Lya's Story (prequel to Shades of Gray and The Death/Return of a Hero)

[Aqua.]

woah i can't wait for the next chapter!

[khfreak17]

omg. i cant wait for the next chapter. im glued to it now

[TwilightRiku_13]

Originally Posted by HeartOfTheHero

the Chapter 11 song was "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters. I'm probably going to use it again in a later chapter, because it really fits what I'm planning to do throughout the story.

As for the next story, I'm going to be writing it with Venexts, and it's going to be in a TV show format. It a cross between KH and Super Smash Bros, here's the main characters:
Heroes
Villains
We're still planning stuff for it, but we should be starting it soon

Oh, that was the Foo Fighters, wasn't it? Sorry, sometimes when I see the lyrics first, I don't connect them right away, but when I hear the title and artist and then see the lyrics, I can connect them. Anyway, about your new story, I really can't wait to see what happens, especially on the Knigdom Hearts side of things. I really look forward to your next story and the next chapter of this story.

[NaminesNobody]

Can't wait for the next chapter. This is a really good fanfic!

[HeartOfTheHero]

sorry it's taken so long, I had a little bit of writer's block and I've been kind of busy lately.
about the lyrics for the next chapter, I altered them just a tiny bit because they had a name in them and I didn't want that
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Chapter 12

He looks at me,
I fake a smile so he won’t see,
What I want and I need,
And everything that we should be

It takes close to two days to travel from Ganondorf’s castle to the village where Link’s grandmother lived. The events that had happened had terrified me so much that I would have run as far away from Link as possible, to protect him. Unfortunately, he was still carrying me, so I couldn’t get away.

“You can put me down, I can walk,” I tried to make my voice steady, but I ended up sounding hysterical.

Link looked down at me, then shook his head. “I don’t think that’s a good idea yet. But now that you can talk, why don’t you tell me what happened back there.” I wanted to, so badly, but Ganondorf’s threats still echoed through my head. I kept silent. “Fine, you don’t have to tell me right now,” his tone was still gentle, even though I could tell he was annoyed with me.

The sun was going down when I finally got Link to let me walk by myself, but he kept a hold of my arm at all times. It was like he knew I was going to try and run. After about a half hour of going on like that, I gave up on trying to get away from him and just trudged on with my head down.

We stopped in a clearing in a small forest for the night. Link kept trying to get me to tell him what had happened to me, but I refused to talk to him. If I don’t talk to him, and I avoid him, Ganondorf won’t be able to use me to get any information about him, I thought as I stared at the edge of the clearing.

“Lya,” Link came and stood in front of me, “you need to tell me what happened back there.” He looked into my eyes and I saw how irritated he was. But that wasn’t all, he looked really worried. “Look, I wouldn’t bother you about this so much, but you’ve hardly said anything to me since we left Ganondorf’s castle, and that’s not like you. You’re usually talking nonstop.”

I sighed and closed my eyes. I have to tell him something, but what? I looked up at him and tried to think of something. He’ll know if I’m lying, but if I tell him the truth…maybe if I just tell him part of the truth…

“Ganondorf was the one that captured me.”

“I figured that out on my own,” he said as he looked down at me impatiently. “There’s more to it than that.” Oh, great.

“Well, it was just … I don’t know, he was … scarier than I imagined…” I tried to look innocent, like that was all that was wrong. Link just stared down at me skeptically.

“Why won’t you just tell me?!” he shouted and stormed off a few paces.

I stood up and screamed back at him, “Because I can’t!!!” Then I turned and took off running as fast as I could through the forest. I made it pretty far before I had to stop and catch my breath. I was out of the forest and on the edge of a large field. I turned just in time to see Link coming towards me. I was sure that he was too far away to see me, so I hid behind some small bushes.

He stopped a few yards away from where I was hiding and looked around. “Lya, I know you’re around here somewhere,” he called out, “please, just come out and talk to me.” I stayed as still as I could and didn’t make a sound. After a few minutes he sighed and walked away.

