Chap 6: A New Day
(A/N) Hello everyone! This is going to be the shortest chapter in the entire fic, I assure you. Like, seriously, a short chapter like this will NEVER happen again. I just needed to advance my story without overloading anything like I usually do. Non-I'm-Sorry related fun fact: someone favorite my other story, My Journey, Your Journey. OMFG! I'm excited. I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Italics means thoughts or someone is speaking sharply, or it means someone has spoken Hylian. It can also mean a flashback. Bold means an author's note, which I will seldom use. Underlined text implies importance. I am unlikely to remember that. Have fun!
Oh, and I don't own any piece of The Legend of Zelda. I own, literally, more air than Zelda.
It was a full day before Link awoke again. If you recall correctly he was seriously wounded the last time we saw him, but not wounded to such a severity that he should sleep for a day. It was a mixture of fatigue and lack of sleep. Anyway, he slept for a day, and was very stiff when he woke up, as well as hungry and thirsty. "Oh, hey, Dark. Thanks for dragging me out of that hell-hole. I don't think I'd have survived if you didn't come in." Dark looked over at Link, having been in a corner of Link's tent, creating an herb that could awaken him. "Oh, thank Din," he said as he tossed the bowl of ground-up herbs over his shoulder. "I was afraid I'd have to use this maybe-poisonous concoction on you." Link looked at his other side, where he noticed a notch in a wood block. He pointed at it, and Dark answered the question he thought Link was asking. "That's a block I was using to mark the days you were asleep. One." Link looked surprised when Dark said this. "I was asleep for an entire day?" he questioned. Dark nodded.
Just as Dark finished his nodding, Ruto came in running through the tent door (?) "Oh, thank Farore! Link! What the hell were you thinking?!" she yelled. "I was thinking that Saria was down that hole. I don't know how, but the Great Deku Tree managed to be wrong. Even worse, whatever was down there was not friendly. I guess you could say, Ruto, that I was thinking about my girlfriend's safety." Ruto immediately wore an apologetic expression. "Oh, Link, I'm sorry. I didn't know." Link nodded. "Yeah, and if not for Dark I'd be dead. You should thank him." With this Ruto turned toward Dark and hugged him. Dark didn't quite know how to respond, having never been shown affection like this, even from his twin. He was good at showing affection; bad at receiving. He awkwardly put his arms around Ruto. "Thank you, Dark. Thank you for saving my friend." Dark smiled. Ruto put a little space between them so she could do something she'd wanted to do for a while: she kissed him. Link smiled at the sight of one of his closest friends being happy. He stood up, groaning, slowly, putting as much of his weight on his left leg as he could, still smiling, and walked out of the tent. He was joined ten minutes later by Ruto and Dark.
"Okay, Ruto, I need you to go back to the Zora Domain. Tell your father that there is an evil force in Hyrule and that he needs to have soldiers everywhere. Can you do that for us?" Link asked. Ruto nodded and turned towards Dark. "I have to go now. If you ever need me, just play this song on your ocarina," she said before playing a beautiful, somber song on her own ocarina. Dark repeated it and made a mental note of it, which he titled "Ruto's Song". Ruto nodded and smiled before running off. Within three minutes the fish princess was completely out of sight, impressive considering it was a rather open area.
"Okay, now what?" Dark asked Link. "I have very close to no idea. I have one, but it's pretty terrible." Dark almost snapped when Link said this. "ANYTHING!" he said. "All right then. We just wing it. Let's just go look anywhere and everywhere." Dark Link sighed. "Why not? I don't have any good ideas, so I guess this is our best one until a better one comes along," he said. Link nodded and they began to walk (Link limped) to Hyrule Field.
Because of the fact that Link was limping, the trip took about an extra two hours than it should've, so they arrived around 5 P.M. They decided to set up camp near the Zora River, which now had soldiers patrolling it per Links instructions. When they finished, they ate a squirrel stew in silence and went to bed at 10 P.M. Link had a nightmare similar to the one he had the night Navi died, except Dark Link was in it and he was impaled by the Stalchild's bony finger. Dark had a peaceful dream involving Ruto until Link awoke screaming again, which prompted him to kick him.
When they awoke, at about 6 A.M., they only said "good morning" to each other. They both drank from the River Zora, both stretched (not near each other), both ate a little jerky, and both freaked out at the sight of all the massacred Zora fifty feet from their camp.
So, Ruto's back, which is fun. I really like where I want Ruto's character to go. She's going to be a main character by the end of this. Also, the massacred Zora? What happened to them? I wonder if we'll ever know… Please review, it lets me know whether or not I suck. It also lets me know if I rule, which I'd love to hear about. Until then, if there are no questions, I'm out. Peace.