Fan Fiction ❯ Shattered Dreams, Broken Soul, Unbound Love ❯ Can't Escape Reality ( Chapter 8 )

By: Squall-sama

Parings: Link+Sheik (for now)

Warnings: NC-17, Angst, Link bashing, Sheik bashing, sap…

Disclaimer: Don't own them, don't sue me, Nintendo is the rightful owner so pick on somebody else who doesn't know what they're doing.

Notes: I know Sheik has blond hair but he's special in this and he has Silver hair-so deal with it! Actually, I have a really good explanation to why he has silver hair-later chapters though. ^_^

Extra Notes: * ~ * ~ * ~ * scene break

* * * * same scene, different POV-sort of. ^_^

Thanks: Thalian: Why thank you… your name looks familiar… though I can't pin-point it, you must be quite popular…=^_^= Thank you! Tearakanna: *laughs* Yeah! Thank you, I'm glad somebody else agrees with me! =^_^= Spryte: *laughs* how did I know you were going to try and defend me against celaary? Finally, someone with as much sarcasm as myself… =^_^= You're so very kind and you have been one of my biggest supporters throughout this fic and I just wanted to give you a very big thank you. *hands over homemade cookies, cakes, pastries and other sweet goodies* =^_^= Mina Tsukiyono: Yeah, I hope I do! =^_^= And that's ok if you don't get a hold of your friend… I'm sure she's busy-you tried that's all counts. Thank you! Toni: *laughs* I know I do go overboard… but when somebody goes and does something like that, I don't hesitate to bite their heads off… and anything else in the way…. Thank you for supporting me-however obscene I can get. -_-0 =^_^= Celaary: Ok, I don't know whether to be upset or shocked or what with you. so I'll just lay it out again-and post it on the front page so nobody goes and makes a fool out of themselves over my behalf again. Yes, I have beaten the game-more times than I can count. Yes, I know that 'Sheik' is really princess Zelda in disguise. BUT, if you actually took the damn time to read my bloody fic, you would find out WHY Sheik IS real in this!!!!! *pulls hair out* how many times do I have to point this out to you people!?!?! If you read the damn thing-you'll find out why he is real in my story!! GOT IT!!?!?!?!?! Don't ask again!!!!!

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~Part 8: Can't Escape Reality~

"Link… Hero of Time! Wake up! Wake up now! You must wake up now or all will be lost to you and everyone who cares for you! Do not fall into the pits of despair which this foul creature produces! Quick! Wake Up! Link……" Link could hear the beautiful melody of the beckoning voice fading away as he was brought back to reality once again. The Shadow creature that had attacked Link still lay atop him, its tremendous weight keeping Link from even breathing in deeply. Link moaned from the intense weight atop him and tried to move his arms but found them securely pinned to the ground by the Shadow creature's enormous clawed hands. He frowned and wondered for a moment how long he had been in this spot with the Shadow creature breathing down his neck in a very disturbing way. It couldn't have been long because his clothes were still in tact… that brought a shuddering sickness to Link at the thought of what the evil creature wanted to do with him.

Link pouted wearily and turned his head away from the Shadow creature's face. How was he ever going to get out of this one? His right shoulder was broken and surely a few of his ribs were as well… Sheik… Link caught himself thinking about Sheik and he almost wanted to cry. This creature was going to take Link's innocence before Link could even see Sheik! How could this happen, what could he do to stop the Shadow creature that, more than easily overpowered Link-even if Link wasn't injured he could never get away from the horrid beast above him.

Where did that lovely voice go to…? Link wished for a moment that the voice was actually real… it was only another one of his hallucinations though, like everything else Link thought he saw or heard. Link swallowed hard and dared a glance back at the Shadow creature above him-wrong idea. The creature seemed to have been watching Link's movements very closely and when Link looked back at it, the creature took that as a sign for it to continue with what it had been doing and it put the side of its scaly face up next to Link's and began to rub against Link teasingly. Link swallowed again and his breath caught in his chest; oh god what was he going to do?!

