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(Author's Note: Ok, last chapter! All things have to end some time, eh? I'm amazed it even received 15 reviews XD It's the most I've ever gotten. Thanks everyone! :D Enjoy!)
Chapter 5
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(middle of the night, a few hours before day light comes. In the court yard, Link is just coming out of the chamber. Confused and angry as hell. He has lost sense of direction.)
(He's making his way to the dormitory assigned to him in at the palace. As he passes an archway, he hears rustling in some bushes. He draws his sword.)
Voice: Put that thing away, little man. You shouldn't play with sharp toys unless you know how to use them.
Link: Heh. I only know of one bitch who is stupid enough to be confident of power she does not posses.
(Nabooru walks out of the shadows and into Link's sight.)
Nabooru: I could kill you right now, and you know it.
Link: But you won't. Those are not your orders. And even if they were, you are no match for me. You weren't for him.
Nabooru: That's irrelevant to the point in which--
Link: Why are you here? Hm? Ganny did not think I could handle it? (walks past her as he speaks. He leans on a wall, his arms crossed on his chest and awaits her answer)
Nabooru: My, my. You grew some balls up here, didn't you?
Link: Don't be so jealous. I am certain yours will come in soon enough. (grins)
Nabooru (scoffs, glares): Lord Ganondorf sent me to find out why you are taking so long to deliver the information.
Link: I have it.
Nabooru: And?
Link: They will be at Labrynna. West from here. They will leave in the morning and be there in five days.
Nabooru (chuckles softly): Good boy. I'll let my Lord know of this. (begins to leave)
Link: This is not the only reason you came here. (she stops and faces him) I could have given the information to him myself. Why are you here?
Nabooru: Ah, how silly of me of me to have forgotten so quickly. I came to deliver a message. (he stands up right, listening) There's one more task my Lord has assigned to you. I offered to take the job myself, but he insisted that his favorite servant do the deed.
Link (sternly): I am not his servant.
Nabooru: Whatever you may think you are, you are still ordered to accomplish this final task.
Link: Speak.
Nabooru: It's quite simple really. And it looks as if you've been wanting to do it all along.
(She pauses for a while as she comes closer to him. Link just glares.)
Nabooru (softly, menacingly): Murder...Princess...Zelda.
(Link just becomes silent, clenching his jaw, anger in his eyes)
Nabooru: You can do it, can't you? Or has the little shadow lost his nerve? (she whispers to him) I saw you speaking to that old man. I know he's still alive knowing something that can interfere with our plans. And I know the boy's body is still with you. All of this raises the question if you are still with us, or have you rebelled?
(link is silent for a while)
Link (finally, seriously): I will do it. With pleasure I might add.
Nabooru: Good. This will ensure your loyalty to us. Bring her and the boy's body when you're done. My Lord will be glad to see them together again. (she begins to leave)
Link: Wait.
Nabooru: What?
Link: You said this was my final task. After I accomplish it, what then? What will be of me?
Nabooru: Heh. Personally, I wish I knew. It's up to Lord Ganondorf to decide. A puppet without a purpose is useless. (chuckles)
(Nabooru jumps from wall to wall, from roof to roof as she makes her way outside the palace walls and disappears. Link is alone again. Wondering if Rauru was right.)
(He recollects his thoughts and changes the direction in which he was going. Now he's heading for the east wing of the palace. Where Zelda's room is.)
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(Author's Note: Dun dun duuuuuuuuun.)-----
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(The festivities had ended not too long ago and just about everyone retired to their dormitories.)
(A thin curtain wafts in the night breeze inside the quiet room. Only the moon's faint light shining from an opened window reveals what the room contains. A sleeping young woman covered in white bed sheets slumbers. Her blonde hair glistening in the moons' light. Strands of them over cheeks and lips. She breathes in and out softly as Link watches her from the doorway. He's been standing there for five minutes, just looking at her.)
(Link steps softly towards the bed and the girl. His sword in hand, he knows what he should do. He stands above her, looking down at her. Helpless. At peace. He stares at her body. Watching her movement with every breath she takes. He frowns.)
(Link raises his sword and places it over her stomach. Over her neck. Over her...cheek. He notices the stains of dry tears left behind on her cheeks. She had cried herself to sleep that night.)
(Link hesitates. His right arm quivers in the nightly breeze. He closes his eyes and does it. A quick slash is all that was needed. Droplets of blood fell down, one after other, hitting her cheeks.)
Zelda: Ung...(she begins to open her eyes)....Link...?
Link: Zelda...(more blood drips down)
(Zelda gasps as she sees Link's left wrist open and covered in blood.)
Zelda (gasp): Oh, goddesses. Link.
