This is probably the yuckiest episode I've ever written. I thought "Thirsty" was yucky, but now that I think of it, it was just twisted. Twisted and sad. And I promised not to write a sad one for a while, right? Well, the next one will surely be different from the normal way of these files. And I'm trying to be funny when writing it to make it believable… What am I writing about? That's not for you to know yet! Hee-hee…
Okay, now I need to tell you that this part is very bloody and maybe I should start rating these files R… what do you think? I'm sorry for this, but please, stick with me, readers! Thank you!
Thank you so much for the encouraging feedback you tirelessly send to me! Thank you!
Mewlon: You're right, I guess Marth really is 19, but I've always seen him more mature, so I decided that he was 21. He somehow reminds me of Cloud, I don't know why, it's somehow strange. They have nothing in common! And his age also increases the troubles between the two, him and Young Link. Oh! I think Meiko's a great name! I also thought about Tsukuyomi (The Moon) because Vincent's dark… but it's your story and I know it'll be better without my advice. I guess the best mother for her could be Rogue, because Tifa's way too normal and she could have some of her abilities. Wow! Thanks for the compliments!
Solanar: I'm trying to write as fast as I can and I'm sorry this time I took a little longer than usual… I'm just always so busy. Great that you like it!
RavenGhost: I will, I will! But if I write too fast, the result will be crappy and predictable. So try to be patient, ok?
Lindsay&company: You like it as well? I'm happy to hear everyone like this episode, though it's so bloody and yucky… (Roy: "SO bloody? That's not the right way to describe that grossness! I was puked ON!") Oh, please, Roy… But… where did Lindsay run?
Sagesumi: Hey, it's okay, I was just wondering where'd you gone. Marth/Young Link is hard to imagine together, I admit that. But we'll see what'll happen... *laughs* And Roy… He's got some serious problems, sometimes I'm wondering how I can be so mean to him. I'm really making him suffer. But, he's got Link, so he'll be fine, right? …right!? I have answers to all of those questions, but I would ruin all the fun telling them… heheh… You'll get a few answers in this part, I hope you like it! You keep praising me, don't you? *blushes* I'm really flattered to hear that. By the way, did you like the Triangle's new chapter? I finally updated!
Thank you once again!
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Soon it will be time… The figure sat on the branch of a tree. …Very soon.
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Zelda opened her door, forcing herself to stay up and walked to the corridor, her dress covered in blood and her hair messed up. When she coughed, the blood dripped on the corridor floor. Her steps were unstable, she was clearly looking for her balance.
The princess of Hyrule fell on her knees, letting the blood gush from her mouth to the floor. She tried to call for help, but only more blood came out, creating a puddle under her. After struggling against it for a while, her hands gave up and she fell in her own blood.
"Please…" The blonde Hylian stuttered huskily before seeing a white larva wriggling in front of her and falling unconscious.
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Roy took the larva in his hand, looking at it wriggle as it tried to free itself from his grasp. It hadn't been there just a second ago, and it was absolutely impossible for it to have come out of Peach's ear. The girl had now calmed down, her breathing normal, but blood still flowing from her mouth to the bed. It seemed that after the larva had appeared her seizure had ended.
But it can't be… the general thought as he took the larva to the bathroom and flushed it down from the toilet.
When he returned, the girl had opened her eyes again, mumbling something quietly.
"Are you all right?" he asked gently.
"Am I all right? Just look at me! I'm ugly!" She screamed angrily.
"But you're obviously getting better." Roy said calmly as he sat down on the edge of the bed.
"No, I'm not! I'm getting uglier and uglier! Soon no prince wants to marry me because I'm so ugly!"
"If I were you I'd worry about that later."
"No! My beauty is the number one thing!" She said.
Roy held his laughter back. All this girl could think on the verge of death was her beauty. She would probably take her life and die before she turned 30 just to die without any wrinkles.
Don't laugh at her…
The redheaded teen stood up as he looked at the time and decided to go to Marth and ask him to go and get the internal feeding now. But first he'd need someone in his place to look after the sick girl. He peeked to the corridor, seeing no one.
