Vio's P.O.V

After Shadow left I didn't have anything else to do, but it was night so nothing was going to be open. Instead, I went to bed like I'm supposed to, and decided to do something in the morning.

When I woke up the next day, the first thing I did was take a walk around Castle Town and stop by some stalls that were selling arrows, I desperately needed to restock. I continued walking aimlessly around the town until I got near the entrance to the castle, "I guess I'll stop in and say hi to Princess Zelda," I quietly told myself. When I entered the Castle I was greeted by Zelda's adviser, Impa.

"Hello, Vio," she said, "How may I help you today?"

I walked up to her, "Hello, Impa. May I speak with Zelda?"

"Of course, Young Hero," she leads me up to the princess' quarters. I stepped in and Impa closed the door, leaving me and Zelda alone.

"Hello, Vio. What brings you here today?"

I moved closer to the princess to talk to her more clearly, "I'm just mostly bored out of my mind. Green's doing his own things, Blue and Red are hanging out together, and Sha - I mean, I don't have much to do this week," I caught myself before I mentioned Shadow. Ever since he trapped her up in the Palace of Wind they've never seen eye to eye, which I can understand, mostly.

She motioned for me to sit down, then she went and pulled a book off of her bookshelf and proceeded to hand it to me, "Here, try this. It's one of my favorites. It's about this brave band of heroes who save their kingdom time and time again. You know," She laughed, "It kinda reminds me of the history of Hyrule, and how in the world there is always good, evil, and the Princess," I thanked her for the book and sat it down beside me.

"So, princess, how has it been? It's been a while since we've hung out," I actually haven't spent time with her, besides when rescued her from the dark cloud, with the help of Shadow.

"Well it has been hard adjusting to the fact that there are four Links instead of one, and that they all act differently, and I still can't get over the fact that Shadow, Vaati, and Ganon are all still out there launching attacks on the citizens. Also, recently, I've been having nightmares," I looked over at her, worried about her mental health.

"If you don't mind me asking, what are they about?"

"I don't mind, actually. It might be better to talk to someone about them, besides Impa. They're mainly about the history of Hyrule, some of them being worse than the others. For example one of the calmer ones was about the Picori, and their Vaati it was actually the only one that ended on a hopeful note, then there are the ones that bring on storms of anguish and loss, such as the one about what we are currently facing, and how we got to this point. Oh how I wish this was all the bad news I had," she started trailing off, clearly remembering something that brought her great distress.

"Princess, what do you mean? What else is there?" I tried to gently ask, but the words rushed out of my mouth, just how I didn't want them too.

"Well, the previous night I had a vision, and as you might know these only happen in times of great danger. It was one of you guys, they were covered in scratches, dirt, and blood, their tunic was shredded and hanging on to dear life. I thought it was you because the only color to the vision was purple, but now that I'm thinking about it, that doesn't make sense," she mumbled the last bit to herself, but I could still hear it, "There's no way it could be…. Why would it be him…?" it was clear that she was now in her own little space, unbeknownst to her that she was still talking out loud.

I quickly snapped her out of her daze, "Princess! What do you mean?! Who is it? Why are you acting like this?!"

"It's just…. I'm certain it was Shadow. If it was you the purple would be on the tunic, but it was the hair color instead.

"But why? Why would I have a vision of him of all things? I thought they were supposed to be about things that would help me save Hyrule…. Not my enemy dying," she was back in her own space, as much as I wanted to help her, I had a stronger need to see Shadow instead. I rushed out of the room, and the castle. It was already night out, so I went straight to the library and waited for Shadow to show up so I could warn him.

Shadow's P.O.V

It was night again in Hyrule, I went back to the central area where the town was and headed back to the library. When I got there Vio was already outside waiting for me. I stealthily walked up behind him, making sure to stay in the shadows, which wasn't hard since it was nighttime, and pushed him forward a bit. I may have pushed a little too hard; he went stumbling forward, tripped over his own feet and almost hit the ground. Luckily I caught him just in time, he looked up at his savior, me, and at first, when he realized it was me, looked at me lovingly, but in an instant, his face turned to distress and worry. He quickly pulled himself together and brushed off the dirt, "Shadow, hi," he quickly sputtered out.

"Hello Vio, how is it going?" I asked, wondering why he would be worried about anything

"Not great, actually. I was just talking with the princess," I got a bit mad, or even jealous, at hearing that the princess was taking up a majority of my mans time, it was just not fair at all, "and she's been plagued with nightmares," well, she'll feel right at home then, "but worse of all, she had a vision. It was about you, you were covered in scratches, dirt, blood, and your tunic was shredded. She didn't mention anyone else being there, it was only you. I know that you're strong enough to take care of yourself, but I'm also worried! I don't know how to help you, or why it's even going to happen to you, and that makes me anxious!"

"Hey Vio, look at me!" I brought him closer to me and held him, hoping that it would help him calm down, "Ok, focus on me. I'm not hurt right now. I'm okay," He leaned into my chest, and looked up at me. I smiled down at him and told him that he should start heading home.

He agreed, but when I started to leave in the opposite direction to head to my own home, he grabbed onto my sleeve and said, "stay with me please," so I did. We started our walk to Vio's home, and by the time we got there he had calmed down a lot. I opened the door and led us inside. When we walked into the living room the other Links were there, waiting.

"Shadow!' Blue shouted, "What did you do to Vio?!" Of course. His first thought is that I'm the bad guy.

"Nothing, you nimrod-," Vio cut in.

"Actually Shadow, nimrod means someone who is a descendant of a mighty warrior, and the next in line to the throne, so you basically just called him great,"

"Nevermind! Blue, you're stupid! And I didn't do anything to him. If you want to blame someone, blame Zelda!"

"What do you mean?" Red quickly turned away from me and asked Vio, "Hey, Vio, are you okay?" Red calmly asked.

"Okay? Okay?! Of course, he's not okay! I bet that Shadow over here did someth-"

"Blue please shut up," Red once again saved the day by telling their hotheaded side to shut up, good job Red.

"I'm fine Red, just a vision that struck a chord in me," he was so quiet, I knew that he was still getting over his recent breakdown.

Suddenly Green spoke up with authority laced into his words, "Well then, I think that we should stop pestering Vio and Shadow and get them to bed,"

"Is Shadow going to leave, or are we just going to let him corrupt our living space?!" Blue rudely asked Green.

"I would gladly leave," I started, "but I promised Vio I wouldn't leave him, so you guys are stuck with me for a little while longer," With that, I left the room and followed Vio up to his. He flopped onto his bed, while I just stayed standing, unsure of what I should do. Should I stay standing, sit down, or see if I could also lay down on the bed. The first option sounded the best, but Vio had a different idea.

"Shadow, what are you doing?"

"I don't know what to do, and I don't want to intrude and do something I'm not supposed to," I nervously looked around the room, then down at Vio who was smiling, which is good.

"Come here," I obeyed and went to him, "now lay down," I watched as he moved over to one side of his bed, and lifted the blanket up so I could lay down.

"Are you sure?" I asked, kinda scared, don't ask me why.

"Have I ever not been sure?" He asked, kinda jokingly, "Don't answer that because the answer is no, I have never not been sure," I cautiously started to lay down on the bed, still unsure if this was even an option. I decided that I would just do it anyway, if I die, oh well, I'll just be reborn out of the Dark Mirror again. Once I was actually laying he threw the blanket over the both of us and scooched closer. Before he fell asleep he whispered, "Goodnight, Shads,"

I quietly responded with a "Goodnight, Vi," before he fell asleep.