1I don't own Zelda.

Chapter 1

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I glared down at the paralyzed thief at my feet, lying on top of assorted electronics, and pockets stuffed with money from the cash register. A Browning 9-mm high-power pistol was clenched tightly in my hand after I had swiped it from him.

My quad-colored hair hung down to mid-back and hid my face, concealing my odd eyes. I leaned against the counter, watching the bullet-shot lights flicker and spark. The dim light shone onto my hair, illuminating my hair like fire. The man at my feet spat on my shoes, glaring up at the fringe of hair that hid my eyes.

"Coward that you don't even show your face to a man." He growled. I felt anger course through me and I shook my head, exposing one of my eyes. He gasped in shock, attempting to recoil, although paralyzed.

"Coward that a man tries to shoot a 16-year-old girl after promising that you meant no harm." I spat, glaring poisonously at him with my one visible eye. He recoiled at the light glanced off my eye, showing what made my eyes so terrifying.

In normal light my eyes were an odd silvery-blue, like the moon. But in dark my eyes glowed red and gold. But that's not the only thing that made them scary.

Silver-blue or red-gold, normal or not, in both color schemes you could see an inhuman glint of ferocity, a feral gleam that scared everyone I came into contact with. My hair wasn't normal, either.

My hair in normal light was a pearl white, but glistened in an odd way. In flickering or dim light, my hair would lose all white in it. My hair would be on fire. Not on fire, per se, but it looked like fire. The colors red and gold ripple through my hair like fire, with little flashes of black sometime showing, like an actual fire.

Apparently, it made me look like a demon and also made it hard for me to be around people. Which is why I'm here right now, doing inventory in an electronic store for a job and standing over a thief, waiting for the dumbass police.

As soon as the man saw my eye, he flinched back with a very scared, "You're not human!" I laughed sadly, but with a hint of bitterness as I shoved his pistol into the pocket of my black and gold hoodie.

"Yeah, I'm human. I know that, despite the fact I never knew my parents." I slid down the counter, sitting beside Mr. Thief. "In fact, I think living with humans did this to me." The man, despite his obvious fear, was curious too.

"How?" I glanced at him, but my eyes held no anger.

"Look at yourself. Didn't humans do this to you, too?" I asked bitingly. The man fell silent, obviously getting my point. I spoke again to pierce the silence that followed.

"They did this to me by taking away the only people who I'm sure would understand me." I let a tear slip down my cheek. "My parents. I know all the people at the orphanage try to be my friends, but my looks scare them away. My skills don't seem to help with the whole fear problem, either." I sighed, blowing a strand of fiery hair out of my face.

"Skills?" Mr. Thief asked. I glanced at him with a trace of humor in my eyes.

"You're a good example." I stated wittily. He tipped his head to the side. I sighed.

"Pressure points," I said, indicating him. "Swordplay," I motioned to the broadsword at my hip. "Archery," I indicated my leather gauntlets. "Herbology." I finished, pulling a bag of poppy seeds from a pocket in my jeans. "And Electronics." I added, getting up.

Ignoring Mr. Thief's bewildered looks, I glanced up and down the isles, looking for a big stand I knew was there, since I had spent all night setting it up. I found it near the back of the store.

A huge shelf filled with Zelda games, my favorite. Tonight was the night that Zelda: Twilight Princess would be released. And it was night. Exactly 10 hours, 38 minutes, and 57 seconds PM. I ran my finger across the dates on the Twilight Princess boxes, stopping at the very first one that was made.

Taking it, I also took a walkthrough and started reading, memorizing with the amazing speed I have possession of when I read. I immediately fell in love with the new game.

The Midna sounded like a real useful tool, I wonder what it is. I mused, getting near the end. Hmm... it's apparently unusable in the last fight... or the one near the middle. I decided to ignore that and put that to the back of my brain.

The police finally arrived, but the idiots tried to arrest me, too! I gave them a glare and pointed to Mr. Thief. When they caught sight of my eyes they decided to leave me alone. I opened the register after they left, putting in the money Mr. Thief snatched, and also buying the game and the walkthrough.

I kept the receipt, in case the assholes try to arrest me. I walked back to the orphanage, keeping my hand on the hilt of my sword. I always carried it with me, after getting jumped by a bunch of perverts in a cornered alleyway... I'd prefer not to talk about that particular experience.

I walked through the front door to the orphanage, past all the bedrooms until the one on the very end. It was the only one that only had one bed. Since I'm the only one that had a part-time job, I'm the only one that had a TV, ipod, and gamecube.

But they don't dare use it because they're scared of me, even though I've known them for all of fourteen years and I can't hurt them; I have necrophobia. I can't stand anything that's dead. Meat doesn't count. But I will paralyze them for a couple hours if they steal something.

The orphanage bully decided to steal my bow one day. She was paralyzed in a closet for two days.

