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Fanfiction ► Lya's Story (prequel to Shades of Gray and The Death/Return of a Hero)



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Hm, I am quite intrigued. What was the importance of the sword? What happened after Fortis pulled it out of the stone? Lots of questions with no answers; I hope all will be revealed soon. I mean, the whole story sounded like a legend or some kind of folklore. Also, how does it connect to the story? I'm really curious about that. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more.
 

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Hm, I am quite intrigued. What was the importance of the sword? What happened after Fortis pulled it out of the stone? Lots of questions with no answers; I hope all will be revealed soon. I mean, the whole story sounded like a legend or some kind of folklore. Also, how does it connect to the story? I'm really curious about that. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more.
this is supposed to be more of a legend. the connection isn't quite as obvious as i wanted it to be, but the sword is the one that Lya found in the desert cave.
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Side Story (Untitled)
Part 2

Over the next several days, Fortis fought his way out of the desert. Large sandstorms, wild animals, and other challenges made the trip out of the desert almost impossible. By the time that he finally reached one of the kingdoms that bordered the desert, Fortis was barely alive.

He was taken to the council that governed the surrounding kingdoms. The main rulers of the kingdoms were all waiting for his report. Fortis quickly told them everything about the sword and how the villagers hadn’t told him anything about it.

“We must send our army to this village at once!” shouted King Nefas. “We can’t allow them to make the first attack!” The other council members nodded in agreement.

“This sword should also be examined,” Queen Vitiosus said as she eyed the sword which lay on the table in the center of the room. “I will take it with me and see what I can find.” Her eyes glittered with malice as she looked down at the sword.

“Fortis, you will remain here while we examine the sword and decide what will be done,” said another of the council members.

“As you wish, your majesties,” Fortis bowed as he exited the room.



A week passed, and the armies of the kingdoms were prepared to march into the desert. The council called Fortis to attend another meeting. Upon entering the council room, Fortis saw that the sword was once again lying on the table in the center of the room, but now the large stone that had been inlaid in the hilt had been removed and sat next to the sword on the table.

“What have you learned, Vitiosus?” King Nefas inquired as the last of the council members found their seats.

“There is nothing special about this sword,” she said in her sharp, dry voice. “I can find no reason why that tribe would value it so much.”

“There must be something,” Fortis insisted, “why else would they be so protective of it?”

“Perhaps because they planned to use it to attack us,” Vitiosus snapped.

“Whatever the reason, we are prepared to begin the attack. Commander Fortis, you will lead the army to the village tomorrow and begin the attack.”

Fortis saluted the council and left the room. As he was heading to the army camp, he was stopped by a young girl had the same dark complexion as the desert villagers.

“Sir,” she said in a pleading voice, “you must return the sword.”

Fortis stiffened and started to walk past her. “I can’t do that,” he said sharply.

“You don’t understand!” she cried as she followed him, “we need it, it protects us!” Fortis turned and looked back at her. “Come with me and I’ll show you.” She started running towards the desert. Fortis hesitated, then followed her back to the village.



As Fortis walked into the village, he couldn’t believe his eyes. The healthy, lively people that he had left just a few weeks before had been ravaged by sicknesses and injuries. The bright atmosphere of the village had evaporated, and in its place was a feeling of gloom and depression.

Verum came running up when he saw that Fortis had returned. “You brought it back?” he asked hopefully. Fortis shook his head and looked around the village again. Some people were lying forlornly in the streets, and he could hear someone crying in one of the houses. “Fortis, we need it,” Verum said quietly.

“What…what happened here?” Fortis asked, still in shock from the dramatic change in the village.

Verum sighed and gestured for Fortis to follow him. They stopped in the center of the village, where the stone pedestal stood. “It’s not just our village that is suffering, it’s the whole desert. That sword is in our care for a reason. My people are supposed to protect it until a truly righteous person comes to claim it. In return, the sword protects us and the desert.”

“I don’t understand,” Fortis said, “we examined the sword, there was nothing out of the ordinary about it.”

“It’s not something that you would find just by examining it. It’s…complicated. You see, it was given to my people many generations ago. No one is really sure who it was that gave us the sword, but our responsibilities were undeniably clear. We weren’t supposed to let anything happen to it, or let it leave the desert unless it was in the hands of the one who it was meant for. If it’s not returned within the next few days, my people and everything else in the desert will die.” Verum looked quietly at Fortis. “Will you help us? Or will you lead your army here and attack us?”

