Link

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I was awake.

Awake after what felt like an awfully long slumber. But...how long really was it?

My eyes were fully opened after adjusting to the darkness. And I decided to lay there for a few seconds, taking it all in.. And also waiting for the call of the sweet voice, that I had heard call me again and again while I had slept... I hoped deep inside that I didn't imagine such a soothing, angelic voice. Because it was the only thing I knew.

The few seconds of waiting and figuiring this out...felt like an eternity, but patience was key if she had went through all that to help wake me up.

It all felt so weird but in...a surprisingly great way. To finally be free of this darkness that I had felt was all so overwhelming...but I was glad to now be awake.
I knew deep down that this slumber was different. So different because I knew nothing but fear...And I really did know nothing.
So, other than the voice....I knew nothing at all.

My mind was simply blank. Blank of everything, and how I got here. I tried my best to control the emotions locked within me, and I knew it would be hard.

It felt almost like an instinct... An instinct that I chose to ignore the feeling of fear, hoping it would disappear compared to my large feeling of curiosity. Maybe I was like that in the past? The past that I did not remember.
It was hard to tell...since I didn't know myself at all. I didn't know how my body would react after knowing nothing...so I did what I knew best from these only moments of knowing myself..... I ignored the fear that repeatedly shivered down my half-bare body.

My curiosity rose more and more to know...just how long I really was in this strange liquid that I could feel ripple around me...because it felt like such a long time.

Not only that, but I was curious to see who had called me....the girl that helped me wake up.

She called out to me. Like a spark of light in the pitch of darkness.
She was my light. In my darkness.

And she was all I knew apart from this feeling of fear and uncertainty. There was just something so familiar yet so unfamiliar about her voice. I felt more and more captivated with every word she spoke.

It sounded foolish of me because of how easy I was to jump to these conclusions in such a short amount of time...but I didn't care much in this moment. This was all so overwhelming.

...

And so, my ears listened for her to call the name, which I could only assume was my name, once again.

".........Link........."

The name rung through my ears as she spoke.
I felt relief flush over me whole... 'So it wasn't all in my imagination? I'm...glad.'

I looked down at my body after I could feel the strange liquid slowly drain lower and lower as if this were a bath. As the liquid level lowered, it slowly revealed my dark blue shorts that were made of a fabric that looked rough yet smooth to touch. The weird thing was...the clothing piece was not soaked from the liquid like I had expected.

'That was definitely not water then.' I confirmed in my head.

And as it continued to drain from the weird oblong shaped tub I was in, I finally got a real look at the liquid that was around me. It was a bright, luminous shade of blue...just like the strange markings on the ceiling that I could see above me.

And in a matter of seconds...the unusual liquid was gone. And all I could do was wonder were it could have drained to.

Taking the hint, I felt a sudden feeling of courage to finally get up. I hoped deep down that I would finally find the girl behind the voice. And if she wasn't there...I didn't know what to do. I would feel lost...and alone. Not knowing anything or anyone...was beyond terrifying already. And maybe, just maybe, she knew more about myself than even I did.

I blinked a few times to adjust to the dark room once again because my eyes were a blur. I slowly moved upwards to sit up straight. As soon as I did this I instantly looked in front of me. I hoped to hear the guiding voice once again, only to feel my heart shatter within.

Silence.

Nothing but an eerie silence.

'I-I...guess......it's my turn to figure things out...' I panicked in thought.

It hurt me. So much. It felt like nobody...not even a soul was here. I felt no presence except the cold chill around me. I tried to ignore this usual feeling but it was no use. And yet...I didn't give up on hope.

My eyes then slowly scanned across the dim room, the only brightness came from the luminous markings so it was just enough to see through. I narrowed my eyes, noticing that I not only felt this strange atmosphere weighing me down...but there was almost a slight fog in the air...clouding my vision slightly.

But not even the fog could stop me from realising something. Something that shattered the remaining shards of my heart even more.

"She's...not...here..." I whispered with a hoarse throat in disbelief.

I immidiently touched my mouth after hearing my voice. It must of indeed been a long slumber if my voice was that sore. But, my question still remained....just how long..?

I thought about my voice again. Although...it did feel weird. Weird to talk. It was almost as if I barely spoke in the past. How weird would that be? I sighed and reminded myself of why I felt upset.

It was unsettling to see that nobody was here. It was...scary, even.

My face fell neutral again, which also felt like an instinct whenever emotion showed. I then properly got up from where I was by sliding my legs over the bed-like box I was in.
I expected my body to feel extremely numb...but to my surprise...I didn't. I felt more...fresh..than numb..? I ignored these strange feelings once again and decided to not let my curiousity take over and get the best of me.
After fully standing up, I instinctively took a second to examine where I had slept.

