The following day Link looked at the panting Senko who was on her knees with a sword in her hands, he was very impressed with her skills but she was still a rookie compared to himself. They had the whole day to learn the basics while Zelda and Vaati were gone to the town's major to discuss the whereabouts of the next jem stone. Ezlo on the other hand was sitting on a log all incredibly small like watching the training session. Panting she struggled to get to her feet but the sword was far to heavy which Link notice, sighing he ran a hand through his blonde hair then scratch his elf ear.

"I' am…ready." She rise to her feet and got into a battle stand. Nodding his head he charged towards he then their swords clashed with a metallic clang. Dodging to the size she attempted to strike his shoulder which caused him to sized step then kicked her back. Gasping with pain she winced slightly before regaining her stand then tried to stab him which he dodged buy jumping backwards. Link noticed that she had two opening so he took it and used the butt of his sword to jabbed her on her right thigh and left upper arm. Finally after two hours of training she collapsed to the ground panting and wincing with pain. Link placed his hands onto his knees while regaining his breathing pattern to slow his frantically beating heart down while the adrenalin was still there. He smiled at her with a pride brotherly grin.

"You're…improving Senko." He sat down on the ground next to her as she nod her head slightly.

"That..sword….is to heavy…for me to….use." She was slightly puffed out. Link offered some water from his canting, accepting it gratefully she took several large gulps of water then passed it back to him.

"Don't worry, we'll look for a appropriate sword for you to use. I saw you having difficulty handling that sword, it's to heavy and you don't have the body strength to wield it." He pointed it out.

"Also since it was heavy you left several noticeable opening, enemies would take that to their advantage."

Senko closed her eyes, it was all true. But since that sword is to heavy for a small thing like her to handle that means so has to try to avoid any potential danger that attempts to harm her till they find a suitable sword for her. After fifteen more minutes Link stood up and stretched his back. Looking down at Senko he chucked as she was asleep laying on the cool grass. Collecting his belongings he put them away before pulling Senko onto his back piggy back style. Walking past Ezlo's log the little minish sage climbed up from Link's tunic onto the opposite shoulder of the hero.

"She done extremely well for someone who hasn't touched a sword." He tried to start a conversation with Link.

"I know, but we have to find a sword that she can use that doesn't hold her down." He looked back to Senko's sleeping angelic face. He smiled gently as she breathed onto the cap of his neck. He never had siblings but he felt a sort of connection to her like a family member has to one another, it felt like a older protective brother he used to watch from other villager children back at his home. Sometimes he was envious at how they use to act around each other, play around, protect, watch the younger siblings like a hawk, help and once the mother calls for them for supper the older brother would pull his little brother or sister onto his back and carry them home or the older sister held onto their hands or carry them on her hip. Now he felt it around Senko, at first he was scared if he was doing it right but now it's like a breath of fresh air. She was so delicate and so fragile but at the same time she reminds him of himself and Zelda, so determined, so intelligent, friendly, caring, shy and above all she had a wicked temper and has a burning hatred for temples…he has a sister!

Walking into the inn that they rented he walked to the girls room and gently placed Senko down onto the bed and closed the door to find himself staring at the newly arrived Princess of Hyrule and the former evil wind mage Vaati. Ezlo was sitting on a book on the table in front of them. Zelda smiled.

"How did it go?"

Link grinned as he pulled himself a chair out from under the table.

"She lasted for two hours, she's tough and extremely determined but unfortunately the sword she had weighed her down so that left several openings." He poured himself, the Princess, Wind Mage and little Minish Sage glasses of water. They all sat down at the table.

"Hmm it seems she must require a new sword then. I heard from several rumours that a black smith from near the Gordon mountain had made a very odd sword. He had a dream about a sword that was light in weight which allowed the user to move freely and light to carry. He called it a Katana I believe he named it if my mind deceives me." Vaati placed his hands out onto the table with a serious face.