Fortis was struck by the severe tone that Verum had. There was no doubt in his mind that Verum was telling the truth. But how could he convince the council? They were all prepared to attack and conquer this village the next day.

“I’ll do what I can,” Fortis said, “And for what it’s worth, I’m sorry for causing this trouble for your people.” Verum nodded and walked back the village as Fortis turned and headed back to the council.
 
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Oh, so that is the sword that Lya found. I was wondering what that sword was all about. So, when Fortis took the sword, the desert was pretty much brought to ruin. Will the same thing happen again now that Lya took it? Or will she become the righteous person that the sword was meant for? Well, I guess all will be revealed soon. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more.
 

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So, when Fortis took the sword, the desert was pretty much brought to ruin. Will the same thing happen again now that Lya took it? Or will she become the righteous person that the sword was meant for?
i haven't decided exactly what is going to happen, but it should be interesting.
here's the conclusion to the side story. there will be a little bit more tomorrow probably, but this is all i had written for my creative writing class and i didn't have time to add the ending that i wanted, so i'm going to try to write it tomorrow.
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Side Story (Untitled)
Part 3

“That is absolutely absurd!” shrieked Queen Vitiosus, “You can’t possibly believe this story!”

“I agree, it must be a ploy to get us to lower our guard,” King Nefas said as he frowned at Fortis. “You will continue as planned tomorrow with the invasion.”

“But your majesties, you must –“ Fortis tried to protest.

“If you don’t like your orders then we can replace you,” Queen Vitiosus snarled.

Fortis stood seething for a moment, then said quietly, “I live to serve, your majesties."

“That’s better,” Vitiosus said as she settled back in her chair.

“May I make a request before I leave with my troops?” Fortis said stiffly.

“What is it that you want?” King Nefas said in a suspicious voice.

“I would like to use the sword during the fight during the attack on the village. It would most likely be devastating for the villagers if the weapon that they revered so much was the one that defeated them.”

King Nefas nodded in agreement with Fortis’s idea. Fortis walked forward and picked up both the sword and the stone that Queen Vitiosus had removed from the hilt and left the room.

The next day, Fortis led the army into the desert. Instead of taking them directly to the village, he had them wait a few miles away while he went to the village alone. When he was close enough to see the building, he realized that Verum was waiting for him. Fortis held out the sword for Verum to take, and then offered him the stone that had been removed from the hilt. Verum sighed, with both relief and disappointment.

“Verum, the council has ordered me to destroy your village. They still believe that you plan to attack the kingdoms. I can’t prevent them from trying to conquer you; they’ll just replace me with someone who doesn’t understand you. Is there anything that you can do about this?” Fortis asked.

“Don’t worry,” Verum said, “my people have already left. We’re building another village farther in the desert where your army cannot follow. It seems that we will need to find ways to defend ourselves now,” Verum stated as he held up the stone. “The sword’s power won’t be as strong while the stone is separate from it, and we won’t be able to rejoin the two. Perhaps when the one whom it was meant for comes to claim it, they will be able to restore its power.” Verum turned and started walking away. Before he had gotten too far, he turned back to Fortis and said, “Thank you,” then he disappeared into the desert.



An hour later when the army invaded the village, all they found were empty houses. Fortis smiled at the other soldiers’ confusion, and then ordered them to return home.
 
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Oh boy, this whole situation with the sword and the stone looks really bad. I mean, Lya has the sword, but Gandalf has the stone. I wonder how long it will take either of them or both of them to realize that the sword and the stone are connected. Well, I hope Lya is the first one to realize it, and I hope she can get the stone back and rejoin it with the sword. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more.
 

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hey HeartOfTheHero (opps sorry) the last time you posted something was 10 days ago. im going to forget whats going on and have to read the whole thing again. i know your playing crisis core and all but can you PLEASE write the next chapter soon. im going to bug you all next week in 1st period if you don't update by they end of the weekand.
 
