The Legend of Zelda: The Dream Walker
Chapter 7
"Bummer"
By MEGAMANX411

Link had made his way back to Inoa village safely and quickly. However, upon his return he noticed something that seemed a bit out of the ordinary. He was perplexed to see a lot of people congregating outside of some homes.

"Something must be going on..." Link thought aloud.

Jess was one of the people outside.

"Hey Jess!" Link shouted, waving.

"Oy! Hello there Link!" the old man replied.

"Say, Jess," Link began, "what exactly is going on down here?"

Jess shrugged nonchalantly.

"There's something happening at Nadia's and Bonaire's homes, you know what I am saying?"

Link smiled at the old man.

"No, I don't. That's why I asked," Link said with a slight chuckle.

Jess smiled approvingly. Link then thought for a moment. Where had he heard the name Nadia before?

"Hey Jess," Link began. "Do you know Nadia?"

Jess placed a hand on his chin.

"Oy, she's a young girl, they say she's got some strange power. Bonaire, on the other hand, he's a bit of a slacker, you know what I am saying? Oy, but he is a good boy, about the same age as Nadia. I see her giving him quite a few looks, but he doesn't seem to notice.."

Link decided to cut the old man off before he started rambling.

"Thank you Jess!" he replied. "I think I'll go take a look!"

Link headed over to Nadia's house first, and saw that the house was a complete disaster. Tables were literally shattered in pieces, glasses were broken, chairs were askew. Link thought that this might be the result of Nadia's strange power he heard of before. Around the bed by Nadia were two women, one very young, perhaps in her teens, and an elderly woman.

"Excuse me, what's going on?" Link asked the two.

"I don't know," the young one replied.

Link then eyed the young woman curiously. He had seen her before, but couldn't quite place it.

"I'm sorry," Link stammered. "I hadn't introduced myself. My name is Link. Can I be of any help?" he asked.

"Nice to see you here Link. I'm Kisha. I think you may have already met Giles, my brother. And as for you helping, I just don't know what to do..."

Link nodded in agreement with her sentiment. Before Link had a chance to think about what on earth was going on, Septimus barged in. Septimus was huffing and puffing, clearly from running all the way over.

"Link!" he shouted, gasping for air after he spouted Link's name. "There you are!"

Link turned to the scholar and raised an eyebrow in curiousity.

"Septimus?" he asked.

Septimus nodded.

"Yes, it is I," he replied. "It appears that Nadia and Bonaire have been afflicted by the nightmares now too. I think you had better go to Bonaire's house to see how he is doing."

Link shot a look back at Nadia, who was clearly in pain from the nightmare. She tossed and turned.

"But what about Nadia?" he asked, pointing back to the injured girl.

Septimus had a very grave look on his face.

"Trust me, she is in much better shape than Bonaire is...." he said softly.

Link and Septimus headed over to Bonaire's house, and many of the townsfolk were around. Link looked at Bonaire, unable to determine if Bonaire was actually sleeping. He was screaming and throwing a tantrum, it seemed impossible for him to be asleep.

"Is...is he asleep?" Link asked.

One of the townsfolk spoke up.

"Yes...he keeps saying the name 'Sara'. He's probably dreaming," he said.

Link nodded slowly.

"That gives me an idea...." he said, gesturing to Septimus.

Septimus nodded back.

"Ah...I see...Link, grab Bonaire's hand," he replied.

Link clasped Bonaire's hand, and made the attempt to enter his subconscious. Link appeared in Bonaire's dream. He saw many different pathways and ladders. Then he saw Bonaire himself, apparently walking after some woman. She was a red-head, wearing a red dress, and was completely stunning. Bonaire was drooling at the very sight of her.

Link took a look at the dream woman, and a smile came on his face.

"She must be Sara!" he shouted.

The girl known as Sara appeared to be taunting Bonaire, and was gesturing for him to come forward with her finger.

"Come on Bonaire...." she said lovingly.

Bonaire nodded slowly. He looked completely dazed.

"Coming, babe..." he replied.

Link smirked at the sight.

"Hm...he must be infatuated with her," he reasoned. "But what's causing him so much pain? I have to end this dream."

As Link chased after them, Sara appeared right in front of him as if by magic. Sara's soft face became hard, and her eyes burned with fire.

"You're not going to stop me! Surfer boy is mine! Got it?! And don't piss me off!!" she screamed.

Link was completely shocked at her sudden outburst of rudeness. The beatiful woman he observed a moment ago was replaced by this wicked shouting creature. Link backed away with surprise, but then steadied himself with valiance.

"Sara, or whatever your name is...your not stealing Bonaire....you're not even human," he replied.

