Alright, my fans, my newest fic! You gotta love me!
Tsuairi: You haven't updated any of your old ones in ages! They're probably mad at you if anything!
Shut up.
Raitto: She's right, they're gonna hate you!
Shut up, shut up! A-anyways, the beloved disclaimer… ok, so everyone hates it, but I don't wanna get sued. Uh… you guys say it.
Raitto & Tsuairi: sighs the authoress does not own the Legend of Zelda.
Raitto: Goddess, who knows what horrors she would bring if she did…
Tsuairi: -nod- -nod-
-.- Anyways… ah, before we start, a few notes; there is a Link/Midna pairing; you no likey, you no read. Anyways, the story isn't focused on that. Another thing, in this story, I made Link follow Midna into the mirror… don't worry, I'm planning on explaining my own little alternate ending later in the story! Another, the main characters in this story are of my own creation, but there are also plenty familiar faces, so don't fret; anyways, yet again, don't read it if it bothers you, I don't want any flames for my pairings and characters. Well… hmm… that's it for now! Read and tell me what you think! Constructive criticism is also appreciated; just don't be mean about it please.
Tsuairi & Raitto: Would you just get on with it?!
Yeah, yeah… well, enjoy! )
Dead silence.
That was all that was heard as a figure sped through the forest, quicker than lightening but as quiet as midnight. Her faithful sword on her back and her ninja-stars hanging from a pouch on her belt, she continued, a little ball of green-ish blue light speeding behind her, looking as though it were struggling to keep up.
"Hurry up!" the girl in the front hissed quietly. "You're slowing us down!"
"Well excuse me for not being able to keep up!" the orb of light hissed back. The two soon reached a small clearing, where they slowed down significantly and hid themselves.
"So, when will he be here?" the orb of light asked, it's voice full of hidden mischief that was waiting to explode.
"Soon, I believe," the girl said, her voice holding the same suppressed excitement.
Suddenly, a rustling was heard, and the two ducked to assure they weren't seen. They heard footsteps in the clearing… she peeked through the bushed at her feet; it was him. She deftly pulled at ninja star from her pouch and tied a thin, almost invisible, piece of cord into the middle where there was a small hole. She ever so carefully and quickly threw it so that it landed noiselessly into a tree across from her… right in the path of the man now walking farther into the clearing. He suddenly started yelling out "Tsuairi! Where are you?" The girl giggled silently. He came closer… closer…
When he got close enough, she pulled the cord to tighten it, and just as she had planned… he tripped.
"Haha, another win for Tsuairi and Eri!" she yelled triumphantly, jumping up from her hiding spot. The orb of light perched its self on her shoulder and yelled happily, "That was great!"
"Tsuairi…" the man said, before very quickly jumping up and putting the girl into a headlock. "I told you stop doing that."
She giggled in the same girlish and mischievous fashion her mother always had, and did. "But it's fun, dad!" she said, her hands on her father's arm. The man chucked a bit.
"I swear, you're as bad as your mother used to be, Tsuairi," he said, finally releasing her. Tsuairi's bright blue eyes sparked in false innocence. "Who, me?" she asked in a very girlish voice as she flipped her short orange hair over her shoulder. "But I'm so sweet."
"Uh-huh," he said, cocking an eyebrow, obviously unconvinced. "Come, Tsuairi, the sun is setting…"
"The sun is always setting here, dad," she said, smirking. "You're never going to stop using those kinds of sayings from the realm of light, are you?"
"You know what I mean. You're mother is going to worry," he said. "Come."
"Aw, you're no fun!" she protested, putting her small hands on her hips. "I bet you always did this kind of stuff back when you lived in Ordon and you were a teenager!" Her father chucked. "Touché," he said, smirking a bit. "Still, though…"
"I know, I know…" she said, putting her hands behind her head lazily. "Let's head back to the castle. Come on, Eri!" The orb of light came over from where it was hovering and sat on her shoulder.
"Yep, The Hero of Twilight is always right!" it said cheerfully, receiving a swat from Tsuairi in return.
