This story has four different Oc's and the pairings are Blue, Red, Vio, and Shadow. There is slight(very slight as in maybe one instance or two)Green x Oc, but the main pairings are the first four. It's really unfortunate but it only allows me to put only four tags and I have a limited space in the summary.
I'm going to put in this disclaimer once, I do not own any of the Legend of Zelda characters, only my four OC's.
"This is the second test where you have failed, Cassandra. If your grades don't raise, you'll be in danger of having to repeat the class!" A high school teacher says to a fifteen-year-old girl with light blue hair. Her hazel eyes sliding over to him, her mouth set to a grimace.
"It's Cassy, not Cassandra." The girl says with her arms crossed and glaring at him. The teacher signs and looks up when he hears the door to the classroom open. A girl with mid length dark purple hair walks in and her light lilac eyes falls to Cassy's back.
"Ah, Yumi, thank you for coming." The teacher says.
"I assume this is about her grades? I'll make sure she passes this next exam, but there's something that her and I must do, so I shall be taking her." Yumi says.
"As long as she passes..." the teacher says and they both walk out of the classroom.
"Thanks, Yumi." Cassy says sheepishly, rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment.
"That doesn't mean you're off the hook with this. When we get home, were studying." She says slightly looking at her from her side, and Cassy becomes distressed.
"What?! But it's your birthday! Come on, at least wait until tomorrow." She argues, crossing her arms. Yumi sighs, knowing that she wouldn't let up about it.
"Fine, until tomorrow." She says and they both notice a girl with light blonde hair and blue eyes running toward them, carrying an armful of books and papers. She suddenly trips and the books and papers goes flying everywhere. Cassy and Yumi help her up while hearing some girls laughing at the scene.
"I-I'm sorry I tripped..." She says close to tears. Cassy looks over at the girls, glaring at them and when they noticed her they snicker, walking away.
"It's fine Amy, it happens." Yumi says, neatly stacking Amy's books and papers.
"What are you doing with all that anyways?" Cassy asks, helping her up.
"We have a paper due next week, remember?" Amy says.
"Yeah, but that's next week." Cassy says.
"It's good to get things done as soon as you can. This is why Amy has better grades than you." Yumi says rubbing Amy's head in a gentle way, making Amy smile.
"Hehe." She says enjoying the attention. Cassy looks away scoffing.
"Where's Sam anyway?" Cassy says changing the subject.
"Right here!" A girl's voice says next to her making Cassy jump away in fright.
"Damn it Sam! I hate it when you do that!" Cassy yells as the silver haired girl laughs aloud.
"Sorry it's just so funny every time." She says looking at her with her honey colored eyes.
"So, anything new happened today?" Sam asks as they were walking home.
"Cassy is failing school once again." Yumi says making Sam laugh again.
"Geez, I knew you were thick headed but not this much. How many times has it been now?" Sam says teasing her.
"Shut up!" she barks at her.
"Just think of it this way, if you don't get your grades up, you won't be able to play sports anymore. You need at least a 2.0, Cassy." Yumi says.
"No~!" Cassy yells in distress.
In school, Cassy was known as one of the best athletes. She was mostly popular with the people on the sports teams. She loved playing each sport but if you ask her which one was best, she wouldn't be able to choose.
Yumi was known as one of the smartest person in school. She was the silent type and didn't talk unless she had to, and ignored most of her classmates. The other girls at school think that she's rude and tend to outcast her.
Amy is an average student, obedient and trusting. She can be gullible so she's prone to being bullied by other girls. With her looks, a lot of the guys have crushes on her but she's oblivious to them, which other girls become jealous of her.
Sam was the loner of the group. A lot of people judged her by her looks, as her hair and eyes were unnatural. She only showed her true personality with her close friends and would play tricks on people who she didn't like, with the exception of her close friends. Those who didn't know her thought she was weird.
The four girls arrived home, a small apartment that is combined with the foster home system.
When they came to their door, there was a package waiting for them. Looking closely at it, it was addressed to Yumi but had no return address.
Today was Yumi's 16th birthday, and they celebrated it with cake that Cassy made, and gifts that each of them got for her, with the little money that they had.
