Hey ya'll! So with my hectic life, I was able to get my Fairy Tail play list going and a good few hours in to give you guys this!
Someone had asked me as to why Dreamer hasn't been in the last few A/N, and if everything is ok, and I'd like to say- Yes, everyone is ok, just her life is to busy to come around and bother me with my stories. So unless she finds time in her life, Dreamer might not be in anymore A/Ns. If you guys liked the conflict between us, I'll try to get someone else to interact with in A/Ns, but can't promise it'll be the same.
Anyways! Shoutouts!
Guest- I think everyone ships ShadowxSleep atm. Not that I'm complaining! I more or less ship them too! XD
SomebodyGuest- Yes, I do like it when you rant, cuz it gives me ideas :) muahahahahahahaha!
Carmenwashere- Yeah, you have missed a good bit. Yeah, they're an interesting group with Shelda and Shadow added to the mix. I'm glad you like how Blue's turning out, cause I've been kinda afraid he's too OOC. I'd love to hear your ideas if you wanna PM them to me! I couldn't sit still when I wrote that vision tbh XP
No matter what, Red can always find a way to make us die of Redness.
Just wait till the next possible ship is brought up ;)
Now! Let us get to what everyone's been waiting for, shall we?
On With the Story!
Shelda trailed behind the Links, Shadow walking beside her, her hands tucked behind her head as they walked through the woods. Looking around, Shelda noticed that the scenery here she actually knew.
"This place looks familiar." She mused to Shadow, who in reply chuckled before answering her unasked question,
"It should be. This takes us to the Four Sword Shrine."
"Why are we heading there?" she asked confused, "I thought we were going to the Tower of Winds." Another chuckle came from her friend before he answered,
"There's no way to walk to the Tower of Winds. We're going to the Four Sword Shrine because there's a sort of portal there that will take us."
"Ah." Shelda replied, now understanding everything. Looking over at a smiling Shadow, Shelda couldn't help but blurt out to him,
"You're in a much better mood than you have been for the past two weeks."
"Being sleep deprived can make you cranky." He answered simply, that small cute smile still on his face. Shelda shrugged her shoulders in agreement as she continued to follow the others. Blue and Red walked side by side, Green fast asleep in Red's arms for the last hour or so. Shelda stared blankly at Green's face as she thought back to the day before. She knew for sure his wasn't like her 'dark side'. Hers was brought by adrenaline, but his… Shelda wasn't sure what his was brought by. Shelda was pretty sure he was powered by adrenaline before, and didn't quote on quote 'lose it'. Shelda thought back, analyzing every little thing that happened, and with her knowledge of curses, went through the possibilities of the source.
Adrenaline- No.
Driven by Blood- Very unlikely. Wouldn't he have lost it from when they went hunting or when he first reunited with Blue?
Interaction with the Dark Knight- … Likely, but wouldn't that have made him on their side?
Then Shelda stopped in her tracks as the next one came up, causing her eyes to widen at realization
Heroism.
Now this one was highly, very possible, likely. Green was protecting that boy, and attacked in defending the village, like a hero would do. If there was any others she was thinking of, they flew out the window with how close this one came to it. Green hasn't done anything counted as heroic till now, and when he did…
Were they all like that? Is that why they're turned to monsters?
"Shelda?" a voice spoke out, breaking out of her thoughts, making Shelda blink three or four times before her sight focused back to reality.
All the others were a good few feet ahead of her, Shadow probably the on that called out since his whole body was turned towards her and a look of concern and confusion clear on his face.
"Is everything ok?" Shelda was quiet at first as her thoughts slowly came back.
"Yeah.." she mumbled as she stared at nothing. "I just… realized what had triggered Green to go evil." Looking at the other, she noticed that Green was awake, and his ears were perked up by her statement while the others looked at her with shock.
"You did?" Shadow asked, earning a nod from Shelda before she spoke.
"His heroism." She said simply.
"What the fuck do you mean by that?!" Blue exclaimed, crossing his arms in frustration.
