Chapter 5
Supernatural

Chunk stared miserably out the high window of his bedroom, the council members had barred the door making there no visible way to escape…unless he could somehow get from several hundred feet above the ground to the ground itself, he wasn't getting out.

It would seem that this was cruel and treason for the Royal Council to do something like this to their king, but Chunk had to comply…he knew they held all the cards because of their knowledge…black mail was always something they had and that's what they used now, despite Chunk's claim that it was because he had followed their advice…sometimes he had thought out of all of them, Renalde was on his side, but for the time being such a thing wasn't so.

His thoughts trailed to what Link was doing right now…after all, he had gotten pretty upset with Dea…

Deanna! Oh shoot, that stupid guy made me completely forget that I needed to find her… He thought to himself and now was a time an escape route would be nice…but there was none that he knew of…and that's when he felt it…

At first it was just a strong chill that he thought was just a breeze blowing through, but then he realized none of the trees were moving…it couldn't be the wind. He suddenly swung around, the chill racing up and down his spine…but nothing out of the ordinary was there.

"Chunk…" a female voice whispered in his ear. He immediately turned but there was no one there and that really freaked him out. Then that same voice whispered in his other ear, "Chunk…"

He immediately turned the other way yet there was still no one there. "H-hello?" he stammered, shaking with fright…he received no answer in return and relaxed in that moment, but then he heard it again, coming from directly behind him…

"Chunk…"

He slowly turned around, if nothing was there this time he was so gonna do everything he could to break the dang door down and get the heck out of here…but there was something there…or should I say someone…

He screamed and jumped back, nearly falling out the window but catching himself just in time. There was a girl there, of about the age of sixteen, golden blonde hair that shined like the sun cascaded down to her waste in perfect ripples, hair that framed a pretty face set with the deepest blue eyes Chunk had ever seen. Her skin appeared to be extremely pale. "Wh-who are y-you and h-how'd you g-get in here?"

"Do not be afraid, I am not here to harm you," she said, sadness sparkled in those deep blue eyes of hers. "I once lived here, several years ago…I am your cousin, Princess Zelda."

Chunk's eyes went wide with shock and he almost fell out the window again, "B-b-b-b-b-b-b-but you're supposed to b-be d-dead…aren't y-you?"

She nodded, "That is why I come to you in spirit form, please do not be afraid."

"Link's missed you…why are you appearing to me and not him?" Chunk asked.

"You are the one who needs to escape and I must not make my presence known to him just yet, you can not tell him of seeing me."

"Escape? How do you plan on that?"

"First you promise you won't breathe a word to any soul and then I shall tell you."

"Promise."

"Good," she then began running her fingers along the wall and seemed to find what she was looking for as she pushed into something.

"Aren't ghosts supposed to be…transparent and un-solid?"

"Things are different, what you think is simply stereotypical…how many people do you know that have actually seen a ghost? Just don't answer that question, your way of escape is opening…" just as that phrase left her mouth, an opening in the wall appeared, complete darkness engulfed what was beyond that.

Chunk's eyes widened, "Now how did I miss that?" he said walking over to the opening.

Zelda's expression suddenly became one of fear, "I must leave you now. Simply follow the winding path and you will eventually find yourself outside the castle!" and with that, she faded away leaving Chunk there alone to face what ever lay in the darkness before him.

After what had happened in the alley, Chunk was a little wary of going down into this…but then there was a hard knock on the door.

"Is everything all right my lord? I heard voices," it was the voice of Renalde.

Chunk realized if he was going to go, he had to go now…and so, without another thought, he stepped into his escape route to freedom and into the foreboding darkness and the opening closed behind him…

Just when Chunk's exit had been completely sealed, the door was yanked open and a bewildered Renalde walked in, staring about in confusion at the empty room…and the open window…

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Those eyes…that was what had caught Link's attention…golden in color, possessing unnatural beauty…eyes that were all too familiar.

Sure Link felt bad for Chunk after what had just happened in the market, but for the moment, Link was tracking down the owner of those accursed eyes.

Once Chunk had been led out looking like a complete fool, Link had followed the owner of the strange eyes. The eye's owner kept most of their face hidden by a black cloak, but nothing could cover those eyes that seemed to burn deep into Link's soul. He followed this mysteriously cloaked person…oh yes he followed them…sneaking into the alley Chunk had just recently come out of…after this person.

Darkness enveloped Link in one brief instant just the same as it had for Chunk…only Link had taught himself to become acutely aware with his sense of hearing and touch when sight was made useless…and so he strode quietly through this darkness that clung to him as if trying to draw life from his body.

He made no sound, but who he followed certainly did, unsuspecting that they were being trailed…

There was a sudden bright flash from his left hand that surprised and blinded him as it lit up the alleyway…Link staggered backwards, holding an arm over his eyes as a shield. "What the hell?" a deep baritone voice suddenly yelled from farther away. "You stupid fool, Deanna! Who else is here?"

"I d-don't know…please don't hurt me…" a voice that was clearly Deanna's whimpered in fear as the light died down.

