Chapter 10 - Locked inside
Hand in hand Link and Mipha walked through the hallways of the palace. They both felt relieved after their little counseling with Dorephan and Sidon. Link was happy that she at least seemed to feel better now. He knew such a problem wouldn't disappear from one day to the other, but he was very relieved that Mipha had listened to the three of them. He didn't want to push her into anything as they came to the entrance of the palace where he stopped. Next to them was the hallway leading to the direction of Miphas bedroom, while in front of them was the entrance of the palace, with the staircase leading to the rest of the Domain. Their gaze wandered about the serene beauty of the domain. The moon already stood high shining its silver light above the city, adding to the turquoise light from the luminous stones. No matter how often Link saw this beautiful scenery , it just stunned him every time. He visited places all over Hyrule, but he never found a place more beautiful then Zoras Domain. There was only one thing in all of Hyrule that could top the beauty of this place. His eyes wandered to his right where he once again fell in awe over the person standing next to him.
The moonlight perfectly reflected in her silver jewelry and illuminated her red and white scales. The blue cloth she wore perfectly aligned with her slim body. Every round and curve on her body was pleasing to his eyes as he behold the beauty that was his love. A few weeks ago he would have never thought he would get the chance again to lay eyes upon her. The fact that he was now even given another chance to spend his life with her was just overwhelming. He looked at her as she turned her head around to face him. He just couldn't stop starring into those ember eyes of her. She knew what he was looking at and gave him a beautiful smile while she squeezed his hand a bit more.
"So, what exactly are we waiting on?" she asked him with her sweet voice. Like honey for the ears. If she wanted she could get him to do anything if she just asks right.
"I am waiting on you to decide where we sleep tonight." Link answered her.
Mipha seemed a bit surprised at first before she understood why he was letting her decide. She thought for a moment before she returned her gaze to him, having to look up a bit since she was smaller then Link.
"I enjoyed the last night. I hope you don't mind if we sleep in the palace, again." she told him with a grin on her face.
"I don't mind at all." he said as the two turned away from the entrance and made their way through the hallways of the palace towards Miphas bedroom. As they entered the room the smell of fresh and cooked fish hit them. Mipha walked towards the table, while Link changed out of his wet clothes. There was a silver tablet with a few fish dishes, cooked and raw, on the table. Obviously someone had them be brought up here and Mipha had a slight suspicion which Zoran King that would have probably been.
"My farther seems to have arranged a diner for us." Mipha told Link over her shoulder while she sat down and grabbed herself a bit of the uncooked fish.
"I could smell that since we entered here." Link replied. He had put on a light tunic and trousers before he joined Mipha and took some of the cooked fish. "Well it definitely tastes better then my cooking." He joked. Link was a decent cook himself but of course he was no match for a chef who cooks for the royal family.
"Well that doesn't mean that you are a bad cook. Although I still gag at a few of those things you ate on your journey." She reassured him, as she took another bite of fish.
"Yeah, lets not talk about that."
The two finished their meal shortly after. Link went to organize the contents of his bags, while Mipha went into her wardrobe to get ready for the night. She took of her sash and her jewelry and carefully stored it away. She wanted to leave as her eyes fell upon her big mirror. She couldn't help herself as she stepped in front of it and inspected herself. She was never overly obsessed with her body but she still wanted to look good. She followed every curve of her body,every slight turn or change of colour. She had noticed that after her resurrection the scars she had before were gone. She looked on her left elbow. She had injured herself there once as she climbed over some rocks and fell. She still remembered the extreme look of worry on Links face, who was with her at the time. He patently took care of it and only a slight white scar remained on her rad scales. She still smiled at the memory and was a bit sad that the scar wasn't there any more. She continued to inspect herself in the mirror looking for any scars. She was so sunken in her thoughts that she didn't notice Link who came up from behind her. He wanted to know what took her so long. He saw her twisting and turning infront of the mirror and wandered if it was something that had to do with her identity crisis. As soon as he stood behind her he gently put his arms around her belly, bowing down a bit because of the size difference, and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before he placed his head on her shoulder.
"What's the matter, Mipha?"
She had been surprised, for she hadn't notice Link until he wrapped around her belly. She gently rested her head on his before she replied.
"Nothing. I just noticed that I don't have any scars any more. I looked if all of them are gone and it seems so."
A bit of silence fell over the two while the only thing that could be heard was the soft breathing of both of them before Link spoke up.
"Does that bother you?"
"Not really. I was just curious."
He was relieved as he heard that. He almost thought the progress they made today had been reversed. "Well then, do you want to get carried to bed now?" Before Mipha could answer Link increased his grip around her belly and effortlessly lifted her of the ground while he walked over to the bed. As he reached the bed he changed his grip on her as he sat down and rolled to the middle of the bed, before he came to a stop.
"Not that I didn't appreciated it, but what do you have in mind?" Mipha asked him, while she laid on top of him, feeling a bit dizzy.
"Ah nothing. Just wanted to make sure you will enjoy the rest of the evening." He answered. Before Mipha could react in any way whatsoever Link moved his hands to her side and began tickling her and to put it simple, Mipha is very ticklish. She burst out with laughter as she twisted and turned on Link, until she rolled off of him and continued being tickled on the bed. Between her laughs she tried to bring Link to a stop, but he had only started."Nooooo, Liiiiink, pleeease!" she managed to bring out between her laughs. "Youuuu areeeee unfaaaaaaaaair!" she continued but Link wouldn't stop now. This went on for a few minutes until Link finally let her come to rest. The last laughs escaped her mouth before she exhaustedly caught her breath. Her breast rose and fell as she looked up to Link who was hovering above her, propped on his hands, who also was breathing heavily. They both were exhausted as their eyes met. A spark sprung over between the two as Link leaned in for a kiss, while Mipha wrapped her arms around his neck. The exhaustion was blown away from both of them as they intertwined in the game of love.
