Calista-Cousland: This is, as you may have guessed, the third chapter of Trapped. Please, sit back, relax, and read. I hope you enjoy my story's latest continuation.

Disclaimer: As any other disclaimer blatantly states, I do not own The Legend of Zelda in any way. I do not know the owner's name by heart, but I am aware that it belongs to the Nintendo company and not to me in any way.

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Should I trust him?

If I did, he could easily betray me. But in what way would he? Kill me? What would be his motive?

"Well," Dark Link stated. "Are you going to take me up on my offer or not?"

Zelda took his hand and he hoisted her up, but she said nothing for a few moments and dusted off her dress, which was now torn a bit.

"Why do you want to help me escape?"

"Alright, if you want that story, you're going to have to know the background. I was born in a different world than you."

Zelda furrowed her eyebrows in disbelief. "What? That can't be true..."

"Oh, but it is. It is a world much darker than yours. It is called the Twilight Realm."

"Twilight Realm, huh? What does that have to do with why you are helping me?"

Dark Link smiled. "I have some information that you might be interested in knowing."

"Oh? And what might that be?"

His smile grew wider. "I am sure that ever since he left, your mind has been set on him. Or have you already forgotten about Link? He's in trouble, you know."

Zelda's eyes widened in shock, and a bit of horror. "Trouble! What kind?"

Dark Link began to laugh. "Hah! I knew you'd want to know about it! He's been drawn in by the evil in the Twilight Realm! He was turned into a...a..." Dark Link started to laugh again, clutching his stomach. "A wolf!"

"What? A wolf? What kind of dark magic is that?"

"Oh, I don't know for sure. But our princess, Midna, is pretty pissed about it."

She folded her arms. "Okay... So Link is a wolf, and your royalty in your alternate world is in trouble."

"Yeah."

"Oh. How fabulous. And what do you want me to do about it?"

Dark Link looked out the small window for a split second, before returning his eyes to Zelda's. "You need help now. And so I'll help you, because stealth is one of my specialties." He gave a quick, sly smirk. "But then I need your help in return."

"Mine?" Feeling needed and important once more, Zelda stood up straight, then realizing that she had been slumping. My attitude is sour and my tone is curt. Father and Impa would be so disappointed to see a princess act so unruly. "What help would I be able to offer you?"

"Pshht," Dark Link waved a hand. "Don't play dumb. You hold the Triforce of Wisdom. You've got to be powerful and smart to weild something like that, and so well."

Zelda looked at her feet. "If I was so smart and powerful, tell me, why do I need aid to rescue myself from a band of thieves?"

Dark Link gave a tiny laugh. "You can't seriously believe that you are worthless. Besides, if you act like that, Link won't be head over heels for you anymore."

"Any...anymore?"

"Ugh, do you ever shut up? ...Listen. You are royalty. You've probably spent your whole life standing on a balcony looking at a garden below, like a good little girl. But now, you need to learn how to fight. So get moving."

He was right. Zelda's voice lowered. "Okay."

He nodded and then jumped on the edge of the window. "Take my hand."

Zelda put her hand in his and he hoisted her up with him. I don't like him very much. But I supposed I'll have to stay with him for the time being.

"For Link," she whispered, so that Dark Link could not hear her. "The real Link."

He put his other hand in his mouth and whistled long, slow, but softly.

"What are you doing? That's almost impossible to hear."

He didn't say anything back, but chuckled mockingly under his breath as a black horse with a jetted mane came trotting up dramatically from the entrance to the Gerudo's hideout. It stayed totally undetected. In fact, it blended in with its surroundings, and Zelda could barely see it.

"I hope you're agile. Ready?"

"Ready for what?"

He smirked. "This."

Dark Link jumped down from the tiny opening, Zelda falling right beside him. She grasped his hand tighter, afraid that she would accidentally let go of the hold and smash on the ground. In her nervousness, her nails dug into Dark Link's hand, but he didn't seem to even notice, his eyes fixed on the ground below. The second that his feet hit the reddish brown rock, he began dashing toward his steed. Zelda's feet twisted over each other and her tattered dress. But still, she forced herself to keep up, as she heard the twanging sounds of sharp blades being unsheathed from behind them.

Then, she heard the voice of Myrilla. It was full of horrible anger. "Get them! Now! You worthless guards, get them!" Zelda heard her scream at the top of her lungs. She didn't bother to look back; she was sure that if she did, she'd only be terrified.

"Jump!" She heard Dark Link's voice say quickly as they came to the horse. When they were both hoisted up onto the animal, it began to run at a daring speed, hooves slamming to ground and avoiding the boulders and enemies.

"Cut the bridge!" She heard Myrilla yell. Soon afterward, she heard the sound of a rope being severed and watched with terror, as they came around a corner, their way out falling into the dangerous waters below. But instead of slowing down, the horse sped up, Dark Link hunching over with a smirk.

"Scared?" Dark Link asked.

"Y-yess-ss!" Zelda replied, raising her voice over the horse's speedy gait and the yells of the Gerudo.

"Get ready to scream!" He said, laughing.

Zelda didn't even have time to ask what he meant before she found herself soaring over the large gap between the path from Gerudo Valley and to Hryule Fields. What risk! She couldn't stop herself from looking below, only to see the trecherous waters. She didn't want to drown!

Oh, Godesses, have mercy on me and this evil thing! Oh, and the horse.

She shut her eyes, and prepared for the worst. She could feel herself falling...

Suddenly, she felt herself not moving at all.

"Is this what death after drowning feels like?" she whispered to herself.

"... What are you doing?"

Zelda gasped in surprise. "Dark Link..! What... What happened?"

She looked around to see that she was lying uncomfortably on a horse and Dark Link was standing next to it, petting its mane.

He gave her a strange look. "We jumped over the gorge, and you passed out like a three year old. Seriously, what's wrong with you?"

"We...aren't dead?"

Dark Link laughed at her expense. "Of course not, stupid! The damn Gerudo gave up, since every one that came over here I killed."

She sat up and looked at the floor. Next to the edge of the gap, there were small pools of blood and long trails over to the side.

"You...murdered them? And then tossed them into the water?" How cruel! Then she remembered what they did to her father. And to her.

"Yeah..? And?"

"Oh. Okay."

Dark Link scoffed with a smile on his face. "What, no thank you?"

Obviously, he wasn't actually looking for one, and he mounted his horse again. "Let's go."

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Calista-Cousland: Well, there you have it; the third chapter of Trapped. Reviews mean so much to us authors; more than you will ever know! Even if it is only a few words, we enjoy getting the email with your feelings of our work put into your words. So for my work in making this chapter, I hope that you will take a bit of time out of your day to review with your thoughts. Thank you so much!

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