Chapter 7: Into the Darkness

I've decided to get my revenge on what my love did to me! She's been gone for two years! Two! My teenage life is now over because of her! She cheated on me for that...Morgane bastard...or did she just want freedom from his love? What the hell? I was storming around, holding a knife in my left hand, my black blood dripping from my right. I was slicing my arms after the third month she had not been here. I sat down on the bed, before switching the blade to my right hand, quickly pulling it down towards myself. I let out a small groan while more blood came from my wrist. I wouldn't care if I bled to death. All I really want is her...

I stood up, sticking my head out the window, my breathing intensifying with each breath. I watched as black droplets fell to the powdering snow, only to be covered by more white flakes. I sighed and stood back up, before chucking the knife into the wall and yelling. "This pain is too unbearable! It's too damn quiet and cold in here without her presence!"

I darted from the bedroom into the kitchen area, before opening some of the shelves and tossing things behind me. I could hear the food and pans hit the ground behind me with sharp thuds. I then tore the shelves off of their hinges. I went to the bathroom door, breaking it down again, after Reign had fixed it.

Reign...her name haunts me like crazy. "Why did you leave me! I screamed, my voice getting louder with each of the words that escaped my lips. My bleeding fists hit the counter with a sharp bang, leaving dents in the weak wood. It snapped under the pressure, water coming from the horribly made sink. It splashed me in the face, making me angry. I took the fosset-like part and tore it out, water spraying right to the ceiling.

I heard water groan through the pipes she had made, letting me know I was drawing mass amounts from the Spring. I looked to the tub, to see it was full of water. I guess I had forgotten to empty it after filling it. My raging love for her made me forget a lot of things. I barely know who I looked like when I stood out in the sunlight. All I know now is the blinding pain she left me.

I screamed loudly, before grabbing the sides of the heavy tub and pulling it from the wood. Pieces of wood followed the tub as I tossed it against the wall, leaving yet another dent in the wood. I could feel tears pass down my shadowy cheeks as the ice-cold water rushed past my feet, spreading itself across the wooden floor. I grabbed what was left of the mutilated sink and gripped down on the sides, black splinters slowly digging into my skin. I looked at the small mirror that Reign had taken from the one near my bed, seeing myself. I looked horrible.

There was dried blood all over my face, my marble-white hair a mess. My clothing was torn to shreds, only the gray under-cloth was left of the top part of my tunic. I looked down to my wrists; the scars were uncountable. There were scars over scars. Some were bleeding. The black wood of the splinters mixing with my nightly blood looked like some fucked up canvas painting. I looked back up, my red eyes gleaming in the mirror with an intense glow.

I was a nightmare...I wish I was never created! Why was I even created? A loud cry escaped my lips as I sat down, trying to hold my emotions in. My head drooped low, the ice-cold water starting to soak my clothing. Everything once again was quiet, as I stared down at the wood. "I love you so much-Reign-that I fucking hate you...I fucking HATE YOU!"

I continued to stare down at the ground, while the water dried and evaporated into nothing. I didn't budge for I don't know how long, before noticing something. Everytime a drop of blood hit the floor, it would absorb into the wood. "Wait a second..." I was made in this tree, was I not? That means...I could escape this nightmare and live where I was born... I smiled. "I forgot you, old friend!"

I stood up, jumping past the fallen door and huge chunks of wood, into the kitchen. I then opened the trap door and jumped down. I didn't bother using the ladder, and bolted down the few remaining stairs. I grabbed a key out of my back pocket. It resembled a small key that Link had to use in dungeons, but it was a little different. There was black engravings all around it, and when a little kid had tried to touch it when it was one of my first times in the Light World, he literally burned charcoal black and died.

I pulled the key out, grabbing the back of the gigantic lock and twisting the key inside. It fell to the ground with a sharp clank of metal, before I quickly opened the door. It was pitch black inside the room, except for a little bit of a deep purple about ten feet in front of me. It was moving like a living creature, but it didn't change patterns when I began to walk in. Suddenly, it began to glow brighter, showing the darkened room.

There were black-boned skeletons in the corners. There mouths gawked open as if they had died in pain. I grunted as I noticed strange purple shrouds enveloping one of the black skeletons. It looked like a leech, except it was a light purple, its sick little body wrapping around it, like it was feeding off of it.

My attention turned to see that what they were coming from began to glow a dark grey over black color. It made the hair on the back of my neck stiffen as some of the shrouds seemed to sizzle when light tunneled from behind me. I could hear something abnormal. It sounded like they were screeching in pain, so I turned around and shut the door. Everything went black, and it once again fell dead silent. The only thing that I could hear was the strange portal-like thing in front of me, which sounded like a heartbeat under the waves...soothing, yet deadly.

It began to re-light the room, deep purple and reds filling every spot of darkness. It looks like one of the rooms a man fixes up pictobox photos. The purple seemed to glow black, it slowly wiggling its way too me. My heart skipped a beat as it sounded like it was whispering "home" over and over. It wrapped around my arm, before slowly tightening its grip and pulling me towards the portal. The portal seemed to grow wider as I was forced forwards, more strands of purple coming to meet my flesh.

