… Hey everyone. I'm really sorry for the last chapter and how short it was..
Dreamer- It was almost as short as the prologue. And we all know how short that was.
Teller- Yeah... thanks Dreamer.
Dreamer- No prob!
Teller- *sigh* Anyways! I wanted to inform ya, the Pokemon fanfic is um… hehe... having difficulties. So it won't be for a small while till that is back up and running.
And since no one reviewed for the last chapter, I'll just give a quick shout out to-
TVD66 for being the newest part of the gang!
Dreamer- We have a gang?
Teller- Yes, it's the community of Letstellstorys014.
Dreamer- Boo. I thought we had an ACTUAL gang. Like in GTA or Payday.
Teller- … I'm not granting you a comment on that.
Dreamer- Well technically-
Teller- Ignoring you!
On With the Story!
Green laid on the foot of the bed, calmly watching as Red's chest rose and fell as he peacefully slept with Blue off in the corner snoring his morning away. The room was pretty small, with only enough room for a twin size bed on the far wall and a medium sized dresser on the wall opposite of the door, along with a small nightstand beside the bed. Here and there, Green would pick up a slight catch in his breathing before it evened out again. Green was almost certain that whatever was bothering Red had something to do with his chest, or ribs as he thought about it. Green knew they wouldn't know until Red woke up, so he couldn't help but glance over to the door to see small rays of sun breaking through the door's cracks. Sooner or later, one of the others would come in to take his shift and he'd be able to get a few moments of sleep. As Green laid there, he caught a shadow coming from the other side right outside the door. At first, Green truly believed they were coming into the room, but it seemed the person thought differently at the last second and turned and walked away. Perking his ears, Green heard the unmistaken sound of one of the dinning chairs being pulled back before the person sat on it, its creaking under weight catching Green's ears. Confused and more or less curious, Green quietly slipped off the bed before stalking over to the door, pushing it just enough to peek into the adjoining room without making the door itself creaking. Once Green caught sight of the lone person, even with the light shining right into the wolf-Link's eyes, he could easily identify it as Shadow with his head in his hand with his hair sticking up in every possible angle. Now concerned, Green strongly considered to go out there to see him, but sadly dismissed it when the realization of not being able to communicate efficiently came to his mind. The leader thought of just going out there to just be there for him, and was actually ready to walk out there, but stopped short when Shadow all the sudden snorted. At first, Green thought he knew said wolf-Link was there, but then thought differently as he shook his head and sighed tiredly. Green was ready to head out again, but stopped, yet again, when the sound of the other bedroom door opened, announcing Shelda's entering. Very quietly, Green watched her walk over to Shadow, saying casually,
"You're up early." Immediately, Shadow became rigged and spun around. For a split second, Green thought he caught a look of panic, but it quickly disappeared before Green could confirm it. Silently going into a crouching position, Green watched as Shelda went around the table to be opposite of Shadow, a look of concern on her face as she sat in the chair exactly across from him.
"Shadow?" she asked, "Is something wrong?" Shadow's back was more angled towards Green, so it was near impossible to see the shadow Link's face. For a good moment, there was nothing but silence, then, Green heard Shadow speak;
"Shelda" Green heard him say in a very serious tone that reminded the once green clothed Link of the night the dark Link explain Shelda's dark side.
"We need to talk." Now, unlike Shadow, Green could almost clearly see Shelda's face, and could see the look of slight shook cross her face before Shelda closed her eyes and took a deep breath, setting her coffee cup down and looking back at Shadow with the same, serious look.
"About what?" she asked. Green himself had at least five topics thought of that they could (and some needed mind you) talk about before Shadow spoke up.
"Well. Two things actually." He said, brushing back his hair before sitting back in his seat.
"One of which has to deal with your... other side. The other has to do with what's been on your mind recently. Take your pick." Green watched as Shelda thought about it, before she decided,
"Let's go with the first one for now." She confirmed. Green curiously kept his eyes on Shadow as he took a deep breath before leaning on the table again.
"Alright." He said; a slight shake to his voice. "I don't know if you've caught on, but... ever since your little... uh... accident before we found Blue, I've been-"
"I know." Shelda interrupted, surprising Green. Said Link watched with interest now as she continued to speak.
"I also know of your nightmares." This caught both Links by surprise as Shadow sat straighter than before.
"You do?" he asked in surprise. Green was now intensely watching as Shelda nodded her head.
"But, how?" Shadow asked, leaning on the table again as they both waited for Shelda's reply. Green's ears twitched as they caught the sound of hallow chuckling.
"Shadow," she said with a sort of serious but humored voice, "what made you think that I wouldn't wake up when you scream your head off?" it was quiet between the two as Shadow's head bowed towards the floor as he thought. After a bit, Green saw it rise again as he looked back at Shelda and asked,
"Then why didn't you say anything before now?" Green silently agreed with him as Shelda sighed before answering,
"Because I knew this was something you had to come to me for. I know you Shadow. If I had tried to bring this up before you were ready to talk to me about it, you would close yourself off on the matter longer than you would without me saying anything. That's why I pretended to be asleep back in the cave."
