A/N: I'm so tired… My eyeballs feel like popping out of my head….

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Chapter 4: Leaving the Castle and the Warning

We had prepared ourselves and Zelda pulled me aside and into her room.

"What is it, your highness?" I asked in a sugary tone.

Zelda scoffed, "Please- call me Zelda."

"O-okay."

"Anyways, I pulled you in here because I need you to lie to your little friend back there. Sebastian is his name, correct?" Zelda asked.

I nodded, but I was unsure. "I can't lie to him. He's… he's my boy… friend."

Zelda's mouth opened, but her eyes went to the puppy dog look and she begged. "Please! It's not that big of a secret! Please!"

I gave her an unsure look, then nodded.

"Wait here," Zelda said.

She walked away from me and took a standing position in her room. She lifted her arms and crossed her right hand over her left and the light of the triforce lit the room. Half-blinded and frightened, I looked up as soon as the light had evaporated and I saw a man in a tight blue suit.

"I am Sheik. It's a disguise that I used when I came to and fro from the castle in search of the Hero," the deep voice introduced.

"H-hi," I stammered.

Sheik laughed, "I am still Zelda. I just… look different."

"And sound different," I commented.

Sheik laughed again. "Correct."

I grinned again and looked at him. He had a cowl over his face and bright red eyes. The hair was the same color, except ten times lighter than its original color.
"Did you use this when Gannon took over Hyrule the first time?" I blurted.

Sheiks eyes looked to me in confusion. "How'd you know about that?" he questioned.

I looked down and tried to think up of a lie. I shook my head, "Oh screw it. Sheik- I mean Zelda- I'm from a different world. Your world… It's a video game. A game we play in our world to keep us from getting so bored that we shoot ourselves," I explained.

Sheik stared. Then asked me another question "Is your mate Sebastian from there too?"

I nodded. Then started, "I think we might be able to find the Hero. But you have to believe in me and Seb no matter how crazy the idea is."

Sheik hesitated, then nodded. "Alright," he practically sang, "But I call the shots in where to go."

I nodded, "Absolutely."

We started for the door until I lifted a hand for him to stop. I spun around. "What am I going to tell Sebastian?" I questioned.

Sheik leaned on one foot, then the other. "You could say…. Wait! I'll do it. Your vibe tells me you're not able to lie to your mate."

I looked away, "I'm that obvious?"

Sheik laughed and put a hand on my shoulder. "It happens to all of us. So don't worry about it."

I smiled back and we left the room to meet Seb.

"How'd it go?" asked Seb as soon as he saw me.

I hesitated and looked down as I felt Sheik walk in. Seb's eyes walked over Sheik and he looked to me.

"Where's the princess?" Seb asked.

"Its queen, Seb," I corrected him quietly.

I looked up at him, giving me a face full of confusion. God, that face was beautiful.

"The queen was called away by a duty. She's going to a special place to care for her sick- friend," Sheik stated, hesitating slightly.

Seb looked to me. "Is this true?"

My heart stopped. If I lied, I would get caught later and I would SO be dead. But if I didn't, Sheik would probably murder me or Link would be -wherever he is- dead.

So, I nodded my head. "It's true."
I shot Sheik a look meaning, 'oh-you-SO-frigging-OWE-me-later!!' I must admit, his reaction was pretty hilarious.

"We should get going now. I want this over with as much as you do," Sheik mumbled.

I recognized the bad attitude and saw it as Zelda covering up her ego.

We left the castle and passed the guards with ease.

"You should probably carry these with you. From what I heard, the beasts have populated- and they don't take kindly to strangers," Sheik instructed, handing us swords.

An actual sword. In my hand.

Wicked.

"Uhm, I don't actually know how to use this," I said innocently.

Sheik looked to me and didn't snap –thank god. Instead, he grinned at me through the cowl and stated in a sure voice, "I can teach you. It's simple almost. Can you dance?"

We began to walk while Sheik started talking to me.

"Me? Dance? I wouldn't be here if I did!" I told him.

"It's true," laughed Seb, "she can't dance for shit. In sixth grade she tried doing ballroom dancing and broke her foot."

I blushed, but Sheik looked amazed. "How'd she break her foot?" Sheik asked.

I walked faster and shoved Sebastian to the side.
"I fell on it. I tripped on my dress, and then fell onto the floor and my foot went pop!" I told him, making a cute noise after the word 'pop'.

"Oh my," breathed Sheik.

I laughed, "But at least I'm walking fine now, right?"

Sheik cracked a smile. "Very true."

"Yeah..." I wandered.

"Well, bad news for you. Sword fighting is exactly like dancing, except you're holding a pointy object that can kill you if you're not careful," Sheik added.

Crap.

We continued walking and we had finally reached a… waterfall?

I looked to Sheik, knowing that what was on the other side was going to scare the living hell out of me.

"You're shitting me."
"Nope. We gotta go through it," Sheik stated in an exasperated sigh.

"Dude, that's a death trap for you right there," Seb jeered, nudging my side.

"Shut up!" I laughed, nudging him back.

Sheik pulled out a harp (a freaking harp!) and started to play a beautiful, but short, song.
To my surprise, the watery walls of the falls parted, and revealed an opening.

I turned to Sheik. "You're kidding."

Sheik grinned, "I'll carry you if you wish."

I blushed. To have a princess carry me would be VERY embarrassing!! But it would help me not break my arm or leg in the process…
I nodded uncertainly. "But can you do it?" I questioned.
Sheik's brows lifted in shock and swiftly, his arms went under my legs and back and I was pressed lightly to his chest.
My hands squeezed his neck tightly.

Seb looked like he disapproved of it.

"You first Sebastian, That way if I fall, you can catch her before me," explained Sheik.

