Vio's Nightmare

Title says all.

Heaving a final swing of the four sword, I cut through the last of the thicket branches. As I step out of the thickets, I wipe my brow. 'At least I'm out of the thickets. But only to be completely lost in this dense forest instead' I sigh. With my sword in my hand, I continue to walk. Suddenly, I trip over... something. I stand up, dust myself off, then look at the thing I tripped over. It's a round onion like thing. It looks kind if like a deku nut. Then it starts to yell at me, "Hey! Watch it!" Another one next to it said "Look out! *PI* We're building a shrine to our lord here! *PI*! Your in the way! *PI*" "Is Vaati your boss? Did he do this to the forest?" I ask, glancing around. "What's a "Vaati"? *PI* never heard of it. *PI*" then the other one piped in, "We work for Lord Ganon! *PI*!" My eyes flash with regonization. "Hip. Hip... HURRAAAAAY! Three cheers for Ganon!" the two round small creatures cheered. The things bounce away, and I continue walking. As I walk I talk out loud to myself "I know that name. That's the name used by the Gerudo desert people. Why would magical plants worship a human... from the desert?" "I've got to tell the others right away!" "Are you SURE you need to tell them?" a familiar voice asked. My blood ran cold, and I tightened my hand around the four sword, ready to attack. It was smooth like velvet, but it had a dangerous as spikes edge to it. Dangerous and sharp. I do a 360, searching for the source, knowing full well who it belongs to. I glance up at the tree tops. In the moon light I can just make out a silhouetted figure sitting on the top branch in the tallest tree. 'Shadow Link!' I thought as I watch him walk off the branch as if it were nothing and land on the ground gracefully, unharmed. He edges closer, saying "What's the point of telling them anything?" He started to circle me but in a friendly non-threatening way. "They never listen... Just fight and argue." Shadow Link stood in front of me now. "Eventually, you'll realize you don't need them." "I see what your doing." I say, pointing the four sword at his chest, "Your trying to turn me against the others!" His arms crossed over his chest, he says "Only YOU can see the big picture." Shadow takes a step towards me, casually pushing the sword aside. My body tenses, ready to kill the intruder, the enemy, but my heart is telling me "Wait. Hear what he has to say." "The good AND the bad." he says, getting closer still. "They can't, and they never will!" His voice has lost its dangerous edge. Now it sounds soft and friendly, inviting. His hand's on my shoulder now, and I can feel his breath on my face. He's soooo close! My smart mind is telling me to run and get away or at least to push him, but my heart's telling me to listen, stay, and be near him. My heart wants him. My heart so far is winning the battle. His crimson red eyes stare into mine. Warm blood red verses icy cold blue. "I want to know what you think." his voice says in my ear. He's so close. His breath is so warm in my ear compared to the chilly forest. "I'll listen..." Shadow's voice just above a whisper said. I could feel my mind slowly start to give in. My mind fuzzy, I listen to his words, "I want to hear it ALL..." Now eath of his hands held one of my shoulders. Unable to make any sort of noise, I just stay there silent, listening closely, drinking in his words. "Tell me EVERYTHING." Shadow said, his voice full of such strong desire. With on last attempt to repel him, I say "L... Let go..." I could tell he knew that I was caving in. Now his arm is around my shoulders, and a shudder passes through me. My sword fell to the ground with a loud clank in the silent stillness of the forest. "Maybe... Maybe your right." I say. I could already feel his dark powers wrapping around us. "The others would never listen to me anyway..." Suddenly, I feel a crushing force against my chest. Soon enough the world goes black, and as it does I hear a faint naughty laugh of victory. {Dream Shifts}•[Dream Shifts]••|Dream Shifts|•_Dream Shifts_•(Dream Shi After a few mintues, just to make sure Shadow's fully asleep, with a mallet in my hands I walk down the old stone stairs to the main foyer with the Dark Mirror. Ready to smash that mirror, I silently walk over to it. Once in front of the mirror, I raise the mallet. My arms shake with unwillingness. They don't want to do this. Just as I was about to swing it down, an annoying jingly voice says "Hi there, hero boy! What are you doing here?" He didn't look familiar. He's wearing a green outfit kind of like Green's getup. This little guy is short though. "W-who are you?" I ask nervously, my body tensing up. "Aw! You changed! We aren't dressed the same anymore!" said the annoying thing 'Does he mean Green?' I thought before saying "Your mistaken. Now, beat it!" "How rude! I bet YOU know where some forest gems are. Where? Tell me! Where?" "Get lost!" I yell, irritated. I swing my mallet at him and send him flying. He lands on the hinox gruading the mirror. 