"Yesterday Green was doing a heroic act by protecting that boy, and more or less the village." She explained. "This is the first time he has done anything like that, and this was the first time he lost control. It adds up it a bunch of other way but that's the majority of it."
"Well that makes it easy." Blue said and pointed with his thumb to Green before saying,
"We got to make sure he doesn't do anything like that again, and we should be good till we get his sword." Shelda was about to say something, but was interrupted by Green loudly barking at Blue, a scowl on his face.
"Sure you can!" Blue exclaimed to Green. "Red's not gonna leave your side, so just let him deal with it!" another angry bark was Green's answer, which caused Blue to roll his eyes.
"Ya know." Shelda started as she came up beside Shadow while they both watched the two bicker, "I'm actually curious to what Green is saying." Shadow hummed in agreement as the two continued to yell/bark at on another. Shelda was about to step in and stop them, but didn't have the chance when Blue cut off mid sentence. She watched as his eyes widened and Blue somewhat bent over as his hands flew up to his scared eye. Shelda rushed forward, wrapping around his torso as Blue's knees gave out and he screwed his eyes shut. Holding his upper body up, Shelda watched as his breathing became fast and labored. Small whimpers escaped through his lips as the others gathered around, Green no longer in Red's arms. Shelda patiently waited as Blue's body trembled and shook underneath her arms with whatever was swarming in his mind. After what felt like an eternity, the trembling finally started subsiding a bit, leaving Blue shaking like as if he was chilled. They all waited as a groan came from the blue clothed Link and he slowly and carefully rubbed his eye.
"Damn it." Shelda heard Blue mumble in a somewhat pained voice, his teeth gritted together.
"You ok?" Red asked, his voice somewhat strained, but still full of concern and worry. Blue nodded in answer before opening his good eye, staring at nothing at first before looking down and noticed now Shelda's arms wrapped around him.
"You can let go now." He said in nothing but a whisper. Shelda nodded before carefully letting go, making sure he could hold himself before sitting back. There was something about his voice that worried Shelda. It was pained, but there was also something underneath that was on the tip of her tongue, but couldn't name.
"What did you see?' Asked Shadow, who was on his knees across from Shelda. It was quiet as they watched Blue take deep breaths to try and stop his shaking. After a bit, Blue finally spoke,
"Not now." Was all he said. Shelda watched as Shadow shared a look with her, which in returned she just shrugged. She didn't know all the answers!
"C'mon Blue." Shadow said encouragingly, "Just tell us."
"I said- Not now." Blue more or less snapped.
"Blue, you can trust us." Shadow said calmly, Red nodding in agreement.
"I do trust you guys." He said somewhat guilty, "It just…" Shelda, at this moment, noticed that Blue still had a hand over his scarred eye, pressed firmly against it.
"Shadow..." Shelda tried to interrupt, but was ignored.
"It's just what?"
"Shadow.." Shelda tried again, but was unheard.
"Just…" Blue's voice trailed off at the end, Shelda noticing his hand pressing against his eye more.
"Shadow." She tried more firmly, but apparently Shadow was freaking deaf to her voice.
"C'mon Blue. Just say it." It was then she saw it, plain as day; a thin line of dark crimson broke out between Blue's face and hand and slowly trailed down his cheek. Being on the opposite side, the others didn't notice this, so Shelda stepped in and snapped.
"STOP!" all links flinched at her voice, but only one knew why. Reaching forward, Shelda gently grabbed Blue's hand and demanded in a soft voice,
"Let me see Blue." Shelda could see Shadow from the corner of her vision giving her a confused look, but pushed it aside as she felt Blue pull his hand away from his eye. Taking a deep breath, Shelda pulled Blue's hand away, only to bite her lower lip to prevent a gasp escape her mouth.
Somehow, the healing skin had cracked open, leaving a thin line of blood coming out, and how it fell, made it look like Blue was crying blood.
"Aw jeez." Shelda mumbled before turning around and digging through the satchel.
