Hello everyone! Who's ready for a new chapter? eh?
Dreamer- I thought you were working on the Pokemon fanfic.
Teller- I am. But since the story isn't entiraly mine, I have to consult da creator of the idea.
Dreamer- Wait, why don't they just write it and post it themselves?
Teller- Cuz they actually have a life. Unlike me.
Dreamer- You said it, not me.
Teller- Yeah. Shout out time!
Somebody Guest- You'll just have to see (:
That would be interesting, but not for it being Vio. He's to smart to still be there.
Yay! Cinnamon roll! *hugs Red like a plushie* hehe
Just one to go..
Lolzerthederp- Thank you! I do try to update ASAP, to be honest -_-'
Alright! Lets keep going!
On With the Story!
Shadow stood there in shock as he watched Vaati unsteadly run over, almost tripping over his own feet. Shadow saw a flash of purple and greenish gray as Shelda ran forward to catch Vaati from face-planting into the ground. For these few moments of seeing him, Shadow could clearly he was not in good shape; Vaati's clothes were loose hanging on him, his long lavendar hair stuck out on his hastly placed hat, and his already pale skin was white as milk. Truthfully, Shadow wasn't sure as to how he was even here in that kinda of state, but Shadow knew his questions would be answered shortly.
"What are you doing here Vaati?!" asked Shelda, voice concerned as she took most of his weight and helped him sit.
"Wait," said Blue, still sitting with unonscious Red on his lap, "'Vaati'?! Like, 'Wind mage who kidnapped Zelda and reserected Ganon last time' Vaati?!"
"Cursed wind mage." corrected Shelda stirnly "He didn't have full conscious of his past doings." Green probaby said something, because Blue turned to him and said,
"I guess so. Sounds kinda the same to me." Shadow had an idea as to what they were talking about, and gestered to them to cut it out while he walked over to where Vaati sat and Shelda croched over him. The wind mage was hunched over, his breath ragged and horsed. Reaching into his sachel, Shadow pulled out the canteen of water, and handed it to Vaati, who took till now to notice him. When Vaati looked up at Shadow for a good few momwnts, just staring at him. Feeling a bit creeped out by this, Shadow cleared his throat before shaking the cateen a bit, letting the water inside sloosh around. Finally tearing his eyes off Shadow, Vaati shakenly grabbed the canteen, opened it and took three sips of it before setting it aside. Both shadows waited paitently as the wind mage got his bearings together, before Vaati looked at Shelda and said seriously,
"You need to get out of here, as quick as you can."
"Why?" Shadow couldn't help but ask. Vaati's eyes met with his for only a moment before he dropped them to the ground and said a bit scared,
"They're on their way." said Vaati, his voice shaking a bit, "Twinrova put some tracking magic on the doors, so if they open, they will immediately close, lock, and alert them. I-I was able to beat them here.., but not by much." looking back up at Shelda, he said to her in a serious, shaking voice with a small trace of fear.
"You guys have to get out of here."
"But we can't." said Shelda, concern in her light red eyes as they flickered all over Vaati's body. Shadow crouched down as Vaati took deep breaths as sweat dribbled down his forehead and dripped off his nose.
"There.. is one.. way.." gasped Vaati between breaths. Gancing up, over to the Links, he jerked his head towards himself and the shadows.
"C'mere." he called weakly to them. Shadow turned and watched as both Blue and Green as they looked a bit hesitant, but then came over nonetheless, Blue seeming to struggle with Red a bit.
"When did this dude get so heavy?" Blue grunted out loud. Green must have made a comment, cuz Blue turned and snapped a 'Shut up.' at him before plopping down right beside Vaati, a bit weary though. Looking back at Vaati, Shadow watched as he took deep breaths as he sat back on his heels.
"What are you doing?" asked Shelda, but both her and Shadow had a good idea as to what it was.
"You guys are the… only ones who can kick… Twinrova's ass…" Vaati spoke between breaths as he closed his eyes, his hands cupping the space between them.
"I'll… distract them.. for as long as I can.." Vaati's voice was becoming more whispery as Shadow felt a weird, wind-like feeling surronding him.
