Shadow of a Memory

Well, it’s about time I finally got this account back. Thinking of deleting this blog and then remaking it. There’s probably a lot of dead followers. I hardly rp in the Zelda fandom anymore and will most likely not rp much here except with a few people on rare occasions.

Okay, so maybe this isn’t exactly festive, but whatever. The image popped into my head and I had to draw it. Plus, I thought it might fit Liam’s taste. I tried!

“What does it matter t’ ya? Stickin’ yer nose in other people’s business are ya?” He wasn’t really one to share his thoughts and feelings about others. That was something he kept within himself most of the time. 

“You already know I believe you and I know your powers have been acting up lately, to tell you the truth I also feel strange lately. Can’t say I have had  some magic accidents, but  weird things have been happening to me lately too.”  Link said to Shadow as he watch his friend walk around the room in circles.

“ Dad says it is just part of growing up and those weird things will stop happening over time, so I’m guessing that might apply to your case as well , who knows.” Green added  giving his friend what he thought was the explanation for this and some pasts events.

“ Also this accident was also my fault after all I was the one who convinced Princess  Zelda to walk with me towards the Castle’s gardens, which caused the two of us to set your little prank on. Link said as he walked towards his friend and placed a hand over one of his shoulders. “No hurt feelings buddy, and I’m sure Zelda is not mad at you. So cheer up  and get ready to go, since according to the Princess’s caretaker there might be someone in Kakariko Village that knows some stuff about Shadow beings, so we might as well pay them a visit.”

Feeling strange, huh. Could he possible be feeling the same thing Link was feeling? Maybe, but he wasn’t too sure. What he was sure about, was the fact that he was confused. There were things he still wasn’t sure about and what Link said next only made him more puzzled than he was to begin with.

“Growin’ up? I don’t get it... I think.” Did Link mean growing bigger? Because that he could understand, in a way. His dragon was no longer the small size she once use to be, but Shadow felt he didn’t grow any taller as she has. He was still the same height as he was before. Nothing had changed. Everything was the same... But if he meant that growing up had something to do with his powers then did he mean growing stronger? No, that couldn’t be. He knew what growing stronger meant. You felt more powerful and capable of doing things. But this? No, this was something he felt he didn’t have full control of.

“ Yeah, bunny slippers are for little kids.”Link added  before he joined Shadow’s bit of laughter. “And I still think that I can scare you, how well I won’t tell it’ll ruin the surprise and you wouldn’t be scared at all.” He added changing the theme back to how Green thought he could scare Shadow.

“ Anyway now thats settled  Why don’t we talk about why you are  really here and explain to me how did the Princess ended as the victim of your latest prank to scare the guards. I know she wasn’t your main target  and that you didn’t want to hurt her, but why couldn’t you stop your prank?” Link said in a more serious tone now that he had manage to  lower the current tension that filled the castle. “ You know  I  can’t  vouch  for you all the time, and I personally don’t think I will for the next couple of days. Shadow you got to be more careful,  you are lucky the Princess only got a scratch this time. So just tell what happened  and promise me you’d be more careful in the future.”

“Eh? How is that supposed t’ be insultin’?” He wasn’t familiar with all the views of what was considered great and what was not so great. Why it sounded that Link was downgrading ‘kids’ with that comment and he didn’t see children as bad at all. In fact, they were the only ones who treated him right until the adults came in and told them bad things about him. Though they weren’t wrong when he really did do bad things, but sometimes he just wanted to have some harmless fun, though that was taken away from him most of the time. 

“Uh huh. Suuuuure. I’ll believe it if it ever happens.” Shadow rolled his eyes in disbelief but his expression quickly chained to one where he was masking his sudden uneasiness. 

“Look, I told ya that was an accident. I didn’t mean t’ do anythin’ t’ your special princess or your dad. Fer once, I didn’t know what I was doin’. It just kinda happened, okay?” He turned away, avoiding eye contact with his friend. It was true he was known for his tricks and getting into trouble, but that last time he wasn’t sure what came over him. Sure, the trouble he caused seems to have been figured out now, but how it came about was still a mystery to him.

Unfortunately for Green, he hadn’t expected Shadow to block him using the Ice Rod rather than teleport away or be knocked down. After Shadow had taunted him and given him a push, he had no time to brace himself. He stumbled backwards, but not before grabbing Shadow’s weapon with his right hand and dragging him down as well. The Four Sword fell from his left hand as his strength was channeled to holding onto the Ice Rod.

“It seems like I don’t need to knock you down at all, Shadow!” Green remarked after reorienting himself on the ice so that he was on his knees, eye level with the newly-grounded demon. His instinctual reflex to grab for something in order to prevent a fall had caused him to bring Shadow down with him. While it wasn’t his plan initially, this could work in his favor. Before anything else, though, he had to keep Shadow from going anywhere.

Retrieving the Four Sword from where it had fallen onto the ground, he quickly pointed it directly at Shadow’s face, right between his eyes. It was shaking in place slightly due to the fact that Green had not only just taken a direct hit onto ice without bracing himself but was also trying his best not to actually cause too much damage to Shadow. Not just yet, anyway. First, he wanted answers.

“Look at the situation you’re in. If you move, I’ll use Force Energy. Now, let’s just calm down and talk this out. Why are you trying to steal from the Treasury? And now that I think about it, why are you even here? Shouldn’t you be somewhere else?” Green’s voice had risen slightly out of genuine confusion. Shouldn’t Shadow be dead?

Shocked by the sudden action of Green grabbing hold of his Ice Rod, Shadow fell along with him just as the green knight had hoped for. His landing wasn’t as rough as the other’s thankfully. Green kind of cushioned his fall from a hard impact on the ice, but he quickly tried to scramble up on off of the knight and ice.

To his surprise, Green had moved much quicker than he did and was now pointing his sword straight at him. He hadn’t had time to get up on his feet, but he too was sitting on the ice, kind of leaned back so the point of the blade didn’t touch his face. Shadow could see that the boy’s sword was shaking, so he didn’t feel at all scared or threatened, but kept his signature smug smirk on his face.

“Fiiiiine, fine. Have it your way. I’ll talk.” Despite how Shadow felt he could easily pull through Green’s shaky defense, he decided not to risk it. After all, this knight was fast and there was a chance he could land some Force Energy. He believed he could escape, but might as well play along.