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Great Fairy bad times

Hey look I’m finally posting that Warriors in a bottle fic that I’ve been teasing about but never actually posted! Let’s go! Uh TW... uncomfiness, boundaries being ignored, and an injury. Nothing too bad I hope :)

The battle was growing more and more exhausting as the days went on. The amount of enemies the Hyrulean army had to fight felt endless, and the soldiers were beginning to falter. The feeling that they haven’t made a dent in the dark forces dropped their morale, and Link couldn’t seem to do anything to raise it up. He was sent with his own army to eradicate a group of monsters, but little did they know that it was a trap. Soon they retreated to the stronghold keep, trying to regroup to figure out a new strategy, but Link was at a loss. Soldiers from their other keeps scattered around were all captured, leaving them alone at the stronghold keep. Their numbers were dwindling, and Link didn’t know how to come on top.

He’s tried to get reinforcements, but the messengers were never able to make it to their destinations. Soon they would all be captured and possibly killed, which frightened several soldiers.

Link sighed as he skimmed over the map for the hundredth time. There was nothing he could do. He looked up at the wary soldiers who were eating the last bit of their rations. The thought of having to surrender to the enemy made him sick. These men would probably get executed or tortured, and him, being the commander, would most likely have to watch. He silently put the map away and walked near the exit of the base. He watched as the sun began to set behind the mountains solemnly. Proxi popped out of his scarf and hovered near his face.

“Link? What’s wrong?”

Link looked at his fairy companion sadly. He swallowed hard and began to quietly explain the situation to her.

“Proxi, I don’t think we’re gonna make it out of this…”

“What?”

“Shh, I don’t want to worry the soldiers, but we can’t escape, we’re cut off and can’t call for reinforcements, the soldiers are tired, we’re almost completely out of rations… I… I don’t know how to win this.”

“Oh Link,” Proxi rested on his shoulder near his head, “are you going to surrender?”

“That’s what I’m worried about. If I surrender, what will they do to us? They’re not necessarily civil.”

Proxi flickered for a moment, then sighed. “Yeah, it can’t be anything good… I’m sorry Link. You think we could try to escape?”

Link shook his head. A messenger attempted to escape out of Death mountain, but they heard no news of his whereabouts, and monsters took over the exits. All options of escape were gone.

“I should tell the soldiers,” Link said, after a moment of silence, “They deserve to know.”

“I can do it for you!” Proxi offered. Afterall, Proxi was his voice in the beginning of the war, it was only because of her that he gained the confidence to use his own, but he didn’t need her now. He needed to personally deliver the news.

“Thank you Proxi, but I need to do it myself.”

And with that, the hero of Hyrule, the last hope for them all, faced his soldiers, and delivered the news. The soldiers overall took it well, Link assumed that they accepted their fate as hope began to fail, but he could still feel the fear in their hearts. He couldn’t help but be afraid as well. But he had to be courageous, for them.

When night came, the soldiers all enjoyed their last good moments, sitting around a fire, talking, laughing, and trying to lighten the mood. But Link couldn’t help but watch with a sinking feeling in his stomach. This was all his fault, he was the commander and he failed his men. Now they were going to lose everything because of his inability to lead. When the men laughed again, Link turned away, a lump in his throat beginning to form. He walked to his tent and set up for the night.

“You’re going to bed already?” Proxi asked, floating near him.

“Yeah, I’m tired,” Link said quietly, he got into the covers and turned away from his fairy companion. She floated around him for a moment but decided not to pry.

“I’m sorry Link,” Proxi muttered, then he felt her warm presence rest near him, and he closed his eyes, holding onto the happy laughters of the soldiers, that may be their last.

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“Hey! Link wake up!”

Link groaned as he felt Proxi hitting his shoulder, waking him up, and it took him a moment to see what was happening. Proxi seemed desperate and almost out of breath (though Link didn’t know if fairies even ran out of breath). He blinked hard and instinctively grabbed his sword, assuming they were in danger. He stood up and looked at his empty tent, the night silent except for Proxi. He looked at her.

“What’s wrong Proxi?”

Proxi floated around his head, and Link noticed that she was not scared, but excited.

“Link! I heard a voice! It was a great fairy! A great fairy is nearby! She can help us!”

