Beat stretched as he rose from bed. He slept uneasily, and he figured it was due to the incident last night. He looked over to see Will still snoring in his bed.
"Get up Nicoli!" growled Beat kicking him out of bed.
Will tumbled out of bed and glared at Beat. "What the hell Grimsley?" he spat. "I was having an amazing dream about riches and glory."
"Don't worry, you'll find that someday." said Beat with a smile.
"Speaking of finding..." muttered Will noticing the necklace his friend wore, "who'd you steal this from?"
"It was given to me." laughed Beat.
"By whom?" asked Will suspiciously.
"A guy named Candre." shrugged Beat.
Will snapped into a state of alertness and quickly grabbed his friend. "Do you recall his first name?"
"Kai... Why? What's wrong with Candres?" asked Beat nervously.
Will lightened up and sighed with relief. "Oh thank the goddesses. I thought you might have gotten it from the other one."
"Whose the other one?" yawned Beat.
"Jay Candre. He is very dangerous, due to unpredictability. They would make him a wanted man, but everything he does is technically legal. The only people he ever really hurts are criminals and those involved with other Cadres." explained Will. "Last I heard he was in that town we went to before, Baygreen."
"Where those twins were? When'd you hear this?" gasped Beat.
"About a month ago. But Jay doesn't stay centered in one place for too long. I doubt he'd recruit either of those two." shrugged Will.
"Recruited them for what?" growled Beat, fearing for the children's safety.
"The Candre Games." stated Will solemnly.

Kai hadn't slept. He stayed in his room charting battle plans on a map. He heard a light knock on his door and pushed everything off of his desk. He jumped for his bed and quickly buried himself under the blankets. He closed his eyes just as the door began to open.
"Nice try." laughed Alice. "The whole ruckus you made clearing your desk told me you were awake."
"Damn." muttered Kai.
"Lily's back. Your sister returned her in one piece." she announced as a glowing orange ball of light flew towards him.
In a flash, the ball turned into a teenage girl and landed on top of him.
"Oh Kai it was awful!" she moaned brushing her orange hair aside so she could look into his eyes. "Juniper is so awful. She always had me keeping her connected to someone else."
"Well you are a messenger fairy, you're supposed to help people communicate." laughed Kai. "Besides, I knew you'd help June, I trust her." he said staring into her bright pink eyes.
"It's not that I don't trust her. It's who she had me help her keep in touch with." explained the human-sized fairy laying her head on his chest. "It's that Zane boy. He just gives off a strange aura." she then scowled as if the boy she spoke of was in sight.
Alice sighed in exasperation. "June's still waiting downstairs. I think she wanted to talk with you."
"Thanks, tell her I'll be right down. Just give me time to change." requested Kai.
"Alright." nodded Alice turning to walk out the door.
Lily frowned as she shrunk down to her normal fairy size. "Fine." she sighed flying after Alice.
Kai yawned as he climbed out of his bed. He knew what was coming, so he thought it'd be best to look somewhat presentable.