I waited for what felt like a long time before I left my hiding spot. I looked up at the moon and tried not to cry. Then I started walking in the direction of the village. I knew it wasn’t the best idea, but I thought that if I could get there before Link, I could lock myself in my room and just avoid him until Ganondorf finally gave up on using me against Link.

The sun was just coming over the horizon when I walked into the village and made my way to Link’s grandmother’s house. She was sitting out on the little porch at the front of her house when I walked up.

“Oh dear, you look awful Lya. What’s wrong?” she asked as I was about to go into the house.

“Nothing, I just need to get some sleep,” I yawned and tried to act like nothing was bothering me. I went straight to my room and locked the door behind me.




I spent the whole day in my room. Around noon I heard Link come into the house. I could hear his grandmother saying something to him, but I couldn’t understand what she said to him. A few minutes later, Link knocked on my door, and when I didn’t answer he tried to open it, but it was still locked.

“Lya, I know you’re in there.” I didn’t say anything. “Please, come out.” I stared out the window. “Look, I’m sorry I yelled at you.” I went and stood in front of the window and closed my eyes as a slight breeze blew into the room. “Lya, if something happened, you should tell me.” I leaned out the window a little bit and looked up at the bright blue sky. It was the same shade as Link’s eyes. Don’t start thinking things like that! I turned and stared at one of the walls. “Lya…” Link sighed and went away. I flopped down on my bed and continued staring at the wall.

Link came back several times throughout the rest of the day, but I never said anything to him. The next day we did the same thing. Every hour or so he came and tried to get me to say something to him. Every time I ignored him and tried not to give Ganondorf anything that he could use against Link.

That night, I was still lying on my bed staring at the wall when I heard a noise at my window. I turned and saw Link leaning through the window. He had climbed up to the second story of the house by using some of the vines that grew on that side of the house.

“I’m not leaving this room,” I said stubbornly as I turned away from him and went back to staring at the wall.

He climbed all the way into my room and stood behind me. “You’ve got to bored of staring at that wall by now,” he said with a little bit of laughter. “Come on, I want to show you something.”

I looked over my shoulder at him, and saw he was smiling encouragingly. “But-“

“We can climb out the window so no one will know that you stopped being stubborn for one night.” He grinned as he held out his hand. I hesitated and looked away. “Since when were you one to turn down an adventure?”

“Never!” I exclaimed as I jumped up and turned to face him.

“Well come on then!”

A few minutes later we were running out of the village towards the river.

So I drive home alone,
As I turn out the light,
I’ll put his picture down,
And maybe get some sleep tonight

[TwilightRiku_13]

Aw, that was a very cute ending. I really like it when Link and Lya are on good terms; I don't like seeing good friends fight. So, will Lya tell Link the truth about what happened? I really think she should, but, knowing her and her stubborn ways, it might take a little more prodding from Link. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more. Oh, and the song was "Teardrops on my Guitar" by Taylor Swift.

[khfreak17]

aaaawwww........ i liked that one.. poor Lya

[HeartOfTheHero]

Originally Posted by TwilightRiku_13

So, will Lya tell Link the truth about what happened? I really think she should, but, knowing her and her stubborn ways, it might take a little more prodding from Link.

Well, consider this:
Ganondorf knew when she was about to tell Link what had happened, and he stopped her and threatened her. He had kind of expected her to refuse when he first told her what he wanted her to do, so he already had a plan to make her work for him anyway. He's monitoring her to make sure she doesn't tell Link what's going on. She doesn't know that he can see everything that she's doing, so she let her guard down when she went with Link at the end of the last chapter.
Link will find out eventually, but it might not be the way you expect

[HeartOfTheHero]

Chapter 13

I wandered through fiction to look for the truth,
Buried beneath all the lies,
And I stood at a distance,
To feel who you are,
Hiding myself in your eyes

We followed along the river to where a waterfall that cascaded down hundreds of feet from the cliffs above. It was absolutely beautiful, and I gasped as I looked up at it. Even though the sun had gone down, we could see everything perfectly because of the moonlight. But that wasn’t all. The river and waterfall seemed to be glowing with some sort of inner light.

