A.n

Hey there! Sorry that the update didn't come quick enough I just wasn't having motivation. So I letted my friend SkyKly edit this since I am terrible at editing. But anyway on with the story. I hope you enjoy!


Chapter 9: Story telling

Violetta sat at the dinner table with the same shocked expression still on her face. She wanted to know why Vaati wanted to marry her. Out of all people it had to be her... But why?

The table was filled with a wide array of salad and meat dishes. The Stalfos servants quickly put food on each of the plates and set one in front of each person seated at the table. Shadow was present in his spot at the cemter of the table, and he couldn't help but wonder why Vaati was suddenly in a good, although bored mood, as it was rather unlike him.

Violetta looked over at Vaati. The Mage was seated with a bored expression on his features as he halfheartedly picked at his food. He didn't eat a single thing except for the greens, which was odd.

Vaati caught the girl looking and smirked at her to let her know she had been caught. Noticing this, Violetta quickly turned her gaze downwards to her plate of food. Her cheeks reddened in a light blush as she forked a piece of lettuce.

Shadow grinned at her with a mischievous look that said 'blush much?' as he leaned back in his chair, satisfied with the now embarrassed Violetta. Violetta felt her cheeks redden further and she didn't know why. She was in front of two boys that looked at her with a humored gaze, and she felt increasingly uncomfortable.

"Excuse me, I need to go now," Violetta spoke softly, trying to weasel out of dinner. She hated the attention she was receiving this night.

"Why? You haven't eaten much." Vaati rested his head on his pale hand while he picked at his own food.

Violetta looked at her still full plate. "Well, I'm not hungry. I should probably go to sle-"

"No Violetta, stay for desert. I have a few things I wish to discuss with you." Vaati interrupted Violetta as she got up to leave, and gestured for her to sit back down at the table.

Not wanting to disobey Vaati, Violetta sat back down, wondering what the Mage had in mind. She watched him slowly eat the rest of the food that was on his plate. It looked as though she wasnt the only one with an evident lack of appetite this evening.

Vaati couldn't help but notice that she was watching, and he pushed his plate to the side while still keeping a watchful red eye on her.

"Well I'm off. I've got better things to do than to listen to you guys," Shadow spoke, breaking the akward silence. "I'm going to Hyrule Castle to spy around again. Have fun, you two." Shadow got up, giving a wave before he vanished from the room.

Vaati paid no attention to Shadow and kept his searching gaze on Violetta. Violetta felt his eyes on her and she gave a sign of discomfort, tensing up and feeling her cheeks flush further. Why she was blushing so much was completely beyond her.

'Oh goddesses, why did you have to leave, Shadow?' Violetta looked up into Vaati's eyes and quickly back down at her untouched plate of food. At this, Vaati smirked at the awkward former maid, enjoying putting her in discomfort. It was all in fun for him.

"Violetta, I wanted to let you know that I will be out during the rest of this week. I intend to have the wedding when I get back. I'm saying this now because I know that you're a curious type. I would know - I saw you poking your nose around in my desk."

Violetta paled when she turned back to see Vaati looking at her with a serious expression, all signs of playfulness gone from his gaze. "Y-you saw? How? I didn't mean to be so intrusive, it's just that I-"

"You want to know more about me? If you insist on wanting to learn about me then you may forget it." Vaati calmly got up from his chair, and he lightly tapped his fingers on the hard wood of the table, a thought racing through his mind.

"But I... I want to know why you act so strange, and why you always seem to be hiding something. I just want to know," Violetta said, her voice softening into a whisper. She knew that she shouldn't say those things to him, for if she did then Vaati would laugh at her for being silly, but she felt the words tumble out of her mouth anyways. She bit the inside of her cheek in surprise when Vaati didn't laugh, but told her a bit of his past.

"I can tell you this much, for you are to be my wife and therefore you should know something's about me..." He paused, searching for the right words, his forehead creasing as he thought, eyes taking a distant look. "When I was little, I lived with my mother and father. I was living a good life. I was loved, cared for, and must say I got every toy my parents could get their hands on."

"I was spoiled to say in the least, but I wasn't like most bratty kids. I was nice, kind, and always put my family first. Then there was a period of time that I had gone through that wasn't so nice. I caught a bad, extremely deadly illness, and my body began to fail me. I doubted I would live much longer, so I gave up on life."

Vaati put a hand on his head, remembering the painful things he had went through. Violetta listened intently, her eyes trained on Vaati.

"But you're alive. You lived, so what was the cure?" Violetta asked with a small voice.

"The cure was a medicinal tonic of sorts, very rare and hard to come across. It was brewed in a series of difficult steps as a rare potion that only few sorcerers know how to make. Even I don't how to make it." Vaati stood up straight, his hand moving to the clasp on his cape.

"Things got better after that, for awhile. Just when I was actually going to attend school for the first time, my parents died on a rainy day..." Vaati broke off suddenly, his eyes loosing their faraway look as he snapped back into the present. "That's all, excuse me, I must be going."