He needed to get away from this thing before-before… anything REALLY bad happened. Link began to struggle a bit, but found that too painful and it seemed the lustful Shadow creature above him liked the friction Link's struggling was causing, a little too much. Link tried to calm himself back down but it was getting harder and harder to breathe and the creature was getting hotter and hotter by the second. I-I need help… Help me please…… Somebody help… Link squeezed his eyes shut and turned his head away from the Shadow creatures face, but it didn't seem to make difference; the creature took what it saw and liked it all the same. Link's eyes shot open as he felt sharp pricks on his neck and then something warm ran down his long throat after.

The creature had bitten into the soft flesh of Link's delicate neck and now there were many tiny little holes running alongside Link's neck with quite a bit of blood draining from them. Link didn't know what to do, he could feel his blood flowing out of him and he started to become dizzy, but he couldn't even lift his arms to put a hand to the many tiny bleeding wounds. For a quick moment a thought flashed through Link's mind that he didn't want to do this anymore and he just wanted to die. But then, as if a hand had reached inside Link's head and grabbed his brain and yelled, "what are you thinking!?" he snapped out of his depressing thoughts and felt the presence of another, but he couldn't tell who or what it was or if it was close or far.

Link frowned and tried to look around for the mysterious presence, but when he turned his head, the pain from the wounds on his neck burned so badly and he couldn't breathe. Link started to panic and he began to struggle again-much to the Shadow creature's delight. Link grew weary of his pointless struggling and he started to grow sluggish in his movements; he eventually wore himself out all too quickly and he lay there, breathing heavily under the Shadow creature's enormous form, his body completely lax and unmoving except for the deep breaths he took every few seconds. All was lost to him once again, even the mysterious presence that he had felt only moments ago, had disappeared… or maybe it was still there, he just couldn't feel it. Link's body could finally handle the stress no more and his head plopped over to the side, and his beautiful blue eyes rolled back into his head; this left the Shadow creature with an unconscious and very vulnerable Link under his hands.

The Shadow creature smiled-or, if you could call that a smile-very evilly and it leaned down to lick at the sweet blood still flowing from the wounds it made on Link's neck. It breathed in Link's scent deeply and brought its lips to Link's neck, but before it could take that precious red life that belonged to the 'Hero of Courage', an arrow pierced through the tough scale-skin of the creature's back-right between its shoulder blades. The Shadow creature let out a bloodcurdling howl of rage and pain-arching its back and twisting around, trying to reach for the offending object lodged between its shoulders without much success. The creature was furious as it grunted and snorted, twisting and turning this way and that, trying to reach for the one tiny arrow on its body; in its struggles it threw itself off of Link's body and rolled at least a good fifteen feet away from the unconscious boy. Then another arrow joined the first, only lower down the Shadow creatures back-this erupted another loud roar from the creature and it fought even harder to rid itself of the torturous arrows.

Then another arrow was shot into the Shadow creature's body, this time in its left shoulder; another arrow followed that one, then another, and another, and another. Soon the Shadow creature lay on the blood-stained ground-face first in the dirt. Too worn out from its own pathetic struggles and loss of blood from the many and various places the arrows connected at on its body. The worthless creature fought to keep breathing, sickening nasal sounds coming from its throat, its eyes still open, staring at nothing as blood slowly dribbled out of its mouth, making a mess in the dirt beneath its placid face. Then, one more arrow came flying out from the shadows, where it had stayed safely hidden from the Shadow creatures view, and flew right into the creatures neck causing it to snap out of its dying trance for a moment-gasping and thrashing about wildly until it just stopped.

The creature fell back to the ground with a loud 'thud' and all the air in its lungs left its massive body with a long disturbing wheeze of a sigh. When everything had left the Shadow creature's dead body and it seemed positive that the pathetic lump of muscle was going to cause no more harm, a light footstep was heard on crunching earth and soon one small foot stepped from the shadows where it had been hiding, followed by the other. The color of the clothing was indecipherable with the red-tinted light filling everything, but it looked to be a dark color-blue perhaps, or possibly purple; the small feet were not protected by boots nor little slippers, but it seemed the mysterious creature wore a body suit of the sorts-somewhat like Sheik's uniform used to look. As the body slowly shifted from the shadows to the 'light' the tight body-suit revealed well muscled and proportioned calves and thighs, continuing up to firm buttocks and a trim, slender waist which was slightly covered by a torn and dirty cloak which covered the rest of the mysterious creature's body up to the semi-broad shoulders. But what was most mysterious of all was the mask that covered the creatures face and head.

