Last time I forgot a few things so:

I must remind everyone of the fact that I don't own anything.

In this story Sheik and Zelda are two different characters.

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Chapter 2

Everything was going to be alright. My ass !

The moment she stepped outside of the temple she knew she shouldn't have say yes. The sky had an horrible color as if blood and ink had been spilt over the usual blue and was giving the place a really creepy aspect. The trees that once must had been beautiful and green now looked like black skeleton fingers. Even the temple who seemed clean and peaceful inside had its walls black and brown like rusted metal. It had obviously known better days. A disgusting smell of putrid corps and death made its way to her nostrils nearly making Sasha throw up in the dead grass.

What have you got yourself into girl.

If Alinor hadn't been by her side she wouldn't be have been able to even see the ground. Her glowing lighted up her path and reassured her. Alone, she probably would have run back inside the temple and pray for someone to help her.

« It's horrible. » the young girl muster.

« Isn't it. »

« I've never never seen something so terrible. How could someone let something like that happened. »

« Ganondorf is an horrible monster. He destroyed everything and even now that there is so little left he keeps sending hordes of monsters. The hylians are hiding in the few towns that weren't burned down but even there they aren't safe. »

« And we have to fight for... that ? » she asked showing the roofs (or what must have been roofs one day)

« Yes, that Hyrule but you will see it's a marvelous place. At least it used to be. »

Sasha felt her heart ached. The landscape looked like the photos of the Second World War she saw in her history book. It already felt so...dead and she hadn't even make two steps out of the temple (just one).

« Where do you think we should go ? » The girl asked a bit depressed.

« First we have to get out of here and then...Er...We-We could try to found the princess but I don't know were she is, or maybe if we go... » she didn't finish her sentence clearly showing that she didn't know.

« You don't have an idea, right ? » Sasha said smirking.

« Not really, I must say that it's my first time trying to save the world. » Alinor squeaked as if it was a enormous flaw.

« Don't worry it's my first too. » she chuckled. « Rauru said that the sages were the ones that had to preserved the peace but that they were sleeping. So why don't we try to shake them awake? »

« That's a great idea Sasha! We will go to the Kokiri forest first it's were I was borned, there is a temple there and I know that place like my pocket, well I haven't got a pocket but... » she continued to blab while she begun to fly toward a small stair.

Sasha followed her -she was her light after all. As her foot touched the first step of the ruined stair, Alinor warned her.

« Be careful in this city there are redeads. » she said as if she was talking about the weather.

Sasha however froze in her movement and as everyone I'm sure who just learned they were walking corps in the town they were going to step into, she panicked.

« T-They are WHAT ?! »

« Redeads. » answered the little ball of light after turning around to see that her companion had stopped following her.

« B-B-But... » she mumbled looking in every direction half expecting to see that a monster was hiding behind a tree or one of those big rocks with strange eyes draw on it. « Er...If-If there are those...things why are we going there? »

« Because it's the only way out of the city but don't worry they only attack when you come too close to them. Just be prudent. »the little fairy said in a comforting voice. « Now let's go ! »

The young human gulped and with a pounding heart and shaky legs she made her way down the stairs, in a dark street.

For the first twenty minutes everything went fine, they had nearly made it through the city, Sasha hadn't screamed at all when she saw the vile creature (not that she didn't want but because her voice refused to come out when she tried, not that she complained). She however nearly fainted and who wouldn't when they saw corps that were mainly made of bones and only a bit of rotten flesh that was hanging down from their members and deformed faces with – nevermind let just say that they scared the life out of her.

So as I was saying they almost made it to the exit of the city when everything went terribly wrong.

Arriving at some kind of place with an old fountain, Alinor turned to look at Sasha explaining how this place used to be the most important market of all the kingdom and pointed to a gate saying the castle was a bit ahead. The young girl looked up from the ground she was fixing in order to prevent herself from falling over remains of burned houses and froze.

She tried to speak but her voice didn't come out once again, even her body refused to move, her mouth was the only thing to obliged. She didn't want to see what was going to happen but her eyes brushed away the order.

Alinor looked at her friend, who was paling more and more, still flying. She was about to stop and asked what happened hit something. It was her time to stop breathing. She turned around really slowly fearing what she would see and when she saw she nearly dropped dead on the floor. Empty sockets were fixing her. A sinister groan, like a long lamentation echoed through the place. All the redeads slowly begun to made their way toward the two horrified living beings.

« Run Sasha ! » the fairy shouted showing her friend the way.

