Cold Spirit (Closed 2-11-18 until further notice)

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 28

Marth still had no idea why the wolves were attacking him in the first place. They hardly ever fight humans, so why was this different?

As he walked, blood was dripping from his body. He was sore and aching all over. The cold breeze blew on him, making the cuts on his body sting. But he didn’t care.

He soon found a small tree. Marth walked over to it and sat down. He rested his back against it and sighed.

“Maybe I should rest before I go any further.” he thought to himself.

His breathing soon became labored. He didn’t know if it was because he had walked for too long, or if he had lost a lot of blood. He found himself getting a bit dizzy as well. The blood was dripping on the snow, staining it.

Marth was feeling a bit empty and light headed. His heart was racing like it was going to explode inside his chest. He shut his eyes tightly and groaned.

He didn’t have the strength to stand. Something was happening to him, but what?

Marth was now feeling very sick. He coughed a bit, and then he sprayed out blood. Now he was getting scared.

“What’s going on?” he thought.

Marth had a feeling that he had gotten sick because of the cold. But he hasn’t been outside that long, has he?

He thought for a moment. Why is he sick?

Then he remembered.

The wolves he had faced earlier. They had bitten him over and over. Now Marth knew why he was sick. Those wolves made him sick. Their saliva was tainted with something, and when they bit him, not only did the saliva go into his blood, but something else did, too.

Marth figured that some of those wolves had a virus or something, and that’s how he got sick.

He coughed and he had spit up blood. He was still trying to catch his breath.

And then his breathing was slowing down. He was getting weak and his eyelids were growing heavy.

"Those wolves took more out of me than...."

He blacked out before he was able to finish.

******

Mewtwo landed near a cabin. He opened the door with confusion and walked inside. Pikachu was standing on a wooden table. Mewtwo crossed his arms.

“What are you doing?” he asked.

“Pika pi pi pika pi!” (Waiting for you to get back!) Pikachu answered.

Mewtwo sighed, “Sorry. Unfortunately, I had to take someone to his cabin.”

Pikachu looked out the window. The snow was falling lightly.

Then he saw something in the sky. It looked almost like the Northern Lights. Pikachu ran out of the cabin.

“Pikachu?” Mewtwo asked.

Mewtwo walked out of the cabin and followed Pikachu. After a few moments, he stopped.

“Pika!” (Look there!) he said.

Mewtwo stopped and looked. The ice tower that Pikachu saw earlier was shining with bright colors. Pikachu was confused for awhile.

“It’s a tower of ice!” Mewtwo said with his arms crossed, “What’s so special about it?”

The soft wind started blowing. Then, Mewtwo saw someone standing a few feet beside him, looking at the ice tower.

The girl turned her head and saw Mewtwo and Pikachu.

“Who are you?” Mewtwo asked.

The girl walked towards them and stopped beside them. She had long, blue hair and her eyes were crystal blue. She had a blue and pink dress on, and she had a diamond bracelet on her left wrist.

“Answer me!” Mewtwo said.

“Pardon me.” she said, “I was thinking that I have saw that cute mouse before.”

Pikachu smiled.

“That doesn’t answer my question!” Mewtwo said with his arms crossed.

“Oh, I’m sorry.” the teenage girl said, “My name is Crystal.”

“I’m Mewtwo, and this is Pikachu.” he said, pointing to Pikachu, who smiled.

Then Mewtwo turned to the ice tower, “What is this?”

“This is the tower of forgotten souls.” she said, “Every year, when someone dies; my older sister and I would come here and wait for that spirit to show up.”

“Your sister?” Mewtwo asked.

“Yeah…….she died when I was real young.”

“And he or she comes here?”

Crystal nodded, “That’s right.”

“But…..if you wait for a dead person, how can you see it?” Mewtwo asked.

“Dead people can see other dead people. And sometimes, the living can see dead people.”

Pikachu was getting scared.

“So……if that’s true, then you must be….”

“Yes.” Crystal nodded, “I am dead. I died when an arrow had struck me in the back when I was trying to protect the person I love.”

“That’s sad.” Mewtwo said.

Crystal sighed, “Oh well, at least I know that he’s all right.”

“Wait a minute!” he said, “How do you know if he’s alive or not?”

“Because we would’ve met in the spirit world if he had died.”

“Who is he?”

“I believe you know him.” Crystal said, “His name is Sheik.”

Mewtwo gasped, “Your Sheik’s past girlfriend?”

Crystal chuckled, “That’s right.”

“But I thought that he already had a girlfriend!”

“I already told you, I am his girlfriend from the past, Mewtwo.” she calmly said, “I now know that he has another girlfriend named Zelda, am I right?”

Mewtwo grew a bit mad, but tried to keep his temper under control.

“How did you know?” he growled.

“Because I have been watching him.”

Mewtwo didn’t say anything. He turned away from Crystal and sighed.

“I’m planning on staying here for awhile.” she said, “Please don’t tell Sheik. I’m not ready to see him again yet.”

“Ok, I guess.” Mewtwo said.

“And besides, I don’t think he’s ready to see me, either.”

“But I think he misses you.”

“I know, but still.” she said.

“How long has it been since he last seen you?”

“Awhile now, possibly about five or six years.”

“That doesn’t seem long.” Mewtwo said, crossing his arms.

“Well……could you please keep this between us?” Crystal asked, “I want to wait awhile.”

“But- - -”

“And don’t worry. I’m not planning on leaving for awhile.”

Mewtwo sighed, “Ok.”

He turned around, and saw another girl standing behind him. It was one of the same women that Pikachu saw awhikle ago, except she had on a white dress this time.

“Who are you?” Mewtwo asked.

“I am Crystal’s older sister Terra.” she said.

“Ok, how did you die?”

"Mobile accident."

“Pika!” (Hello!) Pikachu said.

Terra looked down at Pikachu and smiled, “Hello again.”

“You have seen them before?” Mewtwo asked him.

Pikachu nodded.

“He must’ve sensed the ice tower and ran to check it out.” Crystal said, “Am I right?”

“Pi!” (Yes!)

“Well, we must be going now.” Terra said.

“Where are you two going?” Mewtwo asked.

“Anywhere we want.” she answered, “I’ll explain when we meet again.”

Both girls disappeared in thin air. Mewtwo turned his head away.

“That was interesting.” he said, and then he turned to Pikachu.

“Listen, we have to keep our promise.” he said, “Don’t tell Sheik or the others that they’re here. Understand?”

“Pika!” (All right!) Pikachu said.

“Ok then.”

Pikachu jumped on Mewtwo’s back. Mewtwo’s body started to glow bright blue, and then he sped off into the sky.

****
A/N: Yeah yeah, I know that was random! However, the two spirits play an important role later in the story, MUCH MUCH later. It'll be revealed at the near end, which is going to be a long time from now.

[ganondorf2]

That's fine. Continue.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 29

Marth hasn’t moved for about an hour. The soft wind blew once more. Marth stirred and opened his eyes. Then he smiled.

“I’m alive.” he thought to himself.

He tried to get up, but it hurt his body just to move. But he tried anyway. He whined a bit as he tried to get up. When he stood up, blood was dripping from his body and onto the snow.

Marth was panting. He looked around, but there was nothing but snow and a few thin trees.

He sighed, not knowing what else to do. He had no idea where the cabin is, probably because he’s still confused from earlier.

But he decided to look for it anyway.

The cold wind started blowing once more. Marth took his cape off and wrapped it around himself. But it didn’t help because his cape was way too thin. He put his cape back on his back and sighed.

“What do I do now?” he thought to himself.

Marth started walking, but he had no idea where he was going.

It started to get foggy, and snow started falling lightly. The wind, which started soft, started to blow harder. The snow stung Marth’s face, but he continued walking anyway.

Despite his cape being wrapped around his body, the cold got through. His wound continued stinging badly. But he continued walking anyway.

******

Sheik was still walking outside. He had seemed to have lost his way to his own cabin as well. The wind continued blowing hard, and Sheik was starting to get cold. He decided to stop somewhere for awhile.

He soon found a small cave. Sheik sighed and walked towards it. He peeked inside to make sure that nothing else was in there. It seemed pretty empty.

Sheik walked inside. He sat down somewhere, leaned his back against the wall and sighed. Thankfully, the cave was warm inside. Sheik could hear the wind howling outside.

Sheik decided to lower his collar for awhile. He grabbed it and pulled it down to his neck. And then he sighed.

“Looks like I’m going to have to stay here until the weather dies down.” he thought to himself.

Sheik took his hat off as well. His blonde hair was a mess, but he didn't care. Sheik remained motionless for awhile, until he felt a chill running down his spine. He looked around, but nothing was there.

He felt sleepy, but tried to stay awake. Then he felt something on his shoulder.

Sheik let out a cry and got up quickly, dusting his shoulder off. It turned out to be a King Snake. But why would a King Snake be in the Tundra area?

The Snake slithered down the rock it was on and into a hole in the ground and dissapeared. Sheik clinched his teeth, and then he sat back down.

“Why did I bother to come here anyway?” he thought to himself.

He closed his eyes for awhile and sighed. And then he re-opened them. He was tired, but he couldn’t sleep for some reason.

He closed his eyes for awhile. But he still couldn’t sleep. He opened his eyes again. The sound of water dripping was in the cave, but it was drowned out by the howling winds outside.

Sheik sighed, not knowing what else to do. He had to stay here until the weather dies down. He had no other choice.

He felt a large, flat stone on the ground. Despite the dripping and the cold snow outside, the inside of the cave was very dry.

Sheik sat down on the flat stone. He just stared at the ground for a few moments. And then, he felt a hand on his shoulder. He screamed and got up quickly.

“Shh! It’s only me!” a voice said.

“Zelda?” Sheik panted, “What are you doing here?”

“I came to check on you.” she said, “I was worried.”

“Yeah but…..how did you know I was here?”

“I could sense you nearby, remember?”

Sheik didn’t say anything. Zelda chuckled.

“Are you hurt or anything?” she asked.

“No I'm not.” Sheik answered.

The cave was dark, but it wasn't that dark. Zelda and Sheik could see other things, like rocks in the cave, as well as each other.

Zelda sighed. Sheik didn’t bother saying a word. He lifted his collar up and covered his face with it. Then he rested his back against the cave wall and closed his eyes for awhile.

“What’s wrong?” Zelda asked him.

“I’m tired.” he said.

Zelda also rested her back against the cave wall. She slid down the wall and sighed. Then she closed her eyes and fell asleep. Sheik opened his eyes, looked at her, and smiled.

“Looks like I’m not the only one that’s worn out.” he thought to himself.

Sheik turned his head away from Zelda. He closed his eyes and sighed softly. The wind had died down for now. And inside the cave was quiet, TOO quiet.