'Oh crap!' I thought. He awakens and rises to his full height. I sigh and ready my sword. After I knock him out, I throw the hammer out the window and hear a thud as it landed. Then I see Shadow and his hinox minions walking into the foyer. "What's going on down here?" Shadow asks, "Why did you hit him?" "I was examining the mirror whe he just attacked!" I say, calmy. Lying comes easy to me like a second nature. "I think he was sleep walking." Then a hinox with a huge bump on its head walks in, holding my mallet. Shadow Link looks at it and says "Someone was trying to break the mirror!" "I saw a strange little man earlier." I state as he sets the hammer down. "The last two heroes may have snuck in." Shadow declares, walking over to the mirror. "Ya... That's probably it..." I say, following him. "Let's ask the mirror what they're up to." he says. Alarm shoots through me as he places his hand on the black glass surface. I swallow. I keep my face blank as the black highlighted in purple smoke inside the Dark Mirror swirls. It swirls till it shows the other Links. All three of them. Red, Blue, and... Green. Shadow's nails streched as he clawed the mirror's surface frustrated. Then he says "Green?!" Anger and fury laced through his voice, he continues, "How is he still alive?!" "I-I don't know... I'm sure I... killed..." I trail off as the mirror changes. When the smoke stops swirling, a scene unfolds before us. It shows me holding the mallet, about to smash the mirror. Watching Shadow, I see a quick flash of hurt on his face, but then it's replaced by anger and rage. His body is tense with anger, betrayal, and hurt. "EXECUTE THIS TRAITOR!!" Shadow yells at his minions. The hinoxes all tackle me, and I pass out from the weight of them all. (Dream changes)•[Dream changes]•{Dream changes}•|Dream changes|• Vaati escaped up to the Tower of Wind's palace. We followed. Once we reached the top, the first thing I saw was Shadow. Pushing the Dark Mirror. 'Hes trying to break it!' I thought alarmed. "Shadow Link! Have you lost your mind?!" Vaati screeches. "Hehehe." Shadow laughed. "Who's in control now, Vaati? WHO?" "But the mirror is YOUR source of life too!!" Vaati cried. Then, Shadow spoke with an arrogant prideful voice "That's all right. I came out of the Dark Mirror. And with its power awoke you. How fitting that I use it to destroy us both!" Shadow said as he pushed the mirror over. "STOOOOOOP!" Vaati yelled as the mirror crashed, shattering into more than a million pieces. "Nooo... I was... sooo... close..." Vaati wheezed right before he disappeared. The other Links and I rush over. "Shadow!" I yell as I kneel by him. "Is... Is Vaati gone?" he asked. "Yes. He's gone... Thanks to you." I tell him. "You're thanking me?" he asks, confused. "You saved the day!" I tell him, making sure he knows that. "Oh... your... welcome..." Shadow said, closing his eyes. "Hey! Hang in ther!" I command him. "A shadow... usually only ever FOLLOWS its body. Today I took on the enemy... on my own." he stated. "It felt pretty good." Shadow smiled. Then his eyes grew sad. "But that still doesn't make me part of the body." I wanted to tell him differently, but I couldn't manage to get out one word because of the tears threatening to break through. "Of course it does. You're one of us. You're our FRIEND!" Green said, taking the words right out of my mouth. His eyes lit up brightly, and a small weak smile claimed his lips. Then a patch of sky cleared of the dark clouds, and the sunlight hit Shadow. Slowly he dissolved into nothing. I stand up and look down. I finally have a shadow. So do the others. "He's gone..." Green says, sadly. "When a SHADOW... steps into the LIGHT, he disappears. Shadow Link was never really evil. He only made trouble so that we'd notice him. He was tired of being ignored. He wanted to be with us... To be with his family..." I say, staring at the patch of clear sky. Then the sky became dark and immersed in dark magic clouds. The darkness behind Vaati has come at last to face us.

Author's Note

All of this is from Vio's point of view so I'm not gonna write Vio up there. This is all a dream. They are his memories.