Chapter 6: I'm sorry
It was nightfall when the party arrived at Lake Hylia. They walked on the bridge to the mainland and set up camp. They cooked some fish that Link caught and sat down, chatting about their day. Ganondorf explained to the group what happened back in Death Mountain earlier.
"And just when I thought it was the end of me, Michelle grabbed my arm and pulled me up," explained Ganondorf in a surprised manner. Everyone got a shocked look on their faces, then all eyes turned on Michelle, whose face was red from embarrassment. Link's face then turned into one of anger. He stood up and started to leave until Michelle got up and grabbed Link's arm, looking at him with worried eyes.
"Link, what's wrong," she asked.
"What's wrong," replied Link, sounding ticked off. "What's wrong is you saved my arch nemesis! The King of Evil! That's what's wrong!"
"What the hell was I supposed to do!? Just let him die!? He may be evil, but he didn't deserve to die like that! Nobody does!"
"It would take a lot off of Hyrule's shoulders!"
"Don't you mean YOUR shoulders!? We need him just as much as we need you!" They continued to yell at each other while the rest of the group looked at the two with a look of pure shock. Navi flew around Link and Michelle's heads, then got in-between their faces.
"Stop it, you two," the fairy screamed. "You're acting like children!"
"Just stay out of this, Navi," yelled Link. Fox had about had it. He hated to see two of his best friends fighting like this, especially when they were in love! He shot up and wedged himself in-between the two, pushing them apart, glaring at both of them.
"That's enough out of both of you," the vulpine screamed. Everything was silent for a few moments until he broke the silence again. "Link, I don't know what the history between you and Ganondorf is, but that's no excuse for you to take it out on Michelle! She's your girlfriend for crying out loud!" Michelle looked at Link, her hard eyes turned soft and apologetic. Fox noticed the change, but didn't understand why. Link looked at her, his eyes still hard and cold. He turned around on his heel and stormed away from the camp, Navi flying after him. Michelle watched him go off, then she ran away from the camp in the opposite direction, a small trail of tears behind her. Fox, Zelda, Falcon, and Ganondorf looked at each other in utter confusion. Zelda sighed and finally broke the long, awkward silence.
"We need to get them to talk to each other again," exclaimed Zelda. "I hate seeing them like this. I've never seen either of them act like this."
"I'm with you on that one, Zelda," responded Fox. "Zelda, Falcon, you guys go talk to Link. I'll talk to Michelle."
"And what the hell am I supposed to do, Fuzzball," roared Ganondorf.
"You're coming with me. I'm not letting you out of my sight. You might be a member of this team, but I still don't trust you." Ganondorf pouted, then sighed.
"Fine. . ." Everyone stood up and went to their destinations.
Michelle sat by the lake's edge, hugging her legs to her chest, her face buried in her knees. Her shoulders heaved from her crying. She lifted her head up and wiped her eyes, taking in a deep, raspy breath, then letting it out, her breath visible in the cold, winter's night. She looked out at the water as another tear fell. She saw the silhouette of Link on the island in the middle of the lake, throwing rocks into the water out of anger. She looked at her knees, her vision getting blurry from her watery eyes. As she shut them to blink out the tears, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up at the source of the hand and wiped her eyes, then turned her head away, ashamed.
"Michelle," started Fox, "It's not your fault. Link gets a bit hotheaded sometimes and jumps to conclusions. I wouldn't let it eat at you."
"I feel so awful," exclaimed Michelle solemnly. "I've never been yelled at or degraded like that by anybody, and the last person I'd expect that from is Link. I've always thought of him as someone who'd bring someone's spirits up, not push them down. I've been wondering if I really did do the right thing."
"Of course you did," stated Ganondorf.
"That's easy for you to say, Ganondorf. You get another chance at the Triforce."
"Well, yeah, but nobody's ever done anything like that for me. Ever. And for that, I. . . Uhh. . ."
"C'mon, Ganondorf, you can say it," teased Fox. Ganondorf shot him a nasty look, then looked at Michelle, his face, for the first time ever, softened slightly. His face turned hesitant at the same time as he struggled to say the words.
". . . Thank you. For saving my life." Michelle got a fake surprised look on her face and brought a hand to her face in sarcastic shock.
"Oh my God," stated Michelle in fake surprise. "Ganondorf has a soft side!" Ganondorf's face quickly goes back to its usual, hard self and he pouts like an immature child.
"Do not!" Fox and Michelle started laughing, and after a moment, Ganondorf started laughing, but it wasn't that usual, evil cackle of his. It was a happy laughter. Michelle smiled slightly at the two and stood up, facing them.
"Thanks for cheering me up, you guys," she thanked. Fox smiled back.
"You're my frie-" started Fox until Ganondorf cleared his throat and eyed the vulpine. "You're our friend, Michelle. Of course we're going to cheer you up when you're down." Michelle's smile slowly faded as she looked toward the silhouette of her beloved.
"How could she do that," fumed Link, throwing rocks into the lake angrily. "She betrayed me by saving HIM!"
"She didn't betray you, Link," reasoned Navi, resting on her companion's head.
