A/N: Welcome to LoZ: Rise to Power! I hope you're open to ideas, and really like this. This idea i've actually been working on for several years actually, but finally got it refined and I'm out of my 'I'm a dorky 13 year old fail writer' stage. Anyways... Credits to TwiliPrincess049 cause even though it's beginning of the fanficiton, I already like her a lot, and she's an awesome beta-reader, though a little hard on herself. Hahaha... If only I was that hard on myself... Oh well maybe she can keep me in line. :D Now! Let's begin!

"The child?" It was a painful thing to even think of taking a child from their mother, especially right after birth, but it was a necessary action to save the child from the grips of evil. "Are you sure this is the one?"

The midwife looked from the crying babe in her arms back to the great sage of Shadow before nodding. Though the essence of Shadow was inevitable in the child, each child born into the village of Kakariko had such essence. Its strength varied from child to child, but with this one, it was strong, the feel of it like the caress of an icy angel. "Good..." Taking the child, the sage bowed slightly before setting off to the temple of Shadow, its ghostly depths beckoning her to come in, but she shook her head, stopping at the mystical pad of the Nocturne of Shadow. "Farewell, young one. Grow up strong." she whispered, waving her hand over the child and watching as the large red eyes faded into blue, the child's ears slowly shrinking down to rounded ones before she laid the child down on the pad. "Micy bomk lojy. (Come back safe)" The melody drifted sweetly out of the Shadow Temple, joining her low whistle as the Nocturne of Shadow played a far darker role than usual, the purple orbs gathering around the babe, disappearing as a redead's screech pierced the air, echoing over and over upon itself within the temple...

"Shaera!"

The girl twitched, cringing slightly to the ear piercing shriek that traveled through the house specifically to hit her ears. Oh how the days would be better without an owl of a mom... well... voice of an owl mom, or a howler monkey actually.

"What?" The pinch faced woman waddled her way into the room, Shaera's lip curling slightly as she put her hands on her hips and they seemed to sink in several inches, obviously unhappy with Shaera's responce.

"Get some light into your room! Stupid girl, it's always so dark in here! No wonder you're so pale!" Hardly, it was a lie in itself and both of them knew it! She got way more sun than anyone else in her family, and the pudgy woman was the pale one, not her. Whipping around in her chair, she leaned back, smiling at her mother as the woman started to reach for her curtains, her will to take them down seeming to be like iron itself. As she did so, Shaera perked a brow, glancing at her door as her younger sister and brother watched, waiting, before her sister stalked off for a moment, racing back in to launch herself onto Shaera's bed, the bed wobbling before coming to a squeaking stop, the boy waltzing in slowly, watching carefully, his blue eyes studying the movements of ripples along their mother's body.

Shaera scowled. "Don't do that..." she mumbled, reaching over to her youngest sibling, covering his eyes as she ushered him out of the room, save him the horror of their mother's laziness and their mother the embarrassment of her lazy ways being studied down into a science of a five-year-old's mind. Though to be completely honest, she wouldn't mind her brother questioning their mother's blubberiness as Jell-O and question what she did with it, and if it was tasty.

Sure it was. Once you got through the fact that it wasn't Jell-O and it was fat.

"Mom, really? I'm gonna have a friend over today, I really don't need you tearing my room apart." As the woman whipped around, Shaera plastered on her best I'm-a-good-little-girl smile, hoping for results that would be her mother leaving her room... and leaving her alone.

"Who?"

"Kristy?"

"Oh..." her mother nodded a little, pursing her lips as she seemed to go deep into thought. "She's a nice girl... is she bringing over that game?"

Oh, no, not that tyrade... Tyrade of how she shouldn't waste time playing games. But playing games was far more entertaining than being around her mother... Or her siblings, the two, though truly innocent, had a weird habit of pointing out every single flaw... about everything...

"Mom... it's not 'that game' its 'a game'. You always call whatever game she brings over 'that game' but they're never the same game!" her mother paused for a moment as if turning this information around in her mind before sighing.

