Courage chapter 2
Link wandered aimlessly through Kakariko village, lending a hand to the builders, fixing random things here and there that needed mending. Several times he thought he heard his name being called, but he ignored it, always slipping off in some random direction.
Finally he forcibly yanked Navi out of his hat. "Navi... you're free now, so just go away already!"
"No, Link! I'm worried about you!"
"Yeah? Well, don't be! I'm no hero, I'm a miserable failure. So just go!"
"No, Link! Don't do this to yourself! You ARE a hero!"
"No... I'm not." Sullen, he turned his face away.
"Link..."
He suddanly raised a hand and did the unforgivable- swatted the little fairy like a bug. She hit a building and fell to the ground, stunned, as he turned and ran. She slowly shook her head to clear it and climbed to her feet, dizzy, spreading her wings. One lay at an odd angle. "oh no... Link!" But her little voice wasn't heard above the hammering and sawing.
Link ran and ran and ran, and finally sank against a skeleton frame of a house and wept. He pulled a knife from his pocket and, rolling up his tunic to bare his arm, pressed it against his flesh. He carved a triforce into his flesh, and some spirals. The agony, the guilt, vanished in an instant. He actually smiled. Sure, he was no hero. But maybe he could do something while he was here....
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"Link..." she sniffled, sitting on the roof. "Why are you ignoring me?" Zelda hugged her knees to her chest. "What happened?" she asked the world in general, and got no reply. "Link..."
There! There he was, heading out of town. She cradled the exhausted Navi and lept to the ground, following after. He of course sensed her, but this time he turned to see who it was.
"Zel..." he whispered, aghast. "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry... I failed everyone... I hurt Navi.. I understand if you don't want to talk to me again... I'm as bad as Ganon... I'm leaving now, you won't be bothered by me again." He turned to go.
"No, wait! First off, you're not Ganon. Secondly, don't leave..."
"Sorry..." he whispered.
"Link! Nobody wants you to just give up and leave!"
"What about Navi? I hurt her..."
"Link, no! Stay... please?" Navi whimpered, through the pain. Link's large blue eyes began filling with tears.
"You... want me to stay?" softly. Zel nodded.
"Of course she does! And I do too.. There's no reason to leave."
"I don't deserve you... I don't deserve to stay.. I deserve to be alone and miserable!"
"Nobody deserves that, Link, and besides, we want you to stay."
"I'll fail you again.."
"Well it's a fair trade off, then, because we would miss your awesomeness as a friend if you left."
"Awesome... I'm far from awesome."
"I think you are." Zelda smiled at him. "Now come on, let's get you inside. How did you know Impa had a house here?"
"I... Time travelled. I was in the future... and I ruined it for everyone."
"Oh Link..." She gave him a quick hug, careful of Navi. "Come inside and tell us about it."
Bah, short chappie, but feh.
Link wandered aimlessly through Kakariko village, lending a hand to the builders, fixing random things here and there that needed mending. Several times he thought he heard his name being called, but he ignored it, always slipping off in some random direction.
Finally he forcibly yanked Navi out of his hat. "Navi... you're free now, so just go away already!"
"No, Link! I'm worried about you!"
"Yeah? Well, don't be! I'm no hero, I'm a miserable failure. So just go!"
"No, Link! Don't do this to yourself! You ARE a hero!"
"No... I'm not." Sullen, he turned his face away.
"Link..."
He suddanly raised a hand and did the unforgivable- swatted the little fairy like a bug. She hit a building and fell to the ground, stunned, as he turned and ran. She slowly shook her head to clear it and climbed to her feet, dizzy, spreading her wings. One lay at an odd angle. "oh no... Link!" But her little voice wasn't heard above the hammering and sawing.
Link ran and ran and ran, and finally sank against a skeleton frame of a house and wept. He pulled a knife from his pocket and, rolling up his tunic to bare his arm, pressed it against his flesh. He carved a triforce into his flesh, and some spirals. The agony, the guilt, vanished in an instant. He actually smiled. Sure, he was no hero. But maybe he could do something while he was here....
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"Link..." she sniffled, sitting on the roof. "Why are you ignoring me?" Zelda hugged her knees to her chest. "What happened?" she asked the world in general, and got no reply. "Link..."
There! There he was, heading out of town. She cradled the exhausted Navi and lept to the ground, following after. He of course sensed her, but this time he turned to see who it was.
"Zel..." he whispered, aghast. "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry... I failed everyone... I hurt Navi.. I understand if you don't want to talk to me again... I'm as bad as Ganon... I'm leaving now, you won't be bothered by me again." He turned to go.
"No, wait! First off, you're not Ganon. Secondly, don't leave..."
"Sorry..." he whispered.
"Link! Nobody wants you to just give up and leave!"
"What about Navi? I hurt her..."
"Link, no! Stay... please?" Navi whimpered, through the pain. Link's large blue eyes began filling with tears.
"You... want me to stay?" softly. Zel nodded.
"Of course she does! And I do too.. There's no reason to leave."
"I don't deserve you... I don't deserve to stay.. I deserve to be alone and miserable!"
"Nobody deserves that, Link, and besides, we want you to stay."
"I'll fail you again.."
"Well it's a fair trade off, then, because we would miss your awesomeness as a friend if you left."
"Awesome... I'm far from awesome."
"I think you are." Zelda smiled at him. "Now come on, let's get you inside. How did you know Impa had a house here?"
"I... Time travelled. I was in the future... and I ruined it for everyone."
"Oh Link..." She gave him a quick hug, careful of Navi. "Come inside and tell us about it."
Bah, short chappie, but feh.
