Guess who's got a day off school because she can't get in because of the snow? God I love it when it snows! Although, I really don't know what to think about this chapter, I tried rewriting it but I still wasn't totally satisfied, but I've decided to post it anyway. On another subject, I have to say a big thank you to CreCra, PrincesscharmingKnight, SwordspiritFi9, TheBlueAlienRobotZombie, ShadowNinja1011, prettyguardianohfyrule, LauParisi, Hanyoualchemist1, and Neez for your most lovely reviews! I've done today's chapter in a non-subjected point of view again, this way I can talk about more than one characters emotions.

Thank you to Princess Zelda-figure skaters for beta reading!


Dark Reflections: Chapter 8: Unbelievable

"That can't be true…" Pipit mutters, stumbling on his own clumsy tongue as he tries to wrap his mind around that unfathomable idea.

"Why would I lie about it?" Midna replies. She stands facing him, her arms crossed over her protectively. Her usually pale skin is a little greyer than usual, dark circles underneath her eyes. She's washed out, tired, exhausted from a crazy day, but she won't leave her friend alone at a time like this.

"I guess…" He mutters in response, "It just seems so out of character for Link!"

"That's what I would have said too. Only, the brake wire was cut on Sheik's car… he was in an accident."

"What?!" Pipit suddenly exclaims, his eyes wide with panic as he leans forward "Is he ok? Is he at the hospital? What happened?"

She raises her hands, trying to calm her friend "Relax Pipit, he's ok; he managed to escape with only a few cuts and bruises. The real problem is that the brake wire was cut… by Link."

"Link? Are you sure?" Pipit asks, crossing his arms and raising one eyebrow inquisitively.

"Pretty much…" she sighs.

"Why would he do that?"

But before Midna can even begin to formulate an answer in her mind her phone begins to ring in her pocket. She sighs, pulling the phone from her jeans and glancing at the screen. Pipit watches in silence.

"Sheik's calling…" She mutters to Pipit, before pressing the 'talk' button. "Sheik? Where are you? It doesn't matter, look, something's happened, Zelda needs her friends, ok… can you get here as soon as possible?"

She listens in silence for a few moments, staring blindly ahead of her. Pipit watches in silence as Midna begins to heavily frown.

"Who is it?" He mouths.

"Link?" Midna queries, "Is that you?"

The muscles on Pipit's face tense as his expression twists into one of pure hatred and annoyance. Eventually, Midna speaks again. "Oh you've got some nerve…"

And with that she whips the phone from her ear, pointedly pressing the 'end call' button and slamming the phone back onto the side

"What the hell did he want?" Pipit asks, leaning forward a little, arms still crossed in a concerned fashion.

"He was asking about Zelda!" Midna spits disdainfully, "As if he doesn't already know what he's done!"

"Hold on…" Pipit mutters, idea's already rushing around his mind "You said that it was Sheik calling… why was Link the one talking to you?"

"I don't know…" she replies "I don't know why Sheik would even want to be in the same room as that traitor, let alone lend him his cell phone!"

"I still don't understand why Link would do any of this… I mean, what would be his motive?" Pipit asks, shrugging.

"Beats me." Midna states simply "But he'll pay for what he's done, I promise you that much!"

Suddenly from across the apartment a loud knocking noise can be heard over the muffled drum of the shower.

Midna frowns, looking up at Pipit. "Who could that be?"

Pipit shakes his head, muttering that he doesn't know as he slowly edges towards the door, Midna not far behind him. The two of them cautiously approach, concerned about who could be on the other side of the door. He gives her a nervous glance, before reaching out one hand, firmly grasping the door handle and pulling it open.

Much to his relief, the face he's immediately met with belongs to Sheik, a warm smile plastered over it. Pipit exhales as a large grins spreads along his lips. Midna rushes forward, barging past him and forcing herself onto Sheik, wrapping him up in a tight embrace.

"Oh thank Goddess you're ok…" She says, "I was really worried!"

"I'm ok baby…" he says, giving her a small squeeze as her and Pipit step back, inviting their friend into the apartment. It's only then that they notice his accomplice.

Link stands behind Sheik, hidden slightly by his taller companion. His long blonde hair lies casually just above his eyes, yet somehow it looks effortlessly flawless. He grins broadly as he steps in, not noticing, or choosing to ignore, the death glares he receives. His blue eyes are sparkling like nothing ever happened, but all Midna can see in them is deceit.

"What are you doing here?" She says, slowly, between her gritted teeth.

"I've come to see my friends!" He replies, laughing casually. "Is that ok?"

"No that is not ok!" Midna exclaims "You swan in here acting like you've done nothing wrong! While Sheik's spent most of the evening at the hospital because of you! Now you can tell me why the hell you cut the brake wire on his car and tried to get him killed!"

"Wait… what?" Link says, acting offended as Midna glares at him. Though behind the hurt blue eyes, his brain is ticking like clockwork, coming up with a way out of the situation.

"Midna…" Sheik reasons, wrapping one arm around her shoulders. "I've spoken to the accident investigation unit again. It was all just a mistake; they say the brake wire was probably broken by accident! It wasn't Link's fault!"

She gives Link a glare cold enough to extinguish a fire as she sighs "Fine. But they doesn't make what you did to Zelda ok." She growls.

Link stares at her in silence for a few moments, acting dumb. "What did I do to Zelda?"

Midna's jaw drops as her eyes double in size. Pipit carefully grips her shoulders, holding her back from leaping on him and ripping him to shreds with her perfectly painted black nails.

