love and pain - chapter 2

Chapter 2

Marth sat on his bed, remembering what Link had told him about an hour ago. Dark Link had kissed him? Marth understood that that may have been the only way to get out a soul, but why kill him that way? Why not stab him? Dark Link did have a sword after all. It was all too confusing. Marth held his head from thinking too much. ‘I'm injured,’ he thought to himself, ‘I need rest. It’s none of my business.’

Marth lay down in his bed and fell asleep.


The next day Marth was woken up by Roy storming into his room.

“Hey, man!” he greeted. Marth couldn’t be bothered getting up.

“H-Hey…” Marth replied, trying to sound casual and fine.

“You okay to get out of bed today?” Roy asked. Marth had gotten up the night before to talk to Link, but today Marth just couldn’t get up. Something stopped him.

“N-No…” Marth replied. Roy seemed discouraged. His smile completely vanished from his face.

“Well, okay then…” Roy walked out of the room.

“I’ll tell you when I can, okay?” Marth called out to Roy, trying to cheer him up. Although Roy heard him, he said nothing.

Roy walked down the hallway, his head bowed in discouragement. He twitched. A sudden flashback came to his mind. He saw his younger self, being brutally whipped and tortured. He held his head as he walked.

‘Get out!’ he said in his mind. He suddenly tripped over something that took his mind off the flashback. It took him by surprise so he didn’t have time to get his balance. He landed on his face.

“Oops, sorry, Roy” said a pink puffball, “A lot of people trip over me. It’s getting annoying…”

Roy got off the floor. “Kirby! What are you doing here?! Shouldn’t you be in battle?!” Roy yelled.

“Yeah, well… the thing about that is…” Kirby ran up to Roy and clung onto his leg. “You gotta help me! I beat Meta-Knight in battle and he wants a rematch. I said no, but he got angry and got out his sword. He’s been chasing me all day!”

“So why do you need me?” Roy asked.

“I need somewhere to hide” Kirby replied. Roy thought for a moment.

“Come with me” he said, walking off. Kirby followed closely.

Roy sat in his room, reading a book. Meta-Knight rushed in, carrying his sword.

“What do you want?” Roy asked, irritated that someone has just barged into his room.

“Looking for Kirby…” Meta-Knight replied. “Is he here?”

“No.”

Meta-Knight gave Roy a stare as if to say. ‘I know you’re lying’. It made Roy nervous, but Roy kept a straight face.

“Do you mind if I look?” Meta-Knight asked. Roy sighed.

“If you must…” he said. Meta-Knight searched all through Roy’s room. He looked in and on top of closets, under the bed, even took off the covers to see if Kirby was under there. When he found no Kirby Meta-Knight gave Roy a slight nod of thanks and flew off, frantically looking for the pink puffball.

“He’s gone” Roy said. Kirby came out from behind Roy’s cape.

“I’m so glad that your cape goes all the way down to the floor” Kirby said, giving a sigh of relief.

“It only does that if I'm sitting down you know” Roy replied. Kirby thanked Roy and cautiously left the room. Roy sat down and continued reading his book. Another flashback came. Roy froze. He dropped his book and clutched his head.

‘Why do you keep coming?!’ he thought. ‘Please stop! It hurts!! How come you have never come to bother me before?! Why now? Stop! Stop!’

“It won’t stop, Roy.”

“What?” Roy perked up, startled by the voice. Roy gasped at what he saw. It was himself, staring back at him. His eyes had a more sinister look than Roy’s though. “Who are you?” Roy asked it.

“I am you, Roy. I am the part of you that is mentally unstable” it replied. “Everyone has one, and it always wants to take over your body. The body has a shield though, and it keeps us under control.”

“What’s happening to me?! Why am I seeing parts of the past that I've tried to leave behind?!” Roy demanded.

“Because your shield is becoming weak.” It told him. The duplicate of Roy walked towards him. “I'm breaking out, Roy, and I've almost gotten what I want. It’s only a matter of time now.” In a flash, it was gone. Roy stared, blankly. He then realised what it all meant.

‘Am I… becoming crazy?’ he asked himself.

‘Bingo’ a voice replied. Roy guessed that was the insane part of him.

‘oh my gods…’


That night Link left a little candle on, even though Marth told him not to.

“I don’t think a little candle will keep Dark Link away,” Marth told him, “It makes little light.” Link had his doubts about the candle too, but Link had nothing else.

Hours passed and Dark Link hadn’t come. Link laid in his bed, thinking.

‘Maybe the candle light did work..’ Link thought to himself. He slowly closed his eyes and tried to go to sleep.

“Oh, come on!” a voice groaned. Link shot up from his bed. Dark Link was standing over him, looking a bit irritated. “You didn’t actually think that something as puny as a candle would keep me away, did you?”

Link was scared. After what happened last time, he was scared to even look at Dark Link.
“W-W-Well… no.. I didn’t think that it would keep you away” Link replied, “But it was the only thing I had.”

“Good. ‘Cause if you did think that it would, you would really sully my name.. and your own.” Dark Link saw that Link was uneasy. He was resisting the urge to tear down the hall, calling for help. Dark Link chuckled. “Don’t worry; I'm not going to kill you… yet… Not until you find your true love” he said.

“True love?” Link repeated. “Zelda is my true love!”

“No.. she’s not...” Dark Link said more seriously. “The one you love is of royalty, but is not Zelda..”