Link gasped. He didn’t know a great fairy was near death mountain! With her help, they might have a chance of winning! Link ran to his things and quickly got dressed with Proxi basically buzzing with excitement. He ran out of his tent and marched over to the guards on watch. He explained the great fairy to them and the hope in their eyes was enough to get him going.

Link ran out of the base with Proxi leading the way. He snuck around Death mountain, not wanting to be caught and losing their one opportunity at winning, but luckily, he was able to slip away unnoticed. That was until he reached the great fairy fountain, which was closed with a group of monsters, one of them being a gatekeeper, Link assumed. He quickly made work of them, grabbed the key the gatekeeper had, and opened the door to the great fairy fountain. He ran inside, panting for air in the quiet and serene room. Even in this dire situation, the great fairy fountain never failed to calm him down. He looked around, and then got on one knee. He couldn’t make a magic circle like Zelda or Lana, but he hoped that his plea would be heard regardless.

“Oh Great Fairy of Death Mountain,” he started, looking up to see if she was there. She was not, so he kept going. “I beg for your help. We have been fighting for days and there are no signs of victory for us. I ask that you assist us in any way. There are good men down there that could die, good men that have been captured, and I want so desperately to save them. Please… help us.”

He bowed his head, and he felt a warm tingling above him. He looked up and saw the Great Fairy smiling down at him, however something about her smile made his skin crawl. Great Fairies were generally very strange to Link, but the way this one was looking at him felt off. Though it didn’t matter, he needed her help.

“If you could weaken them for us, we could drive them back and gain another victory for Hyrule!” Link began again, and the Great Fairy just kept smiling at him. He swallowed and looked at Proxi. Why was she staring at him like that? He stood up and took a step forward. “Will you help us?”

The Great Fairy tapped her chin with her long nails, and gave a hum. “You want me to weaken the enemies, yes?”

Link nodded, growing impatient, the night was slipping away, and soon the soldiers would be on their own. He had to get back to them.

The Great Fairy left the pond she was in and got closer to Link. He instinctively took a step back, his heart nearly jumping to his throat as she leaned forward, her face inches from him.

“How about I fight the enemy for you?”

Link blinked. “F-fight? For us? That-that would be amazing!” He let out a bewildered laugh. That was the best possible scenario! With the extra help of fighting, from a powerful being too, winning would be easy! The Great Fairy gave a laugh at his reaction.

“I’ll take that as a yes?” She teased, poking his hair with her finger. His smile faded slightly at that, but didn’t want to seem rude. He nodded and bowed slightly.

“Your help would mean everything to us.”

The Great fairy smiled laid down next to him.

“There is one thing however,” she started, running her fingers along the floor near him, “I don’t know what your strategies are, and I’ll need your help to tell me where I need to go and who I need to fight.”

Link nodded. “Of course! If you stay next to me, I can lead you to the enemy bases!”

The Great fairy giggled. “Oh, no, I have a much better idea. I’ll help you, but only if you’re in a bottle for me.”

Link was taken aback by that. Was she… negotiating?

“But I can’t fight if I’m in a bottle.” He tried to explain, the idea of being in a bottle sounded miserable, but the great fairy hardly listened and got way too close for comfort.

“With me there, you won’t need to fight love.”

Link couldn’t help the yelp that escaped him as his feet were sweeped out from underneath him, and he fell backwards. He landed with a harsh thud against thick glass at the bottom and he tried to scramble to his feet, but the movement was limited. He stood up with a struggle as the bottle was carelessly jostled around and banged on the glass.

