"Your mother never wanted you!"
"Your so stupid, Coward!"
"Why are you so afraid of everything? Why can't you be brave like the hero is?"
"Coward, you should just go away. No one likes you!"
"You're so stupid and worthless."
That's what I grew up with. Every day my 'brother,' Tabius, and my 'sister,' Kanima, would tell me these horrible things, and I believed them. I couldn't really help it. I was 5! So was Tabius, but Kanima liked him. So did Zelda. Zelda liked me to, I guess. She never really showed any sign of not liking me, but she never really stood up for me when they started being mean.
I grew up in Hyrule Castle with Zelda and the two I called my older siblings. I never knew any better. I grew up hating myself.
... ~!~ ...
When Tabius and I were 14 and Kanima was 20, we got a guard. Kanima, being the second princess, was trusted not to leave to find her opposite. Tabius and I however, were not. Tabius' mother had just died the previous year, so she couldn't watch him anymore and the castle guards decided they didn't want to take care of me anymore.
I never liked the guard we got. I never knew his name; all I knew of him was the pain and fear he brought. He abused me and did many other horrible things. I hated Him, but I was too afraid of Him to do anything about it.
It took me 3 years to build up the courage to leave. It took me 17 years to gain my freedom from that personal hell.
This is the story of a Coward.
A/N: So my first story! I don't want to get really into it and not have anyone like it, so updates will be slow and torturous at best...review and let me know if you want more, if you want me to jump in a hole and die for posting this or if you want more of an explanation (most of it will be explained next chapter...) Short yes, but it is a prologue...Gracias!
-Charly~