Peering up at the sky and wincing, the green-clad boy watched the radiating streams of bright, heavenly light emit from the sun. He stared at it intently–deterring his head not one bit from it. The sun was filled with wonder, and this amazed him greatly. It beamed down on Hyrule with fierce force, giving life and light to everything. Would it be possible for such a wondrous celestial body to answer all of life's questions, and if not all, maybe just the one this boy had?

((Why...why do I like them so much now? I wish I had an answer...))

Link hopped off his brown stallion, Epona, and led her under the shade of an oak tree. It was well into the evening, and he thought it would be the perfect time to head into town for awhile. He was never used to taking a break, but Epona nudged him in the shoulder, as if to tell him that he deserved it. Link let out a tiny smile and patted her nose. He led her to the town gates and settled her near a hay stack. Giving her a carrot and patting her nose once more, he took off into the alley.

The town he was in did not make much sense with the bizarre architecture. Even if this was only his Twili-knows-what visit to the place, he always managed to get himself lost. The townspeople were never much help either, since most of them were usually either drunk, passed out, or psychotic. But, there was always something he could rely on: a secret passage in the crack of an old item shop. Rushing down the alley, he made his way to the opening and peered inside. He withdrew his sword and walked in. It was darker in the cave-like place than it was outside. Link thought about taking out his lantern, but was too lazy to hold both that, his shield and his sword so he brushed the thought away. Sure he may misstep and fall into a never-ending black hole leading to an abyss, but he was always one for adventure.

Making sure to run like hell from the Like-Like that was coming right for his new tunic, he dodged a Bombchu and slashed through a hoard of Skulltula webbing. Link ran up an old staircase, taking out his enemies as they chased after him. When he reached the top, he looked back at all the rupees he left back there. ((An orange one? Maybe I should...)) He contemplated going back for them, but decided that it was best to keep moving so he'd get out of the secret passage a little faster. Besides, he was already the richest person in Hyrule next to the royal family. What's a few rupees?

Trekking further into the passage, he was met with a vast, open space filled with blackness.

Nothing...there was nothing as far as the eye could see. Link peered out anyway, for the heck of it, and just to make sure he was not going to step into a trap. He had been there many times before, but this time, something seemed different. There was an ominous presence somewhere, and he sensed it. He rarely ever knew when an creature was going to poof from a random place, so he continued to walk.

Slowly...

((I've been here many times before. What gives with this place now...?))

A few more steps and Link stopped abruptly. He thought he heard something behind him. What sounded like the pitter-patter of feet could be heard again...and again...and yet again.

"Saaaaa..."

Link hesitated to move again, but he was frozen in place. "Saaaaa..." the voice echoed again. He veered his head to the right, and then again to the left. He saw no one, and yet...

"Saaaaa..."

There was someone there. Someone was calling out to him. It was pitch black, and he saw nothing yet someone was calling to him. Link, not wanting to find out who that person or thing was, took off running for the exit he had memorized by now. Cuccos have taught him that curiosity was deadly, so he knew to restrain from piquing his interests. "Saaaaa!" the voice screamed this time, and now matched the shrill cry with a quicker pitter-patter of footsteps. Link, wanting to look back, decided not to, and kept on running through the realm of darkness. The voice called yet again, and could be heard walking faster.

And faster...

Still faster...

Link picked up the pace and hurried to the staircase leading to the exit near the main-street alley.

"Saaaaa! SAAAAA!" Link covered his ears to tune out the cry. "SAAAAA!" He bit his lip and kept running. "SAAAAA!" He couldn't take it anymore–the boy looked back and saw a skinny outline that was racing after him. He was still running, and before he knew it, he ran head-first into a wall. Falling to the ground in pain, Link held his gloved hand to his now bleeding nose. He brushed the trickling blood from the area above his lip and tried to stand up. That person–that thing–was still after him. He attempted to force himself up and fell back to the ground again. He felt weak for some reason, an aberration from his normal stamina. He just glanced into the darkness at the figure that was steadily coming closer.

