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Dreamer- … Why in the world are you doing that?
Teller- Cuz I got reviews! IN YOUR FACE! HA!
Dreamer- *looks at computer* huh… more reviews.. Would 'ya look at that.
Teller- I know! This is awesome! Alright, Shout out time!
Carmenwashere- Thank you so much! I'm so glad you know where Morpheel is from :D and it's so much fun writing Shadow and Shelda interacting with one another! And I was meaning to make the last chapter longer, but… I haven't done a major cliffy so.. why not? Hehe ^.,,.^
Somebody (Guest)- ^u^ I'm glad the cliffy has gotten so much feedback.. might do it more :) Yes! You do get your cookies! Here ya go! Extra for guessing who Valenzuela is! *gives (Guest) cookies*
Dreamer- Seriously, were are you keeping those?!
Teller- Teller not telling. A lot of people have said Shelda should be cannon, and its very amazing to see, thank you! :D
Kyumi07- Thank you! I am trying to update ASAP, but we all know how busy school can be :/
Well, don't want to keep ya'll, so here ya go!
On with the story!
Shelda couldn't help but look at Shadow with complete shock as they stood there (or, floated there? She wasn't sure.) as Morpheel continued to swim around. It was quiet for a moment before Shelda spoke again,
"Say that again?" She wasn't sure if Shadow heard her or not, but after a moment, Shadow spoke up, urgency in his voice.
"Blue Link is Morpheel. Yes, I know that sounds like a long shot," he added as Shelda opened her mouth to speak. "but hear me out." Shelda wasn't sure if this was the time to 'hear him out', but by how he stood there (again, floated?) Shelda knew that if she even tried to go near Morpheel, Shadow would not hesitate to stop her. Taking a deep breath through her mask, Shelda rotated her right wrist in a jester of 'go on'. Shadow took a deep breath of his own, unknowingly warning Shelda he had a lot to say, before beginning in a rush speech.
"Ok, remember when we found Bluie, and she said something about them 'changing' the Links?"
"Yeah but that doesn't prove that this is Blue."
"I'm getting to that. She did say something about Blue being around here, right?"
"I-I guess."
"Ok, well, remember how the Zora king mention that the monster appeared only a few days ago?"
".. I think I see where your going, but yes."
"Ok, well, remember how I told you that this creature is from another realm? A realm that changes the appearance of people? And when I went to attack his eye, I saw recognition as he looked at me, and then I heard Blue scream when I stabbed his eye, not a monster scream like I expected, but a human boy's scream! And it sounded to much like Link for me to think differently." Shelda was quiet as she thought about it, but before she could think deep into it, Shadow spoke again.
"Also, when I was fighting that guard, I mentioned to him that I would kill the monster here and save my friends, and he said that if I went with that plan, I might as well give up because that would never work. Shelda, I really do believe that's Blue, and we have to help him!" that last statement sold her as Shelda nodded in agreement.
"Alright." She said, looking at Shadow with determination. "How do you suggest we do that?" Shadow thought on that, speaking his thoughts out loud,
"Bluie mentioned something about the Four Swords change them.. maybe that's what changed them?"
"Or maybe.." said Shelda, now thinking about that too. Shadow stop when she spoke up and watched as Shelda watched Morpheel as the monster rammed into the pillars again, roaring in anger as he swam around in circles , ramming into the pillars here and there, each time roaring in anger.
"The pillars!" exclaimed Shelda as the final puzzle clicked into place, causing Shadow to slightly jump at the exclamation. Turning to face Shadow, Shelda spoke with wide eyes to him.
"Shadow, what if the Four Swords didn't change them, but is what can change them back?! Watch, see how he keeps ramming into the pillars? Through the whole time we've been here, have you actually seen him go inside the pillars? Look at the pillars, she how they form a triangle shape? Shadow, what's the most holy thing in Hyrule that's shaped like a triangle?" Shadow had to think for a second before his eyes widened and exclaimed,
"The Triforce!"
"Bingo!" said Shelda as she pointed her finger at Shadow, "And what weaponry can only be held by one who posses a part of the Triforce?"
