Hey, I'm back!
Link: With a short chapter.
Me: -death glare- Shut your mouth, blondie. -pushes Link out of the room- Now then! As Link so rudely pointed out-
Link: -banging on the door- Let me in!!
Me: -this is a rather short chapter. I assure you, though, I've started writing again.
Malon: -whispers behind hand- She stopped for over a week!
Gaara: You know she can hear you, right?
Malon: SCARY DUDE!!!
Gaara: ...I hate you.
Malon: That's secret code for I love you.
Gaara: No, that's secret code for I hate you.
Me: Guys! Can we please focus? These people want to read a story, not listen to you two babble all day! -clears thoat- SORA!!!!!!!!
Sora: What?
Me: Disclaimer, please!
Sora: -sighs- Okay. destinykeyblade owns nothing but Angel, the Dark Master, his minions, the Black Castle, and the not-so-random little girl. Also, she would like to thank Kiarra-Chan (as always), and her two new reviewers, Shepherd'sPurse and MegamanSora... Hey, I'm not Megaman!!!!
Me: Thank you, Sora.
Sora: Yeah, yeah... Guess what?
All (including Link, who somehow mananged to get back in): What?
Sora: -pauses dramatically- .....TRUNKS FOUND A KITTEN!!!!!!
All: WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!
Trunks: -comes in holding said animal- Isn't she cute? Wow, look how dark a black her fur is! I think I'll call her Midnite...
Me: -facepalms watching Trunks and everyone else dangle strings in front of Midnite, who is now very confused- Just what we needed...
Shhhiiiiiiiing! Swooosh! Swiiish! Shhhhiiifffff...
Link opened his eyes slowly. The sky was dark and filled with twinkling stars. A thin crescent moon sat directly over him, the outline of the rest of the moon visible from its glow.
That sounded like a sword... the Hylian thought, and began glancing around. He saw nothing around him that would have made those sounds, and after a few moments began to wonder if he had simply imagined it.
Swoosh! Swiissshhhh!
There it was again! Someone had a blade, and that someone was very close.
But who? Link wondered. Who could it- Wait a minute...
"Angel?" he whispered. Silence was his reply, and the noises continued. Yawning, Link rose to his feet and headed in the direction of the sword sounds. The further he went, the louder they got, and yet he couldn't seem to pinpoint the exact location they came from.
"Where are you?" he mumbled, looking everywhere he thought Angel could be. A conviently placed tree became his prop; he leaned on it as he searched for his missing companion. Several more trees dotted the hilly area, tall and good for climbing. A few even looked as though, once in it, you could stand on the branches.
An arrow whizzed through the air, and Link jumped to the side. It embedded itself deep within the bark of the tree, coming extremely close to hitting his ear.
Okay... this was clearly a bad idea, the blonde decided. I think A- Whoah!
A barrage of arrows came his way, and as he dodged, Link noticed something oddly familiar about them.
"Hey, these are my arrows!" he exclaimed, seeing the tufts on the shafts.
"Link?" came a voice from somewhere to his right. Angel appeared, hanging onto a tree brach and staring at him in surprise. The Fairy Bow hung from her sword belt, its string on the buckle. "What are you doing here?"
"I should be asking you that," Link said. "Along with the question, 'What in the world are you doing?' ...And how the heck did you get up in that tree?"
Angel dropped to the ground. Smiling apologetically, she walked towards Link and began looking him over, making sure none of her arrows had made their mark.
"Sorry 'bout that," she said as she checked him out. "And to answer your questions: 1) I was practicing with my - erm, your - weapons, 2) I was defending myself because I didn't know you were you, and 3) I climbed." Satisfied, the girl stepped away and looked at him with mock curiosity. "How else do you get in a tree?" she asked, grinning.
Link rolled his eyes. He was glad that it was dark. Judging from how hot his face had become, he guessed that he must be blushing rather badly, and that was something he didn't want Angel to know. Not to mention he didn't know how she would react to his eye rolling...
~Link's POV~
I shook my head as I watched Angel practically fall backwards into the verdant grass, sighing contendedly.
"Don't you think we should get going?" I asked. "Lily isn't going to rescue herself, you know."
My companion sat up and shook her head, her russet locks falling like curtains across her shoulders. "No, I don't think we should get going. Lily's fine; I know it. She always is. ...Well, except for that time in second grade when she and I were sitting in the library floor at school and that jerk Jamie came over and tried to jump over us and he made it over me but kicked Lily in the head and we all thought he'd given her some kind of concussion or something but-"
She stopped and took a few deep breaths. "But in the end, she really was fine, so even then she was alright." The lunatic just looked at me then, smiling. After a moment passed and I had made no reply, Angel laid down in the grass again, but not before she had taken the Master Sword off and tossed it to the side.
"You know..." she said softly, "this place is really nice. Rolling hills as far as the eye can see, and they're all lush and green even though it's getting to be winter here in Hyrule." She glanced at the sword. "I'd love to just forget about fighting and violence and evil... And I'd love to stay here. Forever. With someone that I love."
