Ello! Teller here!
600 VIEWS! OMG THANK YOU ALL! This is so great to see :,D
Dreamer- *looks at screen* and… STILL no reviews out of those 600 people..
Teller- *looks at screen* There is to a review!
Dreamer- Whoa, what?! *looks again* … huh..
Teller- BOOM! I knew people liked this story!
Guest; don't not fear dear person! I will try to continue! I've just been.. Busy else where..
Dreamer- Mm, sure.
Teller- *looks at reviewer* I'm totally agree with you; Shadow is AWESOME! And thank you for the incredible review! Thank you so much! :D
Dreamer- so is it that every 300 people review? that's kinda sad..
Teller- *mumbles* at lest I'm doing mine..
Dreamer- … I'm not even going to comment on that.
Teller- OK! I'll just continue then :D
ON WITH THE STORY!
The world was dark behind his eyelids as Shadow came to, the feeling of grass tickling his face made the boy wake up from his dreamless slumber. Fighting against the temptation to drift back into slumber, the boy slowly peeled his eyes open and blinked a few times to rid the blur in his vision. The first thing his eyes focused on was the blade of grass that moved with the gentle breeze, tickling his nose again. Shadow sluggishly moved his hand to pluck the blade from the ground, and slowly turned his head to observe his surroundings. Shadow was laying on his back in a patch of soft grass, the canopy of a tree's branches above him as the moon slowly climbed the sky in-between the trees. Letting out a soft mourn, Shadow looked over to the left to find Shelda curled up not even a foot away. With yesterday's event coming back to him, Shadow was careful as he took his arms and slowly sat up, trying to get more of where they were. It was then Shadow saw it; about a mile away was the lights of what Shadow hoped was The Blue Maiden's Village. Taking a deep breath, Shadow couldn't help but look down at his injured leg. It was tightly bandaged from the ankle to right below the knee. Turning the leg to the side a bit to get a better look, Shadow could see that it had been a while since the leg last bleed. Taking his right hand, Shadow gently rubbed the spot where the blood had dried onto the white bandage, wincing a bit at the soreness.
'..Well.. It could be worse.' thought Shadow as he took his right hand and rubbed his cheek this time, finding his skin free from bandages and dry from the blood. Taking a glance towards Shelda, Shadow considered the time it was as he laid back down, trying to let sleep lure him back into a dreamless slumber. As Shadow laid there, however, the slight throb in his leg and cheek prevented the boy from drifting off. Feeling agitated, Shadow rolled over to the left, facing Shelda, but that just made the throbbing worse. Rolling back onto his back, Shadow tried every possible comfortable position that didn't include his leg hurting. However, there are only so many, and most of them made the rest of his body ach. Going back to the position he awoke in, Shadow looked up at the leafs as he tried to just bore himself into sleep.
'Like that'll work' thought Shadow with a scoff, knowing already it won't work. Taking his left hand, Shadow ran it through his hair in frustration, stopping when he realized his hat was missing. Thinking deeply, Shadow remembered the last time he saw his hat; when he was using it as a bandage seconds before he passed out.
"Well fuck." Shadow mumbled under his breath at that, thinking that with her worrying over him, Shelda probably forgot to collect his hat.
"And it was my favorite one." he said out loud again, forgetting the present sleeping beside him as he continued to grumble under his breath.
"That probably why I can't sleep. Because I don't have it… and also because my leg won't fucking stop hurting…" Shadow let out a low groan of annoyance as he threw his arm over his eyes, just trying to drift off to sleep the exhaustion out of his body. Taking a deep breath, Shadow allowed himself to calm down and tried to relax as much as his body could allow. Leaving his arm draped over his head, Shadow closed his eyes again, just trying to go to sleep again. It was quiet for a moment, nothing but the crickets singing was heard. Until..
"..Sorry." Shadow jumped into a sitting position as soon as he heard the quiet voice in complete utter surprise.
"God Shelda!" Shadow exclaimed as he tried to calm his now racing heart as he looked at said girl who was still in a curled up position, her eyes meeting his.
