Soren POV

"LET GO OF ME!" I hollered, Bowser was basically dragging me, Ganondorf walked ahead, rather smug.

"Sorry about this." Bowser whispered.

Bowser was holding onto my arms, I was trying to get away. But I couldn't think of any spells and like always it comes down to my lack of physical strength. Ganondorf stopped dead, we were in the middle of a forest, and no one had seen them drag me out here. Everyone was somewhere but here.

"Ganondorf! Ike is outside alone, he's walking, something is bugging him, I think its little Soren here." Vaati murmured as he walked over.

"Wonderful. Now, Soren I want you to scream for Ike." Ganondorf hissed. I hope he's kidding, I don't scream and there's no way that I'm condemning Ike to their treachery.

"Is it okay if I say no?" I snapped.

"Then we'll make you." Ganondorf snapped back, there was a malicious gleam in his eyes.

"Ganondorf…I don't know if that-" Bowser was cut off when Vaati shushed him.

"Quiet, I'm not happy about this either but don't complain."

I hope I can endure a lot of pain because this was going to hurt. Ganondorf slugged me in the stomach, it stung, worse than I had thought it would, I gasped for air. The next hit was worse, I'm sure he could've cracked my rib. He then punched me, my cheek stung badly; I heard a whimper escape my lips. He punched me in the stomach again. I could taste blood; my lip must've been bleeding.

"IKE!!!" I shouted, I couldn't endure this, I wish that I could but… but… I can't.

"Soren?" I heard Ike's voice call.

Ganondorf smirked wickedly; he grabbed my hair, which he preceded to tug, hard. I screamed, boy, I wish I hadn't, but I did.

"Let go of him!" Ike hollered, he jumped over a shrub his sword in his hand. I looked up meekly, hoping that he could beat them.

"Sorry, again." Bowser whispered, he let go of me, he circled around Ike.

I wanted desperately to stand up and kill them, but I couldn't will myself to move from my knees. The fight that followed was brutal, Ike lost, but only because his sword 'accidently' levitated from his hands, I'm sure Vaati had nothing to do with it. Bowser grabbed Ike, I closed my eyes, this was my fault.

"Okay, Ike, I'm going to be very brief about this. Daein is a country, correct? Well I need to find its true heir." Ganondorf hissed, his ugly yellow eyes narrowed.

"But… Ashnard didn't have a child…" Ganondorf signaled Vaati, Vaati raised both his hands, the ground fell from under me, I yelped, I would have fallen had I not levitated back up, still floating over the giant hole in the ground. "Don't hurt him!" Ike hollered.

"He'll fall to his death if you don't tell us. Vaati will make sure of it." Ganondorf growled.

"If Ashnard had a child they probably would've been branded, there was a rumor that he had a son with her highness Almedha, and then the child would be branded." Ike replied hastily.

"Branded?" Bowser mumbled cocking his head.

"Soren is branded; see the mark on his forehead. Point is the child; well they wouldn't know that they're the heir," Ike quickly explained.

"How do we find him?" Ganondorf growled.

"I don't know… it's hard to say exactly. Almedha has green hair and Ashnard's was blue, but I don't know if the child would have hair of either color. It's… well… it's impossible to tell." Ike sighed.

A strange look passed Vaati's face; he turned to me, "Soren, where did you grow up?" He moved his hand and carefully lowered me to safety.

"I… I never knew my parents, I was raised by a Sage for most of my life, and then he died. I left in search of food; I then met a very nice boy. The only person to ever help me." I whispered.

"So, Ike, you're saying that Soren could be the heir?" Vaati scoffed.

"N-no…" Ike mumbled.

Suddenly I remembered the dreams, when I first came to the mansion; I had been pestered by dreams. My gut lurched, I couldn't be the heir. I was not the heir. But what about those dreams…?

"Well this was the biggest waste of my damned time." Ganondorf hollered he punched a tree then he walked off, Bowser let go of Ike as he ran after him. Vaati sighed as he followed.

"Ike! I'm sorry!" I exclaimed, I rushed over to him.

"Its fine, I'm fine. But are you okay?" Ike asked.

"S-sure…"

"Soren, you're lip is bleeding and you have a bruise on your cheek." Ike noted smiling slightly.

"I'm sorry about everything. I didn't want them to hurt you, they threatened me. I'm sorry." I whispered looking at the ground.

"It's fine. I knew something was wrong with you, by the way I didn't believe a word you said. I know you too well. But why are they looking for the heir of Daein?" Ike asked.

