Hey guys, no I haven't been dead, contrary to popular belief! I'm in the middle of my major vactioning, and have just returned after being gone for a week out of town. I wrote half of this chapter before I left, and the other half when I got home, so if there are any inconsistencies, I apologize. Any and all reviews are appreciated, as well as sometimes just shout-outs for encouragement. Enjoy!


The rest of the week passed by in relatively less eventful ways, especially with in consideration of the very interesting Tuesday and Wednesday I had had. Malon couldn't have been more over joyous, seeing that my talking with the two new guys in my life was "the step into normal teen romances."

"These aren't romances Malon," I had reminded her every time she brought it up, but of course there was almost no point in arguing with her. She insisted they were the buds of my newfound dreamy life and in her eyes, she couldn't be prouder of me.

It wasn't that I had never been fervently involved or anything with anyone. I had, in a sort. It may have been four years ago in my younger and naïve self and nothing had really happened from the whole affair, but that was completely beside the point. One could even argue that the relationship only lasted about three hours and was only conducted over notes, but that's what happened when you were twelve; you were allowed to have stupid little romantic stints such as that. Malon often encouraged me to have a romantic side and to pay more attention to guys but well, I had never seen it as important as she did.

I liked being single and not worrying if a guy liked me or not. I liked the freedom to look around and not feel obligated to be faithful to just one person. But mostly, I liked to picture me waiting for some legend in my life, like in romantic movies where the princess always gets swept off her feet by some handsome prince. Was it so much to ask for just that? I didn't think so, but then again, at an early stage of my life I had realized this sort of fantasy could never happen to me leaving me to just deal with my life as it was.

Romantically or not though, the new guys in my life deemed themselves to be very amusing in keeping me entertained throughout the week. Dark continued being his ever flirtatious self, venturing over into the no doubt area of nerdom that were my usual hideaways courageously at break and lunch. It amused me seeing him in the library, talking to me about a few of the books he had read before. Surprisingly, he was a big fan of T.H. White's The Once and Future King, something I never would have expected from him. Even if he only read it because Guinevere seemed "hot" to him, I still considered it a major step up from the thick broad I had always taken him to be.

His friends continued to harass me in P.E. as I tried to turn the cheek and ignore them, but sadly that did not always work constructively for me. More than once Dark's super creepy friend, the one that had threatened me, would just stare at me, giving me a look that basically confirmed I did not wish to know anything he was thinking about. It bothered me that I could do nothing about it (especially since if I was back at the palace I could have so many things done to him), but I just kept going every time something happened in class, at lunch, or just at passing. I had no idea of his name, but I vowed to stay very far away from him for as long as I could.

Then of course, there was Link. He was charming and of course very cute, but more to that was his humor and wit. Since it was established we had a couple of classes together, he started to make faces at me in them, making me laugh incredibly in both English and chemistry. We would talk sometimes during each class's free time and have conversations that even I was left reeling at. Link proved to have much knowledge in a lot of areas, including being a whiz at ancient Hylian. This was my biggest surprise in him. I, being a princess, had obviously learned such an ancient and sacred knowledge at a young age. My tutors had prided themselves that I was one of the only ones to learn both Hylian and English at the same time, since most Hyrulians struggled in that certain area. Thus, when Link surprised me by speaking it to me after school on Friday, all I could do was stand there in shock at him.

"What, why are you staring at me?" he said with a laugh. We had just finished chemistry on Friday afternoon, the last school day of the week, and all of our other classmates had done the mature thing of running outside as soon as they could. We had been the last ones out of the classroom and he had asked me if I had any weekend plans, which was a harmless enough question, minus the fact it was done in the ancient tongue.

"Um, no reason at all, pardon me," I said shaking my head at my awkwardness. I gripped my books against my chest harder to try and hide the blush from my mistake. Note to self I thought, no matter how startled you are, do NOT stare at the sweet cute guy who just shocked you!

"You are, pardoned," he grinned at me cheekily. I noticed there was no one else in the hall and deduced everyone had already gone outside. That was usually what happened on Fridays. Just like regular school we had the weekend off, which was when most people usually went off campus to the lake, mountains, or Castle Town, which was about an hour's drive away. Of course, there were others (usually me), who chose to stay at the school and not be involved with any of the crazy shenanigans that happened in the other places. Coincidently, it just so happened that on Saturday, Malon and I were going up to Castle Town to do some odds and end shopping, but that was quite an uncommon instance from me in the very least.