He looked around, but it was still dark. A chill ran down his spine, as if someone, or something, was watching them.

A full moon was now outside, and it lit up the inside of the cave, but not by much. Sheik suddenly saw something move. He gasped.

“Zelda, wake up.” he whispered.

Zelda stirred and opened her eyes.

“What is it?” she asked sleepily.

“Someone else is inside this cave.” he said.

Zelda got up and yawned, “Who?”

“I don’t know.”

He looked around, but didn’t see anything. Maybe he was just imagining it. No. He really did see something.

Sheik grabbed a match and struck it on a stone. It lit up half the area of where they were. Sheik looked around again. Then he saw something move once more.

“There!” he said, pointing to a rock.

“What?” Zelda asked.

“It’s behind that rock!”

The thing peeked out from behind the rock. Sheik shown his match on it, and the thing came to view. It turned out to be an Artic Fox. It was pure white and had pretty blue eyes.

“How cute!” Zelda said, smiling.

Sheik also smiled. The fox walked slowly towards the two. When it did, it put its front paws on Zelda’s knee. Zelda smiled.

“This little girl isn't shy at all.” she said.

"Girl?" Sheik asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I know it's a girl because it's smaller than the males are." (A/N: I'm not a fox expert, but just bare with me here, ok?)

The fox sniffed Zelda for awhile, and then it turned its head towards Sheik. It got off of Zelda and got on Sheik’s leg. It sniffed him for awhile.

“Well, at least we know she's harmless.” he said.

“I wonder if she's one of Fox’s relatives.” Zelda said.

“Fox is half human.” Sheik reminded her, “This fox is just an ordinary fox.”

The pure white fox got off Sheik’s leg. It ran around in circles for awhile, like it was trying to catch its own tail. Zelda laughed.

“I think she's a young one.” she said.

“You maybe right.” Sheik agreed.

The fox stopped and fell to the ground. It rolled around a bit, and then it got up, shaking its body like a wet dog.

“What the…..?” Sheik was now confused.

Zelda closed her eyes for awhile, and then opened them back up.

“The weather is clear.” she said, “We can go now.”

Sheik got up, but the fox jumped on his shoulder. Zelda laughed, and so did Sheik. He grabbed the fox and put it back down on the ground.

“We have to go now.” he said.

Zelda and Sheik walked away. The fox just sat there, moving its tail. And then it got up and left the cave.

*****
A/N: Like the two spirits, the animals also play a good role in this story. Again, it won't be revealed until the near end.

[ganondorf2]

I thought the animals were a key to the story. Continue, if you can.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 30

About twenty minutes later, Zelda and Sheik have gotten far. The outside was still a bit cold, but at least it was clear. The snow was sparkling beautifully. Zelda looked around and smiled.

“It sure is pretty out here.” she said.

Sheik also smiled, “Yeah.”

The Arctic fox stayed a few feet behind them, watching their every move. Its brown eyes seem to pierce right through them. Is it following them? If so, then why?

Zelda found a log and walked over to it. She brushed the snow off of it and sat down. Sheik sat down with her.

“The vacation may not turn out good as we planned it, but at least the scenery is good.” Sheik said.

“Yeah, it’s beautiful.” Zelda agreed.

The fox stared at them. But then, its ear turned to something. Then it took off.

“Are you ready to go now?” Sheik asked Zelda.

“Sure.” Zelda said.

Sheik grabbed Zelda’s hand and helped her up. Just then, they heard something. Zelda gasped.

“What was that?” she asked.

“I don’t know.” Sheik said, “It sounded like an explosion!”

But he was wrong. It was a gunshot. Sheik and Zelda took off and ran to the source of where the shot was heard.

After two minutes, they got to where they wanted to be. Zelda and Sheik hid behind a tree. They took a peek, and saw a man in army styled clothing on one knee.

“What’s he doing?” Zelda whispered to Sheik.

“I don’t know.” he answered, “But one thing bothers me.”

“What?”

“If it’s not hunting season, then why is he shooting animals?”

“I don’t know.” Zelda answered.

Zelda squinted her eyes, trying to see what the man had got. Then, she gasped as she saw a white fox’s neck gripped tightly under the hunter’s hand.

“Sheik, that’s the same fox we saw earlier today!” she whispered.

Sheik tightened his fists and didn’t say a word, but he continued watching. Then he saw a white wolf out of the corner of his eye. He gasped and turned his head towards it.

“Um….Zelda?”

“What?” she answered.

“We have company!”

Zelda also saw the Wolf. It sneaked over to the hunter and growled softly. When the hunter raised his head, he saw the white Wolf.

He gasped and quickly took out his gun, but the Wolf was even quicker. It charged at the hunter and tackled him to the ground in a bush. Zelda and Sheik could no longer see them, but they heard some snarling noises. They guessed that the Wolf now has a meal.

“Now’s our chance.” Sheik whispered.

They both got up and ran towards the fox. Sheik kneeled down to it. It wasn’t moving.

Zelda kneeled down as well and looked at the animal. She placed her hand on it and gasped.

“She’s alive!” she said.

Sheik looked at the fox. Zelda was right.

“We can’t leave her here!” Zelda said.

“Your right.” Sheik said.

Zelda picked up the fox, got up, and walked towards Sheik. Sheik sighed and turned his head. The white wolf came out with a blood stained muzzle. It looked at Zelda and Sheik.

“Um…..Zelda?” Sheik said nervously, “We have to go, now!”

Zelda also saw the wolf. She nodded in agreement with Sheik. He got up and both of them ran off.

After a few moments, they reached the cave again. After they got inside, Zelda sat down on a flat stone, along with Sheik.

“Do you think she’ll be ok?” Zelda asked.

“I’m not sure.” Sheik answered.

Zelda was stroking the fox lightly. It opened its eyes slowly and its ears perked up.

Zelda gasped, “She’s awake!”

“Really?” Sheik asked.

Sheik scrambled over to Zelda and the Arctic fox. The fox’s ears twitched as it looked around.

Sheik smiled. The fox saw him and jumped out of Zelda’s arms. It ran towards Sheik and jumped in his lap.

“Whoa!” he exclaimed.

Zelda chuckled, “I think she’s taken a liking to you.”

Sheik smiled. The fox rolled around on him. And then it turned on its back and looked at him.

“She acts like a cat.” Sheik said to Zelda.

Zelda couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Normally, Arctic Foxes are shy of humans.” she said, “I wonder why this one likes them.”

Sheik shrugged, “Don’t know, maybe it was born with them.”

Zelda got up, “Well, we must be going now.”

“Ok.”

Sheik grabbed the fox and got up. Then he put it down on the ground.

“Let’s go.” Sheik said.

Zelda walked off, and Sheik followed. The fox ran and jumped on Sheik’s shoulder.

“Hey!”

Zelda turned around and saw them. She smiled. Sheik grabbed the fox and put it down again. He walked off, but the fox jumped on his shoulder again. Sheik sighed.

Zelda laughed a little, “Looks like that fox really likes you.”

“Hmm.” he said, “Well, we can’t take her with us, can we?”

Zelda shook her head. Sheik grabbed the fox once more and set it down. He backed away a bit, and the fox didn’t move.

Sheik exhaled. As soon as he turned his back, the fox jumped on his shoulder again.

Sheik growled. He grabbed the fox again and set it down, but the fox jumped on him again. Zelda turned around and saw them. She chuckled.

“I guess it won’t hurt for her to come.” Zelda said.

“Whatever.” Sheik said, rolling his eyes.

Zelda turned back around and walked off. Sheik followed her with the fox on his shoulder.

******

Falco was sitting on a log outside. The wind started to blow softly, but it didn’t bother him. He sighed.

Samus walked out of the cabin for awhile. He saw Falco sitting on a log, walked toward him, and sat down beside him.

“Are you ok?” he asked.

Falco clinched his fists together, “I’m fine.”

“You don’t seem fine.”

“Leave me alone!”

Samus narrowed his eyebrows, “I’m just trying to help.”

Falco didn’t say anything.

“You’re still not mad about what happened to Fox, aren’t ya?”

“Well, what do YOU think?” Falco asked with an attitude.

Samus sighed, “Look, I’m upset to, but he might be all right, you’ll never know.”

“Oh, now YOU’RE looking on the bright side?” Falco asked angrily.

“Well, somebody has to.” Samus said.

Falco sighed, “He might be…..he might not.”

Falco got up and walked towards a cabin. Samus watched him and sighed.

************

Back at the cabin, Fox was still in his bed. His left ear twitched and he opened his eyes. He was out of the coma, but he was still hurt.

The door opened up, and it turned out to be Dr. Mario. He looked at Fox and gasped.

“Mamamiea!” he said, “You’re awake!”

Fox smiled, “Hi.”

Dr. Mario walked towards him.

“My body hurts!” Fox said.

“Either it was-a-from the crash, or it was-a-from the needles I stuck in you.”

Fox’s eyes widened, “Did you say…….needles?”

Dr. Mario nodded, “To-a-check your heart rate and- - -”

Then he stopped.

“I-a-have to do it again to-a-make sure your-a-all right.”

“You’re kidding, right?” Fox asked nervously.

Dr. Mario shook his head. Fox clinched his teeth. Dr. Mario got out the needles that were attached to the laptop. Fox gulped.

“W-w-wait a minute!” Fox said, “Is this really necessary?”

“It-a-won’t-a-hurt.” Dr. Mario said, “Trust-a-me.”

He began sticking the needles in Fox’s arm. Dr. Mario was right; it didn’t hurt him at all, possibly because his body was still a bit numb. Fox sighed.

After Mario was done, he got to his laptop again.

“Stay-a-completely still.” he said.

Fox nodded and turned his head towards the ceiling. He heard typing noises coming from Dr. Mario’s laptop. Fox’s ear twitched, but he still didn’t move.

A few moments later, Dr. Mario began printing a piece of paper. He read it for awhile, and then smiled.

“Can I take these out now?” Fox asked, referring to the needles in his body.

“Yes.” Dr. Mario answered.

Fox sat up and began taking the needles out from his body. It didn’t hurt him, and he had noticed that he wasn’t bleeding. He smiled.

After he was done, he got up and stretched. Then he moved to the edge of the bed and just sat there.

“Are you-a-ok?”

Fox nodded, “I’ll be fine. Do you know if Samus and Falco are all right?”

Dr. Mario shrugged.

“Well, I have to go see them!”

Fox got up from the bed. He was about to leave, but Dr. Mario stopped him.

“Wait!”

Fox stopped as soon as he reached the door.

“Yeah?”

Then, Dr. Mario threw the blaster to Fox. He caught it, and then he was confused.

“Um……how did you…..”

“I-a-had to take it off of you for-a-tests.”

Fox nodded, “I see.”