Vaati left Violetta alone, leaving her with the bountiful food that lay untouched on their plates. Stalfos clattered in and started to take away the food. One came up to Violetta with two slices of cake along with a small note.

"Violetta, tell me which you prefer of the following, chocolate or vanilla? ~ Vaati"

Violetta did as the note had said and picked up the fork to try the cake samples. After taking one bite of each, she ate the rest of the chocolate and left the vanilla alone.

The Stalfos that stood next to her reached out to pick the plate up and walked away.

"Why would he care what flavor I like?" Violetta licked a spot of frosting from her fingers and got up to go to her room, having nothing to do but end the day.

Once in her room, she found a nightgown and slipped it on. She laid down on her soft bed, going over what Vaati had said to her.

"A terrible illness? I wonder what he suffered through..." Violetta closed her eyes to sleep, thoughts of the Mage fading away as she entered the realm of dreams.

Xxxxxxx

"All that's here is just a flower. What makes you think Violetta's been captured?" Link examined the crumbled rose that lay on the floor.

Jake was frantically looking around and perked up when Link's question reached his ears. "She's not back is she? Its been hours since I last saw her." Jake took a break from looking, for he realized that he didn't know if she was actually gone or if she was just out doing stuff.

"I'm sure she'll be back in the morning. Why not just get some rest? You seem worked up and tired, and that's not healthy. Just get some sleep and try not to worry. If she's not back by tomorrow then you can always call on me to help find her." Link waved at Jake as he walked out the door.

"Besides, she's probably out doing late night shopping or something." Link left Jake alone, the sound of the heavy boots walking away faded. The only thing that greeted Jake was calming silence.

Jake let out a small laugh, his neat black hair getting rustled by the movement.

"Maybe he's right, Violetta isn't gone, she is just out doing chores for Impa. Maybe I should go speak with her about making Violetta do such things. I don't want the poor girl getting overworked."

Jake walked out the door, his sad blue eyes looked down at the ground. Little did he know that Shadow had just been there, watching the scene unfold.

Xxxxxxx

"There you are! Geez, I leave you for only a few hours and I find you here? Don't you have to watch over Violetta and make sure that she is safe?" The sentry teleported in front of Shadow to catch his attention.

"Violetta is fine, isn't she? I'm just making sure that these guys aren't catching Violetta on Lord Vaati's orders. Before you ask why I'm following his orders is because I'm bored, so leave me alone."

Shadow turned his gaze to the small window that showed some of the courtyard below. The moon was now set high in the sky, sending a soft glow down to the world.

"Shadow, if you don't like to follow orders then why are you even here? What's your purpose?" The sentry landed on top of a shelf while maintaining eye contact.

"What's it to you? Want your new name to be Mr. Nosey sentry? Oh well, since I got nothing to do now I guess I will tell."

"Wait, what?" The sentry was expecting Shadow to say no but was surprised with this sudden, abrupt change of attitude.

Shadow snickered at the sentries surprised expression as he took seat near the window sill.

"Vaati had created me, he brought me into this world. In all honesty I actually would have preferred to have been created by a more powerful hand, not that Vaati isn't strong... But there are stronger."

Shadow glanced up at the moon, seeming entranced by it's bright light. "There were times where I had disobeyed him and was thrown into the dungeons for torture. At that point I learned that if I wanted to disobey him it was going to be a long while before I recovered from his initial beatings, and I would rather not experience any unnecessary pain."

Shadow turned back to the sentry, enjoying the ever growing look of surprise on it's face. "But that doesn't mean I can't act the way I wish every now and then, does it? Vaati may be powerful, and my Master, but there will be a day where I will push him aside and take over for myself. Maybe a change is in order... Hmm, how would he like it if I was his Master?"

The sentry relaxed as the story was finished, though it was obviously shaken. It's wings opened and it floated upwards. "Alright, we should head back now," the sentry disappeared without further comment, leaving Shadow alone.

Shadow followed after when he had picked up a blue flower that lay on the ground along with the crumpled purple rose.

"... I think this may be something for Violetta to realize..." Shadow began to laugh as he too disappeared into the shadows.


A.n

So did you like It? If so then leave a review. So i imagine that you guys probably know what Shadow is going to do. Vaati has no idea what so ever and if you don't know then i will let you guess. I felt that Jake had to get some screen time so i added a Jake section. I hope you all liked it. Okay now I will probably not write the next chapter for a little while. I just need to get inspiration. I can't concentrait on writing do to distractions.

Cheesecake Superstar- I was happy that you could help edit! I am happy that you coild with i can't do, if that makes sense.

Legendoffun- Hey, your welcome! Yeah Kel is going to be great. I got his role in story all ready. So next chapter he should be in. Thank you!

SkyKly- Yes that was Kel. Violetta seems no different from Violet but yeah I guess so. Nice to know my writinggot better. You really think the plot is good? Thank you its means so much coming from you! Thank you for helping with editing!