Alight! Lets get this show on the road!
Dreamer- *screaming in the distance and coming closer*
Teller- *sigh* What now?
Dreamer- *comes in room* Teller! You gotta help me! That Shelda you created back in Chapter 3 is back!
Teller- Yeah I know.
Dreamer- She- Wait… WHAT?!
Teller- Yeah, we made a deal that as long as I don't gush over her, she won't beat me or hurt me in any way. *tilts head* Didn't I tell you?
Dreamer- No!
Teller- Oh. Well. Now I did.
Dreamer- UGH! Did you at least tell her not to hurt me?
Teller- …. I don't think so. Why? Do you not want to?
Dreamer- N-
Teller- Oh right! Shout out time!
Dreamer- I hate you.
Somebody (Guest)- Yes! I have updated again!
Yeah.. Blue's been through a lot..
AND IT WILL KEEP KILLING YOU! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Yeah, no probs on that map thing ;)
IDK! HOW DID YOU KNOW?!
And yes, you have made it quite clear on your dislike for Green. :P. So cuz of that, you shall not know about the other two. Muhahahahahahahahaha
Dreamer- Your in one of your moods again aren't ya?
Teller- Yep! Now, lets get on this story!
Shelda- *comes into the room* Found ya!
Dreamer- *screams like the girl she is and runs out*
Shelda- *chases after her*
Teller- *ignores that whole scene* On with the story!
Green watched patiently as Shadow paced back and forth across the cave floor, his face tight with concentration and, what Green hoped wasn't, pain.
"So," he said as he still paced back and forth. "if it is true that this is Green.-"
"It is." said both Blue and Green similarity, but Green's being a growl to both shadow's ears. Shadow stopped for a second to look at the two, saying in a somewhat uneasy tone,
"Rrrriiiggghhhtt. Anyways, like I was saying; since this is Green, then why is he still a monster, let alone able to… well.. not kill us?" Green, shocked at this, looks at Blue, asking a bit frightened
"Blue… What does he mean?" Blue, having been actually thinking, (to Green's surprise. Like seriously, when does Blue think?) looked over towards Green, blinking a couple times before looking back at Shadow, an uncertain, nervous aroma touching Green's heighten senses. Shadow, seeing Blue look in his general direction, stopped pacing again and looked at Blue confused.
"What?"
"He asked what you meant." said Blue simply, crossing his arms.
"And to be honest, I can't be the one to answer that question."
"And why is that?' asked Shadow, facing Blue fully, his own arms crossed.
"Because," said Blue, tilting his head up a bit more in a authority-like manner.
"I'm not the one who has fought.. us." added Blue a bit hesitantly. Green cocked his head to the side, completely confused as to where this was going.
"W-what are you talking about? Blue? You-you were just captured.. Right? Blue, tell me I'm wrong!" asked Green in a panicked voice, making to where he was barking at Blue, causing Shadow and Shelda to look from him and Blue. Blue was silent, staring at Shadow (or, more like in his general direction), saying in a emotionless voice,
"Tell him. You know more than me and can explain it easier."
"I can explain it easier?" asked Shadow, "You're the one who can understand him! How would it be easier on me?!"
"Because you're the one who actually understands it and hasn't been through hell!" said Blue, raising his voice along with Shadow.
"I haven't been through hell?! Do you know what I went trough for the past week?!" Green couldn't help but press his ears against his head, trying to cancel out the loud voices. The two bickered to one another for another moment before Shelda finally stood up from where she was sitting, yelling over the two Links.
"ENOUGH!" She screamed at the two, causing Green to flinch at the intensity and the other two to quiet down.
"I'll tell him. How 'bout that?" she asked, looking at the two of them. When they both nodded in agreement, Shelda let out a deep breath before walking up and sitting down in front of Green.
"Alright." she said, her voice now tired and weary. "It kinda all began when Twinrova called me into their chamber for a… talk."
