A/n: Happy New Year! Here's a gift!

Guess what? I had a lot of inspiration, and us author's got together, (if you read the profile there are two people planning and writing this story… and we actually got to hang out and write together this holiday.) : ) I am so happy, and don't worry if you guys couldn't review or read earlier, I'm just happy someone is reading. Well, here is the plus chapter, and we even got half way through the next one. Yipee!

Chapter 18: Coming to Conclusions

The three girls sat at the breakfast table sipping on hot tea as the boys arrived. Damien sauntered in first; the girls were happy to see that he was untied and acting nicely. Arian hid behind the door a moment, and then gathering his strength, he walked in. Naomi's eyes widened when she saw the bruises, but she bit her lip from saying anything. Aura, however, spoke right up, making him feel unnerved. She raised an eyebrow as he sat down.

"What happened to you?" Arian shifted uneasily in his seat.

"I um…" He glanced at Damien who nodded his head. "I was in a bar fight." Naomi rolled her eyes.

"Really," She pretended to sound interested. "It's amazing how violent people become when they're drunk." Arian nodded.

"Um… yeah… Hey Anju, could I get some water or something?" Naomi half-grinned as she clenched her teeth. She sighed angrily, but passively. Only Amy noticed this time, as Aura was focusing on the omelet Anju placed in front of her. Though not particularly tasty, the food was filling, and that's all that these rough travelers cared about.

Link soon came in with the two fairies trailing behind him. His face was slightly pale.

"Now when you said royal family line, did you mean the Hylian people or--" Damien cut him off.

"No, the actual royal family. I simply found it hard to believe that you were royal blood, but I suppose the times really have changed." Damien looked him up and down. "Well, you do have the signature blue eyes and blonde hair."

"Wow Link." Navi swirled around his head. "Wait till Princess Zelda hears about this!"

"Princess huh? So is that your sister or fiancée?" Damien asked casually, not knowing the gravity of his news. Link was speechless, while Amy was turning red.

"You are a prince?!" She almost screamed. Link shook his head, but Amy ignored this frail denial. "I can't believe you! No wonder you are so arrogant." Everyone at the table, save Amy, Link, and Damien, who was unaware of their quarrelling past, immediately sank in their seats as they awaited the next eruption, but this time, Link did not respond. He sat down and began talking to Damien.

"You must be mistaken." He explained. "I was raised in a Kokiri forest. My mother was a Hylian, but she died…" Link realized that this was not a good argument against Damien's accusation.

"Yes, then she was the queen." Damien replied as Anju set some tea in front of him.

"No… I…." Link scratched his head as Navi was deep in thought- which was quite unusual for her.

"Oh!" A connection snapped in her little blue ball of a head. "I get it, that's why Zelda only has a father! And why she recognized your name, remember, when you were saving Hyrule for the first time!" Link nodded as Damien cocked his head.

"What was going on when you were born?" Link raised his head and thought.

"It was a war Link! Remember?" Link nodded. "Yes, your mother was running away from the fires of war, and that's when she found the Deku Tree."

"It must have been a severe war."

"Yes very, Why?" Navi continued speaking for Link.

"Well, otherwise you and your sister would not have been separated, but I understand that. Oftentimes when the royal family is endangered, they will separate so that there is greater chance for survival." Damien shrugged and took a sip of his tea.

"So you didn't know?" Arian laughed. Link shook his head as Aura and Naomi cast a reprimanding gaze on Amy. She blushed and bit her lip.

"Oh." She whimpered. "Sorry, Link." Link's eyes widened as he shifted his gaze to her. "But it's only because I was wrong this time." Amy tried to recover, but the awkward silence had already come. She stood up rigidly. "I'm going to go to the bathroom."

"Yes, and then us girls should go down to the wash place. I don't remember the last time I had a good bath." Naomi added. "We'll meet you there." She said to Amy as the red-faced girl left the room. "Tatl, Navi, we would appreciated it if you joined us, and told us if anyone were coming while we bathe." The two fairies jumped at the thought of being wanted. Naomi stood, giving Arian a hateful glance as she left.

"I'll be there in a few minutes!" Aura said with her mouth full of more omelet. Damien looked at Arian.

"She looked angry." He whispered to her. Arian shrugged. "So, you never want to leave a woman angry. They can be vicious little devils."

"I heard that!" Aura shouted, covering her mouth to keep food from falling out. Damien nodded.

