I haven't updated for ages until the last chapter have I? Well I'll try harder *weep* I was going to make the last chapter magnificent but then nooooo I had to lose my will to write for a while didn't I. I'm planning on having this chapter, the next chapter and the chapter after that as my limit. I will NOT go up to 30! I have decided!!!! Hopefully I'll be able to do it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda
I've never seen anyone die. On Hyrule Field there were dead people. I didn't know them; they were dead, nothing more to me. I always thought that perhaps dead was a release from life's suffering. I seem to suffer, more each day while I am here in Hyrule. Sometimes it lessens though and I am happy for a while. Today the suffering built up and caught me off guard.
I thought that he had been winning, but she cheated. The b**** had cheated and had run him through. Straight through his middle. Films show that but it can never quite prepare you for real life. I guess because you don't actually ever suspect someone to be killed in front of you.
If you know them it's like being slapped really hard and then having your stomach revolt against your breakfast and then deciding your lopping the loop over and over again. All of this in about a split second. No wonder I had fainted.
And now I was in the dark again. I seem to be in it a lot lately. But this darkness I didn't know I was in. You don't know you've fainted until you wake up and remember that you fell into darkness.
Around me there was warmth and sunlight. I woke up and then...I was home. At least I think I was.
I opened my eyes to see my room with the morning sunlight blazing through open curtains, giving me sunspots from where I'd been lying in it. I was in bed. Sitting up quickly I looked round the room. 8'o'clock. Checking my Baby G watch I saw it was Saturday.
A dream?
I'd left on a Saturday.
"Link?" I got out of bed and knelt on the floor to look under the bed "Link?"
Nothing. The table was solidly fixed as well. I sat upon the bed and looked round. This was my room, every detail was there, and even the drawing I'd done for my art homework yesterday on the desk. Or had it been yesterday? I couldn't think straight.
Had it all been a dream? Something was missing. The photo frames. My family photos on my shelf. I got up and picked them up. The photos were missing, gone, leaving just empty frames.
This is weird, I thought, too strange to be real.
I went to the door to look out into the hallway. I touched the handle.
"I wouldn't go outside just yet" a female voice stopped me
I spun around to see a woman on my bed. If she could be a woman.
She was incredibly tall. Taller than any woman I had ever seen. Michael Jordan height or possibly taller even than him. She was striking, not beautiful like Zelda or the cold beauty like Reika. This woman was in that word striking. She had skin the colour of paper it was so pale and fiery red hair which framed her face in a mane of colour even to match her deep scarlet eyes. To contrast the hair and eyes even more she wore a simple white dress that hung limply across her slender form and made her look more humble than she would have done in a richer set of clothing.
"It could be dangerous right now you know" she said, her voice was like listening to heat itself, it was warm and burned with the inner strength she seemed to radiate to fill the room
I held my hand on the door knob "This isn't my room is it" I said to the stranger, I heard the small stutter in my words
She smiled "Are you afraid?" I nodded slightly without realising "I guess I would be too but I really only have two sized, big and little. I'm not usually this big. Although it is much better than being small"
I stared at her, what was she talking about? Maybe she was mad or something.
"I guess it is a little big for this room" she carried on "Anyway, I'm not here to talk about myself. I'm here to talk about you"
"Right" I said slowly "OK"
"I can see you have questions, well we don't really have time but ask the best ones before I leave. Perhaps they are the right ones to ask"
A bit confusing but I complied "Where am I?"
"A place I thought you would be comfortable"
"Who are you?"
"I'll tell you that later"
"Am I dead?
"Of course not"
"Why am I here?"
"Because we needed you"
I ran out of questions at that point. I sat on the floor and stared up at her, craning my neck to see her face.
"Are you done?" she asked, "I think I'll talk now. Alright, I am here to tell you that you can defeat that witch who just ran your friend through"
"Right" I said feeling sarcasm rise "And how am I supposed to do that?"
"I'm getting to that part. The key is your friend"
"Lucy?"
"Yes, that's right. You had a dream yes?"
"What?"
"The dream" she said impatiently "The one with the desert and the mask etc. Yes?"
"Oh" I remembered quickly with the look she gave me "Of course, and what does that have to do with it?"
"Your friend is the key as I said. If she allows it then she can become a vessel"
"A vessel?"
