Zelda groaned, and slowly stirred from her sleep. Her night wasn't pleasant at all. She was cut everywhere on her body, and it was extremely painful, and of course, she wasn't treated. What made it worse, was that Vaati made her sleep on the hard floor. Zelda slowly sat up, and stretched. For some reason, despite that she was harshly wounded, she felt no pain. Zelda looked at herself, and found she was as good as new.

"What the-?!" she started, but was cut off by Vaati's chuckling. "Surprised? While you was asleep, I healed you", Vaati explained. Zelda gave a face of disgust. 'He was checking me in my vulnerable state. He really is a pervert. Sure, he was treating my wounds, but that is just wrong', Zelda thought to herself. Vaati then knelt down to her, and handed her a bowl of food. "You must be hungry, princess. Here, they're freshly made", Vaati said, as he put it on the floor.

Zelda looked away. "I'm not hungry", she said, but her stomach said otherwise. Vaati smirked. "Not hungry, eh? Just eat it, otherwise I'll baby feed you", he said. Zelda frowned at him. "You could of drugged it, for all I know. Or poisoned it", Zelda assumed, and it was now Vaati's turn to frown. "It's not drugged or poisoned. It's freshly made. Want me to prove it to you?"
Vaati took a bit of the bread, and ate it. "See? Not poisoned", Vaati said, and very slowly, Zelda ate the food. Vaati smiled, and pat Zelda's head. "I'll leave you alone, now. I need to discuss some very important information with Dark Link", he explained, and left the room.

Zelda glared at the door, Vaati left in. 'What could he possibly be discussing?' she thought, and continued eating. 'I need to find a way to get me and Link out of here. But how?'

Link was rudely woken up, by a smack to the ribs. "Hey! Get up They weren't kidding when they say you're a deep sleeper!" Dark shouted. Link groaned, and slowly sat up. He struggled because of all the pain, he had on his body, but he managed. Dark grinned. "Good. Here. I don't want you dying on me", Dark said, as he held up a bowl of soup. Link went to take it, but Dark held it back. "No no. I'm feeding you", Dark explained, as he dipped the spoon into the soup, and brought it to Link's mouth.

Link took the spoonful of soup into his mouth, and he purred in delight. The taste exploded into his mouth, and tasted fresh, too. It wasn't too hot or cold. It was perfect. Dark pulled the spoon back, and dipped the spoon into the soup again. This lasted for about 2 minutes, when Link finally finished the soup. "Good. Now then, I'll be back later. Vaati said he needed to discuss something with me", Dark explained, and left the room. Link was confused. 'What are they going to be discussing? And why was Dark kinder to me?' Link thought.

Vaati was tapping his fingers against the table, impatiently waiting for the darker version of the hero. Eventually, Dark came into the room. Vaati sighed. "Finally! What took you so long?!" he asked, rudely. He clearly wasn't happy from Dark taking so long. Dark held his hands up. "Don't blame me. It was Link's fault for taking so long to eat some soup!" he replied. Vaati raised an eyebrow. "You were feeding him yourself?" he asked. Dark nodded. "Don't ask why. It's personal", he said. Vaati nodded, not mentioning anything more of it.

Dark then sat down, next to Vaati. "So what is it, that you wanted to talk about?" Dark asked. "Well, as you know, Summer's coming up soon, and we both know how hot it gets here. I mean, we're in a desert, for crying out loud! This is Ganon's castle, after all. So we need to decide where to stay for a while", Vaati explained. Dark nodded. He put his hand on his chin, and thought for a moment. "Well, I hate light, so we need to go somewhere dark, but cool at the same time. Hm... How about your wind palace? I'm sure that you can create a world of shadows there for a bit, can't you?" Dark suggested. Vaati thought for a moment. "I don't know, Dark Link. I'll think about it. I'm not used to having other people there. You're one of them", he replied.

