Okay, let me explain myself. This is a series I wrote a long time ago with a friend-her account is Der-chan-and it was lonely. I'm eventually going to post all of our little series, I guess, but for the time being, I'm posting the one I wrote on my own. This is the introduction to my character, so everyone understands all of her little mannerism, and why she is who she is. So in short, Zelda-purifists, don't read this one. And also, it's going to be a little weird in some places, because. . .well, I write a little better now than I did then. I'm editing it as I go, though, so bear with me!
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The only sound in the forest was the sound of Link's boot touching the ground. It was almost impossible to walk silently in a forest, but one person could manage it. I had been following Link for a while now, always hidden in the shadows. The only light that I gave off was the small light of a fairy poking out from behind my shield. Kailua had always been my faithful companion, although I was the first of my kind to have a fairy. Most of the Kokiri knew that, none cared.
"Angela, what's going on?" Kailua whispered, unable to see. I wanted to keep her in my shield; she'd give off too much light too quickly if I let her out right now. I shushed her as quietly as one can shush a fairy.
"Nothing, yet. I have no idea where he's going. I just have got to talk to him before Navi comes to him. It probably just Mido again, him and those mushrooms. . ." Link was always getting bossed by Mido, he was always being sent for mushrooms, too. I wondered what Mido did with those mushrooms, but I didn't really care.
"Navi? Isn't she a stray fairy? She doesn't have a partner yet, does she?"
"No. Be quiet, or we're going to get caught!" Link heard my voice when it rose a little bit. He turned around, but nothing appeared to be there, a swirl of mist that laughed at him, as everything else in this wood did. Whereas the Kokiri respected me, how I could walk silently through anything, and how I yelled at Mido without worrying, they didn't respect Link as much. Sure, they liked him, but he was different. He was the fairy-less wonder.
He walked under a long branch in order to reach a ladder, and heard a swirling behind him. He was different from the other Kokiri; he was quick on his feet. Not like the other Kokiri weren't fast, but still. . .he was faster. And I was faster than he was. He looked at me, as he turned, his eyes quickly taking in all that he could see.
He knew me, I guess. I let him see me on occasion, but not like now. I would stand in the shadows, and watch him, and when he looked up, I smile and wink at him, then back up. And fade into shadows, maybe fly away. Kinda fun to be the mysterious girl standing in the shadows. I induced interesting nightmares.
I had made it clear to the others; don't talk about me when Link can hear you. He can't know about me, not until I decide he needs to. Mido would always glance at me though; I knew that Link followed his eyes. I had once been yelling at Mido, and Link had almost seen my face, in clear sunlight, but I had run, sprinted past the Kokiri guarding the exit to Hyrule Field. But Link hadn't been able to pass, I had been fine.
Link wasn't allowed to see me. The Kokiri knew why, and my personal opinion was that they didn't care, since they didn't believe in Hyrule. But since I could have killed them pretty easily, they kept their mouths shut. Not that I would have killed them anyway.
Link's hair was short, still long for a boy's, although he kept it in that little hat of his. I loved sitting in trees over his head, and kicking it off before hiding; to hear him yelling at whomever had done that. His blue eyes widened when he realized that I wasn't running away from him now, as I always did. His Kokiri tunic, all he ever wore, was muddy; there were several tunnels he had crawled through earlier.
I could see myself reflected in the blue eyes, although with a blue tint. But I knew what I looked like. Long browns hair, past my waist. And blue green-eyes, which shifted colors every second. Never standing still.
Link was taller than me, a slight surprise. He had looked shorter from a distance. He must have gotten taller in the past months. My Kokiri tunic was green, no mud, although I had used the same tunnels as Link. I was just better at dodging.
"Who are you?" I laughed. Link's voice had awed aura in his voice, which was unexpected. It was I who should be in awe, I reminded myself. I watched Link's face for a minute, knowing he was trying to place my face. Like he had known it long ago, and forgotten it, although he should still know it. . .like I knew his face, although I knew things that he didn't.
"Wait for seven years, Link, and then you'll know, perhaps even understand. I know you've seen me. And I'm not telling you who I am. A lot of things are stopping me from doing that. . .fate, duty. . ." And of course making you think. "I guess you'll understand later." I chuckled.
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing. Just that I'm confusing someone who's someday gonna totally change the land of Hyrule. You do know about Hyrule, don't lie to me. You suck at lying. You'll have to learn to live on your own. . .and I know for a fact you'll end up changing people's lives. Everyone." Talking about deep manners isn't my specialty, in case you couldn't tell.
Link frowned, confused. I knew that he didn't believe me, but he was mainly just confused. "What are you saying? That I can change the future of a world?" I shook my head, quickly and furiously.