"Stop interrupting me!" The woman's hair glowed, and I stopped interrupting "Now when you go outside I want you to get consent from her. I need it in words, not signs, but words, nothing more. You can't defeat the witch on your own but with a little help maybe you can"
The lady stood up, banging her head on the ceiling. She cursed and rubbed the sore spot.
"Now is it clear?" she said
"Well, I~"
"Good, good" she smiled, "Hope we meet again, just go out the door when your ready" and she disappeared.
I stared at where she had been "You didn't tell me who you were!" I called to the space "Vessel for what?"
This was too confusing. What was going on? What was outside? It was all too much. I stared at the door. Did she mean that would be waking up if I went through the door? I looked at myself, in pyjamas? How was I going to fight in pyjamas?
I gulped and put my handle on the door. Nothing. I twisted the knob and opened the door into blazing light.
***
The light cleared to leave me in the hall once more. It had scorch marks on the floor, probably from the fire shield. The walls were burnt and in the middle of the floor stood Reika, she stared at me steadily. Waiting?
Link lay at her feet motionless, the sword which had done the deed by his, bloodied and dripping onto the marble stone. I remembered the others, they also were near me and I reached them easily. What had happened? They were both unconscious and covered in injuries.
I knelt next to Lucy, who was closer, and pulled her up, onto my lap trying not to panic.
"Lucy?" I shook her gently "Lucy, Lucy wake up"
She didn't move. I looked to Kestrel, he didn't move and looked in worse condition. No, I couldn't be left alone now. Why was she staring at me? The b**** was gloating over me! Of all the things to be doing! Not killing me but laughing at me!
The dream, remember the dream, yes, yes, the dream. Heartbeat, Lucy's heartbeat! I needed her consent, the heartbeat? I put my hand on her neck to feel for a pulse.
No pulse.
Dead?
I shoved her off my lap and onto the floor and knelt over her. No idea what to do but I have to do something. I crossed my palms like they do on TV and placed them above her heart.
***
Authors Note: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME, you can seriously damage someone's heart and chest by doing this if you are not trained to do this. This is a story and not real I do not have any qualifications or knowledge of who to start someone's heart. Never ever follow these directions in the fic and always phone 999/911 for medical emergencies. I repeat DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! If you do I will hunt you down and murder you if a gruesome and bloody way.
***
I placed my hands where I thought her heart should be. I had no idea what I was doing. It could kill someone doing this wrong but if she was dead anyway then what was the problem? I pushed down hard counting to three before breathing into her mouth and listening for breath.
Still nothing.
I did it again, and again. Until finally I got a faint breeze in my ear as I tried to her breath. She was alive! I pulled her on to my lap again and tried to bring her round.
"Lucy? Come on Lucy, I brought you back from the dead the least you can do is wake up for me"
I shook her and cajoled her finally to opening her eyes.
"Hey" she whispered
I felt tears well up; it was a miracle her brain cells hadn't begun to die from lack of oxygen or something! She could speak and she could breath! But there wasn't really time to celebrate. There was work to be done so to speak.
I hugged Lucy tight and whispered "Lucy, they are dead"
"Who?"
"Link and Kestrel"
I heard her breath catch once more and a half strangled sob come out. I hugged her more tightly, determined that I wouldn't cry just yet. There was still a chance.
Reika still stared.
"Lucy" I said as quietly as I could "Don't cry, we don't have time"
She sniffed and replied "What?"
"We can do what we were sent here to do" I said holding tight onto her, I needed some sign she wouldn't hate me for tricking her "Say: yes"
"Why?"
I felt tears squeeze out of my eyes "Just say it Lucy, please"
"Alright" she paused and repeated, "Yes"
"Do you agree to be a vessel?" I held her and cried, "Say yes"
Lucy sounded confused at my grip but returned the hug and said, "Yes"
"Sorry" I whispered
Everything was still for a moment but then Lucy's grip was lost and she slumped down. Reika had also begun to stride over.
I lay Lucy down praying it would happen soon, but I caught sight of Reika moving towards me and began to back away.
"You little mortal" she said, her face twisting with anger "What have you done? Who have you called here?"
"No one"
I continued scooting away, but she caught up with me easily. She drew her hand back and hit the side of my head hard. I fell on to the floor.
"I don't like liars" she drew me up by my hair "And you are lying to me, now TELL ME WHO YOU CALLED HERE!"
"Me, Reika"
I squeezed my eyes open and there she was. Lucy, but she was different. Well, obviously, her eyes had gone from blue to green her body seemed to glow soft turquoise. She looked angry, well no wonder, I'd be angry if she was being held by her hair. But it wasn't Lucy anymore, I was sure of that.