Link took my hand and led me to the edge of the river. I looked up at the full moon and felt mesmerized by the beautiful sight.

“I wanted you to see this,” he whispered, “It’s breath-taking, isn’t it?”

“Yes,” I whispered back, “it is.” I turned to say something else to Link, but as soon as our eyes met, I couldn’t remember what I was going to say. I realized how close we were standing, and Link was still holding my hand. Just then we heard music playing somewhere, it was too far away for us to hear it clearly, but it was a slow, romantic tune.

“Do you want to dance?” Link asked tentatively.

“I would love to,” I said quietly, still looking into his eyes.

We stepped away from the edge of the river a little bit, and started slow dancing. I suddenly felt shy, and I could look him in the eyes for more than a few seconds. Why do I feel so nervous? I thought. Link pulled me closer to him as the music got a little bit faster, and I felt even more nervous.

Just as Link was spinning me, I tripped and found myself falling face first into the river. Link tried to pull me back but we both ended up falling in. I’m such a klutz! How do you trip while you’re slow dancing?? I swam up to the surface and gasped as my head came above the water. Link came up beside me gasping for air and laughing at the same time.

Thankfully, the current wasn’t very strong at that part of the river, so we were able to get out with no problem. We sat at the edge of the river, keeping our feet in the water. Link was still laughing a little bit.

“It’s not that funny,” I said defensively. He turned to say something and instead laughed harder. I turned away quickly so he wouldn’t see how embarrassed I felt. He stopped laughing and put a hand on my shoulder.

“Hey,” he turned me to face him but I kept my head down, “I’m sorry, but you should have seen your expression just then.” I refused to look at him and jerked away. “Lya,” he said gently as he made me turn towards him again, “hey, look at me.” I jerked away again and kept my head down. Then he tilted my head back slowly until I was forced to look straight into his gorgeous blue eyes. Then he whispered “Please don’t shut me out again. You’ve been doing it for the past two days. That’s not what I want for us.”

“Yeah, I guess that would mess up our friendship,” I tried to keep my voice steady as I spoke. Can he tell how nervous I feel right now? I thought as I realized how intently he was looking at me.

“Is that all we are? Just friends?” he asked quietly. I started to say something, but he leaned closer to me and before I knew what was happening, he was kissing me. He stopped and backed up quickly, saying “I…I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have…but,” he looked really flustered. I wanted to tell him it was okay, that I didn’t mind, but I couldn’t speak. No words would come out of my mouth, and I couldn’t even finish a complete thought. I couldn’t move, all I could do was stare at him. He was still talking, saying how sorry he was, and stuff like that, but I wasn’t listening. “I … I’m just going to go. Yeah, um, bye,” he started to walk off, but I finally found my voice.

“Wait!” I ran after him and caught up to him in a few strides. “Wait, Link, why,” I stood in front of him and was about to look up at his face when I realized that that probably wasn’t the best idea just yet, because I would probably freeze up again, so instead I looked over at the river. “Why did you just kiss me?” I couldn’t keep my voice from wavering slightly as I asked.

“I just thought that … you should know … how I feel about you.” My heart had been pounding pretty hard before, but now it felt like it was about to beat right out of my chest. “But it’s okay if you don’t feel the same way for me, I understand.” He walked around me and started back towards the village.

“Who says I don’t feel the same way?” I whispered. I thought he was too far away to have heard me, but he stopped and spun around. He practically ran back to me and took me by the shoulders.

“What did you just say?” This whole time I still hadn’t looked at him. Now I did. “Did you just say…?” he seemed like he couldn’t believe what I had said. I knew I had to say something, it was now or never.

“I feel the same way.”

Link pulled me into a tight hug and didn’t let me go for a long time. I felt completely content like that, and I relaxed against him. When he did let me go, we went back to the village holding hands.

