Link feels a warm hand laying on his forehead, streaming a comforting feeling through his body. He looks up slightly, getting met by Zelda's ocean green eyes. She softly pets his hair, shaking her head lightly. "Link.. Why didn't you listen to me..? This is what happens when you try and save someone that isn't your kind" She whispers softly. "You're lucky that he didn't kill you" She runs her hand down Link's cheek. Link shakes off her hand, whispering hoarsely "He-... He wasn't-..." But he gets cut off by Zelda hushing him "Spare your power okay..? Here, let me help you" She whispers as she grabs his shoulders and helps him sit up. Link looks around the almost empty cave, managing to stutter out "S-...Sidon-..?".
Zelda holds him close to her chest "He's gone now... We'll hunt him down and make him pay for what he an his people have done" Zelda whispers softly and Link peeks over her shoulder just to see some royal guards making their horses ready. The horror rushes through Link and he feels how his entire body gets cold. They will kill Sidon if Link doesn't do anything to stop it. Link still questions why he cares about the Zora so much, besides he've only met him a couple times over 100 years ago. "I need to go now but I'll be back here for you soon alright?" Link nods weakly as Zelda rises up and before he knows it both she and her soldiers have rode off. Link reached out for his spear, quickly taking a strong grip of it as he heaves himself up with it. His head still hurts but the dizziness was long gone. He lets the cold air fill his lungs as he whistles out for Epona, and to his delight he hears a gentle neigh and the clappering of hooves against the rocky shore. Link manages to stumble towards the entrance of the cave, his legs slowly getting back their power as the chestnut mare with shimmery golden mane peeks around the corner. Link lets out a happy sigh as Epona walks over to him and pushes her soft and warm muzzle against his chest. "Come on now, we got a Zora to save.."Link whispers softly as he walks over to Epona's side, leaning his hands over her neck and then shoulders to use her as support.
Link swiftly get up on Epona and she takes off in a swift trot. Once they got out of the cave Link pushed his heels into Epona's sides, making her run off in a gallop. Link follows the shore and quickly rides over the bridge. He knows these bright blue lanterns oh too well, some of them are broken that have led Link astray endless times. Epona fought up the steep hills of the mountain, Link holding his spear close in case of attacking monsters.
(Whoop Whoop perspective change, back to the fish princeu)
Just as Sidon enters the remains of Zoras Domain the other Zoras comes crowding around him. Sidon chuckles softly and calms them all down with "I'm okay, don't worry about me" as he gently pats the heads of the small Zora children that clings around his legs. Sidon looks over the crowd of Zoras who now startsto go back to their duties and activities and he quickly notices Mipha's absence. "Hey? Where's Mipha?" He asks a blue Zora on his way back to his little stand. "She said she was gonna go up on the cliff and take some fresh air" The blue Zora replies, "Look, I can see her up there!" He says as he points up on the cliff, where as well Sidon can now see his older sister sitting by the edge, her legs hanging over the end of the cliff. She looks so peaceful and Sidon smiles softly at her.
Suddenly something else catches his attention as Sidon glances to the left of the cliff. He can clearly see the bright blue shirts the royal Hyrulian guards wear, as well the royal white steed Zelda always rides on. They were sneaking up on Mipha, and Sidon felt his heart raise when Zelda and her guards jumps off their horses and sneak closer to Mipha. Sidon walks closer, now seeing the scene playing out before his eyes much clearer. Zelda sneaks up to Mipha, furiously raising her hand like gathering power. Sidon focuses his eyes on the young Hyrulian and when the shimmer of her knife reaches his eyes he can't hold himself back from yelling out "Mipha, watch out!!". Both Mipha and Zelda hears him, but it's too late. The knife had already been stabbed into his dear sister's back and she screams out in pain. Mipha looks back at Zelda, and Sidon sees the broken look in Zelda's eyes right before Mipha's body falls over the cliff. Without hesitation Sidon sprints off and dives into the water. Sidon sees MIpha's red body sinking down and the blue blood staining the water around her and he swims faster than he ever had before. He reaches out and a sting of relief hits him when he manages to grab her arm. He quickly pulls her close to himself and swims back up on land, only making it to the edge of Zora's ruins.
Mipha's body was unnaturally cold and Sidon sat on his knees with her close to him. Mipha's breathing hitches in every breath she tries to take and to Sidon's horror he sees how his white palm is now stained blue with blood. The blood from his sister went from her back down in the water like a stream. "Mipha c-come on don't-.... Don't leave me now Mipha.. Please I-... I need you here.." Sidon whispers out, his arms trembling and he feels how his entire body was shaking. Mipha smiles faintly, the tears streaming from her eyes as her weak hand reaches up to pet Sidon over the cheek. Sidon holds her hand and snuggles his face into her palm while trying to hold the tears in, Mipha always pet his cheeks whenever he was sad throughout his life. This little, gentle touch means so much to him and now being on the edge of loosing so much of his life makes his heart break.
