Chapter 7
Samus sighed as she walked down the long corridor that led to the living room. It was almost dark outside. Today would be Marth's first match, and she didn't want to miss it. Apparently he was facing off against Yoshi, and knowing that the dinosaur could be an annoyance in battle she hoped he would do okay. Not that he was easily annoyed. When she arrived there were already quite a few others present, including a nervous Roy. She walked over to the redhead and turned to face the large T.V. as Marth and Yoshi appeared on the stage known as HyruleTemple. Yoshi charged with his amazing speed and prepared to throw an egg at the swordsman. Marth unexpectedly rolled forward and slashed out in a powerful swing, knocking the green dinosaur into the underground part of the level. He then jumped down with simultaneously flipping into a downward slash and knocked down the attempt of getting back up by Yoshi. Now Yoshi was the one annoyed. In a last attempt he turned into an egg and tried to flatten Marth by rolling over him. The prince suddenly jumped into the air and Yoshi lost control, rolling off the edge and down for a KO.
"GAME!!!" was heard through the speakerphones.
Roy cheered wildly, his arms flailing through the air.
"That was…fast…" Samus said with slight awe.
"He's better then I thought he would be."
Samus jumped. She hadn't noticed that Link had been standing next to her. She turned to face him somewhat stiffly.
"I think he is a very good swordsman. Maybe as good as you."
Link gave her a half glare half shocked look. Before she could say anything else he walked away towards Zelda with a slightly hurt posture. Samus turned away with a shrug, moving to head back to her room. She was none to surprised to meet Marth in the hall.
"You did great against Yoshi."
"Thank you."
He started to walk away, but Samus grabbed his arm suddenly. She blushed behind her mask, unsure of what she was doing. He turned to her with a confused expression plain on his face.
"Is something wrong Samus?"
"N-No I…I…uh…I'm sorry, I don't know what got into me I just…didn't want you to go so soon…"
"He raised an eyebrow. "And why would you care if I left?"
"I…guess I'm lonely?"
Marth sighed, his eyes almost looking weary. "Samus, this isn't really the time for a talk."
"I know but…"
"But what?"
"I…uh…never mind!"
She ran. Marth blinked as she slammed her door. He didn't have much experience with woman, and he thought this was just plain strange. Stopping him, and then running away? What was going on?
Samus threw herself onto her bed. What had she been thinking grabbing his arm like that? Burying her face in her pillow she screamed, letting all her troubled emotions flow out. Pounding her sheets was a good release too. For some reason she found herself to be drowsy though, and soon her eyelids were drooping.
Fire. Everything was burning, red and orange and yellow flashing before her eyes. The heat was overwhelming. Smoke choked of the air supply and covered up what little light there was. Looking around Samus searched for any life; someone other then herself. She ran out of the burning building and into the streets. People were running and screaming, while the sounds of blood hitting pavement could be heard close by. Sprinting in that direction she found herself face to face with a space pirate. She stopped dead. What she saw before her was something she never wished to see again.
"F-Father…Mother!"
Right before her eyes she saw the pirates murder her only family, the ones she loved.
"Noooooooo!!!"
She ran forward without thinking, wanting to destroy the ones who did this to her. Before she could reach them though the scenery changed. She slowed her pace, looking around in bewilderment. Trees surrounded her on all sides and the ground was covered in moss. Walking carefully she found that she recognized the place as the park behind the SmashMansion. This had her totally confused.
The bounty hunter froze when she heard voices coming from nearby. Carefully she crept forward, taking caution to not step on twigs or rustle bushes. After a few seconds of this she came upon a small clearing where three figures dwelled. One of them was on the ground and appeared to be hurt, while the second was standing in front in a defensive posture. The third had a long blade out. As she got closer her mouth opened in shock. She herself was the one on the ground with a wounded leg. Marth stood protectively in front of her with hard eyes. His blade was also out. The third figure looked strangely like Link except he wore black clothes and had dark skin along with red eyes.
"Leave her alone Link."
The Link-look-a-like smirked. "No, I would never oblige to a girly boy like you tiara boy."
