Halt! Do not get too excited. Yes, this update is up long before usual, but that's because I was highly encouraged back when I did the last one and decided to get this going while I'm still in this writing mood. I cannot promise that the next one will be up anytime soon.
And with that, Shout outs!
Theotaku3- Yes, dat do be a lot. And I looked up that song and your right! It does go well with the last chapter!
And with that, let us continue!
On With the Story!
Shadow sat at the foot of the bed awkwardly, Red lying on his lap snoring peacefully. It surprisingly didn't take as much trouble explaining everything to Red then it did for the other two.
"Probably because my nightmare didn't help." He thought dryly. Shadow had planned to not tell Red about the nightmares, but, of course, Blue just happened to mention it, bringing Shadow to where he was now. Red, being the sympathetic childish Link he is, immediately went to comfort Shadow, only to fall asleep on the shadow Link's lap. Blue had to leave the room to laugh and Shadow was left stuck in the red clothed blonde's grasp. Sighing tiredly, Shadow laid back onto the bed, causing Red to roll onto his stomach and trapping him even more. The room was quiet, the only sounds being Shadow and Red's unsynchronized breathing as Shadow laid there, staring up at the wooded ceiling. It was a nice, peaceful time for Shadow to get his thoughts together.
"Or take a nap." His mind considered. Shadow thought about it as Red let out a small cough before nuzzling into him again. It was a tempting offer, and before he could even think of it fully, Shadow was already closing his eyes, the darkness consuming him almost immediately.
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A soft breeze blew across a sea of grass, no tree in sight as Shadow lay in the grass, staring up at the clouds in the bright blue sky above. It was quiet, the only sound being of the grass swaying back and forth in the wind. Shadow sighed and closed his eyes contently as he enjoyed the crisp wind against his skin. A small smile formed of his lips as he laid there, in a star formation.
"Well look what I found; someone slacking on the job." Said a joking feminine voice, causing Shadow to open his eyes to find a dear friend of his standing over him, her hands on her hips and a playful scowl on her face, the bright sun making it near impossible to see her face fully.
"Says the one who came out here to find me." Shadow joked back, folding his arms to under his head. In response, the girl scoffed and rolled her eyes before stepping in between Shadow and the sun, allowing him to clearly see her. Shelda shook her head at his comment as her downed hair blew in the breeze. Smiling, Shadow commented towards her attire,
"I see you didn't bother getting out of that, how you put it, 'goddesses' forsaken dress' before coming to find me." Shadow's smile grew as Shelda let out a laugh. Her dress was an exact replica of Princess Zelda's, except instead of where there was pink, it was different shades of purple. Shadow watched as Shelda lay on the ground beside him, draping her arms over her abdominal.
"Yeah, well, I was slipping out of the palace too. Didn't bother changing since I would have to sneak back in if I did." Shadow chuckled at her comment before propping himself up and reaching over, grabbing the small gold head band like crown off her head and placing it on his own head while saying,
"Yeah, well that didn't mean you had to bring the accessories with you." Shelda huffed before snatching the crown back but not putting it back on.
"Well I have to have it on me to get back in without question. Besides," she added before flipping up Shadow's cape to over his face,
"I should say the same to you." Shadow shouted out in surprise as he tried to throw the cape off, causing Shelda to burst out into a laughing fit that rang across the fields. When he finally got it off, Shadow looked over at Shelda and said in a playful manner,
"Real mature, You're Highness." Shelda, now with a huge smile on her face, made a sort of hand gesture one would make while bowing, saying,
"My pleasure, Knight." Shadow opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by a shout in the distance.
"There they are!" called a childish voice. Shadow turned towards the voice to see four figures running to them from the distance, all with their signature colors of green, blue, red, and purple. The red blonde was the fastest, running in front of the others and, to Shadow's happy horror, did not slow as he approached, tackling Shadow with a laugh. Shelda, by this point, was sitting up as the others came up at a slower pace, they all smiling at the red clothed one clinging to Shadow and Shadow hugging back with a big smile.
"Shadow! I missed you!" the blonde on top of him exclaimed, causing Shadow to let out a laugh as he replied,
"I missed you too Red!" Shadow caught sight of Shelda smiling before she looked at the other three who had settled into the grass themselves.
"I didn't know you guys were coming back today." She commented to the green one as Shadow got Red to finally get off him and was able to sit up again.
