Note: The Legend of Zelda belongs to Nintendo. Shadow Echo, Emerald Moon, King Titan, Prince Ronan, and Johnson Beckett belong to me, GlassSuicune. I tried my best to make this chapter interesting, but I found certain parts kinda dull. I offer only this in my defense: Writer's block tried to crush my brain. BTW, Shadow and Emerald are now fifteen. Also, I'm sorry it took me a while to update. Internet troubles.... As always, I hope you like this chapter.

Chapter 5: Johnson.

The leader of the remaining Black Riders watched the Master nervously, knowing very well he did not tolerate failure. "It's such a shame, I asked so little of you...." said the Master, approaching the head Rider, "I told you to bring me their blood, any evidence they are dead..... You bring me nothing!" The head Rider trembled.

The Master's eyes glowed pure white and the head Rider was reduced to pile of dust, "That is the last time you will ever bring me bad news." The other two Riders looked horrified. The Master eyed the one closest to him, "You've just been promoted."

IN HYRULE CITY....

"WE'VE BEEN IN A COMA FOR SEVEN WHOLE MONTHS?! HOW ON EARTH DID THAT HAPPEN?!' Emerald screeched. Meanwhile, Shadow was muttering, "I will go deaf and she will lose her voice if she keeps screaming like that." The doctor nodded.

"Young lady!" the doctor cried, grabbing Emerald by the shoulders and bringing her face-to-face with him, "Get a grip will you?!" Emerald tried to pull herself out of his grip. "Look at me, missy. Just calm down. You hear me? CALM. DOWN." he said. Emerald reluctantly nodded and the doctor let go.

"Now, who are you? And where are you from?" he asked both teens. "My name is Emerald Moon and this is my friend Shadow Echo. We're from Kokiri Town." Emerald answered.

"Kokiri Town? That place and its neighbor Midnight City are living nightmares."

"You know.......?"

"Yes. Communication to both places had been knocked out, so a couple soldiers went to see what the problem was. Kokiri Town and Midnight City are desolate death traps now. No one's allowed there anymore."

Shadow and Emerald were silent. The doctor checked something else on his clipboard. "What all happened while we were out?" Shadow asked. The doctor then said, "Practically all of Hyrule has fallen into disaster. Hyrule City is the only place that is safe. By the way, where are your parents?"

"Gone...."

"Gone?"

"Just gone."

"I'm sorry..."

The doctor then walked out of the room with Shadow and Emerald following. "Hey Doc, mind telling us where we're going?" Emerald asked, and not in a polite voice either. Ignoring her tone, the doctor said, "We're going to the castle. There was a knight who offered to take of you if worse came to worse, which it has."

Walking the same paths the fairy had led the teens, the doctor took them to Hyrule Castle. The palace guard noticed Shadow and Emerald. Almost out of nowhere, he handed Shadow and Emerald their weapons, surprising them. "You will DEFINITELY want those back, with how dangerous things have been getting," he said, before turning to Emerald, "I gave you more arrows, by the way."

The guard then let the doctor and the teens inside the castle. The doctor walked straight, leading Shadow and Emerald into the throne room, where the king was waiting. He appeared to be fifty-one years old when Shadow and Emerald looked at him. Other then the black beard and mustache, he really looked like King Triton from 'The Little Mermaid'.

To the left of him was his son, who was only sixteen. Unlike his dad, he was not dressed like royalty, he was dressed like a warrior. His slightly spiky hair was black and his eyes were a light brown. He looked in Emerald's direction and smiled at her, making Shadow's sapphire eyes narrow.

"So you, dear children, are the John and Jane Doe people have been talking about?" the king asked, his dark brown eyes filled with sympathy. "I guess....." Shadow replied. The king then said, "I assume you are here to meet your guardian?" Shadow and Emerald nodded.

The king then looked to the far left, where a man who looked to be about thirty was leaning against the wall, holding a shotgun. He wore a dark red trench coat with a white shirt underneath, and brown jeans. His hair, beard, and mustache were all a greenish brown.

"Sir Johnson Beckett! Wake up at once!" the king cried. Johnson's deep purple eyes shot open and he cried back, "Yes King Titan!" Titan shook his head, "Sir Beckett, all did not go well for the poor children here. They need someone to protect them."