It wasn't just any mask though, the odd patterns and strange shaped eye in the center of it all revealed it to be the 'Mask of Truth'. The creature turned its head to the side as it looked over Link's still form, as if contemplating what to do with the said boy. The mysterious creature cautiously walked closer to Link until it was only a foot away from the unconscious boy, it stood in the same spot for a moment then knelt down next to Link and slowly brought a gloved hand out to touch the wounds on Link's neck. Link moaned and turned his head to the side, preventing the masked creature from touching his wounds. The creatures shoulders slumped for a moment then it straitened up again and leaned down, close to Link's face.

Link moaned again and the creature put one of its small gloved hands on Link's chest, letting it be moved by the steady rise and fall from Link's breathing. The masked creature stayed that way for a moment, just watching Link's fine upper body move so gracefully even with his breaths. Then the creature turned its 'face' back toward Link and acted as if it whispered something in Link's ear. The masked creature sat up and waited for a moment then Link began to moan again and squeezed his eyes shut-tight and lolled his head back and forth lazily. The masked creature cocked its head to one side, giving the creature an almost curious air about it.

It waited patiently for Link to open his eyes, but the boy just wouldn't reveal his beautiful sapphires. The masked creature leaned forward again and when it got only a few inches away from Link's face, it pulled back immediately, as if it had been burned by the mere presence of Link. It brought its hand to its chest and held it there for a moment, obviously in shock, but from what? The masked creature started to lean forward again-slowly, but it hesitated for a moment. The moment passed by fast enough and it pushed itself forward again until its 'face' was right next to Link's again and, in closer examination, it found that what had scared it so much was Link's emotions in turmoil within his mind.

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"Sheik, why are you acting like this…? I-I thought you-"

"Thought I what!? Thought I loved you? You are a pathetic fool! Just as Ganon said-he was right."

"Right? Right about what…? Sheik…?"

"Right about you and how worthless and unreliable you are! He told me you wouldn't come for me, and I didn't want to believe him… but-but you never did come…… and soon I realized he was right and you were never going to come for me… You never cared for me!!"

"But-"

"He told me I would learn to love him and care for him as my master; I didn't want to believe that either! But I had no choice, and he made me love him and he was right… he was right and I was wrong-about you! You made me love him, you made me think he cared for me; you made me believe I was worthless and loathed and you know what? I started to believe it myself… because-because I loved you so much it hurt. I would have done anything for you Link-anything, yet you had to ignore my pleas and my cries for your help and love. You had to leave me with him… and because of that-because of your selfishness and ignorance I did learn to love him and now, now he is my 'Hero', he is my 'Courage' and you… you are nothing……"

Link stood before his lost love, his beautiful lost Sheikah, whom he had been searching for all his life, shaking his head in disbelief, and now that he had found the creature of his obsession the mysterious boy wanted nothing to do with him! Link didn't know what to do, he loved Sheik more than life itself, he knew that now; but now that beautiful Sheikah hated him… Tears began to role down Link's soft cheeks; he just stared at Sheik, not wanting to believe what he had just said. How, how could Sheik hate him so much when Link had never stopped searching for the boy; day in and day out, whether searching the vast plains of Hyrule or being plagued by countless nightmares of Sheik every night, Link never stopped looking for his beloved. But the Sheikah hated him and to make matters worse, Sheik now loved the one, horrid creature Link had fought so hard to destroy and save everyone from-including Sheik himself.

Why…?

"Why…?" Without realizing he had said the word, it escaped his dry lips, leaving Sheik and himself a little stunned for a moment. Sheik stared at Link with the most maddening and seemingly psychotic look, for the longest moment Link had ever had to endure, then Sheik parted his lips in the cruelest and most wicked smile Link had ever thought he could have seen on any creature alive. Link took a startled step back, away from the creature he loved so avidly. Why was Sheik staring at him like that for?

"'W-h-y…?' You ask 'why'?" Sheik's voice was filled with so much venom and spite for Link, it hurt and Link could bare it no more. He started to shake his head again, in a silent protest to what Sheik was saying and doing, 'This cannot be real, it cannot be! Sheik would never do this… he couldn't. Sheik, no, please… don't. I love you, I love you Sheik, don't leave me… please…… Please?' A sudden a loud bark of a laugh brought Link back from his thoughts and he saw Sheik laughing at him; clutching his stomach and leaning over he was laughing so hard. Link blinked in confusion, what was so funny? But as Link looked closer he saw the cruelty in the laugh and wicked smile still plastered to Sheik's usually beautiful and irresistible lips.

