Chap-ter 7! Chap-ter 7! Chap-ter 7! Chap-ter 7!

Dreamer- OMG! What are you doing?!

Teller- chanting

Dreamer- ok.. Let me ask it this way; WHY are you doing it?

Teller- why not?

Dreamer- well-….

Teller- ? Well what?

Dreamer- .. I was trying to come up with a reason as to why you shouldn't do that.. But I can't think of one..

Teller- … wanna chant with me?

Dreamer- YOU KNOW IT!

Both- Chap-ter 7! Chap-ter 7! Chap-ter 7!

Teller- OH! Alright, just so you all don't freak; from now on Link's POV won't be as constant (due to him getting capture {Dreamer- wouldn't it be since THEY got capture?}..) and the potty mouths will enhance since well…. Its Shadow and Shelda.. Enough said.

Teller- On with the story!

Dreamer- YES! ON WITH IT GOOD SIR!

Shadow's eyes fluttered opento the dim lighting of the approaching dawn. At first, Shadow couldn't remember where he was or why he was in a cramp crack in the side of a cliff, but as his vision became clearer, so did his memory. Remembering yesterdays events, Shadow couldn't help but let the tears he held in out, one thought crossing his mind;

'I was too late.' Shadow stared blankly passed Shelda's sleeping form out to the slowly brightening woods, letting the tears soak his cheeks and tunic. Having that thought, Shadow curled into himself as sobs raked his body as more thoughts ran through his head.

'We knew what was coming! We should have warned him sooner instead of fucking playing around!' as more and more of the thoughts entered Shadow's mind, the harder it got for him to breath in-between sobs. Shadow couldn't help but wrap his arms tightly around his legs, face pressed against his abdominal as he cried his eyes out. For a moment, Shadow just sat there and cried into his tunic, until he heard the unmistakable sound of someone stirring. Dismissing the sound, Shadow just curled into a tighter ball as he tried to muffle his sobs.

"Mhm" mumbled Shelda as she came to. She knew for a fact that something woke her up that wasn't the rising sun. Rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, Shelda tried to wrap her head around what the noise that echoed off the walls was. She blinked a couple times, staring at the wall opposite of her. She fell asleep sitting back against the left wall, her legs curled into her by the tight space, Shelda concluded. But it still didn't answer the question as to what that noise was. After listening to it for a second as she slowly woke up, Shelda's eyes widen in realization as to what the noise was and to where it was coming from. Looking over to her right, Shelda was greeted with the sight of a certain boy curled up in a tight ball sobbing his eyes out.

"Shadow?' she asked, standing and slowly walking over to her friend, worry clear in her voice. At the sound of her voice, Shadow just curled tighter into a ball as a new wave of sobs broke out. Now being in front of him, Shelda crouched down to his level and asked in a soft, gentle voice;

"What's wrong?" for a second, the boy didn't respond, and Shelda was about to ask again, but was stopped by his broken, sorrowed whisper;

"W-we were to late." Shelda, immediately know what he meant, took and pried Shadow's arms from his legs and pushed him back so Shadow was leaning on the wall as she took her hand right underneath his chin to raise his head to look at her. Shelda was met with bloodshot eyes and tear stained cheeks as Shadow look at her, sorrow, guilt and pain written clearly on his face. Shelda, putting her hands on ether side of his face, look at Shadow directly in the eyes as she said in the same soft voice;

"It's not your fault, Shad."

"Yes it is!" shouted Shadow, tears streaming down his face as he looked at Shelda in the eyes.

"If I didn't play around and hurt myself, Link would be with us right now! He-.." Shadow's voice trailed off as he added in a low whisper,

"He would still be alive." Shadow wasn't sure how it happened so fast, but one second he was looking at the floor, and the next, he was looking to the right of him, his left cheek stinging badly.

"Don't say that!" snapped Shelda, her voice determined and demanding. "If Link was dead, you would be too! He's still out there, and were going to fucking find him, and your going to come out of this depression and help, damn it" taking a pause to calm her nerves, Shelda took a deep breath as Shadow looked at her in the eyes and said in a softer voice, but her face tight in determination.

"We will find them Shad." she said, never looking away from his eyes. Shadow, now over the shock the Shelda smacked him, blinked as he looked away, towards the wall.

