A/N: Shhh, I know, I know. I took forever…again. It wasn't my fault this time, I had it written up and then my dog ate it… you don't believe me do you? Ok, ok I forgot stop yelling at me already. You know I was reading my earlier chapters and you know what I noticed? I've gotten better! Yay for me! LOL well ok here's chapter 16.

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!

Chapter 16: Escape, Sheik and The Six Doors

Mara was thrown roughly to the ground; her body slammed against the cold pavement.

" Should we tie her up?" The guard asked his partner.

"No." The other Iron Knuckle answered in a rough voice. " She is not powerful. She is no threat." They slammed the door and locked the magic proof locks that Ganon had made.

Mara growled to herself as she pushed herself off the ground. She gently touched the spot where Ganon had struck her. She winced slightly as she poked the spot. " Well that's gonna bruise." Mara muttered to herself. She looked around the room. ' Looks like a normal bedroom. There's a bed, dresser, closet, someone hanging from the wall, pictures…wait, someone hanging from the wall?' Mara took a closer look at the figure. The person was blonde, had a tall thin frame and was blood covered. Their clothes were also ripped and torn. " Wait. Princess Zelda?" Mara said aloud.

The figure slowly raised their head. " That's right. Who might you be?" Zelda asked weakly.

" Oh my god."

" Isn't goddess?"

" Uh, right, right. Hang on I'll get you down." She grabbed a chair and a long, thin needle like object from the dresser. She took the first chain in her hand and skilfully worked the lock until she heard the click of the lock unlocking. With the first handcuff off of Zelda's arm, her body fell forward, losing its support. Mara shifted over a little to support her as she worked on the second lock. " You know Zelda, you're abnormally light. Have they been feeding you?" Zelda shook her head slightly. " I see. Well don't worry after I get you down from here, we're busting out of this place." Finally, in what seemed like hours, Mara got the second lock unlocked. She carried Zelda's body to the bed and carefully put her down. Noticing a vase, she dumped the dead flowers on the floor and walked over to the small water basin by the dresser. She filled it with water, and walked back to Zelda. " Here drink some, it looks clean, and if it isn't, well at least you're not going to die dehydrated."

Zelda laughed. " Thank you. I know this water is clean, it was put there to taunt me." She drank the whole vase before she spoke again. " Tell me, what is your name and what are you doing here?"

Mara, who had been watching the guard through the keyhole, turned around startled. " Oh I'm sorry. I'm Mara. I was here to get rid of Ganondorf, but as you can see, I was caught."

" You came alone? That's very brave."

" What? Oh no I came here with Link and Kaian. You know Kaian right?"

" The Hero and Mistress of Time are here? Thank the goddesses."

" Oh so you know her then?"

" That is correct. We did not get along too well though."

" Oh, that's too bad, she's a great person to have as a friend." Mara looked back through the keyhole. " Ok I'm gonna get us out of here. Hide behind the bed." Nodding, Zelda rolled of the bed and crouched beside it. Mara grabbed the lightest sword of the many that hung on the wall and pressed her body behind the door. 'I really hope I don't suck at using a sword.' Taking in a deep breath she yelled at the top of her lungs. " PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME! THE PRINCESS HAS GONE CRAZY!" The Stalfo, who had taken the place of the iron knuckle who was on guard quickly unlocked the door and ran inside the room. He looked around stupidly as the door slowly shut behind him. " Try not to scream to loud." He turned around to see where the voice came from, but was met with the steel blade of the sword. Cleanly slicing off it's head, Mara looked at the green smoke amazed. " Wow, I'm not half bad." Zelda stood up, now wearing a light pink, simple dress. " Hey, where'd you get the clothes?"

" There was a whole chest full of women's clothes underneath the bed." She said walking towards Mara with a little limp.

" I don't even want to know why he has women's clothes in his bedroom." Mara stated shivering in disgust. She gave Zelda the sword she was holding and grabbed another one off the wall. " You'll need to protect yourself."

Zelda nodded and took the sword from Mara. " We must find Link and Kaian as soon as possible."

" Right, lets get going."

The two girls started their long walk door the winding corridor.

" Ok, hang on. You, the son of a Sage, are working for Ganondorf."

" Yes." Sheik answered in a distressed tone. He had been answering the same question for the past fifteen minutes. The monsters behind him were either sitting or conversing with each other, and Link was lazily leaning on his sword.

" So you're working for Ganondorf, yet you're Impa's son?"

" Will you shut up woman! Yes I'm working for Ganondorf even though I am the son of a Sage. Damn you are annoying! Link, I have no idea how you put up with this, this …girl!"

Link shrugged, as his stretched his arms. " I'm used to it. Plus, you can never really stay mad at her."

Sheik inwardly growled. " Attack!" The monsters got to their feet and started to advance on them.

" Ten fire Keese, six Redead, seven Stalfos, one Like Like, one Iron Knuckle, three Lava dragons, one floor master, eight Lizalfos." Link rhymed off as he got into a fighting stance. " And one Sheik."

Kaian looked at him weirdly. " Ok, now that I'm well educated in their names. How do we go about this little situation?" She asked as she dodged one of the Keese.

" I'll take the Redead, the floor master, the Stalfos and the Lava dragons. Can you handle the rest?" He asked as he side step out of the way of the floor master.

