Spoiler alert for those of you who haven't gotten far enough in Twilight Princess to know who the twilight princess is!
OH yes. Bear with me, this is my first fan fiction, so I have not perfected everything yet. You can feel free to love it anyways!
Disclaimer: Do I really need one? I mean we all know that I own nothing...except Eva!
Eva: Wait, you own me? This is an issue!
Me: Yep. Can we discuss this later? All my fans are dying to read (hahaha...)
Battle-weary though he was, Link raised his blue-clad arms to accept the strange offering from the now dead monster. The headdress-like object was dark gray, almost black, and seemed to pulse with some unknown magic. Link shuddered on catching it, because the dark object felt alien to his touch, not from the world of light. As if agreeing with his thoughts, Midna flew from his shadow.
"There it is! The last Fused Shadow...I'll just take that, thanks!" exclaimed the twili, grabbing it out of his arms with her bright orange hair. Link jumped a little, startled. Couldn't he at least hold on to it for himself? Look at all the work he had done for it. Didn't Midna trust him?
"Now, don't resent me for all I've put you though. I NEED this thing!"
How could she tell? Maybe it was the fact that he was glaring at her. Not that being mad ever had any effect on Midna, it just usually made her more gleeful...and then, she usually made it harder for him. Midna was so irritating! Why did he put up with her?
"Besides, we have to do something about that jerk Zant, who thinks he is the King of the Shadows. Ha! His power is a false one. I'll prove it using these." she smiled, showing her fang.
Oh yeah...to save Hyrule. Sometimes he sincerely wished she would just shut up though.
"So...I've done everything I needed to. I'm sorry for dragging you all over the place with me..." floating away from him by a few paces, she conjured a portal and threw it on the ground, "Well? Shall we go?"
Link realized that he needed to focus on what was important. Hyrule, and the world of light, was in danger, and he and Midna were the only two who could save it. He nodded at Midna and stepped up to the portal.
Link turned to leave the Lanayru Spirit Spring, after glancing at the placid pool that the cave encircled. When he looked up however, he found his way blocked by a tall, masked figure garbed in black robes. The young hero gasped. This could only be Zant. Before he could begin to fight, though, before he could even think what to do, Lanayru burst from the water, flaring white streams of light. She was prepared.
But it seemed that Link was going to be denied this ally, for within seconds, Zant had thrown the spirit into the wall with a burst of energy, shifting the province back into Twilight. Link morphed also, into his wolf form, unable to stay human in the unforgiving half light. Midna, no longer able to hide in his shadow, appeared beside him, momentarily confused.
"Zant!" No longer perplexed, but angry, Midna flew up and summoned the fused shadows, casting them at the false king with the power of her will. They did no good. He merely tossed the timeworn objects aside and laughed.
"Midna, did you really think that such an ancient and withered magic could beat me? You foolish turncoat! Quit defying your king at once!" by the end of his statement, the twili was growing incensed.
"My KING? HA! Why should I pay fealty to one who abuses the magic of our tribe in such a way?"
"Are you implying that my power is our old magic? Now that is a joke!" Throwing his resister to the ground by sheer force of..well, magic, the masked figure continued, "This power is granted to me by My Lord and you WILL respect it. Or you shall be terminated."
Conjuring a ball of red twilight fire, Zant was interupted by Link who had suddenly woken and realized that Midna was in danger. He lept straight at the threat, succeeding only in shattering the firey orb before sinking to the ground.
His companion lept over to him, somehow knowing that Link was hurt. She bent over the blue eyed beast, trying to comfort him, whispering "Link, Link. Wake up. You'll be alright. Link, wake up. We have to save Hyrule. Link, sweet Link, wake up." While the supposedly vanquished magic sank as a crystal into the Hylian's forehead.
The tall black twili did not allow Midna much time to care for the wolf, sweeping her up into his arms,
"My dear Midna, do not forget. That beast is one of the light dwellers who oppressed our people. No matter how much you desire otherwise, you will never be more then a shadow in their world. You cannot consort with their kind! But, oh, if we could make their world ours, light and darkness would meet at last. Our tribe would take our land back, and sweet darkness would blot out this harsh light. And that, my sweet Midna, is why-" pausing, Zant opened his mask, revealing his foul mouth,"-I need you..."
