Aria: Ah, I actually was able to update today! But, like I've been saying
for the last few chapters, don't expect any more chapters until the 13th or
14th of July. So many people guessed correctly who my mystery characters
are! I'm not going to blurt it out, but you get the idea. And, to Dark
Dragon: yes, I know that Darunia's supposed to be dead. He's a spirit here
and he's only doing my disclaimers, so please lay off. He's WAY better
mannered than Navi was. Not to mention, he hasn't gotten himself into
trouble once since he came here! Get used to spirits of the dead hanging
around because one is going to be a major character in a coming chapter.
Anyway, I did the Link-Tetra fight because it adds a dramatic touch to the
story. Also, instead of making them hate each other, well, just read this
chapter and find out! Darunia, your turn!
Darunia: The omnipotent authoress and the owner of this story, Aria Zephyr,
does not own the Legend of Zelda games, their characters, etc. You get the
idea.
Chapter 25: The Nightmare Comes True
Tetra awoke in the middle of the night with a horrified scream. Her body
had broken out in a cold sweat and she was breathing heavily as if she had
just been running for her life. She looked around at her surroundings and
was surprised to see that she was still inside the cave, yet all alone.
She had sat up when she had screamed and now, she drew her knees close to
her body with an unhappy whimper. "It.was just.a dream.a really terrifying
dream, but a dream nonetheless," she whispered to herself. She looked
around for any sign of Link and was suddenly reminded of their fight. She
whimpered again and tear slid slowly down her cheek.
'I have to find him; there's no telling where he is, but if he's as upset
about that fight as I am, he might have done something drastic!' Tetra
thought. She stood up slowly and when she did, she spotted Link's bow and
arrows lying on the floor. 'He must have forgotten them when he ran. I
hope he's alright,' Tetra thought as she picked up the bow and arrows off
the cave floor.
She picked up the other few things that lay around the cave and started out
into the forest. She first noticed how dark it was. The sky was draped
with dark, foreboding clouds that shut out all, if any, light. Tetra
quickly used her breath to light the Star Light and a small area around her
was filled with a soft, silvery light.
As Tetra walked quietly through the silent forest, the light from her Star
Light seemed to give the gnarled, old trees some sort of personality. They
all looked like they had been twisted and tortured into their present
shapes and the way their trunks were wrinkled made them seem to be enduring
a great agony. Tetra tried to avoid looking at them, as they made her feel
nervous in the already nerve-racking forest, but her attempts did not help
her much.
The silence and the general feeling of anxiety started to remind Tetra of
the horrible dream that had awoken her not so long ago. The scenes from
the nightmare began to replay themselves in her mind, mocking her with
their presence. Tetra finally shook off the memory and continued to trudge
through the forest.
Suddenly, something dark and quick shot up behind her and slammed her into
a tree. Though the impact stunned her for a moment, Tetra managed to keep
her hold on the Star Light and the other things she was carrying in her
hands. Even so, Tetra gave a loud cry of pain and surprise that echoed
through the muted forest even after she had struck the tree.
Tetra swung her gaze to meet her attacker and nearly gasped in surprise. A
lone, dark warrior in black armor and carrying a massive sword made of some
strange metal stood before her, leering at her menacingly. Remembering
Link's bow and arrows that she still carried, Tetra tried to defend
herself. With a disdainful cackle, the warrior knocked them from her hands
and raised its sword as if to strike her.
Abruptly, someone came running out of the darkened woods and shoved the
monster away from Tetra. It fell back and was momentarily too surprised to
react. "Link?!" Tetra gasped when she saw him. He turned to face her and
smiled sheepishly. "Look, Tetra, we can argue later, but we really need to
get away from here now," he said, his voice ringing with urgent tones.
Tetra nodded and got to her feet.
The warrior was rising to its feet again just as Link grabbed his bow and
arrows in one hand and Tetra's hand in the other and ran. They could hear
the warrior's roar of frustration at their escape even as they tore through
the forest. Finally, Link slowed his pace and they stopped at the very
edge of the clearing where the olden monument stood.
"Link, why did you come back?" Tetra asked when they both got their breath.
"I heard you scream and I was running to see what had happened when I
heard you yell. I was worried about you," Link replied. "Then, about what
happened before." She began. "I'm so sorry about what I said, Tetra! I
never meant to say that! I just was so annoyed with you and you were being
so obnoxious that I just lost control. Please say that you'll forgive me
for leaving you?" he said pleadingly.
"Link, I'm the one who should be apologizing! I really shouldn't have been
so mean to you," Tetra said. "Then, I suppose, that we forgive each
other?" Link said sheepishly. Tetra nodded and to both of their surprise,
she threw her arms around him and hugged him.
"I missed you," she whispered. Link had turned a shade of deep crimson,
but he said, "Same here. Though, I could do without your slight
eccentrics." Tetra knew that the remark was intended as a joke and laughed
softly. "You should speak for yourself. You're the one who always charges
straight ahead without thinking about how badly things could go for you,"
she said. "That's how I am," Link said playfully. Tetra grinned and
rolled her eyes, pretending to be exasperated.