)*()*()*(
The winds howled outside, blowing the snow across the landscape. A dim, sad fire was burning inside the cave that the four of them sheltered in. Shelda sat against the wall, closest to the entrance, watching the snow fall in the dark cloudy sky. Both her arms and legs were crossed as she let herself ease into the rock wall behind herself. As Shelda sat there, she couldn't help but glance back at her companions. Blue and Green slept side by side, Blue probably taking advantage of Green's very warm body if Shelda could take any indication as to why he was so close, snuggling and wrapping his arms around Green like that. Of course, unbeknown to Shelda, he was actually like that because Blue was afraid Green wouldn't be there when he awoke. Green, being the same way and was afraid he would still be in the volcano and all this was just a dream. Shelda, not understanding such a strong bond between people, assumed that Blue was just using Green for his own selfish wishes, just like every other Dark Realm being. Shelda couldn't help but rub her ear as she remembered how loud Green's barks could actually get after he heard exactly what happened to them all.
'Well at lest he's asleep now.' Shelda thought as her peripheral vision caught someone walking towards her from inside the cave. Shelda couldn't help but sigh as Shadow sat beside her, causing said shadow to look at her, eyebrow cocked in confusion, but his face quickly turned into annoyance as he said to her,
"Are you serious? Your still at it aren't ya?" Shelda snapped her head at Shadow, huffing in anger as she replied,
"Of course I am! Do you really think I'm going to drop this?"
"I kinda hope you would." mumbled Shadow as he looked away, arms crossed over his chest.
"And for what reason should I drop this?"
"Because! It is irrelevant!" said Shadow, his voice raising just slightly.
"You don't even know what that means!"
"Yes I do! It means meaningless, just like this argument!"
"I'm surprised you know such a big word!" Yelled Shelda, sitting up as she got into Shadow's face, and said shadow doing the same.
"I'm surprised you know the word understanding! Cuz apparently you can't understand just how stupid this argument is!" said Shadow, matching Shelda's raised voice.
"How can it be? This is very much a topic we need to discuss!"
"Why? It's in the past. It happen, there's nothing we can do of it. Deal!"
"Deal?! That's what you say about it?!"
"What do you expect me to say?!"
"I don't know, how about something along the lines of 'It's my fault Blue's blind?! How about that?!" screamed Shelda, now standing up and Shadow following quickly after.
"You think I don't know that?! I didn't tell you that so you could rub it in my face! I know Shelda! I know that Blue might not be able to see ever again! I know that if I had paid more attention to everything, it might not have happened! I know, that I fucking screwed up! Okay?! Is that what you wanted to hear?! No, I know what you wanted to hear! You must have wanted to hear that I haven't been able to sleep since! You know what Shelda? Stop. Just STOP!" Shadow screamed this in Shelda's face, his face quickly going grim as he lowered his head, saying in a more quiet voice.
"Just…. Stop." Shelda couldn't believe what she heard. At first, she fully believed that what he said was false, but as she looked at him, it all came clear; the exhaustion, the thin patients, not wanting to explain the whole thing to Green. He wasn't up for it. He knew his voice would show evidence that he wasn't fine if he started talking about it. As she looked him over, one thought came to her mind; the cells. He looked and acted this way back when he was a prisoner. Shelda knew back then it was because of the lack of sleep he got, so why couldn't she see the signs? Instead she yelled at him, gave him the guilt trip that only possible made it worse, and, when Shelda thought about it, it did. For the two days Blue was unconscious, she never remembered Shadow sleeping. He'd always volunteer to keep watch overnight, and would always be awake the next day. Why did she think he was just trying to make sure they were safe, or that he actually slept that night instead? Feeling guilt wash over her, Shelda carefully placed a hand on Shadow's shoulder, keeping her voice soft as she spoke.
"I'm sorry. I-I shouldn't have acted the way I did." silence greeted her statement, Shadow not moving as they stood there. For a minute, Shelda was actually surprised they didn't wake Blue, or Green for that matter.
Of course, that was only for a short lived minute.
"Are you guys PMSing? Cuz you mood swing faster than a bitch." said Blue out of nowhere, causing Green to snort in amusment.
"Shut up Blue." said Shadow tiredly, like as if just saying those three words were almost too much. Shelda looked over at Blue and Green, seeing them both sitting up like as if they've been awake for awhile. And how their argument went, Shelda wouldn't be surprised. Because she was looking away, Shelda never noticed how Shadow's legs quivered until it was to late and he collapsed onto the floor.
