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Chapter 13: Caught!

Midna and I successfully left the Nikitrian castle. I had been wearing my regular green clothes while staying in the castle, but now I was once again wearing jeans and a t-shirt to stay undercover. It had managed to work with everyone around the streets. No one on the street really knew I was Hylian. Then again, not a lot of Hylians have visited, and I haven't been out and about a lot…when I was, I took extra precautions. When we went to board the boat from Nikitre to Termina, however, someone did notice!

When we arrived at the dock there was a fancy horse and carriage that came off the boat that just arrived. It wasn't our boat. The boat that just arrived came from somewhere else…where exactly? England…the horse and carriage stopped and did not allow us to go through. A man with black hair, a sword and shield, and a crown came out of the carriage…It was the King of Nikitre! He came up to us. Anger was very apparent on his face. He looked at me from head to toe.

"May I pass please, sir?" I said cautiously.

He drew out his sword. "What are you doing here, Hylian? It is illegal for a Hylian to be on Nikitrian soil. It is a crime that is punishable by hanging."

"I'm not Hylian!" I said nervously. "I only look Hylian. Looks are deceiving!"

"You can't trick me!" He bellowed.

I sighed. "I apologize, sir." I said. I then lied to him for I obviously can't tell him of my mission; despite the fact that I knew him when I was little. "I didn't know where I was. I will leave immediately. Now, if I can pass, I'll be on my way."

"Shackle him." Harold said, looking towards the carriage. Two guards came out, took my sword and shield after beating me up, and restrained me; although I tried resisting. They placed me in hand and leg shackles, then threw me into the carriage. Another guard took Epona. Midna was captured by a fourth guard.

"Please let me go! I have a boat to catch! There are people back home that worry about me!" I said desperately. "I'm sorry!"

"You should have thought about that before breaking the law." Harold said cruelly.

I looked to see Carol sitting across from me. "Can't you knock some sense into him?" She didn't say a word. "Don't you remember who I am?" Still no response from her. This didn't look too good for me. Midna and I were taken back to the castle. Evidently we weren't as welcomed this time, because we were dragged to a dungeon underground. Epona was taken to some stables at a farm nearby. The dungeon was gloomy and filled with dreadful corpses and skeletons. Of all the ten cells that were down there…although all but two were filled, (ironically) only 1 cell still had a living prisoner. But even he was desperately clinging onto life; just skin and bones. Compared to the castle where all inhabitants live in the lap of luxury, this place was a sad and desolate waste of space. And the odor was absolutely grotesque! The guards threw me into one of the cells and Midna into the other one. As soon as they were gone, Midna and I began to talk. "So, what are we going to do now?" I said.

"Heck if I know." She replied.

"I really don't want to die here…I'm not saying that it's a sure thing…but things aren't looking good for us." I said depressingly. "I just want to get out."

"You'll never get out…" the man in the other cell said with a rasp in his voice. "I have been here for at least two weeks. I was arrested for the murder of a floral shop owner." He smiled maliciously. "She deserved it! She charged me too many rupees!"

"You don't have the right to kill a person for a dumb reason like that!" I said crisply.

"To HELL with people like that!" He screeched. "I say to hell with all of those rich snobs that don't care one smidgen about others!" I looked at him with infuriation. "To hell with the royal family, especially! They are so focused on nothing but themselves! Never protecting the weak and poor, although they should be! They couldn't last one day as us, huh boy? I'll kill all of them off and send them to hell!"

"Listen, you!" I yelled with rage. "Don't you ever lie a finger on that family, got it? Or I'll send you to hell!" Midna looked at me.

"You're a goody two-shoes, aren't you?" He asked me.

"Yes and I'm proud of it! You can say whatever you want about me; I don't care!" I pointed my finger at him. "But you'd better listen to me when I say this! I protect people! And that is a deed that massively surpasses yours! Three people in that family are some of my best friends! I won't allow you to harm them!"

"Then why are you here if they are such good friends to you?" He pondered.

"One of them, whom I don't get along with, arrested me because I'm…let's just say not Nikitrian." I replied.

"You're Hylian?"

"Yes."

"That's what I thought! You deserve death!"

I glared at him.

"Don't fight with him. It's not worth it." Midna said.

"Fine." I said. "I'm just…frustrated…"

"Have you forgotten?" Midna questioned me. "Your orb! You can call Rose! She'll get us out of this!"

"Oh, right!" I said. I grabbed my orb out of my knapsack. Good thing no one took my knapsack!

"That girl in the other cell…is she your girlfriend or something?" The man inquired me.

"No." I said.

"Oh, God no!" Midna shouted.

"What about this 'Rose?' Is she your girlfriend?"

"No." I said, growing increasingly frustrated. I looked at him at the wrong time for my temper, because he had a shit-eating grin on his face.

"I bet you one of them is…must be that Rose girl…because this lady doesn't seem to like you!" He pointed to Midna. She stared at him madly.

"SHUT UP!" I shouted. I turned on the orb and plugged in her address. Luckily I was able to get a hold of her.

"Hi, Link!" Rose said, sounding happy. She lowered her voice. "Did you guys make it out okay?"

"No." I said. "We ran into your parents…and have been jailed."

"Oh." She said sadly. "I'm really sorry about that. I'll get you out as soon as I can."

"Thanks, Rose." I said thankfully.

"You bet. I'll have to wait until at least midnight to come and get you and Midna, though."

"That's fine." I told her. So it was settled. I hung up with her.

"I knew it!" He snickered. "You and Rose sitting in a tree…"

"Shut the hell up!" I shouted.

"Fine!" It was silent, thankfully. I slept for a while and woke up to more silence. I looked over to the cell of the other man. He was lying on the ground; as motionless as a fallen feather without any wind to take flight. "Are you alright, sir?" No answer. I took another good look at him and realized that he wasn't breathing.

"He's dead?" Midna asked me.

"Yeah." I said solemnly, looking at the man. "I know he wasn't a kind man, but I hate watching people die…"

"That's why we need a rebellion!" Midna said imperatively.

"You're right." I said. "The deaths need to stop."

Midnight finally rolled around, which gave me a feeling of reprieve. Rose came down with a lantern and a set of keys. She very quietly unlocked our cells. "I hate coming down here." Rose said with disgust as she looked at the corpses around us. Midna and I stepped out of our cells, happy to be free. Rose helped us sneak out and catch a late-night ship to Termina. As soon as the ship set sail we were finally on our way home.