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Plans are unfolding! Tension is rising!

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We Can Be Heroes

Yellow eyes filled with satisfaction stared back at blue eyes as Link readied his sword, Ganondorf lifted his right hand, holding the remains of Heimrich's body and tossed it to Link's feet "Now, to ruin your life…" Ganondorf whispered, he then looked around "Who is next?" he laughed as people screamed and tried to run.

A man from the crowd shouted in horror "The councilor was right! He brings nothing but death!" the panic among the people grew.

"That's not true!" shouted Zelda as she approached Link again, hiding behind him.

"I told you to stay back" whispered Link.

"I can't leave you alone" she stubbornly retaliated.

Link sighted "This is not the time"

"I am your princess, you let me do what I think best!" she whispered harshly, Link frowned at her, Zelda ignored his silent warning "He lies!" she shouted to the people "Link is not a threat!"

"And how many must die for him to be so, princess? Two more? Three perhaps?" with lightning speed he suddenly positioned himself in front of Zelda "Maybe we just need one…" he said as he gripped her wrist and levitated a few feet up, to where he made sure Link could not so easily reach and bound her with his dark energy.

Link turned around, his anger flaring "Let her go!" he yelled as he tried to reach for his bow.

Ganondorf laughed "By the time you shoot that arrow your princess will be put on its way to make sure she receives it" he stated, Link hesitantly lowered his hand and returned to grip his sword, Ganondorf looked at the creature on his shoulders and frowned slightly "I thought I had you dealt with…" he commented.

RK stood there, smile seeming a bit darker "Friends don't try to kill friends…" she stated.

Ganondorf merely grunted "There it is, your true hero, he brought this upon you, and I will make sure you pay for his mistakes" he laughed audibly as he disappeared along with the princess, the flames that surrounded the plaza slowly died, along with the desperate cries for help of the people, they turned to glare at Link.

A man moving slightly from the crowd "You… Get out… You knew this would happen if you came back! Why did you!?"

Link looked at him in disbelief "I-"

"Get out!" a woman screamed, fighting tears as she held her child as tightly as she could, Link turned around as something was lunged at him and quickly avoided it, soon avoiding more as people fund things to throw, along with their chanting to make him leave, he quickly turned on his heel and ran towards the town gates, chased by several people that made sure he kept running, he quickly got on Epona and raced away, stopping shortly after when he made sure he was no longer in danger, he glanced at his shoulders to make sure RK was still there, he saw no one on him, he looked back, slightly worried that they might have gotten her in his escape, but shook his head, convincing himself that she was tougher than what he gave her credit for, he turned Epona to Lon Lon Ranch and made his lone way there, heavy rain pouring down on his slow walk.

Link arrived at the gates of Lon Lon Ranch, his clothes already soaked with the rain that poured down on him, he led Epona to the stables and placed her on one of the empty slots, he walked around to find a cloth to dry her with and as he found one he went back to her to start his task.

After making sure Epona was dry enough he walked out of the stables back to the rain, he knocked on the door, hoping that Malon hadn't bought whatever lies Heimrich had fed the townspeople, as the door opened a hand suddenly gripped his tunic forcing him in, where he was then trapped between a knife and the door, he looked up to see Tetra's smiling face "And here I thought you were dead" she said as she pulled her knife back "Sorry about that, you can't be too trusting in these times you know" she walked to the table to accompany the other pirates sitting at their will on the table, Link walked to the table and sat down with them, taking off his cap and squishing it, making water pour down from the fabric, Tetra laughed "Seems like you've had quite the day"

Link placed the cap back on his head "Yeah…"

"Something wrong?" she asked, placing her arms on the table and slightly frowning.

Link nodded "The councilor has fed them lies about me, apparently I brought Ganondorf back…" said Link as he slightly lowered his head "Not only that but Ganondorf kidnapped the princess after he revealed to have been the councilor" he concluded, hearing footsteps on the stairs they all turned to see Malon walking down, she stopped on her tracks as she saw Link, blushing slightly she finished down the stairs and walked fast to the kitchen.

Tetra turned to Link and patted him on the back "We'll do something to stop all this, but for now you need to dry up" she stood up and called Malon to accompany them to Malon's room "Come on!" said Tetra as she walked up the stairs, the pirates assuming their usual behavior as they left.

Malon pulled some clothes for Link from the closet as he freed himself of the cold wet grip his clothes had applied on him, leaving himself in nothing but his short pants, Malon turned back to the closet after such a view, her face completely red from embarrassment, Link didn't seem to have noticed this and sat on the seat by the window, his clothes left on another chair to dry "So, how grim is the situation so far? From my side we've only encountered a few fiends blocking the entrance to Lake Hylia, other than that there is no other threat around" said Tetra as she sat on the bed facing Link.

Link ran a hand through his hair, dark golden locks still wet with rain water, he sighted "The entire castle town is against me, I should assume Kakariko Village is just the same, we could rely on the other races, but this is not going to be easy, Ganondof has far more power than before…" Link glanced at Malon as she fidgeted with his clothes "What are you doing here anyways?" he turned to Tetra.