Then he saw her. In a blood puddle. A large white larva wriggling in front of her.
"Zelda!" He ran to the girl shouting in his worry. Was this an epidemic? He took the girl in his arms, hearing Peach cough again and dropped the other girl when he ran back.
The princess of Mushroom Kingdom started coughing again, this time huskily, spitting blood over the end of the bed. Before the general had ran to her, he heard the Hylian princess coughing as well.
Oh, no! He adjusted Peach's pillow quickly, so that she coughed less furiously and ran to the corridor to Zelda, whose face was in the blood puddle. Roy took her in his arms as she continued coughing up blood. Before he'd got her stop breathing, the other princess started again.
OH NO! This is horrible! He left the blonde Hylian again, putting her quickly on her side so that she wouldn't suffocate to her tongue.
The curly haired blonde had stopped breathing, lying on the bed lifeless in her own blood. Without hesitation, the boy ran to the bed and started enlivening her again.
1…2…3…4…5… he counted as he pressed the girl's chest. When he'd counted to fifteen he bent over her and blew air to her lungs three times. Nothing happened, so he repeated all that, cursing his luck all the time.
How can Zelda be infected? She hasn't been in the same room with Peach! He heard a loud growl when the elven princess tried to scream, spitting up only blood.
Please, Zelda, stay alive! Struggle! He thought desperately while blowing air again to the princess's mouth. Peach tried to sit up as she inhaled and vomited again. This time the general had predicted it and dodged at the last minute.
Continuing the coughing, she was pressed down by Roy's hand on her side. A shock of losing her beauty and everyone's love hit her and she started to sob, tears flowing to her pillow. The general saw this, but he was in a hurry of helping Zelda and tried to leave as he heard her coughing again.
"Roy!" Peach shouted as she grabbed his hand in a strong grasp for a lady. "Don't you dare leave me alone when I'm this vulnerable!"
"I need to help Zelda!"
"Don't I mean anything to you!?" She started coughing again because of shouting for him. He told her not to do that as he ran away to the Hylian, who was on the edge of death, breathing heavily, but not yet ready to give up.
"Zelda! Hang on!" He commanded as he took her in his arms and carried her to her room, which was all messed up and bloody.
Ugh… I think I'm going to puke… he thought as he put her down on her bed and adjusting the pillow so that air could freely flow to her lungs. Without a word, Zelda fell asleep in her exhaustion immediately. Roy turned her to her side again, making sure that she wouldn't suffocate. Then he left the door open so that he could hear it if something happened to her.
Oh, my god… I'm going to need a few hundred showers before all these body fluids and blood is completely washed off me. He thought as he made a disgusted face. I sure hope someone's coming here to free me and look after—Oh no! It's already 5:30! I need to order the food too!
I hope someone's coming… he thought and sighed heavily as he heard Peach coughing louder again.
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Link thought about Roy as he calmly walked towards the Smash Building, humming a song that he'd heard Jigglypuff sing. The boy was probably dead bored of sitting over three hours with the princess in her room without anything to do except make sure she would breath normally.
He hadn't been fair when leaving him alone, but now he knew the answers. He had almost everything figured out, even the ways of healing Peach.
Tuberculosis can go to hell… he sang triumphantly in his mind. Even though the general wouldn't believe him, he'd cure them. And maybe then Roy would believe. He would need to, he couldn't just explain the larvae and the blood and everything by scientific methods if Link cured her with summoning spirits or something like that. The Hylian couldn't help the smile that curved on his lips in his happiness.
He opened the door and walked upstairs, finding the redhead sitting outside Peach's room and leaning against the wall, his eyes closed like he was in a trance as he sighed heavily at times. His face and clothes were covered in blood, something shocking had absolutely happened.
"Roy?" He called gently, kneeing next to his beloved and brushing his bangs off his forehead gently.
"Hm?" It was a tired reply.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah… Considering that both Zelda and Peach threw up on me and I had to enliven Peach, run back and forth between them and worry myself sick." He was being derisive.
