Dreamer- So… hey everyone. I bet you're wondering where Teller is and, well.. Truth be told, I have no idea! I was given a note this morning from her asking me to do her AN for this chapter for some reasons unknown to me.
Teller- *mumbles from behind the couch* It's because people are mad at me.
Dreamer- *pulls Teller out from behind the couch* how can people be mad at you?
Teller- *shows Dreamer the last paragraph of Chapter 14*
Dreamer- *reads it* OH MY GOSH TELLER! NO WONDER THEY HATE YOU!
Teller- Yeah, I know- *axe comes out of nowhere and is thrown at the wall right in front of Teller* YIP! *hides back behind the couch* just end this AN Dreamer.
Dreamer- Fine. So yeah, because people are throwing axes at her, Teller won't be doing shout outs until the end of this Chapter. So, yeah.
On with the story? That was right, right? *walks over to the couch*
Green yawned, sitting up as the wolf boy listened to the light snores coming from his companions. Looking to his left, Green watched as Blue rolled onto his side, and Shadow somewhat grunted as Blue's arm fell on top of him. Green couldn't help but smile a bit. As the once-green clothed boy looked at his brothers, Green couldn't help but catch the sound of a yawn, coming from the entrance of the cave. Perking his ears, Green looked over to see Shelda slouched over on a boulder on the inside of the entrance, head resting in her hand as she starred outinto the darkness. Having nothing else to do, Green walked over to her, Shelda immediately hearing his paw steps. Her head whipped over to him, back straighten and eyes now focused, but Green paid it no head as he walked up.
"Oh." said Shelda when she realized who it was, relaxing back into her slouched stance. "Hey Green." Green, not wanting to awake the others, gave a small nod of greeting as he sat beside her. The two of them sat in silence for a few moments, until another yawn from Shelda had Green turn to her.
'Do you want me to watch?' He asked, tilting his head to the side a bit. Shelda, seeing this, waved her free hand, saying tiredly,
"I'm cool, just need some sleep later on." Green, agitated with himself for not being able to communicate properly, huffed a puff of air through his nose. Still slightly mad, Green thought as to how he could communicate with her without Blue having to be there. Seeing his concentrating face, Shelda asked the wolf-Link,
"Somethin' buggin' ya?" but the wolf paid her no head as he thought more, after a minute or two, Green finally got an idea as he stared down at his paws, seeing imprints from them when lifted and stood up, catching Shelda's attention once more. Walking in front of her, Green looked down at the dirt, lifting his left paw, then digging it into the dirt, making indents into the dirt, spelling out a simple, easy message,
"ME WATCH?" Green couldn't help but smile at his creativity as he looked up at Shelda, who's eyes scanned the message more than once, her eyes narrowing the more she looked it over.
"Oh goddesses," thought Green "Don't tell me she can't read!" it was another moment or two before Shelda finally looked at Green, her eyebrow raised as she asked,
"Me wash? What does that mean?" Green couldn't help but stare at her with a blank face, thinking,
"Well, at lest she can somewhat read.." Green just simply stared at her, not sure what he could do to get her to understand.
"Dude," she said, straightened up as she looked at him. "stop watching me like that, its-" she stopped as Green jumped up, looking at her, tail unintentionally wagging. Shelda sat there for a second before Green watched as she slapped her forehead, catching on to what Green was saying. Taking a deep sigh, Green sat down again as she spoke.
"Sorry man, its been a long night, and reading is a bit new to me. Um, yeah, you can watch for a little while. Shadow was suppose to be next, but…" She trailed off as she looked into the cave, Green following her graze to where the other two slept.
"I think its good for him to get some sleep." she said in mid yawn as she got up. Green watched as Shelda walked back into the cave, giving a sleepy 'thanks' as she left. Green watched as Shelda laid down no far from the others, immediately falling into a deep slumber. Seeing her asleep, Green jumped onto the rock she was on just moments before, laying down as the snow gently blew outside. The light snores of his companions and the soft wind outside were the loudest of sounds Green could hear as he laid on the rock, aside from the whimpering.
…
Wait
…
What?!