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hey everyone! i'm so sorry it's taken me so long to get the next chapter up. i've been sick off and on for the past few weeks, and when i wasn't sick i had ridiculous amounts of homework. but i finally finished chapter 18, so here it is :)
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Chapter 18

Too many shadows in my room,
Too many hours in this midnight,
Too many corners in my mind
So much to do to set my heart right


Ganondorf had me do a few more “recovery missions,” as he called them, where he sent me to find some seemingly worthless items. I wasn’t sure why he was making me do this, but it was simple and didn’t involve one doing any harm, so eventually I stopped complaining. As far as I knew I was doing everything perfectly, but I guess some things didn’t measure up to his standards.


“You did something wrong,” he snarled at me. It had been about three weeks since my first assignment from him, and it was the first time that I had been summoned to his castle. Usually he just used the mental link thing, which was highly disturbing, but it worked out as far as keeping everyone from getting suspicious.

“What do you mean?” I said in an annoyed tone. I had done everything he’d said completely by the book on every mission. Well, except for that first one … the sword was still hidden under my bed. But he couldn’t know about that, could he?

“On your first mission!” he shouted as he jumped up with rage. “You did something wrong on your first mission!” Oh no, it is about the sword … “You were supposed to bring me everything that you found in that cave! I needed everything, but you must have missed something!”

“Well maybe if I knew what you were looking for, I can tell you if I saw it or not,” I said with a sharpness that I was almost too afraid to use. What will he do if he finds out that I kept the sword?

Ganondorf glared at me, then started pacing back and forth. He seemed to be debating over whether or not it was a good idea to tell me. “What did you see in the cavern? I want a detailed description of everything that was there,” he demanded.

I sighed and looked away from him, imagining the large cavern that the stone had been in. “There were a few torches and the stone dais that was in the center of the room. That was all, the ceiling was too high for me to be able to see it, so I don’t know if there was anything there.”

Ganondorf stood glaring at me, then abruptly turned away. “Go back and find what you missed.” Then he left the room.

Well, this is just perfect, isn’t it, I thought as I headed out, I have no idea what I’m going to do.


It took me most of the day to get back to the desert cliffs where the cavern had been. Once I got there, I realized how stupid I had been. I had forgotten to tell him that it had collapsed, and there was no way for me to get back inside.

I sat down on the edge of the cliff, with my feet hanging off the edge, and watched the sun finish setting while I tried to think of something to do. When I couldn’t think of anything to fix the situation, I let my thoughts wander, and soon found myself considering how messy my life had gotten again. I was leading a double life, or at least, that’s what everyone would think if they ever found out. Ganondorf had me trapped, and I had practically let him do. Oh, sure, he had one of my best friends, but if I was really a good friend, I would have tried to rescue her by now. And here I was, sitting under the big sky while she was trapped in some cramped little cell. My life was falling apart, and I didn’t think I was going to be able to put it back together.

I got so caught up in my thoughts that I didn’t realized how late it was getting, and the next time I looked up at the sky, the full moon was casting an eerie light over the wastelands before me.

I felt a bit uneasy as I saw shadows shifting and I decided to head back home. As I stood up, a flash of light caught my attention and I spun to find myself face to face with a man. Or at least, something that looked like a man…

He was dressed in sand colored robes similar to the villagers, but his looked more old-fashioned. He seemed to be glowing slightly in the moonlight, and I thought that I could see through him a little bit. It was almost like he was … no, I refuse to use the term ‘ghost’.

“Please,” he said in an accent that I hadn’t heard before, “answer me truthfully. Are you the one that removed the sword from the cavern?”

I shivered as I looked at his face, which wasn’t entirely clear, like when you take a picture of someone but it’s not in focus. “Yes, that was me,” I answered hesitatingly.

He sighed and relaxed some as he said, “Then you are the one that we’ve been waiting for.”

“What do you mean? Who are you?” I asked. I knew that I should feel more uneasy than I did, but for some reason I wasn’t.

“It’s a long story,” he said as he came and sat down close to where I had just been sitting. “But you deserve to know the truth about that sword.”

Over the next half hour, he told me about the sword that I had found, and how it came to be in the cavern. Several hundred years before, someone had given the sword to a group of desert nomads and asked them to keep it safe until its owner came for it. In return, the sword would protect them and the desert from harm and keep darkness from entering it. When the nomads settled and built a village close to some of the neighboring kingdoms, Hyrule and a few others, a soldier was sent to find out the villagers secrets. He stole the sword and took it back to the kingdoms; they removed the stone that had been inlaid in the hilt. When the sword had been stolen, a series of plagues and diseases had swept across the desert and almost destroyed all life in the desert. When the soldier realized this, he returned the sword to the villagers and warned them that the kingdoms were planning on attacking them. The villagers went deeper into the desert and settled again where they were safe.

