Disclaimer: Donotown. And if I did I would have given Link a job in a smoothie stand.
I just realized after… A lot of time that my DO NOT OWN ZELDA disclaimers were eliminated and mo matter what I did refused to let me publish the .
Anywho, I do not own now, never have, never will.
I don't know if this one's longer than the rest, but it kinda looks like it is.
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Straightjacket Feeling
He felt the breeze passing by and the gentle sound of birds flying near him, he felt the soft grass below him and the smell of flowers reached his nose, his hand twitched slightly, feeling the dirt below his body, he was no longer inside the temple, he frowned slightly and slowly lifted his hand to his head, he felt his hair move between his fingers, he was no longer a Zora either, blue eyes slowly opened to adjust to the evening light, he groaned and tried to sit up, blurry vision not able to make sense of where he was or what was around him, he looked forward and frowned, something was watching him from afar, he tried to detail it with the poor blurry vision he awoke with, white paws and blue eyes , it seemed familiar…
"Link!" he turned around and noticed a figure running towards him, he recognized the voice as Tetra's, as she approached his vision adjusted to his surroundings, he quickly turned around but found nothing in front of him, he sighted, his mind was surely playing tricks on him again "How did it go? We heard something break from down there"
Link looked around, finding the mask lying right beside him, he grabbed it and slowly stood up "I beat it" he announced.
Tetra smiled "Finally! We can go back and finish this!" Link nodded.
"I'll take that" RK jumped onto Link's shoulders and grabbed the mask from his hand, disappearing it between her fingers like a magic act, "Looks like you made a new friend" she said to his ear.
"What do you mean?" RK just smiled and jumped from his shoulders standing on a stone.
"I'll see you later" RK waved and jumped out of sight, Link looked to where she had stood before, wondering what she had meant, he sighted and smiled, it would make sense to him eventually.
They rode through the nameless fields connecting Termina to Hyrule, Link felt happy, since they had left the alternate version of his homeland his hallucinations had stopped haunting him, he raced as fast as Epona could manage back, hoping his efforts wouldn't have been in vain, but his vision suddenly turned red, looking around he could no longer see the multiple colors around him, he gripped onto Epona's reigns and looked towards Tetra but in her place stood a dark knight, large sword in hand ready to strike, he pulled his own sword, his mind unwillingly blocking all reason of this being a hallucination, without option he let his instincts take over, he wasn't about to get killed so easily.
Tetra looked at Link, his once blue eyes turned yellow and he looked around as if he was suddenly blinded, he then looked at her and pulled out his sword, his blind eyes clearly stating she was the enemy, she pulled her own out just before his sword landed on her, she blocked the blow "Link!" she called, but he had no reaction to his name "LINK!" she tried again, he tried his attack once more, Tetra barely having time to block such a powerful blow "WAKE UP!!" she screamed, desperate to get him out of his trance before she suffered the consequences.
The dark knight kept easily blocking his blows, mocking him with his indifference, Link frowned, he was too good and catching up to him, he had to make a plan quick, he suddenly placed his feet on Epona's back and lifted himself up, quickly jumping towards the dark knight and knocking him off his horse, he landed on top of him, sword directed at his neck and his right arm holding the dark knight's arm that held the weapon "Go ahead…" the knight breathed "Kill me hero" he laughed, the sound of it hurting Link's ears, He lifted his sword to plunge it into his neck when an even louder scream rung in his ears.
"LINK!!" he closed his eyes suddenly, stopping his sword from penetrating the knight's neck "WAKE UP!!" he opened his eyes again, he stared straight into Tetra's eyes, she was positioned just like the knight had, he quickly stood up and backed away from her, dropping his sword on the ground and looking at Tetra in disbelief, Tetra sat up, holding her neck "Something's definitely wrong with you!" she spoke loudly "Why were you attacking me for!?"
"I…" Link fell to his knees and held his head in both hands, he couldn't believe he was about to kill her, he couldn't believe he had lost all reason that told him that he was hallucinating, if this went on any further, he was going to kill someone innocent in no time, his breath raced at the thought.
"Hey…" he looked up slightly, still not ready to look at Tetra directly "You've been seeing things, haven't you?" he looked back down on the floor and slowly nodded, unable to find his voice, Tetra sat across from him "Ever since you said you saw a flaming Goron you've been having these hallucinations, haven't you?" he nodded again, still looking at the floor "Why didn't you tell me?"
