The Revival of Shadow Link

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"It's more text," Zelda pointed out. "More words, I think it's more of that stuff about the four, five, whatever, about the sword."

It was carved into a stone wall, and we probably should have been trying to find the others, but...this text seemed more disturbing than the last. 

He stole the sword from the one in purple and stabbed himself. 

I do not think he was in control of his actions up until then, I think he had every intention of killing himself like that. He also warned the other four to make sure that their swords never broke, so they didn't end up like him. 

And now, no memory of him exists. He was very close with the one in purple, and even he stared at me like I was crazy everytime I mentioned him.

I stopped reading for a moment. That nightmare...I shivered. Vio placed his hand on my back, in between my shoulder blades. "Are you okay?"

I didn't answer, just kept reading. Why would I want to think about what I had done to my Vio? ...That was Vio, wasn't it?

It's almost convinced me he never existed. Almost.

Maybe I'm insane, maybe I'm obsessed, but I've seen him.

He's silent, always walks behind the others, walking when they're walking, stopping when they're stopping. I think they've begun to notice that they're being watched, but they haven't done anything about it and I frankly find it concerning. Every now and then he glances at me, staring at me, and smiles. I feel like he's in control again, and is mocking me because I am crazy.

If no one else remembers the Five Sword though, I guess I am. 

I keep having vivid nightmares, of Hyrule being destroyed, of that awful demon harming Hyrule, and every time, I swear I see him. I was so fond of the heroes, I think that's why this is bothering me so much. They were good people, even the one who tried to slit his throat.

I'm still trying to figure out how he broke his sword in the first place. Until then, I just hope none of the others do anything reckless or stupid; they're needed.

I stepped away from it. Was that what happened when one of the Four Sword broke? Its owner went insane, turned evil? Had Vio, his sword and Red's been destroyed at Death Mountain...what would have happened then?

Evidently, Vio would have died, which seemed better than the idea of him slowly losing his mind, I...guess? (But him living with a stable mind sounded much better) but would Red have...

I still felt hot, but I shivered again anyway.

I had been close to destroying half of the Four Sword, I was proud  of finally accomplishing something, I could have done something truly horrible.

Before I knew it, Vio's hand was on my arm, pulling me away from the wall.

"No," he said to me as if responding to a question I never asked. "Come on, we need to go."

"Yeah, we're wasting time," Zelda agreed, looking at the wall with a plethora of emotions. "Let's hope we're not too late."

We started walking again. "What do you think happened? To the guy who committed suicide?"

I couldn't pay any attention to who asked that, but I answered them. "He probably died and just wasn't remembered."

Vio looked at me strangely. "What do you think lead him to do that?"

"Beats me," I said with a shrug. That nightmare...

I hadn't just hurt Vio in it, I had humiliated him, I was trying to embarrass him, and on top of that, he clearly didn't like me doing all that to him. And I slapped him. If he consented to me hitting him and was okay with it, then that was different, but I strangled him till he passed out and then hit him more, you can't give consent if your unconscious. 

And I wad said that I could have banged him even though he was passed out. That was rape!

I'd never hurt you, Vio. Not like that. Never.

Vio looked over at me. "Everything okay?"

I felt like telling him, that I was having nightmares and they made no sense and that maybe I was constantly hurting him in my dreams, but I'd never lay a finger on him unless he wanted me to. I felt like doing so much as looking him in the eye could hurt him, and I loved him, I didn't want him to be hurt.

"Yeah," I said.

"Let's go; I have a feeling Blue... fucking Briar..." Zelda muttered, quickening her pace. I doubted getting out of the castle for this wasn't how she wanted to spend her afternoon. Or evening, or morning, what time was it?

I started shaking. So did Vio. And Princess Zelda. Everything around us was shaking.

I looked up.

The ceiling didn't look very stable, it actually seemed to be falling, bit by bit.

That couldn't be good.