"Zelda!?" Link's eyes were open wide.
"Yeah. Somehow she's got ill too."
The Hylian was quiet for a while.
"Why didn't you ask anyone for help?"
"Everyone was watching Young Link's and Ganondorf's fight. They weren't here and I was way too busy to go and get them." The blue sapphires were finally unlidded as the boy looked into his lover's eyes.
"Poor you… Go to have a nice warm shower and relax and I'll look after the two." The blonde hugged Roy, who pushed him away with a tired smile.
"I don't need pity. Not from you." He said as he stood up. "I'm going to order something for dinner now and then I want to eat." The redhead walked to his room, leaving the Hero in the corridor looking after him with widened eyes.
He's really in a bad mood right now… Link thought as he entered Zelda's room quietly. But he'll be fine when he's gone to the shower and eaten something.
He sat on the edge of the princess's bed, thinking about the promise he'd made to Impa not long ago. Zelda's safety was on his shoulders. He'd need to cure her soon. And, Peach too, but she wasn't that important to him. The Hylian took off his glove and caressed the silky smooth cheek of the girl he'd once loved above everything.
I promised to protect you and Hyrule… and I will keep that promise until death takes me. He said in his mind.
He had no idea how long he'd been sitting there, just watching her sleep when he woke from his thoughts to the sound of Marth's steps.
"Hi, I heard from Roy that you're here. He's had a rough time…" The prince's cobalt eyes looked at him. Wow, this place's a mess… the man thought.
"Hi, yeah, he found Zelda sick too." Link gave Zelda a short look before turning back to Marth, the memory of his and Young Link's conversation popping to his mind. "Marth…"
"Hm?" The prince said.
"Have you talked about making love to Young Link?"
"What!?" Marth gave a surprised look to the blonde before collecting himself again. "I… Where'd you get that idea?"
"He asked me what it is. So, have you?"
"No! I watched a comedy with him last night before we went to the carnival, and in that film there were lots of jokes about making love, but not a scene about doing it." He explained. "That's where he might've got the idea. Why do you ask?"
Link was silent for a while, not knowing what to say. "I-I remember my own first time. I asked from Zelda what it was and how to do it before I really did it. And I'm afraid that he might… might…" he fell silent again.
"Oh, NO!" The prince of Althea said with a hint of disgust in his voice. "I could never, ever do that! He's just a kid!"
"…Good. I was just afraid." The Hylian said with a shy smile. He thought long before asking his next question. "…Would you like to?"
"Good god, no! If he was a little older and had an adult body I probably--" Marth realised what he'd said and felt highly uneasy when he saw the elf smile kindly.
"I didn't know you liked me." Link said teasingly.
"I…I guess I like the both of you, but in different ways… If he had your body, I would be more than happy." The blue haired man said, looking at his feet.
The Hylian laughed. "I understand. Just… it'll be hard to make him understand…"
"Yeah… I have to make him understand."
"Thanks." Link sighed.
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As the evening came, Captain Falcon promised to look after Peach and Samus Zelda. The princesses hadn't had any seizures and Marth had brought them both internal feedings. The disease seemed to have calmed down a little because of the pills Roy had given to the both.
Roy'd gone to the shower and was now peacefully lying on his bed, looking at Link, who still brushed his teeth. Thinking of the events earlier, he opened his mouth, but decided to say nothing. The Hylian saw this from the corner of his eye and asked:
"What were you about to say?"
"…Nothing." The general replied tiredly.
"Come on." The elf came to the bed and put himself under the blankets.
"I just… Nothing."
"Tell me. Maybe I can help." Link said gently as he wrapped his arms around the one he loved.
"I just had a weird feeling today… Just like right before you pieced me." Roy said as he held the elf tight against his chest.
"Don't remind me about that."
"It was a feeling like… I felt that I was going to die soon."
"What!?" The blonde's eyes opened wide in his shock. "You're not going to die! Not without me! I can't bear losing you like that ever again!"
"I… I knew I shouldn't have told." The voice of the redhead was sad.
