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Dreamer- Who's 'we'?
Teller- Everyone who is reading/apart of this story. Including you!
Dreamer- Wait, your counting me too? Did you hit your head or something?
Teller- No, I'm just trying to be a good friend. Jeez, I can't even be nice without you insulting me.
Dreamer- Its my job. *shrugs*
Teller- No kidding. Anyways! Shout out time!
Somebody (Guest)- Yeah, you should be proud of that last review. I'm not sure if you were flaming me or not, cuz I couldn't help but laugh at how you pointed out (Quote from your review) Shadow's dang hero complex. XD that made my day when I read it cuz it was SOOO true! And believe me hon, Blue was speaking ALL of our thoughts there.
Dreamer- Hon?
Teller- So, let me just say, since school is back up, I can't work on this until the weekends, but I've been writing it down on paper through the week.
Dreamer- Oh my goodness, you've gone retro!
Teller- I know! Its awesome! Especially when I can't have the computer, I can just write it down! Its amazing!
Alright, I know you didn't come here to hear me ramble, so, what you've been waiting for!
On with the story!
The snow shone brightly against the morning sun, covering the land in a three foot deep blanket of snow. Green watched as the white, fluffy clouds moved across the pale blue sky, creating a calmness upon the wolf Link. Still laying on the rock from the previous night, Green looked over his shoulder as his sleeping companions as they slept with content. Green's eyes laid upon Shadow as said boy snored lightly, his face relaxed in peacefulness. A small smile came onto the wolf's muzzle, relieved the dark Link was getting the much needed sleep he needed. That smile was short lived, however, as Green's smile turned into a frown, another thought entering his mind; Shadow's injury. Green knew it didn't smell right, but it was hard to really describe what it smelt like. To Green, it smelt like it was rotting, yet burning at the same time, with a really bad odor like what vomit smelled like. And after what happened eight days ago (was it really just eight days since then?), Green knows very well what that smells like. As Green thought about the shadow's wound, one thing came to his mind that made him frown deeper in concern;
Infection.
There was that possibility. The wound did look a bit reddish for being a few days old, and did Shadow reuse that bandage? That would easily make it worse. Green couldn't help but shake his head at the thought. If it's true that the wound is infected, then someone should know. The only problem was Green wasn't sure on who to inform. He could tell Shelda, but, after the little dispute her and Shadow had at the base of Snowy Peaks Blue told him about, Green was pretty sure she'd just guilt trip herself even more. That is something they don't need. Green knew for a fact he'd have to tell Blue, since he was kind of Green's middle man. Looking back out at the snow, Green concluded that this is the nicest it will be for travel, and hopped off his rock and headed towards Blue, planning to inform him before waking the others. Going up to his blue clothed clone, Green gently nudged him until said Link started to stir.
"Yo, Blue, wake up." said Green as Blue rubbed his good eye, looking at Green drowsily.
"What?' he asked, clearly still half asleep.
"I wanna talk about something that's been on my mind since last night without the other two overhearing your side of the convocation." At this, Blue sat up fully and looked at Green confused, yet serious as he asked,
"What's up?"
"It's about Shadow's leg injury." Green explained. "I have a really bad feeling that it's infected." Blue was quiet as he looked away, staring out at the snow. For a moment, Green thought he had to explain further, but then Blue spoke up,
"I kinda got that feeling to by how it looked and what you said last night." looking back at Green, Blue asked simply,
"Are we going to give Shadow our two cents?"
"I'm not sure." answered Green. "He seems defensive towards anything that involves Shelda's 'dark side'."
"Yeah." agreed Blue, looking over at Shadow before saying casually,
"But who cares about him being defensive?" and before Green could say anything, Blue stood up and walked over to Shadow. Instead of crouching down and nudging him like any good person would do, Blue just simply nudged Shadow with his toe, saying as he did so,
"Hey, wake up man. Need to get up, dude. Get up. Dude, get up." and many assortments of those continued until, finally,
"I'm up! Goddesses Blue, what do you want?" said Shadow as he rolled onto his back and sat up to glare at Blue.
"Maybe you should have let him sleep…" said Green as he sat off to the side. All Blue did was shrug his shoulders before looking back at Shadow and said simply,
"We wanted to talk to you about the possibility of your leg being infected without Shelda overhearing."