"You" Reika growled throwing me aside easily "I should have guessed that one of you would come sooner or later" her voice almost spat hatred "I hoped it would be later but since I am in your realm, I guess now is a good time"
"You are too kind" Lucy/The Lady didn't seem bothered about who she was talking to and eyed Reika as if she was a bug "Anyway, you're completely messing up my work of art down here so I'm just putting things right"
Reika replied, "Whatever you say"
Lucy/The Lady clapped her hands, in a moment all signs of a battle and death had vanished and we were standing in a clean, white room. Just a white room with no walls or doors that you could see. Link and Kestrel were on the floor as they had been and we were just there in this big nothing.
"So are we to have a battle?" Reika asked mockingly "I would have thought it to be beneath you"
"Of course it is" Lucy/The Lady snapped "I'm here to do something much worse than hurt you"
"Oh yes? What's that?"
"Trap you with lover boy"
"Who?"
"Ganondorf girl" Lucy/The Lady pulled me up and stood me next to her "You wanted him to be your Queen, and with all the stuff you've been doing in his name. Without his permission I might add, I'm sure he'll be delighted to see you"
"You're giving me what I want?" Reika snorted, "What's the catch?"
"The catch?" Lucy/The Lady said innocently, she walked me over to Link and Kestrel "Keep you hands on both of them girl" she whispered as I took their hands "The catch" she continued, "Is that you are both trapped here forever. Good bye"
It dawned on Reika at that moment what forever was, and she didn't have the mask on her either. She began to run forward to us.
"Good bye" Lucy/The Lady put her hand on my shoulder and I felt a vein of power run through me into the boys bodies
Reika lunged at us screaming frantically "FARORE YOU CANNOT LEAVE ME HERE!"
It was too late. We were gone. Then as we travelled through the realm I suppose it was, I had a vision of what happened to the witch after we left. The white and turned black and out of the shadows had come a figure, he had laughed and Reika had begun to regret what had happened.
But I didn't feel anything for her. I don't think I ever did.
The final battle is over guys! Woo! Don't worry! I've got another chapter to go! What did you think? Reviews are always nice to see ^_~ I can't believe how quickly I wrote this as well! Hope you enjoyed! Check back soon to see the next chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda
I've never seen anyone die. On Hyrule Field there were dead people. I didn't know them; they were dead, nothing more to me. I always thought that perhaps dead was a release from life's suffering. I seem to suffer, more each day while I am here in Hyrule. Sometimes it lessens though and I am happy for a while. Today the suffering built up and caught me off guard.
I thought that he had been winning, but she cheated. The b**** had cheated and had run him through. Straight through his middle. Films show that but it can never quite prepare you for real life. I guess because you don't actually ever suspect someone to be killed in front of you.
If you know them it's like being slapped really hard and then having your stomach revolt against your breakfast and then deciding your lopping the loop over and over again. All of this in about a split second. No wonder I had fainted.
And now I was in the dark again. I seem to be in it a lot lately. But this darkness I didn't know I was in. You don't know you've fainted until you wake up and remember that you fell into darkness.
Around me there was warmth and sunlight. I woke up and then...I was home. At least I think I was.
I opened my eyes to see my room with the morning sunlight blazing through open curtains, giving me sunspots from where I'd been lying in it. I was in bed. Sitting up quickly I looked round the room. 8'o'clock. Checking my Baby G watch I saw it was Saturday.
A dream?
I'd left on a Saturday.
"Link?" I got out of bed and knelt on the floor to look under the bed "Link?"
Nothing. The table was solidly fixed as well. I sat upon the bed and looked round. This was my room, every detail was there, and even the drawing I'd done for my art homework yesterday on the desk. Or had it been yesterday? I couldn't think straight.
Had it all been a dream? Something was missing. The photo frames. My family photos on my shelf. I got up and picked them up. The photos were missing, gone, leaving just empty frames.
This is weird, I thought, too strange to be real.
I went to the door to look out into the hallway. I touched the handle.
"I wouldn't go outside just yet" a female voice stopped me
I spun around to see a woman on my bed. If she could be a woman.
