Chapter 9: A Different Side of Dark

Dark's POV

By the time I left Telmas' bar the hour of twilight had pasted, and many of the stars had already come out. I started to climb the outside wall of the building so I could get to the castle like I before. The moon was slowly climbing the sky, giving me soft light as I head to the castle. I had stayed quite a while longer than I intended, since all I wanted to do was have a meal. But not only had she given me a free meal, but she gave me some dried goat meat to take along with me. A smile crossed my face when I remembered what she had told me right before I left.

"I want to see your face here before you leave town, hun. I have something that may interest you." She said to me with a wink.

She was a really pleasant woman, and she had a comforting air about her I couldn't name, I would dare call it 'motherly'. She also treated me like I wasn't a kid.

As I stop I realize that I'm in the garden where Link and I first met.

"That was fast." I mutter to myself.

I looked up to where Links room was, and to my relief the light was on. I decided to climb the wall and land on the balcony and knock.

Link's POV

I was laying in my bed in a place between consciousness and sleep, when I heard a knock on my window. I get up into a sitting position and look at my window, I didn't see anything. I decide to get up to see what it was. As I open the glass doors to the balcony I notice a figure but it was too dark to see who it was. The figure was a few feet away, leaning on the balcony railing away from the light.

"I'm not trying to hide, your Highness" the voice that came from the figure seemed to stress out the last words. I then realized who it was.

"Dark?" I say cautiously, still slightly unsure.

"Correctamundo." Dark said to me, giving me a smirk as he stepped out of the shadows.

He handed me a strip of dried meat, patted my shoulder, and walked inside. "I am never saying that again."

By the time I turned around Dark was already sitting on my bed munching on some more of the dried meat. I walk inside and close the doors behind me. I look at him with a disapproved look, hoping that he would explain to my why he was here.

"Someone doesn't look happy." Dark replied to me smirking. "Did I ruin my princey friends' sleep?"

I decide to ignore the last comment, and sigh. If he was here to steal something, he wouldn't have knocked, but then he might have thought that asking would have been easier. Then he said, as if reading my mind,

"I came here to ask you a question." he said with a serious look.

"What's the question?" I ask, slightly scared to hear the answer.

"What do you know of a lost price of Hyrule?"

I continue looking at him searching his face for any clue that he was joking. His face remained as serious as it was when he asked, if not more. Meaning he wasn't joking. However, I had no idea how to answer his question.

"I was told that I had to retrieve his crown." Dark said continuing, "I thought that you were the only prince, unless you have some secret brother that the public doesn't know about."

"Who told you this?" I asked him, maybe someone played a prank on him or something.

He looked down at the floor and replied softly, "My mom told me. She said if I wanted to learn about my past, I'd have to find it."

Now I was even more confused. A mother wouldn't do that to her child. Meaning; Dark's mom was a mean mother or that this was true.

"Sorry Dark, I…I don't know anything…" I say, "But we could head to the royal library and look if you'd like."

He stood up silently, and nodded. His green eyes clouded, like his entire world was in turmoil. I put my hand on his back to try and comfort him. We stood there for a few minutes, as I silently tried to comfort my troubled friend.

I was about to say something, but at that moment my door swung open. Dark and I stood there shocked as our faces met an equally shocked girl. It was Rift.

A/N: You guys know the drill, Review the chapter. And favorite and follow if you haven't already.

We're getting really close to where I was last time. Only three more chapters to go.

Also, someone asked me in the Prologue if I knew that Dark Link's eyes were red. I know that, I fangirl over the guy for Hylia's sake! Dark's eyes are green temporarily. They will turn red eventually. I won't give any spoilers though, it's my little secret.
That, and I can't explain it without spoiling anything.