Okay! Prologue's over, and time to kick this story into gear! Onwards! Thanks and Enjoy!
"Dark!" Ganondorf yelled. No answer. "Dark!" He said again. Still no answer. He grit his teeth. "Where is that ungrateful little boy?! DARK!" He thundered. Meanwhile, out in the woods a little ways away... A little boy, of about fives years of age, with black hair and red eyes was playing at the stream, happily letting his feet get soaked; his boots were discarded. He loved this stream, a place he'd found two days ago, and he spent all his spare time here. It was worth punishments from Ganondorf, he thought. Dark splashed around, chasing after tadpoles and little fish, giggling joyously. His sharp Hylian ear caught a sound, crunching leaves. He looked up to see another little boy, with blonde hair, dressed in green. "Hi!" Dark called. The boy grinned. "Hi." He replied, somewhat nervously. Dark saw his bright blue eyes twinkle with delight at seeing a could be friend. "Wanna play tag?" Dark asked. The boy smiled and nodded. "Okay. I'm Link, what's your name?" The boy, Link, asked. "I'm Dark." Dark replied. Link nodded, not caring in the least at his friend's odd name. They played tag, getting quite wet in the process.
After awhile, they both sat together at the bank, dangling their feet in the water. Dark smiled. "Where do you live?" He asked Link. Link thought. "Um...over there." He said, pointing at the trees. Dark frowned. "You live in the trees?" He asked, eyes wide with amazement. Link laughed. "No, no. I live in a village in the forest." He told Dark. Dark smiled. "Oh. Can I see?" He asked, using his puppy eyes. Link was immune apparently, because he said, "I'm not allowed to bring strangers into my village." Dark sat down. "Oh." He looked at the sky. The sun was sinking slowly, creating a vivid orange sky. "Ooo. Pretty." He said to himself. Link grinned. "I like it when the clouds turn pink, and than the sky is like fire." He told Dark. Dark nodded. "I haven't seen pink clouds yet." He said. He jumped up. "Oh Din! I gotta go home, or I'll be punished!" He said frantically, snagging his boots. Link helped him. "Punished? Why?" He asked. Dark trembled. "Ganondorf doesn't like it when I'm late. Not at all." Link's eyes widened and he stepped back. "Ganondorf? But he's evil!" He exclaimed. Dark looked at him quizzically. "Evil?" He mused. Link nodded. "Yeah, Saria told me he's trying to take over Hyrule." Link clapped a hand over his mouth. Dark didn't notice the name. "He's trying to take over Hyrule?" He gasped. "He told me he was King, and that the ungrateful people are trying to kill him." Dark said. His visions of Ganondorf as a hero were rapidly being called into doubt. "Well, bye Link!" He said, waving and running away. Link waved back.
Dark came to the house where he and Ganondorf lived. He ran in, hurriedly racing to his room. "Dark." He heard. Dark looked around. Ganondorf was there, an angry look on his face. "Where were you?" He said softly. Dark shuddered. "A-at the stream." He told him. Ganondorf suddenly threw his face super close to Dark. "Did you finish everything I asked you to do?" Dark's worried look vanished. "Yes." He said. Ganondorf nodded. "Is that so? Even your...special mission?" He asked. Dark turned pale. He'd forgotten! "N-no." Ganondorf's eyes flashed. He struck Dark hard, across the cheek, making the boy fall backwards. "I'm sorry!" Dark bawled, cupping his injured cheek. "Sorry isn't good enough!" Ganondorf roared. Dark got up shakily, backing away from the Gerudo King. "I-I'll d-d-do it n-now." Dark said fearfully, watching Ganondorf's hand. Ganondorf shook his head. "No, it's too dark out." He said. He sighed deeply. "Dark, you realize that obedience is the most important thing?" He said softly, anger receding. Dark nodded. Ganondorf gripped his shoulders. "Its okay. I didn't mean to slap you. Ganondorf healed to bruise with purple magic. "Just, next time, listen to me, alright?" He said. Dark nodded. Ganondorf smiled. "Okay, off to bed now." He told Dark, who ran off to bed. Dark shuddered. Next time, he'd avoid Ganondorf's anger. He'd try hard to make the Gerudo King pleased. He'd do anything...