Fox opened the door and left.

[ganondorf2]

Keep up the good work. Continue.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 31

Fox had now reached Samus’s cabin. He slowly opened the door and peeked inside. Samus was sitting on the edge of a bed, staring at the floor.

Fox smiled, “What’s up? Or…..down?”

Samus’s eyes widened. He lifted his head and turned around. When he saw Fox, he smiled.

“You’re out of your coma!” he said.

Fox walked over to Samus and sat down with him, “Yep!”

“Are you feeling all right?” Samus asked.

“Well, my head hurts, and my body is sore all over, otherwise, I feel great!”

Samus nodded, “That’s good to know.”

Fox smiled.

“You have no idea how worried I was about you.” Samus said.

Fox’s ear twitched, “I was worried about you when you were in a situation like that.”

Samus raised an eyebrow.

“I mean…..” then Fox sighed, “Ok, remember when Falco, you, and I were flying in our aircrafts?”

Samus nodded, “Yeah.”

“Well, when I saw you crash that day, I thought you were dead.”

Samus blinked, “I’m alive now, aren’t I?”

“Well, yeah…..”

Samus couldn’t think of anything else to say. He turned his head away and sighed.

“Something wrong?” Fox asked.

“No…..it’s nothing.” Samus replied.

Then they heard a knock. Samus got up and opened the door.

“Come on in.” he said.

Zelda and Sheik walked inside. Samus shut the door and walked over to the bed again and sat down.

“What’s that?” Samus asked, noticing the Arctic fox on Sheik’s shoulder.

Sheik remembered it and grabbed the fox and put it in his arms.

“It’s an Arctic fox.” he said, “I don’t know why, but it keeps following Zelda and me.”

The fox looked around. It licked its muzzle for awhile, and then jumped out of Sheik’s arms. It ran towards Fox and sat down by his feet, looking up at him.

Fox couldn’t help but smile. He leaned down, picked the fox up, and set it on his lap.

“Its very pretty.” he said, stroking the fox’s back.

The fox jumped in Fox’s face and licked him continuously with its tiny tongue. Fox laughed.

Samus couldn’t help but smile at them. The fox turned around and saw Samus. It jumped off of Fox and ran towards him. Then it jumped on his lap.

Samus chuckled, “I wonder how old this fox is. It sure likes humans a lot.”

“I know.” Zelda said, “Most of the other Arctic Fox’s are shy of humans.”

“Well, maybe this one has been around humans a lot, and has gotten use to them since then.” Fox said.

“That could be the reason.” Samus said, shrugging.

“Well, we’d better go.” Sheik said, getting up, “Thanks for letting us stay awhile.”

“No problem.” Fox said.

Zelda also got up. The fox jumped in Zelda’s arms. Sheik opened the door, and the two left.

“That was a cute animal, huh?” Fox said, smiling.

“Yeah…..” Samus said, “But there’s something strange about that fox.”

Fox raised his ears, “What do you mean?”

“Arctic Foxes are always shy of humans, and this one seems to like them.”

“So?”

“It’s not natural, Fox!” Samus said, “I have never seen an Arctic fox with a human in my entire life!”

“Hey, some things can change.” Fox said.

Samus turned his head away. Fox just stayed quiet.

*******

Link was still in the cabin, sitting on the bed. He had no idea on what to do now. He was just about to fall on the bed and sleep, but then he heard a knock. Link got up and answered the door.

“Can we come in?” a female voice asked.

Link smiled, “Sure.”

Zelda and Sheik walked inside. Link shut the door. When Zelda sat down on the bed, Link saw something in her arms.

“What’s that?” he asked.

“This is an Arctic Fox.” Zelda replied, “I don’t know why, but it keeps following us everywhere.”

Link sat down beside Zelda and looked at the fox. The fox jumped in Link’s lap and laid on its back. It raised its ears and stared at Link. Link smiled.

“It’s very friendly.” he said.

Zelda smiled.

“Ahem!” Sheik said, clearing his throat.

“Oh!” Link said, “Um……hi!”

Sheik nodded in response.

“So…..why did you guys come here again?”

“We were bored.” Zelda said.

“Well, you’re out of luck, because I have nothing to do here, too.” Link said while stroking the fox.

“Now what?”

Link shrugged.

Sheik rested his back against the cabin wall. He pulled his scarf down and didn’t say a word.

The fox jumped off of Link’s lap and ran towards Zelda. It put its front paws on her and began moving them, like she wanted Zelda to hold her.

Zelda chuckled, “All right.”

She bent down and picked the little fox up and held it in her arms. Link smiled. Sheik seemed frustrated for some reason.

“We have to go now.” he said.

“We can stay for a little while longer.” Zelda said.

“No, we can’t.”

“Why? What’s your hurry?”

“It’s getting late!” Sheik said.

“Well, I’m staying, you can go!”

“I’m not leaving without you.”

“GO!”

“NO!”

Link decided to keep quiet just in case things start to get ugly. But it seems like it was already too late.

“Why do you want to stay here?” Sheik asked.

“Because I want to!” Zelda said.

“You have to have a reason!” Sheik said.

“No I don’t!” Zelda said, crossing her arms and turning away.

“I want to know WHY you want to….”

“Shut up!”

Sheik froze, and believe it or not, so did Link.

“You can’t tell me what to do and how to live my life!” Zelda said.

“I’m not!” Sheik said, “I’m just asking why you want to stay here!”

“Because I want to!”

“Why?”

“Because!”

Sheik’s narrowed his eyebrows.

Zelda sighed, “Because….I’m just tired.”

“Well, why didn’t you say so?” Link asked.

“Don’t know!”

“I think we’d better leave her alone.” Sheik said.

“No!” Zelda said, “You stay!”

“But….”

“STAY!”

The fox got freaked out by the yelling. It and ran out the door with extreme speed. It ran and ran and didn’t care if it ever stopped.

“You scared the fox away!” Sheik said.

Zelda turned to Link and gave him an evil look. Link’s eyes widened and then he turned around and left.

Sheik got up and walked towards Zelda. He stood in front of her, “Why are you so angry with me?”

Zelda was just about to get up, but Sheik stopped her and gently took her arm. He looked into her face and saw pain and frustration.

“Zelda please, just relax.” he said.

Zelda glared at Sheik and pulled her arm away from him.

Someone walked up to the window and peeked inside. It was Crystal, Sheik’s old girlfriend. She must’ve heard trouble and came to see what was going on. And, of course, she tried to keep hidden so both of then wouldn’t see her. She then saw some tiny footprints in the snow.

"Did they get a pet?" she asked herself.

Crystal sighed, and turned to thr window again.

“Just leave me alone!” Zelda yelled.

“Zelda---”

Sheik got up and walked towards Zelda, but Zelda was the first to react. She slapped Sheik across the face, hard. Sheik slammed into the cabin wall.

Crystal, who was secretly watching, gasped.

Sheik got up. His eyes were filled with tears because of the slap and the fact that he was upset.

“I don’t want to EVER see you again or speak to you again!” Zelda shouted, “You understand?”

Sheik didn’t answer. Zelda turned around and opened the door. She walked out and slammed the door, HARD.

Crystal had never seen Zelda start a fight with Sheik before.

“What in the world has gotten into her?” she thought.

Sheik thought she was just mad and didn’t really mean what Zelda had just said. He sighed softly, trying to figure out why Zelda was like that. Maybe it was just the cold weather. It had everyone like this, so why not?

Crystal sighed sadly and vanished.

*****

A/N: Don't ask. I just got bored, so I threw in whatever I could think of. Heh heh...uh...yeah.

[ganondorf2]

That's fine, continue.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 32

Zelda walked away from the cabin angrily. After she reached another cabin, she knocked on the door.

Peach answered it.

“Hello!” she said, “Come on in.”

Zelda went inside and sat down on the bed. Peach closed the door and looked at Zelda. She seemed angry.

“Is something wrong?” she asked.

Zelda didn’t answer.

Peach walked over to Zelda and sat down with her. She got a good look at her. Zelda’s face was a bit red with anger.

“Did something happen?” Peach asked.

Zelda still didn’t answer.

“Are you ok?” she asked.

“I'm fine!” Zelda said, turning her head away.

“You don’t seem fine.”

“I am!”

Just then, they heard a knock. Peach got up from the bed and answered the door.

“Hello.” she said.

Sheik walked inside. And then he saw Zelda. Zelda noticed that Sheik’s eyes were red from crying. But that didn't stop her from being angry. The two stared at each other for a few minutes before Sheik turned his head away. He sat down on a bed and sighed.

“I came here because I wanted help.” he said, “I…..wasn’t expecting to see you here.”

Zelda didn’t say anything.

“This is just sad.” Peach said, “Getting mad at someone for a stupid reason! No offense Zelda, but you need to apologize to him now!”

Zelda was still silent.

“Zelda please?”

Zelda turned her head away from the two.

“I’ll think about it!” she said in kind of a rude tone.
Sheik looked at her sadly. And then he turned away again.

“Zelda, c’mon!”

“Whose side are you on?” Zelda asked Peach.

“I’m just saying!”

“I’m not apologizing!”

Peach turned to Sheik.

“I shouldn’t have to apologize for something I didn’t do.” he said. He felt kinda guilty for saying that.

“That’s good, because I wouldn’t accept it anyway!” Zelda said.

“So….does this mean you guys are….breaking up?” Peach asked; a little scared.

“Seems like it!” Zelda said rudely.

“Are you serious?”

“Would I lie to you?”

Sheik shut his eyes tightly.

“Well…..no.” Peach said.

“So there’s your answer!”

“But Zelda---”

“He always tells me what to do, and I’m sick if it!” Zelda yelled.

“That’s not true!” Sheik said sadly.

“It’s true and you know it!”

“No it’s not!”

“Guys, stop!” Peach shouted.

Zelda got up from the bed.

"d**n it, Zelda, could you please tell me what the hell I did do that I can try to fix it?"

"Zelda please?" Peach said.

Zelda walked out the door and slammed it hard. Peach gasped softly, and then turned to Sheik.
.
“I think I should go talk to her.” Peach said.

It took Sheik a few moments to respond without breaking down.

“Don’t bother.” he said, “She won’t listen to anyone once she’s like this.”

"I'm sure she didn't mean that!"

Sheik nodded, "Yeah she did."

Peach didn’t say anything. Sheik got up and walked out the door. He walked beside a tree and placed his head on it. He sighed.


****

Zelda was still running towards her cabin. After a few moments, she found it. She opened the door, walked inside, and shut it.

She sat down on the bed and sighed.

After a few moments, she felt a sudden chill. She thought it might be from the cold. But the door and the windows were closed.

She felt her heart beating 2 times fast. Someone or something was watching her.

“Who’s there?” she asked.