"What… the… hell?" said Shadow, taking deep breaths between words. "Don't do that!.. Do you know how much you scared me? I was close to having a heart attack."
"I'm-" said Shelda, trying to apologize as she sat up, but was interrupted by Shadow holding up his left hand, index finger and thumb only a inch or two away from each other.
"This close!" feeling ashamed, Shelda hung her head as she waited for Shadow to calm his breathing. It was silent between them as Shadow calmed himself, and a few moments after as he gathered his thoughts. Finally, he spoke in a lower, calmer voice, still looking at his lap as he spoke.
"Sorry." Shelda, who was looking down as well, snapped her head up, looking at Shadow with surprise.
"Wha?- Why are you apologizing?"
"For waking you." was his quiet reply. Shelda rolled her eyes at his answer.
"Yeah well.." she said, crossing her arms as she continued. "If you didn't grumble so loud, maybe you wouldn't wake me." expecting a snappy reply, Shelda was a bit surprise when all he did was sigh and laid back down on the soft grass.
"Sorry.." he mumbles again as another sigh escaped his mouth. Shelda, being concerned of her friend, quietly crawled over to his side before sitting down but centimeters from him. After a couple seconds of silence, Shelda spoke up again in the same quiet voice.
"… what don't you have?" Shadow, not knowing what she meant, asked;
"What?"
"You were saying earlier that ''it' was your favorite one.' and 'that's probably why you can't sleep because you don't have 'it''.. what's 'it'?" Shadow, still laying down, looked the other way while a bit of red showed on his face, causing Shelda to tilt her head in confusion.
"..it's… nothing.." mumbled Shadow as he avoided eye contact. "Kinda stupid, really.." Shelda rolled her eyes as she replied;
"I'll be the judge of that. C'mon Shad, if it'll help, I'll be happy to hear what it is." Shelda sat there patiently as she waited for Shadow to answer her, and after a moment or two, he did.
"It's nothing.. just.. my.. um.." the last part was mumbled under his breath so low even Shelda couldn't hear it from how close she was.
"Say that again?" said Shelda, leaning in closer to hear him better. Shadow was silent for a moment before huffing in defeat and turned his head to look into Shelda's eyes before saying in a annoyed tone;
"My hat." Shelda blinked for a second before her glance went to his hat-less head. She blinked a couple more times before saying in a deadpanned tone.
"Huh. Guess I forgot to give it back.." without waiting for a response, Shelda turned and grabbed the satchel that was still slug over her shoulder before digging into the satchel. It only took her a second or two before she gave out a 'Ah-Ha!' and pulled out a piece of black cloth. Or, more like, a black, blood stained hat.
"My hat!" exclaimed Shadow as he sat back up, grabbing it from her hand to carefully examine it.
"How- you actually grabbed it?" Shelda looked at him for a second with a blank stare before talking in a offended tone.
"Wow. Just.. wow. It's nice to see how much faith you've got for me." Shadow took a second to understand what she meant before rolling his eyes as he replied.
"I meant; I'm surprised you remembered to pick it up after taking care of me since your such a forgetful person." Shelda opened her mouth to say something, but closed it after a moment and said;
"Yeah, I can't really argue with that. I am forgetful." Shadow snickered at that before silence fell on them again. It was broken, however, by Shelda giving a huge yawn and causing Shadow to look at her, saying in a soft tone.
"Get some sleep Shel, I know you need it."
"But so do you." she said in a whining voice, trying to rub the sleep out of them. Shadow gave a quiet chuckle before placing a hand on her shoulder.
"I'll be fine." he said as he pushed her down on the floor. "You, on the other hand, need to sleep if we want to find blue tomorrow." Shelda, who was already drifting off, said in a soft whisper.
"Just be sure to try and sleep Shad. G'night."
