You awoke in the middle of the night and saw Atem sitting up with his hands rubbing his face, like he just had a nightmare. "Something wrong," you asked gently. He seemed surprised that you were awake but he replied, "No, it's nothing. You should go back to sleep." "Atem, it don't seem like nothing." You sat up and hugged him from behind to find he was sweating. "Atem, you're sweating. I'll get you a towel to dry you off." When you turned around to get off, on the little there were two small towels. You grabbed one and handed it to Atem saying, "Ironheart knows us already. He left towels near the bed." He slightly chuckles as he dries himself off. "Atem, are you sure it was nothing?" He just looks down and then replies,"I had a nightmare of what happened yesterday. It scared me so when I woke up, I looked at you to see you sleeping peacefully and that you were safe. I thought I got over this but I guess not." "I knew that what happened yeasterday was bound to leave it's mark on you. I don't blame you for that you were still thinking about it and that it made this much of an impact on you ." He leans back into you and puts his head on your sholder against your neck. You kiss his head and gave him a hug to try to calm him down. "Lets go back to sleep. You still need your rest," you said gently. He nods, you laid back down first then Atem turned around to kiss you on the lips. Without hesitation you put your arms around his neck and started pulled him closer. After a few minutes of kissing Atem, you released his neck and he laid down. The both of you fell asleep at the same time and he had your hand hold in his.
When you awoke, Atem thought anxiously, Zelda, can you hear me? Where are you? You reply confused, Ain't I with...you? When you got a better look at the room, it was different. You quickly got up and noticed that windows were covered. "My love, you're awake," said a voice from behind you. You turned in that direction, it was Ialu. "Ialu, what is the meaning of this," you said. "I wanted to bring your memory back on my own. That man is using you." "Ha, don't you think I would know that?" "You have been brainwashed into believing you love him." "And how do you know if I love him or not? You wouldn't be able to tell." "You love me remember?" "No, I never loved you. I would feel a conection to you which I don't." You look at the door way and say, "Now if you don't mind I will be leaving now." You started walking to the door but Ialu blocked the way. "Ialu, I don't want to but I will hurt you if you don't move." "Prove it." You punched him in the stomach and ran out the door.
The light from the sun hurt your eyes. You shielded your eyes along with closing them. "Zelda," someone shouted. You faced that direction and forced your eyes to open to find Atem running to you. You run in that direction and Atem caught you in his arms. You put your eyes at the base of his neck and he hugged you tightly. "Are you ok, Zelda," asked Atem. "Yes it's just my eyes. The light makes them hurt." "Well, let's go home then." He picks you up bridal style so you wrap your arms around his neck. He started to walk before someone yelled, "Stop!" You feel Atem turn and you tried to see who called him, but Atem whispers in your ear, "No, stay there. Keep your eyes shielded, you don't need to be in pain right now." You just nodded. The voice just replied, "Who do you think you are taking the one I love away from me?" Love? What is he talking about, thought Atem. That's Ialu, he was a boy that fell inlove with me when I lived here. He thinks you brainwashed me into loving you and erasing my memory. Remember when you woke up yesterday afternoon sensing something was wrong? He thought about it then replied, Yeah what about it? You continued, Well he found me and saw me laying next to you and asked Ironheart if you were the that caused my memory loss. He tried to attack you in your sleep but I pushed him into a wall. When you started to wake up I had Ironheart take him out of the room so you would rest and weren't in harm's way. He don't like you because of what he thinks. You feel Atem slightly nod and he replies to Ialu, "Who do you think you are by kidnapping her from her own home?" "She don't love you, she loves me!"
"That's not for you to chose. That is her choise to make." "She can't make that choise if she is brainwashed into thinking something else." "She isn't brainwashed and she is free to leave whenever she wants. She is well aware of it." "Then hand her to me." "She don't want to leave with you." "And how would you know this?" "Well ask her if you don't believe me." "Zelda, do you want to leave with me instead of that fool?" You replied, "No Ialu, now leave me and my friend alone."