"Saaaaa..." the voice called once more, but this time, it was quieter. Soothing in fact. The thing was now only a few feet away, and when it got within touching length, Link knew what he was in for.

((The...hell?! A ReDead?! Good god...))

He pushed his elbows into the wall and poured all his might into pushing himself up. Gradually, he managed to keep his footing and attempt a run for it. But, he looked up. He saw the glow of the red eyes and the malicious pools of ruby traumatize him. The ReDead let out a shriek and Link was paralyzed. He stood there like a statue as the ReDead circled around him like a possessed zombie. The creature encircled him not once or twice, but repeatedly, as if he was a model in a display case being looked over by spectators.

((This one...is different...))

The ReDead reached its scrawny finger out to Link and brushed it against the boy's arm. Its disembodied coo scared Link. This ReDead was different from the rest; everything about it was more off than usual. Still unable to move, Link hoped that the spell would be broken soon. He deterred his concentration to other things, like the sky, the taste of Lon Lon Milk in his stomach, and that voluptuous princess–

Badum. It was coming. Link's thoughts were interrupted by the pressure of the ReDead on his back. This part was just like always: the ReDead would jump on top of him, bite him, and hug him like there was no tomorrow before letting him go. But this ReDead took its time. Being blind, the creature could not see, yet Link's hasty notions had created enough sound that it could pick him up and give chase. The ReDead detected fear in the boy, and bent its head closer to Link's face. The boy struggled to break free, but was met with failure.

"I won't hurt you."

Link's blue eyes widened, and he struggled even harder to get free. He managed to do so this time, and knocked the ReDead off his back onto the ground.

((You can't talk–you're not -supposed- to talk!))

He was shocked, and stole a glimpse at the being. He raised his sword and prepared to kill it, but the ReDead recoiled and walked back a little. It heard the loud sear of metal against the sheath, and knew that it was going to be slain. "Donnnn'ttttt" the creature moaned and dropped to its knees. Link still held his sword firmly and walked over to the creature. He looked down at it, and saw that its red, evil eyes were now glowing a fluorescent blue color. The boy stared in awe at the ReDead, and hesitated to touch it.

"Please..." the ReDead moaned again, and this time bowed its head to Link. He was confused, and Link did the only thing he could do besides killing it. Resisting the urge to break the sound barrier and get out the dungeon right away, Link stretched out his shaking hand and patted the ReDead's head.

Now relaxed, the ReDead looked up at Link and squinted its round, blue eyes. "I've...been looking for you..."

It reached out both its hands and placed one on each side of Link's face. The disembodied monster leaned towards Link closer, closer–as far as it could until its mouth was met with Link's. Link gasped, and pushed away from the thing, horrified at what happened in that short amount of time. He wiped his mouth with his hand and stared at the monster, who just happened to be looking right back at him with those same ocean blue eyes.

Link has seen worse: possessed moons, spiders attacking and mentally scarring him, tentacle monsters attacking him at random intervals as he walked the waters; but this was the first time a ReDead wanted him for something more than just his energy. It made him wonder why this one randomly approached him. And he wondered if the creature knew his name.

"Linkkkk..." it moaned.

Taken aback, Link opened his mouth wanting scream and run away. There was no way that something so random and bizarre would know him. Being a little too curious always led him to something dangerous, but this time, he wanted to take a chance. Link held out his hand and motioned for the ReDead to walk closer to him. It did so slowly, and when there was only a few inches between him and it, Link pointed to the ground, asking it to sit. The ReDead obeyed and after it sat down, Link looked followed that same action. He sat next to it and looked carefully at the ReDead's face. Aside form the eyes, it looked just like every other one. It was skinny like them, pretty freaky like them...everything was dead-on, except–except this one could speak. It showed emotions and could speak. After he stared at the figure for a good amount of time, Link brushed away the thought of the creature being hostile. It's eyes were that of repose.

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