"Whoa." She heard Shadow mumble, probably just now noticing it.
"Thanks for noticing sooner, ass." Blue mumbled as Shelda turned back around with a roll of gauze a needle and thread. Catching sight of those last two items, Blue's eyes snapped wide open before jumping back,
"Whoa whoa whoa!" he exclaimed. Pointing at the needle and thread in one hand, Blue asked loudly. "What are those for?!" Confused, Shelda looked to what he was pointing at and answered in a simple, but stern voice,
"I need to give you stitches." At this moment, something dawned on Shelda as she tilted her head to the side, asking in a mix of serious and joking manner.
"Blue are you afraid of needles?" And for the first time, Shelda heard Blue stutter.
"W-what? N-n-no! w-wh-why would I-I b-b-e?" Shelda wasn't entirely sure how to respond. Taking a deep breath, Shelda decided to drop the subject and simply explained,
"Blue, you're only going to need a couple stitches. It won't be long, just a few minutes, ok?" Shelda tried to approached, but Blue still backed away from her, causing Shelda to sigh in annoyance.
She never had to deal with this back in the Dark Realm, so it was very hard to figure out what to do.
Coming up with only one other option, Shelda looked over to the other three and said one sentence that had Blue screaming bloody hell;
"Hold him down."
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"I hate all of you." Blue mumbled, his arms crossed as he followed behind the others, his moves a bit jerky.
"That's the fifth time you've said that." Shadow stated. Green couldn't help but roll his eyes. Those two have been at it all day.
"Will you guys ever stop?" Green couldn't help but mumble, resting his head on Red's arm. Red chuckled at his comment, the only response he received. The two bickered for another minute before Shelda, who was walking in the front, turned and snapped at both of them calmly,
"If you two don't stop, I'm going to hit both of you upside the head. Hard."
"What did I do?' Shadow exclaimed innocently
"You keep feeding the fire." She said sharply, which had Green happily remember Zelda when she was down right pissed. She still kept her composure, but made sure the ones she was mad at knew.
"I wonder if Shelda realizes how much she's like Zelda." Green couldn't help but say to Red, amusingly watching the two Links looking like they were being scrolled by their mother. With a smile, Red said in a quiet voice,
"She does remind me of the princess." Being off to the side, the two's conversation wasn't heard by the three others, and Green guessed Red took this opportunity to ask,
"What will happen to her after all of this? Will she go back to where she came from? Will Shadow go to?" Green, truthfully, was surprised at this, but at the same time expected it out of Red. Sighing, Green answered,
"Truthfully, I don't know Red. We'll just have to see after all this." Green knew he wanted to say more, but Shelda finally getting the two Links to start walking again and calling to them cut him off. The conversation was dropped as Red speed walked to keep up. Now quiet, they all made their way into the Four Sword Shine, where the beam of light waited to take them to the Tower of Winds.
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Shelda huffed as she followed the other four up the many, multiple stone steps to the Tower of Winds. She was a bit mad. Just a bit. I mean, seriously, did she really have to baby-sit those two!? They were acting like they were fucking two! Frankly she's glad she's dealt with even more immature people in the Dark Realm. If not, well, lets just say things could have gotten nasty. Quickly. Sighing, Shelda tried to calm her nerves. Now was not the time to be getting upset at her teammates. Taking a deep breath, Shelda quietly followed the Links up the stairs. After what felt like forever, they made it to a leveled out platform that lead to a giant ass door.
"That's a big door." Shelda commented as the other four just simply approached it. Turning to Shadow, the other three watched as Shadow dug into his pockets until he pulled out four colored gems that looked a lot like the ones that were carved on top of the pillars back at the Four Sword Shine.
"What are those?" she asked as Shadow handed them to blue, who took them to the door as Shadow explained,
"They're the keys to open the door to the Tower of Winds. I.. uh… kinda stole them before I was sent back to the Dark Realm." Shadow added, rubbing the back of his head awkwardly.