"You need to stop doing that." he said as he crossed his arms and avoided eye contact.

"Stop what?" asked Shelda, confused as to what she did. Shadow than made eye contact as he looked at Shelda, disappointment in his eyes as he specified.

"Swearing. It came become a real bad fucking habit." Shelda couldn't help but smile at that as she crossed her arms and spoke in her normal, cocky, stubborn voice.

"Oh yeah, 'cuz I'm the only one here who's cursing in our little duo."

"I never said I didn't." replied Shadow, a small grin inching onto his face. Shelda, chuckled at the response, and let silence hang in the air for a moment. Taking a deep breath, Shelda's eyes met Shadow's as she reached out and spoke in a quiet voice as she wiped the remaining tears out of his eyes.

"We should go and get a early start. Who knows when we'll get our first lead?"

"Yeah!" said Shadow in a determined voice, "We'll find the Link's, and then I'm gonna challenge them to a duel before they're one again." looking at Shadow's now determined smile, Shelda remembered the thought only a few days ago (but felt like years) back in the cell was.

You're stronger than most, Shadow. Even when your in the worst condition, you never step down. It makes sense that your Link's shadow. You two might have been made to be opposites, but hey, opposites attracted huh? If it wasn't for you, I might have been a bad excuse for the Princess of Light's shadow. You, Shadow, are my idol. Thanks.

Shelda smiled to herself for the cheesy, sappy speech she made for Shadow. She could hear him now if she ever said those things to him; 'What the fuck Shel? Why are you saying that? That's the cheesiest eulogy I've ever heard, and if you even fucking THINK about saying that at my funeral, I'll haunt your sorry ass.'

Shelda glanced over at Shadow as he followed her out of the crack. His movements were stiff and slow, which made Shelda regret releasing Link's horse. That would have been very useful right now.

"Alright" she said as Shadow walked up to her, rubbing the back of his neck. "Lets go back to the shrine, maybe we can find something there that will help us." Shadow, who was in the middle of a yawn, shrugged in agreement. He than tried to stretch by raising his arms above his head, but flinched as he stretched his side wound. Shelda, noticing this, asked;

"Wan' a piggyback?"

"Na'" replied Shadow, his right hand gently rubbing his side as he walked by. "I need to stretch my legs anyways." Shelda shrugged her shoulders as she followed

"If you say so."

(Line break)

Both Shadow and Shelda just stood there in horror as they looked at the remands of the shrine. What once was a place that looked like one with nature, was now in ruins. The four pillars that lead to the pedestal were nothing but piles of rubble, while the walls had holes and parts missing. What made the two scared the most was that all the green moss and vines that were once a part of it, were not withered and black. At fist, they just stood there taking it all in, until something caught Shadow's eye; a dim, light blue light under one of the many piles of rubble.

"Bluie!" he exclaimed as he ran over to the pile. Shelda, now out of her trance, followed Shadow and helped him throw rock after rock of the pile until the said fairy was revealed. Without a second glance, both the dark beings could see she was extremely weak, and didn't have much time left.

"S-Shadow? Shel-Sheld-a?" asked Bluie, her voice soft and weak as Shadow carefully picked her up in his hands.

"Yeah, it's us." said Shelda as she looked Bluie over. "Bluie, what happened?!" Bluie, her light getting dimmer and dimmer by the minute, spoke in a mocking voice that was still soft and weak.

"Bluie?" she asked, "What happened to Puffball?" she was quiet for a moment, but didn't give the two time to answer her question before specking again.

"Link was able to become four before those.. Those.. I don't even know what they were, but I do know one thing; they were after Link. He-they- fought their hearts out, but there were too many. I hid off to the side, hoping to follow them once they left… but they gave the command to destroy the place with… with.." she trailed off as Bluie trembled in fear as she continued;

"With the Links."

"What?!" exclaimed both Shelda and Shadow at the same time. Why in the hell would Link destroy the shrine?

"They.. They did something to them." whispered Bluie, her voice nothing but a whisper as she added in a slur of words;

"Changed.. Four Swords heal… separated… Blue… water… Zoras.. help…" her word became fainter and fainter as her light diminished.

"Bluie! What do you mean 'changed'?" exclaimed Shadow, grief in his eyes as they watched the small fairy die. "C'mon, don't do this! What about Blue?! C'mon Bluie! Just hang on!" he was going to go on, but Bluie's voice stopped him.

