Triforce Shards

A collection of one-shots covering all things Zelda

A.N. This is actually a drabble I wrote that was the joint winner of zeldadrabble's second contest, whose theme was the same as this chapter's name.

2. Sleep

I sit and watch you while you sleep, taking time to brood over the events that have led up to this exact moment in time, this blink of time's eyelid. The seconds pass, the minutes, the hours, and still you are sleeping, still you are at peace while all you know and care for are suffering. Do you have any idea that your home is in turmoil, that the town you were so enchanted by has been destroyed? Do you even know that I am here?

No-one knows that I come here, we'll keep it our secret.

I don't think that you would recognise yourself if you could see you; you have grown so much, you are definitely going to break hearts with looks like yours. Perhaps you might even break mine…

I had a dream about you last night.

You and I were walking together in a field bathed by the sun, and for the first time in years I was myself, I didn't have to hide my face. I glanced across at you with your sword in your hand and your face so full of energy and determination that for a moment I felt hope. Because you are our hope, you are our only hope, our salvation. Everything else has failed us so far, but we still have you.

You probably can't hear a word I'm saying, can you?

I think sometimes that I'm living in a nightmare, one from which I'll never wake. Every day I see something worse than I saw yesterday, every day the darkness swallows the sun and pollutes our world with chaos and despair. Every second you're asleep, the nightmare shows no signs of ending.

One day you'll wake up though, maybe not today but perhaps tomorrow or the day after, but I know that you will wake up and you will save us all. I hate that it's my fault, I hate that I put this on your shoulders, but I hope that I'll be able to make up for my mistakes someday…

Until then Link, I'll stay by your side and do all that I can to make the task ahead easier for you.

I swear.