One-and-Many (a.k.a. Dusk): Welcome to my madness. In this work I am going
to pair my two favorite "Zelda: Ocarina of Time" characters, Princess Ruto
and Dark-Link. I'm trying to be serious on this one. I'm not sure how it
will develop yet, so please be patient. PLEASE R&R, I need your input. Even
if you're as unstable as I. BE WARNED, I like to use big words. 'These are
thoughts.'
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It had been a dull day for Princess Ruto. She had gone to Lake Hylia to swim, but it had been an overcast day, and she felt drained. At the moment she was floating on her back, near the temple. 'It's so boring.' she thought to herself. 'I wish Link was here...' She then firmly banished the thought from her mind. 'Damnit Link, how could you leave for that floozie, Malon?' Sighing, Ruto stopped floating and started swimming to shore. As she swam something caught her eye. Some silvery-black cloth was half-buried in the sand. Ruto tried to pick it up, but it didn't move. When she gave it a sharp yank, it let out a groan. 'What the...' she briefly wondered. She tried to dig whatever it was out of the sand and almost had a heart attack when she identified it. "Dear Goddesses, Link?" she exclaimed. 'No,' she thought, 'it only looks like him. He's so thin, by all rights he should be dead. I can't just leave him here, he's dying. I'll have to bring him home.' Ruto eyed him carefully. 'He's too large for me to carry far, it's a good thing I had the lodge built.' After Link had freed the temple of Morpha's influence, Ruto had commissioned a small lodge next to the lake, to live in till Zora's Domain thawed out. Even after her home un-froze however, she could not be comfortable there, and had changed the lodge to her permanent residence. It now stood where a small field had once stood. Ruto slowly dragged her new patient towards it now. 'It'll be nice to have somebody to talk to again' she thought.
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'It hurt, hurt to breathe, hurt to move, hurt everywhere. Why can't it stop?' thought's and sensations flooded a half-conscious Dark-Link's body. He had been only half aware of the change of conditions. Then he felt something being held against his lips. He couldn't see. He fumbled for the object and found a cup. He drank it greedily, thanking all higher powers for the blessed substance. It hurt to drink, but it no longer mattered. He had water. He soon drained the cup, and became partially aware of his surroundings. "Who's there?" he asked. "I can't see, my eyes won't open."
"Don't worry," said a soothing female voice, "you're safe now." The voice then poured a small amount of water over Dark-Link's eyes. Dark-Link tried to look, and though his sight was still blurred, he could briefly make out a blue-skinned humanoid in front of him. "Rest now." she said. Already Dark- Link could feel the blackness overwhelming his senses, but he managed to grate out the words, "who are you?"
"Ruto" the voice said. Then all went dark, and he knew no more.
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It had been a dull day for Princess Ruto. She had gone to Lake Hylia to swim, but it had been an overcast day, and she felt drained. At the moment she was floating on her back, near the temple. 'It's so boring.' she thought to herself. 'I wish Link was here...' She then firmly banished the thought from her mind. 'Damnit Link, how could you leave for that floozie, Malon?' Sighing, Ruto stopped floating and started swimming to shore. As she swam something caught her eye. Some silvery-black cloth was half-buried in the sand. Ruto tried to pick it up, but it didn't move. When she gave it a sharp yank, it let out a groan. 'What the...' she briefly wondered. She tried to dig whatever it was out of the sand and almost had a heart attack when she identified it. "Dear Goddesses, Link?" she exclaimed. 'No,' she thought, 'it only looks like him. He's so thin, by all rights he should be dead. I can't just leave him here, he's dying. I'll have to bring him home.' Ruto eyed him carefully. 'He's too large for me to carry far, it's a good thing I had the lodge built.' After Link had freed the temple of Morpha's influence, Ruto had commissioned a small lodge next to the lake, to live in till Zora's Domain thawed out. Even after her home un-froze however, she could not be comfortable there, and had changed the lodge to her permanent residence. It now stood where a small field had once stood. Ruto slowly dragged her new patient towards it now. 'It'll be nice to have somebody to talk to again' she thought.
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'It hurt, hurt to breathe, hurt to move, hurt everywhere. Why can't it stop?' thought's and sensations flooded a half-conscious Dark-Link's body. He had been only half aware of the change of conditions. Then he felt something being held against his lips. He couldn't see. He fumbled for the object and found a cup. He drank it greedily, thanking all higher powers for the blessed substance. It hurt to drink, but it no longer mattered. He had water. He soon drained the cup, and became partially aware of his surroundings. "Who's there?" he asked. "I can't see, my eyes won't open."
"Don't worry," said a soothing female voice, "you're safe now." The voice then poured a small amount of water over Dark-Link's eyes. Dark-Link tried to look, and though his sight was still blurred, he could briefly make out a blue-skinned humanoid in front of him. "Rest now." she said. Already Dark- Link could feel the blackness overwhelming his senses, but he managed to grate out the words, "who are you?"
"Ruto" the voice said. Then all went dark, and he knew no more.