Then, to my great surprise, Angel began to sing. The sound was beautiful, and yet it held a certain haunting quality along with a great deal of sadness.
"I would lay down my sword
If you'd give me your word
That you would always be
Here in the emerald hills with me..."
Her voice trailed off, and she rose to her feet, picking up the weapon she'd tossed aside. I stared at her, half in confusion at her actions and half in amazement at her song.
"That won't be happening anytime soon, though," she said. "I don't have anyone that I love. Well, except maybe the cat in my imagination. I'm not allowed to have a real one... Link?"
Angel was frowning at me, concern shining in those captivating green eyes of hers. "Link, what's the matter?"
"Where did that come from?"
She blinked a few times. "What?"
"That song!"
"Oh, that?" she laughed. "I made it up just now." Smiling at me as though I had just said something extremely silly, she pulled the Master Sword out of its sheath and ran to a bush a few feet away from where she stood. She made to slash at it, but before the first blow fell, a loud squeak of fright came from inside the shrub.
"Huh?" Angel asked in confusion. Cocking her head, she pushed aside some leaves aside and looked about just as I came up behind her. Hey, I wanted to know what was going on, too!
"Please don't hurt me!" a small and feminine-sounding voice squealed. I was astonished to see the top of a child's head appear from somewhere inside the plant.
A little girl (and when I say little, I mean young and small for what I supposed her age was) sat in front of us, tears streaming down her dirty face. Her dress, which reminded me of the one Malon usually wore, was torn and muddy. Her tear-filled eyes were the brightest and clearest blue I had ever seen. With what seemed to be pale skin underneath all the filth and unkempt black hair to top it all off, I had to admit that this child was the strangest looking thing I had seen in a good while.
Angel threw her sword - well, hers for the time being, anyway - to the ground and picked the girl up, hugging her in an attempt to stop the flow of her tears. "We would never hurt you!" she exclaimed. The girl wrapped her arms around Angel's neck, and my fourteen year-old companion turned to me. "It's a darn good thing I'm not worried about Lily," she said. " 'Cause I think we just took on another quest."
Well, there you go! Hope you enjoyed it; we're getting to the good stuff now. Won't be long 'til... whoops! Can't tell you yet! And now, it is time again for me to reply to your loverly reviews, which I thank you so much for submitting.
Shepherd'sPurse - Oh my gosh... This is the longest and nicest review I've ever gotten for this story! Thank you so much!! ^^ 'Specially for the comment on my characters. I try really hard to make them cool/crazy. (I'm constantly worried that Lily is OOC, seeing as how she's based on someone I know. 0.o) Anyway... Really? Yay! For once in my life I'm not making people fall in love too fast! -victory dance- You have no idea how hard it is for me to do this. In the first story I ever really wrote (which I beg that you do not click on since I haven't deleted it off the site yet), the characters looked at eachother for like, five minutes, and then they were all "Oh, you're the love of my life!" But whatever; I'm sure you don't care about that. Now, just what do you mean by "Poor Link?" And no, I wouldn't kill anyone off in a sad ending. ...Although I might crush someone's heart... I've got two different sad ones, one happy one, and one that leaves room for a sequel, although that sequel may or may not have anything to do with the Legend of Zelda universe.
MegamanSora - -laughs- Wow, I'm glad you like it! And you're comparing it to the Zelda Mini Madness fics? I didn't know it was that crazy; this is awesome! Crazy is good. Thanks alot for voting on the ending; it really helps when you as the author (or in my case, character-torturing authoress) know what your readers want.
Kiarra-Chan - That's alright; I'm sorry for not writing in a while! My DBZ chapter fic has kind of been demanding my attention lately... -shivers- Yikes... That doesn't sound fun. Cool; I've been agreed with! ^^ -giggles- Well, you're not picky, are you? Normally that'd be good, but, indecisive Gemini that I am, I absolutely cannot decide by myself. But you don't want a sequel, so... -scribbles on a notepad- 'Arra-Chan says no...
Now, I have another question (yes, I know, I ask too many): Based on anything and everything you've read of mine, how old do you think I am? I suppose what I'm really asking is, how good a writer am I? How mature are my stories? Do I write like a child, or like someone whose actual books might be found in a library or bookstore? I've been wondering this for a while now, and I finally made up my mind to ask. I'm not just asking you guys, either; I'm going to ask readers of my other chapter fic. Your answers would still be very appreciated, though!!!
Link: Freak out often?
Me: I am not talking to you.
Gaara: Ow!
Me: -rolls eyes- What now?
Gaara: Midnite scratched me!
Malon: She thinks you're scary, too!
Gaara: -eye twitch- That is it! -chases a screaming Malon around the room, shouting incoherently-
Link: Anyone thinking what I'm thinking?
Sora: -opens the door and shoves the red-heads outside-
Me: -listens to the muffled sounds of Malon and Gaara fighting- Much better! ^^
