appologies for upcoming short chapters, but i had originally written this episode in my notebook, and it didn't look as short as it is until i had gotten it up on the computer. I did try to make it a bit longer, but couldn't come up with any extra scenes, let alone what to do with them. But, besides its shortness, I think this episode came out really great

She was in the library, reading peacefully, when the laughter of two little kids interrupted her reading. She looked up, only to find her daughter, Princess Zelda, and the young Sheikah boy, Sheik, playing. She smiled at them.

"Are you two having fun?" she asked

Her daughter nodded, still laughing, but Sheik stopped in his tracks, eyes wide. Zelda laughed and nudged him.

"It's fine!" she giggled, "my mom doesn't care."

Sheik only nodded, but didn't say anything.

"Run along now" the Queen said "you don't need to be playing in the library."

Zelda giggled, and then dragged Sheik off.

At the back of the Queen's mind, an odd sense of déjà vu nagged at her. She dismissed it and attempted to get back to her reading.

But Alice just couldn't. There was something that felt off about the entire situation.

But what? she asked herself.

Hyrule was in its golden age, no problems, no worries, a piece of cake to run. Being the Queen was easy. There hadn't been any sights of evil in quite a few years either. It was perfect.

But maybe that was what was bothering her.

Don't be silly, she told herself, everything is fine.

But part of her didn't want to believe that. The Alice in her didn't believe that. She wanted to know what was wrong and was determined to find it out, and find it out soon.

"Alice!" the Doctor called again. He was at the window of the room she had gotten herself trapped in, and apparently they were sound proof or something, because Alice wasn't responding. That was probably because of the device she was hooked up to, though.

Annoyed, and extremely angry, he banged his fist on the wall.

"Alice!" he called again. "What you're seeing isn't true! It's virtual! They're just messing with your mind!"

He groaned, noticing that she hadn't heard him. The walls were too thick. But he couldn't get in. The door was locked, and he had lost his sonic screwdriver a while ago. Not only that, but the locks were lock-pick proof.

"Alice!" he called again. This would be his last chance to get a response. The day shift would begin any minute and if he didn't get back to where he was supposed to be he would be in huge trouble.

"Please Alice! Listen to me!"

Again, he got no response. The Doctor let out a long, exasperated sigh and started to leave. His eyes lingered on Alice's unconscious body for a second.

"I promise you Alice," he said, even though she couldn't hear him. "I'll find that key today and get you out of there."

He left, and not a moment too soon. As soon as he left the area the bell signaling the beginning of the day shift started to ring.

"Uhh… excuse me," the Doctor said, approaching a desk. "Are you the person in charge of the virtual prison cells?"

The women behind the desk nodded. "What do you need?" she asked

"The key to cell 766," the Doctor pulled out his psychic paper and showed it to her. "I'm the prison inspector, and I seem to have lost my key."

"The prison inspector? Weren't you here yesterday?"

"Oh, yeah, I was," the Doctor laughed and put his psychic paper away. "But this is quite a large prison, and it takes a while to do a thorough inspection."

The woman smiled behind the desk. "All the other inspectors do seem to miss a lot." She handed the Doctor the key. "Here you go, sir"

"Thanks" the Doctor said, taking the key and sticking it in his pocket.

"Let me know if you find anything wrong!" the woman called as he walked off.

The Doctor smiled to himself, partially ad how easy that was. Now all he had to do was wait until a quieter time of day to get Alice out and leave this blasted place.