Cassy and Yumi sometimes did odd jobs as they were the only ones able to do work because of their age. Yumi only able to do so because she did work with computers, and Cassy did physical odd jobs.
Cassy was the oldest, already sixteen but she acted like she was the middle child of a family. Yumi was the second oldest but she acted the most mature and motherly of the group. Sam came third, being fifteen, and Amy was last, being fifteen but acted younger than she was.
They all gave her their gifts and Sam handed her the package that was left at the doorstep.
"Don't forget about this too! Maybe someone else knows about your birthday?" Sam says.
"I hardly doubt it, except maybe the teachers." Yumi says but opens it nonetheless. Inside was a worn book with a dark purple cover. It was locked by a gold clasp and there were symbols on the front she's never seen before.
"A book? It must be someone you know then." Cassy says. Yumi stares at it, saying nothing, but sliding her hand over the cover.
"It seems...familiar...somehow." She mumbles.
The festivities ended and over the next few days, it seemed like a couple of normal days. Storm clouds were starting to roll in, blocking out the sun along with it, and the promise of rain.
Yumi yawns, covering her mouth while reaching into her locker for her book that was needed for her next class.
"You look tired." She hears someone say and turns to see the familiar blue haired girl.
"It's nothing. I've just been having a hard time sleeping is all." Yumi says before erupting into another yawn.
"Well, if you are starting to not feel well, tell us. We don't want a repeat of 'that'." Cassy says joking around but Yumi could see the worry in her eyes. Yumi dazed off, her mind thinking of the dreams she has been having recently.
She rarely had them, but when she did, they were just bits and pieces of fuzzy memory or things that happened every day to her. But these dreams felt different. They weren't straight forward, and the events always changed to something different before she could understand what she was seeing. Not only did her regular dreams come and go, these were constant, having the same dream each night. It didn't matter though, because by the time she woke up, she would always forget what it was about. Only the feeling of anxiety would stay.
"Don't worry, I will." Yumi says giving a small smile.
"Hey," A tired voice says to the side of them and they see a tired looking Sam.
"You too huh?" Cassy says and Sam looks at her wide-eyed.
"You…Do you…" She begins to say but stops, looking anxious. "Have you…gotten the feeling of…being watched?" She says, while looking around in her peripheral vision.
"What are you talking about?" Cassy asks confused and Yumi fully takes notice of Sam. She seemed on edge, dark circles were under her eyes as if she hadn't gotten much sleep over the past few days.
The bells shrill screech makes Sam flinch and other students start to walk their way to class before they were late.
"N-Never mind. It's nothing." She says and leaves as well.
"What was that about?" Cassy says confused.
"You have class with her next. If someone is following her, stay with her. Its less likely that she would be confronted by a stalker if she's with a group rather than be alone." Yumi says watching Sam's retreating back.
"Do you really think someone is stalking her?" Cassy asks, shocked.
"Better safe than sorry. And don't do anything to antagonize her, Cassy." Yumi inputs giving her a look to which Cassy scoffs.
"Yeah, yeah. Don't worry, if someone dare's to get close to her, I'll be sure to give them a piece of my mind." Cassy says, punching her fist into her other hand. Before Yumi could tell her to not solve things with violence and her grades were still on the line, Cassy ran off to catch up with Sam. Yumi sighs, closing her locker and walked to her next class as well.
For once, Yumi couldn't focus in class. Her mind kept thinking back to what Sam had said.
Thinking over the past few days, she didn't see anything out of the ordinary. But she may have missed something. The lack of sleep could have impaired her noticing things and it certainly was affecting her attention. Yumi stares at the purple covered book, absentmindly playing with the golden clasp. The book puzzled her and over the past few days, she had been trying to open this book but nothing worked. Even though this book had a latch, it wouldn't open, nor did it have a key to open it with. She didn't want to ruin the book by cutting off the latch so she had to think of other ways.
Then there were the strange symbols and markings on the book. She tried to search where the book could have originated, but there was nothing on the internet with those symbols. She was at a loss.
School passed by quickly and the four of them were walking on their way home. Yumi tugs on Cassy's shirt and she slows down to Yumi's pace, creating a little distance between the other two.