“Wait! Let me out! There has to be another way!” He screamed, but the Great fairy didn’t listen. Instead she burst through the door and stared out at Death mountain, the sky turning orange as the sun began to rise, but Link didn’t feel any peace as it came up. He let out a yelp as the bottle jerked, causing him to fall. The great fairy gave out a laugh and began attacking the nearest keep. This was going to be awful. Link only prayed that he wouldn’t be in here for long.

~~~~~~~~~~~

Link’s hope for getting out of the bottle soon was short lived, he didn’t know how long he was in there, but it had to be over 3 days now. He couldn’t tell exactly since he was passing out at random times whether due to dehydration, being jostled around carelessly, or even almost suffocating, but he did count the sunsets he saw while in the bottle.

The bottle was not fit to contain a living being, that’s for sure. The cork was too tight at times, causing the air to grow thin and suffocate him. Link would bash his sword against the thick glass to hopefully escape, or at least get air inside, but it wouldn’t break. It would get the Great Fairy’s attention however, and she’d loosen the cork so he could at least breathe. But even when he had air, the size of the bottle made it feel otherwise. It was so small that he couldn’t straighten his long legs when he was sitting, he could only keep them bent up against his chest. If he were to stand, he would just lose balance and hit his head against the glass harshly, so he resorted to sitting down. He could at least have a chance at not getting further injuries while sitting. Link wondered with a sick feeling in his stomach if it was this bad for fairies, but he couldn’t ask Proxi about it since she wasn’t in the bottle with him. He didn’t know where she was, but he prayed that she was safe.

Link was growing more and more exhausted as the great Fairy dumped him out of the bottle to wildly attack the enemies. Even though he was out of the tiny bottle, this wasn’t a pleasant break, he had to use all of his energy and strength just to dodge or deflect her attacks, but as soon as she was done and he could catch his breath, she would come up behind him and scoop him up into the bottle again. It felt like he was always on edge, trying not to get killed one way or another.

What made him most upset about this whole thing was that he didn’t help her out at all. She went to the keeps on her own and knew who she needed to fight. He was completely useless to her. Not to mention, the glass was so thick that she couldn’t hear him. No one could. His hoarse voice caused him to give up on screaming for help.

Link sat down in the tight space with his knees up against his chest, using his arms to keep his head from smacking against the glass again. The last thing he needed was a bad head injury. He watched as soldiers fought hard against the enemy, and he wanted so desperately to be with them. Being in this bottle was humiliating enough, but it was torture not being able to help his fellow men, watching as some are cut down and unable to win their battle with the monsters. He tried so many times to get the Great Fairy’s attention, to help his comrades, but she paid no mind. She just kept on fighting and laughing.

Link yelped as the bottle jumped and the back of his head smacked the glass. He blinked back tears and rubbed the spot, his vision going blurry for a second.

“Oh, did you hit your head too hard?”

Link opened his eyes and glared at the Great Fairy. Her creepy and possessive smile was peering at him from the other side of the glass, as if he were an animal to be observed. He looked down.

“I’m fine.”

The Great Fairy laughed and she once again continued to fight. He sighed in frustration as he watched the battle happen before him. It was difficult to see what was going on amongst the chaos, but he knew that the Hyrulean soldiers were fighting back valiantly. He was proud, and happy that they were finally winning the battle.

Maybe if I stay in here, we will win… it shouldn’t take long, he thought, trying to find a positive in this situation. However, being bumped around in there made it very difficult for him. But it had to be over soon. It just had to.

~~~~~~

Link landed with a grunt as he was dumped out of the bottle for the hundredth time. It took him a moment to stand up, but he was snapped to the situation when a monster swung their weapon at him. He clumsily rolled out of the way and grabbed his sword to fight back. He wobbled a bit, his legs feeling like jelly, and his entire body aching. He felt weak and almost fell when their weapons clashed, but he had enough strength to prevail and win the battle. Though killing that monster took a lot more energy than it should’ve.

The Great Fairy began dropping bombs from the sky on the monsters around her and he brought up his shield to protect himself, grumbling about how careless the she was being. If he moved even slightly from the position he was in, he would be caught in the explosions, thanks to her. Eventually the dust settled, and though his ears were ringing, he felt that it was done. He put his shield down for one second to check, until his legs were swept from beneath him, and he was falling back into the bottle.

He couldn’t hold back the scream when he landed. His back flared up in agonizing pain and his hand instinctively went to it, pulling it back to see if he was bleeding. He was not, yet the pain continued to be unbearable.

“STOP! STOP PLEASE!” He screamed as loud as his voice would allow him, and by some miracle, The Great Fairy heard him.

She inspected him from inside the bottle as he laid there in pain, tears streaming down his face and gasping desperately for air. He heard the great fairy let out an annoyed sigh, and she opened the bottle, letting him fall out into her hand, which made the pain worse. He tried not to move as she wrapped her fingers around him, to keep him still as her pointer finger touched his stomach area. He whimpered as a bright light appeared, and the pain was gone.