Link blinked in confusion and he lost his breath when Sheik abruptly stopped laughing and very slowly stood back up, his eyes glowing and the most menacing gleam shone in them; if Link hadn't known any better, he would have thought Sheik were to kill him then. A disgusting sneer covered over Sheik's wicked smile and took a step closer to Link-Link took a step back. Sheik took another step towards Link and Link once again parried that step with one back of his own. This continued for a few seconds until Sheik leaped at Link and seized the stunned boy's arms in a vice-like grip that left Link more than surprised than anything else, by the sudden movement. Link stared up at Sheik, who now towered over him in an unusually possessive manner; his face only inches from the frightened Link below.

Sheik's smile widened as his eyes bore deep into Link's own, and seemingly forced his mind's eye past the walls within Link's psyche and captured the boy's thoughts and emotions with his invisible hand. Holding Link himself, within the dangerously cruel palm of his hand. Link could feel the unfamiliarly forceful hands, grip his mind and the icy cold fingers twine through and around his soul. Link caught his breath in his chest and he gazed at Sheik with so much pain and longing in his eyes, not understanding why Sheik was doing this-how he could have become so cruel… The Sheik he knew and loved would never do this, but it felt so real.

The burning tears came back and Link struggled to get a grip upon himself and Sheik, but to no avail. Sheik's evil gaze and smile never faltered and he only drew nearer to Link, forcing their bodies together in a possessive, forceful grip. Link immediately became aware of the bulging erection between Sheik and himself; apparently Sheik still felt something for Link because that was definitely real. Link frowned, confusion very evident in his innocent features-he didn't understand why Sheik was so…hard; one minute Sheik is telling Link how much he hates him and the next they are practically joined at the hip. Link was scared to death and didn't know what to do, he still loved Sheik with all his heart but something was telling him how wrong all this was and why the lust Sheik held for Link wasn't any ordinary kind.

Link swallowed hard and put his hands up to Sheik's broad chest, trying to push the strong boy away. Sheik smiled even broader and he suddenly began to rub his tantalizing hips up against Link's, with an effect that left Link completely terrified of Sheik as well as his own body; In response to the friction Sheik was causing, Link grew quite hard himself in a certain area of interest to the Sheikah above. Link hated himself for liking the feelings the Sheikah gave him, it wasn't right but it felt so damn good… but why wasn't it right? Then Sheik bent his neck down and pushed his face into the crook of Link's neck and slowly began to suckle and lick at the sweet flesh of the frightened boy. Link lost his breath in that moment, along with his mind-he just let Sheik take what he wanted and the cruel Sheikah did.

Link dropped his head back, closing his eyes and moaning from the pleasure of having someone touch him in such an intimate way. Link had wanted this for so long-somebody to hold him and touch him and please him, and even though the feeling that this was all wrong-that Sheik wasn't real and it was only a trap created by Ganon and his minions, still clung to his heart and soul, Link still gave up and let the evil visage of his protector take him. Link moaned again, whimpering when Sheik moved away from that tender spot on his neck, but cried out when Sheik found another sensitive place, right behind Link's delicately pointed ear. Link closed his eyes tightly and wrapped his arms around Sheik's neck, rubbing his cheek against Sheik's own in a needy, deprived manner. Sheik continued to lick behind Link's ear and suckle on the said appendage occasionally, loving the moans and cries of pleasure he elicited from Link.

Link was so drawn into the pleasure he didn't even notice when Sheik laid him down on the ground and lay atop him, still kissing and licking at Link's delicate skin. Link's breath quickened and he leaned his head back, inviting Sheik to take what he pleased. Sheik moved back down the elegant neck and trailed his hands down Link's strong pectorals and taut stomach until he found the thick brown belt holding everything on Link's body in place. Sheik tugged at the belt for a moment and it came undone quickly in his skilled hands; still kissing Link's neck and collar bone, Sheik slipped his long fingers under the green tunic Link always wore and up to the untouched, silky skin of the boys stomach-it was a good thing Link wasn't wearing that white turtleneck. Link let out a gasp as the icy appendages roamed over his upper body in ghostly, whispering touches, but still just enough to derive pleasure from.

