Yes the title did change from The lost Triforce Shard to Chimera Chronicles we though it fit better.

Well, this would have been put up earlier but fanfic wouldn't let us for days….so her it is the new chapter! Its short I know but we were running out of time the next one will be longer. Plus the new prologue is going to be out around December 10th or so maybe the 15th.

Chase

Xinrie stared back at Auna, mouth agape. "Dead?" she squeaked, "but I shouldn't be dead, 'cause if I were dead then I'd be dead right? An' I'm not dead so I shouldn't be dead 'cause I'm here and if I'm here then I'm alive, so I shouldn't be de-"

"Xinrie!" Auna yelled. The poor little thing had obviously gotten herself worked up over that last statement. "I know you're not dead. What I mean is that our law would have had you killed. But for some reason you seem to have found a way to avoid that rule."

"Yeah, Saria always said that I had an unnatural gift for finding loop holes. But I still don't get it; why would someone want to kill me? And what kind of jerk (aside for Jin) would want to kill off a half-breed?"

"That law wasn't made just to be mean to Shiekah half-breeds," Auna explained, "It was created to try and preserve our race's unique ability. If our rare gift were to drift to the outside, then our way of life would be jeopardized. Anyone who wanted to could attack us once they knew the entrances."

Xinrie thought over every detail trying to piece together a broken past. There were so many questions that were still unanswered. Suddenly Auna interjected again. "Do you know if you were simply found in the woods, or if someone actually brought you there?"

"I think bark brains said I was found with some dead Gerudo lady, but she was all armed and stuff…"

"You must have a very high respect for the forest Guardian. Your rudeness aside, it's possible that you survived because that woman brought you there. I doubt she was your mother however. Our relations with the Gerudo have been…less than friendly for the past…fifty years. In fact, we keep getting orders to assassinate them. The mechanics especially."

Xinrie snapped her hand up into the air. "Question!"

"Yes Xinrie?"

"What's a machanica?"

"Mechanic, we'll talk about that later. I might as well introduce you to the twins and our healer while we wait for Jin. You ought to thank him for patching you up…"

Auna motioned for Xinrie to follow. Xinrie trailed behind Auna closely. She did not want to get lost in this place. As a matter of fact she felt like an ant. The carts they were passing were huge! And the people loading them were not very friendly looking either. Auna finally stopped in front of the marketplace.

"If I remember correctly he was over here somewhere restocking on medical supplies."

Auna reached back, grabbing the sleeve of Xinrie's coat she said, "Careful XinXin, I don't want you getting lost here."

"Yeah…" Xinrie said, her sentence trailing off as they passed a large fountain. Auna suddenly stopped, her head turning in the direction of two people arguing.

"Oh Nayru, Kladi's fighting with another salesmen. I'd better go break this up before someone gets arrested…again. Xinrie, go sit by the fountain and don't move." She started walking off towards the commotion, but quickly turned back around. "Better yet, don't speak to anyone…or look at them for that matter."

Seeing as how Jin had showed up and gotten involved in the argument, Xinrie felt that she might be there awhile so she chose to sit on the fountain edged rather than stand. She was still shocked at how fast things were moving. Just the other day she cold and starving inside a sack with no real idea what she was, and now she was a member of a Shiekah troop, with a vague idea as to where she had come from. As she sat there mulling this over in her mind, two small sets of hands rose up behind her, balancing a bucket of water atop their palms.

Xinrie found herself ripped from her thoughts as the bucket came pouring down onto her, icy cold water dripping down her back and neck. She launched from her sitting spot and found the twins behind her, laughing hysterically. Each one was using a scarf to cover their faces. "You two!" Xinrie screeched pointing at them.

"Oh crap," Haiku said as she jumped to her feet. "RUN EPIC!"

The brother and sister took off into the town, Xinrie at their heels. The twins dodged her attempts to grab them; jumping behind and around every cart they saw. All three had, within minutes worked themselves into a blind panic (or fury in Xinrie's case) and carelessly tore through the town. They left in their wake overturned stalls, stands, carts, the destruction of several tents and a very angry middle aged woman.

After they had realized the immense amount of trouble they had landed themselves into the twins slowed to a mere crawl. At last they collapsed, with Xinrie jogging in after them. "Apple Cider! How…do….do…you…k…keep runnin' after….all…this time?"

"'Cause," Xinrie said as she grabbed them by their scarves, "I grew up in a forest full of scary owls an' I've spent the last three months runnin' from skeleton thingies." Pulling them to their feet (sort of) she half drug, half walked them to a nearby well, took the bucket and paid them back in full. "Revenge really is a dish best served cold! Now I know you're Haiku, but I didn't catch your name."

"E…Epic," He chattered.

"Epic and Haiku. Do your parents like poetry or something?"

"Yeah," Haiku answered as she rung her braids out, "our mother and father were bards before they died."

"Oh, so you're orphans too huh?"

"Yeah but Auna takes care - wait, where are we?"

Xinrie and Epic glanced around. "Crap."

And Auna was thinking the same thing as she stood in front of the fountain with Kladi and Jin (who happened to be nursing a broken nose) staring at wet, but empty spot.