Borrowed Time
I am Anshi-chan.
This is my fic.
The first one in a while.
And for the record, I own no LOZ rights and that…
Sheik and Zelda are NOT the same people.
Winter is a strange thing eh?
Cold and cruel yet kind.
Now I digress…
This is a winter story.
Scarf!
It's red and pretty.
The first chapter is Clowns
It's a cross I need to bear.
Again…it is winter…
A season of death and rebirth.
The pain of death is winter…
Snow is the sky dying.
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Borrowed Time
Rose Red Snow
Can you see me now?
It seemed that winter had just begun and would never end. Link disliked winter. Everything was cold, dark, and dead. Winter was a lonely time as well. Birds had flown; animals were hiding away, except the city wolves. But Link was always alone in winter. He wished that winter would be over and done with, but it was a strand of time that he would never be able to destroy.
Can you see me now?
Link was outside, fresh fallen snow up to his ankles. His boots did manage to keep him warm though. He had no real winter clothes, but what he wore insulated him nicely. The only alteration to his outfit was a red scarf that he had received as a gift from Saria a few weeks back. It was almost comforting. Link continued his walk, wandering to nowhere in particular. He was just out for a walk.
All this weeping in the air
There was no way that Link would be home before nightfall, but he didn't seem to care. He had a sword and shield with him, and he was confident in his skills. Twilight descended, and the blues and blacks and grays of a full moon night were beginning to grow and take their nighttime shapes. Link sat down on a tree stump and watched the shadows grow.
Who can tell where it will fall
Through floating forests in the air
He felt a drop of liquid on his knee. He looked, and there was a dark liquid on his hang. He removed his right hand gauntlet. There was a triangle shaped wound on the back of his hand. He watched in horror as his skin ripped open to trace through the triangle and create a bloody Triforce. Red blood fell silently onto the snow.
'Cross the rolling open sea
Link bit his lower lip, trying to ignore the pain that he felt. He held his hand, as if there was a way to stop the bleeding. Liquid flowed, it dripped, rippled, and poured from the wound.
Blow a kiss, I run through air
Leave the past, find nowhere
Link's ears perked up as he heard strange music. He looked behind him to see a strange woman dancing on the snow.
Floating forests in the air
Clowns all around you
She was tall, and her long black hair was parted perfectly down the middle. She wore a strange dress, long and light gray with two long slits in the front, tracing all the way to her visible red corset. The dress was high collared and long sleeved, with perfect ruffles on the edges. There were skintight pants that ruffled at the ankles as well. She was barefoot. As she danced closer, Link saw two black cat ears, and glowing green serpent eyes.
Clowns that only let you know
Where you let your senses go
She stopped once she got close enough. She placed one pale hand on Link's blood. A jolt of electricity surged through Link's body. He cried out and looked back at the woman. Her eyes narrowed slightly before licking his wound clean. She laughed quietly before fading into the shadows and vanishing.
Clowns all around you
It's a cross I need to bear
Link looked down at his Triforce wound. It was scarring over, almost instantaneously. Link stood up and slowly headed for home.
All this black and cruel despair
It was morning when Link got home. He wrapped his hand in a bandage before climbing into bed. In his dreams, he heard the strange music, like a harp played with bones and clicking on gravestones. He saw the glowing green eyes and heard the innocent laughter. The strange woman danced through his dreams, a seductive ballet in the cold.
This is an emergency
Don't you hide your eyes from me
Link woke the next morning, having slept through the day, watching the stranger dance through his dreams. He stretched and got dressed. He checked the scar on his hand. The scar looked ominous, like a divine warning. It hurt to the touch, but Link covered it again and stepped out into the winter again.
Open them and see me now
A certain yellow fox with three tails was sitting on his porch. Link sighed.
Can you see me now?
Can you see me now?
"What do you want Keaton?" Link asked.
"I only wish to warn you. The scar you have is not normal. It is a sign of far worse things to come."
Can you see?
"I picked up on that."
Can you see?
"And the woman…follow her only if you desire the truth inside the lie." With that, the Keaton vanished. Link sighed.
"Sure. Fine. Whatever." Link rolled his eyes and headed off to Kakariko, hoping to dig up some information about the strange woman.
See me here in the air
Link remembered the sound of bones in his dreams, and slowly headed to the graveyard. It was being watched over quite well. The graves were cleaned and dried, the paths were shoveled. Everything looked perfect. Link closed his eyes and laughed momentarily.
"I know you're there Sheik. You can come out now." He said.
Not holding onto anywhere
"You're getting better." Sheik said, dropping down to plain sight.
"I have to be." Link said.
"Show me your hand, Link. I know it's injured." Sheik said. Link sighed and removed his gauntlet.
But holding on so beware
Sheik inspected the scar carefully. He seemed distressed by it. Link wasn't sure what to do or say though. Sheik gently traced his finger over the lines. Link winced slightly.
"I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure that this isn't supposed to happen."
"No, really?" Link said sarcastically.
"Maybe you're reacting to something."
I have secrets I won't share
"Something like what?" Link asked, putting his gauntlet back on.
"Something like I don't know." Sheik said, looking pensive and scary.
See me here pushing you
If I then deny I do
"The Keaton warned me." Link said.
"What did he say?" Sheik asked.
"He said that it's a bad omen, that something bad is going to happen soon…"
"Did he say anything else?"
"Something you wouldn't understand." Link said, trying to not bring up the stranger.
Contemplate our wish away
"Try me, I'm gullible." Sheik said, crossing his arms like a dissatisfied mother.
Link explained everything about the woman he say, and the dreams. Sheik took a moment to think about it. He ended up with nothing.
If I ask you not to stay
"I'll go off and gather information. Someone around here must know about a grave dancer." Sheik said before vanishing.
Clowns that only let you know
Where you let your senses go
Link returned home. He spent many an hour looking at the scar. He thought about everything that had been said. The Triforce was good, right? How could it be bad? There was nothing bad about the Goddesses, right?
Clowns all around you
It's a cross I need to bear
Sheik returned to the graveyard for a moment, to make sure all was well. But it was there when he saw her. The dead rose from their graves, playing music with their bones. The cat-eared woman was dancing on the graves. She was graceful and elegant.
All this black and cruel despair
This is an emergency
But when Sheik blinked, everyone was gone. The graveyard was silent once more. Sheik raced off, looking for someone who can tell him about what he had just seen.
Don't you hide your eyes from me
Open them and see me now
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Chapter one! End!
More to come!