A/N- Thanks for the review, omegarulesall. Dang, that's hard to spell. Sorry, anyway, yeah, I think that they need to use Vaati a lot more, too. I know that Ganondork has the Triforce of power, but couldn't they just have both of them in it or something? Jeez.

Disclaimer- I don't own Zelda Stay Gold

Malina snored softly, bringing her blankets up to around her face. Impa sighed upon looking at the Princess. She was sleeping late, even on her birthday. Then again, Impa reflected. Would the Princess ever get up on time any day? It's hard to believe that in a year she'll be Queen Malina. She looks too young to be Queen.

Impa took her ocarina out and began playing her favorite song. Malina would not be able to stay asleep if she heard the song. The song that she had loved since she was very young. Stay Gold, as the Princess called it. Right on time, Malina sat up sleepily and began rubbing her eyes.

"Rise and shine, Princess." Impa murmured, ruffling the girl's hair. "You have a birthday party to get ready for." Malina groaned, remembering that it was her thirteenth birthday.

"Mistress Impa..." Malina mumbled. "I won't move from this spot unless you play that song and let me sing along..." Impa smiled at the sleepy pre, no, now she was a teenager. She brought the ocarina to her lips and began playing and Malina sang.

"They say that change is

A fundamental part of the human heart"

"But darling, your soul

It will continue to shine so kindly

Because I love you

You don't ever have to worry

My darling, stay gold"

"Please keep smiling with innocence

Everyday..."

Malina yawned after the duo finished, stretching her arms sleepily. "Okay, okay, I'll get up now... I guess. Queen Mirai, her husband, and my probably fiance will be there, too, right?" Impa nodded, a slight smile on her lips. "Well, I guess I'd better get ready, then! We all know how much Mirai hates me!"

Malina jumped out of bed, but not happily and with energy. In fact, it might be more appropriate to say that she fell out of bed. She slumped over to her mirror, one that showed her entire body. It didn't seem to help the Princess with her fashion problems, so most people thought that it was a waste of space, especially after Impa started helping the Princess get dressed again.

The dress was a soft pink with a see through sparkly layer that started around the waist. She wore white gloves that went up to her elbows and a simple silver circlet. She was wearing pink high heels as well. Malina took a chunk of her hair and tied it with her ribbon. She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed softly.

"You look very pretty, Princess." Impa murmured. Malina nodded and felt tears coming to her eyes. She quickly wiped them away, laughing shakily.

"I-I don't know why, but I feel like I won't see you anytime soon, Impa... and I... I feel like this is one of those days that it's my last day... I don't know why, though..." Impa wrapped the young girl in a hug, gently stroking her hair. Malina sobbed even harder, holding onto Impa's shoulders, still unsure why she felt so sad.

After a moment, she regained her composure. "Let's go and face these people, Impa. We must go and do this, for our people, yes?" Malina smiled. "My birthday is nigh here and I must know who this person is that I am most likely to marry." Impa laughed and nodded.

Daysin closed his eyes, sighing. Today was the big day. The day were everything started going right for him and his master. The day that those stupid high and mighty people in Hyrule were going to pay, and the people of the land were going to get their right place in the world. The people that had struggled were finally going to get what they really deserved.

"Tura, come along. We must hurry to achieve our goal. There is not time to waste as I expect that you would like to." Vaati hurried a bit faster, and Daysin quickened his pace to keep up with the quick footed man.

"I would never want to waste time, Master. All I would ever want to do is serve you, Master. It has always been a pleasure and always will be, Master. These months that I have been back have been as heaven, Master." Vaati flicked his hair out of his eyes in annoyance.

"Stop sucking up, boy. We have an important job to do, after all." Daysin nodded quickly and began walking even faster to keep up with the man. Vaati's cloak fluttered in the wind as they took a step outside. The violet haired man smiled and sucked in a breath through his nose, wondering if he had spent too much time inside. But then again, there was quite a bit of snow on the ground.

Daysin shivered in the cold, trying not to complain in front of his master. The boy was now nearly a man, being sixteen years old and all. He was wearing a long, black cloak that was perfect for stealth in many conditions. However, it wasn't very good in the area of protecting yourself from the elements.

