The sun hung low on the western horizon, as I stirred within the darkness of sleep, yet this sleep was not peaceful. Stirring under the comforting sheets, my mind wandered, visions of horror etched themselves into my mind. The sky grew dark, as I saw mind numbing terrors ran rampant throughout the world, the people dieing without sickness or by touch of steel. I could do nothing but watch, my body feeling the heat of the hellish flames licking all that it saw in it's dark light. I turned, and before me stood Him, He who is called the King of Darkness, who laughed at me, his cold, ice blue eyes piercing into my soul and spoke in dark, chilling tones, "See this, boy? This is your future, and nothing you can do will stop me." The King of Darkness laughed, his deep bellowing laugh echoed throughout the world, and I broke down. I screamed.
Jane
looked at him, his pale face sweating heavily. The boy's hair was
matted to his forehead from the sweat. His face contorted in pain.
All she could do was wait, replacing the cold towel on his forehead,
which seemed to heat up quickly, despite being soaked in cold water
just before. His body was wrapped in bandages from the cuts he
received from the ReDeads. Jane wondered where her parents were,
since they usually were home at this time of day. Jane thought about
the past few hours, her friend's telling her to go away, the man in
the street, the boy from the sewers, today was not a great birthday.
Sighing heavily, she replaced the hot dry cloth with another cold wet
one, preparing to replace it again. As she turn she jumped in fright,
he was screaming. Jane rushed to his side, holding him down, his body
jerking violently.
"Hold still," Jane pleaded the boy, "Come
on, hold still!" Jane closed her eyes, focusing to hold him down,
when he stopped his movements. "Huh?" Jane opened her eyes
and saw his eyes looking at her, crimson discs looking at her. His
mouth lifted into a warm smile.
"Beautiful…" he whispered,
falling asleep again. Jane stared at him, a feeling falling over her,
an unfamiliar feeling, Jane thought through her mind, trying to
figure what she felt, when the door burst open, and her mind lost its
train of thought, as Jane's parents entered the house.
"Where
have you been?" Jane yelled when she came across them in the
kitchen.
"Jane dear, why are you upset?" Jane's mother
asked, looking at her daughter, whom forgot to clean herself up from
the fight from earlier. Her clothes were covered in sewerage and
blood, both her own and of the boy's, and her hair was a mess, more
so then usual. "What happened to you? You look like you got in a
fight!" Her mother fumed, while her father looked at her
quietly, his blue eyes looking at her in a studious manner, causing
her to feel uneasy.
"Um, I had a b-bad time this morning...
I got frustrated a-an-and... I went into the sewers." Jane
stuttered, her father's stare making her feel to say what happened or
else... "I was going to fight with the rats and skultulla, but
there was this boy... He was being attacked by ReDeads, so I attacked
them, not to success... I got hurt and he's been out for most of the
time, though he's alive, he had a nightmare I think... um, um..."
Jane's mind started to get all cluttered, as she closed her eyes and
shook her head. Her father stepped forward and knelt beside
Jane.
"It's ok Jane," her father said softly, "It
was brave of you to help him, even with your own problems." Jane
looked at her father, his clear blue eyes filled with a warm love
that made her feel easy, unlike his eyes before...
"Oh,
he's in the living room!" Jane cried, as a bump sounded, to
which she moved off to. "Are you ok?" Jane called, as she
saw the boy was standing, at his full height. He stood tall, like her
father, but Jane could have sworn he looked younger, and he was
shorter before too! 'especially when I dragged him' Jane thought.
"Who's
this boy?" Jane's father asked, entering the room, and seeing
the young man, he froze.
"Pardon for my informal intrusion,
but I must introduce myself, I am known as Sheik." the young man
bowed,
"... You? But, this is not the same Time! It's been
too long! You, you can't be..." Her father's shock scared Jane,
for no matter what, she had never seen him like this, he had a calm
look upon his face, even when he was in scuffles.
"Dear, do
you know this young man?" Jane's mother asked, a surprised look
on her face.
"Ma'am, I do not believe I know your husband at
all." Sheik gave a puzzled look, "And I know not of what he
speaks, but it appears he knows who I am."
"... You're
not a young man." Jane's father spoke, "You're the Princess
Zelda!"
The air of shock was thick. Sheik's face took on a
look of pure shock, before his gaze turned dark.
"Sir,
I am not the Princess Zelda, though you are close." Shiek's red
eyes looked towards the clear blue eyes of Jane's father. "And
only those within the Royal Family know what it is."
"...
Royal Family... Oh, I just remembered!" Jane's father turned to
his daughter, and handed her the blue ocarina from this morning.
"You're ocarina, all clean now." His calm smile returned,
then looked up at Sheik. "Do you know what this is?"
"...
A plain blue ocarina." Sheik shrugged.
"Wrong." He
said, standing up. "That, is no ordinary ocarina. It was given
to me by Zelda herself, when I was still a child. And that, was a
long time ago..." A look of nostalgia filled his blue eyes. "If
you don't know it by sight, you're not... Him."
"Father?"
Jane felt confused, the young man she saved caused a change in her
father's manner that scared her, the memories of his scars on his
chest, reminders of his unspoken past.
"It's alright Jane,
just remembering..."
"Well, I feel like I'm intruding
and causing Mr...?" Shiek inquired.
"Kokiri, it's
Kokiri." The older man replied, "And it's not you, just a
longing for things of my youth..." He smiled weakly, but soon
regained his broad grin, "How about some Lon Lon milk? I always
drink some when I need a boost."
The guards
moved aside for the cloaked man, as he rode his steed into the
courtyard of the Palace. Stepping down from his mount, the rider's
hood fell, revealing his features, a calm yet stern face, ice blue
eyes scanning the courtyard. A groom approached to tend to the horse
as the rider ascended the steps. He smiled, as he saw the page at the
zenith of the rise, as he had that pompous look most courtiers had.
Reaching the summit of the stairway, he pushed his cloak to the side,
a dramatic flourish that had the right effect. The occupants of the
courtyard looked at him in awe.
"I
wish to speak to my dear brother, His Royal Majesty." The desert
man spoke in a calm voice, before he was escorted by the guards into
the depths of the Castle Hyrule.