Johnson looked over to Shadow and Emerald, his deep purple eyes filled with bewilderment. "Whoa, whoa! Turn off the generator!" he cried, "I never agreed to this!" The prince sighed and said, "Yes you did. Does your comment at my birthday party ring a bell?"

"That was a dare, Prince Ronan!"

"Yes, a dare you lost. Besides, you signed all the legal papers."

Shadow and Emerald were dumb struck. An argument, basically over their welfare, surprised them. Finally, Johnson gave in and walked up to the teens, "Okay Mister and Miss Faint-At-The-Doorstep, can you tell me your real names?"

"Shadow Echo........"

"Emerald Moon, and don't wear it out."

"Mind if I just call you Echo Boy and Moon Girl?"

Both Shadow and Emerald's left eyes twitched, but they nodded. "Okay, I'm as you should already know, Sir Johnson Beckett, the greatest warrior in all of Hyrule!" Johnson declared. Shadow and Emerald just stared at him. "Ah, just my pure awesomeness has you speechless!"

Emerald looked at Ronan and mouthed the words HELP US. Ronan then mouthed the words SORRY BUT THIS IS ALL WE HAVE AVAILABLE. Emerald looked like she would scream any second now. Ronan appeared to be cringing.

"Well Echo Boy and Moon Girl, whaddya say to me showing ya the rest of the garden?" Johnson asked. "Yeah, sure. Whatever." Emerald responded. Shadow only nodded, then glared at Ronan, mouthing the words DON'T YOU DARE APPROACH EMERALD SHE'S TAKEN. Ronan chuckled.

Johnson then led a dumb struck Shadow and a terrified Emerald out of the castle and into the garden maze. After leading them through all of its twists and turns, they now stood in front of a fountain with three statues standing in a triangle formation.

"Is that Princess Zelda?" Emerald asked, pointing to the statue forming the tip of the triangle. "Yeah, it is. She may be a fairytale and all, but gosh darn it, she sure is pretty..." Johnson answered. Emerald then noticed who the other statues were.

"Before you ask, yeah, it's Link and Ganondorf. All three statues have be here for at least six or seven centuries." Johnson started, "And it's for that reason King Titan hasn't had them removed. He likes older things for some reason."

Shadow and Emerald then saw a semi-large stand where another statue would go on in the center of the fountain. The statue was gone but evidence of its existence could be clearly seen. "What happened there?" Shadow asked. "Bad storm. Plain and simple." Johnson replied.

"Okay, that's interesting. What was the statue anyway?"

"Some boy and girl. I think their names were Orion and Teyla."

Time seemed to freeze for Shadow and Emerald. Orion and Teyla? The names were familiar... 'You may know me as......Orion. You may know me as................Teyla.' the memory ran in Shadow's mind. 'Orion and Teyla? Weren't they the heroes of that old story?' thought Emerald.

"Earth to Echo Boy and Moon Girl. Earth to Echo Boy and Moon Girl. Come on." Johnson called, heading out of the fountain area. Shadow and Emerald snapped back to reality and followed Johnson. Shadow looked back at the statues. He swore he saw them blink at him...

"Um, Sir Beckett, can you tell me where my horse is?" Shadow suddenly asked out of the blue. "In the backyard at my house. He seems to like my horses. He hasn't fought over an apple with any of them yet." Johnson answered.

They walked through the rest of the garden and then left the castle grounds. They came close to the gate leading out of the city. Emerald was about to grab an oblivious Shadow and run out, but the voice spoke, "Don't try it. The dark clouds will kill you in a matter of seconds. You need the Phantom Hourglass."

Johnson then unlocked the door to his house. Emerald quietly whispered, "Well, I-Know-Everything, where's the hourglass supposed to be?"

"The Phantom Realm. I can take you there. At midnight, I will summon you."

Note: And there's boring Chapter 5. I promise you the next chapters will be MUCH better. As a matter of fact, I'll tell you something about Chapter 8: It will astonish you. I'll let you figure what that means until then. BTW, if you're wondering why Johnson's so strange, he's a descendant of Linebeck, the crazy sailor from the Phantom Hourglass game. Anyways, I'll update next week. Ta-ta for now......Why am I suddenly getting this urge to pop Phantom Hourglass into my DS and throw chickens at Linebeck?