Prologue: Ashira Darga Cul

Hey people. This is an original Zelda fic. What does that mean? It has nothing to do with Link or his fight with Ganondorf and all. It takes place in Hyrule mind you, and is very muchly so a Zelda fic (due to Zelda elements such as Gerudo's and Hylians.) This is about two principal characters, Josh the Hammermaster and Scarlet. You'll meet them in the next chapter, but let me tell you, Josh the Hammermaster is not the same person as me. To tell you the truth this is a novelization of an rpg that Intertwined-Destiny16 and I did on the Zelda Roleplaying Forum. Scarlet is her character, and Josh Hammermaster is mine. He was originally based off of me, but eventually became a very unique character. You'll see this in the story. So I am NOT the same as him, he's just got the same title as my penname for obvious reasons. So half credit for this goes to Intertwined-Destiny, for I couldnt' have done this so well without her. This is just a prologue, so wait until next chapter for the major stuff. Please leave a review when your done.

"Never forget 3:36 A.M. The day the Darkness was born."

Ashira Darga Cul. Ashira was his name, and Darga Cul was his title. In the Hylian Tongue Draga Cul meant Dark Horse. Maybe that was the only description that could be made of him. A man, or maybe the phantom of a long dead man. No one knew for certain. Because no one ever saw his face Every time he struck he was shrouded in a dark cloak with a large ragged hood that hid his features. It is said that he comes from the darkness, that the shadows and him are one and the same.

Many have died at the hands of this psychopath, and the legends just get darker and darker. His victims are found with their throats cut open and sometimes have other wounds all over their bodies. The legends say that he was killed by robbers at 3:36 A.M. a long time ago. Then later, all the robbers died, or just disappeared. It is said that the ghost of Ashira came back for revenge.

Realists say that he is not a ghost. They say he is just a hylian man and they speculate that at 3:36 A.M. someone very dear to him was murdered, like his girlfriend perhaps. Then they believe that after this happened he murdered her killers in a rage. But his act of vengeance brought forth his dark side. A dark side that would slowly come to control him. For once he started killing, he just couldn't stop.

But whether the legends or the realists are correct, he is still just a killer. He has no rhyme or reason to kill, and he picks random people and murders them. He often sends messages to his victims ahead of time, just to make the murder more... interesting. He materializes out of the darkness and is virtually untraceable. Then after the kill is complete, or after he fails to kill you, he fades back into the darkness. But if he does not succeed in killing you he will just reappear again, and again, and again.

When people do manage to fight him the Dark Horse usually spars with them for a little bit, and if he doesn't kill them while fighting, he'll fade into the shadows, only to return later to finish the job.

Most of his victims end up dead. A very very small percentage manage to survive. Why is it so small? Because he never stops hunting you unless you disappear. If you find out that the Dark Horse is hunting you you flee the country, taking all of your family with you, and then tell all your friends to forget that they ever knew you. That way they don't know anything about you, and then its like you never existed. Then Ashira might not find you. You bring your weapons, and keep them close at hand, even though if you had a chance to use them you would die.

But the strange and scary thing is that the Darga Cul will never kill a girl who wears red. Some say its because he remembers his girlfriend on the night she was killed. It is not clear whether the red represents blood, or if she actually was wearing a red shirt when it happened. But if a man wears red the Dark Horse will scream in anger and agony and attack him furiously and with a rage unlike any other.

So what do you think? Good? Bad? Please keep an eye out for the next chapter. It'll really get you into it. And it'll introduce our characters. I'm really excited to see how this turns out as a "novel."