"Well...I...ummm..I can't really say why. " Link and I exchanged looks then we looked back to Ruto. "Ruto you cannot really expect us to believe that you cannot explain why you were really out there." Vance: And you cannot expect us to really believe that we cannot understand this line of conversation because it's redundant. A glint of anger appeared in Link's jeweled eyes as he spoke. Stratski: Damn, now his eyes are gems. Better keep him away from the jewelry aisle. When she saw that Link was getting impatient, she finally decided to tell us the real reason why she was out in the storm. "Well...I was in Zora's Domain and I was starting to feel cooped up so I decided to go to lake Hylia for a swim." Helmholz: Sure... in freezing temperatures. Riiiiight. Stratski: We know the real reason. JennaMarySue is setting up her chess peices juuust so. Vance: Such dasterdly deeds! "As I came near the Water Temple, I decided to check inside to make sure everything was ok." "As I wandered the corridors, I saw what seemed like a shadow that moved. " "I walked further down the corridor I was in, until something knocked me down. " "When I turned and looked up, I saw a shadowy figure looming over me that looked remarkably like Link." "Its red eyes, pierced me like daggers, and as I looked at the figure, I could tell it was evil." Vance: Gasp! Red eyes! Stratski: Visine helps with that, usually. "I barely got out alive." "That thing..almost had me." "When I got outside, the storm broke." "Being a Zora, I knew I wasn't going to last long out in the cold, and Zora's Domain was too far away, so that's why I came here." Helmholz: Wait... didn't she just say she was in Zora's Domain? Stratski: I must assume Lake Hylia is outside of it. She just... never specified, of course. Helmholz: Oh. I see. Still... Ruto said in a scratchy voice, her hand shaking the cup she held. I looked at her with unblinking eyes All: AHHHHHHHHH! She's an alien! and all I could think about was what Ruto had said. "A shadowy figure that looked like Link?" Stratski: Yes, it's his actual character, come back to haunt the shell of his former being and the screwy Mary Sue he married. Dun, dun, dun. I thought to myself. I glanced over at Link, who looked white as a sheet. "Link my love whats wrong?!" Link turned to face me, his voice raspy from shock. "Oh my Goddesses...I thought he was dead!" "How can he still be alive!" Helmholz: No, Link, your real character is still out there, wandering... waiting for a time when it can strike and end this miserable fic for everyone's sanity. Vance: Yes, it's for your own good. "I destroyed him myself!" "Who Link..what are you talking about?!" I watched as Link's eyes lowered. "When I was in the Water Temple, about halfway through it, I entered this strange room." "The room was strange, Stratski: We read this bad fic. The fic was bad. like it was straight out of a bad dream." "As I continued to explore the room, I felt a strange presence." "As I walked towards the lone tree in the center of the room, a shadowy figure turned from behind it." "When I got close enough, I could tell that the figure looked like...me." Link's eyes faltered as he remembered that day when he met his mirror self. "Oh Goddesses, you're kidding right?" Helmholz: Yep, this is all a joke, dear. You, me, the kid, the whole nine yards. Just one huge gag. Vance: It's not very funny then. I said with pure shock in my voice. Stratski: Hmm, I'd love to know what impure shock sounds like. "No, he's telling the truth." Ruto added. "I saw it with my own eyes when I was in there last." I could not believe what I was hearing. All I could think about was that there was another that looked like Link. Helmholz: Think of it this way, there's a replacement you can chain in the basement if Link goes off to war again. Was this other, evil, was he good, or was he Link's twin that he does not know about? These questions All: raced threw! raced threw Vance: *giggle* She didn't let us down this time. my mind as the thought of this mirror image with the face of my husband was possibly running around. "Link my love tell me what happened." I looked directly into Link's eternal blue eyes Helmholz: Egads, he has the eyes that never end! Vance: Gives new meaning to 'as far as the eye can see'. Relena: It's the eyes that never eeeend! They just go on and on, my friiiiend! Someone started oglin' 'em, not knowing what they were... and now they'll go on oglin' 'em forever just because they are the eyes that never eeeend... o/~(repeat ad nauseum, ad nauseum) Stratski: ... Someone get rid of these blackgaters, please? as a look of pure depression shone in his face. "When I tried to fight the mirror image, I could not land a mark on him." "It seemed that he was anticipating my every move." "It was a long and grueling fight, one I almost did not win." "Oh my Goddesses...Link you never told me about that!" Vance: Of course he didn't. If you knew he had a twin, you would have sucked them both into your evil clutches. I walked over and embraced the now shivering Link. Stratski: There, there, dear. We know you've just woken up to find yourself married to a Mary Sue, but it'll be ok. We'll make it quick and painless and then you'll be free. "It was terrible, I will never forget those blood red eyes." "And now with possibility that he is still running around, makes me even more nervous." I could tell now that Link was upset. Even with all the stories that Link had told me, he never told me about his encounter inside the Water Temple. "I must go to the Water Temple and check it out." "If I don't, I will never be able to rest." Link said as he got up and buckled on the Master Sword over his back. Helmholz: *making a few hand gestures* He buckles it on ... over his back... Stratski: Can't visualize it either. Then he put on his deep green cloak as he prepared to venture outside. "Link my love you cannot venture out in that dangerous storm." I said as I grabbed his arm. "Jenna my dear wife, I must go." Vance: *hand against his forehead dramatically* But, Link, who will screw me while you're gone! Stratski: *patting Vance's head* There, there, dear. You have the fairies upstairs to help keep you um... occupied. "If that mirror image of me is still on the loose, that could mean serious trouble." Link's jeweled blue eyes pierced me deep into my soul. Vance: Daaaang, did he just kill her? Helmholz: No, she's just using lame descriptions to make us all think her writing is deep and poetic. As I stared into them, I begun to understand that he had to go find out if the evil in the shape of his image was still inside the Water Temple. Stratski: Duh... what did you think he was going to do, run off and marry Ruto like he should have in the first place? I wondered how Gannondorf could create such an atrocity. "Well I understand that you must go to the Temple and see if it is true that this copy is wandering its corridors, but you are not going without me." I said as I grabbed my deep blue cloak and put it on, lifting the hood over my head. "Jenna my love, you cannot come." "Its too dangerous and some one needs to stay here and care for our son." Link said as he lifted my head up until our eyes met. Pushing his hand away a hint of irritation appeared in my voice. Helmholz: Appeared, just like an ghost. "First off, I cannot just let you venture out in that storm alone, second Ruto as well as Lilly and Navi are here so they can care for our son while we're away." "Ruto is still not able to go back to Zora's Domain yet so she should stay here anyway." I said as I headed towards the door. Link grabbed my arm and pulled me back. "Jenna my love, you do not understand." "I don't want to loose you, Helmholz: We'd prefer you not loose her on us either. the Temple is dangerous and so is my mirror self." Link looked at me with concern in his eyes. And all I could think about was that I didn't want to loose him either. "I'm still going, I don't want to loose either." "I love you, and I want to protect you." "Who knows what this mirror self might be planning." I said as I threw my arms around Link. "Sigh" "That is one of the reasons why I married you my dear Jenna." Link said as he pressed his lips on mine. Helmholz: Do I, sigh, talk like that? Stratski: No one, sigh, does.