You feel Atem squeeze you and you tighten your hold around his neck slightly. "See what I mean," continued Atem, "She doesn't want to go with you." "You will pay for hurting her." You removed your eyes from the base of Atem's sholder, faced Ialu, and shouted, "Not while I'm around!" You forced your eyes open when you shouted and the light still hurt your eyes so after you shouted that, you put your eyes back where they were.
There was no reply from Ialu and soon you feel Atem turn to continue to your house. Before you reached your the house you heard someone ask, "You found her?" "Yes, Ironheart. I found her," Atem replied softly. "Is she alright?" "Yeah, her eyes haven't adjusted to the light so we should get her in the house." "Agreed." Once in the house, Atem places you gently on the bed and you slowly open your eyes. They hurt less then they did outside and adjusted fairly quickly. "Is this any better,"Atem asked gently. "Yes, thank you. Sorry for not telling you." "I know, you wanted to keep me safe. Thank you." You just smile then Ironheart asked, "Are you hurt?" "No, I am not." "Good, we have been searching for you for hours."
"Well, I am here now and if he gets near..." You were interupted by Ialu calling, "Zelda, bring your friend out here!" You look at Atem and the both of you nod. Once outside, your eyes hurt a little bit but not enough to force your eyes shut. "Bring your monster out." We will settle this now!" You put your arm infront of him. "Zelda, don't get involved in this." "It's too late for that." Atem, I am going to fight as your monster. I won't let you get hurt because of this, you thought. "Fine, just be careful," he replied. "Hurry up, chose your monster. You transformed into a wolf and went in front of Atem.
"Zelda, get out of the way. It is between me and him!" You stayed there and started to growl very loudly. "Fine, I will fight against you to fight for you." He summoned a green muscular monster with only one eye and long claws. Its teeth looked like your's and its body looked a human's but the color of the skin. "Go giant, win her love!" You charged it and got behind it. Once there, you jumped on its back and bit its sholder. The monster sreamed and so did Ialu.
The monster tried to grab you but you jumped off before it could grab you. You were showing your teeth in a snarl and started to circle around it. "Just let me fight your friend to prove my love for you." You tried to do the samething but it scratched your front leg. You yelped and fell to your right side. Your left front leg hed three large cuts so when you got up you started to limp but still ready for a fight. "Zelda, are you alright," asked Atem. You just nod and all of a sudden a silver wolf attacked Ialu's monster. Atem was that you, you thought then you face him to see his answer his answer. He shakes his head no and you looked to your side to see Ironheart. "This is enough, I am not going to let you get in trouble over this," said Ironheart. "How will I get in trouble over this?" "You attacked the Pharaoh, that's why!"
That took Ialu by surprise when he was told this. You transformed back into a human and Atem helped you up. He holds you up on your right side and hugs you tightly. "Zelda, is this true? Is he the Pharaoh," asked Ialu. You nod and add, "Why do you think I took his place when you challenged him."
~~~~ FLASHBACK ~~~~
...where am I and how did I get here."
"I should have known you were going those questions. You were found in the desert unconscous by my father and brought here to the city of Egypt. I have been keeping an eye on you since they brought you in." "How long have I been out," you asked more softly. "You have been out for two days since we found you. Yesterday morning when I came to check on you, you had a fever for most of the day. It broke at nightfall."
~~~~ END FLASBACK ~~~~
Ialu finally understood from your explaination about the first time you met Atem. "So that's what happened. I was too blinded by my love for you to see the truth. Please forgive me, the both of you." His monster disappered and you moaned. You lost too much blood from the three scratches which were mostly healed. "Zelda," said Atem worried. "I'm fine, just a little lightheaded." "Ok let's treat your arm in the house. You could rest there for a while." You nod and Atem helped you in the house. Once in the house you fainted.
When you came to, you felt like your head was spinning. You tried to get to get up slowly but a pair of hands pushed you back down. "Don't try to get up, Zelda. You're still weak, you've lost a lot of blood," said Atem. Your head was still spining but it started to slow down. You placed you hand on your head to try to stop the spining. Atem asked, "How are you feeling?" "My head feels like it's spining." "That will go away in a few minutes." You feel something wrapped around your upper arm, when you looked, it was a bandage. "Your arm has three deep cut going acrossed it. They aren't as deep as they were when you first got thembut you still lost a lot of blood. You've even turned pale for a while." "How long have I been unconscious?" "About an hour. You started to get more color about 10 minutes ago though your still fairly pale."
