A/N: The picture I have in use is from dA by an artist lychi and the picture's name is just simply Zelda.
Also, another note: I do NOT own the characters or places unless said otherwise. Nintendo has the rights. =P Honestly speaking, all I have is the idea for the story, few monsters, creatures and bit of changing the places. Oh, and couple of OCs here and there. ^^; I'm certain everyone can figure out which belongs to me and which doesn't. =)
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Summary of chapter: A calm day's walk turns into survival.
Background / full summary of all of the chapters: Link is the Hero of Time, Hyrule and Light. Fighting is part of his job. Darky is the Shadow of the Hero and his younger brother. He has gone through a lot in his life but it hasn't changed his true nature. Dark is a Half-Shadow whom might have gone through more than Darky and yet the day he met with his love, things changed. Things got even better for him when he and Darky met. Add Link and the oldest of the three couldn't have his life any of better. The three adopted brothers are excellent warriors and when they fight side by side, it's impossible for them to lose a fight. Or so they thought...
The older Dark Link: Obviously belongs to Nintendo but his actions, reactions and overall acting goes to Swamp Dragon Princess. Let's just say that I kinda fell in love with the way she portrays his character in our RPs.
Notion: This is actually part of my CaH Saga as a side quest. =)
Warning / Rating: Dark, the oldest one, can be VERY gruesome and even heartless... Towards the bad guys, that is. Yet, I don't think it goes over what the Legend of Zelda games have. But, if you feel like I should change the rating into M, just tell me and I'll change it. But, until then, it'll be T.
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Enjoy the chapter! ^.^
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FIGHT
CHAPTER 2
The four of them had been just walking calmly through the forest when the attack came. They were very quickly surrounded by the monsters while trying to keep SDP in middle to keep her safe. Yet, the beasts knew actual tactic and eventually they had the opening they had been waiting for. Few quick hits and the three warriors were struck away from the princess of the Swamp Kingdom.
Darky had been hit into middle of monsters while Dark crashed back first into a tree. Link was hit back first into bushes and out of sight. Few monsters ran after the Hero while the rest surrounded the dark Hylians. While this was happening, the leader of the creatures captured the young woman. "Princess!" Dark screamed while increasing his fighting but when the knife was brought out to the princess' throat, he stopped attacking.
The lead monster smirked. "Kill them." It hissed while keeping the young woman as a hostage and leverage against the fighters. The only thing the two Half-Shadows could try to do was to shield themselves but fighting back would've endangered Dark's fiancé's life. SDP kept on begging and praying for the duo to fight.
The few monsters that had left after the Hero came back after a while and shook their heads before joining into the fight. "Seems like the Hero left you on your own!" The leader laughed cruelly. "Looks like he's a coward by heart." The beast continued mockingly. This only got the dark Hylians to strike back against the monsters but the threat over SDP's life ceased those attempts very swiftly. The duo knew better than believe the beast's words. They knew for absolute certain that Link would never run away from a fight and especially he wouldn't leave his brothers in such a situation for any of reason at all.
"Never call me a coward!" The words were shouted from the surrounding forest with a harsh tone and nearly instantly after those words the black Lizalfos that kept SDP as its captive crashed into the ground with an arrow through its head. Few new arrows followed the first one very quickly and struck down the worst beasts around the two Half-Shadows. This gave the two dark Hylians full chance to fight again. After that the shot arrows were used to keep the Swamp Dragon Princess safe.
Link had realized very quickly that if he returned into the actual fight, they'd fall once and for all. He used the bushes for his advantage and stayed hidden while climbing into the closest tree like a squirrel. The few monsters that had come after him searched for a while but eventually left the area. The Hero fully hated to leave his brothers and SDP to fend for themselves for the time being but he needed a better place for his plan to work.
The cerulean eyed knight took bit of distance into the area while being pretty certain that his brothers wouldn't believe him having ditched them. Once he was certain that the monsters wouldn't hear him, he started to search for a perfect place while as quietly as possible putting his sword and shield off. It was another reason he needed the distance. He couldn't let the beasts hear the metallic sound as the Master Sword was placed into its sheath. Or the slight clang of the shield. While moving, he drew out his bow and quiver which sadly wasn't even half full.
The moment the golden haired warrior found a perfect place, he took a deep breath to calm his breathing and started to aim. He knew the monsters would take their sweat time with his brothers which gave him the needed chance to strike. Just before he let the arrow free, he growled out the words as loud as he could. He was actually grateful for the monster to have heard him. Right after that he started to shoot the beasts down one after the other.