It was almost like a bed, but a weirdly shaped one, fitted for someone my size. It was so odd...and there was no words I could use to describe it and everything that was going on. This was all so unusual.

So I then stretched my body, and even examined myself a little while I continued to look around, desperately trying to find any answers to all this before I would panic again.
...
But there was nothing I could see. It was just a dim, empty, box-like room. And it was extremely mysterious.

The other thing that struck out to me the most...was that there really was no friendly girl waiting for me to wake up. She really wasn't there.
My hope was shattered along with my heart. And I didn't think my heart was capable of breaking multiple times, it already felt like it was broken to begin with...so I had no chance in the real world.

I was alone.

'Perhaps I did imagine it all. Maybe I am...crazy.'

I couldn't help but stand still and shiver quietly. I felt slight tears well up in my eyes but I immediently wiped them away, along with my worries.

'I still have hope. Hope to find answers.'

Looking around and examining the room once more, my eyes lured into the left corner of the room. There was something mysterious that had the same glowing markings.

"What...is that...?.." I said in my voice that was now less sore. And I said it in such a whisper, that it was almost inaudible.

I held my gaze even tighter than before, in search of familiarity and I then followed my feet slowly and carefully to make my way there.

It was...a pedestal?

I ignored the fact that it felt so odd to walk, because all of this felt so odd in general.

As I made my way there, I couldn't help but feel a weird feeling creep into my soul. What was I even expecting? But then I reminded myself that anything was better than here. Better than this room that consisted of no windows, fresh air or even life itself. I felt extremely claustrophobic and wished to find a way out before I would reach the peek of insanity.

And then I came to a stop. A stop right in front of the strange pedestal-looking sight.

I took a deep sigh and then took literally a second to examine it fully, it had the same makings and luminous glow that eveything I had seen so far had. But that's not what interested me...it was the object it held.

Suddenly, before I could examine closely, the sight in front of me started to move. Strangely, right at the second that I had looked at it.

It happened so quickly that I almost flinched, and I realised after the short moments of knowing myself, it was hard to do such a thing.

As the weird shapes and patters of the top of it started moving, it caused mechanical noises to escape the structure. I felt my body lean closer as the noises filled my ears, all I could do was as simply stare and wait as the glowing design grew brighter and brighter. My hope locked inside me revived back to life.

My eyes drew back to what I had noticed before. I was bound to notice it at some point because as the pedestal moved...it lifted up the strange object that I had just about seen before, causing it to face me as if I was supposed to take it. Again, with the same patters and designs...and with a strange eye-like symbol that I had seen almost all over the place. But I stopped thinking all at once as my eyes automatically watered at a sudden noise. A familiar noise...that was different than the rest.

A voice, to be exact.

"That is a sheikah slate. Take it. It will help guide you after your long slumber."

I quickly looked around. I had no idea where the voice was coming from. It didn't sound like it came from anywhere. How was that possible?

'So this really was a long slumber..? My gut feeling was...correct..?' This thought and many others crashed into my mind all at once.

It was so hard to process, but I had to accept it, and do as I was told. I pushed down all my emotions from hearing the angelic voice again, letting only the feeling of relief escape through.

'So...this was real. And all of it..'

I had no choice but to be brave. Otherwise, I had no idea what would become of me. And just the thought of that, scared me.

My eyes drifted back to the object that faced me. 'I was...supposed to take it..?

I had trust in the girls voice. After all, she was all I knew. And for some reason, I felt as if I would only trust her voice, even if it was someone else's. Maybe I did know her from my distant past..?

Maybe she was here while I had slept?

I stared blankly at it for a moment before gently gliding my closest hand, (which happened to be my left hand) towards it and then locking my fingers around while I lifted it up, causing more mechanical noises to escape the weird pedestal that it was on.

I put both hands on the handles of the object and held it high so I could inspect it. It was small, brown and the shape of a square, with a blank, dark screen and looked portable...all for...me..?

I instantly flinched. The object-- No, the shekiah state's screen..suddenly glew, showing the same symbol on its screen that I had seen almost every where.

I felt a gush of slight familiarity flow through my veins.

'This was a...mysterious tablet of some sort. I feel like I recognise it...as much, If not more, than the girl's voice I had heard.'

Unexpectedly, the pedestal began to move again, drawing my eyes in.

As it began to move back into it's original position, I felt my gaze tighten at something else. Something else that I had not noticed before.

It blended in with the wall but now struck my vision. It slowly moved, allowing an exit through the wall...which was actually a door.