"Wait you were awake?!" asked Shadow suddenly panicked at that.
"..Yeah." she answered quietly. There was another moment of silence before Shadow spoke up again.
"So you're ok with them knowing?" Green watched Shelda shrug her shoulders casually before responding,
"Its better then know before something happens than after." Green caught the strange, off way she said that, and Shadow must have too, because the Dark Link spoke in a serious voice once again,
"Shelda, what's on your mind? You've closed yourself off in the last day or two, and it's starting to worry me." It wasn't until now did Green realize that these two were having a very serious and private conversation and he was openly eavesdropping on it. Washed over with guilt, Green quietly backed away from the door before turning around, planning on going back to the bed. What he saw, however, made him stop. Both Blue and Red were sitting at the foot of the bed, leaning forward to hear the conversation on the other side. Green was shocked at first, but immediately broke out of it when Blue put his index finger on his lips, telling the wolf leader to be quiet. At that moment, Green was ready to yell at them, but the two unaware of them had started taking again, gaining all three Link's attention.
"I almost lost it." Shelda said quietly, causing both Blue and Red to lean forward a bit to hear her.
"What do you mean?" Shadow asked, Green unable to see them from where he now was.
"Back when we were distracting skeli-Red," she said a bit scared. "I… I almost lost myself to it.." Both Green and Blue shared a nervous look with one another as Shadow spoke up,
"Wait, you almost lost control?! All you were doing was dodging a giant skeleton hand! How-"
"I know!" exclaimed Shelda frightful, interrupting Shadow. They were silent for a moment before Shelda said more quietly in the same, scared voice,
"I know." None of the eavesdroppers knew what they were doing in the silence, but Green caught the sound of one of the chairs creaking at the weight being shifted on it. That's when they heard the unmistaken voice of soft, quiet sobbing coming from the other room.
"Shh." Green heard Shadow say gently, "Its ok, we'll-"
"No!" Shelda sobbed out, her voice terrified, "I-it's not ok… I-I… I could have h-hurt you again Shadow… I-I…" her voice trailed off, and she said the next part so quietly that only Green heard it.
"I'm scared…" Green felt a pang of sympathy for Shelda as the silence wore on, her sobbing being the only sound they could hear. It was at this moment Green turned back to Red to examine him. He seemed ok, but Green could pick up just the slightest sound of wheezing coming from each breath he took. The red clothed Link was on his knees leaning against Blue, like as if he had crawled over to the other side of the bed where Blue sat, the said blue Link himself on his knees as well, his arm propped on the footboard. By this point, both of them had noticed him looking at them. Blue gave him a 'what?' look as Red just simply smiled at him. Now, Green wasn't sure if Red remembered that he was himself or not, but frankly, Green got the idea he didn't care and at one point or another would want to pet him. Looking back at Blue, Green spoke up; knowing the two outside the room couldn't hear him.
"We should let them know Red's awake." Blue glanced between him and the door, soft mumbling coming from the other side that Green was choosing to ignore now. He patiently waited as Blue turned his head fully to Red whom was on his blind side. After a few seconds of silence, Blue huffed in defeat before shifting his legs over the edge of the bed before standing up. It wasn't until now did Green realize Blue had neither his hat, tunic or hat on, making it near impossible for anyone to tell which one he was. Pushing this thought aside, Green watched as Blue walked over to the door, pausing for a moment before pushing it open. Now thinking about him, Green turned and jumped back onto the bed beside Red, where he almost immediately started petting the wolf. Green just accepted it and allowed Red to pet, scratch, and hug him.
He's hurt, and was probably lonely and scared that whole time as Stallord. He's allowed this.
One thing Green did notice, was that Red hasn't talk this whole time. Curious, Green asked him,
"Red, can you hear me?" a nod from the boy was his reply, which only concerned him more.
"Do you know who I am?"
Another nod was his answer. Green, now highly concerned, was about to ask another question, but was interrupted by Blue returning with the others.
"Red!" exclaimed Shadow happily as he came over. Green saw a big smile come across Red's face before he jumped at Shadow again, not saying a word as he hugged Shadow's waist tightly. Blue walked over to stand beside Green as he watched Shadow trying (and failing) to pry Red off him. A soft laugh was heard before the only female spoke up,
"Seems like you have a fan, Shad." Said dark Link had given up on trying to get Red to let go and was patting the optimistic Link's with his other arm lazily wrapped around him. It was at this time Red had noticed Shelda's presence, and was looking at her with both confusion and interest. Noticing this, Green introduced her,
"Red." He said "This is Shelda, Zelda's dark side, like Shadow is ours. She's helping us in defeating Twinrova." Knowing she didn't hear him, Blue spoke up in a deadpanned voice,
"Shelda, Green just introduced you to Red." Green watched as Shelda smiled and speaking,
"Hello." She said. Everyone turned and watched as Red sat back on the bed, smiling and waving to her. A look of confusion went over the others as they noticed that not one word has been spoken from their happy go-lucky Link. Blue was the first to react as he leaned forward and asked the question that was going through all their heads,
"Red, why aren't you talking?" Green watched as the smile that was on Red's face slowly faded away and turned into a concentrated frown. Everyone held their breaths as the red clothed Link opened his mouth as if to speak, but all that came out was a somewhat choked-like sound before Red's eyes went wide before he doubled over and started to cough uncontrollably. Shelda was the first to react by rushing over to his side and held his upper body weight and rubbed between his shoulder blades.