And then there was silence…a silence so void and empty that the sound of a pin falling would have been heard…

Link blinked away the colorful dots that swam across his vision as he tried to readjust his vision to being in such a dark place…

Suddenly something grabbed Link's arm, "Get out of here while you can Link…" it was Deanna's voice that whispered this warning to him. "Please, before it's too late…You shouldn't have followed me!"

"Link? Link is here?" that same baritone voice exclaimed, the fiery rages of hatred drooping from his voice as he said Link's name.

"GO!" Deanna yelled.

"Which way? And I'm not leaving 'til I have the answers that I want!" Link snapped back.

"You don't understand, you must leave now, just run and you will find the way out!" Deanna cried, the booming sound of heavy footsteps coming towards them echoed in Link's ears.

Link hesitated a brief moment, "Come with me," he stated sharply.

"No, I can't…please don't tell Chunk…please…"

"Tell Chunk what?" Link was very suspicious of her now but he certainly had no idea what the heck was going on…and he still did not know what had happened to the owner of those eyes that had nabbed his attention.

"Go!" Deanna gave vent to a shrill scream as there was a loud thump and he felt the hand slide from his arm, followed by silence.

Link then heard the whoosh of a fist flying towards him and immediately crouched down, scooped up the frail body he felt for on the ground where he had heard her fall, and turned and ran.

"Curse you…Link!" that baritone voice screamed…sending shudders of remembrance through Link.

Just as with Chunk, Link unexpectedly found himself back in the world of light…only he was a bit more graceful and didn't fall into people…then again there wasn't a whole crowd standing there to laugh at him.

The figure he had picked up was indeed Deanna…knocked out cold with a huge bruise swelling up on her forehead. Making his away along towards his home, Link tried to make himself look as inconspicuous as possible as he carried her limp form. But then again it's just a little bit hard to hide something like that in broad daylight…

"What did you do to that poor girl, you filthy bastard!" a woman shrieked.

Link ignored her and only quickened his pace…however the woman's shout had only aroused more attention to be focused on him and the burden he carried…and some of this attention that had been aroused belonged to several soldiers…

"Shoot…" Link muttered through clenched teeth as the soldiers yelled at him to halt.

Link did come to an abrupt halt as the soldiers approached him; he needed to stall so his mind could formulate a plan…

"Is there a problem?" one of the four soldiers that surrounded him questioned.

"No sir, I was just taking…my sister home." Link quickly lied.

This same soldier raised an eyebrow, "That's a mighty big bruise she has there…and you two look nothing alike," he stated the obvious in a suspicious tone. "I'll need to you to come to the jail with me and we'll just take the girl…"

Link gently slung Deanna's body over his shoulder in a fashion that would allow him free movement to a limited extent. "You won't be taking her anywhere…" he snarled menacingly.

The guards drew out their weapons, but Link immediately disarmed one with a swift kick to their hand that was followed by the sharp crack of bone breaking as the weapon fell from the hand and the man gave a piercing scream of pain.

Link instantaneously grabbed the fallen spear and held it out menacingly as the other soldiers prepared to attack…and then they quickly froze as Link snarled at them motioning to the crowd that had gathered, "Make one move to follow or stop me and this spear will find its way into the heart of one of these innocent bystanders."

And with that, Link turned heels and ran…the guards stood there motionlessly for a second as their comrade who had been struck continued crying out, screaming foul words that forced the mothers out there to cover their child's ears, and simply watched him run.

Then the three unharmed ones went into action and charged towards him…too bad they had such heavy armor on as they stumbled and fell to be unable to get back up…by that point, Link had disappeared from sight…

Through the town Link ran, and then he took a side path and barged straight into his house to startle Alexis and wake the sleeping Althea up in her crib.

"What in the world?" Alexis exclaimed at Link as he carried Deanna's limp form into their bedroom and laid her on the bed.

Alexis picked Althea up from her crib to calm her down and also went into their bedroom to find out what was going on.

"W-what happened?" Alexis asked staring in shock at the huge bruise on Deanna's forehead.

"I'm not so sure myself…when she wakes up, we can get our answers." Link said.

"Take Althea while I tend to her." Alexis ordered as she placed the baby into Link's arms and went to get a wet rag.

When Alexis returned, Deanna suddenly shot up much to their surprised as she screamed, "You are all in danger, the evil king has returned!"

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Several hints were dropped in that chapter and the flashy light thing has its own importance…but you'll have to wait to find out what…bwahahahaha!

I don't live with my mom and since visitation rights have come into play, I'm not gonna be at home through Sunday and during that time, I will not have access to a computer…I may take a spiral along with me though so I'll see what I can do about gettin' another chapter up when I get back : )

Happy Thanksgiving and a thank you to my reviewers : ) Which was only 2 ((cough)) lol.

-blondie91

Disclaimer: I don't own the Legend of Zelda or all the things that apply to that subject…but…Alexis, Chunk, Deanna, woman who called Link a bad name, plot, and everything else made up in this fic of mine are owned by me, so wootness: )