Chapter – 6 The nightmare

Link opened his eyes as a sudden ray of light hit him in the face. He wasn't in his and Mipha's bedroom anymore. As he took a look around it seemed as if he was standing inside of Vah Ruta near the main control unit. He didn't know how he got here but as he wanted to move he noticed he couldn't control his body. He seemed to be stuck in place. His mind spined across the different reasons why he was here as he heared a bellowing scream from outside. He knew that scream. It hadn't been long ago since he last heared it. As the light that illuminated the room changed its colour into a dark red Link had no doubt in his mind what that scream was. It was Calamity Ganon, and he just erupted from underneath hyrule castle.

He couldn't think of any other reason as that this right here was a dream. A very strange one. He had realistic dreams before but they always tried to convey a message. He wasn't sure what this dream was all about as he noticed a loud mechanic noise as gears were kicked into action and Ruta lowered herself to the water surface. That was when it suddenly hit Link and his stomach immediately turned. He tried somehow fighting against this dream or to wake up but nothing did work.

It wasn't long until he heared fast approaching footsteps in the distance and saw Mipha cut the corner. She headed straight for the main control unit. Link completely forgot that it was a dream as he desperately tried to interact with his surroundings. To somehow warn Mipha of the imminent danger she was approaching. Nothing would work and his stomach turned more and more as he watched her reaching and activating the main control unit.

"Common Ruta. We have trained for this day and need to support the others." Link heared her saying.

She laid here hand on the control pad to activate it as nothing happened.

"What's this. Not now please work with me Ruta!" Mipha screamed, her voice shaking.

That's when it happened. The entire control unit was enveloped by purple malice that spread around it like a wildfire. Mipha took a few steps back as she tried to understand what was happening. Link at this point was just in pure panic. He was internally screaming knowing what would happen to her.

"What...is this?" she whispered as the malice erupted from the control unit and formed a a purple body in the air. A being consisting of a combination of malice and Sheikah technology with red hair and a long glowing spear in one hand formed in the air. A blue eye scanned around the room and fixated on Mipha. A few seconds went by before the water blight let out a blood freezing scream and started attacking Mipha.

Mipha still being overwhelmed from the situation only nearly avoided its attack. She brought up her Lightscale Trident and began attacking the beast.

Link was still helplessly screaming and begging. If his eyes could fill up with tears they would have already done that. His heart sunk with every second while Mipha desperately fought for her life. As she gained back her spirit she fought relentless against her enemy. But with every strike and every blow it became clearer and clearer to her that she might not win this fight.

Mipha got hit over and over. She had many cuts across her entire body. But she also had been able to wound the water blight to a good part. That's when it started lowering Vah Rutas head and filled the control room with water as little platform arose. Mipha immediately used her chance and jumped into the water. She speeded around her enemy, jumping out of the water and attacking here and there. But the blight avoided or deflected more and more of her attacks and Link noticed she became more and more desperate. The creature hit her more and more often and Mipha became slower and slower. After she had jumped out of the water from behind the beast and rammed her trident in its back it hurled her across the room as it managed to strife her left leg with its spear, leaving a massive cut. She landed in the water on the other side of the room and didn't move anymore.

Link had to watch the whole scenery unfold in front of him and couldn't keep it together. He didn't want to witness this. He wanted to help Mipha. To protect her. To safe her .But could do nothing else as watch her dying in front of him.

The creature hovered over to her motionless body. He could swear the thing was grinning. It moved closer and closer and lifted its spear up to deliver the final blow as a loud screaming sound from outside distracted it. The creature stopped in motion as it looked outside. With nothing to see it returned its gaze to Mipha's body. Or to be exact, the point where she had been lying before.

The beast returned to the middle of the room as it scanned its surroundings. Nothing moved and it couldn't sense anything. It slowly turned in a circle looking for its enemy. That's when Link saw a little puddle of blood from behind of one of the pillars. His heart was racing as the best turned its back to that particular pillar. That was when Mipha used her opportunity. She shot up from behind the pillar and headed straight towards the water blight hovering in the middle.

She used every last bit of her strength and dashed across water. In the last second she turned upwards and jumped out of the water. With every last bit of strength she could bring up she griped her trident and aimed for its back. Only centimeters away from hitting her target she was stopped by an ice block that crashed in her stomach and flung her across the room. Mipha this time, landed hard on top of the pillar directly bellow from Links viewpoint and spat blood all over it.