"Just did." Replied the green clothed one. "Haven't even gone to the castle. Figured you guys would be out here and thought we'd stop by and say 'hi'."
"Figured you'd do that, Greeny." Shelda said to Green with a smirk, earning her an eye roll from him.
"We should head back though." The purple clothed one commented. "Father will be worried if we take to long."
"We will, Vio." The blue one huffed annoyed, "Just give us a minute to catch our breath."
"Technically we've been resting for about two minutes Blue." Vio replied with a knowing smirk. Shadow watched as Blue's face turned red and he opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Green.
"Guys, not here." He said as he stood. "But Vio is right, we should head back." Looking at Shadow and Shelda, he asked,
"Wanna come back with us?" Shelda shrugged her shoulders before looking at Shadow and saying,
"I've got nothing else to do." Shadow chuckled as he replied to her as the other four stood up,
"Yeah you do, you're just to stubborn to do that stuff." This earned him a shove from the female shadow as he gave out a good few chest filled laughs. Lying on his side now, Shadow looked up at Green and answered,
"Yeah. I guess we'll come back with you guys."
"Then let's go." Green told him, offering his hand to Shadow as he spoke,
"Let's go home. Together." Shadow smiled before reaching up and grasped his hand.
"Together." He affirmed.
And just then, the world faded into a black, dreamless void.
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Blue somewhat impatiently sat with Green at the dinning table, itching behind his ear as Shelda tended to the wolf Link's leg. Apparently whatever happened, during that time Green got stabbed, somewhat deep, with a dagger. Looking down at Green, he could easily see his still closed eyes tighten and brows furrow each time Shelda touched the wound, let it be with disinfectors or her now wrapping it up with bandages. The she-shadow must have sensed Green's discomfort, because she spoke up with a calm voice as she tied the end off.
"I'm all done Green. Did you want one of us to carry you to the room, or did you want to try and walk on your three good legs?" Blue looked at Green, expecting him to tell Blue his answer, but was surprised when Green just simply opened his eyes half lidded and sat up, his feet shaking under his weight. Blue was faster than Shelda when his paws gave out, and was quick to hold him up.
"Alright, we're scratching out that last option. I'll take you to the room." Blue said a bit annoyed, somewhat hoping for Green's pride to show through and for him to protest, but Green just meekly nodded as Blue carefully gathered him up in his arms. Blue wasn't sure what to do; Green was obviously shaken by something, and Blue knew it had to deal with the blood that was on his muzzle and his injury. Pushing the cracked door open, Blue stopped in his tracks at the sight in front of him; Shadow laid across the foot of the bed, his feet off the side and his upper half on the bed, Red nuzzled up to him on his stomach, both dead asleep. Somewhat smiling at the sight, Blue walked over and gently placed Green on the bed as well, intentionally close to Red. The deep asleep Red sensed the furry wolf's presence and rolled over and immediately wrapped his arms around Green like a teddy bear, a soft smile on his sleeping face. Blue smiled at this and met Green's eyes as he ordered to his leader,
"Be like these two and sleep. You're going to need it." The blue clothed one could clearly see the hesitate in Green's eyes, and couldn't help but be thankful for Red as the said Link unconsciously reached up and somewhat petted Green on his neck. This itself made Green relax just a bit, settling in more than before. Blue, satisfied with this, turned and left the room, closing the door back to a crack. Looking over to the dining table, Blue saw Shelda sitting at the table, cleaning up all the first aid stuff she used. Taking a deep breath, Blue walked straight to the table and took the seat right across from Shelda. Before Shelda could even look up, Blue said in a demanding, stoic tone.
"Tell me everything that happened." He watched as Shelda looked up, slight surprise in her eyes, but it soon disappeared. He listened intently as she sighed and said simply.
"I am not going into full detail. I'm just going to state the story in somewhat facts and will… Try to answer any questions you have. Got it?" her voice made Blue think of Princess Zelda when she would be giving information or negotiating with the other kingdoms. It was serious, full of authority, and firm. Blue, knowing she won't cut corners with him, nodded. With his full attention on her, he watched as she brought her hands up on the table, clamped together, as she started to speak,
"Alright. So, Green and I went to the bakery in town, and Green had to wait outside because of a 'no dogs allowed' thing. So the lady got the food ready for me, and right as I was about to pay, a scream rang out. Reacting fast, I left the rupees, took the food, and followed the sound. Green wasn't there by the door when I came out the building, so I went to find the source of the scream and came across two Dark Knights who seemed to have attacked a boy, and Green being Green, was standing between them. Before I could do anything, they charged at him. The boy got away safely as I grabbed a broomstick and whacked one of them unconscious. When I turned around to help Green..." Blue raised an eyebrow when she trailed off. At some point during her talking, Shelda broke eye contact as she thought back, but now she seemed to not want to remember what ever happened.
