YAY! I even got chap 4 done! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!


Link finally reached Zelda's room. He breathed heavily from all of the running it took for him to get there. He relaxed himself and knocked on the door. He heard a chair move. She was getting up.

"W-who's there?"

"Um…Link."

"Link! Oh no, no, no! Fiancé! My dear fiancé! Where are you! Help!"

"Zelda! I haven't come to hurt you! Just…please…open the door."

There was no response from Zelda. Link put his hand on the door.

"Please." He breathed. There was still no reply. Link put both hands on the door and hung his head in defeat. Vaati had gotten to her. The door opened almost making Link fall face-down. Zelda stared him in the face. He smiled, having to keep himself from hugging her lest she think he was raping her. That was the last thing he wanted. She pulled him inside. Link noticed that she was still as beautiful as ever.

"What do y-you want? D-don't you torture me enough?" She stuttered. Link hadn't taken a good look at her. He now noticed that her skin was much paler. Her eyes weren't as lively as usual. Her royal attire didn't look very royal at all. Her dress could even be considered drab and bum-like. Link narrowed his eyes at his remembrance of the fine purple silk Vaati wore.

"Zelda, what has Vaati done to you?"

"O-oh. V-vaati, my beloved." She smiled but it was a sad smile.

"He t-treats me rather well. I am his most treasured possession."

This angered Link but he kept it hidden. His hands formed fists, though. He started to speak harshly to her.

"You aren't a possession!" He said louder than intended making her flinch. "You're a human being with feelings and you should be respected!"

Zelda laughed a small, shaky laugh. She waved her hand as if Link was being silly. He took a step closer to her.

"You are! You aren't a tool to be used!"

Zelda gasped and ran over to a chair and started brushing her unkempt hair. Link walked over to her but not too close. She kept brushing.

"No, no, that's not what they tell me. I have to look beautiful for my fiancé, you know!"

"They? Who's they?"

"My fiancé. I have to do whatever he asks of me. I am never to displease him. No, no, no." She brushed faster. Link shook his head but could not keep the anger form broiling to the surface. He grabbed the brush and threw it on her bed. She jumped up and shook with fear. Link took her by the shoulders.

"Can you honestly say that you're happy this way!? He's treating you like dirt and you don't care! I've seen you look better than this!"

Zelda shook with fear and breathed in between choking sobs. Link pulled a picture of the Zelda he knew out of his boot. He gave it to her.

"That's the Zelda I knew! She was powerful and independent! She didn't take shit from anybody! Do you know what I see now?!" He yelled. She yelped in terror. Her shaking was almost like a seizure.

"I-I d-don't k-k-know!!" She cried trembling more and more. Link dragged her to the mirror and sat her down in front of it.

"This is what I see! Look at yourself!"

"NO! NO! NO!" Zelda shook her head crying her eyes out. Link put a hand on her shoulder.

"LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE BECOME!!!!!!!!" He yelled at her. She looked at her pale skin, her saddened eyes, her ugly face. She sobbed even louder when she saw it.

"I see a woman who lives her life in fear trying to impress a scumbag who shouldn't even be with you. I see a woman who has really let herself down, putting others' silly needs before her own. Do you know why?"

"N-no…" She sniffed, her sobs quieting.

"It's because of the Wind Mage who changed the world."

"M-my f-f-fiancé?" she sniffed more. Link nodded. She shook her head.

"N-no. You're l-lying. V-Vaati is a g-good person. Y-you're the evil one!"

"No, I'm not. Vaati has been lying to you and everyone."

"P-prove it!"

Link sighed and walked away from Zelda. She stood up without him noticing. He was debating whether to tell her or not. Would she believe him? Would she listen but only to use the story against him? He turned back to her face. Her eyes were bloodshot from her crying. Link sighed and walked close to her slowly. She jumped up off the chair she sat in and backed away from him. Link looked out her window at the red sky. Zelda followed his gaze outside.

"S-something interests you?" She asked. Link looked at her with his eyes.

"This is not how the world is supposed to be."

Zelda tilted her head.

"T-the world has always b-been this way. You made it this way."

Link felt a stab by the words she said. How could she still think he was the cause of this? He shook his head.

"I didn't do this."

Zelda's face was shock with a hint of anger. She pushed herself off the wall and walked near him.

"You d-did do this! How dare you d-deny it!" She kept walking closer to him. She put her hand behind her back where a dagger came down her sleeve where she had been keeping it. She was going to end Link then and there, end the wrath of the villain. Link knew very well what she was trying. She made herself too noticeable. He did nothing.

Zelda stopped next to him. He continued to look out the window. She brought the dagger forth and held it up. Link did not look at her. She hesitated bringing the dagger down.

"Vaati is a sorcerer." He said when she didn't attack. She gripped the dagger tightly.

"I k-know that."

"What you don't know is that he cast a spell to create this upside down world."

"L-LIAR!" She brought the dagger down. Link allowed himself to be stabbed with the dagger. It sunk into his arm where a pool of blood formed. He looked down at Zelda.

"You didn't try to stab me in my heart or in any place where my vital organs are. Why?" He asked her. Tears began to form in her eyes.

"I-I-I d-don't know…" She could barely talk. Link removed the dagger from his arm and handed it back to her. She looked at him wide eyed.

"You're…giving it b-back?"

Link nodded.

"Zelda, hear me out. Vaati is not who you think he is."

Zelda was bewildered by this statement.

"W-where are y-you going?" She asked noticing him crawling out the window.

"I have to go, but Zelda…be careful around Vaati…please." He jumped down. Zelda fell to the floor pondering all that she had heard in her heart.

Link got up from where he had fallen. Dark Link was there waiting for him with three knights lay dead.

"You talk to Vaati?" He asked. Link nodded with a frown on his face.

"I saw Zelda too."

"Hm. How'd that go? She the same as you remember?"

"No, Dark Link. She's not."

Dark Link took a moment to observe his companion's face. It was solemn, sad, but determined. He smiled a small smile revealing his pearly whites.

"So, what now?" He asked. Link looked at him and smiled.

"Now, we wait. We plan."

Hey Link....Why so serious?

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