It's the first year anniversary since the fall of Vaati, the Wind Mage. Link, along with his counterparts helped save Hyrule and defeat Vaati and Ganon. Link decided, since it was the celebration of all of them, that he'd call them back for a week or so to celebrate.
Link walked into the Four Sword Sanctuary, and a smile crept across his face. He felt so nostalgic, even if the events had only happened one year ago. He walked over to the Four Sword, and raised it out of the stone pedestal. And next to him appeared his friends that helped him save Hyrule, Blue, Red, and Vio.
The four of them sat down on the grassy patch in the sanctuary. Since Zelda was tending to her duties, they decided they'd have a little 'party' by themselves. They laughed and talked about their adventures together, and Blue kept talking about his heroic actions.
"You sure were heroic. And you were the one crying because you had to leave." Green said.
"No! That was red! He was the one crying!" Blue argued.
"Yes, true, but then after that you started crying." Green argued back.
"Shut up!" He yelled.
Laughter erupted in the sanctuary.
Red leaned over to blue and hugged him, nuzzling his face into his side.
"You did save me, remember, Blue?" Red said, smiling.
Blue blushed, and pushed Red off of him, "I do remember saving you, and I remember you creeping the Hell out of me."
"I creep you out?" Red asked innocently.
"YES, YES YOU DO!"
Green and Red laughed, and Vio smirked. Red grabbed hold of Blue's leg, and the other started kicking violently, "Let go of me! Stahp!" He squealed.
"Haha, those two are pretty funny, eh, Vio?" Green asked, looking over at Vio.
Vio smirked, "Sure."
Suddenly, Vio felt a tugging at his waist. It didn't feel like a pain, it just felt like something was tugging on him. He looked back, but didn't see anything in the darkness.
"Vio? Is something wrong?" Green asked.
"No, no. It's nothing. I just thought I felt something ..." He replied.
Vio then felt as if something ... or someone laid their head on his shoulder. He equipped his sword and swung around, "Whose there!?"
Everyone stopped and glanced over at the Purple one.
"Vio?" They asked.
"What's wrong ...?" Green asked.
Red started to quiver, "I-is someone there ...?"
"Vio ... nothing's there ..." Blue said.
Vio stayed focused on the air behind him and felt as if there was still something behind him. Suddenly, an idea popped into his head.
"...Shadow ..?" Vio asked.
Everyone's eyes widened, but suddenly turned sad.
"Vio, you know that couldn't be him ..." Green said.
Red looked down sadly, "Don't you remember what happened to him? After he smashed the mirror?"
"Shadow's been dead for the past year." Blue said outright.
Those words hit Vio like a bullet. He remembers using Shadow to get into the dark castle to shatter the same mirror Shadow ended up destroying. But after spending those few days with Shadow in the castle, he ended up finding more about him then he had about his counterparts. He learned that he was being used by Vaati and Ganon. He also learned that he'd give anything to be like one of them.
Vio put his sword down, and sighed.
He laughed a bit, "You're right Blue."
Everyone stared at him.
"He is dead." Vio added. "So why do I still wish he was here?"
Green reached out and put his hand on Vio's shoulder, attempting to comfort him.
"We all miss him Vio. It's not just you."
"No, I think it is just him." Blue responded.
"Blue!" Green and Red shouted.
Vio sighed, and got up. "You said we could stay here with you, right Green?" He asked.
"Yeah, my father cleared out some guest rooms for all of you. We only had two rooms, but one has two beds."
Red took Blue's hand, "Guess that means we get the bedroom with two beds."
Blue turned red, "I'd rather die."
"Alright, thank you Green. I've been cooped up in that sword for so long, I've started thinking weird. Maybe I just need some sleep is all ..." Vio sad.
"Oh, sure. The house is outside of the sanctuary and down the road." Green pointed.
"You sure you don't wanna stay a bit longer, Vio?" Red asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure. I'm kind of tired."
Vio started walking down the dirt road to Green's house. He wasn't sleepy in the least, he just had to get away from whatever was bothering him there. He had a feeling it was Shadow doing all that, but at the same time, just as Blue said, he's dead.
He still felt like he was being followed and turned around,
"Shadow, if that's you, please, leave me alone." Vio said out loud.
No response came from the air in front of him.
"I've got to be going insane ..." Vio said. He turned quickly, and bolted for Green's house.
He ran inside and slammed the door shut. Link's father looked up surprised.
"Hello ... Vio is it? Link said you and the others would be around for a week."
"That's right," Vio replied, gasping for air.
"Are you ok? You're out of breath."
"I'm fine. Don't worry. I'm going to sleep early tonight. Where're the guest rooms?"
"Up the stairs and down the hall. You'll find them easily."
"Ok thank you fath- sir ..."
Green's father smiled, "No problem, Vio. Goodnight."
"Night ..."
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Vio walked into the one-bed bedroom and put his shield and sword by the bed. He found a desk in his room and a bookshelf with plenty of books. He smiled and went over, looking over the different volumes. A book labeled, "Hyrule Historia" caught his attention. He grabbed the dusty book, and brought it over to the desk, where he started reading it.
It was about an hour later when he heard the other Link's come home.
"Hello father. Did Vio come here?"
"Yes, he's upstairs asleep already. Show those two where their room is."
"I seriously have to sleep in the same room as red ... You've gotta be kidding me ..."
"Hehe ..."
Soon, he saw the light's go off in the hallway and figured he should go to sleep as soon as he finished this chapter. He was reading about how Vaati was once a little Picori and became human due to a hat called a "Minish Cap". He had heard of the little Minish that run around unseen. But he had never seen one. Probably because he never believed.
"Vio ..."
Vio lifted his head up and looked around his room. He didn't see anything. Then he got up and looked out into the hallway. No one was out there, and everyone's doors were closed. He shrugged it off and went back to reading.
"Viooooo ..."
Vio started recognizing the ghostly voice now. It was Shadow's. He put his hand to his forehead, feeling an aching in his head.
He kept repeating, over, and over in his head:
Shadow's dead.
Shadow's dead.
He's dead.
He's dead.
He's dead.
He closed the book back up, and went to his bed, plopping down onto it, and stuffing his face into his pillow. He shifted to the side, and could almost make out some kind of dark aura at his bedside. It shrugged it off, and closed his eyes. He gripped his pillow tight, and felt tears trickle down his cheeks.
Again, he felt a tugging at his waist. And he felt something against his neck. It had to be Shadow.
Vio fell asleep, almost enjoying the company of whatever was with him ...