“We knew that it would be a long time before anyone found us again, but we didn’t want to take the chance of anything else happening to the sword. You see, after a few months, we realized that because the stone had been removed, it had diminished the swords power somewhat. It was no longer able to keep darkness from seeping into the desert, but it was still able to protect our village from harm. We didn’t know what to do. We couldn’t risk leaving the sword in a vulnerable area where it could be stolen again, but we had nowhere where it could be hidden. It was then that one of the children, playing up in these cliffs, found the cavern. We had to carve out the passage and chamber that were for the sword, but the main chamber didn’t need much work, and we decided to leave the stone there as a decoy for any unrighteous ones who came to steal the sword. The second chamber would only be revealed to the one whom the sword was meant for. You.”

I leaned back and looked up at the stars as I tried to take in everything that he had told me. “But what does that mean for me? Why was the sword meant for me?” I asked quietly.

“I don’t know. All I know is that you should use the sword to battle the evil that is trying to take over this world. That is what it was meant to do. Now, I must leave you,” he said as he stood and started walking up the trail in the cliffs.

“Wait! Where are you going?” I cried as I tried to catch up with him. “I still have questions, and, and, there’s something you should know…”

He smiled and suddenly I could see him completely clearly. “You have to figure out the rest for yourself. I’ve done my job. I told you about the sword. Now it’s time you did your part.”

“You don’t understand…I, I’m not … you must be mistaking me for someone else. I can’t be the one that the sword was meant for.”

“Were you the one who removed the sword?” I nodded. “Has the desert been destroyed?” I shook my head. “Then you are the one that it was meant for. Don’t worry, all will become right in time.” He turned and started walking away again.

“Well, will you at least tell me one thing?” He looked over his shoulder at me. “What’s your name?”

“Verum,” he said with a small smile, then he walked farther up the path and disappeared.

I stayed on the cliff side for a long time after he left, thinking about everything that had happened again. After some time, I finally realized what I had to do.

I was going to put my life back together and get my friend back.


If I take my heart’s advice,
I should assume it’s still unsteady,
I am in repair,
I’m not together but I’m getting there
 
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Holy crap, where in the world have you been?!?! Part of me thought you fell off the face of the earth or something, but it's good to see you back and updating. So, the sword was meant for Lya all along. Unforutnately, she needs the stone for it to be all powerful. How is she going to get it back from Ganondorf? And will she get Link to help her? I hope she does; I want to see some Ganondorf ass-kicking from those two. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more. Oh, and what was the namw of the song in this chapter? It doesn't seem familiar to me.
 

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Holy crap, where in the world have you been?!?! Part of me thought you fell off the face of the earth or something, but it's good to see you back and updating.
i had a cold, then i was swamped with homework, and when i actually had some free time, i just crashed and did nothing. it was pretty awful, but i'm back, and hopefully i'll be back to posting regularly :)
So, the sword was meant for Lya all along. Unforutnately, she needs the stone for it to be all powerful. How is she going to get it back from Ganondorf? And will she get Link to help her? I hope she does; I want to see some Ganondorf ass-kicking from those two. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more.
from here on out i think i pretty much have everything figured out, so you should see more soon
Oh, and what was the namw of the song in this chapter? It doesn't seem familiar to me.
"In Repair" by John Mayer


***oh, and before i forget, i uploaded a sketch i did of the sword!*** ~>CLICK<~
it's not professional or anything, but i figured you all might like to see it
 
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hello everyone! okay, now that I'm finally feeling better and stuff (and i actually have some free time) i should be back to posting more regularly (i hope) so here's the next chapter
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Chapter 19


Stop there, and let me correct it,
I wanna live a life from a new perspective


“You can’t get out,” Hannah said darkly. She took a few steps towards me and lifted the sword that she held. The last few rays of the setting sun reflected off the blade’s clean and gleaming surface, which had remained unused in the battle that had been fought just a few moments earlier. “Stop fighting it.”

“Why should I?” I shot back at her.

