disclaimer and all that jazz, i no ownie characters.. i if did, then i'd be rich.
no making fun of my title, ok?
Link was traveling down the roads of Hyrule, on his way to visit the Gerudo. A tribe of female warriors that recently accepted him into their group. The current leader wanted to speak with him about some important matter. He was to be filled in on the details upon his arrival, but he had to be there before the day was out.
Navi had settled herself in the collar of Link's shirt, so as not to fall off of Epona's bucking back. She caught a glimpse of a strange shadow, and a flash of black. Navi flitted up, tugging on Link's ear. "Hey, Link. There's something-"
Her speech was muffled, and shortly cut off. Startled, Link pulled on Epona's reins to turn her about, drawing his sword. "Navi?" He looked around, but there was no sign of the little faerie. "Oh, no. Hiya." Link urged Epona forward, in search of Navi.
From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a black flash, and instinctively raised his sword to defend. Though the attack didn't damage, the force behind it knocked the young Hylian from his horse. Epona whinnied, coming to a halt a few steps away. She reared up her legs, as if to frighten away whatever had just attacked her master, but he wasn't at all fazed by the horse.
Link rose quickly to his feet, drawing his sword. He stared straight into the angry red eyes of his own reflection. "It's you." Link lowered his sword, but raised it quickly, as he was attacked once more. His dark self's eyes flared, as he forced Link onto his knees. "Of course, it's me. You got away from me last time, but now I'll kill you for sure."
Link matched the glare, forcing his-self back. He rose to his feet, sword raised, and prepared. "Where's Navi? You better not have hurt her."
Dark Link just grinned at him, eyes still narrowed. "Your little faerie is fine." He motioned to where a small blue light was being overpowered by a violet light, with a slight reddish tint. "At least for now. Whether or not Ivan wants to kill her, is her choice. You should worry more about me." He rushed forward at Link, knocking him back into the rocky cliffs, before he had time to fully prepare himself.
The attacks came fiercely, giving hardly if any time to even defend, let alone attack back. The best Link could do was try to roll out of the way, but that only ended with a deep gash being cut into his right calf. Link scurried to his feet, finally able to swing back. Although it didn't last too long.
His shadow seemed more vicious than he had back in the water temple. Then he was just smug, boasting about how he was going to kill him. About how he was stronger. But now… he let his sword do all the talking. More often than not, that black blade came straight for his throat – at least when it wasn't cutting chunks out of his skin.
Before he knew it, the Master Sword went flying into the rocks, far out of Link's reach. He fell to the ground, panting and sweating from pain and exhaustion. The tip of the ebony Master Sword, pierced into the underside of his jaw. Those gleaming red eyes shone with malice, and a slight trace of fear. "Now… you will die. My nightmare will finally end." A black leather boot kicked hard into his chest, forcing Link onto his back, and holding the air from reaching his lungs. He raised the sword high into the air, until the blood glinted in the bright sun. Blood eyes, matching the mess sprayed on his smoky skin, shone with hatred. The black blade was thrust down toward the Hylian laying helplessly under his heavy boot.
"NO!" Navi wormed free, flying over as fast as her little wings could carry her. She hit the blade at full force, seconds before it hit her master. The sword was knocked away from it's target, but still remained in Dark Link's hands. He glared at the small faerie, now laying unconscious a few feet away.
"You filthy little bug." Momentarily forgetting his former target, he stepped over to the helpless faerie. "If you wish to die, I'd be more than happy to oblige." He raised the sword to his new target.
"NO, STOP!" Link cried. He tried to get up and run over to Navi, but his blood loss had grown worse, and he could hardly move. All he could manage was to pick up a rock and throw it at his shadow's head.
Those menacing red eyes flared at him again.
"Why are you doing this?" Link pleaded. "I had to take you down, in that temple, or you would've killed me. You should be my nightmare. How am I your's?"
Dark Link's shoulders dropped. "You wouldn't understand. How could you?" He turned fully to Link, making his way over. "I was created, from the darkness in your soul. Ganondorf created me to kill you. He put me in that temple to wait for you. To wait for the day when I could kill you, and earn my freedom." Enraged by the thought, he kicked Link sharply in the side, causing him to cry out in pain, and double over. "Seven years." He kicked him again, this time making sure to hit a fresh wound just under his ribs. "SEVEN YEARS I WAITED! All I could do was train. Get stronger so I could make sure to kill you when my time came." He continued to kick Link, each time seeming to get harder, until he was reduced to nothing more than a screaming ball of pain. "I was going to be free. I was going to kill you, but you had to do something I didn't know. You used magic. Fire. We were supposed to be the same. How could you use abilities I couldn't." His eyes started to tear, unsure if it was from frustration or his own pain. "It wasn't fair. I should've been the one to walk out of that temple. Not you. YOU SHOULD'VE DIED!"
