He sat on the log with his chin resting on his hand. He sighed, thinking.
"Hey, Wild. How're you doing?"
"I'm fine," he mumbled, not looking up at Wind.
"You don't look too happy."
"Ya think? She ditched me. And she's a Yiga. F**kin bitch."
"Well, she seemed nice enough."
"They all do. Until they say something like "You must die" or "I will take your life." Of course she seemed nice."
"Well, she can't be that bad. She sure didn't seem to be interested in killing you."
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"Okay. We've gotten word that the Hero is around here."
She nodded.
"Got it."
"If you find him, kill him."
She nodded again.
"Right."
"Get your disguise on and let's go."
"Okay."
She quickly changed into her disguise and started walking around the stable.
He was blonde, with blue eyes. Classic pretty boy. Ugh.
Then, she spotted him.
Well, she mostly noticed his wonderful smile. And his eyes. Like sapphires. And his hair. Beautiful.
All she could do was stare.
She couldn't kill him.
He seemed too... sweet.
Too nice to be as terrible as they say.
He laughed.
What a lovely laugh that was.
She shook her head. She was being stupid. But when she looked back up, he was gone.
And she was glad. She didn't want to do it. She never really agreed much with the tales they told.
Why did they worship something so bent on destruction? Why were they so hostile towards something so beautiful and fragile? So nice? So...
She shook her head again. Why was she thinking like this? It couldn't be good. She was getting soft.
"Hey. Did you find him?"
"Uh... no. Didn't see him."
"Ah. Well, we better get searching."
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"No! Not Layla!"
"You have wronged us. You have abandoned Master Kohga. You have abandoned Ganon. You deserve this."
"No! Please, don't hurt her. Torture me! Kill me! Anything! Just don't touch her."
"You know I can't do that. I was given explicit orders. And they weren't to hurt you."
"Please... I'll do anything... tell him I'm sorry. I promise I won't do it again."
"Promises mean nothing here. You'll have to watch your sister suffer for now."
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She could still hear the screams of her sister. She couldn't bear it. She had to do this. She couldn't put it off any longer.
Tonight.
She'd do it tonight.
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His sister.
What was her name?
Ailey.
Right.
If only he could meet her
one
more
time.
Tell her he
loved her.
Tell her he
missed her.
Tell her how much he wanted to
see her.
But he couldn't.
There was no way.
Well, not a good one.
He had decided that death wasn't a good option.
It wasn't a solution to anything, really.
Not a good one.
Would he get a memory of his parents? Close friends? Did he even have any close friends? Other than Mipha, of course.
Did he have any other siblings? Probably not. If he was only remembering Ailey, then she was probably his only sibling.
The memories.
Those.... things.
He hated them.
They hurt him.
They made him like this.
It was their fault.
Their fault.
All their fault.
It was more than just the memories.
More than just him.
It was them.
Them.
Not the others.
Them.
He didn't know who they were.
Just that they did this.
They made him like this.
Them.
Them.
Them.
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"Hey! Get away from my brother! don't you see that you're upsetting him?"
"Ha! Bold of you to assume that that isn't our goal."
"I'm gonna hecking kill you! Scram! I have a knife!"
"Ailey... you didn't have to do that. I'm fine. Really."
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Dear Ailey and Mom,
The castle is huge. I've gotten lost several times now.
My room is wonderful. It's a bit bigger than I'm used to, but I'll get used to it.
I'm almost finished carving that wooden horse. I'll send it to you soon.
The carving knife you got me for my birthday is amazing. I think this is the best sculpture I've done yet.
The Princess is quite nice. I'm not sure how she feels about me.
I haven't gotten in touch with Dad much recently. I only ever see him during training.
I'm sorry that I haven't visited. I've been very busy as of late, and I
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His mind was screaming at him to find Ailey, but he knew it was too late. There was no hope of finding her. Castle Town was in ruins.
No- there was nothing left. It was completely destroyed. No sign of any buildings. No sign of any life.
Everyone was gone.
Dead.
Even his parents.
Even Ailey.
The guardians truly were terrible.
Mindless killers.
Taking the only people who love you.
The only people who truly want you.
The only people who care.
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~this chapter is shorter than usual, but that's because I didn't want to cramp some stuff in at the end lol~