"What did you do? WHAT DID YOU DO!? I'll tell you what the hell you did! You made my best friend cry! Not pathetic, petty, tears, not even heartbroken tears! Proper, legitimate, out-of-control-nothing-you-can-do-about-it tears! You raped her Link! You stole her innocence! You stole her virginity!" She rips her shoulders from Pipit's grasp, storming up to Link and jabbing her pointed finger into his chest. "I don't care what pathetic excuse you have the nerve to spout. I don't care how much you deny it or try to make it up to Zelda. I don't give a damn about how sorry you are! You are a sick, twisted rapist and I am never… and I mean never… letting you hurt my friends again. Get the hell out of this apartment!"

"Midna, I…"

"GET OUT!"

"Midna, stop!" Sheik shouts, stepping between her and Link. He holds his hands out either side of him, keeping her arm's length from Link. He turns to Midna, looking deep into her furious red eyes. "Link didn't rape Zelda."

"Yes, he did!"

"No, he didn't."

"How? How could you possibly know that?" Midna shrieks, looking Sheik right in the eye, daring him to prove him point.

"Because I was on the phone with him when he was supposedly with Zelda!"

"What?" Midna breathes, her head cocked slightly to the side as she gives her boyfriend a confused frown.

"Yeah," Sheik continues, "After our argument I stormed out, I couldn't just go driving off into the night and pitch up on his doorstep without warning! So I called him and explained everything to him, he agreed to let me stay the night! He couldn't have been with Zelda!"

Midna glances uncertainly between Link and Sheik, unsure as to whether or not to trust them. "I'm not convinced," she says, "He could have done it afterwards!"

"Why would he go out to see Zelda if he thought I was coming round?"

"Why would Zelda lie about being raped?" Midna retaliates.

The argument falls silent as a small clicking noise can be heard behind them. All eyes turn to see Zelda emerging from the bathroom, her damp hair is pulled up into a half-hearted bun behind her head. The worst of the mascara has been cleaned from her face, though it's still shadowing her eyes a little. She wears a simple white t-shirt and a pair of pink tracksuits, her feet warm inside her pink bootie slippers.

She swallows hard, her indigo eyes locking onto her best friend, "What makes you think I lied?"

Link smiles a little to himself, guilty pleasure twisting inside of him as he steps forward. "Zelda, Midna thinks I raped you, would you put her straight?"

Zelda stares at him for a few moments, fresh tears brimming in her eyes, "But you…"

Midna sighs, "Sheik says it couldn't have happened, said he was talking to Link at the time."

Zelda turns her attention to Sheik, her head tilted slightly in confusion as she tries to understand. She takes a few steps closer to him, looking right into his eyes. "Why are you covering up for him? What did I ever do to you?"

"I'm not covering up anything." Sheik states simply, daring to meet her gaze. "He didn't rape you and you know it."

She takes a step back, the hurt and betrayal obviously visible on her face like ink on a page. Midna sets her jaw firm, stepping forward. "Sheik, you're taking this too far."

"I'm not lying!"

"Sheik!"

"Honestly, I wouldn't do that to her!" Link cuts in, "Do you really think that poorly of me?"

"Yes! Quite frankly right now, I do!"

"Midna!" Sheik exclaims.

She turns away from him, muttering. "I'm phoning the police…"

"Midna, stop!" Sheik begs.

And at that moment chaos erupts in this tiny apartment. Midna stands yelling at Link, mobile phone in hand, poised, ready to call the police. Link is trying his best to seem innocent as Sheik's pleads his case to Midna between her thinly veiled insults fired at Link. Meanwhile Zelda hides in the back corner, watching in silence with tear stained cheeks.

"ENOUGH!" Pipit suddenly bellows, thrusting his hands out in front of him. His friends all subdue into silence, staring at him, shocked and confused.

"What the hell are you doing?" He asks, looking around at them all. "If we were really friends we wouldn't lie to each other, we wouldn't accuse each other of such horrible things, and we certainly wouldn't intentionally hurt each other. Now I don't know about you guys, but I don't want to sit here listening to this pathetic arguing a moment longer. I-"

But before he can finish, he's cut off by his phone ringing loudly in his pocket. He sighs, rummaging through and producing his phone. But as he glances at the screen his face drops dramatically. He quickly glances up, looking at Sheik, before taking a deep breath.

"Excuse me…" He mutters, pushing past the group of people and wandering into an empty room, closing the door behind him.

How could this possibly be? The screen on his phone reads 'Incoming call – Sheik'. Maybe someone took his phone… but then how could he have called Midna? He runs one hand through his long brunette hair, pushing it back from his face. Well… there's only one way to find out what's really going on here…

"Hello?"

"Pipit? It's Link."

"Link? No…"

"Yes! Look, there's not much time to explain, ok I need your help!"

Pipit frowns, standing in silence for a few moments, before he eventually manages to stammer "Is… is this a prank call?"

"No!"

"You can't be Link! He's standing in the next room!" Pipit exclaims.

There's loud sighing on the other end of the line, before Link's voice eventually says "That's not me…"

"Prove it! Tell me something only Link would know." Pipit says.

"Fine, back in high school you used to get teased a lot. Everyone used to call you birdie boy because your name is Pipit… satisfied?"

He sighs, chewing the inside of his lower lip. He only ever told that to Link, it was the first week he moved to the city and met Link in the freshman mixer…

He sighs again, "Fine, well if you're Link… then who the hell is that in the next room?"

"There's no time to explain, look, just come over to my apartment, there's a spare key under the doormat that I keep for emergencies! Let yourself in, and I'll explain the rest… got it?"

"Got it."