Disclaimer: This is part: 5 to my Birthday Partystories. Read the first 4, so you won't be confused. I don't own The Legend of Zeldaor its characters. Read and review please! Review positively please! Thank you! Now, on with the story!
It's
Not Over
Yet
A/N: By the way, for visualization, Link's not wearing his tunic or hat. He's wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans. (They invented jeans, OK?) There isn't really anywhere in the story where I can tell you, so yeah... I'm telling you now. And Zelda's wearing her usual pink dress.
It's been a year since Link's kidnappings and Impa's capture. Link has had nightmares after nightmares and flashbacks after flashbacks. Zelda and his friends were always there to comfort him with his screams and cries. He is better now. He's twelve. But... what if it's not over yet?
Chapter 1: The Unexpected
"Do you want to go for a walk with me?" asked Zelda.
"Sure." replied Link.
Zelda and Link left the castle. Link was living at the castle now. Once Link and Zelda left the castle, Zelda decided to hold Link's hand, which made him blush. They were walking through Hyrule Castle Town. Zelda stopped and she turned to Link. She was about to kiss him, when they heard a scream, multiple screams. Link and Zelda looked in the direction of the screams and they saw people running in different directions. They then saw a person dressed entirely in black. The only thing showing were the eyes. The person was swinging his/her sword at people. He/she demanded, "Where's the hero?!" It was the voice of a woman.
Link's heart sunk. He was thinking, 'No... No... Not again...' Link gulped at the thought that someone was after him. Zelda looked at him, worriedly. "Don't worry, Link. Come on, let's go hide." she said.
"No! I can't leave these people! They're gonna die!" said Link, worriedly.
"Don't worry, they're gonna be okay. Link, come on!" said Zelda, sternly and worriedly.
She grabbed onto his arm and started running away to hide behind a building. "Zelda, no!" shouted Link. Suddenly, a hand grabbed him by the shoulder. He yelled with fear. Zelda quickly turned around to see the woman dressed in black holding Link with her arm around his neck and a gun to the side of his head. (They invented guns, OK?) Link was trying to get her arm off, but he couldn't. "Quit moving, boy!" said the woman in black.
"Link!" cried Zelda. 'Not again! Not again! No...' thought Zelda.
"Let me go!" shouted Link.
"Shut up!" shouted the woman in black.
"What do you want with him?!" shouted Zelda.
"Yeah!" shouted Link.
"I said, shut up!" said the woman in black, as she hit him in the side of the hide with the gun.
"OW!" he cried.
"That's none of your business!" shouted the woman in black.
"It is my business!" shouted Zelda.
"Go away now, if you don't want me to kill him." the woman in black threatened.
Link squeezed his eyes shut and shouted, "Zelda! Go! Now!"
The woman in black shouted, "For the last time, shut up!" Then, she held the gun in his mouth. She then clicked it and said, evilly, "I mean it, Princess. Let us go now," Zelda had fear in her eyes. She looked at the woman in black and then at Link, who opened his eyes and looked at her and slightly nodded his head. He had a bit of fear in his eyes. Zelda then looked back at the woman in black.
"OK... OK! You can take him. But promise me, whoever you are, that you'll not hurt him!" said Zelda, tears coming to her eyes.
"Oh no, Zelda, now why would I want to do that?" said the woman in black, as she laid her head down on the top of Link's head.
"Because you just did!" said Zelda. Zelda then turned from the woman in black to Link, who was looking at her with her fear. "I'll come for you," Zelda said to him. He nodded at her. The woman in black took the gun out of Link's mouth and she put it in her pocket. She pulled out something from her pocket, threw it on the ground, and a large puff of blue smoke appeared, and once it cleared, Link and the woman in black were gone. "LINK!" screamed Zelda. She then collapsed to the ground on her hands and knees, sobbing...
Chapter 2: Who is the Woman in Black?