“Because,” her tone was menacing, and unlike anything I’d ever heard from her before. “I have him.” She pulled someone out from behind a clump of bushes that was by the cliff. Grabbing a handful of their hair, she jerked their head up so I could see their face. Then she put her sword across their throat. “Will you really let him die for you?”

I tried to hold back a gasp and I felt tears of shock coming to my eyes. “Hannah, let him go!”

“Why? So you can run away and forget about your real friends? You’ve know me since we were little kids. How long have you known him? A few months, that’s it. And who is it that you’ve chosen to stand by and try to protect? Your long time friend? No! You chose the [insert insult here]!”

“That’s not true! I was trying to help you! I came back for you!” I cried.

“Oh, is that so? Well that’s not what I heard. You didn’t feel like trying to help me anymore, so you left me to die! Fortunately, I made a deal, but unlike you, I plan to keep my bargain with Ganondorf. By killing him,” she gave her captive a violent shake.

“Lya…what does…she mean?” he asked in a pained whisper. We both turned to look at him. Neither of us had realized that he was still conscious.

“You mean you didn’t tell him?” she asked maliciously. “You didn’t tell him that you were working for Ganondorf the whole time?” He cried out as she jerked him up so we could look each other in the eyes. “She betrayed you.”

“No!”


I gasped as I sat up in bed. After untangling myself from the sheets, which had become wrapped around me while I struggled during my dream, I went and sat by the window. Shivering, cold, and with a growing sense of dread, I jumped up again and went down the hall to Link’s room. I hesitated before opening the door, but then I saw that a light was on, so I opened it and stood in the doorway. Link was sitting at his desk, with his back to me

“You’re up late,” he said, without looking up from his desk, which had some papers spread across it.

“So are you,” I responded as I walked up to him.

“Where’ve you been all day?” he asked lightly.

I wasn’t sure what to say, so I tried to dodge the question with “Oh, you know, here and there.”

Link looked over at me, almost suspiciously as I smiled sweetly at him. I was trying to look innocent, but I guess it didn’t work too well.

“You were gone all day, and you didn’t get back until an hour ago. I looked everywhere for you. No one had seen you.” He looked away from me, and I couldn’t see his face as he added, “I was really worried.” His tone surprised me; it was rough with emotion.

“Hey,” I said moving next to him and kneeling down so that I could look up into his face, “you know better than to worry about me. I can take care of myself,” I tried to smile reassuringly at him, but I couldn’t quite do it. Something in his bright blue eyes made me want to tell him everything, but I couldn’t. Not yet anyway.

“I know that you can take care of yourself, but Lya, please, don’t do that to me again. You have no idea how I felt when I couldn’t find you.” He looked down at me with such a loving expression, I hated myself for every even considering working for his archenemy, even though it was to save one of my best friends.

“Link, I …” I felt a sharp pain in the back of my head and all of a sudden Ganondorf’s voice drilled its way into my mind. I collapsed and I couldn’t breathe.

Oh no you don’t! You’re not going to tell him anything!

Yes I am! You can’t control me anymore! I screamed back. I could hear Link calling my name frantically, but he sounded miles away. I’m not your puppet anymore!

So be it. He sounded almost smug as he withdrew.

I gasped and jerked up.

“Whoa! Easy!” Link gently pushed me back down so that I was lying flat on my back. “What happened?”

“To be honest, I’m not sure,” I said, “but I’m okay now.” As I stood up, Link kept an arm around my waist to support me.

“Are you sure?” he asked as he pulled me a bit closer to him. I nodded and laid my head on his shoulder. He kissed my forehead and looked warmly down into my eyes. “Now, what were you saying before?”

“Hmm? Oh that. I need you to help me with something,” I murmured as I closed my eyes.

“And what’s that?”

“Well, you might think it’s a bit unusual…”

And who cares, divine intervention,
I wanna be praised from a new perspective,
But leaving now would be a good idea,
So catch me up, I’m getting out of here
 
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Alright, after all of that, she had better tell Link everything that has been going on. Those two are so in love with one another, and I am so loving it!!!. Man, I really hope to see some major Ganondorf ass-kicking soon. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more. Oh, and what were the lyrics in this chapter? Didn't seem familiar to me.
 

