"Hey." the blonde hylian in the doorway says. His dirty blonde hair falls perfectly on his shoulders, slightly wet from the melted snow. His short yet sturdy build is leaning against the entrance with his hand against the stony wall. His green and blue eyes are shining like diamonds in the dim light of the candles. Sidon knew this look oh-so-well, even after all these months without seeing the hylian in the doorway. This hylian is Link and nobody else. Sidon's heart is pumping like mad but yet he can't bring himself to smile. It felt too good to be true. The only thing Sidon could get out was a weak whisper "L... Link..?". The blonde hylian smiles warmly and Sidon notices his eyes watering as he's approaching Sidon's prison. The hylian stops in front of him and reaches in his hands through the metal bars. Sidon hesitates for a moment but the urge gets too strong as he grabs his hand. He traces the hylian's smaller hands with his bruised fingers to check if he's real and not just his imagination. Sidon gives out a small laugh of relief when he feels Link's very much real hand and the tears gather in his eyes.
Sidon tries to reach out through the barricades but his hand abruptly stops when the shackles around his wrists reaches their limit. "T-.. They always hang t-the key by th buckets in the c-corner" Sidon croacks out, his voice raspy and hoarse. Link looks over to the corner Sidon's weak finger's pointing at and he sees a shimmer of silver among the rusty buckets and sharp blades. Link hurries over to the keys and with ease snatches them down from their hook. He looks down into the clear water in one of the buckets right below him. he throws a quick glance at Sidon, who's gills are barely moving at all from being so dried out, before he takes a steady grip of the bucket and takes it with him.
Sidon's pupil widens as he sees the fresh water in the bucket and tries to get closer despite the restraints when Link opens the locked cell door and lifts the bucket inside. Link lifts the bucket up with both of his hands and starts to pour the water inside onto Sidon. Sidon takes a deep, ragged breath as the water reaches his gills. Link looks in fascination as the red marks on Sidon's body goes brighter, similar to a blooming flower. Link's ears perks when he sees the nasty bruises on the prince's fingers and once the bucket's empty he quickly takes Sidon's hand in his own to investigate them closer. Link's ears droops sadly as he investigates the sores where Sidon's claws once were. Small claws were slowly growing back, though. Link looks in confusion and curiosity up at Sidon, who's visibly tearing up. "You... You don't want to know.." he whispers out and Link starts to unlock the chains from his wrists and ancles. Oh how Sidon would love to hug the hylian right now but if he knows himself right the newest wounds will open up and start to bleed once again.
While Link was unlocking the chains on Sidon's ancles he noticed the ripped up fins. Link carefully traces his hands along them and Sidon pulls his leg away quickly in pain. "I-.. I don't know if I can even count myself as a zora any longer... There's no way I'd be able to swim with these." Sidon admits sadly. ".. They will heal, and even if you'll be unable to swim as fast as the others your people will still see you as their prince nonetheless." Link says lowly with a reassuring smile and Sidon can't help but smile back at him. Link stands up and reaches out his hand for Sidon, "Can you stand?" he asks. "I-... I don't know.." Sidon replies unsurely as he takes Link's hand and pulls himself up on his feet. He's extremely wobbly, his knees almost giving in under him and he takes a moment to just regain his balance. Link looks at him with great worry until Sidon gives him a reassuring smile- "Alright I'm-... I'm good to go". Link smiles in relief as he carefully takes hold of Sidon's hand and leads the scared zora prince out if his cell. It was almost pitch black in the hallways around them, and Link notices how Sidon's grasp around his hand tightens slightly. Link takes the lead and ambles through the dark hallway, following the same paths that he had walked when he arrived. Or atleast how much he actually remembers, that is. Sidon follows him closely, his hand holding tightly onto Link like he's about to slip through his fingers at any moment.

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-A Silent Lily- (A BoTW Fanfic)
Fanfiction(COMPLETED) Soo I've been in this fandom for quite some time and I decided to write a fanfiction based on the game, but with some changes so I guess I can call it a "Alternative Universe"? The info abt this universe will be in the 1st chapter of thi...