It had been a few hours since their romantic intertwining. Link laid on his back looking up to the ceiling. He couldn't sleep and and went over the day again. About the happenings in the courtyard, the talk with Dorephan and Sidon and the events in Miphas bedroom. A tingly sensation on his chest took him out of his thoughts as he looked down from the ceiling to the sleeping Mipha. She had fallen asleep probably an hour ago and had rested her head on his chest. Link loved watching her sleep. She looked so peaceful and innocent while she snoozed on top of him. A smile played over his face as he gave her a kiss on the head and saw how her lips ever so slightly began curling upwards before she turned around. Link gently turned to lay on the side while the sleeping Mipha took a hold of him and stuffed her head into his chest again. Smiling he drew the blanket closer over them as he put his arms around her and closed his eyes. The warm feeling on his chest had soon spread through out his entire body while he softly drifted of into sleep.
A ray of light suddenly ripped him out of sleep. But suddenly he wasn't in the bedroom any more. He seemed to be in one of the hallways of the Domain. And also his body seemed to move on its own. He had no control over it as he walked down the hallways. It felt as if he was locked inside of his own body.
His mind spun as he came to the conclusion that he had to be in a dream again. Normally these realistic dreams tried to tell him something, but he still didn't knew what the last dream had been about. His stomach turned as he thought about it, while his body moved through the hallways. Link was stopped in his thoughts the same time his body stopped. His eyes forced upwards as he noticed the door he was standing in front. Something in his mind was telling him that something bad was about to happen. His heart sank to the floor as his arms lifted up and opened the door with a great swing.
The room looked just like it did as he last saw it. His eyes wandered around the room, without Link having any control over it. It was as if he was looking for something. He stepped into the room as his footsteps echoed with a strange intensity from the walls. He stood in the middle of the room as he heard a loud, fast tapping from the wardrobe. His head turned in that direction. Shortly after he reached the middle of the room he saw Mipha running out of the wardrobe. She came to a stop as she laid eyes upon him.
"Link?" Was the first thing he could hear from her. Her voice was filled with sadness and surprise. Her eyes locked rather dark and her mouth was a gape as she noticed him. A few seconds nothing happened. After a few seconds her eyes began lightening up and she started moving again as she ran towards him while screaming his name. She suddenly looked so happy and relieved. She crossed the distance between them fast and slammed into his chest as she slung her arms around him.
"Thank the goddesses your okay!" she screamed into his chest as a few wet spots appeared on his tunic. "We heard the group came into an ambush. We thought everyone got kidnapped or was killed." she mumbled into his chest. Without Links control his hands were forced on her shoulder as he slightly pushed Mipha away. He could see directly in her eyes. A look of clear relieve and joy sparkled in her amber eyes while his hand cupped her cheek. She seemed to glow with joy. And that glow immediately changed into a shock as her eyes wandered to Links other hand, which had wrapped around her throat.
"L...nk, wh...t a..e yo...do...ng?" she sput out as as she was lifted of the ground.
"Don't worry my dear. Everything will be fine." A voice echoed through the room. It had much resemblance to Links voice, but was much darker and seemed to echo through the entire room multiple times as he spoke.
The hero couldn't do anything as he felt locked inside of his body. Mipha struggled in his hand as she tried to bring use her hands to get free.
"Li...k, pl...e s...p..." she mumbled as her cheeks began turning blue. She desperately tried to open his hand with hers, but to no avail. His fingers didn't move one milimeter. By now Miphas face had turned an unhealthy blue colour, and her eyes began getting fogy as she stammered out a last few words.
"I...l...ve...you..."
That was the last thing Link heard as he suddenly shot up, gasping for air, back again in his and Miphas bed. He was covered in sweat and breathed heavily. By his sudden movements Mipha had been rolled away a little bit. The sudden movement of Link sitting upright send ripples through the waterbed. The combination of this woke up Mipha. She sat upright a bit dizzy as she noticed the heavy breathing of the man beside her. She looked over to him, as he just sat there, propping his head on his hands. She moved closer to him while she put her hand on his back, noticing that he was covered in sweat.
"Link, are you alright?" she asked, as she sat beside him, putting her arm around his shoulder, feeling his sticky back.
Link flinched as he noticed Mipha who sat beside him. He took his head out of his hands as he turned around to her before he replied.
"I am sorry, did I wake you up?"
"Yes, pretty much. You are breathing and sweating as if you would just have climbed death mountain. What happened?"
Link hesitated a bit before he answered her. "I had another nightmare." Mipha listened patently as Link explained what had happened to him. After he was finished Mipha felt bad, not only that he had another nightmare but especially after what they had lived through that day. She gently grabbed his hand with her free one as she snuggled her head on his shoulder.
"I am sorry."
"Don't be. It isn't your fault in the slightest." he replied.
"I wish I could make you feel better about this."
"I appreciate that, Mipha. Thank you." He said as he lowered his head against her. They remained in that position for a while till Mipha moved away from him laying down again. He seemed disappointed until she put her hands around his neck, pulling him towards her. Mipha gently placed his head next to hers as she tucked them both under the blanket. She wrapped her arm around his torso before she began singing. As she had done multiple times before she always sung to him, whenever he felt distressed and it always worked. After a few minutes of hearing her beautiful voice next to him, Link drifted of into a, this time, peaceful slumber.
This chapter again is a bit shorter. I don't want to stretch a chapter or shorten it to better fit my schedule. I will write it as it fits. I want to thank all of you for the ongoing support, and your encouraging reviews. I will continue to give you my best :D