"But… You're not going to die soon. No. I'm not going to let that happen." Link said calmly now.
"I just had that feeling… I don't believe it meant anything." The general said with a tone that implied that he didn't want them to talk about it anymore. The Hylian understood and kissed him sweetly.
"Good night." Roy said after it and closed his eyes to drift to sleep.
I'll never let you leave me like that again… Even the thought is so horrible that if you die, I'll kill myself as well. The blonde smiled. In death together. That's the way I want to die, by standing on my lover's side.
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Roy woke up, feeling pain in his chest and reached for his medicines in the dark. He got the can and took it in his hands, feeling something wriggle under him. He quickly got up and went to the bathroom to take the medicines. When he looked at his back in the light, he saw something wriggling under his skin. He made a disgusted face, thinking that he probably dreamed and pressed the spot so hard that the thing popped out and fell on the floor. Roy pressed the wound he'd made that hurt really much with his hand as he bent over the white wriggling larva.
Yep. I am so dreaming. He said as he calmly went back to sleep next to his beloved.
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The wind stripped the trees' of their leaves, leaving them naked in the forest and the garden. It played with the leaves in the air for a while, creating small hurricanes and then letting the leaves fall down on the ground before taking them up in the air again. Young Link watched this play with a bored expression, feeling it somehow familiar.
The autumn was such a glum season. It was so colourless. The elven boy waited for it to start snowing. Then he would have something to do, he could get his thoughts off Marth. The prince seemed to invade his mind time after time, not giving him a moment of peace.
Why he seemed so distant when he was so close, when they kissed? Why did his touch feel so cold and friendly? There was no love in it. He didn't squeeze him close to feel his heart beating nor did he pull him close in a kiss. It was true that Marth was his first boyfriend, maybe he was somehow afraid… or just confused. Their age difference made it difficult for him to understand the older.
"Kiddo!"
He turned around when he heard someone call him. "What?"
"Come, I need your help." Link said mysteriously.
"Where to?" his curiosity demanded him to ask.
"To Zelda's and Peach's rooms. We're going to heal them."
"But how?" Young Link trotted after his older self to the corridor. He glanced at Marth's door as they passed it and a worried look flashed on his face. He forced the prince away from his mind when they entered Zelda's room, both wanting to save her first.
As Link sat down on the edge of the bed of the princess's he thought about Roy. This was his chance to show the redhead that there were things unexplainable for science. But on the other hand, the general would probably try to stop him, being afraid that he would only make the princesses' diseases worse. So it was better to heal them without saying anything to him and then see his expression when he sees them healed and fine.
"Shall we start?" he asked from his smaller self.
"Yeah." Young Link said. The blonde took a small herb from his pocket and took a leaf from it, putting it in his mouth. He told his mini to do the same and he did. Then he took an old paper from his pocket and looked at it to make sure it was the right melody.
"Okay. Now let's play this."
"What'll it do?" Young Link asked.
"You'll see." Link said mysteriously.
"No. I want to know what happens first."
"We'll heal her by usi--"
"No. No one heals anyone without medical ways." Roy stood in the doorway, his hair out of place, wearing only black boxers with red stripes. He really looked like a general in the dim light of the room. Link knew he was everything but happy. He decided to keep quiet until the redhead would tell him otherwise.
"I've gone through hell here trying to keep Zelda and Peach alive and I don't want the two of you to experiment on them by trying to heal them with such humbug as spirits or whatever."
"But Roy!" Young Link protested. "We're not experimenting! Link knows what he's--"
"I don't care!" Roy snapped, his eyes flaming. "These two are fighting for their lives. I want you to get out of this room and think. Healing is not a matter of play." He commanded the small blonde, who walked past him, looking scared and embarrassed. He'd just wanted to help. Young Link walked to his room and closed the door behind him, hoping that Roy would go easy on Link.
The general glared at his love, his eyes still flaming with the fire inside him. Link still hadn't spoken a word, knowing that Roy wouldn't stand any resistance at all. It was best to be quiet and hear what he had to say and then maybe later he could talk about it. But not now.