Link woke up. He was in a grey brick room with a heavy wooden door and a barred window. He saw that his wrists were tied together and above his head. He was hanging in the air with a rope attached to the ceiling that attached to the rope tied around his wrists. His ankles were tied together, too. He also noticed that he was gagged with multiple rags tied around his mouth. He bowed his head and thought, 'Why did this have to happen to me again? I was just getting over my past kidnapping experiences, and this had to happen to me again...'
The heavy wooden door opened, and Link looked up at the directly of the door immediately. He saw the woman in black come through the door. Link's eyes widened and he silently gasped. "Now, now, don't be afraid, I'm not going to hurt you, but if you don't cooperate, then I just might change my mind about that..." said the woman in black.
Link tried to ask, "Who are you?! And what do you want?!" But nothing came out. The rags were preventing him from making any sound.
"I bet you're wondering who I am and I want with you," said the woman in black. Link then thought, 'Did she just read my mind?' Link then nodded to the woman in black. She then said, "Alright. I'll show you. It's hard to believe you don't recognize my voice." The woman in black pulled off the face cover, and when Link saw who it was, his eyes widened. He did a silent gasp and shook with fear. The woman in black was none other than Impa...
Chapter 3: Where is Link?
"But father! I need to find Link! He could die!" shouted Zelda.
"I'm sorry, Zelda, but I can't just let you go on your own. Without Impa, you can't go anywhere until we find a new bodyguard for you." said the King.
"Can't one of the guards come with me?"
"No, Zelda! If our hero's disappeared, then you're sure to disappear, too."
Zelda got so mad, she stormed out of the throne room. She then said to herself, "I'm not just going to let Link die! I have to find him!" Zelda transformed into Sheik. Sheik left the castle and grabbed a horse from the stable. She left Hyrule Castle Town to Hyrule Field.
Sheik rode across Hyrule Field not knowing where he was going. He thought, 'Link wouldn't be in the Shadow Temple, he was already taken there. He wouldn't be in the Dark World again, he was already taken there. He wouldn't be in Termina again either, he was already taken there. Argh! Where is he?!' Sheik stopped the horse to sit and think for a few minutes. 'There has to be a secret cave or an underground passage.' thought Sheik. 'I'll try near Kakariko Village first. I have a feeling this is Impa. She just might go to her hometown, but why would she? She has a better chance of being captured, but I'll look there anyway,' So, he headed toward Kakariko Village in hopes of finding Link there...
Chapter 4: What Do You Want with Me?
Impa came closer to the hanging Link and she grabbed him by his shirt. She pulled him closer to her. She then said, "If you promise to cooperate with me, I'll pull down those rags and I won't hurt you. Deal?" Link waited a few seconds before nodding his head.
Impa let go of Link's shirt and pulled down the rags that gagged him. Link started to shake with fear and he shakily asked, "What do you want with me? Why can't you please let me go?" Impa then replied, "Na ah ah. You're not cooperating."
"Sorry..." muttered Link.
"Apology accepted." said Impa, as she folded her arms across her chest. She then started pacing back and forth in front of Link. Impa then asked, "Why do you think you're here? And be honest,"
Link didn't hesitate to answer, he replied, "Because you're a crazy psychopath!"
"Hmm... OK. Do you want to know my reason?" asked Impa, as she stopped pacing in front of Link and faced him.
"Uhh... Sure..." replied Link, hesitantly.
"My reason is: I love you and I need you, Link."
"Well, if you love me so much, then why did you threaten to kill me earlier with a gun and hurt me with it and tie me up?!"
"The answer to the first two questions are: I was just trying to scare Zelda, and the answer to the third one is, I don't want you to ever leave me."
"If you love me so much, why'd you gag me and threaten to hurt me, if I didn't cooperate with you?"
"Answer number one is: I didn't want you yelling for help. And answer number two is: I'm the boss of this place, and you'll do whatever I tell you to! And right now, you're pushing my buttons, because I never told you to ask all these questions!" said Impa, frustration settling in.
