Here is a new chapter for all my wonderful readers! As usual, thank you for the support! This chapter had to be split into two parts because when I wrote it, it was over 3000 words long. Sorry, that means you'll have to wait another chapter until we reach the power task, but believe me, it will be action-packed and totally worth the wait. Until now, enjoy!
Making their way along the outskirts of Hyrule castle town, Vaati and Lexi traveled in search of any disturbances that could have possibly been caused by a big boss monsters behavior. Not having any idea of where would be the best place to start their search, they decided to begin by venturing near the town. Usually monsters would be attracted to wreaking havoc in the most well populated areas, and out of all of Hyrule the town was easily the place which contained the most people.
"Which big monster are we searching for, exactly?" Lexi glanced over at Vaati with a questioning look in her big violet eyes. Looking around, she made a wide gesture with her arm. "I personally don't see any threats to Hyrule around here."
Sniffing, Vaati replied cooly. "I don't know which monster we're looking for, but it's supposed to be pretty obvious when you see it. Believe me, it's definitely around here somewhere."
"How do you even know that, did the goddesses tell you this or something?" Lexi asked sarcastically, a small smirk playing on her lips. Vaati's answer to her smart remark sure surprised her.
"If you must know, then yes, the goddesses did tell me."
At this, Lexi turned towards him in complete disbelief. "Wait, what? Are you serious? No, you can't actually be serious..."
Rolling his eyes, Vaati answered her back with annoyance. "My dear, of course I'm serious. Do you honestly think I'm one to tell humorless jokes? The goddesses did actually tell me about there being a threatening monster on the loose, but it's up to you wether you decide to believe me or not. I for one don't care what you think, and I know what I witnessed."
"I don't know what to believe, honestly, but if what you say is true then why did the goddesses come to speak to you of all people? I mean, not to be rude, but you'd think they would talk with our hero Link or the Princess Zelda first if something bad were to occur."
At this Vaati turned so that he was fully facing towards Lexi and suddenly stopped completely, holding out an arm for her to do the same. In a low whisper that sounded more like a threatening growl, Vaati spoke a string of quiet words in her ear. "I've got my own reasons for my actions and theirs, ones which I don't think I'll be sharing with anybody anytime soon. Now if you're just going to be a nosy pest, feel free to leave. I don't want to have some tag along hindrance following me about."
"I-I'm sorry, it's just sort of hard to believe that the goddesses came to you..." Glancing over at Vaati, she noticed him about to make another remark and quickly amended her words. "I mean, it's not that I don't believe you! That's not it at all! So, um, where do you suggest we start looking for the monster?"
Grateful of the change of topic, Vaati answered her back with less of a cold tone then he had used before. "I don't know, usually monsters like wreaking havoc in big crowds to gain attention. There's only one monster I personally know who would take the more practical approach to things because he's actually a somewhat smart monster. So, how about going into castle town? It's the most populated area around here."
"Alright, sounds like a plan. Wait a second," Lexi began suspiciously. "How do you know so much about monsters, and who's this 'one monster' who in your opinion is actually smart?"
"Again dear, don't ask unnecessary questions that you won't like the answer to."
"What do you mean, questions I won't like the answer to-"
"Shush," Vaati said, annoyed. "I just told you, you probably won't like the answers to the questions you just asked, and I'm personally better off not telling you anything. Let's leave it at that. Understand?" There was now a glint of fiery anger in Vaati's visible red eye that was hard to miss, almost as though he was holding back an explosion of unkempt rage.
Somewhat worried, Lexi gulped nervously. "Yes, I understand." She said, and just like Vaati had asked of her, she left it at that.
Regaining their well-kept pace, Vaati and Lexi made their way to the castle town with questions buzzing in their mind. Lexi knew that Vaati was hiding something, as it had been part of her training as a palace guard to be able to tell when someone was either lying or keeping back important information, whereas Vaati was curious as to what Lexi's reaction would have been if he had answered her questions with the truth. Shaking his head, Vaati made up his mind that some things were better left unsaid.
"We're here!" Lexi exclaimed suddenly. Snapping out of his thoughts, Vaati looked around in awe at his surroundings. He had never before been at this exact spot in Hyrule, right at the entrance to castle town. When he had been to the town before, he hadn't stopped to take in the sights but had just hurried to capture the princess while gaining lots of attention by wreaking as much havoc as possible in the process. Now he knew what beauty he had been missing.
The town was alive with festivity, even thought the festival of the goddesses was almost at an end. Citizens of Hyrule were roaming gladly about everywhere, checking out the soon to be closing stalls and attractions set out especially for the festival. Warm rays of sunlight reflected off the eye catching turrets of the legendary Hyrule castle, and there was not a building in sight that wasn't positively glowing with good feeling.
"Wow" he breathed softly. Looking over at him, Lexi smiled. "It's beautiful, isn't it?" She commented happily. "I love this place."
Hating that he had been caught off guard actually admiring Hyrule, Vaati sniffed. "Hmph, it's okay I guess." He said, quickly changing his awestruck attitude into an uninterested tone. "I've seen better."
"Oh, and where have you seen better? There is no place better, this is the crown jewel of all of Hyrule!" Lexi said. Hands on her hips she looked over at Vaati, feeling defensive of his dismissive attitude towards her home town.
Laughing, Vaati replied arrogantly. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you. Honestly though, I've seen much better before, something better then Hyrule castle especially." He thought wistfully of his glorious home at the palace of winds. What he said was true, his palace was no match even for Hyrule. It's too bad that Lexi has truly no idea what she's missing Vaati thought, smirking to himself.