"Link, I'm doing my best to save their lives." The redheaded teen finally said, trying to hold his anger back. "I understand you want their best, but it can't be done by… by… by this absurdity!" The general closed his eyes to calm himself down, shivering in his boxers.
"I won't do this again." Link looked at his feet, knowing that he shouldn't have done anything without Roy's permission, because he was the doctor now that Dr. Mario was in the conference in Europe. The Hylian needed to find a way to make the general believe before he could get rid of the larvae in the girls.
"Now…" The redheaded general heaved a heavy sigh. "Now I want you in my bed next to me." He left, his anger was gone as fast as it had come.
After a moment Link stood up and followed him. He hadn't been able to help smiling when his beloved had given him the command to come sleeping next to him.
He closed the door behind him as he entered the dark room and locked it. He took his clothes off and snuggled into the warm embrace of his general, kissing him lightly on his collarbone as an apology. Roy squeezed him close, pressing his lips on his and giving him a passionate kiss to tell him that he wasn't mad anymore and that the matter should be forgotten.
Who needs words? Link thought as he felt the general's tongue exploring in his mouth and duelled with it with his own.
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"Make love to me, Marth."
"WHAT!?" The prince fell over on his face as they walked in the garden.
"Didn't you hear me?" Young Link kneed next to him, gazing at him with his large cerulean eyes. The cobalt eyed prince looked at him his eyes wide from the shock the suggestion had caused. It had become out so bluntly that it sounded like 'Make me dinner, Marth.'
He quickly collected himself, but refused to stand up, so the small elf sat down as well. Impatient as he was, before the man could say anything, he eagerly asked:
"So, will you?"
"I…" Marth started. "You don't know what you're talking about." He stated quickly to withdraw from the situation.
"That's why I want to!" Young Link said with a child's innocence and curiosity. "I want to know!"
"You… You're way too young." The blue haired man said calmly, wanting o change the subject. He felt disgust when he thought about the suggestion. He could never do that to him. Never.
"Am not!" The tiny boy said.
"Yes, you are. I'm sorry." Marth patted the boy like a puppy, seeing those cerulean eyes watering. "Young Link? What is it?" He asked lovingly, almost guessing the answer.
"Everyone says I'm too young! I'm not! I can understand!" Young Link pouted, swallowing his tears.
"No, you can't. Young Link, that's something you can't understand, because I can't either." He said, wondering about all the messed up emotions he'd had the next mornings, waking up alone in the castle, shivering under his blankets and feeling abandoned and unloved.
"Are you afraid I wouldn't love you after it?" The boy asked like a grown man.
"What?" The prince paused. He couldn't be this shallow. All his childhood he'd been studying how to hide his emotions and never show them and here only a child was reading his thoughts.
"Are you deaf?" Young Link said, annoyed.
"No… I'm just confused." Marth confessed.
"Why?"
"Boys your age shouldn't be in a relationship with someone." Here we go, he thought and continued. "And I think we really need to talk. Now."
He looked into the boys eyes. They were emotionless.
"Young Link, I love you..." He stuttered, it was getting harder and harder for him to talk with the cute little boy, who looked so fragile.
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I'm so sorry it became so short. But lots of things happened, right? I hope it was satisfying after waiting this long…
There hasn't been a single yaoi-scene in this episode! I'm sorry about that but so much has happened that Roy & Link haven't had time for it. I'll try to put a scene in the final part of this episode, okay?
I've been thinking about drawing a comic about these files and putting it into the net. But I'm not sure yet, it would take a hell of a lot of my time, but it would be fun to draw the events the way I think they've happened and all. Oh well, I guess I'll just dream on…
If you're interested in paranormal phenomena and want to know more about it and see some very interesting videos and sounds, please visit ebaumsworld. com and watch the movie "ghosts." I've seen it a couple of times and I simply love it. It has given me a lot of new ideas.
And yeah, now that I got started, I'd like to say that was serious about the messenger, so please, if you want to talk with me, give me your address and I'll contact you. Thanks already!