Disclaimers: I don't own Zelda—I wish I did.

Chapter Seven: Even Dark Ones Have a Heart

Tien sat up in his bed, sensing evil nearby; was it coming from Raine's room? Tien got out of his bed, taking his weapon with him.

(In case I didn't mention about it in the previous chapter—which I doubt—Tien's weapon is a katana)

When Tien came out into the dark hallway, he saw no one outside. Still, he sensed evil near him.

"Zelda..." A vice called the Queen.
"Wh-who is it?" Zelda called out.
"It is I, Nayru." A blue light appeared, which turned into a figure in a dress. "I have urgent news."
"What is it?"
"The sages are being captured, being sealed within the temples. Please be careful, Zelda... If the evil captures you, you will surely be killed. Be aware of your surroundings—the one that you might trust the most might have their lives taken." The light faded away, leaving Zelda in darkness.

Zelda woke up—apparently, she had been doing some studying in the book room.
'I hope Link's okay...' Zelda sighed as she thought about the dream; she got up and exited the room, heading towards Link's room.

"What's wrong?" Link asked a figure, which was standing at the doorway. The two were in Link's room. The figure didn't answer. Instead, a double-bladed sword appeared in their hand.
Link's eyes widened as the figure brought her weapon to slash him...

Link jerked awake, not wanting to see the continuation of the dream. He was lying on his bed, sweating. He must've been really tired—he didn't even bother to take off his boots.
There was a knock on the door.
"Com in." Link said at the door. The door opened, and Raine came into the room.
"What's wrong, Raine?" Link asked.
"I have this feeling that something's going to happen..." Raine said. Her unusual grin was covered by the darkness of the night. Link noticed that Raine was wearing her black clothes.
Raine came over to the bed and sat beside Link.
"Yeah..." Link replied. He was still troubled by the dream he just had.
"And don't you just hate it when that something evolves around murder?" As if that was the cue, Raine's double-bladed sword appeared in her hand. She swiftly got up as she swung the sword down at Link.
"What the-?!" Link got his shield and blocked the attack.

When Zelda was about to knock on the door of Link's room, she heard crashing and banding from inside. She swung the door open just in time to hit Raine in the back. Raine stumbled and turned to face Zelda.
Zelda backed away, fear in her eyes. This wasn't Raine—her soul was completely black. Pure evil was pouring out from the girl's body—perhaps this was why the place was so dark.
"Good timing, your highness." Raine snickered. "I can finish you off too."
"Raine, no!" Link yelled. "Zelda, get away from this place!"
But Zelda couldn't move; so much amount of evil seemed to freeze her feet like ice—the amount of evil (if you can measure) was greater than Ganondorf's.
Raine brought her sword up—Link couldn't do anything; he couldn't get out the mess in his room, and he didn't have a bow and arrows or a boomerang.
Raine as about to swing down her sword at Zelda's head when an object came flying at Raine's hand. The object knocked the sword out of her hand as she yelped. The sword landed with a loud clang. Raine held onto her sprained wrist, glaring at the direction in which the object came flying from.
Zelda looked to see what the object was—it was a shuriken; it was stuck in the hilt of the sword.
"Now I know who you are!" Tien's voice was heard. "You're that traveler!"
"It's too late to realize, you know." Raine replied.
Tien appeared, standing a yard away from Raine. His pendant of the necklace was glowing blue, and there was a thin line of the same color surrounding his body.
"Hmm, I see that you still have your necklace." Tien said as he glanced at Raine's chest.
Raine glared at Tien as she formed a fireball in her hand—she threw it at Tien, but Tien brought his hand up, blasting a shot of water at the fire. Raine growled as a thin line appeared around her body.
"Raine, wake up! You know that you're being controlled!" Link yelled at Raine.
Raine turned and glared at Link.
"Controlled? I'm not controlled by anyone. In fact, this is my true self. That curse Zack put on my unleashed the evil I had inside." Raine snickered.
'If she has the Triforce of Power, it should be activated.' Zelda thought. She looked at Raine's hands. There was no Triforce mark. This confused Zelda. 'Is she really Raine? Or was our guess incorrect?'
Link saw the unusualness also. The Triforce of Power had been held by an evil soul for a long time-it wouldn't be any surprise that the Triforce would be activated easily if an evil one holds it.

'This is NOT good...' the "normal" Raine thought. She was sealed deep within the Dark Raine's soul—rather than standing in total darkness, Raine was stuck in a maze.
'Maybe my other self didn't really want me to be sealed completely...' Raine thought as she looked around.

Tien shot out a blast of water at Raine; Raine dodged the blast and shot a series of fireballs. Tien raised his other hand and blasted water at the fire and Raine. Raine was pushed back, and hit her head hard on the wall.
Link came out of the room and went over to Zelda.
"Are you alright?"
"Y-yes." Zelda was shaking all over. Link had also felt evil coming from Raine when started attacking him. He realized that he was sweating.
Tien came over to the Queen of Hyrule and the Hero of Time.
"Are you both alright?" Unlike the other two, Tien was perfectly calm.
Nods from the two answered.
Tien sighed with relief as he got up; he went to where Raine lay and picked her up, one arm beneath her legs and the other arm beneath her head.

Before an hour passed, the maze disappeared—Raine then found herself standing in a grassy field. Her dark self stood a yard away, holding the double-bladed sword. Raine gasped in surprise; she almost fell down.
"Surprised?" Dark Raine snickered. "It seems that Zack trusts me because I'm evil."
"How do you know that?" Rain asked.
"See this?" Dark Raine brought up the double-bladed sword in front of her.
"Oh..." Raine looked down. "So you're evil... What you first did was killing Link and Zelda, right?"
"Chill! I didn't kill them."
Raine was confused; wouldn't any evil want to kill the two?
"Maybe it's because they're your friends." Dark Raine looked away from Raine, gazing up at the sky.
"They're supporting you, Raine." Dark Raine said. "I will too."
Raine was still confused.
"I just met Link and Zelda—I was about to kill them too. They know they're strong enough to kill us—but they didn't. Link didn't even bother reaching for his sword, and Zelda didn't think about casting any magic. I wouldn't even want to kill you; you're me."
Raine kept silent, not sure what to say. Her emotions were confusing her; was she supposed to be happy or angry with herself right now?
"Talk to me whenever, wherever you want. I'll always be with you." Dark Raine smiled. "I don't like Zack either. Let's seal him up again, shall we? And before you go, don't worry; I won't do anything like this again—not unless you want me to."
"You can keep the sword. That's your 'trademark'." Raine said as she smiled back.
"Thanks."
The surroundings faded away as Raine closed her eyes.

"Do you think she'll be alright?" Zelda asked in a worried voice. The three were in Raine's room, with Raine lying on the bed.
The three gasped in surprise as they saw Raine's eyes snap open.
"Wh-where am I?" Raine looked around the room. She saw three pale faces looking down at her.
"What's wrong with you people?" Raine sat up, looking curiously at the three.
'The evil spirit disappeared.' Link thought. He turned to face Zelda, who nodded in response.
"You don't know what you were doing then." Tien said. Raine turned to face Tien, but immediately turned away when she saw his angry eyes.
"I blacked out, and the next thing I know is you guys in here." Rain lied. She knew what happened; she also knew what the three were thinking—was she an evil spirited person? Will she betray them?

That's all for this chapter! Yeah, I know it's a little shorter than the other chapters, but oh well. I've kept you waiting for too long. Review, and wait patiently for the next chapter! (Which won't come until like...next month? ^_^;;)

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