"Vaati!" exclaimed Shelda a bit surprised. Shadow had a feeling she was going to say more, but Vaati inturrupted,
"The last two swords are deep beneath.., and high above." his voice sounded strained as Shadow's world became white, one sentince being the last thing he heard before he felt himself being lifted into the air,
"Don't give up just yet, my friend."
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He felt lightheaded, yet it throbbbed along with the rest of his body at the same time. He was confused. The last thing he remebered was coming to with the feeling of a gentle breeze before blacking out again. Where was he? Scared and nervious, he slowly opened his blue eyes to see himself looking up at a wooden ceiling, a darker shade of wood going across it. At first, he was still trying to understand as to where he was, and only staired up at the roof with half lidded, unforcused eyes. That is, until he heard a bark, and suddenly, a wolf's face popped into veiw, blocking his veiw of the ceiling. Blinking a couple times, he was confused as to what was going on, until a familiar voice spoke in his head,
"Red!" it exclamed happily, "You're awake!" Red was still trying to understand as to what's happened, and was confused as to what was going on, but the voice sounded familiar, and friendly. It really sounded like…
"G-Gre-een?" he asked shakenly before breaking into a small coughing fit. The wolf whimpered in concern before turning and barking behind it, Red, unintentionally, heard the voice say again,
"Blue! Red's awake! Grab some water and come here!" The coughs caused the throbbing in his head worse, and also a bad tightness in his chest. As the coughs subsided, the sound of a couple hurried footsteps could be heard from somewhere else, coming closer. Red, by now, was breathless, and just wanted to return to the black void of unconscious to rid himself of the pain that now started to spread through his body, but as he closed his eyes, Red was nudged gentle by the wolf as he heard was what he hoped to be Green's voice say,
"Hey, Red. Stay awake for just a few more minutes, please? Can you do that?" Red didn't want to try and talk again, and simply didn't have the energy, so he just simply nodded as he opened his eyes weakly to the wolf. As Red tiredly stared at the wolf, he couldn't help but think that it looked like it was smiling, which caused Red to give it a small smile himself. Before anything else could happen, a door somewhere close was slamed open along with a call of his own name. The loud noise, however, caused a sharp white hot pain to suddenly burst from his head, causing Red to softly cry out in pain. Red closed his eyes tight as the pain very slowly dulled, his fist digging into the sheets. As it became more bearable, Red could hear soft voices calling out to him, and, taking caution, Red slowly his eyes, only to suddenly widen them at what he saw;
Both Shadow and Blue stood over him, signs of clear concern on their faces as they watched him.
"Red," said Blue softly and worriedly, "are you okey?" Red was still a bit turned around, but seeing these two caused tears to start welling up in his eyes.
"G-gu-uy?" he asked in a shaky whisper. a smile was present on his face as Blue sat on the edge of the bed, facing him as Blue returned the smile,
"Yeah." he said in a cocky manner, "Miss me?" Red's smile just became bigger as he leaped up and wrapped his arm around Blue, said Link not even hesitating to return the hug. By now, the memories started to come back, and just made Red hold onto Blue just a bit tighter.
"Heh. Well, we know who your favorite is." chuckled the other voice. Gasping, Red pulled away from Blue to turn and make eye contact with Shadow, his eyes wide with sudden realization.
"S-sh-adow?" he asked, surprised. Shadow gave him a grin, causing Red to smile even bigger before flinging himself onto Shadow.
"Shadow!" exclaimed Red very hoarsly, causing Red to bury his head in Shadow's tunic and go into another coughing fit.
"Take it easy, dude." said Shadow as he too sat on the edge of the bed, rubbing Red's back as said Link tighted his grip as the pain started to rack his body again. When it subsided, Red took deep breaths, despearatly getting air back into his lungs as a small whimper escaped his lips.
"Red?" asked Blue, gentily pulling Red off of Shadow, and back to laying down on the bed. When his head hit the pillow again, Red felt the exhastion come to him again. Letting out a deep sigh, Red relaxed himself, feeling his eyes start to go heavy.