"Shadow!" called out Shelda and Green at the same time. Or, at lest, that's what Shelda thinks Green said. It was more of a bark then actual words. Crouching down beside him, Shelda quickly grabbed Shadow from the shoulders as Shadow himself grasped her upper arms, pulling himself into a sitting position.
"Sorry." Shadow said quietly. Shelda couldn't help but sigh in relief as she helped Shadow to his feet, helping him to the back of the cave where Blue sat as Green walked around them, like as if to protect them or to see if he could help in any way. Helping him sit down beside Blue, Shelda kneeled in front of his hanging head.
"You ok?" she asked, more of from earlier than now. Shadow just slowly sunk to the ground as he nodded, lying on his back as he spoke, eyes closed.
"Yeah." he said in the same quiet voice. "I'm just tired, stressed, and.. I don't know. Everything is happening so fast."
"Join the club, shadow boy." said Blue, smirking as he looked in Shadow's general direction. Shelda, bypassing Blue's comment, looked down at Shadow and said softly to him,
"Then just.. try to sleep?" but, as soon as she said that, Shadow immediately shook his head, saying in a slight slur of words,
"I can't. They'll come, I know it." Shelda, even though she was confused as to what he meant, deflated at this. How could she convince Shadow to sleep? He seemed to be fully against it. As she pondered at this, she couldn't help but looked at Blue as he said proudly,
"Then I know just what will help you!" at that, Blue clapped his hands, saying as he did so,
"Come, Green." This caused Green to growl at him as he sat not far behind Shelda.
"Oh, then what am I suppose to do to get you to come here? Would you rather have me say, 'Come, servant'? actually, that sounds better." Shelda couldn't help but shake her head as Green growled louder, indicating he did not like that.
"Will you just come here? Jeez, all big and might Green-wolf Link's gotta make things difficult." Shelda cracked a smile as she watched Green roll his eyes, walking over to Blue, sitting beside said Link. Once he knew Green was there, Blue leaned in and whispered in Green's ear, causing Green to perk up a little and Shadow now watching from afar asked in worried confusion,
"Whaaat are you up to?" to answer his question, Green nudged Blue to his feet and started to guide him towards Shadow.
"Ey! What are you to up to?!" asked Shadow sitting up as Green brought Blue to his side opposite of Shelda, nudging him to sit, which Blue willingly did so. Blue, with his smirk still proudly on his face, said matter-of-factly,
"Well," he started, "since you don't like the much needed sleep your exhausted, beat to bloody hell body needs,"
"I do hope you've got something better to say then that, or I just might punch you." said Shadow, propping himself with his elbows as he looked at Blue unimpressed.
"And I'll help." added Shelda, crossing her arms, but still silently wondering where Blue was going with this.
"Pff, Jeez! You guys are worse then him!" said Blue, jabbing his thumb to a wall. Both Shadow and Shelda were confused to this.
"Worse then the wall?" asked Shelda, now lost as to what he was saying.
"What?" asked Blue, reaching out to where he pointed to, getting angry as he exclaimed,
"Ok, I know you were here a minute ago! Where'd you go Green?!"
"Green?" asked Shadow, raising an eyebrow as he said, "He's beside Shelda."
"Hmp!" replied Blue, crossing his arms as he mumbled "Traitor."
"Anyways!" said Shelda, looking back at Blue, "You were saying?" Blue looked over towards her as Shelda spoke, arms still crossed as he spoke.
"Hm? Oh right!" he exclaimed, uncrossing his arms, and reaching out to Shadow until he felt said shadow before laying down beside him.
"I'm going to sleep beside ya." confirmed Blue, laying back with his arms behind his head. Shadow, still propped up with his elbows, looked down at Blue, asking in a deadpanned voice,
"Why?"
"Cuz." replied Blue, showing no signs of explaining further. Before Shadow could say anything else, Green came around and laid at Blue's head, pushing Shadow down with his muzzle.
"You too?!" said Shadow, clearly annoyed. "For goddess sake, go back where you were."
"Nope." said Blue, eyes closed as he spoke, "Green says he an't going to sleep unless he's with both of us, so you better deal."
