Here's the next chapter for Seeing Truth. I'm half way done with Living in Shadows, and Siblings would be three-fourths done if it hadn't been erased, so now, I'm one-fourths done. Anywho, I think I have writer's block for Living in Shadows, now, so I've decided to leave it alone. After this, I am going to try and update Living in Shadows then Destiny's Consequence. Then I'll be working on Fate's Misfortune on OK, this was just an update on my stories. BTW, the kingdom I made up is another from my story at press, and Oren is a name for someone there, too. Just so ya' know. And I had forgotten that I wanted to use Damien for the prince's name, but I got used to Kado since I had forgotten what I wanted to use.

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Seeing Truth

Chapter :

It only took a few seconds to reach the bridge, but the problem was that it was already halfway up. I quickly backed away, raised my sleeves and readied to run. As I did, I realized Link jumping onto the bridge. He was dangling from the edge with one leg hanging, but he quickly slipped over the other side. A second later, I was sprinting towards the bridge. I was ten feet away. Then five. I reached the moat and I leapt into the air as high as I could. I felt for the bridge's edge and grasped it. The bridge was probably three-fourths up, now, and I had to get on the other side before my fingers were crushed. I swung my legs left then right then left again, and when I went right again I managed to get my right foot to rest on the bridge's edge. I tried to get my forearms over the other side, but I only slipped. I glimpsed up, and realized how close I was to actually getting my fingers amputated. I had to jump off.

"Jade! Come on!" I heard a voice not too far away.

I caught a wisp of green from the corner of my left eye. Link was still dangling from the other side. I could see his kokiri hat bobbing as he was still gripping to the edge of the bridge. I tried to breath, but it felt as though my lungs were pressed. I was only a few feet away from the stone arch. I know I wouldn't be able to make it; it was impossible. So, I did the only thing I could do, I let my foot fall back and I readied myself to let go on the count of three. One…I closed my eyes. Two…my grip tightened. Three…I finally let go with little hesitation into the water. My arms were still moving freely, and I wasn't sure if it was my imagination, but I felt something sharp scrape my arm. I winced slightly as the wind blew around me, and when I finally fell, the last thing I heard was the sound of horses neighing and faint shouts.

It couldn't have been my imagination because after I had fallen in the water, which felt like cool, hard ice breaking, and having water go up my nose, I felt myself being pulled out of the water. It couldn't have been Link since I don't ever remember him wearing cold armor. It was a soldier, but not a Hylian soldier. He wore silver armor, but there was something different, so I guess it was just instinct that realized it. After I was on dry land again, I began coughing. I could feel my throat began to scratch, and I think I took a whole minute to recuperate. I inhaled deeply and let go, finally relaxing. I stared at the walls that surrounded Hyrule Castle Town, and examined the bridge. I knew it wouldn't go down anytime soon.

After minute or so, I heard a faint clearing of throat, and I turned around quickly. I gasped then smiled sheepishly, realized about a two-dozen soldiers and maybe even about five servants were behind me on horseback. The one soldier that had pulled me out of the water was standing next to his horse. I glanced around a bit, and waited for someone to say something. No one did, so I guess it was up to me.

I cleared my throat and began, "Hi… My name is Jade. Who are you all?"

I guess I was asking the whole crowd since there was no specific person. I waited. No reply. Seconds passed, and I grew uncomfortable. Soon enough, there was a commotion in the back until it reached the front. Three horses approached, and my eyes went wide. The horses were all adorned in jewels and other things. My legs grew shaky, and I immediately wished I could just leap into the air and over the walls to where Link was, I hope, waiting. Though, I knew he couldn't be the King of Hyrule, but he was a king of some country, and the same with the queen next to him. The one on the black mare was a boy probably two years older than me. I guessed he was the prince, and I prayed he wasn't snobbish or greedy. I guess that's what I always think of royalty, I just hope it will change.

Anyway, the king began to get off his horse, and I tried to stay as still as possible except when he was a few feet away, did I finally bow.

