*Waves* THIS BE MY VERY FIRST LEGEND OF ZELDA FIC! AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO SAY THAT I LOVE YOU LINK! YOUR SWORD IS VERY COOL! ME APPROVE OF YOUR GREAT TASTE IN WEAPONS! *Waves some more* HELLO RASHIKA STAR! LOOK AT ME, I'M ACTING DUMB… AGAIN! *Cough*

Okay, I'm done… oh… and there may be some slight romance or suicide content in this later on… but don't worry I'm not going to kill Link… I hope…*gulps* but be warned that this is kinda dark and what not. Pssst…and just to tell you, this is written in first person and is told by Link-sama.

Disclaimer: me no own… I'm even going to tell you all what would possibly happen if I did because of the nightmares you'd all be suffering from *^_^

Blood of Tears

Chapter One: Jaded Moonlight

It's ironic now that I think about it, there was once a time when I wished that I would never have to see another tree again, to never have to look upon the seemingly peaceful things that once brought me such pain and anguish for the memories of my childhood.

And now, as I lay here dying, they are all I can think of.

Of how happy I was racing through the Great Deku Tree's meadow and the Kokiri Forest with the other children, how safe I felt under their branches. Of how calm I used to feel when I laid underneath their proud branches on the hazy afternoons that I used to spend on the banks of Lake Hylia. Those same trees I spent so many a afternoon under stand only a few feet away from me, but I cannot see them save for their dim outline because of the loss of blood from my injuries.

I stare dumbly up upon the moon as it castes its pale rays upon me, the orb that has almost completed it's nightly waltz across the night sky as it hangs over the proud and majestic land of Hyrule, where I lay refusing to see the truth.

The truth that I'm dying.

I know I'm dying, I can feel it in every drop of my life force that flows out from the wounds that never seems to end around my once strong and lithe frame.

I can feel it in the air that I must now force myself to breathe, every breath pushing the dagger of pain deeper into my heart, every breathe prolonging the pain that racks my body.

The pain, that caused me to scream every last once of my strength to the goddesses above, demanding why they have proclaimed such a cruel fate upon me. Why that they always seem to cast me aside and ignore my pleas when I need them, and how they enjoy reeking havoc across my life that took me so long to put back together again. I screamed up at the empty sky for as long as I could draw breath, begging, pleading, threatening for someone to come… anyone to come and save me from this &^%$ that the goddesses have cast off me into.

I knew that one day my strength would give out beneath me in battle, every warrior knows it as they ride out that every time they do so they are bringing their death's that much closer… that much nearer to reality.

But I didn't think that it would be so soon.

I am not afraid of dying, I wonder about it sometimes at night when I'm alone in my room at the Castle, pondering about the fate that I have given to so many that stood in my way.

But the feeling of failure… failure to my homeland… failure to my friends… failure to family… it is something I cannot bear.

I can feel each drop of blood as it flows out from me, I am oblivious to it; the only pain I can feel now is the pain in my heart and in my soul.

I don't remember the last time I cried, even if I did I doubt it would've really mattered, these are different tears that flow from my eyes now; tears for things that I have left undone and unsaid.

I didn't tell my friends as I rode out this morning that I loved them, as I rode to now what I see as my death. I didn't give a small prayer of thanks for my body that obeyed every command I gave it up the sword impaled into me from behind.

I didn't tell Zelda that I… that I would miss her… that I…

I can feel the faint rays on the sun as it peaks over the horizon to my left, how each droplet of sunshine brings warmth to the coldness I now feel creeping across my body.

Vaguely, in the distance I can make out the sounds of hoof beats… I can feel the slight vibrations on them through the pale sand of the shore of Lake Hylia, the sound of someone riding hard from the east.

I can hear the screams as the rider see my limp form lying here, the sudden stop of the vibrations of the hoof beats as the rider jerks his stead towards me, trying to reach me before it's too late.

The beats of my heart seem to echo in the air around me… reminding me that the pain is not over yet… as the cloaked rider leans over me… gathering me to their chest as they whispers for me to hold on… to live…

My eyes feel like they are laden with lead as I feel my limp body tossed unto the saddle of the horse… I wish to sleep so badly as… as the rider curses at his stead to go faster as we turn to ride towards… towards home… towards… Hyrule Castle.

A thick fog seems to wrap around my brain as the countryside of Hyrule goes blurring past my eyes… for what I pray is not the last time.

Soooo? What do you think? I know I laid it on a little thick, but hey a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do, right? Don't worry though, I don't plan on killing off Link, *evil grin* Where'd be the fun in that? I hope to get the next chapter up soon… and it would really, really, really help if I got a few reviews to help push it along! *gets blank look from the readers* That means PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!

~*~ Ava Sky 2002