“There we go, you feel better?” The great fairy asked, a smile on her face.

Link glared at her in response and she giggled, once again throwing him into the bottle. He yelped as he tried to land on his feet this time, and he looked back, where the great fairy resumed fighting.

She healed him. She healed him and she didn’t even care that she caused him pain. He rubbed his newly healed back, trying to be extra careful as he was thrown around within the bottle. The phantom pains from whatever injury he just experienced lingered there, and he was cautious as he sat down. Clearly she could do whatever she wanted with him. She could be as careless as she wanted, because she was a great fairy, and great fairies have extraordinary healing abilities. As long as he didn’t die, her actions had no consequences on him.

He sighed and curled up into a fetal position, praying that he’ll be let out soon. He didn’t know how much longer he could take this torture. He even wondered with a sinking feeling if she would ever let him out again.

~~~~~~

Link didn’t see a single monster in sight. The Great fairy was looking around as well, seeing if there were any stragglers she needed to take out. There were none. She hummed and uncorked the bottle, and for the last time, Link was dumped out onto the ground. He stood up shakily, wondering if he would be able to walk again, but felt a gust of air from behind him. He gasped and turned around, assuming it was a monster, but there was nothing. He frowned and nervously turned his head, realizing that The Great Fairy disappeared. When he looked behind him again, he nearly fell back as her large face was inches away from him. She giggled and used her hand to keep him from falling backwards.

“Thank you so much for your help commander!” She said in a sing-song voice. “We won the battle thanks to you.”

Something within Link snapped, and he launched himself off her hand, seething with rage as he was about to scream at her. Scream at her for treating him like a play thing for no reason. Scream at her for making him useless during this battle. Scream at her for causing him pain and not caring for it. But he stopped himself when he heard cheering from his soldiers.

“Commander! That was incredible!” One recruit shouted.

“Getting the help from the Great Fairy saved us! Thank you!” Another cheered.

“All thanks to you we won the battle,” a captain said as he walked up, patting Link on the shoulders. The captain looked up at The Great Fairy with a smile, and she giggled in response.

Everyone was happy and cheering, they survived, they won against all odds. He couldn’t scream at her about what happened, not when everyone was this joyful. He swallowed down his anger and said nothing as the soldiers were all chattering amongst themselves.

He should be happy. He should be relieved. Afterall, The Great Fairy did what he asked of her. He shouldn’t feel upset, or violated, or offended that he couldn’t fight. He had to endure that in order to save his men, right? It should have been worth it in his eyes. And in a way, he was happy that she helped. She saved them after all. But he couldn’t smile. He couldn’t cheer, because he was so angry, and he felt violated, and he felt offended. He felt like a toy the great fairy wanted to play with, wanted to tease just because he is the way he is. Just because he has a pretty face.

He couldn’t do or say anything either. She was a great fairy, a powerful being that saved everyone’s lives. If he said something, he was afraid that people would call him ungrateful, they would be upset that he was insulting a powerful being. A heavy feeling grew in his chest, and he began to walk away to the best of his ability.

“Wait.”

He turned around to see the Great Fairy smiling down at him. He braced himself for what she was about to say or do. She got close to him and poked his cheek.

“You are a brave one,” she said. Then she flew away, laughing like a maniac. Link turned around, the rage within him boiling up again. He ignored the soldiers who tried to talk to him, and he ignored the concerned cries of the captains, he even ignored the concerned voice of Proxi. He was just tired. He needed rest, a bath, a meal, whatever. He just didn’t feel good. So he walked to the hot springs that Darunia would talk about constantly, hoping he could at least clean himself off.

~~~~~~~

Link was sitting by the hotspring for possibly hours, his feet inside the water. He’s cleaned himself off, surprisingly had a lot of monster blood on him for not fighting as much as he usually did, but he felt a little better being clean. He didn’t make an effort to get food or anything, even though he was starving. He didn’t have an appetite after that all happened. His trousers were on, rolled up so they wouldn’t touch the water, but his chest was bare. He was carefully observing the bruises and cuts he had all over him. Mostly bruises on his torso and arms from being thrown around a lot. Conveniently, when the Great Fairy healed his back, she didn’t bother to heal the other little injuries on him.