When the Hero ran out of arrows, he put the bow and empty quiver off and drew out his sword and shield. During doing this, he was already moving towards the area where the fight was going on. He jumped from the tree, slashed at the creature that had gotten too close to the princess and took his place as her guardian. "You okay, SDP?" Link inquired bit concerned.
The woman nodded while calming down. "Freaked out but unharmed." She replied with a slight smile. The princess knew that she'd be fully safe with the trio back together and fighting.
"Excuse me, your Highness..." Link hastily whispered before already moving SDP off of the unleashed attack from a monster. The movement was bit of a harsh one but he'd rather startle her than let the beasts harm her. Once he was between the creature and the princess, he already unleashed few strong strikes to get the enemy handled.
Yet, even though they were back side by side and keeping SDP safe between them, there were bit too many of the monsters. The earlier situation could easily repeat especially since a Darkhammer was slowly moving towards them to join into the fight.
"Darky..." Link called and nodded towards the armored lizard with a heavy metallic spiked ball in a long chain. The younger dark Hylian glanced towards the beast and bit scowled. "I want to handle that one with you and Dark." The Hero told with slight grin. "But for that... We gotta clear these fools off of our way. So..." He continued but left the inquiry unfinished.
The youngest brother nodded and soon called out Nayru's Love to protect the four of them. Link nodded before already sheathing his sword and putting the shield off. He took once a deep breath and closed his eyes. His brothers and SDP stayed close to him since they knew what he was up for performing.
The moment the cerulean eyed one opened his eyes, he already started to call the magic out. After few swift moves he crouched down and slammed his hands into the ground. The flames soon surrounded them from outside the blue shield Darky was holding up. Soon after that the magic of Din's Fire spread out and torched the monsters surrounding them. Yet, the Darkhammer had been too far to get hit by the attack.
"DBA?" Dark inquired with a grin and slight raise of his eyebrow. Link took once a deep breath to even out his breathing but he grinned and nodded. Darky grinned quite excited while fully waiting for them to take the remaining monster down.
For the trio "DBA" stood for Decoy, Block, Attack. They walked forward towards the monster to get it swirl the heavy ball above its head. None of the trio had weapons out. Suddenly Link dashed forward to face the beast. Darky waited for the monster to keep its notion in the middle brother before he followed Link. Dark waited for his younger brothers to do their parts before he went to face the creature. Yet, that what they had come up with long ago had its dangers and one mistake could end up being fatal.
Link struck into the ground just a while before the ball. The weapon was turned into being swirled in front of the monster like a plane's rotor. The Hero nearly held his breath as he slid on the ground and just barely avoided the sharp spikes of the heavy ball. Once beside the creature, he shot to his feet and tried to get behind it. The Darkhammer turned around slowly to keep the golden haired nuisance from getting a chance at the unprotected back and tail.
When Link had gotten past the weapon, Darky ran into the scene. The beast kept swirling its weapon but so far Link had managed to keep his distance. Luckily some of the chain was lying on the ground. The monster didn't even notice when the younger dark Hylian came beside it, took a hold of the chain and yanked. The movement stopped the ball's going abruptly and it crashed with a heavy thud into the ground. The young Half-Shadow gave a cheeky grin when the monster turned to look at him.
That short moment of surprise was all Dark needed. By the time the creature was ready to react and try to hit Darky, the oldest brother was already there. With a wicked grin he took a hold of the monster's arm which it had been willing to strike Darky with. "You chose the wrong trio to mess with." The older Half-Shadow told surprisingly calmly before he punched the lizard's head. The hit got the beast's helmet to fly off. This only got Dark to grin wider.
While the oldest brother started to beat the living hell out of the oversized lizard, Darky swiftly wrapped the chain of the ball around the monster to keep it from attacking. Link simply backed off while bit grinning as he watched his older brother having fun. The two younger brothers returned to SDP's side just to be on the safe side but they both watched the one sided fight scene. The creatures sometimes did manage to surprise and even though the duo trusted their brother to handle things off, they rather kept their eyes open for possible trouble than having not paid enough of attention and on that way allowing something bad to happen.
Once the last creature was down, the trio walked over to the older dark Hylian. Link had already checked both Darky and SDP and healed the few wounds the monsters had inflicted into the youngest brother. Now he walked over to Dark so he could use the healing magic to fix his wounds too.
Once they had calmed down from the little ordeal, the four of them continued their earlier walk. They soon were back chatting, telling jokes, laughing and just having fun with each other.