Chapter 6
Golden Eyes…

Chunk fumbled his way through the darkness, sliding his hand along the wall to act as somewhat of a guide through the seemingly endless oblivion.

He hoped to see the light of day soon, or if he would be driven to insanity from it all. Eventually he came to a solid wall that he could find no way around by trusting his sense of touch. He tried giving this thing a push and much to his delight, felt it fall outward a little. He pushed harder…this time there was a considerable amount of movement and he was able to see a few tiny rays of light filtering in through the cracks.

One more hard push made this obstacle of his completely fall outward and hit whatever ground was below it with a resounding thud. Chunk had to blink several times to adjust his vision to the bright sunlight that now hit him…light that was streaming through the huge windows alongside the main door…which also just happened to have a guard standing right next to it…He was still inside the dang castle!

Someway or another, the guard didn't appear to have heard the noise…nor have seen him despite the fact he was practically right in front of him…sleeping maybe? For once the fact that the most lazy of people had been hired to be guards came in handy.

The object Chunk had shoved out of his way to gain access to this place was just a chunk of wood that was designed to look exactly at the wall. As he placed it back in its former position, he could see why it was no wonder he had never noticed it was really an entrance to a secret passage way before…Suddenly there was shouting coming from all directions and Chunk easily decided then that it was time to go.

He hastily yanked the large door leading to his escape open and slipped outside…and then he was off, running as fast as his legs would carry him down the pathway that led away from the castle doors. If a guard or some other authoritive figure saw him now, he would simply outrun them and that was all there was to it…but this thought wasn't quite so easily carried out…

First there was the black steel gate to get past…

It was just his luck when a wagon pulled up filled with what looked to be milk. Chunk immediately crouched down behind some bushes to hide.

After the driver had exchanged a few quick words with the guard, the guard tapped the ground with the end of his spear and the gate slowly began to rise. Chunk then dived through the opening; it was quite clear the guard saw him as with his screeching of profanity and such and the clanking of armor in his pathetic attempt to give chase.

The guard would surely tell of his escape and the Royal Council would surely go on a hunt for him, but they would have to work to find him first…and Chunk was quite sure they had no idea where Link and Alexis' house was and so that was exactly where he was headed.

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"What?" Alexis was totally confused.

"Where…where am I?" Deanna voiced this question looking about frantically.

"You're in our home," Link spat out bitterly. "How can Ganondorf be back?"

"…did…I…say that?" Deanna blinked back tears. "Now I will be in deeper trouble than before…"

"You people have some explainin' to do…" Alexis said, her eyes bouncing from face to face.

Suddenly the sound of the front door being pulled open and slammed shut echoed through the house. Chunk stalked in breathing heavily and he paused in shock upon seeing Deanna…and the enormous bruise on her head that continued to swell.

"Did…I miss something?" he asked slowly.

"How'd you get away from the castle, after what happened in the market…well…" Link said.

"Heh…you saw that?"

"How can you let them treat you like dirt?"

"They've got blackmail against me…I can't do anything about it. But how I escaped is not important, I'm here and that's that."

"What happened in the market? What the heck is going on? Who the hell is Ganondorf!" Alexis snapped becoming just a little agitated.

Link took a deep breath, "Let's just say crap happened…as for Deanna's case…" Link gave her a piercing stare and then locked in on her eyes…they had once been green but now they were that…that golden color…! "Malika…" he uttered the name softly.

Deanna stiffened, Alexis and Chunk stared at Link blankly, waiting for him to continue.

"I can't go into detail on Ganondorf right now, but…but you remember what Malika said right…that final battle? About how she had been engaged to someone called Ganondorf and how something I had done to him had angered her?...and just look at Deanna's eyes now, who's do they resemble?"

Deanna immediately shut her eyes and buried her face in her hands.

"Deanna!" Link snapped sternly.

"No…please…NO!" she sobbed.

Link placed the surprisingly quiet Althea in Alexis' arms and jerked Deanna's hands away from her face and there, where it was visible to both Chunk and Alexis were her intense golden eyes…eyes that looked just like Malika's…to add to make matters worse there was a sudden loud banging on the door and the screaming of, "Open up if you know what's good for ye!"

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Kinda short yes, but I finally managed to update since I got back so I'm content…Personally I thought this chappie was total crap but I'd rather hear your opinion so don't forget to review!

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