Chapter Ten! It's here! Thank you to those who reviewed.

Jon: Er, I think one person did.

Lily: Yeah. You're point?

Arae: MY AWESOME TALENT ISN'T BEING RECOGNIZED!!

silence

Arae: What?

Me: Uh, I don't own the Legend of Zelda...

Jon: What awesome talent?

Chapter Ten

Jon sprinted up the path as fast as he could. The dragon was still rampaging, and he could feel the ground shaking. Jon grimaced. He hoped that Lily, Arae and Zant were still ok inside the mountain.

He climbed up a ladder that led to a tunnel inside the mountain, and then paused. Where do I go? Jon thought. He looked sadly at his limp wings, and shrugged. He would have to make his way through the mountain the old fashioned way.

Jon quickly ran through the tunnel, and found himself in a small room with an elevator. Stepping on the raised part, it sank down, and the elevator moved up slowly. Jon was impatiently tapping his clawed feet as he waited to get to the top.

As soon as it reached the top, Jon was off. He could hear a dull pounding all around him, and figured that it was the dragon. He ran down the path, and entered the throne room, but found it empty.

"Zant?" Jon called. "Lily? Arae?" He listened, but no one answered him. "Where'd Zant go?" Jon wondered aloud.

The pounding was louder here, and Jon thought he could hear the occasional screech now and again. He had entered from a different way, and couldn't place where Lily and Arae had gone. Sighing, Jon sat down on the large seat at the end of the room.

Suddenly, the whole room seemed to shake. Jon jumped up, instantly alert. There was a violent pounding on the wall, although Jon couldn't tell which wall. The floor trembled, and Jon's legs wobbled dangerously. Then, he looked at the wall on his right, and noticed it was starting to turn red. It was hard to tell at first, but then the colour spread until it was covering a large part of the wall, and was fiery red. Jon almost took a step towards it, but then caught himself and dashed away from the wall.

A huge inferno blasted through the rock wall and into the room, singing the chair that Jon once sat on. A large, black head poked through the giant hole in the wall, and roared.

Jon groaned. "God damn dragon!" he yelled angrily. He looked around hastily for an exit, and saw one to his left. Hoping it led to Lily and Arae, Jon dashed for it before the dragon loosed more fire.

Screeching as it saw its prey escape, the dragon pulled its head out and began to scale the mountain, making foot and hand holds by breathing fire in the rock.

Zant waved his hand, and the lizards blocking his way flew into the lava. Hissing loudly, the others cautiously slipped back into the lava, keeping their eyes on Zant. Smirking, he nimbly jumped over the large gouge in the path, and calmly walked on.

Zant heard the lizards hiss loudly, and turned around, readying a spell, when he saw that they were focused on a black figure. Frowning, Zant waved his hand again, and the lizards that had climbed back onto the path were flung into the rocks. The figure quickly jumped towards Zant.

"Zant! There you are!" the figure said, and Zant instantly recognized it as Jon.

"Jon? What are you doing here?" Zant asked, confused. "Where's the dragon?"

"I just came to talk to you about that," Jon told him. "The bugger's climbing the mountain as we speak."

Zant cursed. "We must hurry." Then, he noticed Jon's broken wings. "What happened?" he asked, gesturing to the limp wings.

Jon shrugged. "I got a little too close to the dragon. Don't worry, I'm fine. Let's go," he said.

Zant shook his head, and waved his hand. The wings slowly moved, and then snapped back into their rightful form. Jon flapped them happily. "Ok, let's go," Zant repeated, and dashed off. Jon flew low beside him.

Link quickly mounted Epona and gave her a kick. She galloped out of Hyrule Town and into Hyrule Field. The moon shone brightly, illuminating the world with silver light. He urged Epona on towards Lake Hylia, his heart pounding. Link didn't get scared, usually, but the thought of losing his daughter made him shiver. He loved her as much as he loved Zelda, and the thought of losing either of them…

Link shook his head. Now was not the time to think of thoughts like that. He had to keep a positive out look.

He soon reached Lake Hylia, at the spot where he had taken Lily, and dismounted Epona. Even with the moonlight, it was hard to see. Link closed his eyes, touched the hilt of the Master Sword, and concentrated on the shape of a wolf in his mind's eye. He fell on all fours as darkness enveloped him, and then opened his eyes. Link could see quite clearly now, and could smell all sorts of smells that he couldn't as a human.

Link began to sniff around the area, looking for signs of the children. He could smell two scents that he instantly placed as Lily and Arae, but then three other unique smells reached his nose. Link was confused. He had smelt two of the three before, but he didn't know who they were from.

Then, Link remembered. The scents belonged to Ganondorf and Zant. What the hell are they doing back? Link thought angrily. Didn't they die?

And then, Link smelled blood. Not fresh blood, but old, dried blood. He followed the scent until it became stronger, and looked down. Link saw a trail of blood leading up from the shore to Hyrule Field. He sniffed again, to see whose it was, and recognized it as Ganondorf's.

Link sat on his haunches, confused. There didn't seem to be any signs of a struggle, or none that Link could find. Link sniffed the other scent that he hadn't placed yet, and guessed that it must be Jon's. He followed Jon's, Lily's and Arae's scents for a few paces, but then they disappeared abruptly. Link growled quietly. Things didn't add up to him. For one thing, why were Zant and Ganondorf back? And where did the kids go?

Link sniffed around some more, and then stopped. He went over to where the kids' scents stopped, and sniffed around there. Link grinned wolfishly as he recognized a scent that he hadn't smelled for fifteen years. Turning back into a human, he jumped onto Epona and spurred her on, back towards Hyrule Castle.

Arae: What about us?

Me: Settle! Take a little break. You're coming next chapter.

Lily: What happened to us?

Jon: He won't spill that!

Link: Yeah!

Lily: When did you come in, dad?

Link: I dunno. I've been here for a while.

Me: Well, please review!

Arae: And be sure to tell all about my awesome talent!

Jon: Talent for what?