Her leg had a big wound across its entire length. Her arms and fins were bruised and bloody from many cuts and her stomach had a giant purple spot right where she got hit from the ice block, which was summoned by the water blight. Blood ran across her entire body and covered her skin in a deep red. She couldn't move a muscle. She tried standing up but her body wouldn't listen to her. Fear and panic overwhelmed her as the water blight slowly came closer towards her.

Tears filled up her eyes as she realised that she had failed. She wouldn't see her family or her friends anymore. Fear filled her mind as the water blight stood still next to her. In one last, desperate attempt she tried crawling away from it but nothing would obey her.

During desperate sobs her mind settled on the last thing she could think of to save her.

"...Link...please...help me..." she mumbled between her cries.

That's when the water blight rammed its giant spear through her.

Link went completely insane as the only thing he wanted to do was scream. He screamed and screamed. He continued screaming as loud and desperate as he could while he suddenly shot up in a dark room surrounded by water.

In the middle of the night Mipha was suddenly awoken by agonizing scream. She immediately shot up as she noticed that Link was the one who was screaming. He sat in the middle of their sleeping pool and was screaming in a way Mipha could only describe as pure fear. She instantly rushed over to his side.

"Link!? Link what's wrong!? Link!?" she shouted while he was screaming his soul out in pure and true fear.

He didn't seem to notice her so she went in front of him and grabbed his shoulders as she tried again to come through to him.

"Link, please what is wrong?! Talk to me!" she exclaimed.

By now his screams have just turned into crying as tears flooded his eyes. Mipha threw her arms around his neck as she tried to comfort him.

"Shhh. Shhh. Calm down. Calm down. Everything is okay. Shhhh." she whispered in his ear while she gently stroke his hair.

Finally it seemed like she came through to him as he whispered beneath his cries.

"Mipha?"

"Yes I am here. Everything is okay. You don't have to worry about anything." she answered.

His cries became fewer as he looked up to her, his eyes completely red and swollen.

"Mipha?" he asked again.

"Yes its me. Everything is fine." she whispered.

"Mipha." Link said as his eyes started filling up with tears again.

"Mipha, Mipha, Mipha, Mipha, Mipha." he repeated her name over and over while he grabbed her waist and buried his face in her shoulder.

Over and over he repeated her name while his cries became louder. Mipha sat their in his arms and gently stroke him while she whispered in his ear to comfort him.

"Everything is fine. Let it all out. I am here for you and I will not leave you alone." she said as she began to hum a little lullaby for him.

Mipha didn't knew how long she sat their with him but eventually his cries began to succeed and Link became calmer and calmer. She still sat there and held him not wanting to let go of him. Obviously his breakdown had something to do with her.

"So, do you want to talk about what happened?" she asked him.

Link at first didn't answer. She thought that maybe he wanted to keep it to himself as Link started talking.

"I had a dream." he mumbled.

Mipha listened closely as he explained further.

"I had dreams like this before. They are extremely realistic. Normally those dreams would convey a message to me. But this one was different."

Mipha listened very closely as Link explained what happened. She was shocked to say the least. His dream described her fight against the water blight perfectly. As if he had been there. She couldn't even imagine what he must feel like after witnessing that. This explained his reaction completely.

"Link, I can't even imagine what you must feel like after witnessing this. If there is anything I can do for you, don't hesitate to ask." she softly whispered in his ear.

"There is one thing." Link answered.

"What is it?"

"Promise me that you will never leave me alone. Please. I don't want to be separated by you ever again." Link stutert.

Mipha was touched by his request. She took his head slowly from her shoulder and held it in front of hers.

"I promise you that I will never leave you alone." Mipha answered as she sealed her promise with a kiss.

"Now come here." she said as she layed down again in their sleeping pool and pulled Link on top of her. She used her buoyancy to stay afloat with him as she gently placed his head beneath her chin. Like a little boat they drifted across the water while Mipha once again sung a lullaby. Link loved her beautiful voice but was so exhausted that he almost immediately fell asleep. Mipha made sure he was asleep as placed here arms around him and also went to sleep. This time nothing disturbed their peaceful slumber.

This chapter basically wrote itself today. I am a bit surprised by myself. I don't even know what to say really. Thank you for your ongoing support and goodbye :D