I was alone. Just me. Me and the Seal. I remember when it was like that. I was 7, with no memories from anything before then. I was a wanderer, not knowing which dimension I really belonged in. Little did I know, the Seal that allowed me this power was also binding me to a fate of stumbling around, never knowing where to go, who to turn to. Until the Seal was shattered, my Hylian form revealed, my memories regained. But it scarred me. That long time before I made my first friend. Loneliness. Sadness. That was all life meant for me. The truth, shrouded in darkness. That was who I was. Even now, with a family and wonderful friends, my mind wanders back to those times. When it does, I've been told that my eyes cloud over and I start crying, but I've never noticed. That feeling... I don't want to relive it again. So when Vio asked me how it felt to be alone, I didn't answer at first.
"Sorry," he whispered, "I didn't think about how you would feel." "It's okay," I put a hand on his shoulder. "Just know it's the worst feeling in the world." He sighed. "I don't want to think about it either." He leaned back and opened a book. I started around the countertop when... "BOO!" Shadow jumped up and wrapped his arms around me. I rolled my eyes, and saw that Vio did, too. Everyone else was out doing... whatever they did all day. Vio and Shadow are my closest friends, so it was nice just to be here with them. We all sat on the couch, every one of us bored. "Checkers?" "Checkers." They were both tough opponents, usually beating me in a few moves. It was still fun, especially watching them play each other.
"I call Hanon for my team," Shadow proclaimed. Vio nodded. Shadow always called me for his team. Vio was a Lone Wolf kind of person anyway, plus I was the one who rescued Shadow from the dark world, so I think he was a bit bias. I smirked at the purple haired teen, then the blonde. "Actually, I'd like to play you for once." I challenged. Vio sat back on the couch and opened his book. Shadow set up the board. "I'll be black, and you can be red." I nodded. He was always black, as it was his favorite color. In just a few moves, he had unconsciously set me up for a triple jump, and I took it. "How...What?" Behind his book, Vio let out a small laugh. He only laughed, or really even smiled, around us. Shadow glared at his book-loving counterpart. "You gave her lessons, didn't you?"
"Yes, I did. I owed her, anyway. She lent me a fantastic novel by the name of Lord of the Rings, and I am enjoying it quite a bit." Wow. I think that was the most I've heard Vio say at one time! Shadow smirked. "Nerd."
"What was that?"
"Nerd!"
"I am not a-"
"Nerd alert! Nerd alert! Vio's a nerd!"
"Shut up, imbecile."
Blue slammed the door. "I'm back. Hey, if we're taunting him, then I'm in." I quickly broke them up before someone got hurt. "Shadow, just because someone is a smart, doesn't mean they're a nerd. Vio, we don't call people names. Blue, you are mean." I saw it coming a mile away. Blue started shouting words that I shouldn't repeat, and tried to punch me. Note I said tried. I grabbed his fist and then his upper arm. Then, I flipped him over my back, and he landed with a loud THUD! I clapped my hands together and turned around. "You see, Blue, if you try that again," I leaned over so my face was inches from his and smiled, "No more Miss Nice Hanon." He crawled away. "Dude, you're scary!"
After Blue stumbled up to his room, all of us, even Vio, were all out laughing. Shadow congratulated me first. "Hanon, that was RICH! Did you see his face?" Vio finished his comment. "Note that those two sentences came from the King of Pranks himself." I smiled. "Thanks. It's what I do!" I sat down in between the two.
Time burst into the house, panting. "Hanon... a horde of monsters is demanding your presence!" The three of us barely had to glance at each other before we had grabbed our weapons and ran out the door. Vio strung an arrow, and Shadow drew his sword. I had left my ring, just in case they wanted it, and only brought my swords. I also brought a secret weapon a friend sent me, for extra measures.
Lizafos. It had to be lizafos. Not bokoblins, or even Ghirahim himself. Lizafos. Creepy, scaly, slimy lizafos. I stood there, frozen. Green, who was already there with Red, poked my shoulder. "Um, is she okay? Do we need to get a doctor?" I could barely get a sentence out. "I...I...ha...hate...lizards!" I hid behind Vio. Blue, who was still recovering rubbed his shoulder. "And I let myself get beat up by a little maiden afraid of lizards." I shoved Shadow towards them. "G...go on. You know monsters. T-talk to them." He glared at me, then turned to the creatures. "Hey." He laughed nervously. "How's the, um, weather? Nice and warm where you're from? Lava not hardening? Hey, Richard, how're the kids?" He leaned over towards me. "It's no use. Those Lizafos... I met them the other day. They kind of loath me." Vio joined the conversation. "I see my high vocabulary is rubbing of on you, my violet-haired friend." Red leaned in with his not so quiet whispering. "What are we talking about?" I sighed.
Blue had had enough. "Too much talk, not enough action!" He pulled out a giant hammer and lunged for the towering beasts. Also, Time had been exaggerating. I learned that he did that a lot. It wasn't a horde of monsters, only three, but the species they were was putting me on edge. I started to back up. "Maybe Blue can take care of this..." And I bumped right into Sky.
"Hanon, what are you doing? Don't tell me you're scared! Oh, Twilight is going to love to hear this. He hates you." I clenched my teeth. "Well, you're afraid of-" He clasped his hands over my mouth. "No, I'm the great hero of the sky! I have no fears!" "Liar," Zelda and Fi muttered under their breath. Fi continued, "In fact, your phobia is downright stupid." He started to sweat. "Say it and you are dead." He made a fatal mistake. He took his hands off of my mouth and pointed at Fi.
"Bunnies," I finished.
Blue practically fell over laughing. "You're afraid of cute, little bunnies?! How did you ever get a girlfriend?" Vio stifled a chuckle, trying to be polite. Everyone else present, even the Lizafos, burst out in laughter. Sky's face turned red and he stormed off.
"Hey," I stopped giggling with the others, "Sky, we were only joking around..." I turned to the others. "I'll go get him. By the way, a few exploding arrows should do the trick on the oversized geckos over there." I ran after my brother. "Sky, I didn't mean to-" "Shut up." "But-" "JUST SHUT UP, OKAY?!"
"No." I grabbed his wrist."Listen, Sky. Those guys have never fought Lizafos like these before. They'll need your help." "I don't wanna help those jerks." "Sky..." He swerved around and slapped me across the face. "DON'T 'SKY' ME, HANON! YOU'RE A JERK, JUST LIKE THE REST OF THEM!"
His words hit me sharper than any sword. Salty tears flowed from my eyes as he stomped in the direction of Eldin Volcano, probably going to kill some monsters. A hand rested on my shoulder. Fi. "Don't worry about him. He's just letting off steam." "Well, so am I."
I turned around and pulled out my secret weapon. BAM! BAM! BAM! No sooner had I pulled the trigger that a bullet was put through each of those ugly monster's heads. The others stared at me in amazement. I tossed the pistol on the ground and destroyed it with my sword. That was a rule: destroy any evidence of relics belonging to another dimension. I walked away. Vio and Shadow had to jog to keep up with my stride. "What was that?" The darker of the two questioned, "Where'd you get it? Where are you going?"
"Shut up." I was no longer sad because of my stubborn brother. I was furious.
"I have an appointment with a certain Sky Sword."