Me: Chapter three! Oh yeah!
Mike: Excuse me, where is Jack?
Me: Oh, he's sulking over there.
Mike: Why is he behaving like that?
Me: Because he didn't appear in the last author notes.
Damian: How…stupid.
Me: You're right. Now, on with the disclaimer.
Damian: I am his sole creation.
Me: Showtime.
Link looks confused, Zelda looks horrified and Damian looks…pissed off
"Royalty sure has declined, don't ya think, Link?" Damian asked and his left eye turned as red as his right one. "I would've expected at least a greeting, but no…see a guy with mismatched eyes and a black cloak materialize in a room and obviously he has to be an evil creature." Damian said keeping his blood red glare fixed on Zelda. Link considered this and turned to look at Zelda.
"Why did you call him a creature, your highness?" Link asked. Zelda looked at him as if he was crazy.
"Don't you feel it, Link?! This creature's darkness is even greater than Ganondorf's!" Zelda screeched. Damian snarled and materialized a cleaver made of black flame.
"You dare judge me?! You, who would send a boy in a journey that may cost him his life?! It is you who should be judged! Now witness the Ignis Fatuus, the Corpse Flare!" Damian said as he charged at Zelda, eyes ablaze with wrath. Zelda's eyes widened in fear as she saw a black aura so dark Ganondorf's aura looked gray when compared. Damian brought his cleaver down and a huge black flare blinded Link. When Link opened his eyes he saw Damian had stopped the charge and brought the cleaver down just inches in front of Zelda. "You're not even worth the effort." Damian scoffed as Zelda fell to her knees. "You're not worth the blood, sweat and tears Link is sure to spill for you." Damian said and turned around. As he turned Zelda caught a glimpse of the clothes beneath the cloak and saw something that made her blood run cold, on his back was a mark she saw in her dreams, a mark she saw floating in the middle of the battlefield Hyrule was fated to become, a blood red moon distorted by a specter. "Link, I'll meet you in Lon Lon Ranch. I believe I have overstayed my welcome." Damian said as he began walking towards the exit.
"W-w-wait!" Zelda said. "What's your name?"
Damian stopped and turned his head, only showing his blood red and snake pupil eye. "I fail to see what interest my name might hold to a spoiled brat." Damian spat. "But I'll tell you anyway, to teach you some manners. My name is Damian Shinotsuki, the Moon of Death." Damian said and turned to leave. "Oh, and brat? Tell that annoying shadow of yours to keep to her own business." Damian said and left. Link wondered what Damian meant until he noticed a tall and scary looking (though not as scary as Damian) woman. Zelda just stood there and looked deep in thought. Link saw this and approached Zelda.
"Princess? What's wrong?" Link asked. Zelda snapped out of it and looked at Link.
"Nothing. Anyway, Link, I would like to introduce you to my nana/bodyguard/shadow Impa." Zelda said pointing at the tall woman.
"Pleased to meet you" Link said, a little nervous.
"Pleased to meet you too" Impa said. "Princess, I believe I should take the boy outside. The guards are looking for an intruder. It seems the other boy knocked many of the guards out." Zelda just nodded and turned to continue watching Ganondorf. "We should go, Link" Impa said and dragged Link out. Once they were outside Impa told him to go meet the Gorons of Death Mountain and to obtain the Goron Ruby from them, she taught him Zelda's Lullaby and vanished in a flash of light.
"Where did Damian told me to meet him?" Link asked Navi.
"He said to meet him in Lon Lon Ranch." Navi answered. They headed there. When they arrived they saw something that they did not believe possible. They saw Damian without his cloak, playing a song in a black ocarina as Malon sang the same song. As they approached them, Malon stopped singing and smiled at Damian.
"You play really well, Dark Boy" Malon said still smiling.
"And you have a heavenly voice, Farm Girl" Damian said (dare I say it) smiling, not a maniacal smirk or an I'm-gonna-kill-you smile but an honest smile. Link and Navi both thought that the Apocalypse was near at that. They approached the musical pair and they finally noticed the pair of them. "Oh, good. I was beginning to think you had taken my advice too seriously." Damian said to Link, his smile replaced with a smirk.
"What do you-? HOLY- You sick bastard!" Link said blushing. He thought of a way to get back at Damian. "What about you, "Dark Boy"? What have you been doing with your little "Farm Girl" here, hmmm?" Link asked with a smirk of his own. Damian's smirk faltered a little but remained on his face. Link had surprised him, but that wasn't going to stop him or humiliate him. After all he had done nothing wrong, poor naïve Link.
"Oh, not much. She taught me the song we were just playing, we played with the horses for a while and I helped her milk the cows." Damian said shrugging nonchalantly. Link frowned a bit, this wasn't going as planned. He would get to Damian this time.
"So what was that about a "heavenly voice", huh?" Link asked, expecting Damian to blush or act embarrassed. The whole thing backfired on him. Damian's smirk turned into that honest (If somewhat creepy) smile and he turned to look at Malon.
"Should we show him, Farm Girl?" Damian asked, already bringing his ocarina to his lips. Malon just giggled and nodded. They started their performance and boy was Link surprised, she did have a beautiful voice, and after they finished he started clapping. Damian and Malon looked at one another and bowed to their audience. "That was beautiful my dear." Damian said to Malon and bowed to her.
