+.Passion Or Poison.+

Chapter 1: Capture

"Link, I have something I want to show you. Follow me", her voice was soft and beautiful, his heart almost melting every time he heard it. He nodded to Zelda, following her off the bridge to jump into the air. Their whistles seemed to be intertwined as they called their Loftwing birds. Their birds caught them and they flew high into the air, flapping their wings. Link followed Zelda, smiling as she looked at him. "So where are we going exactly?", he inquired. "It's a surprise", Zelda stated, looking back ahead of them. Link let out a soft laugh, his Loftwing flying a little faster so that he was now flying side by side with Zelda. He closed his eyes, sighing happily as he felt the wind through his hair. It felt so pleasant. He was distracted by the pleasant feeling of flight when suddenly Zelda's Loftwing dove towards a small floating island, Zelda's laughter filling the air. "H-Hey!", Link quickly gave chase, diving after her. They landed on the little island. It was a little ways from Skyloft, far enough that you could no longer see their home through the clouds and the distance. This island was filled with flowers and a small pond that had strange fish inside of it.

The two climbed down from their Loftwing's, Link patting his on the side before watching Zelda move towards the pond. She looked so beautiful in the sunlight and he couldn't help but stare. When Zelda was suddenly shouting at him, he jumped. "Y-Yes?". "Were you daydreaming again?", she scolded with a playful smile. "N-No...Just..thinking", he smiled innocently, a small blush tinting his cheeks. He moved to the pond now, kneeling down and smiling as he saw the fish inside of it, watching them swimming around. "This place is neat and the fish are different. Look, aren't they cute?". Link watched the fish swimming around, turning his head to look back at Zelda. In a flash she was gone. Link suddenly stood up, looking around the small island. The Loftwing's were missing as well and a storm was swirling around the island now. Thunder crashed and the wind blew hard. The flowers that had once bloomed on the island were now black and withered, the pond that had been so crystal clear was now dried up with dead fish laying on the dry bed. "You really thought you could escape me, Sky Child?". The air grew dense and a laughter filled it. Link reached back to draw his sword when he realized it wasn't there. Suddenly the island disappeared from under his feet and he was sent plummeting through the clouds to the land below. He tried to whistle but his Loftwing would not come. He didn't even have the sailcloth. He was almost at the ground, a few more feet and he would be dead. He closed his eyes, preparing for death.

Link shot up in bed. He was sweat drenched and panting. He slowly looked around, relieved to find that he was inside his bedroom at the academy. He laid back, taking a moment to gather himself and calm down. That dream had felt so real. Slowly he climbed from the bed and gathering a change of clothes. He needed to get the smell of sweat off of his body. He moved out of his bedroom and to the bathroom, checking to make sure no one was in there before slipping inside and shutting the door. He undressed and set his dirty clothes aside and set his clean clothes on a bench before moving into the bath. He sighed as the warm water hit his skin, closing his eyes and leaning back to relax. As he sat there in the bath he thought about his dream. 'Escape...? Escape who...?', he thought to himself, sinking a little further into the water so only from his nose up was showing, 'I don't even know where Zelda is...what did that dream mean..? And that island...hmmm...'. He decided he would set out after he was finished in the bath to try and find the island in his dream. Maybe Zelda was trying to tell him something through his sleep. He stayed inside the bath for a good half hour before climbing out, drying off and getting dressed. He returned to his room to grab his sword and his shield before he headed outside. He tried to remember the direction they had flown in his dream and which bridge they had jumped from.

"Link, help me".

