Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda.........only the plot. And Rosemarie too, of
course......... oh and Shadow too! I also own Rosemarie's family.........
Chapter 19: Sweet Nightmares
It was dark everywhere. The only source of light came from a pair of red eyes staring right down at Rosemarie. She couldn't move or scream. The eyes only moved closer. The darkness around them started to suck her in. Finally, she asked a question.
"What is it?"
"You better not forget your promise.........kill Zelda."
"I will.........I promise........."
"Remember, she is not your friend. She's a stranger to you. You know nothing about her besides her name. She is not your friend." Rosemarie found herself nodding. She couldn't stop. The darkness wavered around her. The eyes grew dim as if disappearing. Next to them, a dagger appeared glowing in the same red light.
"Remember your mission and do not fail me." The eyes disappeared, but the dagger stayed. It grew brighter and brighter till Rosemarie had to shield her eyes. The background started to melt into white.
"I want.........Zelda's.........blood........." a voice echoed in her mind. The dagger was speaking to her! "I will not rest until I have her........." The voice grew louder and louder, and the brightness only intensified. Rosemarie pressed her hands to her ears and squeezed her eyes closed. All tumbled into darkness.........
.........
"ROSEMARIE!!!" Wildflower's voice brought Rosemarie back to the real world. The sun was shining through the window of her room. Rosemarie moaned and got up off the bed. She realized she was still holding her dagger.
"I want............Zelda's.........blood........." Rosemarie could hear its voice in her head, echoing in every crevice of her mind. Quickly, she hid the dagger behind her back when Wildflower popped into the room.
"I was worried, I heard someone speaking in the night, but I was too worried to come here. I saw this weird red light........."
"Don't worry, Wildflower. It was nothing. You must have been imagining things. Anyway, I'm going to go meet my friends in the market, so I need to change."
"Okay." Wildflower left the room. Rosemarie closed the door and sighed. The dagger started to glow red.
"Zelda's............blood............"
"I know, I know. You can stop saying that.........by the way, do you have a name? I heard people name their swords and daggers and stuff."
"Zelda's.........blood........."
"Apparently not............"
.........
Link tossed and turned in his bed. Every where he looked, he saw red daggers. All of them glowed in mysterious light.
"I.........want.........Zelda's.........blood........." they screamed. Link found himself in a chamber filled with them, all screaming Zelda's name. "I.........want............her." Link frantically looked around for a door but he couldn't find one.
"Go away!" he shouted to the daggers. They chuckled in response.
"Zelda's.........blood........." Link turned and ran toward the wall, and the daggers chased after him, muttering the same two words. As his attention swerved to the right, he caught a glimpse of Rosemarie that made him stop. She was wearing a long pink dress, a bridesmaid's gown, and in her hand was a dagger similar to the ones that were chasing him.
"I must do this........." she whispered. "To save Zelda........." She placed the dagger right between her breasts.
"What are you doing!" Link cried frantically.
"A pair of red eyes want to kill Zelda, and the only way they won't is if I do this." Closing her eyes, Rosemarie pushed the dagger into her chest.........
.........
.........and Link woke up with a yell. The brightness of the sun surprised him. He leaped off the bed and pushed the curtains all the way back. The maid who was preparing a pitcher of hot water yelped and dropped it, shattering the glass into a million pieces.
"Your Highness............I'm begging your pardon.........I'm sorry your Highness...... begging your pardon, your Highness." Link grabbed his shirt and put it on, doing the buttons as fast as he could.
"I have to speak to my mother and father.........Zelda's in danger........."
.........
"Princess Zelda.........how funny that I meet you today........." Zelda shielded her eyes as a man cloaked in black appeared before her. Everything was white around them, with faint traces of black where there should've been shadows.
"Who are you?"
"I am Shadow.........servant of Lord Gannondorf........."
"I know that name.........though I don't know from where.........." Shadow chuckled.
"You should.........he almost killed your ancestor, the legendary Princess of Hyrule."
"He what?"
"Don't you know anything, my dear princess? Everyone thinks that the Hero of Time and the Princess of Hyrule in the past are Link's ancestors, and they are. But their blood does not fully flow in his veins."
"Why, that means?"
"Link is only of half Legendary Royal blood. On the other hand, the purest side of the family got lost and now has reappeared, in you."
"Me?"
"You have the true blood of the Royals of Hyrule, and the essence of the Triforce is within you."
"Me? But the Triforce.........from what I learned it was lost countless years ago........."
"That is what they say, but it is actually hidden within the purest blood of the royal household. You, my dear." Zelda put a hand to her heart.
"Where is it?"
"In your blood, and the only way to draw it out is with a special dagger........."
"Why are you telling me this?" Shadow laughed maliciously.
"So you will be prepared to face your worst nightmare.........sweet dreams, or should I say, sweet nightmares!" With an evil chuckle, he disappeared. The world of white sharpened into a clear hallway.
"I know it's part of the castle," Zelda thought. "I'm sure I've seen it before." Zelda found herself walking along the corridor, examining the stone walls. The only light came from a torch high above her head, sending eerie strips of yellow racing down the wall.
