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……………huh? What? Where am I? And why does my head hurt so much? Oh yes! I was being attacked by those guards……oh no…..
Opening my eyes slowly, I found myself in a cell? A dungeon! I know a prison when I see one and I was in one. I stood up and tried to walk but I was chained to the wall by my hands and feet, I was restricted by how much I could move, but it wasn't much, I could only stand.
Seeing that I am going to be in here for awhile I looked around. It was relatively small, black bricks were its walls, I was chained in the back wall and I could see a small flight of stairs leading to a door. Looking up I noticed no window like normal cells would have and the only source of light was through the cracks of the door, chains were hanging on the wall, obviously this cell was meant for more than one person.
Sadly…I felt somehow in place in here, when Ganon trained me it was in a cell similar to this.
KNOCK KNOCK!
"The Queen is here to see you" I heard a gruff voice say from behind the door, I won't bother to answer, it's not like I have a choice. Besides, I know its her, the Triforce on my hand glowed. I sat back down and leaned my head against the cold brick wall and the chains mixed with my black hair falling over my shoulders.
After a few sounds of opening locks, the door creaked open and revealed Queen Zelda and all her fury, I fought back a glare that could be the end of me.
"Shadow" she said, I didn't answer at first, I noticed her Triforce glowing as well.
"Zelda" I answered back, oops wrong move.
"That's Queen Zelda to you" she growled, I was about to say sorry but the evil look in her eyes was like a fire that refused to go out. Mine as well fight back.
"Queen Zelda" I started out and emphasized the queen part," Can you tell me why I'm here?" I asked, though somewhere deep in my stomach I know why I am here.
"I'm not a fool like the sages, I know that you're Ganon's minion and because of that, you're under arrest by aiding the enemy" her voice was reduced from a growl to a voice of authority. I knew she was going to say that, but why? Did she not see how well I was doing? I haven't even killed anyone!
"What? Ganon is gone, I am no longer in his service nor will I ever be! I've done nothing wrong!" I cried out, practically begging for release. Why must life be so cruel?…..and how many times have I said that?
"Just the fact that you were once an ally of Ganon or even created by him is enough for me to lock you up, I refuse to let his creations run loose, Link and I have worked hard to keep the peace that we have now" her voice trailed off.
So that was it? She was afraid of Ganondorf coming back. I remember watching from hell all the trails she AND Link had to go through before the final demise of Ganon. I don't blame her but why now? Link and I……
When realization of my current state came to me, it hit me hard. I can't get out of here, I can't go back with Link. I grew weak and numb at this thought and my head hung low. I suppose she noticed how silent it became, and spoke again.
"……I'm sorry….but this is the way it has to be" she said silently, does she know about me and my feelings? Most likely but even if she let me go then her husband would have me locked up for sure. I didn't lift my head up, I fought back tears that began to sting the back of my eyes.
"You'll be executed tomorrow morning"
Now THAT, got my attention and my head snapped up.
"W-what?" I screamed," Zelda! Please!" I suddenly found myself begging now.
"I'm sorry" she said softly and walked away closing the large wooden door behind her, leaving me in darkness.
Executed? Tomorrow? You've got to be joking! It usually takes about two days before death! No no no! This can't be happening…..no….
'You see Shadow? The goddesses you put your faith in have betrayed you! That is why only the strong will bear the power of the goddesses'
I didn't move, I know this voice anywhere. I brought my chained knees up to my chest and ran my fingers through my black mass of hair.
"Leave me be Ganon…" I growled at the shadows that surrounded me, I could feel his evil grin on me even though he wasn't there I could feel it.
'Come back to me Shadow! Together we will gain the power of the goddesses and destroy all those who oppose us! You could have anything!'
I sighed, his offers were much more enticing than I thought they would be. Though, at this point anything was better than a cage. But were his offers getting to me?
"Stop this Ganon" I growled again.
'Shadow, listen to me! The Hero of Time will only see you as an enemy, so will the princess. Release me from this realm and you will no longer feel the pain of the real world that you suffer from, why else would I keep you from this world? It hurts does it not?'
That hit me. That hit me dead on. Should I consider this?
'When you free me, he will be the first to go'"NO!" I suddenly found myself on my feet and screaming at the shadows, I don't care if I am about to die right now, I refuse to let him touch Link.