"Shelda." Blue spoke up, catching her attention with his demanding tone. "Tell me what happened." At this, Blue saw Shelda take a deep breath as she blurted out one sentence that stopped the possibilities that came to Blue of what could have happened;
"Green was ripping the knight's throat out." Blue's eyes widened at this, staring at her as she continued,
"The scariest part was… his eyes. They weren't his. They were savage, bloodlust…. Soulless." The last word was nothing but a whisper, but Blue heard it all the same. A picture came to Blue, a murderous wolf over a body, its face and paws covered in the corpse blood, its eyes just as red as the blood, looking up at him, a snarl coming from its throat. Closing his eyes and shaking the vision from his head, Blue took a deep breath and looked back up when Shelda spoke up again.
"At first I was too shocked to do anything, but after a bit, I called out to him, and he was just… back to himself. Just like that." Blue carefully rubbed his blind eye to rid the thought of the evil wolf as Shelda added,
"He was very spooked as to what happened. And I assume he hasn't said a word to you?" she asked, earning a shake of his head from Blue. Finally, Blue asked the question that buzzed in his head.
"Why did it happen?" he made eye contact with Shelda as she sighed, shaking her head as she spoke.
"Truthfully, I don't know. It might be his cursed side coming through? It might work the same way my dark side does and only comes forth when he's fighting?" She theorized.
"So you're saying he can't fight without fucking going into murder spree mode?!" he couldn't help but snap at her angrily. Shelda sighed as she snapped back to him,
"I don't know! I'm just guessing at this point!" Blue was about to snap back, but another vision swarmed him; there was nothing but a white abyss around him. A black silhouette was in the distance. It seemed to be running towards him, trying to run from something, and before Blue could question what, another silhouette appeared behind it. This one, however, was not of a person, but of what seemed to be a huge ass bird. Two smaller silhouettes appeared on either side of the bird like one, all three chasing the lone one. As it came closer and closer, Blue could see the unmistakable body type and the familiar hat flowing behind the silhouette. And to confirm Blue's thoughts, an all too familiar voice rang out as the silhouette made out an all too familiar person to matched it;
"Blue! Help me!"
Blue's eye widen in shock as his sight formed back to the cabin. Angrily, Blue rubbed his blind eye, cursing as he did so,
"Damn fucking eye! What the hell is wrong with me?!"
"Blue?" Shelda asked concernedly, reminding Blue she was still there, "Are you ok?" Blue blinked back the frustrated tears that threatened to leak out as he now just covered his blind eye while staring at the wooden table. The pure fear in the person's face kept flashing across Blue's eyesight as he tried so hard to keep his breathing steady through grinding teeth.
"Blue?" Shelda asked more worried and demanding. Knowing she, and the others, needed to know, Blue took a deep breath as he explained;
"Ever since this morning, I keep getting these weird visions. First it was of some blurred red head in the water, and then I had one of you and Shadow talking to a Zora on a throne, and just recently as you were talking about Green, I had one of a red eyed murderous wolf over a corpse, a-and just now…" He trailed off as their face flashed across his vision again, forcing him to take another couple deep breaths before saying,
"I… saw someone running from what looked like a huge ass bird and two people on broomsticks… and the person running from them called out." Blue angrily swallowed the lump in his throat as the face flashed up again.
"Could you catch what they looked like?" Shelda asked. Blue removed his hand from his blind eye as he took another deep breath.
"I didn't need to. I know exactly who it was." Looking up, Blue gave her an urgent, yet firm look as he said in the same voice that matched his face;
"It was Vio. And he needs help. Now."
Woop! Done! I know this one was a bit shorter, but I got it done in less than 12 hrs! That's a first for me!
So! I know just leaves even more questions than answers, but I promise you that it will all come together to make a big ol' picture. So just you wait!
Can you guess just what was chasing Vio? And why was he so afraid of it? Why is Blue getting these visions? All this will be answer soon.
I might get another chapter done tomorrow, but I'm not making promises! I'm just saying maybe.
And with that, I bid you all farewell.
TELLER OUT!