"Why?" asked Shadow, Green caught him looking nervously at his right leg for a split second before looking at Green himself.
"Do you want her to hear how the wound she gave you could possibly be infected?"
"Do you want her to hear how the wound she gave you could possibly be infected?" said Blue, repeating the exact words Green said.
"Not really." Shadow admitted as he looked between the two, "But she's kinda like our medic. She knows more about this kind of stuff then all four of you guys and me combined."
"So she knows more than Link?" asked Blue simply.
"Just about, yes." said Shadow as he rolled his eyes. Blue opened his mouth to say something, but the sound of their female companion waking up shut him up. All three of them watched as Shelda sat up and rubbed her eyes before yawning, and looking around with half open eyes until they set onto the three. This caused her to blink a few times before she mumbled to them.
"You guys are totally not being creepy. What's up with ya'll?"
"Ya'll?" asked Blue. "Are we sure you're Zelda's dark side?" Green couldn't help but see Shadow flinch slightly at what Blue said, but before Green could tell Blue, Shadow spoke up.
"We're sure." he said before Shelda and adding, "Shelda, do you think you could look at my leg? Green says it smells like its infected or something."
"Infected?" she asked as she stood and walked over, rubbing her eye as Shadow untied the bandage.
"It shouldn't be. I used some of that disinfected I nabbed back in the Dark Realm. And we both know that works pretty well." by the time she finished talking, she was already looking at the wound, being careful around it.
"I know, but Green clams it doesn't smell right." explained Shadow as he watched Shelda, worry hinted lightly in his eyes.
"And what do you mean by that Green?" Shelda asked, looking over at Green without even moving her head. Green explained what he thought it smelled like to her, Blue translating it and actually speaking the words.
"I can't wait till I'm back to my old self.." Green couldn't help but think annoyed. He didn't notice, however, that Blue glanced over at him as Shelda hummed in thought as she looked over Shadow's leg. After a bit, she finally spoke,
"It doesn't look infected." she said, not seeing Shadow relax a bit at that. "It just looks dirty. Which can lead to infection." when she said that, Shelda immediately looked at Green and said.
"So get your ass over here and lick it."
"Whoa, what?!" Green couldn't help but ask, disgusted by the thought of licking Shadow's leg.
"Why in the hell would I do that?" Green heard Blue chuckle in amusement before saying to Shelda,
"He's flipping out and asking why he would do that."
"I'm not flipping out."
"He doesn't need to flip his fur." said Shelda.
"I'm not flipping out."
"I was just saying he should lick Shadow's wound since canines have one of the cleanest of tongues."
"I am not licking my friend's leg. I might be in a canine's body, but I myself am not."
"He said he's not doing that." said Blue simply. Shelda just shrugged her shoulders before reaching into her satchel and pulling out her Zora hat as she said,
"Fine. I'll just do it the ol' fashion way then." and with that, she got up, hat in hand, before walking over to the entrance and scooping the some of the snow up with her hat. She returned with the snow-filled hat, all three Links waiting patiently. Green then watched as she sat beside Shadow's leg, saying as she pressing her hands against the hat.
"I'm using the hat as a substitute bowl or bag and melting the snow so I can soak the wound." she explained as the let the louse drops drop onto the wound, making Shadow flinch at it.
"Does it hurt?"
"Does it hurt?" Blue asked Shadow in Green's favor, in the said wolf's slight annoyance.
"No, just cold." said Shadow as he watched Shelda slowly bring the hat closer to the wound, looking at Shadow when she said,
"Do you want to roll you pant leg up first? This'll soak it if ya don't." Green tuned them out as he glanced out at the cave, seeing it still bright outside. It's probably been about an half an hour or so since he awoke the others. If they didn't dawdle around, they might be able to reach the desert before sundown. If they could do such, they could travel the hot terrain in cooler temperatures. Then they won't be wasting as much as their resources as you would in the hot sand, and might actually reach the next Link by the time the sun rises again. And maybe they could find information for the last one there, and it could be just past the dunes, and then-
"Green!"yelled Blue, causing Green to jump and whip around to see all three of them standing, looking at him confused. Feeling a bit embarrassed, Green rubbed one of his ringing ears with a paw as he asked,
"Sorry.. Wh.. What did you say?" Green watched as Blue sighed in annoyance before saying in his usual gruff voice,
"We were asking if you were ready to move out. You've been staring at the entrance for like, ten minutes now!"
