Cerena: I'm still on my dark streak... BE WARNEd, this has cursing, blood, and evil things. Expect no mercy. But don't expect Zelda to live. And don't expect that everyone lives.
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Insanity Only Has One Road part 3
(Malon's POV)

I dropped the brush I was using to groom my horses, staring at the messenger before me.

"Ma'am, I was sent to inform you that Master Link is dead."

"About time..." I mutter under my breath.

Is it truly my fault that I hate his guts?

Sure, I'm nice to him and everything, but it was politeness.

Everyone assumes that I have a crush on him or something.

But they also assumed that the world was flat. What do we truly know nowadays?

"I was also sent to inform you that Saria is dead." The messenger went on, droning as if he didn't care.

Saria?

Poor girl...

I saw her once, when she ventured out of her home, inquiring for Link.

She was shaking like crazy, looking as if she might faint any second.

I invited her to rest, but she declined, saying that the Kokiri were in danger, and that they needed Link's help immediantly.

I heard that later that day she was possessed by one of those poes that live out in Hyrule field when Ganondorf took over.

I pick up my brush, and continue grooming the horses, my brows scrunched together in thought.

"How did Link and Saria die?" I ask suddenly, piercing the silence that hung in the air.

"Link died of suicide..." I threw down my brush, startling the horses.

"And Saria isn't dead, per se. She's just an empty shell. Investigators think it is a reaction to what Link had done."

Than Link is a murderer.

How dare he?

And he claims that he's the Hero of Time.

Yeah, right.

Needing some space to think, I saddle one of the horses quickly, galloping past the surprised messenger.

Where I'm going, I'm not sure.

I just need to think.

I press the horse into a spanking trot.

The sun is out, but the thoughts in my head are anything but sunny.

Saria died because Link died?

And Link killed himself.

How dare he?

How dare he cuase an innocent girl to die?

How dare he abandon our country?

He might as well have been slain by Ganondorf.

I stop the horse, realizing that I was at the entrance to the Temple of Time.

I hesitantly goin, not knowing what to expect.

Investigators are everywhere, and there is a great pool of blood where two bodies lay.

One I recognize almost immediantly.

The green haired girl, Saria, is laying there, twitching, and repeating the same thing over and over like a broken machine.

"See you in hell. See you in hell. See you in hell." Over and over... It's very unsettling.

I make my way past the police, and I kneel down next to Saria.

There's fear and remorse in her eyes...

Did she want to die?

Or was she somehow forced to stop living?

I shiver, as I look at the corpse that must be Link.

Blood is still flowing out of his mouth, although I heard that he died two days ago.

His arms and legs seem mutated, shriveled and splotchy...

Like a Deku Baba?!?!

"YOU IDIOT!" I shriek, startling the people in the Temple of Time.

You see, Deku Baba poison is very rare.

And for some reason, it only works for people who have no reason to die.

"YOU IRRESPONSILE MURDERER!" I kick his head, sending it flying across the room.

It was a very gross sight, but I did not care.

"I HOPE THAT YOU ARE IN HELL, YOU BASTARD!" But I hope that Saria isn't...

"YOU ABANDONED EVERYBODY!" My voice startles my horse.

And I suddenly have a very bad thought.

What about...

Epona?

I jump on the horse, extremely anxious to find the filly of my mother's horse.

I gave her to Link, because... Because...

Why did I give her to Link?

I know Epona seemed attached to him...

And Dad said we couldn't afford to keep her...

And I was anxious to find her a good home...

But why did I give her to him, of all people?

I know she was also fond of a boy that lived down in Kakariko village, who owned a pasture and everything...

Why didn't I give Epona to him?

I play Epona's song over and over again, tears streaming down my face as I realize that she's not coming.

Destiny is so cruel...

I hear a faint whinny behind me...

But it is just my imagination.

Where is my beloved horse?

Where is the horse that holds the key to my happiness?

Where is the horse that holds the key to my life?
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---2 weeks later---

I found her...

I found my baby.

"DAMN YOU, LINK!!" I cry to the moon, tears staining my dress.

I found her...

Dead.

Nothing but bones.

I knew that she has died before Link had died.

I know that she was starved...

Lonely...

Just like I am.

Why did I give my Epona to Link?

Why did I hand over my life to Link?

Wolfos had found the half-dead horse, and ate her.

Ate my horse.

Ate the love of my life.

Ate my only memory of my mother.

Is it a coincidence that my mother died from Wolfos?

Or is it cruel fate?

And Link wasn't there.

Link was never there.

Where was he all of the times we needed him?

Sure, he saved us from Ganondorf...

But where was he when a friend needed him?

No, he thought the princess was more important.

I fall to my knees, my arms wrapped around the bones of my beloved beauty.

It's cold out, but I don't notice.

I notice a pendant around Epona's neck bones.

I pull it out, discovering that it was one of Link's medallions.

I tremble with rage at the mention of Link at my mind.

If Link wasn't already dead, I would've killed him.

Instead, I can only do the next best thing.

I walk out of the meadow where Epona had died, running towards the Temple of Time.

The winds howl against me, refusing to let me do the thing that would let my soul rest in peace.

"Do we truly need another person dead?" they whisper, echoing my thoughts.

No, we don't.

Hyrule has seen enough tragedy.

They don't want me dead as well.

I will not abandon my life...

I throw open the doors to the Temple of Time.

The doors slam shut behind me as I enter, my hatred sending sparks out into the night.

I kneel down next to Link, removing all of his weapons and medallions.

But...

What's this?

Something behind me fall down, shattering, causing me to turn around in surprise.

What is this?

The lovely Triforce of courage....

Has shattered.

Our kingdom is scarred forever.

Has Link killed the Goddess of Courage, Fayore?

Has Link killed us all?

Link isn't the Hero of Time...

He is the casualty of insanity.

Was it truly his fault, though?

Or was it Destiny that Hyrule was bound to fall?

It's no matter.

Link is still a murderer.

I tear the Forest Medallion from his neck, causing more blood to well out.

Blood, blood everywhere, always a drop to spare...

In war...

Was this the bleeding of all of us inside?

Or was this the hidden blood of Link's foes that were destroyed by his hand?

I don't care. I hope his soul is tortured for the rest of eternity, for doing this to all of us.

I give one, final kick to Link's corpse, and carefully place the Medallion in Saria's hand.

Her repeating words were silenced, and she closed her eyes forever, a faint smile on her lips.

She had truly died in peace.

The Medallion glows, and a faint whisper seems to be heard...

"Thank you.."

The Medallion finally stopped glowing, and slowly grew duller and duller until it could barely be recognised.

I have done my part...

But..

What about Epona?

I fall to the floor, crying and sobbing.

Never again...

Never again will Hyrule truly be at peace.
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Cerena: I think that this is a little bit better than my last chapter, but not by much. This story will have a happy ending, I will promise you that... Please review! Only two more chapters to go...