Link thrashed his head about, bringing his hands to his face, unable to bare the intensity of the pleasure racking his body… it seemed strange that such simple and light touches could provoke such intense feelings from the innocent boy, but alas, there was still the fact that he had never been touched in even the slightest caring manner-he hadn't even touched himself before, so it only seemed right that Link would respond to Sheik in such a way as now. Sheik left his place by Link's neck and moved further down, to the creamy flesh which had been revealed when Sheik pushed the tunic up to Link's chin. Sheik dipped down and licked at the sweet flesh of the boy's fine stomach, causing a cry of pleasure to escape the said boy's beautiful lips. Sheik licked his way up to one of Link's rosy nipples and grabbed it between his teeth, producing another cry from Link; Sheik rolled the delicate nub of flesh around in his mouth, sucking at it and licking it after it was as hard as it was going to get. Sheik moved to its partner and repeated the process, by this time, driving the blond boy below him, mad with pleasure and the pain of it.

Sheik moved back down the quivering boy's stomach until he came to the thin, white leggings the boy called pants, and he smiled again when he saw the raging erection Link had-much the same as his own. Sheik nibbled through the pants at the painfully hard flesh beneath, earning a loud cry that melted into a whimper from the boy above. Sheik grinned evilly and nuzzled at the protruding appendage between Link's legs, nipping at it and rubbing it with his skilled hands, teasing Link to the brink of insanity. Sheik soon found the extent of his ministrations rubbing off when a small wet spot slowly formed on Link's trousers, leaving a darkened area to show his passion. Sheik's smile broadened and put his nose to the wet spot, breathing in Link's masculine yet femininely pure scent-it made Sheik swoon with ecstasy and lust for the boy below him and that made him even harder than he was already.

Link moaned and whimpered and cried for more but each time he did, the pain and thought that what was happening was wrong, only grew stronger. He tried to ignore it and let the pleasure take over but it was so damn persistent over what was happening and it hurt Link to defy what ever it was that was telling him this. Link let out a heavy breath of air and dared a glance down at his tormentor whom he loved so very deeply… what he found almost instantly dissolved any lust and need he had before and completely replaced all love and devotion with revulsion-Ganon now lay in the place between Link's legs where Sheik once lay, an evil, knowing smile set over his hard ugly features. Link could only stared at the evil man in pure terror, his eyes three times larger than usual and his breath quickening by the second. Ganon slowly pushed himself up and leaned up towards Link's face, mimicking a panther stalking its prey very accurately.

Link couldn't even move for the first few seconds, he only lay there, frozen in terror. Ganon continued his lethally lustful pursuit upward, towards the horrified Link, never lifting his strong gaze from that of the fearful, watery gaze Link kept upon him. Link didn't know what to do, or even who he was for the first few moments he was so terrified. Ganon moved closer and closer, smile widening more and more… then a thought-or more precisely, a voice of someone else other than his own invaded Link's mind and immediately Link knew who it was and he did not want it in there with him.

Ganondorf.

Link swallowed hard and tried to push the invader out of his mind but Ganon was so strong Link couldn't even think of a way to escape without feeling Ganon's invisible finger's grabbing hold of his tired and weak mind and crushing it each time he thought of something against Ganon. Link whimpered and blinked in confusion, finally finding himself laying directly below Ganon-pinned and helpless to Ganon's evil mind and ways. Link tried to squirm away from Ganon's powerful grasp, but to no avail-there was absolutely no use in even trying to escape-Ganon was just… too powerful. Link knew he was doomed, and now, now he would most definitely never be able to touch, or hold, or look upon his beloved Sheik again-even if Sheik did love the man that was the world's worst enemy, along with Link's. Link hesitated, what was he supposed to do, after all, the Great Ganondorf was towering above him in a very frightening manner right at that moment, who wouldn't be confused and scared to death because of that?

