Chapter 5

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I felt a little bit of pain in my chest, I was breathing deeply. Everything was black, but I soon realized my eyes were closed, I opened them slowly. There was so much light coming into my eyes; it nearly blinded me, so I had squinted. I finally had a chance to open my eyes to everything… and saw Malon? She looked at me, with a big smile, and her eyes were gleaming with all the light, and flushed with happiness. The pain from my chest stopped as well "You're going to say nothing aren't you?" She giggled. "M-Malon?" I stuttered. She looked away from my eyes, and this pain in my chest began to commence more. I looked down and saw the wound in my chest and Malon rubbing a liquid clear substance on it… I nearly freaked seeing it. It didn't really hurt; it felt a little soothing though… a bit. I really tried to ignore it a bit.

"W-What happened last night?" I asked. Malon stopped rubbing my chest, and froze for a second. "Last night…" she looked down, she then glanced at me with a sigh but with a smile at the end of it. I waited patiently anxiously. I remembered a bit of what happened that night, but most of it is faint... the only thing I remembered was Dark Link and Zelda somehow… also the pain I had suffered. Malon stared at me, "Last night, Romani's cat went missing… we had went to the house after a lot of work, and we noticed that the door was creaked open a bit. We also noticed that Romani's cat Felix wasn't anywhere to be seen… so we went up the mountains to find the cat." She looked over to the window. "Instead of finding her cat, I found you… you were covered in blood, and unconscious… you nearly almost died. I for myself—"She looked at me again, staring at me. "—almost fainted… I didn't know what to do! So, just to get you back still alive I took my scarf with my pendent, tied it around your chest, and carried you back!" She began panting, and soon began shedding tears. "M-Malon…" I watched her tears roll off her cheeks. "Malon!" I shouted. She sniffed, and wiped away her tears, "S-Sorry… I was just scared—and remembering it just—" She was sitting on top of my legs, making me not able to really move them, and I felt I couldn't even pull myself up to at least sit up. I looked over to the window. "Did you by chance…your cat?" I asked. I was sure I knew the answer, but maybe changing the subject could change things. She looked at me. "No—Romani still hopes too though."

She began rummaging into her first-aid kit, and pulled out a small green bottle with black top. "This may sting," I stared at the bottle. She drew the bottle closer to my wound and put it in a tilted position, and tapped it once. Drops flew out onto my wound. I closed my eyes with the howl of pain, and clutched the bed sheets. I began panting with my eyes open staring at the edge of the table next to the window. I stared at her, still having the remembrance of the pain in my feeling. She was closing the top of the bottle. "T-That's it?" I asked. She was rummaging through the first-aid kit. "Well, kind of… I need to give you some stitches."

She began stitching my wound up, it was a little painful. "Um—where is Romani, e-exactly?" She still focused on the stitches. I sighed with a small smile. Suddenly I coughed to my side. Blood flew out of my mouth. My breathing was still a little heavy. "Are you okay?" She asked. I rolled my eyes over to her painfully, she still focused on the stitches, "Y-Yeah," She was quiet and determined on my wound for a few minutes. I stared at fireplace to at least ignore the pain a bit. I listened to the flames roar and crackle. "Done!" She said suddenly. She began covering my now stitched up wound with new fresh bandages.

Malon got off my legs, they suddenly felt free again. She began cleaning up the first-aid kit, and pulled the blue blanket above me. She looked toward the wild fire, "Are you warm enough?" She asked. I was broken out of the staring. "Y-Yeah…" She nodded and headed over to the door to the far west. She put her hand on the door, and opened it slightly. "You must be hungry, so I'm going to make something for you…" She lied a foot out the door, and froze starring at the ground. She nodded up to me slowly, "Don't try to move too much… you're still healing…" She then exited and left. I really wanted to lay on my side, but not that I was trying not to disobey her… and for my own self. I was in so much pain, I felt I couldn't even move… kind of exhausted. My pain wasn't as bad as before though?

