The Shape of Pain

By KawaiiKirby

Chapter 2

The arrow whizzed through the air. Mido, quite happy that he had annoyed Link, step out of the arrow's way just in time. Link, who was standing right behind Mido, got hit instead. The arrow pierced into Link's heart, causing him to fall over. His face turned pale. Blood gushed out of the wound and over the grass beneath him. Mido turned around, not seeing this happen, and screamed.

The kokiri people all gathered around Link, frightened. "What happened?" "Who would do this to Link?" "I know who did it!" Everyone became silent as Bob, one of Link's friends, started accusing Mido at the first chance he got. "It had to be Mido. He was the only one here!" Bob looked triumphant. Everybody groaned. Mido looked shocked. "It couldn't have been me. Look, idiots, there's an arrow through his heart. Do you see any arrows on me?" he replied snottily. Sara took a stand. "Mido, how can you be snotty at a time like this? Link's dead!" Mido looked down at that. He had always liked Sara, and being yelled at by her made him feel guilty. "I know, I know. But isn't it for the better? I mean, he got all of the attention." Mido grimaced, waiting for the response. Sara looked shocked, "Mido! How could you?" She stomped away. Bob, who had been silent since Sara had started yelling, decided to start lecturing Mido now, which would make him feel worse. "Smart, Mido. Now are you going to kill Sara, too? I wouldn't be surprised." he sniffed. "I didn't kill anybody! Doesn't anybody believe me?!!" Mido ran off with a cry. The kokiri people were silent. Finally, one of the younger ones spoke up. "Maybe it wasn't Mido. It could have been anyone." He paused for a moment, choosing his words carefully. "It was an arrow, which can be shot anywhere. So, basically, we don't know if it was Mido or not because it was an arrow." There was a murmur of agreement throughout the crowd of kokiri people. "He's right. It could have been anyone." "I agree. Let's find out who really murdered Link!" Everyone looked at the one kokiri in charge now that Link was dead. "Fred, what do you say? Do you agree with us? Shouldn't we find the murderer?" Fred looked thoughtful, "No, we need to hold a village meeting. We don't know where to start. Let's head to the meeting house. Make sure every kokiri is in the house, alright?" "Alright!" shouted the people. They scattered searching for lost kokiri, or ones who were out and about. Soon everyone had gathered at the meeting house and was sitting quietly on the benches, waiting for the meeting to start. Fred went up to the makeshift podium at the front of the room and signaled that the meeting would start. "Alright, for those of you who don't know, I held this meeting because someone has murdered our very own Link." There were several gasps and sobs in the crowd. Fred continued, "I know this is sad, but we must make a plan of revenge to find the killer. I would like it if I had all your cooperation in this plan. Now, if Saria may please come up to help in this?" Everyone looked at the narrow walkway, waiting to see Saria walk to the podium. They wanted to see what she felt about Link being dead, because they were always close friends. But, no one came walking. No Saria, not anyone. "Saria, would you please come up to the podium." Fred looked impatient. But still, no one came. Murmurs spread around the room. People whispered quietly to their neighbors. "Saria's not here!" "She didn't come to the meeting!" Fred looked surprised, "I thought you said you found everyone." Sara looked up, "So did we."