The 'Lone' Hero of Vale (RWBY & Link)

Outskirts of the Kingdom of Vale - Outside of an Abandoned Stone Building

(Link's POV)

It has taken me a while to calm down-! Oh who am I kidding? There's no point in lying, there is absolutely NOTHING to be calm about... But I do wipe my tears away because I can't let anyone see what I'm going through right now. Not Doctor Oobleck, Weiss, Blake, Yang, especially Ruby. Maybe Zwei because I like dogs and he cannot speak or tell anyone that I was bawling my eyes out. I was right to overthink and overreact when I did because look at what happened? I was proven right. Ruby and I were awkward and clearly not prepared to enter a relationship, but that does not mean that we had to simply give up without even trying. Anyway, aside from hiding my emotions, this was also an attempt to shut out... 'the demon' as I should just refer to him as since he doesn't have a name, more like does not want to tell me his name, which I know isn't true; a person can forget everything about themselves, they will always have a name. I had to make sure the tears stopped coming, despite how sad and angry I was and STILL am, I cannot let 'him' emerge, not ever again and especially not in front of my friends. IF they are still my friends, that is, I'm sure their loyalty will lean towards their team leader as opposed to someone they kind of know a short amount of time. Suppressing emotion may not be healthy, but it's all I know in order to get rid of these powerful, yet evil golden eyes. How can the color gold be so evil? I always imagine it as majestic and belonging to a princess or a hero who saves the world, none of those are me. I'm nowhere close to royalty and I am nowhere near the level to be considered a 'hero' either. Professor Ozpin did say this demon and I are almost merged together. He also said:

"Your soul and heart counter its evil and it doesn't change you as a person but it arises when you are angry or experiencing something traumatic."

Words like that from a wise man such as him certainly only solidifies that I need to suppress emotions when it's time to get angry or sad. As I sit here, in the same spot to keep watch over an entire group of huntresses, Ruby and Yang's corgi, and a professional huntsman all on my own, I cannot help but wonder, what would everyone else think about this situation? If Ruby or I were to say anything, that is. There's nothing or nobody more that I would like to hear from right now than Yang, Blake, even Weiss for that matter, but regardless of whether I want to hear from them or not, I find myself unable to hear anybody. Everyone was promptly cleared out of my head. And I mean EVERYONE, including 'him', I can't hear the demon inside of me. The voice that haunts me every single day, even that despicable monster was blocked out... Perhaps I should be grateful? At any rate, this is all so difficult to progress. Ruby practically-! No! Not practically, she did break things off before we even went anywhere, we went to a dance, fought an evil woman, kissed at the end of the night and that was it. But why? Did I do something wrong? Is there something wrong with me that she does not like? The problem could possibly be physical? I know my mentality is not the best, but I never thought it would cost me something so precious, is it that? Who knows? While I ponder the future and my friendship with Ruby Rose, I let out an audible sigh. Not caring in the slightest if I have awakened anybody, which does not make a difference either way, because I can hear Yang, Weiss and Blake talking about-! What are they talking about? Who knows... Should I even care? Because at this time, I do but I shouldn't. There are so many thoughts in my head too, well there are always many thoughts in my head, today it happens to be worse than ever before. Why must this world always forsake me, in any chance it gets? I do not even remember the first fourteen years of my life. A horrible man I labeled my 'father' burned down the thing I remember being my home. I was separated from my 'mother' and 'brother', two special people whose faces I don't even remember. Caught a lucky break with that magical girl who saved me and after that... It just kept going downhill. Any time I did something nice for myself or stumbled upon a new place I thought I could call home, it was all DESTROYED!