I looked around the room. The room was the same as I've seen it last, but something was out of place. The blue blanket was bloody, it was really warm. There were two tables nearby, one to my left, and one to my right. The table to my right was horizontal hugging the wall. On it was my clothes, which my tunic and my white layer shirt; I was topless right now. They both looked clean? Next to those were my belts and my pouches. On the ground beside the table, was my boots, and shield…my sword was lying on the ground under the table. The table to my right was lying vertically against the bed. On it at first glance was my hat and my gloves. My ears had felt different, and seeing the sharp blue earrings on the table kind of explained it. At the other end of the table was the first-aid. Over to the other bed to the far east of the room, must've been Romani's bed. The drawings she colored hanged on the walls. On the bed were two blankets, a yellow one and a pink one…I felt bad, they must've been sharing the bed. I figured out what was different about the room, the big window shining light in my eyes to my west… and the fireplace in the northeast part of the room.

In the corner of the room, I saw Malon coming towards me with a bowl. "Ma—"She shoved a spoon in my mouth as soon as I opened it. It tasted liquidly with flavor, and I tasted two solids; a cut up carrot piece, and a small piece of celery. I also tasted some noodles. I nodded up to the bowl, and saw soup in the bowl. As soon I had swallowed, she shoved another spoonful in my mouth. I tasted chicken, I swallowed it quickly; I had something on my mind to ask her. "Where's Romani?" I asked quickly before she stuffed my mouth again. "She went to deliver milk to our customers—"I interrupted her, "In this weather?" I asked. She stared at me. "Well, I'm the only one between her and me that had the knowledge to tend you…" She filled my mouth again. "Plus, I figured Romani was old enough to anyway." I swallowed quickly, "She's only eleven!" I shouted. She rolled her eyes and fed me more, "I started twelve." She looked back at me, and gave me more soup. "I also told her, to head to Zelda's if chances are bad… she has knowledge, and common sense, you know…" She stuffed my mouth quickly, so I wouldn't say anything.

I felt I had hardly a chance to breathe the way she forced the spoonfuls in my mouth. That was over though, and it was good. I rolled my eyes over to Malon, she was heading towards the door. "What time is it?" I shouted. She turned around and stared at the wall. "11: 49 A.M." She turned and left the room.

For some reason, the room felt cold suddenly. The room wasn't as bright as before. I looked over to my left at the window. There was no light beaming at my eyes at all. The sky was dark and grey, there was also snow falling down from the sky. The window was also starting to fog up a bit. I suddenly heard a swift stomping noise coming to my ears. Then the door swung open, "Link!" Malon suddenly came into view. She was holding a log. "Are you cold?" She asked. "Y-Yeah," I stuttered with a shiver. She through the log in the fireplace, and the flame grew. "I'm going outside to check on the horses." She went towards the door, "I'll be back," I looked away. "Kay," I replied. She closed the door, and I heard her run down the stairs. I sighed.

The whole room felt dark, cold, and somewhat eerie… I recognized this feeling. "Hey…" My eyes widened. I stared with my eyes glued to the ground. "…Leave…" I mumbled. "Oh, I just wanted to—tell you something," He whispered. I still stared at the ground, trying to avoid eye contact with him. "I heard… Zelda's coming," He began. I breathed heavy. "If you—"He began laughing. "She's in good hands," He marked. "Good—"I moved my eyes over another board on the floor. "But, that's not exactly why I'm here," He still stood where he was. "Then why!" I shouted. "I don't want you—"Suddenly I felt a pain in my right hand, and warm liquid on it. I looked over to my hand.

Dark's sword was buried in it, and my hand had blood rolling down everywhere. "Let this remind you not to tell Zelda," I eyed him, with pain. "I'm sure she already found out, and by the way—it's pretty obvious!" I yelled with all my might. He smiled. "Yeah, maybe it is… but it'll buy me more time… even if she does know, she won't find me… zero chances!" He laughed. "THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS?!" I yelled. He continued to stare down at me with his taunting eyes, "To buy time of course, and for the joy of it!" He giggled. He pulled his weapon out of my hand, I gasped with pain. Dark Link had disappeared, and I was no longer able to even sense him. I clutched my right hand tightly with my right, I would've put bandages on it, but I couldn't reach the first-aid kit. How do I explain this to Malon now?