The only sign that Marth was affected by the insult was a small twitch of one finger. "She didn't do anything to you. Leave her be."
'Link' cackled. "She did everything! She rejected me!"
"So what!" the prince spat out. "Leave her alone!"
Samus was surprised. This was the first time she had ever heard Marth raise his voice. It was…intimidating to say the least.
'Link' laughed again. Without warning he suddenly charged. There was a clash of sparks and then the dark Link was thrown back. He smiled. Doing a high jump he flipped over Marth and charged Samus instead. His sword plunged towards her head.
"Samus!"
No.
This had to be wrong.
Why would he…
Samus felt a tear slip down her check.
Dark Link had a face of shock as he glanced down at the blade piercing his chest. Suddenly he growled and pushed forward a copy of the Master Sword with all the strength he had left.
Marth gagged as blood dripped down his chin and the dark sword ran through him like he was apiece of rice paper. Slowly he fell down on hands and knees as 'Link' fell over dead.
"Marth!"
She couldn't remember the last time she had cried.
At agonizing speeds the blonde crawled over to the dying swordsman, the ground already starting to turn a scarlet color. The color of blood.
His blood.
"Why?"
He smiled. She hated the way his eyes looked so lifeless. "Because…because…I…"
He didn't have time to finish as his body went limp in the arms of the bounty hunter. She screamed.
Marth got out of bed groggily. Someone was pounding relentlessly on his door. Tiredly he got up and opened it, surprised to see a puffy eyed Samus standing there with her arms wrapped tightly around her body as if she were cold. Her blonde her was disheveled.
"Samus? What's wrong?"
Tiredness and annoyance was instantly replaced by worry.
"I-I…can I come in?"
Marth stepped aside quietly, not seeming to mind the fact that he was in his pajamas. Samus sat down on his bed with her head in her hands. The ex-prince pulled up a chair stoically and stared at her, wanting an explanation as to why she had come to his room at 1:00 in the morning. Slowly she looked up at him with those red rimmed eyes.
"I…had a nightmare."
She expected him to laugh. To say something. He remained silent though, his eyes following her every movement.
"What about?" he finally asked.
She explained everything from the death of her parents to the prince's own violent demise. He listened quietly, his dark blue eyes, giving nothing away.
"You look tired Samus. Why don't you get some sleep? Nothing like that will ever happen and what's in the past is in the past. You can't change it so you shouldn't worry."
She nodded slowly. Already her eyelids were starting to droop, and a black haze surrounded the edges of her vision. Subconsciously she laid down, not seeming to care that this wasn't her room or her bed. Marth silently pulled up the blankets up to her chin.
Someone was singing. Samus could hear it on the edge of her consciousness. It was a sweet voice, that of a male. For some reason the strange words that she didn't recognize eased her mind, and soon she fell into a deep slumber without a single hint of a bad dream.
Roy walked into the kitchen the next morning happily, obviously in a good mood (like always). He stopped when he saw Marth with head bent over a cup of coffee.
"Marth?"
The blue haired swordsmen looked up with tired eyes and then looked back down at his coffee. Apparently the black-brown drink was more interesting. Roy was about to say something else when Zelda walked in with a worried expression.
"Has either of you seen Samus? She's not in her room and…"
Marth glanced up at her. "She's in my room."
Ryo dropped his bowl of cereal and Zelda gaped.
"M-Marth…"
The prince seemed to not understand for a few seconds, and then his eyes widened. " Roy! How could you even think THAT?!"
The red head still looked shocked. "W-Well…"
Marth looked back down at his coffee in misery. "I'm going in the living room. You can go wake Samus up Zelda my door's unlocked."
With that said and done the blue clad warrior briskly stepped out of the kitchen and into the living room, plopping himself down on the couch.
Was this long enough? Oh well, I wanted to say thanks to all who reviewed especially Hinatastar you're awesome!
Uh this was a bit gory sorry about that but i had to instill some suspense or something like that lol
It was kind of sad so a had to but something funny near the end lol poor Marth
anyway i hoped you enjoyed it
