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Chapter 6: Orcarina
Lief made it home ok, twice he had stumbled on a rock or two making Rani slap his nose for waking her up. When he entered his house a gift was on the table, it was in a small leathery bag and was tied with little green straps. Rani sleepily fluttered over to her window and curled under the soft silk of her blankets.
He sat in his wooden chair made from a special tree in the forest. When he picked up the leathery bag it wasn't all that heavy, he pulled on one of the green strings ever so slightly and they loosened easily. He tipped it and felt a cold smooth surface fall on his hand. It was hard to believe what he was holding, it was an ocarina.
"What..." He was baffled, no one in this entire town, not even Rani, knew that it was his seventeenth birthday. Something slipped from the pouch and fell to the floor; he bent and picked it up. It was a small piece of paper nicely folded. He opened it and gasped, quickly closing his mouth so Rani wouldn't wake up again.
Dear Link,
I hope you don't forget us, the day you left Kokiri Forest was a trajedy for all of us; we were so happy that you received your fairy friend Navi. The tree sages must have realized your good qualities.
The Great Deku Tree's sappling is growing tremendously, we help eachother take care of always keeping you and our old friend in thought. Please except our gift and be safe on the journey you must make.
Love Saria
Lief reread it five times before he leaned back and went deep in thought. My name isn't Link... A shudder rushed through him, he looked towards the small corner of his home where the ladder to the basement was. He stood up placing the ocarina and the letter back on the table. His footsteps echoed on the wooden floor; he looked down into the dark abyss, the ladder disappearing into darkness.
The ladder creaked as he climbed down the rungs, he carried his lantern that had been hanging on the wall nearby. The darkness lifted as he stepped onto the cold stone at the bottom, he looked around at the many boxes that he stored alot of his things in. The box that held his childhood memories sat under a pile of spare blankets, but seemed to stick out from alot of things.
He knelt down next to the chest and dug in his pocket for a small gold key. The lid opened with a loud, long creak until it was opened completely; he reached in the dark dusty trunk touching a beautiful telescope with nicely painted gulls on the side, a stone mask lay ontop of a set of green clothes. The fabric was soft under his fingertips, everything rushed back to him all at once, he pulled his hand away as if it had been bitten by something.
"What's wrong kid?" A chuckle filled the air, Lief jumped to his feet reaching for the dagger he kept in his boot.
"Who's there?" He turned slowly clockwise watching the darkness.
"You really don't know who I am, that's shocking." Another chilling laugh. "I've lived in the deepest part of your heart for five years." Something shifted to Lief's left. He whirled around surprised to come face to face with blood red eyes and a mocking smile.
Lief backed up quickly stumbling over a stray box, the figure only stepped forward not stopping until he had Lief against a wall. A shadowy hand struck forward slamming against Lief's chest only pressing harder and harder.
The person was a man about Lief's same age his hair the darkest black, he wore a black tunic resembling the green one in the chest. When he grinned Lief could see sharp fangs and feel a chilling breath when he spoke.
"I'm the darkness in you heart." He said
Lief found it hard to speak, the stranger's eyes were the eyes of a killer with no mercy. His knife had dropped to the floor leaving him utterly vulnerable, he glanced towards the way out, but all he saw was darkness. The ladder was gone. When he looked around him he noticed all the storage was gone, the only thing left was the chest of memories.
The stranger leaned towards him his mouth coming an inch away from his ear, he chuckled again making Lief's body go cold.
"I am you." The room made a splitting sound and the walls melted away, memories of hatred moved on the walls. Lief's eyes went wide as he witnessed his mother's death once again, the sight of the gerudo woman, and even a memory he didn't even remember having. Red eyes even crueler than this stranger's eyes shot a sharp pain through his mind then his arm.
He cried out in pain, "STOP!" His hand clutched the dark wrist. "STOP IT!" The pressure on his chest disappeared causing him to fall to the ground, his hands went to his ears, his eyes sealing shut.
"Our destinies are intertwined twin. You can't escape that fact." The evil aura diminished and Lief was once again in his basement, shaking uncontrollably.
He kneeled there for what seemed like hours, somehow Rani hadn't heard it, or else she would have been down there in the blink of an eye demanding what was going on. Before long the room lightened a little by the sun's rays and he had fallen asleep on a nearby blanket.
When Rani woke up she found he wasn't in bed, she saw the ocarina and curiously flew over touching the cold surface, she read the note confusion filling her mind. She yelled for Lief receiving no answer from him.
"LIEF! The early bird doesn't always catch the worm you know!" She yelled, she mumbled something insulting then searched the house. Eventually she found him and noticed a gold light dim near his hand. When she fluttered to her feet to see there was nothing there.
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