"Too bad! I can say and do whatever I want! You can't tell me what to do!" shouted Link.
Impa walked up to him and grabbed his neck, which made him grunt in pain. She said, evilly, "You've got a lot of guts to be talking to me like that, kid!"
"What are you? Bipolar or something? You're nice and calm one moment, and the next moment, you're biting off my head!" shouted Link, and he spat in her face.
"Aahh! You'll pay for that!" said Impa, disgusted, as she let go of his neck and wiped off the spit from her face.
"Go ahead and try!" Impa then went up to him and kicked him where the sun doesn't shine in the front. He screamed. He held back the tears that wanted to pour out of his eyes so badly. He bowed his head, trying to hide the tears that couldn't help but come out of his eyes.
Impa saw the tears drip on the floor and she said, sarcastically, "Aww! Is little Linky crying?"
"No!" shouted Link, immediately.
"I really don't want to hurt you like this, Link, but you're not cooperating with me," She took his chin and pulled his head up, so his eyes met hers. His eyes were red from crying. Impa then said, "Look, I'm sorry, but you have to behave."
"You're fucking nuts. You know that?" said Link. He then began to shout, "YOU'RE FUCKING NUTS!" Impa then lost her temper. She let go of his chin and punched him in the face. He yelled in pain. He kept yelling in pain every time she punched him. She punched him five times. He was spitting out blood. "I think you broke my face... I can't feel it..." muttered Link.
Impa said, "Good. Serves you right. Maybe next time you'll think twice about what you say to me, little boy!" Link looked at her with fear and hatred. "You're so cute when you're scared." She went up to him and kissed him on the lips! He tried to get out the muffled word "no!", but he couldn't, since Impa was kissing him. He squeezed his eyes shut.
Impa stopped kissing him and said, "If you promise you won't try to get away, I'll think about untying you, if you promise you'll love me and be with me forever."
Link then shouted, "I'll never be with a psychopath like you!" Impa slapped him across the face, which made him yelp in pain.
She started to leave the room, when she said, "Think about it. You have an hour. Oh! I almost forgot," Impa then walked back over to Link and pulled the rags over his mouth again. Then, she left the room and closed the heavy wooden door behind her. Link hung there, scared. He was thinking, "What would she do to me, if I refused to be with her and "love" her? But I'll never be with someone like her! A psychopath! A goddamn psychopath..."
To be Continued...
A/N: Thanks for reading! ^_^ Review positively please and thank you! I'm starting part: 6 tomorrow. It's going to be longer than I originally expected, because I had to cut part: 5 short, because I'm going to be kind of busy tonight, and I don't have time to make part: 5 as long as I wanted, but don't worry, you'll get it in part: 6. So, it'll make part: 6 seem longer, which is awesome! I don't really know how I could send it to my other computer, where I'm going to be this weekend, so yeah, this is just easier. Yeah, I know, I'm stupid. (I'm not a computer genius.) (This story wasn't even suppose to go on this long.) Part: 6 and more stories coming soon! ^_^ Bye!
Disclaimer: Part: 6 of my Birthday party stories and part: 2 to It's Not Over Yet. Read the first five, or else you'll be confuzzled. Read and review please! Positive reviews please! Thank you! And I don't own The Legend of Zeldaor its characters! Now, on with the story!
It's
Not Over
Yet
Part: 2
Chapter 1: Kakariko Village
Sheik arrived at Kakariko Village. He hopped off the horse that he was riding on. Then, he grabbed the reins of the horse and pulled the horse to the guard at the Entrance/Exit Gate. Sheik asked, "Excuse me, do you know where Impa and/or Link may be? Have you seen either one of them here at all?"
The guard then replied, "No, I haven't. I'm sorry."
"It's OK." Sheik said, disappointed. He then proceeded through the Gate Entrance/Exit, pulling the horse. He went around asking the villagers if they'd seen Link and/or Impa, but there was no luck. Every one of them said the same thing: no. He went to the Death Mountain Gate. The guard let Sheik and the horse through. Sheik hopped back on the horse and they proceeded up Death Mountain Trail...
