Here's part three, kiddos.

Still don't own Legend of Zelda

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Link rushed over to Alexander, slightly shocked. Just as he was about to touch his shoulder, The Crusader staggered to his feet. Link let out another gasp of surprise and stepped back to look him over.

"well, that was careless of me, wasn't it?" Alexander sighed as he leaned against the wall, clutching his stomach.

"Next time, watch where you're going, will ya?" She sounded angry, as usual, but she at least looked a little concerned for their new traveling companion. "How can you still be standing? There's blood all over the floor, and it's still dripping from you."

"It's not really a big deal, all I need to do is take a drink from one of my-" He opened up his coat, and small fragments of glass glistened in the torchlight as they fell to the ground, chiming and tinkling as they hit the stone. "vials. Damn it. At least we know where all the blood came from"

"So your not actually injured? That's a bit of a shame." Midna giggled and started heading up the stairs. Link sighed as he helped Alexander remove the arrows that were still lodged in his shoulder.

"Thanks kid. Is that shadow girl of yours always like that?" He said with a grin. Link blinked a few times, confused by The Crusader's words, but eventually nodded, heaving and exasperated sigh. "Well, you two seem to work perfectly together. You're quite strong, and she does enough talking for both of you." The two warriors laughed together as they headed up the stairs.

"Hurry up, you two, it looks like we made it back into the temple." Midna shouted from ahead. "Yea, this is definitely the Temple of Time, Link. Let's go find that Mirror shard!" She flew back down the winding stairs and sat on Link's shoulders, pointing as if she were a great leader on horse, er, wolf-back, sending her troops into battle. Link simply sighed as Alexander chuckled to himself.

"You two certainly are an interesting couple." He earned a deep blush from both of them and the frantic stammering of Midna, trying to tell him he had the wrong idea. "Okay, little one, whatever you say." He stroked his chin thoughtfully for a moment. "Tell me, though. What kind of place is this 'Temple of Time'?"

Before either could respond, Alexander noticed the light shining of the moistened stone walls. They were near the surface, and he was beginning to hear the faint cry of an organ. It was unbearably bright in the narrow staircase as they rounded the final corner. Alexander knew that this much light could only mean one thing.

"I think this may be the end of the road here for me, Boy. That looks like sunlight up ahead, and I don't tan, if you catch my meaning." He began to slow his steps, letting the pair go on ahead. "I'll follow you two once the sun goes down. Good luck out there." He sat down on the stairs and crossed his arms, leaning against the cold wall.

"I'm not sure that's completely necessary, Vampy." Alexander cringed a little at Midna's new nickname for him. "Strangely enough, this doesn't feel like the same kind of light that was pouring into the room below." She let out a little giggle. "Hell, it might even be safe for you."

Link just nodded a little. The light didn't seem natural. To prove that point, link tossed a rupee into one of the shafts of light. The light simply passed through it, turning the floor beneath it a light green. But there was no refraction, no reflection at all.

"That is indeed odd, Boy." Alexander got up and looked out into the large, circular room the stairs had led them to. "I'll give it a shot." He walked out and slowly reached into the beam that was shining on the rupee. He expected to feel an intense pain as his arm burst into flame, but it never came. Alexander scooped up the small gem and looked at it carefully. "This is a strange cut of emerald, Young one. Are these a manner of currency in this world?"

Link nodded as he followed Alexander out into the room. He tossed his wallet toward The Crusader, who peeked inside rather eagerly. "My, oh my. Rubies, sapphires, a topaz, and so many emeralds. How did you find such a fortune, boy?"

"What are you talking about, Vampy?" Midna looked at him as if he'd been hit in the head with a brick. "That's barely going to be enough to pay for our food and lodging once we get out of here."

"You can't be serious. In my world, a handful of gems like these would let you buy yourself a small country. A large one, if you brought the whole pouch."

"Well then, you better start killing some enemies." Midna chided. "The green ones are one rupee, the blue ones are five and the yellow ones are ten. Oh, unless you're looking really hard, you'll never see a red one. Monsters never seem to drop them when they die."

"Sounds reasonable enough." Alexander pulled a dagger out of his coat and flicked it in the air. There were three faint squeaks before the dagger came hurtling toward his head. He picked it out of the air and held up the three keese that were impaled on it's blade. They dissolved into little more than black dust, green and blue rupees fell into his waiting hand. "At this rate, I'll be able to create a true safe haven for my kind back home."

Link and Midna watched Alexander as he moved about the room, reveling in the sunlight he has not been able to set foot in for hundreds of years. Finally out of the darkness, they were able to get a good look at him. He was tall, about two and a half heads taller than Link, his arms were well defined and sleek, scars carved deep outlines into his body, accentuating every muscle, his broad shoulders looked as if they were weighted down with a millennium of suffering, yet seemed to be lifted slightly at the moment. His lips and nose were thin, his skin, though surprisingly youthful, was pale and tightened across his face. A large, crimson scar ran from the center of his forehead down across his left eye and continued until it reached his pointed ear. Long red hair was tied back into a low tail, with a few strands framing his features. Link scratched his head and looked to Midna. "I know what you're thinking, and it seems odd to me, too." She turned back to Alexander. "We know you're excited about being in the light again, but could you stop prancing for a moment and come here?"

"I would hardly call it prancing, girl." He looked between the pair. "Oh, you have questions. Go ahead, I will answer what I can."

A little boring this time around, I know, but I figured you should at least know something about The Crusader before the real fun starts. R&R, please.