It took him a few more seconds of mental preparation before he could find his voice "It didn't… Come this far…" he confessed "I knew they were hallucinations before, so I did nothing… But" he stopped, giving himself time to find the last of his voice to finish "I've lost all sense of reason now… I couldn't tell a hallucination from what was really happening…" he slowly sat down and held his head again.
Tetra looked at him with worry "You can't go on like this, you will eventually end up killing someone" she rubbed the back of her neck, thinking on how to help him "What do you feel when you hallucinate?"
"Fear, followed by anger and then… I feel nothing, I end up acting on instinct, not caring what I'll do so long as I survive" he released his head and looked at her, Tetra pondered on his words "What woke you up?" she asked looking at him "I heard you scream my name just before I decapitated the hallucination" Tetra kept pondering "So there is a way to wake you up"
"But is not as effective as before, it took me longer to wake up this time"
Tetra nodded "Maybe next time I'll just hit you in the back of the head, if it doesn't wake you up then it'll knock you out, either way we'll be safe" she slightly joked.
Link smiled "I'd appreciate that"
They both stood up "We have to get back either way, we'll see how we cure you when we get there" Link nodded and climbed on Epona, Tetra doing the same on her horse, Link urged Epona to run and she did so, racing as fast as she could back to his hometown and hopefully, his salvation.
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Zelda felt cold.
Even though she could no longer see or move, everything around her still felt cold, she could hear growls everywhere, and she could smell blood in the air.
Wherever Ganondorf had sent her was filled with darkness and dread, she felt fear unable to protect herself against the darkness, the creatures belonging to the darkness overpowering her spirit.
She thought this was her end but after a while she heard a creature scream, a part of the darkness dissipating, she felt her body become slightly warmer, unable to make sense of what just happened she remained still, unsure of if she still had a body of her own, she couldn't even tell if time was passing by, then another creature screamed, another piece of darkness dissipating and her body becoming warmer.
She started feeling something familiar about this warmth but couldn't quite place her finger on it, a little while more and another creature fell, her body becoming warmer and this feeling becoming stronger, she needed more warmth, this feeling was too familiar and it bothered her that she didn't know what it was.
The darkness kept fading slowly and the warmth kept coming to her, after a short while all the darkness had gone and her body was warm again, however she couldn't shake off the feeling that as much warmth as she had it still wasn't enough, and that strong feeling wasn't clear yet.
She slowly opened her eyes, light surrounded her completely, but still a dark feeling lingered, she closed her eyes again, surrounded by light and she still had nowhere to go, she remained still, enjoying the warmth that had come to her drifting into unconsciousness once more.
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"We're back!" Tetra gladly announced as they made their way through the ranch gates, pirates quickly surrounded them and congratulated them as they passed by, glad that their captain was sound and safe.
Malon ran out of the house, just in time to see Link pass by, he looked at her and smiled, giving a small wave "I'm so glad you're ok!" she told the two, Tetra nodded eagerly, a grin decorating her features, Link nodded but refrained himself from smiling, clearly aware that that statement was not true.
Reaching the stables they placed they let the horses rest from their tiring journey and walked outside, questions about the trip swarming Tetra as the pirates surrounded her once again, eager to know what had happened all the time they were absent "Alright guys, let's sit on the table and I'll tell you, I'm starving!" cheers roared around her, she smiled, she had truly missed them.
"How was your trip?" Malon asked Link as he brushed Epona's hair.
"It was alright" he answered, not turning around to face her.
"Can you tell me about it?" Link flinched slightly, stopping his work for a second before continuing.
"Maybe some other time"
Malon's expression changed to slight hurt, she approached him slightly "Link?" she placed her hand on his shoulder to make him turn around but he quickly moved away from her grasp, still unwilling to look to her direction, Malon's heart sank.
"I'm sorry Malon but I can't talk right now"
"Why not Link? Are you alright?" he heard her coming closer to him in an attempt to answer this question herself.
"I'm fine" his heart skipped a beat, he had sounded menacing, too menacing, he hadn't meant to sound so deadly but he hadn't realized how much he wanted her to stay away, he heard silence for a second and then heard footsteps running away from him, followed soon by a slammed door.