Green turned back, towards his friends, ears perked. Green listened intently to the far end of the cave, canceling the other sound around him. Waiting patiently for the sound to come again.
And it did.
Green watched the others with a keen eye, his ears turning in different directions to try and find the source. The whimpering continued as Green hopped down from his rock, walking over to where the sound seemed to be coming from. Green approached the one whimpering as said one started throwing his head back and forth.
'Shadow?' Green asked as he approached said shadow boy. It was indeed Shadow whimpering, and this made Green worried by how the Link's dark side flinched and softly cried out in pain. Feeling both worried and pity for him, Green approached Shadow and gently nudged his upper right arm, trying to rouse the shadow. That, however, seemed to make it worse, for Shadow flinched away from him and clenched his teeth.
'Shadow! Wake up!' said Green, trying not to wake Blue nor Shelda in the process. Green nudged him again, but Shadow seemed to be in to deep of sleep, for he showed no sign of waking up.
"Please.." mumbled Shadow as sweat formed on his forehead. "S-stop.." Green hated seeing his friend in such a state. It reminded him of when Shadow laid on the stone flooring of the Tower of Winds just a week ago, numbly fading away, and Green hated watching that.
'Shadow, wake up!' said Green louder, unintentionally barking once. Immediately, Green froze, glancing behind him and behind Shadow, making sure that didn't arouse ether of the two other occupiers of the cave. When nothing happened, Green sighed in relief. He just had to make sure not to do that again, and not be loud so the other two won't-
"Shelda!" Shadow's scream broke Green out of thought quite suddenly. Green immediately closed the small distance between himself and Shadow, furiously nudging Shadow's head.
"You gotta stop!" screamed Shadow once more.
'My goddesses Shadow, what kind of dream are you having?!' Green couldn't help but think as Shadow gasped, and his body badly flinched like he was pushed at the stomach.
'Shadow! C'mon man, wake up!' Green couldn't help but say as Shadow started screaming again.
"Please, stop!" and, to Green's dismay (and to somewhat relief), heard Blue say with his back to them
"I swear to the goddesses Shadow. If you don't stop, I'm going to punch you so hard your teeth will bleed." Green, fearful that Shelda would also awake if this continued, said to Blue desperately,
'Blue! You gotta help me! I can't wake Shadow up!' there was a pause between the two as Shadow twisted and turned in distress.
"..He's not awake?" asked Blue.
'What made you think he was?!' snapped Green, back to nudging Shadow's face. In his peripheral vision, Green saw Blue sit up, looking over at them, blinking.
"Man, he looks like shit." Green kept nudging Shadow until it clinked, and he snapped his head up
'Wait, you can see?!' asked Green bewailed.
"Shelda, please!" screamed Shadow again, gaining Green's attention once more. "Get a hold of yourself! Snap out of it! Gain control again! Please!"
"What kind of hellish nightmare is he having?!" asked Blue as he sat opposite of Green, looking at Shadow confused and worried. Green, ignoring Blue, nudged Shadow more forcefully trying to rise him.
"C'mon Shadow!" said Blue, trying to help as well. "You gotta wake up!" for a second, he was quiet, and both Blue and Green thought Shadow's nightmare had reached its end. That is, until Shadow's whole body jerked and Shadow let out a pain-filled scream, and Blue, with his quick reflexes, covered Shadow's mouth to conceal some of the sound.
"Shadow!" called Blue worriedly. And as if it was magic, Shadow's eyes flew open as he bolted up right, panic within his eyes and Green could hear the fast beating of his heart as the shadow sat there, staring at nothing with wide eyes, breathing like he had been running for days on end. Blue and Green exchanged glances before Blue carefully sat beside Shadow as Green perked his ears and glanced behind himself to see (and hear) Shelda still sound asleep.
'Must have been more tired then she let on..' Green thought thoughtfully.
"Shadow?" Blue's worried voice had Green turn around back to the two, where Shadow was still sitting there, lost to his thoughts
Shadow desperately brought oxygen back into his lungs as he stared blankly at the dark wall of the cave. For a minute, he did nothing, but as his thoughts slowly came back, Shadow could hear Blue beside him, calling to him quietly.