Link jumped for a moment, looking around. Was he hearing things? The people that were around him were going about their daily business, no one was calling for him. What was that voice then? It sounded like Zelda. "Link, help me. Help me Link, please...follow your dream...". There it was again but this time Link knew it was Zelda. He looked towards the sky, shaking his head slightly. He could have sworn he just saw Zelda and her Loftwing flying away. Without hesitation, he ran for the edge of the bridge, whistling quickly for his Loftwing and pursuing something he wasn't even sure was really there. His eyes searched the skies now as he flew, trying to catch sight of Zelda and her Loftwing. He frowned now, thinking that he may have just imagined the whole thing. He sighed, looking down and about to turn the bird around when he spotted something glimmering in the sunlight. "What is that...?", he turned and flew towards the shimmering, the closer they got the more Link could make out what it was. "It's...!". He gasped, landing down on the small island, an island that mirrored the one from his dream. "Zelda..?", he jumped from his Loftwing, looking around at the flowers and the water but there was no trace of Zelda. He stepped towards the water, looking down and watching as the fish began to swim. "Master Link", Fi suddenly appeared before him, "I do not detect any trace of Zelda here. I feel a much stronger presence. There is a 90% chance that there could be danger. Please be careful". Fi then proceeded to return to the sword. "Danger..?", Link looked around, wondering what on earth in this place could be dangerous. Maybe Fi's detection was off. He sighed and took a seat beside the pond, looking into the water and thinking about how he had heard Zelda's voice. 'Was it just my imagination? That dream did freak me out...Maybe I'm getting sick...', his thoughts had distracted him for a moment and he hadn't even realized that something was happening in the water. He blinked, looking down and raising a brow in confusion.

There was a small bubbling, causing Link to get onto his hands and knees and lean closer to the water to find out what was going on. He gasped as he saw a reflection of Zelda in the water. "Z-Zelda?!". "Link, help me...". "H-How? What do I do?!", he questioned, reaching out for the reflection. Suddenly something grabbed him and dragged him into the water. Link squirmed now, trying to break free as he realized this wasn't water. It was a monster. He held his breath underneath the water, trying to reach back for his sword but finding it difficult to move. Laughter filled the air, causing Link to stop, opening his eyes and tensing as he saw the man appear in a snap of diamonds. 'Ghirahim...?!', Link thought, confusion filling him. He squirmed a bit more now, knowing this was bad. "It's no use, you won't escape", Ghirahim stated, a smug smile on his face as he watched the Sky Child struggle to no avail. Suddenly something hit Ghirahim in the back of the head, causing the male to stumble forward. He turned in annoyance, glaring at the crimson bird. It was trying to defend its master. "Insolent bird. Seems he resembles you, Sky Child. Always getting in my way", he raised his hand, snapping his fingers as daggers appeared. Link gasped inside the water monster, swallowing some water and squirming harder. His Loftwing was in danger! He tried to signal for it to run but it stood up tall, flapping its wings and letting out a loud call, as if trying to intimidate and threaten Ghirahim. This only caused the male to smirk. "Foolish creature..", the daggers suddenly flew at the Loftwing, causing the bird to cry out and stumble back. However, that wasn't enough to discourage the bird. Even with a couple of daggers sticking out of its wings, the Loftwing took flight and dove down at Ghirahim, ready to claw him.

Ghirahim growled in annoyance, raising an arm to guard against the birds attack. The bird managed to cut his face with one of his claws, leaving a small gash on his right cheek. He glanced at it and now was no longer amused. "The first shot was a warning but now I really am going to kill you", Ghirahim stated, snapping his fingers and appearing above the bird, daggers surrounding him and firing down at the Loftwing. Link watched in horror as his bird tried to escape, trying to fly away now but it was hit with a few more daggers, suddenly falling from the sky. He tried to scream for it but his mouth only filled with more water. The oxygen had completely left his lungs now, watching as the last of the Loftwing's feathers fluttered towards the land below the clouds. He managed to glare over at Ghirahim before his vision went black, having no more strength or oxygen to stay awake. Ghirahim watched as the Sky Child glared at him before the boy slipped into unconsciousness. Ghirahim snapped his fingers and the water beast was gone, the boy falling to the ground. "This is only the beginning, Sky Child. Just wait until you see the rest". He smiled now, reaching out to pick up Link and snapping his fingers, returning to his domain with the boy.