Just then, something appeared behind her. Zelda quickly turned around, and saw a woman standing in front of her.

“Who are you and how did you get in here?” she asked, a bit scared.

“Do not be afraid.” the girl said, “I have come to help you.”

“Who are you?” Zelda asked.

“I saw that you got in a fight with someone, am I right?”

“If you don’t tell me who you are, them I’m forced to use a spell on you!” Zelda said.

She got on her feet and her hands started to glow.

“Use a spell on me?” the girl asked, “How can you use something on me when I’m already dead?”

Zelda gasped and stopped her attack.

“You’re…..dead?” she asked.

The young woman nodded, “That is correct. My name is Terra, and I’m guessing you must be Zelda, am I right?”

“Yeah but…..how did you know?”

“I heard that you got into a fight with someone, am I right?”

“Were you watching me?” Zelda asked, "Did you catch what I did at the other cabin just a few minutes ago?"

“We didn't."

"We?"

"My younger sister was watching earlier, before you guys went to another cabin like you clamed.” Terra responded.

“You have a sister?”

“Yes. Her name is Crystal.”

Zelda’s gasped hard after she heard the familiar name.

“Crystal?” she asked.

“She was watching you guys earlier when you argued.” Terra said.

Zelda was getting a bit scared, “She was?”

Terra nodded, “Yes.”

Zelda didn’t know what to say.

“You and Sheik have argued for a pretty pathetic reason.” she said, “If you go and apologize to him, then---”

“No!” Zelda said, “He has to apologize to me!”

“But you’re the one that started the argument in the first place.”

Zelda was silent, but then spoke up.

“I thought Sheik is mad at me.” Zelda said.

“No is he not.”

“But if I go and apologize, then I’m afraid he wouldn’t accept it.”

“My sister saw you guys argue. She saw how torn up Sheik was, and I have a feeling that he WILL accept your apology.” Terra said.

Zelda sighed, “Are you sure?”

Terra nodded.

“I still can’t do that!”

“Why not?”

“Because…..I just can’t.”

Terra was silent for a moment. And then she spoke up.

“I hope you two will figure something out.” she said, “I can’t help you at this time, but I assure you, we WILL meet again.”

Terra’s voice faded as she disappeared. Zelda sighed.

******

Terra appeared outside, where her sister was waiting.

“Well?” Crystal asked.

“She didn’t listen to me.” Terra answered, “Now you have to go talk to---”

“But sister, I don’t think he is ready to see me! And he seemes too upset.”

“He seems awfully down. If you go see him, then he might cheer up.”

“But his loved one is Zelda now.” Crystal said, “If I go and see him, he might- -"
“If you can’t go and talk to him, then I will.”

“I promise you, I’ll see him when it’s time to.”

Terra sighed softly, “All right.”

Crystal nodded, and Terra left. Crystal just stayed where she was.

“I am not ready to see him at times like this.” she thought to herself, “And he’s so upset about Zelda that I don’t think he wants to see me. But we will see each other soon, I promise.”

Crystal started walking away, and then she disappeared.

[ganondorf2]

I'd say the weather is getting to everyone. Continue, if you can.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 33

Samus sighed. He was lying on a bed on his back with his arms hanging from the edge of it. He had his suit on, except his helmet, because the cold outside, was now coming inside.

“The weather is probably going to get worse.” he thought.

Samus got up. He put his leg on the bed and rested his arm cannon on it. He was now suffering from extreme boredom.

“Man! I don’t want anything bad to happen, but I just want SOME excitement!”

He threw his arms backwards, but his arm cannon hit him in the face. Samus let out a cry of pain and fell off of the bed. He crashed onto the smooth, wooden floor.

Samus got up on his knees and slammed his arm cannon down on the ground.

“Oh yeah, that’s real funny!” he cursed.

It seems like he got his little excitement after all.

Samus shook his head and growled. And then he got up. He put his fingers through his hair for awhile. And then he got them out. His hair was now a mess because of that.

*****

Marth was now about two miles from the cabin. He didn’t feel cold because his skin had grown numb. He didn’t know if that was a good thing, or a bad thing. But he didn’t care.

The weather had died down and the sun finally shown. It peeked out from behind the clouds.

Marth was relieved that it had grown much clearer. Now he was able to see better, but he still had no idea where he was going.

It was like something was forcing him to go somewhere, even though he didn’t want to.

But he had to trust his instincts.

Marth looked around. There was nothing but a land of snow now.

Then he felt something hit his head. He felt his head and saw that it was just snow. He looked up and saw that he was standing under a tree.

The sun was melting the snow, but he knew it might be back. It’s not even spring yet.

In the spring, the snow melts, revealing beautiful landscapes and crystal clear water. In the fall, leaves are everywhere on the ground, and the place will have sleet from time to time. In the summer, it is hot, much like the spring.

But in the winter, it is really harsh. Snow falls almost all the time, and it gets really cold.

Marth hated it that they decided to take a vacation during the winter times. He thinks that the reason most people has turn against each other, or wanting to leave, is because of the weather.

Is he right? Or is he wrong?

Marth didn’t want to stay for long, so he kept going. Where was he going and why? Even he wanted to know.

Then he stopped in front of a mysterious Temple. Marth narrowed his eyebrows and looked around for an entrance.

He found something that looked like an opening. Marth walked in, but at the moment he took a step inside, a chill ran down his spine.

It grew darker as he walked further into the Temple. But it almost felt that like he was being watched. But by who? Or what?

Marth turned his head and saw something that looked white. When he took a closer look, he sighed.

It was the Arctic Fox that he had seen awhile ago with Zelda.

“What are you doing here?” Marth asked.

The fox slowly walked towards Marth. When it got close to him, it looked up at him. Marth saw that the fox’s eyes were no longer blue. They were green. Was this a different kind of fox?

Then he realized that it was just the cave. The dark made it look like the fox’s eyes were green rather than blue. And he could tell that it was the same fox, because this one likes humans.

“Why do you keep following us?” Marth asked, “Or do we meet by accident?”

He sat down and the fox walked up to him. It laid down right beside him.

Marth could feel some strange energy. He looked around, but didn’t see anything.

“What is that?” he asked.

It felt like something was pulsing through his body. But it felt good. Now, he could sense where the energy was coming from. When he turned to the source, his eyes widened.

The energy he felt was coming from the fox itself. Fox’s don’t give away energy, do they?

Maybe it was a different kind of fox. But Marth wondered what it was.

The fox’s ears perked up and suddenly, it ran off. The energy that Marth felt died down.

“That was weird.” he said.

Marth got up, but he found out that he was no longer weak. Did the fox heal him?

Then Marth gasped. The energy that pulled him towards the cave was the same energy that he felt on the animal.

“Ok, this is becoming a bit scary.” he thought.

Marth ran out of the cave and looked around. The fox was no where to be seen.

“What in the---”

Just then, he heard a voice. He turned around and saw Roy run towards him. He stopped in front of him.

“Why are you out here?” he asked.

“I’m miles away from the cabins!” Marth said in surprise, “How in the world did you find me?”

“I don’t have time to explain!” Roy answered, “What are you doing all the way out here?”

“I don’t know.” Marth said, “I just felt like I needed to come here.”

Roy raised an eyebrow.

“No, I’m serious.” Marth quickly added, “I felt something weird coming from that cave over there!”

Marth pointed towards the cave. Roy sighed. He walked over to it and looked inside, but it was empty.

“I don’t feel anything.” he said, “Or see anything.”

“That’s because I later felt that the energy was coming from a fox!”

“A fox?”

“Yes!”

“What fox?”

“It ran off awhile ago.”

Roy shook his head, “Animals don’t give off energy.”

“I’m serious, Roy!” Marth said.

“Look, I won’t believe you until I have total proof!” Roy said.

"Yeah, but---"

"What in the world happened to you?"

Marth looked down at his body. The blood stains that he has was now dried up. He was also lucky that he didn't get scars from the wolf attack.

"A pack of wolves attacked me awhile ago." Marth said.

"That's...odd." Roy said, "Well, I'm just glad you're ok. Let's head back, shall we?"

Roy then he walked off. Marth stayed for awhile, but then decided to follow Roy.

******

It was starting to get dark. Link decided to check up on Zelda and Sheik once more. He had a lantern with him just in case he wouldn’t be back for awhile.

The snow started falling lightly and the wind blew softly. Link saw their cabin and ran towards it.

He reached the door and knocked. There was no answer.

“Anyone in there?” he shouted.

There was no answer. Link walked towards the window and looked in it. The inside of the cabin was so dark, he couldn’t see anything.

Link knocked on the window.

“Hello?” he shouted, “Is anyone there?”

“LEAVE ME ALONE!” an angry voice shouted.

Link gasped. Someone was in the cabin, but who? He figured it was Zelda because of the angry voice.

Link bit his lip and walked towards the door. He grabbed the knob and opened the door very slowly. The inside was dark, VERY dark. Link got the lantern inside and it lit up the whole cabin.

He saw Zelda sitting on her bed, reading a book. Why would she be reading a book in the dark?

Link walked over to Zelda and sat down on the edge of the bed. Zelda saw him and slammed her book shut, which startled Link.

“Are you ok?” he asked.

“No!” Zelda said, turning her head.

“I don’t get it.” Link said, “You’re so angry over a small reason. Could you explain why?”

“Why are you always in my business?” Zelda asked.

“I’m not!” Link answered, “I’m just worried about you, that’s all.”

Zelda sighed, “Since when?”

“Zelda, if you could explain to me what really happened, we can try to fix it.”

“Forget it!”

“But…..” Link hesitated. And then he sighed.

“I already told you, Link!” she said, “I’m not changing my mind! You got that?”

Link was silent. He had a feeling deep in his heart that Zelda really wasn’t kidding. He lowered his head a little.

“You may want the relationship to end, but Sheik doesn’t.” he said.

“I don’t care what he wants anymore!” Zelda said.

“Zelda---”

“He has to face it!” she said.

“But he’s not!” Link said.

Zelda was silent.

“I know what its like to lose someone you truly care about, so I know exactly how he feels right now.”

“I thought you said that you don’t have a girlfriend!” Zelda said.

“I don’t!” Link answered, “But….I almost lost three of my friends during this vacation.”

“Oh really?” Zelda said rudely.

“Yeah, so….I know how he feels about all this.”

Zelda sighed, “You just have to get use to it Link! You and Sheik both!”

“You don’t understand!” Link said, “When you guys tried to get the Triforce back, and Bowser and Ganondorf attacked you guys, he was worried about you! When you were battling them again, and fell off a cliff, he was worried about you.”

“What’s your point?”

“You two have had the strongest bond than anyone I’ve ever met.” Link said, “It’s even stronger than I have with Young Link.”