"Night Shel." said Shadow as he brushed the hair from her face. It only took another few seconds for her breathing to become a gentle rise and fall, indicating she was fast asleep. Sighing in exhaustion, Shadow laid back down, hat in hand. He sadly stared at the leafs, knowing fully well he wouldn't be falling asleep anytime soon. Looking back at his hat, Shadow couldn't help but remember a few months ago (was it really that close? It felt like that happened years ago..) he had looked into Link's past to know him better and learned that the reason for his hat was from, in fact, his mother, who made it for him back when he was a babe, just weeks before she died. Sighing again, Shadow remembered that Link's mother had died from a illness due to her pregnancy with Link's suppose-to-be little sibling. Shadow couldn't help but rub the new formed tears in his eyes as he remembered the scene of Link and his father watching two other men lower a coffin into the ground, Link only being maybe three years old. Shadow's eyes stared blankly at the trees as another memory of his 'research' came to mind. It was of Link, maybe two now, sitting on his mother's lap, eyes and face red from crying as his mother sung a lullaby;
I can see every tear you've cried,
Like an ocean in your eyes
All the pain and the scars have left you cold.
I can see all the fears you face
Through a storm that never goes away
Don't believe all that lies that you've been told.
I'll be right here now
To hold you when the sky falls down
I will always
Be the one who took your place
When the rain falls
I won't let go
I'll be right here
I will show you the way back home
Never leave you all alone
I will stay until the morning comes
I'll show you how to live again
And heal the brokenness within
Let me love you when you come undone
I'll be right here now
To hold you when the sky falls down
I will always
Be the one who took your place
When the rain falls
I won't let go
I'll be right here
When daybreak seems so far away
Reach for my hand
When hope and peace begin to fray
Still I will stand
I'll be right here now
To hold you when the sky falls down
I will always
Be the one who took your place
When the rain falls
I won't let go
When the rain falls
I won't let go
I'll be right here
Shadow took a deep breath as he rubbed the tears away again, glancing over at his sleeping partner. Shelda was back to her curled up position, mouth slightly open as she slept. Shadow couldn't help but feel envy towards the sleeping girl. Here she was, risking her existence on someone who she hardly even knows and not even hesitating in doing it. True, she was doing it for him because they were friends, but friends didn't usually risk everything just to please the other. He himself didn't even try to help the Links until he was sure they would win. Her, on the other hand, doesn't even know if they'll last long enough to find all the Links. Heck, she didn't even know where they were, and yet she was determined to try and save the realm she never laid foot in until now.
'I guess that's her Zelda side kicking in.' thought Shadow as he subconsciously hummed the lullaby to himself, finding it quiet soothing. Before he knew it, Shadow's eyes started to flutter close as his humming drifted off. And just like that, both shadows were dead to the world as they slept through the rest of the night, neither of them waking again until morning.
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The waves from the ocean slowly climbed and retracted from the shoreline, giving a soothing sound to the areas as seagulls cawed from above. Two lone figures walked along the shoreline, they're voices drifting into the air.
"So this 'domain' should be somewhere along the shore, right?" asked Shelda as they walked at a slow pace with her watch her companion limp alongside her.
"Yeah." he said, grunting at the effort of walking. Shelda opened her mouth to say something, but wasn't able to as he continued,
"If I'm right, somewhere around here is a small river that goes to a lake and in that lake is the Zora Domain." Shelda waited for a moment, making sure he was done talking before speaking herself.
"Shadow, are you sure you wanna walk? It looks like you having some…" Shelda stop for a second, trying to chose the correct word. "..difficulty." Shadow rolled his eyes, but couldn't argue that it was a bit hard to walk with his lower right leg pulsing in pain with each step he made. Shadow took a deep breath before replying.
"Yeah, well, this is better for both of us then you piggybacking me, cause frankly, I'm tired of being on your back, and I know you are stiff from carrying me so much." Shelda was quiet for a moment before she said in a firm voice.
"I wasn't suggesting a piggyback Shad." taken aback, Shadow stopped and looked at her, and asked in a confused voice;
"What? Then what are you suggesting?" all Shelda did was roll her eyes before taking Shadow's right arm and putting it over her shoulder, and her left arm around his waist. Shifting a bit, Shadow and Shelda were now standing there with Shadow's right foot fully off the ground and was using Shelda as support.