You let out a light chuckle and put your hand down Atem just smiles and stokes your face. "Hey, she's conscious," said a voice to your right. You slowly turn your head and saw who was talking. It was Ironheart and he walked to your bed. "How are you feeling," he asked gently and gently placed his hand on the side of your face. "Dizzy," you reply with a smile. "Well that was to be expected. How's your arm.?" "Don't know haven't moved it yet." You gently moved your arm to see how it felt, it hurt but not enough to make a noise. "Sore, very sore," you said.
"Zelda you should go to sleep, it might stop the spining," said Atem. You nod and fell asleep soon after. When you woke up, you kept your eyes shut and listened to your suroundings which became more clear as you became more awake. "Her color came back and she don't look as frail as she did before." "I knew better if she rested and when she was with me, she had wounds worse than this." "I still feel bad, it was my fault that this happened to her." "As long as I've known her, she doesn't seem to hold a grudge against anyone who misunderstood something." "My king, how is she doing doing?" "She is doing better, Seto. She is also looking better now then she did 15 mintues ago." "Well, that's good." I hope you know that I know you're awake, thought Atem. I figured you did, I wanted to see who was around me before I officaly woke up, you replied. He answered, Well open your eyes, everyone is worried sick not to mention that Seto heard what happened. Also not that many people know you regained consciousness earlier. Slowly you open your eyes to find, Atem holding your right hand, Ialu next to him, Seto, Isis, Shada, and Mana at the foot of the bed, and Ironheart and Sky on your left. "Zelda, are you well," asked Seto. "Yes, Seto. I feel a lot better then I did earlier anyway,"you replied. Atem replied next, "You sound better, you were barly able to get out a whisper when you talked to me. How's your head?" "Let's just say it's not spining anymore. I could actully see straight." "Told you the sleep could help." You tried to sit up but multiple hands tried to stop you, except Atem.
"Guys, I am well enough to sit up and plus, I can't be laying down all day anyway." Atem held his hand out to help you sit up. You gladly took it and he puts his arm under your sholders and sat u up along with sitting behind you. "How long have I been asleep anyway?" Atem answered, "About another hour. You were pretty well rested before, it was the amount of blood you lost that made you so tired." "Zelda, I am so sorry for all this, I am the reason you're here," said Ialu once there was an opening. "That may have been true but it was a misunderstanding that made you so confused. Don't feel bad." You lay your head on Atem's sholder and tilted it against to lean against his neck. He starts to rub your sholders gently and you started to make a purring noise. Atem justs smiles and Ironheart said, "Pharaoh, I think you should stop. She's growling at you." "She's not growling, Ironheart, she's purring."
Everyone looks at him and confused, he continues, "She does it when she is human and when I am doing what she likes, like what I'm doing now." You just keep purring and he just rubbing. "She never did that before with anyone. How did you find out she did this," asked Ironheart. "Actually, I found this out when she slept. I normaly watch her sleep to clear my head of the day's events and relieve my stress. She started to moan so I started to her stomach to calm her, once she calmed down, she shifted to her side so I started to rub her sholder and she started to pur.
"I thought she was growling so I stop to find her trying to get closer to me then I started to rub her sholder again. I soon found out that she could pur like a cat would and that it calms her." You hear Ironheart start laughing in amazement. You close your eyes to relax even more but Sky said, "Zelda, I have something to give to you. It is something that you said for me to protect when you are gone and to make sure Ganondorf doesn't get his hands on it." You look at Sky who's holding a small blue flute, an ocarina. You instently remember what it was and why Ganondorf must not have it. "Zelda,do you remember this," asked Atem worried. You nod and took it from Sky hesitently. Once it touched your skin, memories of your past flooded into you.