"I don't know, they didn't say." I lied.

"Strange. Oh well, at least you're okay. Do you want to stay with Link and I?" Ike offered.

I nodded, what's the worst that could happen? Damn, I shouldn't have thought that now something bad will happen. Ike and I headed to the mansion, he opened the door, Link basically jumped on us.

"Where have you been!?" Link hollered at Ike, he playfully punched his shoulder. Neither of us answered, Link suddenly noticed all of the bruises, "Oh… did something bad happen? Was it Marth and Roy?"

"Of course something bad happened! Do you really think that we'd be covered in bruises, blood, and dirt if something bad hadn't happened!?" I shouted.

"Soren, calm down." Ike whispered, he placed a hand gently on my shoulder.

"You okay, kid? You look pretty banged up." Link mumbled.

"I'm not a kid." I scoffed as I narrowed my eyes.

"I think he was hurt worse then I was." Ike muttered, he put an arm around my shoulders as he led me into their room, my vision was spinning.

"So what happened?" Link asked slowly.

"Ganondorf and Bowser happened. And they had some purple guy with them." Ike said, he sighed as he looked at the ground. He didn't like losing.

I sat down on one of the beds as Link said, "Purple guy…? Soren did they say his name?"

"N-no…I hadn't seen him till then, they grabbed me while I was walking in the forest." I lied.

"Are you sure? Was he tall and slender?" Link exclaimed, he looked grim.

"Yes… wait… his name was… oh! It was Vaati!" Ike replied, Link turned very pale. Similar to how Zelda had so long ago in the library.

"He's a very powerful wind mage. Let me stress the very powerful." Link sighed as he slumped against the wall, "Soren, are you sure that you haven't seen him before? How long has he been here?"

I shook my head, everything was spinning and lying was the easiest and best thing to do, Ike put a hand on my arm as he said, "Link quit pestering him. He's in no shape to be questioned."

"Ike, you seem hardly hurt compared to him." Link noted slowly as he cocked his head to the side.

"They hit me a few times, nothing severe, my sword flew out of my hands fairly quickly and then the just swarmed and questioned me."

I laid down, I know that I should listen to them, but I'm way too tired. I closed my eyes as I fell asleep. I opened my eyes groggily, I sat up, I was sore all over. Link was pacing around the room, Ike leaned against the wall.

"I know that I should deal with Vaati, but for now nothing horrible has happened. Plus Marth and Roy are about to cut me out of our group! I'll be beaten by more than just Vaati if I don't play it safe!" Link hollered.

"I know that you're worried since Mario was kicked out… only to have Roy ask out Peach a few hours later, but I'm sure that-" Link was cut off by Links glare.

"Marth and Roy are assholes. You saw Marth ogling Zelda! Roy had Mario kicked out just so that he could have Peach, now be honest, you know Marth will do the same to me!"

"Honestly… well… he probably will, but that isn't the big problem here-" Ike was cut off again.

"I can't deal with Vaati if Marth and Roy are looking for chances to kill me every second. I'll have to sneak off to find Vaati, a chance those jerks will take to beat me!"

"I know, I know…" Ike sighed, suddenly he noticed me, "oh, Soren, I didn't know that you were up."

"I am. You're having petty relationship problems I see." I sneered at Link as I stood up.

"I know it isn't important… but Marth and Roy will beat me if I don't play it very safe, but I just want to slit Marth's throat every time he stares at Zelda!"

"Your problems aren't the real problem, don't be vain." I snapped, suddenly I realized that something was wrong; I felt the color drain from my face, "My book! I need my book!"

"Where is it?" Ike asked slowly.

"In my old room I think… yes I dropped it when they grabbed me…" I whispered mostly to myself.

"Wait. You said they grabbed you while you were walking in the forest…?" Link murmured.

"O-oh… stupid me… you're right! I left it in my room before I went on my walk!" I exclaimed, my lies were sloppy and I couldn't keep them straight.

"Okay, well maybe… Soren can you get it yourself? Link and I need to go solve some drama with Marth and Roy." Ike muttered.

"Of course. I was planning on going myself." I remarked dryly, I headed out of the room. I walked down the hallway; I was the only one here. I reached the door and I heard the familiar voices talking. I opened the door slowly, bracing myself for whatever was going to happen.

Wow this chapter was longer than normal! Like always, if your reading please review, I appreciate it so much! :D