Chapter 17: Hylia•
Link
That letter was so sweet! Deku Princess went all out to find the people I became close with and ask how they felt about me not being with them. It's sad that I might not see them again, but I love the thought.
Deku Princess is someone I rescued when I was going for a walk and found her trapped in a bottle. She was asking for help, so I did the right thing and helped her. It wasn't easy fighting the monster, but I had a good sword at the time. It could cut the thickest tree trunk in just a swing. Though... Deku Princess doesn't know I'm a human, so she didn't see me fight as a human before I put on the Deku mask to have her trust me. She's a nice girl, I miss Termina. It was the only place where I didn't need to feel stressed
To be in the mental facility took 4-5 years of my life. There was no way I was going to let it ruin it, so I had found a secret crawling space and it let me out to the open world of Clock Town, a town kind of similar to Castle Town
I met many people and they sort of first met me as a Deku scrub. I couldn't fit in the crawling spaces with my height and weight so being a Deku scrub was the next big thing. I'm one in the night time so no one would catch me and stay a human in the facility in the day time. I never seen Termina in the day time, I'm sure it's as beautiful as it is in the night. It's the place where I first started collecting things such as weapons, items, and mask
I took Queen Rutela's advice and ran to Zelda's house, which ended up being the actual Hyrule Kingdom. I knew when I was a kid that I was stealing from the king to... To... Whatever, and the very castle was where I met Zelda. I didn't think much of it at the time. I use to think Hylia was a celebrity because she got a lot of attention like Zelda did. I had a hard time thinking straight as a kid so I didn't think much towards much
Zelda let me come into her castle and brought me down to where Hylia's grave was. It was surrounded by a beautiful fountain with light everywhere. Zelda actually walked on water
"Link..." Hylia's voice called me. Something suddenly started glowing. I looked down and saw my entire outfit changed into some strange green tunic with chain mail underneath. Something about this tunic...
"Step forward and see me..." I looked down at the deep water. I stood straight and found myself stepping over it like it was a floor. I now stood in front of Hylia's grave, where I read
"Here lies a beloved queen, wife, and mother" I closed my eyes, sat on one knee, and bowed my head for respect. The air around me now felt different. I looked up and saw Hylia floating above her grave. I stood up and smiled in the silent realm
"H-Hylia!" I gulped "I mean... Your majesty" she giggled
"So you found out that I'm royalty... Yes?" I nodded
"Sorry, I wasn't the kind of kid to look up. So I only looked what was in front of me, not really thinking things through" she giggled again and held my cheek
"So you realize my death as well" I looked down and already started crying
"I'm sorry I couldn't say goodbye... I'm so sorry..." She smiled
"You are not to blame... It was my time anyways. I can no longer protect my kingdom as I was before. Now" she backed away to float back on her grave "you have came here..."
"I wanted to pay my respects, but I also want to come and take in your words again... Queen Rutela told me about the properties of Courage, Power, and Wisdom. She said this seal was keeping me from-"
"Your seal is pure darkness" I looked at her surprised "ever since I met you, I've seen great things in your eyes" she lifted my chin to look into my eyes "your blue eyes are pure with light... What you said about looking back and forward the last we spoke, you wanted to look back and know what you are still searching for. One way to let it all happen, is removing the seal that's keeping your courage and wisdom away" I bit my lips and took a step back "your seal has been cast after what happened to Ilia... It made you forget something very important to you. Actually, some things... The things that you are searching for. It also activated again when you came back to Hyrule"
"This seal is keeping me from knowing what I'm looking for and keeping me from being courageous and have wisdom?" She nodded
"Do you want to have wisdom and courage?" I looked down
"I do... But i can't have it!"
"That's your seal talking..." She held my hands "removing the seal... Will be difficult. I will help you find a way to get rid of it" I nodded
"Y-yes! T-that actually sounds nice!" I smiled. She smiled and floated away
"It's good that you want this... Power is on your side this time, so you know you won't give up" I nodded "To remember who were you looking for and actually become the person you were meant to be... You have to go around Hyrule and speak to every Spirit of Light. The darkness within you memory will break if you have their light the gods give them to protect Hyrule"
"W-why would they give me light from the gods..?" She sighed "I-I'm sorry..." I think I'm annoying her by denying myself "so... To break the seal, I have to look for all of them. That shouldn't be hard, I seen them all before" she nodded and floated back to me
"Yes, but the seal isn't going to automatically make you believe in yourself. You are still scared and make yourself go crazy. That is all you... Your actions demand on you!" I nodded ashamed "face your fear" she looked away "then face your past" she closed her eyes and held her heart "that ring you have" I looked at the golden ring she gave me
"Yeah... I kept it all this time. You gave it to me... Remember?" I smiled and held it close
"Or..." She smiled "maybe I just returned it to you and you don't remember" I furrowed my brows confused before she faced me and kissed my forehead "if you need my aid, come back to me..." I nodded and watched her and the silent realm disappear. I found myself standing in front of Zelda while holding my music sheets between her arm and body while holding a harp. She stared at me surprised before screaming and fell back. I quickly caught her and stared at her pale and nervous face before bringing her back on her feet
"What's wrong..?" I frowned. I don't know why she was surprised, she was waiting for me, was she?
