Rebels

Chapter 13- Punishments

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Ugh…writers block sucks. Yea…here is the chapter. Please read the authors note at the end!

Ghirahim

"You won't what, my pet?"

I chuckled as I went back to my meal. I was expecting him to say Master; at least that's what I wanted. Instead I heard-

"I won't let you live." I quickly looked up and was defenseless to stop the sky-child from gouging my eyes out with the steak knife.

Thankfully, my Master was fast and observant as he used a blast of his magic to sent Link flying into a nearby wall. I looked over at Demsie; he was furious.

The chain holding Link to his chair had snapped with the force of the blast and he had slammed into the wall hard enough that he wouldn't be aware of what was occurring for a few minutes.

"Ghirahim…" By Demise's tone, I could tell I was about to be chastised.

"Yes, Master?" I looked over at him again and I could tell he was still enraged.

"You need to pay more attention. You know that he doesn't want to be here and you know that he wants to escape. Taunting him is just going to enrage him more than you already have." I couldn't believe this, what was he asking? That I not have fun with my pet? Does he realize how much this child has irritated me by getting in the way of my plans, attacking and defying me, and so much more?

My tone filled with rage and venom before I could stop it as I questioned my Master. "Are you saying that I can't torment the child that has caused me so much trouble? You are out of your mind-"

I was instantly cut off as I felt pain wrack through my frame. Demise's hand was outstretched toward me as he used his powers to cause me pain; it was similar to when he took my back as his sword.

Link was still oblivious on the floor.

"Don't you dare, ever talk to me like that again Ghirahim! Do not forget who is in charge here. I have forgiven and showed you mercy the past few hours since I came back, much more than you deserve!" Pain was still coursing through my being as my Master punished me. I haven't seen his eyes filled with this much fury since he lost his fight with Hylia before he was imprisoned. "I even allowed you to have a pet and I stopped him from escaping! If you can't handle taming him then I will take things into my own hands! I will not have some pawn of the goddess disrespecting me in my own home." The pain stopped, but I could still feel the after effects and aches.

Even through all of that, I listened to every single word he uttered, but the last thing he said was what really affected me.

He didn't think I could handle training and taming my pet to behave. I was perfectly capable of breaking Link, but with him in this mood, I didn't dare argue with him. He would punish my pet for this and I would have no say in the matter.

"Yes, Master." I could hear the disappointment and indigence in my voice. He had calmed slightly upon seeing that I wouldn't fight him. "Good, now get him and take him to my chambers."

Link had just begun to come to. My Master and I's conversation only lasted around three or four minutes. I walked over to him and waited. When his vision eventually cleared, he first looked at my furious Master, and I could see him tense in slight fear.

Then he looked at me hovering over him and almost jumped in terror as he saw the expression that I knew was in my eyes. It must be terrifying for him to see pure fury and vengeance in my eyes and knowing there is nothing he could do to defend himself from it.

Groose

(A/N-If you don't remember what happened to Groose, refer back to chapter 8.)

After the Demon jester threw me off of the cliff, I screamed as I plummeted into the lake waiting below. I don't remember the details of what happened after I impacted the water. I must have passed out and how I lived…I'm not sure.

I woke up in a large room. I was sopping wet, but I was on a platform, close to the edge of it, in the middle of a room that was filled with water.

I looked out into the water and saw a…jellyfish? There were many of them. They looked like jellyfishes or squids or something like that.

I realized I was laying while looking at them. I sat up and hear a noise behind me. It sounded like someone clearing their throat. I quickly turned around to see what was behind me.

"Ahhhh!" I almost fell back into the water as I stood up and stumbled backwards. The monster was enormous, not as big as the bag of flesh and teeth that used to be in the sealed grounds, but the blue lizard I was currently looking at was still big. I really wish I had made a portable version of the Groosenator.

"Really now. If that anyway to greet someone of my status human?" Dear goddesses, it could talk.

"I didn't know giant lizards could talk." This lizard had a face and was wearing a robe. I think it was a girl by its voice. Its face seemed to scowl at me and it floated up a little higher with indignece.

"You dare speak to the mighty water dragon of these woods with such ill-manners. Do you realize who you are speaking to?" Wait…Link said something about going to see the dragon? And something about needing perfect manners? Oops.

The dragon…uh...Faron I think, was still glaring at me expecting an answer.

"Are you the water dragon, Faron?" She seemed a bit calmer when I knew who she was. She gave a small nod as she glared me down. "Uh…um…." What do you say to a pissed off dragon?

"Learn how to speak you ungrateful child." I looked up at her as she spoke to me. Ungrateful? What do I have to be grateful for?

"Yes, I am the guardian and overseer of the Faron woods province. I am Faron; but you are to only address me as none other than Lady Faron. Am I understood mortal?" I quickly nodded; just waiting for her to shut up so I could tell her about Link.

"Good…" She looked pleased that I had begun to show some manners and stopped disrespecting her. Now that I think about it, Grannie may have mentioned this dragon before, but I'm not completely sure. "Now, I'll have you know that I do not accept disrespect such as the kind you have already delivered; I only allow perfect manners in my hall and you would be wise to remember that. Now, I'll give you ten seconds to give me a good reason for saving you from drowning in my lake."