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Link slowly began to wake up, a little dazed and confused. His blue eyes fluttered open, looking around the room only to find it wasn't one he recognized. He jumped up, yelping a little and reaching for his chest. It hurt a lot from all the water he had swallowed when he was inside that creature. As Link looked down now, he noticed he was wearing strange white clothes. He threw the covers off of himself, wondering where his other clothes had gone. He quickly looked around the room but he didn't spot his clothes or Fi and his shield. He slowly climbed out of the bed, trying to figure out where he was or at least where his stuff was. Link had only managed to walk a few feet when he heard a voice directly behind him, "I see you're finally awake, Sky Child". That hot breath on his neck made the hairs stand on ends, the boy slowly turning his head to see Ghirahim was directly behind him. He jumped, quickly moving away from the man and getting into a defensive stance. This caused Ghirahim to laugh at him, "Please, Sky Child, don't make me laugh! You don't stand a chance without your sword, you should know that". "Where is my sword and my clothes..?!", Link didn't care if it was useless, he would fight this guy with his fists if it meant he got answers.

"Your clothes were wet and I would not have you lay in my bed only to get it soaked", Ghirahim replied smugly. "Where's my sword...?", Link inquired further, watching as Ghirahim took a few steps towards him. He stepped back from him. "I don't think you should be concerned about that right now...", Ghirahim smiled at Link now, suddenly rushing at the male and slamming him against the wall. Link cried out in pain, yelping as his hands were pinned above his head. He glared at Ghirahim now as the male moved closer, moving his head back as the males creepy tongue slithered out to lick the mans lips before retreating again. "Maybe if you tell me where the girl is, Sky Child, then I might consider giving you your sword back...", Ghirahim wanted to revive his master and Zelda was his key to doing that. "I don't know where she is", Link stated, hissing as Ghirahim tightened his grip and grasped his chin with his free hand. "Don't toy with me, boy. You are her hero, are you not? I'm not that stupid. She must have left you something!", Link shivered as he felt Ghirahim's breath against his face now, shivering slightly. "I don't know...She didn't leave me anything!", Link stated, trying to free his hands from Ghirahim's grasp.

Suddenly, Link was released and Ghirahim stepped back. Link moved away from Ghirahim now, wanting to put as much distance as he could between himself and the seemingly annoyed man. Ghirahim placed a hand on his head, shaking it and sighing. "Sky Child, you really are starting to irritate me...", Link was almost at the door out of the room as Ghirahim's fingers snapped. Link felt something whizzing by, gasping as multiple daggers pinned him to the door by his clothes. Ghirahim looked at Link, clearly not amused. "Now, one last time Sky Child. Where is she?", Ghirahim questioned, stepping closer to Link once again. Link shook his head, "I don't know! What don't you understand?!". Link yelped as he felt his head slam back into the door. Ghirahim sighed, flicking his hair out of his face. "You...Sky Child, I will get the information out of you, one way or another...", he stated, snapping his fingers and watching as Link fell down onto his hands and knees.

Ghirahim turned from Link now, taking a few steps away from the male before he suddenly let out a chuckle. "Either way..you're staying here. You have no way out". He turned swiftly, flipping his hair as he gazed back at Link. "Oh yes, and by the way Sky Child, you should really pay close attention as to what is reality and what isn't", at this, Ghirahim disappeared in a flash of diamonds, leaving Link to figure things out. Link sat on the floor for a few minutes before slowly standing up. "Did he mean...", Link frowned in displeasure as he realized it had been Ghirahim playing with his dreams, leading him to that island and everything. He let out a frustrated sigh, rubbing his temples before turning to the door. He tried the knob but it was locked. He cursed quietly, sighing once more and moving back over to the bed to sit down. He placed his head in his hands, thinking back to the dream and growing more and more frustrated as he thought about how it was all Ghirahim in the end. Zelda really wasn't trying to reach out to him. He wondered where she was and if she was alright. "I can't just sit here...", he whispered, looking towards the door. He had to escape. He stood up now, beginning to look for objects around the room to assist in his escape. First thing he had to do once he was out of this room was find his sword and his original clothing. Then, once he was out of this place, he had to make sure his Loftwing was ok.

