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Krrr, we didn't get much reviews xp Danny: well we do have 2 loyal reviewers ;;; S'pose so o.o; ah well, I like the story and I don' care who says what about it! We decided (probably against better judgement) to post chapter 3, who knows, we may post the rest xp Y.Link: here it is!
(Links POV)
I bolted upright in my bed; I was sweating... a lot. What a dream, it seemed so real... I put my head in my hands and thought about it... I had been watching, no scratch that, I was IN a fight with Pyria... we exchanged hits a while, then she did a major attack that finished me easily and as if that wasn't enough, shot an arrow at me...
"I must be going nuts..." I muttered to myself. Then I heard a door close from down the hall and looked at the clock... it was nearly midnight, who the heck could be awake?
I got up and quietly made my way past all the junk on our floor to the door, which was already open a bit... that's weird, I knew I closed the door when I went to bed earlier...
I looked through the open space between the door and into the dark hallway. As my eyes adjusted to the dark I could see the form of...Pyria? What was Pyria doing awake, didn't she sleep?
She stopped at our door and for a second I thought she might have seen me, but she put a hand to one of the large spikes on her belt and pulled it off easily. 'What the heck?' I thought as she took the spike and started carving something into the wall between the door to ours and DK/Bowsers' room next door, then I realized she was muttering in a different language as she wrote.
I continued to watch her until she stepped back to admire her work. As she stepped back I was able to smell blood on her... my eyes widened a bit and I felt very uneasy as my thoughts strayed to that dream I had. Pyria spoke again in an undertone, this time I could understand her.
"I shall continue my job tomorrow... But so you won't be forgotten, I leave your brother a message so that he may find you... Though he will be joining you soon enough..." With that she turned and limped towards her side of the building... Okay... what just happened?
I waited a few minutes before going out into the hallway, I couldn't read what she had carved in the dark so I went back in and got a flashlight off my nightstand. Then I hurried back to read the message and see what this was all about...
Three were assigned to fall before I was gone...
But the first one to leave is one, who thought,
He could take me out, foolish youth.
None shall keep me from my job as he learned the hard way,
Say goodbye to the younger of two,
Pay last respects to the young you.
By grass and trees is where he lay,
On this, his dying day.
My blood ran cold as I read the words and realized what my dream was, it wasn't a dream at all, and I had seen the fight through my brothers' eyes. I looked in the bedroom and saw his bed was really empty and read over the message once more to confirm my thoughts before running down the hall where Pyria came from.
'By grass and trees is where he lay... that must be outside by the pool area' I thought as I ran, trying not to think about the last line of the message. I ran out the door and stopped, turning my flashlight around the area and looking quickly at where the light shone for anything. 'Pleas be allright...' I thought desperately then froze when my light shone on something at the base of a tree...was that... it was Y.Link!
I ran over and got a good look at him...oh god... I kneeled by his limp form, looking him over. His whole body was burned and he was bleeding...and had an arrow in his chest?! I felt for a pulse... it was a weak one but at least it was a sign he was still alive. I felt him shiver and make the slightest whimpering sound that made me think, how could anybody do this to a kid? I had to get him to Dr. Mario, fast.
I carefully lifted him up, and then felt his whole body tense and he arched his back, he made a louder moaning sound, like he was trying to yell but couldn't figure out how. "Relax little bro, its me, Link." I said quietly to calm him down so he wouldn't struggle... if he had the strength to anyway.
His body remained stiff a few more seconds before going limp and muttering in a slightly relieved voice "...Link..."
I blinked once and nodded as if to let him know I would make sure he was going to be okay. Then I ran back into the building and to the hospital wing, the whole way little bro was quiet.
10 minutes later
I sat nervously in the waiting room. Dr. Mario said that he had never seen anyone in such a bad condition and had rushed Y.Link off on a stretcher and left me waiting here. I dreaded having to tell Zelda about this later... but right now I was just hoping that little bro would be able to survive this...
As I sat there one question kept running through my brain over and over like a broken record, 'why?' I sighed deeply, what was most disappointing was that Pyria did it... I thought that if no Suralpyro were around to influence her she might have changed... I had mentally given her one chance, which she had seriously blown.
