A/N: I go to work in two hours. Hopefully I can finish this in that time! ^^ It's so hot here in Southern California! Phew! I don't have AC. Here we go.
Chapter Seven
Hyrule Castle
The late afternoon came by. Zelda and I talked with Sorin and Amelia at the dining table after lunch. Amelia flipped her hair and held a fan to her face. The weather was unusual. It was getting hot, like summer when winter was supposed to pass by.
"Why's it getting so hot?" Amelia asked as she frowned. Zelda pulled out her fan as well.
"Weird weather." I said looking at the windows. "It was hot like this last night too."
"Oh, Link, I'm sure it was…" Sorin teased as I rolled up a napkin and threw it at him. He laughed.
A man came by with a cape and his eyes closed as he looked up proudly. He cleared his throat.
"Ehemn, your highness' it is time to make preparations for the carnival tonight." Zelda smiled excitedly.
"Oh, yes." She fanned her chest. "Link, my love, won't you help us with the stocks and food?"
I looked at her and smiled. "Of course, honey. If any of the townsfolk need help, just tell them to ask me." I said kindly.
"I'll help too." Sorin added. Amelia clasped her hands together with eagerness.
"Oh Zelda, I'll help you with the decorations!" She beamed. Zelda smiled and looked at me.
Zelda said kindly. "Come on Amelia, let's get changed. It's too hot to be wearing this thick clothing."
"I know." Amelia frowned as she tried to fan harder. Sorin and I chuckled.
"What about you, Link? Aren't you going to change?" I looked up and frowned.
"Yeah, I guess so." Sorin and I walked to my room. Zelda had left with her dress and gone to Amelia and Sorin's room to get her dress and other womanly stuff.
I opened the door and made my way over to the closet. Sorin walked over to my armory station.
He looked at all the weapons on the wall. "Geez, Link." He smirked. "Even I didn't have this much at my castle."
I laughed taking my top off. "It was a wedding present I guess. Most of those on there aren't even mine." Sorin looked at my defined, six pack and frowned.
"Well, you got me beat." I laughed harder as Sorin lifted his top a little and sighed. His abs showed, but they weren't as defined.
"It's been four months. What do you expect?" I grabbed a dark blue tunic from the closet. Sorin chuckled in the corner and tried to keep quiet… And then I realized something. I turned around quickly and threw a shoe at him. He laughed harder, holding his ribs.
"Sorry Link, it was too funny." He laughed again as I smirked.
"Shut up, man!" I looked down in embarrassment. I had forgotten that vampires' physique stay the same and never change.
"It's been this way for a hundred and thirty nine years." He laughed again as he calmed down a little.
"Whatever." I said as I chuckled. I threw the blue tunic over my head. It was sleeveless, so it pretty much matched Sorin. Our muscles showed and our gauntlets stopped halfway below our elbow.
I sighed. "So much lighter and better." I changed my pants earlier to a looser grip. They were gray. My cape still hung lightly down my back. Sorin grinned.
"Now you look like the people from my kingdom." I chuckled.
"Do I?" I said as I turned around and looked in the mirror.
"Yeah. Reminds me of my brother, Kadel. I know we're not much alike… but I miss him. And I know I'll never get to see him again." Sorin said as he looked at the window.
"Oh, I'm sorry. How are you different from your brother?" Sorin reluctantly answered.
"He's… tall... er... and um, well, more…" Sorin thought for a moment. 'He's ruthless… he likes to feed on any human and doesn't care if he takes their life away…' He sighed as he knew it was the truth. "straight forward about his thoughts."
"Hm?" I asked as I held one gauntlet in my mouth and fixed the other on my hand.
"He's straight to the point pretty much and very truthful…" Sorin nervously smiled and scratched his head. 'At least I told most of the truth. I just don't want to think about my brother of being that of a heartless monster…'
"Oh. Okay." I looked at Sorin and smiled a little. As soon as I was done dressing we both headed out to the main hall. Sorin and I helped along the way. We then made our way to the castle town. It was so warm outside. We met up with Impa and Amelia. All of us started to help the townsfolk and prepare for the carnival…
In the Forest
A young man raised his eyebrow. His dark brown bangs blew gently as he realized the woman in the water had drowned. He rolled his eyes and jumped in. She slipped a couple of times as he swam underwater in the big river. Her eyes closed as she lay still, moving from side to side underwater due to the now, strong current. He struggled in trying to reach her. She looked beautiful even though she was unconscious. The young man froze in his fixed stare for a moment. 'Don't even…' He thought to himself. He finally grabbed her and held her tight. There was a huge waterfall coming their way. The man looked up, wide-eyed as he tried to grab onto something and carry the woman at the same time. He finally grabbed on with one arm and kicked off of it. He grabbed onto the edge and pulled the woman onto solid ground. He looked at her and grew breathless. Not having blood for four days made him tired.