" Other the Iron thing I've dealt with these things before. I can deal." She said confidently as she took down a Lizafo. Then she thought of something. " Link, hold on. I want to see what the water bead can do." Nodding, Link backed up behind her and started shooting the Keese that got close with his arrows. Kaian's body starting glowing an intense blue as the tear drop tattoo started glowing, as did the spot where it was pierced but the frozen vines back at the Spirit Temple.

The monsters stopped advancing and looked at her curiously. Sheik knew what was coming however and hid his body behind the Iron Knuckle. " This won't be good."

Kaian's eyes rolled to the back of her head as her hands started moving in smooth movements as water started circling her hands. Placing her hands in front of her body, with the heels of her palms together she gave an evil smirk. " I really hope this hurts a lot." Her hands glowed fiercely as wind circled her hands, joining the water. With the cold wind and the already freezing water, the water turned to ice bits, pointed ice bits. With one last wave of energy, the grey-eyed girl called out. " Gale shards!" The ice bits left her hand. As they got closer to their targets, they grew in size until they were no longer pin sized but as large and as long as meter stick (or yard stick for those who use the imperial system). Each monster was pierced by two shards and disappeared almost instantly. When the shards melted away, only two of their thirty enemies remained. The Iron Knuckle and Sheik.

Kaian fell to her knees panting heavily, only her arms supporting her. " Wow, I never expected that to happen."

" Kai, get up. We are not done here."

Kaian looked up and noticed Sheik in a fighting stance beside the large iron mass. " Are you kidding me?"

" Leave Sheik to me." Link said as he charged after him.

Kaian looked at the large mass slowly walking towards her. " Well this should be interesting." Walking up to the large, armoured enemy, she stopped an axe length a way, the iron knuckled stopped also. Knowing she stood no chance against him in a fair fight, Kaian quickly thought of an idea. The green aura quickly surrounded her body as the spiral tattoo started the glow. " Rise!" Vines erupted from the ground and quickly bonded the Iron Knuckle to the ground as the vines separated the axe from him. A low growl emitted from his throat and he tried to break away from the cement-like vines, but it was futile. Sighing with relief Kaian starting twirling her sword. " So I guess I just start hitting him?" The crimson haired girl asked herself as she started hitting the monster furiously hoping that she was doing some damage.

Link and Sheik circled round each other slowly. " I never thought it would come down to this Sheik."

" I always hoped it would." Sheik replied with a smirk. Not wanting to waste time, Sheik charged with abnormal speed with his daggers in an offensive position. Link quickly stepped to the side, the edge of the dagger catching his arm. He had forgotten about how fast Sheik was. " A little slow hero?" Sheik mocked. Link simply snorted and charged after Sheik.

Their steel weapons clashed against each, it looked as if they were equally matched. Sheik again charged after him in the same fashion, Sheik was fast, but he lacked surprise. Link sidestepped and swung his sword, plunging deep into Sheik's back. Sheik gave a loud, painful cry, and fell to the cold ground. Link walked over to Sheik's trembling body and knelt down. " It didn't have to end this way Sheik."

" But it did." Sheik coughed out. " To enter the main door you must gather the six keys hidden in each room."

" There are only five doors." Link said confused.

" I'm sorry for all I've put you through Link. I have always valued you as a friend. I only joined Ganon in hopes of giving you valuable information, but he hardly told me anything."

" Sheik…"

" The only…thing I remember Zelda saying was that if the Chosen isn't pure he wont be defeated."

" If she's not pure? What does that mean?"

" I don't know. Please defeat…Ganon, and tell…my…mother I…am…sorry." Sheik closed his eyes and his body went limp.

" Damn it Sheik!" Link pounded his fist into the ground. Kaian, who had been watching to fight, walked to Link's side and put her hand on his shoulder.

Kaian let out a deep breath. " I know you just lost a good friend Link, but if you want to avenge him, you're going to have to suck it up, at least until this thing is over."

" You're right." Link stood up. " We'll do what he said and get those keys. I'll make sure Ganondorf pays for this."

Kaian gently brushed her hand across Sheik's cold cheek. " I didn't know you, but without your help, I might be still be totally blind.

'Totally blind.' Link thought to himself.

" This is all I can do for you now. Thank you." A golden light surround Sheik's body as Kaian's mind quickly searched for the word to unlock the light beads second power. " Teleport." She called out, her mind focused on a particular place. Sheik's body disappeared in a trail of light as Kaian fell exhausted to the floor.

" Kai are you okay?" She nodded slightly. " Where did his body go?"

" I sent to that graveyard in that village."

" Karkariko village graveyard?"

" That's it." Kaian breathed.

" You think you can last until we defeat Ganon?"

Kaian smiled. " I'll manage. If my powers run out, I still have my great sword skills."

" Great?" Link asked amused.

" Ok, decent." Link grabbed her hands and pulled her to her feet. " Let's find Zelda and Mara."

" And we'll start with door number one." Kaian pointed to the door on the far right. ' Pure, what did he mean by that?' Kaian mentally asked.

Together the two heroes pushed open the heavy bronzed doors not knowing what awaited them on the other side.

A/N: I am sooo sorry that kinda suck. I have a BIG writers block, I'll try to update really soon.

While you're waiting for that update, could you read and review my other story "this can't be happening?" I really want your opinion since you guys/girls were my first reviewers. So if you get the time, please read and review it.

Thanks a lot. Until next time

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Kitty