It was after you defeated Ganondorf in his first beast form and sealed him away. "Thanks to you, Hyrule is safe and a time of peace can begin after all these years. Unfortunatly warriors aren't needed in a time of peace. Link, give me the Ocarina of Time, as a sage I could return you back to when you first removed the Master Sword," you told a 17 year old boy in clothes of your warrior form. He hands you the Ocarina to you but leaves his hand on it. You place your free hand on his for a moment until he removes his hand.
You say sadly, "Link you must put the Master Sword to rest and therefore closing the door through time." You put the ocarina to your lips and play a song and Link started to float up. "Thank you, now by my power, you could regain the seven years that you were missing. Goodbye, Link." You open your eyes as the memories of your past ended. "Are you ok, Zelda," asked Atem. You nod and add, "I gain a small part of my past." You look behind you to Atem and say, "I'm a sage." "What?" "I am a sage. I saw right after Ganondorf's beast form was defeated and I used the this flute to sent him back to his original time." A young voice replied, "Nice recollection, princess." A young girl about 10 years old was in green like your warrior form but smaller. "Who are you," you asked. She replied, "I am Saria, the Sage of the Forest." Another sage, you thought. "You, Princess, are the Sage of Light and perhaps the strongest of us all. The strongest of all the seven sages." Again you thought, This is too much to take in all at once. "Zelda, it's ok," said Atem gently. Held your hand and you squeezed it back.
"I have to go, I can't stay here for long. We will talk again soon." Saria disappeared just as fast as she appeared. You sigh and lean into Atem holding the ocarina. "Are you alright," asked Atem. "Yes, it's just a lot to take in all at once." "I know but don't stress out about it." He started to rub your sholders, you relax a little and start purring ever so slightly. "My king, ask her," said Seto. You turn to face Atem and ask, "Ask me what?" You see Atem turn slightly red but he replies to Seto, "Now isn't the time." "Now may be the only time." Atem turns even more red and sighs. "Atem, what are you going to ask me," you ask, "You know you could ask me any thing." He sighs in defeat and turns to you.
You felt his sudden mood change from calm to nervous. "Zelda, we may have been together for a short time but we have a conection beyond a life time. I know you will be there to help the kingdom when it's needed as well as help me when needed. Zelda, will you marry me?" This took you by a complete surprise, you weren't expecting it. You started to cry but you tackled him and kissed him. "Yes," you said through the tears. You give Atem a tight hug and he returned the hug. You face him and he kisses you tenderly. He looks at Seto and says, "Remind me to do the same to you when you get engaged." Seto just laughs. Isis comes up to you and gives you a hug and bows to Atem.
"Zelda, I want to tell you something. We, the guardians of the Pharaoh, have always saw you as our queen. Ever since we how much he cares for you," said Isis then she bows to you. The rest of the guardians joined her in paying respect to the future Queen. Mana comes up to you and gives you a hug saying, "I am so happy for you two. You and I will be closer then ever and we can both practice magic together." You smile and look at Atem who then wipes away your tears.
Ironheart places his hand on your left sholder to get your attention and gives you and Atem a hug. "Zelda, can we check your arm," asked Ironheart. You nod and sit like you were before Atem proposed. When the bandage was removed, the wound was no longer there. "You're healed but how strong do you feel," asked Ironheart. "I feel alright, let me walk around for a while." You slowly get up with Atem's help. You didn't feel weak and you were able to hold your own weight with no help. "Guess that answers that question." Atem, you thought, we will have to get moving if we are to defeat Ganondorf and Bakura. He nods and replies, Agreed.
"Get ready men, we have to get moving," you said to the guards. Every one nods and leaves to gather supplies. "You have to leave already," asked Sky saddly. You nod and add, "We still have to fight Ganondorf and Bakura to protect Egypt." "But we just got you back, please don't leave!" She starts crying and hugged you. You hug her tightly saying, "I have no choise. We have to stop him before hurts anymore people or gains any more Millennium Items." She nods and lets go. "I will see you again, I promise, but until then," you give her the Ocarina of Time back to her, "Keep this safe. I am counting on you." She takes it and wipes her tears.