Chapter 2: Will You Love Me?
Link woke up when he heard the heavy wooden door open. He looked up at the direction of the door. Impa walked into the room with a smile on her face. Link just looked at her. Impa walked up to him and she asked, "So, have you made your decision?" Link nodded. "Will you let me untie you and will you love me forever?" Link shook his head. Link then thought, 'Why would I want to love somebody that kicked me in my nuts?!' Impa's smile quickly went away and she turned angry. Her smile then came back and she said, "Fine. You'll have to pay, then..." Link's eyes widened with fear. He thought, 'Did I make the right decision? Yes... Yes, I did! But it's a painful decision... I will never love a psychopath! What is she going to do to me? Help me... I'm scared...'
Impa then knelt down and grabbed onto his ankles and pulled off one of his shoes. She threw it on the other side of the room. Then, she pulled off his other shoe and did the same thing. Link started to shake with fear and thought, 'What is she going to do?... Help me...' Then, she took off his one sock and threw it on the other side of the room, followed by his other sock and did the same thing. She pulled his legs towards her and pulled out a piece of plywood. Link looked at it, scared. He was shaking with fear and breathing faster and heavier. He was trying to shout, "No! Please! Don't!" But nothing came out, because he was gagged.
Impa smacked the bottom of his feet with the plywood. He did a muffled scream. Impa then shouted, "I'll stop if you promise to love me and be with me forever!" Link was starting to cry, as he quickly shook his head "no". Impa then hit him on the bottom of his feet again with the plywood. Every time she hit him, Link would scream and she would yell "promise". He'd quickly shake his head "no". After about ten hits, she let go of him. He sobbed. He knew that she had broken his feet. The pain was unbearable. Impa stood up and Link was looking away from her, sobbing. She roughly grabbed his hair and she pulled it to make him face her. He grunted in pain, but it was silent.
He kept his eyes squeezed shut, and he was still crying. She didn't let go of his hair and she said, evilly, "Promise you'll love me and be with me forever, and I'll let you down!" He slightly shook his head "no". She let go of his hair and dropped the plywood on the floor. She went behind him and started moving her hands up his back. It sent shivers down Link's spine. He finally opened his eyes and he looked scared. He was scared. Impa made her way to his hair and she said, creepily, "You have such nice hair. Soft, golden blonde," She smelled it and she said, creepily, "Mmm. It smells so nice, too. It smells kinda like strawberries." Link quivered with fear and closed his eyes again. He thought, 'Please stop!' Impa continued to feel his hair and kissed him on the side of his head.
Then, she went back in front of him, and he looked at her, scared. "You're just too cute right now." said Impa, smiling, as she touched his nose with her finger and took it away quickly. Link squeezed his eyes shut and bowed his head. He began crying again. Impa knelt down and looked up at him and said, "Aww. It's OK." She then began to caress his cheek. She stopped caressing and said, "I'll be right back," Impa got up and left the room and closed the heavy wooden door behind her. Link continued to cry with his head down. He then thought, 'Help me... Somebody, please help me...'
Chapter 3: Death Mountain
Sheik rode the horse up Death Mountain Trail. He avoided every giant rock that rolled down the trail. Sheik stopped and asked a few Gorons if they'd seen Link and/or a tall, muscular Sheikah woman. They each said "no". Sheik and the horse then made their way to Goron City. He left the horse at the entrance/exit of Goron City. Then, he proceeded inside. Once Sheik was inside, he asked every Goron if they'd seen Link and/or a tall, muscular Sheikah woman. And, of course, they all said "no". Sheik even asked Darunia if he'd seen Link and/or Impa, and he said "no", too.
