Edit: EVERYONE I forgot to add something! The ending of this chapter comes from Akira Himekawa, the manga at the end of Hyrule Historia. Thank you person who reviewed and told me I forgot to add that, thank you xD
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"...What?" Link asked dumbstruck. He had to have misheard that. "Leave Hylia, join me." Demise stated.
Link couldn't speak, he had been so sure Demise was finally going to kill him…never had he expected this! "You can't be serious…after everything you put me through…after everything you did to me, you think I'm just going to follow you? Obey you?" Link questioned angrily. "You are insane!" He exclaimed, unable to believe what he heard.
Demise didn't think he'd accept the offer, not right away. The hero had a point. After everything he had done, why would Link accept?
Demise scoffed, he had expected as much. "In a month I shall attack, everything will burn, everyone will die…even your beloved Goddess. If at that point in time you still refuse, I will kill you." Demise stated, glaring at him.
Link narrowed his eyes. "Best get ready to kill me then, I will never join you." He growled out and Demise stepped closer to the human who, as always, didn't back down.
"We shall see." Was the last thing he said, then he was gone.
Link didn't head back to the village for a long time. Things with Demise were going to change, that was clear. Link was worried though…could the Demon King make an offer that was hard to turn down?
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It was someone's birthday; as the time for Demise's attack was getting closer, they were having a large celebration. Link had never been one for big parties and he still wasn't...of course he was still thinking about what the Demon King had said. He still couldn't wrap his head around the fact that the Demon King wanted him to join him. After everything the Demon King had done to him, this was what the Demon King wanted in the end? His head hurt...it was Demise's fault!
Link took a drink of water as he didn't feel like drinking anything else; wine, or anything stronger, always messed with his head. The hero didn't see an odd colored leaf fall into his cup; the leaf's chemical compounds took effect in only seconds.
Link blinked and rubbed his eyes, he felt tired suddenly, weak and dizzy. He shook his head nearly tipping over. "Hey easy." A knight sitting next to him said holding him up.
"What happened?" Hylia asked coming over. "Link I thought you weren't drinking?" She asked concerned. "...Ot…" That didn't come out right...
Hylia lifted his glass and saw a bit of leaf in it. "Oh no…here help me get him home. Someone put something in his water." Hylia explained as she helped him up with the Knight.
"How? I was right here." The knight asked bewildered and confused; Hylia didn't know but she did know something was up with Link.
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Once at Link's house the knight and Hylia walked through the small house to Link's bed room. The knight settled the green hero into his bed, Hylia turned to her helper. "I'll stay here and watch over him. Only one way into his room." Hylia said as they both left the room, she took a place at the dining table; the knight left.
Hylia was very worried. She didn't know who would want to drug Link, she wondered if it was the demon that was after him.
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Ghirahim hummed a wicked tune as he moved around the hero's room, drugging the human hadn't been hard. His master had said no harming him, or killing him. He'd never said anything about playing with his head. How wrong he was. Ghirahim heard a growl, then was dragged down into a dark portal by a claw. Demise wasn't pleased by what he had tried to do.
Hylia came into the room a bright light in her hand…nothing was here. She had felt something dark for a moment…hadn't she? Maybe she was overly worried for Link.
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Hylia perked up hearing shuffling from Link's room, then he was walking toward her from the now open door. "Ah, you're up." Hylia said as Link came to the kitchen table. "Yes…what happened yesterday? I can't recall." Link responded, rubbing his head.
"Well…" Hylia sat next to him at the table. "It seems someone drugged your water…I think it was the enemy." His face was blank as she continued, "Even last night I felt two types of dark power in your room…one was weaker than the other. Two must have been there." She responded.
That got a reaction, he looked pained. "Link are you alright?" Hylia asked her hero. "I'm fine, don't worry…" Link assured her, trying to cease her worry.
His expression didn't clear up. She hoped the darkness she felt in his room had just been her imagination. It hadn't…had it? "Link, please talk to me. What is going on?" He looked away from her, unable to answer.
"Link," She held his face in her hands getting him to look at her. "You can tell me anything." She said but he jerked away. "No I can't…I don't even…" Her hero struggled with his words concerning her greatly.
"Link it's clear a demon or demons are following you around-!" Link cut her off. "Not following hes!" Link cut off locking his jaw. How on earth could he tell her? Hylia waited.
"That…That night I told you I had a bad feeling… I heard Demise's voice…" And so he told her all of what had been going on. "I don't even know why I kept going in the first place…and now him wanting me to join him?! I don't understand…"
Hylia couldn't think of anything to say; she was far too shocked. "Link…" She started softly, eyes wide. "I hate him…yet…yet I…" Link began, feeling like everything was falling apart around him. Hylia wrapped her arms around him bringing him close as he fell apart.