"But its true." He replied. Aura shrugged and nodded as she swallowed her mouthful. Arian bit his lip and then left his seat, after being shoved by Damien. The boy then quickly followed after Naomi. She was coming down the stairs with a towel and some clothes to wash.

"Naomi." He called as she brushed by him. She stopped and coldly turned.

"Yes?" Arian stood awkwardly.

"Um… I couldn't help but notice… Um… Are you a little, maybe, frustrated?" Naomi sighed and smiled. His apologetic face kept her from really being angry, but the distrust they had for each other frustrated her beyond reason.

"I… just a little." Naomi pulled the clothes closer to her. "I'm just angry that you got into a bar fight with some drunkards." Arian shrugged and nodded as Naomi's look became angrier. "When the only bar in town serves milk!" Arian's eyes widened as Naomi turned to leave. "And by the way, you ripped your stitches." Naomi added as the door slammed shut.

"So… you are covered in your own evil slime." Devoren stated blandly. General Gaft stood frustrated but frightened at the same time.

" He got help." He said slowly, hoping the dark lord wouldn't ask from whom this help was given. Yet he cringed when that exact question came from Devoren.

"Naomi, the shortest girl with the staff, from the inn. She was with the one." Devoren raised a blonde eyebrow.

"Do you mean to tell me, that you were defeated by a little girl and her dog?"

"Well… Well I… They worked together! As ONE!"

"Then separated, they should be weak…" He replied, turning to Vereor, the dark beast. "Keep an eye on her. Maybe we can pick her from the pack."

Naomi was rubbing her skin raw in the laundry pool. Her burning anger showed in her fair complexion.

"I just can't believe him! He lied to us… About going to a bar! That was the lie!? Normally guys try to cover that up! He's just making himself sound worse… unless…" Naomi couldn't finish.

"No, I don't think he's working with the enemy…" Aura said as she washed her tan face. Naomi's eyes widened.

"But maybe he was fighting against it!" Amy surfaced the water from washing her hair.

"Who ate it?" She asked, misunderstanding everything.

"What? Nobody ate anything." Aura laughed.

"Good, because I wanted that pie." Naomi and Aura looked at each other and laughed.

"Well anyway, continue Naomi. Why do you think Arian was fighting against the evil forces?" Amy caught on to the actual conversation and swam over to them as Naomi told the story of her interesting night in the sewers.

"… I couldn't see his face though." She said after the story. "But his stitches were ripped, like Arian's…" Amy nodded.

"Well then he must be the creature, or beast-like man."

"I'm fairly sure it was a man, and if it were Arian, he must have been wearing a fur coat, but why wouldn't he tell us?" Naomi growled. "It's not like it's a horrifying secret!" Navi and Tatl laughed near their posts.

"To him it is!" Cried Tatl.

"SH!" Navi hushed. "Remember what he said!"

"So I guess he was that strange man…" Naomi dead-panned, wondering why Arian would be wearing a fur coat in the sewers at night. Aura was deep in thought.

"It was a beast." Were the first words out of her mouth. "I was sent to go after a beast."

"Aura! You remembered something!" Amy cried. Navi gulped, but it was left unheard.

"I'm afraid that's all I remember."

"Well, at least we learned something about your past." Naomi said pleasantly. Amy wrinkled her nose in discomfort.

"You know, I really haven't said anything about where I came from, have I?" she stirred her hand in the water. Aura nodded.

"No, you really haven't."

"Well, I live on a… a… a floating island." Amy said sheepishly. "With dragons." There was a very long awkward silence.

"Oh." Naomi's voice cracked. "Well, that's nice. I can understand why that would be a problem… telling us that is." Aura coughed uncomfortably.

"Yeah, it's not like it's some well-known place." Amy continued. "It's actually right off the coast of the Great Bay." She froze, hearing some movement nearby. Looking around with heightened senses, she hesitantly continued.

"Anyways, I doubt any of you have ever seen this island, let alone heard of it. That's because of two things: the fact that it doesn't have a name, and that stone that I was going after." Naomi was intrigued.

"So that stone has a cloaking ability… Was it the one thing that hid your island from everyone else?"

"Um… yes." Amy said, baffled. Both she and Aura were amazed at the pirate's critical thinking skills. "When it was stolen, we were very alarmed. That one stone was the only thing that protected us from outside attackers… well, that and the dragons." She made a face, still angry at the stupid prancing ninny.

"Who stole it?" Aura asked.

"That stupid, prancing ninny." Amy muttered, not aware of what she was saying. She had heard more movement and was becoming paranoid. Naomi made a connection.