I was thrown from my thoughts when I heard a door slam and Dr. Mario walked up, pulling off his rubber gloves. I jumped up so fast that the chair I had been on fell over and I practically ran over to ask how it went. "Dr. Mario is he...?" "He'll be-a allright-a. But it will take time-a." he replied.
I felt so relieved I could have fallen over and gone back to sleep. Dr. Mario continued, "The boy was-a lucky-a. That arrow barely-a missed his heart-a. Strange... the arrow was poisoned-a. But I fixed him up good-a." ...poisoned arrow? "Can I go in and see him?" I asked anxiously. "Yes-a, of course-a. But he wont-a wake up until sometime tomorrow-a." Dr. Mario replied as he left, muttering something about missing his late night soap opera... right... I shook my head briefly and went down the hallway he came from and looked into Y.Links room.
Now I had trouble deciding when he looked worse, before or after Dr. Mario had got a hold of him. He was covered in bandages on most of his body and had different tubes connected to his body and a small mask hooked up to a breathing machine. I stood by his bed as I looked him over and felt sick at the sight of him; no kid should have to go through anything like this... I clenched my fists in anger at the thought of who did this to him.
"I'll bring Zelda by tomorrow to see ya kid..." I said in an undertone so I wouldn't disturb his much needed rest. I then turned and left, looking back at his pale form in the bed and vowing that Pyria would deeply regret this.
(Normal POV)
Next Morning
Rumors were spreading like wildfire about the message left between both Links and Bowser and DKs room. Some smashers said it was the work of vengeful ghosts... How easy it is to think up stupid things when one is scared.
Link breathed deeply as he walked down the hallway towards Zelda's room... he felt like he was on death row. He stopped in front of the door and took a deep breath let out in a sigh before knocking. 'Confidence... yah, she'll understand... yeah right.' He thought as he watched door open and Princess Peach answered the door with a confused look.
"Yes?" she asked. "Um... can I talk to Zelda?" Link replied nervously. Peach giggled before replying "Yah, I'll get her so you can both 'talk'." With that she went into the room still giggling slightly. 'What an airhead.' Link thought as he waited for Zelda. The wait wasn't long; she came to the door within a few minutes and looked at Link. "Hi... why the early visit?" She said in slight confusion.
Link took a deep breath and let it out as a long sigh before replying "Um, I hafta tell ya something about Y.Link... alone." He added, looking over Zelda's shoulder at Peach, who was trying to listen in.
"Oh, well... Allright." Zelda said casually and followed Link to his shared bedroom to talk.
(Pikachus POV)
Once we came in I could tell that something was wrong, the other smashers were talking to each other in low tones and looking around nervously as if they were afraid somebody was listening in. Pichu must have noticed it to, because he suddenly became very nervous and started looking around wildly.
"Hey bro, what's with the sudden panic attack?" I asked jokingly. "I...I just have to find Y.Link." he replied as we walked down the hallway toward our room.
As we passed by Link and Y.Links room, I noticed a small crowd gathered around the wall, and made a mental note to check it after we put our souvenirs in the bedroom.
Once we got in, Pichu dumped his stuff on the bed and bolted out the door with a hurried "bye!" I had never seen Pichu move so fast in my life... Why didn't he move like that in his fights? He would win a lot more if he did...
I shrugged and put all my stuff away, after all, we didn't want our room looking like Link/Y.Links. Then I left the room to go see what that crowd was so interested in.
When I got there, most smashers were gone so I got a good view of some writing carved into the wall. I read it over and tensed... no... that writing was Pyrias... What happened while I was gone?! I stood on tiptoe to read it better for clues as to what I had missed... As soon as I finished I turned pale and muttered under my breath, "Pyriasural, what have you done?"
(Pichus POV)
Stupid Y.Link! I should have known he would get into trouble while I was gone! I had searched the whole building and hadn't found him; nobody had seen him either since late yesterday afternoon. I couldn't find Link, Zelda or Pikachu now either, and Pyria seemed to be missing to.
"C'mon... what happened while I was gone? What did you do Y.Link?"
All at once I heard someone shouting from Link/Y.Links bedroom and ran to listen in underneath the door.
(Links POV)
Zelda wasn't taking things as well as I had hoped... scratch that, as well as I had PRAYED. As soon as I told her what happened she started yelling questions at me hysterically. "I swear Zelda, it wasn't my fault... this time." I said trying to quiet her down. "It was-"I was cut off as Zelda asked me another question "Well whose fault is it?! Is he allright?" ...Why did she interrupt while I was trying to answer her questions?