"Well... fine... it is your birthday so I suppose that is okay..." Right.… Her mother sometimes rubbed Shaera the wrong way, but the young blond sucked it up, taking a deep breath and holding it for a moment before letting it roll out of her chest in a hiss.

"Thanks Mom..."

Yeah, well, even though she said it was fine, the welcome Kristy got wasn't exactly the greatest. Not that the brunette minded, just grinning and adjusting her glasses before she lunged at Shaera, hugging her tight as she gabbled on about the game she brought. First obvious point was that though she had pretty much played it all night since she got it the night before, she was still scared of it. To a degree that Shaera had to question the healthiness of it. Though once they basically locked themselves in her room, things went smoothly, no interruptions as they busied themselves with strapping the game in before putting everything together, plugging one thing into another, and jumping onto her bed, ready to jump into this new game and beat it down like it were nothing. Though they did a lot of goofing around before they actually did what they were supposed to within the game, they finally gathered up the fifty rupees needed to buy a shield and ran around in circles from the large rolling ball to get the sword of Kokiri. Shaera haven't even been paying much attention, more focused on talking to Kristy while the small brunette toyed around with the controller and moved the little boy in green around. Talk talk talk, move around, roll, swing sword, make retarded noises.

"Ew, I hate this place!" Kristy shuddered a little as a massive tree-looking thing opened his mouth and allowed Kristy to run inside, into what looked to be a diseased and infected interior.

"Gross..." the brunette paused, looking over at Shaera with a grin.

"Hey, I'm kinda hungry, aren't you?" pausing for a moment, Shaera's lips parted in a sheepish grin as her stomach growled. "We should get some food!"

"Yeah!" she rolled off the bed, stretching a little as she walked over to her door, eyes catching on purplish orbs just in her field of vision, Shaera brushed them off, figuring that they were just a part of getting up a little too fast. Shaera opened the door, pausing for a moment to blink several times, though the vision of darkness beyond her door never faded.

It was like she had just been launched into a "Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe" situation without the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Just her, and her room. Plus the strange little glowing purplish orbs around her. Glancing back at Kristy, she raised her eyebrows. "Do you see this?" she questioned, pointing out the door into the vast emptiness that used to be her house, then to the purple orbs.

"Are you okay?" Getting up off the floor, the other girl poked Shaera, wondering what was wrong with her before she walked through the door, the darkness vanishing as she did so, Kristy poking her hand through the door to wave at her. "Nothing here."

"Yeah… I'm fine…" she mumbled, walking out her door, then back into her room, and out again. /Now I just look like a nutcase…Not feeling hungry anymore either.../ she grumbled to herself.

Heading back into her room, she laughed a little at Kristy shaking her head and giggling before plopping back down in front of the TV, picking up the controller as Shaera shook her head, ignoring the voice that kept telling her that 'it was time'. Time for what? It didn't make any sense so she would just have to ignore it. Sitting down next to Kristy, she grinned as the other pressed the large red button in the middle of the controller, the game buzzing back to life, and the pat pat pat of running.

"Hey!"

"Oh god that is so annoying…" Kristy growled as the fairy yelled, her name flashing on the screen as the Up-C button between the other buttons. "She's always 'Hey, listen' 'Hey! Listen!' 'HEY! LISTEN!' can't she ever shut up?" Well… Shaera had to agree. Navi the fairy needed a new hobby. Badly. Watching the game carefully as Kristy ran the little boy in green around, she pointed to the center of what seemed to be a large tree that they were in. What could she say, she didn't really pay much attention.

"Think to jump down onto that?"

"It didn't break last time…" Kristy muttered under her breath.

"Try going up to where are the webs are."

"Ugh no! Spiders! Ick!"

"Oh you're such a wuss, it's a game!" Shaera scowled, though Kristy eventually gave in to going up to the spider floor, creaking around the circle as though it were death itself. What concerned her is that when they approached a door on the top floor of the infested tree, it suddenly became shrouded in darkness, a set of red eyes staring out towards them, not the boy, as if watching them. Though Kristy was more concerned with the spiders until the game suddenly started hissing. And what was causing her to freak out is that it actually sounded like talking. Well… raspy, high-pitched struggling-to-talk kind of talking was more like it.