"Um.." Shadow thought for a moment, his eyes confused as he replied, "The Master Sword?" Shelda couldn't help but face palm and corrected,
"No, the Four Sword, Shad."
"Ooooohhh" said Shadow, realizing what she was implying. "Do you think its there?"
"Only one way to find out." At that, Shelda swam down to the center, Shadow following close behind. Because of his swimming, Morpheel had created a cloud of dust from the currents of going round and round in a circle.
"Ugh!" said Shelda as they entered the sand, eyes narrow from it. Both her and Shadow did their best in going through the sand, but the deeper and deeper they got, the thicker it got.
"Do you see anything?" asked Shadow as they reached the bottom.
"No!" Shelda said back. Truthfully, Shelda was starting to think this was a bad idea and was ready to tell Shadow to swim back, but that was right before something caught her eyes; a flash of silver.
"I found it!" she called out as she swam towards it.
"OK! I'll go keep Blue from hurting himself!" called out Shadow from somewhere above.
"Alright!" she called back never taking her eyes of the glimmer of silver, Shelda swam as fast as she possibly could and reached out at the last stretch. In a moment her hand gripped around something solid and metal. Knowing what it was, Shelda took her second hand and sheathed her own sword before reaching out and grabbing it, now with both hands. Taking a deep breath through her mask, Shelda planted her feet on the ground as she pulled the sword out. It was agonizingly slow before Shelda finally felt the sword pull free. Stumbling a bit, Shelda planted her feet again before pushing up from them and shooting through the sandstorm. After what felt like forever, Shelda broke through the sand.
Right in front of Morpheel.
Shelda flinched back as Morpheel swam by, Shadow following close behind. Once he spotted Shelda, however, he stopped his pursuit and looked at her, his eyes shinning in relief at the sight of the Four Sword, the blue jewel in the hilt shimmering in the water.
"Ok," said Shelda, looking at Morpheel. "Now what?" Shadow thought for a moment, watching Morpheel too, before saying,
"Blue was already trying to get the sword, lets just give it to him and see what happens."
"OK." Agreed Shelda. She was ready to swim towards the cursed monster when she saw Shadows eyes widen a bit as something came to him
"…Hang on. Follow me." he added as he swam up, towards the exit.
"Um.. Shad? What are we doing?" she asked as she followed her friend. Shadow was about to answer when suddenly, Morpheel took that time to realize they had the Four Sword, and roared in anger and started swimming towards them.
"C'mon!" shouted Shadow as he tried to swim faster.
"Why?!" asked Shelda as she kept swimming right behind Shadow.
"If he turns back into himself, chances are he doesn't have a mask! We have to get him as close to the top before we change him back!" With that, Shelda fully understood as they swam higher and higher. It wasn't until now did Shelda realize that the room gets narrower and narrower the higher they went. After a bit, Shelda couldn't help but feel as if the Four Sword was getting heavier and heavier the further she swam. Morpheel roared behind them right as Shelda's grip on the sword faltered, and the sword dropped back down towards the bottom.
"Oh no!" she exclaimed as she turned, ready to go after it. That was, until she completely stopped after what happened next.
"Did he just eat the sword?!" exclaimed Shadow as he swam up beside Shelda, eyes wide with shock. Shelda couldn't help but yell at Morpheel as he stood (floated?) there;
"No! Bad Blue! You spit that up right now!" Shadow stopped and looked at Shelda with a deadpanned face as he said in the same deadpanned tone;
"Did you really just say that?" Shelda stopped for a second before shrugging, her whatever poster clear as day. Shadow was about to yell at her at how calm she could be on this (Shelda could tell by his tight stance and semi-red face), but then a flash of light stopped him as they both turned to Morpheel. The cursed monster was now blinding with a golden light making both shadows unable to see the monster.
"Whoa!" said Shelda as she looked away and closed her eyes from the light, Shadow doing the same. After a moment, the light faded, making Shelda hesitate before looking back, eyes widening at what she saw. Blue floated there in his human form, sword weakly in hand as he glanced up, blood pooling around his head, making it hard for Shelda to see him.