Mipha's eyes looks right into his, as she softly stutters out "S-... S-stay strong for me, alright..?". Sidon gets caught off guard and just looks at her before he nods softly. Mipha lets out a shaky sigh before Sidon feels how her hand gets all limp along with the rest of her body. "M-... Mipha?" Sidon whispers out, looking down at Mipha's body. A small string of blood was running down her chin, and her body was even colder than before. "M-Mipha..?!" Sidon calls out once again, the desperation in his voice shining through like never before. Sidon felt his heart drop. The world around him just disappeared, the only thing he saw was his sister. Or what was his sister, now it's just an empty body. Sidon breathes shakily, the overwhelming despair flooding over him as he let's out a heartbroken cry of agony. A loud rumbling comes from the now dark clouds above as the rain starts pouring down, like the sky itself is crying.
The extreme rage and sorrow just floods out in his screams as the tears now floods down his eyes like an unstoppable river. The Zoras around his slowly starts approaching, sitting down on their knees behind and next to him. Sidon's cry fades out as is lungs can't take no more and he hugs his sister's dead body closely. Mipha's head hangs lifelessly to the side and the wet marks of her tears still laying on her lightly freckled cheeks. Her entire blue cape is bloodied down and the head decors she've worn have been partly destroyed and torn off in the fall. Sidon feels some supportive hands being laid on his shoulders as he looks over at his people who watches him in sorrow and empathy. Sidon takes a deep breath, trying to at least get himself together in front of his Zoras. He manages to make the tears stop for now and his grip around Mipha loosens lightly. "I-... I never thought that this day would come when I had to announce the future leader of the Zoras and-.. My-... My sister as dead and n-no longer with us" Sidon speaks out with a cracked voice, he takes a deep breath before he continues. "A-... As the only other child of King Dorpheus I now take the place of the coming leader of the Zoras." Sidon quickly glances over at the yet unfinished statue that's being built to honor the (before) coming queen of the Zoras. "The.. The statue shall still be finished, but more as a memory so Mipha will never be forgotten" Sidon sighs softly.
All of a sudden Sidon feels a sharp object being pointed at his back. His eyes widen as he slowly turns his head, being met by a royal Hyrulian guard with his spear pointed between Sidon's shoulder blades. He just stands there, tensed and prepared to bash his spear into Sidon's back if the Zora prince even moves a muscle too fast. Sidon slowly turns his head back forward, expecting another guard but gets met by Zelda's furious eyes. Har golden hair is soaking wet as some strings makes their way down in front of her face. He saw the marks from tears on her cheeks and the still bloody knife is pointed at his neck. "You.... Your foolishness made me kill my own friend..!" Zelda growls out and Sidon glares at her, responding "The only foolish one here is you, and Mipha who has the gut to trust such a cold-hearted traitor like you" Sidon hisses out, Zelda hesitates for a moment, the fury from her eyes disappearing. She slowly lowers her knife, but before Sidon could react the fury flashes back into Zelda's eyes as she attacks Sidon with her knife. Sidon gasps in fright as the Hyrulian attacks him and the pain he feels when the knife sinks into his eyes is indescribable. Sidon screams out as he pushes himself away, resulting in him landing on his side and dropping Mipha's body that lands on the rocks just beside him. 'This is it.' Sidon thinks to himself Zelda raised the knife once again.
"Stop!" A sharp voice rings through the mountains, it catches everyone's attention and Sidon tilts his head towards the voice, covering his hurt eye with his hand. Out from the blue bushes comes Link with Epona galloping swiftly under him. "Zelda, lay down the knife!" Link shouts out, putting Sidon in a state of shock. 'Was that his voice? Oh well, that's not what matters now'. Sidon thinks and Zelda stares at Link in shock as the young Hyrulian throws himself off his horse and runs up to the conflict between the two. "Both of you, stop hurting each other" Link speaks softly, Zelda slowly lowering the knife. "Spilling the blood of one Zora is enough, isn't it?" He asks and Zelda nods in agreement. She firmly puts the knife back in her belt and Link sighs softly in relief. Sidon looks up at Link with his uncovered eye and Link smiles softly at him, his eyes going over to Mipha's dead body where his smile immediately disappears. Zelda walks over to her stallion and she quickly jumps up, calling her guards along with her. "Link come on, we need to get back to Hyrule castle" she calls out and Link turns his head towards her. Sidon feels his heart drop when Link turns around completely and jumps up on Epona to follow Zelda. Link throws one last glance at Sidon before Epona trots off after Zelda's stallion, disappearing into the bushes once again.
"Prince Sidon, are you alright?" One of the Zoras asks nervously before it kneels down next to him. He noticed on the bag on the Zora's side that it was one of their healers and Sidon willingly turns his head up to let it look at his badly injured eye. The bright blue Zora sighs softly as she takes up a piece of cloth to wipe off the blood dropping down Sidon's cheek. "Oh dear... I don't think you'll be able to see with this anymore, I'm afraid" she sighs as she quickly bandages up his hurt eye. "It-... It burns" Sidon hisses as he clenches his teeth together in pain. "I know, the herbs on my bandages are brand new, they're very effective but may burn a little" the Zora explains. Sidon smiles softly at her and she smiles back before she walks off. Sidon looks down on Mipha's body once again.
He's all on his own now