"Fine, whatever. You can pretend all you want that you've seen something more amazing than this wonderful town, but I know better!" Lexi wouldn't let her lively attitude dampen, she was too happy to be back in the heart of Hyrule witnessing the festival, even if it was the end.
"Won't the guards who see you ask why your off duty? I mean, you were supposed to be guarding this event, weren't you?" Vaati asked Lexi, arrogant as ever. He had this attitude that seemed to say he knew better than her, and was expecting her response to be along the lines of 'I'll be in trouble'.
Her chipper response wasn't along those lines at all.
"Yes, I'm sure they'll ask where I've been, but I've got a good excuse." Looking over at Vaati, she added, "because I was helping you! They'll be fine with me missing it, even glad I helped another! I'll probably be praised, even though I was only doing my job."
Sighing, Vaati corrected her. "You didn't rescue me, I could have helped myself out of that mess, thanks." His attitude had quickly changed from superiorly arrogant to coolly annoyed. "I'm strong, I would have been fine on my own. If anything, there was no reason for you to abandon your post as a guard today."
"Vaati, we're not going to go over this again!" Lexi said exasperatedly. "Honestly, I saved you from a truly electrifying fate," she said, a smile playing on her lips. Knowing she had struck a sore spot in Vaati and not wanting to hear one of his snide comebacks, she quickened her pace and walked along ahead without him.
"Hey, where are you go-" stopping short, Vaati realized where Lexi was headed. She was making a beeline straight for a crowd of townsfolk and guardsmen gathered around two important people in the middle. These people were none other than the princess of Hyrule herself, Zelda, and her hero Link. Link was typically dressed in his green tunic, but it was new, clean without stains of battle wear. Zelda on the other hand, Vaati had to notice, was absolutely stunning. She had traded out of her usual pink dress and red bow, and had on a light lavender outfit especially for the occasion. My, that color is rather fitting on her Vaati thought. You know, now that I think about it she is quite the gem...
Feeling color rush to his cheeks, Vaati realized what he had just been thinking. He pushed away the thought, and pretended not to see Lexi waving him forwards from the outside of the crowd. No doubt she wanted to introduce him to the princess, and little did she know that they had already been acquainted rather well. No, the last thing Vaati needed was for Zelda and Link to spot him and recognize him, that would surely send the town into a frenzy knowing that the evil wind mage who was said to have been sealed away had escaped yet again.
Turning his back on Lexi, Vaati tried to ignore her further urging and walked a few paces away into the shadows of a nearby building so he wouldn't be seen. Watching, he saw Lexi approach Zelda and Link with a curtesy. Were Zelda and Link together now, as a couple...? Not that he cared, of course. Caring about the stupid princesses love interest was beyond him.
He noticed Lexi gesture towards where he had been standing moments ago, and Zelda and Link look over at where he had been. Link saw nothing and turned back to talk to Lexi again, but Zelda kept looking, her watchful eye scanning the area thoroughly. Vaati winced as her eyes skimmed over the place where he was hiding. He could swear her eyes flicked back towards where he was hiding a couple times, almost as though she thought she saw something but couldn't be sure. In the end, she shook her head and turned back to face Lexi as well.
After a few minutes, Lexi curtsied again and left the crowd, returning to Vaati. Looking around for a moment, she scanned around until spotting Vaati in the shadows. Making sure the princess was leaving with her back turned, Vaati stepped out of the shadows of the building and walked over to Lexi. Confused, Lexi asked him a question. "What was that about?"
"I've told you before, some things are better left unsaid. Now, did you tell the princess and Link what my name was?" Vaati asked, unusually concerned.
"No, I just said I had a friend with me. Why?" Lexi asked, her brows furrowed.
"Good," Vaati said in relief. "Come on, let's go. I don't think there are any monsters around this area of Hyrule. Let's look somewhere else." With that, he turned swiftly on his heel and made his way out of castle town, Lexi following closely behind.
And there you have it! I hope you enjoyed reading :) Now, to respond to my reviews!
Mage Vaati ~ I love his rebellious personality too, and I'm very glad to hear that I write it well :) Thank you! I'm so happy that you like my story!
Legendoffun ~ Thank you so much ^~^ *sigh of relief* I'm so glad you like the name Lexi, what a relief! I didn't know wether or not readers would like it, so I'm very glad to hear that you do! Thanks for all your marvelous support!
Melkor'sOnlyLieutenant ~ Haha yeah, gratefulness just isn't in his character :) Vaati fangirls like us know that well! Oh, he will definatley fix that shattered ego, he always does. Yay I'm glad you like Lexi! I don't often like OC's either, so it was hard trying to make an OC that people would be okay with and like as a character. Me too, I probably would have smacked him ^.^ I guess Lexi did smack him, but just on the leg, to prove a point... Yeah that doesn't really count lol never mind XP For the fight, if I get as much emotion and feeling as I want to include, my hopes are that you will cry :') Thank you, and not to worry. I love long reviews!
Lovely Kiridia ~ Haha yeah he should, but it's too much for his ego to actually be grateful towards someone! Haha I like that word too - Lexicon XP Thank you!
purplepanic ~ What ever will we do with you Vaati? :P She is really nice, sometimes even a bit too nice for her own good *cough* that's her biggest weakness *cough* I love writing Vaati in a weaker state, even though it's a challenge to do correctly. Thank you!
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