Turning into a different hallway, Zelda spotted a painting in the distance. Coming closer, she screamed. It was a picture of Rosemarie with a dagger through her heart, blood streaming onto her hand. Somehow, the blood was actually streaming down the painting onto the floor. With a shriek, Zelda turned and started back the way she came. On the wall she saw a glass box with a dagger.
"It's the same dagger!" she cried. "The special dagger!" As soon as the words left her mouth, the dagger dropped from the box. Instead of falling on the floor, it hit the stones and bounced toward her. Zelda panicked and ducked into a hallway on her right. She climbed up the narrow stairs and into another hallway.
"I remember this! It has Link's room in it!" Zelda rushed to Link's room and opened the door. Her breath stopped. Link was lying on the bed, a dagger stained with his blood in his hand. His eyes were open and glazed with shock.
"Oh........." Zelda screamed again and ran out the door.........
.........
"Are you alright?" Zelda woke up with a start. Sunlight had already found it's way onto her bed sheets. Her mother was standing in the doorway with a worried expression.
"It's okay, I'm okay. I only had a nightmare." Her mother nodded and left the room. Without wasting a second, Zelda climbed out of bed and changed her dress.
"I must go see Link!"
.........
An hour later, she was hurrying through the streets of the market. She didn't stop running till she was at the castle gates. The guards were very familiar with her now, and they let her pass without questions even at such an early hour. She almost ran into Link on the way up the stairs.
"Link! Come quick!" Link was a little confused but he still followed her. Zelda led him on the way to his room. Instead of stopping, she turned and headed toward a barely noticeable doorway.
"I never noticed that before," Link remarked. Zelda pulled open the door and climbed down the stairs. "What are you doing?" Zelda didn't answer. Link shrugged and followed her down the steps. At the end of the long flight of stairs, Zelda turned left. Link followed and bumped into her.
"Zelda, why did you........." she clasped a hand over his mouth and motioned to the wall. His eyes grew wide with shock. Hanging on the stone wall was a huge picture of none other than Rosemarie.
"It's her!" They both stared at the painting.
"Wait, Zelda, look closely. She looks a little different. And she's wearing a maid's uniform."
"There's a plaque on the wall." Zelda walked closer and read the plaque. "It says, 'In memory of our dearest Rosemarie, who gave her life to protect the Royal Family.'"
"No way........."
"Then it's true," Zelda said, turning to Link. "My dream."
"What dream?"
"It's a dream I had last night. If it was true.........then Rosemarie's in danger."
Chapter 19: Sweet Nightmares
It was dark everywhere. The only source of light came from a pair of red eyes staring right down at Rosemarie. She couldn't move or scream. The eyes only moved closer. The darkness around them started to suck her in. Finally, she asked a question.
"What is it?"
"You better not forget your promise.........kill Zelda."
"I will.........I promise........."
"Remember, she is not your friend. She's a stranger to you. You know nothing about her besides her name. She is not your friend." Rosemarie found herself nodding. She couldn't stop. The darkness wavered around her. The eyes grew dim as if disappearing. Next to them, a dagger appeared glowing in the same red light.
"Remember your mission and do not fail me." The eyes disappeared, but the dagger stayed. It grew brighter and brighter till Rosemarie had to shield her eyes. The background started to melt into white.
"I want.........Zelda's.........blood........." a voice echoed in her mind. The dagger was speaking to her! "I will not rest until I have her........." The voice grew louder and louder, and the brightness only intensified. Rosemarie pressed her hands to her ears and squeezed her eyes closed. All tumbled into darkness.........
.........
"ROSEMARIE!!!" Wildflower's voice brought Rosemarie back to the real world. The sun was shining through the window of her room. Rosemarie moaned and got up off the bed. She realized she was still holding her dagger.
"I want............Zelda's.........blood........." Rosemarie could hear its voice in her head, echoing in every crevice of her mind. Quickly, she hid the dagger behind her back when Wildflower popped into the room.
"I was worried, I heard someone speaking in the night, but I was too worried to come here. I saw this weird red light........."
"Don't worry, Wildflower. It was nothing. You must have been imagining things. Anyway, I'm going to go meet my friends in the market, so I need to change."
"Okay." Wildflower left the room. Rosemarie closed the door and sighed. The dagger started to glow red.
"Zelda's............blood............"
"I know, I know. You can stop saying that.........by the way, do you have a name? I heard people name their swords and daggers and stuff."
"Zelda's.........blood........."
"Apparently not............"
.........
Link tossed and turned in his bed. Every where he looked, he saw red daggers. All of them glowed in mysterious light.
"I.........want.........Zelda's.........blood........." they screamed. Link found himself in a chamber filled with them, all screaming Zelda's name. "I.........want............her." Link frantically looked around for a door but he couldn't find one.
"Go away!" he shouted to the daggers. They chuckled in response.