(she frantically searchers for anything that could be used as a bandage. She cuts up her pillow cases into strips, tying them tightly to stop the blood flow. Link's sight is off, ass if he were staring into space. He eyes every movement she does, but doesn't seem to understand why she's doing them)
Zelda: What were you doing? What's wrong? What were you think?
Link: I...(looks down at the floor)
Zelda: It'll be alright. Alright. Just--we just leave these here and...and...Link, why would you do such a thing?
Link: I don't know...
Zelda: You don't know? You could have killed your self! You...You....What were you thinking?!
(Link makes no movements. He continues to stare at the floor. It's as if he felt no pain in his wrist. As if he weren't there.)
(Zelda hugs him. Burying her face in his chest)
Zelda: You scared the hell out of me, you know that!? (she hits his chest in anger. She begins to sob)...How...Why would you do that...Why have we drifted apart....Why is this happening....(sniffle)
(Link notices his wrist has been sealed with strips of cloth. He stares at it as he turns it, studying it. He then feels the sudden punch on his chest by Zelda's hand. He realize she's with him. For a moment, he just looks at her. He wraps his arms around her, holding her gently)
(Zelda sobs faintly. Her grip lossens, as she feels his touch. She just wants to feel his arms on her. Telling her that he's fine)
(Link pulls her apart from him. She looks into his eyes. Link grabs a piece of cloth and gently wipes away the blood and tears from her cheeks. She gets a hold of his hand as he does this)
(This would be the first time Link had acted before thinking of the consequences. Link pulled her face towards his own as their lips touch. They kissed softly at first, then faster and more intense with a desire to do it forever. He ran his tongue slowly along the line of her lips, and she let him in. A faint sound left her mouth as if all her being was set free. He caressed her neck with his tongue and his lips and didn't stop. Zelda loosened her entire body, her breathing became short and hard, taking in all that he gave her. She now wonders if this is what lovers do, and she didn't want to stop. Link didn't have that in mind either. He slid his hand to her back and down to her bottom, grabbing a hold of it firmly, while the other hand was placed on the back of her neck as he continues to kiss her lips. His tongue went deep inside her mouth as he tasted her)
(At this point, Link no longer knew who he was, nor did he care. He had forgotten what he was told to do, and by whom. All he knew was that he wanted her. And she wanted him. He gently laid her down on the bed, her arms clenched on his back. He crawled on top of her and continued what had been started. He then realized what he was doing...And it was the first thought that had ever made him feel this way. No anger in his mind. No confusion. No thought what-so-ever aside from what he felt, and he let her know of it.)
Link: I love you...
(Zelda was no longer scared. No longer concerned of the past. She only knew one thing. The thing that mattered most to her. The reason she had doubted and had been crying about the entire night before finally falling asleep. He loved her. That's all she wanted to know.)
Zelda: I love you too...
(They showed their love to each other that night.)
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(Day light had broken and he laid there, in her bed, next to her. She's fast asleep, her head and hand on his bare chest. And he had been awake for over half an hour now. Just staring at the ceiling, at the pink sky with purple clouds, at her soft face and damp red lips. He ran his hand down her cheek. He managed to give out a smile as she moved in her sleep. The first smile he had ever given her or anyone. He was happy, and he like it. He liked being with her. He had never known what true happiness was until this night, until she showed him.)
(His concerns grew as soon as he realized what he had done the previous night. He had led the maidens and their party into a trap, and had not done what he set out to do last night. Everything came back to him as quickly as it disappeared. Zelda was still alive. Worse still, he had slept with the enemy. He had fallen in love with her. He had gotten into this role too deeply and is not sure of what to do now. Choices had appeared before him that he had never thought would arise. He didn't want to hurt Zelda, but is afraid of becoming "him"...or was it already too late?)
(Link got out of bed, put on his clothes as fast as he could, careful not to awake her. He grabbed his sword and went towards the door, only to stop and come back to her side. He kissed her lips softly, looked at her face, and continued out the door and into the hallway.)
(Dark Link had made up his mind. He would ask Rauru for help. He would know what to do.)
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(Author's Note: Well, that's it, I guess. It think it all fell apart in the end XD It got too mushy :P There was another part in which Dark Link fights Ganon and Zelda finds out that Link is not Link but is in fact Dark Link who's the new Link but still the old Link x.x; ...but that would take too long. I know I left it in a cliffhanger, but the beginning of the story wasn't really the beginning either. This was in the middle of something. Anyways, hope you liked it . Took me 4 hours to dream it up, 14 hours to type it up, and 5 days to edit XD;...the manga will be just lovely... I'm betting on a year. Oh, and if you were thinking this should have gotten a lot more heated up than it did, you're in the wrong place. It's PG-13 for Adult Language, not Adult Content. There's plenty of Rated-R stuff somewhere else.
Anyways, thanks to you for reading it through the end! :D -gives you a cookie-)
-Pheny Dawn
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