Zelda turned her head towards Link, “You and Young Link care about each other like brothers, not by romance!”

“I know, but you don’t seem to get my point!” Link said, “Sometimes, you have to forgive a person even though you hate him. I still don’t understand why you’re so upset!”

“It’s nothing that you’ll understand!”

“Like what?”

“I can’t tell you!”

“Zelda, if you don’t make up now, things could get worse!” Link said.

“How?” Zelda asked.

“Think about it, if someone dumped a loved one, then the person that was dumped, could get into trouble.”

“What?”

“Ok, think about it this way.” Link said, “If you have been dumped by someone you truly cared about, that you wanted to spend the rest of your life with, that you couldn’t live without, what would you do?”

“That’s easy!” Zelda said, “If we don’t make up, I’d kill myself!”

Link crossed his arms. Zelda looked at him and thought for a moment. Then it hit her hard.

“You don’t think that- - -”

Link nodded, “If you feel guilty later on, and don’t make up with him, it might drive one of you mad, and then one of you might crack.”

Zelda gasped softly, “No!” she said, shaking his head, “Sheik’s not dumb enough to do that, and neither am I!”

“You’ll never know!”

“But……the last time I dumped him, he didn’t hurt himself!”

“That’s where you’re wrong!” Link said.

“What?”

“I said, you’ll never know. You’d do the same thing if he dumped you, right?”

“I don’t know.”

“And besides, if you felt guilty later on, and went to apologize later, he might not accept it, and you might end up committing suicide, just like you said!” Link said seriously.

Zelda got up, “I don’t hate him that badly!”

“Then prove it!” Link said, “Go talk to him!”

Zelda sighed. This is putting too much pressure on her. She was still a bit mad, but she didn’t want Sheik to get hurt, as well as herself.

“I don’t know.”

“You have to make up your mind sooner or later!” Link said.

Zelda didn’t say anything. Link turned his head away.

“Zelda please.”

Zelda continued thinking for awhile. Then she spoke up.

“I….I don’t know.”

Link sighed softly, “Fine. Then you have to choose on your own. But let me tell you that you're being very stupid about this! I'm sorry, but I can’t help you now.”

Link got up and walked out the door. After he shut it, Zelda sighed. She was starting to reconsider, but she tried not to think about it. She was still a bit mad.

"Stupid, huh?" she thought, "The Triforce is no longer with us. What did you expect, Link?!"

Zelda just sat silently on the edge of her bed.

[ganondorf2]

You better think quick Zelda, you never know when Ganondorf and Bowser might show up. Continue.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 34

Samus had decided to leave his cabin for awhile. He looked around as he shut the door. The soft wind was blowing, but he had his power suit on, so it didn’t bother him.

He scanned the area, and it seemed clear. The snow was blowing gently in the wind. He could see an open field just straight ahead.

Samus walked towards it, but then stopped. He looked around; pine trees were surrounding the area. Samus sighed and continued walking.

Then he saw something running towards him. It was the fox he had seen earlier. The fox ran past Samus.

“Hey!” he shouted.

Samus decided to follow the fox, but his power suit slowed him down. And the fox was much faster anyway.

Samus continued running to catch up with the animal, but then he stopped in front of a wall of rocks.

“What the..?” he said.

He looked around, but the fox was nowhere to be seen.

Little did he know, the fox was buried in a pile of snow, possibly hiding. It looked at Samus while trying to keep quiet.

Samus sighed. And then he turned around and left.
The fox got out from under the snow and shook itself off. And then it ran back into the forest.

Samus scanned the area, but couldn’t see anything but trees and snow. It was real quiet, too.

A sudden chill ran down Samus’s spine. He looked around again, but didn’t see anything. He sighed.

The wind started blowing once more, making the snow fly everywhere. Samus continued walking, while keeping an eye out for anything suspicious.

Samus clinched his fists angrily.

“I have no idea where I am!” he growled.

Samus growled softly again and took his helmet off. He looked around again, but it was still the same.

He put his helmet back on and walked towards a large rock. He sat down on it and sighed.

Then he saw something out of the corner of his eye. He turned around, but didn’t see anything.

Samus got his guard up. He felt like he wasn’t alone now. Like someone or something was watching him.

Then he saw something behind a tree. Samus shot up.

“Show yourself!” he shouted, pointing his arm cannon at the tree.

At the tree, peeked out a white wolf. Samus jumped back and backed away slowly.

The wolf came out from behind the tree and looked at Samus. Samus still had his arm cannon pointed at the animal.

The wolf made no attempt at attacking him. It just stood there, staring at him.

Samus slowly lowered his arm cannon, but he still kept his guard up.

“What do you want?” he thought.

The wolf backed away a bit, and then it took off back into the forest. Samus didn’t know what to think.

Then he felt a hand on his shoulder. Samus gasped and turned around. It turned out to be Fox.

“What are you doing here?” he asked Samus.

“I came here to be alone for awhile.” he answered, “What are you doing here?”

“Same thing.”

Samus groaned and turned away.

“What’s wrong?” Fox asked.

“Nothing.”

Fox lowered his ears, “If you want to be alone, then I’ll let you.”

“You don’t have to do that.” Samus said.

“I know.” Fox said, “I want to.”

Samus sighed, “Ok then.”

Fox smiled and ran off. Samus sat down on a log and looked at the sky. It was cloudy and the snow continued falling lightly.

“I need some time to myself after all that has happened so far anyway.” he thought.

But as soon as he finished thinking, a gunshot was heard. Samus gasped and got up.

“I don’t see any animals right now.” he thought, “That wolf went deep in that forest, how did it- - -”

Then he remembered.

“Fox!” he shouted.

Samus ran off to find his friend. He tried looking for the source to where the gunshot was fired. When he reached it, the hunter was no where to be found.

“That was weird.” he thought.

Then he saw something out of the corner of his eye. His heart almost leaped out of his throat when he saw it.

Fox was lying in a pool of blood. He was groaning softly.

“Fox!” Samus shouted.

Fox raised his ear and turned his head. He saw Samus.

“Samus!” he said.

Samus ran towards him and kneeled down.

“Are you ok?” he asked.

“Does it look like I’m ok?!” Fox answered.

Samus saw that the gunshot wound was in his chest. But it was so deep in his body, that he couldn’t pull it out.

“Hold on!” Samus said, “I’m going to take you to Mario!”

Samus picked Fox up on his left shoulder. He tried to run, but his legs felt weak for some reason. He fell to his knees.

“You don’t…..have the strength to….take me there…..” Fox said.

Fox was right. Samus couldn’t carry Fox to get healed. But what is he going to do?

“That tree…..over there.” Fox said, pointing shakily to a thick tree, “Take me there.”

“But I can’t walk!” Samus said, "Remember?"

Fox sighed. He was growing very weak. He knew that he wouldn’t survive for long. He was trying to keep his eyes open, but they were growing heavy.

"Did you happen to see wo shot you?" Samus asked.

Fox shook his head, "Guess they....mistaked me for something...else."

Samus remained quiet.

“Samus.” Fox gasped, “I…..I need to ask you a favor!”

“Fox, don’t do that!” Samus snapped, “You’re going to be all right! I know it!”

Fox let out a small smile, “Tell Falco……to…..contact the Star Fox team……and tell them……that….”

"What?" Samus asked.

Samus got Fox off his shoulder and laid him down on the snow. Fox groaned softly as his breath became shorter and softer.

"Fox, answer me!" Samus said.

Fox closed his eyes and everything became quiet and still. Samus stared at Fox for awhile; he was real still.

But then, Samus found out what was wrong with Fox. He gasped.

“Fox!” he said.

There was no answer. Samus placed his hand on Fox's chest and shook him.

“Fox!” Samus shouted, “Wake up!”

Fox made no attempt at responding.

“Fox!” he said, still shaking his body, “Fox!”

Fox still didn’t respond. Samus looked at him closely. It was so cold that he could see his own breath escape from his helmet. But he didn’t see Fox’s.

Samus took his helmet off and set it down. Then he grabbed Fox again.

“C'mon, wake up!” he said, still shaking him.

With Fox still not responding, Samus grew scared, but he didn't give up.

"I'm not fooling around with you, dog!" he said, "Open your d*mn eyes and lets get moving!"

Fox still didn't respond. It took Samus a few moments to finally find out that Fox was officially dead.

Samus placed his hand on Fox's chest to see if he could feel a pulse. But he didn't. Samus was right; Fox was gone. He didn't know what to do. He bit his lip and looked around for some help, but no one was there with them. He sighed softly.

Samus felt tears in his eyes, but he held them back. He shut his eyes tightly and began sobbing. Then he tried to refrain himself from crying any further. Samus opened his eyes, and despite his blurred vision, he picked up Fox's body and left.

*****

Fox's spirit was laying in an open area. He opened his eyes, his ears twitched, and he sat up. He looked around, but then later grew confused.

“Where am I?” he thought.

Fox stood up and looked around again. Then he saw an ice tower, shining beautifully.

“What is that?” he asked himself.

“Hello!” a soft voice said.

Fox gasped and turned around. A young woman in white clothing stood behind him. It was Terra.

“Where am I?” Fox asked, “And…..who are you?”

“My name is Terra.” the woman said, “And you’re at the tower of forgotten souls.”

“Tower of what?”

“Many spirits come here after they die, because they are not ready to die yet."

“Spirit? Die?!” Fox asked. He looked at his body. He could see right through it. He gasped, “I’m……dead?”

“That is correct.” Terra nodded, “Do you remember what happened?”

“I got shot by a hunter, I think.” Fox answered, “I don’t know……I felt something hit my back, and then I fell over.”

“Yeah?” she said, “What else?”

“Then a friend of mine saw me and ran over to me.” Fox continued, “I was scared……and I can tell that he was, too. He comforted me for awhile, and then I blacked out.”

Terra nodded and Fox’s eye twitched.

“But….I don’t want to go yet….” Fox said, “It’s not my time, is it?”

“I just told you.”

“I don’t want to go!” Fox said, “Is there a way for me to earn a second chance of living?”

Terra looked away.

“Yes, there is.” she said, “But it’s a bit risky.”

“I don’t care!” Fox said. It sounded like that he was close to crying.

“If I send you back, you might be in another body.” Terra said, “It’s not predicable.”

“….Wha…?”

"If you don't want to be in another body, then you have to stay like this for awhile longer until we can figure out something."

Fox sighed, "Ok."

[ganondorf2]

I'm sure Fox will get back to his body. Continue.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 35

Link was out of his cabin for awhile. He walked into an open area and looked around. Then he saw someone sitting on a log.

Link ran over to the person.

“Hey!” he said, “What’s up?”

The person turned out to be Samus. He look at Link, and then turned away.

"Oh...hi Link." he said.

“What’s wrong?” Link asked.

