"A FORBODING!" Fanandi's declaration made the citizens of Hyrule Castle town cringe, though none more then her sweet, annoyed apprentice who rolled his eyes from behind her throne. He knew the routine, he had seen it a thousand times, but that didn't take the annoyance out of it. Or from him. " I sense a great fate for you, one riddled with danger and equally high reward!" He didn't need to see her to know she was swaying, moving dramatically around her crystal ball.

He heard the Knight, a round thing named Elwin, gasp as her crystal started to glow. "What is next, I need... I need to know!" The

'Stupid man, Fanandi may be a charlatan for most of her days but that does not mean she has no power... she can see into the future alright...' Her apprentice smirked, peeking through the curtain and saw the round knight's face pale beyond measure. 'The Great Knights of Hyrule, what a joke. So weak... all of you.' He turned his eyes back to his Mistress, and watched as her power gathered, dramatic and more real then any of the idiots on Hyrule could have guessed.

"I see a great..." There was a pause, and suddenly the women's voice changed. Her body convulsed, and her power shifted into a cold wind that washed through the shop.

"This... what a waste of power... sigh..'

"Darkness... it is coming, It will cast a thrall over us all, cast us into Shadows... and you, will walk among the Dark..."

The Knight shrieked and fled, rushing out screaming. Just in time for the theatrics to drop and Fanandi to sigh.

"What a moron." She rolled her eyes, turning and frowning at her chuckling apprentice. "Is it that funny, Priam?"

The boy, her beloved apprentice, cackled madly for several minutes nodding all the while. "It just occurred to me, that all one would have to do is suggest evil is coming for them for anyone to conquer this place."

His mistress rolled her eyes again, but a smile trickled out slowly. "I imagine that you might be right... now, enough of that nonsense. I did have a vision, whilst in the middle of my dramatic performance."

He calmed instantly, knowing she was right. "I figured as much, what is it? I felt a cold wind, so I assume it has something to do with the Mountain or perhaps Zora's domain?" Perks of working with a Fortune teller, you actually can pick up some diviners magic even if you cannot see into the future like they can.

"Yes... I see a boy, a young Zora, he was being guided and watched over by a powerful spirit." Her eyes went cold and she waved over her ball, the foci started to shimmer and slowly a boy was revealed, just as she said. "I can sense death, a great powerful death... "

"You've been sense stuff like this ever since that black wall appeared over Eldin…" He stood, quickly gathering his sword and bow. " I will go to the north bridge. If he is truly in need, that will be the first place the river will take him."

Fanandi smiled, placing her three fingered hand on his face. "You are a good boy... bring your medicine pouch, he might need tending to."

"Of course..."

"I will pray to the Goddesses and the Great Hylia for your safe return."

With a happy, but determined smile, Priam left the shop and made his way down the streets of Hyrule Castle Town. The air was disgusting, so he always kept a charm around his neck that purified the air around his face. It made it smell crisp and wet, like the air around Lake Hylia. That made sense, especially as the ink he used was partially made up of the Light Springs water.

Knights and nobles, the majority of the residents in their town, bustled about going to and fro like mindless Ants. Princess Agaitha, as she liked to be called, was skipping down the street back towards her house. She smiled at him kindly, giving a light curtsey before continuing her skip. It was amusing, he wondered if people would freak out if they knew that she was a powerful sorceress with influence over her beloved bugs.

'Probably...' It was hard to keep a smile off of his face, Agaitha always made him happy. Warm and fuzzy, right in his chest. 'I wonder if I could get another lesson in bug magic from her... maybe.'

Was it silly? Yes, but he didn't care. He loved Agaitha, if she wasn't a noble he would have already started to court her.

"On your way to collect Herbs?" Telma, the heavy but gorgeous owner of the local bar, accosted him with a light hip thrust as she walked back into Castle Town and he stepped out.

It took a full second for him to react, she was quite strong after all, but he did manage to roll his eyes and kiss her cheek lightly. "Something like that Aunt Telma."

She wasn't really his aunt, no matter how much he wanted her to be, but they looked so much alike that his being Human and not Hylian didn't even matter. They had the same dark skin and redish hair, the same clear mark of Gerudo features clearly stamped across all of who they were. It was startling, but Fanandi had already cast a spell to see his lineage. Telma and Priam were not even closely related, no matter how sad that made him.

