Disclaimer: the fact that Shadow Link is girl…..i guess that's mine but I don't own Zelda…ehhhhh
Well, I guess asking for a certain number of reveiws wasn't a good idea, so im gonna update whether you like it or not! SO HA!
Anyway, I look over the story and I think most of you think that getting a horse for shadow had no relation to the storyline but later on you'll get it. I PROMISE!!!!
But first! I must thank my new friend Jen (sorry! But I kinda forgot ur username U) but anyway THANK YOU!!!!!
Secondly! ANYONE WHO WISHES TO DRAW FEMALE SHADOW LINK FOR ME MAY E-MAIL IT TO ME. for all the lazy people that don't wanna go to my bio. Lol jk!
OK ON WIT DA FIC!!!!!
Nightmares…..I've never really had them before. I don't think I've ever had a dream either, but then again living in hell was a nightmare in itself. I think now I understand why Malon called that horse Nightmare though because I'm having one. I can feel my body tossing and turning in the blankets and sweat drops forming at my forehead and sliding down my face. It's him, Master Ganondorf.
"YOU FOOL!" he screamed, I'm in a room with nothing but black and all I can see is his piercing red eyes staring at me.
"m-m-master!" I stammer, far to scared to even talk straight. Just thinking about what he'll do to me was painful.
"HOW DARE YOU ABUSE THE TRIFORCE OF POWER!! I CREATED YOU TO DESTROY THE HERO OF TIME AND NOW LOOK AT YOU!! YOU BECOME LIKE SAND IN HIS HANDS!! WHAT POSSESED YOU TO EVEN THINK THAT HE WOULD FALL IN LOVE WITH THE ENEMY!??" he screamed again, his voice sounded like thunder in my ears. Even so, I found the courage to
"n-no! NO! You're wrong! I was stupid to even listen to you!" I screamed back, the eyes of Ganondorf turned blood red in anger.
"I CREATED YOU AND I HAVE MORE THAN THE ABILTY TO DESTROY YOU!!!!!!!"
THWACK!!!!
I woke up with the sharp sting of Navi's wing across my face, my eyes sprung open as I sat up, I looked around trying to remember what happened. A ball of light flew around my head and of all people, Link was there next to me.
"Shadow are you ok?" he asked his voice full of concern, well its nice to see that I'm making progress with Link and here he was, blonde hair in a low pony tail, white shirt, black pants and all his glory next to my bed. I took a deep breath and wiped the sweat off my face, thats when I noticed my Triforce of Power glow again. Good to know that it's really him I guess.
"I think….I think had a nightmare….It was Ganon….he knows…." I trailed off, images of Ganon's blood red eyes ran through my mind continuously.
"Oh boy…that's not good" he said, while taking his seat on the bed next to me. I may not fully understand emotions but I saw fear and worry in his eyes, I knew what he was thinking, he's afraid that I'll bring Ganon back….I sighed and smiled at him.
"Don't worry, by no means am I going to let him free, you worked to hard to keep it the way it is now" Link smiled…and he smiled at me! I fought the urge to just jump him right then and there, Navi noticed and shook her head as a signal. I sighed, this might be a little harder than I thought.
"Well that helps, but I'd like to know how you knew about my journey but I'd more importantly like to know more about you"
Am I hearing things? Because I could've sworn I heard him say that he wanted to know more about me….
"W-wha?" I stammer, "Hey aren't you suppose to be at work?" I glared at him, he shrugged.
"Nah, Zelda gave me a day off to reunite with my 'sister' " he raised an eyebrow, I laughed. You know, when I act like myself rather than act like those girls he liked…we seem to talk more….how weird.
(Attention Girls! I put that in there for a reason! Guys like you for who you are! That's how I got my boyfriend! BY PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND BEING ME!! P)
I never would've believed it myself but me and Link actually talked and I totally forgot that I had a crush on him. We both sat on the bed talking about his adventures and what I saw from hell, Navi landed on the counter and joined in the chat.
"O.k I have a question and its been bugging me for awhile now but…did Nabooru and Ganondorf have some kind of relationship?" he asked, I laughed.
