Mistique ran towards the spring with all her might as she followed the trail of blood that belonged to her friend, the Beast. Hot tears stung her eyes but she didn't bother wiping them away; all that mattered the most right now was that she get to the Beast and tend to his wounds before the worst occurred. Thanks to the adrenaline within her, Mistique arrived at the spring quicker than she would have ever thought.
In front of the clear water of the spring, the Beast lay on his side panting deeply with his eyes half-opened. On his abdomen area was a deep gash from Russl's attack on him, and there was blood slowly spilling out of his body. By his side were Helio and Epona keeping him company, and apparently, trying to encourage him to stay alive long enough for Mistique to get there.
The grey eyed maiden ran to his side, dropped her sword and fell to her knees as she gaped at the loss of blood. Slowly, the Beast forced his eyes to open up a little more and he saw the beautiful girl before him, her eyes worried and filled with fear. The Beast tried to give her his wolfish grin but all that happened was a small whimper he had been holding back.
"Oh my…" Mistique whispered. She quickly brought Helio closer and dug through one of the pouches on the saddle.
"D-Don't worry B-Beast," she stammered taking out some bottles filled with different colored liquids. "I'm here n-now! A-a-and I'll take care of this i-injury!"
Her wolf friend raised his head as much as he could to face her and said, "Mistique… Y-You shouldn't worry about m…me anymore…"
Mistique shook her head quickly with a small, sad smile on her face. She was still digging in the pouch for some needles and string so that she would be able to stitch the Beast's deep wound.
"Beast, it's okay! I got some medicine and stuff. You'll be as good as new!" She replied.
Just then, the Beast placed a paw on her soft hand holding the bottles with medicine. She stopped what she was doing and met his blue eyes. As they gazed into each other's eyes, Mistique's tears began to cascade down her cheeks and she refused to turn away from the Beast. After a few seconds, she looked down at the ground, dropped the bottles and slammed her fists on the ground.
"I'm so sorry Beast!" she wailed. "I should've realized that the connection was at its strongest point already… I'm so sorry! Please…"
The Beast managed to give her a part of the grin she loved. Raising his head a little more, he responded slowly, "No Mistique… I got…too excited when I got back… I ran…mindlessly to your house and I hoped…that you would hear me… When you didn't come out…I began barking and attracted attention… The children were frightened when they saw me, but when I tried…to get…away, your father came with a sword… and attacked me… I didn't want to fight back…so he was able to hurt me… I came running back here…and I heard you speaking…and that's when I realized…about the connection…"
During his story, Mistique's heart began to break. She bit her lip and shook her head again. It felt horrible to know that her father attacked a friend of hers and that she probably wasn't able to do anything about it.
"Don't feel…bad…Mistique," the Beast said, now trying to nudge her gently. "Anybody's bound to attack…a wild beast like me…"
Mistique blinked at what the Beast just said. Putting down the needle and the string, she held his white paw in her hands.
"You shouldn't call yourself that…" Mistique said quietly. "You're almost human. People have to look past…the wolf and see how much of a great heart you have!"
"It's hard… Human nature…tends to judge a book by…its cover…before seeing…the positive side…" the Beast answered wisely. "So please Mistique… Don't feel bad… It was your father's instinct to…defend…and I was dumb and impatient… I should have…followed your scent…instead of… restlessness…"
Tears coming from Mistique were now falling on the ground and onto the Beast's fur. She clutched his paw a little tighter and said, "But it's okay! We all make mistakes… And now I'll help you! We can…continue t-to hang out! L-Like we've d-done before."
The Beast smiled softly, and his eyes drooped a little more. Even in his thoughts, the Beast's voice sounded shallow as though he were out of breath.
"I need to tell you…something…before I…leave this world…" the Beast said as Mistique's eyes widened even more, and more tears poured out of her grey eyes. "Mistique…ever since the first day that…we became…friends… I knew right away…I felt something much…stronger for you… In my eyes…you're so different…from all the other girls…in the world. In Hyrule…I bought you the roses…and carnations…so that when I…gave them to you…I'd be able to tell you…"
The Beast took what looked like a painful deep breath, and began to say something with such tenderness in his voice, it made Mistique feel a lump at the back of her throat.