Link found a few items in the room that he could use to try and escape. He moved to the door now, taking the long thing mail opener type dagger that he had found and beginning to play inside the lock, picking at it and listening for a click. He smiled as he heard it, looking down. 'This is easier than I thought it would be...', he thought as he peaked out the door, looking into the hallway. He didn't see anyone out there so he opened the door enough to slip out before closing it again. He now began to move through the hallway. 'Now where would Ghirahim put my stuff...', he frowned now, quickly realizing that he had no idea where he was or where he was going. He didn't know this building at all and he was basically wandering around aimlessly where Ghirahim's minions, or Ghirahim himself, could find him at any time. Link moved down the hall with caution, not wanting to turn back. He was already this far so he my as well continue forward. He peered around every corner and every new hallway he entered, also sneaking glances into any rooms that were open or unlocked.

As Link explored unnoticed for the time being, Ghirahim had gone to check on the Sky Child's things. Maybe there was a clue in the items he was carrying. He stepped into the room, a sword seeming to scream at him now. He smirked as he glanced over at the goddess sword, which was now glowing. It was bound by chains and a dark seal to keep the swords spirit, Fi, under control. "Don't bother trying, you can't break those chains", he commented now before starting to rummage through Link's clothing and items. He pulled out a couple of things, such as a strange beetle looking device and a sling shot. He frowned, rummaging further through the items and placing each one beside the clothing. There had to be some sort of clue in here. Ghirahim raised a brow now, intrigued as he pulled out an instrument. He stared at it, knowing he recognized it from somewhere. Then it hit him, the girl had it before going into the time gate. She had thrown it over to Link before she disappeared. "This is it...! And the boy thought he could hide this from me...Naughty naughty~", Ghirahim's laughter filled the room, his gaze shifting back to Fi, "I hope you enjoy being bound for eternity, my dear. With this, I shall get the key to reviving my master!". His laughter filled the air as he snapped his fingers, harp in hand. He appeared inside his chambers, about to speak but he didn't see the Sky Child anywhere. He looked around the room, narrowing his eyes on the door as he saw scratch marks around the lock. "Looks like I have to go and teach him some respect", he set the harp aside before snapping his fingers. He would find Link, the male could not escape from him that easily.

Link had been searching for at least fifteen minutes now. The more he looked, the more frustrated he became. He had managed to avoid the bokoblins. There had been quite a few wandering the halls, but so far luck was on his side. He still couldn't track down his original clothes or his sword though. Suddenly, Link could hear sounds of multiple bokoblin's running through the halls now. The word of his escape must have gotten out. He quickly darted into the nearest room to hide in, shutting the door and slowly backing away from it. 'This isn't good..', he thought, looking around the room he was in to what was around him. He grabbed a wooden board and slide it against the door handle so no one could open the door before backing away from it. "That should by me some time...", he turned, about to continue his search of the room, when he was met face to face with Ghirahim. He yelped, jumping back from the man. "Hello, Sky Child, what on earth are you doing out of my room..?", with every word that came out of his mouth, Ghirahim's voice seemed to get darker and darker, sounding more angry by the minute. Without a word, Link drew the little letter opener knife. He knew it wasn't much of a weapon but at least it was something to defend himself with.

Ghirahim let out a laugh, looking at the small letter opener in the males hands, "Really now, you want to play it that way?". He snapped his fingers, his sword appearing in hand. Link grew nervous now, backing away from him as he approached. "What are you going to do dear boy? There's no where to run and there's definitely no where for you to hide...", he licked his sword now, his eyes watching Link's every movement in amusement. Link narrowed his eyes at the man, glancing to his sides to see if there was anything he could use as a shield. There wasn't much of anything. Some old chairs and pieces of wood, but nothing he could use. "Maybe if you lower that pathetic excuse for a weapon then I'll have mercy on you, maybe", Ghirahim was slowly closing in on Link now and the boy had no where to go. "I'm not going to give myself to you without a fight", he stated, watching the males face twist further into amusement. "Ohhh, then it shall be more fun for me later on~", he swung his sword at him, Link quickly twisting aside and making a stab at him with the letter opener. Ghirahim quickly grabbed his hand and twisted it so he would drop the letter opener and threw him over his shoulder and onto the floor. Link winced in pain, looking up in time to see Ghirahim raising his sword. He closed his eyes again, ready for it to pierce flesh. He heard it clang against the floor beside him, slowly opening his eyes to glance over and see the blade mere inches from his head stabbed into the floor. He followed the blade back up to Ghirahim, staring at him now. "You really should learn to listen, Sky Child. Not listening may only get you killed!", suddenly Ghirahim kicked Link in the face, the boy yelping and reaching up to hold his now pain filled face, his nose bleeding from the impact. Ghirahim the proceeded to kick him a couple more times in the side before he rolled him over onto his back and placed a foot on Link's stomach, the male glaring up at him as he held his bleeding nose.