Daysin and Vaati began walking toward the castle, as many of other people were. On the Princess's birthday, it was basically an open house for people to come and look at everything. Only the nobles and such could get into the actual party though.

Vaati smiled as he looked up at the castle. He was fairly certain that by the end of the day, this castle would be his. Taken over him and his men. By Vaati's genius, of course, but still. It would be a novel day in which those cowardly nobles would never be able to forget. Only one would retain his position.

Lord Jine stood by the gate, waiting. Upon seeing the two men, he smiled. "Ah, Itaav and Tura! Wonderful to see you both, my old friends! Come along, we must hurry to the party. It lasts all day, but the Princess doesn't actually arrive at her own party until later. But then again, how would anyone know since it is a masquerade ball?"

Normally, Daysin would have killed Lord Jine for calling him this, but this time was different. It was their cover names, since everyone knew Daysin and Vaati. Both were criminals, so Daysin would have to live with Lord Swine calling him this for now.

"Ah, good, I see that you already brought some masks!" Lord Jine said greedily. "This means that I won't have to buy any for you. Now, I must know, how have you two been? Well, I do hope?" Vaati rolled his eyes, but at which comment, Daysin couldn't tell.

"Stop pretending to care, Jine. You would do my plan if you had the smarts or the power. Then you'd turn your back on me and most likely kill me. You should be happy that I'm letting you live, unlike many of the other people in this castle, like, per say, the Princess. She shall certainly die tonight." Lord Jine grunted at this before answering.

"Good. It's high time that little brat learned her lesson. Always singing and dancing and acting all ungrateful for the things that she has. Honestly, if I had that kind of power..." Lord Jine's eyes lit up at the thought and he started drooling. Daysin took a step away from him and Vaati simply slapped him.

"Yes, yes, you power-hungry fool. You shall have your reward soon enough, don't you worry. Now be silent about our plans." Lord Jine nodded, pouting slightly.

As they entered, Daysin was unsurprised at the surroundings of the ball room. He had, after all, been sneaking around the castle and following the Princess around for the past seven months. He was, however, surprised at how many people were in there. All those people were going to die tonight? It didn't really seem... right.

Vaati glanced at Daysin and blinked. The boy's eyes were violet. Not a pale lilac color like Vaati's hair, but a dark, depressed purple. When Vaati blinked again, the boy's eyes were back to their regular blood red.

"I hope that you aren't going soft on me now, boy..." Vaati murmured before speaking directly to him. "While we wait for the Princess to come out, why don't you go dance with someone? I don't want my cousin to be bored while he waits for the destruction of these people." Daysin turned slightly red at this.

"I-I'm alright, Master. Don't worry about me..." Vaati ignored the boy and swept his eyes about, looking for a pretty girl. After a moment, he pointed to a girl.

"Go ask that girl to dance. You have nothing better to do, and I don't want you disobeying my orders. Hurry along..." Daysin nodded numbly and sighed before walking over to the girl in the pink dress that Vaati had pointed to.

"Remember, this is for your protection." Impa murmured, just before she entered the ball room. "You're not being left alone for the fun of it. We're making sure that you keep safe by the way that no one knows who you are. Do you remember your name?" Malina nodded quickly, grinning underneath her mask.

"Yup. It's Hikari. I've always loved that name, and now I get to use it. Now, off with you, Impa. I'll be at the ale kegs if you need me." Upon Impa's expression, Malina quickly amended it. "I won't really be anywhere near there, Impa. I'll more likely be watching people dance from the side." Impa sighed and nodded.

"I honestly worry about you, sometimes..." Impa murmured before walking away. Malina, no, Hikari, felt a thrill go through her. She couldn't remember the last time that she was left alone. Hikari smiled softly before walking swiftly to the dancing area.

She watched, imagining herself out there, with a handsome young man... it was like a dream. Hikari sighed at the thought, dreaming of the day that she would be in love with someone and that same someone would be in love with her... although they would most likely not be able to be together since everyone thought that she was going to be with the of Prince Caisia.

"Excuse me? May I have this dance?" A polite voice asked. Hikari blinked, pulling herself from her dreams, and looked up to see who had spoken to her. It was a young man in a black cloak with dark, violet eyes. He also had dark brown hair that seemed quite nearly black.