"Did you find anything suspicious?" Yumi asks and Cassy shakes her head.
"No, nothing unusual. Just that Sam's been more quiet than usual. There were times where she would stare somewhere but when I looked, I didn't see anything." Cassy says.
"Did you ask her about that?" Yumi asks.
"I did, but all she said was that it was nothing. But when I told her I would take care of anything, she told me it's something I wouldn't be able to fight. Gah the nerve of her!" Cassy says glaring at the back of Sam's head.
"She probably just doesn't want you to worry." Yumi says, her eyes drifting to the back of Sam's head as well. Yumi watched as Amy talks adamantly to Sam but she could see that her attention wasn't there. Sam would nod every once in a while but her eyes kept shifting, as if searching for something.
When they were walking passed an old playground, the wind picked up a little, blowing Yumi's hair in her eyes. She stops completely, looking over to the playground in confusion. She was sure she heard someone saying something. Those words, they felt familiar to her, but she didn't even know what they meant.
The others stop, noticing the absent of her.
"What's wrong? Did you see someone?" Cassy says perking up and searching along the trees.
"No…I thought I heard…" Yumi begins until there was a shrill shriek.
Turning toward the scream, they saw some dark blob, starting to swallow Sam, her struggling with all her might.
"Sam! W-What is that?!" Amy screams in fright, tripping over herself as she tries to run away from it. Her things spill onto the sidewalk.
I've found you….
Cassy runs and grabs onto Sam's arm, the dark blob now reaching to her waist, and tries to pull her out of it. Sam could hear it whispering, freaking her out more.
"Cassy…!" Sam screams, close to tears, pushing down on the blob to try to stop it from consuming her and Cassy grits her teeth.
"Hold on!" Cassy yells and holds onto Sam's torso, locking her arms around her and pulling harder. Sam holds onto Cassy's shoulders and grunts in pain. The dark blob wasn't letting up.
"J-Just go. Leave me before it takes you too." Sam says, dejected.
"S-Shut up! Stop saying such cliché things!" Cassy yells pulling harder, Cassy tries to kick it, but her foot goes right through the blob as if it held no physical form.
Yumi felt the purple covered book becoming unnaturally warm, and looking down, she saw the symbols on the cover were now outlined in orange. She felt the wind again and once again heard soft words float around.
Say the words
Narrowing her eyes in confusion, she says the words she heard earlier, the purple covered book opening and Yumi gasps in shock as it flies out of her hands and onto the ground. A circle glows with symbols around it and the dark blob screams out in pain, and disappearing into nothing. Cassy lets go of Sam and they both sigh in relief. Amy lightly holds onto Cassy's shirt, apprehensive, while Sam sits on the ground, her legs unable to hold her weight without shaking.
"What the hell is happening? This…what is that book?" Cassy asks. Yumi entered the circle cautiously and instantly felt as if all her energy was sucked out of her. She falls to her knees as the orange circle turned red.
"Yumi-!" Cassy calls out, worried and gasps as she felt the ground beneath her disappear. She quickly grabs Yumi with one hand and the side of the ground with her other. Cassy yells out in pain with the combined weight of holding onto Yumi, which she noticed was unconscious, and Amy who managed to grab onto her waist before she could fall.
Hearing Sam screaming, she saw her fall into the abyss and could do nothing but watch as her friend disappeared from view. Breathing heavily, she felt Yumi slip from her grasp and both Cassy and Amy scream for her. Amy began to wail, holding onto Cassy tighter, making it harder for her to breath. Looking up, she could see the hole beginning to close on her.
"Hold onto me!" Cassy yells and let's go, the both of them falling into the abyss.
Thank you for reading the first chapter to this story and to those who feel that this story is familiar, it used to be called Unfolding the Tale of Secrets. I've been rewriting this story for a while now, and may do so again in the future but we'll see! I'm sorry if it seems like a long chapter, I wanted to get the 'exploitation' out first and then get to the actual universe of four swords, so next chapter the Links will show up. I tend to take too long to update as I have school and work so please be patient with me. I occasionally have updates on my profile, to let you guys know what I'm doing, but you don't have to check that out. Don't be afraid to review or message me!