Ghirahim pulled out his sword from the floor, the blade disappearing in a shimmer of diamonds. He then pushed his foot into Link's stomach, causing him to growl and gasp in pain. "Now, I have some questions that you will answer, Sky Child...", he stated as he reached down and grabbed Link by the collar of his shirt. He snapped his fingers and they appeared inside Ghirahim's private chambers. He removed his hand from Link's shirt now, moving over to the bed side table to pick up the harp before turning to Link and waving it before his eyes. "Now, little Sky Child, what is this for? The spirit maiden was playing this before she went into that gate and then she threw it to you. Mind explaining?", Ghirahim watched as the boy stood up and gave him a blank look. "I...haven't figured that out yet...", Link replied simply, Ghirahim growling and reaching out to pull him closer. "Explain, what is there to figure out?", Ghirahim questioned, only receiving a defiant look from Link. He wasn't going to reveal anything to him. Not when it risked Zelda's capture and the potential rising of whoever Ghirahim's master was. "You're such a defiant boy...", a smirk now played at the demon lords lips, "I can fix that...". Link was suddenly thrown against the wall, wincing and looking at the demon lord. "If you want to be defiant then I shall have to show you some manners...some respect for your lord", Ghirahim stated, running at Link now and quickly pinning him to the wall. "My lord?! You're no where near being my lord!", Link hissed as he was pinned. He glared at the male. "I will have you reveal all of your secrets and submit to me, Sky Child...", Ghirahim's tongue snaked out of his mouth, moving to lick up Link's cheek before the male leaned in and bit into Link's neck. This caused the hero to gasp out in pain. "Ahhhck...G-Get off!", Link cried, trying to push Ghirahim away as the male sucked on his flesh. Little did he know that Ghirahim was marking him, implanting a small seal on his neck. He would use this to keep track of the Sky Child if they were ever separated and to limit him so that the boy could only go so far without his permission.

Ghirahim pulled his head back from the boy and grinned now, licking some of Link's blood off of his lips. "There...That should fix things", he remarked as Link continued to glare at him. "Wh-What did you do?", he questioned, raising a hand to his neck now. Ghirahim simply chuckled and backed away from Link, moving to the other side of the room. "Observe", he snapped his fingers, the boy staring at him. He suddenly yelped as he felt a pain surge through his body and something lifting him to carry him right to Ghirahim's side. He was dropped down onto his hands and knees before the demon lord, panting. He was confused as to what had just happened. "You were too far away from me, I had to fix that", Ghirahim stated smugly, grinning down at the hero, "Now I can be sure you can't escape me nor try to fool me, Sky Child. Now...back to our little discussion". The harp appeared in Ghriahim's hands and he held it out to Link. Link looked at it, slowly taking it before looking up at the demon lord. "Tell me everything you know about the meaning behind this and maybe I'll be nice and not take things a step further", Link hated that Ghirahim always seemed to have this smug and confident look on his face. He just wanted to wipe it clean off. "I'm not telling you anything!", Link stated, angling the harp and smashing the bottom of the instrument into Ghirahim's foot. He quickly moved back as he watched the man yelp in pain, stumbling back for a moment. Link moved back from him now, knowing that he probably just cause himself more grief than anything.