So she saved me from dying? Oh! So that's how I survived. I looked up into her still-angered face. She was waiting. "Do you know Link?"

Her face lit up slightly upon hearing his name. "Yes, the goddess's chosen hero. I have met him many times. But what does that have to do with our current conversation." Did she know he lost the battle?

"Well, you see…he fought some demon recently…and lost." She looked confused.

"Do you mean that Demon Lord? Ghirahim?" No that was the court jester who just threw me off of a cliff. I couldn't remember the other one's name.

"No…it was another one. Ghirahim kidnapped my friend and then Link fought some other demon." Faron's face fell as I said this. But my mind was still stuck on Zelda. And Grannie. I can't believe I'll never see them again. I don't even know where Zel's body is; I was going to give her a proper burial and funeral…now I can't.

Faron was still looking at me with a shocked, horrified expression. "Boy, do you mean to tell me that Ghirahim has used to soul of the goddess to bring back his Master? Demise has returned?"

Was that his name, Demise? "If Demise is that thing that was in the sealed grounds, then yes."

"I knew that boy wasn't the Hero. I had my suspicions all along. The goddesses were wrong." She growled. The water around us was churning. It was making waves for no reason. Faron was shaking in suppressed rage. She looked to me again and I could see the anger in her eyes.

"So then, Link is dead. Where is Ghirahim and Demise?" She demanded, still growling.

I backed up a few steps, slightly afraid as I prepared to answer. "No, Link isn't dead. By what I know, his sword saved him. I don't know where Demise is, but Ghirahim just kidnapped Link. We were both running here to ask for your protection while we try to find out what to do, but he caught up with us. He threw me and Link's sword off of the cliff. I don't know what happened after that."

She was looking at me. She had calmed significantly, but the water was still churning. "So, the chosen hero survived? Then maybe there is still hope." She was musing to herself. "You say Ghirahim took the boy? That can't be good. I do not know if you are aware of it, but I was attacked by that self-proclaimed Demon Lord and Link helped me get my health back. When he attacked me, he asked much about the spirit maiden, but he also asked about Link. I feared that he had an obsession with the hero. Tell me, did you see or hear anything peculiar between them before you were thrown?"

I felt sick to my stomach as I remembered what I saw Ghirahim do to Link before he noticed me and Fi. "Yes, he…uh… kissed Link." She looked worried as I said this. I felt a tremor run up my spine as she said, "That's not all he'll do." Poor Link; I promise, that no matter what, I'll rescue you from that monster or die trying.

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It was a short while later that I left Faron's presence. She had told me that she saved me, but hadn't seen Link's sword, so it must still be in the water. She also explained that the scale Ghirahim had forced me to wear before he tossed me allowed whoever had it to move freely under water and also allowed said holder to hold their breath for long amounts of time. Not that it helped me when I fell, cause you have to be conscience to swin and/or hold your breath. She sent me away, stating that Ghirahim has no reason to come after me and that I would be able to leave without worry of attack. I swam out to the lake where I think I landed. I swam to the bottom and found the sword right where I thought it would be.

I made it out of the lake; thankful to finally be able to walk on dry land again. As I walked, Fi came out of her sword and spoke to me. "Groose, there is a 95% chance that my Master is in grave danger at the hands of the Demon Lord and the Demon King." Yea…I know that. She's probably not like this all the time. I mean, if she always stated obvious stuff that Link already knew all the time, he would get annoyed.

"I know, do you know where he is?" I expected her to say no, making things very difficult.

"Yes, I can sense my Master's presence and pinpoint his exact location." I now see why she's useful. She still spoke in a monotone-ish voice though. Like a robot, except with less emotion than that; even that Scrapper robot shows emotions….

"Then take me to him!" I said impatiently, yet excitedly.

"I do not suggest a rescue attempt at this time." Just when she started to seem helpful…she has to ruin it. "Why?" I was angry. What possible reason could she have for not allowing me to rescue my friend?

She didn't seem to even register my anger. "You are not prepared. I also sense the auras of both Demise and Ghirahim in the same vicinity of my Master. You would not survive you rescue. There is a 90% chance you would be captured and a 100% chance that they would kill you. Also, noting Ghirahim's sadistic and lustful tendencies, there is a 95% chance that you would be tortured before being killed, while Ghirahim uses your suffering to get Link to submit to his wishes."

I swallowed. She was right; I would die if I went. But…

"Then what can I do? I can't just abandon him." I looked at her as she looked down at me. Through her emotionless face, I somehow thought she showed pity.

"You and your kind have more things to worry about." She turned around and looked up. I followed her gaze. What?

I hadn't noticed the sky. The sky was fine, blue and pretty like it normally was, it was just lacking one thing-the cloud barrier. It was gone; I could see skyloft and all of the loftwings flying around. I could even see mine circling above me. I looked to the side and locked gazes with Fi. In a small voice, I whispered "What happened?"

Her face couldn't change, but I thought it would have looked grave if she could. "Hylia is gone. Her magic is what had protected you all of your life. She protected you from Demise. The cloud barrier, your loftwings', your floating home in the sky, they were all existing because of her magic; now that it is gone, they will all cease to exist."