"I love…you…"
His last word sounded like a whisper, and finally the Beast took his final breath before his weak body became still. His paw slowly slipped out of her hand, and Mistique stared in shock and sadness. Some of her was still hoping that the Beast would miraculously breathe again and wake up… But he didn't move… The tears that were remaining in her eyes finally spilled, and she dropped herself on the Beast's body, despite the blood around them.
"Beast no!" she cried out. "Please don't go… Come back… I love you Beast!"
The beautiful warrior sobbed and she remained hugging his bloodstained body. It felt as though her whole world had come crashing down, and maybe the one thing that she had wished for her entire life was now gone forever. By her side, Helio and Epona stood watching and they neighed sadly, feeling sympathy at the human grieving her love before them.
Although she felt quite distraught, a very bright glow coming from the water made Mistique look up. Slowly, she lifted herself from the Beast, though her arms were still around him. Mistique squinted and slowly, the figure of a very beautiful woman with long green hair that covered her breasts, pointed ears, clothing that wrapped around her waist like a skirt, and great golden wings came in view. The woman, who appeared to look like a fairy, smiled softly at the grieving girl before her and stretched out her arm.
As she stretched out her arm, a small swarm of glowing fairies made their way towards the Beast on the ground. Mistique gaped and looked as the fairies surrounded the Beast, and once there was a circle of fairies around the Beast, a white light almost as bright as the one from the Great Fairy's emitted from the fairies. Mistique's grey eyes were probably almost as big as a boulder as she watched the fascinating scene before her. The fairies then gave the brightest glow of light, and they slowly vanished from view, and apparently they had taken the Beast with them.
Mistique's jaw dropped and she quickly looked over at the Great Fairy who was still smiling at her. The Great Fairy soon began to vanish as well, and Mistique cried out, "Wait!"
However, it was too late. The Great Fairy, her fairies and the Beast were now gone. The grey eyed maiden frantically looked around her and saw that the pool and trail of blood were gone, and she looked for any sign of the Beast. Mistique continued to look around and failed to notice that the horses had gone behind her and neighed happily. She quickly stood up, (her knees stained with blood), and as she was about to run off in search of the Beast's body, a familiar voice made her freeze.
"Hey Mistique."
Mistique was still frozen in her place, but she slowly turned around and came face to face with a handsome young man. He wore a green tunic with brown boots, and a sword and shield clasped to his back. The young man also had blond hair, and blue eyes that immediately captivated Mistique with such a familiarity she couldn't explain.
"Y-You're the…Hero…" Mistique said in awe.
The Hero grinned at her. It was another familiarity that surprised Mistique.
"My name is Link," the Hero said, taking a step towards her. "You also know me as…Beast."
All of the memories of her and the Beast came back to her all of a sudden… The familiar grin Link had, his voice, and especially his eyes… Link's eyes resembled the Beast's eyes greatly; those blue eyes that were proud and wild had mesmerized Mistique from the very first time she ever saw them.
"Link… Beast!" Mistique cried out, her tear stained face now meeting his blue eyes.
Link beamed at her, and wrapped his arms around Mistique's waist. She slowly raised her arms and held on to his toned shoulders. The two stayed there in embrace, until Mistique asked him, "Now can you tell me all the stuff that didn't make sense?"
The Hero nodded and began with his story
"I've always been human. Epona has been my horse ever since I could remember," he said, stroking Epona's mane, before embracing Mistique again. "And were we trained, that's where I've been training for quite awhile now. I needed supplies that would be able to last a long time so I could leave them with Epona, that's why I needed to go to Hyrule with Coro."
"But how did you become a wolf?" she asked again.