Malon giggled. "You were not to bad yourself." She said and did a curtsy. Damian approached Malon, grabbed her hand and kissed her knuckles.
"You flatter me; the song is yours after all." Damian said still holding Malon's hand. After a few seconds he released her hand. "Now, I believe we should teach our loving audience how to play proper music, don't you?" Damian asked.
"Sure, come here Fairy Boy." Malon said and taught Link Epona's song. After he played for the first time Epona walked over to him. "Hmmm, that's curious. She didn't do that when Dark Boy played it." Malon said. Damian just shrugged.
"Guess she doesn't like me. It's ok; I already have a foal growing. Maybe one day I'll bring him here and see how he gets along with Epona." Damian said. "Anyway Link, we should get going. I bet your girlfriend wants to know what you've been up to." Damian said smirking devilishly.
"She is not my girlfriend! But, I do miss her. Let's go visit Saria." Link said and started to walk towards the exit.
Damian chuckled and Malon asked him what was so funny. "Did I ever mention a name?" Damian asked Malon. She gasped and started giggling. "Ah, how I love that giggle." Malon stopped giggling and looked at Damian as if he had sprouted another head. Then Damian registered what he had said, blushed and laughed nervously. "Um, eh, I-I-I should leave. See you later Farm Girl." Damian said and made a dash for the exit.
"What took you so long? And why are you blushing? Did you decide to follow your own advice?" Link asked Damian.
"Shut up or, I assure you, Ganondorf will be the least of your problems, comprende?" Damian asked Link with a tone and a glare that, Link thought, could've made Ganondorf soil himself. So he wisely decided to shut up and head to the woods. "Good." Damian said.
When they arrived at the woods, the gatekeeper had grown a backbone and told Damian he could not pass, Damian sighed and lifted the kokiri again. "Now, listen to me you little shit. I go wherever the hell I want and you won't try to stop me a third time or it'll be the last thing you do." Damian snarled in the boy's face. The kokiri nodded and, after Damian dropped him, he ran away. "Let's go." Damian told Link.
"Go where?" Link asked. After a brief glare that practically screamed "how the hell should I know" Link decided Saria must be in her special place in the Lost Woods. After a while in the woods, a long boring speech by the Owl and several wrong turns later they arrived at the Sacred Forest Meadow. There, after Damian burned to ashes a few Deku Scrubs and ripped a Wolfos limb from limb, they found Saria playing her ocarina. She practically screamed when she saw them. "Good to see you too, Saria." Link said.
"What are you doing here? Did you finish your quest already?" Saria asked.
"No, but lover boy here wanted to see his girlfriend." Damian said. Saria and Link both had simultaneous heart attacks. "Gee, lighten up. Anyway Saria, I believe I haven't properly introduced myself. I am called Damian, nice to meet you." Damian said.
"N-n-nice to meet you too." Saria said still a bit caught off guard.
"Could you teach Link here the song you were playing? I liked it, but I'm sure that it's a special song you only teach to your friends. Well, I'll be waiting for you in Kakariko Village, Link. See you there." Damian said and vanished into the shadows.
"He's a bit creepy, isn't he?" Saria asked Link who just nodded vigorously. "Anyway, he's got a point. I'll teach you my song so you can communicate with me anytime." Saria said and taught Link Saria's song. After getting lost about four times Link finally arrived at Kokiri Village and decided to stay there for the night. The next morning Link left and arrived at Kakariko Village around noon. He asked around town if anyone had seen a boy in a black cloak and the cucco lady told him the boy in black had helped her and then left to the Graveyard. Link thanked her and headed for the Graveyard. When he arrived he saw Damian standing in front of a grave in the far end of the Graveyard and staring at a cave in the wall.
"You finally arrive." Damian said without even turning. "Come, stand here and play the brat's lullaby." Damian told him. Link obeyed and suddenly the sky turned dark and a thunder struck the grave, destroying it. Link saw there was a hole in the ground and, before he could even blink, Damian shoved him head first into the darkness. Link was rubbing his head when Damian jumped down, he glared daggers at his companion but he didn't even notice. "Come on." Damian said and entered a room full of skeletons, after torching a few bats, Damian told Link to go on. "I'll look around here you head further in." Link was about to protest but reconsidered for the sake of his own health.
After running away from zombies Link arrived at a pedestal and learnt the Sun's song. When he returned to the room Damian was in he found the room clean of skeletons. "What the fuck happened here?" Link asked.
"Nothing. Oh right, before I forget." Damian said reaching into his cloak; he pulled out a shield and two bottles. "This should protect you better than that crappy wooden shield and you can use the bottles to carry potions or milk." Damian explained. "Take 'em, I don't need them."
"Ok, let's head for Death Mountain." Link said.
"Sure" Damian said.
Me: There.
Jack: What the fuck happened to the skeletons?!
Me: All shall be revealed in due time. Anyway, there's something that has me a little depressed. No one has reviewed yet, let's hope that changes.
Jack: Yeah. Read and Review.