"I am King Oren of Meyenn. This is Queen Ellen, and my son, our future heir, Prince Kado." The king said. While he introduced me to the royalty, they nodded as if accepting their high-and-mighty title.

I had never been in the presence of royalty, so I didn't know if I should speak or not so I did whatever I could on instinct.

"It is very nice to meet you." I said as I was still bowing.

The king smiled as he finally headed back to his group, "We will stay here for the night since we are ahead of our schedule, and Doctor Evens, take care of her wound."

I raised an eyebrow as I stood up then glimpsed at my arm. On my forearm, there was a gash about two inches long. It was bleeding, and part of my sleeve was faintly soaked in blood. A man probably in his sixties with gray hair in what almost looked like doctor's clothes. He motioned to me to follow him. I did and I soon ended up in a tent that was filled with medical supplies. How fast they got that up, I'll never know. I sat down on the cot and examined the cut. The doctor turned towards me and began cleaning the cut. It only took a few minutes until the wound was bandaged.

"Come back tomorrow so I can change the wound," Dr. Evens said, "It's not serious, but we still need to keep it clean."

"Kay, thank you, Doctor Evens." I said as I walked out of the tent.

In a moments notice, I realized that in front of me was a camp with tents at every corner and soldiers and servants wandering ever. The horses were tied at posts set up at certain areas of the camp. I walked around for a while, trying to look for someone I could talk to, and ask him or her where I could stay for the night. I was hoping to find the one soldier who had pulled me out of the water, but I guess it wouldn't matter. He hadn't said anything when I was looking for answers. I was walking around the encircled camp, not paying attention to the tents I passed just in case someone was inside. If I looked in, they would probably think of it as disrespectful. I walked along the tents, hoping I could find someone kind enough.

It had only been about two days while still being awake, and I still felt like I was going to have a nervous breakdown. I was in a made up world with made up characters made to fit inside a game cartridge, and I was stuck in it. I wasn't used to anyone or anything, maybe except for Link even if he got on my nerves sometimes.

I noticed a servant walking towards me, "Miss, it is time for dinner."

That was when I actually began to feel hungry. I followed the servant as she led me to the center of the camp where a campfire was set, and many of the soldiers and servants were gathered around. I sat more on the outskirts of the cluster while the servant brought the food. She came back with two steaming bowls of broth. She handed me one and I eyed the clumped soup. I stared at it a few more seconds then finally decided it was edible. I could feel eyes staring at me, but I knew it was probably just me being paranoid. After I ate and finished, I decided to wander the newly set up camp.

I was so caught up at memorizing the camp and the faces that I didn't realize I was approaching a faded, purple tent. As I did, I remembered the servants and if I only could find them. When I walked passed, someone walked out of the tent, but knowing me, I ran into the guy and fell backwards. I shook my head and groaned, all the while cursing inside my head. They already thought I was in the way; I didn't want them to confirm it. I was about to get up, but when I opened my eyes I realized someone had stuck their hand out. I took it and was pulled up. I thanked him, but I didn't realize that he wasn't a soldier. When I looked up, my heart pounded and my legs grew shaky.

It was the prince, and I hadn't treated him like royalty. I was thinking of so many sarcastic ways he would punish me as I began to bow down with a hidden grin, but I was soon stopped when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up, and the prince quickly pulled away.

He cleared his throat and began talking, "Please, don't bow. I hate it when people do that." Well, he doesn't seem that snobbish.

I smiled sheepishly and straightened while he continued talking, "My name is Kado. You said you were…Jade, right?"

I nodded and he smiled. There was a moment of silence, and I shifted my weight on the other leg as I gazed up at the stars, feeling slightly tired.

"Do you want to go sit by the moat? It won't be so crowded." He asked as he walked out of the encampment. I followed with a bit of nervousness.

When I was following Kado, I took a bit of more time to look at him. He was wearing a baggy white long-sleeved shirt that was half tucked with black pants. His hair was a dark brown that was probably as long as Link's and just as shaggy. When I first saw him, I noticed he had hazel green eyes and his skin was tanned, a bit darker than Link's. I guess that's what happens when you have good vision.