"No, Link, I'm not saying that you can. . .I'm telling you that you will. You'll understand in years, seven, like I said." I smiled, nudged my shield. Kailua popped out, happy to see the boy that I had followed for so long, and happy that I finally had spoken to him.
Link was shocked; even the shadow girl had a fairy, yet he didn't? He felt shock, and sad, it was all in his eyes. I had no trouble reading it, although it made me sad. Wasn't his fault he was the fairy-less wonder. "You have a fairy?"
It was more of a statement, but I decided to answer it like it was a question. "Yes, Link, I do, and you will too. Don't worry, I've got faith in you, even though you don't know me. I have to go now. But when I look at you, I don't see a fairy-less boy, like the others. I didn't when I first saw you, and I never will. . .and not jut because you'll someday have a fairy."
"What?" I shook my head. It wasn't for him to understand, anyhow. Not here. Not now. I wished I could explain everything, but I had to keep it hidden, had to pretend. . .I shook my head again, as much as telling him that I wouldn't tell as to shake away tears that threatened to fall.
"I have to leave." I turned around, and looked at the sky, the mists not reaching all the way up there. It was a beautiful day, although under the cover of mist it seemed bleak. I sighed, and repeated that. "I have to leave." I closed my eyes, and concentrated on a picture of a red-tailed hawk. And I felt the changes. I shrunk, feathers appeared and other things, until the peaceful girl was no more. And a red-tailed hawk was now standing there. I glanced back at Link, who had suddenly sat down, opening and closing his mouth.
I smiled as much as a bird can, and flew, my wings rustling in the wind, the smell of the life that Kokiri Forest bragged of everywhere. It was a great smell to the hawk, which was hungry. I was too, but I was going to steal something from Mido later, so I ignored that urge. I landed near a grotto, pretty close to Link's house, actually. It was in back of it, hidden between two tree roots that had raised above the ground, and no one ever looked back there. As a bird, I could dive-bomb the grotto, and go inside. I looked at Kailua, and she grinned. After positioning carefully, I was able to fit into the grotto perfectly, no true red-tail could ever hope to pull off such a feat.
Kailua laughed happily, and I had to try hard not to hit the water to break. It wasn't easy, since I almost maimed the wall, and I had done that once. Part of my beak was still sitting on the floor, under the little pond that was in the back of my grotto.
I had found the grotto here, like it had hidden from me, since I had been hiding from a moblin, and had run back here to hide. I had "found" the grotto-my foot got caught in it-and I dived in, finding it desolate and totally dead.
It had the little pool in front, and a little tunnel off to the side, where I stored food-mainly Deku nuts, which had a really good filling. But, the main chamber had a little cot, which Saria had given to me when I asked. I had stolen pillows from Mido, and the rest was mine. I liked the place, as small as it was. I smiled, and then fell on a pile of cushions. I looked for Kailua, who had disappeared.
I sat up, and said, "Kai? Kailua?" She popped her head out of a small Deku nut sitting on the ground.
"Hmm?"
It's strange to watch a fairy eat, if you've never seen one. They kind of float about, for one, cause I swear the wings don't flap. When they actually eat something, and it just goes poof, and it's not there and they've eaten it. So little bits of Deku everywhere were just going poof!
"Um. . .Link's. . .he's. . ."
"You just need to say something, and you have no idea what to say, is what you mean." I nodded, and shrugged.
"Maybe in different words. But yeah. Kailua. . .do ya think. . .he'll. . .we'll have a chance out there? I mean, Hyrule's not like a backyard. . ."
"What were you expecting? Neat grass, little orderly flowers. . .and the houses all exactly alike, so when people go home, they get lost three time until they find their real house."
I laughed, and Kailua did too. "And I bet that everyone dresses the same, too."
"Oh, absolutely. And they all use magic to look alike, the boys all have short brown hair and green eyes, and the girls are all with long blond hair, and brown eyes. . ."
"Of course, there are no beauty contests, cause everyone looks the same." We both started laughing at our little world, and I finished my beautiful tale with, "I call this world a stupid name, the dumbest name I can think of. I name this world. . .Kailua."
Kailua squealed, and I laughed. She zapped me with some fairy magic, and I yelped, but kept laughing. Then she laughed too, and we kept teasing each with what people did in Kailua, and so on. Finally, I realized that it was late, I hadn't eaten yet, and Kailua and I had gotten off topic. About a light year off topic. I sighed, and pretty much crawled into my excuse for a bed, and nestled down. Kailua fluttered around my head for a moment, then settled down.
"G'night Kai."
"Night Ang."
I closed my eyes, and slept. It was one of those few moments when I didn't feel like life was tumbling down around me. After all, most people dreamed of candy trees when they slept. As much as kids longer for candy trees, I longed for something else. Someone else. . .
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