"Don't drop her to begin with or I'll make sure-"

I didn't let Seb finish his threat before I cleared my throat loudly.

"Get going, Seb, I'll be fine," I assured him.

Seb frowned, but I gave him a stern look. "Do it."

With a frown still on his face, he braced himself, sprinted forward, jumped, and landed on his knees and hands. Sebastian turned to us to see if we were still there.

"Ready?" Sheik breathed in my ear as Sebastian moved aside.

My heart in my throat, I nodded. Sheik stepped towards the very edge and I looked down to see the gap (bigger than the ones I've seen in the Grand Canyon) go down, down, down into the deep oblivion.

"Don't fret, I won't drop you," Sheik whispered, his tone turning slightly into the feminine voice of Zelda.

Sooner than I had expected, we jumped in and Sheik landed on his feet. He slowly set me down, but my fingers still clutched to his neck.

"I probably should've given you a warning before that…. Sorry," apologized Sheik, giving me a weak grin.

I waved it off shakily. "It's fine."

In the distance, a lone harp began to play and we stared ahead of the dimly lit tunnel. I looked to Sheik questioningly and he grinned, then nodded to the side and began to walk forward.

Sebastian walked by my side as we walked behind Sheik. The tune (beautiful and very enchanting) repeated, until it descended into a bright and gorgeous peace syncopated and joined in by other harps. We turned the corners and I gasped.

They were fish!

Well, technically speaking, they were…. Human, but they were walking fish, playing the harps and smiling warmly at us.

"New piece Zorina? I don't recall hearing it before," Sheik called out, waving to the others.

"Mmmnn? Oh! Nah, the Hero taught us yesterday! Gorgeous, isn't it?" called out Zorina who was gripping the large harp resting on her knee.

My head snapped to Sebastian's shocked face.

"He was here…." Seb growled, "Yesterday…."

Sheik (or shall I say the inner Zelda?) stared at the girl named Zorina.

"Did he mention where he was going?" the deep voice begged.

Zorina thought for a second, leaning the harp away from her thin fishy fingers. Zorina shook her head, "He said the Milk bar, but that was yesterday. He might've left by now."

Sheik turned towards us and walked towards me. Grabbing my arm he dragged me away from Seb's loving hand and down a cave.

"I need to talk with you," Sheik stated in a monotone and I nodded, trying to pick myself up and keep from falling.

We went into a room and I was tossed in slightly. Sheik barred the door and murmured something to keep the door either locked or to make sure no one listened in on us.

"Link was here yesterday. Which means he isn't too far from us, but we don't know where he's traveling next and that could be a problem for us," now stated the inner voice of the true Zelda.

Caught off-guard that she was talking in a girly tone, I then blurted, "Maybe we're going to the wrong places?"

Sheik laughed a high girly laugh and looked at me. "Impossible. He wouldn't say he would go there, and then change his mind!"

"Well, does he get distracted easily?" I asked.

"No, he's too smart for that…"

"How about sleeping in at the Milk Bar? He may still be there."

"Nope. Always leaves there at twelve in the afternoon. That was hours ago…."

"How do you know?" I asked, now growing irritated.

Sheik turned to me, the red eyes now turning blue. "Because, I traveled with him to the mountains and back. I've waited in that damned tomb holding the Master Sword for seven years, watching him sleep isn't something I enjoy. Especially since he has gotten stronger, smarter, and even more oblivious to the fact that almost every girl around us wants him!"

My mouth turned into a big 'O' and I looked down. "Well, Zelda, you're going to have to trust me on this…. Because I think I know where he's going next." I told her.

Zelda's hair was growing past its limit and busted out of the turban she had atop her head. Her chest grew in and her body went less dude-ish to more a feminine stance. The outfit clung to her body and the small white ropes that kept the outfit together soon began to part.

"Zelda, what-?" I asked.

"This is what happens every time I think of him. He makes me bloom into my normal self even if he's not here." Zelda explained.

"Then don't think about him. Change back and remember, he's the one who left you. You should be pissed off about this!" I told her as tears welled up in her now-turning-into-blue eyes.

Zelda nodded and her magic sealed every other part of her away and she was now Sheik again. The cowl covered her face once more and the turban was back on. Her red eyes were depressed and grieved.

"No one must know about this, Freesia. Please, keep this all a secret."

I nodded. "I wouldn't dream of telling anyone anyways."

Through the cowl, I could see Sheik smiling at me and now HE knew he could trust me.

"Freesia," he called, raising his head higher, "I ….."

I looked to him and cocked my head to the left in question.

"Thanks…" he murmured.

"The duty and quest is all mine," I responded and I wedged open the door.

We felt the room and met up with Seb, his face blank and passive.

"Seb? Is something wrong?" I asked worriedly.

He didn't respond, his face continued to stare forward and that was when I noticed that his mouth was open.

"Sebastian what is it?" I asked my voice pitching worriedly. I looked to the direction he was looking in and there I finally saw it, Zorina's mangled body hung by a rope, her empty eyes looking down at us.

"He came in like a shadow. I felt his breath on my neck… then saw his kill her right in front of me. He hung her body up there… As a warning not to find the Hero," Sebastian told us, his voice shaking badly.

I looked to Sheik, forcing the fear down my throat.

Sheik's face was hard and fierce lines lined around his eyes as he glared. "Dark Link," was all he said to us before dragging us out of the room.

Sheik soon had everyone leave the place- even the king. The Zora's mourned of her death, but right now, they were in danger- and no one could risk being alone or let alone in a group.

It was now too dangerous.

Hope you guys liked it!! Unfortunatley, I only got four reviews... But I posted this one up because I had already finished this chapter and the fifth chapter. However, I'm editing the fifth chapter to make sure it's good enough to be posted!! Preesh review and comment!!! (At least give me three reviews. That's all I'm asking for.)