"Hey wait-- was he bald? And did he have a stupid grin on his face?" Amy nodded enthusiastically.

"Yeah! Why, did you see him?"

"I distinctly recall throwing him over the edge of our pirate walls, when he tried to pilfer our fortress." Aura snorted, finding the whole situation hilarious.

"That must have been when Ignus, my dragon found him. The poor dear was looking for a safe place to explore when he came upon Sakon, and was tricked into taking him to our island."

"Oh," Naomi whimpered. "The poor dear." Amy nodded in agreement, opening her mouth as if to say something more, but she stopped when she heard more movement. Pulling on a towel, she got up out of the water. Naomi and Aura watched in confusion as she ran over to the wall separating the laundry pool from east clock town.

"A-HA!" She yelled, yanking Damien out from his hiding place. Yelping, the two other girls also put their towels on. Aura grabbed one of her twin blades, her other hand holding her towel up.

"What in Termina are you doing here?! I knew you were bad news!" Aura growled. Damien shielded his eyes and turned around in a gentlemanly way.

"I just came to tell you, on Link's request, that you three need to hurry up." He said very calmly, as if trying to charm deadly serpents. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

"Wow! He actually apologizes!" Navi said, bouncing around his head. Looking to Navi, Amy rolled her eyes.

"Thanks for telling us he was there, Navi." Tatl seemed sheepish.

"Don't mention it!" the bouncing blue fairy said. Damien cleared his throat.

"Oh, and by the way, your island was once called Draconia." Amy stopped.

"You mean, this island is over a thousand years old?" She was curious now.

"Yes, it was the home of another one of the great races, the Draconians." Amy raised an eyebrow.

"You really need to tell me more about this!" She said, forgetting their current apparel.

"After we're not in the nude." Aura added on sharply. As if on cue, Damien nodded curtly and walked away. He grinned like an idiot though, when out of sight.

The girls were dressed and now they found themselves all meeting in the girl's room (considering it was the only room with a table and chairs). Naomi's hair, which was now used to being wet, hung in rings around her face, while Aura and Amy struggled to pull theirs back before the boys arrived. And they did, as Amy was still trying to tie the wet ribbon. Link certainly walked in at an awkward time, seeing as how Amy was hunched over to get the hair on top of her head into her ribbon. Of course, it never worked properly, what with the hair always falling around her face.

Amy saw Link from between her legs and quickly stood up straight, and she rigidly sat in a chair. Aura snickered.

Damien was the last to walk in. He grabbed a chair, swung it around, and straddled it. Link stood, leaning against the wall, and Arian sat opposite Naomi. Each glanced at one another, quickly averting their eyes and only meeting each other's gazes temporarily.

"Well isn't this an interesting group." Damien muttered as he rolled his eyes. "Well, to get things started. The sooner we confer with the rest of the royal family, the better. We need the help of the royal guard, which was what I was a part of, I only hope they too haven't changed for the worse."

"How soon do we need to leave, because I did promise Anju I would help her, and that might take a few days." Damien's eyes widened.

"We don't have a few days. We need to leave now."

"Why now?" Asked the practical Naomi, hating to break a promise. The guard sighed.

"Because every day, that creature is growing stronger." He responded. Aura shuddered.

"Then I suppose we should leave now…" Link sighed. "The whole world is a little more important than Anju's love life… I will help her as soon as I get back." Amy nodded.

"Me too." Link was surprised; he was used to Amy's paranoia, not her kindness. Damien sighed.

"Well then it's settled. We'll leave right now. Do you know where the nearest portal is?"

"It should be in Clock Tower." Link said. "or, 'The Shrub Club.'"

"Well at least we know they are not there anymore." Damien added. Amy raised an eyebrow.

"How do you know they aren't there?"

"Yeah… And who's they?" Aura asked. Damien quickly informed them before any argument could begin.

"They are the evil guys, and we know they aren't there because I have a tracking meter on them." Aura and Amy both dumbly nodded and the conversation continued.

"Then I suppose we should all pack our things." Naomi suggested. Damien nodded.

"We'll meet in the lobby."

A/n: Please R&R! And just because you loyal readers got this far, we thought you might like to know, that each word document will only contain 50 pages each, and this story as a whole is on part three. You have read over 100 pages 10 font- does it seem like that much? Lol, well we also have some alternate endings/middles, and if you would like to see the C.R.A.P.P. alternate middle, just say so in a review. It's hilarious, but we'll explain why we just couldn't use it.