"Navi's right," included a female voice from behind. Link turned towards the bridge and there stood Zelda and Falcon. They walked up to the angry Hylian.
"You're taking her side," yelled Link in question.
"We're not taking any sides, Fairy Boy," retorted Falcon, sounding a bit ticked off himself. "You had no right to yell at her like that! Do you know how upset you made her!?"
"If she hadn't have saved that pig, Hyrule would be safe again!"
"She would also be dead," cried out Zelda. Link's face of anger quickly turned into one of shock. He completely forgot why they were back in Hyrule in the first place: to get the Spiritual Stones and summon the Triforce to get rid of Kimoru once and for all. He lowered his head in shame and shut his eyes.
"I. . . I feel horrible. I yelled at her for doing the right thing. I was the one who was wrong. I've got to go apologize to her right away, otherwise she might never speak to me again!" Link broke through his friends and ran across the bridge. The entire time in his head, he thought, "Please let her forgive me, please let her forgive me, please let her forgive me. . . " He spotted Michelle with Fox and Ganondorf, walking back towards the camp. He cried out to her and she stopped, turning around to face him on the bridge, causing the other two to stop and do the same thing. Link stopped to catch his breath as Michelle ran up to him to see if he was okay. They looked at each other for a few moments, staring into each other's apologetic eyes.
"Link, I'm-" started Michelle before Link put a finger to her lips gently to silence her, shaking his head.
"No, I'm sorry. I had no right to yell at you like that, for doing the right thing. I got so angry that I forgot why we were here in the first place. First thing tomorrow, we go to Zora's Domain to get the last Spiritual Stone, and we'll save you. I lost you once, I don't want to lose you again." Michelle's eyes began to water again, but out of happiness. She hugged Link and cried into his shoulder. He hugged her back tightly, burying his own face into her shoulder. Zelda, Falcon, and Navi teamed back up with Fox and Ganondorf as the five looked at the two lovebirds.
"Looks like they've patched things up," stated Zelda, smiling.
"You're not going to believe what helped cheer her up," started Fox, smiling slyly. Falcon, Navi and Zelda looked at him interestingly. Fox began to tell them, but then Ganondorf grabbed Fox's shoulder in one hand and his muzzle in the other, getting him to shut up, his face red from embarrassment. Fox struggled to get free of him while Zelda, Falcon, and Navi laughed at the two. Fox broke free and looked at Ganondorf, growling, Ganon returning the action. The two then started laughing along with the rest of the group. Link and Michelle looked at the rest of the group from their position about twenty yards away from them, smiling. They then looked at each other, then looked out at the moon over the lake, remaining in each other's arms.
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It was nightfall when the party arrived at Lake Hylia. They walked on the bridge to the mainland and set up camp. They cooked some fish that Link caught and sat down, chatting about their day. Ganondorf explained to the group what happened back in Death Mountain earlier.
"And just when I thought it was the end of me, Michelle grabbed my arm and pulled me up," explained Ganondorf in a surprised manner. Everyone got a shocked look on their faces, then all eyes turned on Michelle, whose face was red from embarrassment. Link's face then turned into one of anger. He stood up and started to leave until Michelle got up and grabbed Link's arm, looking at him with worried eyes.
"Link, what's wrong," she asked.
"What's wrong," replied Link, sounding ticked off. "What's wrong is you saved my arch nemesis! The King of Evil! That's what's wrong!"
"What the hell was I supposed to do!? Just let him die!? He may be evil, but he didn't deserve to die like that! Nobody does!"
"It would take a lot off of Hyrule's shoulders!"
"Don't you mean YOUR shoulders!? We need him just as much as we need you!" They continued to yell at each other while the rest of the group looked at the two with a look of pure shock. Navi flew around Link and Michelle's heads, then got in-between their faces.
"Stop it, you two," the fairy screamed. "You're acting like children!"
"Just stay out of this, Navi," yelled Link. Fox had about had it. He hated to see two of his best friends fighting like this, especially when they were in love! He shot up and wedged himself in-between the two, pushing them apart, glaring at both of them.
"That's enough out of both of you," the vulpine screamed. Everything was silent for a few moments until he broke the silence again. "Link, I don't know what the history between you and Ganondorf is, but that's no excuse for you to take it out on Michelle! She's your girlfriend for crying out loud!" Michelle looked at Link, her hard eyes turned soft and apologetic. Fox noticed the change, but didn't understand why. Link looked at her, his eyes still hard and cold. He turned around on his heel and stormed away from the camp, Navi flying after him. Michelle watched him go off, then she ran away from the camp in the opposite direction, a small trail of tears behind her. Fox, Zelda, Falcon, and Ganondorf looked at each other in utter confusion. Zelda sighed and finally broke the long, awkward silence.
"We need to get them to talk to each other again," exclaimed Zelda. "I hate seeing them like this. I've never seen either of them act like this."
"I'm with you on that one, Zelda," responded Fox. "Zelda, Falcon, you guys go talk to Link. I'll talk to Michelle."
"And what the hell am I supposed to do, Fuzzball," roared Ganondorf.
"You're coming with me. I'm not letting you out of my sight. You might be a member of this team, but I still don't trust you." Ganondorf pouted, then sighed.