Link walked back to his home. If he just didn't look, maybe the taunts wouldn't come. He was wrong. "Hey look!" A Kokori child yelled. "It's the Boy without a Fairy!" Many children laughed. Link sniffled, trying not to cry. So? He wasn't that different, right? Just because he had no fairy didn't mean that he wasn't a Kokori like them. Besides, at least one person he'd met today didn't care about him having no fairy. Dark didn't have one either. That made Link feel better. He and his friend were equal, neither had fairies. Come to think of it, did Dark even know that fairies existed? Link would have to ask him tomorrow, if Dark was there. But one thing kept haunting Link. What Dark had said about Ganondorf. Ganondorf was evil! Did that make Dark evil too? He didn't seem evil. But Ganondorf was full of tricks. So maybe he'd taught Dark a few tricks too. Link refused to think of his friend that way. Dark was good, like him! But doubts kept entering his mind, making him think less of Dark each time. He went into the field, where his oh her friend, a foal named Epona was grazing. The brown mare was Malon's, but ever since he'd played a special song, the filly had taken a liking to him. He climbed a tree nearby and played a song on his ocarina, a song Saria had taught him. It allowed him to telepathically talk with her, and she encouraged him to play it whenever he was felling down, or just whenever. That way she could work on what she needed, and still be able to talk to Link.
"Hi Link, how's it going?" Sarai's voice sounded in his head. Link smiled. "It's good, taunts as usual, but I met a new friend in the forest, at the stream." He said to her. "That's wonderful! Who was it?" She asked. Link grinned. "His name was Dark, and he looked just like me, only with black hair instead of blonde, and his eyes were red." There was a pause. "Red eyes? What a unique trait!" She said finally. "Yeah." Link said. "But I don't know much about him. He did tell me that he lived with Ganondorf. But I thi-." He was cut off by Saria. "Ganondorf! Than you shouldn't be with that child, Link. He may be a spy in disguise." She said. Link frowned. "I don't think so. He seemed really friendly, and when I told him that Ganondorf was evil, he was puzzled, as if he'd never heard of that side of Ganondorf before." Link said. There was a, "Hmmm..." As Saria thought of an answer. "Well, Link. Just don't let him take you anywhere, okay? Maybe it's best if you stay away from him." She said. Link sighed. "Okay." He cut the song.
Link hopped of the tree. That hadn't been exactly helpful, but since he was the only one to meet Dark, no one else knew what he was like. He frowned. How come whenever he made a friend outside of the village, they were usually bad news? He went to his room, sitting in the bed, in deep thought.
Dark woke up. It was morning again! He smiled, remembering his friend Link. Maybe after his chores, and his special mission, he'd go see if Link was there. He hurriedly did his chores, making sure though that were well done. Time for his special mission. He smiled. He liked special missions, they made him feel important. He remembered what yesterday's special mission was. He was to scout to Gerudo desert, to see if anyone was on their way. Travelers came by often, and Ganondorf did not like to be seen around. So he'd given Dark the job of alerting him whenever anyone came by. Usually by noon, no one else would be coming, as that was when the desert was at it hottest temperature. Dark watched the desert road, poking in the sand as he waited. He watched as a snake lazily slithered it's way across the sand, into a burrow. By eleven, no one had come. He had one more hour, than he'd be free for the day. He heard wagon wheels. Looking up, he saw in the distance a very important looking carriage, coming towards him. He ran back to the house. "Ganondorf!" He yelled. Ganondorf came out of his study. "Yes, what is it?" He asked. "There's a wagon coming, a rich merchant, based on the looks of it." Ganondorf glanced out the window. His eyes widened in shock. "That's no merchant. That's the Royal Carriage!" He said. He quickly gathered his stuff, taking it to the cellar. "Dark, go hide in your room until their gone, okay?" Ganondorf said. Dark nodded, racing off.