"Sorry." Green repeated before nodding and saying to Blue, "Yeah, I'm ready to go." Green watched as the other two looked at Blue expectedly to know what Green said. Blue was quiet for a second, staring at Green before he looked at the other two and said,
"He said he needs a minute."
"What?" Green couldn't help but think as Blue continued,
"You too go ahead, we'll catch up."
"Will you even know where we're going?" asked Shadow, arms crossed.
"Green can sniff ya out. Get a move on before we're snowed in by another storm." Green watched as both shadows looked at one another before nodding and giving them a quick "Be careful." before heading out, walking out into the 3-something deep snow. Green waited until their footsteps became far and quiet before looking back at Blue and said with a growl.
"That's not what I said."
"I know, but I wanted to talk to you without them eavesdropping and asking questions."
"About?"
"Why can't you wait until your human again?" Blue asked as he headed towards the cave entrance slowly, Green following silently before letting lose.
"Because I feel useless!" he explained "I might be able to control myself, but I can't even talk to the others without you having to tell them what I said! I mean, what kind of leader needs a middle man? And you heard Shelda from before; "Our leader's a wolf? That a new one." I'm a fucking wolf Blue! What kind of leader is a completely different species then its comrades? Name me one leader that was a different species, and needs a middle man to communicate with his comrades! What if you got hurt, and we were attacked? How would I be able to tell them what to do? I wouldn't be able to! What if we split up, and you go to the other party? How can I tell them anything? How can I warn anyone of something without blowing our cover or something? How-"
"Whoa Green, chill!" interrupted Blue as the he pushed through the snow and Green did a kind of hop-walk thing.
"Just because you can't talk to the others, doesn't make you useless. C'mon man, even I'm not dumb enough to separate us if I'm the only one who understands you." he looked down at Green with a smirk when he added,
"Sorry, but 'cha not getting rid of me anytime soon." Green had to look away, ashamed with himself for thinking such things.
"Name you a leader who's a different species and needs a middle man?" asked Blue as he looked ahead. Before Green could answer, Blue spoke up.
"You."
"That's not what I meant." Green said with a huff.
"But you didn't say that." said Blue happily as he won the argument. Green hummed in agreement as he focused on Shadow and Shelda's scent and hop-walking through the snow. The two became quiet as they walked along, the snow thinning as they spotted their two comrades ahead, a wasteland of sand not far in front of them.
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The four of them walked slowly through the sand, the sun sinking ahead of them. Shadow watched as Green walked in the front, his nose slightly in the air, eyes closed as he walked along, the rest of them following him. As they walked, Shadow couldn't help but notice how sore he felt. His leg had a slight ting of pain and the rest of his wounds just felt sore and seemed to drain his energy. But Shadow pushed it away. He was not going to hold the others back just because he slept of a rock or something.
"You wish, fuzz ball." said Blue out of nowhere, looking at Green with a scoff.
"What'd he say?" asked Shelda, as she walked between the Links. Blue rolled his eyes before explaining,
"Green said that since Shadow's cut was dirty, maybe we should do mine or some shit like that." it was quiet for a second before Blue spoke again, looking at Green.
"Yeah, you heard me. Deal fluff butt." Shadow couldn't help but think that if someone else heard Blue, they'd probably think he's crazy. Shadow's thoughts were cut short when he heard Shelda hum, her forefinger and thumb on her chin, her eyes closed as she blindly walked as she did so, meaning one thing.
"Oh goddesses, what are you thinking about Shel?" he couldn't help but ask said girl. Him saying this caused both Blue and Green to look at her as she stopped and opened her eyes, Shadow knew immediately what that weird look on her face was.
"Good luck Blue." he couldn't help but think with a smirk as she turned to look at the blue clothed Link.
"I haven't checked or redressed it since the day before you awoke, and back then it was still slightly bleeding. It wouldn't hurt to see how it is now.-"
"No." Blue immediately said, looking determined to… actually, Shadow didn't even know why he refused it.
"It doesn't matter." Shadow thought when he saw the look on Shelda's face deepen. "She's going to get a look at that eye, whether Blue wants it or not." Shadow and Green watched as Shelda and Blue go back and forth towards one another.
"Let me see it."
"No."
"It'll probably get infected."
"I don't give a shit."
"You'll get sick."