He turned around, yellow eyes scanning the blood red room that was slowly filling with darkness, to his fortune the sounds he heard had proven to be correct, Malon ran away from him, possibly afraid of his tone of voice, though he was glad, for once he had been able to hear Malon's voice instead of anything else, though he knew this lucky shot could have been his last one; as bad as he felt for how he spoke to Malon he couldn't risk looking at her, fearing his hallucinations would do to her what they did to Tetra, he looked down, he was going to apologize to her after he figured out what was causing this mental illness on him.
"And then this giant centipede came out of the hole and started attacking us" Tetra said, she took a moment to see all the eager faces of her comrades before continuing the story, she was about to speak once more when the loud sound of a door slamming shut came from behind her, she turned, barely having time to see someone run up the stairs, the same sound echoing through the house once more, she raised a brow "What the…" she got up "I'll finish later" she told her comrades, they all nodded and some grunted, highly disappointed for being interrupted in what they thought was the most interesting part of the story.
Tetra got up from her chair and walked upstairs, stopping when she reached Malon's room, she approached the door, hearing soft weeps coming from the other side, she walked to the window at the end of the hallway and looked outside, Link was nowhere in sight, she frowned and walked back down, through the door and to the stables where she cautiously opened the door, scanning the area for anything resembling a boy, she found no sign of such and walked further inside, carefully looking around the stables until she reached the last stable on the left, as a matter of fact there he was sitting in a way that his back was facing her, she hesitantly spoke "Link-"
"Leave" he quickly answered, Tetra took a few steps back for safety, his voice sounding slightly harsh.
"Are you hallucinating again?" he nodded forcefully, Tetra moved around, enough to see his eyes closed, he then reached for the hilt of his sword, preventing his hand from moving any further, Tetra backed away more and without a word turned to her heels and walked to the door, closing it shut.
Having fun?
Link turned around quickly, opening his eyes to scan the area, though he was still hallucinating he took his chances, he saw nothing
It is beautiful, isn't it? The view…
He frowned "Who are you" he demanded
The blood red color that is now your world is magnificent
Link gripped the hilt of his sword, looking around for anything that could shatter the tranquility around him
These are not hallucinations
His frown deepened "Of course they are" he crouched on the ground, physically preparing himself for if the owner of such voice should come out
Foolish brat, you are still unknown of what ails you
The voice was getting on his nerves; he closed his eyes, hoping that it would ease his mind and finish this hallucination
Your princess is the only one who can save you, go to her
"Why should I listen to you?" he barked slightly, irritated that his illness was restless
The more you keep her energy within you the more fragile her life becomes…
Link's eyebrow twitched, he hated to admit it, but it was right, the whole purpose of his mission was to save her and he was wasting time trying to make sense of what was going on, but as much as he would have wanted to hoist himself up from the hey and run to her aid he couldn't, not when he barely even knew who was his true enemy
So you will truly let me have my vengeance on you Link?
The voice laughed audibly, he knew this laugh, he knew this voice, "Ganondorf…" he growled
Wasting your dear princess's heart, how truly heroic of you
"What did you do to her?" he demanded, standing up and opening his eyes, not caring that his vision was tricked by his hallucination, he looked to the ceiling
The question boy, is what will you do to her should you waste more time
Despite the clouded vision he ran to the black horse in the stall where Epona stood in reality, he hoisted himself on Epona's back and turned her towards the door, making her run as fast as she could towards Hyrule Castle, his reason slowly drifting away by the passing seconds, soon enough he wouldn't have any judgment on his actions "Please…" he begged "Please let me get there before I loose control", as he requested his vision suddenly turned back to normal, recognizing the green of the grass Epona stomped on and the dark sky above him, discarding the thought of what could have made him well again he kept racing towards the castle, quickly making his way to the Temple of Time, where the Master Sword rested.
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Author's notes: Hey! Advertizing time! Have you heard the good news? Yes! RK-Lali a very, very good friend of mine has posted not only one story but two! (true, one's a one-shot and all but it's a story non-the-less!) so if you like hot redheads, romantic stories and lots of love then she is the author for you! I really recommend visiting her, her stories are worthwhile!
Amanita Virosa-Amaranthus-: You nailed the title of this story! Was I so obvious? -blushes- Did my eyes deceive me? Did you say you knew someone who was the niece of the maker of LoZ? Oh I would love to see Fierce Deity again! He was my favorite mask and pretty tall too! It would be cool to see him again!
RK-Lali: xD lo ayudas a cargar el peso, eso es lo que hacen los amigos no? xDDD and yes you are very nice, always so concerned about the heavy weight the mask has xD
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