DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own The Legend of Zelda or any of it's characters. I DO, however, own this story's plot and my OC's

Okay, I want to start off by apologizing to those who read chapter 10 right after I posted it b/c there were some serious formatting issues. It all happened b/c doc manager on the computer wasn't working right, so I decided I'd try doing it in the app, which caused the words to be too close together and it took me a couple of days to fix said problem. Sadly, I'm still having problems with the doc manager, so I apologize in advance for any decreases in updates that might occur due to this problem.

SONG FOR THIS CHAPTER: DOMINATION – Apocalyptica

Anyhoo, I greatly appreciate your patience with me and I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Out of the Pan and Into the Fryer

Zelda waited for what felt like ages, but there wasn't any sign of her champion.

"What if he got caught?" She asked herself worriedly.

She stared in the direction Link had gone and after briefly debating the pros and cons of following after him, she broke into a mad sprint towards the tree house. She gasped in horror as she entered the clearing to find the front door knocked in and Link's stuff strung out everywhere.

"Why do I always have to be right about these kinds of things?" She groaned as she looked around for the hero's bow.

She entered the messy house and found it under the couch and the quiver was still hanging next the door where Link had left it. It took her a bit longer to find his sword because someone had flung it up in a tree, causing the the strap to get caught on a branch. The queen smiled happily as she slung the heavier-than-she'd-thought sword across her narrow shoulders and headed towards the village, staying in the tree line to avoid being spotted.

Zelda cautiously peeked her head over a bush and let a worried gasp slip past her lips as she spotted Link and Impa tied up with the four men staring them down. She flinched when Norm whipped out his sword and held it against Link's throat.

"What was that, you little shit?" He snarled.

Link glanced up at the massive man and his smirk deepened. "Game over."

"What are you-!" Norm started, but was cut off by an arrow lodging itself in his arm. He immediately dropped his sword and Link used it to slice the rope binding his wrists to together. Impa quickly followed suit and they distanced themselves from the Sunscorgians.

"Come out so that I can wring your pretty little neck, you bitch!" Norm hollered. He ducked just as a second arrow flew past his head.

"Link!" Zelda called, emerging from the brush and flinging Link's sword.

The hero caught it with ease and hurriedly used it to block and overhead strike from Norm, who'd reclaimed his own sword. Link put his hand against his still sheathed sword and shoved upwards, causing the burly man to momentary lose his balance. He wasted no time twisting around and bashing Norm in the back of the head before quickly distancing himself once more.

"You dirty little-!" He was cut off by Link removing his scabbard and throwing it at his face. He cut straight through it and locked blades with the smaller man.

"That wasn't dirty," Link huffed before flinging Norm's sword out of his hand and slamming his elbow in his face. "But if you want dirty I'll happily oblige."

"GARRRGGHHHH!"

"Iasik, stop standing there and help!" Mark yelled at the ivory haired man.

"This isn't what I agreed to," Iasik growled, taking a step back. "You guys keep telling me no one will get hurt, yet people always end up dying."

"Plans change."

"Yeah, they do..." Iasik took another step back. "And I'll have you know I'll have no part is this madness. Not this time. You're on your own."

"You... You traitor!" Kawl hollered, lunging at Iasik with his blade drawn. Iasik barely blocked him with his spear..

"Kawl, what are you-!"

"Stay out of this, Mark! This is between me and him!"

"But-! Aah! Never mind, I'll deal with the queen," Mark announced, though his statement went unnoticed by the two men.

He drew a dagger and threw it at Zelda, who was worriedly watching Norm and Link fight, and she whipped around to fully face him when it sliced her cheek. She glared at him as she wiped the wound with her sleeve, staining it. He glared back.

"This could've been avoided if you hadn't have hid when we came looking for you," He told her, his voice deathly low as he drew another dagger. "Why is it you feel the need to be so bloody stubborn?"

"I just don't feel like dying yet, is all," She answered as she notched an arrow and took aim. He flung his dagger before she could release the arrow, leaving her no choice but to duck and hope her arrow hit him. It didn't. It missed by a good foot and lodged itself in the massive tree above Fado's house.

Mark threw another dagger and it hit her in the thigh before she could dodge it. She swore as she hit the ground. He advanced towards her, but let out a pained and panicked noise as Fado came out of nowhere and slammed him to the ground.

"You leave 'er alone!"

"Get off of me!"

"No way," Fado told him, smacking him the head before binding his hands and feet together. "Hey, are you okay, Tetra-I mean, yer highness!"

"I-I'm fine," Zelda stuttered, genuinely surprised he'd helped her. She stared down at the dagger in her thigh and winced as she yanked it out before tying a strip of cloth she ripped off the bottom of her dress right above the wound to stunt the bleeding. "And please drop the formalities. I'd very much appreciate it if you just called me Zelda... Or Tetra. Which ever you'd prefer."

Fado smiled at her. "Sure thang."

The two looked over to where Link and Norm where fighting and made no effort to hide their worry. Both men had taken a serious beating and were covered in both their own and each other's blood. The blond held his side with his right hand and blood leaked through his fingers. Zelda mentally winced as she recalled him having a similar wound in her dream.

Meanwhile, Iasik and Kawl were still at each other's throats.

"This shit you're pulling right here is why I kept telling Norman not to let you come!" Kawl yelled, grabbing Iasik by the hair. "I knew you'd turn on us. Your grandmother was from here, for Din's sake!"

"That has nothing to with this!" Iasik yelled back, positioning the tip of his spear so that it was resting against the ravenette's collarbone. "Your moral code is the problem!"

"Moral code?" Kawl laughed. "You're one to talk about morals. You helped us over throw the castle!"

"Only because I was promised no one would get hurt!"

"And you seriously believed that!?"

"..."

Kawl released Iasik's hair and shoved him away "You're pathetic," Kawl muttered as Iasik turned and ran off.

"You're a tough little fuck," Norm smirked as Link rose from the ground once more.

"I've fought guys way bigger and uglier than you," Link retorted, wiping the blood from his mouth with the back of his hand, unintentionally causing it to smear across his face.

Link glanced at Malo and Talo's house and saw the children peeking at him through the window. He didn't want them to see him kill Norm, so he did the only thing he could think of. He charged at Norm and slammed his fist into his chest as they were surrounded by a green light. Both men plummeted to the ground in Faron woods and Norm hurriedly stood and looked around confusedly.

"Where are we? What the hell did you just do!?" He demanded, glaring at Link.

"I used a spell called Farore's Wind. And this..." Link began as his hand was surround by a red aura. His earrings flashed as he charged at Norm once more. "This is called Din's Fire!"

AN: I know, it's short. Don't kill me...

This chapter was supposed to be longer, but I deiced to cut it off right here because I need to do some serious revising on the second half and that's gonna take some time.

Also, the reason Link said "game over" was because he sensed Zelda in the bushes and knew her well enough to know she had brought weapons.

Anyhoo, I hope you enjoyed this chapter :D

IMPA: *draws needles* Review...