"I mean who would go and attack Y.Link?! Why?! He has nobody-"
"It was Pyriasural!" I burst out, interrupting Zelda's sentence. I watched her face change from anger to shock, she blinked a few times before replying, "...Pyriasural? I thought she had stopped the killings when her race was finished..."
I was thankful she had said that quietly... I thought a few seconds before answering "I thought so to... But I guess that we were both wrong, it can't be helped..." I stood up and offered to help Zelda up. "C'mon, I'll take you to see Y.Link, he might be awake by now."
Zelda blinked once more before smiling with a slight nod and taking my hand as we both walked to the door. When we opened it to leave, Pichu fell at our feet with a sheepish grin as he looked up at us.
(Y.Links POV)
Wha... where... am I...? My whole body hurt... and I was lying down... I kept my eyes shut, I needed to figure out what was going on... then I could decide whether or not I WANTED to open my eyes.
I thought for a few seconds... what was the last thing that happened before I ended up here... wherever HERE was...
Memories came flooding back in a second, talking in Pichus room, confronting Pyria in her room, the fight, the black phoenix attack-thing and the arrow... and one other... about being ready to give up... then Link showed up, when I was almost sure I wasn't gunna make it, and everything changed...
I slowly opened my eyes and blinked a few times for my eyes to adjust to the light of the open window. I recognized where I was once I was able to see, I was in the hospital wing of the building.
I looked around slowly, I had tubes running from big machines into me, a breathing mask was dangling off the side of my bed, there were chairs and a TV on a set of shelves hooked on the walls, some painting of an old shack in a field and that was bout it.
I winced slightly as I got a sharp pain in my chest, it hurt to breathe, but the last time I checked, breathing was a pretty important thing, so I would just hafta deal with it. I yawned and sat up slowly, leaning against the pillows. I couldn't stand laying down a long time if I wasn't sleeping, it made me feel lazy.
"Hey kid, how ya doin'?" I turned to see big bro standing in the doorway with Zelda and Pichu (who was giving me a look of anger and relief).
"Hey guys..." I replied happily, realizing I couldn't talk very loud yet, and my voice was so raspy it surprised me.
Link grabbed two chairs and put em by my bed as Pichu jumped up to sit on the bed by me. Zelda looked like she was ready to start crying, did I really look that bad? But she smiled and sat down in a chair next to big bro.
"How ya feeling?" Link said with a smile to me. I grinned back slightly as I replied "I feel like I got hit by a truck, but besides that, I'm just fine." Link and Pichu laughed and Zelda couldn't help but grin at my joke.
"Well you were in a pretty bad way last night, so I'm not really surprised that ya don't feel great. I'm just glad that you're alive..." Link finished in a way that made me think he was afraid I wouldn't have lived to see today.
"Y.Link..."
I looked at Zelda as she said my name, she looked like she wanted to ask me what had happened exactly, but held herself back. I was kinda glad, I wasn't sure I was ready to talk about it right that second. She nodded to me with a smile, I would have to talk about it sooner or later, but I'm glad she understood that the time wasn't right now.
I turned to look at Pichu, who was giving me 'the look', ya know the 'Itoldyounottodoanythingstupidsowhydidyoudothis?' Look. I grinned sheepishly at him and he sighed, shaking his head and grinning up at me with the reckless grin we greeted each other with all the time, I was forgiven.
"Listen, Y.Link I know you don't wanna talk about what happened last night, but..." I looked at big bro as he hesitated, and finished for him "But we hafta." He nodded, looking sorry he had to bring up the subject. I just nodded to let him know that it was allright, we would hafta talk about it sooner or later, I guess better now than having to deal with it later anyway... Kinda like Pyria, we needed to deal with her sooner than later before things got worse...
I looked briefly at Pichu and we both nodded, agreeing to tell them what we found out, now was the time to make a plan to stop Pyria, but this time we had much needed help.
