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The Trick Is To Keep Breathing

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Heimrich passed about the dark corridors of his new home, with the King balancing in the string of life and death and his potential threats either gone or being hunted down it was high time he started placing his plan into motion, he bellowed for a guard and made him issue a town meeting at morning, which would give him time enough to dispose of those threats he had captured, he walked through the halls of the castle, the moonlight night making the walls emit a chilling air around the rooms, he walked through the chambers, ignoring the cries of the prisoners he made sure were condemned to these walls, he walked to a more secluded room, looking through the small window at the Sheikah tied on the wall right in front of the window, he snickered "How the great have fallen… Not that I've come here to tell you how much I've taken over, but just to let you know I'll let you live long enough to see…" he said and turned to walk back to the throne room he mistakes for his own, hearing no complaints from the Sheikah.

She stood very still, making sure she wasn't being watched, after her assumptions were correct she moved her arms, easily sliding her wrists from the holds on the walls, "He should know his enemies" she told herself as she continued to look for any critical cracks on the wall that could help her break free from her prison.

"Is anyone there?" she turned to the wall to her right and concentrating a little more she heard it again "It is Abelard, councilman for the king, is anyone there?" the voice seemed to come from a rat-size hole that broke the connection between the floor and the wall, she leaned down and spoke as soft as the voice that spoke to her.

"This is Impa, caretaker for princess Zelda"

"Thank the Goddesses" the tone of the voice from the other room seemed relieved.

"Why have you been brought here?" asked Impa, Abelard shook his head to the wall as if she could see him.

"I was against Heimrich's wishes to banish Link, and after Link left Hyrule and his takeover was complete, I was sent here to be executed" he said, Impa looked down feeling sorry for him "I don't have much time, I needed to tell someone about what his plans are, and I couldn't have come across a better person" he said, Impa leaned forward towards the hole, all her concentration on his next -and possibly last- words.

"Heimrich was not assigned to the council like the rest of us were, he came to Hyrule with not more than a note from a far away king, telling king Harkinian that he was cursed with an illness that wouldn't let him live much longer, and on his last wish to keep the bond between him and king Harkinian, he assigned his best councilman to go assist him as much as he could, and of course, king Harkinian obliged, seemingly moved by this… But as you must have assumed by now, king Harkinian's disease started only after Heimrich got here…"

Impa narrowed her eyes "Yes, I noticed this… But my efforts to warn the king were useless, his heart blinds him" she confessed.

Abelard nodded absentmindedly "My assumptions may be wrong, but of what I've gathered, Heimrich not only plans to take possession of the throne, but also-"

They heard the sound of footsteps and the slight rattling of chains, Abelard turned quickly to look at his cell door and turned "My time is up, please, you must beware of Heimrich's intentions, find as much as you can… Farewell, my dear friend" he said as the guards opened the door and forcibly dragged him outside.

Impa lowered her head in respect for the man soon to be executed "Your life will not have been sacrificed in vain…" she said as she bent on one knee and proceeded to tap the wall around the small hole, knowing that the hole had made it weak and punching hard with all her strength to what she presumed to be the weakest point, hoping that her repeated blows would break her free.

After a while of punching at the same spot the wall finally caved in, forming a bigger hole for her to cross through and relieved, Impa quickly ran through the hole and hid behind the pedestals holding the torch flames, she looked at her bleeding hand and looked quickly at Abelard's room, she frowned, she was going to make that man pay for murdering an innocent man. She heard the guard's footsteps and lowered her body "Perfect" she thought "I was in need of a disguise…"

Sheik shook his head, his search around Hyrule had ended, he would have to go back to Kokiri Forest, and true, he could go search through Link's house and see if he kept a spare map of his adventures abroad but that place was probably burnt to the ground by the royal guards, and even if it weren't, it was very unlikely for Link to leave a map in his home, he figured the only things Link actually kept in his home were a bed, a table and possibly a candle.

