A.N. I've been inspired!! Haha! I'm back!
(People flee in fear) I'm so unloved... BUT my friend read the first chapter (a oneshot at first) and demanded I change it because Link died... Also she said I shouldn't give up so easily. I can't say how fast I'll submit but I'll do my best so please bare with me. A lot has happened lately, enough to convice me to give it a second go! I hope you're willing to help me along the way! SO HERE WE GO!!!
Disclaimer: I only own Moray. Everything else is property (sp?) of Nintendo!
Shadows of the Past
Link's eyes flickered open, his head snapping back in surprise. Darkness enveloped him swirling about in thick clouds. Twisting around he scanned the area searching for some sort of rift within the black.
"Am I...?" he wondered biting his bottom lip.
"Dead?" the voice was soft and tingled the back of his neck, making his hair stand on end. Quickly he whipped around startled. His gaze fell across a young girl clad in white robes. She wore her strangely purple hair in a high ponytail that trailed down her back, held up by a jeweled clasp. Her eyes were dark and pierced deep into him.
"Who are you?" Link demanded moving for his sword but his hand scraped nothingness.
"Looking for this?" the girl held up his sheathed blade, smirking.
"How did….?" he mumbled reaching out to grab it back.
"One question at a time," she replied tartly stepping back out of his reach while swing the sword around playfully.
"You're first question. Are you dead? Well not exactly, your heart is in a sort of deep sleep. The Hero of Time still has much to do." Link paused raising an eyebrow in confusion. She grinned happily. "I'll explain more about that later but for now on too your next question. I am Moray, but you may know me as the princess of shadows…or Princess Zelda's shadow to put it simply." Silence fell across the pair for a long moment. Moray stepped back slowly, waving her free hand before her in a dismissing gesture.
"And lastly, I have your sword because…" her voice trailed off as she vanished into the dark. "I can do this." Her hot breath cascaded down the neck of his tunic one hand snaking over his right shoulder so her fingers could ghost across his jaw line. Link went stiff, his personal bubble having been not only invading but completely popped. Moray smirked her teeth glinting dangerously. She bent forward fazing through the slightly scared man.
"I'm a shadow, no one but you can see me. No one but you can hear me." She handed him the sword back, slapping it roughly into his hand.
"And that is why I need your help!"
"My help?" Link gagged "Why do you need my help?" Moray's face fell, a look of bitterness crossing it before it was consumed one more by a stone mask. She raised a hand an ornamental door appeared.
"I'll show you if you wish….." she looked away. "I can't force you." Link glanced down at the blade he held in his hand.
"The Hero of Time never turns down someone in need," he said aloud stepping up beside Moray. She smiled a semi-decent, partially non-threatening smile gratefully. The door swung open unaided light shining brightly causing sparks before his eyes.
"This way," Moray's voice coaxed him and he took another step forward. Whiteness folded in around him for a moment before it faded away. Link found him standing beside Moray in a gloomy forest, surrounded by mist. Moray pointed up ahead and the blonde squinted to see. What he saw shocked him. A skinny man lay unconscious on the ground, a strange imp digging through a rather large sack. Happily he drew out a showy mask waving it above his head. Two fairies who had gone unnoticed by Link up to this moment danced about his head as he slipped it over his face and ran away. Ignoring Moray's call Link ran forward to help the possibly wounded man but as he bent down to take hold of his arm his hand slipped through. Startled he pulled back and glared at his hand in confusion. Moray sighed walking up to him.
"This is only a memory, you can do nothing here. What I wanted to show you was the mask. It is called Majora's Mask, it is the burial mask of my Father the King of Shadows," she explained in a low tone. "But the spirit of my Father grows restless for this man," she pointed to the one on the ground. "Stole it from his tomb." The scene fuzzed and morphed into another. They stood in the center of a busy town with a large clock tower rising above them. Moray pointed up and Link's gaze followed.
"Is that….the moon?" he asked nervously.
"It is. And it is getting closer thanks to Majora pulling it in his anger. I need your help to retrieve the mask and stop the moon." Suddenly a thought crossed his mind and Link turned to the shadow.
"Why do you care?" he questioned carefully. "I mean it won't affect you." Moray laughed hollowly looking the other way in attempt to hide the growing red forming on her cheeks.
"The truth is I…. I'm in love…." She whispered as darkness sucked them in.
FIN
This is chapter 2! I hope you liked it! R&R
TheLastRose
