A/N: Aack! I'm so sorry! I've forgotten this story completely while busy with school, reading Bleach, and all the stuff I usually do while I have free time! (Completed the Minish Cap game for the fourth time too, if anyone cares.) Anyways, it's not much, but at least I updated, right? Right? ………I'll try harder next time. Sorry (again)!

Hyrule Castle Dungeons (Link POV)

Link walked quickly along the corridor, completely unhindered by monsters. He and Vaati had taken care of the few dungeon "guards" on their first trip through. "Come on, Vaati, hurry up!" he called over his shoulder to the Minish mage, who was struggling to keep up with Link's enthusiastic pace.

"S-slow down, Link! I can't keep up with y—Aaagh!" Vaati cried.

The Hylian whirled around at his companion's agonized cry, sword out in case a monster had ambushed them, just in time to see the sorcerer stagger sideways and slide down the wall, hand pressed against the side of his head. Link ran over, all impatience gone. "Vaati! Vaati, are you alright?" he said, words accented with a hint of fear and panic. "What's wrong?"

Vaati's breathing came in hard, short gasps. "He sees… he knows we're here… Link, we must hurry! The ritual… has begun! That fiend can see… through my own eyes… This is bad…The princess… Her Lightforce…" he broke off with a short gasp, then slowly lowered his hand, still breathing hard.

"Vaati, what happened?" Ezlo asked, leaning precariously over his former student. "What do you mean, 'he sees through your eyes'? Are you okay?" Vaati stood unsteadily, looking shaky. "I'm… fine. Sorry for making you worry, Master Ezlo, Link. It is n--" "Don't you dare say it's nothing," Link interrupted, holding up a hand. "You were in serious pain there, and I, for one, don't think that's 'nothing'. Tell me what you saw."

Vaati almost smiled. 'It's nice to have someone who cares…' he thought. "Alright, I'll tell you. Do you remember how I told you I could see through the demon's eyes? Somehow, he found the connection and reversed it. I can still see what he sees, but he can see us as well. The pain was the magical backlash from that spell."

Link nodded. "Oh… That's a bad thing, right?" Vaati dusted himself off and shook a bit of dirt out of his long lavender hair. "It depends. He knows how close we are to him and the princess, but he hasn't a clue what we're doing now. He can only see us: he can't hear or manipulate me in any way to see anything different from what I'm looking at."

Ezlo nodded sagely. "Yes, that does make sense. In that case, Vaati, we're going to have to limit what you –and therefore he– can see. Unfortunately, beyond blindfolding you, I can't really think of anything we can do about this. Any ideas, Link?"

Link shook his head. Vaati said, "I can fight him, you know. I'm doing my best right now to use what magic I've got to block him out. I'm going to need to concentrate, so Link, you're in charge of killing the monsters. I can handle any road-blocks of the non-living kind if needed. In any case, let's keep moving. He's trying to finish the ceremony faster now that he knows where we are. We'll have to move even faster now." Link nodded, tightening his grip on the Four Sword's hilt. "Fine by me. Ready, Ezlo?" The bird-hat nodded while wondering how a child four-and-a-half feet tall could look so dangerous.