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Alright, after all of that, she had better tell Link everything that has been going on. Those two are so in love with one another, and I am so loving it!!!. Man, I really hope to see some major Ganondorf ass-kicking soon.
Well, you know she's not going to tell him EVERYTHING, because that would be way too easy...
Oh, and what were the lyrics in this chapter? Didn't seem familiar to me.
New Perspective by Panic at the Disco

hopefully I'll have the next chapter up within an hour or two
i'm so sorry about the delay everyone, i just haven't had the time or the patience to write anything lately :( but i'm going to try and do better this coming year
 

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alright, it took me longer to finish this chapter than i thought, i kept getting sidetracked, but here is chapter 20 finally.
enjoy!
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Chapter 20

I don’t want to be,
Anything other than what I’ve been trying to be lately,
All I have to do,
Is think of me and I have peace of mind,


Ganondorf’s castle was even more dark and creepy than it had been the last time that I was there. As Link and I snuck down the hallways, I made sure that I stayed close to him so we didn’t get separated like the last time we were there together.

“Lya, remind me again of where you got this information…” Link said as we rounded another gloomy corner.

“Well, it’s…kind of complicated…” I said hesitatingly.

“Then how do you know it’s true?”

“Trust me, Link, I know it’s true. Ganondorf has at least one person here as a hostage,” I whispered as we came up to an open door. There was a dim light illuminating a section of the hallway in front of the door, and as we looked into the room, I recognized the chamber where Ganondorf had kept me, and later Hannah, as prisoners. As I looked through the room, I realized that it was empty. The door to the little cell was hanging off of one of its hinges.

I gasped as I ran into the room and started looking through everything. No! He can’t have done it already! I thought, remembering Ganondorf’s threat if I decided to go against him. There wasn’t much to search, and in a few moments I knew that there was no way for me to know what he had done with Hannah.

I spun around and ran out of the room, dashing back the way we had come. She has to be here somewhere! He just moved her, that’s all.

“Lya, wait!” Link called as he tried to catch up to me. “Lya!”

I ran faster, ignoring Link’s voice in my panicked state. Where did he put her??

When I finally stopped, I was gasping for breath and I fell to me knees for an instant. Before I could get back up Link was standing over me, trying to catch his breath, but not in as bad a state as I was.

“Okay, that was fun,” he said sarcastically, “now you need to tell me what’s really going on.” I started to protest, to convince him that I had told him the truth (unfortunately I still hadn’t told him everything, but I just couldn’t bring myself to admit that I had been working for Ganondorf, even if it had been involuntary) but he stopped me, saying “Do NOT try to tell me that you got a tip from someone that there were some hostages here and you wanted to rescue them as soon as possible. I know that’s not what happened. I want the truth. Now.”

I tried to stand up and walk away, but Link held me down and forced me to look him in the eyes.

“Okay, I know that Ganondorf is holding someone hostage here because he told me so. It was a little while after he caught me that time we were here…”

“That long ago?? Why didn’t you tell me?!” Link shouted as he straightened up and turned away from me. He ran his hand through his hair as he sighed in frustration, then added in a softer tone, “Lya, seriously, why didn’t you just tell me? We could have had this fixed so much sooner.”

I stood up and faced him, angry and tired of everything that kept happening to me. I didn’t want to yell at him, but I couldn’t help myself as I said, “I didn’t know what else to do! I did what I thought was best in this situation!!”

“You don’t have to shout at me!” Link said, raising his voice, “But if you’d just stopped and thought for a minute when all of this started we might not be in this situation!” He turned away and muttered something.

“What did you say?” I demanded.

“Nothing,” he retorted as he started back down the hallway.

“No, it wasn’t ‘nothing’. Tell me what you said!”

“Do you really want to know?” he spun around to face me, and as I caught sight of his enraged expression I wanted to run away, but I held my ground. “It was bad enough when I had to worry about everything that Ganondorf was doing to destroy Hyrule. But now I have to worry about you, what you’re up to, and what you’re not telling me! It’s too much for me, Lya, having to keep fighting you for the truth. I can’t keep doing this.”

My voice quavered as I asked “What do you mean by that?”

Link sighed and shook his head, “I don’t know. I just don’t know,” he turned and walked away from me. “Stay here and look for whoever’s supposed to be here if you want. I’m going home.”

I closed my eyes and turned to wander down another hallway as he left.