Sheik was heading toward the exit and he thought, 'Dear Goddesses, where is he?' Sheik hopped back on the horse and headed further up the Death Mountain Trail. He avoided the boulders that fell, and he left his horse at the bottom of the vine wall. Sheik proceeded to climb up the vines. He made it up to the top. He pulled himself up and he went inside the cave that led to the Great Fairy's Fountain. Once Sheik got inside, he pulled out the Ocarina of Time and played Zelda's Lullaby on the Triforce symbol. The Great Fairy then came out of the fountain with a flash of bright light and laughter. The Great Fairy then asked, kindly, "Hello there, Sheik. How may I be of assistance to you?"
Sheik then replied, sadly, "Link... the Hero of Time... has been kidnapped by Impa... I'm pretty sure it's Impa, anyway... And I have no idea where they are... So, I was wondering if you knew where they were."
The Great Fairy then replied, kindly, "They're close... Very close, my dear."
Sheik replied with some hope, "Thank you."
"If your adventure has made you weary, come and see me." And, with that, the Great Fairy disappeared back into the fountain, with laughter and a flash of bright light.
So, Shiek left the Great Fairy's Fountain and arrived outside. He then thought, 'Close... Very close... I'm going to check Death Mountain Crater.' Sheik entered the Death Mountain Crater. Once he entered, he got so very hot. He then said to himself, "OK, I only have about a minute. I'd better hurry," Sheik searched everywhere in the Death Mountain Crater. He called, "Link! Impa!" His face and entire body were soaked with sweat. He said to himself, "I have to get outta here, right away." Sheik left Death Mountain Crater. Once he arrived outside, he fell on the ground and flipped over onto his back. He panted and was trying to get the nice, fresh, cool air into his lungs. Once he felt better, he thought, 'I should head over to Zora's Domain,' Sheik got up off of the ground and went over to the vine wall and started to climb down. Once he got down, he hopped onto his horse and headed back down the trail, avoiding the falling boulders. Sheik managed to get to Kakariko Village. He rode through the village and went out the Gate Entrance/Exit; headed down the stairs, on his way to Zora's Domain...
Chapter 4: Some Nourishment
Impa entered the grey brick room with a cup of water in her hand. Link looked up at her, scared, with a tear-stained face. Impa smiled at him. She walked up to him and pulled down the rags. Link tried to yell, "HELP ME!"
But Impa placed her hand over his mouth and asked, firmly, "Do you want this water, or not?" Link nodded. Impa removed her hand from his mouth and she placed the cup up to his lips. She tilted it up and he sipped the water out of the cup, but most of it was running down his chin and shirt. Impa then took the cup away and she wiped the water off his face with the back of her hand. She then asked, "Do you feel better?" He nodded.
He then said, "I'm kinda hungry. Can I have something to eat, please?"
Impa nodded and said, "Sure."
She was about to pull the rags over his mouth again, when he said, "No. I promise I won't yell for help. So, you don't have to gag me,"
"I'm sorry, I can't take that chance," She pulled the rags over his mouth again and she left the room. She shut the heavy wooden door behind her.
A few moments later, Impa returned with some tomato soup and a bun on a tray. Impa pulled down the rags from his mouth and she spoon-fed him the soup. When he was done, she sat the tray down on the floor. She grabbed the bun and held it up to him. He took bites out of it. Once he was finished, he said, "Thank you. I feel better now."
"Good," She continued, "I'll be back in about an hour. You have that much time to think about loving me and being with me forever." She pulled the rags over his mouth again. She bent down and picked up the tray. She left the room and closed the heavy wooden door behind her...
Chapter 5: Zora's Domain
Sheik entered the pathway to Zora's Domain: Zora's River. He hopped off his horse and headed up the river. Once he got to the entrance/exit of Zora's Domain, he pulled out the Ocarina of Time and played Zelda's Lullaby on the Triforce symbol. The waterfall slowed down, and Sheik hopped across the gap and entered Zora's Domain. Once Sheik got inside, he asked all of the Zoras if they'd seen Link and/or a tall, muscular Sheikah woman at all. They all said "no", of course. Sheik went up the path that led to the Zora King. Sheik bowed to the King and asked, "Excuse me, King Zora, but you haven't happened to see Link and/or a tall, muscular Sheikah woman, have you?"