She looked at the water wide eyed. I picked up her chin so I can see the shock look in her eyes "Zelda? Why are you pale..?"
"Link... You had another twin?" Excuse me? Another twin? That would be terrifying "who is Aryll..?" My heart suddenly dropped for some reason
"Aryll?" Why did that sound familiar?
"You know... Aryll" I thought it over but couldn't put my finger on it. Thinking it over made my head pound
"I... Don't think... I..." I was having a hard time standing. Zelda supported me by letting me rest on her shoulder
"What's wrong..?"
"Huh... So she knows her then" Ben crossed his arms. I looked back at Zelda
"Sorry... I don't know who Aryll is"
"YES YOU FUCKING DO!!" Ben shouted loudly at me, surprising me. I never seen him so angry "YOU KNOW WHO SHE IS! How can you just forget her?! You better look for her or I fucking swear!"
"Link..." Zelda frowned "What did you go through..?" What was she talking about..? My head really hurts right now
"who's Ben?" My eyes widened, and so did Ben's "Isn't he your brother?" My head suddenly felt like I got electrocuted. I lost consciousness before I could have a chance to blink. I was suddenly surrounded by darkness. I looked down and saw my chest glowing. I held it confused and suddenly saw some kind of vessels floating in my hands. I suddenly heard laughing. I held the vessels close and glared at the darkness
"Who's there?! Where am I?!" I shouted. My body was suddenly in water. I gasped and covered my mouth to prevent myself from drowning. I looked up and saw a figure falling into the water. I watched it gently falling to the sand, where I was, and saw that it was a boy. I furrowed my brows when I tried taking a better look at his image. He... He looked like me... But his face was so pale that it looked grey and he looked a little smaller
I was starting to choke. I could no longer hold my breathe. When I let go of my last breath, I wasn't drowning. What's... Going on..?
I looked down and saw the boy that looked like a younger version of me, sit up and hug his legs while looking up. Instead of having blue eyes like I had, his eyes were red with a hint of hope in his eyes. I squat down and stared at him... Ben..?
"I knew I was going to die soon..." He smiled to himself. I looked down and saw he was sitting inside himself. He's a spirit "I never knew I would last this long..." Sparkles came out his eyes like he was crying "please... Keep her safe, Aryll..." He covered his eyes "I couldn't do it, please... Let her be safe" I looked at his finger and saw that he was wearing a golden ring with a printed Triforce. I stared at it surprised and looked at my own ring. They're... The same!
I frowned and reached over for him, but him and the water around me disappeared. I stood up and looked around "where am I..?" Something was falling out my eyes. I whipped my cheek and saw blood on my hand. I accidentally dropped the vessels from my hand in shock. W-what is this..? The last time I had blood coming from my eyes was when... I saw Dink kill Ilia
"Ah, I see you're trying to break the seal?" I looked up and saw Dink like I never seen him before. I gasped at his complete dark appearance with glowing red eyes that looked like Ben's hollowed eyes
"D-Dink?!" He laughed and appeared behind me. I quickly turned to face him, but he left and appeared where I first saw him
"I'm not letting you break that seal" I glared
"Why not!? Are you scared that I might actually find a way to defeat you?!" Wait... Defeat him?
"Defeat me huh?" He laughed "oh brother, as long as that seal is on your memory, you can't do anything. Your courage and wisdom is lost and Ganon needs them missing from you to keep his plan from failing" I glared angrily
"What!? What he has to do with this?!"
"That seal is perfect on you. You can't escape thanks to it. You can't look back to check what is right or makes sense. Your past is blocked so it makes you clueless about your future" he appeared in my face and grabbed my chin. My eyes widened in fear "weak little thing, I can't wait for the day Ganon takes over. You and your friends are all doomed" I started shaking
"I-I have no friends" I glared. He laughed
"Sure you don't"
"I don't!" I raised my hands to grab him, but he disappeared and kicked me forward. I groaned and saw the vessels in front of me. I quickly took it and sat up to see Dink at my face in a terrifying smirk
"I'll let you be friends with them" I flinched
"D-don't play with me! I'm not risking you trying to kill anyone!"
"Don't you know I already know your plan on avoiding others, thinking I will kill them?" My head was hurting from glaring so much "I can even kill people who tries talking to you, avoiding them isn't going to fix anything. But I'll let you be close to them, I won't kill them" my glare softened "but it'll satisfy me when Ganon rules over Hyrule and they'll be gone anyways. The evil sorcerers will help Ganondorf, so it'll make it impossible for you to stop him" I slowly stood up
"W-why do you think I would have the ability to stop a man like him..?" He huffed and disappeared. I looked around for him but he wasn't anywhere to be found
"That seal is stuck on you loser, it's not like you can even dream about being some hero. You're nothing and after this world is filled with darkness... You'll be to blame" I gasped and gripped on the vessels angrily. I have to get rid of this seal... It's ruining me more than I thought... "I can't wait for the day you'll kill yourself. Your body will be mine"
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