That didn't take away his deep love of the women though, or hers for him.

"Fanandi sent you on another mission? It's been a while since your last, have you fully recovered?" Her eyes turned to his chest, where he knew she was imagining the web of burn scars that came from some idiot caravanner tossing a bomb to stop a bokogoblin when he was escorting them into town. It had taken weeks to recover, thankfully the stupid cheapskate of doctor owed a massive tab for Telma and agreed to treat Priam probono.

"Yes. A kid is in danger, and I am going to escort him here."

Pride filled Telma's eyes, she kissed his cheek lightly. "Bring the boy to my bar, I'll house and feed him."

With that, the bar lady marched home with her basket on her hip.

Priam found it easy to march his way across the bridge and make his way to the north river. "There has got to be a better way to get up here. We could teach kids to fish at this river before taking them to the much deeper waters of Lake Hylia. Of course, that would require the castle to be filled with anyone bar the local idiots... sigh."

"SCREEE!" A Bokogoblin, not a particularly massive threat, screamed it's hate for all to hear and sprinted at him with it's club raised. He frowned, angry and concerned.

"So close to the town... damn those idiot guards!" A single arrow, perfectly aimed, pierced the beasts skull and ended the minimal threat. "When was the last time they sent a roving guard to ensure the pathways are free of monsters. What is that airheaded princess thinking appointing these morons!"

He continued to curse the princess and idiot guards all of the way up the path, past the cliffs and all of the way to the foot of the Local mountains. It wasn't a hard path, there were a few monsters that attacked him but years of experience in guarding caravans and his own journey's to collect food and herbs made it a simple task. The Foothills, the local entrance to the Zora's Domain both by water and by land, were only a twenty minute walk from his location... and then he saw it.

A girl, with blood covering part of her head, was screaming for help. A boy, tiny and blue, lay beneath her. Monsters surrounded them, specifically one of the most dangerous of the general kind.

"Bulblins!" They had arrows and clubs, riding their monstrous boars. It was easy to draw on his bow, whispering a simple spell as his fingers glided the arrow back. "Cast them back, oh brightest light. With this arrow you shall fly, punish and end this fright!"

The arrow flew true before exploding into a mass of light that sent the creatures flying in fear. Their dark magic could not bare the touch of light, even if it was a false light... a mockery of the legendary light arrows.

Priam reached the girl in five minutes of sprinting, she was terrified but happy to see him. " The boy, we must get him back to the Castle!"

"I know, it's alright..." Priam removed a vial from his bag and tipped a single droplet of red potion into the boy's mouth. Color rushed back to his skin, and his breathing settled back. "This should help." He reached down and lifted the boy with ease, deeply concerned by his frailness. "We must go, follow me... can you fight?" He asked, knowing the answer already.

The girl shook her head, the crusted blood on her face cracking lightly. " No... not that I can remember... I am sorry."

"It's alright... reach into my bag, there should be a pouch, it will be grey with the symbol of the Gods on it."

The girl obeyed and pulled it out. "Alright... what do I do?"

"It is a protective spell, one of a kind and hard to make." Shifting the boy in his arms, Priam waved a free hand over the pouch. It glowed before light exuded from it. A clear circle existed over them, a field of magic. "It will keep us safe from all but the strongest of beasts, but only for a few hours... The Castle is four miles from here, more then a two hour walk... I need you to hold onto the spell. We will have to stop about halfway to treat the boy, and you... first, actually, I had a rag in my bag. We it in the river and start to clean yourself as we walk."

The girl obeyed. "Thank you... I'd introduce myself, but I do not know my name anymore."

"That's alright... my name is Priam. I will escort you to town."

She beamed a smile, the girl, and as she washed her face he finally got a good look at her. She was pretty with short blonde hair, pointed Hylian ear and a very delicate nose. She would stand out, even among the nobles.

But more then that was the genuinely kind aura she exuded... it was rare and reminded him more of a beast then a person. He knew, right then, that he liked her.

"All done, let's go."

Chapter end, tell me what you think in the reviews.

I want to do a Zelda story. It will not take precedent to my other three, but I wanted to at least try since I am playing Twilight Princess in my free time... Priam is going to be fun. He is a mage, yes, but not blessed by the gods. All of the magic users came from a pure magic race or had god powers, so I wanted to see what he could do...

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Love, your Ninja Overlord,

Mika.