Dark laughed. "Don't trust your best friend, Vaati! Ah ha ha!" Vaati glared. "Hey! I just said I'm not used to having people there! Don't get mixed up with trust!" he shouted. Dark wiped a tear from his eye. "I'm just joking, Vaati. I don't mean it", he replied. Vaati sighed. "I know. Okay, sure. Why not? You can stay at the wind palace when Summer hits, okay?"
Dark nodded. "Sounds like a plan. Is that all you wanted to discuss with me, Vaati?" he asked. Vaati nodded. "Yeah, pretty much. Why? Desperate to get to your toy?"

Dark grinned. "Yep. Well, see you", he said, as he got up, and waved his hand, before leaving the room. Vaati sighed, and looked up at the ceiling. "Always in a hurry, isn't he?" he asked himself, rhetorically.

Link was trying to find a way out of the room, but he didn't have the strength to move. Dark had taken a lot out of him. Speaking of the devil, Dark walked into the room. Link silently groaned. 'Just the person I wanted to see', Link thought, sarcastically. "According to Vaati, we're going to his palace in the sky for a while, until Summer ends. It gets really hot here in the Summer after all", Dark explained. Link nodded. 'I hope that Vaati brings Zelda with him', he thought, remembering about Zelda's condition.

Dark then grabbed hold of Link, and threw him to the floor. Link groaned, having a hard time trying to stand up. He felt like he had heavy weights on his back. Dark then sat on him. "I see you're still in pain from last night, aren't you? Pity. Oh well, it doesn't mean I still can't have my fun~" he said, smirking as he got out his dark Master Sword.

Link's eyes widened. "What are you going to do?" he asked, and his question was answered, when Dark dug it into Link's sides. His skin cried out blood, and Link winced. Dark smirked. I'm feeling very creative today. What to carve... I know~!" he exclaimed, as he carved a detailed Triforce into Link's side. Dark then carved some curvy lines, coming down from the Triforce. It looked like the Triforce was crying. Link gasped in pain.

Dark grinned. "I want you to scream so bad. Hm... I know!" Dark exclaimed, as he cut Link some more, on the arms, neck, and back. Dark then got up. Link looked behind him, and he gasped. In Dark's hand, was some salt, and vinegar. Link gulped. 'This is going to hurt', he thought, as Dark poured the salt over Link's wounds. Link screamed in agony, and Dark's smirk widened. 'He's screaming from this? I can't wait to hear him, when the vinegar comes', Dark thought, cruelly.

After 5 minutes of Salt, Dark added the vinegar, making Link scream even louder. He choked on his screams, and tears were pouring out of his eyes. Salt makes all your wounds sting, and vinegar stings like hell when put onto your wounds. Dark was laughing manically. "That's it! Scream for me!" he cackled, laughing. Link cried out, in pain, and poor Zelda had to listen to every sound of it.

Vaati chuckled, looking at the other room, opposite his. "I never knew Link had such loud screams. Really amusing", Vaati mused. Zelda glared at him, and pounded his chest. "Shut it! Please, stop this! How can you be so cruel!" Zelda screamed. Vaati looked at her, shocked, but recovered.

He held Zelda's hands. "I'm afraid, that I can't tell Dark Link what to do. It's his decision. As for why I'm so cruel... You can figure that out for yourself. I'll give you a hint: My life was never happy", Vaati replied, looking away. Zelda was confused. 'What does that mean? What happened in his life that was so bad?' she wondered. She then got rid of that thought, as she heard Link screaming again. Zelda glared at Vaati. "Please! Tell Dark to stop hurting Link!" she begged. Vaati looked at her. "No", was his only reply.

"Please!"
"No."
"Please!"
"No!"
"Plea-!"
"NO!"

Zelda was taken aback from Vaati's harsh word. She held his arm. "Please?" she asked quietly. Vaati looked from where Zelda was holding him, and then to her eyes. He sighed. "If I do, will you shut up?" he asked, and Zelda nodded. Vaati groaned, and stood up. "Fine. But I deserve a kiss afterwards", he said, and left the room.

Well, this was interesting. I have to thank my dad for the vinegar part. Yeah, I don't know why my dad gave me ideas, but meh. I thank my dad anyway.

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