Link rubbed his head that’s been killing him for days. He must have a concussion. He knew that getting food would help a lot, but he couldn’t stomach the soldiers, not now. Not when they were so happy and he was so upset.

“Hey.”

Link spun around and gasped to see Princess Zelda standing there, a smile on her face. He jumped up and saluted, and she responded with a small laugh.

“You don’t need to do that, Link. Especially right now.”

He looked down embarrassed, lowering his arm. Oh goddesses he was shirtless in front of the princess.

“I–! I am so sorry Zelda! I’ll cover myself up right away!” He sputtered out, grabbing his undershirt so he could throw it on, but Zelda stopped him, a smile on her face.

“You did well Link. A messenger got to us a couple of days ago. I came as soon as I could.”

Link didn’t say anything. The messenger must’ve been sent out during the battle. After all, they would’ve been too weak and exhausted to hold their ground, they would need reinforcements as soon as possible.

“You’re injured, Link.”

He looked up and stared at her for a moment, it wasn’t out of the ordinary for him to have bumps and bruises everywhere.

“I… I am…”

Zelda went to lightly touch the bruises around his chest, and he watched as her hand slowly got closer, and an uncomfortable feeling grew in his stomach. He covered his chest quickly with his bundle of a shirt, stopping her.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered, “I don’t want to be touched right now.”

She gave him a look that he couldn’t read. He got worried that he offended her. She was the princess! She can do whatever she wants! But she backed away and leaned against a rock, her proud smile morphing into a concerned look.

“What happened, Link? The captain and Proxi said that something happened to you during the battle.”

Link’s head shot up at Proxi’s name.

“Proxi is ok?” He blurted out, stopping Zelda. She nodded with a smile.

“She’s alright. She and the captain came to me worried about you. Said that you were upset over something…” She paused, watching Link’s face. He looked exhausted, had dark circles under his eyes, his hair was a mess, and it was hard not to notice the many bruises that littered his body. He didn’t look back at her, however, so she kept going. “They said you were in a bottle? While the great fairy was fighting.”

There was a moment of silence between them, and Zelda was about to keep talking until she heard Link sniffle.

“It was awful Zelda…” He whimpered, clutching his shirt tightly. “It was so small and tight, I was thrown everywhere, I’m pretty sure my back was broken at some point. I couldn't breath sometimes, I tried to break the glass, I-I tried to beg her to release me, I tried to run away but she wouldn’t let me go! I couldn’t fight with my soldiers, I couldn't do anything I–” his breath hitched, stopping himself. Zelda didn’t know if he wanted a hug or not, so she sat there in silence, watching him as tears began to stream down his face. She never saw him cry before.

He sniffed and took a deep breath before continuing, “I don’t know what to do. I-I thought she could help us. We were going to lose, I knew it. Proxi said that she sensed a great fairy and I just… was so happy and relieved but…. She threw me into a bottle… I don’t know how long I was in there but… It was humiliating and exhausting, and I’m so angry at her!” His voice was raised at the end of saying that, rage plastered on his face, but it dropped and he slumped over. “I can’t do anything about it though. She helped us. She saved all those soldiers. I shouldn’t be upset with her, my life is small compared to theirs but… I just… I don’t know.”

Zelda stared at him for a moment, anger beginning to grow within her as well. Seeing the hero break over something like this, it disgusted her. And it disgusted her that the person who did this to him was on their side.

“Link, did you two strike a deal?” She asked, hoping there was a reason the Great Fairy decided to do this. Link shrugged.

“Sh-she asked me to help her… to know where she needed to go. I-I told her I would help. I just… she said she wanted me in a bottle and I didn’t say yes to that, truthfully I didn’t say anything, it was a weird request. Not that it mattered. I didn’t even help her at all! I know what she was thinking and I hate it! I’m so sick of being treated like a toy to be played with as if my feelings don’t matter! I just–” He pulled his knees up to his chest and burrowed his head in his arms.

Zelda sighed, wanting so badly to hug him. She got closer to him as he cried, trying to be a calming presence to him. She looked at his torso and noted how thin he was.