Recovering her senses the young human broke into a sprint that would have left some champions in her world scratching their heads ( fear gives you wings XP). However as she came near the gate that led to the plain a cry (the kind of cry you imagine for a banshee) pierced her ears and stopped her flight mid step.

Her eyes widened in fear upon realizing that she couldn't move anymore.

« Struggle Sasha it will break the paralysis ! » screamed her friend who were turning back on her 'steps' to help her.

What does she think I'm doing ?!

« SASHA! »

I'm not knitting some fucking soc- she cried in her mind.

Her thoughts were brought to an end when a bony hand wrapped itself around her neck. She could feel the breath of the monster on her shoulders and her own stop. Her heart was beating at a pace that couldn't possibly be healthy, she was sure that if she wasn't unable to move she would have faint. The smell of dead corps invaded her nostrils.

Like in slow motion she felt the rotten teeth of the redead put more and more pressure on the skin just above her jugular and finally broke it. She didn't cry out in pain but her mind certainly was as she felt warm blood running down her shoulder wetting her T-shirt and the mouth of the creature trying to suck as much red liquid as possible.

Suddenly everything started to move at their normal pace again, Alinor crashed with all her strenght into the redead head, well it wasn't much but it was all it needed to make the monster looked up and for Sasha to get rid of her paralysis.

In a quick movement she unsheathed her dagger and stabbed her aggressor in the head with it. The redead howl in pain and let go of her. She didn't stay to see what would happened to the corp : she withdrew her weapon, grabbed Alinor who was still stunned because of the impact and dashed toward the gate a hand firmly pressed against her wound. They crossed the destroyed draw bridge, the water which arrived to her mid thight slowed her down bit and the creatures hadn't follow her, they were to slow but she kept running until her vision blurred and she collapsed on the green grass letting go of the fairy. A tear rolled down her cheek as her blood kept pouring out of her vein.

« Don't worry I'm here! I will help you! » Alinor managed to squeak in her hurry.

The fairy pushed aside Sasha's hand and put her own tiny ones on the wound. Small sparks of pink light appeared on the edge of the 'cut'. A warm feeling spread itself across the human's veins, until it felt so hot she thought her skin was melting. She grimaced, sweat was shining on her temples and as quickly as it came it disappear, her breath becoming steadier. Alinor moved her hands away and looked at her work.

« I did what I could but it will leave a scar I'm sorry. »she apologized.

« Thank you. » her friend whispered back. « But how did you- »

« I'm a healing fairy. »she said proudly. « I can nearly heal everything however we should go to Kakariko because tomorrow you will have a terrible fever and we can't stay on this field at night monsters begin to appear. »

« But it's already... »

Sasha didn't finish her sentence. She was looking at the sky that was now clear and blue. Glancing at the city they just left she saw that the red and black thing she thought was the sky was just a huge cloud that seemed to turn around the town. She felt relief wash over her. She wouldn't have like to live under a red sky for four months, it was oppressing.

« It's terrible right? It's Ganondorf's work. There are three month it was only turning around the castle, it has spread since then. » explained the tiny woman with a sad voice, but her friend wasn't listening.

I'm so in deep trouble, I have been here for two hours and I already nearly died killed by ONE monster and I will have to fight HUNDRED.

Sasha sat up. Trying to think about something else than hordes of monsters destroying the world with only a girl and a pretty fairy to stop them, she searched the plain to see if she could find another town that wasn't too far.

« So, where is Kokoriko ? »

Alinor blinked and burst into laughing. The young girl looked at the fairy who was rolling on the floor with a confused expression.

« What did I say? »

« Hihi ! It's Kakariko...hihihihi...not...hihihi... not Kokoriko! » she told her friend before laughing even harder seeing Sasha blushed.

« It's not really nice to make fun of me you know ? »

« I know, I think it was because of my nerves. » she said once she had sobered. « And the town is near those mountains. It is at the feet of the one called the Death Mountain. »

What a charming name.

« If we start moving now I think we should arrived before the night. »

« I hope, I don't want to see monsters right now, those redeads were enough for the day. »

They walked for three hours nearly no stop before finally arrived before the stairs which led to the city. It was later than what they had planned because Sasha was still tired due to their meeting with the redead, the sky was taking a darker shade of blue and stars began to appears.