"Are you making fun of me?" I asked Link as I realized I had been silent for some time, deep in thought. I looked over to him as he shrugged.

"Nobody says 'pardon' anymore, didn't you get the memo?" he said, wiggling his eyebrows. I covered my mouth to try and stop my laugh, but it didn't help.

"No, I must have missed that. You apparently missed the memo that moving your eyebrows like that deems you an instant anomalous person," I said, ending my laugh with a cheesy grin at him.

"Hey, human here. You've got to speak plain English to me you know."

I laughed. "Anomalous. You know like, abnormal, strange. Weird. The sorts. I feel like you don't have anywhere to judge though, considering you just randomly spoke ancient Hylian to me as if I was supposed to understand it, which is definitely not regular every day English."

"Ah, so that's why you gave me a look. Did you not understand it?"

"No, I did. Quite perfectly actually, but you wouldn't have been so successful with someone else you know."

"That's why I save all my smart moments for when I talk with you," he grinned at me as I rolled my eyes, trying to contain the impending grin.

"Right. As a matter of fact, I do have some plans this weekend just you know, regular ones of the unfortunate teenage girl mold. Are you doing anything quite as interesting?"

"Breathing. I've heard it's very beneficial for you."

"That sounds science-y! Remember, not science person here," I laughed as we walked through the door. We paused on the steps as we had Wednesday and stood there, looking at each other.

"My mistake I forgot," he said as all I could do was laugh. I wanted to continue talking, unwilling to go back to my room quite yet. Link seemed to sense what I was thinking as he flashed me another smile.

"You don't have to go quite yet you know, I promise I don't get to crazy after hours."

"No, I probably should. I ought to at least get a head start on all the chemistry we got today." Besides the fact that I didn't know how strange I would act around Link if it was just the two of us. I may have been exceptionally book smart, but when it came to socializing and guy stuff, I was as lost as the woods of Kokiri Forest.

Link rolled his eyes. "Zelda, it was just a section of notes. Honestly that takes like what, 45 minutes tops?"

"Well, yeah. But um, well, I… I don't want to bother you or anything."

"Didn't I just say it was not a problem? I wouldn't have invited you to hang out with me if I didn't at least want to see and enjoy your company."

My eyes widened a little bit but I shook my head and looked down. "No, um, I enjoy your company as well, but I think my time is best spent by myself, even if I'm not bothering you. Thank you, but I must be going."

I turned to start walking from the dorms as he grabbed my hand. I spun around to stare at him, completely in shock. Not at him grabbing my hand part, that sort of thing was common in happening. It was instead his touch, his mere touch that sent heat and a slight jolt into my hand. I looked at him, wondering if he felt the same strange thing, but all he did was look at me with a strange look on his face. I removed his hand from him, gave an acknowledging nod, and hurried away to my dorm room as quickly as possible.

Once I arrived, I set my bag down and collapsed on my bed, like girls usually did in books and movies when they just didn't know quite what to do with themselves. I lay there, thinking about what had just happened. I personally couldn't explain why there had just been a shoot of electricity between Link and I and had no idea what even to say it was. As I thought and mused it out, I presumed he probably had a fever, which would explain why there was heat. I lay there for a couple minutes until Malon came bursting in.

"Zelda! What are you doing here?" she asked once she finally caught sight of me. I sat up, propping my body up by use of my hand and arm as I lay on my elbow.

"It's great to see you too you know," I said dryly as she rolled her eyes.

"You know I didn't mean it like that! Honestly Zel, you really can't take anything that I say seriously. But no, I thought I saw you talking to a certain tall handsome young man right after school and I'm wondering: why are you in here, and why is that gorgeous man at the stables without you?" she asked, putting both her hands on her hips as she eyed me with disapproval.

I sighed and fell on the bed again. "Malon, it would have been weird if it was just us together by ourselves. I'm not ready for that yet. Besides, he's not that good looking."

She started laughing as she sat next to me on the bed. "Honey, even the teachers eye him. He's total babe man-candy."

I made a face and looked at her. "You say weird things sometimes and usually I can handle them. Man-candy though, really? That just sounds disgusting, honestly."

She shrugged. "I had to at least vocalize what you were thinking." She laughed and jumped off the bed right as I grabbed a pillow and threw it at her face. "Oh Zel, you know you love me lots!"