" Yes, believe it or not but they did when Ganon was the King of the Gerudos and everyone was happy. I've talked with her and she told me that they had a solid relationship, but when Ganon came across the Triforce he totally ignored her and went after it. She was really upset" I trailed off, Link and Navi also grew quiet. It was pretty sad but….next thing we all knew I was bursting in laughter. I've really laughed, for a good reason anyway…it felt good.
"You really should've seen her when he told her about the Triforce, me and the other Gerudos were just waiting for her to kill him or something. I know it's not really funny but it was…" there were tears in my eyes? I thought tears were for pain or sadness? I stopped and touched one of the tears and looked at it. I didn't noticed Link or Navi smiling at me, I was too confused. I don't get it, what's wrong with me?
Navi flew up to me," Don't worry its nothing bad" she said, but it still didn't help. Link nodded in agreement.
"Tears are for many reasons, and one of them is happiness. People cry when something is really funny or really happy and the only way to express it is to cry" he explained, I looked at him then back to my fingers that still held what was now called, tears of laughter.
"Thanks Link, I'm really clueless…." I bowed my head in respect but he put his hands on my shoulder before I could bow. I looked at him confused.
"Um no bowing needed please…"
Not again! I was wearing one of Link's oversized shirts for pajamas and if I bent down then you can see my new breasts. I laughed nervously.
"Sorry, it's difficult to get used to my new body"
"It's ok…oh by the way, I was wondering if you can help me with some of my 'chores' so to speak" he asked, I nodded happily. Even though I have no idea what that means, I get to help out Link! So who cares?
I wore my black tunic again and headed outside with Link and Navi, we went out back to feed Epona but I kind of forgot to tell Link that I got a new horse. I was behind him when he saw Nightmare for the first time so I couldn't tell
"Oh… about that…um…" I tried to think of an excuse, Navi flew over to Link to help out but before she could say anything he went over to Nightmare and pet him on the nose.
"Hi there!" he said, Navi and I stood in the doorway stunned, does he never get mad or something? Nightmare shook his head away from Links grasp and snorted on him, Link took a step back, taking Nightmares warning seriously. He turned and pet Epona, she accepted his hand, Link turned to me.
"Is that Nightmare from the Lon Lon Ranch?" he asked, I blinked a few times before answering.
"Yes, I got him for free from this bald guy that ran it. He really wanted Nightmare out of the ranch" I said, replaying yesterdays events in my mind. Link laughed.
"Yea, I thought he looked familiar, he was there when I picked Epona. That's why they are used to eachother, was Epona's sister there too?"
He must be talking about Starfire, I nodded. He opened the gate for Epona's stable and brought her out.
"O.k, I need to pick up a few things at the castle. I need you to pick up some milk from Malon, later on we can look for a job for you" he said while jumping on Epona, I nodded. Link reached into his tunic and took out a note.
"Oh and take this to her too?" he handed me the note, for some reason, I felt my heart "sink" when he gave me the note. I wasn't sure what it was and I didn't press the issue.
"We'll meet back here at lunch ok?" I nodded again.
Wait a second………
"Um…Link…what's Lunch?" I asked, he smiled. (so they havent eaten breakfast so sue me)
"Don't worry, Navi will tell you when to come back. If you have extra time then just hang out ok?"
Finally he took off out of the village and onwards to the castle, and once again my Triforce of Power's glow began to fade away until Link was no longer sight and my Triforce became dull. I sighed and look up at Navi.
"Should we get going?" she nodded and flew over to Nightmare.
"Time to go!" she said to him, he whined excitedly and shook his black mane around. I smiled at him and took him out of his gate prison, and mounted on him.
"Alright! Let's go!" with a kick to the hind, we were off and Navi flying wildly to catch up. Down the stairs, over the bridge and across the valley to the ranch, since it was still morning those Skull things didn't pop out of the ground and I only prayed that "Lunch" didn't have to do with riding back at night without a weapon.
With the wind wiping in my black ponytail that resembled Links, I felt an ultimate freedom. It felt the same way I did when Keapora flew me to the castle on my first day as a girl, Ha! Like I'd ever go back to Ganon! I'm having the time of my life here, why would I go back into slavery?
The Lon Lon Ranch was in view, halfway there I'd say but then it happened. A strange feeling erupted in my stomach, it wasn't hurting me in anyway but I knew something was wrong.
