Chapter 5 Darkness is Coming
I hope you guys like this one. It continues to get stranger and stranger. I'm still not sure how I'm going to end this. But it will be cool. Oh, and one of you asked if I was writing about Link and Marin since I was a Malink fan, and since Marin is so much like Malon. Well, not exactly, I became a Marink fan because the tragic romance of LA is so beautiful.
"Last night I dreamed I was lying on the beach of an island. My wife and family was there, and the sun was rising. The war between Hyrule and Theseus was over, and I was released from my military services. We were on the island to build a new home. To build a new life. To live out our days in peace."
Rohan smiled as he listened to the other crew member tell his dream to the others. The seamen frequently had happy dreams like that, involving them and their families, and they always shared them with each other, because hearing those stories comforted all of them.
"Well," Rohan said. "I dreamed that Massahan changed his name to Massaharaheyesaga'amassakayasfan."
"Now that's a scary dream!" Jesse said, causing the other crew members to laugh.
"Yeah," Massa'an countered, "well I dreamed dat Rohan attacked cook with iron crow bar."
"You ever do that," the chubby cook said to Rohan, "and I'll cut your rations."
"That's not too bad," Rohan said with a grin, "at least with your cooking."
Rohan ran laughing out of the cabin with the Cook in hot pursuit.
"I'll get ye you impudent son of a gun!" the Cook shouted jokingly.
Rohan then rounded a corner and slammed into Link, knocking him to the floor.
"Oh I'm so sorry," Rohan said, holding out a hand to Link.
Link grabbed it, and Rohan pulled him to his feet.
"Thats alright," Link said with a sad smile. "No harm done."
He then turned and walked off, alone. Rohan watched him walk away.
"Poor fellow."
Rohan jumped, and turned to see the Cook standing behind him. Rohan turned and watched as Link leaned against the edge of the ship, and looked out across the still waters.
"I heard somewhere," Rohan said, "that when your heart is broken it never truly is repaired."
"We all miss our families," the Cook said. "This man misses a girl who he will never see again. He has it worse than any of us."
"I know," Rohan said. "It would break my heart if I lost my wife. She's all I got."
Link looked across the sunlit horizon, imagining that beside him stood the girl of whom he dreamed. He could almost feel her presence as he stared out across the waves. He thought about turning to look at the tropical angel, but he dared not, for fear that she would not be there when he looked. His eyes moved back and forth over the still waves. The calls of seagulls reached to him, making him think even more of Marin.
"If I was a sea gull, I would fly as far as I could! I would fly to far away
places and sing for many people!... If I wish to the Wind Fish, I wonder if mydream will come true... ... ..."
Link smiled a sad smile as the Seagulls dove for the water, swooping down with their claws outstretched. Then, gently touching the water, they lifted back into the sky again, all the time singing the song of the seagull. Marin would have loved to be there for that moment. The sun dipped down, reaching into the sea, dying again. Going to the place where Link's love had gone. Going to the place where Link's happiness had fallen. Falling into the pit where Link's future had gone. Link remembered watching the sunset go down with Marin. He remembered the moments they spent together.
"I want to know everything about you...Err...uhh, Ha ha ha ha!"
Link could almost hear her embarrassed laughter. Her laughter which lightened the weight of the world. Her laughter which banished all pain. Her laughter which created happiness when darkness reigned.
"When I discovered you, Link, my heart skipped a beat! I thought, this person has come to give us a message... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..."
Link could feel the rays of sun pressing against his skin, as if to try and lift the pain. But as the sun dipped lower and lower beneath the curvature of the Earth it lost more and more power. As the sun went out Link felt his despair return. He would never see Marin again. He would never hear her laughter again. He remembered the songs she would sing while she nursed him back to health. He remembered her sweat voice humming the soft melodies. Never again would he hear her sing another song. The sun sunk below the horizon.
"What have you done," Links head snapped up as he heard the faint voice speak suddenly. "He will die now. You have killed him."
Link looked out into the darkness, for the sun was now completely down. He saw a hazy figure stepping across the darkened waves. The voice was soft, and ghost like, and he could just barely understand the words it spoke.
"The sun sets on this world. The sun is falling. The world will crumble. What is mine is mine. What is his will be taken away. And the Nightmares will be burned away. It will be overturned."
The hazy figure approached the ship slowly, looking surprised at what it saw.
"How can this be?" the Ghostly voice spoke again. "Terrors are coming. Nightmares are waiting for you. You will be swallowed alive!"
The crew found Link lying on his back on the ships deck, his hands clutching tightly to the wooden floor. They lead him down into the cabin, and put him to bed. He spoke only once while this happened.
"Darkness is after me. Terror is on me! Death has come!" He remained in that trance like state until they got him into bed, when he instantly fell asleep.
"What evil have we invited aboard our ship?" Rohan asked as they left his cabin.
"Something dark is here," the Cook replied. "I can feel it. We may have made a mistake when we brought him on board."