Futile as it might be, it was the only place that could tell him of Link's whereabouts, seeing as Nabooru had told him that Link planned to go through the Lost Woods… Which pose a threat to Sheik; he hadn't the slightest idea of how to get into the Lost Woods, let alone through it. Suddenly and to his greater fortune, Sheik remembered very useful words from a wise man in Lake Hylia:

Though he never mentioned leaving, he knows a few places outside of Hyrule… He should have a map, so I suggest you go find someone who can draw one. Sheik smiled, he might not have a map where Link has been, but he knew the only people that could at least guide him out of Hyrule and directly into the Lost Woods. Sheik stood up from the stairs that led inside the Spirit Temple and started making his way through the desert, determined to find Link this time.

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After a while of traveling all through Termina trying to find the fleeing people that Japas talked about, but his search was in vain, for no one but the people of Termina resided said place, he came to the tiring conclusion that he would have to search farther away from Hyrule. Link had already spent two more days searching all throughout Termina and was too tired to start his search elsewhere, so he walked to the Stock Pot Inn in hopes that Anju would have a spare room to give him, even if it was for a few hours.

He entered the Inn at the middle of the night, the door was still open so he expected Anju to be at the receiver, to his luck she was standing there writing on a book that he assumed were the arrival dates for tomorrow, hearing the door open she turned her head and greeted Link "Oh, hello Link, I wasn't expecting you around here" she smiled.

Link looked to the floor as he scratched the back of his neck "It's been a while…" he muttered, "I was wondering if you had a spare room around…" Anju looked down at her book and nodded, making Link's chin and enthusiasm rise up.

"I have people coming over tomorrow so you're in luck, every room until tomorrow morning is available" she said as she left her post and walked to him, motioning to follow him up the stairs, he followed her suit and arrived at the corridor "Choose any room you like, and if you need anything, my room is still the last to the right" she said as she smiled and walked back down.

Link walked to the door adjacent to Anju's room and closed the door, proceeding to take of the heavy amount of weaponry he had on him, he sat on the bed to the left and took off his boots and placed them aside, laying back on the bed and staring at the ceiling, thinking about the best route to take to his next destination.

"I really like Japas" he jumped from his position and stared at the bed right next to his, the female juggler sitting on the bed with her left hand supporting her head, Link sighted, he wasn't really fond of these surprise visits from the so-called elf "Did you talk about me?" RK said with a musical tone, her smile never fading from her face.

"His information was useful… I should thank you" he answered, assuming that that's what she wanted to hear.

"That's what friends are for" she said in a rather serious tone, the smile suddenly taking a dark shade, Link shivered slightly, he felt very uncomfortable sitting there with someone he knew nothing about, and couldn't trust what little he knew, RK cocked her head slightly "So you don't trust me?" Link blinked, "You look at me with a distrustful face" RK cleared, Linked turned his attention elsewhere.

"I don't know anything about you… It's hard to trust someone that has strangely helped me lately without expecting anything in return" he stated, Rk straightened her head

"In exchange for my help you became my friend"

"And you trust my word?" said Link in slight disbelief.

"You're my friend, shouldn't I trust your word?" RK cocked her head again.

Link stared at her "Of course…" he said, not sure he believed this conversation was even taking place, how could she talk so freely to him? As if she had known him in years, this disturbed him slightly.

"Maybe you'd like to know more about me?"

Link widened his eyes a bit "You will tell me about you?"

"Sure will, but" she said, placing a finger in front of her face "You won't know anything about me now, I promise that you will find out eventually" she said, Link's hopes slightly went down, he hoped that when he find out, whatever he found out about her wasn't bad, or at least that when he found out, he wasn't too late to stop it.

"By the way… Since you're so unfriendly with that Zora mask, then you should take a boat instead" she said and jumped above him, landing in the window behind "Oh, and… Beware of pirates" she said as she jumped out of the window, leaving Link to his thoughts.

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Author's notes: Hmm… not really much to say, approaching that chapter where I'm hoping I got the character right, Thanks to all who read my story! Lali went away on vacation, so bare with me if the next few chapters are not as organized as these, thank you in advance!