He looked at the woman and knew what he had to do. He sighed and got down on his knees and leaned toward her face. His hands, placed on her stomach started pushing on her chest. Her mouth moved a little as he kept pushing. Then…
"Oahhh!" She spit out a lot of water and shivered. She opened her eyes slowly as they caught onto a man above her face. His red eyes stared into her soul, calmly, but surely… "Thank you… I… I don't know how to swim… sorry…"
"Are you alright, now?" He sighed, feeling annoyed and a pinch of guilt. He let go of her as she leaned against a tree, sitting down.
"Yes… we should continue… sorry…" As soon as she started to get up, the man looked up as it started to get dark.
"No." Kadel closed his eyes. "We camp out tonight."
"If this is anything about me drowning…" Malon said as she frowned.
"It's not." He smirked. "I need to hunt and due to your pitiful human strength once again, you need sleep, am I wrong?" He mocked as he spoke again. "What makes you think that I'd have a split second to care for your condition?"
"Right, I'll plant that in my head too, sir…" She stated wearily.
"Good." He said as he started to regain himself and prepare for his hunt. 'Why… why do I have such a strange feeling about this woman…? Her eyes… I want to rip them out of her head, but I can't keep my own off them…' He thought quietly to himself.
"Ughh…" Malon moaned in pain as she tried to get up. She lifted up her skirts to reveal a nasty bruise on the side of her leg. Her clothing fell off of her shoulder on the other side as she looked down at her wound. Kadel quickly looked away. He thought of her beauty and compared it to other women he had seen. 'They're all the same…' He thought to himself as he looked at her one more time.
"I don't know how to fix that…" He claimed in annoyance. He hadn't been with a human in the longest time. Any human that set foot on their land usually got killed. It had been years since he'd last been with a human, especially a woman…
Malon spoke, still giving her sad smile to him. "I'm sure you just leave it… and it'll get better by tomorrow…" She tried to get up again and moaned in pain once more. A tear fell from her cheek as she looked away. "Enjoy your hunt, master…" Kadel looked down and away. 'Master huh?' He felt a pinch of sympathy again and brushed it off. He nodded.
"Don't try to wander off, if you can." He vanished into the forest and left her behind.
She lay there against the tree as she saw this as an opportunity for privacy. She started to cry as many tears fell from her eyes… "Papa… I miss you…" She cried harder as she did not travel alone before she got caught… She lay there for a couple of more minutes resting. A fearful noise broke her thoughts as she looked up. She grew wide-eyed as the creature in front of her approached her.
She tried to scoot away, lifting her leg gently in the process. She moaned in pain and cried due to her master's absence. "Master!" She screamed as she kept backing away. "Lord Kadel!" The creature stuck its fangs out to her as she held up her arm with hopelessness. She gasped and cried in fear. 'Maybe now's the time…' She thought to herself. 'Maybe now's my time…' She closed her eyes and gave up. As soon as the creature was about to sink its large fangs into her skin, there was a loud thud.
Kadel grunted as he punched the creature with great force. "Dammnit, this is fucking annoying!" He shouted, dodging the creature's attack. "I can't leave you alone once, without you getting eaten alive, or drowning to death!" Kadel looked at Malon as it distracted him a little. "What's next, quicksand?!" His groaned as his sword had been smacked out from his sheath.
It landed nearby Malon. The creature bit onto Kadel's gauntlet as he tried to shake it off. He twisted the creature, hoping to get it on it's back. It rolled over and loosened it's grip. He kicked it in the face as it gave a fall back a little. The creature ripped apart of Kadel's cape as he pushed it back with all his might. He got the creature into a lock hold and tried to choke it with his strength. As soon as it turned one more time, he shouted as he twisted it's neck, thus killing it. It fell slowly to the ground with a large thud. A breathless and dirtied Kadel stood above the creature as the victor. He quickly sunk his fangs into the creature as he stayed that way for a while. Malon stared at the bruise as it started to hurt more. As Kadel finished feeding, he stood up and walked over to his sword to claim it. He sheathed it inside his case and looked over at Malon.
Blood dripped from the corners of his mouth. "You got lucky. I didn't head too far, but it seems as though you found me a meal. I haven't killed a wolfos in a while, let alone a white one. Very rare." He wiped his mouth as Malon looked up at him wearily. She still hadn't drunk any water or had any food to eat. Kadel looked at her with dull-like eyes.
"Your highness… I have a favor to ask…" She breathed as she closed her eyes.