"Hey, now, easy on her, Tsuairi!" her father said with a bit of concern, picking up the orb of light off the ground. "She's just a fairy; you could hurt her."
"Sorry," Tsuairi said, shrugging a bit. "But I assure you, she'll get her- ow!" She yelled as she felt something small but fast collide with her head. Tsuairi rubbed the sore spot, then finished with "-her revenge."
"Sorry, but I had to do it!" Eri said, flying around Tsuairi's head quickly.
"Tsuairi…" the man said, tapping his foot on the ground covered in twilight. Tsuairi sighed a bit.
"Yeah, yeah…"
"Let's go, Link!" Eri said, perching on top of his pointed green hat. "Queen Midna awaits us!"
"Yeah, I wonder what mom's been up to all day…" Tsuairi said nonchalantly. "Probably boring stuff…" Link sighed a bit and said seriously "You know, in a few years, you'll be stepping up to the throne; you'll be the Princess of Twilight. You must gain a bit of responsibility before then, or your kingdom will quickly fall." Tsuairi sighed with a frustrated air to it. "I know, I know…" She looked towards the sky. "But dad… I don't wanna be a princess… what if something happened again…? What if… what if someone like Zant arises again? I… don't want to fail the Twili." She stopped walking, now in front of the castle; but that wasn't what stopped her; she was caught up in her thoughts, as so happened when she thought about her being the new Twilight Princess… she looked a bit sad as Link pulled her into a hug. "It's alright to be scared," he said comfortingly. "But your mother and I killed Zant a long time ago, and the Twilight Mirror was destroyed. Forever."
"I know…" she said, looking off to the side a bit, but still enveloped safely in her father's arms. "But I'm still worried… I don't know how to be princess… I've lived here my whole life, but I'm just not meant for this…"
"Tsuairi, you'll be fine," said a new voice, joining the conversation. "Do you think I knew what to do? I was just as scared as you before I officially became princess… and it was not long after that Zant attacked."
"Aw, mom… man, I got a lot to live up to!" Tsuairi giggled a bit as she pulled away from Link, who willingly let her go. "I mean, my father is the Hero of Twilight, my mother is the Ruler of the Twili…" She sighed a bit as she, out of pure habit, dusted off her brown vest before walking forward a bit.
"…Let's go inside," Link said, walking over to the entrance of the huge castle. "It is late, and I'm sure a certain trouble-maker is exhausted." He smirked a bit as Tsuairi's face turned red with embarrassment as she yelled "Dad! I'm 16, not 5!" Midna laughed a bit and stood beside Link. "Come on, Tsuairi."
"I'll just be a minute…" she said, turning away from them. "I promise I won't leave the grounds." Link and Midna looked at her for a minute before Midna said, as she smiled ever so slightly "Alright, go then, but do not leave." She quickly ruffled Tsuairi's hair, leaving Tsuairi a bit disgruntled, and walked into the castle, Link alongside her. Tsuairi stared up at the beautiful orange glow of the twilit sky of the Twilight Realm, her home.
"Ah, I'm so bored!"
At a castle far off from Tsuairi's home, yet another princess dwelled… and very unhappily at the moment.
"Man, I've gotta get out of this castle… but mom's probably tightened security since the last time I sneaked out of the castle." She sighed a bit. "I just had to run into those stupid monsters, didn't I?" She looked down at herself. She wore a short top with long rolled up sleeves that showed most of her stomach, and a short light brown skirt along with knee-high black boots. The only thing unusual was that her stomach was completely covered in white bandages. "Dumb things with their spears and crud…"
"Excuse me, my lady, but may I be of any assist to you?"
The girl quickly turned on her heals and immediately grinned. "Miranda, perfect timing, as always!"
Before her stood a girl with mousy brown hair and dark green eyes and glasses, a gentle smile spread across her face. "Hello, your majesty," she said respectfully as she gave a slight bow, lifting the edge of her long skirt.
"Oh, would you stop it? I'm not officially the princess yet!" the other girl said, waving her hand in a lazy but at the same time kind gesture. "Anyways, we've known each other since birth; I keep telling you to call me Raitto."