It wasn't too long before we reached the moat. The ground was dry so I decided to sit on the ground, but Kamen sat on the small stone wall built for the bridge. I shrugged and lied down on the soft grass and stared up at the sky, my hands under my head and crossed my legs. I was comfortable for the moment, but I would have rather preferred a bed. This was the third night here that I could remember. The first night was when I had first arrived. The second was last night, so I guess this was the third night. The constellations were nothing like they were back home. At home, the stars were so small and barely any. Here, you could see each one; they were bright and scattered everywhere, what bothered me so much was that the Milky Way Galaxy was nowhere in sight. Where could I possibly be?

I sighed sadly and closed my eyes for a few seconds, feeling slightly dizzy, until I felt like I was being watched. I opened my eyes slowly and looked around. My gaze fell onto Kado. He was still sitting on the stone only a few feet behind me. I watched him a bit carefully as he was looking towards the side of him. I knew he had been staring at me not a moment later, but he had a good way of hiding it. I switched my gaze back to the night sky, but a second later my eyes had closed. He was probably thinking where I had come from and why I had such strange clothes. It would take days to explain where I was from, and where I was or could be. For the time spent here so far, I thought I was actually in a game –a game cartridge, but I'm wrong. I always knew I was, because if this was all a game, would Kado be here and the rest of these soldiers? Wouldn't the day have gone by in five minutes? I was giving myself a headache, now, but if only I could go home and for everything to be back to normal. I know that would not happen anytime soon, but oh, how much I wished.

I tried to ignore all the horrible thoughts entering my head, and the only temporary way to get away from it was sleep, but it felt as if sleep wasn't coming to me so quickly. A few minutes passed when I heard shuffling beside me. I turned my head slightly and realized Kado was lying next to me, only two feet away, assuming the same position. I grinned tiredly and looked back up at the stars.

"You are not from around here, are you?" I heard Kado ask.

Before I could actually say, No, you think? Which would be something I would say to Link, well, most likely, I shook my head and said, "No…"

"My parents think you could be some spy, or something."

I laughed, "Well, I wouldn't blame them. They saw me dangling from a bridge."

"Didn't make it before dark, eh?"

"Nope. I guess that happens when an id- I mean, friend lets some j- sorry, soldier borrow his horse when we needed it the most."

"Doesn't seem you're very close to people around here."

"Well, I just didn't like that guy. He got on my nerves. As for Link, well…" I trailed off, but Kado cut in.

"You know Link?" I turned to Kado, and realized he had turned towards me.

"Yeah, unfortunately…" I said sarcastically.

Kado chuckled, "He is the Hero of Time, and I have only met him once, and that was about four years ago. It was before he left for Termina. I never knew why, he just said he had to go look for someone."

"Hmm… so your fifteen…" I mumbled to myself, but Kado had heard.

"How would you know that?" he asked suspiciously, ad I grew nervous.

"Well, Link was ten then, right? And, cause you just looked a year older then Link, and I just guessed…" making it up as I went along.

"Oh…" he raised an eyebrow and turned away.

I sighed in relief. It was the truth, I think. I'm sure Link left for Termina when he was ten, and Kado looked a year older. I began to feel a draft and I shivered. I was half awake and feeling more light-headed then normal, and had completely forgotten a prince of some far off country was lying on the ground next to me. Absentmindedly, I turned to my side that was facing Kado, brought my knees up to my chest, and placed my hands under my head. I wasn't sure how close I was, but I could hear Kado's breathing, and when I realized my position I began to turn the other way. I began to hear footsteps, but didn't pay much attention.

"Prince Kado, what are you doing?" I heard a gruff voice ask as the person approached with clanking metal.

I tried to get comfortable in my position, but I was quickly pulled up when someone had yanked me by my arm. I yelped in pain, and stared at the soldier glaring at me. His face was cold, and all the more made me shudder.

"I knew you were an imposter. You are nothing but trouble!" the soldier yelled at me, but my eyes drooped, and it felt like a chore to keep standing.