I waited for a reply but the same guff voice was the one that replied and hollered," Shut up!"
"You shut up!" I screamed back but quickly covered my mouth praying that I didn't say what I thought I said.
"What was that?"
Oh crap…what in the world did I get myself into? The locks to the door are opened and the guard with the gruff voice practically kicked the door open.
"You want to repeat what you just said?" he screamed, I gulped and laughed nervously. I think I'm going to die before my execution…..wait a second, the key to my chains are on his belt…..
"You heard me you fat lard!" I screamed back, sure enough, the guards face turned red with anger.
"That's it!"
And here he comes, he nearly jumped down the stairs and aimed his spear at me. I secretly grinned, my plan was working perfectly.
"You're dead!" he tried to lunge his spear right in my face but with a slight motion to my neck he missed horribly. The spear was temporarily stuck in between the cracks of the brick wall just long enough to give him a swift kick between the legs.
Hey, I was once a male too remember?
Dropping his spear to hold his crotch, he fell to his knees right next to me whimpering in pain.
"D-damn you…." He stuttered, I just shook my head at the poor man and grabbed the keys.
"Sorry about this" I chuckled and swiftly opened the locks on my hands and feet.
Click click click click!
One by one I was closer to freedom, after unlock the last one on my foot I stood up and rubbed my sore wrists. Without hesitation I ran up the stairs and down the hallway of other cells, ignoring the cries of other prisoners.
Skidding to a sharp turn and running up the stairs, I made it out of the dungeon in one piece, now to get out of the castle….which wasn't going to be easy, this place is huge! And it was only the courtyard too!
"Hey did you hear something?" I heard someone say, thinking quickly, I jumped into a nearby bush and held my breath.
"It was just a squirrel, stop being paranoid" another replied, I quickly thanked the goddesses for the guards being stupid.
Peeking my head out of the bush, I say a bunch of guards circle bushes and such.
(if you don't remember this part, it was the part when you had to sneak around the castle without getting caught by the guards and find the princess in the beginning of the game)
"Guards are stupid" I said a reminder to myself and looked around at my surroundings for something that will help me.
"Hello" a rock. How perfect is this? Picking it up and checking out of the bush again I brought my hand back and threw the rock clear across the other side of courtyard…..but I didn't know my own strength and ended up smashing a window in.
"What was that?"
Sure enough, all the guards that stood in my way all ran towards the window leaving the courtyard rather empty looking. This was my chance and I took it, running like a maniac, but still very quiet like, I ran down the courtyard and turned the corner to a new area. I looked like a garden of some kind.
"Link, I'm sorry" I heard someone say, taking no chances here, I jumped into a bush of flowers and poked my head out to find the source of the voice.
"Zelda…I know you're afraid but this is going to far….."
Up there? From where I was, I looked up and saw a balcony with Link and Zelda in it. Lucky for me these flowers were dark colored and I blended in rather well, the only down side was that they were so high up that I could only see them and couldn't hear them so well.
(/text/ means what Shadow didn't hear)
"Link listen to me" Zelda walked up behind him and put her hand on his shoulder," Shadow is Ganon's creations/there is a big chance/ she'll go back to Ganon and you know that"
What? Is she that confidant that I'll go back?
"I know that /but still/" he sighed.
W-what! Him too? No this can't be happening…..
"Link….."
Link looked up at her and she looked back, a moment later then they both……oh no……
I may not know what most of the things in the world mean but I know what a kiss is.
(no! Link and Zelda didn't really kiss, they hugged, but from Shadow's point of view it looked like they did ok?)
My legs felt weak and I lost my balance, I fell on my butt in the bush of dark flowers. They didn't see me but at this point I didn't care, everything I worked for and sacrificed for him went sailing out the window.
A certain insane laughter echoed in my head.
'Now do you see Shadow? Now do you see how painful these feelings you gained are?'I never thought I would say it but…..
"Yes….."
'Will you come back to me and release me from this hell?'"……..yes……"
I made this short on purpose! Well lets see what I get from here.
Misunderstanding has taken its toll huh? Shadow has gone back to the dark side! (insert Darth Vadar music here) lol review!
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