The portal turned white, the light blinding me momentarily. I could feel more of the shrouds cover my face, tightening its grip even harder...I was being strangled. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea...I tried to squirm free as the "home" whisper grew louder. Gravity and time seemed to stop as I was fully pulled through the portal. I couldn't see that well, but the lighting changed from whites, yellows, and light blues, to crimson, purple, and black, before I coughed strongly.

I was getting no oxygen into my system, I was being crushed to death under the purple strands that were holding me. "LET ME GO!" I screamed. I felt a sudden release, before I was dropped. For such a height, I landed smoothly, no shooting pain through my legs. Everything felt and sounded different.

I slowly opened my eyes, seeing it was extremely dark. Not a dark that you walk blind in, but it makes you feel alone. My body began to tremble as I took a step forward, the sound of pain-filled moans under my feet. I took another step. More moans. What is this place? Damn! I breathed in, sighing, before I coughed, covering my mouth with my hand. There was blood.

I looked around sharply, before talking. "Is this where I was born?" I coughed again after I spoke, more and more of my black blood appearing on my hands. Dark strands came up from the cloudy-purple ground. It reminded me of the room I battled Link's ancestor in. Everything was quiet and soothing...but then...How was I born that long ago if I only remember four years of life? There was a tall purple shroud in the middle, like the tree in that lonely room. Such unrealistic memories...I took another step forward, the moaning soon going into my subconcious.

Purple shrouds were following behind me, so I stopped. They continued to go, until they passed over my hand. They then covered the spots of blood, their empty coldness like condensation on some mornings. Cold, no mass at all. They squirmed away as I moved, seeing that the blood on my hand was gone, a small amount of purple replaced in my hand. I tilted my hand, watching as it fell to the ground like sand. It joined more of the dark ground.

Is this what this heavenly place was made of? Blood? I smiled, before talking. "And what else does this amazing place have to offer?" I paused, seeing that my voiced echoed agianst the gigantic room. All I could see for miles was a dark purple color, fluxuating like water with each step I took. I got to the strange purple in the middle and sat down, as it felt more solid than the rest. I looked forward, noticing that the purple looked like the poison that spread itself in its direction inside the Faron Woods.

"Maybe that's why I'm coughing blood? But then, why am I not dying right now?"

'You're accepted here...you're a shadow being. You won't die." I heard in a hallow voice. I looked around, seeing that nothing was there. I realized that it was my mind talking to myself. I looked down, resting my back against the strange tree-thing. I could see below me, miles upon miles of nothing but free fall.

It looked like if you fell through, you'd fall for eternity...even if you'd have died, it looks like your carcass would continue to fall forever...It's eerie, but my kinda place. I closed my eyes and let my body rest, before I tried to doze off. The sound of the waves made it that much better...

Wait a second, I forgot about the main reason why I came here! Reign! I smacked my forehead, before darting to the portal. It was too high to jump too. "Could I possibly get some help he-" I got cut off, more strands of purple grabbing around my waist. Instead of a death-grip, it just tossed me through the portal. I felt the sudden landing of my boots on the wood. It was once again dark in the room, so I blindly led myself to the door, before flinging it open and swerving to the other side.

I quickly shut it because I heard more of the screeching sound. "I will wait for you now, no matter how long it takes, lovely darling." I climbed up the stairs and stared at the door. I haven't been outside in ages. I could see the snow blowing outside, which made me shiver. I approached the door, before opening it. Wind blew in my face, which was damn cold, but I ignored it, jumping down to the ground, and sitting behind the ladder, in a patch of ground where it was always shadowed down.

I ignored my freezing body and shut my eyes. "I will wait...no matter how long it takes..."

My eyes snapped open. I could hear the sound of large wings beating above the house. The snow was melted, and the sounds of crickets blaring in the heat told me that it had been three or four months since I had fallen asleep. That's one positive thing about me. I could sleep if I wanted too, for as long as I ever wanted. I guess I got this from being made. But whatever. My body stiffened as I saw the shadow of her...The most fucking beautiful woman in the world...yet the most selfish..

I blinked, only too see her land on the ground, her long hair landing softly. She had a soft, glowing smile on her face as she moved her hair in front of her eyes. She had a bag around her shoulder, and a strange glowing orb in her hands that let of a soft humming noise. She began to walk up, my body stiffening even harder. I can't let her see me, it will blow this entire thing! I squinted my eyes so she couldn't see the glow.

She put the orb in her coat pocket, before putting her hands around the ladder's handle bars. She climbed out of sight, before I heard the door open, then close. I stood up slowly, making sure she wasn't still outside, and quickly darted up the ladder, looking into the window. I could hear her calling my name with her small voice. She put the small blue orb on the only table that wasn't bashed to shreds, and went into the bedroom. Perfect.

I quietly opened the door, not bothering to close it. What will I do to make her fall unconcious? I noticed my sword resting up on the wall, the shield behind it. I picked up the shield, accidentally knocking the sword to the ground with a thud. "Dark? Where are you?" I positioned myself behind the curtian, holding the blunt side of the shield above my head. She moved the curtian, her eyes looking into mine for not even a half a second, before I threw down the shield, causing her to drop to the ground.

Now it's my turn.