"General, let go of her! She didn't do anything wrong!" I heard Kado from behind me.

I began to feel the general's grip tighten then he immediately let go. I rubbed my arm absentmindedly as Kado talked to the General. I was too tired to listen and decided to sit back down on the soft grass. I leaned against the stone that I thought was behind me. Instead, I fell hard on to my back and I groaned. My headache seemed to worsen. This was the most that has happened to me here, so far, and I felt so out of place. All I wanted to do was close my eyes, fall asleep and never have to wake up, which is exactly what I did.

I wanted to fall right back asleep, but something kept nudging me by the shoulder. I wanted to ignore it, but I only did the opposite. I was on my side then, and when I turned to look up, I felt something wet lick my face, and I opened my eyes wide. A large wolfoe was towering over me. Its big blue eyes stared down at me with its mouth open, showing its sharp, white teeth. It had snow-white hair with silver strands that gleamed from the moonlight. I sprung up and crab-walked backwards to get away from the wolfoe when I accidentally bumped into something. I looked up to realize Kado was looking down at me with a smile on his face. Now, I had completely woken up, but with the lasting dizziness.

"That's Yoshi. Thought I should let him out before they kicked him out. And don't worry, he's harmless, well, most of the time." Kado said as he kneeled down next to me with a hand raised towards Yoshi.

I wiped the saliva off my face with my sleeve and watched as Yoshi trotted to Kado's outstretched hand. I sat back down and watched as Yoshi sat and allowed Kado to pet him. I smiled at how cute the wolfoe was, and how harmless. Kado turned to me and I glanced at him.

"Go ahead and pet him. He won't bite." He said.

I tucked my legs under me and leaned forward with an outstretched arm. We sat there for at least ten minutes playing with the hyper-active wolfoe while I still fought hard not to fall face forward and fall asleep. When a soldier came to tell us we should get inside the camp, I felt relieved, but decided not to show it. Kado followed while Yoshi jumped at our feet. I realized he actually reached up to my waist, and he didn't seem anything like an ordinary wolfoe. We entered the camp and it seemed like the whole world had stopped. Everyone had stopped in their tracks: the soldiers stood staring at us, the servants gawked, and nothing could be heard, but the cackling of the campfire and chirping of crickets. I raised an eyebrow and turned my head to Kado's direction. His expression seemed like he wasn't surprised. I turned back towards the camp when I began to hear soft whispers. The same servant girl that I had met earlier approached me, grabbed me by the wrist and practically dragged me to a tent on the other side. I glanced back towards Kado and when our eyes locked, he winked.

"This is where you will be staying for the night, miss. If you need anything, I'm in the brown tent two down." I heard the servant girl say. I turned towards her and she continued in low whisper with teeth clenched, leaning forward, "I suggest you stay away from the prince. We don't need a girl like you coming into our- his life. He is here for the princess. This was the plan for coming, so you as better not interfere. Tomorrow, once the bridge has come down, you will do your business and will never see Prince Kado, the Royal Family, or us ever again."

She glared at me, then turned around and acted like any other servant would. Her words were embedded into my mind; all of it was, and I could only repeat them in my head. I began to grow even more light-headed, and my eyes began to droop. I brought my hand to my head absentmindedly to stop the swaying, but it wasn't all in my head. I felt myself fall to the ground and the last thing I saw before I was encased in darkness were hazel green eyes.

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Well, thank you all for reviwing my last chapter. I'm beginning to wonder where I am going with this chapter, but I am trying to think it all up as I go along since I do have four other stories I am working on, including the one at fictionpress. I have already started on Siblings. I had eight pages, but I lost five of it(basically, all of it), so I am slowly getting to it. I have started on Living in Shadows and Destiny's Consequence and even Fate's Misfortune at fictionpress. The poems i have up are going to be added to by a few I've written from school. They'll look like chapters. One poem I've written is being published in a poetry book. It's called "Seven in a Crew". It's based on Windwaker yada yada yada... Anyways, please review! Thankee!

P.S I graduated eighth grade on the tenth! Yipee!

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