"Bite me."
"Then you'll die from sickness."
"At lest then I wont have to deal with you."
"Then I guess you don't want to prove to the world you're the best Link out of the five." said Shelda non-casually as she turned to walk away, adding,
"That's cool. I understand if you want to keep that to yourself." it was quiet between them all before Blue Shelda's shoulder, still looking pissed as he said to her,
"I hate you."
"Yet I'm the one who's getting what I want." she said with a smile as she untied the bandages around the top right (for Shadow.*) half of his face, sliding them off when she finished. At first, Shelda's head blocked Shadow's view, but after a moment of turning his head more towards her a humming here and there, Shelda spoke up as she stood back.
"Nope, no signs of bleeding, infections, or any dirt. The wound is even starting to skin over so we might leave it without the bandage for a bit to let it air and the skin to dry a bit." as she talked, Shadow couldn't help his curiosity as he looked over Shelda's shoulder to see that Blue was turned away, his injured side out of view. Shadow was quiet for a second, until an idea popped into his head and he asked cockily,
"What, not going to show us your battle scar? I thought you wanted to rub it in my face that I stabbed you, how can you do that if I can't see the scar?" his idea worked when Shadow saw Blue look at him with his good eye for a second before sighing and turning to fully face him, pushing the hair out of his face so they could all see it as clear as day. Shadow took a sharp deep breath in as he looked at it. The scar was still red, but Shelda was right when she said the skin was already growing back, but it was white and wrinkly like it was wet paper. The eye itself was the part that got Shadow; it looked like Blue's other eye, same color and all, but there was a long, white line that seemed to actually dip like the rest of the scar, cutting right down the middle of his eye, and all the way down till it was even with the end of his nose. Letting his breath out with a whistle, Shadow couldn't help but say,
"That's a gnarly scar man." Shadow watched as Blue looked at him for a moment, seeming to be agitated for some reason before saying,
"Stop trying to be nice. I know what it looks like."
"I'm not trying to nice!" Shadow defended, "I'm being truthful! And- wait, did you say you know what it looks like? How?" Shadow watched as Blue sighed before starting to walk again, Shadow and Shelda walking on either side of Blue, waiting for him to answer. Finally, he did.
"The other night I undid the bandages and looked at it through the reflection of my sword, alright?" they were quiet at this, until Shadow spoke up again.
"I still think its gnarly."
"Yeah yeah yeah." said Blue, waving his hand lazily towards Shadow, he looked like he was going to say more, but was interrupted by Green barking, his tail waging as he bolted up the sand dune in front of them.
"Green says he smells one of the other just over that dune!" Blue exclaimed as he ran after Green, Shadow and Shelda not far behind. The three of them reached the top, Green glancing at them before looking ahead at what the other three soon saw;
Standing there in the middle of nowhere was an old, ruin in a huge, circular shape, pallets of stone spread throughout the sand around it and pillars scattered around it as well, looking like it hasn't been disturbed for a long time.
"There it is." said Shadow to the others, "Our next stop."
"Then lets go!" exclaimed Blue, him and Green racing down the sand dune right as that left the hotheaded Link. Shadow wasn't far behind them, calling behind him for Shelda to keep up, not knowing that Shelda did not follow.
She stood there as she stared at the structure, her mind elsewhere. When the others started to race down the dune, she was about to follow until a sudden gust of wind came, and Shelda felt a presence close by, but when she looked around, no one was there. However, Shelda knew that was no ordinary gust of wind, and she could hear the whisper that came with it as she stood there wide eyed as she thought,
"It can't be!" but it was indeed, for the message still rung in her ears as she heard the others call her and raced down to keep up;
"Be careful Shel. They know now."
YYAAAYYY! Its done! Finally! It makes it easier when you write it down and know what to do then just knowing the facts and winging the rest. I should write on paper more often.
So yeah, if you might have noticed, earier, I said it was Blue's right eye, and when its Blue's POV, it's the left. Well, just if you get confused, that's because for the others looking at him, it right, and for Blue, it's the left. If I accidentally said it was his left in other POVs besides Blue's, I apologize.
SO! Like I said before, I will not be able to type/update on the weekends, but that doesn't mean I'm updating every weekend. It just means that you can check for updates from me every 5mins on just the weekends. I know at left one- no, TWO, of you guys do that. Cuz I do if im not following them XP