You find a bag and start filling it with cantines of water, some bread, and dried meat. "It's going to be tough trying to the rest of the Millennium Items back but I know we can." Yeah but at what cost, you thought. "Hey calm down. I know your are worried. It's natural to be worried about something like this." You turn around and hug Atem. "I am just worried about that monster hurting you, if it is even real," you said with your face in his sholder, "I don't want you to get hurt, no matter the cause." "I know. We just have to be careful now. We will also defeat them, the both of them." He tilts your head up and gives you a soft kiss. You sigh knowing he was right and just hug him tighter. "I just finished packing for me and you. I think it's time to go," you said gently. He nods and releases the hug.
Once you were outside every one was saddling up. Sky came up saying, "Zelda it looks like there aren't enough horses." "It's fine, I will shair a horse with the Pharaoh." "But that won't be nessary." You look at her confused then she pulls the Ocarina of Time out and plays a song (Epona's song). A huge horse came running up to her. The horse looked at you and stands straight. Slowly it walks up to you and you hold your hand to greet it. It puts its nose in your hand so you started to pet it. "Hello, Epona. How are you doing, girl," you asked the horse. Epona puts her head over your sholder as if to give you a hug and you hug her neck. "Miss me, huh," you asked gently. The horse steps back and shakes its head. You started to laugh, all Atem could ask, "Did this horse belong to you?" "Yes, this is Epona. She's just so questionitive since I was gone. Are you ready to leave?" "Ready when you are."
With that, you got on Epona and started off to Kul-Elna. You were there in less time then you thought. Once you were in the village, a guard said, "This town is said to be inhabited by ghosts." "One day, the people of this village just vanished over night. All the people were criminals or theives," Shada explained. Just then you chest started to hurt from all the evil presences. Right after that a guard screamed and you started to glow. A large circle of light formed around you and everyone else. You screamed and all the spirits that were in the circle was destroied, which was only about one or two. You let a moan out before pasing out.
When you came to, you were in a room that didn't look fimilar to you. You bolt up straight breathing hard like you had a nightmare. Isis came in and said, "Good you're awake. Are you ok?" You replied, "Yeah, I'll be fine. Where is the Pharaoh?" "He went to fight with Bakura with the others." "He what!?" You got up and ran out of the small house and once outside you saw exlosions coming from your left. You ran over to where the explosion were and found three holes in the ground. Isis caught up with you to find you looking into one of the holes. You saw Atem fighting and saying, "We weren't attacking him." You turn to Isis and said, "Go help the Pharaoh. I will wait for a moment from up here." She nods and leaves.
About 30 minutes later, everyone was on the ground. You transformed into a wolf and jumped in the hole and landed in front of Atem, staring at Bakura. "Zelda, you're awake," Atem shouted. You changed back and said, "If you ever do that again, you will have to answer me Atem!" Bakura just laughed, "Aw, did the little girl come to play?" Though you were still human able to roar at him, then you got ready for a fight. The only thing was, you weren't in your wolf form or your warrior form. "Dark Magician come here," you shouted. Mahad came in front of you and said, "Nice to see you agian, Zelda." You smiled. You got in a fighting position with open hands. You formed light orbs in front of your hands. "You didn't do that the last time I fought you," shouted Bakura. "Careful, Zelda, he has some sort of spirit shield," said Mahad. "Fine, time to test my new abbility out." That circle of light that formed around you earlier never wore off so it followed you in the hole. The circle was bigger then the room so every one was in it, inclouding Diabound.
"Mahad, attack," you shouted. Mahad shot three green orbs and you shot the two light orbs at him and five direct hits. "What happened to my spirit shield," asked Bakura. "That's my new power. I've just destroyed your spirit shield." "No!" "Go Mahad!" You shot a light energy orb at Mahad's staff and it absorbed it. Mahad stabbed Diabound in the chest with the staff. "This won't work," shouted Bakura. "We shall see about that, won't we," shouted Mahad. Then the both you and Mahad shouted together, "Dark and light magic attack!"
