As they stepped out into the street Will quickly took in a deep breathe of fresh air, as it was only morning the sun was still quite low in the sky and the streets wouldn't be that populated for a few hours but if Will could keep them out for that long he could become free.

As they walked on Will decided to find out some more information, "So what do you do during the daytime when the guy is sleeping?" he asked, "Or is that secret information." he added with a hint of sarcasm.

She smiled, "No there's quite a bit you can know, Master just wants you to be clueless about a few things so that he can explain it all properly."

Will nodded, "Right."

"Well," she began, "During the day I usually do any tasks hat Master wants me to do and take care of the shop."

"What do you have to do today?" Will asked although he already had a good idea what it was.

"Watch you." she stated, "Along with other things."

"Other things?"

"You'll find out soon enough." she replied.

Will decided to continue asking some more, "So if you're up during the night and looking after the shop at night when do you sleep?"

"A get a few hours in the daytime." she replied.

Will was surprised at this as from her answer you would expect her to be tired but she didn't look anything like that.

"And that girl from before, Ariel. What about her?" he asked.

Zelda seemed to tense slightly at this, "There's nothing to say about her."

Will guessed that this meant the subject was closed and the two girls had a few issues, he wouldn't press any further.

As they walked onto another street Will spotted a city guard walking down the street on the opposite side, obviously patrolling.

All city guards were well-built and wore chain mail under their shirts along with a feather in their helmet. The feather colour determined rank; this particular guard had a yellow feather so he was quite highly ranked.

Will glanced at Zelda then back at the guard, he didn't seen to pay any attention towards them.

Before he could even work out a plan Zelda muttered, "Don't even try."

Will looked at her, "And why shouldn't I? Scared that they'll take me back?"

She stopped walking and so did Will, she looked up at him, "No, I just don't want to be late. You can try getting his attention if you want."

Will hesitated for a moment; something in her voice seemed to tell him she was right however he then shook his head. She must be hypnotising him again!

He quickly ran down the street, "Wait!"

The guard paid no attention to him so Will sped up more, as he ran in front of him he stopped, "Please, wait!"

The guard looked down at him however something in his eyes seemed to tell Will he wasn't looking exactly at him, but through him instead.

"You have to help me, I've been kidnapped. I'm Will, the son of the Duke..."

"Move on." the guard interrupted.

"What?" Will asked.

The guard walked around him and continued to walk, watching in disbelief.

"Satisfied?"

Will turned his head to see Zelda stood there with her arms folded.

"What did you do!?" he shouted angrily,

She smiled, "I didn't do anything."

"You hypnotised him somehow!" Will shouted, "Otherwise by now he'd be taking me back home!"
Zelda sighed, "Look at the ring on your finger."

Will hesitated but did so, "Yeah, what about it?"

"I have one too."

Looking up he found her holding her hand in front of him in a way a lady did at a ball, on her index finger was a silver ring the same as his only slightly smaller and instead of an emerald it contained a sapphire.

"What are they for?" Will asked.

Zelda let her hand drop to her side, "As long as you wear that ring, you will belong to my Master."

"What am I? A slave!?" he cried.

"He'll explain it in more detail." she said in a calm voice.

"Forget it! I'm going home!" he sgiyted.

"You have no home!" she cried.

Will paused, unsure whether to run, finally he decided to stay for a few moments at least, "What?"

She sighed, "This ring also has a few powers. As long as it's on your finger, you'll be almost invisible to everyone around you."

"Invisible?" Will repeated.

Zelda nodded, "Basically it makes you go unnoticed so whenever you're walking in the street people will pay no attention to you, which is why that guard simply ignored you and walked on. You were of no interest to him."

"Then my parents..." Will began.

"Will pay no attention to you if you go towards them." Zelda stated.

"But I'm their son!" Will cried, "I've been with them all my life, there's photo's of me in their mansion, objects that belong to me!"

"They will pay no attention to them." Zelda said, "Your bedroom will simply be a room, your possessions will simply be random objects, when they look at photo's of themselves and you they will only see themselves and not you."

Will was now looking at the ground, "So... they don't remember me?"

"No."

Will breathed in deeply a few times before looking up, "How do I know you're not lying?"

Zelda paused for a moment before speaking, "I'll take you to your parents."

Will nodded, "Let's go."

Both of them turned and continued walking, Will had promised himself that if she didn't take him directly there he would make his escape.

"Do you know why you have an emerald in your ring?" Zelda suddenly asked.

Will shook his head, "Why?"

"It's your birthstone." Zelda stated, "You were born in May, correct?"

Will was slightly startled, "How did you know that?"

"We know quite a bit about you Will." she replied.

Will sighed, "And the sapphire is your birthstone right?"

Zelda nodded, "I was born in September."

There was a few moments silence before Zelda added, "Do you know what the emerald symbolises?"

"No." Will said truthfully.

"It symbolises love and success, therefore you will have both of those in your life at some point."

Will felt like saying, I already have someone I love, but decided against it. The last thing he wanted to do was bring Alice into this and after all, if what Zelda was saying was true, she no longer remembered him. As this dawned upon him he felt like curling up in a ball and being left alone but knew he had to at least see his parents first.

"And the sapphire symbolises clear thinking." Zelda explained.

"So what, you think clear?" Will murmurred.

Zelda shrugged, "It's supposed to mean that."

They both walked on in silence, as the streets became more populated Will looked around and realised nobody was looking at them. But hat didn't mean Zelda's statement was true yet.

As the came onto another street Will could just glimpse the towers of the castle where the King lived in the centre of the city. He had been in there two times before with his father and to think how everything had turned out now was almost to much to bear.

Sighing he didn't realise Zelda had stopped till he looked to his side; turning around he found Zelda a few feet behind him staring at something the opposite side of the street.

Following her glance he realised she was staring at a couple across the street, they were both teenagers and were holding hands as they walked on.

"What are you looking at?" Will asked.

Zelda looked over to him, "The shop from which your parents are in."

Will then realised that behind the couple was a shop that sold coats, most shops in this area were for the wealthier people. Will stood still as he waited for his parents to emerge.

When they did they both came out with their arms linked, his mother was laughing slightly as his father smiled.

Will felt himself smiling and quickly ran forward and infront of them, "Mother! Father!"

His parents stopped in their tracks and looked at him however Will's happiness died when he realised they were looking at him as if he was see-through.

"Move along boy." his father said as if he were some random boy in his way.

Will stood frozen as they walked around him.

"...and so I said 'let's put them all in whilst we're at it!'" his father said.

"You idiot!" his mother's voice laughed.

As they walked away Will turned to see them getting further away, as he stood there shocked, he hardly felt the hand on his shoulder.

"Can we go?"

Will shook the hand off and nodded, "I guess."

Following Zelda, Will couldn't believe his own parents had forgotten him so easily, had Alice? The answer was most likely yes.

As he continued walking on, he was unaware of two eyes burning into him from across the street.