Link could only stare in horror as Ganon lowered himself upon Link's frail body and brought his hard, disgusting face closer to Link's own as well. 'No, no, this can't be happening-it can't be! It can't end like this, how…why, why did this have to happen to me…? No… I know why, because I couldn't save Sheik from it either so I deserve this-I deserve what Sheik had to slave through-worse! I deserve so much worse! God, forgive me Sheik…… FORGIVE ME!!' Link squeezed his eyes shut and turned his face away from Ganon in shame, hot tears of rage and utter pain flowing from Link's miserable eyes. Ganon smiled and leaned down to lick at Link's neck; Link's face contorted in revulsion from the feeling of having that dirty, evil, slimy thing touching him in such a intimate way…. He couldn't do this-he just couldn't! 'Forgive me for this Sheik! I cannot… do this!'

With a sudden outburst that surprised even Ganondorf, Link brought his arms up directly into Ganon's enormous muscled chest and shoved the hulking man back, off of himself. Ganon could not catch himself with the odd loss of balance and fell onto his back, grunting when he hit the ground. Link scrambled back and stumbled to his feet, turning back to make sure Ganon was still on the ground, only to find to his horror that Ganon was nowhere to be found. Link started to shake violently and he whipped his head from left to right and back, then he spun around in all directions quickly, looking for his frightening enemy. Link could find no trace of Ganon anywhere and his breathing slowly calmed; Link turned to walk back the opposite way only to run right into Ganondorf's broad expanse of muscled body.

Link gasped and tried to jump back, only to be caught in Ganon's powerful embrace. Link struggled and kicked and punched and screamed with all he had against Ganon, but the large beast just stood there staring down at Link with a raised eyebrow as the boy continued to fight against him in vain. Then Ganon grabbed Link's head in his giant hand and brought the frightened boy up into a crushing kiss; Link's eyes widened to the size of saucers and he just hung there in Ganon's arms for a moment, too stunned to do anything else, then he squeezed his eyes shut and started to bang his small fists against Ganon's broad chest again. Ganon smirked into the kiss and pulled Link's delicate body closer, preventing Link from having the chance to twist free. Ganon finally broke the kiss and pulled away with a satisfied smirk on his face; Link panted and wiped the foul taste from his mouth with the back of his hand.

Ganon sneered at Link and unexpectedly threw Link to the ground with so much force that the wind was knocked out of Link's body. Link lay there, stunned and gasping for air, when he tried to sit up he felt a large hand shove him back to the ground. Link's vision cleared and he looked up in time to see one giant dark-skinned hand come flying right at his face, the next second he was back on the ground, head spinning and he couldn't figure right from left or up from down. Link moaned and tried to move his head but every time he did it hurt so bad he thought he would lose himself; then he felt his body being lifted from the ground violently and the next thing he knew, Link's green tunic was being ripped from his frail body, along with his white leggings and then his boots, then he was thrown back to the ground. Link coughed and rolled to his side, curling in on himself, trying to make his body as small as possible.

Ganon growled and grabbed Link's arm, yanking him back up so that Link was fully exposed no matter how he turned. Link cried out and tried to hide his face but Ganon grabbed Link's small chin and forced the boy to open his eyes. More tears of shame and hatred rolled down Link's soft cheeks as he stared into Ganon's dark, vicious eyes. Link pouted and tried to pull away but he was just too weak, and Ganon would never let him go now…Link could finally feel his defeat nearing and he had nothing left to live for anymore, all he could do was give up and he would have except…… except, his soul was screaming with all it had to not give up control and to keep fighting, and then there was that 'Feeling' again, as if all of this was only a dream and none of it was real-just another trick being played on Link's weak and tired mind.

Link just kept letting his despair grow though, even though the 'Feeling' was growing stronger as well; he just stared at Ganon sadly as the evil man leaned in for another foul kiss… Link would have let him have it too if it wouldn't have been for the sudden jolt of emotion that coursed through him at that moment. Link frowned, and then he felt it again, jerking forward from the force of the outburst within his soul. Ganon watched in confusion as Link seemed to be acting as though his body was possessed; Link continued to shake abruptly from the pounding of the 'Feeling' inside him and then he heard it, a voice… a voice so soothing yet commanding and calming all at once that Link felt as though he were going to faint. Link knew immediately that the voice was the 'Feeling' he had been experiencing and a sudden overwhelming sense that he knew who the voice belonged to, enveloped him and he found himself listening with his full attention, to the enchanting voice within his soul.