Sheik stood up, and the King Zora replied, "No. I have not. I'm sorry."
"It's OK. Thank you." said Sheik, disappointed.
Sheik then left the throne room and headed back down the path that led there. Sheik left Zora's Domain and hopped over the gap. He headed back down Zora's River, climbed onto his horse, and headed for Hyrule Field...
Chapter 6: Love Me!
Impa entered the room. Link looked up when she entered. She walked up to him and grabbed the boy's neck. Link silently grunted in pain. She then firmly asked, "So, will you love me and be with me forever?" Link slightly shook his head "no". She then, slapped him across the face. He silently yelped in pain. Impa squeezed his cheeks with her hand, and he squeezed his eyes shut from the pain. She then said, evilly, "Then, you'll have to pay again," She let go of him and pulled out a dagger from her pocket. Link opened his eyes, and he saw the dagger in Impa's hand. His eyes widened with fear. She then pointed the tip of the dagger to his chin and said, "You deserve this!" She pulled the dagger away and she ripped open his shirt. Suddenly, a memory came back to Link...
Enter Flashback...
Link's PoV:
Ganondorf ripped open my green shirt. I started to breathe fast and heavy, and sweat started running down my face. Then suddenly, an excruciating pain went down my chest, slowly. I did a muffled scream. What's he going to do next?! Somebody, help me!...
End of Flashback...
Author's PoV:
Link was taken out of his thoughts, when a sudden pain went slowly down his chest. He looked down to see Impa kneeling and holding onto his legs, so he wouldn't move away, and she was slicing down his chest. He did a muffled scream from the pain. The slice bled like Hell. Link began to cry. Then, Impa did a horizontal slice across the vertical one. Link did a muffled scream again. Impa stopped and said evilly, "You're all mine!" She threw the dagger on the floor and started to move her blood covered hands down his sides and down his legs, making them all bloody. Link started to shake with fear. Impa moved her hands back up his legs and squeezed his bottom, which made Link silently gasp. Link then thought, "Dear Goddesses, she's gonna rape me..." She started massaging the back of his legs. She suddenly stopped. Someone was coming...
Chapter 7: The Secret Passage
(A few moments before the slicing and you know...)
Sheik stopped the horse and got off of it. He went over to a stump to sit and think and take a break. He placed his elbows on his knees and face in his hands. He was thinking, 'Where could Link be? I've checked Kakariko Village, Death Mountain, and Zora's Domain... I don't know how much longer Link has, unless he has no time left at all... I still have to look in the Kokiri Forest, Gerudo Valley, and Lake Hylia, and it's already starting to get dark...' Sheik scooted back a bit on the stump, and he heard a "click". Beside the stump, a door in the ground slid open. Sheik looked at the opening in shock. He then said silently to himself, "Link?..." Sheik proceeded down the stairs to the underground passageway...
Chapter 8: Getting Away
(Back in present time)
Impa quickly grabbed the dagger off the floor and quickly stood up. She reached up and cut the centre of the rope that attached to the ceiling and around Link's wrists. Once it was cut through, she caught him before he fell. His tied arms just flopped down from the lack of circulation. He couldn't feel his arms. Impa held Link over her shoulder. She ran out of the room with him, and Sheik was not far behind. He shouted, "Link!" He chased after Impa. Link was looking at Sheik, pleadingly. Impa and Sheik ran through the halls with many twists and turns. Sheik then teleported in front of Impa, which made her come to a halt. Sheik's eyes were bigger than a full moon, and he said, firmly and angrily, "Give. Me. Link. Now."