She was incredibly tall. Taller than any woman I had ever seen. Michael Jordan height or possibly taller even than him. She was striking, not beautiful like Zelda or the cold beauty like Reika. This woman was in that word striking. She had skin the colour of paper it was so pale and fiery red hair which framed her face in a mane of colour even to match her deep scarlet eyes. To contrast the hair and eyes even more she wore a simple white dress that hung limply across her slender form and made her look more humble than she would have done in a richer set of clothing.
"It could be dangerous right now you know" she said, her voice was like listening to heat itself, it was warm and burned with the inner strength she seemed to radiate to fill the room
I held my hand on the door knob "This isn't my room is it" I said to the stranger, I heard the small stutter in my words
She smiled "Are you afraid?" I nodded slightly without realising "I guess I would be too but I really only have two sized, big and little. I'm not usually this big. Although it is much better than being small"
I stared at her, what was she talking about? Maybe she was mad or something.
"I guess it is a little big for this room" she carried on "Anyway, I'm not here to talk about myself. I'm here to talk about you"
"Right" I said slowly "OK"
"I can see you have questions, well we don't really have time but ask the best ones before I leave. Perhaps they are the right ones to ask"
A bit confusing but I complied "Where am I?"
"A place I thought you would be comfortable"
"Who are you?"
"I'll tell you that later"
"Am I dead?
"Of course not"
"Why am I here?"
"Because we needed you"
I ran out of questions at that point. I sat on the floor and stared up at her, craning my neck to see her face.
"Are you done?" she asked, "I think I'll talk now. Alright, I am here to tell you that you can defeat that witch who just ran your friend through"
"Right" I said feeling sarcasm rise "And how am I supposed to do that?"
"I'm getting to that part. The key is your friend"
"Lucy?"
"Yes, that's right. You had a dream yes?"
"What?"
"The dream" she said impatiently "The one with the desert and the mask etc. Yes?"
"Oh" I remembered quickly with the look she gave me "Of course, and what does that have to do with it?"
"Your friend is the key as I said. If she allows it then she can become a vessel"
"A vessel?"
"Stop interrupting me!" The woman's hair glowed, and I stopped interrupting "Now when you go outside I want you to get consent from her. I need it in words, not signs, but words, nothing more. You can't defeat the witch on your own but with a little help maybe you can"
The lady stood up, banging her head on the ceiling. She cursed and rubbed the sore spot.
"Now is it clear?" she said
"Well, I~"
"Good, good" she smiled, "Hope we meet again, just go out the door when your ready" and she disappeared.
I stared at where she had been "You didn't tell me who you were!" I called to the space "Vessel for what?"
This was too confusing. What was going on? What was outside? It was all too much. I stared at the door. Did she mean that would be waking up if I went through the door? I looked at myself, in pyjamas? How was I going to fight in pyjamas?
I gulped and put my handle on the door. Nothing. I twisted the knob and opened the door into blazing light.
***
The light cleared to leave me in the hall once more. It had scorch marks on the floor, probably from the fire shield. The walls were burnt and in the middle of the floor stood Reika, she stared at me steadily. Waiting?
Link lay at her feet motionless, the sword which had done the deed by his, bloodied and dripping onto the marble stone. I remembered the others, they also were near me and I reached them easily. What had happened? They were both unconscious and covered in injuries.
I knelt next to Lucy, who was closer, and pulled her up, onto my lap trying not to panic.
"Lucy?" I shook her gently "Lucy, Lucy wake up"
She didn't move. I looked to Kestrel, he didn't move and looked in worse condition. No, I couldn't be left alone now. Why was she staring at me? The b**** was gloating over me! Of all the things to be doing! Not killing me but laughing at me!
The dream, remember the dream, yes, yes, the dream. Heartbeat, Lucy's heartbeat! I needed her consent, the heartbeat? I put my hand on her neck to feel for a pulse.
No pulse.
Dead?
I shoved her off my lap and onto the floor and knelt over her. No idea what to do but I have to do something. I crossed my palms like they do on TV and placed them above her heart.
***
Authors Note: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME, you can seriously damage someone's heart and chest by doing this if you are not trained to do this. This is a story and not real I do not have any qualifications or knowledge of who to start someone's heart. Never ever follow these directions in the fic and always phone 999/911 for medical emergencies. I repeat DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! If you do I will hunt you down and murder you if a gruesome and bloody way.
***
I placed my hands where I thought her heart should be. I had no idea what I was doing. It could kill someone doing this wrong but if she was dead anyway then what was the problem? I pushed down hard counting to three before breathing into her mouth and listening for breath.