“Finally! I was starting to wonder if he was ever going to leave!” a voice behind me exclaimed. No way…

I spun around and cried out, “Hannah!” She stood somewhat stiffly by the door that I had just come through. “You’re okay!” I started to give her a hug, but she moved away and gave me an icy glare. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” she said as she started pacing back and forth.

“Well,” I said uneasily, “let’s get out of here. I’ve got somewhere we can go where we’ll be safe.”

“No,” she jumped back as I tried to pull her out of the room. “No, not yet.”

“What do you mean?” I asked. What’s wrong with her?

“I need you to do something for me first. I can’t leave until you’ve done it.” Oh great, here we go again…


I’m tired of looking ‘round rooms,
Wondering what I’ve got to do,
Or who I’m supposed to be,
I don’t want to be anything other than me
 
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Aw, poor Lya!!! Link has just basically abandoned her!!! Man, I so hope that they can get passed all of this and kiss and make up. So, what was up with Hannah? I odn't know what is going on, but I have a really bad feeling as to what will happen next. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more. Oh, and what was the title of the song in this chapter? Doesn't seem familiar.
 

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uh-oh..... that does NOT sound good.....
definitely not, and you know it's going to get worse before it gets better. hmm, wonder what could happen next :confused:

Aw, poor Lya!!! Link has just basically abandoned her!!! Man, I so hope that they can get passed all of this and kiss and make up. So, what was up with Hannah? I odn't know what is going on, but I have a really bad feeling as to what will happen next. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more. Oh, and what was the title of the song in this chapter? Doesn't seem familiar.
Link's just becomoe so frustrated with Lya, because he can sense that she's hiding something from him, but he's good enough not to try to force her to tell him what it is she's hiding. He still loves her, but she's kind of pushing him away unintentionally because she's trying so hard to keep everything from falling apart, and instead she ends up making it worse.
Next chapter should be up (hopefully) before the end of the week.
"I don't wanna be" by Gavin DeGraw
 

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right, so, i just finished this, hopefully it's decent enough so that i don't have to go back and change it, considering the fact that i've written most of it with half a dozen children screaming and running all around me and criticizing the bits and pieces that they see. little cousins...:36:
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Chapter 21


I’m not the one who broke you,
I’m not the one you should fear,
We’ve got to move you darling,
I thought I lost you somewhere,
But you were never really ever there at all



I trudged through the house up to my room, feeling better because I knew that Hannah was okay, but at the same time I felt miserable because of what Link had said to me earlier. When I passed him as I went up to my room, I couldn’t bring myself to look at him, and I think he felt the same way.

As I opened the door to my room, I realized how tired I was. I closed my eyes and collapsed on my bed. Just a few minutes, then I’ll do what she wants me to. I woke up a little while later, and I noticed that something was wrong. I couldn’t figure out what it was, but I had this really weird feeling that something was missing. A quick search through all of my things didn’t show anything missing.

With a quiet shriek I jumped off my bed crying out “No no no no no! It’s not gone, it has to still be there!” I jerked a few things out from under my bed and looked in every possible place, but I finally had to admit it. The sword was gone. I let out a frustrated scream and slammed my fists against the floor. Why? Why does stuff like this always happen??

“Lya? What’s going on?” I looked up and realized that I had left my door open, and Link was standing there, watching me freak out.

“Has anyone been in here?” I asked him frantically.

“No…” he said and looked away uneasily.

“Are you sure? Because something’s missing,” I stood up and spun in a circle, examining everything in the room again. “There has to be something here that will tell me who took it…” Link started to say something, but I cut him off, saying “Don’t just stand there! Help me figure out what happened!”

“Maybe I could help you if you would tell me what’s missing!” he said with a touch of annoyance in his voice.

“A sword. It has markings down the blade-“

“Blue-green diamonds, and it looks like something’s missing from the hilt?” he asked, cocking his head to the side and raising one eyebrow, in a distinctly irritated expression.

“Yes, but how did you…wait, did you take it??” I can’t believe it! He took it…but why?

“What? No, I didn’t take it!” he said, his expression changing to disbelief. “You walked out with it a few hours ago. Said you needed to take it to someone to save their life, or something like that. I didn’t bother asking you for details, since you looked pretty wasted, like you had no energy left, and you didn’t seem like you wanted to talk anyway.”

“What are you talking about? I’ve only been home for a few minutes. And I haven’t left my room since I got here,” I said, feeling stupid for accusing him of taking it. But still, what he was saying didn’t make sense.

