A Shadows Lover
By: Love3Lies
Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda OoT, any of its characters, places, items etc.
A/N: Welcome to another wonderful story that has no plot what so ever. Enjoy and as always R & R.
Arista shakes her head in frustration as she swings a practice sword into the side of a dummy. She swings again and again until her arm hurts from the impact, but still the wooden sword doesn't make an impact on the hard canvas. Her mother and the Princess walk by on their way to the courtyard garden and Impa shakes her head. "At your age I could cut through the canvas dummy with a duller sword then that. You need to practice more." Zelda says nothing but frowns, Arista wipes a loose strand of hair out of her eyes and glares at her mother. Her temper gets the best of her when she speaks;
"Did you ever think that just maybe I'm not like you? I'm so tired of hearing about what you were like when you were my age MOTHER!"
She shouts the last word and throws the practice sword to the ground in frustration. Impa is speechless for a moment and simply stares at her with glowing red eyes.
"How dare you speak to your mother like that, and in front of the Princess no less! Is this any example to set for Zelda? Do you want her to turn into a mouthy ungrateful child like yourself?"
Arista's eyes glow until they match her mothers
"I am not you, I don't give a damn about the Princess, she's a spoiled little brat who's never had to work a day in her life! Even when Gannondolf took over Hyrule and you left me behind to rescue your precious Princess, she didn't do anything but run around after that stupid little boy teaching him songs! You didn't even care what happened to me when you abandoned me, what kind of mother are you! You abandoned your own child! I hate you, I hate both of you!"
The closest entrance into the castle is past Impa and Zelda o Arista pushes between them. She takes a few more steps stops, turns around and grabs a chunk of the princess's hair. Zelda cries out as its pulled from her head and Impa catches her before she can fall forward. Arista can hear her mother yelling for her and the footsteps of the guards as they come running after her. She ignores them and runs towards the dungeons.
The guard there tries to stop her when he sees her crying but she chops him in the throat knocking him to his knees. She grabs the ring of keys from his belt and kicks him in the back of the head so that he passes out.
"I'm sorry"
Wiping tears from her eyes she runs into the darkness her body instinctively knowing the way. Footsteps echo around her as the other guards stumble around in the darkness triying to find her. Krad is waiting for her as close to the bars as he dares.
"Arista, what happened?"
Arista throws the hair and ring of keys at Krad and tries to stop the tears that are now blocking her sight.
"I hate this place, I hate everything about it, I hate the people, I hate the stupid stone walls, I hate the rules, I hate everything! I just want to leave and never look back, please take me with you Krad please!"
Krad disappears deeper into the darkness for a moment and Arista can hear him chanting. There is a flash of light and the manacles around his wrists and ankles clatter to the ground. Krad walks forward with a smile on his face the moment a group of guards touches Aristas shoulder.
"You have to come with us now Arista, you have to atone for what you did"
Their eyes are drawn to Krad who's form seems to melt through the bars. They take a step back in fear and a few brave ones raise their swords, one a true coward begins to scream as he runs towards the entrance
"DARK LINK! DARK LINK HAS ESCAPED!"
Krad chuckles and pulls Arista so that her back is resting against him. He smiles evilly at the guards and then leans forward to whisper in Arista's ear
"Even if you didn't want to go… I never planned on leaving you here"
Even the bravest guards yell out in fear as Arista and Krad weaver before their eyes and disappear.
