The darkness is all around me…. There's no way out….if there is…. Why haven't I found it yet? I thought as I rode Shadow through some woods. I'm going to put it straight, being a clone is a pain in the ass, especially if you're the clone of a certain Hero of Hyrule created by Ganon to do his dirty work, the dirty work being kill the Hero of Hyrule, because Ganon doesn't want to do it himself (yea, a real team player).
He hasn't been giving me orders lately because Link defeated him, again, and this time actually killed him. The person who has been giving orders is Ganon's daughter Sierra. She has a sister, but I've never seen her, which is the way I'd like to keep it because I'm already dealing with Sierra and it's easier to deal with one bitch than two.
I rode on, lost in my own thoughts.
"Get away from me!" a voice shouted.
"What the hell?" I questioned, as I brought Shadow to a halt. I strained my ears and tried to catch the voice again.
"Did you not hear me?!" it yelled, "Get away from me!" Silence, "If you don't leave the next five seconds you'll all die!" Silence again. Then, "Alright, you asked for it!" It was quickly followed by the sound of battle. A bulblin flew out of the trees, and spooked Shadow, causing her to rear. I was caught by surprise, and lost the reins.
"Gah!" I desperately tried to stay on, but failed. I crashed to the ground. Pain shot up my spine. Shadow thundered off and out of sight. I grumbled a few curses under my breath as I picked myself off the ground and brushed the dust off my clothes. I looked to the bulblin, which lay motionless at the foot of a tree.
"What the-?" I walked over to the body and stared at it. It looked dead. I nudged it with the toe of my boot. It didn't stir. Yep, it was definitely dead. I looked where the corpse had flown from. A knife flew towards me.
"Whoa!" I barely had enough time to duck. There was a thunk as the blade stuck itself in the tree trunk where my head had been a second ago. I stood up and looked uneasily at the knife.
"Damn," the voice cursed, "I missed." I looked back to the trees where it had come from. I walked towards the voice's direction. It led me to a clearing where a girl was fighting a bunch of bulblins. Several lay slain on the ground while a few more battled the chick. I leaned lazily against a tree with my arms crossed, and watched in amusement as the girl continued to drop her enemies like flies.
The battle continued until there was one left. The girl turned on it, but didn't attack. The bulblin looked from its dead comrades and back to the girl probably deciding whether or not it was a good idea to attack her. It must've had some kind of brain because it turned and hightailed out of the clearing. The girl smirked. I applauded and pretended to be impressed.
"Good job," I said dully. The girl's smirk vanished and she whirled around to face me.
"Who are you, and what do you want?" she demanded.
"Whoa, calm down," I said and held my hands up in mock-surrender, "I didn't come here looking for a fight."
"Then why did you?" the girl asked her every word dripping with venom. Talk about going off at a bad start.
"I was just passing by," I answered coolly. The girl's mouth tightened.
"Lady Estella!" a voice exclaimed and a servant came running out of nowhere. She came to a stop at the girl's side, "There you are! Your sister, her ladyship, Sierra, is most displeased with the fact you left the castle."
"So your name's Estella," I addressed the girl, "you're the second daughter of Ganondorf, I'm guessing 'cause you're Sierra's sister, am I right?" Estella glared at me.
"Dark Link, you're here too?" the servant asked and looked in my direction.
"Yea," I answered, "why?"
"Nothing," the servant answered, "Did Lady Sierra give you any orders?"
"Not the last time I checked," I replied.
"Here's one," Estella said heatedly, "get out of my face!" I smirked.
"What makes you think I'm going to follow your orders?" I asked amusingly. Estella's eyes flared and she tossed her long black hair over her shoulder. She turned away from me.
"Hmph." My smirk widened.
"Lady Estella," the servant addressed, "your sister wants you at the castle right away."
"I'll take her," I offered, wanting to see how pissed I could make Estella before she unsheathed those duel blades on her hips. She reacted immediately, and angrily.
"No!" she barked, "I will not be taken back to that castle, especially by you!" She came nose-to-nose with me, which is kind of funny because she was, what, five inches shorter than me? I didn't react.
"But, Milady, Lady Sierra-," the servant began, but was cut off when Estella whirled to face her.
"What part of 'I will not be taken to that castle' do you not understand?" she demanded.
"B-but, Milady, Lady Sierra-," the servant stuttered.
"'Lady Sierra' No! I'm not going back to that castle especially if she says I have to." I put two fingers in my mouth and whistled. There was the sound of hoof beats and Shadow bursted out of the trees.
"Too late," I stated as the black mare came to a screeching halt. I seized Estella by the arm and began to drag her towards my horse. She fought and attempted to break free of me, and failed.
"Let me go!" she ordered forcefully, and continued her attempts of wrenching her arm out of my grasp. Nope.
"Will you cut it out," I insisted, "it's not working." Of course, being the stubborn brat she is, didn't listen, despite the many failures over the past minute.
I reached Shadow's side and mounted. I pulled (more like dragged) Estella up behind me and released her arm.
"Hyah!" I shouted before she could do anything. Shadow leapt into full gallop and forced Estella to cling onto my waist to stay on. I smirked again, knowing she probably wanted to kill me right about now. Did I care? Nope, not in the slightest.