'Yet you can't stay away.' Hylia didn't know what to make of the situation, she really didn't but she knew Demise was going to do everything in his power to take her hero from her. He wouldn't get Link but the thought that the Demon King wanted him scared her.
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Demise was beyond furious. He had just gotten through with making sure all in his army was aware that the hero was his. Ghirahim had been his example. Anyone who hurt him would be tortured for days, and any who dared to try to kill him would suffer before death.
Link was his!
He needed something else to destroy, he was making an effort from now on to be nice to the human to appeal to him. The last thing he wanted to do was hurt him...of course the hero was going to be difficult, he always was. But...that was part of what made the hero appealing to have odd as it was.
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"Link, go." Hylia said a hand resting on his back ready to give him a light push. "No." The hero snapped. Hylia frowned; she could tell from his expression that he was being called. "Link, he isn't going to hurt you at this point…if you don't go I fear what he may do to you later." She explained her worry, crossing her arms in annoyance.
Link scoffed. "I don't fear him or what he could do to me!" Link growled fists clenched, he didn't want to go!
Link and Hylia were standing at one of the exits to the village; it was was late afternoon, it was far too quiet but mostly all animals had run or flew off a long time ago. They had been discussing this a few minutes just standing at the exit of the village.
"Please…I can't stand to see your broken body or see you unable to move from pain." The goddess said giving him a light push. "Ugh…you and your voice." He groaned then started to walk away.
Hylia smiled sadly; she got him to cave to most things, such as the food and rest that he needed but kept forgetting as he was too easily distracted. Hylia hated the fact she had to convince him to go see their enemy…who she feared might manage to take her hero from her.
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"Lucky human." Link turned at the voice the Master Sword in his hand. He hadn't forgotten this demon liked to suddenly attack out of nowhere. The pale demon, Gramh something or another was glaring down at him from a thick tree branch he was standing on.
Link rose a brow confused, lucky?! "Lucky? How in Din's name am I lucky? The fact that your master won't kill me?" Link asked with a bored tone. "Oh he fully plans to kill you-" The demon sneered.
Link interrupted. "You must not have heard, he wants me to join him." That shut the demon up.
Link sneered at the demon as well, unable to contain his disgust. "I won't ever join him. If that means I die then I will do everything in my power to make sure I at least weaken him for Hylia." Link said firmly, he'd never surrender he'd die first.
"...You little fool, he is offering you so much and yet you refuse?" Gramh something or another hissed.
"I will refuse forever. I'll be going now, your master," He mocked the word master, making the demon bristle, "is calling me."
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The hero said nothing as he came over to the spot that was the meeting place, it had been ever since the first time. He had leaned against a tree and stayed there. "Not talkative today are you?" Demise asked watching the hero closely.
Link shrugged. "I'm waiting for you to grill me about joining you, I have several refusals ready. Go ahead." Link used a bored tone and kept a bored expression.
The blasted human wasn't making it easy for him to be nice… "Do you wish to die?" "Good question." Link said sarcastically. "I don't know. I don't fear dying is all." The hero said simply with a shrug. Simple answers like that would make it hard to talk- oh that little!-
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Demise appeared shortly thereafter and made offer after offer to Link, he turned each one down easily. The Demon King came to the conclusion, he wasn't giving things this man would want. He was offering things greedy humans wanted.
Link was a simple man of few needs, he cared little for money and riches of any kind that had gone out the window already. The Demon King didn't know what to offer, humans were always so greedy and easily tricked. Not Link though, he was clever and played word games right along with him.
He would kill the hero if he had to but…he had two more weeks to get him to switch sides. He would do it. The hero would be his.
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"...And I'm not into harems are you done yet?" Link asked after yet another offer, while sitting on a boulder, looking bored. Demise wanted to skin him. He kept rejecting everything! As the humans said, he was grasping for straws!
"If you're done I'm heading back," Link began, stretching. "as much fun as all these days of you throwing offers at me are I'm tired of it." Link stood up ready to walk away but Demise blocked him. "I will never join you! Get that through your head! There is nothing you can give me to change my mind!" The hero hissed.
Demise's eye narrowed. There had to be something he could do- Oh…yes there was…that would work nicely. He didn't have to come willingly in that case. "Two weeks left hero. If at the end of that you still refuse, you will wish I had killed you."
Link backed up as the Demon King got closer. "Monsters and demons will attack, they will burn the village and kill any they find," As he spoke he backed the hero against a tree. "But you, you will not be touched by them. You are mine, Link. Only I will ever cause you pain or spill your blood. Only I will kill you…or worse…make you wish I would. You are mine."
Link felt a little scared by the words. In a sick twisted way it almost sounded like the Demon King cared about him…In. A. Sick. Twisted. Way. "I am not yours!" Link growled, moving quickly around Demise. "I belong to no one! No part of me is yours!" The hero didn't bother to listen for a response as he turned and ran. As he went, he heard the Demon King's voice in his mind. 'You'll have your last chance when we meet to fight. Don't be a fool hero.'