"Go.. to the.. waters.. Blue.. Maiden's…. I.. can't… stay.. I'm… sorry,.. Shadow,… Shelda…" and with those words, both Shadow and Shelda watched as the fairy's light became so light blue it looked white. Before either of them could say anything, Shadow's mouth already open to talk, Bluie burst into millions of tiny bits of lights, no bigger than a ant. Shadow didn't know he was crying as he watched the lights slowly fading out one by one, until Shelda came up and placed a hand on his shoulder in comfort.

"We got our lead." she said in her sort, determined voice. "Bluie could have made a great ally, but this was not her battle. Don't worry," she added with a smile as she continued, "if she sees fit, the Great Fairy will revive her right?" she asked more than told. I mean, this is her first time in the Light Realm, the only reason she knows so much is because Shadow told her damn it!

Shadow seemed to feel better at those words as he nodded slowly in conformation.

"Yeah." he said as he stood up, his back and side stinging in pain.

"Good," said Shelda as she helped Shadow stand. "Now, lets get going, shall we?" looking at Shadow, Shelda could clearly see the exhaustion and pain in his eyes.

"Piggyback." she demanded more than asked. Shadow looked up at her, annoyance crossing his features.

"Don't look at me like that." she said, hands on her hips. "I can see as clear as day how tired and in pain you are, so don't even try to hide it now, because so help me, I will force you onto my back and keep you there." Shadow flinched back at the stubborn, dark, authority in her voice.

'If I ever had doubts before, I don't have any now; she's defiantly Zelda's shadow.' giving a huff of defeat, Shadow walked over to his friend, shoulders dropped in acceptance.

"Fine." he said, going straight to Shelda's back to be carried. "You win."

"When do I not?" she asked as she helped him up, her cocky ass voice back to normal. All Shadow did with this was roll his eyes as he shifted and got more comfortable.

"Alright." said Shelda as she walked out of the shrine, Shadow leaning lazily on her back. "Where to?" Shadow took a deep breath as he gathered his thoughts, than said in a thoughtful voice;

"Well, she said something about going to the waters by the Blue Maiden.."

"Yeah, what did Bluie mean by that?" asked Shelda, glancing at Shadow.

"She meant Blue Maiden's Village." concluded Shadow "It's the closes town to the ocean, so Blue might be somewhere in the ocean."

"What makes you think that?"

"She said 'Zoras'."

"And? What the hell is a Zora?!"

"it's a creature that's part fish, part human."

"Like a mermaid?"

"Kinda, but a Zora has feet and its whole body is ones of a fish."

"So how are they part human?"

"They're part human because they have feet, hands, and can speck our language."

"Oh! So if Blue is in the ocean, they'll be able to understand us and take us to where he is, right?"

"I hope so." said Shadow in a quiet voice, his mind elsewhere now. Shelda, understanding this, quiet down too, but a question hung on her tongue that she had to ask.

"Shadow?"

"Hm?" he answered, his voice distant. Shelda stopped walking in order to look at Shadow before she asked;

"Which way is Blue Maiden's Village?" Shadow couldn't help but chuckle at that.

'Really need to get her a map.' thought Shadow as he pointed east.

"Go east," he said. "we'll at least hit the ocean if we miss the village."

"Got it!" said Shelda, a determined smile on her face. Shadow couldn't help but smile as she said in a loud, childish voice before taking off;

"Next stop; Blue!" and with that, she broke out into a run, a big smile on her face.

(Line Break)

The boy couldn't feel his body as he came to. It felt weird. It felt… off. Opening his blue eyes, the boy looked around to see himself in some sort of underground chamber. One thing the boy notice was it was hot. As he looked around, he remembered this being the same place where they were reunited last time after trying to save one of their own. He blinked his eyes a few times to clear his vision, before he turned his heavy head to look at himself to make sure we wasn't injured or what-not. Once he caught sight of his body, the boy completely stopped. It was… fluffy…

Blink once.

Blink twice.

The boy concluded one thing as he looked at his front left paw to see it chained to the floor.

This is going to take some getting used to.

WOO! Done! :D finally got THAT done!

Sorry it took so long, but this will probably be the new update time (around the weekend) since I'm so busy on the weekdays.

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