Link walked over and sat down with him. Samus pointed to something. There, in an open area, laid loose dirt with stones surrounding it.

“Remember when Fox and I left the cabin?” Samus said.

“Yeah…..so?”

Samus closed his eyes.

“Link……Fox was killed.” Samus said, “He got shot awhile ago.”

Link gasped. He took one more look at the dirt pile, and then turned away.

“No.” he thought to himself, “Fox……can’t be dead. He can’t be.”

But Link knew that Samus would never lie about his friends, or to his friends. Link tried not to think about it, but he had a strong feeling deep in his heart that Fox was truly gone. And that he might not ever come back. Now it seemed serious. But it was still too much to take in.

Link suddenly felt tears in his eyes, but he tried not to cry,

Samus took a look at Link, and then turned away and shut his eyes tightly. He gripped the log with one hand and pressed his face hard against his other hand. He had his teeth clinched together as well. He got up and walked away.

Link didn't bother going after Samus. He figured that Samus wanted to be alone, anyway.

****

Samus ran towards a tree. He stopped and placed his hand on it. He lowered his head, trying to prevent tears from escaping, but it didn't work.

"Crap!" he thought.

Samus didn't wanted to show his emotions too often, even when he's alone. He tried to jab his fingernails in the tree, but he had his suit on, so it prevented it from happening.

Later that day, Samus decided to go back to the cabin for awhile. He opened the door and shut it behind him. He was still depressed about what has happened.

Samus had a stronger bond with Fox than he did with Link, even stronger than Link and Fox do themselves. Samus had known Fox longer than he had known Link. The only person he ever cared about was gone.

Samus shut his eyes tightly. He walked over to the bed sat down on the edge. Now he didn't care if he cried, becuase he couldn't control it anymore. He placed his hand over his eyes and cried softly.

*******

Night fall has now arrived. Mewtwo stood on a cliff, far away from the cabins. He figured that he needed some time to himself. He was standing still with his arms crossed.

The soft wind started blowing, making the snow fly. The snow was sticking to Mewtwo’s fur. He brushed the snow off of himself and then later stood still once more.

Pikachu ran out of the cabin and saw Mewtwo. He ran over to him and stopped. He looked up at him.

“Pika!” (Hey!) he said.

Mewtwo looked down at Pikachu, “What is it?”

“Pika pi pika?” (What are you doing?) Pikachu asked.

“Nothing.” Mewtwo said, shaking his head, “Just standing here.”

The soft wind blew, making Pikachu shiver. Mewtwo looked down at Pikachu.

“If you’re cold, then go back in the cabin.” he said calmly.

“Pika!” (No way!) Pikachu said, shaking his head.

“Why not?”

“Pika, pi pi pika pi pi!” (Because, I want to stay with you!)

Mewtwo sighed, “I’m not forcing you to stay, and you know that, don’t you?”

“Pi!” (Yes!)

“Then…..” Mewtwo stopped, and then let out a sigh.

“Very well, then.” he said.

Pikachu smiled.

“Is Pichu still in the cabin?”

“Pi!” (Yes!)

A full moon appeared from behind the dark clouds. Pikachu looked at it and smiled.

“Have you ever noticed that Jigglypuff isn’t with us?” Mewtwo asked Pikachu.

Pikachu’s ears rose.

“Pi!” (No!) he said, shaking his head.

Mewtwo sighed, “He’s around somewhere. He went on this trip with us, so I know he’s not at home.”

“Pika pi pi pi pika pi pi?” (Do you think they got the house fixed?) Pikachu asked Mewtwo.

“I don’t know.” he answered, “If they did, then they would’ve called us.”

“Pi pi pika pi pi pi?” (What is taking them so long?)

“They’re slow workers, I guess.” Mewtwo said, “Which is why they said that it’ll take a few months for it to get repaired.”

“Pi pi pi pi pi?” (What’s wrong with our house?)

“Broken windows, frozen and damaged pipes, you name it!”

Pikachu sighed out of annoyance.

“We’re just going to have to make due of what we have here.” Mewtwo said, “And about the others getting hurt, that’s they’re fault, not this so called vacation!”

“Pi?” (What?) Pikachu said.

“Others are getting injured, some almost died.” Mewtwo answered, “That was they’re fault because they were being so careless.”

“Pika pi!” (How dare you!) Pikachu grolwed, sparks coming from his cheeks.

Mewtwo looked down at Pikachu, “And you better watch your back, because there are hunters in the areas, too.”

“Pi?” (What?)

Mewtwo nodded, “I heard that one of them got shot earlier today.”

“Pi pi pi pi pi pi?” (Is he or she all right?) Pikachu asked, a bit scared.

“I don't know.” Mewtwo said.

Pikachu sighed.

[ganondorf2]

If only they knew.

[The Melee Master]

If only they knew what?

[ganondorf2]

About Fox.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 36

Falco was sitting on the edge of his bed. He was waiting for Fox to get back, but he didn’t know that Fox was gone. No one had told him yet.

Suddenly, he heard the door open. Falco gasped softly and stood up.

“There you are!” he said, “Fox, where have you been? I’ve been waiting for about- - -”

Falco stopped as he saw Link walk in the cabin. He shut the door and walked towards the bed. He sat down on it and placed his hand on his face.

“What gives, Link?” Falco asked, “And…..where’s Fox? He was supposed to be back half an hour ago!”

Link sniffled a little, “Falco…..”

“What?” Falco asked, “Do you know where he’s at? And…..do you have a cold or something? I told you that the weather is getting harsh, didn’t I?”

Link shook his head, “No, I don’t. And as for Fox- - -”

“What?”

“Samus told me..…that….he got shot in the back…..earlier today.”

“So what?” Falco said, “This happens all the time to him. We just take him to the nearest hospital and- - -”

Then it hit Falco on what Link actually meant. Falco gasped.

“No….you mean Fox is- - -”

Link nodded.

“Aw man!” Falco said, placing his hand on his face, “How am I going to explain this to the team?”

Link shook his head, “I don’t know.”

Falco sighed and got his hand off of his face, “They still think he is in that coma. If I explain to them what happened to him after he woke up, then- - -”

“I know.”

“I have to think about it for awhile, Link.” Falco said.

Link nodded. He got up from the bed and walked out the door. Falco sighed.

****

Sheik was sitting on the edge of his bed. He was still depressed about what has happened between him and Zelda. He knew Zelda can get angered from time to time. He tried to think that what Zelda had told him was a lie, that she was just angered for some reason.

But he couldn’t. Zelda had never lied to him, and she never will. But still, he wanted to check up on her, but was afraid to after what they had gone through.

His eyes were still a bit puffy, but that didn’t stop him. Sheik got up from the bed and walked out the door.

When Sheik reached another cabin, he opened the door. Zelda was inside, sitting on the bed, reading a book. Zelda turned and saw Sheik.

Sheik was a bit nervous, but he stepped inside.

“I figured you wanted some company.” Sheik said.

Zelda put her book down. Sheik walked towards her and sat down with her.

“Are you ok?” Sheik asked.

Zelda didn’t answer.

“Zelda?”

She still didn’t answer. Zelda just looked at him. Sheik sighed.

“I understand that you’re mad at me…..but you didn’t give me a reason on why you’re mad.” Sheik said, “If I find out why, then I can try to fix it, and then we can forget all of this ever happened.”

Zelda sighed.

“Look Sheik, ever since you and I joined up with Super Smash Brothers Melee, strange things have been happening to us.”

“What do you mean?” Sheik asked.

“We got into a lot of fights and arguments, we hardly ever see each other anymore, and we hardly ever speak to each other.” Zelda said.

“But we can change that.” Sheik said.

Zelda shook her head, “No we can’t. The point is….every time we’re around each other, one of us almost gets killed. Do you remember when we tried to get the Triforce back from Bowser and Ganondorf?”

“Well….yeah.”

“I almost died, twice in fact.” Zelda said, “And so did you. And I think the reason is because we’re around each other.”

“No…..that’s…..that’s not true!”

“Link, Ganondorf and I, don’t have the pieces of the Triforce anymore because I sealed it up before I joined this team.” Zelda said, “That means I lost most of my wisdom along with the Triforce itself.”

“I don’t think so.” Sheik said.

“Well I do. I just realized that I could’ve fought off those two when I had the chance.” Zelda said, “But instead, I held back. Ganondorf almost killed me, and I could’ve thought of another way of getting rid of him and Bowser, without killing myself in the process.”

“But that doesn’t mean that- - -”

“Face it, Sheik.” Zelda said, “Most of my wisdom came from that piece of the Triforce. Haven’t you ever noticed that Ganondorf had lost some of his power, and Link had lost some of his courage?”

"What do you mean?" Sheik asked.

"Ganondorf is a lot weaker now that the Triforce is back in its resting place. And Link isn't as brave as he was years ago."

Sheik sighed, “I never thought about that.”

“We don’t have the pieces anymore, so we’re not too powerful anymore either." she continued, "We were strong when we had the Triforce, but since we don't have it anymore, we get pushed around easily. And that means I hang out with you or the others, and trouble is near, I won’t have enough energy to protect myself, and neither will you.”

Sheik raised an eyebrow.

"I just need some time to myself for awhile.”

“…….Sure…..” Sheik said sadly.

Sheik got up from the bed and walked out the door. He knew that Zelda was just trying to protect him, as well as herself, but it still hurt real bad.

Sheik found another cabin and walked into it. He sat down on the edge of the bed and hung his head.

*******

Fox was sitting on a log. He didn’t know what to do now. Terra was standing by the log.

“This is just great! This trip turned out to be a bad one, I got in a coma awhile ago, and now, I’m a ghost!"Fox's tone grew annoyed at the word 'ghost', "Can this trip get any worse?!”

Fox was more annoyed than angry, and Terra can sense it. She turned to him.

“Something bothering you?” she asked.

Fox looked up at her. Terra walked towards Fox and sat down with him.

“It’s just that…….what will the others think if they find out that I’m not around?” he asked.

Terra was silent for a moment, but then she spoke up.

“Something tells me that some of them already found out.” she said.

Fox gasped, “But…..is there a way for me to get back in my real body?”

Terra shook her head, “We cannot do anything for awhile longer.”

“But---”

“Plus, your friend already buried your body somewhere, so we can’t put you back until it is recovered.” Terra said.

“Then I’m going to find it!” Fox said.

He got up and was about to leave, but then Terra spoke up.

“Wait!” she said.

Fox turned around towards her.

“My sister and I are the only ones who can help you return to your body.” she said, “We just have to wait a few more months for our power to increase, and then you can go back in the world of the living.”

“Power?” Fox asked.

“Each year, we gain energy from the Earth itself to revive the lives that were lost due to a tragic accident.” Terra said, “We restore the lives that aren’t ready to die yet.”

