Eeeeyyy everyone... sorry for um... the major delay in my updates.
Dreamer- What happened to you? I thought you were dead or something.
Teller- ^-^' yeah, well... I was ( and still am a little ) behind on alot of things, so these fanfics have been on my back burner for awhile. So on the little free time I got, I was able to finish this! Yay! Alright, Shout outs!
Theotaku3- I'm really glad you enjoyed it, and that I was able to make you feel better! I hope this one does the same :D
SomebodyGuest- AH! *falls back from SomebodyGuest yelling at her* I'll try not to... hehe...
Alright! Let's get started! And fyi, this is Shelda's POV from right after they teleported. I should have done this first, but last time I REALLY wanted to do Red's POV sssooooo... yeah..
On With the Story!
Shelda laid on her back, facing up to the trees as the others came to, Vatti's words still ringing in her ears, the secret in the message clear in her head.
"Don't submit to it anytime soon." and she was well aware what 'it' was; Her dark side.
Truthfully, she was a bit surprised at how he knew, but it didn't mean she wasn't shaken as to how close she was to losing to 'it' just before Blue was able to transform Red back. She could feel it, gnawing deeper and deeper into her as she jumped and dodged the skeleton... thing. It was surprising to say the least. By just dodging and jumping around, apparently it can cause her dark side to awaken. She really was surprised to feel its familiar presence trying to grab a hold, to pull her deep into the dark void of unconsciousness-
Ah who was she kidding? She was full out terrified.
Five feet. Five flipping feet separated her and Shadow as this happened. What happened if Blue took to long? She'll tell ya; she would have merciless killed the skeleton and everyone else there. Including Shadow. The scariest part was that if that didn't happen, it meant she would have tried, and probably hurt one of them, if not all. She knew without a doubt that would shatter the trust of the Links, knowing that she could lose control by just fucking dodging a giant bone hand. The worst part? She knew. She knew Shadow explained the whole thing to them. She was a bit surprised, to say the least, that they thought after Shadow screaming his lungs out like that she wouldn't wake up. Shelda herself woke up before Blue, almost as soon as Shadow started screaming that night in the cave. Why did she not do anything? Well, it was pretty obvious; he was screaming at her. Telling her to stop and to gain control again. She's not stupid, she knew perfectly well what he was dreaming about. This itself made her hesitate, what made her not act awake at all was when the truth hit her; he would avoid the whole subject with her, but the other two...
It broke a bit inside her, truthfully, at this realization that he was scared at her. Well, scratch that, her dark side. He was never scared of her specifically, just what she was capable of doing. It was understandable, really, but it doesn't mean it makes it more comforting. Shelda's thoughts were broken by the sound of the others grouping up. Deciding on not worry them, she got up and stood beside Shadow, looking at the grass in front of Blue's feet. Her thoughts were slowly returning, until a hand was waved in front of her face.
"Hm?" she asked, her thoughts broken once again as she looked at Shadow. "What?" the face he was giving her was a mix of confusion and concern. They stared at each other for a moment before Shadow said a bit hesitantly,
"Uuhhh.. could you check on Red?" As she agreed, Shelda caught Blue and Green exchanging a look of confusion, but paid it no heed as she couched down in front of Red to check him over.
"Mmmm.." She hummed thoughtfully as she gently pressed against Red's skin to see if any of it was stiff, or if the bones beneath felt off. None did, so she stood up as she said,
"He doesn't seem to be hurt, but he might be sore when he wakes up." As she spoke, Shadow had helped Blue onto his feet, Red still in the blue clothed Link's arms as said Link looked around, realization and familiarity crossing his features.
"So..." Blue said, still looking around. ".. what now?" Shelda was quiet as the others thought, knowing nothing of their location. Finally, Blue spoke up like he was repeating something, and probably was.
"There should be a village not far from here. It should be in the center of the woods." Numbly, Shelda followed as they all headed north, following Green as he used his heighten senses to find the town. It took a little over an hour of hiking, and that was plenty of time for Shelda to lose herself to her thoughts again. Thinking back, Shelda remembered at how much both Blue and Shadow jumped when she took Blue's sword, a clear fact from that small jester;
Shadow wasn't the only one afraid of 'her'.
Yes, Shelda, in her own mind, counts her dark side as someone else entirely different, because 'she' is. So very different. Sometimes, Shelda wondered why she chose to oppose her dark side. This was one of those times.
