This is my first fic, please be kind!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own The Legend of Zelda. I may like the series, but it's Nintendo who own it.
It's been tough for me to type this up. Coursework is being handed out like there's no tomorrow, so I've had trouble deciding when to carry on. Plus something nasty came up at Christmas. I won't say too much since you probably don't care. There's no reason to panic, though. When I start something, I finish it!
Powers of a Black Rose Chapter 6A desecration of a hero
The calls of the ravens slowly ceased as the sun began to rise up into the sky. The cockerel's call was heard all over Hyrule. Yet a traveller didn't awaken with the rest of Hyrule. He was already up, walking slowly across the great fields. A horse walked slowly behind him. The traveller's green tunic was partly worn away, and was covered in thick mud.
Link, for the eleventh time that day, thought about the power the Fierce Deity Mask had given him.
And realised with horror that it wasn't over.
Somehow, he had discovered within himself that the connection between him and the Mask still wasn't broken. He had to find some way to sever it once and for all. If he didn't it would take control of him anyway. The process just seemed slower because it wasn't in his reach.
But as he searched for enlightenment and for ways to let go, the days wore on. The weeks. The months.
Until one night…
Link couldn't sleep. He hadn't eaten or drank for days either. Epona had deserted him, heading towards Lon Lon Ranch in favour of Malon. Link, in all this time, had become cold, cruel, and thought of nothing except the Mask itself.
Link was so obsessed with the Mask's power he believed that if he tried to prove his own strength he might just taste the power of it one more time…
And so Link was fasting, proving to no one that he was a strong person. His mind, once so clear and innocent in his childhood, was filled with black thoughts. If it weren't for one single white idea in his head, he would have decided to find some way to break the seal he had once placed upon the Mask.
The thought in his mind was Zelda.
He so badly wanted to see her again, but like this she wouldn't ever speak to him. The night passed, with Link becoming more and more agitated, and weaker and weaker, until he slept.
He was in an incredibly white room. Link covered his eyes, blinded by the light, which he once had been spreading across the land. Eventually his dark eyes adjusted, and he saw several outlines. The outlines were of Hyrule's races, including the ones he knew and loved. And there were two groups.
The civilians and heroes of Hyrule…
And the Fierce Deity's Mask.
A quiet voice spoke in his head.
I forgive you for the sin you committed against me years ago. I have watched you all this time, seen you fall against the power I command. And I am prepared to give you a choice.
Choose the ones you love and cherish, and I will release my tendrils of evil from your mind for eternity.
Or choose me, and command power you have never dreamed before.
If Link had been unaffected by the Mask's evil, he would have chosen his friends. But his dark mind sighed with pleasure as he thought of the might of Link, the Fierce Deity.
Link slowly walked towards the Mask. He could hear voices behind him from the other group, calling to him…
"Link, you are not a bad person. Resist his evil!"
"Please Link, I love you! Please stay with me!"
"Fairy boy! Come and help me take care of Epona!"
The voices in his head were now causing Link agony. He could not decide what to go for – the Mask's power, or the happiness of his friends.
He might have gone back for his friends, had he not heard one particular voice in the crowd behind him…
"Hey! Stop! Listen! Watch out! Hey!"
And Link reached out and took the Mask.
Your choice is made. Now your soul belongs to me. As soon as I break the seal on my prison, Hyrule will burn! And everyone will suffer! Including your friends!
Link awoke, screaming. He panted for a while, before slowly standing up. His eyes now glowed white, as white as the Fierce Deity's. He had a job to do.
Now, it appears that nothing can be done to save Link. Fierce Deity has finally overcome Link, and his only quest is to recover the Mask.
But a new hero will arise to liberate Link's soul from darkness…
Thanks for reading! This chapter as well as the previous are a sort of prologue to the real story. I will finish this!