Chapter 3 Completed
Well there ya go, chapter 3 of 7! Xp Danny: We'll post more if we get at least one more review. Y.Link: mwahaha! Fear the crappiness of the story! O.o;
Krrr, we didn't get much reviews xp Danny: well we do have 2 loyal reviewers ;;; S'pose so o.o; ah well, I like the story and I don' care who says what about it! We decided (probably against better judgement) to post chapter 3, who knows, we may post the rest xp Y.Link: here it is!
(Links POV)
I bolted upright in my bed; I was sweating... a lot. What a dream, it seemed so real... I put my head in my hands and thought about it... I had been watching, no scratch that, I was IN a fight with Pyria... we exchanged hits a while, then she did a major attack that finished me easily and as if that wasn't enough, shot an arrow at me...
"I must be going nuts..." I muttered to myself. Then I heard a door close from down the hall and looked at the clock... it was nearly midnight, who the heck could be awake?
I got up and quietly made my way past all the junk on our floor to the door, which was already open a bit... that's weird, I knew I closed the door when I went to bed earlier...
I looked through the open space between the door and into the dark hallway. As my eyes adjusted to the dark I could see the form of...Pyria? What was Pyria doing awake, didn't she sleep?
She stopped at our door and for a second I thought she might have seen me, but she put a hand to one of the large spikes on her belt and pulled it off easily. 'What the heck?' I thought as she took the spike and started carving something into the wall between the door to ours and DK/Bowsers' room next door, then I realized she was muttering in a different language as she wrote.
I continued to watch her until she stepped back to admire her work. As she stepped back I was able to smell blood on her... my eyes widened a bit and I felt very uneasy as my thoughts strayed to that dream I had. Pyria spoke again in an undertone, this time I could understand her.
"I shall continue my job tomorrow... But so you won't be forgotten, I leave your brother a message so that he may find you... Though he will be joining you soon enough..." With that she turned and limped towards her side of the building... Okay... what just happened?
I waited a few minutes before going out into the hallway, I couldn't read what she had carved in the dark so I went back in and got a flashlight off my nightstand. Then I hurried back to read the message and see what this was all about...
Three were assigned to fall before I was gone...
But the first one to leave is one, who thought,
He could take me out, foolish youth.
None shall keep me from my job as he learned the hard way,
Say goodbye to the younger of two,
Pay last respects to the young you.
By grass and trees is where he lay,
On this, his dying day.
My blood ran cold as I read the words and realized what my dream was, it wasn't a dream at all, and I had seen the fight through my brothers' eyes. I looked in the bedroom and saw his bed was really empty and read over the message once more to confirm my thoughts before running down the hall where Pyria came from.
'By grass and trees is where he lay... that must be outside by the pool area' I thought as I ran, trying not to think about the last line of the message. I ran out the door and stopped, turning my flashlight around the area and looking quickly at where the light shone for anything. 'Pleas be allright...' I thought desperately then froze when my light shone on something at the base of a tree...was that... it was Y.Link!
I ran over and got a good look at him...oh god... I kneeled by his limp form, looking him over. His whole body was burned and he was bleeding...and had an arrow in his chest?! I felt for a pulse... it was a weak one but at least it was a sign he was still alive. I felt him shiver and make the slightest whimpering sound that made me think, how could anybody do this to a kid? I had to get him to Dr. Mario, fast.
I carefully lifted him up, and then felt his whole body tense and he arched his back, he made a louder moaning sound, like he was trying to yell but couldn't figure out how. "Relax little bro, its me, Link." I said quietly to calm him down so he wouldn't struggle... if he had the strength to anyway.
His body remained stiff a few more seconds before going limp and muttering in a slightly relieved voice "...Link..."
I blinked once and nodded as if to let him know I would make sure he was going to be okay. Then I ran back into the building and to the hospital wing, the whole way little bro was quiet.
10 minutes later
I sat nervously in the waiting room. Dr. Mario said that he had never seen anyone in such a bad condition and had rushed Y.Link off on a stretcher and left me waiting here. I dreaded having to tell Zelda about this later... but right now I was just hoping that little bro would be able to survive this...
As I sat there one question kept running through my brain over and over like a broken record, 'why?' I sighed deeply, what was most disappointing was that Pyria did it... I thought that if no Suralpyro were around to influence her she might have changed... I had mentally given her one chance, which she had seriously blown.
