I was dreaming...I could see myself before me...In darkness...surrounded and enveloped by it. Like a baby in the mother's womb, I was in fetal position, naked. I was bald, too. I wasn't in a tank...like most Science Fiction things you've probably seen. I was just...floating.
Is that what I looked like before I was created with a part of Link? My other body twitched, causing me to jump slightly. I was so...helpless.
I tried to walk forward...but I couldn't move at all. I was stuck in the same spot. I don't remember seeing the Dark Realm like this before...It was like there was no ground. I was standing on bases of a dark-purple. Flat...As far as the eye can see. The only light source we had--as by what I saw--was a glowing ball of red above me. It looked like blood. I heard a whooshing sound...like what you hear when you're under the water...It was almost silent.
A black silhouette stood infront of my other body, touching the other me's leg. I was twitching, though I, myself, couldn't feel anything. The silhouette began to speak..."Soon, my creation, you will be able to thrive and turn my world of darkness into the shelter of the light world's end! I just need some strand of life from the other side...hair..or something...Somebody courageous and strong.
Of course, you would be the exact opposite of that person. You would keep the remnants of evil inside you, so you can stay here, forever." It was a woman's voice. My other body began to move around, before beeping from the silhouette caused it to swear and run around. "No, my little creation, you are not ready yet!! Stay where you are, your human parts haven't formed yet!" A dark shroud covered my body from the woman, before she ran closer to where I was seeing the occurance.
I could hear the woman crying, her dark hands covering her face. I couldn't see what she looked like, because she was almost see-through...I could see shrouds of purple that were past her. She was wearing a huge trench-coat thing that covered her shoulders. I still couldn't move...so I couldn't see her from the front. My other body began to walk. I had nothing, I was like a perfectly carved statue...I had no extra parts.
Uh...then...how...? My other body began to open it's eyes, revealing that they were white with no pupil or anything. This was quite scaring me, actually. My other-genderless-body began to move around, running extremely quick...I can run that fast? I looked over too see that I was running towards an edge-like thing that had white and yellow infront of it...it was barricaded. The woman gasped.
"No, creation! Your body will die out if you leave into the Light World!" My body had begun to attack the things covering the entrance to the other side. Light began to filter through, before I felt myself able to move. I ran forward, momentarily forgetting about the girl. I made my way to the portal, seeing that my other body began to crawl through the hole. I tried to grab my own ankle, but my hand passed through it...dream...now I remember.
I jumped out of the hole, passing through my other body. I turned around too see my body beginning to fry through the window...wait...I was made a long time ago...and there were no windows. He...I...ran through another hole in the hollowed tree, where it looked familiar. I looked over to where the pile of furs were, too see that they weren't there...But I could see myself lying down, floating in the air. Not the naked me, but I'm under a blanket. I hollered.
My eyes snapped open in a fury, before sweat poured down my face. What was that? I know I was made from Link and all, but why was I trying so hard to get out...and who was the woman? I sat up and put my hand on my forehead. My head hurt a lot. I groaned and kneeled onto the fur.
'Why the heck would I have that dream, anyways?' I said to myself. I shivered, making me think away from the dream. I was still freezing to death, but my skin color was still tan. It's weird...actually...Ever since Reign came here, I've been a normal...person. I've also felt...different, when I had first seen her. Not like the normal 'testosterone overload' feeling...but...just different...
I began to hear footsteps above me. "You're awake, I see." I said aloud. Water rushed through the piping I made through the trees, and then the footsteps started again.
They went quiet, before the squeak of the bed. She probably just went to the bathroom...I guess. I layed back down, smiling. She...saved me, I suppose. I heard coughing, and more squeaking of the bed, before more footsteps hollowing through the floorboards...uh...ceiling. I stood up, knocking off the remaining fur and wool, before stretching and heading towards the ladder. What is she doing up there?
Something caught my attention. This was the hole in the tree that I ran through in the dream. I guess that the door was built afterward too keep me in. The door...THE door was there now...I stared at it with hatred. There was numerous locks on it...Kinda like the boss locks that prevented Link from getting to the leaders of the dungeons. The door was extremely scary towards me now since that I've left the Dark Realm. It was like a teeth design...I was able too see through it before...but, in a hurry of fear I had closed the leftover holes from the wood.