Just as she let go of him, a blast of blue energy shoved Tetra away.
"Tetra!" Link yelled as the dark warrior appeared and captured him in a net
of energy. "Let me go!" he yelled desperately, struggling to see if Tetra
had been hurt. As Tetra slowly got to her feet, the warrior used another
blast of energy to form glowing chains that bound her wrists and kept her
from going anywhere.
When she saw Link trapped within the net and the triumphant warrior
sneering at them, Tetra's eyes suddenly widened. She had seen this before,
in her dream that had wakened her. To her horror, she knew what was going
to happen next.
"No! Please don't take him away!" she cried, straining against her bonds.
As if in a cruel reply, the monster took hold of the net trapping Link.
Power surged through it and stung Link with terrible pain. Then, he went
limp and the net vanished.
Now, Tetra was getting desperate. This all had been in her dream and soon,
she would be all alone. The warrior bet slightly and hauled Link up
roughly. The boy had been knocked unconscious by the net's power and hung
lifelessly as he was jerked off the ground. The warrior began to chant in
a strange language and started to glow with a dark energy.
'Please, somebody, anybody, don't let him take Link away. Please,' Tetra
thought as despondent tears began to run down her face. The chains binding
her never lessened their strength as the power that the monster was calling
grew and grew.
Suddenly, the monster cackled and vanished, taking Link with him in a blur
of dark power.
Darunia: A MONSTER JUST KIDNAPPED LINK AND YOU'RE GOING TO JUST LEAVE THEM
THERE FOR FIVE DAYS?!
Aria: Hey! I don't exactly want to go away for five days, but I don't have
any choice! Anyway, this is the nastiest cliffhanger I've pulled yet, so
lay off, will ya?
Darunia: But-but-but!
Aria: But, what? I know this is a bad place to leave them, but I really
don't have any choice! How many times must I repeat this? I'd love to
stay here and update every day, but I'm running out of chapters to update
with because I haven't been allowed near a computer for five freaking days!
I already apologized about a million times! I don't like having to leave
them hanging any more than they do! Sheesh! The things an authoress has
to cope with! Okay, I'm going to be perfectly realistic about this
situation here. I expect that you're all going to be breathing down my
neck until the next update and voicing your complaints through reviews.
So, that's it until next time. Please read and review! See you all soon!
Darunia: She gets a vacation and I have to feed the transfigured goddesses!
What is this world coming to?!
for the last few chapters, don't expect any more chapters until the 13th or
14th of July. So many people guessed correctly who my mystery characters
are! I'm not going to blurt it out, but you get the idea. And, to Dark
Dragon: yes, I know that Darunia's supposed to be dead. He's a spirit here
and he's only doing my disclaimers, so please lay off. He's WAY better
mannered than Navi was. Not to mention, he hasn't gotten himself into
trouble once since he came here! Get used to spirits of the dead hanging
around because one is going to be a major character in a coming chapter.
Anyway, I did the Link-Tetra fight because it adds a dramatic touch to the
story. Also, instead of making them hate each other, well, just read this
chapter and find out! Darunia, your turn!
Darunia: The omnipotent authoress and the owner of this story, Aria Zephyr,
does not own the Legend of Zelda games, their characters, etc. You get the
idea.
Chapter 25: The Nightmare Comes True
Tetra awoke in the middle of the night with a horrified scream. Her body
had broken out in a cold sweat and she was breathing heavily as if she had
just been running for her life. She looked around at her surroundings and
was surprised to see that she was still inside the cave, yet all alone.
She had sat up when she had screamed and now, she drew her knees close to
her body with an unhappy whimper. "It.was just.a dream.a really terrifying
dream, but a dream nonetheless," she whispered to herself. She looked
around for any sign of Link and was suddenly reminded of their fight. She
whimpered again and tear slid slowly down her cheek.
'I have to find him; there's no telling where he is, but if he's as upset
about that fight as I am, he might have done something drastic!' Tetra
thought. She stood up slowly and when she did, she spotted Link's bow and
arrows lying on the floor. 'He must have forgotten them when he ran. I
hope he's alright,' Tetra thought as she picked up the bow and arrows off
the cave floor.
She picked up the other few things that lay around the cave and started out
into the forest. She first noticed how dark it was. The sky was draped
with dark, foreboding clouds that shut out all, if any, light. Tetra
quickly used her breath to light the Star Light and a small area around her
was filled with a soft, silvery light.
As Tetra walked quietly through the silent forest, the light from her Star
Light seemed to give the gnarled, old trees some sort of personality. They
all looked like they had been twisted and tortured into their present
shapes and the way their trunks were wrinkled made them seem to be enduring
a great agony. Tetra tried to avoid looking at them, as they made her feel
nervous in the already nerve-racking forest, but her attempts did not help
her much.