I was thrown from my thoughts when I heard a door slam and Dr. Mario walked up, pulling off his rubber gloves. I jumped up so fast that the chair I had been on fell over and I practically ran over to ask how it went. "Dr. Mario is he...?" "He'll be-a allright-a. But it will take time-a." he replied.
I felt so relieved I could have fallen over and gone back to sleep. Dr. Mario continued, "The boy was-a lucky-a. That arrow barely-a missed his heart-a. Strange... the arrow was poisoned-a. But I fixed him up good-a." ...poisoned arrow? "Can I go in and see him?" I asked anxiously. "Yes-a, of course-a. But he wont-a wake up until sometime tomorrow-a." Dr. Mario replied as he left, muttering something about missing his late night soap opera... right... I shook my head briefly and went down the hallway he came from and looked into Y.Links room.
Now I had trouble deciding when he looked worse, before or after Dr. Mario had got a hold of him. He was covered in bandages on most of his body and had different tubes connected to his body and a small mask hooked up to a breathing machine. I stood by his bed as I looked him over and felt sick at the sight of him; no kid should have to go through anything like this... I clenched my fists in anger at the thought of who did this to him.
"I'll bring Zelda by tomorrow to see ya kid..." I said in an undertone so I wouldn't disturb his much needed rest. I then turned and left, looking back at his pale form in the bed and vowing that Pyria would deeply regret this.
(Normal POV)
Next Morning
Rumors were spreading like wildfire about the message left between both Links and Bowser and DKs room. Some smashers said it was the work of vengeful ghosts... How easy it is to think up stupid things when one is scared.
Link breathed deeply as he walked down the hallway towards Zelda's room... he felt like he was on death row. He stopped in front of the door and took a deep breath let out in a sigh before knocking. 'Confidence... yah, she'll understand... yeah right.' He thought as he watched door open and Princess Peach answered the door with a confused look.
"Yes?" she asked. "Um... can I talk to Zelda?" Link replied nervously. Peach giggled before replying "Yah, I'll get her so you can both 'talk'." With that she went into the room still giggling slightly. 'What an airhead.' Link thought as he waited for Zelda. The wait wasn't long; she came to the door within a few minutes and looked at Link. "Hi... why the early visit?" She said in slight confusion.
Link took a deep breath and let it out as a long sigh before replying "Um, I hafta tell ya something about Y.Link... alone." He added, looking over Zelda's shoulder at Peach, who was trying to listen in.
"Oh, well... Allright." Zelda said casually and followed Link to his shared bedroom to talk.
(Pikachus POV)
Once we came in I could tell that something was wrong, the other smashers were talking to each other in low tones and looking around nervously as if they were afraid somebody was listening in. Pichu must have noticed it to, because he suddenly became very nervous and started looking around wildly.
"Hey bro, what's with the sudden panic attack?" I asked jokingly. "I...I just have to find Y.Link." he replied as we walked down the hallway toward our room.
As we passed by Link and Y.Links room, I noticed a small crowd gathered around the wall, and made a mental note to check it after we put our souvenirs in the bedroom.
Once we got in, Pichu dumped his stuff on the bed and bolted out the door with a hurried "bye!" I had never seen Pichu move so fast in my life... Why didn't he move like that in his fights? He would win a lot more if he did...
I shrugged and put all my stuff away, after all, we didn't want our room looking like Link/Y.Links. Then I left the room to go see what that crowd was so interested in.
When I got there, most smashers were gone so I got a good view of some writing carved into the wall. I read it over and tensed... no... that writing was Pyrias... What happened while I was gone?! I stood on tiptoe to read it better for clues as to what I had missed... As soon as I finished I turned pale and muttered under my breath, "Pyriasural, what have you done?"
(Pichus POV)
Stupid Y.Link! I should have known he would get into trouble while I was gone! I had searched the whole building and hadn't found him; nobody had seen him either since late yesterday afternoon. I couldn't find Link, Zelda or Pikachu now either, and Pyria seemed to be missing to.
"C'mon... what happened while I was gone? What did you do Y.Link?"
All at once I heard someone shouting from Link/Y.Links bedroom and ran to listen in underneath the door.
(Links POV)
Zelda wasn't taking things as well as I had hoped... scratch that, as well as I had PRAYED. As soon as I told her what happened she started yelling questions at me hysterically. "I swear Zelda, it wasn't my fault... this time." I said trying to quiet her down. "It was-"I was cut off as Zelda asked me another question "Well whose fault is it?! Is he allright?" ...Why did she interrupt while I was trying to answer her questions?
