Arella looked at the night sky out the window; the stars twinkled at her and she sighed. It had been a full year since twilight fell upon Hyrule and Arella, much to the dismay of everyone who knew her, missed it. She enjoyed the darkness almost as much as she enjoyed the light.
"Excuse me!" a lady said. Like every Hylian, she had pointed ears. Arella pushed back her reddish- blonde hair and her icy blue eyes twinkled at the lady. Her mouth opened slightly but then she closed it.
"I apologize ma'am, what would you like?" Arella asked. She had been working since dawn, like she did every day. She sold potions and other average things at her Aunt's tiny shop in Castle Town.
"Red potion." The lady said. Arella nodded and grabbed the small vile on top of the shelf. She took the rupees from the lady's hand, stuffing five of them in her pocket.
"Beware child, evil lurks around you." The lady said before disappearing out the door. Arella shrugged and blew out the candles before locked the shop's door.
"Aunt Lila! I'm home!" Arella said, looking hungrily at the table; there was a roasted cucco on the table cloth that her Aunt had made some time ago. Arella's mouth watered as her Aunt walked down the stairs.
"Took you long enough to close the shop up." She muttered. Aunt Lila was a plump lady was long brown hair, unlike Arella's short red hair. She had green eyes and wrinkles all over her face.
"Sorry, it was a long night." Arella said, sitting in one of the seats at the table.
Aunt Lila said nothing and Arella turned to see her cousin and Uncle enter through the back door. Her cousin's name was Kaio, and he was 21 years old; just 3 years older than Arella. He had black hair like his father and was lean and tall.
"Smells good in here Ma." Kaio said. Arella cringed. She never had a mother. Aunt Lila wasn't even her real mother. She had found Arella cloaked in a dark blanket as a baby near Kakariko Gorge.
"It's a real shame about that solider." Her Uncle said, shaking his head.
"What happened?" Arella asked, curiosity sparking.
"You didn't hear? I'm surprised. Anyway, some wild beast killed one of the soldiers by the castle." Kaio said.
"But I thought all the beasts vanished when the Mirror to the Twilight shattered?" Arella asked, taking a bite of her cucco.
Her Uncle only shrugged in reply and Arella slumped in her chair. What could have possibly killed him?
Arella's feet squished on the ground. The sky was a dark and stars dimly lit up.
"Hello? Where am I?" A light flashed in response and Arella whipped her head back.
"Who's here?"
"Arella…" a smooth voice said, beckoning her.
"Where are you? Who are you?"
"Arella….come to me."
"Who are you?" Suddenly the sun began to rise and Arella looked at her surroundings. It wasn't long before she realized that she was in Faron woods.
All of the sudden she was standing nose to nose with the goddess Farore.
"Come to me!" she said.
Arella woke up panting. Did she really just see that? Arella looked out of the window; it was still dark but only a few hours remained until the sun would rise. For some reason, Arella felt the need to go a find Farore. She grabbed a bag near the drawer in her room. She stuffed some clothes in the bag and tip toed down the stairs to the kitchen. Arella stuffed some food into my bag before making her way to the living room. If there was a beast out there killing people, she would need the bow and arrows her Uncle kept in the living room.
Arella took one last look at the house. She had spent all of her 17 years here, growing up with Kaio and the family that took her in. She turned away, not wanting to break her heart and left out the backdoor to the barn.
There were two horses there; Aeri and Frigg. Aeri was a female horse with a sleek black coat. Aeri had always been Arella's favorite so she chose Aeri over Frigg.
"Come on girl." Arella said as she mounted the horse.
"We have a goddess to find."