Dark smirks and leans against the tree. "Alright if you can get me out of here I will stop attacking people."
"How am I going to do that?" Link asks and Dark laughs.
"Someone has to take my place that's how. I'll give you a few days to think it over... Three should do but if you keep we waiting I'll just keeping harming the visitors." Dark vanishes and we walk out. Link doesn't say anything the entire way back. When we get to the throne room of that zora's castle he is waiting for us.
"So did you get rid of that creature?" He asks us.
"No we need someone to take his place inside the temple so he can leave the place. It is pointless to try and fight him one because he is as strong as me and two is that he will just come back," Link tells Ruto.
"Who do you have in mind?" He asks her with some worry on his face.
"Myself. We can doom a random person and no one else will deal with that life," Link shrugs and acts like it isn't a big deal.
"You can't kill yourself just to save some fish!" I say trying to knock some sense in her.
"Well no one has any other ideas so if we can't find someone in three days then it will have to be me. I really don't care as long as some poor person isn't forced to do this." Link walks out of the room leaving me and the talking fish to talk. We stare at each other for a while before he says something.
"We could put a criminal in there. You know like one that did a horrible crime," Ruto says and I have to say it isn't a bad idea. I do have someone that burned down a few homes on purpose in the dungeon. We agree to send him in there because he was going to be put to death anyway. I go to tell Link about it when I see her and Navi looking at something.
"I can't believe that this is our room," Link says.
"Mew"
"Why what is wrong with it? It seems pretty normal," I say coming behind her. The room is really big and has a king sized bed, a small dresser and a cat bed on the floor.
"We have to share that's the problem. They said that there are no other rooms but I'm sure that fish is messing with me," Link says with hatred and walks inside. Link quickly gets everything put away and I start talking.
"How about we get a criminal to take Dark's place?" I ask her.
"That doesn't sound to bad if they did something pretty bad i guess," Link says putting a box down.
"What is that?" I ask her.
"Clean clothes. This place is full of water and I'm not having my clothes dripping wet the entire time." Link grabs some and goes to change in the bathroom. When she is done we start getting ready for bed. "I'm making this clear right know, half the bed is mine the other is yours. I'll make you take Dark's place if you cross it." Link is completely serious and tosses the covers over her head. I go to sleep too and have butterflies in my stomach.
I wake up before Link for the second day in a row and she is crossing over the metaphorical line. At least she isn't going to kill me for this. I take the time to get dressed and get some food. I come back a hour later and Link is already ready. She is reading and Navi is perched on her shoulder.
"How long have you been up?" I ask her wondering if she woke up earlier.
"Like ten minutes ago, I have things to do so I can't spend the entire day."
"Like what do you have to do?" I ask her.
"Well if you want to use that criminal then I have to go get him. If I don't do it now then we won't get back in time." So she is going with that plan.
"Okay, but your going by yourself?" I ask wondering why she didn't tell me.
"I can get it done faster also if he is a criminal I know it will be easier for him if there is one person rather than a group."
"He is a criminal so I don't know why you care about his comfort."
"I'm just too nice that's why, now I'll be back maybe tomorrow so just wait for me." Link leaves and gets Epona to go back to the castle. I hope she doesn't get harmed by anything on the way there. I try to deal with the prince long enough to help with something but he is just so annoying the listen to.
I find myself walking outside and head into the temple. Link didn't show me the entire area of the temple and I should know it if something happens. I walked around for a while and see a empty bottle. I pick it up and I see something out of the corner of my eye. I look and see Dark perched on a ledge near the side wall.
"Yeah Light has a habit of leaving bottles in places she went to," He says jumping down.
"What do you want?" I ask putting the bottle down.
"Well I should ask you that seeing that Light isn't here and the three days are not up."
"She went to get something and I thought it would be nice to see this place. Why do you call her Light anyway?" I inquire and he shrugs.
"She is my lighter half, she dies so do I but if I die she can still live," He says getting closer.
"How can you still live if you died then?" I realize that I can get some things off of him if he continues to talk.
"I'm her shadow. Shadows don't die but a person can, then they won't have a shadow anymore."
"What makes you different from her then?" I ask him.
"She lived a full life but I was created when she did something that could have made her evil. She chose the better side of that choice and I was made to take the other side." He leans on the wall next to me. "If I were you I would be careful around her."
"Why would I need to be careful?" I ask him.
"She can become harsh if she needs to," He says to me and with that he disappears. I stand there dumbfounded and take in his words. I never saw Link as a threat or really dangerous. I mean even when she was close to defeating me I didn't think she was going too. I head back and surprisingly make it back in no time. I see Navi by the shore and when I come up she hops over to me. I pick up the little ball of fur and go to the room. Navi squirms in my grasp and runs back outside. I follow the creature and she sits back where she was.
I look at the direction in which she is looking and notice that it is in the direction of Hyrule castle. I go back inside and leave the door cracked so she can come back in. I go to sleep and when I wake up Link is there. I look at her and wonder when she got back and see a cut across her cheek. She wakes up when she feels me get up and I ask her about the cut.
"Oh that guy scratched me when we got him in the carriage. I tied him up so it wouldn't happen again but I was too tired to fix it," Link says sleepily.
I look at her worriedly but she goes back to sleep. I get some food from the kitchens and Link is still asleep. I shake her and she grumbles at me.
"I got back two hours ago... Let me sleep!" I could barely hear her but I let her be. I go outside to see Epona and Navi making a large amount of noise. Navi will meow and then Epona will neigh and it will start over. I pick up Navi and bring her inside because people are starting to get irritated by them. Epona makes a sort of laughing sound at me as I leave but I pay no mind to it.
I'm talking to that prince about the criminal when Link comes in. The prince gets doughy eyes at her and she takes notice of it. She sits next to me but far away from the prince. We all talk about the things going on and Link tells us about the trip but nothing interesting happens. I go to check on the prisoner and when I get back they are gone. I go to look for them and see them talking in a hallway the is away from everyone.
"Link you could stay here then that king won't have you as a prisoner," The prince tells her.
"Sorry but I can't. or want to," Link mumbles the last part but he doesn't care.
"You could be free again if you stay!" I never thought that I really had Link caged. I let her pretty much do what ever because she comes back.
"Yeah and if I leave he will know where I am, also if he catches me again then I will be caged. I'm not going to risk it," Link says and walks past him. I run down the hall so she doesn't see and I don't hear her follow. I wonder if she does think that I keep her caged or locked up. I never tried to do that to her only for the first time when she just came because I knew she would try to leave then. I hope she doesn't try to leave.