A/N: Alright, I'm trying to work my way through some more of the game storyline, get to more of the stuff that it'll be exciting. Anywho I should get going with this, that way tonight I might have some time to play Vampyr. Good god is that game exciting :3 the balance between keeping an area healthy and killing someone so you can level up… it's a fun balance to try and keep.

Disclaimer: iie

Zora's Domain

Dante woke in the early morning, at least it felt like early morning, it was hard to say with the constant overhand of the Twilight. Link was still snoozing, though fitfully; he twitched and growled in his sleep and Midna was hovering above him, looking worried. The half devil yawned and stretched, scratching the back of his head as he stood, there was a pop in his back somewhere as he stretched his wings out, cramped from being slept on. That was something that he wasn't used to, sleeping in his devil trigger, he hadn't anticipated how obnoxious it would be. He looked to the wolf again, who was still sprawled on his side, paws twitching as though he were running in his sleep.

"How long have you been awake?" he whispered to Midna, who looked over her shoulder at him and then back to the teen.

"Since he started getting restless, so perhaps an hour." she responded.

"Should we wake him?" the hunter asked, kneeling down so he was closer to the hero. Midna shrugged

"It's supposedly bad luck to wake one who's in the midst of dreams." she said, Dante looked at her with a brow raised

"Well it isn't where I'm from." he said and shook the teen's shoulder. The wolf jolted, on his feet in a second and fangs bared to the perceived threat. Dante just held his hands up, not moving as the teen regained consciousness. Link sighed heavily and shook his fur out and then looked to the door.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, we better get going. First though, I'm sure that the shopkeeper won't mind us taking something small to eat." Dante said, nodding toward the kitchen. Midna just shrugged

"I'm not going to complain about food that isn't stale." she said "Besides, the shopkeep never came back inside last night, said something about a bad feeling."

"I really wish I could see these spirits." the half devil sighed. Link made a strange sort of huffing sound and Dante looked at him curiously and then to Midna who just shrugged.

"Sometimes a noise is just a noise." she said, accepting the piece of bread that Dante was now handing her as he raided the poor shopkeep's kitchen. He dug around a bit and looked back to the wolf who was waiting patiently on the floor.

"I'm sorry, I don't think she's got anything for puppies." the half devil joked. Link gave a small growl and then sighed, walking to the door and looking back to the hunter. Dante shook his head

"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming, is that all I am to you? A pair of hands and opposable thumbs?" he asked, the hero gave a quick bark and darted out as soon as the door was open. The half devil sighed, swallowing the handful of dried berries that he'd pilfered and jogged after the canine.

It took a couple hours to come upon the Zora's domain and Dante froze when they rounded the bend and came into a large clearing, filled with a frozen lake. The waterfall that was supposed to lead into it was frozen as well.

"I knew it was getting colder but I didn't expect the whole waterfall to be frozen…" Midna said from Link's back, the teen seemed surprised to see the icy wall before them as well, though it was harder to tell on the wolfish face. He was looking around curiously, nose in the air.

"No kidding…" Dante said softly, it felt wrong to shout here, the place had a feeling of a grave. He looked to the teen. "What'dya smell kid?" Midna looked at the hunter

"There's no spirits here… if this is the domain of the Zora's, don't you think we'd see some?" she responded, Dante just nodded and then pointed up the waterfall

"I can see some structures up there, let's go and maybe there'll be some spirits up there." he said.

The trio made their way up to the top of frozen waterfall slowly and carefully and peeking around the corner they were faced with another trio of shadowbeasts. Before they were noticed the half devil fired off his gun, downing one of them. He looked to Link and they both made quick, simultaneous work of the other two. Dante shook the blood from Rebellion and looked to the teen.

"Nice work." he said but the wolf wasn't paying attention, instead the hero had wandered forward and was looking around the beautifully designed cavern before looking down below and stopping. Midna gave pause as well.

"What is it?" Dante asked, peering down into the ice at their feet. He couldn't see anything clearly.

"The Zoras… we found them…" the imp said quietly. The half devil looked down again and felt his heart sink. He couldn't see the spirits, but it was clear what had happened…

A/N: Alrighty, I know that's a very sad place to leave it, and that this chapter's on the shorter side but I've got to get going on some other things, so!

Until next time,

-Winged Element