"A katana? By the goddesses maybe that black smith had that dream and made that sword that was meant for Senko to use! It makes perfect since she needs blade that allows her to move quickly and it's easy for her to use!" Zelda smiled as Link pulled out a map from his pouch. Placing it onto the table he pointed to Death Mountain.

"It will take us all five days to reach this area since we are still near the fields of Hyrule border." Link pointed to the village they are currently at. Vaati took a sip of his water.

"If we go by horse it will take four whole days Link. I' am certainly not going to walk all the way towards Death Mountain and once the girls start complaining about their sore feet we will have to carry them."

Zelda sent Link a smirk as he blushed and nervously scratch behind his head.

"I forgot about the horses. If we didn't have them though I' am pretty certain you would carry Senko though without complaint."

Vaati narrowed his eyes at the smart ass hero, taking one final gulp of his drink he pushed the chair back and walked towards the boys room before closing the door. Zelda giggled slightly.

"You're gonna get it Link, have you forgotten his you're roommate?"

His eyes went wide before he hung his head down in defeat, it was all true and there was a chance he might be bunking outside or on the cold floor in the living room tonight. Sniffling he muttered as he walked towards his doom.

"Night Princess."

"Night Hero." She left towards Senko and her room. Cleaning up she got dressed in her night gown and crawled into a nice comfy bed before passing out, little did she know Senko was having a nightmare…

Senko's nightmare

She had a katana sword at hand and she was puffing hardly while her evening party dress was ripped with blood soaking onto the fabric and she had cuts and bruises on her face and arms. In front of her were two people and all she could see were their faces hidden in shadows as they laughed.

"Aww isn't this cute? She's trying to protect her friends from us." One of them taunted her as this person appeared to be slightly shorted and wider then the other person.

"Little brat's got spirit. But I think it's time we crush it." The other taller one laughed wickedly and she couldn't help but feel like she heard that laugh before.

Senko took one final breath before tearing off the long dress ends and it now reached her knees. Taking her blade she rushed towards them and gave a war cry before being blasted through a wall and painfully hit her back against the other one. Dropping her sword she coughed up some blood mixed with her own saliva, the burning pain tore through her whole body and the feeling on her rips being broken. Closing one eye she looked up to see them hovering up in front of her laughing as one of them sent a powerful kick to her jaw. Her head snapped to one side as she winced with pain, then it snapped to the other side as a slap across the check from one other them.

"So much fire in this one. Maybe we should kick it up a notch huh?"

"Agreed." The smaller one grabbed a handful of her hair which made her cry out with pain as he tugged it from the roots. She was up in the blacken sky with a blood red sun and her eyes went wide as her feet were not touching the ground. Fear tore through her body and soul as she looked down to Hyrule. I was destroyed completely with the castle was the only thing remaining. The scenery changed and her eyes went wide with tears as she slapped a hand to her mouth to prevent the scream wanted to escape. Link was tied to a wall with his hands and feet chained up, he had blood on his face and body as he hanged limp and he had bruises all over him. Zelda was a slave dressed in a horribly revealing maids outfit as her eyes were lifeless and her triforce was gone. Ezlo was in a jar with a scorpion as he tried to fend himself with his stick poking it as he screamed out with rage.

'Where's Vaati?'

"You wished to see me Master?' A very familiar voice reached her ears. Looking to her side she felt her heart was torn in two. There was Vaati with a demonic smirk on his handsome face. The person holding her laughed as he pulled her hair again which made her cry out with pain.

"Ah yes Vaati. Take this girl and try to destroy her spirit. Do whatever you please with her as long as she comes back broken." He roughly pushed her to Vaati who chocked her with his arm.

"As you wish." He roughly pushed her away from the scene just as Zelda shed a tear as the two males cried out for her to dance. Refusing to shed the tears in her eyes Senko placed both of her hands onto Vaati's arm trying to pry herself free from his strong grip.