'An e-exit.....? I--'

I stopped my thoughts. I had to act quickly.

I immidiently attached the sheikah slate to my hip and jogged over to the open exit in hope of finding a way out...which was really just an entrance...to another room-- No, a hallway of some sort.

The fog that clouded my vision before was just as thick but I felt like it would come to a clearing soon...

It all looked exactly the same as where I was before but no glowing feature was to be found, so it was hard to see. My eyes could only catch the attention of a few things.

There was a few old wooden crates and barrels....but also...a couple of untouched chests.

Because I had nothing at all on me...I walked over to it all and lifted the small barrels one by one, throwing them as far as I could. All that happened was that it smashed into little pieces in a pile of dust on the floor...but nothing was inside it.

'I still have hope. I still have hope.' I repeated in my mind continuously.

I made my way over to the big crates, automatically doing the same with them and with such ease...I couldn't help but be surprised by my strength but that was only one of many thoughts.

Shortly after these few seconds, I came to the conclusion that there was nothing in any of these. It was hopeless.

Leaning against the wall, I soon took a glance at the two chests.

Maybe it wasn't so hopeless after all.

I made my way over there and knelt down, it turned out that they were both unlocked, so it was rather easy to open.

"Clothes...." I mumbled as I opened one.

The first had a clearly well-worn trouser. It was better than nothing but looked a little short at the bottom.

"Oh well." I mumbled, while setting it aside.

I moved onto the next chest and found out that it had only an old shirt which was also quite short.

Again, it was better than nothing.

I threw over the plain shirt and pulled up the pants which luckily had a pair of used, brown shoes attached. As expected, I felt slightly less cold now which relived me a little. But the key word was a 'little'.

As much as I felt better with the basic necessity of clothes added to my empty inventory, I couldn't help the feeling of stress tumble right back at me.

I was still alone. And I had no idea why I was here....trapped and alone.

I swiftly rolled my hand though my soft hair and looked around again.

The fog was still the main feature of this hallway...but, there was always an entrance to a room. So I scanned the room in hope of that.

My eyes could not adjust properly and all I could do was walk slowly in the direction that I had not checked yet.

And then, I almost slipped. Slipped like a fool to the floor...but luckily I stood up straight.

'A step..?' I questioned.

I looked at the floor..'Maybe there was a way out...?'

I continued to go forward. This time, the fog felt more thin and easy to walk though which was no longer a problem that weighed me down.

And then, I kept walking...more and more, causing my footstep to echo and bounce off of the walls.

I came to a stop once again.

I felt the slight fog clear and I could no longer hear the echoes of my steps.

'I-is t-that....'

"A way out..??" I finished in a loud whisper which thankfully didn't echo.

I looked in front of me again. It was a large door that blended into the walls like before.

I shifted my eyes to something familar to the right of the closed exit.

Another pedestal.

I quickly made my way over and stopped in front to examine. Before I could put any thoughts together I felt the same warm feeling fill me whole as the voice filled my ears once again.

"Hold the sheikah slate up to the pedestal. That will show you the way."

The voice was so calm and straight forward, almost as if it sensed my worries on finding a way out.

In a way, I was glad. Glad to have someone or something guiding me. And I could see myself getting used to this since I had no answers to anything.

Even though I was physically alone. I had the guiding voice.

Falling back into reality, I realised what I had to do. I felt eager to escape from this nightmare and wanted to see what was behind these walls. So I took the slate off my hip and lifted it above the glowing pedestal. I gently taped it on top of the pedestal while I had a thought that I would have to do this often...

It made the same noises and my ears pricked up like an animal to the sound.

The next moments happened so quickly, I had no time to think, only to take it all in..

...

I felt a strong gust of the most calming breeze flow through my hair.

It relaxed my senses and I followed my feet once again to the exit. The doors weirdly opened from the bottom and each bar of the design lifted at different times, still allowing the fresh air to gush through me, while it rippled through my clothes.

'A-am I really....free..?'

I could no longer think. Only feel.

All I could feel was a weird sensation in my body as the cool breeze swayed with my hair.
I then felt a strong sense of adrenaline rush through me.

As the door almost got to the top, I could feel the warm, reasurring sun glow onto my skin and in my eyes, which caused me to squint while lifting my right hand to cover the sun's bright gaze from me.

I walked right in the middle and took the next seconds to take it all in.

'But...wait....this light.. It's not from the sun..?'

I adjusted my eyes and realised it was the light I saw when I first woke up. It was bright yellow and almost blinded my eyes. I only knew what would happen next.

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"Link...

You are the light--

Our light--

that must shine apon hyrule again.

Now go..."

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Author's Note:

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