Disclaimer: I do not own anything in the Zelda Franchise... I wish I did.
AN: Hey, leaving this here to explain that this chapter will be a little different from the ones before. Given that it's a Interlude, a pause between parts, it will present another point of view and most importantly it will be narrated in a very different way; or better put, it will not be narrated by "Me" the writer.
For the narrator, well it will be pretty obvious once you guys start reading it. Anyway, enough of my ramblings.
Enjoy.
Interlude I – Rising Shadow
I see…
That fool managed to destroy the dragon.
Heh, of course he did. I expected nothing less from my other half.
These blasted chains that held me for so long, they are finally losing their hold over me.
Yes… I can move my arms. I can finally move my head enough to see what's under my feet.
Water?
Where am I?
This feeling at my back, what is this?
A tree? A dying tree?
Hahah, I see.
That old owl pinned me against a tree. A single crooked branch used as a pole for those chains to hold my arms over my head.
What a sick joke.
No more, you bastard. You will imprison me no longer.
"Link."
S-Saria?
No... I must be going insane in this hell.
"Link."
Oh, now you're using Darunia's voice?
Is this your doing, you old farce? Is this your next sick little game, huh? RAURU?!
"Don't lose your path."
What is this light? Is that…!
"No matter what happens, I'll always be proud to have called you my brother."
Saria… Darunia…
Why are you here? How can the two of you be here?
Not lose my path? Pride?
Hah… Haha…. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
WHERE WERE YOU IN ALL THESE YEARS?!
Saria, my first and dearest friend. Darunia! My so called sworn-brother.
Where were you both, while I ROTTEN AWAY for SEVEN YEARS in this fucking hole?
TELL ME!
Where were you when I needed you… any of you…
I've spent so long… so long in this darkness. Little by little getting lost in this hell. Just watching the lives of strangers, of people that I know… of people I thought as friends.
Then, I was forced to watch my own life continue through the eyes of someone else.
Like I've never existed before, as if I'm not here anymore…
No more.
"Link."
I've enough of this.
"Link."
ENOUGH!
Rauru, are you still there in Sacred Realm? Can you see me?
You failed to foresee this, old man. Two trials have fallen. My other half has gathered the power of two sages.
This is the end of your feeble attempt to hold me. Now we are far stronger than you. I've grown stronger than these bonds!
"Don't do this, Link. I know the kindness of your heart, don't turn your back on Hyrule. Don't give in to the hatred in your heart."
Hyrule has turned its back on me first, Saria. I'll only return the favor.
"Brother… I once let others influence my heart. It was your courage that saved me and my people from disaster. This day I want to repay your kindness… Vengeance and justice are not the same, let go of your anger."
Empty words coming from someone who's abandoned me…
But I promise I will regain what was stolen from me and nothing will stop that. Not even you two.
Wait, what's this… power?
My right hand is… glowing? The Triforce!
Yes… YES! The chains are vanishing, they are crumbling.
I am… I am…
"Link..."
This voice... You dare show yourself in front of me, old man?
Don't look at me like that... DON'T YOU DARE SHOW THOSE PITIFUL EYES TO ME.
"Link… know only that… I wanted to spare you from the pain. The darkness Ganondorf had planted on you, it shouldn't be allowed to exist."
After all this, your pity feels as nothing more than pure mockery, you bastard. Please take it and your sympathetic intentions and shove them where your old owl claws cannot reach.
Behold the monster of your own creation, venerable Sage of Light.
Ahhh…. To feel firm ground under my feet again. To think I would've missed feeling the sensation of soaked boots on my feet.
Seven years… Seven years stuck hanging on this tree, bonded by those hateful chains of light.
Look, Saria! Darunia! I'm free, I am—
Gone? They're gone?
No… I am the one that left. The one sent back to Hyrule.
Hyrule…
Sheik…