Link knew that Sara was definitely evil. He could practically sense it a mile away. Sara simply giggled at Link's sentiment, and flashed a malicious smile as she disappeared again, once again in front of Bonaire, taunting him. She and Bonaire embraced, and she brought Bonaire into a room high up on some ledges.

"I need to get to them, fast," Link thought aloud.

Link quickly made his way over to the platforms, and scaled a nearby ladder which was going up the cliff wall. When he reached the top, he saw a small chamber, which he entered. Bonaire was backed up against the wall. Sara was facing him, fangs bared. Link smirked, and unsheathed his sword.

"Having a little snack?" he asked sarcastically.

Sara shot a glance back at Link, and hissed. Suddenly, her body began to transform itself. Her bones cracked and rattled as her form became like that of a hideous winged demon. Wings shot out of her back. Her hands became claws. Her skin was no longer soft and pale, but became hard and grey. She stood about six feet tall, appearing before Link as a winged devourer of souls.

"I told you not to interefere! Now I'm going to devour you both!!" the demon screamed, its voice sounding strange and inhuman.

Sara, or whatever this creature called itself, wrapped itself in a ball of dark energy, which concealed its being. The ball began to shrink, and soon, disappeared completely.

"She must still be around...she's trying to get the jump on me," Link reasoned.

He readied his Master Sword, and closed his eyes. Link stood silent for a moment, and was deeply concentrating on the whereabouts of his foe.

"Right there!!" he shouted.

Link swiftly turned to his right, and struck with his Master Sword, cleaving Sara in the right arm.

"Aahh!!" the creature screeched. "You're good...but how about this!?"

Sara then used a mirage technique, and created several duplicate copies of herself, which all then disappeared the same way. Link, under his breath, muttered his battle plan.

"Whew...ok Link....just calm down...and..." he muttered.

He did a 180, and stabbed behind him. The blade passed through the creature harmlessly, and appeared to be like slicing through thin air. It was a clone!

"Oh no!" Link shouted as he tried to regain his balance.

Link turned back around, just in time to block the fiery demonic blasts from the real Sara with his Hylian Shield. Link readied his boomerang this time. He eyed his boomerang and a smirk appeared on his face.

"OK...maybe this will work!" he shouted.

When Sara and the clones disappeared this time, Link threw the boomerang around the room, and when the clones reappeared, the boomerang went through them, showing Link which ones were fake. Link's eyes widened when he saw the real one appear before him.

"There you are!" he shouted.

Link jumped in the air and came down with his sword, and tried a leap attack on the demon. Sara backed up just in time to barely avoid a fatal blow, but was still struck hard by Link's blade, with a massive cut to the chest. Blood spewed from the wood quickly. The demon called Sara was apparently outraged at Link for doing her harm, and did the only thing she could think of at the time. Counterattack.

Sara then fired a big blast of fiery demonic energy at Link, but he was ready.

"Take this!" he shouted.

Link struck the ball with his Master Sword, reflecting it back at Sara. The demon shrieked, and let out one final message. The demon transformed itself back into the dream-like picture of beauty it was before.

"Bonaire," she began, her voice wheezing. "To use one of your choice words of surfdom, I am officially bummed....but for my revenge, I'll take someone close to you, someone you didn't even know loved you!"

Link then heard another woman scream. He and Bonaire exited the dream, and Kisha entered the room. Septimus gave Kisha a curious look.

"What is it?" he asked. "Is Nadia alright?"

Kisha slowly shook her head, looking completely shocked.

"No...she's....she's dead," she replied slowly, her voice softening with each passing word.

Link looked down to the floor, with a wave of despair coming over him.

If only I had defeated the demon sooner! Link thought.

Septimus placed his hand on Link's shoulder.

"You did everything you could Link...." the scholar reasoned.

Kisha looked down at the ground with sadness evident in her face, and turned to Bonaire.

"Nadia passed away just moments ago, almost as soon as you woke up, Bonaire.." she whispered.

Bonaire looked down, not saying anything. Link knew that there wasn't much he could say to Bonaire at this point, so he accepted his defeat, and slowly walked out the door and back to Jess' house. Link slowly walked into the house, his head held low.

"Oy! Is something bothering you, Link?" Jess asked.

Link breathed deeply and slowly.

"I have some terrible news Jess..." Link began.

Link informed Jess of the events that transpired, and about the loss of Nadia. Jess shook his head sadly.

"That's terrible news lad," he replied. "Nadia was still young....but alas, try to get some sleep now, you know what I am saying?"

Link nodded, and headed upstairs to get some rest.