Wrenching herself from his grip, the diminitive imp sprung to the ground in open rebellion.
In cold fury, the mad ruler whispered, "So be it. I will return you to the light world you so covet."
Raising his arm, he catapulted Midna through the air so that she was suspended directly over the spring. Calling the light spirit, the depraved monarch smiled. Lanayru burst from the water, passing through Midna, mortally injuring her. The twili screamed a cry that one only usually only hears on battlefields, one of anguish and fear, and fustration. She fell onto a ledge, and lay there, seemingly sleeping. The blinding white snake turned, ready to fight the twilight once again, but Zant had already gotten rid of Link, and vanished himself.
Lanayru howled in her high, musical voice, vowing to do whatever it took to keep the world one of light, no matter what it took. She would guard Midna, for now, until one came who could help, if such a one ever did...
Chapter 1: Eva
In a village in northern Tellius, the usual nighttime peace was disturbed. No frogs croaked tonight, and fireflies were nowhere to be seen. Instead, flames wreathed the houses, and in every empty space, villagers clashed with the sickly green creatures known to most as bulbins. In one of the houses at the edge of the village that had just caught, a green-haired girl lived with her parents,
Eva sat Something wasn't right, something was different.It was night, so why was there so much noise and brightness? Yelling, screaming, was that clanging? The light was all wrong, it wasn't warm and golden, like it was in the day, or soft and white, as it was in the night. No, this light was red, orange, yellow, and the light was dancing!
Heat pressed down on the girl from all sides, beating her with invisible arms. Thick waves wisped in smoky curls around her bed, masking the dancing waves of light with its inky blackness. This was wrong. She struggled to think
But then, a thing burst into her room. It was green, short, and ugly, wearing a coarse brown cap and tunic...and carrying a bow? That was it. The girl leapt out of bed and reached for her wooden practice sword. The elders had grumbled at a female learning the fighting arts, but she was glad of her training now.
She could feel the excitement of a fight running through her veins, lending her alertness and a clear mind. She snuckover to the side of the lumpy creature and swung her sword in, going for the least protected part of his body-his side. He didn't seem to realize that she was there until the sword bit his flesh. Then, he made a high pitched growling noise and swung his strung bow toward her, cutting her arm with the tip of the arrow . He would pay for that. She brought her arm up and hit his head. While he was distracted with that, she sliced him again, ending his existence.
"Ev?"
Eva scowled. She disliked that nickname, but her doting father insisted on keeping her a little girl-both by her name, and by forbidding her to learn sword fighting.
"Ev! Are you alright? The house is burning; we've got to get out!"
"I'm fine, father, but this dolt isn't."
"Ev, what-"
Eva's father stood in the doorway of her room, looking down at the Bulbinsprawled on the floor.
"I…"
"Yes, father?"
"I guess those sword lessons were a good idea after all, huh Ev?"
"They were."
Eva's father looked at her gravely. He couldn't believe that his little girl-hisviolet eyed imp-had grown up. She was a young woman now, almost as tall as him. Her dark green hair blended with the wood of the walls, so that she seemed half-there. But she was there, and she wasn't his beloved little Ev anymore. No, she was a lady and deserved her proper name. Eva. She still had much to learn, but she was ready for it, and she would learn well.
"Eva, let's find your mother. We have to get out of the house."
Eva started. Her father had used her real name? Eva? Even thought this was what she had longed for, it sounded strange coming from her father.
"Eva? Come."
She nodded and grabbed her pack, from beside her bed, the one she kept ready always. It was time to leave. She felt that this was not simply leaving her home, but her old life behind, and starting the life which she was meant to lead. Following her father out of the house, Eva wondered what was to come.
Author's notes:
You may notice that the beginning is mostly taken from the fight with Zant in the Lanayru spirit spring, often directly quoting the characters. Thank you Nintendo, blah blah, that was their idea, not mine. Credit given. But it is pretty much mine...I alter words and add background so you know what each character feels "and stuff."
I know it is short, but it shall get better, oh yes. So long as you review! I am told to beware of those who only favorite or alert but never reveiw! So, don't. R&R, my lovlies!