"Why?" asked Shadow, trying to sit back up, only to be pushed back down by Green.
"Cuz Green's the leader, we gotta obey his commands."
"Our leader's a wolf? That's a new one." mumbled Shelda, catching Shadow's attention.
"Shel, help me!" Shelda thought for a moment, a smile on her face as she declared,
"Nope, you need your sleep and I think this is a good for you guy's bondage."
"Shelda, please!" said Shadow pleading. Shelda couldn't help but look at them as she stood. Both Green and Blue were holding onto him, keeping Shadow from getting up. Shadow himself seemed comfortable in some ways, but in others, scared. Shelda couldn't help but sigh as she leaned down, saying to Shadow,
"Just try, Shad. We'll be here when you wake. There's nothin' to be worried about." Shadow, with a face of clear annoyance towards them all, said in a deadpanned voice,
"Your saying that like I'm some kid or something."
"Then stop acting like one." said Shelda with a smile, ruffling his hair as she stood up.
"Get some sleep, I'll keep watch, k?" she said, looking at Green and Shadow. When both nodded, Shadow hesitating a bit, Shelda went over near the entrance and sat down, watching the snow blow by once again.
)*()*()*(
Blue and Green sat by their poor little fire, Blue being closer to Green than the fire for warmth. The wolf-Link didn't seem to mind all that much as he stared at the tiny flames. The cave was quiet besides the light snores from Shadow, who still slept in the far end of the cave. Blue, who seemed still half asleep, asked his clone in a drowsy voice,
"Where did Shelda go?" Green rolled his eyes as he replied,
"She went to go get food. You were awake when she left." 'Oh' was all the blue clothed link said as he sat their, staring off into space. For a short while, the both of them said nothing, until they heard the sound of footsteps approaching. At first, Green went stiff, ready to leap up to fight, but then the scent of the female shadow caught his nostrils, and the wolf-boy settled back down as said girl entered the cave. Shelda held in her hand a hare by its ears. Green, not having anything to eat since back at Death Mountain, jumped up and ran over, waging his tail as his tongue rolled out of his mouth, droll dripping out of it. Shelda, seeing this, smile as she asked,
"Oh, ya hungry Green?" in response, Green barked happily as he ran around her. Blue, looking in their general direction, said simply,
"Jeez Green, cool your britches, your gonna trip her. Which would be funny, but still." Shelda, having stopped walking as Green circled her, looked up at Blue as she said shockingly,
"Wait, you know what he's doing?! Blue, can you see again?!"
"Sorta." was Blue's reply. "It's cleared up a bit, but its still blurry like a butt."
"Oh." said Shelda, smile lightly as she added, "Well, at lest your not completely blind now. Maybe it'll clear up in another day or two."
"Hmp, I hope." said Blue, crossing his arms.
"Now, are ya going to feed us or what?" he asked after a moment. Shelda, put her finger to her chin, making a mocking jester of thinking.
"Mmm," she said, a smile on her face. "Naw, I think I'll let ya'll starve."
"Ya'll?" said Blue both surprised and slightly disturbed. "Are we sure you're Zelda's dark side?"
"I don't know." said Shelda, shrugging her shoulders as she came to the fire, taking one of the sticks off to the side to pierce through the hare, and then hanging it over the fire, cooking it with the small flames.
"Ew, was that the hare's bones I heard crack?" asked Blue, looking slightly disgusted by that.
"Maybe." mumbled Shelda, who stared at the hare like she was in a trance. As the hare cooked, it let off a nice aroma that filled the cave, causing Shadow to awake to it.
"Mm, what smells so good?" he asked drowsily as he sat up, rubbing his eyes.
"Food." answered Blue, he too watching the hare.
"Nice. Who got it?" asked Shadow as he walked up and sat beside Blue.
"Shelda." answered Blue again, said girl now suddenly silent as she started at the hare.
"Shel? You there?" asked Shadow as he looked over at her, noticing on how she said nothing. For a moment, nothing was said, until a quiet mumble from the shadow girl was heard, causing all three Links to look at her.
"Look at it." she said, still staring at the hare with wide, hungry eyes.
