I slump to the ground, completely exhausted. That was hard. Stupid Dark Link! I grumble to myself. Who knew I would have such a hard time defeating myself? My doppelganger nearly killed me.
The room changes around me. Walls and a floor appear while the lone tree in the center of the room melts away. The bars that cover the door at the other end of the room lift.
I groan inwardly. I don't want to go into the next room. I want to get out of the this goddess forsaken temple. I don't want to find another key or… or fight another monster. I just want to be dry. Is that too much to ask for?
I don't think I'll ever be dry again.
"Link, you ok?" Navi asks.
"Yah, yah, I'm fine," I lie, "Just give me a moment."
In actuality, I feel awful. I've got a nasty gash on my arm that's bleeding freely. Pretty sure I've got another wound in my side too. It's hard to tell though, because I ache all over. The pain is all melting together into a gaint mass of hurt.
Why am I doing this? I ask myself, Why?
Because you need to free the Sages and stop Ganondorf, a small voice inside me (the voice that tells me when I'm being stupid or unreasonable) replies.
Ah, yes. The Sages. The Sages who keep calling me a hero. Not just any hero either. The Hero of Time.
They told me this, of course, right after I woke up again, as an adult. They said I was the Hero, gave me a big sword, tossed me into a broken world, and told me to fix it.
That's a lot to throw at someone who just woke up and discovered that seven years of their life are gone. I didn't believe it at first (in fact I'm pretty sure I laughed at them. Ha! I'm hardly a hero).
But I agreed to fix the world anyway.
What did I get myself into? I wonder desperately.
At least I have Navi, despite the fact she can be a pain in the butt. She's there for me and that's what matters.
And, I suppose I've got Sheik too; he drops in every once in a while. He may only stay long enough to teach me a song and tell me something cryptic before disappearing, but he's still the closest thing I've got to a freind, besides Navi.
I sigh and rub my face with my hands. I'm tired. I don't want to even think about moving. But I need to keep going. I've got to keep risking life and limb, navigating temples, awkaning Sages, and supposedly saving the world.
I stop as I suddenly realize something.
This is why I do what I do...
I'm not doing this crazy quest because I'm being forced. Or because some 'Sages' told me to.
I navigate temples, I fight, and I bleed because...
... I'm a Hero.
And I'm saving the world.
I stand up with renewed energy, "Come on Navi, there's more of the temple waiting for us."
Show me your worst, Ganondorf, I think to myself, I'm the Hero of Time. I was born for this.
AN: Hello All!
Another vignette from yours truely!
So I was playing Ocrina of Time and I was stuck in, of course, the beloved Water Temple (my favorite place in the whole world!), and this scene popped in my head. So I wrote it. ooh I'm such a nerd!
Is it any good? You tell me.
Allie Out.