"Blue?" said Shadow in a concerned voice, but right as he got into arm's reach, Shelda saw him visibly relax as his eyes closed and his sword was released from his grip, air bubbles erupting from his mouth as he fell unconscious. Thinking quick, Shelda said very strictly;
"Get him to the surface!" before taking a deep breath and removed her mask and pressed it up against Blue's mouth before she herself dived down for the sword. It wasn't far down., it had landed onto of one of the pillars, threatening to fall off at any giving moment. Shelda felt her lungs slowly starting to burn as she grabbed the sword and used the top of the pillar to push himself through the water. Her lungs started to burn even more as she swam desperately to the top. She could see Shadow above the water as she tried to swim faster as the air started to escape her mouth
"This is it." She thought as the last of the air escaped her lips and water filled her lungs. "I'm sorry Shadow" but right as her vision became blurry, Shelda felt something grab her arm and pull her out of the water. Shelda's vision snapped back as she gasped for air before coughing up the water that had entered her lungs. Shadow continued to pull her out until Shelda was sprawled across the floor, coughing up a pool of water. She vaguely felt as Shadow rubbed her back, helping her get air back in her lungs. Taking a deep, shakenly breath, Shelda slowly pushed herself from the ground.
"You ok?" asked Shadow as Shelda slowly sat up, nodding to Shadow as she looked around, her eyes resting on Blue's limp body.
"Is he ok?" asked Shelda, her eyes not looking away.
"I think so." Said Shadow, walking over to Blue and crouching over him, brushing back the blood hair, allowing Shelda to see that the blood she saw from earlier was coming from his right eye, making Shelda cringe a bit as, she too, crouched beside Blue.
"How that happen?" she asked as she pulled the tunic over her head, leaving her in her shirt as she ripped the bottom of her tunic, pressing it onto Blue's eye as Shadow spoke.
"I.. I think that was from me.. when I uh.. you know." Shelda could hear the guilt in his voice without even glancing up at Shadow.
"It's alright." She said in a quiet voice, afraid of waking up their friend being so close to his ears. "You didn't know it was him at the time." Shelda saw Shadow nod from the corner of her eyes as silence passed between them. As Shelda focused on Blue, a thought entered her mind;
"How are we getting back?" Shelda met Shadow's confused eyes as he asked;
"What do you mean?" Shelda sighed and sat back, the piece of cloth now tied tightly around the right side of Blue's head.
"What I mean is; we only have two masks, and we are far from the surface. How are we going to be able to get up their with Blue?" Shadow was quiet for a second as both of them tried to think of a way.
"We could take turns." Said Shadow quietly. Shelda thought for a second before nodding at that.
"Yeah." She said, sounding a bit more joyful then before, "That should work. We'll just have to tell the Zora. Did you wanna stay here for now or..?" Shadow didn't even hesitate as he replied;
"I'll stay with him. You go tell the Zora, and I'll try to wake him up, if I can, I'll help him to the entrance. If not, I'll carry him. Ok?"
"Yeah." Said Shelda, nodding in agreement as she stood up. "I'll go now. Be careful, ok?" Shadow gave her a smile, her retuning it, as he nodded to her.
"You too." And with that, Shelda turned and ran down the corridor, quickly putting the tunic and mask back on as she jumped off the ledge, not slowing down as she dived right into the water, making her way back into the cove.
My oh my, that took a bit.
Well, that was fun! One down, three to go! WOOP!
Dreamer- That is if he doesn't die first.
Teller- … What?
Dreamer- What? Weren't you planning to-
Teller- *covers Dreamer's mouth* *says darkly* Not another word from you, or I'll make it your last. Got it?
Dreamer- *nods vigorously*
Teller- *goes back to cheery* Good! Oh! Before I leave, I wanted you all to know that I opened up a poll to decide which fanfic I should work on next. The poll will close once I update the last chapter of this fanfic, so it'll be awhile before I start on the next one. I don't like doing more than one story at a time, or I might accidentally cross them between one another. So yeah.. well, that's all, see ya next time!
TELLER OUT!