"Poor judgment from my part of course," I said with an eye roll as I sat up again. "Hey, by the way, what time are we meeting up with your family tomorrow?"

She paused in her routine of getting out of the uniform and shrugged. "I don't know, I think afternoon-ish. You know my dad; he's always late."

"Oh okay, just wondering," I said as I started to take off the binding uniform socks as well.

She got both socks off with ease as I continued struggling with one of mine. I continued to have issues as she said something to me that for the love of Hylia, I just did not hear.

"Zelda, did you hear me?" Malon asked as I finally got my sock off. I looked up at her as she looked at me with slight displeasure.

"No," I said honestly. I bit my lip and smiled sweetly at her. "But, I got my sock off so everyone else in life can breathe again."

"I doubt your ability to take off a sock was a worldwide predicament, but my first question was genuinely important. I asked if you were asking Dark or Link to come with us tomorrow."

"Oh I don't know did you invite either of them?" I asked, suddenly finding the print on my skirt to be of upmost importance and interest.

"No. I told you that you could yesterday night though, meaning you didn't listen to me. Again."

"I, I don't recall this conversation ever taking place."

"Oh. My. Goddesses! You are so difficult sometimes!" She threw up her arms in the air and her socks at me. I dodged them and hung my head in shame.

"I'm sorry! Just I thought it'd be, awkward for one of them to come randomly. And we haven't really hung out together very much lately and just, it'll be fine if it's just us. We do not need men to complete ourselves."

Malon sighed and shrugged. "I suppose so. I think that it'd be good for you to at least have someone else beside me there so you don't get overly bored, but your loss I guess."

"I'll be fine. It's not like I've never hung out in Castle Town alone before in my life." She shrugged and left to go to the stables as I pulled out Sense and Sensibility and sat on my bed reading. However, I for some strange reason could not read. I tried reading on my back, my stomach, even lying over the side of the bed, but nothing worked. Frustrated, I set my book down.

I supposed one could say I was distracted a little by the thoughts of the past week. It wasn't every week that a girl of unimportant stature was given the attention of two guys, especially cute ones. Sure, if everyone here knew of my nobility, guys would no doubt come flocking, but that's not the kind of romance I sought after. If everyone knew I was THE Princess Zelda, I'd have a lot more people like me, but for the wrong reasons. Anonymity was key, even if it meant sacrificing some people here and there.

As I sat on my bed, I started to worry. The reason I was going with Malon to Castle Town was so she could get a new shipment of special feed for her horse, Sugar. Since her family owned a ranch, they had some very good feed that whenever Malon tried explaining to me the benefits from it as opposed to different normal feeds, I got very lost. It was also an excuse for her to see her Dad, someone she missed incredibly which she was very excited about. I was also excited to get away from campus and talk to her Dad, since he was a very nice man.

The one bad thing about Castle Town, however, was its close proximity to the castle. I had gone to town three or four times since being at the academy, and every time I went I was in fear of being spotted. The story printed when I arrived at the academy years ago was that I was sent to a province outside of Hyrule in the next land over. It was believable since no one had really seen me before then anyways, but there were still many nosy skeptics who thought I remained in Hyrule, hidden as I was. Last time I had gone to Castle Town was about a year and half ago, and to this day I still remembered some of the looks a few of the locals gave me, especially a fearful glance from a tall man who was eating outside of the town hotel. For some reason, I could feel something strange between us, as if I could feel his hatred of me, and even now it still freaked me out. Nevertheless, I was quite looking forward to our town outing in the morning, and would not let anything damper my spirit.

I awoke the next day to Malon shaking me, reminding me of the necessity to leave early to beat traffic. Slothfully I got ready, pulling on some shorts and a comfy T-shirt instead of the unattractive uniforms we were all conformed to wear every day. I got pride looking at myself in the mirror when I didn't see the prep jacket that was part of the uniform, and soon I was ready and excited for my day out.

Malon had a beautiful red convertible her parents had gotten her for her sweet sixteen, which we loaded with some different things such as sweaters and snacks for later. Castle Town was always very cold at night, and since we usually stayed pretty late for various reasons, it was always good to be prepared with various items for just about anything. In my own bag, I made sure to have my money and book, knowing Malon would spend at least an hour with her Dad just by herself. I supported this of course, but that didn't make it any less boring. Before I knew it, and a little before most of our peers were getting up for the day, we were off. We had the wind in our hair, the music pumped loud, and of course, the joy of conversation and laughter to take us there with ease.