Still nothing.
I did it again, and again. Until finally I got a faint breeze in my ear as I tried to her breath. She was alive! I pulled her on to my lap again and tried to bring her round.
"Lucy? Come on Lucy, I brought you back from the dead the least you can do is wake up for me"
I shook her and cajoled her finally to opening her eyes.
"Hey" she whispered
I felt tears well up; it was a miracle her brain cells hadn't begun to die from lack of oxygen or something! She could speak and she could breath! But there wasn't really time to celebrate. There was work to be done so to speak.
I hugged Lucy tight and whispered "Lucy, they are dead"
"Who?"
"Link and Kestrel"
I heard her breath catch once more and a half strangled sob come out. I hugged her more tightly, determined that I wouldn't cry just yet. There was still a chance.
Reika still stared.
"Lucy" I said as quietly as I could "Don't cry, we don't have time"
She sniffed and replied "What?"
"We can do what we were sent here to do" I said holding tight onto her, I needed some sign she wouldn't hate me for tricking her "Say: yes"
"Why?"
I felt tears squeeze out of my eyes "Just say it Lucy, please"
"Alright" she paused and repeated, "Yes"
"Do you agree to be a vessel?" I held her and cried, "Say yes"
Lucy sounded confused at my grip but returned the hug and said, "Yes"
"Sorry" I whispered
Everything was still for a moment but then Lucy's grip was lost and she slumped down. Reika had also begun to stride over.
I lay Lucy down praying it would happen soon, but I caught sight of Reika moving towards me and began to back away.
"You little mortal" she said, her face twisting with anger "What have you done? Who have you called here?"
"No one"
I continued scooting away, but she caught up with me easily. She drew her hand back and hit the side of my head hard. I fell on to the floor.
"I don't like liars" she drew me up by my hair "And you are lying to me, now TELL ME WHO YOU CALLED HERE!"
"Me, Reika"
I squeezed my eyes open and there she was. Lucy, but she was different. Well, obviously, her eyes had gone from blue to green her body seemed to glow soft turquoise. She looked angry, well no wonder, I'd be angry if she was being held by her hair. But it wasn't Lucy anymore, I was sure of that.
"You" Reika growled throwing me aside easily "I should have guessed that one of you would come sooner or later" her voice almost spat hatred "I hoped it would be later but since I am in your realm, I guess now is a good time"
"You are too kind" Lucy/The Lady didn't seem bothered about who she was talking to and eyed Reika as if she was a bug "Anyway, you're completely messing up my work of art down here so I'm just putting things right"
Reika replied, "Whatever you say"
Lucy/The Lady clapped her hands, in a moment all signs of a battle and death had vanished and we were standing in a clean, white room. Just a white room with no walls or doors that you could see. Link and Kestrel were on the floor as they had been and we were just there in this big nothing.
"So are we to have a battle?" Reika asked mockingly "I would have thought it to be beneath you"
"Of course it is" Lucy/The Lady snapped "I'm here to do something much worse than hurt you"
"Oh yes? What's that?"
"Trap you with lover boy"
"Who?"
"Ganondorf girl" Lucy/The Lady pulled me up and stood me next to her "You wanted him to be your Queen, and with all the stuff you've been doing in his name. Without his permission I might add, I'm sure he'll be delighted to see you"
"You're giving me what I want?" Reika snorted, "What's the catch?"
"The catch?" Lucy/The Lady said innocently, she walked me over to Link and Kestrel "Keep you hands on both of them girl" she whispered as I took their hands "The catch" she continued, "Is that you are both trapped here forever. Good bye"
It dawned on Reika at that moment what forever was, and she didn't have the mask on her either. She began to run forward to us.
"Good bye" Lucy/The Lady put her hand on my shoulder and I felt a vein of power run through me into the boys bodies
Reika lunged at us screaming frantically "FARORE YOU CANNOT LEAVE ME HERE!"
It was too late. We were gone. Then as we travelled through the realm I suppose it was, I had a vision of what happened to the witch after we left. The white and turned black and out of the shadows had come a figure, he had laughed and Reika had begun to regret what had happened.
But I didn't feel anything for her. I don't think I ever did.
The final battle is over guys! Woo! Don't worry! I've got another chapter to go! What did you think? Reviews are always nice to see ^_~ I can't believe how quickly I wrote this as well! Hope you enjoyed! Check back soon to see the next chapter!