He heard a loud winnie, and caught a quick glimpse of Epona rearing onto her hind legs, before a massive hoof collided with his head. Link's shadow hit the ground, dropping his sword, as Epona continued to stomp him for hurting her master.
Link managed to push himself up, weakly. "Epona, stop." He pleaded, but the horse seemed deaf to his pleas. Quickly Link fished the ocarina out of the pouch on his belt, and started to play a song to try and calm her down. Almost immediately upon hearing it, Epona stopped trampling her prey, and made her way to Link's side.
The dark faerie zoomed over to her beaten and bloody master, sparking a bit redder than usual.
Link pushed himself to his feet. After a quick glance at his shadow, he made his way to Navi. He scooped the small faerie up in his hands, trying to coax her awake. "Navi? Are you ok?"
(Alright, everyone, start clapping… sorry… couldn't resist.)
The faerie blinked at him slightly, sitting up in his hands. "Ow." She brought a hand to her head.
"Are you ok?" Link repeated, glad to see she was awake.
Navi turned up to Link, examining his face. "I'm starting to think I should be asking you that."
Link smiled. She was fine. "I'll be alright, but I'm not too sure about him." He caught a glance at his shadow lying on the ground, a pool of blood forming around his head.
Navi flitted up from his hand. "Did you kill him?"
Link shook his head. "I didn't do it, but I'm not sure if he's still alive."
"If you didn't do it, who did?"
Link whistled for Epona to come to him. The horse made her way over, nuzzling Link with her head. Link smiled, rubbing her long nose. "You can be quite vicious when you want to be… can't ya, girl?"
She snorted contently. Link pulled himself up, by her saddle, reaching into the bag hanging from her side. He pulled out a glass bottle, filled with red potion. Link drank half of it, then slumped back to the ground, waiting for his wounds to heal enough to move. When he could, he stood, making his way over to the man lying on the ground. The reddish faerie, flew up in his way. "Stay away from him."
"I'm not going to hurt him." Link held up the bottle for her to see. "This can help." She didn't want to move, but seemed to let him push her aside.
Link kneeled next to his shadow's body, lifting his upper half in one arm, resting him against his knee. Navi rushed over to him. "You aren't going to heal him, are you?"
"I can't just let him die."
Navi turned a shade redder. "But he just tried to kill you."
"I know that." Link proceeded to tilt the glass bottle to his darker selve's lips, trying to get him to drink it.
"Then why are you healing him?"
"I'm only giving him enough to where he won't die. It's going to be some time before he'll wake up." Still leaving a little over half of what was left in the bottle, Link pressed the cork back into the top, whistling for Epona again. He lifted his-self in his arms, and laid him over the saddle. Replacing the bottle back in the bag.
Link looked up the side of the cliff for his sword, then climbed up to retrieve it. Navi flitted around his head anxiously as he sheathed it. "How can you just let him go like that?"
"I didn't say I was letting him go. I'm going to take him to the Gerudos and have them lock him up. But I'm not going to just let him die."
"How come?"
Link made his way back over, picking up the black bladed sword. "Navi, look." He pointed over to the man slumped over the back of his horse. The small faerie was sitting on his shoulder, stroking the blood soaked cheek.
"What if that was me?"
Navi's heart fell, and she slumped on Link's shoulder. "Guess you have a point."
"Besides." Link grasped Epona's rein, guiding her forward. "If I let him die, wouldn't that technically be suicide?"
xXx
Link arrived at Gerudo Fortress. He was greeted by the two guards at the front gate. "Our leader is awaiting your arrival.
"Alright. But I need you two to do me a favor."
The guards exchanged looks as he led Epona in so they could see the man draped across the back. "See this man?"
Immediately they raised their spears to him, as if he could somehow attack. "Do you wish for us to execute him?"
Link startled at the request. "No, of course not! I do need for you to lock him up, but treat his wounds first. I want to talk to him when he wakes up."
AN: i'm not totally sure where all i'm going with this... i think i know, but i don't wanna write another sad story and have my readers try to kill me again, so i'm working on changing it... but i'll just have to wait and see... just like the rest of ya'll