We arrived at town at about ten or so, luckily before most of the traffic had started. She parked in one of the parking garages outside of town and we then head inside, to the heart of town.

Castle Town was built in early Hyrule history as the market to the royal family in order to better sustain the nation's economy. Many of the original buildings had survived over the years, giving the town a very old-timey feel. There were the usual assortment stores of clothing, books, food, tourist shops, and other various stores. It was the one of those places you could spend days in and still not see all that there was to offer. Though there were always some strange people in town, I still loved to go every chance I could, as it always reminded me of my mother and the times we spent there so much. Malon and I walked into the main part of town, and there I saw it.

The statue had always been there before, but every time I saw it I was always reminded of how astounding it truly was. It was in the exact center of town, near the fountain of peace. The statue was of the legendary Hero of Time, the hero said to have rid the land of evil. He stood with a sword in his left hand and shield on his back, as well as a tunic and floppy cap. Though stone did not tell, I knew from my studies his outfit was green, to represent Farore and the hero's courage. I stood from afar and could just make out the triforce on his hand, a gift from the god's to him. The statue had amazed me as a child and to this day, I still was in awe of it.

"Hey I'm going to go look at some horse things. You know, Ag related things. Am I right in guessing you don't want to come?"

I turned to Malon, totally forgetting she had been there. "I can come with you if you want you know."

She waved her hand and rolled her eyes. "I'm fine. Contrary to popular belief, I am able to fully function by myself. Besides, you're no help anyways."

"If I spoke Ag I would be," I tried justifying myself but she just laughed, waved, and headed to a close store of horse supplies. Though we were in a modern time of life, horseback riding was still fairly popular and the store usually had decent business. I decided to go to the store right next to it though, where the sold old jewelry.

Old fashioned things had always fascinated me, especially jewelry. There was just something about a cameo or old hair pin that had such a timeless beauty to me; there was no way it could be described as anything but beautiful. My mother had also liked such classic pieces, so usually shopping for such things gave me a wonderful peace of mind.

The door bell rang softly as I opened the door to the shop, overcome by the smell and feel of the lovely pieces of jewelry. The cashier and store manager welcomed me warmly, an elderly woman with kind eyes who I immediately smiled at. She motioned me over to some necklaces as I thanked her and started looking around. A few of the pieces were really very lovely, but didn't catch my fancy all that much. I continued looking until I got to a necklace that particularly caught my eye.

It wasn't very big, but had a long chain with a pretty metal piece at the end. The metal was a swirling circle with a small triforce in the middle of it. The triforce had three small stones in it, a ruby, sapphire, and emerald in the respective places. It truly was very beautiful and delicate, but that was not the reason I could not stop looking at it. As I handled it in my hands over and over again, a wave of nostalgia flashed over me for one very simple reason.

The necklace had been my mother's.

There truly was no way in denying it, yet I could not comprehend the fact. I turned the metal over and over again in my hand to try and understand how the necklace got into the store, but my mind could think of nothing. It had been a family heirloom and one of my mother's favorites, which made me angry it was outside of the castle. I thought of several theories about its placement, each one more impossible than the last. Finally, I decided to just buy it back, unable to think of what else to do. The elderly woman smiled politely at me in a gesture I could not return. I walked out of the store and slipped the necklace on, not wanting to think about my family any more.

I started to walk around, trying to look for Malon through the window of the store she was supposed to be in, but no such luck happened. I started to get a little paranoid and worried as I looked around and couldn't find her anywhere, and tried to stay calm. Breathe I told myself as I started down the cobblestone street. People started giving me strange looks, but I kept going anyways. I had just gotten to a popular drink stop I figured she'd be at when I remembered the solution of cell phones. Pulling mine out, I was about to dial for her when a raucous laughter interrupted my thoughts altogether. I turned to the source and started to walk in their direction a little bit a ways from where I had been.

It appeared to be a simple man talking animatedly to a large crowd, who was laughing incredibly to whatever he was saying. I stood in the midst of them, trying to understand the topic. He was grungy looking with a wild beard, but still the people stayed and listening to him.

"We all know that old Nohansen has lost his touch. His taxes are high!" The crowd cheered. "His rule is outdated!" They cheered louder. "And he's probably screwing his own daughter, which is why we haven't seen her in years!" The crowd laughed and cheered as my heart sunk in fear and anger. "We need change! We need a leader! We need something better in this life!"