"This never happened before!" the other girl squeaked, grabbing Shaera as she quickly came to the conclusion that the game was haunted, dropping the controller as the game broke into a cinematic sequence, the boy walking close to the darkness, and Navi hovering close by, before the box of text appeared.

"Fail… I've never seen anything like that before…" Shaera frowned, looking at Kristy.

"You named him Fail?"

"Well it sounded funny…" Damn right it did. Though right now it was straight up ridiculous, as the text box disappeared, Navi flying close to the darkness for a second before the screen shook, as though in the game an earthquake just broke out, a terrifying screech ringing out from the speakers as what looked to be a corpse flashed across the screen for a moment, along with a morbid moaning sound.

"Sha…d…o…w…" Kristy gripped onto Shaera's arm painfully, the blond glaring at her terrified friend for a moment before pausing.

"Shae it just said your name almost I swear! It sounded like it ohm-" another scream, and Shaera was starting to get a little peeved. If this wasn't normal then what was happening? Another text box appeared, this time filled with a gibberish writing that she couldn't even understand at all, though Kristy recognized it in a heartbeat… just couldn't understand it. "That's… that's the language that's on the signs… Y'know?"

"No, I don't. Enlighten me! Did you bring a haunted game to my house?" As Kristy shook her head, the screen went on to Navi and the boy, Navi hiding within the folds of the boy's clothes while the kid just stood there, wide eyed, almost shaking.

"Sha…" the text box appeared again, though it seemed as though the speaker was having trouble speaking, the text breaking off into nonsensical murmurs, though followed by a maniacal laugh and a flash to a dark room, with a purplish-blue flooring that went around in a circle. Looked like skin, drawn tight, like a drum, though a single floating eye there, red and orange, enraged, is what really stuck in her mind.

"It's time…" Another text box, though the words actually became said, a very strange occurrence for this game already for what Shaera did know. Though just as fast as this strange phenomenon happened, it was over, the boy and fairy standing a ways from the door, the same place they had been standing before the cinematic even happened. Darkness gone, strange noises gone, no more screaming or moaning and groaning. Grabbing up the controller, Shaera moved the boy in green forward, Kristy screeching this time as a giant spider dropped down from the roof, throwing her hands up and pushing Shaera away, the controller crashing onto the floor as it fell from Shaera's initial shock.

"What the hell was that about Kristy? It's just a game! See? All that weird stuff didn't happen. Probably just imagined it!" she growled, pushing on the smaller girl for a moment in a joking manner before sighing. "Here, I'll go get some chocolate for us, okay?"

Chocolate would cheer just about anything with Kristy, except for a stomach ache caused by chocolate. As the smaller nodded, Shaera smiled before she pushed off the bed, watching the other as she opened the door, then closed it.

Once she'd closed it, she realized that something had to be wrong, shutting herself off into complete darkness. It was like before… darkness reaching out and consuming everything, though the sound of a light tune drifted through the air, the kind of tune that could almost make anyone burst out into dance or just grin, the very tune just laced with life. Bouncy.

Laughing softly, she found herself with a bit of a bounce in her step now, the rhythm addicting and she could almost lose herself completely in it, until the hardwood floors of her house suddenly fell to the feel of grass between her toes.

Stopping immediately, she whipped around, still unable to see at all, the grass cold and crisp against her bare feet, moist with dew. Never mind dancing a little now, she needed to figure out what was going on. She froze in her place as another horrific moan split through the lively tune, this time it sounded close, real, like someone was ridden with pain. And suffering.

Reaching her hands out, she tried to find the walls of her home to follow so she could find a light switch, her searching fingers finding their way to a vine-covered wooden surface, the strains of the wood ushering her fingers back the way she came instead of downwards to the floor, another moan cutting through the air but the sickening sound didn't stop with one moan, it continued on and on, her ears now picking up on the slight moving of grass that she wasn't causing. Sluggish movements as well, she could tell, but wasn't sure how she knew.