However during their 'walk' the two spoke of many things about this world and Sasha's. They quickly became really good friends. They had discovered that in the bag Rauru had given to them there were rupees (Sasha learned it was the money of this world ) enough to enable them to survive a long time according to Alinor and that was a chance because the young girl refused to keep a T-shirt covered in blood and sweat ! She needed to buy things ! There also were a cloak, two empty bottles which were quickly filled with water when the two crossed a river on their way to Kakariko and finally tons of some kind of bread that hadn't any taste at all but that stopped the hunger really efficiently. The young human wondered briefly how had she managed to carry all off this but when she put it back on her shoulders she realized it didn't weight much.

The first good surprise of this world.

When they saw the stair that had a hundred of step, Sasha thought she was going to die, she groaned in despair but forced herself to climb them up.

The last trial before being able to collapse in a bed.

They finally reached the last step although all her muscles ached. She expected her limbs to fall off her body with each movement.

The town looked like one of the miners city of the 19century of her world minus the smell. Most of the houses were made of red bricks and some were of a dirty brown. Hens were running in the streets, a man was sit under a really high tree that she didn't know, he was muttering to himself and the two made a large circle around him to avoid being too near. The streets were narrow but Sasha could see in the distance a mill with it's palms turning peacefully. There wasn't much noise because of the hour but the few people who were still outside were looking at the two with either pitying or suspicious face. They had obviously take notice of Sasha's strange dirty and blood stained outfit. The young human felt uncomfortable under their stares.

Alinor guided her to the first mansion she saw and Sasha realized to her horror that she didn't know at all the symbols that were written on the sign. She sighed.

Great, I can't read their language. Well...At least I understand when they speak.

They entered and went to the counter. Sasha's eyes widened. Was that a pointed ear she saw on the woman that was next to her ? She rubbed her eyes and took another glance, they were still here. She looked around and saw that everyone's ears were like that. Maybe she will stand out a bit more than what she thought. Discretely she made sure that own ears were hid under her blond hair.

« How can I help yo-. » asked the man behind the counter, his voice dropping upon seeing the T-shirt and the bow that was fixed on the bag.

« We would like a room for- » began the fairy before being interrupted.

« We haven't any room left please go out. »

With that he turned around and walked away leaving behind two offended ladies.

« What an rude and unpleasant man. » Alinor whispered in her friend's ear. « Let's go somewhere else. »

Sasha nodded and in a huff the two walked out. For the rest of the evening they tried to find a place to stay but all the mansion refused, probably fearing the wrath of the king if he happened to learn that they had host a trouble maker (they couldn't blame the poor citizens but it was irritating) and when they tried ask to the inhabitants for hospitality people closed their doors without even letting them speak.

In consequences, a hour later they still didn't know where to sleep and Sasha started to feel light headed. Alinor told her it was the fever that began to kick in. They arrived in front of a bigger house near the mill. Without any hopes the girl knocked at the door. When it finally opened, she saw a woman who seemed to be in her late forties, she had raven hair, stunning green eyes and was wearing a white apron above a black and red dress. Children chat could be heard behind her.

She closed her eyes and waited to hear the sound of the closing door. She was too exhausted to waste her saliva. When no sound reached her ears, she opened her eyes surprised to see that the woman was looking at her with a worried face.

Smart Sasha now she will think you're a weirdo.

« What are you still doing outside child ? » she remind the girl of Rauru.

« We-We are looking for a place to stay tonight and- »

« But of course ! Come in ! Come in ! It's not safe outside with all those monsters who attack at night and there is always space her- » she didn't finish her sentence as she took in the girl appearance and with wide eyes. « Oh child, what happened to you ? »

« We just- » Sasha began tiredly.

« Are you hurt ? »

« No, not any- »

« And you fairy ? »

« I don't think so but- » Alinor respond with an equal exhausted voice.

« You have fever girl. Come and sit on the couch there. » she said closing the door. « Samuel ! Will you please let this poor cat alone ! Teru go find your father and bring a cover! »

Sasha let herself fall on the couch with a relieved sigh and Alinor landed on her friend's head. She could already imagined how her muscles would hurt the next day but she forced out a sincere smile to the woman.

« Don't worry my husband is a healer he will help you. »

« Thanks. » she mumbled back.

« What is your name little one? »

« Sasha, madam. This is Alinor. » she said pointing to the fairy that as already fallen asleep.

« You can call me by my name, it's Arisa. » the woman said reassuringly.

Arisa walked toward the stairs that her husband, a tall thin man with brown hair that were turning gray, was climbing down and told him about the situation. When they looked back at Sasha, they found her fast asleep with her head tilted to the side.