Prompt Nine – For the Greater Good
Timeline – Set during Majora's Mask
For the Greater Good
Link shifted his body around on the ground, attempting to find a comfortable spot to fall asleep while Tatl's insults still rang in his ears. He spared a glance over at the fairy, who was sleeping as far away as she dared. The boy could only hope that things would get better between them, because as it stood at the moment things were not going well. The fairy, in his opinion was rude, annoying, and possibly evil considering how she was friends with the Skull Kid, but Link at least tried to be civil with her. Tatl on the other hand was downright hostile towards him. Was he really that unlikable?
With a soft sigh, Link shifted again. Sleep was far from his mind. Why was he allowing Tatl's salty words, affect him so much. He was literally lying on the ground in the middle of the night dwelling on the nasty things she had said at every chance she got. This was still new to the both of them, they were only on cycle three. The last cycle was spent prepping for their first trek south towards the swamp area, and Tatl had made it very clear her feelings about it. Apparently if he had only been older or smarter or just less of an idiot, he wouldn't need any prepping, and they could have explored the swamp during the last cycle. Idiot was the fairy's favorite term for him; Link had lost count how many times she'd called him that.
A prickle of tears unexpectedly welled in the young hero's eyes, causing him to rapidly blink while shaking his head. Keep it together Link! He berated himself. He couldn't start crying now with the risk of waking Tatl. She already thought he was too childish.
His eyes once again fell into the sleeping fairy's glowing form. Why was he even putting up with all this? Link was the Hero of Time for crying out loud. Savior of the entire nation of Hyrule… which no one even remembered him doing because it technically didn't happen. Link's mind was trailing down a dark path now, if the boy wasn't careful he's soon spiral into a depressive state, and tears would be inevitable.
Why was he doing this? No one had asked him to save Termina! Sure the strange Happy Mask Salesman had asked him to get his stolon mask back. So in a roundabout way the man's request involved stopping the Skull Kid and thus saving Termina from the moon crashing down on it, which meant that the Happy Mask Salesman request was to save Termina. It had started out as a trade. He would help Link turn back into a human and in return Link gets the mask back. But surely in his human form he could easily find a way to knock the little imp out cold and steal the mask. So why was he spending his time trying to save a bunch of people who probably wouldn't even remember him doing it. Why was he helping a feisty little fairy who treated him like garbage, save her little brother; both of whom were the reason Epona got stolen in the first place.
Why couldn't he just act like the ten year old he was, and be selfish for once in his life. His entire life he'd felt like the scum that stuck under one's boot. The only two beings that ever treated like anything human were Saria and then Navi. Now they were both out of his life, probably for good. Saria was connected to a forest he had no protection to go into, and Navi had left without even saying good bye. Link had always thought his fake guardian fairy had liked him, even loved him. But maybe he'd been wrong.
The boy continued contemplating for several more moments before the answer finally came to mind. Why did he keep doing this?
Because he was a hero. It coursed through his blood somehow. He'd been chosen by destiny, the proof still shown on the back of his left hand. He would forever be drawn to people and lands that needed a hero to save them, no matter how young he was, and he would always agree to help them. Why? Because it was the right thing to do, Destiny had engraved it into his brain. Sometimes it felt more like a curse than a blessing...
Another short one. This one kind of drabblish. Pretty rare for me to write anything less than a 1000 words. This was another prompt I didn't have many idea's for, so this is what I came up with. Not too whumpy but considering my last few chapters and the one's coming up its good a have a break in-between.