"Thanks for that, by the way." Blue said as he put the gems in their correct holes. "You gave Dad a heart attack when he realized it was gone." Shelda watched silently yet cautiously as a look of shock passed over Shadow's face.
"Dad?" he asked, confused, but mostly surprised. His back still to Shadow, Blue replied simply,
"Yeah, you know, the Captain of the Royal Guards. Our Dad."
"Like, you four's dad." Shadow corrected, but there was a ting of hope in his voice that only Shelda caught.
"No. Our dad. Like, mine, yours, Red's, Green's, and Vio's dad. Our dad." Shelda now watched with full on interest as a look of surprise crossed Shadow's face as he mostly whispered,
"M-mine?" Now that the door started opening, it wasn't till now did Blue turn around as he spoke,
"Yeah, yours. What part of that don't you-." He stopped, however, when he saw the look on Shadow's face. A small smile crossed Shelda's face as she saw the shocked, loved, tear filled eyes of Shadow, a single tear sliding down his face.
"I-I.." Shadow started, sounding like he was holding back the tears, "I just thought.. you guys just saw me as a friend… I didn't know that your-our dad, saw me like that…" It was silent for a moment before Blue spoke up.
"Ppffff!" he exclaimed. "If you were just a friend, I would have killed ya a long time ago."
"We wouldn't see you as anything less!" Red added with a smile, Green nodding in agreement. That's when it snapped. Shelda clearly saw it as the tears fell freely and Shadow gave a big smile through them.
"Aw c'mon, you're getting sappy? I thought you were our dark side!" it was in good nature the way Blue said this. In a flash, Shelda watched with bitter happiness as Shadow ran to them and wrapped his arms around Blue and Red, sobbing freely. Shelda gave them the moment, and patiently waited till stopped. During this time, a breeze came through the door. Because of her dark senses, and Shadow in the middle of a emotional breakdown, Shelda was the only one that felt it;
A wave of pure evil and silent screams of pain and terror filled her senses for a second before they vanished.
Quietly, Shelda played with the locket that held her dark mirror. She knew what that pure evil was; obviously Twinrova. As for the pain and terror… she was scared at knowing who it was. Looking back at the other, she knew none of them felt it as she watched them break the hug, all of them with smiles and tears in their eyes. Shelda couldn't help but look at Blue's now bandaged eye. He refused to talk about it. A small almost unnoticeable trace of fear could be seen in his eyes when they tried to pry it out of him. Shelda now understood. He knew. He knew the same thing she knew now;
Vio was trapped with Twinrova themselves. And they were letting their anger known to him.
Shelda, for the first time in her life, prayed to the goddesses that they would make it in time.
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"Their coming." An old, cracked voice spoke, looking into a glass orb to the five heroes at the doorsteps of the Tower of Winds. Crackling loudly, the old voice yelled out,
"What kind of show should we give them? How should we crush these annoying brats's hope?" a voice answered the first, sounding very similar to the first.
"Let's have them watch their friend slowly suffer, make them believe they can save him, only to fail!" at the end, the voice crackled up loudly, being joined by the first.
"That's a wonderful! Lets give him the slowest, most painful death we can!" at that, they both crackled even louder.
In the next room, a creature heard them, a big, shadowy figure. Hearing this, the creature cried out and flapped its wings, trying to free itself through a panicked mind. Chains held the creature down so it could only fly about a couple yards into the air. It knew with how those two were, it didn't have long. It ignored the pain from before as it continued to try and fly. After a few more minutes of trying, the creature finally gave up and exhaustingly landed on the ground, lying down as it prayed with all it had in hope that the others would be able to come in time.
Maybe if it was lucky, they would come before those witches did whatever they were planning. Just maybe. He can hope.
WWWOOOOOOOWWWW that took for ever. I didn't plan for it to be that long before they got to the Tower of Winds, but eh, whatever. I love how it came together.
So do you guys get the little hint of what the possible ship will be? If you need help, look in the first paragraph. ;)
And with that, I bid u all, farewell.
TELLER OUT!