The dark clouds above had completely soaked everything as I rode through the town. Epona was sure footed and did not slip on the wet cobblestone as I rode her into the stables of my favorite inn. Sliding off her back and patted her flank, I passed two blue rupees to the stable boy and asked him to make sure she was well taken care of. He nodded vigorously and took her reins, eyes darting between his new found wealth and the horse who granted him it. I smiled at his joy and turned towards the main inn, knowing he would take good care of her. I shuddered as I reached the exit of the stables and preparing to face the rains again.
I quickly ducked under the inn's eve, out of the heavy rain. Hoping that my clothes were not completely drenched, but I knew they were. I could feel them sticking to me with each little movement. Opening the door slowly, I heard it creak on its rusty hinges and slipped inside as quietly as possible and hurried to the counter. I threw a red rupee on the counter with a smile and requested a room. The inn keeper smiled back and tossed me a key. She loved me, I was quite courteous, and most importantly I always payed well.
I ran up to the room and locked the door behind me, a precaution I always took. The room was simple, the walls and floor were made of beautiful dark wood. A simple four poster bed sat in the corner. A table and desk also adorned the room. The only other furnishing was a thick carpet, a few wall tapestries and light curtains that covered the large window. It was my favorite room in the Inn,this room felt like home. Though none of those things were the reason this was my favorite room. It was the bathing room's deep large tub and warm water. Just thinking about the tub sent a warm feeling through my body and a grin snuck its way onto my face.
I dropped my wet bag on the floor and went straight to the bathing room and quickly emptied my pockets, leaving piles of items and weapons in the corner to dry. I turned the knob that allowed the warm water to come streaming into the deep tub. I smiled at the warmth the water radiated, steam billowing throughout the room. I stripped off my tunic, chain-mail undershirt soon following. Next I pulled off my pants, they clung to my legs with a fierce grip. I dropped them on top of the shirts and threw my hat into the pile of drenched clothing as well. All of my soaking clothes lay abandoned in a pile as I stepped closer to the almost full tub.
I got in slowly, gasping as the warm water scalded my sensitive skin. I quickly adjusted to the temperature and lowered the rest of my body in, sighing in content as the water warmed me. I splashed water on my face and submerged my head into the warmth. The warm water lapped over my body as I created small waves with each movement, careful not to let any spill over the edges . I grabbed the bar of soap that the inn provided and proceeded to scrub my body, carefully avoiding my multitudes of scrapes and bruises. I gently scrubbed over the bruises and carefully cleaned the cuts.
As I looked over my body, I realized how bad I must look. Deep purple bruises covered my arms and legs, a few on my torso as well. Cuts covered any of my body that was normally exposed. If you looked a bit closer you could see my scars. Some looked like they could have been fatal, and would have been if it wasn't for the red potions and fairies that i had had been lucky enough to have.
I relaxed in the water and let my mind drift aimlessly, though as usual one thing always floated to the surface of my mind. It was Dark, my shadow. Though he had been given consciousness for only a short while in the bowels of the water temple so he could fight me, he was still on my mind a lot. He had been created to destroy me, or be destroyed by me. Though in the end things had been far different.
How it had ended up like that only the Goddesses only knew. In the end he did something unforgivable. He betrayed me and my trust, though I knew he thought it was the only way. In truth it may have been, but didn't I deserve to know beforehand? I held my hand up and and stared at the dark shadow it made against the tub.
Dark had said that he was always with me. That he had always been there and he always would. Did that mean he was here with me now? Or were those just empty promises. As I stared at the shadow I swear it moved, probably only a flicker of the candle. What if it was him? then I hoped that he heard me.
"Dark, I love you" it was barely a whisper, in the silence of the room it was as if I had yelled it for the world to hear. This time I could swear my shadow moved. It was probably only my mind playing tricks on me, but none the less a flutter of hope rose in my chest. Dark, we could have found another way, it was not the only option. I would not let myself believe that his choice was the only choice we had.
A/N
okay everyone who enjoyed this thank the wonderful Fenrir Riku. He was helping me learn to write, mostly by reminfing me that i needed to take my time. We created this story to practice with. I also decided to make it the begining to something I was already working on. If he had not done this, then this would not be here for a whiel and it would not be nearly as good. I was going to leave it as it was for now then skip to a month later, until the lovely boy decided thhat he liked it a bit and continued to write. So we wrote the next chapter in collaboration. Sorry for praising you too much, but its the truth. You are completely responsible for this being written though I did the actual writting.
Anyways, thanks for reading and I hope you decide to leave a review and tell me what you think. Oh and just so everyone knows this will not involve any lemons, They will only be hinted at. Sorry, I dont want to write one yet. I doubt it would be anygood anyways.