Chapter 4 Nightmares

Hello my friends. I am here to submit this chapter, and apologize for taking so long. Sorry. Haven't had much time to work on it. But here you go. I think you'll like this one. Is cool. And in this story I am assuming that the Link in LA is not in any of the other Zelda games. He is a completely different Link, in the belief of me in this story.

Link took one last look out the window before drawing the curtains shut. He lay down on his bed before drawing the covers up to his face. He didn't feel brave enough to go to sleep, at least, not after that. So Link took his sword, and placed it right beside his bed in case he needed it during the night. But before he went to sleep, Link took a long look out the window at the stars. They reminded him so much of Marins eyes, glowing brightly with otherworldly light.

"Marin," Link whispered to himself before closing his eyes and falling asleep.

"A demon from ancient times. A demon who made its choice at the beginning. And it is not about to change its mind."

Fog surrounded his head, as he struggled to wake up.

"A monster. A spirit. Something beyond our understanding. Something practically unexplainable."

Darkness surrounded him, but shades of light reached out to him through the blackness.

"It does not walk. It does not die. It will not die. It is no mortal."

He jolted forward, and then fell back again.

"Sometimes when we feel we can fight it, it gets smarter, and strikes at us with even more might than before.."

"Someone help me..." he moaned, as he tried once again to pull his mind into reality.

"Can I help you? No. I am in need of your help."

"I can't..." he moaned, and tried very hard to prevent himself from falling backwards.

"You are the only one who has seen what this creature can do. You are the only one who knows of its true identity. You are the only one who can help us."

"I don't know what you are talking about?"

"I speak of darkness. A darkness we have fought for centuries. A darkness that sometimes seems too strong. And then it becomes weak again."

"What do you want..."

"I want you to help me. I want you to help us. I want to stop this evil once and for all."

Fog clouded his mind and made it difficult to think.

"Who... are you?"

"One you once fought against. We were once enemies. But now we can become allies. We share a common enemy..."

"...If we were once enemies than why would we ever be allies?"

"Because we are the only ones who can stop this evil. You are the only one who has seen it, and I am the only one who knows its identity."

The darkness slashed at him, cutting off his mind. He pulled himself forward again, trying to stay there.

"See? It pulls you back now. It wishes to end this conversation."

"It burns me..."

"It burns your soul for eternity, doesn't it?"

"I don't know what you speak of?"

"It has struck you where it hurts the most. It has struck you where it will cause the most pain."

"Who... who... are you?"

"I am one who travels through the sky. I fly above the world. I stand against what is evil. I stand against those who help evil. I once stood against you."

"Are you... human?"

The darkness pushed him back again, as if wishing to stop him from hearing the answer.

"No. I am not a human."

"Then who... what... are you? Show yourself to me?"

Suddenly the darkness withdrew from him, and the fog surrounding his vision suddenly cleared away. He found himself face to face with a dark creature. A black being that he knew all to well. He shouted, and tumbled backwards.

"You're a... you're a..."

"A Nightmare. Yes. I am the creature you fought back on Koholint Island."

"You are a dark creature..."

"You look at me and you see a dark creature. Only because you are blind."

The black creature shook its humanoid body, and looked down at him with its cold yellow eyes.

"You are trying to trick me! You are evil!"

"Out of the two of us I am the least evil."

"I am not as evil as you!"

"Really? Are you sure about that?"

"You kill people. Innocent people. I will never become your ally!"

"I have killed many people. I have killed men, women, elderly people, and youthful warriors."

"So you admit to your evil!"

"I admit to what I have done! Don't forget Link, you have killed as well."

"I have not!"

"I will not waste my time arguing with you mortal. We will meet again. Soon times will reveal that you and I will be forced to work together."

The darkness pulled him back for a final time.

Fog again. This time he was surrounded by darkness, and no light shone through it. He groaned, and tried to retreat back into his mind. But the darkness pulled him forward this time. The fog drew back, and the darkness parted. He found himself looking onto darkened plains. He saw a dark creature walking across the surface of the earth. Its piercing yellow eyes seemed to cut into the very landscape as it passed over it. Its footsteps ground at the very landscape, carving the fertile grasslands into deep lifeless canyons and wasteland. He covered his eyes. It was the Nightmare.

"The Nightmare is walking!"

"Wake up Link!" Massa'an shouted as he shook Link awake.

"What happened?" Link asked, as he looked up into the dark face of the foreign man, made darker in the night.

"You were having a mare in the night," Massa'an said. "You shout: 'The Nightmare is walking!'"

"Did I?" Link asked.

"What did you see?"

"What did I see when?"

"When you were asleeping."

Lighting struck outside in the dark clouds, briefly illuminating the eerie cabin.

Creepy, eh? Long time fans of mine (not very many of them) should already know that I am one to often write creepy stories. Though I love happy endings, so be of good cheer. And this book will still keep its sad, bittersweat touch, even though it is getting creepy.