"I'm here." he replied, not knowing how long Blue had been there. All Shadow could think of was his dream. He couldn't get the sound of Shelda's voice out of his head, the last thing she said still rung in his ears.
'I am in control.. dear Shad.'-
"Shadow!" Shadow jumped and looked over at Blue wide eyed as his heart started to beat rapidly again.
"What?" asked Shadow, now trying to calm his heart once more. He watched as Blue gave him a annoyed look before saying in a deadpanned voice,
"I asked you if you were okay, but how you're lookin', I will not believe you if you said you're fine." Shadow looked at Blue for another second before looking away, mumbling,
"Sorry. Still... still waking up." he said, having to pause to think of the right word. For a second, he said nothing, until it clicked and he snapped his head back to Blue, who didn't even flinch by his sudden move.
"Wait," said Shadow, looking at Blue questionably. "you said 'how I look'. Blue can you-"
"See? Yes. Yes I can." Interrupted Blue. "I just woke up and, bam! I can see." Shadow stared at him for a moment in shock, his mouth hung open.
"But, just so you know, my other eye still hurts like hell." That sentence caused Shadow to snap out of his shock and snort in amusement before looking away. It was silent for a minute, and in that time, Shadow couldn't help but cast a nervous glance over towards Shelda. When Shadow saw she was soundly asleep, Shadow couldn't help but sigh in relief.
"Dude, you avoided our question." This caught Shadow's attention as he turned to look at Blue and asked with a slight fear in his voice.
"Our?"
"Yeah." answered Blue, pointing behind Shadow in the direction where Shadow last saw Shelda. Feeling his heart quicken a bit, Shadow turned around to be face-to-muzzle with Green. Shadow, again, couldn't help but sigh in relief, causing Green to tilt his head in confusion.
"Oh." was all Shadow could say before looking back at Blue, a blank face showed across his face as he asked,
"W-what was the question?" Shadow watched as Blue sighed tiredly as he repeated,
"I asked if you were okay."
"Oh." said Shadow again, looking away as he mumbled,
"Yeah. I'm good." it was quiet for a moment before one word from the blue clothed Link was spoken;
"Bull." Shadow, confused, looked up at him.
"What?"
"You heard me." replied Blue, crossing his arms. "I said 'bull' because I don't believe you."
"And may I ask why?" asked Shadow, slightly agitated that he had to talk about his dream, no, nightmare.
"I don't know.." said Blue sarcastically looking away like he was in thought and said seriously, "Probably because you were screaming at the top of your lungs for Shelda to stop doing something and was flinching and crying like you were getting hurt." it wasn't until he finished his sentence did Blue look back at Shadow, a serious look on his face.
"You know, nothing important. According to you of course." he added, pointing to Shadow lazily for a second. Shadow sighed as he rubbed his face saying to the two present Links,
"Guys, I really don't want to talk about it, ok? can we drop it?"
"Yeah, what do you think?" said Blue, crossing his arms once more.
"If we're going to be a team, we need to lean on one another here and there. If you're not willing to tell us, then why should we believe we can tell you anything?" said Blue in a serious voice. Shadow looked at Blue, kind of surprised he said something like that.
"Since when did you become Vio?" asked Shadow.
"Like I'd turn into that bookworm. Naw, I just repeated what Green said." Shadow couldn't help but sigh as he looked over at Green, who sat there with his eyes slightly narrowed and head lowered a bit, giving him the look of a father scrolling his son. Shadow sighed in defeat as he shifted so he was facing both Blue and Green at the same time (them moving closer to make it easier) before taking a deep breath and slowly started to recount his dream, his voice shaking a bit when he got to the part where Shelda attacked him. Shadow, during this part, never once tore his glaze from the floor, knowing fully well the look on the Link's faces. When he finally finished his story, Shadow's heart was racing and his body shook slightly as the last part wouldn't stop replaying in his head.
"But why would Shelda do that? Why would she just suddenly start attacking you?" asked Blue, resting a hand on Shadow's shoulder to gain his attention. Taking deep breaths to try and calm himself, Shadow replied in a quiet voice,
"Because she has before."