"Ya alright there?" he heard Blue ask him, his eyes, not sure if it was his imaginationm, caught sight of a long, white line acrossed Blue's right eye. Faintly hearing Blue repeat his question, Red slowly blinked and said weakly,
"I.. hurt.. and.. and a bit tired.." His eyes were already dropping as he heard Blue say quietly before sleep encased him;
"Alright. Sleep now, we'll talk later."
And that's just what he did.
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Blue let out a sigh as he sat there beside Red for a moment longer before looking up at Shadow.
"I thought Shelda said he wasn't injured." he said a little sharp, but didn't care. Ever since they escaped a few days ago, Shelda had seemed somewhat distant, not answering the Link's questions and keeping to herself for the last two hours right when they appeared here. The home they resinated in at the moment was diserted, appearently abandoned because of Twinrova. Blue watched him as Shadow sighed and rubbed his face tiredly,
"I don't know, alright? You're not the only one she's closed herself off on." Blue huffed in annoyance as a responed to that, knowing it was true.
"Maybe we should still mention to her that Red was awake and hurting.." Said Green thoughtfully, more directing it towards Shadow, but knowing only Blue could hear him. Sighing, Blue turned to Shadow and repeated what Green had said. Blue watched as Shadow hesitated before sighing before standing up.
"Fine, I'll try and talk to her." he said, empasizing the 'try' before walking out.
"Thank you!" said Blue, sarcasticly to Shadow as the shadow closed the door behind him.
"Can you be a bit easier on him?" asked Green once Shadow left. Confused, Blue asked,
"What?"
"Besides those couple nights in the cave, those two haven't really 'fought' like this, and even then, they kept it to themselves, and still communicated with each other and us. So, like I said, don't be so hard on him. He has enough to stress over, and your sarcasm isn't really helping anyone." Explained Green.
"Red seemed to like it." Blue pointed out, a cocky smile on his face.
"Blue.." Green warned. Blue shrugged his shoulders before turning back to watch Red's chest rise and fall as he slept. Blue thought about what that Vaati had said about the Four Swords- "One is deep beneath and one high above.". The three of them were discussing that before Green went to check on Red. They all knew that 'deep beneath' was probably Green's at Death Mountain, but they had next to no clue where 'high above' was. Blue thought it was at the Fire temple, but both of the other Links said thay would never put two swords so close together. But when he challaged them to think of another place, both were silent. Blue yawned as he leaned back on the backboard of the old, wooden bed, thinking back to a few days ago.
)Flashback(
The minute the whiteness from the teleportation dissapeared, Blue found himself a couple inches above the ground. Landing on his back with a 'Thump', Blue looked around to see he was in the middle of some woods, the others laying on the ground around him. Red laid unconscious ontop of Blue, his peaceful face still clueless to its surrondings. Grunting, Blue sat up, making sure Red didn't roll off by holding him close with one hand, the other proping him up. Hearing a combination of a grunt and a wolf noise, Blue looked over his left shoulder to see Green getting up as well. Catching sight of Blue, Green walked over as the other two stirred.
"You two ok?" Green asked as he leaned in a sniffed Red.
"Pretty sure." replied Blue, watching as Green did his little examination on the red clothed Link. Showing no signs of the Link being injured, Green sat backed and watched as Shadow came walking up, rubbing his head.
"Remind me next time I see Vaati to repay him for making me fall face first." he said more to the air than to the others. Blue snickered at the thought, catching Shadow's attention.
"Oh? Find that funny?" Shadow asked him, gaining a cocky smile from Blue as he said,
"Naw, just thought of something funny."
"And that would be?" asked Shadow with the tone of he already knew what Blue would say.
"Oh, nothing. Just thinking about Dark Link faceplanting on the ground." at this, Blue let out a chuckle as Shadow shook his head, Shelda now standing beside him as he said to her,
"Can you beieve him?" However, Shelda didn't seem to be listening and had a far off look in her eyes.
"Shelda?" Shadow asked, waving a hand infront of her face to gain her attention.
"Hm?" she said, finally looking at them. "What?" Shadow was quiet for a moment, just watching her as Blue and Green watched both of them.
"Uuhh.. could you check on Red?" said Shadow, at first a bit hesitatly. Blue was confused at this, and shared a look with Green as Shelda agreed and crouched down to look at Red.
