A/N: I bet a lot of people hated this Chapter, but I promise that it gets better!

Chapter 8

Link drank the deep red potion and fainted. Ash covered her mouth and ran out of the dwelling they were both in. It was dark, but the silvery moon laid a silhouette on the distorted grounds. Tears landed on the plants that have just survived the dangers. They welted beneath her.

The next morning Link got up, his stomach hurt painfully. "What happened?" Lin asked holding his stomach. He noticed a blood stain on his shirt. He lifted his shirt and noticed a deep scar there. He started to sweat and felt sick. He ran out of the dwelling and threw up. Ash was sleeping in some near by bushes not wanting to be seen for her sadness was great, and when she was very sad it rains, and small things die like the plants last night. Link noticed her and walked over to her, he wiped his mouth on his sleeve.

"Ash? Ash wake up." Link whispered in her ear.

"Huh? Hmm.. Link! You're alive! My potion worked!" She yelled happily, it was raining before, now it was sunny and cheerful. She hugged Link tightly around the neck. Link had to gasp for air. He pulled away and kissed her on the cheek.

"What happened?" He asked staring down at his blood stained shirt. Ash sighed and told him how he tried to kill himself that night. "Why would I do that for? Why?" Link said sitting down on a moss covered rock.

"You- you were depressed." She said slowly looking down at her feet, " And you said that you wanted to die, so you took out your sword and stabbed yourself in the stomach." She started to cry. " Don't leave me ever again. You left me twice, and I can't bear it Link. I- I can't....." Link Walked over to her and hugged her tightly, but something wasn't right about it. Ash couldn't breathe. He was choking her.

"Now you'll leave me! HAHAHA!" Laughed Link. He was crushing Ash. Then Ash looked into his eyes, they were red, and he was turning into Claude.

"NO!" She squeaked.

"Yes!" He grabbed her by the arm, jumped on Epona, and rode back to the castle. Ash was thrown in a dungeon with the rest of the castle inhabitancy. Zelda was chained to the wall unconscious, The servants were looking around scared to death, then Ash noticed Link bleeding rapidly.

"Link!" Ash cried running across her cell to the one beside it. She reached out a hand and touched his hand.

"A.....s.....h......" He whispered weakly.

"Yes Link, it's me Ash. Please Link get up." She cried. Rain started to patter above the dungeon cells.

" I- I can't.." Link trailed off and fainted. He was holding his stomach which was gushing blood. He was still gripped to her hand, but it slowly got cold and it slipped away.

"LINK! Get up damn it! GET UP NOW! Your not dead Link, your not dead....." She looked away as he fell from his sitting position. Zelda had waken up and looked over at Ash then at Link.

"What happened?" She asked looking down.

"Link........He's d-dead." Zelda nodded and tears dripped to her cheeks. Ash held out a hand to her. Their cages were together also. Then Ash remembered that Zelda couldn't move her arms. Ash put her hand down and stared at her.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~3 years ago*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Ash, I can't help you. I'm sorry, but I can't go anywhere." Malon whispered to her through Ash's cage.

"Please let me out! It's like I'm dying!" Ash cried.

"Ahm! Who's this Ash? A FRIEND?!" Claude yelled grabbing Malon by the hair.

"No, please let her go! She wasn't trying to save me! Let her go! She's married and has children!" Ash cried slamming her fists against her cage.

"I hate girls like these." Claude sighed putting a knife to Malon's throat. Tears were streaming down Malon's face. She was breathing heavily. As though she were to faint. Claude sighed and slit her throat.

"NO! You ass hole! WHY?! SHE HAS CHILDREN!" Ash screamed. Claude grabbed Ash's collar, from her dress, through the cage.