Tetra folded her arms and glared slightly at him "We're pirates, we're not exactly welcome in any town, we decided to stay here since she didn't seem to know anything at all about what a pirate is" she crossed her legs "We explained that we weren't your average pirates and she accepted that we stayed, we were planning to attack the castle when you showed up", Malon quickly handed Link the spare clothes before running out the door and down to the kitchen, Link glanced at her running figure in slight confusion before starting to dress up "I think she likes you" grinned Tetra.

Link looked at her, his confusion growing "I've never really noticed…" he confessed, his expression changed to serious meditation as he finished dressing "Attacking the castle is useless… I know what Ganondorf is planning, and if I'm right, half the castle town is being mind controlled"

"Mind controlled?"

Link nodded "Ganondorf has been busy these past years…"

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Zelda sat by the window overlooking Hyrule, she had been thrown into the room as Ganondorf modified her home into his new castle, she couldn't escape through any exit whatsoever, Ganondorf had surrounded the entire tower with dark energy, preventing her from any escape she might had planned, she sighted, the landscape had started to darken and she could almost see her kingdom falling.

"Deja vu" she turned, slightly startled by the sudden realization of company, she looked at the small creature sitting by the bed in her room, rocking slightly, the creature's smile slightly frightening "Why so sad?" Zelda kept staring at the creature, wondering if it was one of Ganondorf's goons, the creature cocked its head, the smile always present.

"Who are you?" Zelda demanded, slightly frowning.

"I'm RK"

Zelda continued to stare "Are you part of Ganondorf's creatures?"

RK's smile darkened "I'm a friend of Link" RK jumped from her position, landing on the window behind Zelda, Zelda quickly turned and backed away slightly from the window, untrusting of this so-called friend of Link, but then it hit her.

"You were the creature sitting on Links shoulders, am I correct?" RK nodded.

"Are you a friend of Link?" Zelda nodded, her distrust fading, figuring she was telling the truth "Then I will tell you"

"Tell me what?"

RK smiled "Why a friend would try to kill a friend" Zelda looked confused, but urged RK to tell her nonetheless, RK fixed herself on the window to a more comfortable position "When I was born, my fathers told me I had a duty to fulfill, which was to guard the psychic balance of the earth that I controlled, and I did, but after many years I felt bored, my fathers and my friends had left me all alone in that temple and I had no one to play with, until I heard someone from the realm connected to this one, he was bored too so I became his friend and opened a window to his realm, but he lied to me and stole my abilities, my fathers would have been really mad if they found out that I lost my abilities so I went to find him, I looked for a while until I found part of my abilities on a dead man" RK shivered slightly, to which Zelda found it somewhat funny "But I needed all my abilities, so I figured, eventually he would come out of the other realm with the help of my abilities and then I could get them back, after all, friends don't steal from friends" RK concluded.

Zelda looked somewhat puzzled "Let me see if I understood… Ganondorf stole your psychic abilities and now roams free to do as he pleases?" RK nodded "… Beside opening portals to other realms, what other things can you do?"

"Control mind and body of anything and anyone, dead or alive"

Zelda pondered "So using your abilities he took the body of councilman Heimrich to carry out his plan to come back…"

RK nodded "He has been practicing too, he can now control as many people as he pleases"

Zelda stared at RK in horror "This is awful" she stood up and paced around the room, taking in all the information that RK had provided her, she stopped and looked at RK again "You said you came to get back your abilities, is there any way that you can still get them?"

RK nodded "All I have to do is ask nicely"

Zelda looked at her in disbelief "I don't think you understand… Ganondorf is an evil man, he won't just hand over the power that keeps him here"

RK stared at her, the smile a dark, sickening grin "All I have to do is ask" Zelda felt slightly afraid at the reassuring statement, but shook the feeling off after a moment.

"Does Link know about all this?"

RK nodded "Friends help friends"

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Tetra stared at Link "You're telling me we're facing a monster able to control our minds!?"

Link slightly flinched at her tone and nodded "I've fought him before, he was no easy battle… What I mean is, we might die facing him"

Tetra just shrugged "Being a pirate comes with just about the same amount of risk, besides, I'm not letting no over-sized sewer rat kill me" she huffed confidently.

Link smiled, he had to admit, her confidence was very reassuring "I suppose you've made up your mind in joining me for battle"

Tetra nodded "Don't worry, I'll give you some credit when I win" she grinned.

Link laughed "Deal" he stood up from his chair and walked to the door "Let me show you a few tricks to defeating the Evil King" he said as they both walked downstairs, the rain fading as a new moon rose.

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Author's notes: I have unfortunate news… I updated early today because this will be the last update in a while, my class schedule came in and it's not pretty at all, meaning I'll have less time to write and update, though I'll try with every free time I can get my hands on, so please bare with me and sorry I won't be able to update as much, thank you to all who reviewed, your encouragement and suggestions help me very much! See you in a while!

RK-Lali: Our schedule is horrible! Specially yours D: I just hope we can find any time at all, though I doubt we will find much…

Amanita Virosa-Amaranthus-: Ah so my master plan worked! xD I hope you liked this chapter as well!