"Mmmm.." hummed Shelda thoughtfully as she gently pressed against Red's arms, sides, and almost everywhere else.
"He doesn't seem to be hurt, but he might be sore when he wakes up." said Shelda as she stood back up, along with Shaodow in helping Blue stand up with Red in his arms. Looking around, Blue now reconized them being ina clearing in the Lost Woods.
"So…" he said as they all looked around. ".. what now?" They were all thoughtful, but it was Green who spoke up,
"There should be a village not far from here. It should be in the center of the woods." Blue repeated what Green said, and they all went north, Green in the lead as he used his highten senses to find the town. after a little over an hour of hiking through the Lost Woods, the trees parted to the enterance of the town, a sign reading ' Kakariko Village'. Blue remembered the last time they were here was a little over a week ago when they were on their way to the Temple of Darkness, and found the town aflamed. Blue couldn't help but smirk a bit at the memory, and with the look Green was giving the place, he knew the wolf-Link was thinking back as well.
"We should find a place to stay." said Shadow thoughtfully, looking at Blue as he asked, "Is there anywhere you can think of we could stay, and Green could stay?" He added, glancing at Green as well. Both Links looked at one another as they thought. After a moment, Blue spoke up, still looking at Green for conformation,
"There's an cottage we could rent till Red's up and moving. It's on the other end of town." when Green nodded in agreement, Blue looked back at Shadow before saying,
"This way."
The town itself, since it was in a recluse area, the town was not bothered, nor fully aware of the Dark Forces. It seemed Shadow and Shelda were the first shadow creatures they've seen since a couple weeks prior, but didn't seem to really mind them being there, as long as they (quoted from one of the villagers) 'Don't cauze an'ey shnanigans 'round 'ere'. Blue couldn't stop the snicker that came at the guys accent. He was headbutted by Green and elbowed by Shadow, but he thought it was so worth it. The cottage they rented was a two bedroom one bathroom with a small kitchen and livving room with a table separating the two. It was one of those small, cozy cottages you hear in stories (like Red Riding Hood, which Blue keeps metioning to Green whenever he gets a little short tempered.). Blue, Shadow, and Green slept on the floor of Red's bedroom while Shelda had her own, for obvious reasons. One thing was, however, for the three to four days they were there, the only time Shelda talked was when they first appeared in the Lost Woods and when she answered to them if she was ok with a snappy 'I'm fine'. Truth be told, Blue had zero clue as to why Shelda was acting this way, but was on more than one occastion wanted to tell her 'Buck up, and tell us what's on your mind!', but Green said that was rude, so now he was banned from being around her alone.
)Flashback End(
Green sat on his haunches as he watched the bed with a small smile on his face. The sound of the door clicking open caught his attention and turned to see Shadow and a solemn Shelda coming into the room. Green watched as they both stopped, looking at the bed in slight surprise at what they saw.
"He's getting that 'victory nap' in." Green said humorly, fully aware they couldn't hear him. Looking back, Green smiled even more at the sight of Blue in a half sitting up posistion against the backboard, one hand lazly drapped around Red protectivly as said red clothed Link was snuggled up to Blue's side, culed up like a little kid and slightly smiling in his sleep. Green caught the sound of chuckling and turned back to see Shadow trying his best not to burst into laughing, and, what in some ways surprised him, Shelda looking at the two with a big grin on her face. Green couldn't help but feel good, seeing the shadow smile, and looking back to her old self. Looking back at Blue and Red, Green wished he had something that could capture this moment that would allow him to show it to the two of them later, oh how mad Blue would be.
But what kind of person would create something as unrelevant as that?
Yaayyy! Finished!
Oh, and just so ya'll know, I was working on this while I was working on the new Pokemon fanfic, and did NOT just start yesterday. I don't have that much free time.
Dreamer- No, you don't. You hardly have enough to breath a deep sigh XP
Teller- ha and ha. Very funny Ms. "I come up with amazing stories but never want to write them"
Dreamer- Gosh, I have a long name..
Teller- Yes you do.
Anyways! Hope you all enjoyed this little brotherly fluff at the end (I don't ship LinkxLink btw) and have a great day!
Teller Out!