Impa replied, evilly, "Never!" Impa pulled Link off her shoulder and she held him out in front of her. She grabbed the remaining rope that was keeping Link tied in the air earlier, and she held him up by the remaining rope, so that he was facing Sheik. Link looked at Sheik, petrified. And Sheik gave Link the same look. Impa took out the dagger again and she said, "Leave now, Princess, and never come back, or I'll hurt him right in front of you, if you don't." Sheik was looking at Link, seeing what Impa had already done to him. He saw that his feet were black and blue. His ankles were tied together. Blood was smeared on his legs and shirt, and he had slices on his chest. He was gagged with multiple rags. His cheek was a bit swollen. He'd seen that he had been crying, because of the tear stains. His hair was a mess, and of course, his wrists were tied. He was a mess, and that's probably not all that Impa did to him. 'What else did she do to him that's not visible to me?' he thought. Sheik went numb throughout his entire body. He thought, 'If I leave, what will happen to Link? If I stay, she's going to hurt him while I'm here...' "Alright, you've made your choice, Sheik," Impa started slicing up Link's left leg, slowly, tearing his jeans. He quivered and he eventually did a muffled scream. She did another slice up his hip and on his stomach, tearing his jeans and shirt even more. He screamed every time and he began to cry. Sheik was frozen still. He was in too much of shock. He didn't know what to do. Impa then sliced diagonally across his chest, which made him scream a muffled scream a bit louder. Impa sliced the bottom of his broken left foot and made him scream louder. Impa then said with an evil smile, "I'm just going to keep on going, Princess,"
Impa brought the dagger up to his left cheek and touched it with the dagger. She was about to slice, when Sheik finally shouted, "Enough! I'll go! And I'll never come back."
Impa then said with an evil smile, "That's a good girl, or should I say boy, right now," The dagger was still up at Link's cheek. Impa then threatened, "Go now, or I'll slice now." Sheik didn't hesitate and he left. Impa put the bloody dagger away. Blood was on Link's cheek from the bloody dagger. Impa then turned Link around, so he faced her. She said, evilly, "I got you now. Forever." She then whispered, "You'll never leave me." Link trembled with fear.
Suddenly, a sharp pain hit Impa in the back of the neck. The rope slipped out of her hands and Link fell to the floor. Impa fell forward onto the floor, unconscious. She landed on top of Link's legs, which made him yell in pain, but it came out muffled. An arrow was sticking out of the back of Impa's neck. One of the guards from the castle stood there with a bow out in front of him. He lowered the bow. Sheik, too, was beside him, with his arms folded across his chest. He was angry. The guard went over to Impa and Link and he pulled Impa off the child. Sheik transformed back to Zelda, and she went over to Link. She knelt down beside him and pulled down the rags from his mouth. She untied his wrists, which were cut and bleeding from the rope. She pulled his arms down and held onto his hands. She started crying and she asked, "Link, are you OK, baby?" He shook his head "no".
He said, "My feet... they're broken... They're broken... I can't walk... I can't walk... I can't breathe... I can't breathe..." He started crying.
"Link, it's OK now. You can breathe. Just breathe." said Zelda, reassuringly. She held onto his hands with her one hand and slowly petted the top of his head with the other. "Just breathe." Zelda whispered, as she kissed him on the forehead.
"Your Highness," said the guard.
"Yes?" answered Zelda.
The guard held out his hand toward the Princess and he opened it. It revealed a small chip. Zelda looked at the chip, shocked. "This wasn't Impa," said the guard. The guard continued, "She was brainwashed. I don't know when, but this chip was placed on her."
"Oh, Nayru... Oh, Nayru..." said Zelda, as she could barely breathe herself. "It had to have been Twinrova. They're the only ones I know that know how to brainwash. Impa has been brainwashed for a very long time. Ever since Link's first kidnapping, she wasn't herself. I should have guessed it. None of this would have happened... It's all my fault... It's all my fault..." said Zelda, as she started to cry.
"No, no, your Highness, it's not your fault. None of us could have expected it, none of us." said the guard, reassuringly.