Hold on before it’s too late,
We’ll run ‘til we leave this behind,
Don’t fall just be who you are,
It’s all that we need in our lives

[TwilightRiku_13]

I so loved that chapter!!!! That was so romantic. I absolutely loved the kissing scene; it was so beautiful. So, these two are now an official couple, right? Man, if this is the case, part of me is really scared to see what happens when Zelda finds out; I predict a catfight. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more. Oh, last thing, waht was the name of the song? Doesn't seem familiar to me.

[HeartOfTheHero]

Originally Posted by TwilightRiku_13

I so loved that chapter!!!! That was so romantic. I absolutely loved the kissing scene; it was so beautiful. So, these two are now an official couple, right? Man, if this is the case, part of me is really scared to see what happens when Zelda finds out; I predict a catfight. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more. Oh, last thing, waht was the name of the song? Doesn't seem familiar to me.

yeah they're officially a couple now. I have no idea what will happen when Zelda finds out, but it should be pretty interesting, I'm getting all kinds of ideas just thinking about it ....
the song for this chapter was "Before It's Too Late" by the Goo Goo Dolls. If you haven't heard it before I highly recommend it, it's one of my favorite songs, and it's also the song that I think Link and Lya should have been dancing too.

[TwilightRiku_13]

Originally Posted by HeartOfTheHero

yeah they're officially a couple now. I have no idea what will happen when Zelda finds out, but it should be pretty interesting, I'm getting all kinds of ideas just thinking about it ....
the song for this chapter was "Before It's Too Late" by the Goo Goo Dolls. If you haven't heard it before I highly recommend it, it's one of my favorite songs, and it's also the song that I think Link and Lya should have been dancing too.

Okay, cool. And yes, it will be definitely interesting to see what happens between Lya and Zelda; I cannot wait to see what happens. Oh, and I have heard that Goo Goo Dolls song, it has just been a while since I have heard it, and I think that it does reflect Lya and Link well.

[khfreak17]

aaaawwww!!! sweet moment.

[HeartOfTheHero]

i think this is the longest chapter so far, lol
anyways, here is the long awaited cat-fight. hopefully it's as good as you all expected. if not, let me know and i'll either try to add more, or i'll add another one further on in the story :)

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Chapter 14

He was a skater boy,
She said, “See you later boy,”
He wasn’t good enough for her,
She had a pretty face,
But her head was up in space,
She needed to come back down to earth

I woke up to a bright and sunny morning, and sat up with a jolt. That was the best dream I’ve ever had, I thought as I glanced out the window, but that would never happen in real life. I stood up and got dressed. When I was about to leave my room, I happened to look over at the nightstand next to my bed. Lying on it was a dark red rose. I walked over to it and picked it up. As I spun it gently in my hands, I realized that it looked just like the one that Link had given me in my dream. Towards the end of my dream, when we had snuck back into the village, Link had taken one of the roses from his grandmother’s garden. It had looked just like the one that I was holding now.

Then it hit me. It wasn’t a dream! I nearly dropped the rose as I recalled every detail from the past night. I couldn’t believe it, and just as I was about to pinch myself to make sure that I was still awake when someone knocked at my door.

“Lya, are you awake yet?” Now I did drop the rose. It was Link. “We have to get to the castle soon, or Zelda will be really mad at us.” I picked up the rose quickly and set it back on my nightstand before opening the door. “Hey sleepyhead, it’s about time you woke up,” he said with a warm smile. Then he leaned down and kissed me lightly on the cheek before turning and heading back downstairs. “C’mon, we can eat breakfast at the castle.”

I followed him downstairs and outside, where he had Epona ready, and we rode to the castle. On the way there, I realized that if Zelda found out what had happened last night, she would probably kill me. Well bring it on, I thought to myself, she can try anything she wants; she won’t get me to give up Link.

“Hey Lya?” Link said over his shoulder.

“Hmm?”

