Transformation ~ Link x Reader

Part 3 - Confrontation

FML... OMG GUYS I'M FUCKING SORRY I TAKE GODDAMN FOREVER TO UPDATE! I hope this compensates for all that time xC

Your POV

"LINK! NO!" I wail his name with tears dripping down my cheeks. He had just been slaughtered before me...by someone with glowing red eyes...not that different from the shadow Link we'd fought before. He strode slowly up to me...Link's blood still dripping off his blade. He grinned at my terror.

"Yes...you should be afraid...VERY afraid," he growled. As he came nearer, my body started to stumble as it backed away. I was trembling...barely even able to hold myself on my feet. But then there was an invisible barrier behind me.

He grinned again. He lifted my chin with his finger so he could look me in the eyes. "Such a shame...you could've been the only one I spared."

As his face neared mine, a sneer still darkening his features, he held his blade to my throat. As he pressed harder, I felt a few drops of blood run down...but there was almost no pain. I subconsciously assumed it was the adrenaline pumping through my body from how afraid I was.

'If you don't sleep, how will you ever be able to get over this fear? The (y/n) I know would go and face her fears instead of running from them as soon as they confronted her.' Link's words echoed in my head from just before I fell asleep.

Then it hit me: this is just another nightmare.

"You can't hurt me," I mumble.

"What did you say?" he snarled. I started to hear a faint voice calling my name...begging me to wake up...and it echoed around the room.

I look up, staring into his crimson eyes. "You can't hurt me here. This...This is just a dream."

He swung his sword through my abdomen with a shout of frustration, and I saw blood splatter everywhere. Everything faded...and I open my eyes to see Link and Corona standing over me.

"(Y/n)!" Link sounded very relieved. I sit up, and Link wraps his arms around me tightly. "Don't do that! I thought...I thought that you had died!"

After a moment of comprehending what he had said, I whisper, "I was almost convinced I was going to, too."

Link was silent for a moment. "You were out for three days. You stopped breathing on the first night, but I helped you there...and then you just...died...about thirty seconds before you woke up."

"Sorry...that was a really convincing dream."

Sighing, I allow my head to rest on his shoulder, and I felt his warm breath on my neck as he held me in a tight embrace.

The dream repeated through my mind over and over, and eventually caused me to shudder a bit.

"Are you cold?" Link asked quietly, preparing to get up and grab a few blankets from the corner of the room, but I stopped him.

"No, I'm fine. Just a shiver."

"Are you sure? It's an easy fix-"

"Link, I said I'm fine," I snapped, which caused him to pause and look at me closely. Quickly realizing what I'd done, I quickly apologized. "Sorry, I didn't mean to say it like that..."

"It's okay. I feel like you're not telling me something, though." He sat back down next to me and ran his fingers through my hair.

"It's nothing I can't handle. I'll let you know if there's anything you can do to help, okay?" I attempted to reassure him, which seemed to work for the time being.