There was a flash around the staff then Mahad jumped back just in time to see Diabound be destroyed. Bakura put the Millennium Puzzle and Ring in what you gathered to be the Millennium Stone. Then Bakura turned to sand and Aknadin came from behind you holding the Millennium Key. Seto had tried to get it but Aknadin cast a spell and you and Seto couldn't move. "Hey, what's going on? Seto can't move," shouted Mana. "Niether can Zelda, what have you done, Aknadin," shouted Atem. Aknadin shouted, "This!" He cast the same spell around everyone else and took quickly took the rest of the other Items. He placed the Items in the stone before you could break the spell. Before you could lunge at Aknadin, someone pinned you by your arms on a wall. It was Ganondorf and he growled at you. You growled back at him but you were still able to hear a dark voice, "What is your wish, Aknadin?" "My only wish is for my son, Seto, to become Pharaoh." All the Guardians, you and Atem were all compleatly shocked.
"Time to see how well you are to fight me again," shouted Ganondorf opening a portal. The threw you in the protal and jumped in right after you. Once through, you landed on your feet and when Ganondorf barley went through you jumped in again to be back in Kul-Ena with out him noticing. You were back in the room where you vanished. "How did you get back so fast," shouted Aknadin who looked different. You walked in front of Atem and got ready for a fight. You changed into your warrior form and pulled your sword out of it's sheath with the shield off your back. "You think you take me on as I am now? I am older then you so my magic is stonger then your's." "Unlikely about that. You aren't older then me at all. Not even close." He shot a wave of darkness and you used one hand to block the whole wave, "Is that the best you got!"
He looked at you confused and you shot a light orb and the wave back at him. It sent him into the wall behind him. "Now, what were you saying about your magic being stronger then mine?" He got up and shot three orbs at you and cast that made you unable to move. Three direct hits and sent you to the ground right in front of Atem. Zelda, are you alright, thought Atem. You replied in your thoughts, I think so. "A new king shall rise with your downfall, Pharaoh!" He shot a purple light at Atem and you quickly faced Atem with your arms out to take the hit. Breathing heavily, you whisper, "Atem, I love you." Zelda, no! You closed your eyes to brace for impact but it never came. Zelda, open your eyes. Someone is defelecting the attack. You open your eyes and looked behind you to find someone was blocking the attack.
"By the power of Hassan, no evil shall fall upon you my king," said the man. The man had a mask like a pharaoh's sarcophgous and it was made of gold. He wore a came and a kilt, ( pharaoh's skirt ). "I shall protect the rulers of Egypt as I have the rulers before you and before them," said the man, Hassan. "The true ruler is my son, Seto, not that coward standing behind you," shouted Aknadin. "Darkness begone!" Hassan redirected the it up and somehow the spell was broken. "Zelda," said Atem behind you. He said it so softly that no one else could hear him. You turned around and wrapped your arms around his neck. You both hold each other tight and Atem said, "You had me worried there." "For a minute there, so was I." You faced toward where Aknadin was and you placed your right hand on Atem's chest. Atem puts his hand on your waist and faces the same direction. "Your shadow spell has been broken," shouted Hassan, revealing you to Aknadin.
"Seto, look into my eye, don't let these men stop you from your destiny. Be by my side and we can rule Egypt together as father and son," said Aknadin. "Seto, I beg of you, don't make the same mistake your father made. Fight by my side and help bring peace back to Egypt," pleaded Atem. "That's what your father told me when he first became Pharaoh." "Maybe you should have listened to him!" "Everything I did he got the credit for."
Just then Ganondorf came though a portal saying, "What's taking you so long?" "Hey, I am close." "Just worry about your son, I will handle the rest." He nods, creates a portal, and throws Seto in. You try to run tin the portal but Ganondorf creates a wall to block off the portal and it vanished. "Sorry, family only," said Ganondorf smug. You stood there, looking at where the portal was, hoping Seto could hold his own against his father. "Zelda," someone shouted and you snapped out of your thoughts to find Ganondorf shot something red at your heart but someone jumps in the way. It was Atem and the red thing hit him in the heart. "Atem," you scream. You catch him from behind to find the a black and red spike in his chest. It was a spell. "Atem, wake up, please," you said but he was completely unconscious. "You will pay for what you did, Ganondorf," you growled. You placed you hand on the spell to prevent it from going any deeper. "Time to seperate you guys from each other." The room got darker and you held Atem even closer.
What's going on? What's happening?