"I was in Gerudo Desert," Link began. "And I met this servant of Zant, a fake king of a different realm, and he was angry at me because I defeated Zant. I tried to fight off the servant, but before he died, he cursed me to become a wolf… But in the desert, I met the Great Fairy and she told me even though she couldn't lift the curse, she would be able to change it. The Great Fairy told me that if I find the one person who could understand me both through my thoughts and emotionally, then we'd have a special connection. Once the special connection was at its strongest point, not only could we read each other's mind without being nearby, but it also meant that we had fallen in love…"
"So, when the Great Fairy told me that, she said that the curse will be lifted if we declared our love for each other out loud, even if the connection was at its strongest point," Link finished.
"That makes more sense," Mistique replied, smiling radiantly at the handsome Hero.
"Now, I'll tell you again something," Link said. He let one arm go so he could dig through one of the pouches on Epona's saddle. Out of the pouch, two flowers, a red rose and a red carnation came out. Link brought the flowers in the middle of them, and Mistique looked at the flowers with such admiration.
"Ever since we met… Even if it was me trying to attack you," the Hero chuckled. "I've always thought you were the most beautiful girl I've ever met. And in a way, I'm glad I was cursed, because otherwise, we wouldn't have ever met…"
Mistique took the flowers in her hand, and looked back at Link. His blue eyes met Mistique's now twinkling grey eyes, and they remained there for the longest time. Finally, Link continued to smile at Mistique and said, "I'll tell you as my real self now. Mistique… I love you."
The beautiful grey eyed girl blinked for a moment, and then her smile grew bigger if possible. Still holding the flowers in her hand, she put her arms around Link and laid her head on his strong chest. Link brought his hands to the back of her head and gently stroked her black hair. After a few seconds, Mistique looked up at Link and answered, "I love you too Link…"
The Hero and the beautiful warrior locked gazes. Link brought his fingers to Mistique's chin and brought her face closer to his. Mistique held on tighter to Link, and looked at him with eyes that showed love and tenderness. Now their lips were almost brushing together, so Mistique tip toed up closer, and Link gently held her waist tighter so their lips finally met in a soft kiss. After about a minute, they broke apart, and both were smiling at each other. They embraced once more, now happy that they could be together with no problem or conflict between them.
Two days, later Mistique and Link were now ready to leave Ordon. Link invited Mistique to accompany him to travel Hyrule and continue on his adventure. His beautiful lover happily accepted and began to prepare.
After telling the villagers that Link was the Beast, they felt very guilty for misjudging, especially Russl who had nearly killed him. Link had immediately forgiven them; he knew that all those people had good hearts even if they kept apologizing to him whenever they would see him around.
It was hard for not only her family and friends to accept that she was finally going to leave Ordon for a whole new life, but also for herself. Mistique was very excited to take a risk like this, but she knew that she would miss them all greatly. The grey eyed maiden promised to come back whenever she could to visit them all, and Link agreed; he had grown very close to the villagers, especially Russl and the children.
Now, it was finally the day that the Hero and Mistique would be leaving Ordon. She had said many goodbyes, but the most tearful goodbye was with her family and her best friend, Ilia. Link did all he could to comfort Mistique, but she was able to keep strong and prepare herself for the new life she was going in to.
So now on horseback, Link on Epona and Mistique on Helio, they rode off from the village. They passed by Coro's and waved goodbye, and finally they were in Hyrule Field. Mistique glanced at her boyfriend and grinned at him. Link grinned back and held her hand as he asked if she was ready for an adventure. The grey eyed beauty nodded eagerly, so the couple with their horses began to race each other jokingly towards Hyrule Castle. Mistique was now happy, she had found the one thing she wanted in her life, and all she needed was Link by her side. And Link found the girl who truly understood him and loved him no matter what would ever happen.
Now the Beast with feral eyes so captivating and the Beauty who had a great heart, continued with adventure waiting for destiny to bring them to wherever they might have to be together no matter what.
A/N: I'm done! :) I hope you guys enjoyed it, and plz contiue to read & review my stories! :D