“But I thought you said that you are unsure that my time is up!”

“Yes I know, but now I’m sure that you’re time is not up.” Terra said, “If it was, then you would’ve gone to the afterlife right after you died and not just a wandering spirit like I am.”

“So…..does that mean- - -”

Terra nodded, “Yes, my time is not up either, and neither is my sister’s.”

Fox was silent. This was becoming too confusing for him. He scratched the back of his head.

“Uhh…..ok….”

Terra smiled, “I know, it’s confusing, huh?”

Fox let out a small smile.

“Don’t worry; once we get the energy we need, we’ll try to bring you back to your original body.”

“But what about you and…..” Fox paused.

“I have died many years ago, and my sister died a couple years after.” Terra said, “So it’s too late to bring ourselves back to life in our original bodies. We have to be reincarnated to do so. But we don’t want to be reincarnated at this time.” Terra continued, “And besides, we’re ok with being in the afterlife.”

“But…..if you’re not going to be in another body, how are you- - -”

“Then we just wander the Earth for all eternity.”

“That sounds sad.” Fox said.

“Don’t worry; we’re use to it by now.”

Fox sighed. He turned away from Terra and looked at the sky.

“Terra,” Fox said, “I don’t want to have to wait a few months to return to my body. It’ll be too late by then because my body won’t be useable. And I don’t want to go back in another body because my friends won’t know who I am.” Fox continued, “I don’t want a different life. I want the same one I had before I died.”

Terra nodded, “I understand. But I still can’t bring you back for awhile. Maybe there is a way we can save your body from decaying until a few more weeks or so. Then you can go back.”

Fox smiled, “Thanks.”

“And I know how to do that. And I also know where they buried your body, too. Follow me!”

Terra walked away and Fox followed.

****

An hour later, they stopped at something that looked like a grave site.

“Do you see that pile of dirt?” Terra asked.

Fox took a look at the dirt pile, “Yeah.”

“That is where your friend buried you. We can dig it up, and I’ll work the rest.”

Fox bit his lip. Terra chuckled.

“Don’t worry.” she said, “You haven’t been dead that long.”

Terra’s body started to glow light blue. A strong wind started to pick up. It blew some of the snow away, and it blew the dirt pile away. There was nothing under it.

“Where…..” Fox said.

“Easy there.” Terra said, “We’re not done yet.”

Her right hand started to glow light blue. Terra swished her hand over the flattened dirt, and it blew away, revealing Fox’s peaceful body. Fox's spirit blinked.

"I'm still the same way that I left."

Terra looked at Fox’s spirit and smiled, “Now time to preserve it.”

Her hand started glowing again and she touched Fox’s deceased body. It started glowing. Terra took her hand off, but the body was still glowing bright blue.

“Now that it’s preserved, we can wait a few weeks until we can figure out how to get you back.”

Fox sighed in relief, “Thank you.”

*******

A/N: This is probably another confusing chapter. I didn't have very many good ideas, so spare me!

[ganondorf2]

I'm not complaining.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 37

Falco was standing outside. He had his back leaned up against the cabin wall with his arms crossed. He was still upset about what has happened to Fox, but he tried to get that out of his mind.

The cold breeze blew softly, but it didn’t seem to bother Falco. The outside was real clear and a little bright. But it was still a bit cloudy in the sky.

Falco sighed and got off of the cabin wall. He walked for about fifteen minutes before he stopped out in the middle of nowhere.

He looked around, but he had no idea where he was.

“Where am I?" he thought, "I geuss I must've zoned out for awhile."

“Falco!” a voice shouted.

Falco turned around and saw Marth limping towards him. Roy had left a few moments before Marth saw Falco. He was still injured, but not as badly.

Falco could see that Marth’s cloths were stained with blood, but he didn’t bother asking him why they were in the first place.

“What are you doing here?” Falco shouted at Marth.

Marth stopped in front of Falco and panted.

“I was going to ask you the same thing.” he said, still panting.

“I just needed to clear my head.” Falco said.

“Why?”

“Because…..” then Falco sighed, “I’ll tell you later.”

Marth bit his lip, and then spoke up.

“Something happen?” he asked.

“I said I’ll tell you later!” Falco said, annoyed.

“Ok, ok!”

It grew very quiet for awhile. The only thing you could hear is the soft wind blowing. Marth sighed.

“I can’t find the cabins anymore.” he said, “I think I got lost awhile ago.”

Falco scoffed, “That’s no surprise. Some people did, too.”

“Do you think the others are all right?”

“You guys worry too much.” Falco said, “I’m sure they’re fine!”

Marth shook his head and sighed, “Whatever.”

Marth looked at his body once more and the let out a sigh again.

“I really need to wash up.” he said.

“I wasn’t going to ask…….but how did you get those cuts on your body?” Falco asked.

“Oh….” Marth groaned, “A pack of wolves attacked me the other day.”

“Really? How many were there?”

“A lot!”

“No really, how many?”

“Let me put it to you this way Falco.” Marth said, “You don’t want to know!”

“Why not?” Falco asked, “C’mon, just tell me!”

“The pack was almost big enough to bring down an adult male Killer Whale!” Marth said angrily.

Falco didn’t know what to say at first, but then he spoke up.

“But then…..how did you survive?” he asked.

“I got rid of them with my sword.” Marth answered, looking at his sword. The top of the sheath itself was covered in dry wolf blood.

Marth took out his sword and looked at it. The blade itself was covered in dry blood, and the inside of the sheath was bloody as well.

“I wish I could go back into town.” Marth said, “If I can, I could wash up and get some more supplies. I think we’re running out.”

“The weather is clear right now.” Falco said, “So you can go if you want.”

“Yeah, but I’m afraid it might get bad after I’m done with everything.”

“Then take a snow mobile!” Falco said, rolling his eyes.

"I don't know where the cabins are now!"

Falco sighed.

“What are we going to do now?” Marth asked.

Falco stood on a log. He looked around.

“I don't know.” Falco said.

Falco took another step back, and then the log fell underneath him. He fell through what looked like a muddy hole. He hit his head on a stone and blacked out. And then he crashed to the ground. The mud gave way and he rolled on his back.

“Falco!” Marth shouted.

Marth ran towards the hole and looked down. Falco was muddy and he was in poor shape.

“Falco!” Marth shouted once more.

Falco opened his eyes slowly. He looked up and saw Marth standing on the edge of the hole. He tried to get up, but he let out a cry and fell back down.

“Are you ok?” Marth shouted down the hole.

“My rib!” Falco shouted back, “I can’t move!!”

Marth bit his lip. He looked around.

“Hold on!” he shouted to Falco, “I’m going to get something.”

Marth ran off and looked around once more. He stopped and saw another log. It was long enough to try and get Falco out of there. Marth didn’t hesitate. He grabbed the log and dragged it towards the hole where Falco was in.

Marth placed one end of the log in the hole, but he made sure Falco wasn’t right underneath it.

“Can you grab onto this?” Marth shouted down at Falco.

“I said I can’t move!” Falco shouted, “My left rib hurts very badly!”

Marth had a feeling that Falco’s rib might be broken. He climbed down the log, but he lost his footing and fell to the ground.

Marth got up. Now he was muddy. He kneeled down towards Falco. Marth grabbed him and lifted him on his back. Then he climbed on the log, but for some odd reason, the log slipped off of the top and it fell straight into the large hole. Marth and Falco crashed to the ground. Falco let out a cry.

Marth couldn’t grab the log and put it back on the top; it was too heavy to lift. And Falco couldn’t do anything.

“Aw man!” Marth said, “What now?”

He looked around for a place to climb out of. The entire hole was steep, making it difficult for them to climb out of.

“This is just great!” Marth said angrily.

He ran his muddy fingers through his hair, which made it muddy, too. Falco wanted to sit up, but was still unable to.

Marth took out his sword and stabbed the side. He tried climbing out that way, but the sword slid through the mud like a knife slicing through a stick of butter. This caused him to fall to the ground; on his back.

He got up and tried again, but failed every time he did.

Marth finally gave up. He stabbed the wall with his sword and sat down.

“Not easy…..huh?” Falco said, “What are we going to do?”

Marth sighed and shook his head.

“I don’t know.” he said sadly.

Marth thought that if help doesn’t come soon, he and Falco would probably die in the pit. But his worst fear was that if they died, the others wouldn’t know, and they would actually go out to look for them.

But he wasn’t so sure about that. He had almost died about three times already. He tried to think that nothing else would happen to him, seeing as though he survived through his tragedies. But now it seemed much too serious to think about it.

Marth looked at Falco. He was still lying on the ground. He saw that the only him that Falco was still alive, as that each time he breathed out, the tiny puddle of water that was near his beak, moved a bit.

“Do you want to get up?” Marth asked him.

“I guess…..I could give it a try.” Falco replied.

Falco tried to sit up. He whined a bit as he did. When he succeeded, he leaned his back against the wall of the hole. Marth did the same thing.

“Some vacation this turned out to be.” Falco said, “I don’t know how much longer I can take it.”

“Same here.” Marth said.

Falco was a bit exhausted. He let out a sigh and tried to keep his eyes open. He looked at his wrist communicator for awhile. Falco felt tears in his eyes. He just let them slid down his face.

“You’d know what to do when you were in a situation like this.” he thought, “I wish you were still here, D@mnit! We need your help.”

Falco closed his eyes.

[ganondorf2]

Why do I have a feeling Fox will show up.

[The Melee Master]

He might, who knows? I do!! Heh heh!

[ganondorf2]

OK....

[The Melee Master]

What?!

[ganondorf2]

Never mind.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 38

Young Link was lying on a bed, half asleep. He was pretty tired from all that has happened recently, but he didn’t want to go to sleep yet. He sat up, scooted to the edge of the bed, and sighed.

“I’m real bored!” he said to himself.

Young Link looked around for something to do while in the cabin. He didn’t want to go outside because it was too cold.

He saw a book on a wooden table. Young Link smiled and got up from the bed. He walked over to the table, grabbed the book, walked and sat back down on the bed.

He opened the book, but there wasn’t anything in it. It was an empty book.

“What a rip off!” Young Link yelled.

He threw the book down on the ground and growled.

*********

Sheik was still in his own cabin. He had his knees pulled to his chest and his arms wrapped around them. He also had his head on his knees as well.

He was still upset about what happened between him and Zelda. He sighed softly. He still couldn’t forget about what has happened.

“What’s gotten into you, Zelda?” he thought.

He heard a knock on the door.

“Come in!” Sheik said.

The door creaked open. Link peeked inside and then walked in. He shut the door and walked over to Sheik.

“Are you ok?” he asked.

Sheik nodded.