In his room, Dark watched out the window. He could see three distinct figures drawing closer. The carriage came to a stop outside the house. Dark saw a man and women with crowns on their heads, and also a little girl, wearing a purple and white dress. Dark was fascinated. Royalty! The girl saw him. He ducked under the window-sill. When he peered back, the girl was still looking right at him. He ran downstairs, carefully opening the back door and watching from an edge of the house. The little girl saw him again. She waved cheerily. Dark smiled nervously and waved back. The two adults were talking with a maid, or Ganondorf in disguise. Ganondorf had told Dark that no one could be trusted. So far he was right, everyone that'd seen either of them had said they were evil, which hurt Dark's feelings. So now Dark usually hid in his room, while Ganondorf talked until they left. Mostly they were merchants or visitors looking for directions, but this was the first time the Royal Carriage had been here. The little girl said something to her mother, and skipped over to where Dark was. "Hi!" She said innocently. Dark waved again. "What's your name?" She asked. "I'm Dark." He said, gaining courage. The little girl smiled. "Nice name. I'm Zelda." Dark tried to remember where he'd heard that name before. "You're the princess?" He asked hesitantly. Zelda nodded. Dark instantly bowed. "Sorry, I didn't know." He said. Zelda looked shocked. She helped him up. "You don't have to bow to me, I'm just a kid, like you." She said. Dark nodded. "Oh." Zelda smiled. "Wanna play?" She asked.
Link went to the stream, waiting around to see if Dark would come. He skipped stones, watching them bounce upon the water. Than he heard voices. Dark came running up, followed by some girl in a dress. "Hi Link!" Dark called. "This is my new friend Zelda!" He said. Link smiled. "Hi." He said nervously. He was always nervous around strangers at first. Zelda smiled sweetly. "Hi. I like your name. It sounds... Like a hero's name." She said. Link grinned. "Thanks, Zelda." Dark smiled. "Wanna play a game?" He asked them both. They nodded eagerly. They played hide and seek, since Zelda couldn't play tag very well. "1...2...3..." Dark counted, his red eyes closed. Link and Zelda scampered around, trying to find a hiding place. "49...50! Ready or not, here I come!" Dark called, laughing. He searched around. He followed the creek, believing that he saw footprints. Soon he came to the raging part of it. "Hmm..." He carefully picked his way around the stream. The footprints ended. What? Oh, they were his own footprints from yesterday. How silly of him. He ran back. There was a sudden shift, and the rock he'd stepped on slid into the stream. "Ahhh!" He screamed, flailing about, before plunging into the raging stream. He bobbed up, trying to swim. "Help! Hel-!" He went under, getting carried away by the relentless pull of the waves.
Link and Zelda both heard the scream. They ran from their hiding places to the spot where they heard the scream. "Help!" They heard. Zelda whirled and saw Dark just get shoved under the waves. "Oh! Link, we gotta save him!" She shrieked. Link looked around wildly, for a stick or something. Dark came up again. He coughed and spluttered, only to be thrown under again. Link found a stout stick, but he couldn't lift it. "Zelda! Help me!" He wheezed, straining to lift the heavy stick. Zelda helped, and they managed to get it to the bank. But Dark was gone. The water was now calm, but they couldn't see Dark anywhere. Link cried out, racing down the bank. "Dark! Dark!" He called. There was no answer, just the trickle of the stream. Link ran as far as he could down the stream, but the water was to deep to see where his friend had gone. If only the stream ran its course the other direction, towards the shallow water! Link cried out in anguish. His friend was gone, most likely dead. He sat and wept, curled up. Zelda shared his pain, also crying.
The sound of water was rushing. A cough sounded. A little boy stumbled from the bank, shivering and dry heaving. He collapsed a little ways from the river. He was scared, and alone, and tired. It was nighttime, and the boy shuddered at the far away howl of a wolf. He couldn't take it anymore, and started to cry. After a while, letting his wet clothes dry, he got up and tried to find his way around. He could see well in the dark, so he ventured out into the forest...
And done. Another chapter finished. I realized that the beginning sounded a lot like Tom Sawyer. Lol! I changed my mind, suggestions welcome! How do you think this story is pulling together? Review, please! Crayle.