"Oh, well, uh..." Hikari flushed upon noticing how handsome he was. "I-I'm afraid that I'm not a very good dancer..." She saw his face fall slightly and felt the guilt trap working on her again. "But I suppose that I could."

Hikari felt her heart beat faster and faster as she danced with him. Neither spoke, for they seemed to be lost in each other's faces. Finally, after quite a while into the dance, the boy spoke. Hikari almost didn't listen to the words because she was too caught up in his lovely, not overly deep voice.

"May I know the name of the fair maiden that I dance with?" He murmured. Hikari took a moment to absorb the words, then felt her face flame up again as she realized that she hadn't answered his question.

"U-um, s-so-sorry... my name is... Hikari..." Hikari mumbled the words, embarrassed that her voice wasn't half as lovely as his was. The boy nodded before answering.

"Mine is Daysin. It's a pleasure to meet you, Hikari." Daysin said, his face slightly red as well. He felt like he had a fever, and there were butterflies in his stomach. Daysin had never felt this way about anyone before. It was so... different than how he felt about everyone else.

The song ended and Daysin regretfully brought his hands away from Hikari's back and hand. "Perhaps we may see each other again?" He proposed carefully. Hikari smiled softly.

"Yes... I hope that we may see each other again." Daysin smiled and took her hand. He kissed it softly and let go gently. He then walked over to where the rest of his group was. Daysin felt slightly regretful that this girl would be dead by the end of the night, but there was no way to stop it.

Daysin's eyes turned red.

Hikari watched him go, holding her gloved hand tightly. It was the same hand that he had kissed. She had wanted a romantic moment in her life, and boy oh boy had she gotten it. It was almost too much for the girl to handle.

Impa put a hand on her shoulder and softly spoke. "Princess, it's time for the party to truly begin and for you to reveal yourself. Come, let's go." Malina nodded and glanced over her shoulder to where they had danced. It would be a secret between them, she supposed.

"Did you have a moment of fun, Daysin?" Vaati asked as the boy removed his mask for a moment. His face was flushed as he thought about Hikari. She was... how could he even begin to describe it?

"You could say that..." Daysin murmured, closing his eyes. Vaati chuckled at his cousin. However, as Impa began to speak, silencing everyone, Vaati sobered and began to listen to the Sheikah woman.

"Thank you all for coming here today to celebrate the Princess's birthday! Now, for the past half hour she has been roaming among you, to see what it would be like. Now she shall reveal herself. Princess Malina, come along now." Daysin watched in shock as the girl that he had thought was Hikari stood up and walked upon the stage.

"Thank you, Mistress Impa for that... interesting introduction. Now, onto what's going on tonight..." Vaati could keep sober no longer. He began laughing easily at the look on Daysin's face.

"Well, I suppose that I made an interesting choice as to who you were to dance with, yes? I suppose that it's oh well now, though. She's going to die anyway. Now, Lord Jine, if you will..." Vaati held out his hand to the portly man who quickly gave the red eyed man a large book.

Daysin couldn't help but keep staring at the Princess. Even now, when she was so far away, he could still feel that same feeling. He had been feeling it toward the Princess for perhaps a month, but he had chosen to ignore it.

"Heski no gamma Nakasht..." Vaati hissed and a staff came from the book. It was wooden, except for the top which had black crystals upon it. He smiled at it and Daysin felt chills go up his spine.

"Princess!" He shouted. "Here me speak! Here the words of Vaati, the sorcerer!" Everyone gasped as they saw him. Malina took a step back, her face frightened and Impa stepped in front of her, her eyes like daggers.

"Listen to me! Today is the day that I take what is rightfully mine! Today is the day that I kill you!" Vaati murmured the same words that he did before, aiming the staff at Impa. A black beam shot out from it, blasting Impa back into the wall. There she slumped, having fainted.

"Now, Princess! DIE!" Vaati screamed, pointing the staff at her. A black beam came from the staff and...

A/N- And that's were I'll end. This whole thing between Malina and Daysin sounds sort of link Romeo and Juliet, huh? Hope it doesn't end that way. Please, R&R.