"Zelda's.........blood........." Link turned and ran toward the wall, and the daggers chased after him, muttering the same two words. As his attention swerved to the right, he caught a glimpse of Rosemarie that made him stop. She was wearing a long pink dress, a bridesmaid's gown, and in her hand was a dagger similar to the ones that were chasing him.
"I must do this........." she whispered. "To save Zelda........." She placed the dagger right between her breasts.
"What are you doing!" Link cried frantically.
"A pair of red eyes want to kill Zelda, and the only way they won't is if I do this." Closing her eyes, Rosemarie pushed the dagger into her chest.........
.........
.........and Link woke up with a yell. The brightness of the sun surprised him. He leaped off the bed and pushed the curtains all the way back. The maid who was preparing a pitcher of hot water yelped and dropped it, shattering the glass into a million pieces.
"Your Highness............I'm begging your pardon.........I'm sorry your Highness...... begging your pardon, your Highness." Link grabbed his shirt and put it on, doing the buttons as fast as he could.
"I have to speak to my mother and father.........Zelda's in danger........."
.........
"Princess Zelda.........how funny that I meet you today........." Zelda shielded her eyes as a man cloaked in black appeared before her. Everything was white around them, with faint traces of black where there should've been shadows.
"Who are you?"
"I am Shadow.........servant of Lord Gannondorf........."
"I know that name.........though I don't know from where.........." Shadow chuckled.
"You should.........he almost killed your ancestor, the legendary Princess of Hyrule."
"He what?"
"Don't you know anything, my dear princess? Everyone thinks that the Hero of Time and the Princess of Hyrule in the past are Link's ancestors, and they are. But their blood does not fully flow in his veins."
"Why, that means?"
"Link is only of half Legendary Royal blood. On the other hand, the purest side of the family got lost and now has reappeared, in you."
"Me?"
"You have the true blood of the Royals of Hyrule, and the essence of the Triforce is within you."
"Me? But the Triforce.........from what I learned it was lost countless years ago........."
"That is what they say, but it is actually hidden within the purest blood of the royal household. You, my dear." Zelda put a hand to her heart.
"Where is it?"
"In your blood, and the only way to draw it out is with a special dagger........."
"Why are you telling me this?" Shadow laughed maliciously.
"So you will be prepared to face your worst nightmare.........sweet dreams, or should I say, sweet nightmares!" With an evil chuckle, he disappeared. The world of white sharpened into a clear hallway.
"I know it's part of the castle," Zelda thought. "I'm sure I've seen it before." Zelda found herself walking along the corridor, examining the stone walls. The only light came from a torch high above her head, sending eerie strips of yellow racing down the wall.
Turning into a different hallway, Zelda spotted a painting in the distance. Coming closer, she screamed. It was a picture of Rosemarie with a dagger through her heart, blood streaming onto her hand. Somehow, the blood was actually streaming down the painting onto the floor. With a shriek, Zelda turned and started back the way she came. On the wall she saw a glass box with a dagger.
"It's the same dagger!" she cried. "The special dagger!" As soon as the words left her mouth, the dagger dropped from the box. Instead of falling on the floor, it hit the stones and bounced toward her. Zelda panicked and ducked into a hallway on her right. She climbed up the narrow stairs and into another hallway.
"I remember this! It has Link's room in it!" Zelda rushed to Link's room and opened the door. Her breath stopped. Link was lying on the bed, a dagger stained with his blood in his hand. His eyes were open and glazed with shock.
"Oh........." Zelda screamed again and ran out the door.........
.........
"Are you alright?" Zelda woke up with a start. Sunlight had already found it's way onto her bed sheets. Her mother was standing in the doorway with a worried expression.
"It's okay, I'm okay. I only had a nightmare." Her mother nodded and left the room. Without wasting a second, Zelda climbed out of bed and changed her dress.
"I must go see Link!"
.........
An hour later, she was hurrying through the streets of the market. She didn't stop running till she was at the castle gates. The guards were very familiar with her now, and they let her pass without questions even at such an early hour. She almost ran into Link on the way up the stairs.
"Link! Come quick!" Link was a little confused but he still followed her. Zelda led him on the way to his room. Instead of stopping, she turned and headed toward a barely noticeable doorway.
"I never noticed that before," Link remarked. Zelda pulled open the door and climbed down the stairs. "What are you doing?" Zelda didn't answer. Link shrugged and followed her down the steps. At the end of the long flight of stairs, Zelda turned left. Link followed and bumped into her.
"Zelda, why did you........." she clasped a hand over his mouth and motioned to the wall. His eyes grew wide with shock. Hanging on the stone wall was a huge picture of none other than Rosemarie.
"It's her!" They both stared at the painting.
"Wait, Zelda, look closely. She looks a little different. And she's wearing a maid's uniform."
"There's a plaque on the wall." Zelda walked closer and read the plaque. "It says, 'In memory of our dearest Rosemarie, who gave her life to protect the Royal Family.'"
"No way........."
"Then it's true," Zelda said, turning to Link. "My dream."
"What dream?"
"It's a dream I had last night. If it was true.........then Rosemarie's in danger."