I was becoming alarmed. "And by 'cease to exist', you mean?"

"Your cloud barrier has disappeared, your loftwings will soon disappear and not respond to their masters, and your home will fall out of the sky. Anything that was created by Hylia will disappear. Even I will soon fade away, being a creation of Her Grace."

My jaw was on the floor. I looked up at skyloft; I could bet that most of the people were staring back down here at the surface, not yet aware that they could die in minutes, maybe hours, with nothing to save them.

If skyloft falls with them still up there, then all of them will die. If the loftwings won't obey us then…I have to do something.

"What do I do?" She seemed to think for a second.

"My memory banks have nothing to offer, considering this was never meant to happen. So if I may offer my own suggestion, I would suggest getting the people off of skyloft before Hylia's magic wears off and the loftwings disappear. Bring them to the surface before it is too late. I calculate an 80% chance that you have at least an hour to achieve this." I listened to everything she said, and as soon as she was done I got to work. I began running for the bird statue, but realized that I don't have a sailscloth to use to go up. I looked up again.

I wonder…since the barrier is gone, will my loftwing come down here now?

I put my fingers in my mouth and whistled loudly, my loftwing rushed down and landed beside me. I climbed on and took off toward skyloft as Fi twirled back into her blade.

Link

I shook in fear of the unknown as Ghirahim reached down and pulled my up painfully be my arm. He didn't speak a word to me as he dragged me out of the room. I looked over at Demise and felt a chill of fear creep up and cause shivers to wrack my body as I gazed upon his expression.

I hadn't felt that much fear for the Demon King as of late; he was generally kind to me. But all I could see in his eyes now was hate, malice, and sadistic hunger as his eyes followed me out of the room.

I was roughly pulled from the room toward the stairs.

'No! I will not let Ghirahim do this again!' was what I thought as he pulled me toward the stairs. I was surprised when I was pulled up the set of stairs that I never had been on before. I assumed Ghirahim would rape me again for my attempt to harm him. Instead I was lead into a completely different part of the castle.

As I was towed threw the doors, the first thing that I noticed was that it was very different from Ghirahim's side and it was also very elegant. There was a red velvet carpet on the floor and all of the walls were a yellow-ish white, closer to a very light gold. There were two different hallways; they intersected in the middle and created four different paths and more hallways connected to the ends of those two. The hallways were very long and the walls were lined with candles that provided light. Similar to Ghirahim's wing, down the hall I was being led had two sets of stairs; one that went up and one that went down.

I was being pulled quickly, but as my head darted around to try and take in my surrounding as much as I could, I saw many doorways and paths connecting to the two intersecting ones and just looking at them made me feel lost; even though I was walking straight. The only thing that I would be able to describe this area as would be a labyrinth. I could get lost within these seemingly endless hallways and room and never find my way out.

"Where are you taking me?" I asked Ghirahim as he continued to drag me down the long hallway toward the stairs. I could feel the anger rolling off of him, but something gave me the feeling that it wasn't all directed at me. Maybe something happened between Ghirahim and Demise while I was attempting to get my bearings after I hit my head?

He never answered me, he just kept tugging my arm and pulling me forward. I began to struggle as his silence began to cause fear in me. I even drug my heels into the carpet to try and stop him. I made some progress and succeeded in slowing his pace.

He growled in warning, still refusing to speak to me. I didn't stop, we were feet from the stairs now and he finally turned around. Maybe now he would tell me where he was taking me.

I opened my mouth, about to ask him again. But instead, the air was knocked out of me as Ghirahim dealt a crushing blow to my abdomen. He picked me up and slung me over his shoulder as I tried to get my breath back. Down the stairs was a…dungeon? The walls were made of dark stone and so were the floors; it was also dark and only lit up by a few torches on the wall. The first thing I saw was a bunch of metal cells. I was roughly tossed into the nearest one.

Ghirahim gave me one final look as he locked the cell door. He turned and walked away, back up the stairs where we came from. I looked around the room. The only other thing in here was other cells. There was another door at the other end of the room. I could just barely strain my neck enough to see it, the door was ajar and light filled that room and flooded into this one.

My stomach flipped in fear and nausea, as I saw what was in the room.

From what I could see, there was a flat table…and many different torture devices; some I recognized, such as whips, knives, and brands, but some I didn't recognize and couldn't name.

I was starving, but I am happy I didn't eat anything, because anything that would be in my stomach would have been coming up right about now.

A/N: Warning! I need ideas for Demise to torture Link. I can't think of anything, and I can't write the next chapter until I get some good ideas! I could just follow Groose until I get ideas but those of you who would want to see Link tortured again will be waiting a while. And I already have whipping and cutting with knives/swords. Any very unique/original ideas are very welcome.

Review, PM, anything! I need ideas. Also, if this chapter sucked, sorry…I'm working through my writers block. PLEASE, if you are nice enough to review and give me a torture idea, I'm telling you now. I will not do a DemLink Yaoi scene. I could, but it does not fit into this story. Demise has no feelings or wishes for Link in that way. Thanks and please give me ideas!