"Look....Zelda was probably just upset because of the weather." Link said, "Almost everyone went crazy the past few days because of this trip."

"The trip is suppose to be fun, not something to get killed over." Sheik said.

"I know, but..."

"Is Zelda still mad at me?"

"I'm not sure."

Sheik rose his head, "Zelda would never lie to me about what she said back there.” Sheik said, “If she is, its not funny at all!”

Link placed his hand on Sheik’s shoulder.

“It’s not your fault.” Link said, “You were just trying to- - -”

“Protect her, I know!” Sheik finished, “I have been for a long time now! But for what?!!”

Link turned away from Sheik.

“I don't know.”

He turned to Sheik again.

“Maybe if you go and talk to her again, tell her how you feel, she may come back to you.” Link said.

“Maybe."

“Just do anything!” Link said, “You can buy her something when the weather clears up.”

“But I’m flat broke!” Sheik said.

Link bit his lower lip for awhile. And then he sighed.

“Well, I don’t have any money either; otherwise I’d lend some to you.” Link said sadly.

Sheik didn’t know what to say.

“I’m sure you guys can figure something out.”

Link left the cabin, but Sheik stayed. He narrowed his eyebrows and clinched his fists tightly, like he was angry. But he really wasn’t.

He relaxed a bit, and then he closed his eyes and sighed. He walked over to the window and sat down in a chair. He opened his eyes and turned his head to the window that he was sitting by.

Sheik placed his hand on his mouth while tears filled his eyes, but he held them back. He always felt sad every time something happened between him and Zelda. But he couldn’t help it. He knew that Zelda would be depressed if Sheik said he didn’t like her.

He wanted to go see Zelda and try to talk to her, but after what she said about staying away from each other, he was afraid to.

He didn’t want Zelda to get hurt, but he wanted to see her again so badly. What was he going to do?

****
A/N: I know its a short chapter. I was too lazy to add more to it!

[ganondorf2]

That's fine.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 39

The weather has finally cleared up. The sun shown and the snow was melting a little. But spring is still too far away.

Inside the large ditch, it was still a bit wet. Marth and Falco were muddy and freezing. Marth had his arms wrapped around his body tightly, but it didn’t do any good.

Falco had his knees pulled up to his chest and his arms wrapped around them; trying to get warm as well. He sighed, moved a bit, and to his surprise, his rib didn’t hurt. It turns out that it wasn’t broken after all; just bruised. The pain went away shortly after.

Falco looked up at the top, and then he got an idea. He turned to Marth.

“Maybe we can climb out of here.” he said.

“Didn’t we already try that?” Marth asked.

“Yes.” Falco replied, “But if we stand on one another’s shoulders, we can climb out!”

Marth sighed, “Looks like we don’t have a choice.” He got up, “I think you should go first because your lighter than I am.” he said.

Falco nodded, “Fine.”

Marth bent down and Falco walked towards him. He held his hands together, and Falco got his left foot in them. Marth lifted him up a bit, and then Falco got on his shoulders.

Marth grabbed onto Falco’s ankles just in case he fell off. Falco looked for something to grab a hold of.

“Ok, lets see.” he murmured to himself.

Then he saw a gap in the wall of the hole. Falco grabbed it, and then grabbed another gap. Marth got out of the way, so now Falco was dangling. He tried to use his feet to climb out, but it did him no good.

Instead, he kicked the wall, trying to create holes in it so that he had something to put his feet in. And that way, he could climb out easier.

When he succeeded, he put his left foot in a hole and used his leg to pull himself up. He grabbed a vine and tried to pull himself up, but the vine broke, making Falco fall to the ground.

The dirt fell on Falco. He got up and coughed. But then, more dirt fell on him. Falco got out from the pile and dusted himself off.

“Are you ok?” Marth asked.

“I’m fine.” Falco answered.

Just when Marth was about to say something else, the wall caved in, and something fell on Falco’s back.

“What the….?”

Falco looked over his shoulder, and he saw a hand; a boney hand to be exact. He also noticed long, wavy brown hair on his shoulder.

Falco screamed and got whatever was on his back off of himself. He ran to the other side and panted. The object moved, causing half its body, from the head to its waist, to be hanging from the dirt wall.

Marth looked at the thing that scared Falco. And then he gasped.

The thing turned out to be an old skeleton. Marth guessed that it exsited two hundered years ago; because of the way it looked.

“Whoa!” he said.

“Great!” Falco said, a little freaked out, “Now were stuck in a hole, out in the cold, with an old skeleton!”

Marth looked at Falco, and then looked at the body. Marth opinion of the skeleten was wrong. The corpse had to be much more than just two hundred years old.

“Falco.” he said, “Come take a closer look at this!”

“I’m not getting near that thing!” Falco answered.

Marth sighed. He took a closer look at the corpse. He moved a strand of its long hair out of the way, and it revealed a chest armor. Marth gasped.

“Falco, do you know who this is?” Marth asked.

Falco was afraid to answer, but he spoke anyway.

“No……and I don’t think I want to know.”

“This is Yuko!” Marth answered.

“Huh?”

“Yuko was a teen legendary warrior who existed back in the sixth century!” Marth answered, “I’ve read books about him before.”

“Did...did you just say...sixth century?" Falco asked, his jaw dropping.

"Yes!"

Falco almost fainted when he heard that, but he snapped out of it.

"How...how do you know if that’s really him?”

“Because this skeleton is wearing the same chest armor I saw in a picture of him, and its one of a kind!” Marth said, “Oh man! He’s one of my favorite legendary warriors!”

“Geeze!” Falco said, rolling his eyes. And then he crossed his arms, “What’s so special about him?”

“He had saved dozens of people from a burning building, and he took out a whole army almost singled handedly!”

“Big deal!” Falco replied, “Fox and I use to do that all the time!”

“They say he’s known for his swift moves and how he handles a sword.” Marth continued, “He was a pretty powerful warrior, despite his age.”

“If you know so much about him, then how the heck did he die?”

“According to the books I've read, while he was training with his master, the guy accidenly injured Yuko, but I think he survived that!”

“I ask again: how the heck did he die?” Falco asked again

“I'm not sure.” Marth said, “I've heard different rumors about how he died. One of them was that he got killed in a burning building, and another was that he died from the wounds he recived from his previous battles." he continued, "No one ever found out his age, but most people say he was between seventeen and nineteen when he passed away.”

“Ouch.” Falco said, “But that doesn’t explain how we can get out of here!”

Marth cracked his knuckles out of anger.

“I’d try and fly us out with one if my attacks, but I’d burn you.”

“Can’t you just fly out like a bird?” Marth asked.

“I can’t” Falco said, “I’m not a full blooded falcon, therefore, I can’t fly.”

“Oh yeah, I forgot that you were part human.” Marth said, "How did you become that way, anyway?"

"I'd like to know that myself."

Marth looked at the walls. They were still muddy, so using his sword again would be useless. But then he got an idea.

“Falco, did you bring your blaster with you?” he asked.

“No….” Falco said, standing up, “Why?”

“If we can break through the mud surrounding us, then we can probably create hills for us to climb onto, and then out of the hole.”

“But if we do that, our feet would get stuck when he try to stand in them!”

Marth stabbed his sword into the wall. Then he gasped softly.

“Deep inside the wet mud, is dry dirt!” Marth said, “If we dig enough, we can get the dirt out, and then we can try to climb out!”

Falco smiled, “Good idea!”

Marth continued stabbing the wall and grabbing some of the mud with his hand. He threw it down and continued doing the same thing, trying to get some dry dirt underneath.

Falco got up and did the same thing. He didn’t have his blaster, so he did it with his hands, which made it harder.

A few moments later, the dirt has gotten harder to dig out. Marth was already starting to sweat, which was a bad thing because it was so cold outside, he could get frostbite that way. His sword could no longer penetrate through the hard wall. It was almost as solid as concrete.

Falco was also about to give up. His hands began to hurt and he was getting tired as well.

Marth panted.

“This dirt doesn’t feel like dirt at all!” he said, “It feels like…..stone.”

Falco saw a hole in the wall and felt inside it. Marth was right; deep inside the dirt walls were pure, hard stone.

“Well thats just great!” Falco said in anger.

Marth would call for help, but he knew that no one was out here in a place like this. But if they stayed, then they would surely die.

******

It got dark real fast, too. A full moon was in the night sky, and there were no stars shining. Marth looked up in the sky and saw the moon.

Falco was already to the point where he would get frostbite. He was even colder than Marth because he was soaked with the wet mud. His body started shaking uncontrollably and his beak was clicking together real fast.

Marth lowered his head. He was getting cold too, but not as bad as Falco was. Marth turned to Falco. He saw that his friend was in bad shape.

“I-I-I-I c-c-can’t take this anymore!” Falco said, shivered.

“We just have to wait until somebody comes near the ditch.” Marth said, “Then, we can scream for help.”

“I c-c-c-can barley t-t-talk!”

“Then keep quiet.” Marth said, “Don’t waste your energy or your breath. I’m not as cold as you are, but I have a feeling that I might be pretty soon.”

Falco was growing tired. He tried to keep his eyes open, but it didn’t do any good. He closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep, but Marth woke him up.

“Falco!”

Falco opened his eyes.

“Keep it down.” he mumbled, “I’m tired.”

“Falco, if you go to sleep now, there’s a possibility that you won’t ever wake up again!” Marth warned him.

“What are you t-t-t-talking about?”

“It’s too cold to just stay still.” he said, “If you sleep out here, especially in the condition your in right now, you'll die!”

“Thanks for the warning.” Falco said, trying to sound sarcastic, but he was too tired and cold to do so.

“We need to find someway to keep us alive while we’re out here.” Marth said.

Falco mumbled something. Marth turned to Falco.

“What?”

Falco mumbled again.

“Talk clearer!” Marth said.

“I’m not afraid to die now!” Falco said.

Marth’s eyes widened. He knew that Falco was always afraid to die, but why was this different?

“Why?”

“We’re stuck in a ditch with little hope of rescue. Its way below zero out here, and no one is going to help us.” Falco said, “I doubt they’re even looking for us, so why bother waiting? I’d rather die than suffer more.”

Of course, Marth didn’t want to die, at least not out here. He had several near death experiences, but this seems like it was his last chance to live. The thought of it scared him very badly.

He looked at Falco, who had fallen asleep.

Marth had the feeling that Falco was right. What if they didn’t bother to go look for them?

He closed his eyes tightly, trying to fight back tears that threatened to escape. He didn’t want to cry, but he couldn’t help it.

He dried his eyes quickly and let out a quivering sigh.

Marth looked up at the moon again. It was still in the same spot as it was when he first saw it.

Then he closed his eyes and drifted off to asleep.

[ganondorf2]

Watch your beak Falco, because you never know what might happen to you.