"Nightmare what's wrong?" I suddenly asked my horse, for once he ignored me and continued to keep going at the same pace but soon he slowed down until he was down to a simple trot. I pulled on the reigns until he stopped completely, he began to whine weakly.
"Nightmare? Are you ok?"
A few seconds later Navi slammed into the back of my head, nearly throwing me off Nightmare. I guess I stopped to soon for Navi to a chance to slow down, I pricked the Farie off the back of my head by her wings and set her on my palm. She shook her head from the dizzy crash and took flight again.
"Whats wrong?" she asked, I jumped off of Nightmare and pet him trying to understand what was happening.
"I-I don't know, something's wrong with him" he whined again but in a more sadden way, like he was sick or something I wouldn't know, I've been here for a couple days! .
As I continued to comfort Nightmare, Navi flew around him trying to find what ever was hurting him.
"Hey look!" she cried, I looked down and found her floating in front of Nightmare's left leg. There was a large cut on his leg…now I remember!
"It was when those Skull things attack us! Maybe when he trampled over them, the bones must've cut him" I said, Navi nodded and flew back up to Nightmare.
"Hey! Why didn't you tell us?" she glared at him, I shook my head. Nightmare was acting like Ganondorf.
Nightmare was rather prideful and because of that he didn't want to show any weakness and like Ganon he was so prideful in what he did until his pride got the better of him and led him to his defeat, Shadow sighed.
"It's ok, we're going to see Malon anyway" I said, I grabbed Nightmare's reigns and walked him up the hill that led to the Ranch, his wound won't get any better with me on top of him.
Now at the Ranch
"Oh! Hello!" Malon greeted us with her usual smile, I waved back and smiled. Her smile faded when she saw me with Nightmare and the way he was limping.
"What happened?" she asked and crouched down to see the wound.
"When we left here, those Skull things attack us and he got hurt" I said, she inspected the wound and stood back up.
"It's not that bad, but we should cover it up before it gets infected….oh Navi can you tell my father to bring some bandages?" she said in a cheerful voice, oh no I totally forgot about Navi! She was hiding behind Nightmare but her white glow and a black background was more than noticeable.
"It's ok, I knew you were with her the whole time. But we need bandages" Navi nodded and flew towards the house, leaving me with Malon.
"Is this all you came for?" she asked, oh yea! That…note…
"Um I came to give you this, its from Link" and I handed her the note, she took it and looked at it. Her face suddenly lit up like a candle, is she happy? She looked back at me, I stiffened; by now I was dying to know what the note was about.
"Are you coming too?" she asked, I stood there dumbfounded. What? Going where?
" What? I don't know what you're talking about, I didn't read the note I swear!" she laughed.
"No! To my wedding! I invited Link to come and he said he would, I'd like it if you came too if you're Link's friend" she smiled again, I forced a smile out.
"S-sure I'd love to come!" I blurted out, she nodded and smiled again. Does she have a permanent smile or something? Soon afterwards, from out the window Navi came with a roll of bandages twice her size, she was straining her wings just to get enough air. As soon as she was close enough I took the bandages in one hand and she landed on my other hand exhausted from carrying such a large weight.
"He…pant…doesn't want too…pant…come out….if Nightmare…pant….is here" With that, Navi plopped on my hand, no longer feeling up to flying ever again. Malon took the bandages and wrapped it around Nightmare's leg, while she was busy with that I lift Navi up, who was still on my hands, to my face.
"Hey, what's a wedding?" I whispered, she sat up and stared at me in astonishment.
"A wedding!? Who?" she suddenly jumped up.
"Malon, she said that she invited Link to her wedding and I said I would come too….what's a wedding?" I asked again but Navi still didn't answer me, she stared at me then she looked over at Malon.
"Um Malon?" she called out, the farm girl looked up at the Farie.
"Yes?"
"I thought you liked Link and now you're getting married?" Malon stopped for a second then continued to wrap up Nightmare's leg.
"Yes, I did but it wasn't love it was a crush. Me and him are still good friends and all" she reassured Navi, the farie nodded intently. But…
WHAT THE HECK IS A WEDDING!?!? I'm getting mad now .
