Drabble 4: Link (The Legend of Zelda)
The sight before the fabled Hero of Time horrified him. After he had obtained the three spiritual stones, the Light, Fire, and Forest medallions, he had finally begun his search for the Water medallion. Upon arriving at the Zora's Domain, he found that everything was frozen solid. All the Zora's were frozen under layer over layer of ice, and he was unsure if there was even a way to melt the ice. Racing up the stairs that led to the King's throne, he found that the king was encased in ice. But not just any ice. Red ice. He had never even heard of ice that was the color red.
Slowly bringing his hand up to the ice, he slid his hand along the surface. It only took a second, but he felt it. It was there. This ice was not cold, but warm. Now this really had him confused. Ice was not meant to be warm. This defies all that he knew. He heard the sound of ice breaking behind him. He whirled around, only to be met with his reflection. Link sighed in relief one moment, only to widen his eyes the next.
Reaching out and touching the ice wall that appeared out of nowhere in front of him, he noted that at least this one was clear, instead of red. Unsheathing the Master Sword, he drove it into the ice, only for him to remove it, and for the ice to repair itself. Link sighed before turning around, ready to instead go around the ice, only to find that the ice had formed a cage with no openings. It was rather large. It went around the perimeter of the whole room, and sealed off all of the exits. Hearing what sounded like a piece of metal clanging on the ground.
Turning and raising his sword in front of him, just in case it was an ambush, he turned and found a necklace lying on the ground. Picking it up, he looked around the room with narrowed eyes, knowing that it was not there before. Walking to the center of the room, he turned in a full circle. When he did not see anyone, he began to walk around the perimeter of the room. When he had gotten about halfway through his search, he noticed a shadow that did not match the pillar that was in front of it. The shadow moved, and he knew that was where the person was hiding.
Moving slowly with his sword still held out in front of him, he inched his way over to the pillar and moved around it. Reaching the edge of it, he counted to five and jumped out of hiding. The girl before him was nothing short of breathtaking, even with the blood that covered her clothes. She stood frozen where she was like when a Octorok knew it had been caught. By the looks of her clothes, he could tell that she would be of no harm to him. She had to of been in here a while because the entrance had been sealed until he himself had opened it.
Sheathing his sword, he took a step toward her, only for her to flinch and press her back up against the wall. Speaking softly, he assured her. "Hey, it's okay. I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to help." He saw her tense again and stopped dead in his tracks. "What happened here, do you know?" She studied him with critical eye and watched his every movement. She nodded and he saw that she was holding her side.
"Hey, are you okay? Did someone attack you?" His voice held genuine concern and she was taken aback. In all of her life, when she had been hurt this badly before, none of her friends had shown any concern or worry. Now, this complete and total stranger was worried about her? Shows what kind of people her 'friends' were. "It was a man that goes by the name of Ganondorf. He came here and forced all the Zoras to get in the water. He froze it solid with everyone in it." Link's gaze turned cold with bitterness.
Crossing his arms, he closed his eyes and let his thoughts wonder. 'What would Ganon get by freezing the Zora's Domain?' When he opened his eyes again, he found purple eyes gazing into his own. He stumbled backwards, and unfortunately for the girl, he grabbed the thing closest to him to stop his fall. She felt a hand grip her wrist and pull her down with him.
She couldn't stop the scream that passed through her lips, though. In a split second, she felt herself being lifted off of his body and into his arms. Her side throbbed and it bled openly now that she wasn't applying pressure to it. She could hear him rummaging around in a bag, and before long, she felt him begin to strip her of her shirt. She was too exhausted to protest, and she knew that he was only trying to help her. Soon enough the black nothingness of unconsciousness claimed its part in her life.
By the time she had woken up, Link had managed to get a fire started, clean and bandage her wounds, and get some sleep. In fact, by the time she had woken up, he was still sleeping. Suddenly feeling really cold, she realized that she was still not wearing her shirt. But what good did it do, anyway? It was covered in blood, and the parts that weren't were completely shredded. Placing her hands in her lap, she felt cloth shift against her hands.
She looked down to find a blanket. Wrapping it around her shoulders, she shakily stood and made her way over to the sleeping Hero of Time. Sitting down next to him, she gently shook him to wake him up. Hearing him mumble something about annoying fairies, she giggled. He stirred, but did not wake. In the process of rolling over, he exposed his pointed ears to her view. She was in awe of them.
Bringing her hand up to them, she touched the tip of his ear and began to rub her hand along the edge of his ear. He once again shifted underneath her touch and did not wake. This time though, he grabbed her around her waist and pulled her down to lay with him. She could feel her face heat up by the second and she began to try and push him away. All that accomplished was him tightening his grip on her. Finally deciding to give up, she relaxed in his arms. Soon after, she fell back into a deep sleep. Boy, when Link woke up, he had a surprise coming his way!