"Fine. . ." Everyone stood up and went to their destinations.
Michelle sat by the lake's edge, hugging her legs to her chest, her face buried in her knees. Her shoulders heaved from her crying. She lifted her head up and wiped her eyes, taking in a deep, raspy breath, then letting it out, her breath visible in the cold, winter's night. She looked out at the water as another tear fell. She saw the silhouette of Link on the island in the middle of the lake, throwing rocks into the water out of anger. She looked at her knees, her vision getting blurry from her watery eyes. As she shut them to blink out the tears, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up at the source of the hand and wiped her eyes, then turned her head away, ashamed.
"Michelle," started Fox, "It's not your fault. Link gets a bit hotheaded sometimes and jumps to conclusions. I wouldn't let it eat at you."
"I feel so awful," exclaimed Michelle solemnly. "I've never been yelled at or degraded like that by anybody, and the last person I'd expect that from is Link. I've always thought of him as someone who'd bring someone's spirits up, not push them down. I've been wondering if I really did do the right thing."
"Of course you did," stated Ganondorf.
"That's easy for you to say, Ganondorf. You get another chance at the Triforce."
"Well, yeah, but nobody's ever done anything like that for me. Ever. And for that, I. . . Uhh. . ."
"C'mon, Ganondorf, you can say it," teased Fox. Ganondorf shot him a nasty look, then looked at Michelle, his face, for the first time ever, softened slightly. His face turned hesitant at the same time as he struggled to say the words.
". . . Thank you. For saving my life." Michelle got a fake surprised look on her face and brought a hand to her face in sarcastic shock.
"Oh my God," stated Michelle in fake surprise. "Ganondorf has a soft side!" Ganondorf's face quickly goes back to its usual, hard self and he pouts like an immature child.
"Do not!" Fox and Michelle started laughing, and after a moment, Ganondorf started laughing, but it wasn't that usual, evil cackle of his. It was a happy laughter. Michelle smiled slightly at the two and stood up, facing them.
"Thanks for cheering me up, you guys," she thanked. Fox smiled back.
"You're my frie-" started Fox until Ganondorf cleared his throat and eyed the vulpine. "You're our friend, Michelle. Of course we're going to cheer you up when you're down." Michelle's smile slowly faded as she looked toward the silhouette of her beloved.
"How could she do that," fumed Link, throwing rocks into the lake angrily. "She betrayed me by saving HIM!"
"She didn't betray you, Link," reasoned Navi, resting on her companion's head.
"Navi's right," included a female voice from behind. Link turned towards the bridge and there stood Zelda and Falcon. They walked up to the angry Hylian.
"You're taking her side," yelled Link in question.
"We're not taking any sides, Fairy Boy," retorted Falcon, sounding a bit ticked off himself. "You had no right to yell at her like that! Do you know how upset you made her!?"
"If she hadn't have saved that pig, Hyrule would be safe again!"
"She would also be dead," cried out Zelda. Link's face of anger quickly turned into one of shock. He completely forgot why they were back in Hyrule in the first place: to get the Spiritual Stones and summon the Triforce to get rid of Kimoru once and for all. He lowered his head in shame and shut his eyes.
"I. . . I feel horrible. I yelled at her for doing the right thing. I was the one who was wrong. I've got to go apologize to her right away, otherwise she might never speak to me again!" Link broke through his friends and ran across the bridge. The entire time in his head, he thought, "Please let her forgive me, please let her forgive me, please let her forgive me. . . " He spotted Michelle with Fox and Ganondorf, walking back towards the camp. He cried out to her and she stopped, turning around to face him on the bridge, causing the other two to stop and do the same thing. Link stopped to catch his breath as Michelle ran up to him to see if he was okay. They looked at each other for a few moments, staring into each other's apologetic eyes.
"Link, I'm-" started Michelle before Link put a finger to her lips gently to silence her, shaking his head.
"No, I'm sorry. I had no right to yell at you like that, for doing the right thing. I got so angry that I forgot why we were here in the first place. First thing tomorrow, we go to Zora's Domain to get the last Spiritual Stone, and we'll save you. I lost you once, I don't want to lose you again." Michelle's eyes began to water again, but out of happiness. She hugged Link and cried into his shoulder. He hugged her back tightly, burying his own face into her shoulder. Zelda, Falcon, and Navi teamed back up with Fox and Ganondorf as the five looked at the two lovebirds.
"Looks like they've patched things up," stated Zelda, smiling.
"You're not going to believe what helped cheer her up," started Fox, smiling slyly. Falcon, Navi and Zelda looked at him interestingly. Fox began to tell them, but then Ganondorf grabbed Fox's shoulder in one hand and his muzzle in the other, getting him to shut up, his face red from embarrassment. Fox struggled to get free of him while Zelda, Falcon, and Navi laughed at the two. Fox broke free and looked at Ganondorf, growling, Ganon returning the action. The two then started laughing along with the rest of the group. Link and Michelle looked at the rest of the group from their position about twenty yards away from them, smiling. They then looked at each other, then looked out at the moon over the lake, remaining in each other's arms.
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