Malon finished wrapping up Nightmare's leg and sprayed something on the bandages that she took out from her dress. She stood up and face the other two.
"This is a little bottle Saria gave me, it heals animals and….oh no!" she cried and slapped her forehead.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"I need a BIG favor, I need to give the invites to my friends but I'm really busy…. Can you give the invites to them?" she asked, I looked at Navi who looked at the sun's position. She flew out of my hand in to Malon.
"Sure! Were not going to see Link until Lunch time, but what about Nightmare?"
"The stuff I sprayed on him is fast working but he needs to run around for it to heal anyway" she took out three notes, all with different names and symbols," Navi you know where they are right?" she asked, Navi flew to the notes and read them out loud.
"To: Nabooru Leader of the Gerudos, To: Saria of the Lost woods, and To: RUTO!?!?!" the farie screamed.
"You're invited fish girl!?" she screamed again, for a little farie so sure had a pair of lungs. Malon sighed.
"Well…I didn't have much of a choice, she said that she wanted to come only to see Link then leave" she huffed, I felt my eye twitch…I swear if she lays one fin on Link she's gonna be sushi.
"Then I guess I'm the messenger today" I laughed.
"Hey…maybe you should charge for that….you know. Deliver messages and get paid for it, it would be a good business, I know that the Mailman in town is having enough trouble running around" she suggested, me and Navi exchanged glances…it might actually work, Nightmare is fast….
"Malon you're a genius!" I cried, she smiled and gave me the letters.
"Alright, when you're done come back here and I'll give you your milk!"
Saying our last good-byes and stuffing the letters in my pockets, I saddled up Nightmare and we were off. Maybe later I can get some kind of carrying bag or something. I looked down at Nightmare and stroked his mane.
"You ok now?" I asked, he shook his head in response. Then I looked up at Navi.
"O.k, who first?"
"Saria is closer, so lets go!"
With the ball of light leading the way, we went north from the ranch and towards the woods. Nightmare ran faster than before, feeling the excitement and happiness as I did, everything was just about perfect now. I have great friends, I'm going to start a new business, Link and I are growing closer together and best of all, NO GANON!
By the time we reached the entrance to Kikori forest, Nightmare stopped to a halt in front of the tree trunk entrance. I jumped off and patted him on the nose before entering with Navi on my head.
"Whoa" the entire environment nearly changed, I stopped on the bridge that led to another entrance but the bridge itself was in a forest.
"Pretty huh?" Navi asked, I nodded still in awe of all the green……..I haven't seen this much green in one place since I first saw Link.
"C'mon lets go!" Navi said, and flew to the next door….erm trunk…thing…yea
"WOW…." I said again, now this is just crazy. GREEN…AND FARIES…..EVERYWHERE!!! Good lord, I swear I'm a black spot in green! Plus, I'm twice the size of this…..kids! What the heck is going on?
"You there!" one short kid shouted….er scratch that, they're all short to me. He had freckles and orange looking hair, next to him were two of his "henchmen" on each side of him," State your business!"
I tried my hardest to not laugh, I bent down to be eye to eye with him," Who are you?" I asked, he growled at me.
"My name is Mido! I am the boss of the Kokiri! Now state your business!" he said proudly, I fought my urge to say,' How cute or something'
"Well, my name is Shadow and I'm here to see Saria" I said, he growled at me.
"No one is allowed to see MY girl!"
"Mido!" a voice called out, it was Saria and all her…. greeness….. he glared at Mido, which was his que to leave. Him and the two other kids ran off, Saria sighed and walked over to me.
"Hi Navi!" she said, Navi flew around Saria.
"Hey Saria, this is Shadow, Link's friend" Navi introduced me, I stood up.
"Hello"
"Hi! What brings you two here?" she asked, I pulled out one of the notes from my tunic and gave it to her. She took it and read it with curiosity, her eyes widened when she reached the middle of the note.
"Malon is getting married? That's great!" she said, with a smile beaming for her friend. She looked up at me when she finished.
"Can you tell Malon that I can go?" she asked, I nodded. It's my new job ain't it?
"Thank you so much! I wish I could repay you….." I put my hands up.