The silence and the general feeling of anxiety started to remind Tetra of
the horrible dream that had awoken her not so long ago. The scenes from
the nightmare began to replay themselves in her mind, mocking her with
their presence. Tetra finally shook off the memory and continued to trudge
through the forest.
Suddenly, something dark and quick shot up behind her and slammed her into
a tree. Though the impact stunned her for a moment, Tetra managed to keep
her hold on the Star Light and the other things she was carrying in her
hands. Even so, Tetra gave a loud cry of pain and surprise that echoed
through the muted forest even after she had struck the tree.
Tetra swung her gaze to meet her attacker and nearly gasped in surprise. A
lone, dark warrior in black armor and carrying a massive sword made of some
strange metal stood before her, leering at her menacingly. Remembering
Link's bow and arrows that she still carried, Tetra tried to defend
herself. With a disdainful cackle, the warrior knocked them from her hands
and raised its sword as if to strike her.
Abruptly, someone came running out of the darkened woods and shoved the
monster away from Tetra. It fell back and was momentarily too surprised to
react. "Link?!" Tetra gasped when she saw him. He turned to face her and
smiled sheepishly. "Look, Tetra, we can argue later, but we really need to
get away from here now," he said, his voice ringing with urgent tones.
Tetra nodded and got to her feet.
The warrior was rising to its feet again just as Link grabbed his bow and
arrows in one hand and Tetra's hand in the other and ran. They could hear
the warrior's roar of frustration at their escape even as they tore through
the forest. Finally, Link slowed his pace and they stopped at the very
edge of the clearing where the olden monument stood.
"Link, why did you come back?" Tetra asked when they both got their breath.
"I heard you scream and I was running to see what had happened when I
heard you yell. I was worried about you," Link replied. "Then, about what
happened before." She began. "I'm so sorry about what I said, Tetra! I
never meant to say that! I just was so annoyed with you and you were being
so obnoxious that I just lost control. Please say that you'll forgive me
for leaving you?" he said pleadingly.
"Link, I'm the one who should be apologizing! I really shouldn't have been
so mean to you," Tetra said. "Then, I suppose, that we forgive each
other?" Link said sheepishly. Tetra nodded and to both of their surprise,
she threw her arms around him and hugged him.
"I missed you," she whispered. Link had turned a shade of deep crimson,
but he said, "Same here. Though, I could do without your slight
eccentrics." Tetra knew that the remark was intended as a joke and laughed
softly. "You should speak for yourself. You're the one who always charges
straight ahead without thinking about how badly things could go for you,"
she said. "That's how I am," Link said playfully. Tetra grinned and
rolled her eyes, pretending to be exasperated.
Just as she let go of him, a blast of blue energy shoved Tetra away.
"Tetra!" Link yelled as the dark warrior appeared and captured him in a net
of energy. "Let me go!" he yelled desperately, struggling to see if Tetra
had been hurt. As Tetra slowly got to her feet, the warrior used another
blast of energy to form glowing chains that bound her wrists and kept her
from going anywhere.
When she saw Link trapped within the net and the triumphant warrior
sneering at them, Tetra's eyes suddenly widened. She had seen this before,
in her dream that had wakened her. To her horror, she knew what was going
to happen next.
"No! Please don't take him away!" she cried, straining against her bonds.
As if in a cruel reply, the monster took hold of the net trapping Link.
Power surged through it and stung Link with terrible pain. Then, he went
limp and the net vanished.
Now, Tetra was getting desperate. This all had been in her dream and soon,
she would be all alone. The warrior bet slightly and hauled Link up
roughly. The boy had been knocked unconscious by the net's power and hung
lifelessly as he was jerked off the ground. The warrior began to chant in
a strange language and started to glow with a dark energy.
'Please, somebody, anybody, don't let him take Link away. Please,' Tetra
thought as despondent tears began to run down her face. The chains binding
her never lessened their strength as the power that the monster was calling
grew and grew.
Suddenly, the monster cackled and vanished, taking Link with him in a blur
of dark power.
Darunia: A MONSTER JUST KIDNAPPED LINK AND YOU'RE GOING TO JUST LEAVE THEM
THERE FOR FIVE DAYS?!
Aria: Hey! I don't exactly want to go away for five days, but I don't have
any choice! Anyway, this is the nastiest cliffhanger I've pulled yet, so
lay off, will ya?
Darunia: But-but-but!
Aria: But, what? I know this is a bad place to leave them, but I really
don't have any choice! How many times must I repeat this? I'd love to
stay here and update every day, but I'm running out of chapters to update
with because I haven't been allowed near a computer for five freaking days!
I already apologized about a million times! I don't like having to leave
them hanging any more than they do! Sheesh! The things an authoress has
to cope with! Okay, I'm going to be perfectly realistic about this
situation here. I expect that you're all going to be breathing down my
neck until the next update and voicing your complaints through reviews.
So, that's it until next time. Please read and review! See you all soon!
Darunia: She gets a vacation and I have to feed the transfigured goddesses!
What is this world coming to?!