"The blood dripping from it. The sound of its flesh being cooked. I wonder what it would be doing now if it was alive." all three of the Link looked at her, completely spooked by her words. Shadow, being the most worried and disturbed, asked softly as he got up, nudging Blue to do the same.
"Shelda? W-why are you saying stuff like that?" for a while, nothing happened, but Shadow refused to let Blue get out from behind him. And, as Shadow watched with horror, Shelda's eyes slowly started to turn darker and darker, meaning one thing.
"Oh shit." was all Shadow said before he pushed Blue to the entrance of the cave, gesturing for Green to follow.
"Shadow? What's going on?" asked Blue, slightly panicked.
"Get out of here." said Shadow quietly and hurriedly, but thinking in his mind,
'Why now?! Of all the fucking times this could happen, why now?!'
"Why?! What's going on?!" pestered Blue but before Shadow could answer him, Shelda had dropped the hare into the fire, causing the fire to leap up and eat at it hungrily, burning the hare to a crisp. All three of them watched, Shadow still slowly backing them up towards the entrance, as Shelda stood up, looking down at the ground. For a second, they all stood there, wondering what would happen next. Shadow, on the other hand, knew what was the highest possibility of happening and still pushed Blue to the entrance, never turning away from Shelda. Green backed up with them as well, and made the biggest mistake that made Shadow's heart leap in fear; he let out a warning growl. Once that sound left the wolf-boy's muzzle, Shelda snapped her head up, reveling what Shadow feared; Shelda's dark side was released once again. Shadow, not wanting his brothers hurt, finally pushed them fully out of the cave, yelling at them,
"Run! Get outta here!" both Links were reluctant to leave, but once Shelda's hand landed on her sword, they knew they could stay and then leave later on unscratched. Shadow couldn't help but sigh in relief as he watched them leave, turning back to Shelda right when she charged at him, causing Shadow to jump to the side to dodge it. Thinking quickly, Shadow scanned the cave trying to see where his sword and shield were, but once he saw them, apparently Shelda was having none of that, and charged at him once more. Shadow tried to avoid it, but she was to fast and was able to slice Shadow's left side as he jumped away. Pain blazed through his side as he jumped, and because of it, Shadow feel to his hands and knees, and had to roll when Shelda came to attack him again. This time, when she hit him, it was on the upper right arm, causing Shadow to clench his teeth together to prevent himself from making any noises that would fuel her dark side.
"Shelda!" he yelled as Shadow backed up, deeper into the cave, "You gotta stop!" however, to his dismay, Shelda paid his plead no head as she advanced on him again, slashing in a dangle across his chest. Shadow fell back against the wall, gasping at the pain. Fear filled his veins as Shadow's back made contact with the far wall, indicating there was no where to go. It was getting harder for Shadow to breath as he watched Shelda come closer and closer, a demonic smile plastered on her lips.
"Shelda, please!" he said, holding on to the very slim hope he had. "Get a hold of yourself! Snap out of it! Gain control again! Please!" but, to his horror and dismay, all Shelda did was smile even bigger as she said in an evil tone,
"Oh Shadow, you don't understand do you?" by now, Shelda was right in front of the petrified shadow boy, her sword pressed lightly against his chest above his heart. Shelda inched closer and closer, keeping the sword at the same place as she leaned into to whisper to Shadow,
"I am in control… dear Shad." Shadow saw his life flash before his eyes as the sword was pressed into his chest and the Shadow of Link let out a high, pained filled scream at the top of his lungs before darkness consumed him, a distant voice calling his name being the last thing he heard.
Oh gosh, I'm going to get KILLED for this XD ooooohhhh well :D
Now, I bet your wondering, WHAT THE F*** IS WRONG WITH YOU?! KILLING OFF SHADOW LIKE THAT?! Well, to tell you the truth.. Naw, I wont say it, never mind.
But what I will say is that in a couple weeks I will be on Christmas vacation, and I WILL NOT work on this till AFTER Christmas. Not before, AFTER. Good, now that we got that cleared up, I'm going to go hide from the angry mob I know is to come. BYE!
Teller Out!
*Dreamer screaming in the distance and Shelda yelling at her to come back*