A/N: VERY DISTURBING CHAPTER! VIOLENT! BE WARNED!
"Stay calm," Zelda whispers to me. I feel rage boiling up inside me like never before, but I somehow manage to listen to her. "I have an idea." As she tells me what she has planned, I have to admit that it is a pretty good plot. "So, when you see her, remember the code." I nod, looking straight ahead as Link, heading the pack, comes to a stop in front of us.
"Zelda. Get over here now." His words are like ice, but that is nothing compared to what his eyes look like. The hatred is evident, and I shudder involuntarily, wondering what had happened to my life. I turn look around for Kierana, but I feel a hand on my shoulder and remember that Aires, or whoever she was, was supposed to be watching my actions.
"Mommy! Mama, help me!" I hear the screams of my daughter before I see her. I whirl around in terror to see Link holding her in a deadly tight grip with one arm, his other hand gripping Zelda's wrist. All of his men seem afraid to fight. Out of the corner of my eye, I notice Aires moving over to my left. She's seen Ruto. The black-haired girl looks frightened, and I wince. It wasn't really her fault, after all. My attention flies back to Link when I hear him laugh.
"What a lovely little child. She just tried to bite me." The piercing color of his eyes burns into my soul, causing my world to crash around me. The tears begin to flow from my daughter's eyes as he pulls out a long rope and begins to tie her up.
"Link, she's a baby! Leave her alone!" I rush forward, hearing Aires' cries attempting to bring me back. I'm instantly grabbed by two of Link's men and hurled to the ground.
"Zelda, take her." As he holds my daughter out to the princess, I can only hope that she was telling the truth and is really on my side. As soon as she gets a good grip on her, she turns and takes off running. The two men holding me down jump up to run after her, leaving me free to run off with Aires and Cremia, following Zelda's getaway path. I'm running as fast as I can when a raging, burning pain in my left leg stops me. I look down to see a fire arrow burning into my leg. Link is walking towards me, slowly, and I look back at my leg.
"It's not g-going to www-work, Link," I manage, pulling the arrow out of my thigh. Blood begins to pool around it. "You can't keep me from her. I- you've lost her now, for good. Zelda and Kierana." With a slight yelp, I decide that I can try to get away. I turn and run again, but Link throws himself on top of me and rolls me over, pinning me to the ground.
"I'm sick of you, Malon." The words are bitter, but I see, again, what makes me think that Zelda may be right about the possession. "Something is going to have to make you stop interfering." He looks at me and grins. "Still afraid of the dark?" He pulls out a dark blue cloth and before I realize what his plan is, he ties it around my eyes, gently, almost lovingly.
"Link, please, stop this," I beg, tears running down my face. "You aren't like this! What's happened to you?" I take in a deep breath, but his fist connects with my jaw, and I stammer, trying to breathe.
"I'm going to get rid of you, Malon. Rest assured, I will." I feel cool metal on my arm. "You can't see me," he whispered, running the metal down my arm lightly. "And you don't know what I'm going to do to you." There was a second's pause and an intake of breath. Suddenly, I felt something pierce my skin and I cried out in pain. The wetness of my blood began soaking my sleeve.
"Link—Stop. Don't do it again," I cry, sobbing. "Please…" My voice drifts off. He leans closer to me: I can tell his breath is on my face. "No more."
"Are you done? Will you give me custody of Kierana?" I close my eyes to plunge even further into darkness. I picture Kierana, growing up in the castle of Hyrule. My first thoughts pertain to a happy life. But then I see Link, abusing, harassing, and attacking her. I will not give my baby up to this monster.
"No. I won't. Kill me, Link, but I will never give my daughter to you." He inhales sharply, then runs a cold hand down the side of my face.
"Very well. Then I'm afraid that I am going to have to condemn you to a very painful death. I hope you suffer, Malon. With the power invested in me by Ganon, I will make sure that you die. And when I have your precious child, Link will suffer, too, until he gives me my palace, and my kingdom!" He pulls the cloth away from my eyes, but I am no longer looking into the face of Link. The person in front of me is a demon.
Author's notes:
Hey! More updating deserves more reviewing, don't you think? Let me know what you think of this chapter, I know that it was a little gruesome. (Okay… a lot gruesome.) But… Sorry it took so long to add this chapter, my hard drive erased all of my files and I'm trying to rebuild. Also, if you like Harry Potter fanfics, I just added one (hence the name born2beinslytherin.) It's called Legacy and you may want to check it out if you've got nothing better to do. And it isn't as dark as these.