Author's note: I think this chapter is the best so far! After having a writer's block and time to think about it, the new chapter actually turned out pretty good! Well, enjoy!
Chapter 3: Do You Ever Get that Feeling?
"You're lucky I didn't kill him then and there..."
Isolated Link jolted his head from his mirror and turned around to see the piercing red gaze once more. The cold feeling shot down his spine and his muscles stiffened. Suddenly a fierce fiery gaze appeared in his cold blue eyes and he stared as if trying to intimidate. Link grunted as he slightly gritted his teeth and clenched his fists so hard he could feel the pulse pumping in him, and it was at a fast pace. Link's heart continued to pound underneath his chest as he stared without blinking once at the shadow.
"I told you... leave them out of this..."
"You know me..." Said the shadow, emerging from the darkness that shrouded him and Link widened his eyes to find he had exactly the same figure as himself, as if it was his own image. The only thing that was different was that he was indeed a shadow, completely covered in darkness, "I just love to kill... Why don't I kill her while I'm at it."
It seemed Link could only see red at that moment he was completely clouded with anger, "Don't you dare let her get involved in this... I told you to go away!"
However before the shadow could reply, he had faded, with only his deep laughs echoing in the air, the last sound that reached Link's ears before the eerie silence fell. The only thing that could be heard was the harsh breathing of Link's voice. For a while he was standing there in the isolation of his room until he decided to go and take up Zelda's quilt to comfort himself.
It was then when he heard a soft knock on his door. Link indeed know that knock... it was Zelda's. Why didn't she just leave him alone? Whenever she came near him, he felt that she was in danger. Slowly the doorknob turned and sooner or later the door creaked open to reveal the young and fair maid. In her eyes was deep concern, and worry. Obviously she was still troubled from before.
"Link..." She started.
Though she was informing him of a great danger, somehow she still felt nervous talking to him. He stared at her with his deep, cold blue eyes holding her quilt at his side. His eyes no longer carried the brightness and deep spirit they once carried. Now they were dull and hard as steel, though Zelda never seized to bet lost in his azure gaze. Link didn't reply to her, nor reacted until she stepped a bit closer, while he stepped backward.
"...Be careful... several servants were found hung above the stairs..." She gulped when she found Link had not blinked once, and continued his deep stair, "...We don't know who's doing this... but please... be at risk... if anything is to happen to you, my heart will shatter..."
Link lowered his head so now his gaze pierced the ground. Still, he felt Zelda's presence in the room, she hadn't left him. Link wanted her to leave so anxiously as mixed emotions of fear, sorrow, deep affection, and guilt flowed through him. It was a horrible mix he did not take a fancy for. Once again, his tongue was bound so he could not speak let alone make one simple utter.
"You use to hold my hand in times like these..." She started, her voice nearly breaking.
Link clenched his fists, trying to send away the coldness that resulted in not taking her gentle hand in his, her sweet and soft hand which were the only ones to ease his pain. A shiver of emptiness quaked throughout his body, deepening the horrible mixed pain. His silence resulted with Zelda's eyes being stung by tears and letting them stream down her cheeks. The pain soon deepened within her as well and she turned to leave, quickly walking out into the hallway.
She began thinking of other things that would clear her mind, and those thoughts led to the safety of Zared. So it was from there when she focused her course to go to Zared's room, where he was bedridden from his recent asthma attack. When she had reached his room, he was fast asleep, breathing normally and quietly. She stroked his cheek, and envied that he could not know what heartbreak was like. That was what all children were like, they didn't know what pure sadness was until they had lost something they hold dear... which Zelda had lost...
Still with Link on her mind, she headed to the Royal Hall, where all the royal family's parties were held on special occasions. It was a wide, and open room with the floor covered in marble of various colors. The Triforce was engraved upon its surface as shadows loomed and lurked all around the room, with barely any light creeping through the windows covered by the crimson curtains. Sooner or later, another feeling came over Zelda... it was a dreaded feeling that warned her of something to happen.
Somehow she felt that blood was to be shed in this room, and she knew not why she was so aggravated from it. It seemed tears of sorrow was to be poured from saddened eyes, but who's? Zelda could not bare the feeling any longer, so she left running out of the room after seeming to hear whispers and groans.
It had taken Zelda the rest of the day to even be eased of the thought of Link. Now it was nightfall, and it was time for the people to be at rest, and close their heavy eyelids. Zelda was tucking Zared into bed before retiring to her own. She had fluffed his pillow before he had set his head in it, and pulled the covers over him before he had spoken to Zelda.
"Sis..." He started.
"Yes?" Zelda said before she had gotten up to leave the room.
"Have you ever gotten that feeling... where sadness and anger takes you over...?"
Zelda slightly smiled, as if Zared was playing a game with her. She gently brushed his bangs with her fingers and rubbed his forehead with her thumb, "What would a child know about heartbreak?"
It was then when Zared's voice broke when he continued speaking, "Do you ever get that feeling...? When the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, and a chill runs down your spine like rats crawling on your back...?" Zared was now shaking horrendously, "Do you ever get that feeling... when something is angry at you and wants to hurt you?"
Zelda's eyes were wide for a moment as sweat ran down the sides of her cheeks. Somehow, she felt that something was moving behind her... in the darkness and for a moment she thought she had heard breathing... harsh breathing. It wasn't for a while until her fear was eased and she stood up with another smile.
"You'd better go to bed, Zared." She said before kissing him on the cheek good-night.
Zelda left the room, creaking the door open and closing it slowly behind her. The hallways were unusually dark and ominous and shadows loomed about as if they were actual people walking around. Zelda picked up her walking pace and continued faster toward her own room. Suddenly footsteps were heard from behind her, harsh footsteps stomping on the ground toward her getting louder and louder. Zelda's skin tightened as she began letting out sharp exhales of her own.
Once Zelda had reached a corner, she stopped and hid behind it before peeking back... there was the shadow standing there... waiting... waiting for her. Zelda turned her head to avoid it for a while, trying to comfort herself, but when she turned her head a second time, the shadow was now right next to her. She gasped in fear and began running, but unfortunately she was grabbed by the waist and pulled backward. Zelda let out a loud gasp and struggled free and began running letting out groans and tears of fear.
Zelda had at last reached her room and immediately locked the door behind her, and jumped on her bed and tightly clenched onto her pillow. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she heard pounding on her door and the doorknob shaking horrendously. Zelda was terribly frightened and could hardly believe what had happened to her. After the horrible sounds had seized, Zelda cried aloud, burying her face into the pillow, muffling her sounds of sorrow. That night was an uneasy night of rest for her.
Author's note: How did you guys feel when you read the last part? Okay, I think I wrote this alone up in the loft surrounded by dark rooms... so maybe that's why it has the eerie feeling to it. (Ooo... I like this Wind Waker music!) Don't you guys just LOVE the thrills?!? I like getting thrilled for some reason. Well, review!
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LadyAkki45: Well, with my mind when it comes to horror stories, I think I would most likely come up with stuff like that (just wait until the next chapter...). Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter! Thanks for the review!
Gigglegirl13: I'm trying to scare people, but I don't know if I'm doing a good job or not, but I do know that I'm successful in the eerie feeling. Yes, there will be fluff... a lot of fluff... most of it is coming up in the next chapter. (Next chapter's going to be better.) Anyway, thanks for the review!