her and pulled out his sword. "Zelda, stop! I won't let you hurt her!"

"You don't have an option!" Sheik quickly pulled out her chain. Before Link could even move she shot out the chain, and it wrapped around Link's legs tightly. She tugged making Link fall to the ground.

"Link!" Veronica cried. She was going to drop to his sid,e but Sheik rushed right in front of her. "Zelda, stop!"

Sheik laughed. "Don't you see, Veronica? Zelda is no longer here." She smirked under her bandages. "This is what it looks like when you're about to meet your murderer. It's been fun, Veronica. But now, I'm the one who will have the last word this time." She raised her dagger. "Sayonara!"

Veronica watched the dagger come down and she ducked. When she raised her head, she saw the shovel in view. She scrambled her way over to the shovel. She was able to grab it. Sheik was right behind her. "I have you now!" Veronica swung the shovel hard right at Sheik's face. Sheik stumbled back and fell on one knee. She grabbed her face.

Veronica glared at her. "Don't underestimate me. You're still weak."

Sheik removed her hand from her face. There was blood on her forehead, dripping. She wiped it off and looked at it. "Nothing but a flesh wound." She dropped her hand. "You'll have to do better than that." She looked back to see Link still struggling to get the chain off. But it was way too tight and Sheik still was holding the other end of it. Veronica charged at her with the shovel, but this time Sheik grabbed and snatched it away. And to top it off, before Veronica could react, she swung the shovel ten times harder than Veronica and hit her on the back of her head as she was bending over. She instantly blacked out.

"Veronica!" Link called.

Sheik knew Veronica wouldn't answer. As she stared down at the body, she saw something intriguing. There was a cliff, and it looked like it would be a long drop. "Perfect." She said in almost a whisper. Without a second thought, Sheik grabbed Veronica's feet and dragged her over to the cliff. It was done easily with Sheik's strength. She was able to do it in under a minute. She looked down below as she pulled Veronica so close to the edge that her long, black hair was hanging off the cliff. The drop was perfect. It was an instant death.

"ZELDA, PLEASE STOP! I KNOW YOU'RE STILL IN THERE! STOP IT!" Link shouted. Link got up and was able to run this time but Sheik pulled the chain tighter and not only did Link fall forward but he slammed his head against a large rock, knocking himself out.

"I told you Zelda is no longer here," Sheik said. "Now say good-bye to your little girlfriend." With one swift kick Veronica went over the cliff, plunging to her doom. Sheik watched Veronica fall down…down…down…till she couldn't be seen. She sighed. "It's done." She turned back to Link.

Sheik looked at Link. He was still on his back lying down unconscious. In a second, she changed back to Zelda. She realized what she did, but this was what had to be done. And the worst part was not even completed yet. She slowly walked over to Link since her foot was still in pain. Her normal blue eyes looked to Link. She didn't care. She just didn't care at all. Soon it all wouldn't matter. She dropped down next to him and looked at him. "Link… you are my best friend. You treated me like family, and most importantly, you were my first and only love." She brushed his blonde locks out of his face. "I know more than anything that you want to be with Veronica. But, I want to be with you, too, Link, no matter where you go."

"But I had to kill Veronica. She had caused enough damage to this world. I can't forgive her for what she did to my friends or myself. But I'm willing to give you one gift, Link. But only one gift. My last gift to you." Zelda picked up the dagger she had dropped when attacking Veronica. " I know something that will make you happy." Zelda placed the dagger steadily in her hand. "I'll do it, so neither of us can be upset again." She placed her hand on Link's shoulder and her other arm with the dagger over where Link's heart was.

"I'll kill you… and then… I'll kill myself. That way we'll all be happy," she said slowly. A smile crept on her face. "You'll have Veronica, and I'll have you, Link. We'll all meet up in heaven. I hope so anyway. Just as long as we're together I don't care where we meet." She readied her dagger. "I'm doing this for you, Link. I want you to never be sad again. I love you, and I'd do anything to make you happy." She broke out in more tears. "E-Even if it means sacrifices. But it no longer matters. We'll all meet together. Mother… I will see her again."

She looked at Link. "And your parents, Link. You haven't seen them since you were a baby. It will be good for you to see them again. See…" Her voice started to tremble. "Everything works out." Zelda wiped her tears away and held one of Link's hands. "Don't be afraid. I'll be there with you." She was finally ready. "Goodbye, Link," she said in a whisper as she brought down the dagger.

"Hey, let's hurry up and get this stuff back to our room. Have we got a surprise for that girl's birthday party," Bowser said in a happy tone.

Ganondorf nodded. "We better hurry up. The par…" He stopped short. He turned around in a random direction. He felt a power surging at his right hand. He looked at it and saw his triforce glowing. Din was shining brightly! Ganondorf stared at it, very confused. "What the…."

"Hey, let's hurry, Ganon." Bowser called.

He looked up at the giant lizard. "Um… yeah." Ganondorf looked at his hand again. It stopped glowing and returned to normal. He shrugged it off, unsure of its meaning. He started to follow Bowser. "I'm coming."

Young Link opened his eyes and gasped. "What's happening?"

Pikachu looked at Young Link. "What's wrong?"

Young Link looked down at the Pokemon. "I don't know." Young Link looked up in the sky. Link…I don't like this. I can't feel your presence anymore. What's happening to you?

Zelda burst into tears as she looked away. The feeling was bad enough, looking at her friend was making her sick. She looked at her tri-force. Nayru was glowing in and out. She dropped his hand and looked at her hand with the dagger in it. It was now a bloody dagger. She wasn't done yet. She needed to get out of this life. But then all her friends came to mind.

Marth... Roy...Peach...Samus... and everyone else she knew and cared about delayed her. But she shook her head. "No… I have to. I did something unspeakable. Goddesses, I'm sorry for what I did." She gathered her composure and readied the dagger to her own heart. "But I'm going to make up for it. I can't live without him and he couldn't live without Veronica. Everybody wins this way."

Zelda looked at the dagger. "Everybody gets their wish." She closed her eyes with the dagger in place. "My friends." She let her last tears fall. " I'm sorry…" She brought the dagger down.

A/N: Sorry, for all these shockers all chapter. Hope it wasn't too bad. Review Please and I'll update fast and not leave you hanging. Something good may happen.