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Link fell to the forest floor face first. He landed with a hard thud and a puff of dust climbed up into the air around him. With a groan he pushed himself off the ground into a sitting position and picked up his lantern. The bottom was broken and oil leaked from one of the cracks. It would not last him much longer. Link sighed and rubbed the dirt off his cheek and looked back towards the opening he had made in the undergrowth. Almost no entrance to the murky thicket could be seen, as if it never happened. It seemed as though the woods had swallowed him whole. The longer he looked around in the dim light, the more panic began to strike him. He could barely make out the shapes of the trees and all the shadows were harsh, making everything seem savage. This place was unfamiliar and his senses felt clouded. Not much sound could be heard and the ringing in his ears grew as the moments passed. Within the dim light his eyes felt weary. He could not focus on one thing for long. The trees blurred and faded in and out. A headache was forming and Link rubbed his temples trying to force it away. After no success, he stood, lantern in hand, and slowly began making his way through the dense darkness. He took deep breaths to try and slow his heart.
"Calm down," he whispered to himself, "There's nothing out here. They're just stories to frighten children."
Link crept along slowly as his eye sight was not as keen as usual. The gloom was disorienting and obscuring his vision. Every now and then he kept seeing something in the corner of his eye.
"It's just the shadows," Link whispered.
Link squinted into the darkness ahead. He had no idea which direction he was going. All sense of direction was gone. He felt as if he had been walking for hours, but it could have been minutes. The panic that was eating away at his nerves rapidly became agonizing. Soon he began to shake and he hugged himself tightly to try and stop the violent shivers. He glanced up towards what should have been the sky. There was no sight of the moon, no little slivers of precious light.
"This darkness is unnatural!" he wailed, falling to his knees, "How does anything grow in this horrid place!"
Suddenly, a branch snapped behind him. He turned his head gradually in order not to make any sudden moves. Link regretted making so much noise. He couldn't see anything at first but slowly he could make out some movement behind one of the large trees.
"Hello…?" he called out into the night.
Whatever it was that returned his call made a low groaning noise. Link's heart began to speed up as the creature slowly made its way into the dim light of the lantern. He made a look of repulsion and felt stomach acid rise into his throat. The monster was blacker than the night and bigger than a bear. Nauseating ooze seeped from its body. Its arms seemed to be made of wrapped twigs that formed hands. There were no legs; it unnaturally hovered over the ground. It had no eyes; there was only a gaping mouth that slowly slid down its face. The longer Link stared at the brute, the more he began to see things. He thought he saw his mother out of the corner of his eye running to him but he blinked and she was gone. He thought he heard a woman whisper in his ear but when he turned there was nothing. Link glanced from side to side, his brain muddled. The creature screeched and slowly made its way towards Link.
"What the-", Link yelped as he tried to stand but fell over backwards. He did his best to try and back away from the enormous beast.
Link shook his head trying to rid himself of the delusions and in his confusion, left his lantern. He backed himself up against a tree and rubbed his eyes.
"Oh no!" he cried as the monster floated over his lantern.
The beast absorbed the lantern as it went by without even noticing. Suddenly in the complete dark, Link's delusions became worse. It looked as though those creatures were all around him. It became harder for him to breathe and his ears rang loudly. He began to hear more and more voices inside his head. He tried to stand with the help of the tree but it seemed as if the branches had become hands that started to reach for him. Link screamed and backed away but he became dizzy and stumbled into one of the creatures. It puffed into smoke as soon as he went through it. He recovered quickly from his fall and started running, hoping to try to put distance between him and the monster.