The moaning was too familiar, like that strange cinematic that happened in the game, though as she started to move away from the moaning, a blood-freezing scream silenced the joyful tune, her muscles stiffening and she grunted and tried to move, finding herself unable. What was going on? Struggling to move still, she barely lifted her foot to start running around in this god-forsaken darkness when another scream sounded, freezing her completely again. /What the hell's going on? Why can't I move? What happened to my house?/ her mind raced, begging her body to move as she kept jerking at her muscles to somehow start running, but stopped completely.

As she regained control of her muscles, a sudden flurry of light flew by, illuminating some horrid skeletal creature, it's mouth hanging open, arms extended towards her as it moaned again before another scream echoed over and over in her ears, the creature poised to leap before the ball of light slammed into it, pushing it backwards and the spell placed upon her shattered, her feet numbly beating upon the wood and grass as she ran, somewhere, anywhere, in this unknown darkness.

"No! Don't run!" it was a light voice, rather high pitched and almost reminded her of the fairy's voice in the game, but slightly more masculine. She didn't know what compelled her to stop, but she did, whipping back around to watch the ball fly towards her, struggling with something in its grip. "It's coming back, take this!" She didn't have time to question, a wooden leathery feel of something being pressed into her hand, accompanied by an unexpected weight, the girl flopping forward for a moment before regaining her balance. "Kill it!"

"What?" now this voice was telling her to kill something! Though she guessed the it was that monster that created the moaning sounds. "I can't see! How am I supposed to be able to kill anything!" Yes, good question, sir voice, now answer it.

"Just do it!"

"Not good instructions!"

"Jus-" the voice fell silent, Shaera looked over towards the direction that the moaning was coming from, the noise starting up again, but it easily shut up the argument that was waiting to happen.

"What in the hell did you give me anyways?"

"A sword…" the exchange of heated whispers were barely audible with the moaning creature… making his noises, but the fact that this ball had given her a sword had hit hard, though she almost laughed at the preposterous idea. Her? With a sword? Get real. How could a ball of light carry a sword? That was just ridiculous. The more she thought about it actually, the funnier it got until she was giggling softly, but she cut off as there was another scream.

"What the hell is that thing...?" she wanted to know, hell this seemed more like a prank anyways, though why her mother would allow grass to be brought in the house, she would never know. And the neighbors would be calling any time now about the screaming noises. And loud moaning, though the ball of light was a mystery to her. How did they get a ball of light, to not illuminate the entire house around them, and not be made with a light bulb… Though the carrying the sword was easy enough to figure out.

"A redead…" the voice quivered a little before the ball of light disappeared, burying under her clothes, the light dimming suddenly and the area fading back into absolute darkness. Oh damn, how the hell was she supposed to see anything...?

"Is it trying to kill us… Or you?"

"More like eat your soul!" the response back was terse, though that quiver in it was still there, laced lightly with fear though it tried to hide it. Tough light eh? Also now she wondered how they did the disembodied voice thing.. Nice prank guys. Nice… prank.

"Well then get out here and light it up!"

"What am I? Your own personal torch? No!" Well then geez how could she see, she didn't know but at the moment, the moaning was getting closer, and probably going to get into screaming again and mysterious inability to move. "Do something before we die! Or worse, get eaten!" Okay that wasn't nice at all, though the fact was, being eaten still lead to DEATH. Testing the weight of the object in her hand, she scowled for a moment, listening closely to the moaning. She couldn't see, she didn't have much of a shot, and by all means, if she couldn't see, she couldn't run. She'd just hit a wall. She was surprised she hadn't hit a wall yet.