"It is! It is my fault! I fail as a ruler! I can't even protect my people! I ran away when Impa was coming after Link! Before, I pretty much didn't care what happened to my Kingdom, trying to rescue someone that I love, that I couldn't even protect! I suck as a ruler! I suck!" yelled Zelda.
"No, Zelda, it's not your fault. It's none of our faults. Nobody knew. Nobody." said Link, reassuringly.
Zelda then said, sadly, "I just feel so guilty..."
Chapter 9: Impa!
Impa woke up from unconsciousness. She then asked, confusedly, "W-Where am I?"
The guard replied, "You're in an underground passageway."
"What am I doing in an underground passageway?"
Zelda then replied, "You were brainwashed. I think by Twinrova. But when and where, Impa?"
Impa tried to sit up, holding her head with her hand and she said, "Ow." The guard laid her back down. "Hmm... I can't really remember. I think, though, I was at my house. This was a long time ago, and Twinrova came into my house and attacked me. The next thing I know, I'm laying on the floor here with you guys."
Zelda then said, "I hate to say it, Impa, but you've done a lot of bad stuff. The worst is, one time, you tried to kidnap Link, saying a bunch of things like, 'I love him!' and, 'He's so cute when he's scared.' And, the worst of it all is, a year after that, you actually kidnapped Link, and that's why you're here. Look what you did to Link," Zelda pointed at Link, who was lying on the floor and looking at Impa, a little scared, confused, and worried, but relieved at the same time.
"Oh, Goddesses... Oh, Goddesses!" said Impa, as she began to cry. Zelda looked at Impa, shocked. Impa never cried. Never.
Zelda then said, reassuringly, "But it's all over now, Impa. Everything's going to be OK now..."
Chapter 10: Going Home
Zelda helped Impa to her feet. She helped her walk, by putting each others' arms around each others' backs. The guard untied Link's ankles and picked him up and carried him. They left the underground tunnels. Link then said, "Impa, I'm so sorry for all of the name-calling and for spitting in your face. I feel just terrible for doing that to you." I
mpa then said, "Hey, don't worry about it, shrimp. (Impa's nickname for Link) I don't even remember any of it, so no need to apologize." Link smiled. He was happy to be called "shrimp" again. The old Impa was back. He also smiled, because he was relieved that he finally got to go home. He was exhausted and he fell asleep in the guard's arms.
The guard looked down and said, quietly, "Everybody, look," Impa and Zelda turned around to see the sleeping Link in the guard's arms.
"Aww! He's so cute!" said Zelda, quietly.
"He sure is." said Impa, quietly.
The guard then said, quietly, "I'm not one for calling anybody cute, but right now, Link is just too cute. In fact, he's adorable." The guard then kissed Link on the forehead, and they continued walking to their horses. Zelda got on the horse that she rode for her adventure and she helped Impa up on the horse. Zelda was controlling the horse, while Impa rode on the back. The guard placed the sleeping Link on the back of his horse. The guard got on and he slowly picked up Link and laid him down on his lap. They rode off, away from the stump and the hideout.
Zelda asked the guard, "Alon (the guard's name), how did you know where I was?"
Alon answered, "I followed you throughout your whole adventure."
"Oh. Father sent you out, didn't he?"
"Yes, he did. But I kept my distance, because you didn't need any help, you were doing fine. I was close enough, just in case, though."
"But I did need help at the end. I wouldn't have saved Link or even Impa without you. Thank you." Zelda said, kindly.
Alon then said kindly, "You're welcome, Princess. You're very welcome." And, with that, the gang rode toward Hyrule Castle Town, where Hyrule Castle, home, was located...
The End
A/N: Thanks for reading! Review positively please! Thank you! I hope you liked it! ^_^ Part: 6 is the last one I'm doing. I'll start a new series, if I can think of one. Oh, by the way, Alon is my character in this story, OK? I created him. Whoo! "Yawn" I'm tired. It's almost 3am. I wanted to get this done. So, blah, I'm tired. Good night and thank you! Love you all!
- ZeldaFan123