"What?!" Shadow had to jump up and cover both their mouths so their yell and bark didn't wake the one they were talking about.
"Would you two be quiet?!" asked Shadow before he looked over his shoulder to see Shelda's back to them and her breathing soft and even, indicating sleep. Sighing, Shadow sat back down with a thump. Rubbing his face, Shadow couldn't help but notice how sore his body was, and how little energy he seemed to have.
"Shadow, what do you mean by that?" asked Blue defensively.
"It's.. complicated." said Shadow, trying to figure out where to start.
"Tell us." Demanded Blue. Shadow couldn't help but say simply to the blue clad boy as he looked at the two seriously;
"It's not her fault." Blue opened his mouth to say something, but Shadow cut him off as he explained,
"When a shadow creature is created, like Light Realm being, in ways have the choice to be good or bad. What I mean is, shadow creatures can either choose to summit to their dark side and immediately have complete control with their dark magic, or fight against it and have to have their dark magic summit to them." Shadow shifted and inched the top of his head as he continued to speak,
"Dark magic is, easily put, it's own being. It doesn't have a conscious, but it's like... your subconscious. The difference, however, is that if a shadow being chooses to fight against their dark side, the dark magic can take over their body and.. 'awaken' their dark side. For example, if one who is fighting against their dark side and are, saying, angered or get highly defensive, then the dark magic will take over and unleash their dark side in order to protect it's host." Shadow crossed his arms as he furthered explained,
"And when the dark magic takes over, if they haven't been able to have the dark magic summit, then the shadow creature whom the dark magic is adjoined to will not be able to stop the dark magic, nor able to control their dark side and have any memory of what happens during that time. And if they can't control their dark side, then the shadow creature becomes... uncontrollable.." finished Shadow, not know a better word.
"But that doesn't explain-"
"Shelda chose to go against her dark side." said Shadow simply, interrupting Blue. Shadow looked up at the two, seeing realization dawn on them.
"Oh." was all Blue said.
"Yeah." responded Shadow, closing his eyes for a moment before looking back up at the two and continued,
"The day before we found Blue, one of Twinrova's knights came and tried to take us to Castle Town to deal with the villagers. When we refused, or, when Shelda refused, the knight treated to kill us, and Shelda... snapped." sighing and looking away from the two, Shadow added quietly,
"And I didn't realize until it was to late." It was quiet between the three, that is, until Green let out a small whimper, looking at Shadow worriedly. Looking at Green for a moment, Shadow turned to Blue and asked,
"What'd he say?"
"He asked if she hurt you. When she actually attacked you, he means." Shadow stared at Blue for a moment before having his right knee bent up towards the ceiling and untying the piece of cloth tied around it to reveal the still red wound.
"She also gave me the cut on my cheek." he added as both Blue and Green leaned in to get a better look at his leg. Shadow watched as Green leaned in, his nose twitching as he breathed in the smell of the wound. What surprised Shadow was when Green's eyes widen a bit and he jumped away from Shadow's leg, his face scrunched up in disgust. Shadow could see that Blue was surprised as well as he looked from Green to Shadow's wound and back again.
"What?" asked Shadow, not liking Green's reaction.
"He says the cut on your leg doesn't smell right." Shadow, annoyed at this, rolled his eyes and asked,
"Yeah, and how would you know? You've been a wolf for, what, five days?" Shadow looked at Green unbelievable as said wolf-boy growled in defense.
"He says even if he's only been a wolf for a few days, he still knows when something doesn't smell right." Blue translated. Shadow opened his mouth to say something, but caught a big yawn instead.
"You should get some sleep man. Not good for ya to get sleep deprived on us." Sighing in tiredness, Shadow rubbed his face as he replied,
"I'd love to, but it's not that easy." It was quiet between the three and Blue opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by a loud gust of wind, causing all three of them to turn towards the entrance to see a think blizzard had settled outside, already making a fourth of the cave entrance covered in snow.
"Well." said Blue, looking on as the snow piled up outside. "That's going to be a problem in the mourning."