"And I suppose you're thinking this great solution is yourself?"

The man looked to me and I realized with a fright it was me that had spoken. All eyes turned to me, including his. The man started walking closer to me as I remembered this was not the way to keep a low profile. Swallowing my fear, I held my head high as the grungy man glared at me. My heart pounded with fear, but mostly anger at his accusations against my father.

"Now now, do we have a true patriot here lovely miss?" he asked, eyeing me up and down greedily.

I shifted uncomfortably at the stare, but shook my head. "Not quite, just someone who knows how to hold her tongue, which is more than I can state for yourself."

He moved closer to me, making my heart thump loudly in fear for everything good about me. "What about me tongue lovely miss?" he asked, licking his lips at me disgustingly.

"You should be tried for treason for such horrendous allegations against his majesty."

"And I suppose you're going to do something about this then?" he laughed, getting closer. The crowd started laughing too as I tried to think of what to say. He continued to get closer as I tried to remember some simple defense as a new voice came out of the void.

"No, but I am."

The man stopped and I turned to a new voice that was standing off a ways. He was leaning against a building, his muscled arms crossed, and in my life, there never was a happier sighting of Link, my personal savior. His eyes looked at me kindly, then at the other man with anger.

"Honey, are you ready?" Link asked, looking at me expectantly. I blushed but nodded and hurried to his side. He grabbed my hand and intertwined our fingers, glaring at the man still.

"Begging your pardon good sir, but you know you should keep a hold on your girl better." The sleazy man looked me over again, his eyes focusing on my legs, then my chest. I noticed his linger on my mother's necklace and finally my eyes. I gripped Link's hand harder as I glared right back at the man.

"I don't believe in keeping a hold on her. It's called freedom of speech, from any sex," Link said as the crowd watched us, interested in the new commotion.

"We wouldn't want anything happening to such a lovely face, that is all," the man said, eyeing me again with an evil grin. I balled up my free hand in a fist, trying to remain calm, as Link stepped in between us.

"You may leave now, your accusations against my girlfriend are quite unnecessary."

The man looked at Link up and down, shrugged and headed back to the crowd before turning back to us again. "You best be watching, the both of you. We wouldn't want the Royal family involved with this now, would we? There's a change in the wind, and the interference of two such lovely youth would be tragic." He smirked at my shocked expression and turned back again to his crowd.

I stood frozen, unable to speak as Link whispered in my ear, "Zelda, let's go." He led me around the corner where less people were at. There were a few trees that shaded some benches that he sat me down at as I continued to be silent. He sat me down and sat right next to me, our fingers still intertwined.

"That was certainly eventful," he said after a few minutes silence. I nodded and swallowed, not knowing what to say. The man's threat replayed in my mind. The Royal family, the Royal family…

"Do you usually have such a way with your words?" he asked again, no doubt trying to make small talk. The man must have known, how else would he have reacted….

"Link I'm so sorry," I croaked quickly, finally able to look at him. I expected him to look angry and mad that he felt compelled to save me, but he was looking at me kindly, his blue eyes shining brightly in the shade.

"Don't be sorry, are you alright? I should have intervened sooner but, you threw me off guard a little."

"How long were you watching?" I asked, confused altogether by the whole thing.

"Enough to know the guy was an idiot." I slightly laughed and nodded. I took my hand out of Link's and pushed back some of my hair that was falling in my face.

"I shouldn't have reacted at all, it was stupid of me," I said, shaking my head at my foolishness.

"You're not stupid for having an opinion. I was about ready to punch the guy myself, I hate such pretentiousness. Are you sure you're alright though, I could feel your heart pounding in your hand."

I blushed again in the memory of us holding hands and nodded. "I'm fine babe, thanks for asking."

He grimaced. "Please do not call me babe. Most pet names are fine, but babe is just, stupid."

"So is honey," I said laughing, a little embarrassed by the memory altogether. "What names am I allowed then to call you, if babe does not do? You know, for all those hypothetical times when I need to pretend to date you again."

"That depends. Usually Link, Mr. Avalon if we are getting professional. Handsome or dear if we were dating again... You know, the usual," he grinned as I blushed again. "What about for you, can I call you anything fun?"

"Zelda is fine. Zelda is great. My name is Zelda," I said simply, not wishing to get into any details about my name.