Ghirahim recovered quickly, glaring at Link and holding out his hand. Link cried out as he felt the pain surge through his body, feeling himself being lifted into the air. "I tried to be kind, I tried to be patient with you. But over and over you deny my kindness, deny me of what I am asking for. I have had enough Sky Child. You will tell me, even if it's by force...", Ghirahim was done playing. He didn't care for these games, not when he needed to find the spirit maiden and this boy was only getting in his way. 'I will dominate him and when this is all over, he will become an excellent pet for my master and I', Ghirahim thought as red ribbon wrapped around Link's hands, tying the boy up before Ghirahim threw him on the bed. Ghirahim wasted now time to climb on top of the boy, snapping his fingers and one of his diamond knives appearing in his hand. He tore through the shirt Link was wearing, grinning as Link struggled against him with no luck of getting away. He slowly applied the dagger to his chest, swiping it across to create a long thing gash, not deep enough to severely injure the man, but just deep enough to draw blood. Ghirahim leaned down, his long tongue dancing over the wound and causing Link to flinch. Ghirahim could tell the boy was trying to be strong. He was trying to withhold any noises of pain or pleasure. "I will make you cry out, my little sky child...", Ghirahim stated, moving over to one of Link's nipples and biting into it. He watched as the boy bit into his lip, trying to silence himself. That only enticed Ghirahim to bite harder, his tongue snaking around the sensitive nub to tease it. Finally he heard a cry, it was faint because Link had quickly caught himself, but it was there. Ghirahim moved his free hand, the one without the dagger, to Link's other nipple. His fingers began to dance over it, caressing it and teasing it. Link could no longer hold in his cries and finally let out a cry of pleasure and pain. 'No way...I...I can't enjoy this...', he thought, trying to squirm his body away from Ghirahim but he was pinned. He couldn't move.

Ghirahim moved his hand from his nipple down to his groin, playing along his pant line and teasing the boy a little more. Link gasped, closing his eyes. He didn't want what was to come next. He squirmed a little more, trying to free his bound hands. Ghirahim was only encouraged by his struggles, his tongue trailing down his stomach and pausing at Link's belly button. He twirled his tongue around, licking the inside and watching as Link gasped and squirmed, his toes curling a little bit. "Get...off! Noo!", Link was terrified for he knew exactly where this was going. He tried to think of how he could get out of this. How he could make it so that this creeper with his snake like tongue would back off and not take things any further. Then it clicked. Maybe he could use Ghirahim. He had to go through everything anyway so maybe he could bring Ghirahim along with him. "S-Stop! Ok..I'll tell you!", Link gasped out, Ghirahim pausing as he was about to pull down the heroes pants. He looked up at him, raising a brow. That was fast. "What is it, Sky Child..?", he inquired, ready to continue on if Link was only going to spew bullshit at him. "I-I'll tell you...The harp, you play a song...there's these trials. You need the harp to get into them and you have to collect something in each trial...That's the reason for the harp. That's all I know so far!", it was only half the truth. Link wasn't going to flat out tell Ghirahim that these trials would make his stronger or help him open another time gate. But the male could probably get the hint that it would somehow lead him to Zelda.

"Stop this...and I'll show you...But I'll need Fi...", Link stated, wondering if he could entice the male to give him back his clothes and his items. Then maybe he would stand a chance against Ghirahim and be able to escape his clutches and continue on with his journey. Ghirahim chuckled softly, sitting up now. "Really boy, do you think I'm that foolish? We will go and inspect these trials first and then I will decide if you get your sword back or not. But for now, I think some sleep is in order...", Ghirahim started, snapping his fingers. His cape disappeared and he climbed off of Link. He moved the boy over before climbing back into the bed with him. He left Link's hands bound together, pulling the boy close to sleep. "Good night, Sky Child. You better be right because if you're lying, tomorrow you will not be so lucky to get away with anything", Ghirahim whispered, Link's body tingling now. As if he could possibly sleep with this man's arms wrapped around him and his hands bound together. It was going to be a long night.

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