"Why are you doing all this Vaati! I thought you were our friend." She cried out as he guided her to a room and he opened the door before slamming it shut behind him. Pushing her onto the bed he smirked as he activated a wind spell to prevent her from escaping.

"Friends? I have no friends. You dumbly played into our hands Senko from the very moment you met me, do you think there's always a happy ending? Well in reality it's the exact opposite and now I have the honour of braking you." He clicked his fingers and a pair of wind chains chained her arms to the head of the bed and her feet to the bottom. Extreme terror and fright was in side of her as she thrashed around trying to brake from as he walked towards her and crawled onto her with a smirk on his face. He enjoyed the frighten look she gave him.

"You can fight as much as you want but it makes it more fun on my behalf. Let the torture begin."

Through the whole castle her screams were heard which made Link and Zelda shed several tears and Ezlo shook his head and fall to the ground near the unconscious scorpion as the other two dark shadow figures laughed at her screams.

End of dream

Senko woke up with a jolt and slapped her hand to her mouth with shock. Silently sobbing she looked at the rented inn she and the other's were currently staying in. Looking at the opposite bed next to her Zelda was peacefully sleeping with a soft smile. Chocking back tears she threw the blankets off her body opened the bedroom door and open the front door, walking to the small hill she cried from that dream. Was Vaati betraying them? Was this some sick game? So many questions were in her head and she wasn't aware of the person behind her placing a hand on her shoulder. Jolting with shocked and fright she looked back to see Vaati. Her heart clenched with sorrow, betrayal and fright as she stared into his seemly worried eyes.

"Senko it's late…why are you crying?" He sat down next to her. Senko refused to look at his face any longer.

"I…I…I had a night…mare." She stuttered slightly.

"A nightmare? Must have been a terrifying one to make you cry." He gently whipped away the tears from her eyes and notice her flinch slightly, frowning slightly at that.

"Y..Y..Yes."

"Do you want to tell me? It might make you feel better." He offered her. Mentally she scoffed at him, yeah sure he would love to hear her dream then alert those guys that she might be catching onto their plan. Like hell she'll let that happen. So she made up a lie.

Taking a deep breath she said. " I was surrounded my stalfos and I was completely defenceless while you guys were not around. I was screaming as they slashed my body till I was covered in my own blood and as I was about to shout for help when my…my…my mother appeared. I watched helplessly as they attacked her and I watched her…die in front of me. They done a sick laugh as a zombie came out of nowhere and started to kill me painfully from behind." She held onto her shoulders and cried, it was so hard to lie but with her mother thrown into it seems like anyone can believe it.

Vaati frowned as he looked to the stars, "When I was little I witnessed a bird come out of nowhere and snatched my parents up, I was three years old at the time and I still have that nightmare. It' something I can't forget as much as I want to it seems to be stuck in my brain."

Senko looked at him with shock, he was confessing that he still had nightmares about his parents death to her.

"Sorry." She whispered softly.

"Hn don't be. Soon after that Master Ezlo took me in, his like the weird grandfather who has childish temper tantrums at times." He smirked as she giggled softly.

"Tantrums?"

"Vaati where's my tea? Vaati don't be slack, Vaati do that washing, Vaati have you washed my undies? Vaati Vaati Vaati. It's worse when he doesn't go to bed or have his nanny naps."

Her giggles turned into laughter, he hid a smile as she laughed. It sounded nice coming from her.

"He must be in a foul mood all the time then."

"Hn always." He stood up and brushed the grass off his clothing, holding a hand out she blinked with surprise.

"It's late and we are heading out early tomorrow, so it's best we have as much sleep as possible."

She placed her smaller hand in his and he pulled her up. Walking beside him she smiled as they walked into the in and he walked her to the girls bedroom door.

"Thanks Vaati."

"Hn it's fine. Night." He walked towards his room and gently closed the door as she walked in her own then crawled into her bed with a soft smile. She had forgotten her nightmare and all she was dreaming about was the adventures that awaits them tomorrow.