Biting her lip, she waited, the moaning coming closer as she tried to not flip out and start screaming bloody murder and hope that it got this prank to end, she closed her eyes, listening… there. About one o'clock, five meters. Keep it away from her and maybe she'd be fine... she didn't know how to fight... muchless something like this... she didn't even see it but it was effectively keeping her pinned down by locking her muscles up. Away, attack... Throw the sword. Opening her eyes, she met blindness again, though threw the object nonetheless, the sound of it whirring through the air like music to her ears before it suddenly made a shnk sound, the moaning turning into a louder half moan, half screech of pain, the ball of light reappearing from her clothes, flying forward to look for this 'redead', and finding it on the ground, right where she had thought it was, the sunken face and skin peeling back into the open mouth and vacant eye sockets before the creature suddenly evaporated into dust and floated off, the weapon the light had given her hitting the ground with a slight thnk.

"Uh… great prank…" she muttered, too stupefied at the moment to really say much else. She had just killed something... something that she didn't know what it was. And she had managed to hit it. Somehow. Now she felt really lucky. Sucking in her breath, she tried to regain composure as the ball of light jumped off her clothes.

The ball of light floated around for a moment before flying towards her.

"You are my charge! Oh my goddess I'm so glad I found you before you were killed! The Deku said you'd be appearing soon, so he sent all of us out to go find you guys, but this was seriously bad! What're you doing out here all by yourself, you could've gotten yourself killed! Stupid gi-" it stopped, looking her up and down before shaking violently. "YOU'RE A GIRL? I woulda at least thought that the goddesses wouldn't leave the power of their temples in the hands of girls!" Now that hit a chord. Shaera grabbed the ball of light, expecting it to be like grabbing a baseball, though found it more like grabbing onto a stick, the light squishing down into a squirming little figure.

"What the hell are you? I'm your charge? And what do you mean what am I doin' out here all by myself, I was just leavin' my room to get some damn chocolate and I'm in this pit of emptiness! Who's the Deku, who's you guys, and what the hell is the goddesses and temples?" Maybe it wasn't a good idea to ask so many questions, but she certainly wasn't happy with the attack on the gender. Bringing the tiny figure close, she got herself a closer look at this thing, no longer a ball of light but a tiny person. It seemed to be male, a ragtag shirt on and what looked to be like hobo pants, bronze colored hair all in disarray like it hadn't been groomed for a while, one wide golden eye staring at her, the other still wide and staring at her, but more of a bronze color like his hair. "What… are…you?" she questioned quietly, her breath escaping out of her in a low whisper, her own azure hues studying the little person in amazement.

"I'm a fairy, what are you, stupid? This is the Lost Woods and what do you mean what are the goddesses and temples? The three Goddesses, Farore, Din, and Nayru! They created this land, Hyrule! Idiot! Have you been sleeping in a hole all your life, you nit!" he squirmed, attempting to push himself out of her hand but she squeezed him tighter. "OWOWOWOWOW GEEZ! I got bones you know!" He glared up at her, though he suddenly stopped, as though what she had said had suddenly sank in. "Wait, you have no idea about anything here? Nothing at all?" she shook her head. "Oh boy… that can't be good, maybe I can teach you… I dunno, look, you're important, don't die. I'm your fairy, guardian, companion for your adventure basically."

"I don't want to go on an adventure… I want to get some chocolate then get back to my friend." Shaera snarled, narrowing her eyes on the tiny fairy. "Quit this prank out now."

"Prank? HAH! You think that's what this is? Girl, the fate of the entire world is resting in the hands of you and your fellow Guardians! And the Hero of Time! What kinda person would prank something like that! This is your destiny, you stupid girl!" Guardians? What the hell was that? And the Hero of Time? That sounded like… Kind of like that game that Kristy brought over. Oh geez no she couldn't… oh come on… that just… she didn't know but this had to be a prank now. "Don't sit there and doubt me! Come on! Grab that sword and let's get outta here! I can hardly believe a redead was here in the first place!" Her lips curled in response, but she picked it up before releasing him.

"I'm only going along this prank for a little while, so have your fun, freak." she growled, watching the fairy resume to be a ball of light, following after him after he beckoned to her, and dashing off into the unknown darkness. Oh how much fun this was going to be…

A/N: Now be nice and review. :p