“Link, you should probably eat something, or go to the medic,” she suggested, but he shook his head.

“I don’t want to see them. The soldiers. I don’t want to ruin their celebration.”

Zelda’s heart hurt from hearing that. Even when he was suffering, he was still thinking of others. She got even closer.

“Is it ok if I hug you?” She asked quietly. He didn’t say anything for a moment, but slowly leaned against her, and she wrapped her arms around him, rubbing his back, which seemed to relax him.

“I’m sorry you have to see me like this,” he whispered after a minute.

“I don’t care, Link. I want you to know that I care about you, and even though you feel like you have to hide your true feelings from the soldiers, you don’t have to hide your feelings from me.”

He sighed, relaxing more and more, leaning up against the princess. They were silent for a long time, with her holding him, until Link said one final thing.

“Thank you, Zelda.”

~~~~~~~

Link woke up groggily in a cot. It was dark outside, however there was some light, possibly peeking out from the horizon. Was it nighttime? Or… morning? How long was he asleep? When did he fall asleep? Did he… oh goddesses did he fall asleep on Zelda? He sat up and looked around, no one seemed to be in his tent. Suddenly, a bright light appeared from his left side, and Proxi came into view.

“Link! Oh thank goodness! I was so worried about you!”

Link stared at her for a moment, then smiled, holding her close.

“Hey Proxi, I’m so sorry I didn’t look for you. What happened? Are you ok?”

Proxi rested in his hands and nuzzled his chin. “I’m fine! When the Great Fairy put you in the bottle, I flew away to get the other captain! But then she started fighting, and so did everyone else, and…” she stopped and hugged his chin tighter. “Are you feeling any better?”

He smiled, relieved that she wasn’t roped into that nonsense. “I’m a little better… just nauseous… Um… what happened? What time is it?”

Proxi rocked back and forth, humming mischievously. “Weeeellll, I didn’t know where you went, so I talked to Zelda when she arrived. I told her about you, and she went to find you and….” She stopped and giggled for a moment, which worried Link.

“Why are you laughing?”

“She came back a little bit later carrying you to the medic tent.”

Heat rose up to his face. “She-she what? I… uh…. How could she do that? I’m not light!”

“I don’t know but it was very romantic,” Proxi teased. Link huffed, and Proxi got more serious. “You were completely passed out, I was worried about you. You woke up for a little bit and we tried to feed you and stuff. But it doesn’t seem like you remember it much. I’m really glad you’re feeling better though. It’s almost morning now.” Proxi nuzzled in more and Link smiled. He did notice that he was less fatigued from before. He was just thirsty and hungry.

“Is there still food around?” He asked, he certainly felt the hunger pains. Proxi floated around him and flew over to where bread was covered with a towel. He went to walk over there, but his knees buckled and he fell to the ground.

“Link! Are you ok?”

“I’m fine Proxi… haven’t used my legs in a while, that’s all.”

He stood up and wobbled over to the bread, grabbing a piece, and then sitting down on the cot with Proxi joining him.

“I’m happy that we didn’t have to surrender,” Proxi said quietly, snuggling up against Link’s arm. He grunted in response as he ate the bread. “But I am upset with what you had to go through. That wasn’t fair.”

Link patted the tiny fairy’s head with his finger, his mouth too full to respond.

“What are you gonna do tomorrow?”

Link swallowed and thought for a moment. “Well, I guess all of us that were fighting will return to Hyrule Castle. I’m sure I’m not the only one exhausted. And I guess I should… uh…” he could feel his face getting red, “I should really thank Zelda for… yesterday.”

Proxi giggled and curled up into the shirt he was wearing.

“Sounds like a plan,” she yawned. Link smiled down at her and shifted to make her more comfortable. He looked around the dark tent, the sinking feeling in his stomach again, and a hint of fear too. He didn’t feel comfortable being on the mountain where the Great Fairy stayed, but he had to remind himself that she wasn’t Cia, and Zelda was here, so he was safe. For now.

When he finished his bread, he laid back into the cot, his eyes drooping shut against their will. He snuggled Proxi in close and gave a deep sigh. It was over now. All he can focus on now was healing.

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