"And as I've told you, you are royalty, therefore you must be treated as so, miss," Miranda said, and although hidden well, a hint of sadness was evident in her voice. "You are the princess, and someday queen, of Hyrule. You are the daughter of Queen Zelda, Princess Raitto. And I am a servant, dedicated to the royal family of Hyrule-"
"And yet, you are also my first friend," Raitto cut in, the sadness in her voice out in the open. "Why must you see our relationship as nothing more than servant and master? I consider us friends, and I wish you would, too… no, I wish you would realize you did; in the depth of your heart, you know as well as I."
Miranda smiled a bit sadly. "I consider us no more than master and servant because it is my duty… if you permit me to say so, I… feel the same way, princess."
"Good!" Raitto said cheerfully, seemingly satisfied now for some reason. "Now… you wanna help me sneak out?"
Miranda actually smiled deviously. "As always… Raitto." As she said the last part, her face looked a bit more relaxed; almost as if she had dropped a huge burden. Raitto beamed for but a single moment, before the devilish princess went back to plotting her grand escape from the castle… again.
"Alright, here's the plan!" she announced, quieting her voice. "You can distract the guards in front of the east tower by telling them that I have summoned them to the throne room; my mother is away on business, so they have to respond to my summons for now. Then, I'll sneak into my mother's room, where there's a window that leads onto the rooftops, and from there, I can use the secret passage in front of the old bar to get into the castle town, then sneak out in someone's cart."
"Raitto, that's dangerous!" Miranda said wide-eyed. "If you fell off of the rooftops, you'd-!"
"I'll be fine, have faith in me!" she said, waving her hand in a shooing motion. "Now, let's do it!" Miranda hesitantly nodded and ran off.
As planned, Raitto was now climbing down the barrels in front of the old bar, which was run by a young woman named Naomi. According to her mother, the legendary Hero of Twilight knew Naomi's mother, Telma, who had originally owned the bar before her daughter. Luckily for Raitto, she knew Naomi, a woman who was a good bit older than her and looked almost identical to her mother did when she was young, quite well, and Naomi liked her for both her sweet charm and her cunning nature. She was very thankful to Naomi; more than once had she distracted guards so they could not find her whereabouts as easily when searching for her, which always began about 15 minutes or so after she would leave. Speaking of which…
"Well, I'll be, if it ain't Hyrule's favorite little princess, Raitto!" Naomi said, walking out the door to the bar and towards Raitto. "Whatcha doin' out here today, missy?"
"Ah, I'm out on a walk is all," Raitto said pleasantly. "The castle is so boring all alone."
"Ah, well don't let me be in your way, sweetie!" Naomi said, smiling. "I think you shouldn't be cooped up in that stupid palace all the time! Ya poor thing, kids need ta be kids sometimes!" Raitto smiled, thanked Naomi and went on her way.
"Ah, thank the goddesses for fresh air and the open fields of Hyrule!" Raitto said once safely outside the perimeter of where the guards would find her within the city, which bought her a good bit of time to explore before they inevitably found her and took her back to the castle, only for them to tighten security even more. Raitto sighed happily as she sat on the edge of the stairs that lead down from the bridge into the town to the vast expanses of Hyrule Field.
"I'm going to hate it when I have to give all this up…" she said silently to herself, now dangling her feet off the edge. "And for what? Just to become the princess of this place? No thanks… it's no fun being royalty… it only messes everything up…"
She looked a bit sad as a silent tear slipped down her eye and onto the stone below her. She looked into the darkening sky and noticed a bright star in the sky.
"It's beautiful…" she commented softly as she silently stood, now hearing the clank of armor behind her but a small ways off. But instead of running, she just stood there, almost as if she were stunned, and allowed the guards to find her and immediately start to tell her off for running away for the twenty-billionth time.
"Princess Raitto, we were so worried about you!" one said, although once she became aware of herself again, she knew he was just saying that… and if he was worried, it was only because he was more worried for his job and his life.
"Come, princess, you must come back to the castle," another said, grabbing her arm a bit roughly.
"Yes, of course…" she said, deciding it was better just to let them take he for now… she was tired anyways since it was late.
Well, hope you like it! Review please!