"C'mon, breathe Red. Try and breathe." She encouraged as said Link was gasping for breath between coughs. Green, extremely worried, moved in beside Red, giving his own physical encouragement. After a few more encouragement words, Red's coughs subsided and he was left heavily leaning on Shelda, gasping and wheezing for air. Whimpering, Green lightly nudged Red's side as the other two watched on worriedly. It wasn't until another minute did Red finally regain his breathing, tears perking his eyes.
"Do you know what's wrong, Shel?" asked Shadow worriedly. Said shadow was quiet as she gently rubbed around Red's chest and where his neck met his shoulders. Everyone was quiet as she gently press down as she made her way along his neck, and it was then she noticed the trail of thick, gritty saliva traveling down his chin. Wiping it off, Green watched as she brought it closer for inspection.
"It looks like Red has a large amount of sand in his lungs." She said as she wiped the saliva on her skirt before placing the back of her hand on Red's forehand, the said link watching her every move.
"How'd that happen?" Blue asked angrily, crossing his arm. Shadow, surprisingly was the one to answer.
"Well, in his monster form, Stallord was used to being in the sandy terrain, but Red's not. You have to remember, he was in there for the last, what, nine days now? Anyways, that whole time, he was in that sand filled room at the temple where he probably inhaled sand with every breath. Frankly it doesn't surprise me. You had the same problem except with water Blue. You were just unconscious the whole time."
"Really?"
"Really?" both Blue and Green said at the same time, earning a nod from Shadow.
"You just need to take it easy, and drink plenty of water to break it up, ok?" Shelda explained to Red, who in returned nodded with a smile. To get her point across, Shelda grabbed the still 3/4th full cup of water from the nightstand and handed it to Red.
"Small sips. Don't want you chocking on it now do we?" she said amusingly, casting a humored glance at Shadow, confusing the other three as Shadow himself huffed and crossed his arms before grumbling something under his breath, which Green caught perfectly well;
"It was one time, and I was thirsty. Not my fault I was dehydrated." Although this raised an all new question, Green decided to leave it at that. Green's thoughts were interrupted by Red snuggling up to him again, wrapping his arms around Green's neck as he buried his head in the fur.
"Shut up Blue." Green said seriously, sensing the blue Link's amusement.
"I said nothing." He replied back humorously. It was quiet between them all before Shadow broke it in a concentrated voice.
"Shelda," he asked, "Red is able to travel, correct?"
"Well, yes, but, to be safe, not until tomorrow at least. Why?" She answered, adding the question at the look Shadow was giving.
"We can't diddle around. We need to figure out what Vaati meant by 'The last two swords are deep beneath and high above'." Green watched as Red pulled away from him, looking at Shadow with confusion.
"What?" asked Shadow, not immediately remembering that Red can't talk. In answer, Red pointed at Green, tilting his head a bit. Blue, understanding this unlike Shadow, chuckled before explaining,
"Yes, that's Green. But the reason he's in that form is because he was cursed, and only his Four Sword can break it." Red nodded in understanding as he listened to Shelda and Shadow theorizing.
"We know his is in Death Mountain." Said Shadow thoughtfully.
"But they could have moved it by now." Shelda pointed out.
"No, they don't know that Vaati gave us that information."
"Green says that we should focus on finding Vio first, and I agree." Translated Blue.
"But where could he be?" asked Shadow. "There are a few places that could be described as 'high above'."
"Maybe he meant high above everything else? What the tallest place in the country?" It was at the moment Green was almost thrown off the bed by Red suddenly jumping up and down with his hand in the air. Sitting up so he wouldn't fall, Green looked at Red as he took one hand and made it look like it was holding an imaginary pen writing on the palm of his other hand. Understanding this, Green turned to Blue and asked,
"Can you go grab a pen and paper for him?" Blue just simply nodded before leaving the room, coming back not long after with a pencil and an old journal in his hand before handing them to the eager Red, who quickly took them and scribbled the one place that all the Links couldn't help but face palm at for not thinking about it.
The Tower of Winds
WOO! This chap is DONE! Again, I apologize for the last one for being so short. I really was going to make it longer, but just wanted it out there.
Ok, so. We now know where Vio is, but now the question is, whois he? And just what will happen next?
Dreamer- *walks in* Hey, I got the rewritten Chapter 20 here you were looking for.
Teller- Yes! I was looking for that! Thank you. *takes 2 pg paper* *sigh* so short. But! As you guys have guessed, I rewrite the last chapter since the writing program I borrowed didn't work. That kinda why it looked like it did.
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Anyways, I'm ending this long A/N and wish you all a great day!
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