“Can I ask you something?”

“Of course,” I said, “What is it?”

“Why are you and Zelda always bickering?” Oh shoot, I thought he hadn’t noticed… “I can tell you both try to keep me from finding out about it, but I can tell that you don’t really like each other, and I was just wondering why.”

“Well …… um……” he turned and looked straight at me, like he knew I was trying to think of something else to tell him instead of the truth. Whenever he gave me that look I couldn’t tell him anything but the truth. “When we’re arguing and stuff, it’s usually about … you …” I said hesitatingly.

“Me?” he asked in a slightly confused tone, “that doesn’t make any sense. Zelda has no reason to argue with you about me.”

I gave him a skeptical look. “You honestly believe that? I think she might be in love with you. She certainly acts possessive of you.” Link’s face went blank for a moment, so I continued. “Whenever I’m near you, she gives me these warning looks, and when I’m not with you she says things like ‘you’d better stay away from him’ and things like that.”

Link kept his expression blank for a few more seconds, then he starting laughing so hard he almost fell off Epona.

“What’s so funny?” I asked in confusion.

“I just can’t believe that after all this time, she finally changed her mind about me,” he stopped laughing and looked back at me, “a while ago, I tried to get her to go out with me, but she turned me down without a second thought. She said I wasn’t good enough for her and that she would never be able to be with someone like me, but she still wanted to be my friend.”

All of a sudden I felt sick. He used to like her, and he probably still does, she’s beautiful. When we get to the castle he’ll probably go right up to her and tell her how he feels and he’ll forget about me. Of course he will, she’s a princess, and I’m just a girl who got lost and can’t get home (not that I want to).

“Hey,” Link said softly as he looked at my expression, “just because I used to like her doesn’t mean I still do.” Is it really that easy to tell what I’m thinking? “Now I think of her as just a friend. You’re the one that I want to be with.” I looked up at him and smiled.

“Really?” Instead of saying anything, he kissed me gently on the lips and turned to face forward again.


When we got to the castle, Zelda was waiting for us in the garden.

“What took you so long??” she demanded in her high pitched whine.

“We didn’t get started as early as we thought we would,” Link said as he flopped down of one of the benches. I sat next to him, and he put his arm around my shoulders.

When Zelda saw this, she nearly had a heart attack. I enjoyed every moment of her reaction, but then I realized that I should stop being so mean to her. The only reason that I did everything before was because we were both jealous of one another. I had no reason to be jealous of her now, so why should I keep torturing her? That didn’t mean that I was going to act distant from Link while she was around. Far from it.

She managed to regain her composure after a few minutes, while Link and I just pretended like we didn’t see her freaking out. Once she could look at us without getting a murderous look in her eyes, she politely asked Link if he would mind checking in the kitchen to see if our breakfast was ready yet. He nodded and stood up to leave.

“Play nice, you two,” he said as he walked into the castle.

Zelda kept a sweet look on her face until she was sure he was far enough away. Then she turned and looked at me. I gulped and stood up slowly. This is not going to be good…

She walked towards me slowly and gave me a glare that made me feel like a small animal being stalked by a tiger. She came at me with her eyes narrowed and her fists clenched at her sides.

“Just what do you think you’re doing?” she demanded in a tight voice.

“I don’t know what you mean,” I said innocently.

“Don’t lie to me!” she shrieked, “Link is mine and you’re trying to take him!!!!!” Before I could respond she dove at me and started pulling at my hair. She wasn’t very creative in a fight. Her shrieking and screaming were doing more damage to me than she was by pulling my hair. I gave her a swift kick to the shin which made her let go of me and I backed up quickly out of her reach.

“Are you insane??” I screamed at her, “What the hell are you doing?? I didn’t do anything to you! It’s not my fault that Link doesn’t like you anymore!”

I was planning on running into the castle to get away from her, but she came at me again (she was still pretty fast, despite the fact that she was limping badly since I kicked her). I couldn’t get away fast enough, and she caught me again. This time she wasn’t pulling my hair.

