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Chapter 7

Written by: KokiriCosmo & acebatman

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[Past Link jumped up like he'd been shot with an arrow. "I'm goin' to bed, I suggest you do the same," He said rushing to his tent, leaving Zelda alone.

"I hope that was the right Link," Zelda whispered to herself.]

[Future Link and Zelda sat next to the goddess statue in the Sealed Grounds, sharing a picnic. Past Link is hiding behind a pillar spying on them. They look to be having a good time. Past link becomes increasingly jealous, but stays were he is. Zelda laughs about something future Link says. Future Link drops a piece of bread on his shirt and Zelda picks it up and feeds it to him and giggles.

Past Link is tempted to run to them and ruin the moment. His jealousy had grown to an enormous monster and was threating to burst out of his gut. He is about to go toward them when Zelda suddenly looks right at him.

"Hey Link, come join us," Zelda shouts waving at past Link.

Future Link stands directly behind Zelda staring at past Link. Past Link starts walking toward them, when suddenly future Link aggressively grabs Zelda's right wrist. Zelda struggles. "Stop, you're hurting me!" she kept shouting.

Past Link dashes toward them only to be blocked off by a diamond checkerboard barricade. Suddenly future Link turns into Ghirahim, who smirks at past Link. Zelda starts fighting even harder. Kicking, screaming, biting. Nothing seemed to work for Zelda.

"Leave her alone!" past Link yelled, striking at the barricade over and over again.

Ghirahim dips Zelda down as if they were dancing and his face is inches from her's. He sticks out his long snake like tongue staring directly at the sky child. His tongue slowly travels the length of her jaw. Ghirahim never takes his gaze away from past Link the whole time.

"Stop!" past Link screams. Ghirahim lets go of Zelda who falls to the ground, crying. Ghirahim stands above her and laughs menacingly. Then he snaps his finger and disappears. But the Barricade does not.

Suddenly the piece of Skyloft holding Demise disappears around Zelda's feet. Zelda falls slowly down the dark hole. At the bottom The Imprisoned waited with his mouth wide open. Past Link tried and tried to break the barricade, but in the end all he could do was watch in horror as Zelda landed in the mouth of The Imprisoned.]

Past Link wakes up, in a cold sweat. He looks around his tent, forgetting where he was for a second. Then he gets up and exits his tent. Outside is bright, the unforgiving sun started beaming harsh rays on his skin the moment he got out of his tent. No one had left their tents yet, so past Link assumed they were asleep. He went straight to Zelda's tent to make sure she was okay. He peeked his head in her tent.

Zelda was laying on her side with her blanket up to her shoulders. She was facing past Link and she looked peaceful with a smile on her face. Past Link never realized how beautiful she looked in her sleep. He just stood there admiring her beauty. Suddenly he hears foot steps behind him. He turns around really fast.

Future Link woke up when he heard footsteps outside his tent and stood up quickly to investigate. He moved the hair from his face and adjusted his vision, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. His past counterpart was quietly sneaking on Zelda's tent and wondered why he was doing this. There was nothing in his hands as far as he could tell, so he got up and started walking towards him. When past Link made it to Zelda's tent, he just stood there with concern in his features. His skin was pale, and that made the future Link that more curious to what the problem was. He took a step back when the other Link turned around, hearing him step on a twig.

"Shhh... Relax, it's only me." Future Link whispered. "What are you doing?"

"I had a bad dream and I was just checking on Zelda," is the only thing past Link could muster.

Future Link tilted his head slightly, asking, "Do you want to discuss it?"

Past Link decided to open up to the Future Link at least a little. He told future Link about his dream, leaving out the 'romantic' parts between future Link and Zelda. He also didn't tell him about him getting jealous.

Future Link furrowed his brows in anger now knowing that Ghirahim was also toying with past Link's dreams. He clenched his fists and lowered his head so his other self couldn't see the rage forming on his face. "First he threatens to humiliate me... Now, he wants to destroy our trust. What next?!" Future Link walks away and stands in front of a tree. With his fist in the air, he throws his knuckles into the solid wood. It hurt, but he had to vent that animosity on something. He hissed a little at the pain and stared at the blood oozing from his hand, mesmerized by it. Future Link took a deep breath trying to calm himself before he lost his sanity.

Past Link looks at future Link curious to know what he meant. "What do you mean by threatened to humiliate you? You've met Ghirahim?" Past Link asked.

"Not in person." He answered. "I met him in a nightmare when he arson your village. He hacked my arm off and decapitate me after he made a toast to that promise. I don't know what it means, but I can only imagine the inevitable outcome." Future Link turned his head and cringed, sickened by disturbing thoughts. "Oh goddess, not that!" He muttered below his breath.

Past Link looked at future Link with concern. "You saw our village being burned down in your dream?" past Link asked.

"Yeah," Future Link answered, clearing his head of awful things.

"How? This must mean Ghirahim has the power to control our dreams," past Link stated, the very idea making him wanna get sick.

"Now you're thinking what I'm thinking aren't you," Future Link half laughed, wanting to change topics. "Whatever Ghirahim meant in my dream, I don't wanna know! Can we just hike through the woods or something? I have to walk." He stretched his arms out and started to stroll back towards his tent so he could grab his tunic.

"Alright, we need to go out to get something to eat for breakfast anyway," past Link said smiling at future Link.

As Future Link got his tunic on and prepared his adventure pack, his walked up to Epona and rubbed her nose. "You want to go with us, girl?" He smiled. She needed to stretch her legs out, so he untied her from the tree she was bound to and climbed on her back.

Past Link followed future Link to his horse. When future Link climbed on the back of Epona past Link asked. "What would you like this morning?"

"I'm not that picky." Future link shrugged his shoulders. "Mushrooms will do, but I'll get some fish so there's variety."

"Sounds good I'll get the mushrooms, you can get started fishing. It shouldn't take me long, so I'll meet you by the pond next to the big tree," past Link said pointing to the big tree right next to the village. The pond is on the other side. "Then maybe later after we eat we can go for a walk," he added.

"Alright then. See you in a few."

Fifteen minutes later future Link had caught three fish. Another three to go and he was set. Then he turned his head suddenly and saw past Link coming his way. He waved his hand, "Hey! Did you get those mushrooms?" His stomach growled just thinking about breakfast.

"Yeah I got 'em," past Link answers. "I found a giant deku nut too and I hollowed it out. Zelda's using it to cook the mushrooms in. All we need is the fish and we can make the soup," past Link said sitting next to future Link.

"Cool." Was all future Link could answer with. Both were silent for a while as they watched the bobbin dance on the water.

"So I've been wanting to ask you. What was Midna like?" past Link asked future Link.

"She was my partner. At first she treated me like a dog, but she grew on me and we became friends. She saved my behind many times and it seemed like she was always hiding something from me. It wasn't until I finished Ganondorf in the end that she revealed to me she was a princess. She was the most beautiful woman I've ever saw. I mean, before this she was disguised as an imp to hide from the Twilight King. Long story... But I'll never forget her eyes." Future Link lowered his head as though about to cry and resisted with every bit of strength he had.

Past Link pats future Link on the shoulder. "I've been meaning to tell you sorry for the way I treated you, when we first met," past Link said with remorse.

Future Link smiles and wraps an arm around his shoulder while focusing on the fishing rod. "It's okay, gramps. I don't hold grudges."

Past Link laughs and noticed future Link's pole move. "You got a bite," he pointed out.

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