When Shelda was created, she heard a voice in the distance, asking which path she wished to follow, explaining everything there was to know of each. For some reason, Shelda didn't hesitate to answer when asked a second time. Sometimes nowadays, she thinks it was the Zelda deep within her that wanted to oppose 'her', but has never been sure. She sometimes also wondered what being Princess of Hyrule was like. Probably better than being treated as practical dirt by everyone. At the time of hiking, a thought occurred to Shelda; After this whole mess, she will never be able to return to the Dark Realm. So.. what will happen to her? Maybe... she could live in the palace? Shelda shook her head at that. No, that would never happen. The literal Light of Hyrule wouldn't just simply allow a dark being live in her palace, dark side of herself or not. It was a idiot's thought, thinking like that. In reality, she'd probably live on her own, traveling place to place, just seeking a place she could sleep under a roof. It was a high possibility that if the Links allow Shadow to live with them, they would offer it to her too, but that's only if she doesn't fuck up between now and then. It was now was when they reached the small village, a sign naming it Kakariko Village. Shelda felt she heard that name before, but decided not to think on that for to long. She was already getting a headache from all her other million thoughts.
"We should find a place to stay." said Shadow thoughtfully, interrupting Shelda's thoughts before he added,
"Is there anywhere you can think we could stay, and Green could stay?" Shelda was quiet as she watched the three of them discussing where to go. She more or less tuned them out, but snapped back when she heard Blue say,
"This way." and with that, they all followed Blue into town.
)*() Present day ()*(
The sun was barley in the sky, the stars from the night still shining in the sky with darkness, but only slightly there. Shadow sighed tiredly as he sat at the dinning table, hunched over the table with his head in his hand and he impatiently waited for Shelda to wake up. He rubbed his eyes tiredly as his thoughts went back to the day before. After Shadow awoke Blue, Shelda tried to find what seemed to be up with Red, but in the end said she couldn't do anything until he awoke again, and told her himself how he felt. So now each of the Links took turns watching over the red clothed one with the order to fetch Shelda as soon as they could when Red woke up again. Green, or course, called clam to the night shift, stating his natural nocturnal body would be able to withstand it. Shadow clearly knew why he did this, but didn't voice it out loud with Shelda being right there with them. But, like many times before, Shadow found himself incapable of sleeping after having another... pleasant dream. Truthfully, it wasn't one of his worse ones, but it still left the dark Link unable to fall back asleep. At first, Shadow considered taking Green's shift, but then changed his mind at the last minute when he realized that it would be a good opportunity to finally talk with Shelda one on one about what's been bothering her for the last few days. Usually, Shelda would wake up around dawn to watch the sunrise, but it seemed today of all days she decided to sleep in. Shadow sighed again as he looked out the kitchen window from where he sat to see the sun already ascending into the sky. Yep. Defiantly sleeping in. Shadow could easily hear the snores off Blue in the room as he peacefully slept the early mornings away. Sighing in envy, Shadow added another thing on his "Things to Discuss With Shelda" list. "Maybe if I actually talk with her about 'it' these nightmares might go away.." Shadow thought before snorting at his thought.
"Yeah, and while I'm at it, why not just have some tea with Twinrova while we discuss calmly about them leaving the Light Realm alone forever?" Shadow shook his head at his own thoughts as he took the hand his head was resting on to comb through his plum colored hair to try and clear his thought.
"You're up early." A female voice said, causing Shadow to sit up straight and turn to see who spoke up. It was Shelda, fully dressed and looking like she's been up for a little while. Sighing, Shadow went back to his slouched form and closed his eyes briefly. In that time, he heard the sound of a chair in front of him being pulled out. Opening his eyes, Shadow saw Shelda sitting across from him, her eyes full of concern.
"Shadow?" she asked. "Is something wrong?" Shadow just stared at her for a minute, slightly debating whether or not he wanted to do this. After finally coming to the clear chouse, Shadow sighed as he sat back in his chair.
"Shelda." He said in a serious 'we are doing this like grown people, like it or not.' voice. "We need to talk."
WOW! That took quite a while. But I do hope it was worth it! I really should have put more into this chapter, but just really need to give you guys something.
On that note, I will be happy to announce that all that mumbo jumbo I mention before that prevented me from writing is finally gone! WOOP! So hopefully expect more from me!
TELLER OUT!