"'Hero of Time', Link, keeper of the Triforce of Courage, please hear me-hear my plea… you mustn't let this place control you! Do not let this realm of evil take over your mind and soul, it is an evil place and it will only serve to harm you more! Fight! Fight against this wicked force and the evil magic spell which it has cast upon you……! Sheik needs you…" With those three simple words, Link felt all of his joy and power over himself come back and he glared at Ganon, then shoved the vile man back away from him; Sheik really didn't care for Ganondorf, and he still waited for Link to save him… Link would never doubt his heart and soul again.

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The mysterious masked creature, sat patiently, watching the beautiful blond boy on the ground shaking and jerking his body every once in a while. The creature could see the fight going on within Link's mind, it could feel the hatred and force Link used against his soul's nightmares and the creature knew he was winning. Suddenly Link's eyes snapped open and he stared strait ahead, eyes wide and his breathing ragged, then he looked to the side and saw the mysterious creature with the Mask of Truth as its 'face' and he furrowed his eyebrows slightly and just stared at the creature he knew had saved him…. Somehow Link just knew that the strange masked creature next to him was the owner of that lovely voice that saved him in his dispirited mind and soul and suddenly he felt a wave of complete comfort and reassurance that the creature would be there for him if and when he may need help again on this troublesome journey.

Link swallowed and sat up, never taking his eyes from the calm creature before him; the masked creature merely sat there, in the crouched position it had been in since it had been watching Link, moving its head-following Link as he sat up and then it cocked its head to the side when Link stopped and was fully upright. Link waited for a moment, watching the mysterious creature as he thought, the creature was most definitely watching him. Link let his eyes slowly drift over the masked creature's still form and as he took in the skin-tight material-much like Sheik's own uniform, and the powerful looking muscles all over the creatures body, up to the cloak concealing its upper body, the thought occurred to Link that the creature looked very much like one of those irritating spiders he used to have to fight when he would travel to Death Mountain or Lake Hylia. That memory made him smirk slightly and the creature cocked its head again-the only movement it had made since Link had sat up. Link kind of figured that he wouldn't get many words out of the mysterious creature so he accepted the odd gestures and gentle silence; the creature had saved his life after all.

Link decided he would try and stand up and as soon as he began to move again, the creature leapt to his side in an instant and had its powerful arms wrapped around his body protectively. Link stared at the creature for a moment then smiled at it slightly; the creature lifted Link to his feet and held onto Link until he was able to form some semblance of balance in his weakened state. Link felt extremely dizzy and then he remembered that the Shadow creature he had been fighting before he blanked out, had bitten him-and his arm was broken! Link automatically grabbed his right arm and felt… nothing; and his ribs didn't hurt anymore either, he cautiously brought his hand up to his neck where the wounds had been made and those were gone as well! Link looked at the masked creature in shock and confusion and it just nodded slowly; Link sighed heavily, finally releasing the fear and stress he had been feeling for so long-but he still had to save Sheik… and wait! What happened to the Shadow creature!?

Link suddenly became frantic and spun around, trying to find the monster that had almost killed him. The masked creature next to Link seemed to pick up on the idea that Link was looking for the Shadow monster and it laid its hand on Link's shoulder gently and turned Link to where the said monster lay-dead. Link blinked a couple of times, slightly startled that the creature was actually there and dead. He turned to the masked creature again and once again the creature nodded back at him. Link swallowed and looked down, assessing the situation, he thought, if the mysterious creature was strong enough to defeat that Shadow beast than this masked creature must surely be a Shadow folk-Sheikah, just like Sheik, and Link had better not make it mad… but he still found it odd how the creature was wearing the Mask of Truth.

The mask used to be his until he was kicked down here, and almost everything he owned-including the Mask of Truth, was lost. Well, maybe the creature would reveal itself and give the mask back to Link when-if he made it out of this hell alive and with Sheik… but first he had to find his, hopefully, soon-to-be lover. Link smiled to himself, that had a nice sound to it-lover… Link's lover, Sheik…. Link would make sure that did happen, this time, because he wasn't about to let anything or anyone else get to his heart and soul again-those powers were his to control and relinquish as he wished, and when he found Sheik and they could finally be together, he would make sure to give Sheik his heart and soul because they already belonged to the beautiful Sheikah, the words just had to be said.

~tbc~