Candle
Don't ask me why it's called Candle...
I don't know!
So there.
Anyways...this is the chapter where everything gets good.
Sorta.
And bla!
Nexus does stuff...
And all is happy!
Okay, so I'm lying and you know it.
BLA!
Myaaa!
So there...
And now...
For your enjoyment...
The second chapter
Of Candle
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Candle
Down Once More: Shadow Again
Touched
You say
that I am too
So much of what you say is true
I'll never find
someone
Quite like you
Again
I'll never find someone
Quite
like you
Like you
The razors and the
dying roses
Plead I don't leave you alone
The demi-gods
and
Hungry ghosts
God, god knows I'm not at home
With Malon now resting in her room and the horses taken care of, Link and Nexus set out for Kakariko, in order to inform Talon of the strange goings-on at the ranch. Just outside the outer steps to the village, Epona stopped and refused to move on. She laced her ears back and backed up. Link dismounted, patting Epona once and nodding. Nexus dismounted as well, showing no signs of impatience.
Slowly and cautiously, the two ascended the steps to Kakariko Village.
Panic, disorder...well...mostly panic. Painted on almost every surface was the same cross and snake blood-painting. On doors, walls even on the windmill blades were this symbol. Everyone was in panic, convinced that this was a bad omen, that there was some great evil that was going to rapidly descend upon them. Finding Talon and informing him of the ranch's current condition, Link and Nexus ran around exploring more.
Running to the graveyard...
Nothing was touched in the graveyard, not even the flowers on gravestones. And to make things stranger, everything was dead silent. There were no poes wandering, no bugs skittering here and there, nothing. The two walked in slowly, Nexus taking the time to glance at the graves here and there. Link warped to the entrance to the Shadow temple, finding some discarded rope and waiting for Nexus to join him.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
Link stood completely still, listening for sounds within the temple. Like the graveyard, it was silent. All too quiet.
"I'm going in. You're welcome to join me."
"Gladly."
Armed with lanterns, they descended into the shadowy depths of the dead temple. Navigating over bottomless pits and under guillotine blades, they came to a platform on the far side of one of the rooms. Link was about to turn to one of the other platforms but Nexus stopped him.
"There is something beyond this wall." She said, tapping the stone wall with the back of her gauntlet. Link looked through his lens of truth, and saw nothing.
"Are you sure?" He asked, looking slightly perplexed.
"Trust me."
Nexus reeled back and punched the wall. A crack appeared in the stone. She punched it again, and the stone crumbled, revealing a slope descending deeper into darkness. She picked up her lantern and motioned to the amazed Hylian next to her.
The two slid down into the dark hidden catacombs, completely unsure of what to expect.
"Be careful, I'm sure that all manner of stupid mousetraps await our toes in the dark." Nexus said, keeping any sort of emotion out of her voice.
Link smiled a bit, at least there was some humor to lighten up the mood.
They hit the bottom and walked down the long hallway, lit only by their lanterns. After about an hour of walking in silence, Link's eyes caught a glint of something before them. He walked ahead a bit and picked it up, examining it for a moment.
"Nexus, look at this." Link said, tossing his finding to her.
She caught it and examined it for a moment. It was a cross with a white serpent curled around it.
"We're closer." She said.
Link nodded, right before a door opened underneath his feet and he fell into the darkness below. The doors closed before Nexus could follow.
"Damnit." She hissed.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA—OOF!"
Link landed on the stony floor with a thud, his lantern landing next to him, still lit. He heard the sounds of insects, and smelled something sickening. Upon standing and looking around, lantern in hand, he found piles of rotting Hylian corpses. Link jumped back before dropping to his knees and was granted a visit from the contents of his stomach. He coughed once before wiping his mouth and standing back up on shaky legs.
"Even vomiting doesn't help..."
He looked down the corridor behind him, and decided to start down it, the sick feeling inside of him diminishing slightly. After a few yards of so, a strange and echoing laughter surrounded him.
"You came...he said you would..."
Into the light came a woman in her mid thirties. She had long blonde hair and gray-blue eyes. Her Hylian ears were pierced several times. She wore purple robes and a rather sadistic smile on her face.
"Who are you?" Link asked.
The woman didn't answer. She pointed to the lantern and it was forced from Link's hand. He reached for his sword. At that moment, the same snake-and-cross symbol appeared below him. Spiteful and vengeful spirits rushed from the symbol with such speed and force that Link was unable to draw any weapon. Moments later, the overload of emotions was too much for our hero, and he passed out.
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All hate me for what will happen next!
You will hate me...bwahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa!
Mew.