"Oh.." said Shadow as he realized what she did. Seeing his dumbstruck face, Shelda couldn't help but smile cockily and said in the same cocky voice;
"What? Did you think piggybacks were all I had to offer?"
"Oh no," said Shadow as he started to walk again, easier if he may add, "I know you have more to offer, I just didn't think it was this intelligent." looking at her, Shadow returned the cocky smile to Shelda as she shook her head at him as they continued to walk.
"..I'm taking that as a compliment." said Shelda after a second.
"How in hell can you take that as a compliment?!" asked Shadow.
"I just did." replied Shelda, not missing a beat as her smile came back. It was now Shadow's turn to shake his head, giving up on trying to outwit Shelda.
"Whatever." said Shadow as he looked ahead, and saw something that brought the smile back.
"Well looky there." he said as he walked up to the river with Shelda by his side. As he looked at Shelda, both of them couldn't help but share a smile as they turned and made their way up the riverside.
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"So let me make sure I got this right." said Shelda as her and Shadow stood in front of the fish man (as Shelda called Zoras) who was the king of the Zoras. It wasn't long ago they came across a couple Zoras and were highly mistaken for enemies, but after some confirmation (and a lot of yelling coming from their part), the Zoras aloud them to see their king, who would decide whether or not they'll help. And after a bit of a talk, they seemed to come to a agreement.
"Unless we defeat the monster in the temple at the bottom of the sea, you won't help us find Blue. Right?" Zora King nodded in confirmation.
"That's right." he said, his voice deeper then someone would expect. "I will supply you two with a special material that enables humans to breath underwater. And with this, you two, and a Zora escort, will descend into the temple. Are there any questions?" glancing at Shadow, who in return gave a small shake of the head, Shelda looked back at the king and said in a truthful voice.
"No sir, we would just like to leave as soon as possible." the Zora King nodded in agreement before sending one of his (fish?) men to retrieve the tunics. Shelda took this chance to get a better feel of the place. It was circular room with a pool in the middle, where all the Zoras seemed to live. The rest of the room was nothing but pillars holding up the dome or rocks, the only other thing in the room was the throne, where the king sat at the moment, a female Zora (which Shelda just now noticed) standing beside her, her reddish scales shimmering with water. It was a bit weird, she seemed to be the only Zora here that wasn't blue. Hm. Weird. Shelda's train of thought was broken by a Zora coming up and handing both her and Shadow a dark blue tunic. Not wanting to change in front of a bunch of other people, both Shadow and Shelda slipped the tunics and matching leggings, which was handed to them next. The next thing was two hats (which, of course, Shadow whoop in joy with, giving his was still stiff and stained with the blood.) that the king explained would keep their hair out of the way, and dry. The last thing that was handed to them was a interesting piece; it was a silver scale tinker with small swirls and patterns on it that fit over the mouth and nose, the king explaining this was what made them able to breath underwater. After everything was on, the king looked at them both and said in a hopeful voice.
"May you defeat this beast and find your friends. I give you the best of luck." both giving him a nod in thanks, Shelda couldn't help but look at Shadow, eyes meeting, and said;
"Let's go kick some underwater ass!"
Gosh! That.. Took… FOREVER!
Thank you all for waiting this long and being patient with my updates, hopefully the next one won't take as long.
Dreamer- Not if your summer's ending..
Teller- Yeah… so my updates might take longer.. Sorry.
Another thing I'd like to add, is the song Link's mom sings is a real song. Its called 'Right Here' by ashes remain, and I know its not really a lullaby kinda song, but just reading the lyrics, I always thought of it as one, so I thought- Why not?.
Also, in all games, its never confirmed how Link's parents dies (except OoT) so I kinda put that little thing in there, cause I always thought Shadow as being the sibling Link never had, and in this; he actually is! I kinda gave myself a pat on the back for that :D
And if your STILL reading this long *** AN, then I shall give you a cookie! *gives a cookie* there you go.
Ok, see ya next update
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