As she tried to hit me in the face, I dodged to the left and she missed me. I backed up a little and looked at her. Clearly she had gone insane, so what was I supposed to do? She shrieked and came at me again. Okay, now that’s getting old.

“How could you do this???” she screamed in my face, “I love him!! And now you’re trying to steal him from me!!!!!”

“Last time I checked he didn’t belong to anyone!” I shouted back. “And I happen to know that he used to like you, but you turned him down. So guess what, YOU DON’T HAVE RIGHTS TO HIM! Oh, there’s something else you should know, too,” I leaned even closer to her and whisper in a harsh tone “he likes someone else now.”

“That’s impossible! What makes you think he likes you?”

“Maybe because he KISSED me last night!”

She gasped and her eyes got huge, “You’re LYING!! He would never kiss you!”

“He did! And he told me that I’m the one he wants to be with now!”

I have no idea how to describe the sound that Zelda made when I said this. It was part gasp, part shriek, and part sob. Then she dove at me and started kicking and hitting me with all of her might. I didn’t have much of a choice, so I kicked and hit her back. When Link walked into the garden a few moments later, he found us in an all-out brawl.

“What is wrong with you two?!” he shouted as he pulled us apart.

We both jumped back and stared at each other. Zelda’s hair was sticking out at almost every angle, and her dress was ripped a little bit. She had bruises on her face and arms, and her nose was bleeding a little bit. I imagined that I didn’t look much better.

Link stared at both of us, waiting for an explanation. Zelda just glared at me through her hair, which was falling down over her face. It was clear she wasn’t going to say anything, and I certainly wasn’t going to. Link sighed and looked back and forth between the two of us for a few seconds, then he closed his eyes and pushed his hair back with one hand.

“Okay, I think I know why you were fighting. And let me just say this, I’m disappointed in both of you.” Zelda and I both looked down in shame. “Now, I want an explanation from both of you. Once I have that, I’m taking Lya back to the village and you’re both going to think about how juvenile your behavior has been.” Zelda and I both started to protest, but he stopped us. “No, don’t say anything yet. Zelda come with me, I want to hear your side of the story first. Lya, stay there.” He turned and Zelda followed him out of the garden. She shot a triumphant look over her shoulder at me. I slumped down on one of the benches and waited for them to come back.

I looked up as Link came back into the garden a few minutes later. Zelda wasn’t with him. I jumped up and started to try and explain everything, but he stopped me before I could say very much. Instead of letting me tell him what had happened, he led me out of the castle. We were at the fountain in Castle Town before he stopped.

“Link, let me –”

“Lya, don’t worry about it,” he looked down at me with a slightly amused expression. “And don’t worry about Zelda anymore. She won’t say anything to you about us. I explained everything to her.”

“Wait, you ‘explained everything to her’? How did you keep her from trying to kill me again?”

He sighed and looked back towards the castle. “She not as irrational as you might think.” Or she just doesn’t want you to see her true colors…

“Well don’t you want to know what really happened when we were fighting?”

“Not really,” he laughed a little bit as he said it. “I know we need to tell Zelda everything that happened at Ganondorf’s castle, but I think we should wait for another day so she has time to relax. She seemed like she was in shock.”

“Ya think?” I asked as I headed for the edge of Castle Town. I looked back at the castle before I had gotten too far, and I saw Zelda looking out one of the windows with a furious look on her face. I just smiled and waved at her, then I turned and walked out of Castle Town. Victory is mine… I thought with a grin.

Sorry girl but you missed out,
Well tough luck that boy’s mine now,
We are more than just good friends,
This is how the story ends

[TwilightRiku_13]

Yeah!!! Catfight!!! I really liked the fight scene; Zelda never seemed like much of a fighter, just a whiny, annoying bitch. Anyway, awesome job, and I look forward to more. Oh, and the song was "Skater Boy" (I know that's not really how it's spelled) by Avril Lavigne.