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Demise hadn't lied. The village was burning, the only things not up in flame were the castle and Hylia's Temple. People were getting killed everywhere; women, children, his fellow knights, his friends. He had to stop Demise or at least injure him. He knew he wouldn't live through facing the Demon King. He had known that for a long time…Demise made sure of that. He ran a bit away from the village following the call…it wasn't at the lake anymore.
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Demise was there, waiting "This is your last chance hero." "I'll never-" Link was interrupted by what Demise said next. "I could give you back your parents."
That stopped Link. "They would be young forever as would you. Live forever, never fall ill or be hurt," Unless Demise himself was doing the hurting of course. "To never have to worry about anything ever again. All you have to do is join me." The Demon King was sure this would hold the hero, his parents meant everything to him. He was clearly thinking about it.
"Come." Link twitched back when Demise reached a hand to him…a small part of him wanted to accept the offer but…
He shut his eyes thinking of what his parents would say; Hylia would be killed, the land still destroyed. No, he wouldn't do it. Link opened his eyes glaring and said, "No. I will never willingly join you. My parents would never forgive me for allowing you to destroy everything. Killing everyone, the Goddess Hylia…" He shook his head. "I will never join you. I can't."
Demise growled. He had been so sure the hero would accept! "So be it."
The fight didn't last long. Demise was angry Link refused the final time and cut him through after only a few seconds. Link fell, feeling pain in his left side. There was a large open wound…he would bleed out in no time. Demise crushed him to the ground roughly enjoying the slight cry of pain.
"I will return for you after I have dealt with Hylia, so long as you don't move I'll be able to heal that. Be a good little human and stay put." The demon king let him go, then was gone.
Link looked at the ruins of what once was a lovely land. 'My hometown… The beautiful air… the mountains… the rivers…Reduced to this. Will this be the last thing I ever see?' Link thought sadly. 'Climb atop my back.' The crimson loftwing said as it landed near him.
"Th- The Loftwing?!" The bird didn't like him, it never had. Hell he had yelled and snapped at the blasted bird when it first showed up with Hylia. Once she was off it and after the insults it gave in regards to him and the other knights. He had wondered why Hylia had chosen the bird to bring her here at the time but now…maybe it was alright.
'I have kept a close eye on your battle.' "You mean you'll take me as your rider?" Link had no arguments to that. With a bit of help from the heavenly bird he got on its back. He held the Master Sword up ready to kill any flying monsters. 'We shall fight together for eternity!' The loftwing cried, just as ready for a fight as he was.
"Loftwing, will you show our people to the skies? I ask your guidance." Link may not be able to defeat Demise but he could at least save those who were still alive. 'As long as you will fly with me henceforth.' "Yes… I swear it!" Link declared and took to the skies.
Three Dragons flew around the two, while a symbol appeared on the master sword. One of the dragons spoke, "The Legacy of the Gods dwells within the master sword. Hero! Present thy sword before the Goddess!" Link lifted the Master Sword up, it left his hand a few minutes then returned, and he used it once more to help the now floating land go to the sky.
The Master Sword became a pillar between the earth and sky, the loftwing guided it as it all rose to the heavens. He could hear his fellow knights calling to him to jump into the light…he couldn't. The pain returned, he felt weak and dropped to his knees before leaning back against a large stone.
'May you thrive my comrades. I pray for your happiness with all my heart. In truth I wanted to take to the skies with you...but my body is heavy. It feels as though I'm stuck to the ground. I can't move. Curses!' Link looked up fondly to the sky where the land that had been sent up was only a dot. Soon he couldn't even see it at all… they were safe… he could let go now?
'Loftwing,' He thought struggling to stay just a bit longer. 'I'm sorry I couldn't keep my promise. But crimson bird, I hope that you can somehow grant my final wish. Ah… it doesn't hurt anymore. My spirit… will always… be… with you...'
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'Ghirahim! Ghirahim! Ghirahim!'
'Master? I thought you were...'
'Hylia has sealed me…I have few short minutes before I can no longer speak to you. Find the hero! Don't touch him if the Goddess is there. If she isn't take him away, the sealed room will open, leave him there.'
'Yes master.'
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Hylia looked around only a moment before she found her hero. A lump formed in her throat, she forced it down and went over to him. She sat down and held him close. "Link… Link!" She had hoped…that he just might live. But that hope was in vain.
Ghirahim watched at a distance as she explained the reason behind the hero's imprisonment to his dead body. His eyes widened when she said, "I will ensure that your gentle, heroic spirit will live on eternally..."
He stopped listening after that, perhaps his master would get his pet after all.