"I mean who would go and attack Y.Link?! Why?! He has nobody-"
"It was Pyriasural!" I burst out, interrupting Zelda's sentence. I watched her face change from anger to shock, she blinked a few times before replying, "...Pyriasural? I thought she had stopped the killings when her race was finished..."
I was thankful she had said that quietly... I thought a few seconds before answering "I thought so to... But I guess that we were both wrong, it can't be helped..." I stood up and offered to help Zelda up. "C'mon, I'll take you to see Y.Link, he might be awake by now."
Zelda blinked once more before smiling with a slight nod and taking my hand as we both walked to the door. When we opened it to leave, Pichu fell at our feet with a sheepish grin as he looked up at us.
(Y.Links POV)
Wha... where... am I...? My whole body hurt... and I was lying down... I kept my eyes shut, I needed to figure out what was going on... then I could decide whether or not I WANTED to open my eyes.
I thought for a few seconds... what was the last thing that happened before I ended up here... wherever HERE was...
Memories came flooding back in a second, talking in Pichus room, confronting Pyria in her room, the fight, the black phoenix attack-thing and the arrow... and one other... about being ready to give up... then Link showed up, when I was almost sure I wasn't gunna make it, and everything changed...
I slowly opened my eyes and blinked a few times for my eyes to adjust to the light of the open window. I recognized where I was once I was able to see, I was in the hospital wing of the building.
I looked around slowly, I had tubes running from big machines into me, a breathing mask was dangling off the side of my bed, there were chairs and a TV on a set of shelves hooked on the walls, some painting of an old shack in a field and that was bout it.
I winced slightly as I got a sharp pain in my chest, it hurt to breathe, but the last time I checked, breathing was a pretty important thing, so I would just hafta deal with it. I yawned and sat up slowly, leaning against the pillows. I couldn't stand laying down a long time if I wasn't sleeping, it made me feel lazy.
"Hey kid, how ya doin'?" I turned to see big bro standing in the doorway with Zelda and Pichu (who was giving me a look of anger and relief).
"Hey guys..." I replied happily, realizing I couldn't talk very loud yet, and my voice was so raspy it surprised me.
Link grabbed two chairs and put em by my bed as Pichu jumped up to sit on the bed by me. Zelda looked like she was ready to start crying, did I really look that bad? But she smiled and sat down in a chair next to big bro.
"How ya feeling?" Link said with a smile to me. I grinned back slightly as I replied "I feel like I got hit by a truck, but besides that, I'm just fine." Link and Pichu laughed and Zelda couldn't help but grin at my joke.
"Well you were in a pretty bad way last night, so I'm not really surprised that ya don't feel great. I'm just glad that you're alive..." Link finished in a way that made me think he was afraid I wouldn't have lived to see today.
"Y.Link..."
I looked at Zelda as she said my name, she looked like she wanted to ask me what had happened exactly, but held herself back. I was kinda glad, I wasn't sure I was ready to talk about it right that second. She nodded to me with a smile, I would have to talk about it sooner or later, but I'm glad she understood that the time wasn't right now.
I turned to look at Pichu, who was giving me 'the look', ya know the 'Itoldyounottodoanythingstupidsowhydidyoudothis?' Look. I grinned sheepishly at him and he sighed, shaking his head and grinning up at me with the reckless grin we greeted each other with all the time, I was forgiven.
"Listen, Y.Link I know you don't wanna talk about what happened last night, but..." I looked at big bro as he hesitated, and finished for him "But we hafta." He nodded, looking sorry he had to bring up the subject. I just nodded to let him know that it was allright, we would hafta talk about it sooner or later, I guess better now than having to deal with it later anyway... Kinda like Pyria, we needed to deal with her sooner than later before things got worse...
I looked briefly at Pichu and we both nodded, agreeing to tell them what we found out, now was the time to make a plan to stop Pyria, but this time we had much needed help.
Chapter 3 Completed
Well there ya go, chapter 3 of 7! Xp Danny: We'll post more if we get at least one more review. Y.Link: mwahaha! Fear the crappiness of the story! O.o;