I shook it off and began to climb up the ladder. The light began to filter through the floorboards...the sun was up at least. Maybe she was waiting for me to get up? I stood up at the top of the ladder and stretched again, before shutting the floorboard that hid the basement. I heard her call my name. "Yeah?" I replied.
Her voice was scratchy and shaking. "I....Um...I'm sorry..." I picked up the pace and walked into the room, seeing her crying on the bed. Nothing around her was wrong, that I could see. I smiled.
"What's the matter?"
"I wanted to know where you were...I know you told me not to follow you, but I saw the secret entrance in the floorboards in the kitchen and I went down to see you..." What the hell? I told her not to go down there! I clenched my fist, which made her cringe in slight fear. I relaxed it, before keeping a straight face--hiding my eyes in my hair.
"What....did I tell you? I don't want anybody to go down there....How did you notice it, anyways? It's supposed to blend with the rest!" She looked down, fiddling with her thumbs again. "Never mind. You don't have to answer me." She looked up. I smiled...I didn't want to act how I normally do infront of her...Just keep cool. "Do...you want to do something? O-out of the house I mean." I quickly continued when she looked at me.
She shrugged, following by me sighing. Ooh...I want too see if there were any survivors. "Could we go back to Castle Town? I need to check on the soldiers." She smiled, before standing up and nodding.
"That would be fine...but...one problem." What now? "They...think you're dead, Dark." Oh...yeah...I forgot about that. I died infront of the soldiers...I smiled and began to walk towards the door, putting my boots on. She threw on her sandals and followed me out the door, before grabbing my belt and flying in the air. My leg skimmed a tree branch, causing me to bleed.
"Hey, watch it! You have..." I did a different voice and ran my hand through my hair. "Precious cargo!" She laughed, which made her slow down for a second.
"I'm sorry...I'm not used to dragging someone around along with me. I normally travel alone." Alone? That's no fun. I looked down.
"Wait, what's that...down there?" I looked in the field between Kakariko Village and the Ordona Province too see that there was a billowing fire. The flames were probably over my head, they were so high. She landed near the fire, placing me this time. Actually, I couldn't feel the pain from the wound anymore. There were people surrounding a horse and buggy, the horse's body was already burned horrendously, some of it's flesh literally melting off of it's body.
The lady infront of the horse was crying, while the man next to her was holding her shoulder. He looked at me, as if he just noticed me. "Our children are still in there...please help them!" I looked at Reign, before taking the job for myself. I jumped through the flames, some of them singing my hair. I saw two kids unconcious in the thick of the burning wood and cloth. One of them resembled a young child, while the other had a red bandanna around his head. Is that...?
Malo and Talo? I grabbed the collar of their clothing and held my breath. The smoke was black and heavy, which made it hard for me to breathe. I jumped out of the back, bringing the two right beside me. I set them on the ground and checked their pulses. Malo coughed and sat up, grunting. The parents immediatley came over, holding him, followed by Talo. He woke up soon. The father looked at me with deep scrutiny.
"Woah, Link, is that you?" A sweatdrop went down my face. "You don't look like yourself!" Reign's ears drooped down again.
"No, I'm not Link. I'm his...uh" I looked at Reign. "I'm his long lost twin he doesn't know about." The four looked at me with shock.
"I didn't know Link had a twin, woah!"
"...you look like you were made from a lab table if you ask me." Talo shot at me. I saw Reign stiffen up behind me, before she looked at me with confusion and momenteral anger. "But whatever." I looked at their parents.
"Don't tell Link when he comes back, either. It's not supposed to be revealed to him." I heard Reign whimper. I turned around and looked at her with a 'what's the matter' face. She shook her head.
"Allright, we won't! It's amazing, though! Link has a twin...a TWIN!!" Malo said loudly infront of my face. I smiled and messed up his hair, before looking at his parents.