“No Lya, you’ve been home for about six hours, minus the one that you spent when you left to take that sword to whoever it was that needed it.”

I looked out the window, and saw that it was pitch black outside. Why didn’t I notice that before? As I stood trying to figure out what had happened, a wave of dizziness came over me, and I started to fall.

“Lya!” I heard Link shout, right before I hit the floor.


I started to regain consciousness a while later. I couldn’t figure out where I was, I felt like maybe someone was holding me, but I wasn’t sure. Why do I feel so weak? What’s happening to me? I shifted a little bit, and closed my eyes tighter. Memories were starting to come back to me, ones that I hadn’t even realized that I was missing. Oh god, what have I done?



“What do you need me to do?” I asked Hannah uneasily. She looked closely at me, narrowing her eyes and considering something.

“You have the piece that the stone goes in, don’t you?” she asked, cocking her head to the side and looking closely at me.

“Um…I don’t know what you mean…” I looked away from her nervously, thinking of the sword in my room. It had a place in the hilt that looked like something was missing, and I had noticed that it was pretty much the same size as the stone that I had found in the cave with it.

“Yes you do. I have the stone, but I need the other piece. What is it? A bow? A shield? Some kind of weapon?” She leaned towards me, making me feel like I was in an interrogation.

“Well…”

“What is it?”

“A…sword.”

“Lya, I need you to bring it to me. I can’t leave here until I have it. I need to put the two pieces together. It’s the only way that I can get out of here.”

“No, I can’t. It’s too dangerous to bring it here with Ganondorf around. If he gets his hands on the sword, things will get very bad. I can’t do that.” I looked her straight in the eyes, and as I did, I noticed something strange. Her normally hazel eyes had tints of red in them, and as she got angrier, the red started to stand out more and more. “Hannah, maybe I should come back with Link, he’ll know what to do.”

“No!” she spun around and pinned me against the wall. “You can’t bring him into this!”

“What the hell is wrong with you!” I gasped as she kept me pinned up against the wall.

She bloodcurdling laugh and jabbed me with a syringe full of some sort of liquid. “Now, you’ll do what I say.”


“Ah!” I jerked up into a sitting position. The good news – I was no longer being affected by whatever it was that Hannah had injected me with, and I remembered what had really happened. The bad news – I had just banged heads with Link.

“Oww!” we both cried out at the same time as we pulled apart a little bit.

“Ooh, that hurt,” Link said as he rubbed his head. I looked up at him sheepishly and muttered an apology. “Okay, now lie still for a minute, I think you’ve been drugged, and it could still be affecting you.” Seriously? I had no idea. “From what I can tell the drug that they used on you allows them to control you for several hours, and they gave you a pretty heavy dose of it. You need to take it easy for the rest of tonight, and preferably tomorrow too.” He looked down at me, and he serious expression changed to a more lighthearted one as he added “Although I guess I should know better than to try and keep you down for more than a few hours.”

I smiled a little, but I needed to explain to him how serious and important this was. He didn’t understand what had happened with Hannah and the sword, actually, he didn’t even know about Hannah. When I tried to explain it to him, he gently placed his hand over my mouth, silencing me as he leaned down to kiss me on my forehead.

“Lya, please, take a break from trying to fix everything for one night. Just one night, stay here with me and let me take care of you,” he pulled me close against him and rested his head against mine. I closed my eyes and let him hold me for a while, before I finally pulled away.

“Link, I want to stay, but…I have to fix this one.” My voice quavered as I stood up and said “I think I might have to do this one alone.”

“What?! Lya, whatever it is that you’re caught up in, I’m not going to let you do it alone. I’m coming with you!” He said jumping up after me.

I turned away and closed my eyes tightly trying to hold back tears. Turning my head just enough to see him out of the corner of my eye, I hardened my voice and said, “I don’t want your help. Now leave me alone.” I don’t want you to get hurt.

He stood stunned as I walked out. I left the house and ran out past the edge of the town. By the time I stopped, I was sobbing uncontrollably, and I couldn’t believe what I had just done. Oh Link, please forgive me…but I really do have to do this alone…


And I want to get free,
Talk to me,
I can fear you falling,
And I won’t attempt to be,
All you need,
Somehow here is gone
 
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