“But...” Link began.

“She’s kissed you lately, right?” Dark Link asked irately.

“Yeah..” Link replied.

“And you haven’t been feeling that spark of love anymore, right?”

“...No...”

Dark Link peered out of the window and gazed at the stars. “Until you find who you really do love, I will leave you… unharmed. I will not even see you again.” Dark Link waved his arm, and he was gone.

‘I love someone, and it’s not Zelda?’ Link asked himself, ‘Who is it then?’


Roy tossed and turned that night. He was revising horrible moments in his past. He twitched. He saw himself being tortured again.

‘No, get out! Get out!’ he yelled in his mind. But it didn’t. The more he wanted it to go, the more gruesome it became. ‘No, it hurts! Get out!’ The mental pain was too much for him. The blood, the gore, the blood-curdling scream of his younger self. It caused his mind to think unthinkable things. The flashbacks finally got to Roy. The insane part of Roy had won. All the pain, all of the gore, all of the screams, It was just all too much for him. Roy then awoke. ‘Pain..’ he thought. ‘No one has felt the pain of torture…’ Roy smirked evilly.
“I've suffered so much, yet everyone else doesn’t even know what real pain feels like..” he said to himself. His smirk turned into a huge maniacal smile. “I think it’s time for them to find out…” Roy chuckled to himself as he got out of bed. He gripped the hilt of the sword of seals and walked out of his room. “Who should find out what pain feels like first? Who should I ‘teach’?” Roy whispered to himself. “Kirby… yes, Kirby. He shall be the first.” Roy headed towards Kirby’s room. Kirby’s room was full of candy wrappers, clothes and other useless junk. Put simply, it was a complete mess. Roy searched around for the pink puffball under the junk. Eventually he found him, lying on the hidden bed. Kirby was sleeping soundly. Roy thought.

‘Should I burn him alive? Or just stab him in the head?’ Roy decided that flames were more painful. He pointed the tip of the blade of his sword at Kirby. Roy narrowed his eyes and concentrated. The tip of the blade went red. ‘Feel my pain’ Roy snarled. Fire shot out of the sword of seals. The puffball burst into flames. Kirby woke up and screamed. This woke up Zelda, Dr. Mario, Link and Peach. They all ran down the hall and into Kirby’s room. They all were paralysed in shock at what they saw. Roy had no mercy on the pink ball. When the flames stopped, all that was left of Kirby was a smoking pile of ashes. Everyone was speechless. Peach finally spoke.

“R-Roy… what have you done?” she asked, still shock and horror in her voice. Roy gave off a chuckle.

“Pain…” he said, “I felt pain, so now all of you shall feel it, too.” Roy ran up to Peach and ran his sword through her. She screamed and dropped down to the floor, dead. Roy then looked at Peach’s lifeless body. He stared slack-jawed. He then looked at everyone who was looking just as shocked as him. Roy ran off. He ran as fast as he could.

‘I killed Peach,’ he thought to himself, ‘And Kirby,’ he smiled as he ran. ‘Two friends dead, but I'm doing them a favour.’


Link walked cautiously to Marth’s room. He checked every corner, just in case Roy was there. Link knocked on Marth’s door. How was he going to tell Marth that Roy had gone insane and killed two people in one night? Roy was he and Marth’s best friend. Link sighed and entered the room. He saw Marth sitting on the edge of the bed, a hand on his chin and looking at the ground. He seemed troubled by something.

“Did you hear the news?” Link asked. “About--”

“About Roy?” Marth interrupted. “Yeah, I heard. I just can't believe that Roy could go insane just over one night.” Link sat beside Marth. Sitting next to Marth made Link a bit nervous. He seemed to blush a bit. Marth took no notice of this though.

“I just wish that things were the way they were. Where only we fought in the tournament” Marth said. Both Marth and Link noticed how close they were sitting to each other so they both shifted away from each other. Link felt his own cheek.

‘Hang on, I'm blushing!’ Link realised. ‘Does that mean… does that mean I have a crush on Marth?!’ Link looked over to Marth, who was facing the other way.

“H-Hey, Marth..” Link began. “I know this is off the subject, but do you… love anyone?”

Marth’s head turned round when hearing this. He seemed embarrassed.

“Although I have slept with both men and women, none of them really attracted me in that way” Marth explained. “However,” Marth started to go red, “There is one person that has attracted me..”

Link’s heart sank. Marth already had a lover. But Link’s curiosity overcame him.

“Who is that person?” he asked. Marth seemed to go even redder.

“W-W-Why would you want to know?” Marth asked.

“Just curious” Link thought up on the spot.

“That person...” Marth took a deep breath and looked at the floor. A bit of the Red in his face vanished. “...is sitting next to me...”
Link inwardly jumped back in surprise. He pointed to himself.

“M-M-Me?” Link stammered. Marth slowly nodded. Marth raised his head and looked straight into Link’s eyes. Link blushed slightly. Marth gently pressed his lips on Link’s. It was a short kiss that only lasted for about three seconds. Marth then pulled away from Link and stared at the floor again.

“I'm sorry, but I've been meaning to do that for a while” Marth apologised. Link pulled Marth’s head up gently so their eyes locked again.

“It’s okay,” he said, “I liked it..” Link wrapped his arms around Marth and held him close. Marth slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep in Link’s arms.