"They'll be allright as long as they get some oxygen and water...lots of water. We uh..." I looked behind me to Reign. "...We have to go to Castle Town to check up on a few things...so I guess we'll see you soon." I smiled and waved, before making Reign follow me behind a tree and get back in the air. We were flying in moments.
"So you knew those people?" I sighed.
"Since I followed Link in the shadows, yeah I know them...you can say." She 'oh''d, before flying over a stretch of river below us, before entering the southern gate of Castle Town. A goron looked up, not stunned in the slightest. At the top of the steps, I saw two towers next to eachother, with frayed ropes hanging down, where Link had to climb across in order to a chest. They were burnt and ashes stuck to the ground.
I looked up and saw that the castle was slightly destroyed...Nothing too major, I guess. She let me down, before stopping me by grabbing my shoulders. "Now, what you are about too see was not because of the creatures...some of it was my fault in the blast to destroy the army...I guess...I miss-fired." She let go of my shoulders and let me walk forward into the doors leading to the town.
The sun was beginning to get to the far side of the sky, still rather in the daytime area. There wasn't a soul around. Not even the Goron father and child were there. The spring water was still there. I dipped my hand into it. It was still warm, even though this place looks like it's been abandoned for months. Paper was all over the ground, along with bad bread and dying flowers. It looked like everybody had died and their bodies taken away. Not a single movement.
No cats. No nothing. I went down into the bar--thinking that the remaning soldiers would be down there, only to see that Telma and her group weren't there. It was barren and desolated. "Is there at least one person here?" I looked at her, seeing her shrug and point towards the east gate, towards the Bridge of Eldin.
"They might be cleaning up the leftover armor and bodies...I'm not sure...they were here when I had flown over with your body..." That made the hair on the back of my neck stand up on ends. Hearing that I was dead and yet me being here makes things strange from my point of veiw. I began to walk to the central area of Castle Town. The fountain wasn't running, and the Goron wasn't up on the stand. I made a right towards the eastern gate.
When I left the doors, I saw the field, making me drop to my knees, smiling and shocked at the same time. All I could see were people moving around--crying or not--picking up bodies. The field had once been a lovely green, was now a field made of blood. Soldiers' bodies were cascaded across the ground. I squinted too look at the Bridge of Eldin, too see a black blotch. I looked at Reign.
"Can I look at my own death spot?" She hesitantly nodded before grabbing my belt and launching me in the air. I was over by the spot in moments. I began to tremble violently...On the side of the bridge, I could see hardened blood on the wall, and blood trailed down to the ground. My blood wasn't a normal crimson...but it was black...like tar...or something. It made me fall on the ground, sitting crosslegged.
I could see my items near the side of the blood...I must have dropped them when I gotten stabbed. I couldn't help but breathe out loudly. A few of the Hylian people walked up to me and Reign--seeing how I was reacting to my own death spot. "You okay? You look tremendously horrified...I'm guessing it's the dirt on the wall." I looked up to see a guy wearing glasses and holding a book in his hand. It was Shad. 'It's not dirt...it's MY BLOOD!' I said to myself.
"Yeah...I--uh...yeah, I'm fine. This doesn't bother me, I'm just...inspecting it that's all. It looks like blood too me..." he hit up his glasses, before walking up to the splash of blood.
"Hmmm, yeah I guess you're rig--" he looked at my leg, before his eyes widened with horror. "This is your blood." I looked at my leg, too see that some of my blood was seeping through the cloth...damn...I guess it's from saving Malo and Talo.
I scratched my head. "Haha...I guess it is then!" I stood up and leaned forward into his face. "So research that!" he backed away, before quickly walking into the crowd and talking to people. "C'mon, Reign. Let's go." I grabbed my items on the side of the blood, pulling out my sword from the dried stuff. I grabbed her hand and began to pull her across the Bridge of Eldin. "Fly me home. I'm not visiting here for a while." I could feel her eyes on my back, which made me feel angry.
"Take me back to the house...now!" she gasped backwards before flying me back to my house. The sun set and I layed back in the furs, blowing off steam. I could hear her call my name.
"Dark?"
"WHAT?!" I could hear her whimper again.
"G-goodnight..." I rolled my eyes and shut them quickly.
"..whatever..."