Plopping down onto my bed, I unbuckled my sword and tossed it over in my 'weapon's corner' with my bow and a couple of daggers. I also decided to change my earrings for the occasion of a new game, too.

I rifled through my collection, trying to find something twilight-oriented. I chose my favorite pair, the ones I made myself. They were studs in the shape of the Triforce, but they were both different. One of them was the color of gold, with a trace of white. I always thought it symbolized Light. The other couldn't be more different

The other one was the color black, shot through with barely perceptible streaks of gold and orange. It symbolized Twilight to me, but yet, in a way, they were the same. They were both made of the same material. Both are two sides of the same coin. (Yeah, I stole that from Zelda's speech. I love this line. It gives me hope that Midna will come back.)

I fastened them gently into my ears, thinking about the time of sunset and sunrise. Both are so different, yet are the same. I shook my head, trying to shake off the deep thoughts I oh so hated.

I opened my Twilight Princess box, froze, and took out the disk, blinking at it in confusion. Unlike all the normal gamecube game disks I owned, this one did not have a silver iridescent back and a front with the game's name on it.

This one had a gold back and a black from, with the Triforce on both sides, in opposite colors. The Twilight one was surrounded in Light, and the Light one was surrounded in Twilight.

Shrugging, I put the disk into my gamecube and turned it on. At once I was awed. The graphics were incredible compared to the other games. I quickly started on new game, and entered in 'Melissa,' as Link's name.

For the horse's name, I knew Epona was a girl, but I wanted a boy. I named the horse Dusk. I pressed start. My small TV showed very, very realistic water, then moving up to show two people, sitting on the bank of what looked like a small pond. The graphics didn't even look like graphics anymore.

Wow, I thought. The graphics are so good it looks like I'm looking into a window. I watched the screen intently, waiting anxiously for the dialogue. Until then, I examined the two men.

They were both males, but one of them was much older. He had a sword draped over his back, and was in very rough clothes. He had a small beard and pointed ears. He looked very strong and tough. I swore I could smell hot steel on him.

The other, however...

Handsome was the only word I could describe him with. He looked around 17, only one year older then me. He had dirty-bond hair and pointed ears also, complete with small blue earrings. He looked rather strong for his age, like me. But his eyes were what really got me.

I have never seen such a calm, crystal shade of blue, with the same feral hint that only I knew, having seen it in my own eyes every time I looked in a mirror. The shape of his eyes were exotic. He also wore rough clothes, much like the other guy and, to my imagination, smelled of hay, goats, and horses.

I knew from the guide that they were Link and Rusl from Ordon Village. The older man—Rusl—began to speak. But I got a big shock. I could actually hear his voice! Through the TV!

"Tell me...Do you ever feel a strange sadness as dusk falls? They say it's the only time when our world intersects with theirs..."

I stared as his voice came through the TV, loud and clear. With every word my heart beat harder. Rusl continued, apparently talking to Link, now named Melissa. Tee hee. Oh, I'm evil.

"...The only time we can feel the lingering regrets of spirits who have left our world. That is why loneliness always pervades the hour of twilight... But enough talk of sadness...I have a favor to ask of you, Link."

What the fuck?! His name is supposed to be Melissa! I could barely listen to the rest through my amazed disbelief.

"I was supposed to deliver something to the royal family of Hyrule the day after tomorrow... Yes, it was a task set to me by the mayor, but...would you go in my stead?" He turned to look at Link. Not Melissa, Link. And what almost made me faint, was that Link spoke.

"Really? I'd go outside the village?" His voice was quiet and soft.

"What the hell?!" I screamed, jumping up and poking the gamecube. I guessed that it malfunctioned. I pulled at the gamecube wires repeatedly, but was still listening to their conversation.

"You have...never been to Hyrule, right?"

"No, Rusl." Link replied. Rusl nodded and went on.

" In the kingdom of Hyrule there is a great castle, and around it is Castle Town, a community far bigger than our little village. ...And far bigger than Hyrule is the rest of the world the gods created. You should look upon it all with your own eyes."

"I'd be honored to go." Link said quietly.

"It is getting late... We should head back to the village. I will talk to the mayor about this matter." Rusl said, grunting slightly as he got to his feet.

I heard a light splash from my wild tugging of the wires, and I supposed that one of them had kicked a pebble into the pond. I heard a soft patter, as if the water had splashed onto something, just as a strong electric current zapped my hand.

My body exploded with pain, the current racing through my veins. My limbs jerked and I collapsed limply on top of the TV, still behind shocked by the wires in my hand. My vision faded. Under all the pain I felt a sucking sensation, like I was being tugged down a tube that was too small.

I vaguely felt my body break up into small black squares, separate, and disappear. Into the TV. Moments later, the TV went off. The gamecube sparked and exploded, along with my new game.