Link jumped out of bed as soon as he woke up. He had to get moving if he wanted to warn the other Sages in time. He was about to put his ocarina to his lips when he recalled Impa's instructions. He paced around the room, planning the fastest way to get to warn Ruto. He assumed the best way would be to play the Serenade of Water and then put on the Zora Mask to get through the water of Lake Hylia quickly. He could probably do it in about thirty minutes.
His thoughts were interrupted by a guard opening the door. "I've been instructed to bring you breakfast by Impa." he stated in an unaffected tone.
"Thanks." nodded Link.
"I was also instructed to escort you out of the castle." he added.
"Alright, but I thought Impa was going to guide me." murmured Link. 
"She had something come up, so I was requested to do it." explained the guard unenthusiastically.
"You don't like me, do you?" asked Link.
"No, it's not that. I'm just not a morning person, so I just seem upset." sighed the guard.
"You can have my coffee." offered Link pushing the warm cup of rich dark brown coffee.
The guard smiled and accepted the mug and took a small sip of the rich liquid. "Thanks." nodded the guard.
"I'm Link." Link greeted with a bow.
"I'm Isaac. It's a nice to meet you." smiled the blonde guard.
"Maybe we should take the meal and eat as you guide me outside." suggested Link, wanting to finish his task as quickly as possible.
"Not right now. 'Sir' Edmund is currently patrolling looking for any guards not doing as he ordered. If we were to be ordered by the King, Edmund would make us get his permission first." grumbled Isaac.
Link recalled his experience last night with Edmund and found himself wanting to fight him even more. "Who made him a knight?" asked Link, suppressing a growl.
"He won the title in a tournament. You know how the King will grant any wish he can for the person who wins one of those. Edmund wished to become a knight, so the King put him through the care of our knights and he quickly finished the training." explained Isaac.
"So could someone make a wish for him to be removed from the king's knights?" asked Link, a plan forming in his head.
Isaac smiled realizing the plan. "Perhaps, someone would have to win first." 
"Then I guess I'll be joining after I do my job." Link said with a laugh.

"Candre Games?" Beat asked in confusion.
"Oh dear Nayru, are you serious? The Candre Games is how the head of the Candre clan will be decided. All the members in one generation compete against each other to collect gems called Pearls of Candre. Mostly they get others involved and end up having skirmishes all over the place. This is the first time it's happening in Hyrule though." Will explained.
"Why is that?" Beat asked.
"You've heard of the King's recent peace treaty with the neighboring country Jinlax right?" Will sighed.
"Yeah, I've heard about it." Beat nodded. "Oh I get it, they're from Jinlax!" Beat exclaimed realizing the answer.
"Yep, that's it." nodded Will. "Now can we go eat? I'm starving." he complained as his stomach began to growl.
"Yeah, let's go eat." Beat agreed with a smile, forgetting the other event that occurred the previous night.

Navi was becoming irritated. She had gone in a circle. She started at Jabu-Jabu's palace, flown to the castle, then to Lon Lon Ranch, then to the forest, and now she found herself back at the castle. She flew back to Zelda's window and saw the princess was not there at the moment, irritating her even more. She flew off towards the only way out the Castle Town and waited atop the drawbridge.

Kai pulled on his grey coat over his usual orange shirt as he headed down to see his slightly younger sister.
"Juniper!" Kai laughed as he caught sight of her.
"Kai!" laughed Juniper running towards him. She embraced him and laughed. "It's so good to see you."
"I could say the same. How have your travels been?" Kai said with a bright smile.
"Interesting enough." Juniper yawned. "I thought I'd return Lily to you since I've finished what I left for."
"What stories have you made to tell?" Kai laughed sitting down in a chair.
As Juniper began to tell her story Allen yawned as he came down the stairs. Upon catching sight of Allen June stopped mid-sentence.
"Allen! My darling!" she squealed running towards the half-asleep teen.
"Huh?" Allen groaned wiping his eyes. "June?!?" he gasped opening his eyes.
"Oh no," muttered Kai.
"Maybe I should chase you the same way your sister chases my brother." Alice said jokingly.
"No." Kai stated flatly.
"Oh I was only joking." Alice said, a slight note of sadness in her voice.
"Oh I've got such stories to tell you Allen, all the sights I've seen. So many romantic spots where you could take me for our wedding!" June sighed hugging Allen tightly.
"This is one reason I don't like Candre's." Allen muttered.

As Isaac escorted him outside the castle, Link thought of who he'd go to warn first. He figured Darunia would take the shortest amount of time to warn.
"Alright this is as far as I'm permitted to take you." Isaac sighed. "Do your job, then get rid of Vanders." he laughed.
"Right." Link said with a nod. 

As the two went in opposite directions, a lone witness smiled to himself, a plan forming in his twisted mind.