A/N: A double digits chapter, yay. :D It'd help if you showed your enthusiasm with a few reviews - hint, hint. Oh, sugar, I didn't even say I don't own Zelda... well, I don't own Zelda, all characters belong to Nintendo, blah, blah.

The Resistance

Chapter Ten

"Come to me," a familiar voice spoke. "Come to me, Shad," Shad moved slowly forward in utter confusion. "Your so-called friends treat you like dirt, but if you join us," the voice paused. "Then you will be a king to us," Shad looked around, trying to find the source of this strangely bell-ringing voice.

"W-who are you?!" Shad yelled, defensively.

"I am the key to showing everyone you're worth so much more," the voice said. "That you are more than what you seem to be,"

"I-I have to agree, I do feel a little left out," Shad said, grateful someone understood. Suddenly, a silhouetted figure appeared a few meters away from him. Shad walked cautiously towards the figure.

"That's right, Shad, come to me, come," the voice said. Shad could hear it smirking. Shad approached the figure and was shocked to see...

"Ganondorf?!" Shad yelled in surprise. "H-how do you know how I really feel?" Ganon tapped his nose. Then, he broke up into tiny particles and entered Shad, taking over his mind and body.

"No!" Shad yelled, awaking from his nightmare. Telma rubbed sleep from her eyes and sat up.

"Shad?" she said, her voice gentle.

"Just a nightmare," Shad said, looking down at himself, sighing at his cowardliness. Shad felt a hand on his shoulder, a figure beside him.

"You know, you can always tell me," Telma said, her eyes showing Shad he could trust her.

"Ganondorf, h-he, I-I w-was..." Shad stammered in fear. Telma looked at him trying to make sense of his sentence.

"Were you... evil? Working with Ganon?" Telma asked, unsure of what he meant.

"N-no... G-Ganon h-he t-t-took over m-m-me," Shad finally said. His throat felt dry.

"Don't worry, Shad, you're much too powerful for someone like Ganon to take over you. No matter how evil," Telma reassured him.

"B-but... I'm such a coward!" Shad whispered, hanging his head in shame.

"Hey, we'd be dead right now if you hadn't used that spell to knock out the guards," Telma said with a smile.

"That... that is true..." Shad began. "But, I can't sword fight, I'm scared of spiders... I act like a girl!"

"You possess different qualities - qualities that make you special," Telma said.

"Thanks, Telma," Shad said, his face lighting up. He beamed.

"No problem," Telma smiled walking back to her sleeping bag. "Good night,"

"Good night," Shad said, laying down. Am I really that special? Or is Telma trying to make me feel better? Shad thought until he fell asleep.