"Even if we were dating, just Zelda? Nothing fun or sweet or anything?"

"No," I laughed. "I hate those stupid girls who make special names for them and the guys they date. Or the ones that say 'I love my babe' after dating for three days, those girls are, weird. I'm not that dim, and thus I am always Zelda."

"That certainly is refreshing," Link mused aloud as I looked at him with confusion, wondering what he was talking about. Suddenly, something came to mind, making me jump up with a groan.

"Malon! I totally forgot about her! She's probably freaking out," I said with concern as I took out my phone and ran a hand threw my hair. Link stood up also and put a hand on my phone to stop me from dialing.

"She's fine. She's with her father and is actually the one who sent me after you because she was worried when you turned unto a street and didn't hear her calling your name."

"Oh, right," I said as I nodded and looked down at Link's hand over mine. He was warm, his hand much bigger than my strangely small hands. There was a breeze that rustled his hair and sent some leaves unto him, making me slightly laugh.

"What?" he asked with amusement as I stood on my tiptoes to brush out some of the fallen leaves. I grinned at him as I pushed them off his head, his hair surprising me that it was so soft. I suddenly forgot everything that had happened as I stood there with him, just stroking his hair. He looked at me again and blinked as he started to touch my head, making me close my eyes with serenity of mind.

"Zelda? That you?"

I blinked my eyes open and turned to see Dark standing a little ways away, looking at me with concern. I looked up at Link, who still had his hands in my hair. Unable of what to think of, I just nodded.

"I think I got them all out," Link said, removing his hands and righting me so I was standing straight. He smiled at me and put some distance between us. "You really should be careful where you walk you know."

"Ah, yes. Leaves, my bane of life," I said lamely with a stupid fake laugh, trying to mask my uncertainty of the situation. I looked at Dark who was eyeing us both suspiciously.

"Was I, interrupting something?" he asked as he walked closer to us.

"No, no not at all. We just happened to pass by here and both were attacked by leaves, however the odds may stand," Link said cheerfully as I laughed shakily.

"Those odds, they are quite strange sometimes," I agreed as Dark nodded.

"Apparently. Well, though this is fun, it leads me to something else altogether. While I didn't know you were in town, it seems a great opportunity to ask you something, something I've been thinking of."

"Yes?" I asked, looking at Dark curiously.

"Zelda, would you like to go to dinner tonight, granted Link doesn't mind." Dark looked at Link, making it very clear he didn't care if Link minded at all as I blinked, startled by the sudden invitation.

"Oh, um, are you sure? Your friends won't mind, or whoever is with you?" I asked Dark, still unable to comprehend the invitation.

"Who cares? Screw them, honestly," he laughed. "They're stupid. I looked for you at school, and then came here, hoping to see you. Malon saw me a couple of minutes ago and sent me this way and seemed a little excited about something. But, that's beside the point. I have to know, will you?"

I opened my mouth and glanced at Link, whose stoic expression made me wonder what he was thinking. Unable to think of anything else, I nodded. "I'd love to Dark."

He grinned at me and turned to Link. "Avalon," he acknowledged, offering his hand to him.

"Ombra," Link nodded, shaking the outstretched hand. He turned to me and smiled with kind eyes. "Zelda," he said, slightly bowing to me like they did in royal court. He turned so Dark couldn't see him and winked as he walked away, making me blush.

"Ready?" Dark asked, outstretching his arm. I nodded and linked unto it, trying to comprehend why Link and Dark had been in town at all, how my mother's necklace got into a cheap store, if there was a rebellion really going on against my father, but mostly why a wink could have so much effect on me at all.


"My lord, the swallow has returned."

The lord looked down at his follower with disdain. The man was bowing, groveling at his lord's feet. The lord stood, looking at a picture the man had given him. The girl in it appeared to be sixteen, with flowing golden hair. Her eyes were a stunning blue, the exact color and shape as her mother's had been. She was laughing, unaware of the danger that was now to come to her.

The lord laughed deeply, amused with the situation. He took the picture and took out a match, instantly lighting it on fire. The girl's face contorted with the flame, taking away her beauty. The lord laughed again and looked down at his follower with a grin.

"Perfect."


So what do you all think? Again, sorry for slightly being on hiatus. I'll also be gone this and next week, so don't expect an update for at least two if not three weeks. As always though, reviews and criticism are appreciated and wanted! Thank you again avid readers!