" I should punish you for that." He said thrusting her fiercely backwards. She hit her head and fainted.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Present~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

She stared blankly at Zelda, she shook her head of the memory and crawled into a corner. She didn't understand how this could've happened. Link had killed him, but nothing can kill the evil that lives within. She shuddered, and thought quietly to herself about Link and her. She could feel his warm touch in his hugs, his soft lips in his kiss. She opened her eyes noticing Claude kissing her.

"AH! That's disgusting! Get away from me!" She screamed kicking at him with her foot. Claude smiled and grabbed her hand.

"Now now, that's no way to treat your fiance. Come with me Ash. It's time to wed."

"NO! NO! AHH!" She screamed trying to get away from his hand. He looked down at Link and chuckled.

" I was expecting you to resist. I'll revive Link if you say yes." Ash looked down at Link's limp body. She didn't say anything and let him take her to his chambers. The maids put a black dress on her with white fringe. After she was dressed and groomed, they rushed her to he small chapel downstairs where an alter awaits her. Claude took her by the arm and marched up to the alter.

"I do." Claude said, Ash wasn't paying any attention. Her eyes were fixed on Link's limp body sagging over a small bench. Claude jerked her arm painfully, Ash was alert. She had no idea what was going on.

"Do you take this man to be your husband?" The priest asked again. Ash looked over at Link sadly then she noticed him moving a little. He was alive!

"I do not!" She said quite fast. She looked back at Link, he winked and closed his eyes once more.

"I think she said that wrong. Didn't you Ash?" Claude asked her. He was turning a dark shade of red.

"No, I said NO!" She screamed grabbing her arm back and ran out the doors. Claude raced after her, he grabbed a hold of her hair pulling it back tightly. She fell into his arms. He violently pushed her into a case of knives. The glass broke, and many f the swords fell. She reacted fast enough to roll over before the blades pierced into her. She tried to get up, but Claude had picked up a board and hit her in the head with it. He kept beating her until she could no longer move. He stomped out leaving her to die.

Link on the other hand, had been faking his death for this certain occasion. Of course he didn't know that Claude was killing Ash, but he was waiting for him with his sword in hand. Claude rushed back in. He was going to beat Link because he felt like it.

"What the hell?!" He yelled furiously. Link tried not to laugh.

"You looking for me?!" Link cried out in a ghostly voice. Claude backed into a wall.

"You- you're s-supposed to be d-dead." He said in a horrified voice.

"No, you are." Link crackled and ran towards him slicing Claude in two. Claude didn't even have the chance to fight back. Link laughed once more,. He picked up the two halves of Claude and walked out of the chapel. He threw Claude's remains in the polluted Zora river. The Mugwamps *evil drowning people* grabbed the pieces and tore him apart. They ate joyously. Link took off his bloody shirt and ran in the castle to find Ash.

Ash was still unconscious when Link got there. He looked at her in a horrified way. Her head was bleeding rapidly. He grabbed her and ran off to the small dwelling. He searched for the potion she had given him that day he stabbed himself. He found the potion, there was only a small portion left. He unscrewed the cork and poured the remains into her mouth. He held her in his arms that night. The next morning, the bandages he placed around her head were quite bloodstained, but the cuts weren't there anymore. He looked into her face brushing her bangs behind her ears.

"Ash?" He asked looking into her closed eyes. She opened them suddenly and didn't say anything. "Ash?" He asked again, but she said nothing. Her pixie was fluttering about. It had found it's way back.

"She's stunned Link." It said floating around above her head.

"I gave her the potion! She's supposed to be able to live again!" He said hugging her closer.

"You must do something, but I don not know what. It has to be of pure love to work. She'll stay like that forever. She's in the Death Realm just waiting to get out."

"Pure love?! How?! Wait... I understand now." He looked into her blank white eyes. He closed his and kissed her dead frozen lips. After a few moments he backed away. She had not changed. "NO! Wake up. Please!" Link cried caressing her. He let a tear fall onto her face. He kept holding her, then he felt her hand grabbing a hold of his shirt.

A/N: I swear that I'll do some more. Sorry this one took so long.