I'm sorry that I haven't updated in a while. I've been sick with a bad sinus infection. Well on with the story.

Chapter ten: Brotherly Betrayal

Fiore was still on his knees crying. Sheik walked over to him and slapped him. Fiore looked up at Sheik and saw that he was glaring at Fiore.

"Stop crying Fiore! It's all our faults that they are gone! Stop thinking about yourself! It won't help anything!" Sheik yelled. Fiore was shocked. He had never heard Sheik yell in his life. Maybe talk in riddles yes, but yell? Sheik walked over to the others who were packing. He picked up his things and followed them to the edge of the mountain.

"Are you going to sit there or are you going to help us get Wonder and Link back?" Sheik called over his shoulder as he climbed down the mountain. Fiore broke out of his trance and ran after him.

Meanwhile,

Shiory continued to run down the mountain. She heard moaning and stopped. With Link waking up, Shiory knew that time was running out. She started running again, this time taking a short cut that only she knew about. She hoped.

'Poor kid. That must be hard. Having your only family beat you up,' she looked over her shoulder and glared at the mountain. She looked back in front of her. 'This is messed up! Maybe we were a little harsh…' her thoughts were broken when she felt movement from Link. Link was trying to break free. She stopped and placed him on the ground and put one foot on his chest.

"Kid, what are you trying to do?" Link looked at her and glared.

"What does it look like? I'm trying to get away." He said like it was the most obvious thing, which at that moment it was. Shiory sighed.

"You know kid, I actually feel bad for you."

"And why's that?" Link demanded still trying to break free. Shiory glared at him.

"Before I tell you, stop doing that. I'll just have to knock you out again." Shiory threatened. Link stopped trying to get away and waited patiently for her to continue.

"The reason I feel bad for you is that your only family starts yelling at you for something you didn't know would happen. I call that messed up. Not to mention Fiore starts to beat you up for the same reason. I'd say he makes a pretty bad brother." Shiory said. Link looked at her shocked.

"No! Fiore's not that way! He cares for me! I know he does. We're brothers!" Link said angrily. Shiory looked at him in disbelief.

"Really? If he cares about you. Then why did he beat you up? Can you tell me that?"

"It was because he was really angry! He can't help it!" Link said defensively.

"Oh I don't think so. I'm sure he can help it. He just didn't want to. He was more interested his hurting you than controlling his anger. He's a Dark Warlock isn't he? I'm sure he can control himself." Shiory said.

"Wh… What are you trying to say?" Link stuttered.

"I'm saying that if he really cares about you he wouldn't have done that. It seems to me that he cares more about that Half Demon than he does his own brother. Think about that for a while." Link realized that she had a point. It did seem at times that Fiore cared more about Wonder than he did Link. When they were younger Fiore always came up with excuses not to play with him. Or when he got lost in the Lost Woods for two days and Fiore hadn't come looking for him. Saria had, she had found him crying in the woods. Each time Fiore had been with Wonder. Link realized that there was plenty of proof in what Shiory was saying. He had just never wanted to see it.

"No… That can't be… He's my brother! He's my brother! He cares about me! He does!" Link tried to deny the truth, but Shiory just kept looking at him with a look of sympathy.

End Chapter ten.