A/N: HA! I actually had to look up a few things before writing this chapter. Like how to spell Chewbacca. Or what language he actually spoke... essh...

Chapter Three: Kerunch

After crawling through the ventilation shafts for several minutes Link heard a noise. It wasn't one of those, "Oh what's that? I wonder if it means I don't have to crawl anymore." It was more like, "That can't be good." So Link stopped moving to listen for more noises of the same kind. After a few seconds of silence he started crawling again. Minutes later he stopped when he heard the noise again.

KERUNCH

"Navi?"

"Yes Link?" Navi asked floating along behind him, her tiny arms crossed in frustration.

"That was not a good sound was it..." Link stated quietly as he waited for the sound to come again.

"No Link. Its fine, keep going. It isn't like the metal ground is going to collapse or something..."

And that was exactly what happened after he started moving again. Link fell through the collapsed vent and tumbled to the ground. He landed and rolled over. He looked up to see Navi floating over a very large animal with long brown shaggy hair wearing a belt over its chest. It was holding a similar weapon that the men in white armor had been using.

"Erk..." Link said scooting backwards, with Navi flitting over his head. Navi stared down the animal with menacing eyes. (Not that it could see her eyes)

"So what are you supposed to be? An overgrown, furry Goron?"

The animal replied with, a gurgling sound that was almost a mix between purring and growling. It sounded kind of like, "Rawrg!"

Link and Navi were so startled by this weird noise that when it started walking forward they backed away. It reached down and grabbed Link by the back of his tunic. Link was so startled that he acted just like a kitten would he curled up and let the animal carry him though the metal hallways. Navi followed behind her captured friend. After some time the animal stopped and dropped Link to the ground. There was a man typing keys at one of the "doors" in front of them.

The animal looked at the man and made its weird noise again. The man turned around to face them. His eyes widened when he saw Navi and Link.

"Chewie, I said to go look for Luke. You brought me a midget and a bug!"

Link sat upright and was about to jump forward when Navi flitted close to his ear.

"Don't do anything stupid... That... thing could squish us both flat if it wanted to."

Link nodded and stared up at the man and the large animal.

"Um. I'm not a midget... I'm Hyrulian and I'm just short."

The man looked down at him, hardly phased, " Hyrulian huh? Is that what your 'people' like to be called now?"

The animal named "Chewie" looked down at them and then down at the man. He then made his weird noise again. The man looked at Chewie.

"Why would I want to do that?" he said as if he understood the great beast. Chewie replied and the man stared at him. "Good point there Chewie..."

The man looked down at Link and held out his hand. Link stared at it for a few moments before taking it and stood. The man shook his hand.

"I'm Han Solo and this is Chewbacca."

Link stared at them for a moment. Chewie stepped forward and grabbed Link and "hugged" him. He squeezed Link until Link though that his eyeballs would explode from their sockets. When Chewie let go Link stood still for a few moments before making a strangled noise that sounded a lot like the noises Chewbacca made. Chewie and Han were both startled by this. Navi flitted silently next to the metal door.

"You speak Shyriiwook?" Han asked surprised. Chewie stared at them both.

"No... He was on my foot... and I think he crushed my spine..."

Navi shot him a look that no one else caught. A tingling sensation went up Link's spine as Navi's gaze made contact with his forehead. He shot her a look equally painful. They both stared at each other until Han and Chewie looked at them both and cleared their throats for their attention.

"Your names would be?" Han asked. Link and Navi both looked at him

"I'm Link and that fairy is Navi." Han looked at Navi strangely.

"Fairy? Weird..."

Chewbacca chose that point in time to issue a loud, "Rawrg!" as several storm troopers rounded the corner.

End Chap three

A/N: does this count as short or long? Oh well. At least it was longer than the first chap right?