"No no! not until I start my business will I start charging!" I said, she shook her head.
"There must be something!" she stood there thinking for a minute, me and Navi also did. Chance are that Saria won't let me leave until she pays me back, and we still need to meet Link for lunch….whatever that is.
"I know!" Saria exclaimed," What if I gave you an Ocarina? You could transport anywhere that's too far and it's a nice little instrument"
"Hey! That's a great idea! We need the Ocarina to open the waterfalls in Zora's Domain" the Farie said, waterfall? I wonder what that is. Saria looked at Navi with the same confusion I had with this new term 'waterfall'.
"Why do you need to go to Zora's Domain…..oh wait….don't tell invited herself?" she asked, wow is Ruto that obvious? Navi nodded.
"Unfortunately….."
Saria sighed," Oh well, not much we can do about that….but here" she reached into her pocket and took out a brown Farie ocarina, her personal one.
"Wow, this is really nice but….isn't this one yours?" she laughed.
"I have a lot of them actually, I make them for the Kokiri kids…." She stopped after noticing how much trouble I was having trying to figure out how it worked. I turned it around looking at the holes and mouth piece.
"Need some help?" she asked, I nodded pathetically. She laughed and motioned to bend down.
"You're finger should be like this…" she put my fingers on the holes and thumb on the bottom hole then put my other hand on the other side of the Ocarina.
"Good, now blow through the mouth piece"
I gave it a soft blow and a soft tune came from it, very pretty.
"Good, now if you wanna get through the waterfall, you'll need to learn 'Zelda's Lullaby'. Like this……"
(ok ok I know I have an ocarina but just to give you all a better visual. I'm gonna have Saria teach Shadow the same way in the game, just like the horse thing in the other chapter)
" , "
"You played Zelda's Lullaby!"
"Hey this is really cool! Thank you so much Saria!" I said, I was so excited! I got a cool flute thing!
"No problem, I think Link can teach you any other song but I think you need to get going. I know a short cut, follow me!"
Lost Woods
"What in the name of……what is this place?" I asked when we first entered the Lost woods, Saria giggled.
"You must not get out much huh?" she laughed again.
"Well….You can say that" I laughed nervously, yea of course I don't get out much. I've spent the last 10 years in hell, but I don't think it would be a good idea to tell her that.
"O.k then, stay close to me, if you get lost here then…ehh well you're on your own"
After possibly, three different turns and trunk looking entrances we finally reached another area with only three possible ways out; left, right, and behind us. Well that's what I thought until I saw the lake in the middle of the place.
"There ya go! In that lake is a doorway that leads straight to the waterfall of Zora's Domain"
(That's right ladies and gentlemen! I know every single short cut in the entire game! I EVEN TIMED IT TO SEE IF SHADOW CAN MAKE IT TO ALL THREE PLACES BEFORE SUNDOW!!! Buhahaha fear me and my game…ness….er yea)
"Great! Thank you Saria! I owe you one!" I exclaimed, she smiled.
"Don't worry about it, all you have to do is deliver any messages for me and we'll be even" I waved goodbye and turned to the lake,"…oh wait!"
I turned around," What's wrong?"
"Lemme see the Ocarina" I pulled it out from my tunic and handed it to her.
"I got one more song to teach ya"
" , " ( I think it goes something like that)
"You played Saria's song!"
"Play that song, then me and you can talk, no matter where" I stared at the Ocarina then back at her, wow…..I can talk to her from far away and not see her…..amazing.
(New! Ocarina style cellphones! Only 250 rupees! Lol)
"I'll see you at the wedding! Tell Link I said hi!" With that, the green girl left and disappeared into the Lost Woods, I took one last look at the Ocarina before putting it away.
"O.k then, Princess Ruto is next, lets go!"
WOW that had to be the longest chapter ive ever written in my life!
OKIE DOKIE!
Shadow is making a lot of new friends! And figuring out new words too! Shadow survived Malon and Saria but now she must face….PRINCESS RUTO!!! Link's number one fan girl.
Muhahahaa…….im so evil Alright people review! But even if you don't, ill still update! Cuz this is a really fun story!
Alright it's 11:30 here in CA,, sleeeeeeep……ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz
G'night!
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