"Hey prettyboy where's Roy?" Ike asked Marth.
"I don't know. He should've been home." Marth responded.
"That's a first. Thing 1 can't find Thing 2."
"Shut up, he's probably in the forest or something."
"Well we have to go get him!" Zelda squealed.
The group walked into the forest, looking for Roy. They called his name but no one responded. All they heard was the chirps of the birds and the moving leaves in the trees.
Marth suddenly had an idea. "Link you know these woods better than anybody. How can you tell if somebody was just here?"
"Well they'll leave tracks or something. Like a footprint, or a dropped object etc." He looked around and spotted a tree. Or like that sword slash on that tree over there."
"Sword slash?" Marth was confused. "Where?"
"Over there." Link pointed to the tree that had the cuts on it. "On that tree."
Marth looked at the tree. "Oh, I see it." The other guys walked close to it to examine it more.
"Wait a minute." Ike examined the tree more closely. "That cut is from MY blade!"
"It is?" Marth asked.
"Yes! Look at the cut, the insides look burned."
"Oh yeah, it is. That is from your blade. You were out cutting trees hothead?"
"Of course not you moron!" He snapped at Marth. "What do I look like cutting trees for no apparent reason?!"
"Then it was Roy!" Zelda said.
"Man is he in for one supreme asskicking." Link commented.
"Link can you tell from here which way he went?" Ike sounded agitated.
"Yeah towards the spring."
"Gotcha." Ike sprinted off.
"I really like to know how he got his sword." Link said to himself.
"Oh no." Marth had noticed the change in Ike's attitude before he ran off. "When Ike's angry and about to beat someone's ass he doesn't know how bad he hurts them until after the fact. WE have to hurry up and get to the spring! Otherwise Roy's a dead boy!"
"As fast as Ike ran, we won't get there in time." Link said to Marth.
"Then we better start running!"
They were about to run off then Zelda stopped them. "Wait no, I'll teleport you guys there!"
"You're not coming Zel?" Link asked her.
"I can't cause I haven't been there, but you guys have. You guys have a better chance of getting there instead of running."
"You'll be here by yourself. Are you sure? We could just run."
"I'm sure, now come on before it's too late!"
Marth and Link stood in front of Zelda. She teleported them to the spring. They made it just in time. They had found Ike…..with Roy pinned to the ground. Marth ran to him and grabbed him, pulling him away from Roy. "IKE STOP!" He yelled while putting Ike in a headlock. "Don't hit him anymore!"
"Well then you better give me a good reason as to why I shouldn't kill him right now! One does not simply take my sword and then not expect to get an ass beating!" He said to Marth while struggling to get out the headlock to continue beating Roy.
"But there was no reason for you to pin me down and hit me like that!" Roy said with tears coming down his face.
"But how did you get his sword in the first place?" Link asked him.
"He left it at school a couple days ago. I've been meaning to return it."
"SO YOU DECIDED TO KEEP IT AND USE IT AS A TREE CUTTER?!" Ike yelled.
"I'm sorry!" Roy screamed, hoping Ike will give him mercy. "Just please stop hitting me!"
"Stop?" Ike did an evil laugh. "I'm nowhere close to done!" He broke free of his brother's grasp and raced to Roy and continued to beat him senseless. Marth unable to stop him this time, started crying.
"Ike stop hitting him!" He said through sputtered tears. "He said he was sorry!"
"Come on Ike now you made Marth cry." Link said.
"He always cries!" Ike responded annoyed.
"That's his bestfriend though. You wouldn't let us keep getting hit by someone would you?"
"No." Ike sighed.
"Then stop hitting him. Roy learned his lesson and you got your sword back. Now can we go back to Zelda to get the rest of the crew? I don't want her to be in the forest to long by herself."
"Fine." Ike groaned. He stopped hitting Roy. "Stop crying Marth I won't hit him anymore."
"Okay." Marth said through multiple sniffing.
"You need to toughen up, you know that?"
"I know."
They have been gone a while. I hope they're ok. Zelda sat on a log, impatiently waiting for the boys to get back.
"Ghirahim."
"What DL?" Ghirahim answered.
"I believe it's my lucky day." DL spotted Zelda sitting along the log, unaccompanied.
"Why do you say that?"
"Because there's my prize, over there, all alone."
"Well go claim it."
"It's too soon, not yet." DL had a sly grin on his face. "But I'll introduce myself. You know, get acquainted." He chuckled then walked towards her. "Aren't you cute. Name's DL."
"Hi DL, my name is-"
"I'm very aware of what your name is. Zelda." He said cutting her off.
Zelda got worried. "How do you know my name?"
"Oh word gets around. So Zelda." He sat next to her. "Do you mind becoming my princess of the dark?"
"Princess of the what?" She said confused.
"The dark." He responded.
"Um, no thanks." She tried to scoot away but her grabbed her and pulled her closer. He lifed her chin. "Come on please? Just one kiss seals the deal."
Zelda squirmed away. "I said NO!" Her bow and arrow from her hands. "Unless you want your head shot off, get away from me and go away! Heed my warning or else!"
He stood up. "Fiesty are we?"
"Zeldaaaaa! Are you still there?!" It was Link, Zelda heard him in the distance.
"That's my que to leave. Talk to you later princess." DL ran off.
Marth saw him run away from Zelda. Who was that guy in black?
I was scared for a minute there. Zelda felt her chest. It was pounding. I hope I never see him again.
"Hey Zel, we're back. Did we take long?" Link said breaking her concentration. "and we found Roy."
"That's great." She said nervously. "It means we only got to find Zuko now. Let's go."
The 4 started walking back. Marth noticed Zelda's uneasiness.
"Hey Zelda are you ok?" He asked her.
"I'm okay. Why do you ask?" She said
"You look like something is on your mind." He knew she was lying. "Did something happen?"
"No nothing happened. Just….overthinking I guess…...A-about school." She said nervously.
She's lying. Something did happen, it's written all over her face.
"Hey does anybody even know where Zuko lives?" Roy asked.
Everybody stopped walking.
"Holy shit." Ike said. "I don't know. Do you know Link?"
"Naw." Link said. "How about you Zel?"
"Nope." She responded. "You Marth?"
"Come to think of it…..No." He said.
"Sooo where the hell were we walking to?" Roy said.
"Damn, where do we go now?" Ike asked.
"Let's go back to Peach's house and wait." Marth suggested.
"She did say to meet back there anyway." Zelda added.
"Alright well, let's go." Ike said.