"If it's getting you food or-
"No… nothing like that… I don't deserve any of that, I understand…" She said with sadness. She looked up at him and gave him the most depressing smile. He hated when she did that… She looked so damn beautiful… He looked away.
"Spit it out then…" He said, now looking down.
"…Could you please kill me after I take you to Hyrule to your brother…?" She gave another weak smile with tears rolling down her cheeks. "I already figure I annoy you completely, master, and I'm truly sorry whether you believe me or not… I also figure there would be no point in keeping me around, not only for your sake, but for mine…" Kadel looked down. "I know you said you would to Kahrin, but could you promise me you will…?" Her eyes shined as the tears were endless. Kadel remained quiet as he closed his eyes.
"…Sure…" He crossed his arms and leaned against a tree. He had a weird feeling in his gut. Out of all his years of a vampire, he had never had someone ask to take their life away… Mixed feelings arose as he looked at Malon again. The sun setted on her beautiful face. It made her eyes more bright with the tears she already possessed in them.
"…Thank you… thank you so much, master…" Her head fell to the side as she grew more tired. She closed her eyes as Kadel heard light snoring.
The day turned to night real fast. Kadel had made a small fire going. He lay down on the dirt, putting his hands behind his head and sighed. The star's light kissed his face. 'This isn't normal… Why am I feeling this way…? She's just another woman for crying out loud!' He sighed. 'I have to admit… she's beautiful though… there's something about her…' He thought to himself. As soon as he was going to get up, he punched himself really hard in the face. 'Shut the fuck up, Kadel… Don't even try… She's just another human…' He rubbed his jaw as he gave one last thought. 'Her eyes… no… she's just another human… but her eyes… her eyes…'
Kadel looked over at Malon as he heard an unpleasant noise. Shivering. She was cold and her dress was still a little damp from the river. Kadel sighed and took off his cape. He closed his eyes as he stood above her and then spread the cape gently on her body. His dark brown hair blew gently with the wind. He walked over to his spot and lay back down, reminiscing his childhood days with his brother and the recent days at the kingdom. His previous human life and his vampire life…
Human
"Sorin, put that down! It has germs, you idiot!" The other boy stuck out his tongue.
"That's why you wash your hands after, duh!" Kadel growled as his older brother carried a crab. He gently placed it down as it started to walk to the water again. Kadel kicked it and shouted.
"Get out of here!" A claw snapped onto his foot in the process as Sorin gently removed it.
"This is also, why I'm the older one too." He chuckled.
"Shut up!" Kadel yelled. "You're weak Sorin! I know father will be proud of me and I'll be stronger than you someday!"
"Keep counting those days then!" Sorin laughed as Kadel tried to chase him with a stick.
New Blooded Vampire
A woman ran as she tripped and fell over on the shore. Two men chased her as they caught up to her. Blood dripped from one of their mouths.
"Do it…" One said as his mouth hung wide open. "Feed on her!"
The older one jumped and attacked the woman as he sunk his fangs into her neck, unable to completely control himself. He looked up as the horizon had a beautiful sunset. He looked at the woman as he got up, and realized what he had done… He looked at his hands and his brother flew off laughing maniacally...
Years Later
It was Sorin's one-hundred and second birthday. A woman begged as she stole a vile of blood from the market and got caught.
"She's old enough to make smart decisions… Take her away-
"Yes, she is old enough, but, she only stole because her daughter was going to die of starvation." Sorin said kindly. "Here miss, take three viles on me." The king stayed neutral as his two sons tried to quarrel over this kind, young woman. He analyzed his sons and sought out their personalities. Which one would succeed more…?
The woman thanked Sorin as she was soon free to go.
"Father! See what he's doing?! He's ruining the kingdom, with his kind ways and 'gentle' heart." Kadel shouted from the left side.
"So what?! We're just supposed to kill everyone that makes a mistake?! Haven't you ever made a mistake before, Kadel?!" He glared at his younger brother. "I mean, even humans that get lost and find their way to our kingdom?!"
"This is rightfully our land, my son…" The king frowned.
"Yeah, doesn't mean we always have to kill people!" Kadel rolled his eyes.
"You're so pathetic Sorin! Feeling sorry for those humans, pathetic excuses to live! You might as well be one!" Kadel mocked.
"Kadel…" The king said quickly and seriously.
"Yeah, it's better than being what we are now!" Sorin knocked over a couple of things as he turned from the table to leave. "I'm tired of all of this…! I just want to live the life I was supposed to have!" Sorin started for the door.
"Sorin!" The king yelled as he frowned and shook his head…
Kadel lay there thinking of all the flashbacks. He wondered what his brother had in store for him…
A/N: So tired… it's 4am once again. I go to work in 5 hours. Thanks so much for reading… x_x; I can't see…