"No kidding." agreed Shadow, which caused him to yawn once again. Blinking the tears that prick his eyes away, Shadow looked at Blue and Green as they both sat there, looking at him, Blue's arms crossed. Sighing for the umpteenth time that hour, Shadow asked,
"What now?" Green growled in (what Shadow supposed) annoyance and Blue translated,
"Get. Some. Sleep." rolling his eyes, Shadow explained simply to the two as he crossed his own arms,
"Like I said, I'd love to, but I don't think you two want me to wake you again with my screaming." Shadow watched with a deadpanned face as realization dawned on them as Blue asked,
"Wait, you mean to tell us that ever since that happened, you keep having that dream?"
"Somewhat." Shadow replied as he tied the bandage back on his leg tightly. "Sometimes it's not as bad, but other times… well, you know what those nights are like."
"Damn Shadow!" said Blue, worry etching his voice. "Why haven't you told us?"
"Because it's not something that you need to be worried about." said Shadow, not even trying to look at the two Link's faces.
"Something we're not suppose to be worried about? Shadow, you are having nightmares every single night and not sleeping because of it! You already are sleep deprived!" snapped Blue, anger masking his voice as leaned forward to make his point clear. Shadow just sat with his arms crossed, staring at the floor as Blue lectured him, a cross look on his face.
"Shadow, look at me." demanded Blue when Shadow made no response. When Shadow didn't do so, Blue grabbed the shadow's chin and forcefully pulled it up until they were facing one another. Shadow stayed silent as Blue looked into the shadow's eyes. After a minute or two, Blue finally spoke up,
"… Can you at lest try?" he asked, pulling away from Shadow and sitting back where he was.
"Again; I'd love to." repeated Shadow, getting very agitated with this convocation.
"Then do it." said Blue simply. Shadow, trying to keep himself from yelling, took a deep breath, and opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Green nudging his left side. Flinching a bit at how his side still sparked with pain, Shadow turned to Green to see that said Link had wrote in the dirt.
"Shadow," it said, "Stop being a stubborn ass and just try. I'm on watch, so if you start having another nightmare, I will do all in my power to wake you, ok?" Shadow couldn't help but calm down at this, and looked over at Green, who looked at him with seriousness. Closing his eyes in defeat, Shadow agreed.
"Fine." he said, laying down where he was. "But I can't promise that I'll wake up when you try." All Green did in response was nod as Blue laid down as well.
"Night." said Blue as he closed his eyes and rolled onto his side, back facing Shadow.
"Night." replied Shadow as he crossed his arms under his head as a improvised pillow. Shadow watched as Green walked away, towards the entrance and jumping onto a rock, sitting there as he watched the snow, but had one ear angled towards the inside. Shadow shifted until he was on his right side, facing Green's message. Shadow kept reading it until his eyes became to heavy, and the shadow fell into a peaceful, dreamless sleep.
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A lone figure stood in a dim lighted room in front of a mirror, watching as snow blew across the screen, a cave barley seeable. And, looking close enough, the figure could see a wolf sitting on a rock just inside the cave and out of the snow's range.
'So what I heard was true.' The lone figure thought as he watched the wolf. 'He did escape. They should have kept that sword with him if they knew any better.' The figure turned away with that thought, his cape flowing behind him. As the figured left the room, you could faintly see a smile on his face as he left the dark room, one more thought before he closed the door;
'Maybe those two really can do this. Well, I'm routing for you guys.' and with one giant pull, he closed the door, the last sentence echoing in his mind.
'Go get those old hags.'
WOO! See? I told you I had my reasons! So now that you know he's not dead, you're going to take your axes back to Berk, right?
Crowd- *Put axes away*
Teller- Thank you, now, Shout outs!
Somebody Guest- He's not dead! Please don't kill me!
Carmenwashere- I'm not entirely sure how I'm a genius, but thank you for that complement! Oh, and its if you follow the writer or story is when it tells you about updates, not when you favorite.
And that's all! Hope you all enjoyed this chap! And who that mysterious person in the end? Will you ever know? You'll just have to see! Happy New Years Everyone!
TELLER OUT!